On Saturday, December 8, 2007, we will hold a special book
sale from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. This sale will include mass
market paperbacks, fiction and nonfiction trade paperbacks,
hardcover fiction, and children's books. There will also be a
large selection of videos and audio cassettes. About 3,000
items will be on sale. All items will be 50¢.
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Just a week before Veterans’ Day, Friends of the
Library brings The Battlefield Guide, a Civil
War-themed program with contemporary relevance, to the
Community Room. The presentation combines traditional
and newly composed acoustic music and song with the
spoken word from the poetry of Rodger Martin’s
long poems, “Gettysburg” and
“Antietam.”
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“Meet Eleanor Roosevelt: Wife, Mother and First
Lady,” is an historical portrait in the format
of a lecture tour. The one-woman show, directed by
Josephine Lane of Brookline, MA, and performed by
Elena Dodd of Boston, MA, is co-authored by Lane and
Dodd.
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On Saturday, September 29 and Sunday, September 30,
2007, we will hold our 35th annual fall book sale.
This sale will include individually-priced books as
well as hardcovers, trade paperbacks, and mass-market
paperbacks. Sunday will be Bargain
Day—everything will be half-price.
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On Saturday, July 28, 2007, we will hold a special summer book
sale from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. This sale will include
paperbacks of all kinds, hardcover fiction books, and books
for children and young adults. There will be about 5,000 items
for sale. All items will be 50¢.
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Kick off your summer with syndicated columnist Terry
Marotta, author of Vacationing in My Driveway,
who will offer her humorous and uplifting views on
life with a focus on summer themes at the Friends of
the Needham Public Library’s annual meeting. The
event is free and open to the public.
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On Saturday, June 2 and Sunday, June 3, 2007, we will
hold our spring book sale. This sale will include
individually-priced books as well as hardcovers, trade
paperbacks, and mass-market paperbacks. Sunday will be
Bargain Day—everything will be half-price.
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An educational program from Harvard Medical School's
Science in the News. Three graduate students in
Harvard's Division of Medical Sciences will give short
talks about how mental health and illness relate to
the body and brain.
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Bask in the joy of American wedding celebrations
through the centuries—even if you don’t
know the happy couples. A one-woman performance by
actress Judy Bernstein traces the evolution of the
American wedding—from its simplest beginnings in
the eighteenth century, to the unique celebrations of
today.
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Learn about the world of Lousia May Alcott
(1832-1888), author of the classic novel Little
Women. A living history portrayal with Jan
Turnquist.
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What was the Western Hemisphere like before Europeans
arrived? Charles C. Mann’s bestselling book
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before
Columbus distills research of recent decades on
the pre-Columbian Americas.
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On Saturday, February 3 and Sunday, February 4, 2007,
we will hold our winter book sale. This sale will
include individually-priced books as well as
hardcovers, trade paperbacks, and mass-market
paperbacks. Sunday will be Bargain
Day—everything will be half-price.
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