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ALT Tag for ImageThe Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson

The Herdmans are the worst kids in the history of the world. They lie, steal, smoke cigars, swear, and hit little kids. So no one is prepared when this outlaw family invades church one Sunday and decides to take over the annual Christmas pageant.

Monday, December 5, 2011
at 5:00 p.m.
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5655 Jillson St.
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Computer Class

Please sign up ahead of time at Central Library.

Upcoming Class:

  • Introduction to Microsoft PowerPoint
    Monday, December 12, 2011
    5:30-7:30 PM
    This class will be held at Central Library.


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    -July - December 2011
New Nonfiction
 Me by Ricky Martin
His experiences in the renowned boy band Menudo, the challenges of increased fame that came with the Livin' La Vida Loca phenomenon, his continued growth as a musician, and his unique personal connection with millions of fans around the world.
Last LectureBaseball: The Tenth Inning by Ken Burns
Baseball: The Tenth Inning is a two-part, four-hour documentary film directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. A new chapter in Burns's landmark 1994 series, Baseball The Tenth Inning tells the tumultuous story of the national pastime from the 1990s to the present day.

DeweyTiger: the real story by Steve Helling
Examines Tiger Woods' fall from grace following a sex scandal, the forces that shaped the man he is now, and his attempts to improve his image.
New Fiction
ALT Tag for ImageRescue: a novel by Anita Shreve
A rookie paramedic pulls a young woman alive from her totaled car, a first rescue that begins a lifelong tangle of love and wreckage. Sheila Arsenault is a gorgeous enigma, streetwise and tough-talking, with haunted eyes, fierce desires, and a never-look-back determination. Peter Webster, as straight an arrow as they come, falls for her instantly and entirely. Soon Sheila and Peter are embroiled in an intense love affair, married, and parents to a baby daughter.
The ScarecrowRevolver by Marcus Sedgwick
Finland, 1910: Fifteen-year-old Sig is shocked to see a hole in the frozen lake outside his family's cabin and to find his father's corpse nearby. Why did Einar steer his dog sled across the lake instead of taking the safer land route? Sig's sister and stepmother go for help, leaving Sig alone with Einar's body in the cabin. Soon after, an armed stranger barges in, demanding a share of Einar's stolen gold from when the two men knew each other during the Alaska Gold Rush.
Into the Beautiful NorthCastaways by Elin Hilderbrand
Greg and Tess MacAvoy are one of four prominent Nantucket couples who count each other as best friends. As pillars of their close-knit community, the MacAvoys, Kapenashes, Drakes, and Wheelers are important to their friends and neighbors, and especially to each other. But just before the beginning of another idyllic summer, Greg and Tess are killed when their boat capsizes during an anniversary sail. As the warm weather approaches and the island mourns their loss, nothing can prepare the MacAvoy's closest friends for what will be revealed.
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