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Expanded Hours

All Pratt Library locations are expanding hours Monday through Saturday beginning Monday, August 16. To celebrate, we’ll be giving the first 10 customers at each branch a Pratt beach bag and the first 100 customers will also get a surprise!

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Black Ice

Brad Thor
Fallen

Fallen

Linda Castillo
A Slow Fire Burning

A Slow Fire Burning

Paula Hawkins
Damnation Spring

Damnation Spring

Ash Davidson
The Paper Palace

The Paper Palace

Miranda Cowley Heller
Yes, Daddy

Yes, Daddy

Jonathan Parks-Ramage
Seeing Ghosts

Seeing Ghosts

Kat Chow
This Is Your Mind On Plants

This Is Your Mind On Plants

Michael Pollan
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Nadiya Bakes

Nadiya Hussain
Napoleon

Napoleon

Ruth Scurr
To Poison A Nation

To Poison A Nation

Andrew D. Baker
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After the Apocalypse

Andrew J. Bacevich
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Boogie

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Voyagers

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Godzilla Vs. Kong

The World To Come

The World To Come

American Experience. the Blinding of Isaac Woodard

American Experience. the Blinding of Isaac Woodard

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Visions of Eight

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free TO BMORE PODCAST Newest Episode — May 2021

Baltimore Asian Resistance in Solidarity

With a reported uptick in hate incidents against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, the Free to Bmore podcast goes one-on-one with members of Baltimore Asian Resistance in Solidarity.

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Use this guide to find trusted and reliable news sources related to the Coronavirus COVID-19 vaccine.

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Computer & Internet Devices

With a Pratt Library card, you can borrow devices like Chromebooks, tablets, and mobile hotspots to get online from the comfort of your home.

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