Cailey and Meg share four of their favorite YA novels that have topped YALSA’s recommendation lists recently, including:
Most of the books we discuss can also be borrowed as ebooks using Hoopla or Libby. All you need is your Mentor Public Library card.
Dive into the true story of a mysterious Lake Erie shipwreck!
Kevin Magee, a diver and member of the Cleveland Underwater Explorers, explains how a shipwrecked schooner was discovered – just 20 miles from Cleveland – and identified as the Plymouth. Then, he describes how the Plymouth sank and what it had to do with some of the most powerful people of that era.
For more on local shipwrecks, you can borrow several books from our collection or watch our interview with shipwreck hunters and authors Georgann and Mike Wachter.
All this year, our resident historian Dr. John Foster has traced the tragic history of the wars in Vietnam in a series of lectures. His fourth talk in the series revisits the period from 1963 to 1968, beginning with the assassinations of Ngo Dinh Diem and John F. Kennedy and ending with the Tet Offensive and Khe Sanh.
All three of the previous lectures in Foster’s series can be viewed online:
In addition to being a reference librarian, Foster has a doctorate degree in history. He has taught history at both high school and college levels. Previously, he has led series on the Battles of World War II, the Cold War, the American Revolution and US Presidents of the 20th Century at the library.
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Mary Lintern and Deborah Weinkamer from James A. Garfield National Historic Site revisit two of these most infamous murders of the previous century.
By coincidence, both of the “Crimes of the Century” involve a famous (and famously caddish) architect, their mistress, and a madman. Discover how the love triangle between the world’s first supermodel Evelyn Nesbit and two millionaires, Stanford White and Harry K. Thaw, ended in a shooting atop one of New York City’s most famous landmarks.
Then learn how several members of Frank Lloyd Wright’s family and staff came to a horrific end while in Taliesin, one of his most famous homes.