Currently on Display...
Posted: May 17, 2013
Our latest adult book display highlights fiction from or about Latin America.
This standing book display can be found between our New Books section
and the library catalog computers.
We invite you to browse and borrow any titles you find interesting!
You can also follow these links to explore related items in the library system catalog.
Some more topics to try...
Beyond the Bestsellers:
Spring 2013
Posted: April 10, 2013
Our latest edition of
Beyond the Bestsellers is now online!
Beyond the Bestsellers is where
we highlight new and interesting authors and books not necessarily found
on bestseller lists.
Perhaps your next favorite book is just
a few clicks away!
National Poetry Month
Posted: April 10, 2013
April is National Poetry Month!
We invite everyone to take a few moments to celebrate
the expressive power and beauty of words.
Please click here to explore our National Poetry Month activities and resource guide.
Currently on Display...
Posted: January 4, 2013
Notable Books of 2012
Our standing book display, nearest to the library entrance and
our New Books section, features many of the most notable books
of 2012 (as recently reported by The New York Times).
We invite you to explore this display and to check out any
books you find interesting!
For more "best of 2012" book lists and reading possibilities...
You might also want to check out...
Currently on Display...
Posted: December 6, 2012
Our Towns
Exploring Localities & Lives
through Regional Fiction
Our latest book display for adults features
a variety of American regional fiction.
The book display is located on the library's first floor,
near the library catalog computers and stairs to the second level.
You are welcome and encouraged to check out any of the books on display!
You can also browse related materials in and beyond the library system through the links below:
Regional Fiction in the Library System
You might also like to try browsing regional fiction titles by state:
2012 Nobel Prize in Literature
Posted: October 11, 2012
The latest recipient of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature is
Mo Yan, a Chinese author.
Mo Yan, whose real name is Guan Moye, is said to be the first
Chinese national writer
* to win this prestigious literary award.
His pseudonym (pen name) "Mo Yan" translates to "don't speak."
For more information on this writer and the Nobel Prize,
please see these links:
- From the Nobel Prize (official website):
- Local Library System (RCLS) Items:
- Websites:
(* Gao Xingjian, an émigré Chinese writer/artist/critic left China for France in 1987 and was granted French citizenship in 1997. He later won the 2000 Nobel Prize in Literature.)
Currently on Display: "Pages in Flames"
Posted: October 1, 2012
Our latest book display for adults features
classic and contempory books which were once
challenged, censored, banned, or burned.
Our display coincides with the American Library
Association's own
"Banned Books Week" awareness campaign,
which runs from September 30 to October 6, 2012.
During this period, ALA and libraries worldwide work
to "draw national attention to the harms of censorship"
(
source).
Libraries exist for many essential reasons,
including to protect democracy, freedom of speech,
and to advocate and afford everyone an equal opportunity
and the
intellectual freedom
to read and research information.
The book display is located on the library's first floor,
near the library catalog computers and stairs to the second level.
You are welcome and encouraged to check out any of the books on display!
You can also browse related materials in and beyond the library system through the links below:
- Library System Catalog Materials
- Online Resources
Currently on Display...
Posted: August 17, 2012
Now on display is a collection of science-fiction and fantasy novels and short story collections.
There are a wide variety of styles and themes, including dystopian fiction, macabre weird tales, and gender politics, with aesthetics ranging from clean high-technology, to gritty steam-punk.
This rotating display is located on the library's first floor, near the library catalog computers and stairs to the second level.
You are welcome and encouraged to check out any of the books on display!
You can also browse some related books and videos in the online library system catalog by clicking on any of these topics:
On Display: "First Novels"
Posted: July 10, 2012
Our latest adult display features works of fiction
by first-time novelists.
This rotating display is located on the
library's first floor, near the library catalog
computers and stairs to the second level.
You are welcome and encouraged to check out
any of the books on display!
You can also browse some debut works (novels
and short story collections)
in the
library system catalog
by clicking on any of these topics:
Also check out our
Beyond the Bestsellers guide,
which often features debut novels and emerging authors!
U.S. Poet Laureate 2012
Posted: June 7, 2012
The Library of Congress has just appointed Natasha Trethewey
as the 19th Poet Laureate of the United States.
You can read the
Library of Congress' press release at this link.
The Library of Congress has also prepared
a brief guide to the poet and her works.
Among other honors, Natasha Trethewey also was appointed
Poet Laureate of Mississippi for 2012
and won the
2007 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
You can
click here to search the RCLS library system for works by Natasha Trethewey.
Additional information on this appointment can be found at the following links:
Past "Poets Laureate" and current State Poets Laureate can be explored via these guides from the Library of Congress:
For an even wider selection of notable and award-winning poets, please visit our:
On Display:
"Take Me Out to the Ballgame"
Posted: May 11, 2012
Our latest adult display features books about
America's great national pastime:
baseball!
From the history of the sport and biographies
of famous players to fictional stories and more,
our display offers something for baseball fans
as well as any readers interested in intriguing
tales inspired by the game.
This rotating display is located on the
library's first floor, near the library catalog
computers and stairs to the second level.
You are welcome and encouraged to check out
any of the books on display!
You can also browse some related books and videos
in the
online library system catalog
by clicking on any of these topics:
For event more baseball items...
Get Poetic!
Posted: April 17, 2012
While poetry is indeed perennial, ever in season,
April is
National Poetry Month,
a time when our nation commemorates poets and all forms of verse.
This April, we took some extra steps in hopes
of inspiring you to celebrate the power and beauty
of poetry - and perhaps even to write some poems
of your own!
On our
home page
you will find (on the "Literature" line) a new
"poetry" link.
This leads to a new menu where you can access poetry
eBooks, poetry criticism, online archives, our own
poetry catalog,
daily poems, rhyming dictionaries, and more!
You can also reach this menu directly by
going to
www.thrall.org/poetry
Realizing not everyone is keen on poetry, we created
a new downloadable/printable guide:
This guide is intended to be an invitation to a celebration
of words and ideas - or, to mix up our metaphors a bit,
a friendly "road map" into the wide and wondrous world of poetry.
We start off with some reasons you might want to introduce
(or reintroduce) poetry into your life. (Trust us, there are many!)
We include a few poetry terms you might find useful
as well as some fairly "easy-to-understand" poets you might
like to begin with before moving on to some classic and more
challenging / thought-provoking poems (also listed).
On the second page of our guide you'll find some poetry reading
tips and some suggested books on reading - and writing - poetry.
If you haven't read poetry in a while - or at all -
perhaps our guide can help you discover some great
new writing and feel some fresh inspiration!
Free printed copies of "Getting into Poetry" (and
our "Looking for Poetry" guide) are also available
in the library.
Also consider...
- our printable "Looking for Poetry" guide (which has a more in-depth listing of classic and contemporary poets, poems, and poetry collections)
- and our Literature Guide, which includes a section on poets, poetry, and poetics!
Currently on Display...
"Transformed: Stories & Studies of Change"
Posted: April 17, 2012
Our latest adult display features books
involving
change - from life-changing
stories (fiction and nonfiction) to how-to
guides on transforming yourself, your home,
and your world.
This rotating display is located on the
library's first floor, near the library catalog
computers and stairs to the second level.
You are welcome and encouraged to check out
any of the books on display!
You can also browse some related books and videos
in the
online library system catalog
by clicking on any of these searches:
For even more items on personal transformation, please
click here for a list of self-help subjects in the library catalog.
On Display: "As I Recall..."
Posted: February 16, 2012
Our latest book display for adults is
As I Recall
Memorable Memoirs
This book display, located on the first floor
(near the library catalog computers), features
a number of interesting and insightful memoirs.
We invite you to explore this display
and check out as many titles as you like!
For more memoirs in the library catalog,
please click here to search for memoirs
or click on any of the recently published memoirs below:
Some more possibilities:
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