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Burlesque Archives Performer and Activist Bella Sin Helps Ohio State University Build Burlesque Archives
By Lisa Peet
Cleveland performer, activist, and archivist Bella Sin is helping the Ohio State University burlesque and exotic dance archives document the burlesque revival that began in the 1990s and is still going strong. 
image The Year in Architecture 2021
By Emily Puckett Rodgers 
From open outdoor areas to fantastic and functional fixtures, sustainable systems to study spaces, LJ's 2021 Year in Architecture roundup celebrates the best new construction and renovation in public and academic libraries across the country.

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Three Librarians on the Databases Three Librarians on the Databases They Count On
By A.J. Muhammad, Kate Lambaria, & Marcella E. Barnhart 
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The editors of Library Journal need your help identifying the emerging leaders in the library world. Movers & Shakers profiles up-and-coming, innovative, creative individuals from around the world—both great leaders and behind-the-scenes contributors—who are providing inspiration and model programs for others, including programs developed this year in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Please use this form to let us know about anybody you think we should be aware of. Submissions will close on December 6, 2021. 
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Significant insights from personal lives. 
“And we get burlesque community folks who would like to learn more about their own history. That’s been really amazing for us, bringing in people who might not come into an academic research library otherwise, because they want to learn more about their own community.”
 A Year Full of Flowers Grow, Read, Repeat | Reader’s Shelf
By Neal Wyatt 
Late fall may seem the wrong time to read gardening books, but it is actually ideal. The following titles, devoted to growing beautiful plants indoors and out, will inspire wintertime dreams of spring and summer gardens to come and keep interior landscapes bright and glowing through chilly days.
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HISTORY 
The Last Slave Ship: The True Story of How Clotilda Was Found, Her Descendants, and an Extraordinary Reckoning
By Ben Raines 
Raines effectively blends historical research and journalism into a gripping transatlantic tale of trauma, hope, and reconciliation. An absolutely essential book. 
PREMIUM
Seven Games: A Human History
By Oliver Roeder 
A surprisingly introspective look at the history of machine learning as it relates to games, and its impact on gameplay and society. This will have appeal across game enthusiasts, technologists, and those interested in the interplay of it all. 
PREMIUM
Insurrection: Rebellion, Civil Rights, and the Paradoxical State of Black Citizenship
By Hawa Allan 
Allan’s prose seamlessly draws the personal and historical together in a book that general readers of U.S. history will find interesting and thought-provoking.
LAW & CRIME 
Scoundrel: How a Convicted Murderer Persuaded the Women Who Loved Him, the Conservative Establishment, and the Courts To Set Him Free
By Sarah Weinman 
An immediately absorbing story of crime, manipulation, and influence. 
 
The Hard Sell: Crime and Punishment at an Opioid Startup
By Evan Hughes 
Anyone who picks up this title will be left reflecting on how the U.S. medical system and drug companies have recklessly destroyed countless lives. A book readers will not soon forget. 
PREMIUM
Deliberate Evil: Nathaniel Hawthorne, Daniel Webster, and the 1830 Murder of a Salem Slave Trader
By Edward J. Renehan Jr.  
Readers of Nathaniel Hawthorne, lovers of history, and anyone who enjoys a good mystery will be absorbed by this bizarre true crime tale.
 
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Guns in America: Examining the Facts
By Donald J. Campbell
Critiquing misleading statistics, Campbell presents a clear and extensive (though not exhaustive) assessment of the evidence around many of the complex issues in the United States’ long relationship with firearms. 
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How We Eat: The Brave New World of Food and Drink
By Paco Underhill 
Written in an informal, conversational style, this is an enlightening look at a central part of human life. 

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By Lisa Peet 
IMLS signed a memorandum of understanding with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the Library of Congress has acquired the M.C. Migel Memorial Rare Book Collection from the American Foundation for the Blind, and more news briefs. 
Dava Shastri's Last Day New York Times Book Review Reveals Top 10 Books of 2021 | Book Pulse
By Kate Merlene  
The New York Times Book Review revealed their top 10 books of the year in a virtual event for subscribers. More Best of the Year lists arrive. Bernardine Evaristo will preside over the Royal Society of Literature.  
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By Meredith Schwartz 
Book challenges are, of course, nothing new to libraries. But they are ramping up in both frequency and intensity, and will take teamwork to resist. of Literature.  
The Sum of Us cover Academic Best-Sellers: Politics and Law 
By LJ Reviews

What Racism Costs Everyone, Epidemics and the Law, Whiteness of Wealth, and more in politics and law titles: November 2020 to date as identified by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO.

1. The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together.
McGhee, Heather C.
One World Ballantine
2021. ISBN 9780525509561. $28.00

2. American Contagions: Epidemics and the Law from Smallpox to COVID-19.
Witt, John Fabian
Yale University Press
2021. ISBN 9780300257274. $20.00

3. Whiteness of Wealth: How the Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans—And How We Can Fix It.
Brown, Dorothy A.
Crown
2021. ISBN 9780525577324. $27.00
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