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The Age of Calamities
The Age of Calamities

The Age of Calamities

Senaa Ahmad
This Is Where the Serpent Lives
This Is Where the Serpent Lives

This Is Where the Serpent Lives

Daniyal Mueenuddin
Anatomy of An Alibi
Anatomy of An Alibi

Anatomy of An Alibi

Ashley Elston
The Old Fire
The Old Fire

The Old Fire

Elisa Shua Dusapin
The Infamous Gilberts
The Infamous Gilberts

The Infamous Gilberts

Angela Tomaski
A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing
A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing

A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing

Alice Evelyn Yang
When Trees Testify
When Trees Testify

When Trees Testify

Beronda L Montgomery
Everybody Loses
Everybody Loses

Everybody Loses

Danny Funt
The Deserving
The Deserving

The Deserving

Elizabeth Vartkessian
One Aladdin Two Lamps
One Aladdin Two Lamps

One Aladdin Two Lamps

Jeanette Winterson
Getting To Reparations
Getting To Reparations

Getting To Reparations

Dorothy A Brown
Football
Football

Football

Chuck Klosterman
Bugonia
Bugonia

Bugonia

One Battle After Another
One Battle After Another

One Battle After Another

Roofman
Roofman

Roofman

Tron
Tron

Tron

Truth & Treason
Truth & Treason

Truth & Treason

David Byrne's American Utopia
David Byrne's American Utopia

David Byrne's American Utopia

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 apply for a Pratt Library Card that allows access to all of Enoch Pratt Free Library’s resources including eBooks, streaming media, and databases. It’s easier than ever to get a Pratt Library card! Anyone who lives or owns property in Maryland is eligible for a free library card.

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OverDrive & Libby


Download popular eBooks, audiobooks, and more for all ages, including digital magazines formerly included in RBdidgital.

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.

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 New York Times and The Economist.

Comics Plus
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Comics Plus


Use your Pratt Library card to borrow thousands of digital comics, graphic novels and manga through your web browser or the Comics Plus app.

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Baltimore Banner
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Baltimore Banner


Stay up to date with local news, politics, business, entertainment, and more with nonprofit online newspaper The Baltimore Banner.

Baltimore Sun
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Baltimore Sun


Reporting in Baltimore since 1837, The Baltimore Sun reports daily local, national, and international news.

New York Times
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New York Times


One of the longest-running newspapers in the United States, The New York Times reports broadly on domestic and international news.

Wall Street Journal
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Wall Street Journal


The Wall Street Journal, founded in 1889, provides extensive coverage of news, especially business and finance.

Rev. Alvin Hathaway
free TO BMORE PODCAST Newest Episode — November 2025

From the Archives: Reverend Alvin Hathaway On Social Justice

In this archived episode of the Free to Bmore Podcast from 2020, we welcome Rev. Hathaway from the Union Baptist Church to explore the history of social justice in Baltimore, and where we can go from here.

Government Documents

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

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