This February, join us in celebrating and honoring the triumphs, struggles, and achievements of African Americans through US history. Attend a program, choose your next great book, or read staff reviews. You can also explore and learn more through podcast episodes, research databases, and other blog posts.
Everyone knows Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks. What about the names you don’t know? Here are just a few Black Americans who changed history.
To celebrate Black History Month, CMPLD is highlighting a handful of African American Inventors who have shaped the way we live.
Kai Thomas’ fascinating debut novel, In the Upper Country, offers a fresh take on the Underground Railroad in Canada. The author, who is Afro-Canadian, became intrigued about historical accounts he read about the relationships of runaway slaves and Indigenous peoples in Canada. This inspired him to write his first novel, which opens in 1859. It…
While it makes a strong statement about colonialism, religious divisions, and the cruelty of the artificial barriers society creates, at its heart this is a story about love—the steadfast, unselfish kind of love that can withstand time and separation. This is a spellbinding book to savor.
About three weeks into the new year is when resolutions start to dissipate. The incline of renewed energy and determination start to plateau and we often feel wretched about ourselves. When going to the gym, reading a book every week, or organizing the closet seem like too much to handle, turn to LinkedIn Learning to…
Are you a fan of survival stories? Do you enjoy reading about maritime disasters? Arctic expeditions? If you answered yes to any of those questions, have I got a book for you! EMPIRE OF ICE AND STONE : THE DISASTROUS AND HEROIC VOYAGE OF THE KARLUK by Buddy Levy will have you on the edge…
Perhaps you have dreamt of visiting the rugged wilderness of Alaska.
In Tarot by Numbers, best-selling tarot author, Liz Dean, shows readers a simple and fun method to quickly read the tarot by looking at the card’s number.
Profound and prophetic, this is a story about the human effects of climate change that stays with you long after you finish reading.
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