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Upcoming Author Events The Lewes Library partners with Browseabout Books to host in-person, hybrid and virtual author events. These events are FREE, but registration is required. The link to register can be found in each book description. These books are available in the Delaware Library Catalog. Click on the book cover to place a hold. |
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Fonda on Film: The Political Movies of Jane Fonda
by Nelson Pressley
Tuesday, April 28, 5 PM ET
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As much coverage as Jane Fonda has elicited through the years, the stories often skim past her prime filmmaking core. Fonda on Film spotlights the signature political films Fonda generated in the 1970s--Coming Home, The China Syndrome, 9 to 5 and more--that are still underappreciated even as Fonda endures as one of the world's most admired and controversial performers.
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Together in Manzanar: The True Story of a Japanese Jewish Family in an American Concentration Camp
by Tracy Slater
Wednesday, April 29, 7 PM ET
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This collaborative program by the Lewes Public Library, Seaside Jewish Community, History Book Festival, and Browseabout Books is part of a series in observation of America250, which commemorates the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, marking America’s Semiquincentennial.
On a late March morning in the spring of 1942, Elaine Yoneda awoke to a series of terrible choices: between her family and freedom, her country and conscience, and her son and daughter. She was the child of Russian Jewish immigrants and the wife of a Japanese American man.
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A Founding Mother: A Novel of Abigail Adams
by Stephanie Dray
Sunday, May 3, 5 PM ET
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This program is part of Lewes250, a commemoration of America's 250th anniversary, honoring our town's rich past and bright future.
In time for the 250th Anniversary of the birth of the United States comes a sweeping, intimate portrayal of Abigail Adams--wife of one president and mother to another--whose wit, willpower, and wisdom helped shape the fledgling republic.
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Six Days in Bombay
by Alka Joshi
Tuesday, May 5, 5 PM ET
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Presented in partnership with the History Book Festival, and Browseabout Books.
When renowned painter Mira Novak arrives at Wadia hospital in Bombay after a miscarriage, she's expected to make a quick recovery, and her nurse, Sona, is excited to learn more about the vivacious artist who shares her half-Indian identity.
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The Sleepless Ape: The Story of Sleep in Human Evolution
by David R. Samson
Tuesday, May 12, 5 PM ET - Online Only
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This program is part of our Science & Society - Making Sense of the World Around Us lecture series which is co-organized and moderated by Fred Dylla, Executive Director Emeritus of the American Institute of Physics.
Despite sleep's critical role in maintaining health and cognitive function, humans sleep less than any other primate. The Sleepless Ape reveals the reasons for this evolutionary paradox, showing how our unique sleep patterns evolved when our ancestors left the safety of the forest canopy for more dangerous ground, which led them to form more secure, social sleeping arrangements.
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The Anniversary: A Thriller
by Alex Finlay
Sunday, May 17, 5 PM ET
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On May 1, 1992, Jules Delaney and Quinn Riley hardly know each other. Jules is high school queen bee when she survives a brutal attack by the elusive May Day Killer--a predator who strikes every May 1st and then vanishes without a trace. Quinn, a boy from the wrong side of the tracks, is arrested the same night after trying to break up a fight and nearly killing someone. By morning, their lives are forever connected.
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