Author: Lou Wassel

We hope you were able to ring in the New Year with safe and festive celebrations!  Now that the confetti and balloons have settled, why not jumpstart your resolutions with a visit to our Book Shop? 🎉🎈 This weekend, our Center Table is stocked with books to help you become the best version of yourself in 2025!  Whether you’re planning to cook healthier meals, start a fitness routine, learn meditation, cut back on screen time, or begin journaling, we’ve got the perfect books to guide you.  Plus, take a few steps over to our shelf with the Personal Growth, Diet & Nutrition, and Health & Fitness sections, where everything is 50% off! 💪 For our music lovers, we’ve rolled out two carts packed with sheet…

Whether you’re still putting away gifts from Santa, spinning dreidels, or lighting Kinara candles, we hope your celebrations are filling your hearts with joy! 🎁 ✨ 💝 Looking for something to do between holiday feasts? 🍽️   Our Book Shop will be open this weekend – December 28 & 29 – giving you one last chance to stock up on great reads and media items before 2024 waves goodbye! 👋 ⌛️ This weekend’s spotlight is on Philosophy books.  Perfect for those “What is the meaning of Life?” moments after too much eggnog! 🤔 📚 🥛 And … here’s a deal to get really excited about 👉🏻 All audiobooks are just 50¢ each!  That’s right – You can feed your mind on the cheap while feeding your tummy those holiday treats! 🎧 😋 We’re proud to share a heartwarming photo…

🎄 Christmas is just days away, and our Book Shop is filled with last-minute gift magic!  Our Center Table features masterpieces of Literature and Art.   From Shakespeare’s timeless plays and sonnets to Poe’s mysterious tales.  From da Vinci’s brilliant sketches all the way to Caravaggio’s over-the-top realism. 📚 🎨 Need something sweet?  Our holiday Cookie Cookbooks will have your kitchen smelling better than Santa’s Elves’ Bakery 🍪🎅   And way, way better than the Keebler Elves’ Hollow Tree, too! 👃🏻😎 And of course, you won’t want to miss our other Christmas & Holiday themed media before we roll it away for another year. 🧑‍🎄📚🎶🎥💿📀🧩 Most items are priced at the pre-inflationary CPI level of $1 or less (with absolutely no threat of tariffs! 🤪).  These days, that’s a bigger Christmas miracle than Maureen O’Hara and Natalie Wood would ever…

Our Christmas and Holiday theme was such a hit, we’ve decked our halls with even more seasonal delights!  New to the festivities 👉🏻 A spectacular Center Table display of Holiday Cookbooks.  Perfect for planning your Christmas feast or finding a special cookie recipe that’ll make Santa stay an extra hour! 🎅🏼🍪 Back by popular demand 👉🏻 Our “Blind Date with a Book” selection has grown!  Forget Tinder and those other dating apps.  Our matches are literally ‘Your Type’! 🥰📚  Each beautifully wrapped book comes with a festive ornament. 🎁✨ Plus, we’ve restocked all our Christmas and Holiday-themed books and media items for both adults and kids.  Most still priced at just 50¢! 🧑🏻‍🎄📚🎶🎥💿📀🧩 Science Fiction and Fantasy fans rejoice 👉🏻 Our entire shelf remains half off! 🚀🐉 Visit us on the lower level of the Troy Public…

Come and browse our fabulous selection of seasonal books for both adults and kids, most priced at just 50¢! 🧑🏻‍🎄📚  Who knew holiday cheer could be so affordable?  We also have Christmas CDs, DVDs, and Jigsaw Puzzles to add to your festive fun. 🎶💿📀🧩 For December, don’t miss our special “Blind Date with a Book.”  Think of it as matchmaking for book lovers, but with less small talk and more reading! 🥰📚  Choose a genre, and we’ll surprise you with a handpicked book, beautifully wrapped and complete with an ornament.  All books are like-new and from 2020 or newer. 🎁✨ And if you love Science Fiction and Fantasy, you’re in luck!  Our entire shelf of these titles is Half Off. 🚀🐉 As always, the Book Shop carries a wide inventory…

🎩✌🏻📚 “We Make a Living by What We Get, But We Make a Life by What We Give” 📚✌🏻🎩 So extolled Winston Churchill, former British Prime Minister and indefatigable 20th-century statesman whose 150th birthday we mark this weekend.  As we honor his legacy and prepare for Giving Tuesday – December 3 – we need YOU to help us write the next great chapter in the history of the Friends of the Troy Public Library.  As Churchill eloquently proclaimed, “To each, there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique to them and fitted to their talents.”  And this is YOUR special moment. We are an all-volunteer nonprofit committed to supporting the Troy…

🦃 Happy Thanksgiving from the Friends of the Troy Public Library. 🥧 The building will be closed for the long holiday weekend beginning at 5:00 PM today, Wednesday November 27 – Sunday December 1.  Library reopens Monday December 2.  We will see you back in the Lower-Level Book Shop on Saturday December 7 at 10:00am SHARP! 🤞🏻  Go Lions!  Beat Da Bears! 💙🤍

Are you ready to rule like an Egyptian Pharaoh or Roman Emperor without spending like one?  Then the Friends of the Troy Public Library Book Shop is the place to be this weekend! 👑 Our Center Table spotlights Ancient Civilizations with stunning Coffee Table books about Egypt, including the mighty Tutankhamun 🐍 (Before he became a mummy’s boy! lol).  There are also classics featuring powerful Roman Emperors ⚔️, fierce Vikings 🛶, noble Samurai 🗡️, along with the magnificent Aztecs, Mayas and Incas! These lavishly illustrated volumes bring ancient worlds to life and make perfect gifts for history buffs or an eye-catching addition to your own coffee table! ☕️🏺   ⛄️And just in time for the season, we’re adding more Winter and Holiday reads for the little ones 👉🏻 From frosty outdoor adventures to heartwarming stories that…