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Resume Building Workshop

Small Business Events - Thu, 02/27/2020 - 9:32am

When: Friday, March 27, 2020 11:00 AM
Ends on: Friday, March 27, 2020 12:00 PM
Where: Ventnor Branch

Open to adults. Registration required & begins 2 weeks before each session. Space is limited. Participants must be experienced using the mouse and keyboard. Learn how to create and format ready-for-work resumes.

Think You Know George Washington?

NY Times Book Reviews - Thu, 02/27/2020 - 5:00am

Alexis Coe’s biography gives a fresh perspective on a much-mythologized man.

For Lily King, a Great Book Always Starts With the Sentences

NY Times Book Reviews - Thu, 02/27/2020 - 5:00am

“You can’t make a good spaghetti sauce with rotten tomatoes.”

In 'Minor Feelings,' Asian American Racial Trauma Is Laid Bare

NPR Book Reviews - Thu, 02/27/2020 - 4:59am

Cathy Park Hong's essays serve as a major reckoning, pulling no punches as the author uses her life's flashpoints to give voice to a wider Asian American experience, one with cascading consequences.

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'Apartment' Will Stay With You, Long After You Shut The Door

NPR Book Reviews - Wed, 02/26/2020 - 7:00am

Teddy Wayne's new novel is a portrait of loneliness and male insecurity set against the backdrop of academia in the mid-1990s — and a precious, rent-stabilized apartment in Manhattan.

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She Took Her First Pill at 8. By 13, She Was an Addict.

NY Times Book Reviews - Wed, 02/26/2020 - 5:00am

Erin Khar’s memoir, “Strung Out,” brings a new lens to the opioid crisis.

'Hood Feminism' Is A Call For Solidarity In A Less-Than-Inclusive Movement

NPR Book Reviews - Wed, 02/26/2020 - 4:59am

Mikki Kendall reveals how feminism has failed to consider populations too often excluded from the movement's banner — and forgotten to weigh the breadth of issues affecting the daily lives of many.

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Play Date at the Library

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Suggested for ages 6-36 months. Registration requested. Enjoy stories, rhymes & songs with your little one, all designed to develop early literacy skills.

Kids Craft: St. Patrick's Day Luck

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Open to ages 6-12. Registration requested. Make a lucky St. Patrick's Day themed craft. Sponsored by the Atlantic County Library Foundation.

Crashing Henry VIII’s Court One Last Time With Hilary Mantel

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 02/25/2020 - 1:29pm

“The Mirror and the Light” concludes Mantel’s “Wolf Hall” trilogy with another Tudor panoply viewed entirely through the eyes of Thomas Cromwell.

Ross Douthat Has a Vision of America. It’s Grim.

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 02/25/2020 - 11:00am

In “The Decadent Society” Douthat argues that cultural exhaustion and world-weariness are sapping the strength of the United States.

Can Cities Save America?

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 02/25/2020 - 10:33am

In “The Nation City,” Rahm Emanuel argues that we have to shift our focus away from Washington and toward urban centers.

Who Is the Dalai Lama?

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 02/25/2020 - 5:00am

An expert explores the life of the man Tibetans call ‘Wish-Fulfilling Jewel.’

Erik Larson Recounts How Churchill Brought Britain Back From the Brink During Its Darkest Hour

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 02/25/2020 - 5:00am

Larson’s “The Splendid and the Vile” is a tale of courage, suffering and defiance at the time of the London Blitz.

New & Noteworthy, From Suffrage to Sexism

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 02/25/2020 - 5:00am

A selection of recent books of interest; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.

An Oil Boom, a Missing Body and a Native Woman’s Quest to Find It

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 02/25/2020 - 5:00am

“Yellow Bird,” by Sierra Crane Murdoch, paints a gripping portrait of life on Fort Berthold Reservation, through the eyes of a local woman determined to solve a murder.

‘Facebook: The Inside Story’ Offers a Front-Row Seat on Voracious Ambition

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 02/25/2020 - 5:00am

For his new book, the veteran technology reporter Steven Levy gained abundant access to Mark Zuckerberg and firsthand knowledge of his quest for power.

A Real-Life J.F.K. Lover, Murdered in 1964, Stars in Two New Novels

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 02/25/2020 - 5:00am

“The Lost Diary of M” and “JFK and Mary Meyer” are both fictional diaries of the A-list Washington socialite Mary Pinchot Meyer.

Why Did an Accomplished Writer Fall Silent for Two Decades?

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 02/25/2020 - 5:00am

Elizabeth Tallent’s memoir, “Scratched,” offers some answers.

It’s 2038. The World Is Dust and Forests Are Scarce.

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 02/25/2020 - 5:00am

Welcome to “Greenwood,” Michael Christie’s time-hopping, globe-circling novel with apocalyptic themes.

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