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The popular HBO television series True Blood based on The Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris has developed a huge fan base. Season 3 of the series will begin airing June 13, but while we eagerly wait to find out what will happen next to our telepathic waitress, you can check out or download some True Blood resources the library has to offer!

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On May 5, Charlaine Harris stopped by the Parkway Central Library to discuss her new Sookie Stackhouse novel Dead in the Family. She answered many True Blood-related questions and explained she will release a new Sookie Stackhouse novel every May until 2013. Listen on your computer or download!

Movies

  • If you are new to True Blood, don’t worry... you can check out the complete first season 
  • True Blood was created and produced by Academy Award winner Alan Ball. Check out the film American Beauty which won best original screenplay in 2000 or his popular HBO series Six Feet Under season 1
  • The show’s star Anna Paquin (she plays Sookie Stackhouse) earned an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1994 (she was 11 years old) for her role in The Piano.

Books – The Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris

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True Blood Cast © HBO
True Blood Cast © HBO
True Blood Poster © HBO
True Blood Poster © HBO

Want to feel really smart? Then listen to podcasts by Nobel Laureates@Central including:

You can listen to our podcasts directly from your computer (click the link Listen to MP3 audio) or subscribe via iTunes.

Happy listening!

 

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Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison
Barack Obama
Barack Obama

Learn and listen to Science@Central, where you’ll hear podcasts from some of today’s best known scientists and science writers, including:

You can listen to our podcasts directly from your computer (click the link Listen to MP3 audio) or subscribe via iTunes.

Happy listening!

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Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins
Neil DeGrasse Tyson
Neil DeGrasse Tyson

Looking to get to know a different side of newly elected Democractic Vice Presidential nominee Sen. Joe Biden? Learn more about Biden, who has served as a United States senator since 1973, by listening to a podcast of his visit to the Free Library of Philadelphia. Biden stopped by late last August, shortly after the release of his book, Promises to Keep. During his time at the Free Library, he discussed both personal and political issues, covering everything from his brain aneurysm to his plan for responsible troop withdrawal from Iraq.

Click here to listen in!

 

 

 

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Biden's book
Biden's book