Salinas Public Library

Life is suddenly full of drama for Harley Jackson: A woman in a big red pickup has stolen his heart, a predatory developer is threatening to pave his family farm, and inside his barn is a calf bear

English chemist James Smithson never visited the United States, yet he bequeathed his estate to establish the Smithsonian Institution.

Emerging on plantations in the American South, enslaved conjure women used magic to treat illnesses by blending ancestral spiritual beliefs from West Africa with local herbal rituals and therapeuti

Love your heart without overthinking it. Heart health doesn’t have to be confusing or overwhelming.

The Caribbean Sea, 1675. Jacquotte Delahaye, the mixed-race daughter of a wealthy tavern owner, dreams of life at sea rather than marriage.

Joyce Sherry is a playwright-turned-novelist who writes stories where ghosts speak, vampires brood, and hope refuses to die—even after death.

1975: Barbara Van Laar goes missing at summer camp, but she’s not just any thirteen-year-old. Her family are the owners and employ most of the region’s residents.

The Connection Cure, the first book on social prescribing, shows how connecting people to community resources can effectively treat some of the modern world’s most common ailments—depression, traum

Indulge in the art of tea and learn the fundamentals of brewing the perfect cup! Taste a variety of hot teas perfect for winter, all selected by Anthony from Zum Zum Tea.

Since 1790, the U.S Census has been a resource both for community planning and for genealogists.