Ereaders: Try Before You Buy
The Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library has a new and improved ereader display where you can test some of the newest ereaders and tablets.
Books Movies and Music
The latest books, movies and music to hit library shelves, with some classics and great obscure stuff thrown in. Read staff and customer reviews here. Find out how you can contribute to this blog, and tap into our personalized reading request service.
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Big Ideas from DK Publishing
DK publishing is famous for books filled with great photographs and concise explanations especially in their Eyewitness series, and now they have undertaken concepts in The Philosophy Book and The Psychology Book where big ideas are simply explained.
Read the Community Novel: Chapter 3 by D.L. Rose
Just discovered us? Start reading with chapter 1 please! “You have got to be kidding me.” Kate’s eyes were wide as she looked at the chair Kevin had pulled up to his desk. He shrugged, not sure what comfort he could offer her. He opted for a joke instead. “Just wait until you see your [...]
Fiction & Nonfiction NYT Bestsellers
This might be a first, Charlaine Harris’s latest Sookie Stackhouse novel debuts at #1 on the bestseller list! Find all of this week’s bestsellers at the library. There are two ways to get your hands on a bestseller title; place a request and wait for it, or try your luck and check the new title shelves the next time you come in!
Uncommonly Good Books Read by Two Common Guys – Longitude
Join Dave and Nate as they discuss the book “Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time” by Dava Sobel.
Guys Read Comes to the Library
We’re starting a boys’ club to get more of our young gents excited about reading. Our Guys Read field office charters this Saturday!
The Birth of Forensic Pathology in The Yard
Inspector Little was found in a trunk murdered with his eyes and mouth sewn shut. It’s a grisly scene, but that doesn’t compare to Jack the Ripper’s killings that have just recently ended. With a city still on edge, Inspector Walter Day with only a week on the job is assigned to the case, and he gets help from an unlikely place: Dr. Bernard Kingsley who is not officially a part of Scotland Yard but a part of the new science of forensic pathology.
In the Bag: 10 Books and a Great Discussion Guide
We’ve done the work for your book group. All the stuff you need to conduct a book group is in our Book Group in a Bag kit. Check out all the kits at bgib.tscpl.org.
Read the Community Novel: Chapter 2 by Diana Marsh
Just discovered us? Start reading with chapter 1 please! The specter of the previous week’s excitement still lingered in the office when Kevin arrived Tuesday morning. As he passed Evelyn’s office he paused to peek inside. It was less about curiosity than the simple, cubicle farm-inspired hunter/gatherer instinct: when the herd is culled, their office [...]
Summer Movies
This year’s Summer Movie Season unofficially began with The Avengers, which came out May 5th. Here’s a sample of the rest of what movie theaters will offer this spring and summer. Some have not yet been rated by the MPAA. May 11: Dark Shadows Rated PG-13 It’s based on a old daytime soap opera, but with Johnny [...]
Fiction & Nonfiction NYT Bestsellers
Do you like Stephen King? He’s got a new book out and it’s #1 this week on the NYT bestseller list! Find this week’s bestsellers at the library. There are two ways to get your hands on a bestseller title; place a request and wait for it, or try your luck and check the new title shelves the next time you come in!
