Tag: history
2024 Adult Reading Challenge! August
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2024/09/14/2024-adult-reading-challenge-august/
Adults! Welcome to year 3 of our year-long reading challenge. Explore different genres, discover new authors and be entered to win prizes. To complete the challenge, read just one book in each category by midnight on December 31st, 2024. Earn bigger prizes by reading...
2024 Adult Reading Challenge! April
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2024/04/04/2024-adult-reading-challenge-april/
Adults! Welcome to year 3 of our year-long reading challenge. Explore different genres, discover new authors and be entered to win prizes. To complete the challenge, read just one book in each category by midnight on December 31st, 2024. Earn bigger prizes by reading...
A New Year, a New Challenge!
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2023/01/03/a-new-year-a-new-challenge/
DISCOVER DIFFERENT GENRES! FIND NEW AUTHORS! WIN PRIZES! JOIN OUR EXPLORING GENRES BOOK CLUB! Join us for a fun book challenge throughout 2023! Sign up and keep track via Beanstack. If you’ve participated in any of our recent summer or winter reading...
Summer Reading 2022!
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2022/06/20/summer-reading-2022/
Summer 2022 is all about Fairfield! What do you love about your town? How can you share your story? Learn something new, get creative, and have fun while earning points toward our community goal! We challenge Fairfielders of all ages to reach 1 million...
Interested in History? Try One of These Popular Digital Titles!
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2020/03/28/interested-in-history-try-one-of-these-popular-digital-titles/
Interested in history? Now might be a great time to read or listen to a book while you’re staying home and staying safe. Here are a few suggestions that you can download from Overdrive with your Fairfield Public Library card. JEFFERSON’S DAUGHTERS By Catherine...
The Fire and the Darkness: the Bombing of Dresden, 1945
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2020/03/11/the-fire-and-the-darkness-the-bombing-of-dresden-1945/
THE FIRE AND THE DARKNESS: THE BOMBING OF DRESDEN, 1945 by Sinclair McKay February 13, 2020 marked the 75th anniversary of the bombing of Dresden, Germany by British and American bombers. Carried out in 3 raids, it was one of the most devastating attacks...
The Splendid and the Vile
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2020/02/21/the-splendid-and-the-vile/
THE SPLENDID AND THE VILE by Erik Larson Erik Larson is always my go-to author for narrative non-fiction. His newest, THE SPLENDID AND THE VILE, focuses on Winston Churchill, and those around him, during the Blitz. There has been plenty written about the...
More World War II Recommended Reading and the Adult Summer Reading Code!
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2019/06/13/more-world-war-ii-recommended-reading-and-the-adult-summer-reading-code/
The Adult Summer Reading Code is: Penny ...
World War II Recommended Reading
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2019/06/07/world-war-ii-recommended-reading/
June 6, 2019 marks the 75th anniversary of the D-Day Landings and the Battle of Normandy. The library has a wonderful collection of World War II novels and non-fiction. The following are just a few suggested titles. Check back for more recommended reading every...
100 Years and 2 Days
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2014/07/30/100-years-and-2-days/
World War I, which began 100 years ago Monday, involved a total of 76 current nations and more than 65,000,000 troops. Here are today’s suggested fiction and non-fiction titles that are set during or around The Great War. The Secret Life of Violet Grant By Beatriz Williams “Rumor has...