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| SPONSORED BY BLOOMSBURY DIGITAL RESOURCES  Discover a new and dynamic resource for students, researchers and scholars! Bloomsbury Food Library offers access to a broad and expanding range of encyclopedias, references works, e-books, images, and more. It will excite, engage, and inspire students in courses that cover history, sociology, anthropology, cultural studies, human geography, sustainability, agriculture, culinary arts, literary studies, political science, and development studies.
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 Honoring Christian Fiction’s Best | Carol Awards 2017 By Wilda Williams The 16th annual conference of American Christian Fiction Writers, held September 21–24 at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center in Grapevine, TX, culminated in the awards gala and the announcement of the 2017 Carol Award winners for excellence in Christian fiction. |
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 First—And Foremost | Debut Novels By Barbara Hoffert Some debut novels are much anticipated. Others seem to come out of nowhere. Fall 2017/winter 2018 bring the promise of fresh, new voices. |
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| "I wanted to take what I saw as the best in all the other libraries…and try to figure out what would work for our community." | | |
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 Balancing Connections and Collections | Library Design By Audrey Barbakoff Increasingly, libraries support learning that is social and emotional as well as intellectual, carving out room for learning commons, flexible spaces, quiet contemplation, and active collaboration. |
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 Get Moving | Library Design By Traci Lesneski Creating healthy indoor environments that physically connect us to the outdoors, offer access to daylight and views, and motivate us to move our bodies more is critical. |
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 Train in Vain | Music Matters By Robin Bradford Recently, a patron came in and asked for train sounds on CD. Easy enough; libraries always seem to have at least one sound effects CD lying around at all times, right? |
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| Xpress Reviews WEB-FIRST REVIEWS OF BOOKS AND MEDIA  Ernest J. Gaines's The Tragedy of Brady Sims is this week's starred fiction title. "This dialog-filled novella is both a powerful depiction of different generations of a tight-knit African American community and a very subtle commentary on how high incarceration rates of black men nationally have created the equivalent of a Jim Crow criminal justice system." In nonfiction, Caz Hildebrand's The Grammar of Spice herb dictionary is "recommended for large public, academic, or art libraries; however, the reasonable price will make it a possible source for smaller libraries with clientele who appreciate a unique subject with artistic designs." Sophie Goldstein's starred graphic novel, House of Women, is "Highly recommended for book groups and all adult graphic novels collections. Explicit sexual content makes this an adult-only read." And Donna Alward's Deck the Halls is this week's starred e-original. "Romance readers who love holiday stories will be thrilled with this latest addition."
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