Monthly Picks
The PLS book selectors highlight new books each month on a given theme. Give them a quick look -- perhaps you'll find something of interest.
New Ebook Travel Guides from Lonely Planet!
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Last Updated on Monday, 13 August 2012 14:33
Planning a trip?
Have a Kindle, Nook, iPad, iPhone, or other e-reader device?
If so, take a gander at some of these great new digital offerings from Lonely Planet, available for checkout from Pioneer's OverDrive downloadable catalog!
New to Pioneer's downloadable collection?
Visit the handy OverDrive Help page to learn how to use your device to experience ebooks, audiobooks, and more from your hometown library. Many of our customers find the instructional videos particularly helpful.
Happy trails!
Add a commentGinny Weasley is 31!
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Last Updated on Monday, 13 August 2012 10:31
On August 11, Ginny Weasley from the Harry Potter Series, is turning 31! To help celebrate her birthday here are some books to check out. The Harry Potter series is available in print, large print, braille and as an eBook. The eBook is now available in both English and Spanish. We also have some of the films available in our MovieBoxes. Check with your branch for availability. Here are a few book titles to get your celebration started!
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School for Wizards and Witches. Book #1 of Harry Potter series.
It's Fry's Birthday!
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Last Updated on Monday, 13 August 2012 10:27
Everyone has a birthday, even fictional characters. Phillip J. Fry, from the show Futurama celebrates his birthday today, August 9! To celebrate Fry's birthday here are some titles from another, well known Matt Groening show, The Simpsons. If you like reading graphic novels, you might enjoy creating your own! Here are some books to get you started.
The Big Brilliant Book of Bart Simpson by Matt Groening
Another installment in the continuing adventures of Bart Simpson and his Springfield family.
Simpsons Comics: Dollars to Donuts by Matt Groening
Follow the plight and the flight of a lone five-dollar bill through the hands of several Springfield residents in Groening's latest collection.
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Celebrate National Cowboy Day!
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Last Updated on Friday, 27 July 2012 11:32
National Day of the Cowboy is July 28th! Celebrate by checking out these titles or making a trip to the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City.
Hank the Cowdog: The Case of the Measled Cowboy by John R. Erickson
When Slim is left to take care of the ranch and little Alfred, who has the measles, he gets sick himself and a freak blizzard sets in, so it is up Hank to try to keep things under control.
The Arbuckle Cafe: Classic Cowboy Stories by Valentine Stewart Fitzpatrick
Stories about Colorado, cowboys, ranching, cattle trade, and life in Moffat County.
B is for Buckaroo: A Cowboy Alphabet by Gleaves Whitney
The letters of the alphabet are represented by words, set in short rhymes with additional information, relating to cowboys and ranch life.
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July 20th...One Small Step
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 11 July 2012 12:05
July 20th marks the 43rd anniversary of the moon landing in 1969. Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first humans to land and set foot on the moon. Here are some books about the moon landing, space exploration, and NASA to enjoy!
Apollo 11: The First Moon Landing by Michael D. Cole
From the Countdown to Space Series this book Surveys the various Apollo spaceflights that marked America's attempt to put a man on the moon, with an emphasis on the 1969 Apollo 11 project culminating in the first landing.
From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne
This fictional book tells the story of a Frenchman and two well-to-do members of a post-American Civil War gun club who build an enormous sky-facing columbiad and launch themselves in a projectile/spaceship from it to a Moon landing.
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