Upcoming Events
Every 3rd Friday of the month join us for video and table top games, a music/dance area, and time to relax, eat some light snacks, and enjoy time with friends.
This month's theme is PJ party! Wear your coziest pajamas and slippers.
Disclaimer(s)
Library Consent Statement for Photography and Video
Programs, events, and daily happenings sponsored by Handley Regional Library System may be photographed or recorded. Attendance at any sponsored program, event or general library use constitutes the consent of all attendees and the consent of the parents or legal guardians of any minor children in attendance, to the future broadcast, publication, and other use of photography or videos at the sole direction of Handley Regional Library System.
Ready, set, READ! We encourage readers of all ages to challenge yourselves to become reading machines this winter. From Jan.
Chess at Bowman Library
Chess enthusiasts come and play!
Play chess to learn or strengthen your skills of the game.
Players of all ages and strengths are welcome to come and play.
We gather every week on Saturday mornings to play casual chess games.
Disclaimer(s)
Library Consent Statement for Photography and Video
Programs, events, and daily happenings sponsored by Handley Regional Library System may be photographed or recorded. Attendance at any sponsored program, event or general library use constitutes the consent of all attendees and the consent of the parents or legal guardians of any minor children in attendance, to the future broadcast, publication, and other use of photography or videos at the sole direction of Handley Regional Library System.
Enjoy an early literacy program for the entire family presented primarily in Spanish. Focused on developmental and school readiness skills consisting of stories, rhymes, fingerplays, and more.
Contact us to join ChessKid.
Disclaimer(s)
Library Consent Statement for Photography and Video
Programs, events, and daily happenings sponsored by Handley Regional Library System may be photographed or recorded. Attendance at any sponsored program, event or general library use constitutes the consent of all attendees and the consent of the parents or legal guardians of any minor children in attendance, to the future broadcast, publication, and other use of photography or videos at the sole direction of Handley Regional Library System.
Get your brick on in this weekly building challenge. Program is intended for All Ages.
Winnie the Pooh Day-Bowman Library
Join us as we celebrate all things Winnie the Pooh with crafts, activities, games, snacks, and more!
Disclaimer(s)
Library Consent Statement for Photography and Video
Programs, events, and daily happenings sponsored by Handley Regional Library System may be photographed or recorded. Attendance at any sponsored program, event or general library use constitutes the consent of all attendees and the consent of the parents or legal guardians of any minor children in attendance, to the future broadcast, publication, and other use of photography or videos at the sole direction of Handley Regional Library System.
What's New
Shari's Favorite Reads of 2024
As we kick off a new year with new reading goals, I am highlighting some of my favorite reads of the past year. In my new role as Teen Services Associate, I'd love to hear from you. What are some of your favorite reads of 2024? Click here to share some of your favorite reads from the past year or so. I'll put together a spotlight featuring our teen Patrons' Picks! In the meantime, take a look at some of mine.
Hooray for the Return of Archives After Hours! A Closer Look at our World War I Veterans
Come to our first Archives After Hours event of the year on Thursday, January 30 at 5:30 pm. This event’s focus will be on our local World War I veterans and the Handley Plaques.
Writer's Group for Adults at Handley!
Join us at Handley for our new Writers Group for adults, lead by Project Write!
What to Watch
-
Joker : folie a deux
- Failed comedian Arthur Fleck meets the love of his life, Harley Quinn, while in Arkham State Hospital. Upon release, the pair embark on a doomed romantic misadventure.
-
Vikings : Valhalla
- Chronicles the adventures of some of the most famous Vikings who ever lived: the legendary Leif Eriksson, his headstrong sister Freydis Eriksdotter, and the ambitious prince Harald Sigurdsson. As tensions between the Vikings and the English royals reach a breaking point, these three Vikings begin an epic journey that will take them across oceans and through battlefields, as they fight for survival and glory!
-
If
- A young girl who goes through a difficult experience begins to see everyone's imaginary friends who have been left behind as their real-life friends have grown up.
-
A quiet place : day one
- Experience the day the world went quiet... When Samira returns home to New York City, her simple trip turns into a harrowing nightmare when mysterious creatures that hunt by sound attack. Accompanied by her cat Frodo and an unexpected ally, Samira must embark on a perilous journey through the city that has suddenly gone silent, where the only rule is to stay quiet to stay alive.
-
T.1.M.
- Moving to the countryside to share quality time together, ABI and PAUL find themselves sharing their state-of-the-art smart home with a Technologically Integrated Manservant. T.I.M., a humanoid A.I., is a gift from Abi's boss at Integrate Robotics as she starts her job as head of the prosthetics department. Not only can T.I.M. cook and clean, he runs a perfect bath, administers heavenly foot massages, and offers impeccable compliments or immaculate words of comfort--all skills that make Paul's hackles rise as he begins to suspect that T.I.M. is perhaps //too// focused on attending to Abi's every need. Is it paranoia on Paul's part as he struggles to find work and to regain Abi's trust following a past infidelity? Or is T.I.M. really becoming obsessed with Abi, using his vast intelligence--not to mention his access to all of the couple's devices--to usurp Paul's place in the home? And if it is the latter, just how far is T.I.M. willing to go?
-
Babylon Berlin. [electronic resource] / Season 4
- Season 4 of the international hit series Babylon Berlin is set in 1930s Germany, just after the global stock market crash and the Great Depression, and with the Nazis' march to power in full swing. The story centers on detective Gereon Rath and his ambitious colleague Charlotte Ritter. As Gereon's investigations lead him into the fixed fights of the boxing world and politically, uncomfortably close to Hitler's militant supporters Charlotte risks her job to help her homeless sister, who roams the streets of Berlin with a group of young peers, fighting for survival.
-
When whales could walk
- In Egypt's Sahara Desert, massive skeletons with strange skulls and gigantic teeth jut out from the sandy ground. This fossil graveyard, millions of years old, is known as the Valley of the Whales.
-
Daddio
- A young woman jumps into the backseat of a yellow taxi. The cabbie throws the vehicle into drive as they leave JFK airport and head into the night toward Manhattan, engaging in a conversation that takes them both on a single remarkable journey. As the two navigate the very human connection between passenger and driver in the world's biggest city, they locate a common ground that helps each of them see the other's point of view bringing them both closer to figuring out themselves.
-
Arcadian
- In the near future on a decimated Earth, Paul and his twin sons find tranquility by day but terror by night when ferocious creatures awaken. When Paul is nearly killed, the boys come up with a desperate plan for survival.
-
Sky + Med. [electronic resource] / Season two
- Expect all new hookups, breakups, and heartbreaks as the one-hour medical drama SkyMed returns! The young medics and pilots flying air ambulances in Northern Canada face all-new challenges and triumphs as SkyMed expands, throwing them into intense emergencies at work and in their personal lives. Facing new challenges on the job, they'll all wrestle with what it means to grow up and whether they can grow together, or grow apart.
-
A royal surprise
- Riley Stevenson accepts an invitation to visit Mandla, her boyfriend's, family in South Africa. When she arrives, she is shocked to learn that Mandla is not only extremely wealthy but also the prince of Chacula! The news puts Riley's trust in Mandla in jeopardy and now is up to him to win her love back. Riley must decide if she will give Mandla a second chance while also winning the approval of his royal family.
-
Native seeds : supplying restoration
- Native Seeds: Supplying Restoration is a nine-part video series that explores the native seed supply chain in the western United States. Filmed over four seasons, this series weaves together footage of seed collectors, farmers, researchers, and land managers working to scale up the supply of native seeds to meet the growing restoration demand. We see the staggering scale of damage to vast landscapes and meet tenacious people who are finding creative, scrappy solutions to restore ecosystems.
-
Armenia, my home
- Prominent Armenian Americans share the collective memories that make the country "home" for even those in the diaspora. Armenia, My Home blends the epic with the everyday to reveal what makes Armenia unique. Travel the colorful streets of the capital city of Yerevan and find awe in its nighttime glow. Experience the emotional impact of centuries-old religious monuments and the Genocide Memorial. Goosebump-inducing viese of majestic Mount Ararat offer the quintessential experience of the country for those who have never seen it in person. With sweeping passes throught the Caucasus Mountains, a descent into a dungeon and more, discover the magic of this ancient land.
-
Ted Lasso the Richmond way. [electronic resource] / Season two
- In a bitter divorce settlement from her billionaire husband, Rupert Mannion, Rebecca Welton becomes the new owner of British football club AFC Richmond. She's assisted by her Director of Football Operations, Higgins, who formerly worked for her husband. Her first order of business is to fire the team's current manager and replace him with an idealistic all-American football coach, Theodore 'Ted' Lasso. Ted and his friend, assistant coach Beard, cross the pond to take up the management of the team's 'long, albeit modest' history. Richmond is about to change the way they're doing things, and from now on, that way is the Lasso way.
Staff Picks
-
The forger's requiem : a novel
- "A gripping literary thriller and the conclusion to the acclaimed Forgers trilogy-"like the love child of Edgar Allan Poe and Arthur Conan Doyle" (NPR.org)-The Forger's Requiem delves into the world of expert forgery, rivalrous fury, and generations of dark family secrets. Literary forger Henry Slader, assaulted and presumed dead by his longtime nemesis, Will, awakens in a shallow grave, suffocating in dirt. Concussed and disoriented, Slader exhumes himself and sets out to exact revenge on his rival, orchestrate Will's downfall, and make a fortune along the way-armed with a devastating secret about Will's past. Slader quickly draws in Will's daughter, Nicole, wielding his threats against her father to blackmail her into forging inscriptions by such authors as Poe, Hemingway, Joyce, and Stein. As Nicole's skill grows, so does her devotion to-and doubts about-her father's integrity, until she commits the ultimate betrayal for the sake of his freedom. With breathtakingly precise background knowledge and virtuoso execution, Nicole forges a suite of brilliantly convincing and surpassingly valuable letters by Frankenstein author Mary Shelley-planting within them the seeds of Slader's doom. Moving between upstate New York, a village in Ireland, and London, before ending in a shocking standoff at the site of Mary Shelley's grave in a coastal town in Southern England, The Forger's Requiem is both a compelling standalone novel and the electrifying conclusion of the trilogy Joyce Carol Oates has called "lethally enthralling to read.""-- Provided by publisher.
-
The seventh veil of Salome
- "1950s Hollywood: Every actress wants to be Salome, the star-making role in a big-budget movie about the legendary woman whose story has inspired artists since ancient times. So when the film's mercurial director casts an unknown Mexican ingenue in the lead role, Vera Larios quickly becomes the talk of the town. She's also the object of envy of Nancy Hartley, a bit player whose career has stalled and who will do anything to win the fame she believes she richly deserves. Two actresses, both determined to make it in Golden Age Hollywood, a city overflowing with gossip, scandal and intrigue, make for a sizzling combination. But this is the tale of three women, for it is also the story of princess Salome, consumed with desire for the fiery prophet who foretold her stepfather Herod's doom: a woman torn between what duty decrees and the yearning of her heart. Before the curtain comes down, there will be tears and tragedy aplenty in this sexy Technicolor saga." -- Publisher description.
-
The last king of California
- "This stirring and brutal bildungsroman tells the story of young Luke Crosswhite, who after years apart from his criminal family returns to their flock deep in the California desert. Luke's father is serving time for a brutal murder that Luke himself witnessed; now, his uncle vies for power and rival biker gangs encroach on the family's various criminal enterprises. A sensitive boy grown hard man, Luke navigates the vicious pressures of "home," and the loyalties to his old friend, Cassie, who has hatched a scheme with her boyfriend Pretty Baby to escape the control of the gang, the Combine. Hanging over these desperate, lonesome parties is the gang's motto, tattooed indelibly across the heart: Blood is Love."-- Provided by publisher.
-
The simple wild : a novel
- City girl Calla Fletcher attempts to reconnect with her estranged father, and unwittingly finds herself torn between her desire to return to the bustle of Toronto and a budding relationship with a rugged Alaskan pilot.
-
Running out of air
- Sisters Evelyn and Sophie, estranged after Evelyn's affair with Sophie's husband, must confront their tumultuous past while attempting to summit the unclimbed 8,000-meter peak Yama Parvat, where their survival depends on their ability to forgive and trust each other once more.
-
A killing cold
- "A woman invited to her wealthy fiance's family retreat realizes they are hiding a terrible secret - and that she's been there before, by the author of What Lies in the Woods and No One Can Know"-- Provided by publisher.
-
The league of gentlewomen witches
- "Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the teahouse. . . . Miss Charlotte Pettifer belongs to a secret league of women skilled in the subtle arts. That is to say-although it must never be said-witchcraft. The Wicken League strives to improve the world in small ways. Using magic, they tidy, correct, and manipulate according to their notions of what is proper, entirely unlike those reprobates in the Wisteria Society. When the long-lost amulet of Black Beryl is discovered, it is up to Charlotte, as the future leader of the League, to make sure the powerful talisman does not fall into the wrong hands. Therefore, it is most unfortunate when she crosses paths with Alex O'Riley, a pirate who is no Mr. Darcy. With all the world scrambling after the amulet, Alex and Charlotte join forces to steal it together. If only they could keep their pickpocketing hands to themselves! If Alex is not careful, he might just steal something else-such as Charlotte's heart"-- Provided by publisher.
-
All the water in the world : a novel
- "In the tradition of Station Eleven, a literary thriller set partly on the roof of New York's Museum of Natural History in a flooded future. All the Water in the World is told in the voice of a girl gifted with a deep feeling for water. In the years after the glaciers melt, Nonie, her older sister and her parents and their researcher friends have stayed behind in an almost deserted New York City, creating a settlement on the roof of the American Museum of Natural History. The rule: Take from the exhibits only in dire need. They hunt and grow their food in Central Park as they work to save the collections of human history and science. When a superstorm breaches the city's flood walls, Nonie and her family must escape north on the Hudson. They carry with them a book that holds their records of the lost collections. Racing on the swollen river towards what may be safety, they encounter communities that have adapted in very different and sometimes frightening ways to the new reality. But they are determined to find a way to make a new world that honors all they've saved. Inspired by the stories of the curators in Iraq and Leningrad who worked to protect their collections from war, All the Water in the World is both a meditation on what we save from collapse and an adventure story-with danger, storms, and a fight for survival. In the spirit of From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler and Parable of the Sower, this wild journey offers the hope that what matters most - love and work, community and knowledge - will survive"-- Provided by publisher.
-
Throne of secrets
- "Gabriel Axton -- infamous as the Prince of Gluttony, the self-proclaimed rake of rakes -- has always lived for indulgence: in delicious food, in tantalizing women, and most of all, in the thrill of the hunt, where his love of danger can take over. But when his favorite adventure takes a deadly turn, he realizes something is very wrong in his demon court. With the clock ticking, he must turn to the only one who might uncover the truth: a journalist he has spent a decade avoiding"-- Publisher.
-
Bonded in death
- "The #1 New York Times bestselling author J. D. Robb spins an epic tale of loyalty, treachery, murder, and the long shadow of war... His passport read Giovanni Rossi. But decades ago, during the Urban Wars, he was part of a small, secret organization called The Twelve. Responding to an urgent summons from an old compatriot, he landed in New York and eased into the waiting car. And died within minutes... Lieutenant Eve Dallas finds the Rossi case frustrating. She's got an elderly victim who'd just arrived from Rome; a widow who knows nothing about why he'd left; an as-yet unidentifiable weapon; and zero results on facial recognition. But when she finds a connection to the Urban Wars of the 2020s, she thinks Summerset-fiercely loyal, if somewhat grouchy, major-domo and the man who'd rescued her husband from the Dublin streets-may know something from his stint as a medic in Europe back then. When Summerset learns of the crime, his shock and grief are clear-because, as he eventually reveals, he himself was one of The Twelve. It's not a part of his past he likes to revisit. But now he must-not only to assist Eve's investigation, but because a cryptic message from the killer has boasted that others of The Twelve have also died. Summerset is one of those who remain-and the murderous mission is yet to be fully accomplished..."-- Provided by publisher.
-
Ricochet : a novel
- "After hunting down a rogue spy as part of an elite CIA counterespionage unit, Garrett Kohl returns home to Texas in hopes of settling down and carving out a normal life. While learning the ropes of fatherhood, falling deeper in love with his high school crush, and rebuilding his wildfire ravaged cattle ranch, he is approached in secret by an engineer working at a nearby nuclear weapons plant, who is in desperate need of his help. Utilizing a unique skill set--abilities Garrett has honed as a deep cover narcotics agent and former Green Beret--he embarks on an off-the-books investigation and learns that Iranian operatives are blackmailing weapons facility employees and potentially planning a devastating act of sabotage and destruction. Already engaged in an intense shadow war with Tehran and their Quds Force spies, Garrett's CIA team rallies to take down the extortionists and dismantle their operation. But before they can get their mission under way, enemy commandos hijack a train carrying nuclear weapons, and activate a lone wolf assassin to murder the visiting U.S. Secretary of Defense. Caught flatfooted by the sudden attack, Garrett musters the only help he can find--a ragtag crew of outcasts and outlaws, some of whom he'd once put behind bars. Although they're from different walks of life, and opposite sides of the law, they hold in common the deep desire to protect their homes, their families, and their way of life on the remote, wild, and alluring Texas High Plains."-- Provided by publisher.
-
The Puzzle Master
Reality and the supernatural collide when an expert puzzle maker is thrust into an ancient mystery—one with explosive consequences for the fate of humanity—in this suspenseful thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Angelology
-
Shy Creatures
In all failed relationships there is a point that passes unnoticed at the time, which can later be identified as the beginning of the decline. For Helen it was the weekend that the Hidden Man came to Westbury Park.Croydon, 1964. Helen Hansford is in her thirties and an art therapist in a psychiatric hospital where she has been having a long love affair with a charismatic, married doctor.One spring afternoon they receive a call about a disturbance from a derelict house not far from Helen's home. A mute, thirty-seven-year-old man called William Tapping, with a beard down to his waist, has been discovered along with his elderly aunt. It is clear he has been shut up in the house for decades, but when it emerges that William is a talented artist, Helen is determined to discover his story.Shy Creatures is a life-affirming novel about all the different ways we can be confined, how ordinary lives are built of delicate layers of experience, the joy of freedom and the transformative power of kindness.
-
Impossible city : Paris in the 21st century
- Kuper's captivating memoir about life in Paris over the last two decades, chronicling his experiences as a journalist, an ex-pat, and an ordinary family man in this turbulent and beguiling city.
-
This book will bury me : a novel
- "From the national bestselling author of In My Dreams I Hold a Knife and Midnight is the Darkest Hour comes a chilling, compulsive story of five amateur sleuths, whose hunt for an elusive killer catapults them into danger as the world watches. It's the most famous crime in modern history. But only she knows the true story. After the unexpected death of her father, college student Jane Sharp longs for a distraction from her grief. She becomes obsessed with true crime, befriending armchair detectives who teach her how to hunt killers from afar. In this morbid internet underground, Jane finds friendship, purpose, and even glory... So when news of the shocking deaths of three college girls in Delphine, Idaho takes the world by storm, and sleuths everywhere race to solve the crimes, Jane and her friends are determined to beat them. But the case turns out to be stranger than anyone expected. Details don't add up, the police are cagey, and there seems to be more media hype and internet theorizing than actual evidence. When Jane and her sleuths take a step closer, they find that every answer only begs more questions, and begin to suspect their killer may be smarter and more prolific than any they've faced before. Placing themselves in the center of the story starts to feel more and more like walking into a trap... Told one year after the astounding events that concluded the case and left the world reeling, when Jane has finally decided to break her silence about what really happened, she tells the true story of the Delphine Massacres. And what she has to confess will shock even the most seasoned true crime fans.."-- Provided by publisher.