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Want to know more about San Jose's Historic past? Check out a copy of San Jose's Historic Downtown, a beautiful photo exhibit of our days of old! And if you are enthralled by this book, check out the rest of the San Jose: Images of America Series:  Theaters of San Jose, Portuguese in San Jose, Mexicans in San Jose, and Chinese in San Jose and the Santa Clara Valley

Visit the California Room  (located in King Library) and History San Jose ( Kelley Park) for free to learn about the first city in California!

Learn how to download ebooks! Come to Santa Teresa Branch Library and watch a demonstration at the information desk! You can also bring your laptop, phone, or ipod for practice!

We have a wonderful selection of downloadable ebooks for check out!

Why not make beautiful or yummy gifts for your loved ones during this holiday season... Here are some ideas:

• Pretty Hardback Book Purse in Crafty Chica's Art de la Soul
• Polymer Dandy Candy Bangle Bracelets, Robot Keychains, and Polymer Food Jewlery Charms in Clay So Cute!
• Divine Savory Chedder-Herb Shortbread and/ or Blood Orange Marmalade in Christmas Gifts from the Kitchen

The possibilities are endless! Check out your local library and browse our Craft section! Get creative!

If you like Antiques Roadshow then you will love the History Channel's very own reality show American Pickers ! Two entrepeneurial vagabondsjourney around America hoping to find antiques for profit!   Check it out or Reserve it!

After I brought home A Tradition of Soup: Flavors from China's Pearl River Delta I began to look at Chinese herbs and vegetables and how I could begin to use these new discoveries in my kitchen. The author, Teresa Chen, beautifully introduces Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and its love affair with ingredients. She wonderfully exposes traditional Chinese ingredients using photographs, alternative names, and health benefits. As a frequent shopper at the downtown Vietnamese grocery markets Dai Thanh and Thien Thanh, I love trying to use different herbs and vegetables and Chen’s glossary of these healing herbs and roots opened up new doors. Check it out!