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Summer Learning: Royal Reads

A mixed age group and Summer Learning list! If your curiosity is piqued by the life, culture, and politics of royals, these books are for you.

Marsha Malcolm
07/09/2020 - 10:00 AM

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Summer Learning: Read with PRIDE

Inspire your reading this summer and celebrate Pride Day with these books featuring LGBTQ+ characters.

Marsha Malcolm
06/25/2020 - 10:00 AM

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Romances of the Month: June 2020

A monthly review of romance books.

Marian Nguyen
06/24/2020 - 10:00 AM

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Summer Learning: Family Reunion

Check out these adult fiction and non-fiction titles about family.

Laura Hammond
06/18/2020 - 9:00 AM

A mother and daughter read a novel in bed.

Summer Learning: Family Book Club

Explore books that have multi-generational appeal, or are all around good family fun.

Marsha Malcolm
06/04/2020 - 10:00 AM

Large group of San Jose Public Library staff members smiling, celebrating, and carrying rainbow flags and fans at the Silicon Valley LGBTQIA+ Pride Festival.

Happy Pride from SJPL

Pride Month this year just won't be the same, thanks to a global pandemic keeping us from gathering. How do you celebrate Pride without Pride™?

Michelle Clark
06/02/2020 - 7:00 AM

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Franz Kafka

Life and History of Franz Kafka

Bill Bowman
05/28/2020 - 8:00 AM

An image of two glasses of wine, one red and one white. Bunches of green and purple grapes are on a wooden plate. A small, wooden barrel rests beside the glasses of wine and grapes.

Cheers to National Wine Day

This blog presents ways to learn about and enjoy wine.

Dana Lema
05/25/2020 - 8:00 AM

Entrance to the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts

How One Man Rescued A Million Books, And Saved a Language And A Culture From Extinction

The Story of Aaron Lansky and the Yiddish Book Center

Deborah Estreicher
05/15/2020 - 9:00 AM

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Pandemic Parenting: Finding the Fun

Being a parent right now is difficult, but you're still an adult who deserves some fun! Thankfully, plenty of fun can still be had from the confines of your home.

Michelle Clark
05/07/2020 - 10:00 AM

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Read The Best Comics on Hoopla Right Now

Start reading the best comics and graphic novels available on Hoopla, no waitlists!

Jessica Novak
04/02/2020 - 9:00 AM

Books On Shelves

February 2020: Top 10 Adult Fiction and Non-Fiction Checkouts

It's that time again for the monthly check on what the community's reading!

John Muller
03/04/2020 - 12:57 PM