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Books to Borrow Williamsburg Public Library Recommends

Air in. Air out. Repeat. Nothing is more important than the way we bring life-sustaining oxygen into our bodies. As humans, we pretty much have the technique of breathing down. Yet, according to...

 

Books to Borrow Williamsburg Public Library Recommends

Alive and going home. Surely it must be a dream. Worried he might awaken back in Iwo Jima, still fighting or maybe not make it at all, Stuart “Tex” McAnally steadied himself and reassured himself he was really going home. Many weren’t so lucky....

 

Books to Borrow Williamsburg Public Library Recommends

“Come out, come out, wherever you are.” Mack knows she can win. She was champion at this game when she was little, when it mattered most. She was the only winner that fateful day, the last day...

 

Books to Borrow Williamsburg Public Library Recommends

The authors of best-selling “Hello Cupcake!” are at it again with their eye-popping designs, unique ideas, and easy-to-follow instructions. In this volume you will find cakes for every occasion ...

 

Books to Borrow Williamsburg Public Library Recommends

Dr. Ronald L. Mallett holds the belief that this century will be when time travel becomes a reality. Born in Roaring Spring, PA-native Mallett dreamed one day he would help join science fiction and...

 

'Dark and Shallow Lies' by Ginny Myers Sain

“There’s nowhere left to hide except inside the dark.” Greycie, known to many as Grey, is one of La Cachette’s summer children. There were ten. After the murders there were eight. Now there ar...

 

Books to Borrow Williamsburg Public Library Recommends

She thought she would be the perfect mom. Now she’s just trying to be a good mom. She doesn’t feel like she’s even getting that right. At this point she’s just trying to not be a failure....

 

'Universal Studios Monsters: A Legacy of Horror' by Michael Mallory

Horror movies' most memorable monsters can all be found in one place in Michael Mallory's magnificently mastered volume, brimming with Universal Studios' Hollywood horror icons. Universal Studios was...

 

Books to Borrow Williamsburg Public Library Recommends

Just how bulletproof was George Washington? What is the secret of Oppaymolleah’s Curse? What really crash-landed one wintry evening in Kecksburg in 1965? Read about this and more in “Legends & Lor...

 

Books to Borrow Williamsburg Public Library Recommends

“The Day You Begin” by Jacqueline Woodson: In a world where not everyone is quite like her, a little girl nervously begins a new day and finds that maybe she will find someone just a little like...

 

Williamsburg Library's Picture Books for Kids

"The Day You Begin" by Jacqueline Woodson: In a world where not everyone is quite like her, a little girl nervously begins a new day and finds that maybe she will find someone just a little like her....

 

Books to Borrow Williamsburg Public Library Recommends

Matt Dillon was in charge of law in Gunsmoke’s Dodge City. People often had no respect for the law in the Wild West, so the marshal had his work cut out for him. Gunsmoke was one of the...

 

Books to Borrow Williamsburg Public Library Recommends

Thomas Neill Cream, a doctor from Canada, gained release from Joliet prison in the summer of 1891. Cream left the states to practice his trade in London, where no one knew him or of his dark and murde...

 

Books to Borrow Williamsburg Public Library Recommends

Storyteller, Edward Carey reimagines the classic fairytale, Pinocchio, in this narrative about a carpenter who one day realized he didn’t want to be alone. In “The Swallowed Man,” we meet...

 

Books to Borrow Williamsburg Public Library Recommends

Many may remember Highlights for Children, a favorite magazine from our youth that contained various interesting activities to do - like word searches, mazes, and of course the picture finds in which everyday items were hidden into a larger picture f...

 

Books to Borrow Williamsburg Public Library Recommends

The world of dreams is fascinating. Charlie Crabtree was so enamored by it he wanted to live there. He would do anything to escape the real world to live in the dream world. No price was too high....

 

Books to Borrow Williamsburg Public Library Recommends

Born into slavery, by age eight Mary knew the plantation rules well. “Never stop working” was number one and it didn’t matter what the reason. She never stopped working. Slaves were also not...

 

Books to Borrow Williamsburg Public Library Recommends

Tiny Tales is a collection of anecdotes about a wide array of characters. Mccall Smith includes mere snippets of his characters' lives. Many stories may be only a few moments of an individual's...

 

Books to Borrow Williamsburg Public Library Recommends

We begin and end in the same time frame, with an entire lifetime in between. “Island Queen” is an extraordinary historical novel based on the amazing real-life Dorothy, a free woman of color who...

 

Cook's Illustrated: Meat Illustrated by America's Test Kitchen

“Meat Illustrated” contains over 350 recipes for beef, pork, lamb, and veal, covering how to cook different meats and describing the different cuts and which part of what animal they came from,...

 

Books to Borrow Williamsburg Public Library Recommends

Nathan grew up in a house in the country with his abusive father. In the same hometown, Maddie made things as early as she could remember, even if she couldn’t remember everything that happened while making them. Set in rural Pennsylvania, their ho...

 

Books to Borrow Williamsburg Public Library Recommends

Reading this book not only reveals helpful advice to parents of all types, but also helps the reader set their worries aside. "The Power of Showing Up" tells us don't worry about messing up: Be...

 

They Came from Blair County By Eric Shields

In his first book, local author Eric Shields tells the stories of Blair County natives who've achieved notability in their lives. Shields examines the personal and professional accomplishments of...

 

If It Bleeds By Stephen King

"If It Bleeds" contains four short stories to keep horror fans up at night. Never before published, these novellas will have the reader turning the page, asking for more. "Mr. Harrigan's Phone" and...

 

The Christmas Table By Donna VanLiere

The Williamsburg Public Library is thankful to receive a yearly donation from the Lion's Sight Conservation of Blair County. This generous donation makes it possible to purchase large print books...

 

Book Wish Tree 2020 At W-burg Library

It’s that time of year again. The Book Wish Tree is up and decorated at the Williamsburg Public Library! Many of our patrons’ favorite best-selling authors grace the tree this year as well as some new additions for our collection. What is the...

 

Library Offering Contactless Services

Due to recent circumstances, beginning Monday, Nov. 30, our Williamsburg Public Library will be providing contactless service as well as offering appointments for computer use and browsing for books,...

 

Books to Borrow Williamsburg Public Library Recommends

The small town of Castle Rock is the setting of some of Stephen King's most memorable tales. Like in so many small towns, everyone in Castle Rock seems to know everything almost before it ever...

 

Books to Borrow

"How well you live your life is largely determined by your attitude toward other people." ~Cal Turner Jr. Cal Turner Jr. has had a pretty full life. The first in his family to graduate college, he...

 

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