What’s new at Jacksonville Public Library:<\/p>\n
\u201cBetween Two Fires\u201d by Christopher\u00a0Buehlman: The year is 1348. Disgraced knight Thomas finds a young girl alone in a dead Norman village. An orphan of the Black Death \u2014 and an almost unnerving picture of innocence \u2014 she tells Thomas that the plague is only part of a larger cataclysm. The fallen angels under Lucifer are rising in a second war on heaven and the world of men has become their battleground. Are her words delirium or faith? Either way, she convinces the faithless Thomas to shepherd her across a depraved landscape to Avignon. There, she tells Thomas, she will fulfill her mission to confront the evil that has devastated the earth, and give him \u2014 blood-stained and wretched as he is \u2014 a chance at redemption he long thought lost. As hell unleashes its wrath, and as the true nature of the girl is revealed, Thomas finds himself on a macabre battleground of angels and demons, saints and the risen dead \u2014 and in the midst of a desperate struggle for nothing less than the soul of man.<\/p>\n
\u201cRoute 66: A Tribute to an American Icon\u201d from the\u00a0DK Travel Series: Hit the road and experience the magic of Route 66. Taking you on an unforgettable journey along America’s most iconic highway, Route 66 honors the mother of all road trips. From kitsch motels to neon-lit diners, historic towns to roadside attractions, no other road trip has had such an enduring impact on American culture as Route 66. Filled with stories of unexpected encounters, eccentric characters and legendary locations, not forgetting the stops that make this road trip so special, \u201cRoute 66\u201d the book will have you yearning for the open roads just in time for the Mother Road\u2019s 100th anniversary.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Housemaid\u201d: Trying to escape her past, Millie accepts a job as a live-in housemaid for the wealthy Nina and Andrew Winchester. But what begins as a dream job quickly unravels into something far more dangerous \u2014 a sexy, seductive game of secrets, scandal and power. Behind the Winchesters’ closed doors lies a world of shocking twists that will leave you guessing until the very end.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Last Resort\u201d by Erin\u00a0Entrada Kelly: With the help of her skeptical brother, Caleb, and their new ghost-obsessed neighbor, Teddy, Lila \u2014 the girl who’s vowed to be less dramatic \u2014 must uncover her grandfather’s killer and stop the evil spirits desperate to make their way back into the human world.<\/p>\n
The next performance in the library’s Music Under the Dome series will be by the Illinois College Percussion Ensemble at 4 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free.<\/p>\n
Feeling a disconnect between yourself and life? Having trouble feeling present in the moment? Come learn some mindfulness techniques to help reduce stress and increase life satisfaction. (Including fun brain games.) It’s part of the library’s new\u00a0\u201cBrain Boost Tuesday\u201d series, which will run the second Tuesday of each month. This month’s session is at 2 p.m. Tuesday. Registration is not required. If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate, contact the Morgan County Extension O\ufb00ice at 217-243-7424.<\/p>\n
Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard was committed to the Illinois State Hospital \u00a0\u2014 the state mental asylum \u2014 in 1860 and was kept under lock and key for three years, protesting her sanity throughout. Though her husband, Theophilus, insisted to everyone that she was insane, Elizabeth was able to obtain her release and continue her fight on behalf of others.Join Laura Keyes at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the library as she embodies Elizabeth Packard in an informative and inspiring presentation. Admission is free.<\/p>\n
The Friends of Jacksonville Public Library will celebrate the winners of its annual Author of the Year contest at 6:30\u00a0p.m. Thursday in the library’s meeting room. Winners will read their poems or prose. Light refreshments will be served.<\/p>\n
John Lynn will explore the Lewis and Clark expedition\u2019s return journey along the Missouri River during a program at 6\u00a0p.m. April 29 at the library. Lynn\u2019s program is based on his own paddle down the river, particularly the 2,300-mile descent from Montana to St. Louis. Admission is free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What’s new at Jacksonville Public Library: \u201cBetween Two Fires\u201d by Christopher\u00a0Buehlman: The year is 1348. Disgraced knight Thomas…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":227295,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[6919,116,118,117,115,95738,278],"class_list":{"0":"post-227294","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-features","9":"tag-jacksonville","10":"tag-jacksonville-headlines","11":"tag-jacksonville-news","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-nosocial","14":"tag-top-stories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}