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Seniors Week Event - Unknown Amazon with Janet Bird
Join Former Senior Conservator of Ceramics at The British Museum, Janet Bird as she takes you on a journey into Amazonian culture and history. Read more.
Glenelg Talks Event - Shipwrecks of Portland with Bernard Wallace
Join local historian Bernard Wallace as he shares stories and little known facts about Portland shipwrecks in this special Glenelg Talks event. Read more.
Glenelg Libraries Change Lives - New Borrower Benefits
Library and Information Week 2019 will see the introduction of a number of new borrower benefits at Glenelg Libraries.Read more.
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Library2Go on the Road
Glenelg Libraries is on the move, providing an outreach mobile service to support the shire’s regional communities.
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Online Tech Learning Guides
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1000 Books Before School
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Author Event - Laura Waters, Bewildered
An inspiring story about facing our fears and the insights we can discover when we leave behind the comforts of modern life and let ourselves be ‘rewilded’. Read more.
Submerged Exhibition
Glenelg Libraries is excited to welcome Submerged an exhibition presented by the Australian National Maritime Museum and the Australian Maritime Museums Council. Read more.
Kanopy
Glenelg Libraries is launching the new free film and TV streaming service Kanopy, offering on-demand streaming of a large collection of award-winning films and documentaries for library members. Read more.
Dementia Resource Library
Sensory and reminiscing support kits for families and carers. Available now from your local Glenelg Libraries branch. Read more.

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The Snapshot Killer by Duncan McNab A chilling journey into the life and mind of charming and persuasive predator and serial killer Christopher Wilder, who murdered on two continents and evaded capture for over twenty years.

Nature's Mutiny by Philipp Blom An illuminating work of environmental history that chronicles the great climate crisis of the 1600s, which transformed the social and political fabric of Europe. Although hints of a crisis appeared as early as the 1570s, the temperature by the end of the sixteenth century plummeted so drastically that Mediterranean harbors were covered with ice, birds literally dropped out of the sky, and "frost fairs" were erected on a frozen Thames--with kiosks, taverns, and even brothels that become a semi-permanent part of the city. Recounting the deep legacy and far-ranging consequences of this "Little Ice Age," acclaimed historian Philipp Blom reveals how the European landscape had suddenly, but ineradicably, changed by the mid-seventeenth century. While apocalyptic weather patterns destroyed entire harvests and incited mass migrations, they gave rise to the growth of European cities, the emergence of early capitalism, and the vigorous stirrings of the Enlightenment. A timely examination of how a society responds to profound and unexpected change, Nature's Mutiny will transform the way we think about climate change in the twenty-first century and beyond.

Taking Tom Murray Home by Tim Slee Bankrupt dairy farmer Tom Murray decides he'd rather sell off his herd and burn down his own house than hand them over to the bank. But something goes tragically wrong, and Tom dies in the blaze. His wife, Dawn, doesn't want him to have died for nothing and decides to hold a funeral procession for Tom as a protest, driving 350km from Yardley in country Victoria to bury him in Melbourne where he was born. To make a bigger impact she agrees with some neighbours to put his coffin on a horse and cart and take it slow - real slow. But on the night of their departure, someone burns down the local bank. And as the motley funeral procession passes through Victoria, there are more mysterious arson attacks. Dawn has five days to get to Melbourne before the police impound the coffin and force her to bury her husband. Five days, five more towns, and a state ready to explode in flames...

Emily Windsnap and the Pirate Prince by Liz Kessler When Emily Windsnap's boyfriend Aaron is captured by pirates there's only one option - join a rival pirate crew and persuade them to help rescue him. The Pirate Prince agrees, as long as Emily assists in finding the Trident's Treasure first. But as if boarding a pirate ship weren't dangerous enough, Emily soon discovers that pirates hate mermaids. If her true identity is revealed, her life - and Aaron's - will be at risk. How will Emily keep her secret when the only way to win the treasure is by turning into a mermaid?

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Ancestry

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The Law Handbook Online

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I Want To...

Latest Happenings

Seniors Week Event - Unknown Amazon with Janet Bird

Glenelg Talks Event - Shipwrecks of Portland with Bernard Wallace

Glenelg Libraries Change Lives - New Borrower Benefits

E-Newsletter

Library2Go on the Road

Online Tech Learning Guides

1000 Books Before School

Author Event - Laura Waters, Bewildered

Submerged Exhibition

Kanopy

Dementia Resource Library

Staff and Reader Picks

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Databases & Online Research

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