by foccl | Apr 12, 2019 | News
By Teri Vance When selecting a book to highlight this year’s theme for National Library Week, “Libraries = Strong Communities,” it may not seem fitting to pick one about the collapse of modern society. But Amy Lauder, collection development manager for the Carson City...
by foccl | Apr 12, 2019 | News
By Teri Vance Librarians and library supporters gathered Wednesday at the Nevada Legislature to promote the programs instituted with last session’s dollars and advocate for continued funding. “We are such a critical part of every lawmaker’s community,” said Diane...
by foccl | Apr 5, 2019 | News
Join us for this next Author Event in the Browsers Corner Book Store (711 E. Washington St.) at 6:30 p.m. on April 10. Get to know author Art “K”, who writes honestly and frankly about his spiritual journey with OCD, from inception through recovery. His...
by foccl | Mar 8, 2019 | Events
Join us for this next Author Event in the Browsers Corner Book Store (711 E. Washington St.) at 5:30 p.m. on March 27. Meet novelist JoAnn Conner and discuss the importance of research in writing. JoAnn has published multiple books, relying heavily on research to...
by foccl | Feb 28, 2019 | Book Review, News
Nothing says Nevada like Robert Laxalt’s 1957 classic Sweet Promised Land. The opening sentence, “My father was a sheepherder, and his home was the hills,” evokes love, family, and place. Dominique Laxalt, an immigrant Basque sheepherder, made a home of “the lonely...
