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Published March 1, 2013
Did you know that March is National Craft Month? Time to enjoy those crafty fiction titles that span many genres, but have some sort of craft involved. Do you like to have characters that knit or quilt, then this list is for you.
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Published January 5, 2013
2013 marks the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Springfield and other dates in American Civil war history. To help commemorate those events we are highlighting some fiction titles about the Civil War.
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Published October 19, 2012
Zombies continue to be a topic of interest in many areas. May is Zombie Awareness Month. Kansas has made October Zombie preparedness month for its state. The CDC has a preparedness website that is used to promote preparedness for emergencies, and zombies are being discussed on the Internet.
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Published July 27, 2012
How does an author become the next biggest thing? They have to publish their first novel, first. Here are some debut novels published this spring and summer that might turn into your favorites, or give you a new author to enjoy.
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Published March 23, 2012
A sense of time and place is the best part of reading a historical novel. You can be transported back to early Roman times, World War II or even the 1990's and have a vivid picture of the life of the character in that book. "Gone with the Wind" still evokes vivid memories of place and time for me. Maybe a title on this list will transport you to another place or time.
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Published February 10, 2012
Do you want to know more about floating bath toys or more about how we think?
There are many nonfiction titles published each month on a variety of topics from how to repair your car to the life story of some famous, infamous or obscure people in our world.
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Published December 2, 2011
Did you know that the Library's DVD collection has much more than movies?
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Published November 2, 2011
"Pride and Prejudice" -- the stories continue.
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