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Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"While we all wonder how our lives might have been, what if you had the chance to go to the library and see for yourself? Would any of these other lives truly be better? In [this novel], Nora Seed finds herself faced ... with the possibility of changing her life for a new one: following a different career, undoing old breakups, realizing her dreams of becoming a glaciologist. She must search within herself as she travels through the Midnight Library...
Author
Series
Mr. Lemoncello's library volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Twelve-year-old Kyle gets to stay overnight in the new town library, designed by his hero (the famous gamemaker Luigi Lemoncello), with other students but finds that come morning he must work with friends to solve puzzles in order to escape"--
Author
Language
English
Description
A missing God. A library with the secrets to the universe. A woman too busy to notice her heart slipping away. Carolyn's not so different from the other people around her. She likes guacamole and cigarettes and steak. She knows how to use a phone. Clothes are a bit tricky, but everyone says nice things about her outfit with the Christmas sweater over the gold bicycle shorts. After all, she was a normal American herself once. That was a long time ago,...
Author
Series
Unshelved volume 4
Publisher
Overdue Media LLC
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
120 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
The fourth year of Unshelved including dozens of full-color Unshelved Book Club book talks, plus conference tips and a never-before-printed storytime as sung by Dewey.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
"Alice Wright marries handsome American Bennett Van Cleve hoping to escape her stifling life in England. But small-town Kentucky quickly proves equally claustrophobic, especially living alongside her overbearing father-in-law. So when a call goes out for a team of women to deliver books as part of Eleanor Roosevelt's new traveling library, Alice signs on enthusiastically. The leader, and soon Alice's greatest ally, is Margery, a smart-talking, self-sufficient...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Famed across the known world, jealously guarded by private collectors, built up over centuries, destroyed in a single day, ornamented with gold leaf and frescoes or filled with bean bags and children's drawings - the history of the library is rich, varied and stuffed full of incident. In this, the first major history of its kind, Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen explore the contested and dramatic history of the library, from the famous collections...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mariners Island is barely ten miles long, but when Ivy, Ariana and Cam were teenagers, it was their whole world. Beyond the pristine beaches and iconic lighthouse lies the beautiful old library that belongs to Ivy's family. While that bound Ivy to the island as an adult, Ariana could not leave Mariners behind fast enough. The town holds too many memories. Not only her unrequited feelings for Cam, but the tragedy that left a scar on the community....
Publisher
Princeton Architectural Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
191 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A gorgeous visual celebration of America's public libraries including 150 photos, plus essays by Bill Moyers, Ann Patchett, Anne Lamott, Amy Tan, Barbara Kingsolver, and many more. Many of us have vivid recollections of childhood visits to a public library: the unmistakable musty scent, the excitement of checking out a stack of newly discovered books. Today, the more than 17,000 libraries in America also function as de facto community centers offering...
Author
Series
Unshelved volume 6
Publisher
Overdue Media
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
135 p. : ill. (some col.) : 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
No one gets asked questions more frequently than a librarian, and no librarian answers them with more attitude than Dewey! The latest Unshelved collection features a year's worth of daily comics and Conference Tips, plus the full-color Unshelved Book Club. Also features the Great Plastic Coffee Cup Lid Challenge between Unshelved and Sheldon, refereed by comics journalist Gary Tyrrell.
Author
Series
Unshelved volume 3
Publisher
Overdue Media
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
120 p. : chiefly ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
The third year of Unshelved plus 24 color pages: Empire County Strikes Back, an all-new graphic novelette! Can Mallville's librarians defeat the mother of all bookmobiles?
Author
Series
Unshelved volume 9
Publisher
Overdue Media
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
127 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
These days information is easy to come by - too easy, perhaps. In the newest Unshelved collection our stalwart staff of library workers help Mallville's citizens make sense of it all, while dealing with their increasingly worrisome budget problems. Meanwhile Dewey's girlfriend Cathy has a big surprise for him, and his life will never be the same again!
Author
Series
Unshelved volume 7
Publisher
Overdue Media
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
128 p. : ill. (some col.) : 27 cn,
Language
English
Description
Whether it's a Paranormal Romance front coming in from the North, colliding low-carb and low-fat cookbooks causing a whirlwind in the South, or a high-pressure get rich quick system building in the tri-state area, our news team is there with the reading recommendations you need. Featuring the latest daily and Sunday comic strips from Unshelved, your trusted source for library humor.
15) Unshelved
Author
Series
Unshelved volume 1
Publisher
Overdue Media LLC
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
127 p. : chiefly ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
"At the Mallville Public Library they've seen it all. Like Naked Ned, who takes Freedom of Expression to new lengths. Or Merv, who does everything in the library but read. Or Buddy the Book Beaver, ex-con tree surgeon turned summer reading program mascot. Or the missing books that keep showing up on eBay. Or the amorous teenagers who won't take it outside. In all this chaos and insanity, who ya gonna call? Why, a librarian of course. But please...
Author
Series
Unshelved volume 8
Publisher
Overdue Media
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
127 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
What do you get when you mix adults, teenagers, children, seniors, professionals, parents, teachers, homeschool and the homeless! That very funniest of places, your local public library, home of the hugely popular comic strip Unshelved.
Author
Series
Mr. Lemoncello's library volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"Mr. Lemoncello has invited teams from all across America to compete in the first ever LIBRARY OLYMPICS...but someone is trying to censor what the kids are reading"--
Author
Series
Mr. Lemoncello's library volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"Mr. Lemoncello holds a contest for his young friends where they must race to bring interesting facts back to his library"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Unshelved volume 5
Publisher
Overdue Media
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
135 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Read Responsibly is the biggest, funniest, and most colorful Unshelved collection yet! Includes the famous Pimp My Bookcart sequence and a year of full-color full-page Unshelved Book Clubs featuring the greatest books every written. Probably. Plus never-before published strips and more!
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