Ursula Le Guinās first novel seamlessly blends science fiction and fantasy. Rocannon, an ethnologist, visits the planet Formalhaut II to study the native culture, and finds himself trapped when his…tudy the native culture, and finds himself trapped when his ship is destroyed. In his adventures he rides on the back of giant winged cats, meets the various species inhabiting the planet, some of which have striking similarities to the men, elves, and dwarves of fantasy fiction, and must confront a mysterious presence in a cave. In Rocannon’s World, Le Guin explores the implications of space travel, faster than light communication, and the meetin…
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The Lacuna
Barbara Kingsolver reads her ambitious 2009 novel in a soft and expressive voice with deliberate pacing. The story unfolds over three decades in Mexico and the U.S., and each character…deliberate pacing. The story unfolds over three decades in Mexico and the U.S., and each character has a particular voice within the author’s reading. It centers on the young man Harrison Shepherd whose parents (American father and Mexican mother) are marginal to the picture, and who keeps diaries in which he is a third-person narrator of his own life. Though he holds himself as a perpetual outsider, his life is in the middle of some serious actio…
About the CCPLM
The Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library & Museum (CCPLM) collects, preserves and makes available for research materials documenting the public and private life of Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933). Ā Manuscripts, artifacts and exhibits…esidential papers and the personal papers of President Coolidge, tapes, off-the-record press conferences, photographs, paintings, scrapbooks, broadsides, artifacts, and the famous electric exercise horse. The Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library & Museum is managed by an Archivist/Curator and is available to researchers during open hours and by appointment. For research questions, please contact archivist, Julie Bartlett Nelson at 413-587-1014 or…
InformaciĆ³n para Artistas
La galerĆa de arte Hosmer, que abriĆ³ en el 2002, estĆ” diseƱada para proveer oportunidades a artistas locales de exhibir su obra al pĆŗblico. Las exposiciones incluyen un gran rango…l 15% de las ganancias. La biblioteca manda un comunicado de prensa a los medios locales. El artista deberá proveer una breve declaración y fotografías publicitarias. Los artistas pueden enviar anuncios/invitaciones y/o proporcionar una recepción de apertura por su propia cuenta. La biblioteca tiene un seguro limitado que cubre el trabajo en exhibición. La biblioteca no se hace responsable de las pérdidas no cubiertas por el seguro. Más informació…
General Pershing and President Coolidge
October 4, 2012 ā Two powerful men of the early twentieth century met and interacted. General of the Armies John Joseph āBlack Jackā Pershing, (1860-1948) and President Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933). Pershing, the most illustrious…in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. Service in the Philippines followed. During World War I: “First, Pershing had to build an army almost from scratch, organizing, training, and supplying an inexperienced force that eventually numbered two million. Then, he had to fight a war on two fronts: one against the Germans, the other against his Allies, who sought to fill their depleted ranks with his fresh troops. But after months of reinforcing the…
Small Gods : a novel of Discworld
Iāve read many of Terry Pratchettās Discworld novels. They are great fun. The Discworld is an imaginary planet in an imaginary universe and everything, even the DiscworldāsĀ fundamentalĀ physical laws, is written…olute determination to do the right thing. Things, of course, get complicated. They always do in the Discworld. There is a war and an inquisition, gods and philosophers, a labyrinth and a steam engine. Brutha plods through it all. Om, on the other hand, is carried most of the way. And they are both changed by their experiences. They have to be, because that’s how these kind of stories work, but that doesn’t stop the transformation from being satis…
English as a Second Language Resources
A list of resources for English as a second language learners in the Northampton area. Center For New Americans https://cnam.org/ 17 New South St., Northampton, and locations in Greenfield and…nd referrals. International Language Institute of Massachusetts https://ili.edu/ 25 New South St., Northampton, 586-7569 Offers free ESOL classes (English for Speakers of Other Languages) as well as intensive programs in world languages, and teacher training. The Internet TESL Journal http://iteslj.org/ For teachers and learners of English as a second language. Jones Library ESL Center https://www.joneslibrary.org/248/ESL-Citizenship 43 Amity Stre…
This library contains digital movies uploaded by Archive users which range from classic full-length films, to daily alternative news broadcasts, to cartoons and concerts. Many of these videos are available for free download.
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Thank you for a successful Valley Gives Day!
May 3, 2017 ā Forbes Library raised $7,905 from 134 generous donors on Valley Gives Day 2017. This exceeded the libraryās matching challenge grant of $6,000 from the Friends of Forbes Library. The library…raised $7,905 from 134 generous donors on Valley Gives Day 2017. This exceeded the library’s matching challenge grant of $6,000 from the Friends of Forbes Library. The library was the lucky winner of a $500 “golden ticket” as well, bringing the total for the day to $14,405. “We are so touched by the outpouring of generosity. The funds raised are so gratefully appreciated and will be used to provide free educational and life-enriching programs for…
Vice President Charles Dawes-Part 2
June 30, 2014 ā Coolidge left the selection of his vice presidential candidate to the 1924 convention delegates since that was how he had gotten the nomination in 1920. The Republican convention first nominated…den. He had already said he would not accept the office and promptly declined. So the convention turned to Charles G. Dawes, Harding’s Director of the Bureau of the Budget. See the last post for Dawes’ background. Dawes campaigned hard and after the ticket won office in a Republican landslide, he made several mistakes early in his tenure. Even before being sworn in, he baffled Coolidge by saying he would not attend cabinet meetings. Coolidge was t…
This collaboration of historical societies, sites, and museums has created a website including a directory of sites and an overview of research sources.
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A collection of toxicology information from the National Library of Medicine.
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