Decatur Public Library

504 Cherry Street
Decatur, Al 35601

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Partita / Barbara Kingsolver.
The great refusal : a new vision of resistance / Casey Gerald.
Etna / Paul Yoon.
Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel / Lucy Foley.
Bad words / Ríoghnach Robinson.
Solace house / Will Maclean.
Peck & Peck / Bonnie Garmus.
Mazywood / Tananarive Due.
Broken rival / Tessa Bailey.
The witch / Freida Mcfadden.
Trad wife / Sarah Langan.
It's not what you think / Clare Mackintosh.
The memory of borrowed books / Meg Anderson.
American scoundrel : Roy Cohn's dark journey from Joe McCarthy to Donald Trump / by Kai Bird with Susan Goldmark.
Live laugh love : the secret history of white Christian women and the world they made / Kristin Kobes Du Mez.

Impossible creatures / Katherine Rundell ; with art by Ashley MacKenzie
The house of Hades : the graphic novel / Rick Riordan ; adapted by Robert Venditti ; art by Orpheus Collar ; lettering by Chris Dickey
The red pyramid : the graphic novel / Rick Riordan ; adapted by Orpheus Collar ; lettered by Jared Fletcher
Took : a ghost story / Mary Downing Hahn
I survived the destruction of Pompeii, AD 79 / [based on the book by Lauren Tarshis] ; adapted by Georgia Ball ; with inks by Dave Shephard ; colors by Juanma Aguilera
Alexis and the perfect recipe / Coco Simon ; illustrated by Giulia Campobello at Glass House Graphics
A potion, a powder, a little bit of magic : or, Like lightning in an umbrella storm : a story out of order / by Philip Stead
Avatar, the last Airbender. Smoke and shadow / created by Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino ; script, Gene Luen Yang ; art and cover, Gurihiru ; lettering, Michael Heisler
Hilda and Twig wake the Ice Man / Luke Pearson
Mister invincible : local hero / written and illustrated by Pascal Jousselin ; colored by Laurence Croix ; translation by David Bryon, James Hogan, and Ivanka T. Hahnenberger
Cardboardia. This side up / written by Richard Fairgray and Lucy Campagnolo ; illustrated by Richard Fairgray
Trains : steaming! pulling! huffing! / Patricia Hubbell ; illustrated by Megan Halsey and Sean Addy
National geographic kids almanac 2027
Sleep tight, Scooby-Doo! / story by Michael Dahl ; illustrated by Scott Jeralds
Dino poet : a graphic novel / Tom Angleberger

Smart career planning for teens : a guide to bold choices and brilliant paths, launch your dream career with clarity, passion, and purpose / Emma Davis
Career planning for teens : how to understand your identity, cultivate your skills, find your dream job, and turn that into a successful career / Emily Carter
Your invisible network : how to create, maintain, and leverage the relationships that will transform your career / Michael Urtuzuástegui Melcher
Strategize to win : the new way to start out, step up, or start over in your career / Carla A. Harris
Back to business : finding your confidence, embracing your skills, and landing your dream job after a career pause / Nancy McSharry Jensen and Sarah Duenwald
Leveling up : 12 questions to elevate your personal and professional development / Ryan Leak
Build for tomorrow / Jason Feifer
The career manifesto : discover your calling and create an extraordinary life / Mike Steib
The end of work : why your passion can become your job / John Tamny
Dream year : make the leap from a job you hate to a life you love / Ben Arment
What you're really meant to do : a road map for reaching your unique potential / Robert Steven Kaplan
Great answers to tough career dilemmas : test your aptitude, be inspired and discover your ideal career / Mike Bryon
The Wall Street Journal guide to building your career / Jennifer Merritt
The 2-hour job search : using technology to get the right job faster / Steve Dalton
The start-up of you : adapt to the future, invest in yourself, and transform your career / Reid Hoffman and Ben Casnocha

Decatur Public Library presents Author Talk with Alys Locke, Thursday, November 5th, at 2pm in the Community Room. [Contains image of book cover 'Raynor and Rose']

USING THE LIBRARY

DPL’s self-check kiosk against brick wall near library’s 6th Avenue entrance.

COMPUTERS & PRINTING

14 Public computer work stations against the wall in main area of Decatur Public Library.

LIBRARY RULES

extreme closeup of Library brick wall with superimposed text “Library Rules”

Add DPL to your phone’s home screen for quick access to our website!

Follow the steps below to put an icon for DPL on your phone’s home screen that will take you right to our webpage!

Android:

  1. open Google Chrome and go to the www.myDPL.org.
  2. Then drop down the menu by tapping the screen’s three-dot icon at the top right-hand corner.
  3. Select Add to Home screen.

iPhone or iPad:

  1. Launch Safari on your ‌iPhone‌ or ‌iPad‌.
  2. Go to www.myDPL.org
  3. Tap the Share icon (the square with an arrow pointing out of it) at the bottom of the screen.
  4. Scroll down to the list of actions and tap Add to Home Screen. (If you don’t see the action, scroll to the bottom and tap Edit Actions, then tap Add next to the Add to Home Screen action. After that, you’ll be able to select it from the Share Sheet.)

 

TOP DIGITAL RESOURCES

NewsBank® inc. Reliable Information on Any Topic! America’s News, The Decatur Daily.  Access Decatur Daily (Search 2006-Current), newspapers, journals, magazines & more from across the US.  Includes 70 Alabama News Sources! (DPL card required for remote access)
HomeworkAlabama.org: K-12 homework help; academic tutoring; self-study resources; test prep tool; writing lab & drop-off reviews. FREE, live tutors are available online from 10am – 11pm, daily.  Powered by Tutor.com, provided by Alabama Public Library Service & Institute of Museum and Library Services. (NO DPL card required.)
AVL Alabama Virtual Library: Connecting you to a world of knowledge.  The Alabama Virtual Library provides all students, teachers, and citizens of the State of Alabama with online access to essential library information resources.  It is a group of online databases that have magazine, journal, and newspaper articles for research. (NO DPL card required.)
EBSCO Learning Express® Learning Express Library ® features: online tutorials; practice tests; quizzes; and eBooks to help you with: basic skills in reading, writing, math & science; job search help; build workplayce skills; and test prep for college & grad school admissions, U.S. Citizenship & GED®. (DPL Card required).
NewspaperArchive: Explore, Discover, Share.  Provides digital access to full-view historical newspapers from DPL’s microfilm collection; Includes The Decatur Daily from 1912-1977 and other historic publications from Lawrence, Limestone and Morgan counties. (DPL card required.)

DPL Curbside

DPL Curbside is available whenever the library is open!
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Support The Library

The library is YOUR community resource and you can support it best by using its services. 

Visit our Friends’ page to learn about book donation and the Friends’ Used Book Sale Room.  Click on “Join the Friends” below to join or renew your membership. 

Thank you!

doors propped open to the reveal the interior of Book Sale room with the sign stating Friends Used Book Sale Room over entrance