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JoyFull: Cook Effortlessly, Eat Freely, Live Radiantly More Info Borrow By Radhi Devlukia-Shetty. From S&S/Simon Element. (4 reviews) More than 125 plant-based recipes and a practical approach to making deeply flavorful food for feeling your best.
“What you eat—along with your daily habits and the thoughts you think—has the ability to completely transform every aspect of your health.” —Radhi Devlukia-Shetty
A passionate self-taught cook and nutritionist, Radhi Devlukia-Shetty’s JoyFull is abundant and inviting. With more than 125 plant-based recipes, it is designed to balance health and satisfaction; her wide-ranging dishes bring vibrant flavors to every meal of the day and rely on accessible ingredients. |
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Jane Oneail returned this winter for more wonderful and engaging art history presentations. These programs were a collaboration of a multitude of MA libraries, hosted by us at the Boxborough library. Watch the recordings by visiting the playlist on our Youtube Channel.
New topics included: - Fierce Females: Women in Art - Bending Towards Justice: African Americans as Subject and Creators in American Art |
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Date: Wednesday, April 10 Time: 6:00 - 8:00 PM
Ages 10-17
A Mario Kart Tournament for April's Tween/Teen Night! Come compete for prizes and cheer on your friends.
Registration Required to compete, visit the event calendar.
(Waitlisted and non-registered folks can attend and spectate, but won't get to play) |
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Date: Tuesday, April 9 Time: 4:00 - 6:00 PM
Registration is required as space is limited.
Learn to extend the life of your clothes by simple mending techniques with Deepika Prakash, founder of PatternReview.com. Hemming and mending are valuable skills that contribute to sustainable practices. Some knowledge of using a sewing machine may be required but not always necessary. The workshop will be limited to 10 people so we can learn effectively.
Repair and Renew Sewing is a partnership between Sargent Memorial Library in Boxborough and Acton Memorial Library in Acton. We meet every month, but alternate locations between the libraries bi-monthly.
During this first workshop, we will learn how to hem pants or jeans. You can use this skill to alter pants or jeans which are too long for you or to fix hems of pants where the hem has come undone. Please bring a pair of pants or jeans and a sewing machine if you own one. There will be a couple sewing machines for you to use if you don't have one. |
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There are still open seats in the second workshop on Indian Folk Art presented by Sunanda Sahay. To learn more about the art and the artist, please visit her website at colorofindia.com. These programs are sponsored by the Acton-Boxborough Cultural Council.
For adults and kids ages 12+. Registration is required.
Session 2: Madhubani or Mithila painting Date: Thursday, March 28 Time: 6:00 - 7:30 PM Register on the event calendar.
This 2500 year old folk and traditional style of art is named after the Madhubani district of Bihar, India where it originated. Artists create these paintings using a variety of mediums, including their own fingers, or twigs, brushes, nib-pens, and matchsticks. The paintings are characterised by their eye-catching geometrical patterns. |
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Date: Tuesday, March 26 Time: 7:00 PM
Register directly on Zoom.
Spring is just around the corner, come to this virtual event with Kate from Blackstone Valley Veggie Gardens to learn all about pollinators in the garden. Pollinators are the lifeblood for good production. We will explore ways to attract bees, butterflies, hummingbirds and other beneficials to your garden.
The mission of Blackstone Valley Veggie Gardens is to inspire others to grow their own fresh produce. They deliver residential and community based training, consulting, and assistance in vegetable garden development. They are dedicated to the belief that most people should have the knowledge and opportunity to grow wholesome fruits and veggies in containers, raised beds, or in-ground gardens.
The program is sponsored by Whitcomb House Trust. |
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Date: Saturday, March 23 Time: 11:00 AM
Registration is required.
Ages 8 and Up
The student-led School of Hobbies and Recreational Expertise (SHARE) would like to invite you to a chess workshop! Group members will share (see what we did there?) their knowledge of openings, end games, how to notate, and tips to win tournaments. This workshop will focus on skill improvement and an introduction to competitive play, so a basic knowledge of chess is preferred. |
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Upcoming Toddler/Pre-K Craft Time Date: Weekly on Thursdays Time: 2:30 PM For Ages 2-5
This weekly craft time is for the little ones! No registration is required, but there is a limit of 12 participants (first come first served). Note: Crafts are subject to change.
3/21: Fork Painted Chicks 3/28: Paper Plate Fish |
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Upcoming Kids' Crafternoons Date: Weekly on Tuesday Time: 4:30 PM For kindergarten and up
This weekly craft time is for bigger kids! No registration is required, but there is a limit of 12 participants (first come first served). Note: Crafts are subject to change.
3/19: Word Pointillism 3/26: Cloud Mobiles 4/2: Sandpaper Monoprints |
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The library is always open online! Don't forget that our online resources are always available: Click here to go to our website Click here to view our online catalog Click here to look at our digital resources |
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The Sunlit Man: A Cosmere Novel More Info Borrow By Brandon Sanderson. From Tor Books. (2,821 reviews) Years ago he had comrades in arms and a cause to believe in, but now the man who calls himself Nomad knows only a life on the run. Forced to hop from world to world in the Cosmere whenever the relentless Night Brigade gets too close, Nomad lands on a new planet and is instantly caught up in the struggle between a tyrant and the rebels who want only to escape being turned into mindless slaves—all under the constant threat of a sunrise whose heat will melt the very stones. |
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The Great Divide More Info Borrow By Cristina Henriquez. From Ecco. (270 reviews) An epic novel of the construction of the Panama Canal, casting light on the unsung people who lived, loved, and labored there, by Cristina Henríquez, acclaimed author of The Book of Unknown Americans
It is said that the canal will be the greatest feat of engineering in history. But first, it must be built. For Francisco, a local fisherman who resents the foreign powers clamoring for a slice of his country, nothing is more upsetting than the decision of his son, Omar, to work as a digger in the excavation zone. |
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Ferris More Info Borrow By Kate DiCamillo. From Candlewick. (98 reviews) The masterful Kate DiCamillo has outdone herself with a hilarious and achingly real love story about a girl, a ghost, a grandmother, and growing up.
It’s the summer before fifth grade, and for Ferris Wilkey, it is a summer of sheer pandemonium: Her little sister, Pinky, has vowed to become an outlaw. Uncle Ted has left Aunt Shirley and, to Ferris’s mother’s chagrin, is holed up in the Wilkey basement to paint a history of the world. |
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Big Nate: This Means War! More Info Borrow By Lincoln Peirce. From Andrews McMeel Publishing. (18 reviews) Now a hit animated series on Nickelodeon and Paramount+, Big Nate delights middle grade readers with stories of mischief and misadventure in these full-color comics featuring sixth grader Nate Wright and friends at P. S. 38.
Big Nate is a legend at P. S. 38, where he and friends Francis, Teddy, Dee Dee, Chad, and others manage to make sixth grade interesting with all kinds of pranks, drama, sports, and good times. |
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You Are Fearless: A Book for the Littlest Taylor Swift Fans More Info Borrow By Odd Dot. From Odd Dot. (23 reviews) This uplifting read-aloud is a heartfelt wish for all children and a timeless introduction to the Grammy Award-winning and multi platinum singer and songwriter. YOU ARE FEARLESS presents Taylor Swift’s inspirational journey, encouraging children to be fearless, defy limits, and follow their hearts.
Perfect for Taylor Swift fans of all ages! |
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Tiffy Cooks: 88 Easy Asian Recipes from My Family to Yours More Info Borrow By Tiffy Chen. From Ten Speed Press. (1 review) The wildly popular blogger and TikTok sensation behind Tiffy Cooks shares 88 of her favorite easy, everyday, family-style recipes from across Asia.
Tiffy Chen started blogging about food and recipes after learning to cook from her mother and grandmother. In her debut cookbook, Tiffy shares memories and recipes shaped by growing up in Taiwan—a country with rich culture, diverse cuisines, and some of the best street food in the world—along with beloved family recipes and unique dishes inspired by her travels across Southeast Asia. |
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Help Wanted More Info Borrow By Adelle Waldman. From W. W. Norton & Company. (78 reviews) From the best-selling author of The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. comes a funny, eye-opening tale of work in contemporary America.
Every day at 3:55 a.m., members of Team Movement clock in for their shift at big-box store Town Square in a small upstate New York town. Under the eyes of a self-absorbed and barely competent boss, they empty the day’s truck of merchandise, stock the shelves, and scatter before the store opens and customers arrive. |
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The Real Hoosiers: Crispus Attucks High School, Oscar Robertson, and the Hidden History of Hoops More Info Borrow By Jack McCallum. From Hachette Books. (7 reviews) The true story behind Crispus Attucks High School and the all-Black basketball team loosely depicted as the championship opponent in the beloved classic sports movie Hoosiers.
For far too long the mythology of Indiana basketball has been dominated by Hoosiers. Framed as the ultimate underdog, feel-good story, there has also long been a cultural debate surrounding the film. The Real Hoosiers sets out to illuminate the narrative that the film omits, the story of the unheralded Crispus Attucks Tigers, playing the game at the highest level in the 1950s in a racially divided Indiana. |
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The Silver Bone More Info Borrow By Andrey Kurkov. From HarperVia. (112 reviews) From the Ukrainian Stieg Larsson, a perplexing mystery from a world-renowned literary master that introduces a rookie detective, Samson Kolechko, in Kyiv tackling his first case, set against real life details of the tumultuous early twentieth century.
Kyiv, 1919. World War I has ended in Western Europe, but to the East, six factions vie for control of Ukraine. Amidst the instability, young Samson Kolechko places his engineering career on hold. But in the city of Kyiv where competing patrols, black-market enterprise, and mayhem prevail everything remains up for grabs and new opportunity lurks just around the corner . |
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What Have We Here? Portraits of a Life More Info Borrow By Billy Dee Williams. From Knopf. (52 reviews) A film legend recalls his remarkable life of nearly eight decades—a heralded actor who's played the roles he wanted, from Brian’s Song to Lando in the Star Wars universe—unchecked by the racism and typecasting so rife in the mostly all-white industry in which he triumphed.
Billy Dee Williams was born in Harlem in 1937 and grew up in a household of love and sophistication. As a young boy, he made his stage debut working with Lotte Lenya in an Ira Gershwin/Kurt Weill production where Williams ended up feeding Lenya her lines. |
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The Cure for Burnout: How to Find Balance and Reclaim Your Life More Info Borrow By Emily Ballesteros. From The Dial Press. (59 reviews) “An empowering guidebook to combatting burnout . . . Emily Ballesteros’s advice is useful and practical, especially for young workers eager to reclaim their time and energy.” —Charles Duhigg, New York Times bestselling author of The Power of Habit and Smarter Faster Better
Is dread the first thing you feel when you wake up in the morning? Are you working in the evenings and on weekends to catch up? Have you already beat burnout once, only to find it creeping back? If you answered yes to any of these, you’re in need of a cure for burnout. |
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The Witch of New York: The Trials of Polly Bodine and the Cursed Birth of Tabloid Justice More Info Borrow By Alex Hortis. From Pegasus Crime. (27 reviews) Before the sensational cases of Amanda Knox and Casey Anthony—before even Lizzie Borden—there was Polly Bodine, the first American woman put on trial for capital murder in our nation’s debut media circus.
On Christmas night, December 25, 1843, in a serene village on Staten Island, shocked neighbors discovered the burnt remains of twenty-four-year-old mother Emeline Houseman and her infant daughter, Ann Eliza. In a perverse nativity, someone bludgeoned to death a mother and child in their home—and then covered up the crime with hellfire. |
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What Monstrous Gods More Info Borrow By Rosamund Hodge. From Balzer + Bray. (155 reviews) Centuries ago, the heretic sorcerer Ruven raised a deadly briar around Runakhia's palace, casting the royal family into an enchanted sleep—and silencing the kingdom's gods.
Born with a miraculous gift, Lia's destiny is to kill Ruven and wake the royals. But when she succeeds, she finds her duty is not yet complete, for now she must marry into the royal family and forge a pact with a god—or die.
To make matters even worse, Ruven's spirit is haunting her. |
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The Haunting of Velkwood More Info Borrow By Gwendolyn Kiste. From S&S/Saga Press. (195 reviews) From Bram Stoker Award–winning author Gwendolyn Kiste comes a chilling novel about three childhood friends who miraculously survive the night everyone in their suburban hometown turned into ghosts—perfect for fans of Yellowjackets.
The Velkwood Vicinity was the topic of occult theorists, tabloid one-hour documentaries, and even some pseudo-scientific investigations as the block of homes disappeared behind a near-impenetrable veil that only three survivors could enter—and only one has in the past twenty years, until now. |
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A Step Past Darkness More Info Borrow By Vera Kurian. From Park Row. (222 reviews) SIX CLASSMATES. ONE TERRIFYING NIGHT. A MURDER TWENTY YEARS IN THE MAKING…
There’s something sinister under the surface of the idyllic, suburban town of Wesley Falls, and it’s not just the abandoned coal mine that lies beneath it. The summer of 1995 kicks off with a party in the mine where six high school students witness a horrifying crime that changes the course of their lives.
The six couldn’t be more different. |
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Nolo's Essential Guide to Buying Your First Home More Info Borrow By Ilona Bray. From NOLO. Everything you need to know to buy a first home, with tips and advice from real estate experts!
Rental prices are sky-high, interest rates remain relatively low, and buying a home is a sound investment. But what steps should you take in the weeks or months ahead to find, buy, and move into your new home? Nolo's Essential Guide to Buying Your First Home will help you find the right place to live and invest in —and to enjoy the process, too. |
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American Eclipse: A Nation's Epic Race to Catch the Shadow of the Moon and Win the Glory of the World More Info Borrow By David Baron. From Liveright. (245 reviews) Winner of the 2018 AIP Science Communication Award in Science Writing (Books)
Richly illustrated and meticulously researched, American Eclipse ultimately depicts a young nation that looked to the skies to reveal its towering ambition and expose its latent genius.
On a scorching July afternoon in 1878, at the dawn of the Gilded Age, the moon’s shadow descended on the American West, darkening skies from Montana Territory to Texas. |
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Narcotopia: In Search of the Asian Drug Cartel That Survived the CIA More Info Borrow By Patrick Winn. From PublicAffairs. (18 reviews) The untold story of an indigenous people running the world’s mightiest narco-state — and America’s struggle to thwart them.
In Asia’s narcotics-producing heartland, the Wa reign supreme. They dominate the Golden Triangle, a mountainous stretch of Burma between Thailand and China. Their 30,000-strong army, wielding missiles and attack drones, makes Mexican cartels look like street gangs.
Wa moguls are unrivaled in the region’s $60 billion meth trade and infamous for mass-producing pink, vanilla-scented speed pills. Drugs finance Wa State, a bona fide nation with its own laws, anthems, schools, and electricity grid. |
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The Cancer Factory: Industrial Chemicals, Corporate Deception, and the Hidden Deaths of American Workers More Info Borrow By Jim Morris. From Beacon Press. (38 reviews) Working at the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company chemical plant in Niagara Falls, New York, was considered a good job. It was the kind of industrial manufacturing job that allowed blue-collar workers to thrive in the latter half of the 20th century--that allowed them to buy their own home, and maybe a boat for the lake.
But it was also the kind of job that gave you bladder cancer. |
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