Book Reviews
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Take One Small Step with StoryCorps
Posted about 4 years ago by Ben Himmelfarb
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Book Reviews
Bastille Day: À la France, avec Amour
Posted about 4 years ago by Laura Price
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Book Reviews, Children's, Fiction, Holidays, nonfiction, Teens, Travel
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The friendship between the United States and France spans decades. Generations of Americans have shown their amour for French fashion, food, architecture and people, to name just a few. And […]
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By Teens, For Teens – It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover
Posted about 4 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
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Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations, Teens
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Are you a fan of romance novels? If so, you’ll want to check out this review and read-alikes list for Colleen Hoover’s It Ends With Us. This adult title has teen […]
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Music of the Month – July 2021
Posted about 4 years ago by Ben Himmelfarb
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Cancer Book Horoscope
Posted about 4 years ago by Robyn Webb
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Book Horoscopes, Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations
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“Underlying the beauty of the spectacle there is meaning and significance. It is the elusiveness of that meaning that haunts us, that sends us again and again into the natural […]
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Commemorate Freedom: Juneteenth 2021
Posted about 4 years ago by kathryn Coker
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Black History Month, Book Reviews, Children's, Events, History and Preservation, Holidays, holidays; celebrations, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Law Library, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with Civil Rights, Civil War, Frederick Douglass, George Floyd, Jim Crow, Juneteenth, Major General Gordon Granger, President Abraham Lincoln, Reconstruction, Robert E. Lee
Virginia State Holiday As of October 2020, Juneteenth is a permanent statewide holiday in Virginia. Virginians, like others across America will celebrate in various ways ranging from parades, dancing, visiting historical sites, […]
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By Teens, For Teens – Into the Wild & A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder
Posted about 4 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
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Adult, Book Reviews, Fiction, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations, Teens
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Welcome back to our next installment of By Teens, For Teens. This blog post series consists of all teen-generated content. This time we have two book reviews for you to enjoy! […]
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VIRGINIA PRISONER OF WAR CAMPS IN WORLD WAR II: “ENEMIES WITHIN & WITHOUT”
Posted about 4 years ago by kathryn Coker
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Adult, Black History Month, Book Reviews, Events, History and Preservation, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Law Library, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with African American Soldiers, Civl Rights, Domestic Relations, German Soldiers, Italian Soldiers, Jim Crow, Labor Shortage, Lectures, Prisoners of War, Race Relations, The Press, World War II
Prisoners of War Arrive During World War II, the U.S. was “home” to over 425,000 prisoners of war (POWs). They were Japanese, German and Italians from the Axis countries captured […]
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By Teens, For Teens – The Chase by Elle Kenneday & One of Us Is Lying
Posted about 4 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
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By now I hope you’ve read our previous By Teens, For Teens blog posts and are starting to look forward to them! This series is all teen-created content and makes it […]
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Music of the Month – June 2021
Posted about 4 years ago by Ben Himmelfarb
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Music of the Month is a monthly round-up of RPL’s programs and resources related to music. Gellman Room Concerts @ RPL The Gellman Room Concert season is complete, but you […]
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