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Book The Library Book

    Book Details:
  • Author : Susan Orlean
  • Publisher : Simon & Schuster
  • Release : 2019-10-01
  • ISBN : 1476740194
  • Pages : 336 pages

Download or read book The Library Book written by Susan Orlean and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Susan Orlean’s bestseller and New York Times Notable Book is “a sheer delight…as rich in insight and as varied as the treasures contained on the shelves in any local library” (USA TODAY)—a dazzling love letter to a beloved institution and an investigation into one of its greatest mysteries. “Everybody who loves books should check out The Library Book” (The Washington Post). On the morning of April 28, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles Public Library. The fire was disastrous: it reached two thousand degrees and burned for more than seven hours. By the time it was extinguished, it had consumed four hundred thousand books and damaged seven hundred thousand more. Investigators descended on the scene, but more than thirty years later, the mystery remains: Did someone purposefully set fire to the library—and if so, who? Weaving her lifelong love of books and reading into an investigation of the fire, award-winning New Yorker reporter and New York Times bestselling author Susan Orlean delivers a “delightful…reflection on the past, present, and future of libraries in America” (New York magazine) that manages to tell the broader story of libraries and librarians in a way that has never been done before. In the “exquisitely written, consistently entertaining” (The New York Times) The Library Book, Orlean chronicles the LAPL fire and its aftermath to showcase the larger, crucial role that libraries play in our lives; delves into the evolution of libraries; brings each department of the library to vivid life; studies arson and attempts to burn a copy of a book herself; and reexamines the case of Harry Peak, the blond-haired actor long suspected of setting fire to the LAPL more than thirty years ago. “A book lover’s dream…an ambitiously researched, elegantly written book that serves as a portal into a place of history, drama, culture, and stories” (Star Tribune, Minneapolis), Susan Orlean’s thrilling journey through the stacks reveals how these beloved institutions provide much more than just books—and why they remain an essential part of the heart, mind, and soul of our country.

Book The Juvenile Dramatic Library

Download or read book The Juvenile Dramatic Library written by and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Tomas and the Library Lady

Download or read book Tomas and the Library Lady written by Pat Mora and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2020-08-25 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Common Core Exemplar Text by an award-winning author-illustrator team Tomás is a son of migrant workers. Every summer he and his family follow the crops north from Texas to Iowa, spending long, arduous days in the fields. At night they gather around to hear Grandfather's wonderful stories. But before long, Tomás knows all the stories by heart. "There are more stories in the library,"Papa Grande tells him. The very next day, Tomás meets the library lady and a whole new world opens up for him. Based on the true story of the Mexican-American author and educator Tomás Rivera, a child of migrant workers who went on to become the first minority Chancellor in the University of California system, this inspirational story suggests what libraries--and education--can make possible. Raul Colón's warm, expressive paintings perfectly interweave the harsh realities of Tomás's life, the joyful imaginings he finds in books, and his special relationships with a wise grandfather and a caring librarian. "A gentle text and innovative artwork. . . . While young readers and future librarians will find this an inspiring tale, the end note gives it a real kick: the story is based on an actual migrant worker [Tomás Rivera] who became chancellor of a university--where the library now bears his name."--Publishers Weekly

Book Drama

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1925
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 268 pages

Download or read book Drama written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Dramatic Index for

Download or read book The Dramatic Index for written by Frederick Winthrop Faxon and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Issues for 1912-16, 1919- accompanied by an appendix: The Dramatic books and plays (in English) (title varies slightly) This bibliography was incorporated into the main list in 1917-18.

Book American Melodrama

    Book Details:
  • Author : Daniel Charles Gerould
  • Publisher : New York : Performing Arts Journal Publications
  • Release : 1983
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 264 pages

Download or read book American Melodrama written by Daniel Charles Gerould and published by New York : Performing Arts Journal Publications. This book was released on 1983 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gerould goes a long way toward 'revisioning' the genre.--Nineteenth-Century Theatre Research

Book On the Night of the Shooting Star

Download or read book On the Night of the Shooting Star written by Amy Hest and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bunny and Dog live on opposite sides of the fence. No one says hello. Or hi. But on the night of the shooting star, two doors open...

Book The Drama

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1920
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 436 pages

Download or read book The Drama written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Play Like an Animal

Download or read book Play Like an Animal written by Maria Gianferrari and published by Millbrook Press. This book was released on 2020 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fun celebration of all the different ways animals play--and the science behind why play matters!

Book Bulletin of Bibliography and Dramatic Index

Download or read book Bulletin of Bibliography and Dramatic Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Theater

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  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1883
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 434 pages

Download or read book The Theater written by and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Splat the Cat and the Late Library Book

Download or read book Splat the Cat and the Late Library Book written by Rob Scotton and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2016-03-29 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author Rob Scotton brings readers yet another laugh-out-loud Splat the Cat adventure! When Splat discovers that he has an overdue library book, he fears that he will be locked up in jail! He does whatever he can to avoid the library. But when he has to go there with his family, he is in for a happy surprise. Fans of Splat the Cat will love this hilarious, all-new 8x8 picture book.

Book Publications of the Dramatic Museum of Columbia University in the City of New York

Download or read book Publications of the Dramatic Museum of Columbia University in the City of New York written by Columbia University. Dramatic Museum and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Michigan Alumnus

Download or read book The Michigan Alumnus written by and published by UM Libraries. This book was released on 1921 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In v.1-8 the final number consists of the Commencement annual.

Book Classified Catalogue of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh  1895  1902  Fine Arts  Literature  Fiction  History and travel  part I

Download or read book Classified Catalogue of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh 1895 1902 Fine Arts Literature Fiction History and travel part I written by Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 1312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Gentleman s Magazine

Download or read book Gentleman s Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1842 with total page 1218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: