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How to Win Friends and Influence People book cover

How to Win Friends and Influence People
Dale Carnegie

The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness book cover

The Good Life: Lessons from the World’s Longest Scientific Study of Happiness
Robert Waldinger

Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global book cover

Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global
Laura Spinney

We Survived the Night book cover

We Survived the Night
Julian Brave Noisecat

The UFO Book: A Chronological Journey from Crop Circles to Roswell book cover

The UFO Book: A Chronological Journey from Crop Circles to Roswell
John Michael Greer

Waikaua: Spoils of War book cover

Waikaua: Spoils of War
Pā‘ani Kelson

Growing Up Hapa in Hawaiʻi: Recipes and Stories from Chef Ippy Aiona book cover

Growing Up Hapa in Hawaiʻi: Recipes and Stories from Chef Ippy Aiona
Philip Aiona

The Breath of the Gods: The History and Future of the Wind book cover

The Breath of the Gods: The History and Future of the Wind
Simon Winchester

99 Ways to Die: And How to Avoid Them book cover

99 Ways to Die: And How to Avoid Them
Ashely Alker

It's Only Drowning: A True Story of Learning to Surf and the Search for Common Ground book cover

It’s Only Drowning: A True Story of Learning to Surf and the Search for Common Ground
David Litt

Parklands: America's National Parks and Public Lands book cover

Parklands: America’s National Parks and Public Lands
Jacob W. Frank

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ALERT | In holiday observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, all public libraries will be closed on Monday, January 19, 2026.

ALERT | In holiday observance of Presidents' Day, all public libraries will be closed from Saturday to Monday, February 14 to 16, 2026.

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