Category Archives: Popular Reading Collection

In this sequel to Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Vampire Henry Sturges is searching for renewed purpose in the wake of Abraham Lincoln’s shocking death. The Last American Vampire takes readers on a journey to all sorts of different places, in … Continue reading →

Mind Change: How Digital Technologies Are Leaving Their Mark on Our Brains By Susan Greenfield We live in modern world that offers instant information and new forms of reality right at our fingertips. World renowned neuroscientist Susan Greenfield in the … Continue reading →

Thought of as the seat of our soul, the heart is still more a mystery than it is understood. The Man Who Touched His Own Heart tells the history of the heart, from the first heart “explorers” who dug up … Continue reading →

Embrace the Suck: What I Learned at the Box about Hard Work, (Very) Sore Muscles, and Burpees Before Sunrise, By Stephen Madden In Embrace the Suck, the former editor-in-chief of Bicycling magazine explores with irreverence, humor, and soul- touching candor … Continue reading →

Collins Memorial Library knows there is more to life than study. We provide a small collection of current fiction and popular non-fiction so you can read for pleasure and personal growth. This collection, known as the Popular Reading Collection, can … Continue reading →

From more than a dozen masters of the genre come seventeen tales of hard science fiction to form Carbide Tipped Pens. The collection contains titles from an impressive roster of authors, including Howard Hendrix, Nancy Fulda, Daniel H. Wilson, and … Continue reading →

An internationally best-selling novel, The Son is an exhilarating mystery that tells the story of Sonny Lofthus, a charismatic but content young man who’s been in prison nearly his entire life, not to mention, for other people’s crimes. In jail, … Continue reading →

You may know her from her roles as Pawnee’s delusional director of Parks and Recreation Department, or perhaps as former first lady and Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton; whatever the case, comedian, actress, and writer Amy Poehler has become one … Continue reading →

Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932 By Francine Prose The scene is 1920’s Paris: a city of spellbinding ambition, love, art, and discovery. Places like the Chameleon Club serve as oases for the various expats, artists, and libertines that … Continue reading →

From the Bestselling Author of Dad is Fat Jim Gaffigan’s long-anticipated follow-up to the New York Times bestseller Dad is Fat, is now available for your enjoyment in the Popular Collection. Food: A Love Story is a delectable ode to … Continue reading →