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Let’s Talk Sports
The sixth Literary Society event was a night of sports and fun at Main Library. David Lee Morgan Jr., author and sports reporter for the Akron Beacon Journal, talked sports and more. Kelly Pavlik made a special appearance. >>see photos of the event

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Smart Money
Money may not grow on trees, but you can plant the seeds for financial growth with the Library's Smart Money programs and information. 

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Read It!
Selected New Adult Fiction Titles
Pilgrims: A Wobegon Romance by Garrison Keillor. Proposing a trip to Rome in the guise of performing an act of charity while secretly hoping to seduce her distant husband, Margie is dismayed by her husband's unwillingness and the enthusiasm of several fellow passengers, who share with Margie stories from their own pasts.

Read It!
Selected New Adult Non Fiction Titles
Collateral Damaged: The Marketing of Consumer Debt to America by Charles R. Geisst. During the 1970s and 1980s, the use of credit cards, which had begun as a convenience, grew into an addiction. The author explains how a nation of savers became a nation of consumers and how Wall Street used consumers' addiction to spending to create the "toxic securities" that have wreaked havoc with the global economy.

What to Read
Adults as well as kids can check out award-winning authors from Ohio in our Featured Books section, Juvenile Authors with Ohio Connections.