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Reading Memoirs

Members of the library staff have been spending the last year reading books relating to various genres, so that we can help suggest the perfect books for you to read! This last month, members of the library staff read a variety of memoirs:

This Week’s Best Seller Lists — June 22, 2014

Here are links to the best seller lists for June 22, 2014.

This Week’s Best Seller Lists — June 15, 2014

Here are links to the best seller lists for June 15, 2014

This Week’s Best Seller Lists — June 8, 2014

Here are links to the best seller lists for June 8, 2014.

What’s The Staff Reading? (or watching or listening) June 6, 2014

Check out what we’re reading and borrowing from the library.

D-Day June 6, 1944


photograph from New York World-Telegram June 6, 1944, via Library of Congress

Seventy years ago today, General Dwight D. Eisenhower led Operation Overlord, in which Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy in order to free Western Europe from the Nazi control. The five beaches were Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword. On D-Day alone, 2,500 Allied troops lost their lives and 8,500 were injured.
Remember this historic event with these resources, courtesy of your Waltham Public Library.

posted by Laura

This Week’s Best Seller Lists — June 1, 2014

Here are links to the best seller lists for June 1, 2014