Find Out How Long It Will Take You To Read Almost Any Book Maybe you’re planning your reading material for a flight, or maybe you just want an idea of how long it’ll take to get through your reading list. Whatever the scenario, How Long to Read This tells you how long it takes to read any book. You can look up over 12 million books (all of the popular titles are in there), and Read more…
Until the very last minute, the place of invasion – Normandy- was the most heavily guarded secret on the planet. Even the units conducting the initial assaults did not know the locations of their landings. Surprise was crucial since Germany had 55 divisions in France – the Allies could transport no more than 8 divisions on D-Day morning. It is estimated that nearly 2 million soldiers, sailors and airmen were involved in Operation Overlord, including Read more…
Northeast Regional Library Now Offers Free Access to the Learning Express Library In-library only. NOW AVAILABLE AT HOME – Log into Learning Express from home or reserve a public access computer at your local branch today. Do more than mark your place. Determine your future. Academic, Career and Life Success— Improve, Explore, Prepare, Acquire, Achieve Career Preparation Make your work goals a reality—start a new career or advance in your current field. High School Read more…
Express Yourself Contest Winners Featuring Booneville Miss Hospitality Abbie Gamble George E. Allen Library in Booneville Ages 7 and Under Ages 8 – 9 Ages 10 – 11 Ages 12 – 14 Ages 15 – 18
James Holzhauer, Jeopardy! Champion and Reading Superstar The Jeopardy! Champion, James Holzhauer, attributes his knowledge to the public library children’s non-fiction section. Visit us to develop your Jeporady skills! “I plan to give some of my winnings to the local branches here in Las Vegas,” says James Holzhauer, who has been on a record-winning Jeopardy! streak this week. He set a single-game record on Wednesday, April 9, by winning an unbelievable $110,914. The 34-year-old professional gambler from Read more…
Is Your Phone Spying on You? Have you ever searched for something and then suddenly an ad related to that search shows up in your social media feed? What about an ad for something you didn’t search for and only talked about buying? It’s sometimes creepy, but believe it or not, the majority of targeted advertisements aren’t the result of your phone spying on you. Companies like Facebook and Google have developed robust data mining Read more…
We Are Open and Atriuum is Live We are open as of 1 PM today. Please bear with us as we begin the adventure of using an entirely new and updated system for our libraries.
The Iuka Library had a Stuffed Animal Storytime and Sleepover where the Stuffed Animals stayed all night at the library. Kids came to pick up their animals the next morning.
The Surprising Benefits of Reading Before Bed We’re all commitment phobes. We scan, we skim, we browse, but rarely do we read. Our eyes pingpong back and forth from Facebook posts to open chat boxes, unclicked emails to GIFs of dancing cats, scanning for keywords but barely digesting what we see. Average time spent on an online article is 15 seconds. In 2014, the Pew Research Centerrevealed that one-quarter of American adults hadn’t read a Read more…
Corinth Police Officer Clifford Nix visited the Corinth Library on Tuesday afternoon for National Library Week. (Photos below). Nix talked to a group of children and adults about the life of a police officer. He also discussed the patrol vehicle and let a child sit inside. Corinth Today has a post that we borrowed a few pictures from at this link
