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Most Popular Adult Nonfiction: Unbroken: A World War II story of survival, resilience, and redemption by Laura Hillenbrand. On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood.  Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared.  It was that of a young lieutenant, the plane’s bombardier, who was struggling to a life raft and pulling himself aboard.  So began one of the most extraordinary odysseys of the Second World War.

Now Accepting Library Page Applications: The Amherst Town Library offers page internships to students in local high schools. Page positions are filled for two or three years, depending on the date of hire, and culminate in August of the respective senior year. The full job description and application are available here. The deadline to submit applications is Monday, April 23, 2012.

Watch the sky: Come and learn about astronomy with local New Hampshire Astronomical Society member Ed Ting! A 30 minute presentation will be followed up by a skywatch where participants can take a look at the first quarter moon. NHAS members will set up with telescopes across the street from the library.

Solve the mystery: Professor Melissa Pennell loves discussing mystery and detective fiction with other readers!  Be it talking about the legacy of Robert Parker, the fiction of Dennis Lehane, the history of the mystery genre, the topic of reinventing the Hard-Boiled Tradition, the Police Procedural, New England Mystery and Detective Fiction, Culinary Mysteries, or classic and contemporary works of detective fiction, Melissa can share all kinds of interesting information. Melissa Pennell, Ph.D., is a Professor of English and Associate Dean of Fine Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at UMass Lowell.

Monday

Community of Writers Meeting

6:00PM-8:00PM
Johnson Meeting Rm

Tuesday

Toddler Time Storyhour

10:00AM-10:45AM
Johnson Meeting Rm

Crime in Literature: Exploring Mystery and Detective Fiction

7:00PM-8:30PM
Johnson Meeting Rm

Wednesday

Afternoon Book Bunch

1:00PM-1:45PM
Johnson Meeting Rm

Popcorn-eating Monsters Book Club

6:30PM-7:30PM
Archives Room

Library Program for Adults

7:00PM-8:30PM
Johnson Meeting Rm

Thursday

Morning Book Bunch Storyhour

10:00AM-10:45AM
Johnson Meeting Rm

ESL tutoring

2:00PM-4:00PM
Archives Room

1st Quarter Moon Skywatch

7:00PM-7:30PM
Johnson Meeting Rm

Friday

Baby Listeners

10:30AM-11:00AM
Johnson Meeting Rm