Tuesday, October 7 2:00-3:30 PM OR Wednesday, October 15, 6:00-7:30 PM Join us to learn the basics of using Microsoft Word! This is a great class if you want to learn about a word processing program for typing letters, resumes, papers, and more. Plus, Microsoft Word is available on the library’s public computers! Registration is […]
10/1 | 9:30-11:30 AM | VIRTUAL 50+ Job Seekers Networking Group — Resumes (“A Pocketful of STARS”) This week’s topic (October 1) is Resumes! The Library 50+ Job Seekers Networking Group meets via Zoom on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month, from 9:30am to 11:30am. Informal networking takes place from 9am to 9:30am […]
Enemy empires, forbidden romance, and a secret queen meant to save her people. Alizeh is seen as a servant, meant to stay in the shadows. All along, she is a Jinn, an ancient race forced to stay hidden because of their abilities. More than that, it turns out she might be the secret queen prophesized […]
We are pleased to announce the latest round of rare shoe titles to be digitized and added our Internet Archive webpage! For the past two years, the Special Collections Department has been working with the Boston Public Library and the Internet Archive hub there to digitize the rarest shoe titles in our collections, making them […]
HPL provides access to Britannica Library (as in Encyclopaedia Britannica) to patrons through the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. This digital resource includes sections for kids and young adults as well as a Reference Center. The Reference Center includes articles and media on a wide variety of topics as well as biographies of notable individuals. […]
After spending at least two horror-filled months reading Stephen King’s 1000+ page novel “It”, I desperately needed to read something relatively fast and absorbing. Griffin Dunne’s family memoir, “The Friday Afternoon Club”, totally fit the bill! So many famous names had been dropped by page 28 that I felt like I was reading a (celebrity) […]
This warm and funny Korean drama follows two doctors, once school rivals, who are now both at low points in their lives. Ha-neul has been diagnosed with depression and has dramatically quit her job after being used and unappreciated in her job as an anesthesiologist. Jeong-woo owned and operated a popular plastic surgery practice and […]
Start your autumn off right with some great novels nominated for the coveted Booker Prize throughout the years! This is a mix of nominated and winning titles, because plenty of amazing books don’t win! Featured books: Top row: The Luminaries, Eleanor Catton; If I Survive You, Jonathan Escoffery. Middle row: The Fishermen, Chigozie Obioma; A […]
Check out a book from one of our adult displays this month! Our nonfiction display is dedicated to Hispanic Heritage Month (which runs from September 15-October 15), while our fiction display, Read Around the World, has stories set in countries across the globe. As always, our Staff Picks board has suggestions from library staff! Note: […]
This debut novel by Charlotte Runcie is a smart and witty look at the world of the arts, art criticism, and viral fame that also touches on the challenges of finding balance between private and professional life. Set during the Edinburgh Fringe Arts Festival, the story starts when Alex Lyons, a well-known and notoriously harsh […]
