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Author | : Susan Orlean |
Publisher | : Simon & Schuster |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2019-10-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1476740194 |
Download The Library Book Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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.
Author | : Joy L. Fuller |
Publisher | : Library Association Publishing (UK) |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2021-09-06 |
Genre | : Organizational change |
ISBN | : 9780838947753 |
Download Strategic Planning for Public Libraries Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Strategic Planning for Public Libraries is a complete planning toolkit. Each purchase comes with a downloadable supplemental folder full of reusable templates, worksheets, as well as real-life examples from other libraries to help guide the reader through the planning process. This book provides a framework that any library, whether it serves urban, suburban, or rural communities, can use as a basis for its strategic planning.
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Publisher | : Chronicle Books |
Total Pages | : 193 |
Release | : 2014-05-27 |
Genre | : Photography |
ISBN | : 1616893273 |
Download The Public Library Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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.
Author | : Lucien X. Polastron |
Publisher | : Lucien X. POLASTRON |
Total Pages | : 396 |
Release | : 2007-08-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781594771675 |
Download Books on Fire Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Almost as old as the idea of the library is the urge to destroy it. Author Lucien X. Polastron traces the history of this destruction, examining the causes for these disasters, the treasures that have been lost, and where the surviving books, if any, have ended up. Books on Fire received the 2004 Societe des Gens de Lettres Prize for Nonfiction/History in Paris.
Author | : Roxie Munro |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 54 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780375844515 |
Download The Inside-Outside Book of Libraries Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Illustrations and brief text present all kinds of libraries, from bookmobiles and home libraries to the New York Public Library and the Library of Congress.
Author | : John Lanchester |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2001-12-07 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780312420369 |
Download The Debt to Pleasure Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A "New York Times" Notable Book, "The Debt to Pleasure" is a wickedly funny ode to food as the novel's snobbish narrator instructs readers in his philosophy on everything from the erotics of dislike to the psychology of the menu.
Author | : Ann E. Prentice |
Publisher | : Libraries Unlimited |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2010-11-11 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1591588537 |
Download Public Libraries in the 21st Century Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This text provides an up-to-date picture of what the public library is, what the public librarian needs to know, and how to apply that knowledge. Overarching issues that touch every element of administration, such as technology and leadership, will be fully integrated into the text.
Author | : Reading Group Choices |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780975974476 |
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Author | : Ilham Alam |
Publisher | : Iguana Books |
Total Pages | : 20 |
Release | : 2019-04-16 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781771803076 |
Download Wonder Walk Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"Little Johnny and his mommy went walking. There Little Johnny got to talking." Get out there with the curious Johnny and his patient Mommy, in this colourful, rhyming book, celebrating all the wonders of the everyday world.
Author | : David Galens |
Publisher | : Drama for Students |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1997-09 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780787616830 |
Download Drama for Students Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This volume features coverage of 15 plays most frequently studied in literature classes. Each entry includes: an overview of the play; a brief biography of the playwright; a discussion of the play's principal themes; and excerpted critical commentary on various facets of the play.