Provincetown Public Library Blog

COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK FICTION JUROR #3 by James Patterson and Nancy Allen SHADOW TYRANTS by Clive Cussler and Boyd Morrison CRAZY RICH ASIANS by Kevin Kwan THE FORBIDDEN DOOR by Dean Koontz LEVERAGE IN DEATH by J.D. Robb COMBINED PRINT &...

September 21, 2018 Photo by Barbara Klipper Celebrations 2018 A Poem by Hilde Oleson I tell you every year how lucky we are To live in this place of raw beauty. How we are the fortunate ones who are close to nature, Walk near, or even in the water. Sometimes we feel...

U.S. navy airship guarding the coast during World War II, taken from John R. Smith's house in...

COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK FICTION LEVERAGE IN DEATH by J.D. Robb CRAZY RICH ASIANS by Kevin Kwan IN HIS FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS by Danielle Steel DARK SENTINEL by Christine Feehan DEPTH OF WINTER by Craig Johnson COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK NONFICTION...

September 14, 2018 Photo by Stephen Borkowski A Line-storm Song A Poem by Robert Frost The line-storm clouds fly tattered and swift, The road is forlorn all day, Where a myriad snowy quartz stones lift, And the hoof-prints vanish away. The roadside flowers, too wet...

A postcard showing the parking area at base of railroad wharf. Provincetown Board of Trade to the...

COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK FICTION CRAZY RICH ASIANS by Kevin Kwan MAGIC TRIUMPHS by Ilona Andrews CHINA RICH GIRLFRIEND by Kevin Kwan SHARP OBJECTS by Gillian Flynn TEXAS RANGER by James Patterson and Andrew Bourelle COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK...

September 7, 2018 Photo by Sandra Delzotti Up the Hill A Poem by Melanie Black We climbed rabbit paths to the tiny amphitheatre surrounded by little marble gods -- Pan, Daphne, Bacchus, and Diane posed with blind eyes. The wind brought scents of pine And sea air....

A postcard showing the E.B. Knowles property bungalows at Beach Point.

COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK FICTION CRAZY RICH ASIANS by Kevin Kwan PIECES OF HER by Karin Slaughter TEXAS RANGER by James Patterson and Andrew Bourelle CHINA RICH GIRLFRIEND by Kevin Kwan RICH PEOPLE PROBLEMS by Kevin Kwan COMBINED PRINT &...

August 31, 2018 Photo by Ken Boyar What to Read A Poem by Mark S. Peel Each time I finish a read I think of the selections that beckon. What next, where to go to meet my next best friend. A young man has all the time in the world before him to consume and enjoy what...

A 1915 postcard of Provincetown's Red Inn in the West End.

COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK FICTION CRAZY RICH ASIANS by Kevin Kwan TEXAS RANGER by James Patterson and Andrew Bourelle ORIGIN by Dan Brown SHARP OBJECTS by Gillian Flynn FEARED by Lisa Scottoline COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK NONFICTION UNHINGED by...

August 24, 2018 Photo by Susan Peskin August A Poem by Helen Hunt Jackson Silence again. The glorious symphony Hath need of pause and interval of peace. Some subtle signal bids all sweet sounds cease, Save hum of insects’ aimless industry. Pathetic summer seeks by...

Center Methodist Episcopal Church - later Provincetown Heritage Museum - and currently our very own Provincetown Public...

August 17, 2018 Photo by Sue Clark Blue A Poem by Hilde Oleson As far as the eye can see all is blue. The sky above, the sea below Stretching from right to left. The land where we are sitting just a perch From which we can see the true blue Of our world. Against the...

A photograph of unidentified people staging a play at Town Hall, Provincetown.

Each week, Billboard publishes the Hot 100: The week’s most popular current songs across all genres, ranked by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen BDS, sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and streaming activity data from online music...

COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK FICTION ORIGIN by Dan Brown PARADOX by Catherine Coulter CRAZY RICH ASIANS by Kevin Kwan SHARP OBJECTS by Gillian Flynn WILD LIKE THE WIND by Kristen Ashley COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK NONFICTION THE RUSSIA HOAX by Gregg...

August 10, 2018 Photo by Sheldon Winicour People Connected by Place A Poem by Mark S. Peel Little-known and, perhaps, not much remembered until a source like the New York Times reports it are the coincidences of life’s journey that connect, even superficially, people...

Black & White Photograph of fish landing building on Sklaroff Wharf.

Each week, Billboard publishes the Hot 100: The week’s most popular current songs across all genres, ranked by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen BDS, sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and streaming activity data from online music...

COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK FICTION ORIGIN by Dan Brown THE OTHER WOMAN by Daniel Silva CRAZY RICH ASIANS by Kevin Kwan SHARP OBJECTS by Gillian Flynn THE PRESIDENT IS MISSING by Bill Clinton and James Patterson COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK NONFICTION...

August 3, 2018 Photo by Jason Brown After The Taking A Poem by Melanie Black Circle of prayers --death in a pond -- The black winged cherubim shake cat-tails until the seeds fly out. Morning dove coos plaintive in the firs while angels and dragonflies flit near the...

A photo of Walter Smith (Hoppy-T), the Town Crier in the 1920s.

Each week, Billboard publishes the Hot 100: The week’s most popular current songs across all genres, ranked by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen BDS, sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and streaming activity data from online music...

July 27, 2018 Photo by Jim Austin Jimages A Summer Night A Poem by Elizabeth Drew Stoddard I feel the breath of the summer night,             Aromatic fire: The trees, the vines, the flowers are astir             With tender desire. The white moths flutter about the...