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Online access to a variety of reference works from Salem Press. These are essentially the website versions of the same Salem Press volumes we have in the library. Topics include history, science, health, and careers. A good starting point for elementary and high school research projects.
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Online Genealogy Resources
This list of recommended online genealogy resources is a great place to begin your research. For more genealogy resources, read about genealogy research at Forbes Library….This list of recommended online genealogy resources is a great place to begin your research. For more genealogy resources, read about genealogy research at Forbes Library….
Offering a unique, interdisciplinary approach to U.S. and Global history and culture, Sharpe Online Reference (SOLR) explores the broad range of events, people, movements, and political, social, economic, and cultural issues that have shaped the nation and the world from earliest times to the present day.
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Online Local History Research
This page lists online resources for your local history research. For assistance with local history or genealogy research: visit the Hampshire Room for Local History call 413-587-1014 email us at archives@forbeslibrary.org For…This page lists online resources for your local history research. For assistance with local history or genealogy research: visit the Hampshire Room for Local History call 413-587-1014 email us at archives@forbeslibrary.org For more information on local history resources at Forbes Library see our Local History page. Northampton Area Statewide and Regional Resources…
The Unspoken Name
Promised as a sacrifice to an unforgiving death-god, Csorwe is certain of only one thing: when and how she will die. But when a traveler appears on the day of…iving death-god, Csorwe is certain of only one thing: when and how she will die. But when a traveler appears on the day of her sacrifice and offers her a job instead, she accepts it, becoming a spy and bodyguard for a mysterious and unpredictable wizard. This is a surprising (and surprisingly funny) fantasy debut packed with gory action scenes, magic battles, and unique and complex worldbuilding reminiscent of the epic fantasy of the 70’s and 80’s…
Foodie Lit
April 23, 2014 — Eating Abroad This reading list was compiled by Forbes Library librarians as part of the 2011 Novel Destinations Summer Reading program. Novel Destination is sponsored by Friends of Forbes Library, the Massachusetts Library System,…tore. Emily is rational and driven, while Jess is dreamy and whimsical. Emily’s boyfriend, Jonathan, is fantastically successful. Jess’s boyfriends, not so much. Secrets of the Tsil Café: a novel with recipes by Thomas Fox Averil Young Weston Hingler becomes caught in the middle of his parents’ culinary diversity, secrets, histories, infidelities, and needs as he grows up in a cross-cultural extended family that exists between two kitchens–one new…
Wildwood
Accountant and single mom Molly Bannister is out of money and luck in Phoenix when she unexpectedly inherits her great aunt’s homestead in northern Alberta. The only catch: she must…ch: she must live there for one year to claim the inheritance. Molly promptly packs up her four-year-old daughter Bridget and heads north, expending the last of her meager resources to get there and intending to live off the farm’s rents from month to month until she can sell the farm and return, financially secure. Molly and Bridget gain numerous skills over the course of the year, as well as a puppy, a kitten, and friends including some nearby f…
How To Wrap Five Eggs
This is a beautiful book containing handsome black and white photographs of simple products packaged in simple materials: rice straw, bamboo, ceramics, paper, and even leaves. The boxes, wrappers, and…This is a beautiful book containing handsome black and white photographs of simple products packaged in simple materials: rice straw, bamboo, ceramics, paper, and even leaves. The boxes, wrappers, and casks depicted in this volume are all hand-made and most of them are quite wonderfully elegant, from the humble eggs of the title, to utilitarian jars of miso, and expensive casks of sake meant as souvenirs and gifts….
The Ukrainian and Russian Notebooks
New graphic nonfiction by Italian comics artist Igort! Over the past few decades only a small handful of Igort’s work have been translated into English, despite his status as an…tion and connotative information as some other artist’s entire novels, simply through his layering of images and line work — a true master of the craft. Definitely not an easy read in terms of its direct depictions of human atrocities, but certainly one of the most important graphic novels of the year, humanizing events that have mostly been told through a skewed western lens, while also connecting current turmoil in the region to its tumultuous p…
For Love and Country
During the months following the Pearl Harbor attack and full involvement of the United States in World War II, Lottie Palmer (of the Detroit Palmers) decides she wants to do…igned to an airplane mechanic division in Pearl Harbor, where she is the only female (and best mechanic) on a team repairing and restoring aircraft for deployment. After repeatedly being assigned together, Lottie and Maggie develop from nemeses to friends, experiencing the war at closer range than most. After the battle at Iwo Jima, the base is filled with wounded–including Lottie’s erstwhile fiancé, forcing her to deal with their relationship and…
Dead West
Nils Shapiro appears in his fourth mystery, this time taking his private investigation skills to Los Angeles when Ebben Mayer’s grandmother Beverly asks Nils to check up on her grandson…r more complex than his original assignment. It seems everyone involved–Hollywood industry players on several levels–is potentially in danger, and looking out for their own interests. Meanwhile, Jameson’s attentions are divided between protecting Ebben (and Nils) and dealing with his own issues, and Nils worries he may be losing his edge as a happily affianced new father, avoiding risks he would have otherwise taken in past cases. Goldman continue…
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