If You Enjoyed "Educated" by Tara Westover

January 22, 2020 | SuzyQ

Fans of Tara Westover's heart wrenching coming-of-age memoir may also enjoy one of the following titles in the Library's collection.

The Liars' Club : a memoir by Mary Karr
The glass castle : a memoir by Jeannette Walls

New Books on the History Shelf

January 20, 2020 | SuzyQ

Check out these new titles recently added to the Library's History shelves.

The enemies of Rome : the barbarian rebellion against the Roman empire by Stephen Kershaw
999 : the extraordinary young women of the first official Jewish transport to Auschwitz by Heather Dune Macadam

New Books on the Biography Shelf

January 20, 2020 | SuzyQ
Life in a cold climate : Nancy Mitford : the biography by 1964- Laura Thompson
How sweet it is : a songwriter's reflections on music, Motown and the mystery of the muse by Lamont Dozier
The survivors : a story of war, inheritance, and healing by Adam P Frankel

Honoring Martin Luther King, Jr.

January 20, 2020 | SuzyQ

Today we honor the life of Martin Luther King, Jr., the civil rights leader who would have turned 90 this year. A federal holiday to honor King, who was assassinated in April, 1968 was first observed in 1986. Congress also designated a national day of service in 1994.

At Canaan's edge : America in the King years 1965-68 by Taylor Branch
The autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Martin Luther King

Year 2019 Top Movie Picks

January 2, 2020 | SuzyQ

Check out some of 2019's favorite movies as selected by the librarians of the Canton Public Library.

Avengers [videodisc] : endgame
Bohemian rhapsody [videodisc]

On this January Day in History

December 30, 2019 | SuzyQ
The diary of Samuel Pepys by Samuel Pepys

January 1, 1660. Samuel Pepys began writing his famous diary in which he chronicled life in London  - including the Great Plague during 1664 and 1665, and the Great Fire of 1666.

Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation : the end of slavery in America by Allen C Guelzo

January 1, 1863. The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by President Abraham Lincoln, freeing the slaves in the states rebelling against the Union.

American passage : the history of Ellis Island by Vincent J. Cannato

January 1, 1892. Ellis Island was opened in New York Harbor. Over 20 million immigrants were processed there until it closed in 1954.

New Books on the History Shelf

December 19, 2019 | SuzyQ

Check out these new titles recently added to the Library's History shelves.

How to be a dictator : the cult of personality in the twentieth century by Frank Dikötter
Broke : hardship and resilience in a city of broken promises by Jodie Adams Kirshner

Michigan's 50 Essential Movies

December 13, 2019 | SuzyQ

The Detroit Free Press recently published their list of "Michigan's 50 essential movies - films that were primarily set here and somehow capture the spirit of the region."  Readers are invited to vote for their top 10 favorites, so check out the many titles that are available in the Library's collection.

8 mile [videodisc]
30 minutes or less [videodisc]

National Film Registry Inductees 2019

December 12, 2019 | SuzyQ

The National Film Registry of the Library of Congress recently announced its list of inductees for 2018. Established in 1989, the films are selected for their enduring importance to United States culture. For a history of the Film Registry you can watch the fascinating documentary These amazing shadows: the movies that made America. Titles available in the Library's collection can be found below. The entire list — complete with film history — can be found here.

Amadeus [videodisc]
Boys don't cry [videodisc]

Time's Person of the Year 2019

December 11, 2019 | SuzyQ

Time Magazine has chosen 16-year old climate activist Greta Thunberg as the 2019 Person of the Year.

Our house is on fire : Greta Thunberg's call to save the planet by illustrator Jeanette Winter
A bright future : how some countries have solved climate change and the rest can follow by 1952- Joshua S. Goldstein

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