Listening and coloring – it’s a great combination and a relaxing way to unwind. So download an audiobook, grab your colored pencils, and try one of these free coloring pages!
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From artists, writers and queens to American leaders, world figures and icons, biographies of the famous and influential give us fascinating insight into exceptional intellect, creativity and vulnerability.
Download or reserve your copy of these selected biographies in eBook or eAudiobook format:
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin – eBook
American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson by Joseph J. Ellis – eBook
Ansel Adams: A Biography by Mary Street Alinder – eBook
Capote: A Biography by Gerald Clarke – eBook
The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers by Maxwell King – eBook
Hamilton: An American Biography by Tony Williams – eBook
Mandela: The Authorized Biography by Anthony Sampson – eBook
The Queen Mother: The Official Biography by William Shawcross – audiobook
Victoria – The Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire by Julia Baird – eBook
Vincent Van Gogh: Portrait of an Artist by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan – eBook
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Vacations and trips may be on hold, but sunny days are ahead. And nothing can stop you from picking up a “beach read” now, even if you’re staying at home. These selected summer reads are currently available for download to your device.
The Beach House by James Patterson – eBook and audiobook
Beach Lane by Sherryl Woods – eBook
The Beach Quilt by Holly Chamberlin – eBook
Beach Town by Mary Kay Andrews – audiobook
A Beach Wish by Shelley Noble – eBook
Cocoa Beach by Beatriz Williams – eBook
The Cottage at Glass Beach by Heather Barbieri – eBook
The Endless Beach by Jenny Colgan – eBook and audiobook
Same Beach, Next Year by Dorothea Benton Frank – eBook and audiobook
Ten Beach Road by Wendy Max – eBook
Looking for more? Try these keyword searches:
beach
beach reads
summer reads
vacation reads
What’s your favorite beach read?
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Lincoln Center Announces BROADWAY FRIDAYS, Free Online Streams Featuring CAROUSEL, THE NANCE and More
These archival broadcasts will be made available every Friday, beginning June 5, to June 19, 2020 at 8 p.m. Find out more here.
Meantime, maybe you’d like to read a few plays or stories about making it big on Broadway. These eBooks and eAudiobooks are currently available on OverDrive:
A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
Henry V by William Shakespeare
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Marjorie Morningstar by Herman Wouk
The Neil Simon Collection by Neil Simon
Someday, Someday, Maybe by Lauren Graham
Looking for more drama? Try searching by these selected famous playwrights
Henrik Ibsen
Arthur Miller
William Shakespeare
Neil Simon
Oscar Wilde
Tennessee Williams
Did you know that many of the magazines available to you on Flipster include book reviews, excerpts, suggestions and other bookish discussions?
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Happy National Nutty Fudge Day! Did you know that you can search for recipes in our cooking and baking magazines?
Here’s how:
You can find a delicious recipe for Makinac Fudge from the June/July 2020 issue of Taste of Home and a recipe for Lime Fudge in the December/January 2018 issue of AllRecipes
We have a wide selection of food-related magazines inviting you to try something new!
What’s your favorite fudge recipe? Leave a comment and share the sweetness!
Mother’s Day is coming up this Sunday. Explore the tender, complicated and uplifting subject of motherhood in these eBooks, currently available and ready for check-out on OverDrive.
Delightfully smart and heartbreakingly poignant, Allison Pearson’s smash debut novel has exploded onto bestseller lists as “The national anthem for working mothers.”
A moving memoir about the legendary author’s relationship with her own mother.
Honest, vulnerable, and uplifting, offering an exploration of social and cultural bias, a new perspective on a familiar experience, and insights about what it means to be a mom in America today.
Celebrated New York Times columnist and science writer Carl Zimmer presents a profoundly original perspective on what we pass along from generation to generation.
From the celebrated author of Rich and Pretty, a novel about the families we fight to build and those we fight to keep
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Are you looking for ways to increase your mental toughness during this period of uncertainty? These eBooks and eAudiobooks are available for download now.
“Kick bad mental habits and toughen yourself up.”—Inc. Master your mental strength—revolutionary new strategies that work for everyone from homemakers to soldiers and teachers to CEOs.
Mental toughness enables us to get up when we want to give up, but it’s a skill that takes practice. To develop mental toughness for everyday life, The Mental Toughness Advantage offers a practical 5-step program to boost resilience and overcome every obstacle.
#1 New York Times Best Seller. Named a Best Book of 2017 by Barnes & Noble and Amazon. From Facebook’s COO and Wharton’s top-rated professor, the #1 New York Times best-selling authors of Lean In and Originals: a powerful, inspiring, and practical book about building resilience and moving forward after life’s inevitable setbacks.
“A transfixing book on how to sustain peak performance and avoid burnout” —Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Option B, Originals, and Give and Take
“An essential playbook for success, happiness, and getting the most out of ourselves.” Arianna Huffington, author of Thrive and The Sleep Revolution
“I doubt anyone can read Peak Performance without itching to apply something to their own lives.” —David Epstein, New York Times bestselling author of The Sports Gene
With his trademark blend of neuroscience, mindfulness, and positive psychology, New York Times bestselling author Dr. Rick Hanson shows you how to develop twelve vital inner strengths hardwired into your own nervous system. Then no matter what life throws at you, you’ll be able to feel less stressed, pursue opportunities with confidence, and stay calm and centered in the face of adversity
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mental toughness
mental strength
resilience
mental health
adversity
self-discipline
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We have more magazines to share with you on Flipster, for all your reading tastes and interests. From new children’s literary and activity magazines to fashion, wellness, bird watching and many special interest periodicals, here’s a quick run-down of what’s new:
Here’s how to get started. Click here to sign in to Flipster with your library card or visit chescolibraries.org, select Downloads and scroll down to Flipster to access these and nearly ninety additional informative, fun and interesting magazines.
And here’s a full list of what we’ve added:
Which will you read first?
Do you feel like taking flight during these stay-at-home times? If you love the feel that the freedom of the skies offers, take a look at these virtual rides. Experience the cockpits and controls of the earliest airplanes, ride over Manhattan in a helicopter and join a fighter jet crew over the Swiss Alps.
And here are some eBooks for you to enjoy after you land – available now!
Fight or Flight by Samantha Young
First Flight Around the World by Tim Grove
The Flight Girls by Noah Salazar (audiobook also available)
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