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Autumn’s imminence – nonfiction picks for 8/28/10
Day 300/365 by Great Beyond on Flickr
It seems that along with these cooler days, I’m hearing the leaves crunching under my feet more often, and seeing little kids playing football with those huge marshmallow-y helmets. I’m thinking that fall is coming and it’s not going to be stopped, even though hardly any of my tomatoes have ripened.
I do love fall though, it’s my favorite season. To celebrate, here are a couple of picks that celebrate the rapidly-approaching autumn.
New library art and the budget
I read the message from our Library Director, Carolyn Rawles-Heiser, in the library’s latest Check It Out newsletter. Carolyn talks about the library’s new art piece unveiled on Monday. I thought it was great, so I’m posting it here as well.
Quick nonfiction picks – food memoirs (8/20/10)
Cafe Meletti by iLoveButter on Flickr
Looking at our blog stats, I see that our recent Eat, Pray, Love read-alikes post has been far and away our most popular lately. While I haven’t read the book, it seems to involve a fair amount of traveling and eating.
So, since summer is a great time to travel and a good time to eat, here are some travel and food memoirs to whet your appetite for both.
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New magazine titles!
Newsstand, 32nd Street and Third Avenue, Manhattan, by NYPL on Flickr
Every July we review our magazine and newspaper subscriptions at the library — we have over 400 magazines and 40 newspapers — and decide which titles we will add and which we will cancel. This year, based on great suggestions from our library patrons, we decided to start subscribing to 10 new magazines.
Nonfiction picks – “Eat, Pray, Love” read-alike edition
There are lovers and there are haters of Elizabeth Gilbert’s smash hit memoir Eat, Pray, Love out there. A book this popular generally generates strong feelings one way or another.
The hold list for the book has been growing steadily, ever since the movie version starring Julia Roberts has been announced. All of you Eat Pray Love lovers are looking to read the book again. For those of you who have a while to wait before you get your hands on a copy, here are some similar books you might enjoy. (And for you Eat, Pray, Love haters, there’s some reading material below for you as well.)
Quick nonfiction picks 8/14/2010
This week’s picks come to us from the list of LA Times Book Prizes award winners for history and science & technology. Below are two of each.
Find Your Next Book with Novelist
Check out the new features and whole new look of Novelist!
Or if you are new to Novelist, this is a great resource for finding books in a series, read-alikes, reviews and recommendations on what to read next.
To access Novelist:
–Click here if inside the library
–Click here if outside the library
One of the new features that intrigues me is Read the rest of this entry »
Great music event for fall – Geminus Guitar Duo
I can’t believe September is around the corner already! Where has this summer gone? We can help you ease the transition into fall with a great music event coming up in September.
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