The Heart of America Library remains open to the public. I hope all of you are staying safe out there…wash your hands, maintain social distances and wear a mask.

Story Hour will not be held during November due to the rise in Covid-19 numbers. When a decision is made about the December gatherings, we will let you know. Watch this article or our Facebook page.

New non-fiction added are “Be Mighty: a woman’s guide to liberation from anxiety, worry and stress using mindfulness and acceptance” by Jill A. Stoddard; “Repairing Jefferson’s America” by Clay Jenkinson; “Conversations with RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg on life, love, liberty and law” by Jeffrey Rosen; “The Spider: inside the criminal web of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell” by Barry Levine; and “The Complete Guide for People with Parkinson’s Disease and their loved ones” by Lianna Marie.

We have a couple new fiction series. One, the McMurtrie & Drake Legal Thrillers by Robert Bailey, includes titles “Between Black and White”, “The Final Reckoning”, “The Last Trial” and “The Professor”. The other, the Four Monkey Killer series by J. D. Barker, has three titles, “The Fifth to Die”, The Fourth Monkey” and “Sixth Wicked Child“. Other fiction titles are “The Moscoe Offensive” by Dale Brown; “Stratagem” by Robin Caroll; “The Sentinel” by Lee Child; “Fortune and Glory” by Janet Evanovich; “Man in the Microwave Oven” by Susan Cox; “Total Power” a Vince Flynn novel; “The Fortress” by S. A. Jones; and “The Haunted” by Bentley Little.

Fiction titles added to the large print section include “How Sweet it Is” by Robin Lee Hatcher; “Return to Virgin River” by Robyn Carr; “Two Reasons to Run” by Colleen Coble; “Christmas Cupcake Murder” by Joanne Fluke; “Wildflower Heart” by Grace Greene; “Button Man” by Andrew Gross; “The End of Her” by Shari Lapena; “Shadows in Death” by J. D. Robb and “Friends Call Me Bat” by Paul Colt, a large print western.

“Funny Stories from Mostly North Dakota Schools” by Kevin Kremer has been added to the North Dakota collection.

New magazines this week are Good Old Days, Grit, Horse Illustrated, Saturday Evening Post, This Old House, Time, People, Better Homes & Gardens, Guideposts, Martha Stewart Living, National Geographic, Natural History, Ranger Rick, Real Simple, Smithsonian, Woman’s Day, Web MD, Quick & Easy Quilts, Arthritis Today, and Outdoor Life.

The next meeting of the Heart of America Library Board of Trustees will be on Monday, January 11, 2021 at 9 a.m. in the West Room, Heart of America Library.

We have free wifi access, 2 public computers, copy machines and also a fax machine for use by our patrons. Copies are 25 cents for black and white and 60 cents for color. It costs $1 per page to fax.

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Monday thru Thursday 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Friday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Saturday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

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