Monthly Archives: March 2017

The Library’s non-fiction book group has chosen Hamilton, a meaty biography by Ron Chernow for is next selection. Alexander Hamilton is the least well known of the founding fathers but among the most influential. He rose from Caribbean bastardy through military service … Continue reading →

Popular author Neil Gaiman  makes an “impassioned plea for people to understand what libraries and librarians are, and to preserve both of these things.”  He worries people misunderstand what libraries are.   If, he says ” you perceive a library as a … Continue reading →

Author Neil Gaiman says that through reading, we “exercise our imaginations” and “build empathy.”  Here are three new stories to daydream with.  The Hollywood Daughter by Kate Alcott (Touch of Stardust) is a story based on Ingrid Bergman’s affair with Roberto Rossellini. … Continue reading →

Kerry Greenwood’s Phryne Fisher is an Aussie aristocrat with bohemian panache (she files her own plane) and a knack for solving crimes.  Our one Phryne Fisher was frequently asked for as on Interibrary loan, so we ordered more. In Murder in Montparnasse, witnesses … Continue reading →

In This Grave Hour (Jaqueline Winspear), Masie Dobbs tracks a killer of Belgian war refugees. In Bone Box (Faye Kellerman), Decker and Lazarus are on the trail of of a serial killer after Lazarus discovers a set of bones on … Continue reading →

Nichols Non-Fiction Readers will discuss The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson on Monday , March 27th at 3pm in the library meeting room. This is a “thrilling ” and thought-provoking” medical mystery that reads like a good detective story.   There is … Continue reading →

Stories and songs for pre-schoolers at 10:30.

No heat or power so no opening Wed 3/15. Stay warm.

All the forecasts says its going to be a humdinger of a storm.  Given the low visibility and icy roads,  the Nichols Library will not be opening and we suggest you stay home, too.  Will keep you posted on our status … Continue reading →

Join us in reading The Ghost Map, a fascinating medical mystery.  In the summer of 1854, a cholera outbreak terrorized London. People began dying, seemingly at random.  Author David Johnson tells how two researchers were able to crack the code and trace … Continue reading →