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New Books February 2018

Feb 8, 2018 | Announcements, Library

It’s time to update your reading list! Find out the latest books added to the Library.

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New Books February 2018

 

Recent News

  • May 2025 Book List: April Showers Bring May Flowers!
  • April 2025: Library Appreciation Month
  • Goodbye to Winter
  • A Little Extra Love from Libraries
  • New Books in March

Events Calendar

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5:00 PM - Art 'Round Town for the exhibit "The Lunch Hour: Portsmouth"
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1:00 PM - 1805 Building Tour
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5:30 PM - Franklin Club
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1:00 PM - 1805 Building Tour
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5:30 PM - 2025 Current Events Lecture Series: "Offshore Stealth Wealth and the New Colonialism"
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3:00 PM - ArtsAthenaeum 2025 Poetry Reading with Oliver de la Paz
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5:30 PM - 2025 Lecture Series: “A Goodly Place: The Construction and Character of the Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion” offered by John Rule and Adi Rule
22
5:30 PM - Lawfare in the age of Lincoln: From the battlefield to the court room, Fitz John Porter's long winter of injustice
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5:30 PM - 2025 Current Events Lecture Series: "Tracing Homelands: Israel, Palestine and the Claims of Belonging"
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5:00 PM - Memorial Concert with Organist Geoffrey Wieting
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Art 'Round Town for the exhibit "The Lunch Hour: Portsmouth"
Art 'Round Town for the exhibit "The Lunch Hour: Portsmouth"
May 2, 2025    
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Portsmouth Athenaeum
  • Art Round Town
  • Exhibit Events
Art 'Round Town, Exhibits, Randall Gallery, The Lunch Hour: Portsmouth
Please join us during Art 'Round Town and see our latest exhibit, “The Lunch Hour: Portsmouth," curated by Proprietor Judy Groppa in the Randall Gallery. [...]
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1805 Building Tour
1805 Building Tour
May 3, 2025    
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Portsmouth Athenaeum
  • Building Tours
Building Tours, Library Room, Membership Libraries, Sawtelle Reading Room
Join us for a tour of our Sawtelle Reading Room and the historic Library Room. Tours are at 1 p.m., 2 p.m., and 3 p.m. [...]
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Franklin Club
Franklin Club
May 7, 2025    
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Portsmouth Athenaeum
  • Franklin Club
Franklin Club, Sawtelle Reading Room
The Junto, also known as the Leather Apron Club, was a club for mutual improvement established in 1727 by Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia. The Leather [...]
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1805 Building Tour
1805 Building Tour
May 10, 2025    
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Portsmouth Athenaeum
  • Building Tours
Building Tours, Library Room, Membership Libraries, Sawtelle Reading Room
Join us for a tour of our Sawtelle Reading Room and the historic Library Room. Tours are at 1 p.m., 2 p.m., and 3 p.m. [...]
More Info
2025 Current Events Lecture Series: "Offshore Stealth Wealth and the New Colonialism"
2025 Current Events Lecture Series: "Offshore Stealth Wealth and the New Colonialism"
May 16, 2025    
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Portsmouth Athenaeum
  • Current Events Series
  • Discussions
2025 Current Events Series, Brooke Harrington, Finance, Shaw Research Library
In collaboration with the World Affairs Council of New Hampshire, the Portsmouth Athenaeum Current Events Lecture Series presents the "Offshore Stealth Wealth and the New [...]
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ArtsAthenaeum 2025 Poetry Reading with Oliver de la Paz
ArtsAthenaeum 2025 Poetry Reading with Oliver de la Paz
May 18, 2025    
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Portsmouth Athenaeum
  • ArtsAthenaeum Performance Series
  • Performance & Concert Series
ArtsAthenaeum Performance Series 2025, Concerts, Poetry Readings, Shaw Research Library
The Portsmouth Athenaeum is delighted to welcome Oliver de la Paz, celebrated poet and educator, for a special reading on Sunday, May 18, at 3:00 [...]
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2025 Lecture Series: “A Goodly Place: The Construction and Character of the Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion” offered by John Rule and Adi Rule
2025 Lecture Series: “A Goodly Place: The Construction and Character of the Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion” offered by John Rule and Adi Rule
May 21, 2025    
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
$0.00 - $25.00
Portsmouth Athenaeum
  • Discussions
  • Lecture Series
2025 Lecture Series: Beauty on the Seacoast and Beyond, Adi Rule, Architecture and Gardens, Art Architecture and Gardens, John Rule, Shaw Research Library, Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion
NOTE: THIS PROGRAM IS NEARLY FULL. Overlooking the Piscataqua River’s back channel at Little Harbor sits one of Portsmouth’s hidden gems, the Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion. Home [...]
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Lawfare in the age of Lincoln: From the battlefield to the court room, Fitz John Porter's long winter of injustice
Lawfare in the age of Lincoln: From the battlefield to the court room, Fitz John Porter's long winter of injustice
May 22, 2025    
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
$0.00
Portsmouth Athenaeum
  • Book Talks
  • Discussions
Book Talks
A talk with esteemed historian William Marvel, author of Radical Sacrifice, The Rise and Ruin of Fitz John Porter. The program will be on the [...]
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2025 Current Events Lecture Series: "Tracing Homelands: Israel, Palestine and the Claims of Belonging"
2025 Current Events Lecture Series: "Tracing Homelands: Israel, Palestine and the Claims of Belonging"
May 23, 2025    
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
$0.00 - $25.00
Portsmouth Athenaeum
  • Current Events Series
  • Discussions
2025 Current Events Series, Israel, Linda Dittmar, Palestine, Shaw Research Library
NOTE: This event was originally scheduled for Thursday, April 24, and it is now rescheduled for Friday, May 23. It is also now FREE for [...]
More Info Book Now!
Memorial Concert with Organist Geoffrey Wieting
Memorial Concert with Organist Geoffrey Wieting
May 29, 2025    
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
St. John's Episcopal Church
  • Members Events
  • Performance & Concert Series
Concerts, Geoffrey Wieting, Memorial Concert, Proprietors, St. John's Church
Join us on Thursday, May 29, at 5:00 p.m. at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Portsmouth for the annual Memorial Concert, featuring renowned organist Geoffrey [...]
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Events on May 2, 2025
Art 'Round Town for the exhibit "The Lunch Hour: Portsmouth"
Art 'Round Town for the exhibit "The Lunch Hour: Portsmouth"
2 May 25
Portsmouth
Events on May 3, 2025
1805 Building Tour
1805 Building Tour
3 May 25
Portsmouth
Events on May 7, 2025
Franklin Club
Franklin Club
7 May 25
Portsmouth
Events on May 10, 2025
1805 Building Tour
1805 Building Tour
10 May 25
Portsmouth
Events on May 16, 2025
2025 Current Events Lecture Series: "Offshore Stealth Wealth and the New Colonialism"
2025 Current Events Lecture Series: "Offshore Stealth Wealth and the New Colonialism"
16 May 25
Portsmouth
Events on May 18, 2025
ArtsAthenaeum 2025 Poetry Reading with Oliver de la Paz
ArtsAthenaeum 2025 Poetry Reading with Oliver de la Paz
18 May 25
Portsmouth
Events on May 21, 2025
2025 Lecture Series: “A Goodly Place: The Construction and Character of the Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion” offered by John Rule and Adi Rule
2025 Lecture Series: “A Goodly Place: The Construction and Character of the Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion” offered by John Rule and Adi Rule
21 May 25
Portsmouth
Events on May 22, 2025
Lawfare in the age of Lincoln: From the battlefield to the court room, Fitz John Porter's long winter of injustice
Lawfare in the age of Lincoln: From the battlefield to the court room, Fitz John Porter's long winter of injustice
22 May 25
Portsmouth
Events on May 23, 2025
2025 Current Events Lecture Series: "Tracing Homelands: Israel, Palestine and the Claims of Belonging"
2025 Current Events Lecture Series: "Tracing Homelands: Israel, Palestine and the Claims of Belonging"
23 May 25
Portsmouth
Events on May 29, 2025
Memorial Concert with Organist Geoffrey Wieting
Memorial Concert with Organist Geoffrey Wieting
29 May 25
Portsmouth

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