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Video games have risen to national prominence in our culture, with AAA video game budgets exceeding Hollywood blockbuster films. As video games have gained wide popularity, they have also attracted strong demand here at DPPL. We’re happy and eager to meet this growing demand with a greater number and selection of games.
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Has this ever happened to you? You're out of books to read, with no idea where to start, and no time to spend looking and researching. What to do? We'd love for you to stop by the Readers' Services Desk on the 3rd Floor to talk to us about what kind of book you are looking for, and which authors you prefer/dislike. But life is busy, busy, busy. Sometimes, that's just not possible.
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March brings thoughts of leprechauns, shamrocks and spring buds, but this month we are featuring another kind of green, our GREENR database. GREENR is the Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources, and is chock full of green goodness!
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Last week, while Chicago excavated itself from the blizzard or 2015, I sat down coffee in hand with snow drifting outside and children still asleep in their beds, and viewed the live webcast of the American Library Association's Youth Media Awards.
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"Read 'em and weep." That phrase usually means you just won a hand of poker. In this case it describes what might happen to you when you read the letters of a young World War II soldier serving in the Pacific to a girl back home in Des Plaines.
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. The Des Plaines History Center and Des Plaines Memory are presenting compelling stories of the people of Des Plaines who made selfless contributions to the war effort by serving abroad and on the homefront.
Continue Reading "Dear Gloria: WWII love letters to Des Plaines" →
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