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    Let Us Recommend a Book for You!

    Juliet in August
    Love those "staff picks" displays in our libraries?  Love to get a personal recommendation from one of our staff? Now you don't even have to be in the library to get recommendations from our well-read staff.  And they LOVE to share their most recent favorite books. Check out our Staff Picks! From mystery to fantasy to literary fiction to memoir, our Staff Picks list has a bit of everything along with recommendations right from library staff.  Need even more?  Check out the Staff Picks Archive!  Start building up that summer reading list with our help! Enjoy! Read More »

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    Books in the News - 5/5/13

    Silken Prey
    Looking to keep up on all the books written about in the local papers?  We can help! The Pioneer Press featured: Maya's Notebook by Isabel Allende -After the death of her beloved grandfather, nineteen-year-old Maya Vidal, turning to drugs, alcohol, and petty crimes, becomes trapped in a war between assassins, the police, the FBI, and Interpol, until her grandmother helps her escape to the remote island of Chiloé, off coast of Chile where she tries to make sense of her life. Maya, a young American on the run records in her diary her adjustment to a new country, her drug problems, her romantic life, and other... Read More »

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    If You Loved Downton Abbey . . .

    If You Love Downton Abbey
    Eagerly waiting for Season four of Downton Abbey to come out?  While you wait, check out more fabulous costume dramas with If You Love Downton Abbey ... More Costume Dramas to Adore, an excellent infographic created by Ramsey County Library staff.  This list will keep you in corsets, stately homes, and romance all summer long! Missed out on the Downton Abbey phenomenon?  Catch up on Downton Abbey Season One, Season Two... Read More »

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    Inquiring Minds - Get To Know Our Website!

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    Every week, librarian Judy Woodward compiles the most interesting reference questions and sends them to the Roseville Review. Here's this week's exploratory inquiry!  Q. I know how to get to your online catalog, but when I want to look up things by subject, suddenly I feel empty headed. I'm not a very sophisticated search term person. I suck at Google. Can you help? A. You sound like a great candidate for the Library’s class on “Explore the Library Website.” That class will give you an overview of how the library’s website works and what you can do to make your online visit pleasant and efficient. The Library offers ... Read More »

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    Books in the News - 4/28/13

    Deadly Harvest
    What books are all the rage in your local newspapers?  Here you go!  Enjoy this list of all the books featured in our local papers in this last weekend of April!  At the Pioneer Press, we have: Deadly Harvest: A Detective Kubu Mystery by Michael Stanley - Girls are disappearing in Botswana. The rumor is they're being harvested for muti, a witch doctor's potion traditionally derived from plants and animals--and which, some believe, can be made more potent by adding human remains. Detective David "Kubu" Bengu joins the investigation with the police force's newest detective--and only woman... Read More »

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