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Ghosts are scary!

10/29/2020

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Below is a list of all of our recommendations from our first episode of our podcast Papercut! If you haven't listened yet click here!
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Read:
Doctor Sleep
In the Shadow of BlackBirds 
Toil & Trouble
​The Diviners
The Need
Night Film
​The House With A Clock in its Walls
The Appearance of Annie Van Sinderen
Life With the Afterlife: 13 Truths I Learned About Ghosts
The Witches of Worm
The Exorcist

​Watch:
Charmed
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Ghost Hunters
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The Outsider
​The Day After
​Salem's Lot
​Hocus Pocus
​The Orphanage
​The Others
​Hellier
Scream
The Witch
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Pan's Labyrinth
Hereditary
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Women's suffrage in rockland county

10/19/2020

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The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote
She Votes: How U.S. Women Won Suffrage, and What Happened Next
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The Woman's Suffrage Movement
African American Women in the Struggle for the Vote, 1850-1920
Women, Race & Class
Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells
Mr. President, How Long Must we Wait? Alice Paul, Woodrow Wilson, and the Fight for the Right to Vote

Watch:
Perfect 36: When Women Won the Vote
Ida B. Wells: A passion for Justice 
No More Coresets: The New Woman
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Great British Baking Show - cookbooks!

10/13/2020

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There is a new season of the Great British Baking Show! Rejoice! 
Want to bake like them? Below you will find a list of books that you can put on hold to check out by the stars/winners of the show!

Paul Hollywood's Pies and Puds
​A Baker's Life: From Childhood Bakes to Five Star Excellence 
​Baking With Kim-Joy: Cute and Creative Bakes to Make You Smile
​The Cardamom Trail: Chetna Bakes with Flavours of the East 
Fast Cakes: Easy Bakes in Minutes
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 Cooking With Mary Berry 
The Great British Bake off: How to Turn Everyday Bakes into Showstoppers
The Great British Bake Off Big Book of Baking 
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Beloved

10/7/2020

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If you enjoyed our program with Dr. Martin - check out her upcoming books! 
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Introduction to Africana Demography 
The Religion of White Rage: Religious Fervor, White Workers and the Myth of Black Racial Progress
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Demystifying the electoral college: voting, elections, and you

10/1/2020

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Read:
The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States
The Hidden History of the War on Voting: Who stole Your Vote, and How to Get it Back
Unrigged: How Americans are Battling Back to Save Democracy
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What You Need to Know About Voting and Why
This is What Democracy Looked Like: A Visual History of the Printed Ballot
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Let the People Pick the PResident: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College

Watch:
Voting Paradoxes

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Who was ella fitzgerald?

10/1/2020

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Read:
The Ella Fitzgerald Companion: seven decades of commentary
Ella Fitzgerald: a biography of the first lady of jazz
A Biographical Guide to the Great Jaxx and Pop Singers

Watch:
​Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa

Listen:
​The Complete Piano Duets
Cheek to Cheek
Someone to Watch Over Me
Ella Fitzgerald

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  • About
    • About the Library
    • Annual Reports
    • Contact Us
    • Donate
    • Hours
    • Jobs
    • Policies & Budget
    • Support the Library
    • Friends of the Library
  • Youth Services
    • Youth Digital Resources
    • Children
    • Teens
  • Adult Services
    • 2021 Rockland County Reference Guide
    • 55+ Resource Guide
    • Book Discussion Groups
    • Combating Racism
    • Curated Book Lists
    • ELL Resources
    • Homebound Delivery Service
    • Papercut: The Nyack Library Podcast
    • Request a New Purchase
    • Research Business and Employment Opportunities
    • Share Covid19 Story
    • Staff Picks
    • Sustainability
  • Digital Resources
    • Catalog Mobile App
    • Ebooks and Streaming Media
    • Hotspots
    • Kindles
    • Lifelong Learning
    • NextReads
    • Niche Academy
    • NY Crime Victims Legal Help
    • NYS Civil Service Test Guides
    • Novelist
    • Rockland Executive Order #203 Response
    • Research and Databases
  • Long-Range Plan
  • Events
    • Events Calendar >
      • How to Use Localhop
    • Carnegie Concerts
    • Dorothy Gillespie
    • Exhibits
    • Grants >
      • 2023 Black American Culture & Art Series
      • 2022 Black American Culture & Art Series
      • 2020-2021 Black American Culture & Art Series
      • Black American Culture & Art Series: The Legacy of Toni Morrison >
        • BACAS Oral Histories
    • Highlighted Programs
    • Program Recordings
    • Past Events >
      • American Creed
      • Librarian's Guide to Staying Home... and Sane!
      • Nation Must Awake
      • 2022 Nyack Poetry Walk
      • Nyack Poetry Walk
      • Nyack Schools Saturday Academy: Exhibit
      • September 11, 2001 The Day That Changed The World Exhibition
    • Public Notices
    • Present a Program
    • Quarterly Newsletter
    • Rent a Room
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