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About a year ago, anonymous English street artist Banksy painted a piece on an abandoned gas station in Ensley (see Birmingham Weekly story about it here.) The controversial piece lasted only about a day and a half before it was stolen. Banksy did the piece during a tour across the US that was centered around doing a lot of Hurricane Katrina themed pieces in New Orleans around the third anniversary of the storm.

The nonfiction department recently added two Banksy books to the collection so you can read more about the underground art icon that graced our fair city with his art:

751.73 BAN - Banksy Locations & Tours

751.73 BAN - Banksy's Bristol: Home Sweet Home

Hoover Public Library received runner up to Library Journal's national award for Library of the Year! View our Circulation and Nonfiction Departments to view copies of our application.

A recent post by The Birmingham News reports that if you are thinking of getting a car or boat tag, you may be facing long lines. Fortunately you can use the computers in the library to do the following things:

• Renew your car/boat tag
• Renew your hunting/fishing license

Unfortunately for anything that requires a photo, like a drivers license, you are still looking at having to take a trip.

http://jeffconline.jccal.org

With many people getting ready for a beach vacation we thought we would pass along a poll conducted by National Public Radio showing their listener's Top 100 Picks for the Beach. The 100 Best Beach Books Ever Poll was taken in July with over 16,000 people. Below we have listed the top 10. Each with a link to the catalog.

1. The Harry Potter series, by J.K. Rowling
2. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
3. The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini
4. Bridget Jones's Diary, by Helen Fielding
5. Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
6. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, by Rebecca Wells
7. The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
8. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams
9. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, by Fannie Flagg
10. The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver

Be sure to look at NPRs full list of 100 Top Beach Books.

In a related post by NPR, check out: Books Set On Beaches Capture Seaside Scene. The All things Considered radio segment is listed below.