Living Small | Collection Development: Tiny Homes
By Kristi Chadwick

These 24 titles address sustainability, affordability, and fun for small spaces.

Book Pulse
By Neal Wyatt

 

Today in Book Pulse: Run Your Week: Big Books, Sure Bets, & Titles Making News, Sept. 23, 2019

 

In case you missed it:

• Page to Screen, Sept. 20, 2019
• New Bestsellers, Sept. 19, 2019
• Book Awards & More Fall Reads, Sept. 18, 2019
• National Book Awards & Milton's Shakespeare, Sept. 17, 2019

SPONSORED BY UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA PRESS

Uncovering the Astonishing, Untold History of the Grand Canyon

Saving Grand Canyon tells the remarkable story of the attempts to build dams in one of America’s most spectacular natural wonders. This fascinating ride through history chronicles Colorado River water development, highlights the rise of the environmental movement, and debunks 50 years of Colorado River and Grand Canyon myths.

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Prepub Alert
By Barbara Hoffert

• Barbara’s Picks (Sara Paretsky, Anne Perry), Plus More Mysteries Leaning Toward the Historical: Mystery Previews, Apr. 2020, Pt. 1
• Barbara’s Picks (Jamal Khashoggi, Nancy Pelosi, the Compton Cowboys, & More), Plus Other Key Titles on What’s Happening Now: In-the-News Previews, Apr. 2020, Pt. 1

On Becoming Neighbors | Featured Web Review
By LJ Reviews
"This is a scholarly narrative but well worth consideration by general readers as well as education and media professionals. Klarén’s commentary is thought provoking and illuminating."

SPONSORED BY REDTAIL PRESS

An American classic becomes a modern adventure

Author Tim DeRoche dares to imagine that Huck Finn is alive today, escaping down the concrete Los Angeles River with his friend Miguel, an undocumented immigrant. The Mark Twain Forum calls it “funny, thrilling, hopeful, and human.” Honored by the Pasadena Public Library as the One City, One Story selection for Summer 2019.

Watch Tim DeRoche and Daniel Gonzalez on CBS Sunday Morning›››

NBA Longlists Introduce Newcomers, Bear Witness
By Barbara Hoffert
During the week of September 16, the National Book Foundation rolled out the longlists for its National Book Awards in Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature. In fiction, there are plenty of fresh faces among books by well-established authors, including Pulitzer Prize winner Colson Whitehead’s The Nickel Boys  and Pulitzer Prize finalists Susan Choi’s Trust Exercise and Laila Lalami’s The Other Americans.

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Celebrate Banned Books Week with Penguin Random House

This Banned Books Week (9/22 to 9/28), Penguin Random House is celebrating the freedom to read and drawing attention to the destructiveness of censorship.

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