The Fiber Fueled Cookbook is much more than just a cookbook filled with plant-based recipes. You will learn about the fiber paradox, how to manage food intolerances, food sensitivity, FODMAPs, synthetic substances that make it into our food system, fermentation, sprouting, holistic healing, hope for histamine intolerances, and even how to train your gut. You […]
Wednesday, July 20 at 4pm Join local YA author Marisa Urgo to discuss her debut novel The Gravity of Missing Things! Talk about the book, ask her about her writing process, how she got published – anything you want! “Flight 133 disappeared over the ocean. No wreckage. No distress signal. Just gone. Suddenly, everyone on […]
Saturday, July 16th & Saturday, August 13th at 11am Storytime with Drag Kings, Queens, and Friends, is a story hour featuring a revolving cast of beloved local Boston performers. Storytime with Drag Kings, Queens, and Friends is a lively pop-up story session with, you guessed it, drag performers and sparkly friends!
Wednesday, July 13 at 3pm Cynde McInnis shares her story about how she took her childhood passion for whales and made it her career. She will introduce students to whales and how they are researched today illustrating that you can take many different paths to find the career that you are looking for. Science, technology, […]
“Krakauer takes readers inside isolated communities in the American West, Canada, and Mexico, where some forty-thousand Mormon Fundamentalists believe the mainstream Mormon Church went unforgivably astray when it renounced polygamy. Defying both civil authorities and the Mormon establishment in Salt Lake City, the leaders of these outlaw sects are zealots who answer only to God.”“Weaving […]
We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story by Simu Liu (Kim’s Convenience, Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings) is a powerful story about growing up as a second-generation Chinese Canadian that is equal parts humorous, inspiring, and heartbreaking. Born in Harbin, China, Simu spent the first four years of his life […]
HPL Armchair Travelers is going to Germany. Take a look at all the electronic resources we have on that country, such as ebooks, audiobooks, music, movies, and more. Don’t hesitate to explore on your own! Click on the following link to see a list of e-resources on Germany!
Literary agent Nora knows better than anyone that character archetypes can be found in real life – she’s the embodiment of the put-together career woman who the male lead dumps after meeting his true love in a small town. But she doesn’t understand the appeal of “loosening up” or “slowing down to enjoy life” when […]
“Juneteenth is a commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States. The holiday is observed on June 19—”June nineteenth” is shortened to “Juneteenth”—and is known by various names, including Emancipation Day, Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, and Liberation Day; some call it America’s Second Independence Day. It began as a time of celebration when, on June 19, 1865, General Gordon […]
Wednesday, June 29th at 1pm Ahoy, Maties!Set sail with us on a thrilling action-packed adventure about a crew of quirky pirates marooned on a desert island. With mutiny and high-tide looming, they must rescue their salty captain and find a way to repair their ship before all hope is lost … at sea! Registration is […]
