Features & Posts
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Location: Various Locations
Monday, April 3, 2017
The Facts on File Encyclopedia of Health and Medicine defines yoga as “a 5,000-year-old practice originating from India that blends exercise and meditation”. Yoga uses breath control, which helps connect the mind, body and spirit. Types of yoga include Hatha, Ashtanga, Vinyasa and many more. During... |
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Location: Various Locations
Monday, April 3, 2017
TeenBookCloud is an online database that is home to eBooks and educator resources best for middle school and high school students. The collection varies with fiction and non-fiction eBooks, Graphic Novels, classic literature, National Geographic videos and audiobooks. Take a look at the complete... |
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Location: Maple Shade
Saturday, April 1, 2017
The Burlington County Library System is so lucky to have a team with wide-ranging knowledge and diverse interests. While many customers may know the names and faces of librarians at their local branch, we want to take the time to introduce more of our staff from around the system.
Hello! My name... |
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Location: Various Locations, Evesham
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Nuclear and environmental disasters, infertility, pollution, a continued war with a foreign power, a government of extreme religious fundamentalists that took over and nullified the Constitution after staging a coup, and women living in a subservient or enslaved existence - this is The Handmaid’s... |
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Location: Crosswicks
Monday, March 27, 2017
A new computer designed to challenge young minds in a kid-friendly, safe learning environment is now available at the Crosswicks Library Company thanks to the efforts of the Burlington County Library System Foundation.
BCLS Director Ranjna Das (seated at the new AWE Early Literacy... |
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Location: Cinnaminson
Monday, March 20, 2017
Local author Tina Gabrielle has loved books her whole life. As a teenager, she even “used scotch tape to hold her peeling laminated library card together,” and she wrote her first book at 16, according to her website.
But after Gabrielle earned degrees in law and mechanical engineering, she went on... |
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Location: Various Locations
Thursday, March 16, 2017
With temperatures bouncing all over the place this month, it’s easy to think spring may have already sprung. But the first day of spring is officially March 20 and to celebrate, BCLS is offering a brand new set of activity tracks on Beanstack to get kids up and moving after the long winter months.... |
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Location: Various Locations
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
What are the Ides of March, and why should we beware of them?
There’s nothing to worry about on the Ides of March, unless of course you were Julius Caesar in 44 B.C. In that case, you had plenty of reasons to be fearful, but you wouldn’t realize that until it’s a little too late.
First things... |
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Location: Various Locations
Friday, March 10, 2017
Break out your stakes, crank up Dingoes Ate My Baby and meet up at the Bronze because Buffy the Vampire Slayer is turning 20!
Joss Whedon’s hit television series debuted on March 10, 1997. Based off Whedon’s 1992 film of the same name, Buffy follows the story of Buffy Summers, a valley girl... |
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Location: Various Locations
Friday, February 24, 2017
French for “Fat Tuesday,” the last feast before Lent has always been an extravagant affair. Celebrations date back to medieval Europe and are observed all over the world, from France and Germany to Brazil and Senegal. The holiday came to America in 1703 with French-Canadian explorers, and has been... |
