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  • Library in the Community

    Enjoy the many community events in Arlington Heights and make the most of your summer! Mark your calendars and join the Arlington Heights Memorial Library around town at these upcoming events.

    Visit the Bookmobile in the Community   

    May 10: Swing into Spring: North School Park
    May 26: Memorial Day Parade: Downtown Arlington Heights
    Saturdays, May 17 and 31: Farmer's Markets: N. Vail Commuter Lot

    For a list of regular bookmobile stops, visit ahml.info/bookmobile.
     

    Library Pop-ups at the Farmers Market

    The library also hosts special pop-up events at the Farmers Market on select Saturdays from 9-11 a.m. including:

    May 10: National Speech-Language-Hearing Month 

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  • Volunteer celebration honors ‘45 years of magic’

    The library recently hosted its annual Volunteer Recognition Celebration, honoring more than 500 dedicated individuals who contributed 24,527 hours of service in the past year —supporting programs, mentoring customers, delivering materials and more.  
     

    Held on Wednesday, April 23 at the Rolling Green Country Club, this year's celebration embraced the theme “45 Years of Magic,” a tribute to the transformative impact volunteers have made at the library over nearly five decades. 
     

    “Like a master illusionist, the preparations of our behind-the-scenes volunteers are unseen by many, but the results — the results are undeniable,” Volunteer Coordinator Jennifer Begich said

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  • Online Learning at Your Library

    I Can Help My Business Succeed at the Library 

    May is Small Business Month, and as any entrepreneur knows, having reliable information sources is important for keeping your business competitive and running smoothly. The library offers a number of online resources to help: 

    LegalGPS
    When you’re starting a business, working with a lawyer is important. Through a guided series of online steps, LegalGPS helps you get legal details about your business worked out in advance so that you can work more effectively with your attorney and save time & money. (Does not replace working with an attorney.) 

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NEW TO THE LIBRARY

The geographer's map to romance
Holton, India,
"Geography professors in a failed marriage of convenience inconveniently reconnect for an emergency mission in this swoony historical-fantasy rom-com. Professor Elodie Tarrant is an expert in magic disasters. Nothing fazes her-except her own personal disaster, that is: Professor Gabriel Tarrant, the grumpy, unfriendly man she married for convenience a year ago, whom she secretly loves. Gabriel is also an expert in magic disasters. And nothing fazes him either-except the walking, talking tornado that is his wife. They've been estranged since shortly after their wedding day, but that hasn't stopped him from stoically pining for her. When magic erupts in a small Welsh village, threatening catastrophe for the rest of England, Elodie and Gabriel are accidentally both assigned to the case. With the fate of the country in their hands, they must come together as a team in the face of perilous conditions like explosions, domesticated goats, and only one bed. But this is easier said than done. After all, there's no navigational guide for the geography of the heart."--
The fact checker
Kelley, Austin, 1973-
"It's just a puff piece about a farmer's market, I said to myself. It's not going to kill anyone. It started out like any other morning for the Fact Checker. The piece, "Mandeville/Green," didn't raise any red flags. There were more pressing stories that week at The Magazine -- terrorism, war, or some other grave matter -- it being 2004 New York City and all. "Mandeville/Green" was a light, breezy look at a local farm called New Egypt, whose Ramapo tomatoes were quickly becoming the summer's hottest produce. At first glance, the story seemed straightforward, but one line made the Fact Checker pause: a stray quote from a New Egypt volunteer named Sylvia making a cryptic reference to "nefarious business" at the farmer's market. "People sell everything here," she's alleged to have said. "It ain't all green." When Sylvia abruptly disappears the morning after an unexpectedly long night with the Fact Checker, he becomes obsessed with finding her. Did Sylvia discover something unsavory about New Egypt or its messianic owner? Is it possible she had some reason to fear for her safety? Or was it simply something the Fact Checker said? Striking the perfect balance of humor, wonder, sadness, and poignancy, Austin Kelley's debut novel takes readers on a quixotic quest from one hidden corner of New York City to another -- from an underground supper club in the Financial District to an abandoned-boat-turned-anarchist-community-space on the Gowanus Canal. As the story develops, the Fact Checker begins to question his perception of what's real and what's not. Facts can be deceiving, after all, and if you aren't careful, you might miss the truth right in front of your eyes." --
When the harvest comes
Norris, Denne Michele,
"Reverend Doctor John Freeman did not raise his son, Davis, to be touched by any man, let alone a white man. He did not raise his son to whisper a man's name with tenderness. But on the eve of his wedding, all Davis can think of is how beautiful he wants to look when he meets his beloved Everett at the altar. Never mind that his mother, who died decades before, and his father, who spurred him to flee their home in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, for a freer life in New York City, won't be there to walk him down the aisle. All Davis needs to be happy in this life is Everett, his new family, and his career as an award-winning violist. When Davis learns at the wedding reception that his father has been in a car accident, years of childhood trauma and unspoken emotion resurface. In the wake of his father's death, Davis revisits everything that went wrong between them, pushing his fledgling marriage and irresistible self-confidence into a spiral of despair"--
The king's messenger
Kearsley, Susanna, 1966-
It is the year 1613, and King James is sending his messenger Andrew Logan into Scotland with secret orders to arrest Sir David Moray, close friend and advisor of the late Prince Henry. Secrets are second nature to Andrew, who must hide his Second Sight to stay alive. Joined by a court scrivener and the scrivener's spirited daughter Phoebe, Andrew slowly untangles the true purpose of his mission--to frame Sir David for Prince Henry's murder. But Andrew is unwilling to betray an innocent man. Phoebe Westaway dislikes Andrew, and their history makes it hard for her to trust him. But as their journey draws them deeper into the dark web of court intrigue, Phoebe begins to suspect that she might have more need of the King's Messenger and his unusual gifts than she could ever have foreseen.--
The elusive earl
Burrowes, Grace,
After a seven year absence, Graham MacNeil returns to his family's castle, not to assume his birthright earldom, but to build a future with his longtime love, Miss Morna MacKenzie, but is Morna ready to overlook Graham's secrets and their shared past scandal?
The thorns
Kurtagich, Dawn,
"Touch a line, you break your spine. Stacey is the dusty air, the cracked soil, the drought. To thirteen-year-old Bethany Sloane, she's everything. Abandoned by her mother at a remote African boarding school, Bethany will do anything to stay in Stacey's good graces. And that means learning the rules of each twisted game. Touch a crack, you break your back. Years later, Bethany is a bestselling author. Disabled now, she can't remember what happened back in the bush. But there's no mistaking Stacey Preston's name in her inbox. Glassy, glassy, cut my arsey. That email brings Bethany's childhood rushing back. The Glass Man was just a story the Thorns invented, a game of wits. But every game has its rules--and consequences for breaking them. To say alive in this round, Bethany needs to play right into Stacey's hands." -page [4] of cover
Flipping the Birdie
Woeppel, S.L.,
Superspeed, incredible strength, a foul mouth--these are thirty-one-year-old superhero Birdie Bowden's powers. Although Birdie boasts a perfect save record as Chicago's municipal super, her bad attitude and latest, now viral, run-in with a local menace lead the mayor to place her on suspension. Forced into therapy in a small beachside suburb, the solitary Birdie meets eccentric, bubbly housekeeper Evie. Adrift without her job, Birdie leaves her superhero identity behind and accepts Evie's invitation to stay with her for the summer cleaning beach cabins while working the therapy program as a means to get her job back. The only snag in her plan is Aiden, Evie's ill-tempered, unfairly handsome brother and cabin owner. Focused on helping his sister wage her own battle of healing, Aiden finds Birdie to be an irksome, unwelcome influence and doesn't hesitate to tell her so. But that's fine with Birdie--her natural ability to constantly get a rise out of grumpy Aiden may be her greatest superpower yet. As Birdie fumbles through her therapist's ridiculous get-to-know-the-real-Birdie assignments, she feels a growing connection to her new life, including the increasingly alluring Aiden, and a yearning for more than being a super. But she can't have both lives, and she'll never reveal her true identity--because the only thing faster than her own speed is how quickly people, particularly men, leave when they realize Birdie is not your typical heroine
The handmaiden
Silver, Jordan,
"It's the year 2045 and the world has gone through many changes. After war and plagues have vastly depleted life on the planet, there's a mad rush to repopulate the remaining nations. But in this new world, only the elite are allowed to reproduce at will, and they can have their pick of any available female.Alyssa was born in another time, just before the changes came. How will this headstrong opinionated young girl handle the new reality of her life as a handmaid to one of the wealthiest men in town?"--Page 4 of cover
Don't sleep with the dead
Vo, Nghi,
"Nick Carraway--paper soldier and novelist--has found a life and a living watching the mad magical spectacle of New York high society in the late thirties. He's good at watching, and he's even better at pretending: pretending to be straight, pretending to be human, pretending he's forgotten the events of that summer in 1922. On the eve of the second World War, however, Nick learns that someone's been watching him pretend and that memory goes both ways. When he sees a familiar face one very dark night, it quickly becomes clear that dead or not, damned or not, Jay Gatsby isn't done with him. In all paper there is memory, and Nick's ghost has come home."--Provided by publisher
The California dreamers
Doan, Amy Mason,
"It's 1980s California, and everyone's dreaming of the endless summer: sun-drenched beaches, infinite waves, and most of all, beautiful, beautiful freedom. For the Merrick siblings, this idyllic vision is their reality, as they travel up and down the coast with their parents in a van year-round, surfing and swimming their days away. But when a photographer secretly snaps a stunning photo of the family with their boards in the sand, and the image ripples across the country, the only life they've ever known is put at risk. Decades after, the now-distant siblings gather on a gorgeous, wild island to honor their late father. But their reunion is complicated when a journalist, eager for the truth behind the famous photo, discovers their identity and tracks them down. As the siblings reckon with the possibility that more of their lives could be shared, a revelation about their past forces them to confront long-held heartaches. Together, they'll have to decide whether to let the same tensions rip them apart again--or if telling their story on their own terms might just be the way to recapture the family magic"--Page 4 of cover
The cut
Dotson, C. J.,
"In this chilling supernatural horror novel set in a mysterious hotel, a woman fleeing her abusive ex finds herself running from more than just her past. A historic hotel long past its prime and huddled along The Cut, a questionable Lake Erie beach, isn't Sadie Miles' ideal place to raise a toddler while also navigating her second pregnancy. After finally fleeing her abusive ex-fiancé, though, Sadie's new housekeeping position and free room at L'Arpin Hotel are the best she can manage. On her first night, Sadie runs to help a guest struggling in the hotel's pool only to find the water calm and empty when she gets there, leaving her with a lingering unease. When a guest then goes missing and her manager insists they simply left without checking out, Sadie suspects he's covering up darker goings-on in the hotel. After her ex, Sadie won't let anyone convince her that what she's experiencing isn't real again. So, she keeps digging, quickly uncovering suspicious interactions with the staff, mysteriously vanishing security cameras, more missing guests, and things that go bump in the night...and drip in the walls, slither in the tub, and squirm in the halls. Everything isn't as it seems within the dim hallways of L'Arpin. Sadie has nowhere to go and nowhere to hide; she'll need to keep her wits about her to survive and keep her toddler and unborn child safe from whatever lurks nearby"--
Serial killer support group
Schaefer, Saratoga,
"When Cyra Griffin's younger sister is murdered by a serial killer, Cyra knows better than to expect justice from the hands of the police department. With the investigation already dying its own slow death, Cyra follows the blood trail and finds her own way forward. Using insider information (don't ask), Cyra infiltrates a support group for serial killers by pretending to be one herself in the hopes of finding the person who ended her sister's life. Proving herself to them comes at a cost, but it's one Cyra is willing to pay in the name of revenge. But the dangerous men in the group aren't the only obstacle in Cyra's path for vengeance, and the further Cyra descends into the deadly world of serial killers, the harder it becomes to hold on to her own humanity. This dark, witty debut novel is a cunning homage to women's wrongs that will have you wondering exactly how many monsters walk unseen among us." -- Publisher annotation
Sour cherry
Theodoridou, Natalia,
"The tale begins with Agnes. After losing her baby, Agnes is called to the great manor house to nurse the local lord's baby boy. But something is wrong with the child: his nails grow too fast, his skin smells of soil, and his eyes remind her of the dark forest. As he grows into a boy, then into man, a plague seems to follow him everywhere. Trees wither at the roots, fruits rot on their branches, and the town turns against him. The man takes a wife, who bears him a son. But tragedy strikes in cycles and his family is forced to consider their own malignancy-until wife after wife, death after death, plague after plague, every woman he touches becomes a ghost. The ghosts become a chorus, and they call urgently to our narrator as she tries to explain, in our very real world, exactly what has happened to her. The ghosts can all agree on one thing, an inescapable truth about this man, this powerful lord who has loved them and led them each to ruin: If you leave, you die. But if you die, you stay. Natalia Theodoridou's haunting and unforgettable debut novel, Sour Cherry, confronts age-old systems of gender and power, long-held excuses made for bad men, and the complicated reasons we stay captive to the monsters we love"--
The edge of yesterday
Woods, Rita,
"The Edge of Yesterday is a haunting contemporary speculative novel about time travel and finding yourself from award-winning author Rita Woods. Greer Coffey is a principal dancer with a renowned Harlem company. Sebastian Coffey is an architect with a prestigious Midtown firm. The Coffey's are the ultimate dream couple -- until their world completely unravels. After Greer develops a career ending neurologic disorder, she finds herself back in her hometown of Detroit. Angry, lonely, her marriage buckling under the strain, she takes to aimlessly wandering the city streets. One night, she stumbles through a vortex, a portal through time that transports her back into 1925 Detroit, where she meets a handsome, charming doctor. Dr. Montgomery Gray is a member of Detroit's Black Aristocracy, wealthy and connected to some of the most powerful Black families in the country. Detroit in 1925 is the beating heart of an industrial nation, but it is also a tinderbox of poor immigrants, Prohibition driven gang wars, and the Klan. As a member of the Talented Tenth, Monty is expected to be the tip of the spear in the fight for the race, no matter the cost. Exhausted, frustrated, and longing to break free of expectations, he is stunned to find a woman from the future roaming Detroit's Black Bottom. Initially cautious, Monty and Greer slowly grow increasingly exhilarated with the visits. For Greer, 1925 offers an escape from the sorrow of her "real life," and for Monty, the future that Greer lays before him is irresistible. But 2025 becomes gradually less and less recognizable, as each visit back through time causes increasing rips in the timeline. Ultimately, Greer finds herself trapped in 1925 and Monty is forced into a deadly confrontation that changes the trajectory of his life." --
The sirens
Hart, Emilia,
"A spellbinding novel about sisters separated by centuries, but bound together by the sea, from the author of the runaway New York Times bestseller Weyward 2019: Lucy awakens from a dream to find her hands around her ex-lover's throat. Horrified, she flees to her older sister's house on the Australian coast, hoping she can help explain the strangely vivid nightmare that preceded the attack-but Jess is nowhere to be found. As Lucy awaits her return, the rumors surrounding Jess's strange small town start to emerge. Numerous men have gone missing at sea, spread over decades. A tiny baby was found hidden in a cave. And sailors tell of hearing women's voices on the waves. Desperate for answers, Lucy finds and begins to read her sister's adolescent diary. 1999: Jess is a lonely sixteen-year-old in a rural town in the middle of the continent. Diagnosed with a rare allergy to water, she has always felt different, until her young, charming art teacher takes an interest in her drawings, seeing a power and maturity in them-and in her-that no one else has. 1800: Twin sisters Mary and Eliza have been torn from their loving father in Ireland and forced onto a convict ship bound for Australia. For their entire lives, they've feared the ocean, as their mother tragically drowned when they were just girls. Yet as the boat bears them further and further from all they know, they begin to notice changes in their bodies that they can't explain, and they feel the sea beginning to call to them... A breathtaking tale of female resilience and the bonds of sisterhood across time and space, The Sirens captures the power of dreams, and the mystery and magic of the sea"--

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Upcoming Programs

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10
May

National Speech-Language-Hearing Month Pop-up at the Farmers Market
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10
May

ESL Conversation Lab
- /ESL/Literacy Office

11
May

Makerplace Create a Custom Sticker
- /Makerplace - Flex Space 2

11
May

I Can Read to a Dog
- /Lindsey Room

12
May

Culture & Conversation (level: intermediate)
- /Cardinal Room

12
May

How to Use Your iPad/iPhone's Apps
- /Training Center
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