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Literary ElementsApril 2019
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Long Island Reads - One Island, One Book! Every April, the Long Island Reads committee chooses a book that has a connection to Long Island. This year's selection is The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer. It will be read by book groups throughout Nassau & Suffolk County. Join one of our book discussions about this great book.
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Enjoy a performance reading with actors David Houston and Diana Heinlein. Registration is underway.
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April Display If You Like Game of Thrones... ...check out these books that have similar appeal!
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Half a King by Joe AbercrombieA debut entry in a new trilogy by the best-selling author of Half a King finds disabled heir to the throne Yarvi prompted by the murder of his father to embark on a kingdom-transforming journey.
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The Mists of Avalonby Marion Zimmer BradleyFollows the legend of King Arthur as told by the women central to the tale, from the zealous Morgaine, sworn to uphold her goddess at any cost, to the devout Gwynhefar, pledged to the king but drawn to another.
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American Gods by Neil GaimanJust released from prison, Shadow encounters Mr. Wednesday, an enigmatic stranger who seems to know a lot about him, and when Mr. Wednesday offers him a job as his bodyguard, Shadow accepts and is plunged into a dark and perilous world.
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by Lev Grossman
Haboring secret preoccupations with a magical land he read about in a childhood fantasy series, Quentin Coldwater is unexpectedly admitted into an exclusive college of magic and rigorously educated in modern sorcery.
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Winterbirth by Brian RuckleyA fierce war between the armies of the Black Road escalates with the approach of a winter season that compromises an uneasy truce between the thanes of the True Bloods and provides an opportunity for the advancement of one individual's terrible power.
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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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