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  • Q&A With Brian Smith, Author of “Tiger Style”

    Brian Smith is a Columbia, MO author whose debut book is “Tiger Style: Eight Steps to Create a Winning Culture.” The book details the Tiger Style philosophy which is designed to instill a sense of purpose, resilience, and a winning mindset in businesses, schools and teams. Smith has developed Tiger Style as the head coach of … Read more

    AdultsPosted April 2
    by Decimal Diver
  • 2025 March Madness Champion Announced!

      At the Daniel Boone Regional Library, since the early winter months, you voted on 16 of our most popular young adult books. Each week in March, teens voted to narrow down the list of contenders until a single title emerged as the Mid-Missouri teen book champion! Each round of voting entered teens for a … Read more

    TeensPosted March 31
    by Dana
  • Transgender Day of Visibility

    Today, March 31, is “Transgender Day of Visibility.” Everyone is welcome in the library – today and always! To celebrate, we are amplifying transgender books, characters and authors! Here are some of our new favorites!   … Read more

    TeensPosted March 31
    by DBRLTeen
  • Strange Weather (Atonal Wonder)

    A medley of rainy and sunny stories and songs, inspired by the strange weather of Makoto Shinkai’s “Weathering With You.” 🌧️☀️🌧️ In 2020 I went and saw the seriously gorgeous film “Weathering With You” and sort of figured I wouldn’t catch it in theaters again. And then Ragtag Cinema brought the movie back to Columbia … Read more

    AdultsPosted March 28
    by Karena
  • Sisters Are Doin’ It for Themselves

    You don’t have to be a woman to be angry with the current state of…*gestures vaguely at everything*  As we come to the end of Women’s History Month and you’d like some feminine rage and empowered girls to carry you through, check out some of the titles below. … Read more

    TeensPosted March 26
    by Dana
  • Online Resource: Bluebird Languages

    I’m excited to start planning a trip to Tibilisi, Georgia this summer, and I’m wanting to learn a bit of the country’s language before I travel. To study more popular languages, such as Spanish or French, Daniel Boone Regional Library provides materials in various formats to learn, such as books, eBooks and audiobooks. For Georgian, … Read more

    AdultsPosted March 26
    by Beth
  • How Baking Sourdough Changed My Life for the Better

    Sourdough bread is a slightly sour type of bread risen by a fermentation process of yeast, water and flour. It is a very versatile process that produces quite a range of breads and cakes. What I bring to you in this article is a mixture of bread cookbooks, and a lot of them contain recipes … Read more

    AdultsPosted March 24
    by Jonya
  • Reader Review: Just For The Summer

    “Just For The Summer” is about a traveling nurse named Emma who feels that she has a curse: every man that she dates ends up finding “the one” once they break up with her. Through Reddit, she meets a man named Justin, who has gone viral for having the same problem. They make a deal … Read more

    AdultsPosted March 21
    by patron reviewer

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