The Paris Children, by Gloria Copeland
"Based on a true story, this novel of WWII illuminates the power of hope in the face of hatred and prejudice. As the shadows of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party fall over Paris, Madeleine Levy draws on the spirit of her WWI hero grandfather and defends her beloved France in the only way she knows how: helping Jewish children escape the impending horror. Using her education, patience, and charm, Madeleine undertakes deadly missions, saving Jewish lives throughout France. Ripe with stunning imagery of the French landscape under siege, The Paris Children illuminates the courage of love and the power of hope in the face of hatred and prejudice"-- The Booked for Lunch discussion group is facilitated by Library Director, Karen Demers on Zoom. Receive a link by emailing karendemers@wilbrahamlibrary.org.
Available through Hoopla.
The Paris Children, by Gloria Copeland
"Based on a true story, this novel of WWII illuminates the power of hope in the face of hatred and prejudice. As the shadows of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party fall over Paris, Madeleine Levy draws on the spirit of her WWI hero grandfather and defends her beloved France in the only way she knows how: helping Jewish children escape the impending horror. Using her education, patience, and charm, Madeleine undertakes deadly missions, saving Jewish lives throughout France. Ripe with stunning imagery of the French landscape under siege, The Paris Children illuminates the courage of love and the power of hope in the face of hatred and prejudice"-- The Booked for Lunch discussion group is facilitated by Library Director, Karen Demers on Zoom. Receive a link by emailing karendemers@wilbrahamlibrary.org.
Available through Hoopla.
Calling all baseball fans! Take a fun and enlightening journey through Boston Red Sox history with the author of The Ultimate Boston Red Sox Time Machine Book. This presentation features videos and photographs of the greatest and most fascinating players, teams, events and moments in franchise history. The program also includes trivia questions for patrons to ponder and covers Sox history from the Royal Rooters, who launched Red Sox Nation, all the way to the four World Series championships and beyond. It will conclude with a question-and-answer period.
Author Martin Gitlin is an award winning journalist who has covered the Red Sox extensively. He has written many sports books, and is especially passionate about baseball.
This is a virtual program and registration is necessary in order to participate. Registrants will receive a link to the event within 48 hours of the scheduled presentation. New to Zoom? Check out these two short videos to help you get started; Join a Meeting, and Joining and Configuring Audio and Video.
Calling all baseball fans! Take a fun and enlightening journey through Boston Red Sox history with the author of The Ultimate Boston Red Sox Time Machine Book. This presentation features videos and photographs of the greatest and most fascinating players, teams, events and moments in franchise history. The program also includes trivia questions for patrons to ponder and covers Sox history from the Royal Rooters, who launched Red Sox Nation, all the way to the four World Series championships and beyond. It will conclude with a question-and-answer period.
Author Martin Gitlin is an award winning journalist who has covered the Red Sox extensively. He has written many sports books, and is especially passionate about baseball.
This is a virtual program and registration is necessary in order to participate. Registrants will receive a link to the event within 48 hours of the scheduled presentation. New to Zoom? Check out these two short videos to help you get started; Join a Meeting, and Joining and Configuring Audio and Video.
Great Decisions is sponsored by the Foreign Policy Association. It is America's largest discussion program on world affairs. The program provides background information and policy options for the eight most critical issues facing America each year and serves as the focal text for discussion groups across the country.
Signup is necessary to attend this event. Please sign up before February 3rd if you would like to participate. Questions, feel free to call the library.
**This is a virtual program. Registrants will receive a link to the event within 48 hours of the weekly discussion. New to Zoom? Check out these two short videos to help you get started; Join a Meeting, and Joining and Configuring Audio and Video.
Great Decisions is sponsored by the Foreign Policy Association. It is America's largest discussion program on world affairs. The program provides background information and policy options for the eight most critical issues facing America each year and serves as the focal text for discussion groups across the country.
Signup is necessary to attend this event. Please sign up before February 3rd if you would like to participate. Questions, feel free to call the library.
**This is a virtual program. Registrants will receive a link to the event within 48 hours of the weekly discussion. New to Zoom? Check out these two short videos to help you get started; Join a Meeting, and Joining and Configuring Audio and Video.
Great Decisions is sponsored by the Foreign Policy Association. It is America's largest discussion program on world affairs. The program provides background information and policy options for the eight most critical issues facing America each year and serves as the focal text for discussion groups across the country.
Signup is necessary to attend this event. Please sign up before February 3rd if you would like to participate. Questions, feel free to call the library.
**This is a virtual program. Registrants will receive a link to the event within 48 hours of the weekly discussion. New to Zoom? Check out these two short videos to help you get started; Join a Meeting, and Joining and Configuring Audio and Video.
Great Decisions is sponsored by the Foreign Policy Association. It is America's largest discussion program on world affairs. The program provides background information and policy options for the eight most critical issues facing America each year and serves as the focal text for discussion groups across the country.
Signup is necessary to attend this event. Please sign up before February 3rd if you would like to participate. Questions, feel free to call the library.
**This is a virtual program. Registrants will receive a link to the event within 48 hours of the weekly discussion. New to Zoom? Check out these two short videos to help you get started; Join a Meeting, and Joining and Configuring Audio and Video.
Hidden Valley Road, by Robert Kolker
Tells the story of an American family with twelve children, six of them diagnosed with schizophrenia, that became science's great hope in the quest to understand the disease.
Please contact Mary to get a link and call-in number to join. This monthly book discussion is facilitated by Assistant Director Mary Bell (summers off). Newcomers are always welcome!
Hidden Valley Road, by Robert Kolker
Tells the story of an American family with twelve children, six of them diagnosed with schizophrenia, that became science's great hope in the quest to understand the disease.
Please contact Mary to get a link and call-in number to join. This monthly book discussion is facilitated by Assistant Director Mary Bell (summers off). Newcomers are always welcome!
Madagascar is the fourth largest island in the world. Having existed in isolation for some 80 million years, it is a "biodiversity hotspot," home to plants and animals found nowhere else. Join us to learn about the country's history, customs and traditions. Soak in the lush flora and fauna, including the beloved lemurs of this delightful country.
Amy Dane is both a lecturer and a prize winning photographer. Having traveled to over 120 countries, she loves to share her enthusiasm for the people and places she has visited.
This is a virtual program and registration is necessary in order to participate. Registrants will receive a link to the event within 48 hours of the scheduled presentation. New to Zoom? Check out these two short videos to help you get started; Join a Meeting, and Joining and Configuring Audio and Video.
Madagascar is the fourth largest island in the world. Having existed in isolation for some 80 million years, it is a "biodiversity hotspot," home to plants and animals found nowhere else. Join us to learn about the country's history, customs and traditions. Soak in the lush flora and fauna, including the beloved lemurs of this delightful country.
Amy Dane is both a lecturer and a prize winning photographer. Having traveled to over 120 countries, she loves to share her enthusiasm for the people and places she has visited.
This is a virtual program and registration is necessary in order to participate. Registrants will receive a link to the event within 48 hours of the scheduled presentation. New to Zoom? Check out these two short videos to help you get started; Join a Meeting, and Joining and Configuring Audio and Video.
Great Decisions is sponsored by the Foreign Policy Association. It is America's largest discussion program on world affairs. The program provides background information and policy options for the eight most critical issues facing America each year and serves as the focal text for discussion groups across the country.
Signup is necessary to attend this event. Please sign up before February 3rd if you would like to participate. Questions, feel free to call the library.
**This is a virtual program. Registrants will receive a link to the event within 48 hours of the weekly discussion. New to Zoom? Check out these two short videos to help you get started; Join a Meeting, and Joining and Configuring Audio and Video.
Great Decisions is sponsored by the Foreign Policy Association. It is America's largest discussion program on world affairs. The program provides background information and policy options for the eight most critical issues facing America each year and serves as the focal text for discussion groups across the country.
Signup is necessary to attend this event. Please sign up before February 3rd if you would like to participate. Questions, feel free to call the library.
**This is a virtual program. Registrants will receive a link to the event within 48 hours of the weekly discussion. New to Zoom? Check out these two short videos to help you get started; Join a Meeting, and Joining and Configuring Audio and Video.
Led by Jessica Magill
Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe
Things Fall Apart tells two intertwining stories, both centering on Okonkwo, a "strong man" of an Ibo village in Nigeria. The first, a powerful fable of the immemorial conflict between the individual and society, traces Okonkwo's fall from grace with the tribal world.
Copies of the book are available to be checked out through the library, or can be reserved here.
The Classics Book Club is now online. For questions, contact Jessica: jessicammagill@hotmail.com.
Led by Jessica Magill
Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe
Things Fall Apart tells two intertwining stories, both centering on Okonkwo, a "strong man" of an Ibo village in Nigeria. The first, a powerful fable of the immemorial conflict between the individual and society, traces Okonkwo's fall from grace with the tribal world.
Copies of the book are available to be checked out through the library, or can be reserved here.
The Classics Book Club is now online. For questions, contact Jessica: jessicammagill@hotmail.com.
Our Wilbraham Monson Academy student volunteers are back to answer your tech related questions. They will interact with you individually on Zoom, and will help to solve all of those queries about email addresses, trouble-shooting a cell phone, questions about tablets, and more. To participate, simply sign up for the event and you will receive the contact information.
Hope to see you Zoom!
This is a virtual program, space is limited, and registration is necessary in order to participate. Registrants will receive a link to the event within 48 hours of the scheduled presentation. New to Zoom? Check out these two short videos to help you get started; Join a Meeting, and Joining and Configuring Audio and Video.
Our Wilbraham Monson Academy student volunteers are back to answer your tech related questions. They will interact with you individually on Zoom, and will help to solve all of those queries about email addresses, trouble-shooting a cell phone, questions about tablets, and more. To participate, simply sign up for the event and you will receive the contact information.
Hope to see you Zoom!
This is a virtual program, space is limited, and registration is necessary in order to participate. Registrants will receive a link to the event within 48 hours of the scheduled presentation. New to Zoom? Check out these two short videos to help you get started; Join a Meeting, and Joining and Configuring Audio and Video.
Great Decisions is sponsored by the Foreign Policy Association. It is America's largest discussion program on world affairs. The program provides background information and policy options for the eight most critical issues facing America each year and serves as the focal text for discussion groups across the country.
Signup is necessary to attend this event. Please sign up before February 3rd if you would like to participate. Questions, feel free to call the library.
**This is a virtual program. Registrants will receive a link to the event within 48 hours of the weekly discussion. New to Zoom? Check out these two short videos to help you get started; Join a Meeting, and Joining and Configuring Audio and Video.
Great Decisions is sponsored by the Foreign Policy Association. It is America's largest discussion program on world affairs. The program provides background information and policy options for the eight most critical issues facing America each year and serves as the focal text for discussion groups across the country.
Signup is necessary to attend this event. Please sign up before February 3rd if you would like to participate. Questions, feel free to call the library.
**This is a virtual program. Registrants will receive a link to the event within 48 hours of the weekly discussion. New to Zoom? Check out these two short videos to help you get started; Join a Meeting, and Joining and Configuring Audio and Video.
Our Wilbraham Monson Academy student volunteers are back to answer your tech related questions. They will interact with you individually on Zoom, and will help to solve all of those queries about email addresses, trouble-shooting a cell phone, questions about tablets, and more. To participate, simply sign up for the event and you will receive the contact information.
Hope to see you online!
This is a virtual program and registration is necessary in order to participate. Registrants will receive a link to the event within 48 hours of the scheduled presentation. New to Zoom? Check out these two short videos to help you get started; Join a Meeting, and Joining and Configuring Audio and Video.
Our Wilbraham Monson Academy student volunteers are back to answer your tech related questions. They will interact with you individually on Zoom, and will help to solve all of those queries about email addresses, trouble-shooting a cell phone, questions about tablets, and more. To participate, simply sign up for the event and you will receive the contact information.
Hope to see you online!
This is a virtual program and registration is necessary in order to participate. Registrants will receive a link to the event within 48 hours of the scheduled presentation. New to Zoom? Check out these two short videos to help you get started; Join a Meeting, and Joining and Configuring Audio and Video.
Maud’s Line, by Margaret Verble
Enduring a hardscrabble existence on a Cherokee government allotment in 1928 Eastern Oklahoma, young Maud catches the attention of a handsome, book-carrying stranger and embarks on a life marked by high-stakes decisions.
The Booked for Lunch discussion group is facilitated by Library Director, Karen Demers on Zoom. Receive a link by emailing karendemers@wilbrahamlibrary.org.
Available through Hoopla.
Maud’s Line, by Margaret Verble
Enduring a hardscrabble existence on a Cherokee government allotment in 1928 Eastern Oklahoma, young Maud catches the attention of a handsome, book-carrying stranger and embarks on a life marked by high-stakes decisions.
The Booked for Lunch discussion group is facilitated by Library Director, Karen Demers on Zoom. Receive a link by emailing karendemers@wilbrahamlibrary.org.
Available through Hoopla.
Golf season is here! Want to enjoy it without being encumbered by any golf related injuries? Join Jaimee Mace, a highly experienced physical therapist in sports medicine, for a presentation about the most common injuries that occur on the golf course and how to prevent them. You will get tips on how to reduce pain during every day activities and learn key stretches that can keep you on the golf course for years to come.
Jaimee Mace has been practicing physical therapy since 1999. She is an expert in orthopedics, injury prevention, manual therapy and wellness. She is passionate about educating clients of all ages on how to maintain a healthy and strong body through postural awareness and exercise.
This is a virtual program and registration is necessary in order to participate. Registrants will receive a link to the event within 48 hours of the scheduled presentation. New to Zoom? Check out these two short videos to help you get started; Join a Meeting, and Joining and Configuring Audio and Video.
Golf season is here! Want to enjoy it without being encumbered by any golf related injuries? Join Jaimee Mace, a highly experienced physical therapist in sports medicine, for a presentation about the most common injuries that occur on the golf course and how to prevent them. You will get tips on how to reduce pain during every day activities and learn key stretches that can keep you on the golf course for years to come.
Jaimee Mace has been practicing physical therapy since 1999. She is an expert in orthopedics, injury prevention, manual therapy and wellness. She is passionate about educating clients of all ages on how to maintain a healthy and strong body through postural awareness and exercise.
This is a virtual program and registration is necessary in order to participate. Registrants will receive a link to the event within 48 hours of the scheduled presentation. New to Zoom? Check out these two short videos to help you get started; Join a Meeting, and Joining and Configuring Audio and Video.
Great Decisions is sponsored by the Foreign Policy Association. It is America's largest discussion program on world affairs. The program provides background information and policy options for the eight most critical issues facing America each year and serves as the focal text for discussion groups across the country.
Signup is necessary to attend this event. Please sign up before February 3rd if you would like to participate. Questions, feel free to call the library.
**This is a virtual program. Registrants will receive a link to the event within 48 hours of the weekly discussion. New to Zoom? Check out these two short videos to help you get started; Join a Meeting, and Joining and Configuring Audio and Video.
Great Decisions is sponsored by the Foreign Policy Association. It is America's largest discussion program on world affairs. The program provides background information and policy options for the eight most critical issues facing America each year and serves as the focal text for discussion groups across the country.
Signup is necessary to attend this event. Please sign up before February 3rd if you would like to participate. Questions, feel free to call the library.
**This is a virtual program. Registrants will receive a link to the event within 48 hours of the weekly discussion. New to Zoom? Check out these two short videos to help you get started; Join a Meeting, and Joining and Configuring Audio and Video.
Our Wilbraham Monson Academy student volunteers are back to answer your tech related questions. They will interact with you individually on Zoom, and will help to solve all of those queries about email addresses, trouble-shooting a cell phone, questions about tablets, and more. To participate, simply sign up for the event and you will receive the contact information.
Hope to see you online!
This is a virtual program and registration is necessary in order to participate. Registrants will receive a link to the event within 48 hours of the scheduled presentation. New to Zoom? Check out these two short videos to help you get started; Join a Meeting, and Joining and Configuring Audio and Video.
Our Wilbraham Monson Academy student volunteers are back to answer your tech related questions. They will interact with you individually on Zoom, and will help to solve all of those queries about email addresses, trouble-shooting a cell phone, questions about tablets, and more. To participate, simply sign up for the event and you will receive the contact information.
Hope to see you online!
This is a virtual program and registration is necessary in order to participate. Registrants will receive a link to the event within 48 hours of the scheduled presentation. New to Zoom? Check out these two short videos to help you get started; Join a Meeting, and Joining and Configuring Audio and Video.
Want to learn more about the world of antiques and the value of your own personal treasures? Join Mike Ivankovich, a professional appraiser and the host of Philadelphia's "What's It Worth" radio show, for an evening of online antiquing adventures. Mike will begin the program by discussing the ten factors that will always impact the value of any object. He will then transition to appraisals, where he will analyze objects' worth and also share many buying and selling tips and strategies.
To participate, simply select two items that you would like to have appraised. Mike will evaluate one or two items each depending on the size of the group. The Zoom call will open at 5:45 p.m. so that Mike can see which objects he will be appraising.
Mike Ivankovich has been involved in some phase of the Antiques & Collectibles business for more than 40 years. He is a frequent lecturer, has authored more than twenty books in his specialty, and has written articles for the major national trade papers. He is the host of the "What's it Worth? Ask Mike the Appraiser" Radio Show in Philadelphia.
This is a virtual program and registration is necessary in order to participate. Registrants will receive a link to the event within 48 hours of the scheduled presentation. New to Zoom? Check out these two short videos to help you get started; Join a Meeting, and Joining and Configuring Audio and Video.
Want to learn more about the world of antiques and the value of your own personal treasures? Join Mike Ivankovich, a professional appraiser and the host of Philadelphia's "What's It Worth" radio show, for an evening of online antiquing adventures. Mike will begin the program by discussing the ten factors that will always impact the value of any object. He will then transition to appraisals, where he will analyze objects' worth and also share many buying and selling tips and strategies.
To participate, simply select two items that you would like to have appraised. Mike will evaluate one or two items each depending on the size of the group. The Zoom call will open at 5:45 p.m. so that Mike can see which objects he will be appraising.
Mike Ivankovich has been involved in some phase of the Antiques & Collectibles business for more than 40 years. He is a frequent lecturer, has authored more than twenty books in his specialty, and has written articles for the major national trade papers. He is the host of the "What's it Worth? Ask Mike the Appraiser" Radio Show in Philadelphia.
This is a virtual program and registration is necessary in order to participate. Registrants will receive a link to the event within 48 hours of the scheduled presentation. New to Zoom? Check out these two short videos to help you get started; Join a Meeting, and Joining and Configuring Audio and Video.
Great Decisions is sponsored by the Foreign Policy Association. It is America's largest discussion program on world affairs. The program provides background information and policy options for the eight most critical issues facing America each year and serves as the focal text for discussion groups across the country.
Signup is necessary to attend this event. Please sign up before February 3rd if you would like to participate. Questions, feel free to call the library.
**This is a virtual program. Registrants will receive a link to the event within 48 hours of the weekly discussion. New to Zoom? Check out these two short videos to help you get started; Join a Meeting, and Joining and Configuring Audio and Video.
Great Decisions is sponsored by the Foreign Policy Association. It is America's largest discussion program on world affairs. The program provides background information and policy options for the eight most critical issues facing America each year and serves as the focal text for discussion groups across the country.
Signup is necessary to attend this event. Please sign up before February 3rd if you would like to participate. Questions, feel free to call the library.
**This is a virtual program. Registrants will receive a link to the event within 48 hours of the weekly discussion. New to Zoom? Check out these two short videos to help you get started; Join a Meeting, and Joining and Configuring Audio and Video.
Great Decisions is sponsored by the Foreign Policy Association. It is America's largest discussion program on world affairs. The program provides background information and policy options for the eight most critical issues facing America each year and serves as the focal text for discussion groups across the country.
Signup is necessary to attend this event. Please sign up before February 3rd if you would like to participate. Questions, feel free to call the library.
**This is a virtual program. Registrants will receive a link to the event within 48 hours of the weekly discussion. New to Zoom? Check out these two short videos to help you get started; Join a Meeting, and Joining and Configuring Audio and Video.
Great Decisions is sponsored by the Foreign Policy Association. It is America's largest discussion program on world affairs. The program provides background information and policy options for the eight most critical issues facing America each year and serves as the focal text for discussion groups across the country.
Signup is necessary to attend this event. Please sign up before February 3rd if you would like to participate. Questions, feel free to call the library.
**This is a virtual program. Registrants will receive a link to the event within 48 hours of the weekly discussion. New to Zoom? Check out these two short videos to help you get started; Join a Meeting, and Joining and Configuring Audio and Video.
A Burning, by Megha Majumdar
An opportunistic gym teacher and a starry-eyed misfit find the realization of their ambitions tied to the downfall of an innocent Muslim girl who has been wrongly implicated in a terrorist attack.
Please contact Mary to get a link and call-in number to join. This monthly book discussion is facilitated by Assistant Director Mary Bell (summers off). Newcomers are always welcome!
A Burning, by Megha Majumdar
An opportunistic gym teacher and a starry-eyed misfit find the realization of their ambitions tied to the downfall of an innocent Muslim girl who has been wrongly implicated in a terrorist attack.
Please contact Mary to get a link and call-in number to join. This monthly book discussion is facilitated by Assistant Director Mary Bell (summers off). Newcomers are always welcome!
Our Wilbraham Monson Academy student volunteers are back to answer your tech related questions. They will interact with you individually on Zoom, and will help to solve all of those queries about email addresses, trouble-shooting a cell phone, questions about tablets, and more. To participate, simply sign up for the event and you will receive the contact information.
Hope to see you online!
This is a virtual program and registration is necessary in order to participate. Registrants will receive a link to the event within 48 hours of the scheduled presentation. New to Zoom? Check out these two short videos to help you get started; Join a Meeting, and Joining and Configuring Audio and Video.
Our Wilbraham Monson Academy student volunteers are back to answer your tech related questions. They will interact with you individually on Zoom, and will help to solve all of those queries about email addresses, trouble-shooting a cell phone, questions about tablets, and more. To participate, simply sign up for the event and you will receive the contact information.
Hope to see you online!
This is a virtual program and registration is necessary in order to participate. Registrants will receive a link to the event within 48 hours of the scheduled presentation. New to Zoom? Check out these two short videos to help you get started; Join a Meeting, and Joining and Configuring Audio and Video.
Led by Jessica Magill
Our Wilbraham Monson Academy student volunteers are back to answer your tech related questions. They will interact with you individually on Zoom, and will help to solve all of those queries about email addresses, trouble-shooting a cell phone, questions about tablets, and more. To participate, simply sign up for the event and you will receive the contact information.
Hope to see you online!
This is a virtual program, space is limited, and registration is necessary in order to participate. Registrants will receive a link to the event within 48 hours of the scheduled presentation. New to Zoom? Check out these two short videos to help you get started; Join a Meeting, and Joining and Configuring Audio and Video.
Our Wilbraham Monson Academy student volunteers are back to answer your tech related questions. They will interact with you individually on Zoom, and will help to solve all of those queries about email addresses, trouble-shooting a cell phone, questions about tablets, and more. To participate, simply sign up for the event and you will receive the contact information.
Hope to see you online!
This is a virtual program, space is limited, and registration is necessary in order to participate. Registrants will receive a link to the event within 48 hours of the scheduled presentation. New to Zoom? Check out these two short videos to help you get started; Join a Meeting, and Joining and Configuring Audio and Video.
The New Jim Crow, by Michelle Alexander
Seldom does a book have the impact of Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow. Since it was first published in 2010, it has been cited in judicial decisions and has been adopted in campus-wide and community-wide reads; it helped inspire the creation of the Marshall Project and the new $100 million Art for Justice Fund; it has been the winner of numerous prizes, including the prestigious NAACP Image Award; and it has spent nearly 250 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.Most important of all, it has spawned a whole generation of criminal justice reform activists and organizations motivated by Michelle Alexander's unforgettable argument that "we have not ended racial caste in America; we have merely redesigned it." As the Birmingham News proclaimed, it is "undoubtedly the most important book published in this century about the U.S."Now, ten years after it was first published, The New Press is proud to issue a tenth-anniversary edition with a new preface by Michelle Alexander that discusses the impact the book has had and the state of the criminal justice reform movement today.
The Booked for Lunch discussion group is facilitated by Library Director, Karen Demers on Zoom. Receive a link by emailing karendemers@wilbrahamlibrary.org.
Available through Hoopla.
The New Jim Crow, by Michelle Alexander
Seldom does a book have the impact of Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow. Since it was first published in 2010, it has been cited in judicial decisions and has been adopted in campus-wide and community-wide reads; it helped inspire the creation of the Marshall Project and the new $100 million Art for Justice Fund; it has been the winner of numerous prizes, including the prestigious NAACP Image Award; and it has spent nearly 250 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.Most important of all, it has spawned a whole generation of criminal justice reform activists and organizations motivated by Michelle Alexander's unforgettable argument that "we have not ended racial caste in America; we have merely redesigned it." As the Birmingham News proclaimed, it is "undoubtedly the most important book published in this century about the U.S."Now, ten years after it was first published, The New Press is proud to issue a tenth-anniversary edition with a new preface by Michelle Alexander that discusses the impact the book has had and the state of the criminal justice reform movement today.
The Booked for Lunch discussion group is facilitated by Library Director, Karen Demers on Zoom. Receive a link by emailing karendemers@wilbrahamlibrary.org.
Available through Hoopla.
How much do you know about the Quabbin Reservoir, it’s history and how it is managed?
The Quabbin Reservoir is an "accidental wilderness". While it is a haven for wildlife, it's main purpose is to provide drinking water for the City of Boston. It is the largest reservoir of surface water in the world, and it is the only one of its size that doesn't require further filtration before entering into the water supply. Join us to learn more about the Reservoir's unique history and the challenges that go into maintaining it. This presentation will also cover many of the questions and myths that surround the Reservoir.
Presented by Maria Beiter-Tucker, Visitor Center Manager at the Department of Conservation and Recreation Quabbin Visitor Center.
This is a virtual program and registration is necessary in order to participate. Registrants will receive a link to the event within 48 hours of the scheduled presentation. New to Zoom? Check out these two short videos to help you get started; Join a Meeting, and Joining and Configuring Audio and Video.
How much do you know about the Quabbin Reservoir, it’s history and how it is managed?
The Quabbin Reservoir is an "accidental wilderness". While it is a haven for wildlife, it's main purpose is to provide drinking water for the City of Boston. It is the largest reservoir of surface water in the world, and it is the only one of its size that doesn't require further filtration before entering into the water supply. Join us to learn more about the Reservoir's unique history and the challenges that go into maintaining it. This presentation will also cover many of the questions and myths that surround the Reservoir.
Presented by Maria Beiter-Tucker, Visitor Center Manager at the Department of Conservation and Recreation Quabbin Visitor Center.
This is a virtual program and registration is necessary in order to participate. Registrants will receive a link to the event within 48 hours of the scheduled presentation. New to Zoom? Check out these two short videos to help you get started; Join a Meeting, and Joining and Configuring Audio and Video.
Our Wilbraham Monson Academy student volunteers are back to answer your tech related questions. They will interact with you individually on Zoom, and will help to solve all of those queries about email addresses, trouble-shooting a cell phone, questions about tablets, and more. To participate, simply sign up for the event and you will receive the contact information.
Hope to see you online!
This is a virtual program, space is limited, and registration is necessary in order to participate. Registrants will receive a link to the event within 48 hours of the scheduled presentation. New to Zoom? Check out these two short videos to help you get started; Join a Meeting, and Joining and Configuring Audio and Video.
Our Wilbraham Monson Academy student volunteers are back to answer your tech related questions. They will interact with you individually on Zoom, and will help to solve all of those queries about email addresses, trouble-shooting a cell phone, questions about tablets, and more. To participate, simply sign up for the event and you will receive the contact information.
Hope to see you online!
This is a virtual program, space is limited, and registration is necessary in order to participate. Registrants will receive a link to the event within 48 hours of the scheduled presentation. New to Zoom? Check out these two short videos to help you get started; Join a Meeting, and Joining and Configuring Audio and Video.
The Fire Next Time, by James Baldwin
The powerful evocation of a childhood in Harlem that helped to galvanize the early days of the Civil Rights movement examines the deep consequences of racial injustice to both the individual and the body politic.
Please contact Mary to get a link and call-in number to join. This monthly book discussion is facilitated by Assistant Director Mary Bell (summers off). Newcomers are always welcome!
The Fire Next Time, by James Baldwin
The powerful evocation of a childhood in Harlem that helped to galvanize the early days of the Civil Rights movement examines the deep consequences of racial injustice to both the individual and the body politic.
Please contact Mary to get a link and call-in number to join. This monthly book discussion is facilitated by Assistant Director Mary Bell (summers off). Newcomers are always welcome!
Led by Jessica Magill
Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
Huxley's classic prophetic novel describes the socialized horrors of a futuristic utopia devoid of individual freedom
The Booked for Lunch discussion group is facilitated by Library Director, Karen Demers on Zoom. Receive a link by emailing karendemers@wilbrahamlibrary.org.
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Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
Huxley's classic prophetic novel describes the socialized horrors of a futuristic utopia devoid of individual freedom
The Booked for Lunch discussion group is facilitated by Library Director, Karen Demers on Zoom. Receive a link by emailing karendemers@wilbrahamlibrary.org.
Available through Hoopla.
Led by Jessica Magill
The monthly daytime book discussion group facilitated by Library Director Karen Demers.
The monthly daytime book discussion group facilitated by Library Director Karen Demers.
The Bookshop on the Corner, by Jenny Colgan
Nina Redmond is a literary matchmaker. Pairing a reader with that perfect book is her passion... and also her job. Or at least it was. Until yesterday, she was a librarian in the hectic city. But now the job she loved is no more. Determined to make a new life for herself, Nina moves to a sleepy village many miles away. There she buys a van and transforms it into a bookmobile--a mobile bookshop that she drives from neighborhood to neighborhood, changing one life after another with the power of storytelling. From helping her grumpy landlord deliver a lamb, to sharing picnics with a charming train conductor who serenades her with poetry, Nina discovers there's plenty of adventure, magic, and soul in a place that's beginning to feel like home... a place where she just might be able to write her own happy ending.
The Booked for Lunch discussion group is facilitated by Library Director, Karen Demers on Zoom. Receive a link by emailing karendemers@wilbrahamlibrary.org.
Available through Hoopla.
The Bookshop on the Corner, by Jenny Colgan
Nina Redmond is a literary matchmaker. Pairing a reader with that perfect book is her passion... and also her job. Or at least it was. Until yesterday, she was a librarian in the hectic city. But now the job she loved is no more. Determined to make a new life for herself, Nina moves to a sleepy village many miles away. There she buys a van and transforms it into a bookmobile--a mobile bookshop that she drives from neighborhood to neighborhood, changing one life after another with the power of storytelling. From helping her grumpy landlord deliver a lamb, to sharing picnics with a charming train conductor who serenades her with poetry, Nina discovers there's plenty of adventure, magic, and soul in a place that's beginning to feel like home... a place where she just might be able to write her own happy ending.
The Booked for Lunch discussion group is facilitated by Library Director, Karen Demers on Zoom. Receive a link by emailing karendemers@wilbrahamlibrary.org.
Available through Hoopla.
Led by Jessica Magill
Orphan’s Tale, by Pam Jenoff
Sixteen-year-old Noa, forced to give up her baby fathered by a Nazi soldier, snatches a child from a boxcar containing Jewish infants bound for a concentration camp and takes refuge with a traveling circus, where Astrid, a Jewish aerialist, becomes her mentor.
The Booked for Lunch discussion group is facilitated by Library Director, Karen Demers on Zoom. Receive a link by emailing karendemers@wilbrahamlibrary.org.
Available through Hoopla.
Orphan’s Tale, by Pam Jenoff
Sixteen-year-old Noa, forced to give up her baby fathered by a Nazi soldier, snatches a child from a boxcar containing Jewish infants bound for a concentration camp and takes refuge with a traveling circus, where Astrid, a Jewish aerialist, becomes her mentor.
The Booked for Lunch discussion group is facilitated by Library Director, Karen Demers on Zoom. Receive a link by emailing karendemers@wilbrahamlibrary.org.
Available through Hoopla.
Led by Jessica Magill
Lakota Woman, by Mary Crow Dog
A unique autobiography unparalleled in American Indian literature, and a deeply moving account of a woman's triumphant struggle to survive in a hostile world. This is the powerful autobiography of Mary Brave Bird, who grew up in the misery of a South Dakota reservation. Rebelling against the violence and hopelessness of reservation life, she joined the tribal pride movement in an effort to bring about much-needed changes
The Booked for Lunch discussion group is facilitated by Library Director, Karen Demers on Zoom. Receive a link by emailing karendemers@wilbrahamlibrary.org.
Available through Hoopla.
Lakota Woman, by Mary Crow Dog
A unique autobiography unparalleled in American Indian literature, and a deeply moving account of a woman's triumphant struggle to survive in a hostile world. This is the powerful autobiography of Mary Brave Bird, who grew up in the misery of a South Dakota reservation. Rebelling against the violence and hopelessness of reservation life, she joined the tribal pride movement in an effort to bring about much-needed changes
The Booked for Lunch discussion group is facilitated by Library Director, Karen Demers on Zoom. Receive a link by emailing karendemers@wilbrahamlibrary.org.
Available through Hoopla.
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Sethe, an escaped slave living in post-Civil War Ohio with her daughter and mother-in-law, is haunted persistently by the ghost of the dead baby girl whom she sacrificed.
Please contact Mary to get a link and call-in number to join. This monthly book discussion is facilitated by Assistant Director Mary Bell (summers off). Newcomers are always welcome!
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Sethe, an escaped slave living in post-Civil War Ohio with her daughter and mother-in-law, is haunted persistently by the ghost of the dead baby girl whom she sacrificed.
Please contact Mary to get a link and call-in number to join. This monthly book discussion is facilitated by Assistant Director Mary Bell (summers off). Newcomers are always welcome!
Led by Jessica Magill
Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions, by Mario Giordano
Retiring to Sicily in the hopes of spending her final years enjoying the ocean view, the wine and the company of friends, 60-year-old Auntie Poldi discovers that her new home is not quite as tranquil as anticipated when her handsome young handyman is found murdered.
The Booked for Lunch discussion group is facilitated by Library Director, Karen Demers on Zoom. Receive a link by emailing karendemers@wilbrahamlibrary.org.
Available through Hoopla.
Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions, by Mario Giordano
Retiring to Sicily in the hopes of spending her final years enjoying the ocean view, the wine and the company of friends, 60-year-old Auntie Poldi discovers that her new home is not quite as tranquil as anticipated when her handsome young handyman is found murdered.
The Booked for Lunch discussion group is facilitated by Library Director, Karen Demers on Zoom. Receive a link by emailing karendemers@wilbrahamlibrary.org.
Available through Hoopla.
The Sympathizer, by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Follows a Viet Cong agent as he spies on a South Vietnamese army general and his compatriots as they start a new life in 1975 Los Angeles.
Please contact Mary to get a link and call-in number to join. This monthly book discussion is facilitated by Assistant Director Mary Bell (summers off). Newcomers are always welcome!
The Sympathizer, by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Follows a Viet Cong agent as he spies on a South Vietnamese army general and his compatriots as they start a new life in 1975 Los Angeles.
Please contact Mary to get a link and call-in number to join. This monthly book discussion is facilitated by Assistant Director Mary Bell (summers off). Newcomers are always welcome!
Led by Jessica Magill
Little Sister a memior, by Patricia Walsh Chadwick
Imagine an eighteen-year-old American girl who has never read a newspaper, watched television, or made a phone call. An eighteen-year-old-girl who has never danced-and this in the 1960s. It is in Cambridge, Massachusetts where Leonard Feeney, a controversial (soon to be excommunicated) Catholic priest, has founded a religious community called the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The Center's members-many of them educated at Harvard and Radcliffe-surrender all earthly possessions and aspects of their life, including their children, to him. Patricia Chadwick was one of those children, and Little Sister is her account of growing up in the Feeney sect. Separated from her parents and forbidden to speak to them, Patricia bristles against the community's draconian rules, yearning for another life. When, at seventeen, she is banished from the Center, her home, she faces the world alone, without skills, family, or money but empowered with faith and a fierce determination to succeed on her own, which she does, rising eventually to the upper echelons of the world of finance and investing. A tale of resilience and grace, Little Sister chronicles, in riveting prose, a surreal childhood and does so without rancor or self-pity.
The Booked for Lunch discussion group is facilitated by Library Director, Karen Demers on Zoom. Receive a link by emailing karendemers@wilbrahamlibrary.org.
Available through Hoopla.
Little Sister a memior, by Patricia Walsh Chadwick
Imagine an eighteen-year-old American girl who has never read a newspaper, watched television, or made a phone call. An eighteen-year-old-girl who has never danced-and this in the 1960s. It is in Cambridge, Massachusetts where Leonard Feeney, a controversial (soon to be excommunicated) Catholic priest, has founded a religious community called the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The Center's members-many of them educated at Harvard and Radcliffe-surrender all earthly possessions and aspects of their life, including their children, to him. Patricia Chadwick was one of those children, and Little Sister is her account of growing up in the Feeney sect. Separated from her parents and forbidden to speak to them, Patricia bristles against the community's draconian rules, yearning for another life. When, at seventeen, she is banished from the Center, her home, she faces the world alone, without skills, family, or money but empowered with faith and a fierce determination to succeed on her own, which she does, rising eventually to the upper echelons of the world of finance and investing. A tale of resilience and grace, Little Sister chronicles, in riveting prose, a surreal childhood and does so without rancor or self-pity.
The Booked for Lunch discussion group is facilitated by Library Director, Karen Demers on Zoom. Receive a link by emailing karendemers@wilbrahamlibrary.org.
Available through Hoopla.
The Book of Lost Names, by Kristin Harmel
The best-selling author of The Winemaker's Wife draws on true events in the story of a Polish graduate student in World War II who uses her forgery talents to help hundreds of Jewish children flee the Nazis.
Please contact Mary to get a link and call-in number to join. This monthly book discussion is facilitated by Assistant Director Mary Bell (summers off). Newcomers are always welcome!
The Book of Lost Names, by Kristin Harmel
The best-selling author of The Winemaker's Wife draws on true events in the story of a Polish graduate student in World War II who uses her forgery talents to help hundreds of Jewish children flee the Nazis.
Please contact Mary to get a link and call-in number to join. This monthly book discussion is facilitated by Assistant Director Mary Bell (summers off). Newcomers are always welcome!
Led by Jessica Magill
Tattooist of Auschwitz, by Heather Morris
An international best-seller based on the true story of an Auschwitz-Birkenau survivor traces the experiences of a Jewish Slovakian who uses his position as a concentration-camp tattooist to secure food for his fellow prisoners.
The Booked for Lunch discussion group is facilitated by Library Director, Karen Demers on Zoom. Receive a link by emailing karendemers@wilbrahamlibrary.org.
Available through Hoopla.
Tattooist of Auschwitz, by Heather Morris
An international best-seller based on the true story of an Auschwitz-Birkenau survivor traces the experiences of a Jewish Slovakian who uses his position as a concentration-camp tattooist to secure food for his fellow prisoners.
The Booked for Lunch discussion group is facilitated by Library Director, Karen Demers on Zoom. Receive a link by emailing karendemers@wilbrahamlibrary.org.
Available through Hoopla.
The Vanishing Half, by Brit Bennett
Separated by their embrace of different racial identities, two mixed-raced twins reevaluate their choices as one raises a black daughter in their southern hometown while the other passes for white with a husband who is unaware of her heritage.
Please contact Mary to get a link and call-in number to join. This monthly book discussion is facilitated by Assistant Director Mary Bell (summers off). Newcomers are always welcome!
The Vanishing Half, by Brit Bennett
Separated by their embrace of different racial identities, two mixed-raced twins reevaluate their choices as one raises a black daughter in their southern hometown while the other passes for white with a husband who is unaware of her heritage.
Please contact Mary to get a link and call-in number to join. This monthly book discussion is facilitated by Assistant Director Mary Bell (summers off). Newcomers are always welcome!
Led by Jessica Magill
