Did you know that according to the latest Light Stream Home Improvement Survey, 58 percent of Americans poured money into home improvement projects in 2018 and that more people are willing to pay $5,000 to $10,000 on loans and credit cards to beautify their homes? Do you want to conduct do it yourself home improvement …
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Wednesday Word
Tonya Bolden presents a very fascinating story to her Pathfinders: The Journey of 16 Extraordinary Black Souls Book. Throughout the centuries, untold numbers of African American men and women have achieved great things against the odds. This book is a collective biography of sixteen diverse African American men and women of African descent who made their mark on …
Tuesday Travels
Did you know that less than 20 percent of U.S. teens report reading a book, magazine or newspaper daily for pleasure while more than 80 percent say they use social media everyday according to research published by the American Psychological Association? Professor of psychology at San Diego State University and author of the book: I-Gen, Jean Twenge mentioned …
Friday Fiction
If you ever thought about being an English knight rescuing a maiden in distress or a lady waiting for her prince to dance with her at the ball then I suggest you take a look at the Romance genres at the Union Parish Library! They have 4,251 Romance books, 2,334 Romance-fiction books like authors by …
Thursday Technology
Did you know that more than 169 million American adults read a newspaper within the last month? That number means that newspapers reach 69 percent of the total U.S. population in a month. Print remains the most popular format with 81 percent reading that particular format. Half of the respondents which is 51 percent read …
Wednesday Word
We are not sure if Christine Heinrichs knows the answer to the classic joke, “why did the chicken cross the road?” But we do know that she has a wealth of experience in raising poultry and has penned the book, “How to Raise Chickens: Everything You Need to Know” Any individual that wants to raise 5 chickens or 50 in …
Tuesday Travels
Everyone knows that a library is typically a building filled with books, but what you may not know is that the library also provides many “programs” that promote it’s mission of “providing recreation, education, information, and culture to the residents of Union Parish.” These are programs the library provides outside of the normal delivery of …
Monday Meet Us
Every business seems to have one. That one employee that is always cheerful, full of joy, always smiling and joking with each other. Never ever in a bad mood! The Union Parish Library has one too and her name is Sandy Dean. Dean lives in Farmerville and she does not list reading as one of her favorite hobbies …
Friday Fiction
If you ever thought about extraterrestrials invading Earth or wanted to see how a robot really worked then I suggest you take a look at the science fiction genres at the Union Parish Library! They have 1,311 science fiction books and 117 juvenile literature books like authors by the name of Suzanne Collins who wrote Catching Fire which is …
Thursday Technology
Did you know that the global K-12 online tutoring market by assessment is expected to reach 77.23 billion by 2021? In other words, more students rely on online tutors now than ever before. Services like “Tutor.com” and other professional tutoring services charge a fee for participants. However, through the Union Parish Library, patrons can get …
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