Conversations@NPL: Michele Norris

Conversations@NPL: Michele Norris July 28, 2014 NPR host and special correspondent Michele Norris visited Nashville Public Library for a conversation on race, class and current civil rights issues. Her visit was part of the 10-year anniversary…

Salon@615: Chelsea Clinton

Salon@615: Chelsea Clinton April 7, 2016 Chelsea Clinton discusses her book, It's Your World: Get Informed, Get Inspired & Get Going!, as part of the Salon@615 author series…

Salon@615: Jane Smiley

Salon@615: Jane Smiley April 7, 2016 Jane Smiley discusses her book, Golden Age, the last book in the trilogy The Last Hundred Years, as part of the Salon@615 author series…

Salon@615: Deborah Harkness

Salon@615: Deborah Harkness March 28, 2016 Deborah Harkness discusses her book, The Book of Life, as part of the Salon@615 author series. [[nid:1180]] Filmed May 28, 2015 |…

Salon@615: Adriana Trigiani

Salon@615: Adriana Trigiani February 17, 2016 Adriana Trigiani discusses her book, All the Stars in the Heavens, as part of the Salon@615 author series. [[nid:1182]] Filmed…

Salon@615: Elizabeth Gilbert

Salon@615: Elizabeth Gilbert February 12, 2016 Elizabeth Gilbert discusses her book, Big Magic, as part of the Salon@615 author series. [[nid:1184]] Filmed October 21, 2015 |…

Who is Paul Sheldon? Misery by Stephen King

Who is Paul Sheldon? Misery by Stephen King May 2, 2016 First, I should say that I know this book isn’t new. It came out in 1987 when I was a delicate three-year-old child, who had not quite gotten to chapter books just yet. Misery is a…

PTSD Awareness Month

PTSD Awareness Month June 11, 2016 June is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness month, and the Special Collections Division has numerous veterans' stories which discuss this issue…

Nashville Rising: Our Story of the 2010 Flood

Nashville Rising: Our Story of the 2010 Flood May 1, 2016 During May 1-2, 2010, Nashville received more than 13 inches of rainfall, forcing the Cumberland River, and several others, over their banks…

Never Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth: The Girl With All the Gifts

Never Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth: The Girl With All the Gifts May 11, 2015 Introducing Melanie, the smartest of a group of children being taught in an underground facility. They have a variety of teachers, some cold and calculating, others loving and…

Addiction, Fire, and Prison Life - A Book Review of Fellside by M.R. Carey

Addiction, Fire, and Prison Life - A Book Review of Fellside by M.R. Carey May 8, 2016 Having read The Girl with All the Gifts, I was really excited to pick up the second book under Mike Carey’s new pen name. Mike Carey is very well-known in the…

The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America's First Serial Killer

The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America's First Serial Killer May 5, 2016 If you liked Devil in the White City… At last!  This nonfiction…

The Tragical Comedy, or Comical Tragedy, of Punch and Judy

The Tragical Comedy, or Comical Tragedy, of Punch and Judy May 23, 2016 We've all seen some of the amazing puppet shows that Wishing Chair Productions has put on, and therefore, we've seen the diverse collection of puppets that they have. But there is one…

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Free yoga at the library...

Free yoga at the library... May 16, 2016 ...and dancing, and meditation, and gardening, and more. With Be Well at NPL, we're stepping up as a key player in advancing community health…