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Happiness Falls
Happiness Falls

Happiness Falls

Angie Kim
Family Lore
Family Lore

Family Lore

Elizabeth Acevedo
The Connellys of County Down
The Connellys of County Down

The Connellys of County Down

Tracey Lange
Good Bad Girl
Good Bad Girl

Good Bad Girl

Alice Feeney
The Paris Assignment
The Paris Assignment

The Paris Assignment

Rhys Bowen
The Bee Sting
The Bee Sting

The Bee Sting

Paul Murray
When Your Back's Against the Wall
When Your Back's Against the Wall

When Your Back's Against the Wall

Michael Oher
Congratulations, the Best Is Over!
Congratulations, the Best Is Over!

Congratulations, the Best Is Over!

R. Eric Thomas
The Injustice of Place
The Injustice of Place

The Injustice of Place

Kathryn Edin
The Deadline
The Deadline

The Deadline

Jill Lepore
White House By the Sea
White House By the Sea

White House By the Sea

Kate Storey
We Need To Talk About Antisemitism
We Need To Talk About Antisemitism

We Need To Talk About Antisemitism

Diana Fersko
The Blackening
The Blackening

The Blackening

No Hard Feelings
No Hard Feelings

No Hard Feelings

The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster
The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster

The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster

Beau Is Afraid
Beau Is Afraid

Beau Is Afraid

Sisu
Sisu

Sisu

Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston

Zora Neale Hurston

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Marina Interlibrary Loan


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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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OverDrive & Libby


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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.

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Hoopla Digital


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

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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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Mark Anthony Thomas, CEO of the Greater Baltimore Committee
free TO BMORE PODCAST Newest Episode — September 2023

Greater Baltimore Committee

Bringing more business to Baltimore. That’s the goal for the new President and CEO of the Greater Baltimore Committee. This episode of the Free to Bmore podcast we talk to Mark Anthony Thomas about the opportunities and challenges the city.. And how we move into the future.

Live From the Pratt

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

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