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Persephone Books is a small book publisher (and bookshop) located at 50 Lamb's Conduit Street on the outskirts of the  Bloomsbury area of London, England.  I first heard of Persephone Books when I read a journal post (October 2, 2011) by author Kate Morton.

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I love holiday music in November. And I love the first magical snow of the year.

It isn't really until at least mid-December that I've had enough. Here we are with snow in the forecast this weekend and Thanksgiving less than a week away.

Yes, the holiday season is upon us.

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As you probably know, there are better ways to find a job than checking online job boards. Although it's certainly possible to find a job on the Internet, a large percentage of job openings  (80% by some estimates) are never posted online. That's where ReferenceUSA can help.

The library's most popular database can help you with your job search. Not convinced? Join us at Find Jobs with ReferenceUSA, on Friday, November 20, at 3:30 p.m. in Room B to learn more.  ReferenceUSA representative amd entrepreneur Nancy Spidle will present an overview of ReferenceUSA and give you tips on job searching, networking and interviewing.

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Note: this post originally ran in May 2015.  We are rerunning it to highlight a special program sure to please all you magazine lovers:

Learn to use Zinio
Thursday October 29, 11:30 am in the computer lab
RESERVATION
Do you love magazines? Learn about the free digital library service Zinio for Des Plaines card holders. Our collection includes over 70 popular titles such as xhicago magazine, The Economist and Good Housekeeping. Bring your phone, tablet or laptop.

I've done the math and it's not pretty.  I am Heather, and I am a magazine addict. 

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If you heard the news last spring that LinkedIn had just purchased the video training site Lynda.com for $1.5 billion, you probably thought, "Wow! Those must be some excellent videos!" Well, now you can see for yourself. The Des Plaines Public Library has a new subscription to Lynda.com and you can use it for free with your library card.

You can learn to do almost anything on Lynda.com. Here are some subjects you may want to try:

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