The War Memorial Library in Hudson is a non-profit registered charity providing a subscription library of printed and digital materials, primarily in the English language, to the residents of Hudson, Quebec and surrounding communities.Operated by volunteers, the Library is self-financing through membership fees, donations and fund raising activities. The Library in turn donates, to local charities, funds in excess of its own needs.The building and the Library serve as a memorial to those in Hudson who served in the Canadian Armed Forces.

Thursday, February 27, 2020

Technology Help Desk - Tip #10

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February - DVDs







Judy








Click on title for more details:
The Biggest Little Farm
The French Canadian ๐Ÿ
Puss in Boots
Marcella   Season 2
Peaky Blinders   Series 1
Poldark   Season 5
X Company   Season 3

February - Children's Books








Tiger in Trouble
Kelly Milner Halls







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Crocodile Encounters   Brady Barr
Best Babysitters Ever #1   Caroline Cala
Best Babysitters Ever #2   Caroline Cala
Asterix and the Big Fight   Goscinny & Uderzo
Asterix and the Falling Sky   Goscinny & Uderzo
Mr and Mrs Bunny- Detectives Extraordinaire   Polly Horvath ๐Ÿ
Dog Diaries: Stubby   Kate Klimo
You are the First Kid on Mars   Patrick O'Brien
Extreme Rainforest   Lucie Parker
You Wouldn't Want to be a Medieval Knight   Fiona Macdonald
Artist to Artist   Fiona Macdonald
The Potty Book for Boys   Alyssa Capucilli
Animals Found in Tropical Forests   Genevieve DeBecker
Animals Found on the Farm   Genevieve DeBecker
Animals Found on the Grassland   Genevieve DeBecker
Mes Questions aux Dinosaures   Julie Bruce
Ou est Max?   Mary Packard
The Marrow Thieves   Cherie Dimaline
The Enemy Above   Michael Spradin
Religion   Myrtle Langley
The Boy's Body Book   Kelli Dunham


February - Non-Fiction








Unfollow 
Megan Phelps-Roper







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The Reinvention of Humanity   Charles King
Tough Love   Susan Rice
Catch and Kill   Ronan Farrow
The Diary of a Bookseller   Shaun Bythell
The 4 Pillar Plan   Rangan Chatterjee
Fly Girls   Keith O'Brian
Into the Planet : My Life as a Cave Diver   Jill Heinerth ๐Ÿ
Friends of the Macdonnell-Williamson House   Elizabeth Muir ๐Ÿ
Beyond the Trees   Adam Shoalts ๐Ÿ
The Unwomanly Face of War   Svetlana Alexievich
Heartbeat of Wounded Knee   David Treur
Can't Hurt Me   David Goggins
We Have Always Been Here   Samra Habib ๐Ÿ
The Last Black Unicorn   Tiffany Haddish
Just Boris   Sonia Purnell
Inheritance: A Memoir   Dani Shapiro
From the Ashes   Jesse Thistle ๐Ÿ
The Cut Out Girl  Bart Van Es
Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister   Jung Chang

February - Mysteries








The Doll's House 
M.J.Arlidge







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Little Boy Blue   M.J.Arlidge
Agent X   Noah Boyd
The Nanny   Gilly MacMillan
The 13-Minute Murder   James Patterson
The Midnight Line   Lee Child (Large Print)
Never Go Back   Lee Child (Large Print)

February - Fiction








The Trouble with Lexie
Jessica Anya Blau







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The Girls with No Names   Serena Burdick
Watching You Without Me   Lynn Coady ๐Ÿ
Small Game Hunting at Local Coward Gun Club  Megan Gail Coles ๐Ÿ
Disoriental   Negar Djavadi
Radicalized   Cory Doctorow ๐Ÿ
Akin   Emma Donoghue ๐Ÿ
The Dress in the Window   Sofia Grant
The Parisian   Isabella Hammand
The Room on Rue Amelie   Kristin Harmel
Mr Flood's Last Resort   Jess Kid
The Bridge to Belle Island   Julie Klassen
Agent Running in the Field   John LeCarre
Patience   Toby Litt
Evermore   Alyson Noel
The Cows   Dawn O'Porter
So Lucky   Dawn O'Porter
Lanny   Max Porter
Book Of Dust, Book 1, La Belle Sauvage   Philip Pullman
The Tiger in the House   Jacqueline Sheehan
The Rosie Result   Graeme Simision
Stoner   John Williams
This is Happiness   Niall Williams
My Brilliant Friend   Elena Ferrante ( Large Print )

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

March Book Sale














The March Book Sale starts at 2:30 pm on Monday, March 2nd, and runs until Saturday, March 7th.  Antique books and General Interest titles are featured.

Saturday, February 15, 2020

The Write Stuff - Dawn Tripp

Dawn Tripp was born in Massachusetts and educated at Harvard University. She has written three award-winning novels and several essays. The library has just acquired a copy of her novel Georgia, about the American master painter Georgia O' Keeffe and her love affair with the photographer Alfred Steiglitz. In this novel of passion, betrayal and art, Georgia comes alive as never before. Tripp lives in Massachusetts with her husband and two sons. For more details click here

Saturday, February 8, 2020

Hudson Box Office (HBO) - Jack Ryan

Jack Ryan is an American political thriller spy web television series, based on characters from the fictional "Ryanverse" created by Tom Clancy. John Krasinski stars in the title role as a marine veteran and CIA analyst who is wrenched from his desk job, after discovering a string of dubious bank transfers, carried out by a rising Islamic extremist. The library has just acquired the first season. For more details click here.

Saturday, February 1, 2020

Murder Ink - Ragnar Jรณnasson


Ragnar Jรณnasson was born in Reykjavik, Iceland, where he works as a writer and a lawyer.
The library has just acquired Rupture, the fourth book in the bestselling Dark Iceland series.  
-- It's 1955. Two young couples move to the uninhabited, isolated fjord of Hedinsfjordur. Their stay ends abruptly when one of the women meets her death in mysterious circumstances. The case is never solved. Fifty years later an old photograph comes to light, and it becomes clear that the couple may not have been alone on the fjord after all.... --
Remember to use the Suggestion Book at the Front Desk if you would like to read more of his novels.
Jรณnasson lives in Reykjavik.  To visit him online, click here.