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New materials available at the Dickinson County Library

IRON MOUNTAIN -- Dickinson County Library sites in Iron Mountain, Norway and Felch Township continue to offer curbside pickup of library materials and limited appointments inside the building. New materials for checkout are being added all the time at all three locations. 

Some recent new adult non-fiction titles include -- 

-- "One Hundred Dogs and Counting" by Cara Sue Achterberg;

--"Rome is Burning: Nero and the Fire that Ended a Dynasty" by Anthony A. Barrett;

-- "South to Freedom: Runaway Slaves to Mexico and the Road to the Civil War" by Alice L. Baumgartner;

-- "What to Watch When: 1,000 TV Shows for Every Mood and Moment" by Christian Blauvelt;

-- "We Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence" by Becky Cooper;

-- "The Detective in the Dooryard: Reflections of a Maine Cop" by Timothy Cotton;

-- "Payton and Brees" by Jeff Duncan;

-- "Setsuko's Secret" by Shirley Ann Higuchi;

-- "Sicily '43: The First Assault on Fortress Europe" by James Holland;

-- "The Women I Think About at Night: Traveling the Paths of My Heroes" by Mia Kankimaki;

-- "Wild Minds: The Artists and Rivalries That Inspired the Golden Age of Animation" by Reid Mitenbuler;

-- "The Dead are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X" by Les Payne;

-- "Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway" by Michael Riedel;

-- "Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life" by Christie Tate;

-- "The Story of Life in 10 Species" by Marianne Taylor;

-- "The Nine Lives of Pakistan" by Declan Walsh;

-- "This Time Next Year We'll Be Laughing: A Memoir" by Jacqueline Winspear;

-- "The Story of China" by Michael Wood;

Two easy methods are available to place a hold on any of these books: 

1. Go to www.dcl-lib.org, click the teal "Online Card Catalog" button to visit the online card catalog, click "Login," type in your library card number and PIN number, search for the items and then click the "Place Hold" button to the right of the item listing. When the items become available, library staff will call to set up a pickup time. 

2. Call the library site and give staff the titles being sought. If the items are available, staff will locate them and set up a pickup time. If materials are not immediately available, staff will call when they are to set up a pickup time. 

Complete lists of new items for all ages and interests can be found using the links to "Browse These Collections" on the online card catalog. 

The main library in Iron Mountain can be reached at 906-774-1218, the Solomonson Branch in Norway at 906-563-8617, and the North Dickinson Branch in Felch Township at 906-542-7230.