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click thru for details Leaders on Leadership    Are leaders born or are they made? This will be explored in a showing of the Leaders on Leadership film series. Enjoy a lunch at the Library  and watch the Leaders on Leadership program, network and find out how the Library can help your business. Larry Fobes hosts this series and will lead a group discussion after each episode is shown. "Leaders on Leadership" is an Emmy-award winning, weekly television series in it 7th season. October 5th – David Segura, CEO, VisionIT October 12th – Craig S. Donohue, Chief Executive Officer, CME Group October 19th – Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran, President of Kalamazoo College October 26th – JoAnne Shaw, CEO of The Coffee Beanery Each week from 12 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. (films begin at 12:15 p.m.) in the Meeting Room. Presented by the Southfield Public Library, Detroit Public Television, the Wayne State University School of Business Administration and Greenleaf Trust. African-American Heritage   ProQuest African American Heritage is a groundbreaking digital resource exclusively devoted to African American family history research. It provides users a dedicated resource that not only brings together records critical to African American family research; but also connects them to a community of research experts, whose mentoring and assistance can frequently be the difference between research success and futility. It is free and available anytime using your Southfield Library Card!  Friends Bag O' Books Sale - just $3.00 What a value – you won't believe what you'll find! Friday, October 21st – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, October 22nd – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, October 23rd - 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Buy a bag for $3.00 and fill it with all the books you can in the Tower Lobby! Halloween Fun! Two great programs to get you in the Halloween spirit! Haunted Michigan – The Spirit Hunter and the Skeptic Wednesday, October 12th at 7:00pm in the Meeting Room Ghosts, spirits, paranormal events — are they real or do they have another explanation? Investigate this further in a dual-speaker presentation about hauntings and investigating the paranormal. The Spirit Hunter: After some serious snooping, author Sandy Arno Lyons was able to interview patrons, employees and owners of various Michigan hotels, restaurants and bars to get first-hand accounts of unexplained phenomenon. Sandy will speak about her book, Michigan's Most Haunted: A Ghostly Guide to the Great Lakes State, which features more than 25 true tales from eight properties along with history, pictures and contact information. The Skeptic: Many phenomena once believed to be supernatural or paranormal have been explained through scientific investigation. Lighting, once believed to be bolts of energy cast down by angry gods, is now understood as electricity. Today, the science of electronics allows us to see and speak with people on the other side of the world; something that would have been considered magical just 100 years ago. Robert Elmouchi, founder of Paranormal Investigators Group, will talk about why we should conduct scientific investigation of paranormal phenomena and his quest for new truths that may profoundly change our understanding of nature.   Halloween Hullabaloo Come in your costume to celebrate Halloween with a funtastic story time and do a Halloween craft to take home. Join in the fun!  For pre-schoolers - 2nd graders on Saturday, October 29th from 2:00 - 3:00pm in the Meeting Room. or  Southfield Public Library helps young families succeed! Story times to improve early literacy skills. Large selection of parenting books. Free family friendly programs for all ages. Books, movies and more for all age groups.   New Teen Books   Abandon by Meg Cabot   Afterlife by Claudia Gray Angry young man by Chris Lynch   Awakened by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast Carmen: an urban adaptation of the opera by Walter Dean Myers  Dust & decay by Jonathan Maberry   I am J by Cris Beam   Pick-up game: a full day of full court edited by Marc Aronson and Charles R. Smith Jr   Rival by Sara Bennett Wealer   Teen Cuisine by Matthew Locricchio   Twisted by Sara Shepard Check out the rest of our great programs from Poetry, Pages and Scribes to Humanities series to Target Family Movie Night. Southfield Public Library 26300 Evergreen Road, Southfield, MI 48076 248-796-4200 www.southfieldlibrary.org Mon - Thu 9:30am - 9:00pm; Fri & Sat 9:30am - 5:30pm ; Sun 1:00 - 5:00pm