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| February 19, 2018 |  Pop Culture Picks Stephanie Sendaula, Associate Editor There’s a lot to celebrate in book news—the latest by Tayari Jones, An American Marriage, is an Oprah’s book club pick. The Horror Writers Association (HWA) announced the finalists for the best horror and dark fantasy of 2017. Though March is Women’s History Month, these new picks are solid choices for any time of year. And in movie news, we can’t forget about graphic novel–inspired Black Panther , which opened this weekend to box office records; Neal Wyatt’s Book Pulse fills you in on the latest. |
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 10 Books on Women’s History By LJ Reviews These titles offer a little bit of everything: biographies and histories of well-known and untold stories. |
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 How To Live a Sustainable Life By Robert Eagan These 20-plus resources represent sustainability’s broad swath—a mix of old and new, academic and popular, technical and general, philosophical and hands-on. |
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 Behind the Book By Jody Shields Learn what inspired the author of The Winter Station to find the subject of her new novel after she stumbled across a reference to a Russian doctor’s memoir. |
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 Q&A with K.B. Owen By Kate DiGirolomo The author of Dangerous and Unseemly chats with BookOps’s Stephanie Anderson about becoming a writer and her love of mysteries. |
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Flora Reading- Rachel Ashwell: My Floral Affair.
- Essential Native Trees and Shrubs for the Eastern United States.
- Peonies.
- Martha’s Flowers.
- Color Me Floral.
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 The Latest Memoir Picks By Rachael Dreyer Themes of love, family, escape, and education are intertwined in these five works, making for emotionally engrossing reading throughout the year. |
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 Unputdownable Romance Reads By Kristin Ramsdell There’s nothing like a dash of danger to spice up a romance, and these 15 books have just the right amount of suspense to keep the pages turning. |
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| SPONSORED BY SEVERN HOUSE PUBLISHER |
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 Classic Returns to Discover By Liz French What’s old is new again, and these 15 reissues include works on black history, along with agricultural guides, photography reprints, and much more. |
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 10 Cookbooks for Winter and Spring By Lisa Campbell Whether you want to create the perfect cake or frozen yogurt, indulge in comfort food, or learn the basics of cooking, we have you covered. |
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 Exploring Craft & DIY By Heather Halliday & Nanette Donohue These new releases feature customizable projects for anyone interested in sewing, stitching, quilting, crocheting, and more. |
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 Books for Dudes By Douglas Lord Picks in the final BFD column offer works by talents such as Tessa Fontaine, Christopher Yates, and J.M. Gulvin. |
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 GonzoFest 2018 Literary Journalism Contest Together with the Louisville Public Library and BiblioBoard, we're celebrating the national expansion of the GonzoFest Literary Contest and invite all public libraries, their independent authors, and writer communities to enter a single piece of literary nonfiction journalism in the tradition of the late Hunter S. Thompson. The call for entries is now open, and a $1,000 Prizewill be granted to the Literary Winner. |
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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 San Jose Public Library is seeking an Assistant Library Director |
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