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Special Collections
Items are available at each of our locations. Here's how it works:
- Items can be checked out by anyone 18+ years old with a valid CCPLS, LPL, or BPLS card in good standing (under $5.00 in fines).
- Find what you want on our catalog, and note where it's located.
- Call or visit that branch to make sure it's available for you to pick up (no holds allowed). You must pick up from and return to their home branches; they will not be able to go in the courier system.
- When you're at the library, sign our waiver to become a Beyond Books Borrower (BBB). You'll only need to do this once.
- Items can be checked out for either one or two weeks! Overdue fines are $1.00/day.
Our "Instant Book Club" kits are perfect for your friend group! Depending on the title, we'll have anywhere from 4-10 books in a kit. Follow along with the supplied discussion questions or ask your own.
Each library has a collection curated by the Literacy program. Find tutor instructional materials, "high interest-low vocabulary" fiction books, DVDs, and more!
Our Seed Library at PHML in Brookneal is perfect for people who grow their own small gardens and just need a few seeds of each plant. Take what you'll use; bring back what you don't. Available during regular PHML hours.
The Seed Library wouldn't be possible without the support of kind community sponsors. Thank you!
Each CCPLS location has a Virginia Collection, comprised of reference books and materials about local history and genealogy. While each collection is different, there are hundreds of items available for your research needs.
These items cannot circulate, but patrons can access them when the libraries are open.
Book Lists
Enjoy this mix of bestsellers and new reads, curated for you by your local librarians!
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- CEQL Nutrition Week: Enjoy books that are good for your body and mind.
- Little-Known Histories: You may not have heard of some of these historical figures, but they're definitely worth exploring. This display is a partnership between the Campbell County Branch of the NAACP and the Campbell County Public Library System. (See more.)
- Kids investigate... Whodunit?: These dynamic characters prove you're never too young to solve a mystery. (See more.)
- Kids explore... Fantasy: Get ready to explore amazing worlds with fairies, dragons, knights, and more! (See more.)
- Littles Learn About: Autumn: Celebrate the beauty of fall with your little one!
- Littles Learn About: Thanksgiving: Teach your little one about Thanksgiving with this cornucopia of titles!
- Littles Learn About: Winter: Get snuggly and cozy with your little one!
- Celebrity Biographies: Get the full scoop with these celebrity biographies and memoirs. (See more.)
- Cozy Fantasy: Feel-good stories of witches, goblins, and dragons. (See more.)
- Last Summer Reads: It's still hot outside and the nights are long. Keep the summery vibes going with these books.
- New Year, New You: Reevaluate old habits and learn new ones to start your year off right.
- Oh, the Horror!: These horror books will keep you up for days. (See more.)
- Romance <3 : Fall in love with one of these romances.
- Science Fiction: Far-far-away planets, robot friends, time travel, and dystopian futures await you in these sci-fi books. (See more.)
- Springtime Picks: Enjoy the warm weather with romances and nonfiction books.
- Thrills and Chills: Thrills, chills, and plot twists around the corner... these books are sure to leave you on the edge of your seat! (See more.)
- Under the Mistletoe: Christmas romances to warm your heart.
- Warm and Cozy: Warm-hearted romances and cozy mysteries... what more do you need? (See more.)
There is a poster within the book jacket for Mona's Eyes by Thomas Schlesser. We had to wrap the jacket for its protection but still wanted you to be able to see all the works featured on the poster (and within the book). Here are links to the pictures online, for your reference. Feel free to scan the QR code on the back of the book jacket as you're reading to find this list. We hope this helps!
- Sandro Botticelli - Venus and the Three Graces
- Leonardo da Vinci - Mona Lisa
- Raphael - The Beautiful Gardener
- Titian - The Pastoral Concert
- Michelangelo - The Dying Slave
- Frans Hals - The Gypsy Girl
- Rembrandt - Self-Portrait at the Easel
- Johannes Vermeer - The Astronomer
- Nicolas Poussin - The Arcadian Shepherds
- Philippe de Champaigne - Ex-Voto
- Antoine Watteau - Pierrot
- Antonio Canaletto - The Molo, Seen from the Bacino di San Marco
- Thomas Gainsborough - Conversation in a Park
- Marguerite Gérard - The Interesting Student
- Jacques-Louis David - Oath of the Horatii
- Marie-Guillemine Benoist - Portrait of Madeleine
- Francisco Goya - Still Life of a Lamb's Head and Flanks
- Caspar David Friedrich - The Tree of Crows
- William Turner - Landscape with a River and a Bay in the Distance
- Gustave Courbet - A Burial At Ornans
- Henri Fantin-Latour - Homage to Delacroix
- Rosa Bonheur - Ploughing in the Nivernais
- James Whistler - Whistler's Mother
- Julia Margaret Cameron - Mrs Herbert Duckworth
- Édouard Manet - A Sprig of Asparagus
- Claude Monet - The Saint-Lazare Station
- Edgar Degas - The Star
- Paul Cézanne - Montagne Sainte-Victoire
- Edward Burne-Jones - The Wheel of Fortune
- Vincent van Gogh - The Church at Auvers
- Camille Claudel - The Age of Maturity
- Gustav Klimt - Rosebushes Under the Trees
- Vilhelm Hammershøi - Rest
- Piet Mondrian - Haystacks III
- Vassily Kandinsky - Study for the Cover of the Der Blaue Reiter Almanach
- Marcel Duchamp - Bottle Rack
- Kazimir Malevich - Black Cross
- Georgia O'Keefe - Red, Yellow and Black Streak
- René Magritte - The Red Model
- Constantin Brâncuși - Bird in Space
- Hannah Höch - Mother
- Frida Kahlo - The Frame
- Pablo Picasso - The Aubade
- Jackson Pollock - Painting (Silver over Black, White, Yellow and Red)
- Niki de Saint Phalle - The Bride
- Hans Hartung - T 1964-H45
- Anna-Eva Bergman - Black Prow
- Jean-Michel Basquiat - Untitled
- Louise Bourgeois - Precious Liquids
- Marina Abramović - Boat Emptying, Stream Entering; White Dragon: Standing, Red Dragon: Sitting, Green Dragon: Lying
- Christian Boltanski - La vie impossible de C.B.
- Pierre Soulages - Painting 200 x 220 cm, 22nd April 2002
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