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eBooks, Audiobooks, and eMagazines

Library to Go/Libby through Overdrive

• Download eBooks and audiobooks to your computer here. You will need your library card number with no spaces. If you do not have a library card, get an eCard. If you're having trouble, visit the OverDrive Help Site.
• Download eMagazines. Choose from over 3,000 titles in 19 languages, many with up to 3 years in back issues, if available. Magazines check out for up to 3 weeks. Use Libby to view the Magazines.

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Palace Project

Through the Palace app, library users have access to over 20,000 e-books and audiobooks curated by the Digital Public Library of America and the California State Library. Users can access the Palace app on their preferred mobile device or tablet via download from the Apple or Google Play stores.

Key Features of The Palace Project app:

• A Universe of Books: Dive into a vast collection of ebooks, ranging from classic novels to the latest bestsellers. Whether you’re into romance, mystery, science fiction or nonfiction, we have something for everyone.
• Audiobook Immersion: Listen to favorites, old and new, through professionally narrated audiobooks.
• Seamless Access: Borrow and read books on your preferred device, be it a smartphone or tablet. The Palace Project app ensures you never leave your library behind.
• Personalized Reading Experience: Read comfortably day or night with adjustable fonts, reading modes and bookmarks.
• Offline Reading: Download ebooks and audiobooks to enjoy even when you’re not connected to the internet.

The Palace Project app is available for download on both iOS and Android devices.

Get the Palace Project app for your phone or handheld device. Search your App store for the one with this image:

Alexander Street (Audio and Music)

Audio Drama: The L.A. Theatre Works Collections delivers some of the most significant dramatic literature of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries by leading actors from around the world, all from the curated archive of the nation’s premiere radio theatre company and recorded specifically for online listening. 

Music Online: Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries provides an extensive virtual encyclopedia of unique American folk, blues, soul, jazz, and protest songs, as well as a broad range of world music through partnership with Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. 

KANOPY

Kanopy is a video streaming service for quality, thoughtful entertainment. Find movies, documentaries, foreign films, classic cinema, independent films, Great Courses, educational videos, and films for kids that inspire, enrich, and entertain that can be enjoyed on your TV, mobile phone, tablets, and online. Must have a Benicia library card.

To create an account:

• Benicia.kanopy.com
• Click the 'Add a Library Card' box for your first visit.
• Create Your Account.
• Fill out the form.
• Select Benicia Public Library.
• Click on Kanopy at top of the page to get to the homepage.
• You will receive 15 tickets a month.  Each film will tell you how many tickets you need and how long you have to watch.
   

GREAT COURSES

The Great Courses offers learning videos designed to help people to learn new skills at their own pace. All are taught from expert professors! Once you press play on any title in a series, you have access to the entire series for a 30-day window. Access Great Courses through Kanopy.  You will receive 15 tickets a month. Each class series will tell you how many tickets you need and how long you have to watch.

Alexander Street (Video)

Music Online: The Quest TV Collection, co-created by Quincy Jones & Reza Ackbaraly, offers valuable materials for music history and cultural studies through the preservation of diverse live performances, spanning the evolution of jazz and beyond — representing funk, soul, hip-hop, folk, indie, electronic, blues, and other eclectic world genres. 

Dance Online: Dance in Video presents an extensive collection of performances, instructional materials, documentaries, and interviews, showcasing high-caliber performances from the greatest dance companies and performers worldwide, spanning from traditional ballet to hip hop, street dance, and modern dance, offering a unique opportunity to study and analyze the fusion between styles. 

The Broadway On Demand Collection takes viewers from behind the stage to the bright lights of Broadway through masterful plays, musicals, and dance performances, but it also provides a diverse range of unique behind-the-scenes series, documentaries, instructional videos, and more. 

National Theatre Collections provides contemporary video productions, modern reinterpretations of classics all featuring acclaimed actors and directors of the highest caliber along with exclusive behind-the-scenes archival content. 
 

The Royal Shakespeare Company Collection with high-definition recordings of The Bard's dramatic canon, featuring the world's finest Shakespearean actors and directors, along with supplementary teaching materials, the Royal Shakespeare Company Collection helps bring Shakespeare to life in the modern age. 

Theatre in Video offers access to hundreds of the world's most important plays, documentaries, and instructional materials, as well as interviews with prominent directors, designers, writers, and actors, providing an authentic behind-the-scenes look at various productions. 

Classical Music in Video provide an extensive collection of influential performances and documentaries demonstrating the continuous development of classical music, spanning eras from canonical masters to modern composers.  

Opera in Video offers a curated selection of the world's most significant opera performances, featuring top artists, conductors, and venues, providing a valuable resource for studying opera's rich canon. 
 

KANOPY KIDS

Online streaming films for kids. Create an account with Kanopy using your library card number and email address.