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Castlegar & District Public Library July 2025 |
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Art Walk, June 6 - September 26 2025
Immerse yourself in the vibrant artistic tapestry of Castlegar with Art Walk! This unique self-guided walking tour transforms local businesses into micro-galleries, showcasing the diverse talents of our community's artists. More than just an exhibition, Art Walk is a celebration of collaboration, bringing together creators, businesses, and art enthusiasts in a shared love for our city. Come by the library this summer to see work from local artists Vanessa Johnson, Lydia Buxton, Dan Saliken, and Laura Zaytsoff! |
Learn business, software, technology and creative skills. Courses range from beginner to intermediate and expert level and can include quick tutorials to more in depth courses. Use your library card and PIN to sign in! |
Access a collection of French language ebooks and audiobooks including popular genre fiction, bestsellers, non-fiction, and more. Titles for adults, teens, and children.
Use your library card and PIN to register and sign in! |
Use LOTE4Kids to read thousands of stories in over 70 languages, with English translations. Also includes activities such as colouring pages, spot the difference, word searches, and memory games. |
Find some bats! With our Batpack, you can locate and identify local bat populations. The pack includes an echo meter (compatible with Android devices), identification guides, a real bat skeleton (so tiny!), and a backpack. Available to borrow from the library—come in and we'll get you started! |
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The Girls of the Glimmer Factory
by Jennifer Coburn
From the author of Cradles of the Reich comes a story of childhood friends forced onto opposite sides of a propaganda war in a "model" ghetto in World War II Czechoslovakia, Hitler's "gift to the Jews."
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Lie for a million
by Janet Dailey
Following her husband's murder, Lila Culhane battles his pregnant mistress for leverage while preparing for a high-stakes reining competition, questioning her ranch manager and lover's loyalty, and dealing with a growing list of suspects in Frank's death.
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Head cases : a novel
by John McMahon
Gardner Camden, a puzzle-solving analytical genius in the FBI's Patterns and Recognition unit, faces a ticking clock when a presumed-dead serial killer is found murdered, forcing him and his misfit team to unravel riddles left by a vengeful mastermind while battling the imminent disbandment of their unit.
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The lost Van Gogh : a novel
by Jonathan Santlofer
Alternating between his perilous hunt for the Lost Van Gogh, and the glamorous life John Decker remade for himself after serving time for forgery, this intricately woven historical thriller follows Luke Perrone as he unearths several mysteries best left untouched as he gets closer to the truth.
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Breathe : simple breathing techniques for a calmer, happier life
by Jean Hall
"Discover how to harness the power of your breath with 20 simple breathwork techniques. Breathing is essential to life, and it is one of the simplest methods to increase your energy, improve your sleep and reduce stress-you can practice alone and it's free! Drawing from the practices of yoga, meditation and mindfulness, Breathe includes clear, step-by-step instructions for 20 exercises to improve the way you breathe. Learn the essentials such as moving breath, mindful breathing and how to rebalance the breath and open yourself up to feelings of renewed energy"
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Overcoming chronic digestive conditions : release the visceral layers of post-traumatic gut disorder
by Nikki Kenward
"A holistic approach for healing trauma stored in the gut. Explains how and why emotions and trauma are stored in the gut, causing digestive issues and visceral tensions. Presents recent research that enriches our understanding of the gut as a center of emotional and spiritual growth. Shares a hands-on process of listening to the gut layer by layer to help heal gut issues, renew the microbiome, and release intergenerational trauma"
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Meeting my treaty kin : a journey toward reconciliation
by Heather Menzies
"Can Indigenous and non-Indigenous people live in a treaty relationship despite over 200 years of social, cultural, and political alienation? This is the challenge of reconciliation - and its beautiful promise. In this thoughtful, sensitive, nuanced account, author Heather Menzies shares her own decolonizing journey. Her story shows how a settler, through respectful listening, can learn what being in a treaty relationship might mean, and what changes - personal and institutional - are needed to embrace genuine reconciliation."
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Foolproof roasting pan : 60 effortless recipes packed with flavour
by Sue Quinn
"With convenience and budget in mind, Foolproof Roasting Pan offers delicious, imaginative recipes for every meal of the day. Cooking in one pan is the quickest, easiest way to make fast, tasty dishes in the oven. You can create entire family meals just in a roasting tin or an oven tray--try Berry and Banana Breakfast Traybake for breakfast or brunch, rustle up Lime-roasted Squash with Lentils, Ricotta and Basil Oil for lunch and make Lamb with Harissa and Sweet Potato Mash for an easy-win dinner, and not forgetting delectable cakes and traybake puddings like Strawberry and Rhubarb Brioche Pudding to impress friends and family."
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The denim diaries : a memoir
by Laurie Boyle Crompton
"From relationships and makeup to divorce and disordered eating, Laurie Boyle Crompton recounts the humor and heartbreak of her coming of age in rural Pennsylvania and New York City during the 1970s and '80s."
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Destroy the day
by Brigid Kemmerer
"Held captive by the vicious Oren Crane, Prince Corrick must ally with an enemy to reunite with Tessa, while Tessa, unsure how to find a way back to Kandala and to Corrick, doesn't know who to trust until she's made an offer she cannot refuse."
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The getaway list : a novel
by Emma Lord
"Moving to NY for the summer, Riley reunites with childhood best friend Tom, the co-creator of The Getaway List that enumerates all the adventures they've wanted to do together, and discovers the biggest adventure of all as they work their way through the list: love."
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The Queer Girl Is Going to Be Okay
by Dale Walls
Making a documentary about queer love that will hopefully win her a scholarship to film school, Dawn is determined to reach her goal, no matter what it takes, in this touching and joyous story of queer friendship and girlhood. Simultaneous eBook.
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Back to the Future - Complete Trilogy
"Join Marty McFly, Doc Brown, and a time traveling DeLorean for the adventure of a lifetime as they travel to the past, present and future, setting off a time-shattering chain reaction that disrupts the space-time continuum!"
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X-Men: First Class
"Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time, working together to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known."
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28 days later
Twenty-eight days after the release of a virus that turns the infected into murderous zombies, the survivors contend with the aftermath.
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LEGO movie
An ordinary LEGO minifigure is mistaken for an extraordinary MasterBuilder, and is recruited to help stop an evil tyrant from gluing their world together.
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