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Solar Bones: A reverie on all the tiny details that accrete to create a life

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SOLAR BONES A reverie on all the tiny details that accrete to create a life ...by Roberta Brown-Jones

George and Lizzie and Libby and Cathy

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GEORGE AND LIZZIE and LIBBY AND CATHY I discovered a zippy new app called Libby, which makes it extremely easy to search for and browse ebooks and audiobooks in Nederland’s Overdrive inventory as well as to access other libraries’ Overdrive inventories. ...by Cathy Grace

Read in Ned: Does Technology Have a Place in Education?

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SCREEN TIME Technology is rapidly becoming an integral part of daily life for us and with it, a whole universe of parental concerns. ...by Michael Sivcovich

Read in Ned: On the Road

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ON THE ROAD Long before it was accepted as a literary form, the travelogue was borne out of the universal desire for bragging rights: to let others know of our quests and the ground covered, the sights seen and the wonders encountered. ...by Tom Lambrecht

Read in Ned: Delighting in a Full Reading List

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SHARING SOME RECOMMENDATIONS over the past few weeks, my reading list has swelled. I get my reading choices from a variety of sources: the New Yorker magazine’s interviews with authors and book reviews, books that look interesting to me as they cross the NCL circulation desk, and books that patrons come in saying is “the best book I’ve read in a very long time.” ...by Roberta Brown-Jones

Read in Ned: Celebrate Your Freedom to Read

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CELEBRATE YOUR FREEDOM TO READ September is Banned Books Month, and in celebration of the freedom to read, we offer you this quiz. Match the historical reference and/or reason for banning/challenging with the book’s title. Citations are verbatim and/or paraphrased from original ban/challenge language. ...by Cathy Grace

Meet Mike Sivcovich, new Youth Services Coordinator

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MEET MIKE SIVOCVICH I wanted to take the opportunity to introduce myself as your Youth Services Coordinator at the Nederland Community Library and elaborate more on what we have planned for the children here in Nederland, as well as the surrounding area.

Upcoming Titles for the fall season 2017

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NEW FALL TITLES Of the three main publishing seasons (summer, fall, and winter), fall is the busiest. Here are a few: "What Happened" by Hillary Clinton, "The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye" by David Lagercrantz, "Y is for Yesterday" by Sue Grafton, "Glass Houses" by Louise Penny, and "Sleeping Beauties" by Stephen King and son Owen King. ...by Susan Gerhart

Coming This Fall

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OUR STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS Strategic plans set the direction for an organization. They help determine where resources – time, staff, and money – will be focused. ...by Jay Mann

One is Good, Two is Enough

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ONE IS GOOD, TWO IS ENOUGH Alan Weisman’s 2013 book, Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth? is a book that should be read by all who wish to support sustaining a planet worth living on. ...by Roberta Brown-Jones

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