A Border Town in Poland (at Oak Bluffs Library)

[In-person, at Oak Bluffs Library] 3:30 pm Saturday June 24th
Jean and Michael Levin: A Border Town in Poland

Long-time seasonal Chilmark residents and Washington DC authors Jean and Michael Levin will present a reading/multi-media summary of their book 'A Border Town in Poland: A 20 th Century Memoir' that combines vivid family oral history with their 40-year struggle to tell this fascinating globe-spanning tale. They will highlight their quests seeking to grasp the full history behind the adventures, photos, documents and translated letters their book contains. They also will recount the remarkable post-2021 publication events which brought Jean back on short notice to Poland in Fall 2023 -- and what emerged from that trip to a now “Jew free” town.

Hirsch Bieler’s (1900-1985) first-person saga of displacement, resilience, loss and hope in serial “promised lands” resonates in a world again facing closed borders, antisemitism, hatred of others and floods of refugees. His dramatic life story of vanished worlds recounts an odyssey from early life in Polish-Prussian border town Grajewo, through starvation and smuggling on WWI’s Eastern Front, to his new life and entrepreneurial rise in Weimar Germany/Hitler’s Third Reich. In 1936 he fled from Leipzig Germany with his concert-pianist wife and young daughter to Tel Aviv (British Mandate Palestine) and eventual US citizenship. The book's first-person voices end with heartbreaking letters from Hirsch’s parents and brother trapped in Soviet, then Nazi, Poland (1939-41). The narrative concludes with an epilogue of global family survival, reunification and love.

The Jean and Michael met at the University of Pennsylvania and married in Oxford England. He is an environmental lawyer and writer juggling three vocations. Jean's career has spanned teaching, writing, consulting, entrepreneurial, and non-profit roles, including a pathbreaking eldercare handbook and directing an on-line clearinghouse for long-distance family caregivers (2005-2018). In 2017 they began to mine their source material to produce Two Pianos: Playing for Life (2018--), a multimedia concert documentary with live classical music about Jean’s mother Anna and her colleagues concertizing under and after the Third Reich in which Hirsch makes a cameo appearance.

“Surviving by smuggling, entrepreneurship, obtaining papers legal and otherwise, are rendered like a major thriller. Resonates with every descendant of those who came to America fleeing persecution for a better life.” – Main Line Times

“An important addition to 20 th century history. A vivid and energising oral history, now published in its full glory.” -- Oxford University Alumni Magazine.

This program is brought to you in collaboration between the VH and OB libraries and will take place in the Community Room at the Oak Bluffs Library

Donations Needed for Library Fundraiser June 10th!

Support the Vineyard Haven Public Library by donating no-longer-wanted baubles, bows, and bling to the First Annual Friends of the Library Jewelry & Accessories Sale. The Sale will take place at the library on Saturday, June 10th from 10am to 3pm.

To donate, drop off items at the library's main desk during regular library hours, June 1st through June 9th. Donations of women’s and men's jewelry welcome, from fine to costume to vintage, along with new or gently-used scarves, belts, and purses (no hats please).

Please place small items such as jewelry in a sealed plastic bag, and kindly include a note for anything of special or significant value. Proceeds from the sale will fund new books, children’s programs, museum passes, and other Library services for the community.

The Friends of VHPL is a 501c3 organization and your contribution is tax deductible as provided by law. Donation receipts available by request.

Join the Friends

In-Person Programs for Children

REGULAR WEEKLY PROGRAMS:
All programs subject to change, please visit our events calender for the most up-to-date information.

Outdoor Storytime with Weezie Mondays at 10:30 am
Join Weezie for storytime in the library garden on Mondays at 10:30am! Rain or shine event will be held outdoors weather permitting, or in the downstairs meeting room. Best for ages 3 and up but all are welcome. No storytime on Mon 6/12 & Mon 6/19

Storytime with Emily Tuesdays at 10:30 am
Join Emily for weekly story times on Tuesdays at 10:30am! Tuesday storytime is indoors in the downstairs meeting room. No registration is necessary, contact Emily our Children's Librarian for more information! 

Drop-in Lego Club Wednesdays at 3:00 pm!
Come join Emily for an afternoon of creative lego building! Drop-in anytime from 3:00-5:00! No registration required. 

Kids Crafts Thursdays at 3:30 pm!
Join Jennifer for crafts on Thursdays at 3:30pm. Materials are provided and registration is not required, but attendance will be limited to first arrivals, while supplies last. June 8: Shrinky *****; June 15: Alphabet Bead Key Chains.  Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

Saturday Storytime is now "Tumble Time"!
Toddler Tumble Time is back! Come join Emily on Saturdays to shake your sillies out! Join us at 10:30 for stories and fun! No storytime on Sat 6/10

Family Shellfish Day is June 24th!

The Tisbury Shellfish Department Welcomes you to join us for the 7th Annual Family Shellfish Day!

Saturday June 24, 2023
9am-Noon Lagoon Pond, Beach Road

No experience necessary • learn how to quahog • the importance of shellfish • ponds ecology • join local shellfishermen • learn how you can become good stewards of the pond • Free event!

Please RSVP 
eMail to Danielle Ewart [email protected] for any questions and to pre-register

Upcoming Programs for Adults

To register for online events or for more information, contact our Program Coordinator Anne McDonough at [email protected]. 

[Online] 9 am Tuesday June 6th
Conversation en Francais
Join our weekly French conversation group. All levels are welcome. For more language learning support try Mango Languages, an online language-learning system available to library cardholders.

[In-person] 6pm Tuesday June 6th
Author Talk: Martha's Vineyard in the Roaring Twenties
The Roaring Twenties were filled with a range of events, experiences, fears, laws and advances that impacted Martha's Vineyard. Island residents were involved in rumrunning. Dozens died of the Spanish Flu. Women voted on Island. Dorothy West joined the Harlem Renaissance. Tourism blossomed and business boomed. In his latest book, Martha's Vineyard in the Roaring Twenties, local author Thomas Dresser shares the back story and the import of this remarkable decade and how it has shaped Vineyarders.

[In-person] 11:15 am Monday June 12th
Yoga with Kat : Chair Yoga for Arthritis
Chair Yoga is one of the most gentle forms of yoga. This class is perfect for students recovering from injury or illness, and anyone who wants to experience the many benefits of yoga without having to get up and down from the floor. These sessions will focus on yoga for people who are seeking relief from arthritis. In-person in the basement meeting room. No class June 19th due to holiday 

[In-person] 10:30 am to noon, Wednesdays beginning June 14th
Mah Jongg for Beginners (or a Refresher)
Learn the fundamentals of American Mah Jongg, a social. challenging game that reqires practice, strategy and some luck!  You will become familiar with the National Mah Jongg League rules, while gaining an undestanding of the basics: the tiles, reading the card, the Charleston and game play. Come meet new people and have fun learning this 4 player game. Limited to 8 active learners. 4 sessions Wednesdays 6/14, 6/21, 6/28 and 7/5

[Online] 6:30 pm Wednesday June 14th
Art by African Americans: From the Protest of the ‘60s to the Age of Black Lives Matter 
At the dawn of the Civil Rights Movement, African American artists were inspired not only to create amazing works, but to agitate for fundamental change in the art world. Join our virtual art talk with Janet Mandel to celebrate the rich contributions these pioneers made to American culture, and see some of the work that continues to astonish art lovers today. Sponsored by the Friends of Vineyard Haven Library and other Martha's Vineyard libraries.

[In-person or online] 2 pm Thursday June 15th
Library Book Group
Come enjoy a lively discussion in a casual "hybrid" format--both in person at the Library and on Zoom. Book club selections include contemporary fiction and the occasional memoir or non-fiction. Everyone is invited to join us. This month's selection is "Foster" by Claire Keegan. Copies of the book are available at the library main desk.  Contact [email protected] for Zoom access, or attend in-person. 

[In-person] 10:15 am Saturday June 24th
Friends of the Library Monthly Meeting
The Friends of the Vineyard Haven Public Library always welcome new members! Volunteers and those who are interested in knowing more about the Friends meet at 10:15 am one Saturday each month. Join the Friends 

[Online] 6 pm June 27th
Vineyard Haven Library Spice Club
A new take on a cookbook group, Spice Club meets virtually one Tuesday a month. Registration comes with a sample pack of the spice of the month and a little history about it. You prepare a recipe and then come and discuss your opinions, experiences, and love (or like less!). This month: Dukkah Spice 

Friends of the Library Museum & Beach Passes

The Friends of the Library's Beach & Museum Pass Program provides free or discounted access to the Martha's Vineyard Museum, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and for Trustee's properties including Long Point and Mytoi on MV.
Join the Friends

New Books Available This Week

Here's a sample of the new fiction and nonfiction titles recently added to the library's collection! Visit the new books page on our website, updated weekly, to keep up with what's new.
 A Little Ray of Sunshine
By Higgins, Kristan
2023-06 - Berkley Books
9780593547601 Check Our Catalog

A kid walks into your bookstore and... Guess what? He's your son. The one you put up for adoption eighteen years ago. The one you never told anyone about. Surprise!

And a huge surprise it is.

It's a huge surprise to his adoptive mother, Monica, who thought she had a close relationship with Matthew, her nearly adult son. But apparently, he felt the need to secretly …More

Near Miss: A Stone Barrington Novel Book 64
By Woods, Stuart
Author Battles, Brett
2023-06 - G.P. Putnam's Sons
9780593540060 Check Our Catalog

Stone Barrington faces down a deadly foe in the latest thrilling adventure in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.

Following a string of adventures, Stone Barrington is enjoying some downtime in New York City when a chance encounter introduces him to a charming new companion. Too bad she also comes with the baggage of a persistent ex-boyfriend intent on retribution.

As …More

Liar
By Michaels, Fern
2023-05 - Kensington Publishing Corporation
9781496741295 Check Our Catalog

Action, adventure and a dash of mystery combine in the latest in the Lost and Found series from acclaimed, #1 New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels, as a brother-and-sister team find clues to a decades-old case hidden in an old armoire . . .

Luna Bodman always looks forward to a new shipment of furniture at the restoration shop. Her brother, Cullen, has a knack for …More

Big Gay Wedding
By Lane, Byron
2023-05 - Henry Holt & Company
9781250267146 Check Our Catalog

Named one of Shondaland's Best Books of May
Named one of Lambda Literary's Most Anticipated LGBTQIA+ Books
Named one of Cosmopolitan's Best Books of 2023 (So Far)
Named one of a Zibby Owen's Most Anticipated Spring and Summer Books
Named one of Book Riot's Most Anticipated Beach Reads of 2023 …More

 The New Mother
By Murphy, Nora
2023-05 - Minotaur Books
9781250822444 Check Our Catalog

From Nora Murphy, author of The Favor, The New Mother is both relatable and nerve-wracking, sympathetic and bone-chilling-- a fresh new twist on motherhood and murder in suburbia.

Isolated. Lonely. Tired. It's hard being The New Mother. Sometimes it's murder.

Nothing is simple about being a new mom alone in a new house, especially when your baby is collicky. Natalie …More

Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421
By Newman, T.J.
2023-05 - Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
9781982177911 Check Our CatalogFlight attendant turned New York Times bestselling author T. J. Newman--whose first book Falling was an instant #1 national bestseller and the biggest thriller debut of 2021--returns for her second book, an edge-of-your-seat thriller about a commercial jetliner that crashes into the ocean, and sinks to the bottom with passengers trapped inside, and the extraordinary rescue …More

Witch King
By Wells, Martha
2023-05 - Tordotcom
9781250826794 Check Our Catalog

A LibraryReads Pick!
From the breakout SFF superstar author of Murderbot comes a remarkable story of power and friendship, of trust and betrayal, and of the families we choose.

"I didn't know you were a... demon."
"You idiot. I'm the demon."
Kai's having a long day in Martha Wells' WITCH KING....

After being murdered, …More

The Celebrants
By Rowley, Steven
2023-05 - G.P. Putnam's Sons
9780593540428 Check Our Catalog

A Big Chill for our times, celebrating decades-long friendships and promises--especially to ourselves--by the bestselling and beloved author of The Guncle.

It's been a minute--or five years--since Jordan Vargas last saw his college friends, and twenty-eight years since their graduation when their adult lives officially began. Now Jordan, Jordy, Naomi, Craig, and Marielle …More

The Wishing Game
By Shaffer, Meg
2023-05 - Ballantine Books
9780593598832 Check Our Catalog

Years ago, a reclusive mega-bestselling children's author quit writing under mysterious circumstances. Suddenly he resurfaces with a brand-new book and a one-of-a-kind competition, offering a prize that will change the winner's life in this absorbing and whimsical novel.

"Clever and hopeful . . . a love letter to reading and the power that childhood stories have over us long after …More

 Beware the Woman
By Abbott, Megan
2023-05 - G.P. Putnam's Sons
9780593084939 Check Our Catalog

By the "master of thinly veiled secrets often kept by women who rage underneath their delicate exteriors" (Kirkus Reviews), Beware the Woman is Megan Abbott at the height of her game.

Honey, I just want you to have everything you ever wanted. That's what Jacy's mom always told her. And Jacy felt like she finally did. Newly married and with a baby on the way, …More

 The King's Pleasure: A Novel of Henry VIII
By Weir, Alison
2023-05 - Ballantine Books
9780593355060 Check Our Catalog

The New York Times bestselling author of the Six Tudor Queens series explores the private side of the legendary king Henry VIII and his dramatic and brutal reign in this extraordinary historical novel.

Having completed her Six Tudor Queens series of novels on the wives of Henry VIII, extensively researched and written from each queen's point of view, Alison Weir now gives Henry …More

 Killing Moon
By Nesbo, Jo
Translator Kinsella, Seán
2023-05 - Knopf Publishing Group
9780593536964 Check Our Catalog

This killer will get inside your head. • Brilliant rogue police investigator Harry Hole is back, this time as an outsider assembling his own team to help find a serial killer who is murdering young women in Oslo in the next novel in the New York Times best-selling series.

"One of today's most interesting thriller writers." -Lee Child, author of the #1 New …More

 The Peacock and the Sparrow
By Berry, I. S.
2023-05 - Atria Books
9781982194543 Check Our Catalog

During the Arab Spring, an American spy's final mission goes dangerously awry in this eerily realistic and sophisticated espionage debut from a former CIA officer that is perfect for fans of John le Carré, Viet Thanh Nguyen, and Alan Furst.

Shane Collins, a world-weary CIA spy, is ready to come in from the cold. Stationed in Bahrain off the coast of Saudi Arabia for his final tour, he  …More

The Body in the Web: A Faith Fairchild Mystery
By Page, Katherine Hall
2023-05 - William Morrow & Company
9780063252530 Check Our Catalog

In the 26th book in the award-winning Faith Fairchild Mysteries series, Katherine Hall Page's beloved amateur detective is hunkered down with her family during the pandemic when a Zoom-bombing scandal sends the community into a tailspin...and a dead body is discovered.

Faith Fairchild joins the rest of the world in lockdown mode when reality flips in March 2020. As the pandemic …More

The Chateau
By Goldis, Jaclyn
2023-05 - Atria Books
9781668013014 Check Our Catalog

A dream girls trip to a luxurious French chateau devolves into a deadly nightmare of secrets and murder in this stylish, twisty thriller for fans of Lucy Foley, Ruth Ware, and Lisa Jewell.

Welcome to picturesque Provence, where the Lady of the Chateau, Séraphine Demargelasse, has opened its elegant doors to her granddaughter Darcy and three friends. Twenty years earlier, the four …More

The Couples Trip
By Kvensler, Ulf
2023-06 - Hanover Square Press
9781335455000 Check Our Catalog

**Swedish Academy of Crime Writers' Award Best Debut of the Year**
**Shortlisted for the Crimetime Award 2022**

Two couples set out together on a hiking trip that goes terrifyingly wrong in this addictive psychological thriller for fans of Ruth Ware and Lucy Foley.

Anna, Henrik and Milena's annual hiking trip is just around the corner. This year, however, Anna and Henrik have a hard …More

Unfortunately Yours
By Bailey, Tessa
2023-06 - Avon Books
9780063239036 Check Our Catalog

#1 New York Times bestselling author Tessa Bailey is back in Napa Valley with this hilarious rom-com about a down-on-her-luck heiress who suggests a mutually beneficial marriage of convenience to a man she can't stand... only to discover there's a fine line between love and hate.

After losing her job and her fiancé in one fell swoop, Natalie Vos returned home to lick her wounds. A few …More

 The Radcliffe Ladies' Reading Club
By Bryan Thomas, Julia
2023-06 - Sourcebooks Landmark
9781728248578 Check Our Catalog

For readers of Martha Hall Kelly and Beatriz Williams, "a story of female freedom and constraints that doesn't shy away from the trauma--and joy--that faced U.S. women in the 1950s." (Kirkus)

Literature has the power to speak to each of us uniquely -- but also to draw us together.

Massachusetts, 1954. With bags packed alongside her heavy …More

 Same Time Next Summer
By Monaghan, Annabel
2023-06 - G.P. Putnam's Sons
9780593544969 Check Our Catalog

"BURSTING WITH THE MAGIC OF FIRST LOVE, IT'S EVERYTHING I WANT IN A SUMMER ROMANCE."-Carley Fortune, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Every Summer After

Named a Best Book of Summer by Real Simple • Reader's Digest • Country Living • The Skimm

Beach Rules:

Do take long walks on the sand.

Do put an …More

The Whispers
By Audrain, Ashley
2023-06 - Pamela Dorman Books
9781984881694 Check Our Catalog

From the author of THE PUSH, a pageturner about four suburban families whose lives are changed when the unthinkable happens--and what is lost when good people make unconscionable choices

The Loverlys sit by the hospital bed of their young son who is in a coma after falling from his bedroom window in the middle of the night; his mother, Whitney, will not speak to anyone. Back home, their …More

The Light at the End of the World
By Deb, Siddhartha
2023-05 - Soho Press
9781641294669 Check Our Catalog

Connecting India's tumultuous 19th and 20th centuries to its distant past and its potentially apocalyptic future, this sweeping tale of rebellion, courage, and brutality reinvents fiction for our time.

Delhi, the near future: Bibi, a low-ranking employee of a global consulting firm, is tasked with finding a man long thought to be dead but who now appears to be the source of a vast …More

The House of Lincoln
By Horan, Nancy
2023-06 - Sourcebooks Landmark
9781728260549 Check Our Catalog

"Strong on fine detail yet cognizant of the expansive historical context, Horan's newest is wonderfully immersive, memorable, important, and pertinent."-Karen Joy Fowler, New York Times bestselling author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves

Nancy Horan, author of the million-copy New York Times bestseller Loving Frank, returns with The …More

Girls and Their Horses
By Brazier, Eliza Jane
2023-06 - Berkley Books
9780593438886 Check Our Catalog

"The thriller of the summer."

--Today.com

Set in the glamorous, competitive world of showjumping, a novel about the girls who ride, their cutthroat mothers, and a suspicious death at a horse show...from the author of Good Rich People

When the nouveau riche Parker family moves to an exclusive community in the heart of Southern California, they believe it's their …More

 he Cassandra Complex
By Smale, Holly
2023-06 - Mira Books
9780778334538 Check Our Catalog

"Witty, touching and totally absorbing." --Graeme Simsion, New York Times bestselling author of The Rosie Project

If you had the power to change the past...where would you start?

Cassandra Penelope Dankworth is a creature of habit. She likes what she likes (museums, jumpsuits, her boyfriend, Will) and strongly …More

All the Sinners Bleed
By Cosby, S. a.
2023-06 - Flatiron Books
9781250831910 Check Our Catalog

The new novel from New York Times bestselling and Los Angeles Times Book Prize-winning author S. A. Cosby, "one of the most muscular, distinctive, grab-you-by-both-ears voices in American crime fiction." --Washington Post.

A Black sheriff. A serial killer.

A small town ready to combust.

Titus Crown is the first Black sheriff in the history of …More

Good Night, Irene
By Urrea, Luis Alberto
2023-05 - Little Brown and Company
9780316265850 Check Our Catalog

This "powerful, uplifting, and deeply personal novel" (Kristin Hannah, #1 NYT bestselling author of The Four Winds), at once "a heart-wrenching wartime drama" (Christina Baker Kline, #1 NYT bestselling author of Orphan Train) and "a moving and graceful tribute to heroic women" (Publishers Weekly, starred review), asks the question: What …More

Into the Amazon: The Life of Cândido Rondon, Trailblazing Explorer, Scientist, Statesman, and Conservationist
By Rohter, Larry
2023-05 - W. W. Norton & Company
9781324021261 Check Our Catalog

Cândido Rondon is by any measure the greatest tropical explorer in history. Between 1890 and 1930, he navigated scores of previously unmapped rivers, traversed untrodden mountain ranges, and hacked his way through jungles so inhospitable that even native peoples had avoided them--and led Theodore Roosevelt and his son, Kermit, on their celebrated "River of Doubt" journey in 1913-14. Upon …More

First Family: George Washington's Heirs and the Making of America
By Good, Cassandra
2023-06 - Hanover Square Press
9781335449511 Check Our Catalog

Award-winning historian Cassandra A. Good shows how the outspoken stepgrandchildren of George Washington played an overlooked but important role in the development of American society and politics from the Revolution to the Civil War.

While it's widely known in America that George and Martha Washington never had children of their own, few are aware that they raised numerous children …More

Lesbian Love Story
By Possanza, Amelia
2023-05 - Catapult
9781646221059 Check Our Catalog

For readers of Saidiya Hartman and Jeanette Winterson, Lesbian Love Story is an intimate journey into the archives--uncovering the romances and role models written out of history and what their stories can teach us all about how to love

When Amelia Possanza moved to Brooklyn to build a life of her own, she found herself surrounded by queer stories: she read them on landmark placards, overheard …More

The Search: Finding Meaningful Work in a Post-Career World
By Feiler, Bruce
2023-05 - Penguin Press
9780593298916 Check Our Catalog

From the New York Times bestselling author of Life Is in the Transitions comes a bold new road map for finding meaning and purpose at work, based on insights drawn from hundreds of life stories of Americans from all backgrounds and vocations

When Bruce Feiler completed his last book, which introduced readers to the idea of the nonlinear life, he realized that the …More

Allergic: How Our Immune System Reacts to a Changing World
By MacPhail, Theresa
2023-05 - Random House
9780593229194 Check Our Catalog

An eye-opening exploration of allergies, from their first medical description in 1819 to the cutting-edge science that is illuminating the changes in our environment and lifestyles that are making so many of us sick

Hay fever. Peanut allergies. Eczema. Either you have an allergy or you know someone who does. Billions of people worldwide--an estimated 30 to 40 percent of the global …More

Anarcha
By Hallman, J. C.
2023-06 - Henry Holt & Company
9781250868466 Check Our Catalog

A compelling reckoning with the birth of women's health that illuminates the sacrifices of a young woman who changed the world only to be forgotten by it--until now

For more than a century, Dr. J. Marion Sims was hailed as the "father of modern gynecology." He founded a hospital in New York City and had a profitable career treating gentry and royalty in …More

 

Genealogy of a Murder: Four Generations, Three Families, One Fateful Night
By Belkin, Lisa
2023-05 - W. W. Norton & Company
9780393285253 Check Our Catalog

A Next Big Idea Club Must-Read Book for May 2023

The multigenerational tale of three families whose paths collide one summer night in 1960 with the murder of a police officer.

Independence Day weekend, 1960: a young cop is murdered, shocking his close-knit community in Stamford, Connecticut. The killer remains at large, his identity still unknown. But on a beach not far away, a young Army …More

I Swear: Politics Is Messier Than My Minivan
By Porter, Katie
2023-04 - Crown Publishing Group (NY)
9780593443989 Check Our Catalog

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - An honest, inspiring, and laugh-out-loud funny memoir about re-energizing our politics and standing up to corporate America--while carting three kids around in a minivan.

"Just like her whiteboard schoolings of CEOs, this book showcases Katie's ability to entertain while making the inner workings of Congress more accessible than ever …More

The Last Secret of the Secret Annex: The Untold Story of Anne Frank, Her Silent Protector, and a Family Betrayal
By Van Wijk-Voskuijl, Joop
Author de Bruyn, Jeroen
2023-05 - Simon & Schuster
9781982198213 Check Our Catalog

A riveting historical investigation and family memoir that intertwines the iconic narrative of Anne Frank with the untold story of Bep Voskuijl, her protector and closest confidante in the Annex, bringing us closer to understanding one of the great secrets of World War II.

Anne Frank's life has been studied by many scholars, but the story of Bep Voskuijl has remained untold, until now. …More

French Blooms: Floral Arrangements Inspired by Paris and Beyond
By Sigman of Les Fleurs, Sandra
With Riccardi, Victoria A.
Foreword by Santoni, Sharon
2023-03 - Rizzoli International Publications
9780847899067 Check Our Catalog

This first book by Sandra Sigman, award-winning floral designer and owner of Les Fleurs, presents arranging flowers in the French style--bouquets that are chic and romantic.

As Sandra Sigman learned while living in Paris in her twenties, the French consider each floral arrangement a unique work of art filled with passion, movement, texture, and surprise. In French Blooms, Sigman shares …More

Online Newspapers, at Home or in the Library

You can now access the New York Times and Washington Post online for free using your library card. The links below will take you to library landing page where you can sign in for unlimited access to the newspaper website with a 3-day or 7-day pass -- you can renew your pass whenever needed by returning to the library website. Library newspaper passes will allow you to access this content anywhere you have internet access, on any device. This free access is made possible by the Martha's Vineyard Library Association with support from Friends of island libraries.

To access the Washington Post online HERE and enter the required fields to create a Washington Post account for unlimited 7-day access. Renew your seven day pass by returning to the library website. You may use this login and password for every future visit to the Washington Post online.

To access New York Times online click HERE and enter the code c59d2806040934a2. Then create a username and password for unlimited 3-day access. Renew your three day pass by returning to the library website. You may use this login and password for every future visit to the New York Times online.

The Digital Library is Always Open

While printed books, movies, audiobooks, and magazines are now available for pickup from Vineyard Haven Library, cardholders can continue to access our digital library for streaming video, eBooks, eAudiobooks, eMagazines, genealogy, and eLearning resources.

Access to most resources requires a Vineyard Haven Library Card and PIN number. Contact the library if you need assistance getting started with digital resources.

Anyone who lives, resides part-time to attend school, owns property, or works in Massachusetts can register for a Boston Public Library eCard. to access digital resources including LinkedIn Learning. 
LinkedIn Learning is a premier online learning resource featuring 16,000 courses from recognized experts in their fields, covering software, technical skills, creative techniques, business strategies, career development, and more. 

Access LinkedIn Learning on the BPL website:
https://www.bpl.org/learning-tools/online-courses/

Register for a BPL eCard to use LinkedIn Learning:
https://apps.bpl.org/ecard

Click here for more digital library resources...