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Dave Barry Insane city
Erica Bauermeister The lost art of mixing
Jen Lancaster Here I go again
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Ismail Kadare The fall of the stone city
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BOOKS
FICTION
Dave Barry Insane city
Erica Bauermeister The lost art of mixing
Jen Lancaster Here I go again
Historical Fiction
Ismail Kadare The fall of the stone city
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Last February I wrote a brief essay on the San Francisco Athenaeum and Literary Association, one of the first black circulating libraries in the west.
This month I have new information about one of...
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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley The fortunes of Perkin Warbeck: a romance
Mikhail Shishkin Maidenhair
Haywood Smith Out of warranty
B. Traven The treasure of the Sierra Madre
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Carlos Fuentes Adam in Eden
Grant Ginder Driver's education
EL James Fifty shades darker
EL James Fifty shades freed
Ann Leary...
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Even though many people eschew the use of the text versions of encyclopedias for the faster and more convenient online versions, the wonder and excitement of browsing through the weighty and comprehensive tomes of a REAL Encyclopaedia Britannica cannot be underestimated!
Members will find a variety of dictionaries, and our...
Have you ever wanted to learn something about astrophysics? Are you interested in the history (or future) of artificial intelligence? The Mechanics' Institute staff members have chosen books to get your mental juices flowing. Check out the 2nd floor display and satisfy your curiosity!
Sharon selected How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter by Sherwin Nuland. This book...
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Jojo Moyes Me before you
Lisa O'Donnell The death of bees
Historical Fiction
Bernard Cornwell 1356
Duong Thu Huong The zenith
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T.J. Forrester Miracles, Inc.
Joan Frank Make it stay
Charlie Smith Shine Hawk
Madeleine Thien Dogs at the perimeter
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Jodi Lynn Anderson...
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Harold Klawans is my favorite neurologist, whose biography I find fascinating. Oliver Sacks may be known more widely, not least because many of his tales have been adapted into films, plays, and even an opera. However, his perspective tends to be more on the navel-gazing side than the analytic.
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Evelyn Waugh A handful of dust
Historical Fiction
Mischa Hiller Sabra zoo
Multi-Gen Literature
Francesca Lia Block Dangerous angels: the Weetzie Bat books
Aidan Chambers...