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Plan Your Next Dream Getaway

Submitted by Sara West on Wed, 09/29/2010 - 5:12pm

It's always a good time to start thinking about your next vacation.  Start your planning now and be ready when vacation time rolls around again.  Don't know where you want to go?  Visit your local HCPL branch and head for the travel section.  Pick up a few books and dream yourself away to your next destination. 

 Start with these titles and see where they take you:

Movie Guides Based on Mood

Submitted by Sara West on Thu, 09/16/2010 - 3:54pm

I enjoy watching movies and my favorite way to find one is to pick a film based on how I feel at the moment.  A few months ago, when I felt like watching a movie, I would recall as many titles as possible and try to come up a few that fit my mood.  It wasn't exactly easy to find just the right movie, until I found three guides in the HCPL collection.  It's been a cinch to find one ever since. 

Try the guides for yourself and see what you think: 

From Blog to Book

Submitted by Sara West on Tue, 08/31/2010 - 3:33pm
The printed word can easily make the jump to digital these days, thanks to electronic reading devices and digital media catalogs.  Books go digital, but sometimes the opposite happens.  Sometimes writing begins online and finishes in printed form.
 
Each of these titles began as blogs and eventually made their way onto the bookshelf:
 

Sing In The Key Of Off

Submitted by Sara West on Fri, 07/30/2010 - 4:35pm
Singing For DummiesI've spent much of my life singing.  Not professionally, of course.  I'll sing along with the radio in my car, while watching a movie at home, and when any old 

Swedish Crime Wave

Submitted by Sara West on Fri, 07/02/2010 - 5:42pm
Swedish crime and mystery fiction books are now in high demand - thanks to the success of Steig Larsson's Millennium trilogy.
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