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Friends of the Library Book Donation Days Good news! The Friends of the Manchester Library Book Sale will be returning in Summer 2022. At this time due to storage difficulties inside the Manchester library, members of the Friends of the Library will be holding monthly book drives on designated Saturdays near the Children's Room side entrance of the library on Church St. now starting Saturday, February 19th from 10 AM - 4 PM. The following collection dates will be March 19th, April 23rd, May 21st, June 18th, and July 16th. Please bring your books in bags and boxes no bigger than beer cases. The Friends are looking for small and large paperbacks and books of fiction and nonfiction and on special interests such as gardening, cooking, children/young adult, sports, games, crafts, decorating, architecture, science, foreign language, large print, travel, animals, nature, history, biography, reference, classics, and poetry. 
Tai Chi Moves Wednesdays and the Manchester Community Center! Wednesdays From 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM Manchester local Susan Halpern will continue her weekly Tai Chi class for ages 18 and older at the Manchester Community Center. At this time the meetings plan to continue through May. To register please contact Adult Services Librarian Rachael Meneades at rmeneades@manchesterpl.org. We also ask that you fill out the Safety Release Registration Form before joining. The class will focus on the Sun style which employs a more upright stance with small arm movements and short steps, and the forms demand attention and stimulate good balance, attention, and stress reduction.
Wednesdays From 10:30 AM - 12 PM (or 12:30 if you want to stay) Remember that novel you started writing seven years ago? Is it time to finish it? Maybe you want to write your first screenplay? Pour some poems onto the page? Settle into a daily writing habit? Join a community of writers and artists who just want to write. Here’s how it works: Join the Zoom meeting. Say hello if you want. Write. Stay the full 90 minutes or leave early. Hang out after if you feel like reading your work or hearing someone else's. Interested? Contact mblack@manchesterpl.org for Zoom details.
Hearthside Book Group Tuesday, February 1st at 4:00 PM Join us on Zoom to discuss The Hemingses of Monticello: an American family by Annette Gordon-Reed. Contact Lori Dumont at ldumont@manchesterpl.org or at 978-526-7711 to register for this book group meeting. Copies of this book are available at the circulation desk, and you can use the library's curbside pickup or home delivery service to get a copy.
Behind-The-Scenes Tour Of The New England Patriots Hall Of Fame Tuesday, February 1st at 7:00 PM The Manchester-by-the-Sea Public Library is partnering with the Tewksbury Public library to bring a behind-the-Scenes look of the New England Patriot's Hall of Fame! Though the Pat's aren't going to the super bowl this year, you can still join Patriots Hall of Fame staff for a live virtual tour of the Hall of Fame. Get an inside look at some of their unique artifacts! Bring your questions as an interactive Q&A session will follow. About: The Kraft family’s investment in The Patriots Hall of Fame presented by Raytheon Technologies accomplishes its goal of giving Patriots fans a unique, technologically advanced venue to relive and celebrate great moments and great players. The Hall is a modern “museum” that takes guests through Patriots and New England football history in a cutting-edge way, utilizing amazing video and audio to tap into fans’ emotions in a manner never before seen in a sports museum. It also works to freshen the experience with new exhibits and renovations. Register Here for the Behind-The-Scenes Tour Online Zoom Program
Valentine Berry Celebration: Lovely Ways to Cook with Berries with Vanessa from The Thirsty Radish Monday, February 7th at 7:00 PM Join Vanessa Young of Thirsty Radish as she gives a fun presentation on how berries add flavor and festive color to dishes from appetizers and drinks to dessert, plus they are classic ingredients for Valentine’s Day cooking! Enjoy a demonstration and tip-filled discussion about the most flavorful ways to cook with fresh, frozen, freeze-dried, and dried berries plus berry jams and condiments throughout the season. You can pick up inspired ideas for caring for ourselves and others through natural and delicious home cooking. About: Vanessa Young is a writer, recipe developer, poet, and educator focused on the intersection of food and culture. To learn more about Vanessa adn her recipes please go to her website at www.thirstyradish.com. Register Here for the Valentine Berry Celebration Online Zoom Program
Diversity Matters Book Group Tuesday, February 8th at 5:00 PM The Diversity Matters Book Group will be meeting to cover the book “Writings on the Wall” by Kareem Abdul Jabar. Copies of this title are available at the Manchester Library’s circulation desk. We are considering reading a W. E. DuBois book or Autobiography of Malcolm X, another James Baldwin, additional John Lewis, Sister Souljah, or Langston Hughes after our Feb 8th meeting For all of our meetings, the second Tuesday each month from 5-6 PM, unless it is especially lengthy and then we may move to a bimonthly meeting. Copies of Jabar's book are at the front desk and we do welcome more joining in on the reading and discussions. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89382676422?pwd=dnZxQ055Yk5nWWRrdTkwWXhQMmhXZz09 Meeting ID: 893 8267 6422 Passcode: 031064
The Great British Baking Tour Wednesday, February 9th at 7:00 PM Enjoy a delightful culinary tour of the UK inspired by “The Great British Baking Show” television series, aired on PBS. Learn about making a proper cup of tea, regional specialties, their origins, and the particular parts of the UK they hail from. Even the trickiest parts of British recipes will be translated for Americans so you can try them in your own kitchen. Pick up useful travel tips as well, just in case you’d like to create your own tour! About: Led by Claire Evans, a UK travel/relocation consultant and former UK resident. Register Here for The Great British Baking Tour Online Zoom Program
Asteroids, Comets and Near Earth Objects Online Presentation Friday, February 18th at 11:00 AM Join NASA Solar Ambassador Regina Conrad as she gives an in-depth online Zoom presentation on the asteroids, comets, and natural debris floating in space and the effects they have on earth. She will also discuss what NASA is doing to study them, specifically the NASA missions Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) and Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE). About: Regina Conrad started as a weekend planetarium educator in 2005 at the Andrus Planetarium in the Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY after her first total solar eclipse. In 2011, she was invited to speak regularly at the Stamford Museum & Nature Center before the Friday Night Observation. Now retired, Conrad is a Solar System Ambassador and a part-time library program coordinator in New Hampshire. Register Here for Asteroids, Comets and Near Earth Objects Online Zoom Program
President's Day Holiday The library will be closed in honor of President's Day on Monday, February 21st. The library will reopon on Tuesday, February 22nd from 10 AM - 7 PM.
Mystery Book Group Friday, February 25th at 10:30 AM The Manchester Library’s mystery book group will meet on Zoom to discuss “Eight Perfect Murders” by Peter Swanson. Copies of this book are available at the library’s circulation desk. To register for this book group please contact Rachael Meneades at rmeneades@manchesterpl.org.
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Ancestry Library is a version of Ancestry.com that is available to use at the Manchester Public Library. This resource contains a variety of collections that can help in educational or genealogical research. These historical records include a network of resources you can search, such as census, church, court, and immigration records. Ancestry Library will guide your research from the beginning and provide downloadable forms that can help organize the content you collect. To make a reservation to use the library's public computers, please call 978-526-7711.
A Boston Public Library eCard is a virtual library card that allows Massachusetts residents to instantly use all of Boston Public Library's online resources. You can read magazine and journal articles from online databases, download eBooks, Audio, Video and downloadable media. Don't have an eCard? Register for one online.
A nonprofit organization, Consumer Reports provides an easy to use guide for unbiased ratings on thousands of products and services used in everyday life. Included in the subscription are helpful tools for cars and televisions, satisfaction scores from nearly a million consumers, and expert tips on topics including health, food, tech and money. When accessing Consumer Reports from home you will need your library card’s barcode numbers. If you do not have access to your library card, please see a librarian at the Manchester Library.
Creativebug is a go-to digital resource that offers over a 1,000 high-quality online videos in arts and crafts instructional workshops and techniques. Learn how to paint, knit, crochet, sew, screen print, make jewelry and more! No matter what level maker you are, you can find a crafting medium that fuels your creative side! When accessing Creativebug from home you will need your library card’s barcode numbers. If you do not have access to your library card, please contact a librarian at the Manchester Library at 978-526-7711.
Freegal is a downloadable music service from your library. All you need is your Manchester Library card number and your PIN. With access to the Sony Music Entertainment catalog, it offers hundreds of thousands of songs, over 100 genres of music, and more than 50 record labels, all without having to download software or have any digital rights management (DRM) issues to deal with. Access to Freegal is limited to patrons of the Manchester Public Library.
Hoopla, the Library’s newest downloading service, will offer you a ton of fun and new content to enjoy! Using a web browser, smart phone or tablet, hoopla is an online streaming service that offers a great selection of feature films, television shows, documentaries, music albums and audiobooks you can enjoy at home or on the go. The content is always available so you don’t have to worry about ending up on any wait-lists and you get up to 10 checkouts per month!
Check out Hoopla’s newest addition: Bonus Borrows! In order to provide relief to Libraries and to provide more content to Patrons during this difficult time of sheltering at home, we are proud to announce the hoopla Bonus Borrows Collection with more than 1,000 top titles and hoopla favorites. Each borrow from our free borrows collection is completely FREE to Libraries. Each patron will be debited zero borrows from their monthly hoopla borrows when they borrow something from the collection.
Kanopy is a video streaming service that provides instant access to thousands of critically acclaimed movies, documentaries and Kids favorites. We partner with studios like A24, The Criterion Collection, PBS and more to bring your library access to thoughtful entertainment. How can I watch Kanopy? You can stream Kanopy on any of your favorite devices! Kanopy is accessible via mobile and tablet apps for iPhone and Android. You can also access Kanopy on your Desktop, and SmartTV apps like Roku, Apple TV, and Fire Stick.
Lynda.com has now been upgraded to LinkedinLearning! All of the same great content you know from Lynda.com such as learning how to create a website, updating your knowledge of Microsoft Office, and developing business and creative skills that will increase your ability to achieve personal and professional goals will now be available to enjoy on the updated LinkedIn Learning platform. You will continue to be able to watch all the same content, bookmarked courses, and obtain certificates of completion that you had in Lynda.com will appear on your new account as a part of the upgrade. Check out their FAQ Page for more information about the upgrade!
The Manchester-by-the-Sea Public Library is happy to provide access to The Manchester Cricket’s Digital Archive up to 2009. The digitization of the Cricket was funded by an equal collaboration between the Friends of the Manchester Public Library and current owners of The Manchester Cricket Newspaper. Up-to-date physical copies of the 2019 Manchester Cricket papers are also available at the Manchester Library. The Manchester Cricket is an independent, family-owned weekly newspaper that has served the communities of Manchester and Essex since 1888.
Morningstar Investment Research Center is a financial services resource that provides beginner or seasoned investors access to even more up-to-date research and online articles and videos to help navigate smart investing, future financial planning, and staying ahead of the market.
O'Reilly is a collection of technology based eBooks and videos that provides access to computer programming, software development, management, test prep eBooks and more! To access the resources, you will need your library card number and PIN (four-digit number). If you have forgotten your PIN, please contact the Library at 978-526-7711 for assistance.
Overdrive is used for downloading eBooks, Audio Books, Streaming Video and Magazines. To sign in, choose your library system from the dropdown menu — Massachusetts-by-the-Sea library cardholders are considered Merrimack Valley Library patrons (MVLC); use your library card number to login. Download or stream across multiple devices using the Overdrive or Libby app.
Rocket Languages is an online language-learning course offers practical and powerful downloadable lessons, games and more that will encourage learning any new language at your own pace! This resource is sponsored by the Friends of the Manchester Library. The Manchester Public Library now offers online access to The Wall Street Journal! Get the latest national news, business and economy information and even access to WSJ Magazine, all from the comfort of your own home! You will need your library card to login. After creating an account, you will be able to start reading articles immediately. Your access will be available for the next 3 days. After 3 days, simply come back and click the above link again and login as an existing user with the same username and password you originally create. You will never run out of free articles to read!
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New Additions to the Library's Collection!
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| | The Echo Chamber
By Boyne, John
2021-12 - Doubleday Books
9780857526212 Check Our Catalog From the author of The Heart's Invisible Furies and powered with the Boyne's characteristic humor and razor-sharp observation, The Echo Chamber is a satiric helter skelter, a dizzying downward spiral of action and consequence, poised somewhere between farce, absurdity, and oblivion What a thing of wonder a mobile phone is. Six ounces of metal, glass, and plastic, …More
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| | Longshot: The Inside Story of the Race for a Covid-19 Vaccine
By Heath, David
2022-01 - Center Street
9781546000907 Check Our Catalog This is the incredible story of the scientists who created a coronavirus vaccine in record time. In Longshot, investigative journalist David Heath takes readers inside the small group of scientists whose groundbreaking work was once largely dismissed but whose feat will now eclipse the importance of Jonas Salk's polio vaccine in medical history. With never-before-reported …More
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| | Mermaid Confidential
By Dorsey, Tim
2022-01 - William Morrow & Company
9780062967534 Check Our Catalog Serge A. Storms gives condo living a try in this latest acid-splashed Florida crime caper from the "insanely funny" (New York Times Book Review) Tim Dorsey. Serge A. Storms and his permanently baked sidekick, Coleman, have decided to pump the brakes and live on island time. After years of manic road tripping across their beloved Sunshine State, the irrepressible …More
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| | A Hearty Book of Veggie Sandwiches: Vegan and Vegetarian Paninis, Wraps, Rolls, and More
By Freeman, Jackie
2022-01 - Sasquatch Books
9781632173720 Check Our Catalog Two truths: Americans are eating more plant-based meals and we love sandwiches--in A Hearty Book of Veggie Sandwiches you'll find forty simple and delicious vegetarian and vegan sandwiches, sauces, and schmears to satisfy your every craving. Close to fifty percent of Americans eat a sandwich every day which means it's easy to get stuck in a rut. With more of us eating …More
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| | None But the Righteous
By James, Chantal
2022-01 - Counterpoint LLC
9781640094598 Check Our Catalog Lyrical, riveting, and haunting from its opening lines, None But the Righteous is an extraordinary debut that signals the arrival of an unforgettable new voice in contemporary fiction In seventeenth-century Peru, St. Martin de Porres was torn from his body after death. His bones were pillaged as relics, and his spirit was said to inhabit those bones. Four centuries later, …More
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| | How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question
By Schur, Michael
2022-01 - Simon & Schuster
9781982159313 Check Our Catalog From the creator of The Good Place and the cocreator of Parks and Recreation, a hilarious, thought-provoking guide to living an ethical life, drawing on 2,500 years of deep thinking from around the world. Most people think of themselves as "good," but it's not always easy to determine what's "good" or "bad"--especially in a world filled with complicated choices and …More
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| | How High We Go in the Dark
By Nagamatsu, Sequoia
2022-01 - William Morrow & Company
9780063072640 Check Our Catalog Haunting and luminous, How High We Go in the Dark orchestrates its multitude of memorable voices into beautiful and lucid science fiction. An astonishing debut. -- Alan Moore, creator of Watchmen and V for Vendetta Epic . . . Sequoia Nagamatsu is a writer whose imagination is matched only by his compassion, the kind we need to light our …More
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| | Guilty Men: The Coronavirus Criminals, Media Manipulators, and Pandemic Profiteers Who Caused the Crisis
By Nichols, John
2022-01 - Verso
9781839763779 Check Our Catalog A furious denunciation of America's coronavirus criminals Hundreds of thousands of deaths were caused not by the vicissitudes of nature but by the callous and opportunistic decisions of powerful people, as revealed here by John Nichols. On March 10, 2020, president Donald Trump told a nation worried about a novel coronavirus, "We're prepared, and we're doing a great job with it. And …More
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| | The Ex-Husband
By Hamilton, Karen
2022-01 - Graydon House
9781525899881 Check Our Catalog From international bestselling author Karen Hamilton comes another pulse-pounding domestic thriller set against a lush, tropical backdrop as a woman fleeing her past as a con artist finds herself trapped aboard a cruise ship with someone who not only knows about that past, but will stop at nothing to get revenge.
It's an offer she can't refuse...and might not …More
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| | 52 Shabbats: Friday Night Dinners from the Global Jewish Kitchen
By Kramer, Faith
Photographer Rice, Clara
2021-12 - Collective Book Studio
9781951412180 Check Our Catalog "Gorgeous" --The Washington Post Whether you are a longtime host of weekly Shabbat dinners or new to this global Jewish tradition, 52 Shabbats will spice up your Friday night in one way or another. This book offers a holistic scope of the Shabbat tradition for every reader, Jewish or otherwise. In it you'll find: …More
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| | Reminders of Him
By Hoover, Colleen
2022-01 - Montlake
9781542025607 Check Our Catalog A troubled young mother yearns for a shot at redemption in this heartbreaking yet hopeful story from #1 New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover. After serving five years in prison for a tragic mistake, Kenna Rowan returns to the town where it all went wrong, hoping to reunite with her four-year-old daughter. But the bridges Kenna burned are proving impossible to …More
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| | Davos Man: How the Billionaires Devoured the World
By Goodman, Peter S.
2022-01 - Custom House
9780063078307 Check Our Catalog From the New York Times's Global Economics Correspondent, a masterwork of explanatory journalism that exposes how billionaires' systematic plunder of the world--brazenly accelerated during the pandemic--has transformed 21st-century life and dangerously destabilized democracy. Davos Man will be read a hundred years from now as a warning. ... …More
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| | The Good Son
By Mitchard, Jacquelyn
2022-01 - Mira Books
9780778311799 Check Our Catalog "Rich and complex, The Good Son is a compelling novel about the aftermath of a crime in a small, close-knit community."--Kristin Hannah, New York Times bestselling author
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jacquelyn Mitchard comes the gripping, emotionally charged novel of a mother who must help her son after he is convicted of a devastating …More
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| | All about Me: My Remarkable Life in Show Business
By Brooks, Mel
2021-11 - Ballantine Books
9780593159118 Check Our Catalog NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - At 95, the legendary Mel Brooks continues to set the standard for comedy across television, film, and the stage. Now he shares his story for the first time in "a wonderful addition to a seminal career" (San Francisco Chronicle), "infused with nostalgia and his signature hilarity" (Parade). NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY …More
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| | The Mitford Vanishing
By Fellowes, Jessica
2022-01 - Minotaur Books
9781250819208 Check Our Catalog A mystery with the fascinating Mitford sisters at its heart, Jessica Fellowes's The Mitford Vanishing is the fifth installment in the Mitford Murders series, inspired by a real-life murder in a story full of intrigue... "Downton Abbey meets Agatha Christie in this witty and twisty mystery." --In Touch Weekly on The Mitford Murders 1937. War …More
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| | The Baseball 100
By Posnanski, Joe
2021-09 - Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
9781982180584 Check Our Catalog NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "An instant sports classic." --New York Post * "Stellar." --The Wall Street Journal * "A true masterwork...880 pages of sheer baseball bliss." --BookPage (starred review) * "This is a remarkable achievement." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) A magnum opus from acclaimed baseball writer Joe Posnanski, …More
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| | The Unfamiliar Garden
By Percy, Benjamin
2022-01 - William Morrow & Company
9780358332718 Check Our Catalog The night the sky fell, Jack and Nora Abernathy's daughter vanished in the woods. And Mia's disappearance broke her parents' already fragile marriage. Unable to solve her own daughter's case, Nora lost herself in her work as a homicide detective. Jack became a shell of a man; his promising career as a biologist crumbling alongside the meteor strikes that altered weather patterns and caused a …More
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| | The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation
By Sullivan, Rosemary
2022-01 - Harper
9780062892355 Check Our Catalog Less a mystery unsolved than a secret well kept... Using new technology, recently discovered documents and sophisticated investigative techniques, an international team--led by an obsessed retired FBI agent--has finally solved the mystery that has haunted generations since World War II: Who betrayed Anne Frank and her family? And why? Over thirty …More
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| | Seasonal Work: Stories
By Lippman, Laura
2022-01 - William Morrow & Company
9780063000032 Check Our Catalog In a suspenseful collection of stories featuring fierce women--including one never-before-published novella--New York Times bestseller Laura Lippman showcases why she is one of today's top crime writers. The award-winning master of psychological suspense is in top form in this collection of diverse and diabolically clever stories. In the …More
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| | Baby Steps Millionaires: How Ordinary People Built Extraordinary Wealth--And How You Can Too
By Ramsey, Dave
2022-01 - Ramsey Press
9781942121596 Check Our Catalog You Can Baby Step Your Way to Becoming a
Millionaire Most people know Dave Ramsey as the guy who
did stupid with a lot of zeros on the end. He made his first million in his
twenties--the wrong way--and then went bankrupt. That's when he set out to learn
God's ways of managing money and developed the Ramsey Baby Steps. Following
these …More
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