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Upcoming Events

Jan
27

Moonlight & Murder Book Club

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Age Group: Adult, Teen
Registration Required

Moonlight & Murder Book Club

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Jan 27, 2021
Offsite
Age Groups: Adult, Teen
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Description
Join the Moonlight & Murder Book Club for mystery and suspense Skype book discussions.  Meetings are every other month, alternating with the Romance on the Rocks Book Club....
Jan
28

Mead Public Library Board of Trustees Meeting

3:00pm - 4:00pm
Age Group: Adult

Mead Public Library Board of Trustees Meeting

3:00pm - 4:00pm
Jan 28, 2021
Offsite
Age Groups: Adult
Program Type: Meeting
Jan
28

Serie de talleres en linea para el aprendizaje de proyectos con Tinkercad-Español-jueves con Gearbox Labs

4:30pm - 5:30pm
Age Group: Adult, Teen, School Age

Serie de talleres en linea para el aprendizaje de proyectos con Tinkercad-Español-jueves con Gearbox Labs

4:30pm - 5:30pm
Jan 28, 2021
Offsite
Age Groups: Adult, Teen, School Age
Program Type: Technology Class, Workshop
Description
Explora el mundo de CAD, prototipos de ingeniería y programación con Gearbox Labs. Este taller virtual será impartido por Isabel Mendiola y Peter Haydock....
Jan
28

Tarot Storytelling with Emily Hall of Waxing Gibbous Tarot

6:00pm - 7:30pm
Age Group: Adult, Teen
Registration Required

Tarot Storytelling with Emily Hall of Waxing Gibbous Tarot

6:00pm - 7:30pm
Jan 28, 2021
Offsite
Age Groups: Adult, Teen
Program Type: Workshop
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 19
Description
Join Emily Hall of Waxing Gibbous Tarot in exploring poetry written about and inspired by the tarot....
Jan
28

Intro to Tinkercad with Gearbox Labs

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Age Group: Adult, Teen, School Age

Intro to Tinkercad with Gearbox Labs

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Jan 28, 2021
Offsite
Age Groups: Adult, Teen, School Age
Program Type: Technology Class, Workshop
Description
Join us for a free set of live workshops on Tinkercad.  Explore the world of CAD, engineering design, and coding with Gearbox Labs.  This live and virtual workshop will be delivered by Isabel Mendiola and Peter Haydock....
Jan
29

Storytime LIVE!

9:30am - 10:00am
Age Group: Preschool
Registration Required

Storytime LIVE!

9:30am - 10:00am
Jan 29, 2021
Mead Public Library
Age Groups: Preschool
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required
Description
Join us as we sing, read, write, talk and play our way into kindergarten, strengthening the pre and early literacy skills that your child needs to be successful in school....

New Arrivals

  • Agnes at the End of the World

    Agnes at the End of the World

    Kelly McWilliams

    "Sixteen-year-old Agnes must escape a cult and a Prophet as she attempts to save the world from a pandemic"--

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  • Sea Turtles

    Sea Turtles

    Gail Gibbons

    The characteristics and lifestyles of the eight different kinds.

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  • Little Scratch

    Little Scratch

    Rebecca Watson

    "An experimental novel that reveals one young woman's every thought over the course of twenty-four hours"--

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  • Space Station Down

    Space Station Down

    Ben Bova, Doug Beason

    “Think Die Hard happening two hundred and fifty miles above the earth... Will have you watching the skies overhead much more closely.” —Steve Berry When an ultra-rich space tourist visits the orbiting International Space Station, NASA expects a $100 million win-win: his visit will bring in much needed funding and publicity. But the tourist venture turns into a scheme of terror.

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  • Owls of the Eastern Ice

    Owls of the Eastern Ice

    Jonathan C. Slaght

    A field scientist and conservationist tracks the elusive Blakiston's Fish Owl in the forbidding reaches of eastern Russia The Blakiston’s Fish Owl, the largest species of owl on earth, found only in the far northern regions of Russia, Japan, and Korea, is also perhaps the most mysterious. Only a handful of scientists have attempted to study them, but a chance sighting changed the course of Jonathan C. Slaght’s life—sending him on a five-year journey to study these enigmatic creatures.

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  • Norwegian Knitting Designs - 90 Years Later

    Norwegian Knitting Designs - 90 Years Later

    Wenche Roald, Annichen Sibbern Bohn

    Contemporary style and fresh modern colors meet classic Norwegian knitting patterns in this magnificent collection! Annichen Sibbern Bøhn's timeless and beloved Norwegian Knitting Patterns, first published in 1929, has been a guiding light and a source of inspiration for knitters around the world for decades--and now, working from Bøhn's original set of charts, knit designer Wenche Roald has created brilliant, vividly rejuvenated patterns for everything from wrist warmers to sweaters, mittens to baby blankets, for children and adults.

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  • Dial H for Hero

    Dial H for Hero

    Sam Humphries

    Teenage Miguel Montez discovers the long-lost H-Dial, an ancient and unbelievably powerful rotary phone that gives its users (seemingly) random superpowers for one hour. With evil factions desperate to get their hands on its power, Miguel steals the only mode of transport he can -- his uncle's food truck! Join Miguel as he hightails it across the country to give the H-Dial to the one man who can keep it safe- Superman!

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  • Say Her Name

    Say Her Name

    Zetta Elliott

    Inspired by the #SayHerName campaign launched by the African American Policy Forum, these poems pay tribute to victims of police brutality as well as the activists insisting that Black Lives Matter. Elliott engages poets from the past two centuries to create a chorus of voices celebrating the creativity, resilience, and courage of Black women and girls. This collection features forty-nine powerful poems, four of which are tribute poems inspired by the works of Lucille Clifton, Audre Lorde, Nikki Giovanni, and Phillis Wheatley.

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  • Great Book of Shop Drawings for Craftsman Furniture, Revised and Expanded Second Edition

    Great Book of Shop Drawings for Craftsman Furniture, Revised and Expanded Second Edition

    Robert W. Lang

    This big book provides complete working shop drawings for 61 classic furniture pieces. The author, a master cabinetmaker, measured original Craftsman antiques to create these detailed plans. With full perspective views, elevations, sections, details, and cutting lists for each project, this revised collection gives today's woodworkers the heart of the Craftsman aesthetic, along with all the information needed for workshop success.

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  • Pete the Cat: Play Ball!

    Pete the Cat: Play Ball!

    James Dean

    Pete the Cat is ready to play baseball! Pete's team, the Rocks, is playing the Rolls. But when the game doesn't go Pete's way, what will Pete do?

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  • Vegetable Kingdom

    Vegetable Kingdom

    Bryant Terry

    "More than 100 beautifully simple recipes that teach you the basics of a great vegan meal centered on real food, not powders or meat substitutes--from the James Beard Award-winning chef and author of Afro-Vegan Food justice activist and author Bryant Terry breaks down the fundamentals of plant-based cooking in Vegetable Kingdom, showing you how to make delicious meals from popular vegetables, grains, and legumes.

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  • Trouble the Saints

    Trouble the Saints

    Alaya Dawn Johnson

    “Juju assassins, alternate history, a gritty New York crime story...in a word: Awesome.” —N.K. Jemisin, New York Times bestselling author of The Fifth Season The dangerous magic of The Night Circus meets the powerful historical exploration of The Underground Railroad in Alaya Dawn Johnson's timely and unsettling novel, set against the darkly glamorous backdrop of New York City, where an assassin falls in love and tries to fight her fate at the dawn of World War II.

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  • Evelyn the Adventurous Entomologist: the True Story of a World-Traveling Bug Hunter

    Christine Evans

    Introduces readers to Evelyn Cheesman who forged her own path at a time when women rarely went to college, much less worked as veterinarians or entomologists.

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  • Deal with the Devil

    Deal with the Devil

    Kit Rocha

    Deal with the Devil is Orphan Black meets the post-apocalyptic Avengers by USA Today and New York Times bestselling author duo Kit Rocha. Nina is an information broker with a mission—she and her team of mercenary librarians use their knowledge to save the hopeless in a crumbling America. Knox is the bitter, battle-weary captain of the Silver Devils. His squad of supersoldiers went AWOL to avoid slaughtering innocents, and now he's fighting to survive. They’re on a deadly collision course, and the passion that flares between them only makes it more dangerous.

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  • A Lady's Guide to Mischief and Murder

    A Lady's Guide to Mischief and Murder

    Dianne Freeman

    In Dianne Freeman's charming Victorian-era mystery series, Frances Wynn, the American-born Countess of Harleigh, finds her sister's wedding threatened by a vow of vengeance. London is known for its bustle and intrigues, but the sedate English countryside can host--or hide--any number of secrets. Frances, the widowed Countess of Harleigh, needs a venue for her sister Lily's imminent wedding, away from prying eyes.

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Staff Picks

  • The Poppy War

    The Poppy War

    R. F. Kuang

    When Rin aced the Keju—the Empire-wide test to find the most talented youth to learn at the Academies—it was a shock to everyone: to the test officials, who couldn’t believe a war orphan from Rooster Province could pass without cheating; to Rin’s guardians, who believed they’d finally be able to marry her off and further their criminal enterprise; and to Rin herself, who realized she was finally free of the servitude and despair that had made up her daily existence. That she got into Sinegard—the most elite military school in Nikan—was even more surprising.

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  • Catfishing on CatNet

    Catfishing on CatNet

    Naomi Kritzer

    A Kirkus Reviews 2019 Best of the Year Selection. How much does the internet know about YOU? A thought-provoking near future YA thriller that could not be more timely as it explores issues of online privacy, artificial intelligence, and the power and perils of social networks. Because her mom is always on the move, Steph hasn’t lived anyplace longer than six months. Her only constant is an online community called CatNet—a social media site where users upload cat pictures—a place she knows she is welcome. What Steph doesn’t know is that the admin of the site, CheshireCat, is a sentient A.I.

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  • The Mythic Dream

    The Mythic Dream

    edited by Dominik Parisien and Navah Wolfe

    An all-new anthology of eighteen classic myth retellings featuring an all-star lineup of award-winning and critically acclaimed writers. Madeleine L’Engle once said, “When we lose our myths we lose our place in the universe.” The Mythic Dream gathers together eighteen stories that reclaim the myths that shaped our collective past, and use them to explore our present and future. From Hades and Persephone to Kali, from Loki to Inanna, this anthology explores retellings of myths across cultures and civilizations.

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  • Laguardia

    Laguardia

    Nnedi Okorafor

    In an alternate world where aliens have integrated with society, pregnant Nigerian- American doctor Future Nwafor Chukwuebuka has just smuggled an illegal alien plant named Letme Live through LaGuardia International and Interstellar Airport...and that's not the only thing she's hiding. She and Letme become part of a community of human and alien immigrants; but as their crusade for equality continues and the birth of her child nears, Future-and her entire world-begins to change.

    Winner of the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story or Comic

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  • Exhalation

    Exhalation

    Ted Chiang

    In these nine stunningly original, provocative, and poignant stories, Ted Chiang tackles some of humanity's oldest questions along with new quandaries only he could imagine. In "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate," a portal through time forces a fabric seller in ancient Baghdad to grapple with past mistakes and second chances. In "Exhalation," an alien scientist makes a shocking discovery with ramifications that are literally universal.

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  • The Haunting of Tram Car 015

    The Haunting of Tram Car 015

    P. Djèlí Clark

    In an alternate Cairo, humans live and work alongside otherworldly beings; the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities handles the issues that can arise between the magical and the mundane. Senior Agent Hamed Nasr shows his new partner Agent Onsi Youssef the ropes of investigation when they are called to subdue a dangerous, possessed tram car. What starts off as a simple matter of exorcism, however, becomes more complicated as the origins of the demon inside are revealed.

    Shortlisted for a 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novella.

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  • To Be Taught, If Fortunate

    To Be Taught, If Fortunate

    Becky Chambers

    A stand-alone science fiction novella from the award-winning, bestselling, critically-acclaimed author of the Wayfarer series. At the turn of the twenty-second century, scientists make a breakthrough in human spaceflight. Through a revolutionary method known as somaforming, astronauts can survive in hostile environments off Earth using synthetic biological supplementations. They can produce antifreeze in subzero temperatures, absorb radiation and convert it for food, and conveniently adjust to the pull of different gravitational forces.

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  • In an Absent Dream

    In an Absent Dream

    Seanan McGuire

    A stand-alone fantasy tale from Seanan McGuire's Alex award-winning Wayward Children series, which began in the Alex, Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award-winning, World Fantasy Award finalist, Tiptree Honor List Every Heart a Doorway This fourth entry and prequel tells the story of Lundy, a very serious young girl who would rather study and dream than become a respectable housewife and live up to the expectations of the world around her. As well she should. When she finds a doorway to a world founded on logic and reason, riddles and lies, she thinks she's found her paradise.

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  • This Is How You Lose the Time War

    This Is How You Lose the Time War

    Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone

    From award-winning authors Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone comes an enthralling, romantic novel spanning time and space about two time-traveling rivals who fall in love and must change the past to ensure their future. Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandment finds a letter. It reads: Burn before reading. Thus begins an unlikely correspondence between two rival agents hellbent on securing the best possible future for their warring factions. Now, what began as a taunt, a battlefield boast, becomes something more. Something epic. Something romantic.

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  • The Ten Thousand Doors of January

    The Ten Thousand Doors of January

    Alix E. Harrow

    In the early 1900s, a young woman embarks on a fantastical journey of self-discovery after finding a mysterious book in this captivating and lyrical debut. In a sprawling mansion filled with peculiar treasures, January Scaller is a curiosity herself. As the ward of the wealthy Mr. Locke, she feels little different from the artifacts that decorate the halls: carefully maintained, largely ignored, and utterly out of place. Then she finds a strange book. A book that carries the scent of other worlds, and tells a tale of secret doors, of love, adventure and danger.

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  • The City in the Middle of the Night

    The City in the Middle of the Night

    Charlie Jane Anders

    "If you control our sleep, then you can own our dreams... And from there, it's easy to control our entire lives." January is a dying planet—divided between a permanently frozen darkness on one side, and blazing endless sunshine on the other. Humanity clings to life, spread across two archaic cities built in the sliver of habitable dusk. But life inside the cities is just as dangerous as the uninhabitable wastelands outside. Sophie, a student and reluctant revolutionary, is supposed to be dead after being exiled into the night.

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  • The Light Brigade

    The Light Brigade

    Kameron Hurley

    From the Hugo Award­­–winning author of The Stars Are Legion comes a brand-new science fiction thriller about a futuristic war during which soldiers are broken down into light in order to get them to the front lines on Mars. They said the war would turn us into light. I wanted to be counted among the heroes who gave us this better world. The Light Brigade: it’s what soldiers fighting the war against Mars call the ones who come back…different. Grunts in the corporate corps get busted down into light to travel to and from interplanetary battlefronts.

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  • Gideon the Ninth

    Gideon the Ninth

    Tamsyn Muir

    Gideon the Ninth is the most fun you'll ever have with a skeleton. The Emperor needs necromancers. The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman. Gideon has a sword, some dirty magazines, and no more time for undead bullshit. Tamsyn Muir’s Gideon the Ninth unveils a solar system of swordplay, cut-throat politics, and lesbian necromancers. Her characters leap off the page, as skillfully animated as necromantic skeletons. The result is a heart-pounding epic science fantasy.

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  • Middlegame

    Middlegame

    Seanan McGuire

    New York Times bestselling and Alex, Nebula, and Hugo-Award-winning author Seanan McGuire introduces readers to a world of amoral alchemy, shadowy organizations, and impossible cities in the standalone fantasy, Middlegame. Meet Roger. Skilled with words, languages come easily to him. He instinctively understands how the world works through the power of story. Meet Dodger, his twin. Numbers are her world, her obsession, her everything. All she understands, she does so through the power of math. Roger and Dodger aren’t exactly human, though they don’t realise it.

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  • A Memory Called Empire

    A Memory Called Empire

    Arkady Martine

    In a war of lies she seeks the truthAmbassador Mahit Dzmare travels to the Teixcalaanli Empire's interstellar capital, eager to take up her new post. Yet when she arrives, she discovers her predecessor was murdered. But no one will admit his death wasn't accidental - and she might be next.Now Mahit must navigate the capital's enticing yet deadly halls of power, to discover dangerous truths.

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