The Librarian's Guide to Homelessness: An Empathy-Driven Approach to Solving Problems, Preventing Conflict, and Serving Everyone
By: Ryan J. Dowd
4.37
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
Homelessness is a perennial topic of concern at libraries. In fact, staff at public libraries inter…
Want to Read"We are not defined by our wounds."-Ryan J. Dowd, The Librarian's Guide to Homelessness: An Empathy-Driven Approach to Solving Problems, Preventing Conflict, and Serving Everyone
"We are not defined by our wounds."-Ryan J. Dowd, The Librarian's Guide to Homelessness: An Empathy-Driven Approach to Solving Problems, Preventing Conflict, and Serving Everyone
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1. Lafayette in the Somewhat United States
By: Sarah Vowell
3.84
Format: 274 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of Assassination Vacation and Unfamiliar Fishes, a humorous and insight… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
"In the United States, there was no simpler, more agreeable time."-Sarah Vowell, Lafayette in the Somewhat United States
"Lafayette took umbrage - just gobs and gobs of umbrage - at the patriots' vilification of his countrymen for leaving Newport."-Sarah Vowell, Lafayette in the Somewhat United States
"I do not think that there can ever be enough books about anything; and I say that knowing that some of them are going to be about Pilates."-Sarah Vowell, Lafayette in the Somewhat United States
"You know your country has a checkered past when you find yourself sitting around pondering the humanitarian upside of sticking with the British Empire."-Sarah Vowell, Lafayette in the Somewhat United States
2. This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All
By: Marilyn Johnson
4.19
Format: 192 pages,
In a celebration of libraries and the dedicated people who staff them, the author argues that libra… read more
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3. The Emperor and the Endless Palace
By: Justinian Huang
3.52
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
“What if I told you that the feeling we call love is actually the feeling of metaphysical recogniti… read more
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- adult
"Despair not. History is carved by men who did not have their fathers' favor."-Justinian Huang, The Emperor and the Endless Palace
"You mean like a past life?' Calvin says. Garden snorts. 'Are you for real?' 'Excuse me, this is a "yes and" environment, G,' Calvin replies, 'and billions of people around the world believe in reinca…"-Justinian Huang, The Emperor and the Endless Palace
"[River] 'Maybe he was just trying to shake me off. I mean, why would he want to be with me?' Without warning, Calvin bonks me on the side of my head, not hard, though it startles me, and some wine sp…"-Justinian Huang, The Emperor and the Endless Palace
4. Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet
By: Ben Goldfarb
4.45
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times Notable Book of 2023 and Editors' Choice • A Science News Favorite Book of 2023 • … read more
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- nonfiction
5. Lightfall: The Dark Times (Lightfall, #3)
By: Tim Probert
4.38
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The Lights have gone dark in Irpa. Danger lurks as the air grows colder and threats lie in the s… read more
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6. Les Strates
By: Pénélope Bagieu
4.24
Format: 144 pages, Leather Bound
L'autrice de Culottées, Eisner Award 2019, livre ici son premier récit autobiographique, où histoir… read more
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- nonfiction
7. Lunar New Year Love Story
By: Gene Luen Yang
4.41
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Graphic novel superstars Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham join forces in this heartwarming rom-com ab… read more
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8. Riot Baby
By: Tochi Onyebuchi
3.72
Format: 167 pages, Kindle Edition
Ella has a Thing. She sees a classmate grow up to become a caring nurse. A neighbor's son murdered … read more
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- adult
"When you have a purpose that doesn't involve hurting someone else, it changes the way you walk."-Tochi Onyebuchi, Riot Baby
"Look at outside. We don't have drug dealers on the corners anymore. I can't remember the last time someone was shot on this block. My church-goers can come and go in peace." "When there isn't a curfe…"-Tochi Onyebuchi, Riot Baby
9. Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin
By: Megan Rosenbloom
4.01
Format: 275 pages, Hardcover
On bookshelves around the world, surrounded by ordinary books bound in paper and leather, rest othe… read more
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- adult
- nonfiction
"Human skin books—mostly made by nineteenth-century doctor bibliophiles—are the only books that are controversial not for the ideas they contain but for the physical makeup of the object itself."-Megan Rosenbloom, Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin
"Anthropodermic books tell a complicated and uncomfortable take about the development of clinical medicine and the doctoring class, and the worst of what can come from the collision of acquisitiveness…"-Megan Rosenbloom, Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin
"Many confirmed human skin books didn’t begin their print life in this controversial binding but were rebound by collectors, usually doctors who took the oldest or rarest texts in their private collec…"-Megan Rosenbloom, Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin
"No wonder the public persists in connecting the idea of human skin books with Nazis. It's easier to believe that objects of human skin are made by monsters like Nazis and serial killers, and not the …"-Megan Rosenbloom, Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin
10. Berserk Deluxe Edition, Vol. 1
By: Kentaro Miura
4.60
Format: 689 pages, Hardcover
Have you got the Guts? Kentaro Miura's Berserk has outraged, horrified, and delighted manga and ani… read more
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- adult
"It's your life. Do what you want with it."-Kentaro Miura, Berserk Deluxe Edition, Vol. 1
"Ambition comes with a price attached. Of course, that price comes too high if you die for nothing. The reward for ambition too great... is self-destruction!"-Kentaro Miura, Berserk Deluxe Edition, Vol. 1
11. The Stardust Grail
By: Yume Kitasei
3.78
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
Save one world. Doom her own. From the acclaimed author of The Deep Sky comes a thrilling anti-c… read more
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- adult
12. How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community
By: Mia Birdsong
4.26
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
An Invitation to Community and Models for Connection After almost every presentation activist a… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
- self help
13. On Censorship: A Public Librarian Examines Cancel Culture in the US (Speaker's Corner)
By: James LaRue
4.32
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
In America today, more books are being banned than ever before. This censorship is part of a larger… read more
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- politics
- librarianship
- nonfiction
- social justice
- social issues
- sociology
14. Librarian Tales: Funny, Strange, and Inspiring Dispatches from the Stacks
By: William Ottens
3.32
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Published in cooperation with the American Library Association, an insider’s look at one of the mos… read more
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- adult
- nonfiction
- library science
- librarianship
15. Dear Mothman
By: Robin Gow
4.25
Format: 313 pages, Hardcover
Poet and author Robin Gow’s moving middle-grade novel in verse Dear Mothman is about a young trans … read more
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16. What Fresh Hell Is This?: Perimenopause, Menopause, Other Indignities, and You
By: Heather Corinna
3.97
Format: 324 pages, Paperback
An informative, blisteringly funny, somewhat cranky and always spot-on guide to perimenopause and m… read more
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- nonfiction
- self help
"Menopause isn't "Cocoon." Sorry."-Heather Corinna, What Fresh Hell Is This?: Perimenopause, Menopause, Other Indignities, and You
"[As in puberty,] There will be tears. And anger. And tragically unfortunate haircuts."-Heather Corinna, What Fresh Hell Is This?: Perimenopause, Menopause, Other Indignities, and You
"Have no shame ... as another woman friend of mine counseled with perfect sincerity and cheer: 'Just gain the 25 pounds. I really think I would not have survived menopause--AND the death of my mother-…"-Heather Corinna, What Fresh Hell Is This?: Perimenopause, Menopause, Other Indignities, and You
"Messages we get about menopause more often tell us we must keep ourselves from much of what we want and need in this time. It's easy to get the idea that life in and after menopause is going to be li…"-Heather Corinna, What Fresh Hell Is This?: Perimenopause, Menopause, Other Indignities, and You
17. Woe: A Housecat's Story of Despair
By: Lucy Knisley
4.43
Format: 208 pages, Library Binding
WOE! SCREAM! MEOW! ...PURR? Join the hilarious and of course dramatic world of Linney the House Cat… read more
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- adult
- nonfiction
18. Self-Care for the Real World: Practical self-care advice for everyday life
By: Nadia Narain
3.68
Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition
_________________THE TOP TEN BESTSELLER'Unusually practical, non-patronising and authentic. Think M… read more
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- nonfiction
- self help
19. Hum
By: Helen Phillips
3.58
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the National Book Award–longlisted author of The Need comes an extraordinary novel about a wif… read more
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- adult
20. Let’s Talk About Race in Storytimes
By: Jessica Anne Bratt
4.31
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
Foreword by Kirby McCurtis With the help of this book’s adaptable storytime activities, tools fo… read more
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- adult
- nonfiction
- librarianship
21. The Librarian's Guide to Homelessness: An Empathy-Driven Approach to Solving Problems, Preventing Conflict, and Serving Everyone
By: Ryan J. Dowd
4.37
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
Homelessness is a perennial topic of concern at libraries. In fact, staff at public libraries inter… read more
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- politics
- adult
- library science
- librarianship
- nonfiction
- social justice
- poverty
- social issues
- sociology
- self help
"We are not defined by our wounds."-Ryan J. Dowd, The Librarian's Guide to Homelessness: An Empathy-Driven Approach to Solving Problems, Preventing Conflict, and Serving Everyone
