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History HiJinks Book Club: Ike- An American Hero by Michael Korda
Submitted by lmoulton on Wednesday November 07, 2012

History HiJinks Book Club: K Blows Top: A Cold War Comic Interlude Starring Nikita Kruschev America's Most Unlikely Tourist, Peter Carlson
Submitted by lmoulton on Wednesday November 07, 2012

Although Punch magazine famously commented on the humor of Nikita Khrushchev's desire to visit Disneyland during his 1959

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Travel with PPL: Boston and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Submitted by lmoulton on Wednesday August 29, 2012

Read Stealing Rembrandts, The Gardner Heist or

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History HiJinks Book Club: K Blows Top: A Cold War Comic Interlude Starring Nikita Kruschev America's Most Unlikely Tourist, Peter Carlson
Submitted by tamason on Tuesday August 14, 2012

Although Punch magazine famously commented on the humor of Nikita Khrushchev's desire to visit Disneyland during his 1959 trip to America, 

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History Hijinks Book Club: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Vol. 3: Master of the Senate by Robert Caro
Submitted by tamason on Tuesday August 14, 2012

The most riveting political biography of our time, Robert A. Caro’s life of Lyndon B. Johnson, continues.

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History Hijinks Book Club: Tupperware: The Promise of Plastic in 1950s America by Alison J. Clarke

Submitted by tamason on Tuesday August 14, 2012

From Wonder Bowls to Ice-Tup molds to Party Susans, Tupperware has become an icon of suburban living. Tracing the fortunes of Earl Tupper’s polyethylene containers from early design to global distribution, Alison J. Clarke explains how Tupperware

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RI International Film Fest Screening: Nantucket
Submitted by lmoulton on Wednesday July 25, 2012

NANATUCKET, Ric Burns, 2011 

 A groundbreaking original film showcasing Nantucket's natural beauty and its significant

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PPL Special Collection Tour
Submitted by tamason on Thursday July 12, 2012

Take an Introduction to PPL Special Collections Tour!

Looking for a fun opportunity to learn a bit about some of the Library's unique treasures? Join our Special Collections Librarian Jordan Goffin for an

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PPL Special Collection Tour
Submitted by tamason on Thursday July 12, 2012

Take an Introduction to PPL Special Collections Tour!

Looking for a fun opportunity to learn a bit about some of the Library's unique treasures? Join our Special Collections Librarian Jordan Goffin for an

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PPL Special Collection Tour
Submitted by tamason on Thursday July 12, 2012

Take an Introduction to PPL Special Collections Tour!

Looking for a fun opportunity to learn a bit about some of the Library's unique treasures? Join our Special Collections Librarian Jordan Goffin for an

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