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June 24, 2013

This beautifully done and extremely educational children’s book examines the 100 breakthroughs that have changed chemical history and who did what when.  Includes a fold-out timeline with over 1000 milestone facts. 

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June 20, 2013

Written by David Oliver Relin, who also wrote Three Cups of Tea, this book follows opthalmologists Geoffrey Tabin and Sanduk Ruit, who have dedicated their lives to restoring sight to some of the world’s most isolated, impoverished people through the Himalayan Cataract Project, an organization they founded in 1995.

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June 10, 2013

If you have already read The Alchemist, this spellbinding graphic rendition of the classic will leave you enchanted and with a deeper sense of the meaning of the book you loved.  If you haven’t, this will help you fall in love with it for the first time.  A must-read. 

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May 31, 2013

Its finally here!  The latest book by Dan Brown continues the saga of Robert Langdon, whom you remember from The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons.  This compelling and exciting read takes place in Florence and begins when Langdon wakes up with no memory.  Check it out today! 

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April 9, 2013

This beautiful reflection by Elie Wiesel is new to the library and it is sure to leave an impact.  He writes simply and elegantly about his experience facing emergency cardiac surgery and thinks back on his life and the legacy he has left.  A small but powerful book. 

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March 21, 2013

This beautiful and informative children’s book by Joe McKendry describes the rich history of the intersection known as One Times Square in New York City.  Covering events such as the Stock Market Crash, the end of the Second World War and the dropping of the New Years Eve ball, this book is sure to entertain as well as educate. 

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March 12, 2013

After the birth of Renesmee, the Cullens gather other vampire clans in order to protect the child from a false allegation that puts the family in front of the Volturi.

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March 5, 2013

This debut novel from Dan Josefson follows the narrator, Benjamin, as he is brought to a therapeutic boarding school by his parents and chronicles his journey through this new and mysterious world.  Told with humor and sharp honesty, this book is sure to delight. 

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February 27, 2013

This new teen novel by John Green will keep you turning pages late into the night.  Narrated by a sixteen-year-old cancer patient named Hazel, who is forced by her parents to attend a support group, where she subsequently meets and falls in love with the seventeen-year-old Augustus Waters, an ex-athlete player and amputee.  A lovely and heartwarming story that adults will love as much as teens. 

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February 19, 2013

Everything you ever wanted to know about how to build the perfect website in one convenient book!  From getting it ready, to the design, to managing the site, this book has it all. 

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