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The Crossfield Municipal Library is looking to fill the listed Board positions. If you have a passion for literacy and want to make our beautiful new Library the heart of Crossfield, please consider volunteering!: Treasurer: responsible for overseeing and organizing the finances of the Library Board, which involves the annual budget and reports, paying bills, assisting with grants, and being the liaison between the Board and Town Office for payroll and bookkeeping. Promotions: responsible to liaise with local media stations, writing a promotional column for local papers, distribution of advertising around Town and monitoring social media accounts. Programs: responsible for assisting in the development of programs for all age groups and input on grant applications. Fundraising: responsible for assisting with ideas and events to help raise funds for Library operations. Applications can be obtained by emailing admin@crossfieldlibrary.ca or by clicking here.
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We are seeking Library Board Members!
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Rocky View and Wheatland Employment Services
Do you have questions about local employment or the Alberta economy? Join Scott Evans for coffee and donuts at the Library from 10am to 11am for an information and networking session, and then stay for an interactive employment workshop. Free, one-to-one employment consultations are also available from 12pm to 3pm. Call Scott at (587) 703-2877 to book an appointment. November 15 Networking and Advanced Interview Practice December 20 Networking and Information January 17 Networking and Information
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Grey Cup Fund RaiserThe Ann Grover Library Society is a group of volunteers who raise funds to support our Library. On sale now are Grey Cup Pull Tickets, at $2 per ticket, and they are available for purchase at the Library. If you have an interest in volunteering with the Society, please contact the Library at 403-946-4232.
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Library Hours Remembrance Day Weekend
The Library will close Friday, November 9th at 6pm and will reopen on Tuesday, November 13 at 10am.
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Past Tense (Jack Reacher #23) by Lee Child On a country road deep in the New England woods, Jack Reacher sees a sign to a place he has never been - the town where his father was born. He thinks, what's one extra day? He takes the detour. The next morning in the city clerk's office, Reacher asks about the old family home. He's told no one named Reacher ever lived in that town. He knows his father never went back. Now he wonders, was he ever there in the first place? Expected Release Date: November 5, 2018
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Sea of Greed (NUMA Files #16)by Clive CusslerAfter an explosion in the Gulf of Mexico destroys three oil rigs, Kurt Austin and the NUMA Special Projects Team are tapped by the President of the United States to find out what's gone wrong. The trail leads them to a brilliant billionaire in the alternative energy field. Her goal is the end of the oil age; her company has spent billions developing the worlds' most advanced fuel-cell systems. But is she an environmental hero...or a rogue genetic engineer? Expected Release Date: November 6, 2018
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The Noel Stranger (Noel Collection #2) by Richard Paul EvansSally Walther feels like her world is imploding. Publicly humiliated after her husband is arrested for bigamy, and her subsequent divorce, she has isolated herself from the world. When her only friend insists that Sally climb out of her hole and embrace the season to get her out of her funk, Sally decides to put up a Christmas tree and heads off to buy one - albeit reluctantly. She is immediately taken by Andrew, the kind, handsome man who owns the Christmas tree lot and delivers her tree. She soon learns Andrew is single and new to her city and, like her, is also starting his life anew. Expected Release Date: November 6, 2018
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Skywardby Brandon Sanderson Defeated, crushed, and driven almost to extinction, the remnants of the human race is trapped on a planet that is constantly attacked by mysterious alien starfighters. Spensa, a teenage girl living among them, longs to be a pilot. When she discovers the wreckage of an ancient ship, she realizes this dream might be possible - assuming she can repair the ship, navigate flight school, and (perhaps most importantly) persuade the strange machine to help her. Because this ship, uniquely, appears to have a soul. Expected Release Date: November 6, 2018
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Leopard's Run (Leopard People #11) by Christine FeehanTimur Amurov has one purpose in life: protect his family at all costs. With lethal skills honed from a violent upbringing, Timur is a leopard shifter who sees any newcomers as possible threats--and the petite blond barista who his sister-in-law, Evangeline, has hired to work in her bakery is definitely hiding something. While Timur still needs to determine if Ashe is an enemy, he does know that she is the only woman whose presence has ever truly calmed the beast roaring inside of him. Expected Release Date: November 6, 2018
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A Christmas Revelation (Christmas Novellas #16)by Anne PerryWhen Worm, a young orphan boy who works at the local clinic, sees Eloise being kidnapped by two men in the days leading up to Christmas, he immediately recruits Squeaky Robinson to help rescue her. But as they track Eloise down, they're surprised to hear that she does not, in fact, wish to be rescued. Instead, Eloise intends to bring the kidnappers, who drew her father into their shady business deals and then murdered him, to justice. The kidnappers are skilled illusionists, and after they try their tricks on Worm and Squeaky, the friends are determined to help Eloise with her plan--and they might just be able to use the kidnappers' tricks against them. Expected Release Date: November 6, 2018
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Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane MoriartyThe retreat at health-and-wellness resort Tranquillum House promises total transformation. Nine stressed city dwellers are keen to drop their literal and mental baggage, and absorb the meditative ambience while enjoying their hot stone massages. Miles from anywhere, without cars or phones, they have no way to reach the outside world. Just time to think about themselves, and get to know each other. Watching over them is the resort's director, a woman on a mission. But quite a different one from any the guests might have imagined. Expected Release Date: November 6, 2018
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Look Alive Twenty-Five (Stephanie Plum #25)by Janet EvanovichThere's nothing like a good deli, and the Red River Deli in Trenton is one of the best. World-famous for its pastrami, its coleslaw and its disappearing managers. Over the last month, three have vanished from the face of the earth, and the only clue in each case is one shoe that's been left behind. The police are baffled. Lula is convinced that it's a case of alien abduction. Whatever it is, they'd better figure out what's going on before they lose their new manager, Ms. Stephanie Plum. Expected Release Date: November 13, 2018
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Eeny, meeny, miny, moe. Catch a tiger by its toe. It's seared into Atlee Pine's memory: the kidnapper's chilling rhyme as he chose between six-year-old Atlee and her twin sister, Mercy. Mercy was taken. Atlee was spared. She never saw Mercy again.
Three decades after that terrifying night, Atlee Pine works for the FBI. She's the lone agent assigned to the Shattered Rock, Arizona resident agency, which is responsible for protecting the Grand Canyon. So when one of the Grand Canyon's mules is found stabbed to death at the bottom of the canyon-and its rider missing-Pine is called in to investigate. It soon seems clear the lost tourist had something more clandestine than sightseeing in mind. But just as Pine begins to put together clues pointing to a terrifying plot, she's abruptly called off the case. Expected Release Date: November 13, 2018
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Grindelwald escapes custody and sets about gathering followers, most unsuspecting of his true agenda: to raise pure-blood wizards up to rule over all non-magical beings. In an effort to thwart Grindelwald's plans, Albus Dumbledore enlists Newt, his former Hogwarts student, who agrees to help once again, unaware of the dangers that lie ahead. Lines are drawn as love and loyalty are tested, even among the truest friends and family, in an increasingly divided wizarding world. Expected Release Date: November 16, 2018
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Target : Alex Cross (Alex Cross #26) by James PattersonMen and women from across the nation line the streets of Washington D.C. to mourn the unexpected death of the President. Hit by painful memories of the loss of his first wife, Alex Cross is left reeling by this tragedy. The new President calls on Alex Cross to lead an unparalleled FBI investigation to help capture America's most wanted criminal. Alex has a terrible feeling that the assassination is just the beginning of a much larger plan. All too soon this fear springs to life as a terrifying chain of events plunges the government and the entire country into chaos. Expected Release Date: November 19, 2018
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Driven to Distractionby Lori FosterMary Daniels doesn't let anything get in the way of her job acquiring rare artifacts for her wealthy boss. But this particular obstacle - huge, hard-muscled, unashamedly masculine - is impossible to ignore. Stuck in a cramped car with Brodie Crews for hours en route to their new assignment, Mary feels her carefully crafted persona - and her trademark self-control - is slipping, and she won't allow it. Expected Release Date: November 20, 2018
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Beauchamp Hall by Danielle SteelWinona Farmington once dreamed of graduating from college, moving to New York City, and pursuing a career in publishing. Then real life got in the way when she left college and returned to her small Michigan hometown to care for her sick mother. Expected Release Date: November 20, 2018
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Fire & Blood : 300 Years Before a Game of Thrones (A Targaryen History)by George R. R. MartinCenturies before the events of A Game of Thrones, House Targaryen - the only family of dragonlords to survive the Doom of Valyria - took up residence on Dragonstone. Fire & Blood begins their tale with the legendary Aegon the Conqueror, creator of the Iron Throne, and goes on to recount the generations of Targaryens who fought to hold that iconic seat, all the way up to the civil war that nearly tore their dynasty apart. Expected Release Date: November 20, 2018
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Tom Clancy : Oath of Office by Marc CameronPresident Jack Ryan preaches caution when the prospects for a Persian Spring excite the rest of the world. His is the lone Western voice urging watchfulness. As he says, "Sometimes it's better to have all the bad guys all in one place where you can keep an eye on them rather than scattered around the Middle East." Expected Release Date: November 27, 2018
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Someone to Trust (Westcott #5)by Mary BaloghDuring a rare white Christmas at Brambledean Court, the widow Elizabeth, Lady Overfield, defies convention by falling in love with a younger man in the latest novel in the Westcott series. Expected Release Date: November 27, 2018
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Peace talks are always tricky . . . especially when a key diplomat gets stabbed. This murder rudely interrupts a top-secret summit between the warring dragons and Fae, so Librarian-spy Irene is summoned to investigate. In a version of 1890s Paris, Irene and her detective friend Vale must track down the killer - before either the peace negotiations or the city go up in flames.
Expected Release Date: November 27, 2018
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Torture of the Mountain Man (Last Mountain Man #46)by William W. JohnstoneWhen Smoke Jensen is summoned to a small Texas town under siege by a scourge of kill-crazy bandits, volunteers line up to take out the Mountain Man. Being Smoke Jensen, he wouldn't have it any other way. Expected Release Date: November 27, 2018
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A killer is on the loose in the Arizona Territory. One by one, Tonto Basin ranchers are being murdered for their livestock--and the Cattle Raisers Association has hired two range detectives to catch the culprit. Stovepipe Stewart and Wilbur Coleman have razor-sharp detective skills and rare talent for trouble. They're the last remaining hope for one young cowboy who's been arrested for the murders.
Expected Release Date: November 27, 2018
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Kingdom of the Blind (Chief Inspector Gamache #14)by Louise PennyWhen a peculiar letter arrives inviting Armand Gamache to an abandoned farmhouse, the former head of the Surete du Quebec discovers that a complete stranger has named him one of the executors of her will. Still on suspension, and frankly curious, Gamache accepts and soon learns that the other two executors are Myrna Landers, the bookseller from Three Pines, and a young builder. Expected Release Date: November 27, 2018
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Robert B. Parker's Blood Feud (Sunny Randall #7) by Mike LupicaRobert B. Parker's iconic and irresistible PI Sunny Randall is back, and the stakes are higher than ever as she races to protect her ex-husband--and his Mafia family--from the vengeful plan of a mysterious rival. Expected Release Date: November 27, 2018
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Incredibles 2Bob Parr (Mr. Incredible) is left to care for Jack-Jack while Helen (Elastigirl) is out saving the world. Expected Release Date: November 6, 2018
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Christopher RobinThe young boy, who loved taking adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood with a gang of spirited and loveable stuffed animals, has grown up and lost his way. Now it is up to his childhood friends to venture into that world and help Christopher Robin remember the loving and playful boy who is still inside. Expected Release Date: November 6, 2018
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The MegAfter escaping an attack by what he claims was a 70-foot shark, Jonas Taylor must confront his fears to save those trapped in a sunken submersible. Expected Release Date: November 13, 2018
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AlphaIn the prehistoric past, a young man labors to get back home after being separated from his tribe during a hunt. He finds an equally lost wolf buddy and starts a friendship that would change civilization. Expected Release Date: November 13, 2018
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Crazy Rich Asians When an American-born Chinese woman attends a wedding in Singapore with her boyfriend, she discovers that his family is very wealthy and other women in his social class are trying to date him. Expected Release Date: November 20, 2018
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