Adult Programming
American Families in Fiction
They May Not Mean to, but They Do by Cathleen Schine A Jewish family in New York copes with their widowed mother, and she with her children and extended family.
Copies available at the Reference Desk to check out.
This class is the fourth in our ongoing Online Self Defense series.
Encryption is everywhere on the internet, but most people do not have even a basic understanding of what it is or how it works. Come learn about this vital technology including:
The basics of encryption and the terminology used in encryption
How HTTPS secures your internet connections
Singular Perspectives: Nonfiction & the Author’s Experience
A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley
Amazing journeys-- the 4-year-old transported 1,000 miles to Kolkata and then adopted in Australia becomes the searcher trying to find his way back 25 years later.
Copies to checkout are available at the Reference Desk.
This class is the second in our ongoing Online Self Defense series.
It covers online threats to privacy and what to do about them. Including:
Using Ad blockers to avoid malvertising and cross site tracking.
The importance of HTTPS.
Using VPN’s to increase your privacy and security.
This class is the third in our ongoing Online Self Defense series.
It will cover s security on mobile devices. Learn to secure your smartphones and tablets. Topics include
How to avoid malicious apps.
The dangers of leaving connections turned on.
The importance of security updates.
How to encrypt your devices.
Singular Perspectives: Nonfiction & the Author’s Experience
Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
A geobiologist weaves a tale about growth of all kinds, including her own, as a scientist, teacher, and human being.
Copies to checkout are available at the Reference Desk.
Pets and Pests: Our lives with animals
Many novels and memoirs have been written about the relationships humans share with animals. And some riveting nonfiction has been written about animals in conflict wtih us.
What do we learn from the animals close to us? Why are these some of the dearest relationships some people have?
What about pigeons and man-eating tigers? What makes our struggle against them so passionate?
This is the first class in our ongoing Online Self Defense Series.
It class covers the very basics including threats that you need to be aware of and safety measures that everyone should take. It includes:
What is Ransomware?
What is Phishing?
Why updates are important.
Why backups are important.
"Politics Makes Strange Bedfellows": Novels and Commentary
Join the Kilton’s adult book discussion group to discuss political fiction and analysis.
What do novelists and commentators have to add about the times America has lived through? What do they say about today’s world?
Bring along a brownbag lunch and a book on the theme. A selection is on display or you may bring another favorite to discuss.
Singular Perspectives: Nonfiction & the Author’s Experience
It’s What I Do: A photographer’s life of love and war by Lynsey Addario
A young woman who is her best self behind the camera in war zones accounts for her life and work, and adjusts to motherhood.
Copies to checkout are available at the Reference Desk.