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Featured Digital Resource: Gale: Nursing and Allied Health Collection

Whether you are a student in a nursing or health program or already working in the field, check out Gale: Nursing and Allied Health Collection! You’ll gain access to information on patient management, specialized care, treatment, and much more! This ad-free database is updated daily to provide current information through magazines, newspapers, academic journals, full-text […]

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“Swordheart” by T. Kingfisher

You’d think that inheriting a substantial estate would be good news, but Halla finds it rather intolerable.  She would be happy just going about her duties as a housekeeper and being ignored by everyone, but now that she’s inherited the coveted money, her extended family has plans for her: plans that include locking her in […]

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Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann

Leonie Swann’s debut novel is cozy, clever, and unconventional. If you’ve ever wondered what a murder mystery would look like if solved by a flock of sheep, Three Bags Full should be your next read. Yes, sheep. It sounds silly, I know, but somehow, it works. When their beloved shepherd is found dead, the flock […]

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August Adult Events at HPL

8/1 | 10 AM-12:30 PM | Friday Flicks In August, we will watch sport movies!  Today we watch King Richard (2021). Rated PG-13. No registration required. 8/2 | 11 AM-12 PM | Spanish Conversation Practice Are you looking to improve your conversational Spanish in a supportive and friendly environment? Join us the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of […]

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July Adult Events at HPL

7/1 | 10 AM-12:15 PM | Classic Matinees: Baseball Greats Join us in watching some of the best films about America’s pastime, baseball. Today is The Sandlot (1993). Rated PG. No registration required. 7/2 | 6:30-8 PM | Fiber Arts Group Calling all fiber artists! Bring your current project(s) of knitting, crocheting, hand stitching, hand quilting, and […]

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June Adult Events at HPL

6/2 | 6-7:30 PM | English (ESL) Conversation Circle Would you like to practice your English with native speakers in a relaxed and informal environment? Join us for a friendly chat–Monday evenings at 6 PM. No registration required. 6/3 | 10 AM-12:15 PM | Classic Matinees: Spies and Espionage Join us in watching some of […]

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“The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins

Katniss Everdeen remembers what her father taught her. Hunt, hide, and don’t get caught. She’s been caring for her small family ever since he died in a mining accident and her mother fell into a catatonic depression. But no district child in Panem can hide from the Reaping, and this year her little sister Prim […]

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April Adult Events at HPL

4/1 | 10 AM-12:15 PM | Classic Matinees: Pacino or De Niro This month we watch movies starring either Al Pacino or Robert De Niro. Today we watch Dog Day Afternoon (1975) starring Al Pacino. Rated R. No registration required. 4/2 | 6:00-7:30 PM | Tech Class: Drop In 1-on-1 Tech Help Need basic tech help? Ask […]

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Circe by Madeline Miller

Circe by Madeline Miller is a rich retelling of the story a relatively minor character in Greek myth, Circe, the solitary sorceress who is best known for transforming Odysseus’ sailors into swine. The novel follows Circe’s journey from a misunderstood, and presumably feeble, daughter of the Titans to a self-empowered and formidable goddess exiled on the […]

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“Gideon the Ninth” by Tamsyn Muir

Does anything truly stay dead? At the far edge of the cosmos ruled by the Emperor sits the Ninth House, a lonely planet of dwindling life. It is the responsibility of the necromancer heir to the House to save it, but the Reverend Daughter, Harrowhark Nonagesimus, can’t do that alone, no matter how much she […]