LJ’s readers’ advisory expert celebrates Black History Month with the current and previously published work of Jamaica Kincaid, Countee Cullen, Sampson Davis, Charles Henry Rowell, and Jeanne Theoharis.
Elegiac Ink: Death in Graphic Novels | The Reader’s Shelf: February 15, 2013
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Reviews of graphic novels exploring the themes of death and mortality.
Romance Advisory | Wyatt’s World
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Readers’ Advisory for suspense, historical, steampunk, and paranormal romance novels.
200 Years of Pride and Prejudice | Wyatt’s World
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In 200 years, Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice has evolved as a novel and there’s no knowing how it started or where it will end.
The Narrating Brilliance of Simon Prebble | RA Crossroads
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Experience the brilliance of audiobook narrator Simon Prebble in his own voice, listen-alikes, listen-arounds, and listen-agains. Readers’ advisory recommends Clarke’s Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell; Morgenstern’s The Night Circus; Eliot’s Middlemarch, Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities among others to get reading patrons listening.
The Reader’s Shelf | February 1, 2013
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Books exploring the concept of place
RUSA’s 2013 Most Notable | Wyatt’s World
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Readers’ advisory and collection development librarians of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), a division of the American Library Association, list top fiction, nonfiction, reference, and audiobook titles. Winners of The Dartmouth Medal, The Sophie Brody Medal, Listen Lists and Reading Lists.
Before the Line, the Lyric | Wyatt’s World
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Forthcoming titles with direct musical ties, a Joy Division biography, Elvis in the south, keep your eyes and ears alert with Woody Guthrie’s “new” novel.
Forthcoming Titles | Wyatt’s World
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One way to find provocative titles is browsing publisher catalogs. Here are five titles from Workman which are sure to add richness and depth to all collections. Topsy-Turvy Inside-Out Knit Toys: Magical Two-in-One Reversible Projects by Susan B. Anderson (Artisan). Building on the knitting boom, here is a unique project book to create toys that [...]
Winter’s Tale: Warm Up with These Reads | The Reader’s Shelf
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Winter reads depicting the beauty and relentless nature of ice, wind, and snow.
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