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Anita De Monte Laughs Last
Anita De Monte Laughs Last

Anita De Monte Laughs Last

Xochitl Gonzalez
A Great Country
A Great Country

A Great Country

Shilpi Somaya Gowda
Watch Where They Hide
Watch Where They Hide

Watch Where They Hide

Tamron Hall
The Great Divide
The Great Divide

The Great Divide

Cristina Henríquez
James
James

James

Percival Everett
The Women
The Women

The Women

Kristin Hannah
Karma
Karma

Karma

1961 Boy George
Age of Revolutions
Age of Revolutions

Age of Revolutions

Fareed Zakaria
So Fetch
So Fetch

So Fetch

Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
There's Always This Year
There's Always This Year

There's Always This Year

Hanif Abdurraqib
Lessons For Survival
Lessons For Survival

Lessons For Survival

Emily Raboteau
In True Face
In True Face

In True Face

Jonna Mendez
The Color Purple
The Color Purple

The Color Purple

Next Goal Wins
Next Goal Wins

Next Goal Wins

The Breaking Ice
The Breaking Ice

The Breaking Ice

The Book of Clarence
The Book of Clarence

The Book of Clarence

I.S.S.
I.S.S.

I.S.S.

All Up In the Biz
All Up In the Biz

All Up In the Biz

Marina Interlibrary Loan
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Marina Interlibrary Loan


Search and submit requests public libraries across Maryland for books, articles, and other materials, including audio/visual formats, musical scores, and microfilm.

Library of Things
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Library of Things


Check out learning kits, games, technology, musical instruments, and more with the Library of Things collection, available to Pratt cardholders. Place a hold and pick up your items at any Pratt location.

Digital Maryland Collections
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Digital Maryland Collections


Digital Maryland provides free online access to digital versions of rare and unique materials, including historical maps, photographs, reports, books, manuscripts, artwork, and other media.

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Maryland residents can now apply online for an eCard that allows access to all of Enoch Pratt Free Library’s digital resources including eBooks, streaming media, and databases. It’s easier than ever to get a Pratt Library card! We have loosened restrictions to getting a card to access our resources. Anyone who lives or owns property in Maryland is eligible for a free library card.

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OverDrive & Libby


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Kanopy
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Kanopy


Your Pratt Library card gives you access to a large, curated catalog of educational, entertaining, and enriching films for adults, teens, and kids.

Hoopla
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Hoopla


Use your Pratt Library card to borrow free movies, music, eBooks, audiobooks, comics, and TV shows with Hoopla.

PressReader
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PressReader


Download the PressReader app or read online to find current issues of over 7,000 newspapers and magazines, including the Baltimore Sun.

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free TO BMORE PODCAST Newest Episode — February 2024

Visit Baltimore

The CIAA tournament is here! One of the people who helped bring that basketball tournament to Baltimore is Visit Baltimore CEO Al Hutchinson. We'll talk to him about the festival's impact and why bringing tourists to Baltimore is good for the whole city.

Live From the Pratt

Listen to authors, speakers, and musicians with the Live From The Pratt podcast.

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Government Documents

Browse a collection of documents from all State agencies covering subjects of interest to consumers and researchers alike.

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