Evan Drellich’s Winning Fixes Everything: How Baseball’s Brightest Minds created Sports’ Biggest Mess is a book about baseball and a team that changed everything. There are […]
Non-Fiction
Coventry Staff’s Favorite Reads of 2023
In honor of the new year, I asked my colleagues here at the Coventry Village Branch about the best books they read in 2023. You […]
An Iconic Duo: Warren G. Harding and Political Shenanigans
Only a few American political scandals are considered to be notable enough to be mentioned in history textbooks in American classrooms. But one scandal that […]
Indigenous Heritage Books for Youth
November is National Native American History Month. We’re fortunate that the last several years have seen an increase in the number of books reflecting the […]
More History From The Recent Past
Each month, librarians at Heights Libraries create unique book displays for our patrons to browse. I made a display this summer featuring some intriguing books […]
Celebrity Memoirs: Good Taste, Bad Taste, and Aftertaste
The Matchmakers welcome new Matchmaker Lisa Gordon! Lisa writes: Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci (2021) The pungent odor of sautéed onions wafts […]
Groundbreaking History: From The Recent Past
“There is a great river and it flows through this land, and we have named it History.” -Ursula K. Le Guin Dig into the past […]
Adult Summer Reading: 5-Star Reviews
Adult Summer Reading: 5-Star Reviews The Adult Summer Reading Program is in full swing, and our Summer Readers have been busy reading or listening to […]
Cobalt Red: The Dark Side of the Electronic and Tech Revolutions
“Please tell the people of your country, a child in the Congo dies every day so that they can plug in their phones.” Have you […]