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JMRL is excited to offer its patrons free "Wowbrary" email alerts that showcase the library's newest items each week.

The alerts feature the latest bestsellers, movies, music CDs, audio books, children's titles, cookbooks, mysteries, travel guides, health books, science fiction and more purchased by the library. Wowbrary alerts are free and do not require a library card.

Also visit the JMRL Wowbrary page for lists of latest releases.

 

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Digital Library Resources

NoveList K-8 Plus

Provides book recommendations specifically for younger readers. Kids can use it to find books that are just right for their reading level and interests. Parents, teachers, and librarians can find tools to teach with books and engage young readers.
Subjects: Children's Books, Literature and Books, Fiction, Non-Fiction
Type of Content: Database

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NoveList Plus

A database of reading recommendations, NoveList Plus helps readers of all ages find books that match their reading level and interests.
Subjects: Literature and Books, Fiction, Non-Fiction
Type of Content: Database

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All that's unseen : an Appalachian memoir
Emilee Hackney

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Darkness becomes bright : on the brief life and immortal art of Edgar Allan Poe
Emily Ogden

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One helluva ride
Michael Douglas

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Halfway there : a graphic memoir of self-discovery
Christine Mari

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book cover for Swan song : Diana, my sister

Swan song : Diana, my sister
Charles Spencer Spencer

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All things bright and beautiful
James Herriot

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book cover for All that's unseen : an Appalachian memoir

All that's unseen : an Appalachian memoir
Emilee Hackney

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book cover for All that's unseen : an Appalachian memoir

All that's unseen : an Appalachian memoir
Emilee Hackney

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book cover for American pope : Leo XIV's road from the South Side of Chicago to Vatican City

American pope : Leo XIV's road from the South Side of Chicago to Vatican City
Daniel Burke

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Actually, nevermind : essays
Taylor Tomlinson

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Idle in Provence : a brief history of thyme
Eric Idle

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book cover for The steps : a memoir

The steps : a memoir
Sylvester Stallone

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book cover for Fictional selves : a memoir

Fictional selves : a memoir
Kyle MacLachlan

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book cover for An unexpected life : a memoir

An unexpected life : a memoir
Gloria Steinem

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book cover for Roll the calls : a memoir

Roll the calls : a memoir
Ari Emanuel

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book cover for An inconvenient woman : the extraordinary life of Lillian Smith, the southerner who defied Jim Crow America

An inconvenient woman : the extraordinary life of Lillian Smith, the southerner who defied Jim Crow America
Keri Leigh Merritt

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book cover for This cursed beautiful land : a Russian-American story

This cursed beautiful land : a Russian-American story
Evan Gershkovich

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book cover for Taylor Swift : the debut years

Taylor Swift : the debut years
Emily Yahr

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book cover for Serling: a journey into The Twilight Zone with TV's first visionary

Serling: a journey into The Twilight Zone with TV's first visionary
Alan Sepinwall

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book cover for Cormac McCarthy : a legacy revisited

Cormac McCarthy : a legacy revisited
Tracy Daugherty

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book cover for Cormac McCarthy : a legacy revisited

Cormac McCarthy : a legacy revisited
Tracy Daugherty

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book cover for The life and poetry of Frank Stanford

The life and poetry of Frank Stanford
James McWilliams

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book cover for Bad boy for life : the rise and fall of Sean Combs

Bad boy for life : the rise and fall of Sean Combs
Cheyenne Roundtree

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book cover for Devil on my shoulder : a memoir

Devil on my shoulder : a memoir
Alice Cooper

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book cover for Taylor Swift : the debut years

Taylor Swift : the debut years
Emily Yahr

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book cover for Serling: a journey into The Twilight Zone with TV's first visionary

Serling: a journey into The Twilight Zone with TV's first visionary
Alan Sepinwall

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book cover for Showbiz! : my life as a middle-aged man

Showbiz! : my life as a middle-aged man
Murray Hill

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book cover for When we're born we forget everything : a memoir

When we're born we forget everything : a memoir
Alicia Jo Rabins

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book cover for Amelia Bloomer : journalist, suffragist, anti-fashion icon

Amelia Bloomer : journalist, suffragist, anti-fashion icon
Sara Catterall

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book cover for Elizabeth Cady Stanton : a revolutionary life

Elizabeth Cady Stanton : a revolutionary life
Ellen Carol DuBois

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Johann Sebastian Bach : the learned musician
Christoph Wolff

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Johann Sebastian Bach : the learned musician
Christoph Wolff

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book cover for Room full of mirrors : a biography of Jimi Hendrix

Room full of mirrors : a biography of Jimi Hendrix
Charles R Cross

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book cover for Good rockin' tonight : twenty years on the road and on the town with Elvis

Good rockin' tonight : twenty years on the road and on the town with Elvis
Joe Esposito

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An American childhood
Annie Dillard

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book cover for Dolly Parton, songteller : my life in lyrics

Dolly Parton, songteller : my life in lyrics
Dolly Parton

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All things bright and beautiful
James Herriot

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Surprised by joy : the shape of my early life
C S Lewis

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Somewhere, a boy and a bear : A.A. Milne and the creation of "Winnie-the-Pooh"
Gyles Daubeney Brandreth

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A hymn to life : shame has to change sides
Gisèle Pelicot

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Strength in what remains
Tracy Kidder

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Clam down : a metamorphosis
Anelise Chen

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book cover for All that's unseen : an Appalachian memoir

All that's unseen : an Appalachian memoir
Emilee Hackney

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book cover for Sir Walter Ralegh : the Renaissance man and his roles

Sir Walter Ralegh : the Renaissance man and his roles
Stephen Greenblatt

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I choose my beginning : a story of courage and activism
Nadia Murad

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The only thing there is to want : a memoir of three loves
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I once knew a guy named Charlie : a memoir
Jaclyn Smith

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The perilous fight
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Alexander : god, king, man
Edmund Richardson

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book cover for Never say die : a memoir

Never say die : a memoir
Kế Huy Quan

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book cover for Samuel Pepys : the unequalled self

Samuel Pepys : the unequalled self
Claire Tomalin

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book cover for Behind the desk at the Main : a librarian's memoir

Behind the desk at the Main : a librarian's memoir
Dorothy author Lazard

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The Contessa
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Lionel Messi : odysseys
Michael E Goodman

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Madame composer : the virtuosic genius of Clara Schumann
Sarah Fritz

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The last temptation of Beck : the untold story of a pop messiah
Abraham Josephine Riesman

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