On the Shelf: Explore Kansas

Hiking guide to KansasKansas murals : a traveler's guideKansas outdoor treasures : a guide to over 60 natural destinationsPaddling KansasKansas curiosities : quirky characters, roadside oddities & oher offbeat stuff.8 wonders of Kansas! guidebook

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Pet Memoirs

The Library’s Pets Neighborhood has many wonderful pet memoirs. Come check them out.

Meatless Mondays

Meatless Mondays

  When my husband and I first started cooking on our own I barely cooked with meat for two reasons: 1.) It grossed me out to touch it and 2.) I wanted to experiment more with meat-free cooking. Okay, there is also an element of laziness added in this equation, but we will ignore that [...]

Blood's Pride

The Debut of the New Epic Fantasy, Blood’s Pride

Years earlier the warlike Norlander conquered the Shadar, stole their lands, and enslaved them to work in the mines and temples. The Shadar want to throw off the Norlander yoke, and secretly plot a rebellion, but they need help. So, they turn to the legendary mercenary known as the Mongrel.

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Bean There, Read That: Perks of Being a Wallflower

Pick up a copy of The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephan Chbosky for the May 28, 2013 7-8:30PM Bean There, Read That book discussion at The Classic Bean (21st and Fairlawn) for young professionals. The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a story about what it’s like to travel that strange course through [...]

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SpeakEasy Chapter 3 by Miranda Ericsson Kendall

SpeakEasy is our collaboratively written Community Novel Project. Read online, download to your ereader or listen to the audiobook version. Each week, we’ll publish a new chapter by a new Topeka author. In Chapter 3, author Miranda Ericsson Kendall takes Ronni and Pete to Speck’s to wait out the storm and get to know each other a little better…

SpeakEasy Author Interview with C R Kennedy

Behind the Scenes Q&A with SpeakEasy Author C R Kennedy

Each week, the library is publishing a new chapter in our 2013 Community Novel Project and sharing a behind-the-scenes interview with the Topeka author who brought that part of our collaborative story — SpeakEasy — to life. Read C R Kennedy’s Chapter 2 online. Why did you want to participate in the Community Novel Project? [...]