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Folly Beach Library

9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Phone: (843) 588-2001

Edgar Allan Poe/Sullivan's Island Library

Closed for renovations

Phone: (843) 883-3914

West Ashley Library

9 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Phone: (843) 766-6635

Wando Mount Pleasant Library

9 a.m. – 8 p.m.

Phone: (843) 805-6888

Village Library

9 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Phone: (843) 884-9741

St. Paul's/Hollywood Library

9 a.m. – 8 p.m.

Phone: (843) 889-3300

Otranto Road Library

9 a.m. – 8 p.m.

Phone: (843) 572-4094

Mt. Pleasant Library

9 a.m. – 8 p.m.

Phone: (843) 849-6161

McClellanville Library

9 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Phone: (843) 887-3699

Keith Summey North Charleston Library

9 a.m. – 8 p.m.

Phone: (843) 744-2489

John's Island Library

9 a.m. – 8 p.m.

Phone: (843) 559-1945

Hurd/St. Andrews Library

9 a.m. – 8 p.m.

Phone: (843) 766-2546

Miss Jane's Building (Edisto Library Temporary Location)

9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Phone: (843) 869-2355

Dorchester Road Library

9 a.m. – 8 p.m.

Phone: (843) 552-6466

John L. Dart Library

9 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Phone: (843) 722-7550

Baxter-Patrick James Island

9 a.m. – 8 p.m.

Phone: (843) 795-6679

Main Library

9 a.m. – 8 p.m.

Phone: (843) 805-6930

Bees Ferry West Ashley Library

9 a.m. – 8 p.m.

Phone: (843) 805-6892

Mobile Library

9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Phone: (843) 805-6909

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The pursuit of happiness : how classical writers on virtue inspired the lives of the founders and defined America.

Authors : Rosen, Jeffrey, 1964-, author

Subjects: Founding Fathers of the United States -- Books and reading -- Biography; Founding Fathers of the United States -- History -- Biography; Happiness -- PhilosophyUnited States -- Politics and government -- Philosophy; United States -- Politics and government -- History; United States -- History

Availability: 5 Holdings

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Combee : Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and black freedom during the Civil War.

Authors : Fields-Black, Edda L., author

Subjects: Combahee River Raid, 1863; Freed persons -- South Carolina -- History -- 19th century; Raids (Military science) -- History -- 19th centurySouth Carolina -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, FemaleUnited States. Army. South Carolina Volunteers, 2nd (1863-1864)...

Availability: 8 Holdings

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The sisterhood : the secret history of women at the CIA.

Authors : Mundy, Liza, 1960-, author

Subjects: Espionage, American -- History; Women intelligence officers -- United States -- Biography; Women spies -- United States -- History -- BiographyUnited States. Central Intelligence Agency -- History

Availability: 14 Holdings

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We were illegal : uncovering a Texas family's mythmaking and migration.

Authors : Goudeau, Jessica, author

Subjects: Slavery -- United States -- History; BiographiesTexas -- Biography; Texas -- History; Texas -- Race relations -- HistoryGoudeau, Jessica -- Family; Reese family

Availability: 7 Holdings

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The swans of Harlem : five Black ballerinas, fifty years of sisterhood, and their reclamation of a groundbreaking history.

Authors : Valby, Karen, author

Subjects: African American ballerinas -- Biography; Ballet -- United States -- History; BiographiesDance Theatre of Harlem -- HistoryAbarca, Lydia; McKinney, Gayle; Rohan, Sheila

Availability: 11 Holdings

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Women in the Valley of the Kings : the untold story of women Egyptologists in the Gilded Age.

Authors : Sheppard, Kathleen, 1979-, author

Subjects: Women Egyptologists -- Biography; Egyptologists -- Biography; Egyptology -- HistoryEgypt -- Antiquities

Availability: 8 Holdings

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All that glitters : a story of friendship, fraud, and fine art.

Authors : Whitfield, Orlando, author

Subjects: Art dealers -- History -- 21st century; Art and society -- History -- 21st century; Art -- Economic aspects -- History -- 21st centuryPhilbrick, Inigo; Whitfield, Orlando

Availability: 9 Holdings

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A passionate mind in relentless pursuit : the vision of Mary McLeod Bethune.

Authors : Rooks, Noliwe, 1963-, author

Subjects: African American women political activists -- Biography; African Americans -- Politics and government -- 20th century; African American women social reformers -- BiographyBethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955; Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 -- Friends and associates

Availability: 9 Holdings

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Throne of grace : a mountain man, an epic adventure, and the bloody conquest of the American West.

Authors : Drury, Bob, author; Clavin, Tom, 1954-, author

Subjects: Explorers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography; Fur trade -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century; Overland journeys to the PacificWest (U.S.) -- Discovery and exploration; West (U.S.) -- History -- To 1848Smith, Jedediah Strong, 1799-1831

Availability: 7 Holdings

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A gentleman and a thief : the daring jewel heists of a Jazz Age rogue.

Authors : Jobb, Dean, 1958-, author

Subjects: Jewel thieves -- United States -- Biography; Jewelry theft -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Escapes -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryBarry, Arthur

Availability: 13 Holdings

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