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The Pawling Library Foundation will sponsor the annual used book sale on Saturday, May 5th and Sunday, May 6th at the Lathrop Building in Lakeside Park. Specific sale hours are listed below; please note that the "early bird" hours carry an additional fee of $20.00.The annual book sale offers thousands of gently used books and audiovisual materials for purchase. It is the perfect place to pick up books for readers of all ages--board books, beginning readers, middle grade and young adult novels as well as nonfiction, mysteries and even copies of recent New York Times Bestsellers--all at bargain prices. Proceeds from the sale directly support library programming, collection development and additional library projects.
As always, volunteers are much needed to help set up for the sale. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact the Pawling Library at 845-855-3444.
2012 Pawling Library Foundation Book Sale Hours
Saturday May 5th
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Early Bird Shopping ($20 admission fee)
9:00 AM--6 PM Free Admission to sale
Sunday May 6th
9:00 AM-3:00 PM
One of the biggest surprises to me at the end of 2011 was that our circulation of physical books had not decreased, in fact, it grew. Our digital items, what you can take out from our Overdrive service, were being taken out at a rate 5 times higher than the previous year. While seeing this trend, I assumed at some point we would see fewer hardcover books go out the door. I assumed incorrectly...
Kill Alex Cross by James Patterson
President's son and daughter are abducted, and Detective Alex Cross is one of the first on the scene. But someone very high-up is using the FBI, Secret Service, and CIA to keep him off the case and in the dark. A deadly contagion in the water supply cripples half of the capital, and Alex discovers that someone may be about to unleash the most devastating attack the United States has ever experienced. As his window for solving both crimes narrows, Alex makes a desperate decision that goes against everything he believes--one that may alter the fate of the entire country. Kill Alex Cross is faster, more exciting, and more tightly wound than any Alex Cross thriller James Patterson has ever written!
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With the new year comes new hours. We are now open earlier on Mondays and later on Fridays.
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Sunday 12:00 PM - 4 PM
Monday 12:00 PM - 5 PM
Tuesday 10:00 AM - 8 PM
Wednesday 10:00 AM - 8 PM
Thursday 10:00 AM - 8 PM
Friday 12:00 AM - 5 PM
Saturday 10:00 AM - 4 PM
Early Closing at 3pm Saturday 12/31
Closed Sunday 1/01
Library Reopens 12 pm Monday 1/02
Literacy programs begin on Monday 1/02 at 10 am.
Literacy programs begin on Monday 1/02 at 10 am.
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