At the end of September this year, Gale replaced its Career Transitions resource with Peterson’s Career Prep. HPL now offers this new resource to cardholders. Peterson’s Career Prep contains user-friendly tools for discovering career paths and crafting professional resumes and job application materials. Here’s how Gale describes it: Choosing a career path doesn’t come easy. […]
Chance read Everything on a Waffle and this is what he thought… Eleven-year-old Primrose Squarp lives in Coal Harbour, British Columbia, Canada. After her parents her swept away at sea, Primrose is placed in the care of her uncle Jack. The book follows Primrose as she continues her daily routine, not in mourning for her parents, but […]
Winter holiday books are now available for browsing in our downstairs children’s area! To celebrate our holiday book cart, we produced this short film. Please enjoy!
Joan read OCDaniel and this is what she thought… Daniel is a typical eighth-grader. He’s desperate to fit in, to make his father proud, and hide the fact that he thinks he might be crazy. He’s pretty busy with school and football (and Zaps and Routines), but then he gets a mysterious note that changes everything. […]
“The Beauty of the House is immeasurable; its Kindness infinite.” If you’re like me, you’ve been waiting for this book for 16 years! Susanna Clarke’s first novel, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, is a delicate masterpiece of storytelling magic, and is a book I revisit every year so my bar was set high for her […]
On the first page of Maids, a graphic novel by Katie Skelly, a young woman picks a human eyeball off the floor and cautiously pokes at it with her index finger. As she is about to prod the pupil of the disembodied ocular sphere, Skelly shifts the frame to show the same young woman ringing […]
HPL Armchair Travelers is going to China. 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 China! HPL ARMCHAIR TRAVELERS – CHINA
In the not so distant future, there’s an app for everything, including assassination. Charlie Ellison discovers she’s the newest target on Reapr with a million dollars on her head. She then makes use of a bodyguard for hire app (naturally) called Dfend where she hires Vita, the lowest rated bodyguard available. She may be the […]
Get spooked with your Haverhill Public Library Card! Stream horror flicks with Hoopla or Kanopy, check out one of the horror books listed below, and attend a spooky event! Hoopla has you covered with TV Series! This month Kanopy is highlighting the macabre with their 31 Days of Horror. Included are titles in different genres, […]
October is LGBTQ+ History Month! This monthly celebration began in 1994 when high school teacher Rodney Wilson began efforts to create a month focused on gay and lesbian history. A Joseph Davis of Haverhill was the subject of an early colonial documented case of gender nonconformity. In 1652, Davis received a fine for “putting on […]
