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The Public Library

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Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 1616893273
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (168 download)

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Download or read book The Public Library written by and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2014-05-27 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gorgeous visual celebration of America's public libraries including 150 photos, plus essays by Bill Moyers, Ann Patchett, Anne Lamott, Amy Tan, Barbara Kingsolver, and many more. Many of us have vivid recollections of childhood visits to a public library: the unmistakable musty scent, the excitement of checking out a stack of newly discovered books. Today, the more than 17,000 libraries in America also function as de facto community centers offering free access to the internet, job-hunting assistance, or a warm place to take shelter. And yet, across the country, cities large and small are closing public libraries or curtailing their hours of operation. Over the last eighteen years, photographer Robert Dawson has crisscrossed the country documenting hundreds of these endangered institutions. The Public Library presents a wide selection of Dawson's photographs— from the majestic reading room at the New York Public Library to Allensworth, California's one-room Tulare County Free Library built by former slaves. Accompanying Dawson's revealing photographs are essays, letters, and poetry by some of America's most celebrated writers. A foreword by Bill Moyers and an afterword by Ann Patchett bookend this important survey of a treasured American institution.

Chasing Cassandra

Author : Lisa Kleypas
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062371959
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book Chasing Cassandra written by Lisa Kleypas and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-02-18 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ONE OF OPRAH MAG'S BEST ROMANCES OF 2020! Everything has a price . . . Railway magnate Tom Severin is wealthy and powerful enough to satisfy any desire as soon as it arises. Anything—or anyone—is his for the asking. It should be simple to find the perfect wife—and from his first glimpse of Lady Cassandra Ravenel, he’s determined to have her. But the beautiful and quick-witted Cassandra is equally determined to marry for love—the one thing he can’t give. Everything except her . . . Severin is the most compelling and attractive man Cassandra has ever met, even if his heart is frozen. But she has no interest in living in the fast-paced world of a ruthless man who always plays to win. When a newfound enemy nearly destroys Cassandra’s reputation, Severin seizes the opportunity he’s been waiting for. As always, he gets what he wants—or does he? There’s one lesson Tom Severin has yet to learn from his new bride: Never underestimate a Ravenel. The chase for Cassandra’s hand may be over. But the chase for her heart has only just begun . . .

The Little Free Library Book

Author : Margret Aldrich
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781566894074
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book The Little Free Library Book written by Margret Aldrich and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LFL history, quirky and poignant firsthand stories, a resource guide, and some of the most creative and inspired LFLs around.

The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post

Author : Allison Pataki
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0593355687
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (933 download)

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Download or read book The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post written by Allison Pataki and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2022-02-15 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “Marvelous . . . I just had to be there with the Post cereal heiress through every twist and turn.”—Martha Hall Kelly, New York Times bestselling author of Lilac Girls “New-money heiress Marjorie Post isn’t content to remain a society bride as she remakes herself into a savvy entrepreneur, a visionary philanthropist, a presidential hostess, and much more.”—Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Rose Code Mrs. Post, the President and First Lady are here to see you. . . . So begins another average evening for Marjorie Merriweather Post. Presidents have come and gone, but she has hosted them all. Growing up in the modest farmlands of Battle Creek, Michigan, Marjorie was inspired by a few simple rules: always think for yourself, never take success for granted, and work hard—even when deemed American royalty, even while covered in imperial diamonds. Marjorie had an insatiable drive to live and love and to give more than she got. From crawling through Moscow warehouses to rescue the Tsar’s treasures to outrunning the Nazis in London, from serving the homeless of the Great Depression to entertaining Roosevelts, Kennedys, and Hollywood’s biggest stars, Marjorie Merriweather Post lived an epic life few could imagine. Marjorie’s journey began gluing cereal boxes in her father’s barn as a young girl. No one could have predicted that C. W. Post’s Cereal Company would grow into the General Foods empire and reshape the American way of life, with Marjorie as its heiress and leading lady. Not content to stay in her prescribed roles of high-society wife, mother, and hostess, Marjorie dared to demand more, making history in the process. Before turning thirty she amassed millions, becoming the wealthiest woman in the United States. But it was her life-force, advocacy, passion, and adventurous spirit that led to her stunning legacy. And yet Marjorie’s story, though full of beauty and grandeur, set in the palatial homes she built such as Mar-a-Lago, was equally marked by challenge and tumult. A wife four times over, Marjorie sought her happily-ever-after with the blue-blooded party boy who could not outrun his demons, the charismatic financier whose charm turned to betrayal, the international diplomat with a dark side, and the bon vivant whose shocking secrets would shake Marjorie and all of society. Marjorie did everything on a grand scale, especially when it came to love. Bestselling and acclaimed author Allison Pataki has crafted an intimate portrait of a larger-than-life woman, a powerful story of one woman falling in love with her own voice and embracing her own power while shaping history in the process.

The Library Book

Author : Susan Orlean
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476740194
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book The Library Book written by Susan Orlean and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Susan Orlean’s bestseller and New York Times Notable Book is “a sheer delight…as rich in insight and as varied as the treasures contained on the shelves in any local library” (USA TODAY)—a dazzling love letter to a beloved institution and an investigation into one of its greatest mysteries. “Everybody who loves books should check out The Library Book” (The Washington Post). On the morning of April 28, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles Public Library. The fire was disastrous: it reached two thousand degrees and burned for more than seven hours. By the time it was extinguished, it had consumed four hundred thousand books and damaged seven hundred thousand more. Investigators descended on the scene, but more than thirty years later, the mystery remains: Did someone purposefully set fire to the library—and if so, who? Weaving her lifelong love of books and reading into an investigation of the fire, award-winning New Yorker reporter and New York Times bestselling author Susan Orlean delivers a “delightful…reflection on the past, present, and future of libraries in America” (New York magazine) that manages to tell the broader story of libraries and librarians in a way that has never been done before. In the “exquisitely written, consistently entertaining” (The New York Times) The Library Book, Orlean chronicles the LAPL fire and its aftermath to showcase the larger, crucial role that libraries play in our lives; delves into the evolution of libraries; brings each department of the library to vivid life; studies arson and attempts to burn a copy of a book herself; and reexamines the case of Harry Peak, the blond-haired actor long suspected of setting fire to the LAPL more than thirty years ago. “A book lover’s dream…an ambitiously researched, elegantly written book that serves as a portal into a place of history, drama, culture, and stories” (Star Tribune, Minneapolis), Susan Orlean’s thrilling journey through the stacks reveals how these beloved institutions provide much more than just books—and why they remain an essential part of the heart, mind, and soul of our country.

Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories

Author : Julian Hawthorne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories written by Julian Hawthorne and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Not Free, Not for All

Author : Cheryl Knott
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781625341778
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (417 download)

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Download or read book Not Free, Not for All written by Cheryl Knott and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Questions of Access -- 1. The Culture of Print in a Context of Racism -- 2. Carnegie Public Libraries for African Americans -- 3. Solidifying Segregation -- 4. Faltering Systems -- 5. Change and Continuity -- 6. Erecting Libraries, Constructing Race -- 7. Books for Black Readers -- 8. Reading the Race-Based Library -- 9. Opening Access -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index -- Back Cover

The 1619 Project: Born on the Water

Author : Nikole Hannah-Jones
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593307356
Total Pages : 49 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (933 download)

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Download or read book The 1619 Project: Born on the Water written by Nikole Hannah-Jones and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-11-16 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1619 Project’s lyrical picture book in verse chronicles the consequences of slavery and the history of Black resistance in the United States, thoughtfully rendered by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones and Newbery honor-winning author Renée Watson. A young student receives a family tree assignment in school, but she can only trace back three generations. Grandma gathers the whole family, and the student learns that 400 years ago, in 1619, their ancestors were stolen and brought to America by white slave traders. But before that, they had a home, a land, a language. She learns how the people said to be born on the water survived. And the people planted dreams and hope, willed themselves to keep living, living. And the people learned new words for love for friend for family for joy for grow for home. With powerful verse and striking illustrations by Nikkolas Smith, Born on the Water provides a pathway for readers of all ages to reflect on the origins of American identity.

To Stay Alive

Author : Skila Brown
Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 0763678112
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (636 download)

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Download or read book To Stay Alive written by Skila Brown and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this novel-in-verse, a young survivor of the tragic Donner Party of 1846 describes how her family and others became victims of freezing temperatures and starvation.

Little Free Libraries & Tiny Sheds

Author : Philip Schmidt
Publisher : Cool Springs Press
ISBN 13 : 0760358125
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Little Free Libraries & Tiny Sheds written by Philip Schmidt and published by Cool Springs Press. This book was released on 2019-03-26 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expand the sharing movement to your community with Little Free Libraries and Tiny Sheds—your complete source for building tiny sharing structures, including plans for 12 different structures, step-by-step photography and instructions, inspirational examples, and maintenance. Around the world, a community movement is underway featuring quaint landscape structures mounted on posts in front yards and other green spaces. Some are built for personal use, as miniature sheds for gardeners or as decorative accent pieces. More commonly, though, they are evidence of the growing trend toward neighborhood organization and community outreach. This movement has been popularized by Wisconsin-based Little Free Library (LFL), whose members currently include 75,000 stewards seeking to build community togetherness and promote reading at the same time by sharing books among neighbors. LFL has inspired builders to use similar structures to share things like CDs, food, garden tools, and seeds in the community. Produced in cooperation with Little Free Library, Little Free Libraries and Tiny Sheds is the builder's complete source of inspiration and how-to knowledge. Illustrated throughout with colorful step-by-step photography and a gallery of tiny structures for further inspiration, Little Free Libraries and Tiny Sheds covers every step: planning and design, tools and building techniques, best materials, and 12 complete plans for structures of varying size and aesthetics. In addition, author and professional carpenter Phil Schmidt includes information on proper installation of small structures and common repairs and maintenance for down the road. Little Free Libraries and Tiny Sheds even includes information on how to become a steward, getting the word out about your little structure once it's up and running, and tips for building a lively collection. Community togetherness has never been so at the fore of our consciousness—or so important. Little Free Libraries and Tiny Sheds is one tool on the road to helping you build community in your neighborhood.

Standards for Public Libraries

Author : International Federation of Library Associations. Public Libraries Section
Publisher : München : Verlag Dokumentation
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Standards for Public Libraries written by International Federation of Library Associations. Public Libraries Section and published by München : Verlag Dokumentation. This book was released on 1977 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Die International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) ist der führende internationale Dachverband, der die Interessen von Bibliotheken und Informationsdiensten und ihren Nutzern vertritt. Sie ist das weltweite Sprachrohr der Bibliotheks- und Informationsberufe. In der Reihe IFLA Publications wird eine Vielzahl der Möglichkeiten diskutiert, wie Bibliotheken, Informationszentren sowie Angestellte in Informations- und Dokumentationsberufen weltweit ihre Ziele formulieren und ihren Einfluss als Gruppe wahrnehmen, ihre Interessen vertreten sowie Lösungen für globale Probleme entwickeln können.

Always a Traveler, Never a Tourist

Author : Judy Bloomberg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781006955884
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (558 download)

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Download or read book Always a Traveler, Never a Tourist written by Judy Bloomberg and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-18 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Judy Bloomberg has been an intrepid traveler for over 50 years, visiting 115 countries in every corner of the world. This book is a collection of 294 of the best (mostly full-page) photos from those trips, focusing on the most exotic destinations on all seven continents (and the people who inhabit them), along with insights and anecdotes about traveling off the beaten path. From colorful festivals like the Goroka Show in Papua New Guinea and Carnival in Rio to daily life in places like Lake Titicaca and rural Ethiopia, these photographs beautifully capture the amazing diversity of peoples who inhabit our world. A perfect gift for any armchair traveler.

public free libraries

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book public free libraries written by and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Catalogue of the Books in the Manchester Public Free Library, Reference Department. Prepared by A. Crestadoro. (Vol. II. Comprising the Additions from 1864 to 1879.) [With the "Index of Names and Subjects".]

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Author : Public Free Libraries (Manchester)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 996 pages
Book Rating : 4.V/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Catalogue of the Books in the Manchester Public Free Library, Reference Department. Prepared by A. Crestadoro. (Vol. II. Comprising the Additions from 1864 to 1879.) [With the "Index of Names and Subjects".] written by Public Free Libraries (Manchester) and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 996 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Birmingham free libraries. Catalogue of the reference library

Author : John Davis Mullins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 610 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Birmingham free libraries. Catalogue of the reference library written by John Davis Mullins and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Public Support of the Free Public Library

Author : Russell Library, Middletown, Conn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4.M/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Public Support of the Free Public Library written by Russell Library, Middletown, Conn and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Report of the Free Public Library Commission of Massachusetts

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 836 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Report of the Free Public Library Commission of Massachusetts written by and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 836 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: