The T. S. Eliot Foundation and the Poetry Society of America have announced the winner of the Four Quartets Prize: Brian Teare’s poem “Toxics Release Inventory (Essay on Man)” from his collection Doomstead Days.
The Four Quartets Prize—which was …
If you’ve been participating in our community reading program, WE ALL READ, and enjoying the book selections, we have more that you might like to read with your families. All of our suggestions are available to borrow from our digital …
Tuesday, May 05,
7:00 - 8:00 PM.
Illinois residents have been prominent in every war that the U.S. has been involved in, from the...
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If you’ve been holding off reading it for all these years, or if you’re ready to read it again for the 100th time, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone is now available as an ebook or audiobook on Libby/Overdrive, …
On Monday evenings in May we're celebrating the best films of 1924 with online Watch Parties on our Facebook Page. A Facebook Watch Party is a new way to hold a live screenings online. Anyone can watch and comment on the videos at the same time to create a shared viewing experience.
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Sunday, May 03,
2:00 - 3:00 PM.
Your jaw will drop with amazement as fingerstyle guitarist Jack Wilson plays a full...
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It’s 1989, and the Lady Falcons of Danvers, Massachusetts are staring down another losing season of field hockey. Instead of going full Bad News Bears, the goalie decides to try something new and pledge her soul to the devil …
Quiet rural life is transformed into a technicolor nightmare when a family finds themselves battling a mutant extraterrestrial organism.
Color out of Space stars Nicolas Cage, Joely Richardson, Madeleine Arthur, Q’orianka Kilcher, and Tommy Chong. The film is an adaptation …
I like having this extra time to cook with my kids. I want to send them out into the world knowing the basics: how to make pasta and rice, scramble eggs, and mix up emergency chocolate chip cookies. These are some of our family’s favorite cookbooks, as well as the titles on our To-Be-Baked list. All are available to download through Hoopla Digital or Libby/Overdrive so you can get cooking while the library is closed.
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Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore
Book | Overdrive Ebook | Large Print
It's Not All Downhill From Here by Terry McMillan
Book | Overdrive Ebook | Audiobook CD
Devoted by Dean Koontz
Book | Audiobook CD
Saturday, May 30,
2:00 - 4:00 PM. .
With its searing and original voice, unforgettable characters, and vivid depiction of 1970s Texas, Valentine is one of the strongest debuts to emerge in years...
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Good news, baseball fans: you don’t have to wait 108 years to get your sports fix.
Enjoy the Chicago Cubs’ historic run to the 2016 World Series from the comfort of your home by streaming the official film, 2016 World …
The Grace Year, by Kim Liggett is an eerie look into a fictional cult-like society where young women are thought to gain a wicked magic when they reach womanhood.
When a girl turns 16, the entirety of her future …
In order to provide provide more content to our patrons during this difficult time of sheltering at home, Hoopla Digital incredibly graciously put together a Bonus Borrows Collection.
This list of more than 1,000 top titles come at no cost to Eisenhower and any checkout of digital items in the Bonus Borrows collection will not count against the twenty items you can borrow from Hoopla each month...
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The first virtual meeting of the Bring Your Own Book Club went very well. A bunch of librarians and a few patrons chatted about books we’ve all been reading lately. Looks like we’ll be doing it again. Here’s all the …
To keep you from going stir crazy without being able to borrow a book or a movie, we’re offering extended access to some of our digital and online materials while the library remains closed. With websites and apps like Hoopla Digital, TumbleBooks, Libby, and Flipster, you can stream or download eBooks, audiobooks, comics, movies, music, magazines, and more right to your computer, tablet, or smart phone.
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Every month at libraryreads.org, librarians across the county nominate their favorite books. Whichever books get the most nominations go onto the monthly list. Place holds now to get these sure-to-be popular books as soon as possible after they're released ...
If you have questions you can get in touch with us at reference@eisenhowerpld.org, with our live online chat, or by calling 224-585-8029.
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Anyone else homeschooling from the dining room table? Digging out a place to work under the “to-be-filed” pile of papers? Have some time on your hands and finally looking to takle some decluttering? Check out these audiobooks and eBooks on …
Got some time on your hands and always wanted to organize and catalog your book collection?
LibraryThing, a small scale cataloging service, is now free for all!
Become part of the social cataloging world. At LibraryThing.com, you can …
The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin
Book | eBook | Audiobook CD
The Honey-Don't List by Christina Lauren
Book | eBook | Audiobook CD
The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
Book | eBook | Large Print | Audiobook CD
