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TechLife News August 11, 2024 Magazine CoverDid you know that you have access to over 4000 magazines, 24 hours a day, 7 days week?

Download Libby from your App store for your Android device or your iphone/ipad, or read through the Overdrive website on your computer.

 

 

GRanger Rick September 1, 2024 Magazine Coveret started today reading your favorite periodicals on your computer, tablet, or phone.  Magazines have no wait time as there are unlimited copies for checkout.

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Kanopy Recommendation

Escape From New York

Escape From New York movie poster1981 - 1 hr, 39 min - Rated R
Uses 2 Kanopy Tickets providing 72 hours of access

In 1997, Manhattan is a maximum security prison, and the convicts have kidnapped and holding ransom the President of the United States. Snake Plissken, a one-eyed lone warrior new to prison life, is coerced into bringing the President out of this hell.

Escape From New York was the movie that truly changed one young actor's career quite dramatically. It was a delightful shock to those of us who remembered the squeaky-clean Kurt Russell from Disney movies suddenly transform into one of the most iconic cult roles of his impressive career, Snake Plissken. Although Russell went on to play many other amazing roles, this was the first of many insanely enjoyable films from this legendary actor.

Kanopy is free with your library card, providing 21 tickets each month to watch streaming movies, documentaries, and TV shows.

Libby Recommendation

Us in Ruins

Book cover Us In Ruins

The mythical Vase of Venus Aurelia hasn't been seen since 1932, but Margot Rhodes is determined to change that. Drawn by the vase's supposed magical properties, Margot embarks on her school's archaeological trip to Pompeii. She's got something no one else does: lost teenage explorer Van Keane's journal.

Poring over the poetic entries that serve as a map to the vase's missing shards, Margot finds herself falling in love with the boy who wrote it a century ago. She's shocked when her search leads her to a statue that looks exactly like Van, and then the statue comes to life. Catapulted into the present, Van is nothing like the wordsmith Margot imagined. He's all sharp edges, intent on retrieving the relic for all the wrong reasons. Margot and Van must excavate the treasure—and their buried pasts—before their story ends in ruins.

Read Us in Ruins as an ebook with no wait time.  Discover all the great books in Overdrive and Libby.

Friends of the Library logoFriends of the Library

The Friends of the Library provides invaluable assistance to the library in its programs, services, and projects.

Find out more about the Friends, how you can join, and how to help out by volunteering.

Helen's Bistro and Bakery logoHelen's Bistro & Bakery

Phone: 325-212-8255
Call to place an order or for more information.

Helen's Bistro & Bakery Chapter 2, located at Stephens Central Library, serves freshly baked pies, cakes & pastries, as well as soups, sandwiches, and salads.

Hours: Tuesday - Friday: 8am-4pm