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For the Home Brewer
Braswell Memorial Library has a range of great books for the home brewer. If you’re just starting out or are looking for inspiration, come on by to check them out today.
Reach For the Stars
There’s now another way to reach for the stars at Braswell Memorial Library. We have started a program to loan telescopes! BML has acquired eight reflector telescopes, four in size 4.5 inch and four in size 6 inch, and a number … Continue reading
New Binocular Kits
Are you interested in birds or other wildlife? Braswell Memorial Library is now loaning binoculars to aspiring naturalists! Binoculars can be checked out for a week at a time, and come with a kit including a guide to birds native … Continue reading
Staff book review: Grace’s Guide by Grace Helbig
Grace Helbig is most famous for being a YouTube personality. She has also appeared on TV and earlier this year launched her own TV show. And she’s an author! This, her first book, is a self-improvement guide aimed at older … Continue reading
The Little Free Library
As many of you know, about two years ago Braswell Memorial Library assumed operation of the Wesley Privette Memorial Library (WPML) in Bailey, NC. As part of our services to the Bailey Community we recently started a Little Free Library … Continue reading
Nuevos libros espanoles!
Hemos añadido recientemente una serie de nuevos libros a nuestra colección española . De la ficción popular como Juego de Tronos y Perdida a los nuevos libros de cocina y biografías , esperamos que tenemos un poco de algo para … Continue reading
Staff Book Review: The Man Who Touched His Own Heart by Rob Dunn
The Man Who Touched His Own Heart tells the raucous, gory, mesmerizing story of the heart, from the first “explorers” who dug up cadavers and plumbed their hearts’ chambers, through the first heart surgeries-which had to be completed in three … Continue reading
Spotlight On: African American Fiction
African American authors are some of the most popular here at Braswell. They cross all genres–from Women’s Fiction to Historical Fiction to Urban Fiction and beyond. Here’s a small sampling of some of our recent African American additions. From award winners … Continue reading
The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr is the winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Marie-Laure lives with her father in Paris near the Museum of Natural History, where he works as the master of … Continue reading
Historical Fiction at Braswell
We love historical fiction, for taking us to new places and introducing us to new cultures. Our shelves at Braswell Memorial Library contain a wide variety of historical fiction, but to start with, here are some stellar examples of books … Continue reading
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