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Literary ElementsApril 2018
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Long Island Reads - One Island, One Book! Join one of our book discussions about this great book.
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Monday, April 23, 7-8 pm at Panera in West Babylon
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Enjoy a performance reading entitled “Mike and the Hubble” in the style of radio drama with actors David Houston and Diana Heinlein. Registration is underway.
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April Table Display National Humor Month Stop by to grab a book to tickle your funny bone!
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Dad is Fat by Jim GaffiganThe popular comedian and actor shares his misadventures as an unlikely father of five, presenting full-length accounts of the experiences referenced in his popular tweets, from his formative years in a large Irish-Catholic family, to his middle-of-the-night diaper-changing foibles, to his struggles to lull tyrannical tots to sleep.
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Sh*t My Dad Saysby Justin HalpernAfter being dumped by his longtime girlfriend, the 29-year-old author moves in with his 73-year-old dad, whose straightforward, expletive-laden advice and opinions became a hit on Twitter and are now offered in a hilarious collection.
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Bridget Jones's Diaryby Helen FieldingChronicles a year in the life of Bridget Jones, a single, thirty-something woman on a perpetual quest for self-improvement, as she struggles to cope with relationships, weight control, and the other baffling complexities of modern life.
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Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?by Mindy KalingThe Emmy-nominated writer and actress best known as Kelly Kapoor on The Office shares her observations on a wide range of topics from favorite male archetypes and her hatred of dieting to her loving relationship with her mother and the haphazard creative process in the Office writers' room.
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Lake Wobegon Days by Garrison KeillorA young narrator chronicles his coming-of-age in Minnesota's Lake Wobegon, a fictitious small town where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average.
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Housebroken: Admissions of an Untidy Lifeby Laurie NotaroA new collection of essays from the New York Times best-selling author of The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death describes her personal attempts at mastering the domestic arts, including manners, power outages and entertaining guests.
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Paddle Your Own Canoeby Nick OffermanThe actor known for roles in such productions as Parks and Recreation shares whimsical musings on a range of topics from love and manliness to grooming and eating meat, offering additional discussions of his life before fame and his courtship of his wife, Megan Mullally.
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Where'd You Go, Bernadetteby Maria SempleWhen her notorious, hilarious, volatile, talented, troubled and agoraphobic mother goes missing, teenage Bee begins a trip that takes her to the ends of the earth to find her.
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West Babylon Public Library 211 Route 109 West Babylon, New York 11704 (631) 669-5445http://wbpl.us |
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