Technology Training, Real Reads!, Book & Pub Club and more!

Technology Training

Intro to Computers for Absolute Beginners
Friday, December 5 at 11am
Learn to love a computer from the ground up. This hands-on course will teach you how to use a mouse, identify computer components and open and close files.
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Real Reads! Nonfiction Book Discussion
Monday, Dec. 8 at 7pm
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown
This robust book tells the story of the University of Washington’s 1936 eight-oar crew and their epic quest for an Olympic gold medal, a team that transformed the sport and grabbed the attention of millions of Americans. The sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the boys defeated elite rivals first from eastern and British universities and finally the German crew rowing for Adolf Hitler in the Olympic games in Berlin, 1936.
Drawing on the boys’ own diaries and journals, their photos and memories of a once-in-a-lifetime shared dream, The Boys in the Boat is an irresistible story about beating the odds and finding hope in the most desperate of times—the improbable, intimate story of nine working-class boys from the American west who, in the depths of the Great Depression, showed the world what true grit really meant.
Books will be available for check out approximately one month before the discussion date.

The Book & Pub Club
Nyack and Valley Cottage Libraries have joined forces with a book club geared toward 21 to 30-somethings! Each month we meet in a different local bar and discuss a book over drinks. (21+ only)
Tuesday, December 9 at 7 pm
Casa del Sol, 104 Main St., Nyack
On Such a Full Sea by Chang-rae Lee
In a future, long-declining America, society is strictly stratified by class. Fan, a member of the labor class leaves the safety of her settlement to cross the anarchic Open Counties in search of the man she loves who mysteriously disappears.
Join librarians, Ashley and Katie to discuss this book.
Books will be available for check out approximately one month before the discussion.

John Scott Armchair Walking Tour
The John Scott Armchair Walking Tour Series is sponsored by The Historical Society of the Nyacks
When Nyack Meant Business
Thursday, Dec. 11 at 2pm
Speaker BOB GOLDBERG is a Trustee of the Historical Society of the Nyacks and the producer of the Armchair Walking Tours.
In 1870, the Erie Railroad transformed Nyack from a small river port to the commercial center of Rockland. The growth of downtown and its business center will be described with many old photographs. Meet many of Nyack’s early business entrepreneurs, the businesses they founded and the stores they built, many of which still line Main St. Return to when Nyack was the retail center of Rockland County.
This presentation is also being held on Wednesday, Dec. 10 at 7pm at Nyack Library.
For more information go to HSN or call 845-418-4430.

Scholar-led Book Discussion
Thursday, Dec. 11 at 7pm
Wise Blood by Flannery O’Connor
Discussion led by John Speight

Wise Blood, Flannery O’Connor’s astonishing and haunting first novel, is a classic of twentieth-century literature. Focused on the story of Hazel Motes, a twenty-two-year-old caught in an unending struggle against his innate, desperate fate, this tale of redemption, retribution, false prophets, blindness, blindings, and wisdoms gives us one of the most riveting characters in twentieth-century American fiction.

Books will be available for check out approximately one month before the discussion.

Demystify Your Kindle
Saturday, December 13 at 2pm
Learn how to download eBooks onto your Kindle using the library’s Overdrive service. Please bring your device, its password and your library card.
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Demystify Your Nook
Saturday, December 13 at 3pm
Learn how to download eBooks onto your Nook using the library’s Overdrive service. Please bring your device, its password and your library card.
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Demystify Your iPad, Android (or other Tablet)
Saturday, December 13 at 4pm
Learn how to download eBooks onto your iPad, Android (or other Tablet) using the library’s Overdrive service. Please bring your device, its password and your library card.
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