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International Day of Happiness

March 20th is International Day of Happiness! Check out some happy books! The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean my Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Rubin "Award-winning author Gretchen Rubin is back with a bang, with The Happiness Project. The… [...]

Let the Book Bracket Battles Begin!

This event is for all ages! Which book will win it all? Follow our website and social media accounts for updated information on how to vote for your favorite books. Keep reading below to see what books were nominated by the community! Here is a list of the books for our Book Bracket Battles. Click here… [...]

Author Highlight: Åke Edwardson

Check Him Out! [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="180"] Simon and Schuster[/caption] "Åke Edwardson has worked as a journalist, a press officer for the United Nations, and a university lecturer at the University of Gothenburg, the second-largest city in Sweden, where his mysteries are set. He is one of Sweden’s bestselling authors, and his books featuring Detective Chief Inspector… [...]

Author Highlight: Alice Hoffman

Check Her Out! "Alice Hoffman has become one of the most distinguished novelists. She has published over thirty novels, three books of short fiction, and eight books for children and young adults. Her novel, Here on Earth, an Oprah's Book Club choice, was a modern reworking of some of the themes of Emily Bronte’s masterpiece Wuthering Heights. Practical… [...]

Upcoming Reads: April & May 2021

The following books are all set to release this April & May. Place a copy on hold to be notified as it becomes available for you to checkout. April Death With a Double Edge: A Daniel Pitt Novel by Anne Perry "When junior barrister Daniel Pitt is summoned to the scene of a murder in the… [...]

Getting Over It

March 9th is national Get Over It day, so check out these self-help books! Practically Perfect {in Every Way}: My Misadventures Through the world of Self-Help -- and Back by Jennifer Niesslein "A wry, perceptive, and witty examination of our relentless need for self-improvement by the admittedly imperfect founding coeditor of the award-winning quarterly Brain, Child:… [...]

General 2021 Tax Information

Most tax forms and instructions are available online 24/7 through the Illinois Department of Revenue and the IRS. For more information on tax forms, taxpayer assistance, and additional resources, click here.   [...]

Libros en Español

¡Mira nuestros libros en Español! La chica salvaje: una novela de Delia Owens "En Barkley Cove, un tranquilo pueblo de pescadores, circulan extraños rumores sobre la 'chica de la marisma'. Desde los seis años, Kya deambula completamente sola entre canales y cañaverales, apenas cubierta y descalza. Aunque solo asiste un día a la escuela, la marisma… [...]

Author Highlight: Tom Wolfe

Check Him Out! "Tom Wolfe was an American journalist and the author of more than a dozen books, among them The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, The Right Stuff, The Bonfire of the Vanities, A Man in Full, I Am Charlotte Simmons, and Back to Blood. Raised in Richmond, Virginia, he earned his B.A. at Washington and Lee University… [...]