Monthly Archives: August 2013

The Nichols Library will be closed on Monday, September 2nd in commemoration of Labor Day.  Enjoy the weekend. (oh, and if you are cleaning out the summer camp, don’t forget to return anything you have out!)

This just in:  DVDs based on stories by the late Elmore Leonard.  All the films show Leonard’s trademark elements,: whip smart dialog, quirky characters, and the fine line between outlaws and the lawmen who chase them.  Hombre revisits the Stagecoach … Continue reading →

  Readers who read Doris Kearn Goodwin’s Team of Rivals with interest might want to take a peek at John A. Farrell’s biography Tip O’Neil.  O’Neil was speaker of the house during Ronald Reagan’s presidency.  Their relationship updates the rivals … Continue reading →

Up from the stacks and on display in the front reading room: bios of pioneering women novelists, journalists and critics.  The woman broke ground both for their careers and for their independent lifestyles.  Read about Margaret Fuller  (currently checked out), … Continue reading →

Elmore Leonard (b. Oct. 11, 1925), American novelist & screenwriter, died on August 20.  Leonard was best known for writing crime fiction:  fast-paced novels about ex-cons, aspiring kidnappers, gun dealers and loan sharks, and the world-weary lawmen who chase them, … Continue reading →

Join us for our weekly story time for toddlers. It’s a half-hour of reading fun and songs with your 2-4 year old.  Wednesdays at 10:30am.

Plenty of crime and mystery, some suspense, relationship drama, three intriguing histories and a new fantasy series, all new this week at the Nichols Library.

Looking to squeeze the last bit of summer goodness from the season? Don’t leave the Nichols library out of you plans.   In addition to our usual great selection of reads, we have passes to events,  programs, and more to add … Continue reading →

Join us for a half-hour of reading fun with your 2-4 year old.  Wednesdays at 10:30am.

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