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The winners for this year's National Book Award were announced just before the holiday weekend. In Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Young People's Literature, the winning titles were: Colum McCann, Let the Great World Spin T. J...
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If you enjoyed Super-Couponing, you'll love Super-Couponing 2: Saving on Everything! This workshop features advanced couponing techniques designed to save you even more money. You'll learn to combine multiple discounts, store promotions and coupons to maximize your grocery savings. Coupon queen Jill Cataldo will also t...each you how to apply Super-Couponing principles to clothing, toys, housewares and many other items, saving up to 90% off regular prices.
Jill's couponing habits have captured the attention of the Chicago Sun-Times, WGN news, WLS news, the Loop radio, and many other local media outlets. Now, she'll share her methods with you!
Register online at http://fppl.org/event_registration.aspx?
Time:7:00PM Wednesday, December 2nd
Location:Forest Park Public Library, Austin Room
Forest Park Public Library Penguin is known for their beautiful book design, and these patterned hardcovers by Coralie Bickford-Smith are no exception. Alan Powers' book "Front Cover" shows off some more great design. Find it at the library: http://bit.ly/32LXwn
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Forest Park Public Library Here are some photos from the programs, workshops, and events for 2009.
Forest Park Public Library Oxford University Press announces their Word of the Year: 'unfriend' – verb – To remove someone as a ‘friend’ on a social networking site such as Facebook. "Unfriend has real lex-appeal," notes Senior Lexicographer Christine Lindberg. What do you think?
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Birds are singing, the sun is shining and I am joyful first thing in the morning without caffeine. Why you ask? Because it is Word of the Year time (or WOTY as we refer to it around the office). Every ...
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FPPL has
just launched our Twitter feed. You can let us know what's on your
mind, or just talk books with the librarians, at @forestparkreads.
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We're the local public library for Forest Park, IL. We offer free movies, books, games, events and more. Check us out!
Forest Park Public Library On Nov. 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall--a powerful symbol of the Cold War--began to come down. Did you know that a three-ton chunk of the Berlin Wall ended up on display in Chicago? Next time you're in the city, make a quick trip to the Brown Line 'El' stop on Western Avenue to see a relic of those tumultuous events, twenty years ago today.
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Forest Park Public Library The Friends of the Library are our core supporters in the community. They're generous with their time and energy to help us in our mission, and we show our appreciation by throwing them a thank-you bash on Friends of the Library Day.
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Forest Park Public Library We had a record 71 people come by the library for the How to Apply for Government Jobs workshop last night. Thanks to everyone for coming out! The presentation was informative, and Jane was able to take a lot of great questions from the audience. Keep an eye on our calendar and newsletter for more job search events to come.
Forest Park Public Library Jane Klingberg, Director of Career Services at Triton College, has partnered with the Library to help you plan a successful job search.
Forest Park Public Library On Nov. 3, 1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt was re-elected in a landslide over Republican Alfred M. ''Alf'' Landon. The new book My Fellow Americans includes five of Roosevelt's most famous speeches, and speeches from every succeeding president. Did speechwriting change as the medium moved from radio to TV to the ...internet? You be the judge.
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Beth Randall, Certified Professional Organizer and owner of Joe Organizer, will help you get ready for the holidays from start to finish. You'll learn the steps to help with shopping, sending greetings, handling all the toys, etc. Beth's Organizing workshop last year was very popular, and we're happy to have her back a...gain! Register online at http://fppl.org/event_detail.aspx?event=
Time:7:00PM Tuesday, November 17th
Location:Forest Park Public Library, Austin Room
Forest Park Public Library Halloween decorations set the mood for October's Big Read of Edgar Allen Poe stories.
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Happy Hallowe'en Eve! Did you ever wonder where this spookiest of holidays got it's start? David J. Skal's book Death Makes a Holiday: A Cultural History of Halloween explores the dark Celtic history--and contemporary pop psychology--of the Halloween phenomenon. The book ends with ends with Halloween 2001, immediately ...after the 9/11 attacks, noting that "never before had so much genuine human
feeling and civic solidarity been expended on a holiday previously
notorious for its antisocial aspects."
Forest Park Public Library Library, meet LibraryThing. The Frankfort Public Library has partnered with LibraryThing.com to bring interactive content--reviews, read-alikes, tagging, etc.--to the library catalog. Take a look at the listing for Stephenie Meyer's New Moon for a sample. Is this something you'd like to see at Forest Park? Let us know ...what you think in the comments, or email us at AskUs@fppl.org.
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When the Cullens, including her beloved Edward, leave Forks rather than risk revealing that they are vampires, it is almost too much for eighteen-year-old Bella to bear, but she finds solace in her friend Jacob until he is drawn into a "cult" and changes in terrible ways.
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