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| |  Picture This! | Graphic Novels Preview 2020 By Douglas Rednour Unshackled from its humble five-cent origins, the comic book has become a worldwide cultural phenomenon, inspiring innovative content across multiple media steeped in both decades-old properties and freshly conceived concepts. |
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| SPONSORED CONTENT  Self-Help: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Modalities In a time of global anxiety, self-help publishers are meeting increased demand for guidance and practical advice. Their growing catalogues feature authors with an ever-widening range of professional and personal experiences. There is truly something for everyone in this season’s exceptional set of self-help titles. Read More››› |
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 Prepub Alert By Barbara Hoffert - R.F. Kuang, Jonathan Lethem, Nora Roberts, & More: SF/Fantasy Previews, Nov. 2020, Pt. 2
- David Baldacci, Michael Connelly, Liz Nugent, & More: Thriller Previews, Nov. 2020, Pt. 2
- World War II, Biography, & the Big Picture: History Previews, Nov. 2020, Pt. 2
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 LJ Talks to Scott Chantler | Graphic Novels Preview 2020 By Douglas Rednour Scott Chantler, creator of the Eisner-nominated family memoir Two Generals and the epic frontier adventure Northwest Passage, offers the new biography Bix, about famed Jazz Age icon Bix Beiderbecke, swinging onto shelves this spring. |
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 Books to Battle Quarantine Sleep Problems By Rachel Owens It’s been widely reported that insomnia, bad dreams, and other sleep difficulties have grown during the coronavirus pandemic among kids and adults alike. The titles below, all available electronically, will help readers understand the reasons for insomnia and offer practical solutions for addressing sleep disturbances. |
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 Resources for Those Facing Grief and Mortality By Megan Rosenbloom During this pandemic, people are experiencing grief and loss while isolated from their communities that typically provide practical and emotional support. Books can be a comfort for those experiencing loss or looking for guidance on how to support others. |
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 Show Them You're Good | Featured Review By LJ "Hobbs arranges dozens of vignettes of these boys and their friends, foregrounding their experiences and centering their voice in a beautifully rendered group portrait of adolescents and of adolescence itself." |
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 Best New Magazine Launches of 2019 By Peter Koonz Ultimately, publishers look to attract and keep readers who connect with their content. Often this connection results from very narrow or niche subject coverage. This is the case with several of the best new titles of 2019. They focus on female skateboarding culture, the Philadelphia art world, the renaissance of psychedelics, and Scandinavian architecture and design. |
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 Job Zone utilizes unique job matching technology to help you find the perfect job (and employers find the perfect candidate), whether you’re actively seeking or just keeping an eye out for your possibilities. Log on today and check out our newest features, including automated job and candidate matches, and email alerts. JOB OF THE WEEK Town of West Hartford (CT) seeks a Director of Library Services |
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