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                                      BOOKS                    AUDIOBOOKS                   FILMS                            MUSIC

     BOOKS
         
       
      Library Booklists
                     
Authors of Romantic Novels - Romance. It's more than hearts and flowers.

                     
Cabin Fever - Suggested reading from the Library staff
                     Cape Cod - What to read before you go.
                     Cookery Fiction - A list of fiction titles with a flavor all their own
                     Diversity Awareness - Celebrating, promoting and appreciating diversity in our society
                     
Fairy and Fantasy - Books to enthrall, inform and delight, bringing pleasure to young and old
                     Frequently Challenged Books -
A list of the most frequently challenged books of the 1990s, based on the                          challenges reported to ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom.
                     Gentle Reads - These titles contain little violence or sex and feature story lines with good, “old
                          fashioned” qualities.
                     
New England Cookery - Recipes reflecting the indigenous ingredients of the Northeast side of our continent
                     Opera - Titles of major operas and their composers
                     Overbooked - A web site for ravenous readers. Overbooked specializes in providing timely information about                           literary & genre fiction as well as readable nonfiction.
                     
Plymouth Cookery - Recipes with a Plymouth flavor
                     
Sacco and Vanzetti - Books about the infamous case and trial of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti,                            Italian anarchists who were arrested outside Boston in 1920 and charged with robbing and killing a                            shoe factory paymaster and his guard.
                     Sources for Plymouth History in the 20th Century - A treasury of Plymouth history resources.
                     Staff Favorites - Book titles selected by the library staff reflecting their personal tastes.
                     Top Classical Poems - Selected poems for your reading enjoyment.
                     Twenty Books That Changed America - American literature that has influenced the course of history

              Free Online Books
                     
Project Gutenberg - Free Ebook Library
                     Free Full-Text Classics
                     Read Book Online - A place where you can select a book to read online any time at your convenience.
                     Bibliomania - Read online literature with more than 2,000 classic texts.
                     Online Books Page - Over 25,000 free books

             Book Groups
                     Old Colony Book Group
- Welcomes new members to their monthly meetings. The group meets in the                           Plymouth Public Library's History Room on the second Tuesday of the month from 7-8:30 P.M. The Book                           Group reads a variety of materials including classics and non-fiction.
                     Great Books Discussion Group -
Meets on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 P.M. at                           the Manomet Branch Library located at 12 Strand Avenue. Reading selections are from publications                           obtained and published by Great Books.
                     
Reading Group Choices - Selections for lively book discussions
                    
 Reading Group Guides - An online community for reading groups
                     Reading Group Center - The reading group source from Vintage Books
                     Book Club Reader - Your source for book club resources from Simon & Schuster
                     Reading Group Sources - A great way for book lovers to come together from Harper Collins
                     The Borzoi Reader - Synopses, excerpts and features for reading groups from Alfred A. Knopf
                     The Ballantine Reader's Circle - The perfect books for your reading group
                     Book Club Reading Guides - Reading guides to jumpstart your discussion from Penguin Books
                     The Books - Reading group guides from Time Warner

             Book Awards
                    
 Bram Stoker Awards - Awarded by the Horror Writers of America for achievement in horror publishing.
                     
National Book Award - Recognizes achievement in Fiction, Non-fiction, Poetry, and Young Peoples                         Literature written by an American author
                     Nebula Award Winners - The Nebula Awards are administered, voted and presented by the Science Fiction                         Writers of America (SFWA) to acknowledge excellence in science fiction writing.
                     Pulitzer Prize - Awarded for the best literature in a variety of categories
                     Rita Award - The RITA Awards are presented annually by the Romance Writers of America to the best                         novels in romantic fiction.

             Reader's Web Links
                     
Bookspot.com - Invaluable resource for book information online
                     
Booksense.com - A family of independent booksellers' websites
                     Based on the Book - Book titles that have been made into movies
                     BookPage - A monthly general interest book review, BookPage covers the best in new releases
                     
Fantastic Fiction - Over 10000 bestselling author bibliographies with all the newest books, covers and                         descriptions. Great source for series and sequels.
                     Historical Fiction - The best place to find out about new historical fiction

                

     AUDIOBOOKS


          Plymouth Public Library Audiobook Collection
                Non-fiction Audiobooks on cassette
                     No
n-fiction Audiobooks on CD
                     Fiction Audiobooks on cassette
                     Fiction Audiobooks on CD

     FILMS


          Plymouth Public Library DVD Collection
                    
Feature Films
                    Non-Fiction Films

             Library Film Lists
                    
101 Best Films Adapted From Books - Which is better? The movie or the book? For many, the answer is easy.
                    
Romantic Comedies - A romantic comedy is a dramatic story about romance told with a light,
                          humorous touch.
                    
Screwball Comedies - A Screwball Comedy is unconventional and goes in unexpected directions
                    Staff Favorites - A list of favorite movies selected by Library staff                   

             Film Reviews
                    Roger Ebert's Movies and More
                    Filmcritic.com
                    Rotten Tomatoes
                    Internet Movie Database
                    Movie Review Query Engine

     MUSIC

          Music Awards
                     
Grammy Awards - Presented annually to honor excellence in the recording arts and sciences
                     Country Music Awards - Presented annually for achievement in Country Music
                     Billboard Music Awards - Recognizes the year's artists and songs based on Billboards's weekly charts
                     World Music Awards - Presented annually to the world's top-selling recording artists

             Opera
                     Opera America - the nonprofit service organization for opera - leads and serves the entire opera community,                           supporting the creation, presentation, and enjoyment of opera.
                     OperaGlass - Here you can get detailed information on many operas, plus pictures, background information,                           and more.
                     Operabase - Includes tools for operagoers and performance data from autumn 2003 to present.

               

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