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Reading About Racism
Little Fires Everywhere Trailer
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Come Juneteenth
June·teenth
/ˌjo͞onˈtēnTH/
noun
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a festival held annually on the nineteenth of June by African Americans (especially in the southern states), to commemorate emancipation from slavery in Texas on that day in 1865. Texas was the most remote of the slave states, and the Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863, was not enforced there until after the Civil War had ended.
- A Kind of Freedom
- An American Marriage
- An Extraordinary Union
- Another Brooklyn
- Hang A Thousand Trees with Ribbons
TumbleBooks
The Ickabog
- J.K. Rowling's New Book
J.K. Rowling’s new story while in lockdown.
Muslim Voices for Ramadan--Audio Books
- Among the RuinsSuspense from Ausma Zehanat Khan.
- A Case of Exploding MangoesMohammed Hanif's comic debut novel.
- The City of BrassVolume 1 of S.A. Chakraborty's Daevabad Trilogy--Middle eastern magical realism.
- The Essential RumiSpiritual poetry by the 13th Century Sufi mystic.
- The First MuslimThe life of Muhammad.
- A House Without WindowsA novel of friendship by Nadia Hashimi.
- Letters to a Young MuslimNonfiction collection by Omar Saif Gobash.
- Palace WalkVolume 1 of Naguib Mahfouz's masterful Cairo Trilogy.
- A Sinner in MeccaParvez Sharma's account of his Hajj of defiance as a gay Muslim.
- A Thousand Splendid SunsNovel by Khaled Hosseini
Harry Potter at Home | Wizarding World
PRIDE Month
- My Autobiography of Carson McCullers
Discover Hoopla Book Club
Deeper Dive
Can’t get your hands on an audio or eBook version of the latest, most talked about titles? The Nyack Library is here to help with a list of older books by today’s hot authors. These titles are now available as eBooks and e-audiobooks through Libby/Overdrive or Hoopla. All you need is a Nyack Library card.
- The Assassination of Margaret ThatcherShort story collection by Hilary Mantel, author of "Wolf Hall", "Bring Up the Bodies", and "The Mirror and the Light".
- Bel CantoNovel by Ann Patchett, author of "The Dutch House".
- CommonwealthNovel by Ann Patchett, author of "The Dutch House".
- Cross Her HeartSuspense thriller by Sarah Pinborough, author of "Dead to Her".
- The Good Lord BirdNovel by James McBride, author of "Deacon King Kong".
- In the Garden of BeastsNonfiction by Erik Larsen, author of "The Splendid and the Vile".
- LaRoseNovel by Louise Erdrich, author of "The Nightwatchman".
- Me Before YouNovel by Jojo Moyes, author of "The Giver of Stars".
- Thomas JeffersonBiography by Jon Meacham, auhtor of "The Hope of Glory".
- Uncommon KindnessNovel by Miriam Toews, author of "Women Talking".