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MEDIA RELEASE Two enormous ancestral history eBooks have just become available from Millisecond Publishing Company, Inc. (MPC). They are almost certainly the largest digital books in the fields of both genealogy and history, and probably the largest digital books in any field. Each of these PDF titles is larger than a 50-volume work of 500 [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE “It’s Book Time with Ronald McDonald!”at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25 the Kailua-Kona Public Library. This educational program is designed to motivate students to read more often by making reading fun. Through the use of music, magic, puppets, storytelling, and of course, lots of reading and fun with their favorite clown, Ronald McDonald, [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Friends of the Library, Kona hosts its annual meeting at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24 on the lanai of the Kailua Kona Library followed by a short reception with refreshments. Current FOLK members are encouraged to attend as well as those interested in becoming members. Following the reception, the Kona Library Book [...]

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Pahala Public and School Library (Big Island) will close temporarily from Monday, January 23 through February 23 due to a staffing shortage.

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MEDIA RELEASE Outskirts Press, Inc. has published “Lost Twain: A Novel of Hawaii” by Kate H. Winter. The Kailua-Kona author’s most recent book to date is a paperback in the historical fiction category and is available worldwide on book retailer websites such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble. The book also is featured at: www.outskirtspress.com… [...]

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Dinsmore, winner of the Washington State Poets Association award for Performance Poetry and the Best Fresh Voice Screenwriting Award from the Female Eye Film Festival, will read selections from her book which Amazon.com hails as “A book for those who enjoy fantasy adventure” and “offers a new twist on the faerie tales so loved by young readers.” The one-hour program will include a book-signing session.

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MEDIA RELEASE “Voyages of Malolo: Secret of the Rongo” (ISBN 0615531296), a historical novel by Robert Bonville, tells the story of Polynesian navigators and their journey across the Pacific on the great seagoing canoe, Malolo. When young Aukai discovers a piece of driftwood from the east containing mysterious hieroglyphics, the “Rongo,” he and his people [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Hawaii State Public Library System’s patron database will undergo a purge of inactive accounts Dec. 20. Removing these accounts will provide an updated, more accurate database for our business and management uses. Inactive accounts are accounts with expired library cards and: * No borrowed library material in the past three years * [...]

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Topics and titles that will capture the imagination of middle school students – and hopefully nurture a love of reading – will be among the featured books offered during a Scholastic Book Fair at Waimea Middle Public Conversion Charter School Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 21-22, 2011.

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Megan Chapman’s inspiring work available online, in select locations in West Hawaii

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* Family Read Aloud Program 4:30-6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11 * Kailua-Kona Public Library The Friends of the Libraries, Kona is hosting their free family read-aloud program, “Books are Building Blocks,” for the new school year. This program is usually offered on the first Tuesday of each month. This month it is being held on [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE Library patrons with Kindle eBook readers can now access and download nearly 50,000 eBooks from the Hawaii State Public Library System’s (HSPLS) website, thanks to Amazon and OverDrive, the system’s primary provider of eBooks and digital audiobooks, State Librarian Richard Burns has announced. Kindle, the popular eBook reader, is now compatible with the [...]

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