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Imagine Your Story - Adult

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Celebrate this year's Summer Reading theme, Imagine Your Story, with these books because reading myths and fairy tales can unlock your imagination to re-imagine your own world. This year, all sign-ups for all ages will take place online. When you have finished the summer reading program, let us know online for a pint glass and a chance to win a Kindle Fire. @DBRL

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The City We Became

The City We Became

by Jemisin, N. K.

Book - 2020

Takes readers into the dark underbelly of New York City where a roiling, ancient evil stirs in the halls of power, threatening to destroy the city and her six newborn avatars. Takes readers into the dark underbelly of New York City where a roiling, ancient evil stirs in the halls of power, threatening to destroy the city and her six newborn avatars. Show less

Takes readers into the dark underbelly of New York City where a roiling, ancient evil stirs in the halls of power, threatening to destroy the city and her six newborn avatars. Takes readers into the dark underbelly of New York City where a roiling, ancient evil stirs in the halls of power, threatening to destroy the city and her six newborn avatars. Show less

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Upright Women Wanted

Upright Women Wanted

by Gailey, Sarah

Book - 2020

Esther is a stowaway. She's hidden herself away in the Librarian's book wagon in an attempt to escape the marriage her father has arranged for her-a marri...Show more Esther is a stowaway. She's hidden herself away in the Librarian's book wagon in an attempt to escape the marriage her father has arranged for her-a marriage to the man who was previously engaged to her best friend. Her best friend who she was in love with. Her best friend who was just executed for possession of resistance propaganda. The future American Southwest is full of bandits, fascists, and queer librarian spies on horseback trying to do the right thing. Show less

Esther is a stowaway. She's hidden herself away in the Librarian's book wagon in an attempt to escape the marriage her father has arranged for her-a marri...Show more Esther is a stowaway. She's hidden herself away in the Librarian's book wagon in an attempt to escape the marriage her father has arranged for her-a marriage to the man who was previously engaged to her best friend. Her best friend who she was in love with. Her best friend who was just executed for possession of resistance propaganda. The future American Southwest is full of bandits, fascists, and queer librarian spies on horseback trying to do the right thing. Show less

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Sharks in the Time of Saviors

Sharks in the Time of Saviors

by Washburn, Kawai Strong

Book - 2020

When a child falls overboard and is returned safely to his mother by a shark, his miraculous rescue is hailed as a sign from ancient Hawaiian gods, complicating his family’s troubles amid a collapsing sugarcane industry. When a child falls overboard and is returned safely to his mother by a shark, his miraculous rescue is hailed as a sign from ancient Hawaiian gods, complicating his family’s troubles amid a collapsing sugarcane industry. Show less

When a child falls overboard and is returned safely to his mother by a shark, his miraculous rescue is hailed as a sign from ancient Hawaiian gods, complicating his family’s troubles amid a collapsing sugarcane industry. When a child falls overboard and is returned safely to his mother by a shark, his miraculous rescue is hailed as a sign from ancient Hawaiian gods, complicating his family’s troubles amid a collapsing sugarcane industry. Show less

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Snow White, Blood Red

Snow White, Blood Red

Fairy Tale Anthologies, Book 1

eBook - 2019

Fairy tales retold—with a twist—from "some of our best storytellers" including Neil Gaiman, Gahan Wilson, Tanith Lee, and others. Fairy tales retold—with a twist—from "some of our best storytellers" including Neil Gaiman, Gahan Wilson, Tanith Lee, and others. Show less

Fairy tales retold—with a twist—from "some of our best storytellers" including Neil Gaiman, Gahan Wilson, Tanith Lee, and others. Fairy tales retold—with a twist—from "some of our best storytellers" including Neil Gaiman, Gahan Wilson, Tanith Lee, and others. Show less

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Imagined Life

Imagined Life

A Speculative Scientific Journey Among the Exoplanets in Search of Intelligent Aliens, Ice Creatures, and Supergravity Animals

by Trefil, James

Book - 2019

Drawing on current scientific knowledge of existing worlds and forms of life, a planetary scientist discusses the possibilities of extraterrestrial life o...Show more Drawing on current scientific knowledge of existing worlds and forms of life, a planetary scientist discusses the possibilities of extraterrestrial life on exoplanets, revealing that the realities of our universe could turn out to be stranger than fiction. Show less

Drawing on current scientific knowledge of existing worlds and forms of life, a planetary scientist discusses the possibilities of extraterrestrial life o...Show more Drawing on current scientific knowledge of existing worlds and forms of life, a planetary scientist discusses the possibilities of extraterrestrial life on exoplanets, revealing that the realities of our universe could turn out to be stranger than fiction. Show less

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Mythos

Mythos

by Fry, Stephen

Paperback - 2018

The Greek myths are embedded deeply in the traditions, tales and cultural DNA of the West. In Stephen Fry's hands the stories of the titans and gods becom...Show more The Greek myths are embedded deeply in the traditions, tales and cultural DNA of the West. In Stephen Fry's hands the stories of the titans and gods become a brilliantly entertaining account of ribaldry and revelry, warfare and worship, debauchery, love affairs and life lessons, slayings and suicides, triumphs and tragedies. Show less

The Greek myths are embedded deeply in the traditions, tales and cultural DNA of the West. In Stephen Fry's hands the stories of the titans and gods becom...Show more The Greek myths are embedded deeply in the traditions, tales and cultural DNA of the West. In Stephen Fry's hands the stories of the titans and gods become a brilliantly entertaining account of ribaldry and revelry, warfare and worship, debauchery, love affairs and life lessons, slayings and suicides, triumphs and tragedies. Show less

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A Cathedral of Myth and Bone

A Cathedral of Myth and Bone

Stories

by Howard, Kat

Book - 2018

In these sixteen exquisite stories Kat Howard deftly weaves in and out of the countries of myth and hagiography to write the lives of women untold and unexplored. In these sixteen exquisite stories Kat Howard deftly weaves in and out of the countries of myth and hagiography to write the lives of women untold and unexplored. Show less

In these sixteen exquisite stories Kat Howard deftly weaves in and out of the countries of myth and hagiography to write the lives of women untold and unexplored. In these sixteen exquisite stories Kat Howard deftly weaves in and out of the countries of myth and hagiography to write the lives of women untold and unexplored. Show less

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Harry Potter, Imagining Hogwarts

Harry Potter, Imagining Hogwarts

A Beginner's Guide to Moviemaking

by Stoller, Bryan Michael

Book - 2018

Presents a guide to moviemaking inspired by the Harry Potter films and using the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft as a location, with advice on writing a screenplay, casting the actors, creating a storyboard, making costumes, and going into production. Presents a guide to moviemaking inspired by the Harry Potter films and using the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft as a location, with advice on writing a screenplay, casting the actors, creating a storyboard, making costumes, and going into production. Show less

Presents a guide to moviemaking inspired by the Harry Potter films and using the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft as a location, with advice on writing a screenplay, casting the actors, creating a storyboard, making costumes, and going into production. Presents a guide to moviemaking inspired by the Harry Potter films and using the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft as a location, with advice on writing a screenplay, casting the actors, creating a storyboard, making costumes, and going into production. Show less

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Circe

Circe

A Novel

by Miller, Madeline

Book - 2018

Follows the banished witch daughter of Titans as she hones her powers and interacts with famous mythological beings before a conflict with one of the most vengeful Olympians forces her to choose between the worlds of the gods and mortals. Follows the banished witch daughter of Titans as she hones her powers and interacts with famous mythological beings before a conflict with one of the most vengeful Olympians forces her to choose between the worlds of the gods and mortals. Show less

Follows the banished witch daughter of Titans as she hones her powers and interacts with famous mythological beings before a conflict with one of the most vengeful Olympians forces her to choose between the worlds of the gods and mortals. Follows the banished witch daughter of Titans as she hones her powers and interacts with famous mythological beings before a conflict with one of the most vengeful Olympians forces her to choose between the worlds of the gods and mortals. Show less

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Melmoth

Melmoth

A Novel

by Perry, Sarah

Book - 2018

Helen, an English translator working in Prague, disregards an obscure local monster legend before a friend's disappearance reveals that Helen is being watched. Helen, an English translator working in Prague, disregards an obscure local monster legend before a friend's disappearance reveals that Helen is being watched. Show less

Helen, an English translator working in Prague, disregards an obscure local monster legend before a friend's disappearance reveals that Helen is being watched. Helen, an English translator working in Prague, disregards an obscure local monster legend before a friend's disappearance reveals that Helen is being watched. Show less

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Unbury Carol

Unbury Carol

A Novel

by Malerman, Josh

Book - 2018

A woman prone to secret temporary comas that make her appear to be dead receives protection from a redemption-seeking former lover who would save her from being buried alive by her fortune-hunting husband. A woman prone to secret temporary comas that make her appear to be dead receives protection from a redemption-seeking former lover who would save her from being buried alive by her fortune-hunting husband. Show less

A woman prone to secret temporary comas that make her appear to be dead receives protection from a redemption-seeking former lover who would save her from being buried alive by her fortune-hunting husband. A woman prone to secret temporary comas that make her appear to be dead receives protection from a redemption-seeking former lover who would save her from being buried alive by her fortune-hunting husband. Show less

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The Mermaid

The Mermaid

by Henry, Christina

Paperback - 2018

Once there was a mermaid called Amelia who could never be content in the sea, and so she came to live on land. There she met P. T. Barnum, who made his fo...Show more Once there was a mermaid called Amelia who could never be content in the sea, and so she came to live on land. There she met P. T. Barnum, who made his fortune by selling the wondrous and miraculous. Amelia agrees to play the mermaid for Barnum, believing she can leave anytime she likes. But Barnum has never given up a money-making scheme in his life, and he's determined to hold on to his mermaid. Show less

Once there was a mermaid called Amelia who could never be content in the sea, and so she came to live on land. There she met P. T. Barnum, who made his fo...Show more Once there was a mermaid called Amelia who could never be content in the sea, and so she came to live on land. There she met P. T. Barnum, who made his fortune by selling the wondrous and miraculous. Amelia agrees to play the mermaid for Barnum, believing she can leave anytime she likes. But Barnum has never given up a money-making scheme in his life, and he's determined to hold on to his mermaid. Show less

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Anything You Can Imagine

Anything You Can Imagine

Peter Jackson and the Making of Middle-earth

by Nathan, Ian

Book - 2018

The definitive history of Peter Jackson's Middle-earth saga, Anything You Can Imagine takes us on a cinematic journey across all six films, featuring bran...Show more The definitive history of Peter Jackson's Middle-earth saga, Anything You Can Imagine takes us on a cinematic journey across all six films, featuring brand-new interviews with Peter, his cast and crew. From the early days of daring to dream it could be done, through the highs and lows of making the films, to fan adoration and, finally, Oscar glory. Show less

The definitive history of Peter Jackson's Middle-earth saga, Anything You Can Imagine takes us on a cinematic journey across all six films, featuring bran...Show more The definitive history of Peter Jackson's Middle-earth saga, Anything You Can Imagine takes us on a cinematic journey across all six films, featuring brand-new interviews with Peter, his cast and crew. From the early days of daring to dream it could be done, through the highs and lows of making the films, to fan adoration and, finally, Oscar glory. Show less

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The Myth of Perpetual Summer

The Myth of Perpetual Summer

by Crandall, Susan

Paperback - 2018

After a deadly betrayal, Tallulah James leaves her staid Mississippi town and her erratic family life behind for the not-so-promised land of Southern California. After a deadly betrayal, Tallulah James leaves her staid Mississippi town and her erratic family life behind for the not-so-promised land of Southern California. Show less

After a deadly betrayal, Tallulah James leaves her staid Mississippi town and her erratic family life behind for the not-so-promised land of Southern California. After a deadly betrayal, Tallulah James leaves her staid Mississippi town and her erratic family life behind for the not-so-promised land of Southern California. Show less

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Imagine It Forward

Imagine It Forward

Courage, Creativity, and the Power of Change

by Comstock, Beth

Book - 2018

A former vice chair of GE describes her personal journey over two decades at the top levels of the corporate world and discusses being initially ignored and treated as an outsider as a woman in a man's world. A former vice chair of GE describes her personal journey over two decades at the top levels of the corporate world and discusses being initially ignored and treated as an outsider as a woman in a man's world. Show less

A former vice chair of GE describes her personal journey over two decades at the top levels of the corporate world and discusses being initially ignored and treated as an outsider as a woman in a man's world. A former vice chair of GE describes her personal journey over two decades at the top levels of the corporate world and discusses being initially ignored and treated as an outsider as a woman in a man's world. Show less

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Norse Myths

Norse Myths

Tales of Odin, Thor, and Loki

by Crossley-Holland, Kevin

Book - 2017

Collects tales of Norse mythology featuring the powerful Odin, Thor and his hammer, Mjolnir, Loki, the final battle of Ragnarok, and power stuggles among the figures. Collects tales of Norse mythology featuring the powerful Odin, Thor and his hammer, Mjolnir, Loki, the final battle of Ragnarok, and power stuggles among the figures. Show less

Collects tales of Norse mythology featuring the powerful Odin, Thor and his hammer, Mjolnir, Loki, the final battle of Ragnarok, and power stuggles among the figures. Collects tales of Norse mythology featuring the powerful Odin, Thor and his hammer, Mjolnir, Loki, the final battle of Ragnarok, and power stuggles among the figures. Show less

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A Plague of Giants

A Plague of Giants

by Hearne, Kevin

Book - 2017

Set in a magical world of terror and wonder, this novel is a deeply felt epic of courage and war, in which the fates of characters intertwine -- shape-shi...Show more Set in a magical world of terror and wonder, this novel is a deeply felt epic of courage and war, in which the fates of characters intertwine -- shape-shifting bards, fire-wielding giants, and children who can speak to astonishing beasts -- and where ordinary people become heroes, and their lives become legend. Show less

Set in a magical world of terror and wonder, this novel is a deeply felt epic of courage and war, in which the fates of characters intertwine -- shape-shi...Show more Set in a magical world of terror and wonder, this novel is a deeply felt epic of courage and war, in which the fates of characters intertwine -- shape-shifting bards, fire-wielding giants, and children who can speak to astonishing beasts -- and where ordinary people become heroes, and their lives become legend. Show less

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Lost Boy

Lost Boy

The True Story of Captain Hook

by Henry, Christina

Paperback - 2017

Avoiding the illnesses, pirate attacks and hungry crocodiles that are the only things to end the lives of Peter Pan's lost boys, only to find himself inex...Show more Avoiding the illnesses, pirate attacks and hungry crocodiles that are the only things to end the lives of Peter Pan's lost boys, only to find himself inexplicably growing older, Jamie becomes the caretaker of younger boys, including one taken as a baby, while navigating Pan's difficult possessive nature. Show less

Avoiding the illnesses, pirate attacks and hungry crocodiles that are the only things to end the lives of Peter Pan's lost boys, only to find himself inex...Show more Avoiding the illnesses, pirate attacks and hungry crocodiles that are the only things to end the lives of Peter Pan's lost boys, only to find himself inexplicably growing older, Jamie becomes the caretaker of younger boys, including one taken as a baby, while navigating Pan's difficult possessive nature. Show less

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Stories of your Life and Others

Stories of your Life and Others

by Chiang, Ted

Paperback - 2016

What if men built a tower from Earth to Heaven-and broke through to Heaven's other side? What if we discovered that the fundamentals of mathematics were a...Show more What if men built a tower from Earth to Heaven-and broke through to Heaven's other side? What if we discovered that the fundamentals of mathematics were arbitrary and inconsistent? What if there were a science of naming things that calls life into being from inanimate matter? What if exposure to an alien language forever changed our perception of time? What if all the beliefs of fundamentalist Christianity were literally true, and the sight of sinners being swallowed into fiery pits were a routine event on city streets? These are the kinds of outrageous questions posed by the stories of Ted Chiang. Stories of your life . . . and others. Show less

What if men built a tower from Earth to Heaven-and broke through to Heaven's other side? What if we discovered that the fundamentals of mathematics were a...Show more What if men built a tower from Earth to Heaven-and broke through to Heaven's other side? What if we discovered that the fundamentals of mathematics were arbitrary and inconsistent? What if there were a science of naming things that calls life into being from inanimate matter? What if exposure to an alien language forever changed our perception of time? What if all the beliefs of fundamentalist Christianity were literally true, and the sight of sinners being swallowed into fiery pits were a routine event on city streets? These are the kinds of outrageous questions posed by the stories of Ted Chiang. Stories of your life . . . and others. Show less

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Age of Myth

Age of Myth

by Sullivan, Michael J.

Book - 2016

Set in the same world as the author's popular Riyria Revelations series, the first novel in a new fantasy series follows the struggle between the Fhrey elves and the Rhune men for control of Elan. Set in the same world as the author's popular Riyria Revelations series, the first novel in a new fantasy series follows the struggle between the Fhrey elves and the Rhune men for control of Elan. Show less

Set in the same world as the author's popular Riyria Revelations series, the first novel in a new fantasy series follows the struggle between the Fhrey elves and the Rhune men for control of Elan. Set in the same world as the author's popular Riyria Revelations series, the first novel in a new fantasy series follows the struggle between the Fhrey elves and the Rhune men for control of Elan. Show less

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Why We Write About Ourselves

Why We Write About Ourselves

Twenty Memoirists on Why They Expose Themselves (and Others) in the Name of Literature

Paperback - 2016

For the many amateurs and professionals who write about themselves—bloggers, journal-keepers, aspiring essayists, and memoirists—this book offers inspiration, encouragement, and pithy, practical advice. For the many amateurs and professionals who write about themselves—bloggers, journal-keepers, aspiring essayists, and memoirists—this book offers inspiration, encouragement, and pithy, practical advice. Show less

For the many amateurs and professionals who write about themselves—bloggers, journal-keepers, aspiring essayists, and memoirists—this book offers inspiration, encouragement, and pithy, practical advice. For the many amateurs and professionals who write about themselves—bloggers, journal-keepers, aspiring essayists, and memoirists—this book offers inspiration, encouragement, and pithy, practical advice. Show less

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The Call

The Call

by O'Guilin, Peadar

Downloadable Audiobook - 2016

For the last twenty-five years every teenager in Ireland has been subject to "the call" which takes them away to the land of the Sídhe, where t...Show more For the last twenty-five years every teenager in Ireland has been subject to "the call" which takes them away to the land of the Sídhe, where they are hunted for twenty four hours (though only three minutes pass in this world)--handicapped by her twisted legs, Nessa Doherty knows that very few return alive, but she is determined to be one of them. Show less

For the last twenty-five years every teenager in Ireland has been subject to "the call" which takes them away to the land of the Sídhe, where t...Show more For the last twenty-five years every teenager in Ireland has been subject to "the call" which takes them away to the land of the Sídhe, where they are hunted for twenty four hours (though only three minutes pass in this world)--handicapped by her twisted legs, Nessa Doherty knows that very few return alive, but she is determined to be one of them. Show less

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Stranger Than We Can Imagine

Stranger Than We Can Imagine

An Alternative History of the 20th Century

by Higgs, John

Paperback - 2015

In Stranger Than We Can Imagine, John Higgs argues that before 1900, history seemed to make sense. We can understand innovations like electricity, agricul...Show more In Stranger Than We Can Imagine, John Higgs argues that before 1900, history seemed to make sense. We can understand innovations like electricity, agriculture and democracy. The twentieth century, in contrast, gave us relativity, cubism, quantum mechanics, the id, existentialism, Stalin, psychedelics, chaos mathematics, climate change and postmodernism. Higgs invites us along as he journeys across a century "about which we know too much" in order to grant us a new perspective on it. Show less

In Stranger Than We Can Imagine, John Higgs argues that before 1900, history seemed to make sense. We can understand innovations like electricity, agricul...Show more In Stranger Than We Can Imagine, John Higgs argues that before 1900, history seemed to make sense. We can understand innovations like electricity, agriculture and democracy. The twentieth century, in contrast, gave us relativity, cubism, quantum mechanics, the id, existentialism, Stalin, psychedelics, chaos mathematics, climate change and postmodernism. Higgs invites us along as he journeys across a century "about which we know too much" in order to grant us a new perspective on it. Show less

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The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

by Carter, Angela

Paperback - 2015

From familiar fairy tales and legends "Red Riding Hood", "Bluebeard", "Puss in Boots", "Beauty and the Beast", vam...Show more From familiar fairy tales and legends "Red Riding Hood", "Bluebeard", "Puss in Boots", "Beauty and the Beast", vampires and werewolves, Angela Carter has created an absorbing collection of dark, sensual, fantastic stories. Show less

From familiar fairy tales and legends "Red Riding Hood", "Bluebeard", "Puss in Boots", "Beauty and the Beast", vam...Show more From familiar fairy tales and legends "Red Riding Hood", "Bluebeard", "Puss in Boots", "Beauty and the Beast", vampires and werewolves, Angela Carter has created an absorbing collection of dark, sensual, fantastic stories. Show less

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Neverwhere

Neverwhere

Author's Preferred Text

by Gaiman, Neil

Book - 2015

Richard Mayhew's life is forever changed after he rescues a young girl named Door and finds himself living in a city of monsters, saints, murderers, and a...Show more Richard Mayhew's life is forever changed after he rescues a young girl named Door and finds himself living in a city of monsters, saints, murderers, and angels, and he must help Door on her mission to save this strange underworld kingdom from destruction. Show less

Richard Mayhew's life is forever changed after he rescues a young girl named Door and finds himself living in a city of monsters, saints, murderers, and a...Show more Richard Mayhew's life is forever changed after he rescues a young girl named Door and finds himself living in a city of monsters, saints, murderers, and angels, and he must help Door on her mission to save this strange underworld kingdom from destruction. Show less

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