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SUMMARY:Book Talk with Author James R. Benn and Audiobook Narrator Peter Berkrot (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:Don’t miss Award-winning Author James R. Benn as he discusses the latest installment in his Billy Boyle Mystery series\, A Bitter Wind\, in conversation with Audiobook Narrator Peter Berkrot\, a 2018 winner of the Voice Arts Awards for Best Voice. A Bitter Wind (2025) is a suspenseful foray into the cutthroat world of espionage during WWII. \nThis program is FREE and open to the public. This is a virtual program. REGISTER HERE for the Zoom link or call the library to register at 860-767-1560. \nAbout James R. Benn: James R. Benn is the author of the Billy Boyle World War II mysteries. The debut\, Billy Boyle\, was selected as a Top Five book of the year by Book Sense and was a Dilys Award nominee\, A Blind Goddess was longlisted for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award\, The Rest Is Silence was a Barry Award nominee\, and The Devouring was a Macavity Award nominee. Benn\, a former librarian\, lives on the Gulf Coast of Florida with his wife\, Deborah Mandel. \nAbout Peter Berkrot: A veteran of stage and screen\, Peter Berkrot’s career spans four decades. Highlights include feature roles in Caddyshack and Show-time’s Brotherhood\, and appearances on “America’s Most Wanted” and “Unsolved Mysteries.” His voice can be heard on television\, radio\, video games\, documentaries and industrials. \nA Bitter Wind: Christmas Day 1944: After his last mission put him in the tailspin of the Battle of the Bulge\, Captain Billy Boyle travels to southeast England to visit his girlfriend\, Diana Seaton\, for a brief holiday respite. Diana is engaged in classified work at RAF Hawkinge\, including Operation Corona\, which recruits German-speaking Women’s Auxiliary Air Force members—many of them Jewish refugees from the Kindertransport rescue—to countermand German orders and direct night fighters away from Allied bombers. \nIt’s fascinating and critical espionage work\, but it’s laced with peril\, as Billy finds out. On a scenic Christmas walk along the White Cliffs of Dover\, Billy and Diana stumble upon the dead body of a US Air Force officer. In the dead man’s pocket are papers with highly confidential information about radio interception operations. Information worth killing over. \nAs Billy digs into the secret world of codebreakers and radio jammers stationed at Hawkinge\, another body turns up. Now Billy must find out what connects these two men—and who was so hell-bent on silencing them. Enlisting the help of his long-time associates\, Billy undertakes another thrilling investigation that brings him to war-torn Yugoslavia\, where he must rescue an escaped POW who may be the only person who knows the truth.
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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk: Book Portals and Journeys of Literary Magic with Kate Quinn
DESCRIPTION:You’re invited to join us for a virtual conversation with acclaimed author Kate Quinn about her latest fantastical work\, The Astral Library\, which poses the question: Have you ever wished you could live inside a book? Welcome to the Astral Library\, where books are not just objects\, but doors to new worlds\, new lives\, and new futures. REGISTER HERE. or call the library at 860-767-1560.
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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk: Unlock the Hidden Power of Dreams with Sleep Expert Michelle Carr
DESCRIPTION:Learn how to harness your dreams to improve your sleep and health with dream engineer Dr. Michelle Carr in this virtual author talk presented by Essex Library. In Nightmare Obscura\, Dr. Carr unlocks the science behind the sleeping body. Drawing on her expertise in nightmares\, lucid dreaming\, and the cutting-edge field of dream engineering\, she reveals how we can revolutionize our sleeping—and waking—health. REGISTER HERE.
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SUMMARY:"Smithson’s Gamble" with Smithsonian Curator Emeritus Tom Crouch (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:Tom D. Crouch\, a Smithsonian veteran of almost 45 years\, paints a robust picture of a unique American establishment and its lasting legacies in his book Smithson’s Gamble. REGISTER HERE. \nFollow the fascinating growth and development of the world’s largest museum and research complex during its first 60 years. Told in rich detail\, Smithson’s Gamble reveals how\, as it defined a role rooted in curiosity and exploration\, the Smithsonian helped to shape the nation’s developing identity. \nThe Smithsonian evolved from a small\, narrowly focused organization into an institution leading the way in fields from astrophysics to zoology. Smithsonian researchers\, and the hundreds of citizen scientists who they recruited\, created a collection that documented the natural and human history of a continent. The American conservation movement and a national weather service are rooted at the Smithsonian. Smithson’s Gamble is filled with fascinating characters\, twists and turns\, and moments of triumph and tragedy\, complete with political machinations\, a bit of backstabbing\, accusations of murder\, and the occasional scandal. \nRegister now to take part in the conversation and learn about the trials\, errors\, and incredible legacy of the Smithsonian’s foundation. \nAbout the Author: Tom Crouch joined the Smithsonian in 1974 and has served both the National Air and Space Museum and the National Museum of American History in a variety of curatorial and administrative posts. \nDr. Crouch has won several major writing awards\, including a 1989 Christopher Award\, a literary prize recognizing “significant artistic achievement in support of the highest values of the human spirit\,” for The Bishop’s Boys: A Life of Wilbur and Orville Wright. His book\, Wings: A History of Aviation From Kites to the Space Age\, won the AIAA Gardner-Lasser Literature Prize for 2005. \nIn the fall of 2000\, President Clinton appointed Dr. Crouch to the Chairmanship of the First Flight Centennial Federal Advisory Board\, an organization created to advise the Centennial of Flight Commission on activities planned to commemorate the 100th anniversary of powered flight.
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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk: Living the Otter Life with Katherine Applegate
DESCRIPTION:Join us as award-winning author and summer reading champion Katherine Applegate talks to viewers about her enthusiastically heartwarming novel in verse\, Odder. \nEveryone wants to meet Odder\, the Queen of Play. Odder spends her days off the coast of central California\, practicing her underwater acrobatics and spinning the quirky stories for which she’s known. She’s a fearless daredevil\, curious to a fault. But when Odder comes face-to-face with a hungry great white shark\, her life takes a dramatic turn\, one that will challenge everything she believes about herself―and about the humans who hope to save her. \nKatherine Applegate’s Odder is inspired by the true story of a Monterey Bay Aquarium program that pairs orphaned otter pups with surrogate mothers. This poignant and humorous tale told in free-verse examines bravery and healing through the eyes of one of nature’s most beloved and charming animals. \nAbout the Author: Katherine Applegate is the Newbery Medal-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author of numerous books for young readers\, including The One and Only Ivan\, Wishtree\, Crenshaw\, the Endling series\, the Roscoe Riley Rules chapter books series\, and the Animorphs series.  She lives with her husband\, who writes as the author Michael Grant\, and their children in California. \nEssex Library programs are free and open to the public. Register and submit questions for the author here: https://libraryc.org/essexlib/77647
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