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Blood orange night : the true story of surviving benzodiazepine dependencepages cm
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Find out about animal babies24 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Flying solo : a novel308 pages ; 25cm
Gallant338 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
GIRL WHO SURVIVED.
The Hotel Nantucket : a novel368, 36 pages ; 25 cm.
The house across the lake : a novel349 pages ; 24 cm
I was born a baby1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
James Patterson by James Patterson : the stories of my life360 pages ; 22 cm
Kunoichi bunny32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Listen : how Evelyn Glennie, a deaf girl, changed percussion1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Local gone missing370 pages ; 24 cm.
Meena%27s mindful moment1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 27 cm
The most dazzling girl in Berlin410 pages ; 22 cm
New from here361 pages ; 22 cm
Okoye to the people277 pages ; 22 cm
ON ROTATION.
Only a monster403 pages ; 22 cm
Out of the clear blue skyx, 480 pages ; 24 cm.
The princess revolt340 pages ; 22 cm.
Red warning : a novel423 pages ; 24 cm.
Star fishing48 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
SUSPECTS.
Trigger244 pages ; 22 cm
Vacationland : a novelpages cm
The wedding dress sewing circle : a novel411 pages ; 25 cm
Witchlings334 pages ; 22 cm
The woman in the library : a novel265 pages ; 21 cm
You%27ve reached Sam296 pages ; 22 cm.

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Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (DVD)1 videodisc (ca. 142 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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African-American History

Covering more than 500 years of the African-American experience, African-American History offers a fresh way to explore the full spectrum of African-American history and culture.

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Pronunciator

Personalized language learning. 163 languages to learn (including ASL and ESL). Simple to use, yet remarkably robust. Quality human voices, translations and video.

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Kanopy

Over 30,000 streaming films free with your library card. 5 checkouts per month on iPhone, iPad, android, Appletv, Roku and Chromecast.

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Over 35,000 audiobooks and eBooks. Checkout up to 15 titles at a time, place up to 20 holds. Patrons can set check out for 7, 14 or 21 days.

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Kennedy Room at SCPL Headquarters Library

Kennedy Room of Local History

Daniel Morgan Monument - Downtown Spartanburg - 1920's era image

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Friends & Volunteers

The Friends of the Library is a nonprofit group whose primary purpose is to support the Spartanburg County Public Libraries.

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Community Services

Find out about passport applications, GED program, and more.

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SPARK Space

SCPL makerspace - tinker, create, design, build, and experiment.

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Upcoming Events for Adults

Books for Adults

Ashton Hall : a novel397 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
Aurora : a novel292 pages ; 24 cm.
A botanist%27s guide to parties and poisons
Can%27t look away310 pages ; 25 cm
Corrections in ink : a memoirpages cm
Counterfeit : a novel274 pages ; 22 cm
The drowning seapages cm.
Free fallpages cm.
The Friendship Pact.384 pages
Ghost lover : stories221 pages : 22 cm
Gilt : a novel374 pages ; 24 cm
Horse401 pages ; 25 cm
How to be an antiracist[320] pages ; 19 cm
Iona Iverson%27s rules for commuting342 pages ; 24 cm
ISLAND WEDDING.
It all comes down to this344 pages ; 25 cm
Lapvona304 pages
The lies I tell302 pages ; 24 cm
The measure : a novelpages cm
The messy lives of book people327 pages ; 24 cm
A mirror mended130 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Mother ocean father nation : a novelpages 329 ; 24cm
Nuclear family : a novel299 pages ; 22 cm.
Ordinary monsters660 pages ; 25 cm.
Rough draft : a memoir1 volume ; 23 cm
SECOND HUSBAND.
The stardust thief467 pages : map ; 24 cm.
A way out of no way : a memoir of truth, transformation, and the new American story276 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Woman of light : a novelxxiv, 308 pages : map ; 22 cm.
Zero hourviii, 481 pages ; 24 cm.

More Heroes of the Second World War

Against all odds : a true story of ultimate courage and survival in World War IIx, 351 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Agent Jack : the true story of MI5%27s secret Nazi hunterxiv, 313 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Brothers down : Pearl Harbor and the fate of the many brothers aboard the USS Arizona337 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Code name Madeleine : a Sufi spy in Nazi-occupied Paris324 pages ; 23 cm
Coffin corner boys : one bomber, ten men, and their harrowing escape from Nazi-occupied Francexxi, 266 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
D-Day girls : the spies who armed the resistance, sabotaged the Nazis, and helped win World War IIxi, 384 pages : map ; 25 cm
Damn Lucky : one man%27s courage during the bloodiest military campaign in aviation historyviii, 306 pages, 16 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Double crossed : the missionaries who spied for the US during the Second World Warx, 401 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
\Everything we have\ : D-Day, 6.6.44 : the American story of the Normandy landings told through personal accounts, images and artifacts from the collections of The National WWII Museum256 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 29 cm
Facing the mountain : a true story of Japanese American heroes in World War IIxx, 540 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
The first wave : the D-Day warriors who led the way to victory in World War II368 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
The Force : The Legendary Special Ops Unit and WWII%27s Mission Impossible360 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
A game of birds and wolves : the ingenious young women whose secret board game helped win World War II309 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Ghost riders : when US and German soldiers fought together to save the world%27s most beautiful horses in the last days of World War IIvii, 294 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
The ghost ships of Archangel : the Arctic voyage that defied the Nazis337 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of unnumbered plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
A guest of the Reich : the story of American heiress Gertrude Legendre%27s dramatic captivity and escape from Nazi Germanyviii, 240 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
The immortals : the World War II story of five fearless heroes, the sinking of the Dorchester, and an awe-inspiring rescueviii, 280 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Indianapolis : the true story of the worst sea disaster in U.S. naval history and the fifty-year fight to exonerate an innocent man578 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
The indomitable Florence Finch : the untold story of a war widow turned resistance fighter and savior of American POWsxxi, 342 pages : 8 pages of photographs (black and white and color), map ; 23 cm
Landing on the edge of eternity : twenty-four hours at Omaha Beachxl, 376 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Madame Fourcade%27s secret war : the daring young woman who led France%27s largest spy network against Hitlerxxiv, 428 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm
No surrender : a father, a son, and an extraordinary act of heroism that continues to live on today347 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Operation Columba : the Secret Pigeon Service : the untold story of World War II resistance in Europeviii, 334 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
The princess spy : the true story of World War II spy Aline Griffith, Countess of Romanonesxvii, 361 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
The race of aces : WWII%27s elite airmen and the epic battle to become the masters of the sky1 volume ; 23 cm
Scholars of mayhem : my father%27s secret war in Nazi-occupied Francexvii, 252 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
They fought alone : the true story of the Starr Brothers, British secret agents in Nazi-occupied Francexiv, 322 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Valor : the astonishing World War II saga of one man%27s defiance and indomitable spirit337 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Whatever it took : an American paratrooper%27s extraordinary memoir of escape, survival, and heroism in the last days of World War II272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
The women with silver wings : the inspiring true story of the women Airforce service pilots of World War II435 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

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Novelist Plus

Contains over 200,000 fiction and nonfiction titles, plus feature content including lists of award-winning books, Book Discussion Guides, Book Talks, Recommended Reads and more.

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PowerSearch by Gale

Search several available databases simultaneously.

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Featured Downloadables
Hoopla

Borrow videos, audiobooks, music, eBooks & comics. 4 total checkouts per month. Patrons who receive a notice that the library’s daily checkout limit has been reached should try again after midnight.

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Kanopy

Over 30,000 streaming films free with your library card. 5 checkouts per month on iPhone, iPad, android, Appletv, Roku and Chromecast.

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Librarian Helping Patron

What to Read Next

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Adults Newsletter

Upcoming events & programs for adults at the Headquarters Library.

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Discussion Groups & Book Club Kits

Want to join a library book discussion group or reserve a book club kit for a book club of your own? See schedule & reservation details.

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Government Information & Law Collections

These collections serve the legal research and government information needs of Spartanburg residents. Includes Immigration & Citizenship Resources.

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Video Release Calendar

Library release dates for upcoming Movies & TV Series.

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Local Music Covers - Daryle Ryce, David Ball, Marshall Tucker, Pink Anderson

Local Music Collection

Newspaper

Employment & Business

Yoga Pose

Fitness Classes

SCPL offers a variety of fitness classes for all fitness levels.

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Andy Flynt
Director of Information Services
151 S. Church St., Spartanburg, SC 29306
(864)596-3500 x.1217


Jess Herzog
Director of Adult Services
151 S. Church St., Spartanburg, SC 29306
(864)596-3500 x.1277


Upcoming Events for Teens

New Books for Teens

All rise : resistance and rebellion in South Africa 1910-1948 : a graphic history248 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Apprentice1 volume ; 22 cm.
Batter royale234 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm
Before takeoff326 pages ; 22 cm
Black Panthervolumes : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
Boys and girls screaming193 pages ; 21 cm
The counselors343 pages ; 22 cm.
Exactly where you need to be306 pages ; 23 cm
Finding Jupiter313 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Go hunt me310 pages ; 22 cm.
Good game, well played1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 cm
The holy grail of Erisvolumes : chiefly illustrations ; 18 cm
How to money : your ultimate visual guide to the basics of financeix, 244 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
How we ricochet329 pages ; 22 cm
Inheritance : a visual poem1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 20 cm
Murder for the modern girl347 pages ; 22 cm
A night to die for257 pages ; 21 cm
Places we%27ve never been322 pages ; 22 cm
Primal animals : a novel294 pages ; 22 cm
Private label404 pages ; 22 cm.
Re:Zero : starting life in another worldvolumes : illustrations (some colour) ; 19 cm
Vivid
The well173 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm
The wolf never sleepsvolumes : illustrations ; 21 cm

Dangerous Waters

All the stars and teeth373 pages : map ; 22 cm
The beholder429 pages ; 22 cm
Crossbones362 pages : map ; 22 cm.
Crown of coral and pearl424 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
Daughter of the pirate king311 pages ; 22 cm
Fable353 pages ; 22 cm
Fear the drowning deep301 pages ; 22 cm
The girl from everywhere454 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
House of salt and sorrows416 pages ; 21 cm
Lies beneath306 p. ; 22 cm.
Mera : tidebreaker1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
The mermaid, the witch, and the sea357 pages ; 24 cm
One piecev. : ill. ; 19 cm.
The outcasts434 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Part of your world : a twisted tale475 pages ; 22 cm
Salt & Storm398 pages ; 22 cm
Sea witch348 pages ; 23 cm
Seafire374 pages ; 22 cm
Ship breaker326 p. ; 22 cm.
Song of the current376 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
These rebel waves474 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
To kill a kingdom342 pages ; 22 cm
The vicious deep372 p. ; 22 cm.
The wicked deep310 pages ; 22 cm

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MasterFILE Premier

MasterFILE Premier contains full text articles for nearly 1,700 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more.

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Tutor.com

Connects students (and parents!) with expert tutors and career coaches in more than 80 subjects and test prep areas.

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OverDrive Teens

Teen eReading Room. Audiobooks and eBooks for Teens. Checkout up to 15 titles at a time, place up to 20 holds. Patrons can set check out for 7, 14 or 21 days.

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Teen BookCloud

Includes graphic novels, enhanced novels, eBooks, classic literature, National Geographic videos, educator resources, and audio books for grades 7-12.

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Teen Advisory Group

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Volunteens

Earn volunteer credit.

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Teen Department Intern

Learn more about our internship for teens.

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Teen News Flash newsletters

Virtual Programs

SCPL Teens on Facebook

Like @scplteens for the latest.

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Request a tour of the Teen Hub

Classes, camps, and other groups of teens are invited to tour the Teen Hub of the Headquarters Library.

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Susan Myers
Director of Teen Services
151 S. Church St., Spartanburg, SC 29306
(864)596-3500 x.1241


Upcoming Events for Kids

New Books for Kids

Bella loves bugs48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
A day for sandcastles1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Dear friends297, 28 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Every bird a prince244 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
The heart of the storm : a biography of Sue Bird48 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Let%27s do everything and nothing1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
My big book of outdoors : welcome! In every season, there is something different to see, discover, make and do. So explore the seasons, get outdoors and into nature!115 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.
My day in the park1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Perfectly imperfect Mira32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Shine on, Luz Véliz!262 pages ; 22 cm
That%27s Betty! : the story of Betty White1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Unfadeable278 pages ; 22 cm

Oceans of Possibilities

Arrr, Mustache Baby!40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Bad mermaids make waves242 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
The big book of the blue61 pages : colour illustrations ; 35 cm
Consider the octopus264 pages ; 22 cm
Daughter of the deepxii, 336 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Down, down, down : a journey to the bottom of the sea1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Escape from Atlantis440 pages ; 22 cm.
Hello, my name is ... : how Adorabilis got his name1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
The ocean calls : a haenyeo mermaid story1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Race to the bottom of the sea423 pages ; 21 cm
Shark lady : the true story of how Eugenie Clark became the ocean%27s most fearless scientist1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Swashby and the sea1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 x 24 cm

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Gale In Context: Elementary

Curriculum-related, age appropriate, full-text content from the best elementary reference sources and magazines. Covers geography, current events, the arts, science, health and more.

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StudySC

Online content to support SC specific curriculum standards. Created by the South Carolina State Library, StudySC provides a student-friendly environment arranged by grade level & subject area.

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Kanopy

Over 30,000 streaming films free with your library card. 5 checkouts per month on iPhone, iPad, android, Appletv, Roku and Chromecast.

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TumbleBooks

TumbleBooks includes over 500 fiction and non-fiction animated & talking story and chapter books. Also included in the collection are French and Spanish books found in the Language Learning area.

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More for Kids

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Small Talk Spartanburg County

Accelerating language development in children birth to three.

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OverDrive eBooks & audiobooks

Storytime at SCPL Wee Be Jammin

Storytimes & Recurring Programs

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Palmetto Basics

Five fun, simple, and powerful ways to give every child a great start in life.

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Request a Program. A service for organizations serving children from birth to twelve years old.

For Organizations Serving Kids

Child Dialing Phone

Dial a Story: (864) 596-3530

Call (864) 596-3530 anytime to hear a story. Stories updated weekly.

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Early Literacy & School Readiness Resources

Resources that families, parents, caregivers & educators can use to further develop early literacy skills and school readiness.

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Book Club Kits

SCPL offers Book Club in a Bag kits for over 50 children’s fiction titles. Each kit contains 15 copies and can be checked out for 6 weeks.

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If you have questions or comments, we'd love to hear from you.


Jessica Lopez
Director of Children's Services
151 S. Church St., Spartanburg, SC 29306
(864)596-3500 x.1263


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