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Literary ElementsAugust 2019
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A Universe of Stories: 2019 Adult Online Summer Reading Club Ends August 17 WBPL residents 18 years and older, submit book reviews of what you've been reading and/or listening to this summer for a chance to win a telescope! Each book you read and record gets you one entry closer to winning! Register and record books here. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.
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Busy Person's Book Group Thursday, August 1, 7-8:30 pm Socialize, mix and mingle at this evening book discussion of The Monogram Murders by Sophie Hannah. Registration is underway.
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WBPL Writer's Club Tuesday, August 13, 1:30-3 pm Writers, join others as you share creative ideas. No experience necessary. Check out Thoughts on Paper, the Writer's Club Quarterly Journal. Registration is underway.
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Books and Bites Monday, August 26, 7-8 pm Are you in your 20s or 30s and looking for a book group geared just for you? Join us at the Library where you can grab a snack, some coffee & discuss the book Kismet by Luke Tredget. Registration is underway. Can’t make it to the Library to register? Find and follow us on Meetup.com/Books-and-Bites-Book-Group and download the book at Live-brary.com. Newcomers welcome!
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Summer Rentalby Mary Kay AndrewsEllis questions everything she believed after losing an all-consuming job, while Julia struggles with insecurities that threaten a loving relationship and Dorie confronts a maelstrom of problems after a shocking betrayal.
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501 Must-Visit Destinations by Emma BeareFeatures detailed tours of hundreds of the world's most amazing locations divided geographically for ease of use and featuring popular destinations on every continent including the Great Wall of China, Venice, Big Sur, Niagara Falls and the Houses of Parliament.
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The 100 Best Worldwide Vacations to Enrich Your Lifeby Pam GroutFilled with ideas for unforgettable travel destinations, a practical handbook for the discriminating traveler describes one hundred opportunities for a meaningful, memorable trip to various locales throughout the world, featuring a variety of educational, culinary, volunteering, and other unusual activities.
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Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy by Frances MayesApplies a poet's sensibility, a traveler's eye, and a cook's palate to the pleasures of the Tuscan countryside, where the author began restoring an abandoned villa.
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Night Train to Lisbonby Pascal MercierAbandoning his old life to start a new one following a chance encounter with a mysterious Portuguese woman, former Latin teacher Raimund Gegorius boards the night train to Lisbon, carrying with him a book by Amadeu de Prado, with whose work he becomes obsessed, and journeys all over the city of Lisbon in search of the truth about the author.
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The Vacationersby Emma StraubCelebrating their 35th anniversary and their daughter's high-school graduation during a two-week vacation in Mallorca, Franny and Jim Post confront old secrets, hurts and rivalries that reveal sides of themselves they would conceal.
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World's Best Travel Experiences: 400 Extraordinary Places by Bill BrysonAn evocative travel gift book in the spirit of National Geographic Traveler's acclaimed "Places of a Lifetime" features sumptuously photographed coverage of some of the world's most transformative locales, from Norway's western fjords and Cambodia's Angkor Wat to Kyoto's Moss Garden and the urban surprises of Denver, Pittsburgh, and Vancouver.
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