Get Hooked on a Banned Book!

Aye, mateys . . . celebrate your freedom t' read!

Banned Books Week will be celebrated September 29th - October 6th at the Plant City Library.

Drop in the library to check out some of these banned or challenged books.

Movies, tutorials, and more available on DVD for checkout from your library!

Some of the newest titles:

Movies
8 ½
The 39 Steps
Basquiat
Bleak House
La Dolce Vita
Dracula
Elizabeth I
Evita
Flame Trees of Thika
Glory
The Golden Bowl
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Ivanhoe
Kidnapped
Macbeth
Malcolm X
Maurice
Les Miserables
Monsoon Wedding
Oliver Twist
Once upon a time when we were colored
Our Mutual Friend
The Phantom of the Opera
Pride and Prejudice
Seven Samurai
Shine
That Obscure Object of Desire
The Tuskegee Airmen
Under the Greenwood Tree
Washington Square
The Wings of the Dove

Documentary
Guns, Germs, and Steel
Bohr’s Model of the Atom

Student Help
The Algebra 2 Tutor
The Trigonometry and Pre-Calculus Tutor
The Calculus 1 & 2 Tutor

Times to Stop Charging for Parts of Its Web Site

The New York Times has made the jump to offer free access to their website. Articles in the archive from 1987 to the present will be available at no charge. Articles from 1851 to 1922 will also be available at no charge.

There will still be charges for some of the articles that appeared from 1923 to 1986*.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/18/business/media/18times.html?ex=1347854400&en=b8e56f866c4b1c64&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

*These articles can be accessed for free by students, staff and faculty by accessing HCC's online article databases.

More DVDs

The 400 Blows
All the King’s Men
Bend it Like Beckham
Berkeley Square
Citizen Kane
How Stella got her Groove Back
A Lesson before Dying
Lorna Doone
Memoirs of a Geisha
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Mr. Holland’s Opus
Pollock
Romeo and Juliet (1997)
A Room with a View
Sense and Sensibility
Seven Beauties
Titus
Waiting to Exhale
Wuthering Heights

Documentary
Zora Neale Hurston: A Heart with Room for Every Joy
Hunt for the Supertwister
Lightning: Nature's Most Dazzling and Dangerous Display
Hurricane!

DVDs Just Added

Amadeus
Amistad
A Beautiful Mind
Braveheart
Catherine the Great
Chicago
The Chronicles of Narnia
Cora Unashamed
The Great Gatsby
The House of Mirth
Howards End
Immortal Beloved
Iron Jawed Angels
The Joy Luck Club
Like Water for Chocolate
The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord Of The Rings: The Return of the King
The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers
Marie Antoinette
The Merchant of Venice
Pearl Harbor
Pride & Prejudice
A Raisin in the Sun
Romeo & Juliet (1968)
Selena
The Seventh Seal
Tess of the D’Urbervilles
Under the Tuscan Sun
Vanity Fair (2005)
Whale Rider

Documentary
How Art Made the World
Tsunami: Killer Wave

Increased Evening Hours

On Monday and Tuesday evenings the library will remain open until 9pm. This schedule may vary due to staffing, so please call ahead. 813-757-2109