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“Love Inspired” paperbacks have larger print than typical paperbacks and according to their subtitles they present “heartwarming inspirational romances!” Try these new titles at Marion and see for yourself!
Love Inspired The Texas Rancher’s New Family by Allie Pleiter
Love Inspired The Bachelor’s Unexpected Family by Lisa Carter
Love Inspired His Secret Alaskan Heiress by Belle Calhoune
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You don’t have to be Eloise to live large. Try these new large print titles from Marion!
Hello, Sunshine by Laura Dave
Lie to Me by J.T. Ellison
The Red Hunger by Lisa Unger
The Romanov Ransom by Clive Cussler
God Bless the Broken Road by Jennifer Dornbush
Bringing Maggie Home by Kim Vogel Sawyer
Thief’s mark by Carla Neggers
There Your Heart Lies by mary Gordon
Look Behind You by Iris Johansen
The Proving by Beverly Lewis
The Beloved Christmas Quilt by Wanda Brunstetter
The Blessing by Wanda Brunstetter
Y is for Yesterday by Sue Grafton
Gathering the Threads by Cindy Woodsmall
How to Find Love in a Bookshop by Veronica Henry
Down a Dark Road by Linda Castillo
Light of Dawn by Vannetta Chapman
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Leigh Anne Hoover, author of The Santa Train Tradition and Festus and His Fun Fest Favorites , was kind enough to show her support for our local library and we appreciate her help!
Leigh Anne W. Hoover is a native of South Carolina and a graduate of Clemson University. With a Bachelor of Arts degree in secondary education/English and a minor in general communications, Hoover has worked for over 30 years in the media. She has extensive writing and public relations experience in the region and has published articles encompassing personality and home profiles, arts and entertainment reviews, medical topics, and weekend escape pieces.
Notable features include one-on-one interviews with actress Andie MacDowell, artists Bob Timberlake and P. Buckley Moss, author Jan Karon, Grammy-winner, singer/songwriter Kenny Loggins and the 14th president of Clemson University, James F. Barker.
She is the author of the well-known children’s book The Santa Train Tradition and award-winning Festus and His Fun Fest Favorites. Her children’s books have been endorsed by New York Times bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe and parent educator Nancy Samalin.
Reading with Ralph – A Journey in Christian Compassion is a Christian book about her adult literacy student. For Better or Worse…Unless Annulment Comes First is Hoover’s second adult Christian book.
She is currently working on a debut novel set on a remote, bridgeless island Hoover refers to as Spartina, South Carolina. Although Blue Blood is fiction, a real life concept is interwoven through blood, medicine, the horseshoe crab, and Jesus.
Hoover is a past president of the Friends of Allandale, Literacy Council of Kingsport, Junior League of Kingsport, and past co-chair of the Clemson University Parents’ Development Board. She is also an active member of the Kingsport Delphian Club.
Hoover is a member of First Broad Street United Methodist Church, and she volunteers as an adult reading tutor. She and her husband, Brad, reside in Kingsport, and they have two adult children and a black Labrador retriever.
Posted in News on September 27, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Your local Marion branch of Smyth County Public Library owns the following current nonfiction best sellers!
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson
Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance
Al Frankin, Giant of the Senate by Al Frankin
Why Buddhism is True by Robert Wright
Option B by Sheryl Sandberg
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Book of Joy by the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu
Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
Grit by Angela Duckworth
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Kirby MacKenzie works as the librarian at McAuliffe Elementary. She became a favorite with television viewers after appearing on the “Ellen” show. Kirby was kind enough to add her support for Smyth County Public Library’s new name and we appreciate it!
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“I’ll get you my Pretty and your library card too!” L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was a hit upon its 1900 publication. It not only spawned countless sequels but it inspired more than one stage or film production. However, during the twentieth century it became the target of more than one attempt to ban it from school and library shelves! Some readers objected to the portrayal of any witch as “good” while others disliked the concept that traits like courage and brains could be seen as commodities separate from God given characteristics. One of the oddest complaints came from the Library Director of the Detroit Public Library who banned the book because he felt it “had no value” for modern children and promoted negativism! Some readers disliked the way women were depicted as being equal to the male characters. Other readers felt it promoted socialism. The book…
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The following titles are frequently challenged or banned by parents or other readers who wish to have them removed from the shelves of schools or public libraries.
- Drama by Raina Telgemeier
- George by Alex Gino
- I Am Jazz by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings
- Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan
- Looking for Alaska by John Green
- Big Hard Sex Criminals by Matt Fraction
- Make Something Up: Stories You Can’t Unread by Chuck Palahniuk
- Little Bill (series) by Bill Cosby
- Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
The American Library Association’s Banned Books Week event began in 1982. The campaign attempts to make readers aware of books that have been challenged by individuals who objected to the content for one reason or another. In an effort to encourage all readers to freely choose to read what they wish to read and to evaluate all books based on an informed perspective, the A.L.A. annually promotes Banned Books Week as an educational program. Listed below are ten of the Young Adult titles most frequently challenged during the 2014-2015 period.
Posted in News on September 26, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Indigo Lake by Jodi Thomas
The Playboy Bachelor by Rachel Van Dyken
On the Chase by Katie Ruggle
Hate to Want You by Alisha Rai
Pretend You’re Safe by Alexandra Ivy
Dirty Dancing at Devil’s Leap by Julie Long
Dangerous Pleasure by Lora Leigh
Here Comes the Bride by Hope Ramsay
Buzzard Bait by Brett Cogburn
Flintlock: Hell’s Gate by William Johnstone
The Frontiersman: The Darkest Winter by William Johnstone
Sixkiller, U.S. Marshal: The Hour of Death by William Johnstone
A Deeper Grave by Debra Webb
A Tangled Yawn by Betty Hechtman
No Darker Place by Debra Webb
The Coldest Fear by Debra Webb
Oh, Fudge by Nancy Coco
Who Killed These Girls? by Beverly Lowry
The Black Widower by Michael Fleeman
Bound by Benedict Jacka
Posted in News on September 26, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Free Film Screening: Saturday, September 30; 6:00 pm; Smyth County Public Library – Marion. All invited. Seating limited. For further information, please call (276) 783-2323 or ask a library staff member.
HIDDEN FIGURES is the incredible untold story of former Marion teacher Katherine Johnson Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson brilliant African-American women working at NASA, who served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history: the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit, a stunning achievement that restored the nation’s confidence, turned around the Space Race, and galvanized the world. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big. This 20th Century Fox film is rated PG. Parental guidance suggested. http://www.foxmovies.com/movies/hidden-figures
Posted in News on September 25, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Conscience of a Conservative by Jeff Flake
Pig/Pork by Pia Spry-Marques
Beach, Breeze, Bloodshed by John Keyse-Walker
Stanton by Walter Stahr
Old Style Conjure by Starr Casa
Goat Castle by Karen Cox
Winning at Following by J Norman Baldwin
The Templars by Dan Jones
David Bowie A Life by Dylan Jones
Bright Line Eating by Susan Peirce
Ghost of the Innocent Man by Benjamin Rachlin
Love Does by Bob Goff
Gasping for Air by Kevin Glynn
The Old Farmer’s 2018 Almanac
Wooly by Ben Mezrich
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