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A snail, really? Yes!
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating, really is about a wild snail eating. But it goes further and deeper than that - Bailey takes us on a literal and researched journey deep into the silence, patience and...
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2012 Audie Award Nominees
TheAudie Awards recognize distinction in audiobooks and spoken word performance, and are presented by the Audio Publishers Association. Here are some of the 2012 nominees owned by DPL:Bossypants, Tina...
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Lambda Literary Awards Finalists Announced!
The finalists for the 24th annual Lambda Literary Awards were recently announced, celebrating the best in GLBTQ literature in 24 categories. Winners will be announced on June 4.Here are some of the...
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Waiting for Are You My Mother?
Over the weekend I read Alison Bechdel's new graphic memoir, Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama.This follow up to her 2006 memoir Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic, which focused on her father, concentrates...
View ArticleThe map of my dead pilots : the dangerous game of flying in Alaska
Colleen Catherine Mondor Book Some made mistakes. Some made bad decisions. And some crashed in seemingly sound airplanes on what looked like perfect days. Mondor spent time working as a dispatcher for...
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Authors Series: Laurie Wagner Buyer & WC Jameson, Sunday!
The Fresh City Life My BranchAuthors Series presents husband and wife authors Laurie Wagner Buyer and W.C. Jameson on Sunday, July 15 at 2 p.m. at the Schlessman Family Branch.Buyer & Jameson will...
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Keith Richards Book Pirate tales of one of the great guitar players of all time, and a ringside seat to the circus that was/is the Rolling Stones. Keith Richards writes technically and passionately...
View ArticleStories I only tell my friends : an autobiography
Rob Lowe Book Rob Lowe's memoir, especially if you listen to the audio read by Rob Lowe himself, is a weird but satisfying mix of the scandalous exploits of youth as told by a reformed, recovering,...
View ArticleFull body burden : growing up in the nuclear shadow of Rocky Flats
Kristen Iversen Book Rocky Flats is our nearby neighbor. How much do you know about it? You'll know a lot more if you read this memoir of a local girl whose childhood days were spent horseback riding,...
View ArticleFire season : field notes from a wilderness lookout
Philip Connors Book Excellent mix of humble biography, meditations on nature, and brief history on the forest service and fire suppression (which was particularly interested with the tragic fires we...
View ArticleI promise not to suffer : a fool for love hikes the Pacific Crest Trail
Gail Donohue Storey Book When Gail Storey's husband, Porter, was faced with a job transition/crisis, he took it as an opportunity to take 6 months to hike the 2,663-mile Pacific Crest Trail (PCT)....
View ArticleDo you dream in color? : insights from a girl without sight
Laurie Rubin Book What's it like growing up, discovering your love of music, and eventually going on to become an opera singer? Mezzo soprano Laurie Rubin shares the story of her life--music...
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Hot Fall Nonfiction
Are you the kind of person that likes to settle in to fall with some good nonfiction? History, biography, memoir? Or maybe you're looking for some new recipes or home tips? We've got those too! Check...
View ArticleTurn around bright eyes : the rituals of love & karaoke
Rob Sheffield Book If you've read either of Sheffield's earlier memoirs, you know he has a vast knowledge of music, a quirky, funny, and sweet writing style, and a way of getting to the heart of...
View ArticleOrange is the new black : my year in a woman's prison
Piper Kerman Book Convicted for a bad mistake made a decade before, Piper Kerman heads to a federal prison in Danbury, Connecticut to serve out a fifteen month prison sentence for drug smuggling and...
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Michael J. Fox Book By sheer coincidence I saw a tv spot for some new fall show that Mr. Fox is starring in. This little books is aimed at graduating seniors and in it he shares his life experiences...
View ArticleHeadhunters on my doorstep : a true Treasure Island ghost story
J. Maarten Troost Book Not as laugh out loud funny as Troost's previous books (The Sex Lives of Cannibals, Getting Stoned with Savages, Lost on Planet China), this journey around the South Seas is a...
View ArticleOn the noodle road : from Beijing to Rome, with love and pasta
Jen Lin-Liu Book An enjoyable journey from China to Italy, with many stops in between, to look at food history and traditions. The author's original goal was to try to figure out if noodles had really...
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Local Author Reading at the Sam Gary Branch Library
Join us at the Sam Gary Branch for a discussion and reading with local author, Chris Lemig.The Narrow Way: A Memoir of Coming Out, Getting Clean, and Finding Buddha is a beautiful and harrowing memoir...
View ArticleMastering the art of French eating : lessons in food and love from a year in...
Ann Mah Book The author was excited when her husband got a prime diplomatic post--Paris. They could explore together, eat, travel, find new favorite places. Then he received word that he was to go to...
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