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Andrew McCarthy Wrote a Book About a Father-Son Pilgrimage. His Son Gets His Say.

NY Times Book Reviews - Wed, 05/17/2023 - 5:00am

Sam McCarthy accompanied his father on the Camino de Santiago and is featured in his father’s new memoir, but what did he think of it? The pair discuss their achievement.

Andrew McCarthy Wrote a Book About a Father-Son Pilgrimage. His Son Gets His Say.

New York Times Book News - Wed, 05/17/2023 - 5:00am

Sam McCarthy accompanied his father on the Camino de Santiago and is featured in his father’s new memoir, but what did he think of it? The pair discuss their achievement.

Read Your Way Around Los Angeles

New York Times Book News - Wed, 05/17/2023 - 5:00am

Héctor Tobar is a son of Los Angeles, a city of “perpetual cultural mixing.” Here, he guides readers through the books and writers that cut through the city’s layers.

Biography and Memoir: May 2023

LibraryAware - Wed, 05/17/2023 - 4:00am

Walk a mile in someone else's shoes -- immerse yourself in the lives of the famous, the infamous, and the ever intriguing. Monthly.

Delivered: 5/17/2023 12:00:00 AM

Adult Board Game Night

Events: Egg Harbor Township - Wed, 05/17/2023 - 2:25am

Open to adults. Registration requested. Disconnect from the screen and connect over board games. Play a variety of exciting and complex board games, socialize and have fun. All programs are subject to change or cancellations.

One-on-One Computer Basics

Events: Brigantine - Wed, 05/17/2023 - 2:25am

Open to adults. Registration required. Contact the library to schedule an appointment--one hour maximum. Learn how to search the Internet, navigate email accounts, social media, and other programs such as Microsoft Word. Have a special need? Please ask. All programs are subject to change or cancellation.

Playdate at the Library

testxml - Wed, 05/17/2023 - 2:25am

Open to ages 6-36 months. Registration required. Enjoy stories, rhymes & songs designed to develop early literacy skills with your little one. Guardians must remain present.

Playdate at the Library

Events: Mays Landing - Wed, 05/17/2023 - 2:25am

Open to ages 6-36 months. Registration required. Enjoy stories, rhymes & songs designed to develop early literacy skills with your little one. Guardians must remain present.

The Bond between humans and animals

Events: Mays Landing - Wed, 05/17/2023 - 2:25am

Open to adults 18 and older Registration required. Only 25 seats available. Join Cherie Scheurich from the Absecon Veterinary Hospital and Emergency Service, for a 4 week course where you will learn all about the Human-Animal Bond. Discover how children and adults connect with animals and how empathy plays a part in those relationships. Learn about animal perception, welfare, and injustice.All programs are subject to change and cancellation.

New York Times Nonfiction Bestsellers: May 21, 2023

LibraryAware - Wed, 05/17/2023 - 1:00am

An up-to-date list of the New York Times Nonfiction Bestsellers. Weekly.

Delivered: 5/16/2023 9:00:00 PM

New York Times Fiction Bestsellers: May 21, 2023

LibraryAware - Wed, 05/17/2023 - 12:00am

An up-to-date list of the New York Times Fiction Bestsellers. Weekly.

Delivered: 5/16/2023 8:00:00 PM

Amy Silverstein, Who Chronicled a Life of Three Hearts, Dies at 59

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 05/16/2023 - 5:57pm

In two memoirs, magazine articles and a Times essay, she recounted the joys and miseries of living as a double transplant recipient.

Journalist Resigns From Board After PEN America Cancels Russian Writers Panel

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 05/16/2023 - 5:43pm

Masha Gessen stepped down following the free expression group’s decision to cancel an event at its World Voices Festival after Ukrainian writers threatened to boycott.

Journalist Resigns From Board After PEN America Cancels Russian Writers Panel

New York Times Book News - Tue, 05/16/2023 - 5:14pm

Masha Gessen stepped down following the free expression group’s decision to cancel an event at its World Voices Festival after Ukrainian writers threatened to boycott.

Amy Silverstein, Who Chronicled a Life of Three Hearts, Dies at 59

New York Times Book News - Tue, 05/16/2023 - 3:19pm

In two memoirs, magazine articles and a Times essay, she recounted the joys and miseries of living as a double transplant recipient.

'The Three of Us' tracks a married couple and the wife's manipulative best friend

NPR Book Reviews - Tue, 05/16/2023 - 10:46am

We've seen jealous, possessive friends and housewreckers with no boundaries before, though perhaps not quite so thoroughly, unapologetically unlikeable as in Ore Agbaje-Williams's debut novel.

(Image credit: G.P. Putnam's Sons)

The Rise of FTX, and Sam Bankman-Fried, Was a Great Story. Its Implosion Is Even Better.

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 05/16/2023 - 8:31am

About a year after the author Michael Lewis began to shadow Bankman-Fried, the founder of the crypto exchange FTX, Bankman-Fried was arrested. As the story evolved, Lewis has had a front-row seat to the drama.

You Don’t Need to Speak Another Language to Love a Bilingual Edition

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 05/16/2023 - 5:43am

Treat language as a Jenga tower, moving its pieces but preserving its structure.

You Don’t Need to Speak Another Language to Love a Bilingual Edition

New York Times Book News - Tue, 05/16/2023 - 5:43am

Treat language as a Jenga tower, moving its pieces but preserving its structure.

Wonderbook Storytime

Events: Pleasantville - Tue, 05/16/2023 - 5:19am

Open to ages 4-11. Registration required. Children aged 9 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Wondering what a Wonderbook is? It's a print book with a ready-to-play audiobook inside. Kids will press play to read along with their favorite books and then switch to learning mode for literacy learning and fun.

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