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HERITAGE QUEST IS BACK!

Thanks to the support of the Columbia County Historical and Genealogical Society and our Friends of the Library, the Heritage Quest Online database is again available to Bloomsburg Public Library users. The Heritage Quest Online database holds census records from 1790-1930, books, magazines, and other government records to help you trace your ancestors. The database was dropped due to budget cuts. Our library users average over 1,000 searches a month on the database. Visit our POWER Library page (link at top of this page) to find Heritage Quest and all our online resources.

 

 

The Puzzle of Poe

Why do readers continue to be so fascinated with the bizarre and macabre stories of Edgar Allan Poe? Why is Poe's work still so compelling that both the man and many of his themes are used in today's novels? We'll host a series of discussions on Poe and Louis Bayard's novel, "The Pale Blue Eye," which features the young Poe as a character. The programs run on Tuesday evenings, 7 to 8 p.m., beginning on February 23rd. The series is sponsored by the Pennsylvania Humanities Council, BU College of Liberal Arts, BU English Department, BU Campuswide Committee on Human Relations, BU LGBTA, BU Sigma Tau Delta, Bloomsburg Public Library, and the Bloomsburg Area School District.

 

THE SCHEDULE: The Purloined Letter, Feb. 23rd; The Tell-Tale Heart, Mar. 2nd; The Fall of the House of Usher, Mar. 9th; The Gold Bug, Mar. 16th; The Pale Blue Eye, Mar. 23rd; all at Bloomsburg Public Library. On March 24th, author Louis Bayard will read from and discuss his book, The Pale Blue Eye, at Monty's on the Bloomsburg University campus.

 

 

 

Listen to Books
Download hundreds of best-selling audio books. New books added every month. Download and listen on your computer or transfer the audio books to a portable device, like an iPod, PDA, cell phone or MP3 player. Some titles can be burned onto CDs. Try it; it's easy! It's free! Titles auto-return in two weeks, so you never have a late fee or fine. Check out four titles per library card. Visit listentobooks.org  (Your password for all our online resources is pl3203 plus the last six digits of your library barcode number)

 

 

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"FALLEN" AUTHOR TO SPEAK

 

Local author Ann Simko, whose thriller "Fallen" has just been released, will speak at the library at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, February 8th, in the first floor community area. "Fallen" tells the story of Michael Ricco, who looks like an average young marine, found wandering in the desert at night, alone and wounded. His dog tags state his year of birth is 1898. How can this be right?

 

 

SOCRATES CAFE TOPIC:

Constant Communication: Why Do We Need it?

Cell phones, Facebook, Twitter-- everywhere you look, people are using machines to talk to other people. What does it mean to society when we are in constant communication, and that communication is more often machine-to-machine than face-to-face? Are we actually speaking more and saying less? Join us for a discussion on February 9th at 6:30 p.m.

 

 

 

 

 

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