Our online language instruction program, Mango, has just added 7 new languages to their service: Croatian, Czech, Dutch, Indonesian, Slovak, Tamil, and Ukranian. That brings the total to 29 Foreign languages, and English courses in 15 languages.
Foreign languages include: Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Croatian, Czech, Dari, Dutch, Farsi, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Pashto, Portuguese (Brazilian), Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Tagalog, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukranian, Urdu, and Vietnamese.
You can also find English-as-a-second-language (ESL) instruction from 15 languages: Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese), French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Russian, Spanish, Turkish and Vietnamese.
All languages include a basic and complete course. The basic level is perfect for a foreign language beginner, Mango Basic teaches everyday greetings, gratitudes, goodbyes and helpful phrases in a short period of time. If you're looking for something more advanced, Mango Complete offers a 100-lesson course that digs much deeper and is designed to provide a more complete understanding of the entire language and culture.
All you need is a Hamden Library card. Visit
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Interested in technology? Check out our new computer books and magazines.
Looking for ways to become more organized? Better Homes and Gardens magazine did a survey. 74.1% of their readers say cutting clutter at home would help make 2011 their best year. Come to the library for some ideas:
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Our online language instruction program, Mango, has just added 7 new languages to their service: Croatian, Czech, Dutch, Indonesian, Slovak, Tamil, and Ukranian. That brings the total to 29 Foreign languages, and English courses in 15 languages. 
Elizabeth Edwards was born July 3, 1949 and died December 7, 2010 of cancer at the age of 61. She was an attorney and best-selling author.
During the holiday season all three Hamden libraries are accepting donations of coats, gloves, and mittens for adults and children, as well as toys for children of all ages, which will be distributed through the Keefe Center and the Quinnipiac Bank & Trust Company’s Coat Drive. You can also donate non-perishable food for the Hamden Food Bank. All items can be dropped off at Miller Memorial Library, 2901 Dixwell Avenue where the annual “Mitten Tree” has become a tradition for library users. Also participating in this town-wide effort are Brundage Community Branch at 91 Circular Avenue and Whitneyville Branch at 125 Carleton Street. For further information contact the Miller Library Info Desk at 287-2680.
It's time once again for the annual Thornton Wilder Writing Competition. Students from all Connecticut public, private, and parochial high schools students are invited to submit their one-act plays, short stories, essays, poetry, or selections from longer works for the chance to win a cash prize.
Mark Twain's Autobiography is the surprise best-seller of the season. It has gone back to press seven times. More than 350,000 copies of the four pound heavy book have been printed so far. Yet bookstores across the country are running out of copies and are having a hard time keeping up with demand.