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November 2012

Dec 3rd, 2012

Read This, Darn It! ()

You know what readers love? Recommending books to others. And when it comes to people who work with books, it's even more so. For proof, check out the Ramsey County Library Staff Picks list. We love to recommend books!

Right now, there's a bit of a flurry of recent books filled with book lists and suggestions. If you haven't already filled up your to-read list with suggestions from friends, family, and your friendly neighborhood librarian, check out these books!

Read This! Handpicked Favorites from America's Indie Bookstores...
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Tags: Nonfiction

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Nov 30th, 2012

Books in the News - 11/25/12 ()

What's happening bookwise in our local newspapers this week? Gift guides! For more gift giving suggestions, check us out on Ramsey County Library's Facebook page on Thursday, December 13th from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. Librarians will help you find great books to give (or read!) this holiday season!

The Pioneer Press features Books in their Holiday Arts Guide, focusing on coffee table books. Titles include The Big Water: Lake Minnetonka and Its Place in Minnesota History by Frederick L. Johnson, Legendary Homes of the Minneapolis...
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Nov 29th, 2012

Read the Book, See the Show - Edward Curtis ()

Have you read The Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis by Timothy Egan yet?

Edward Curtis was dashing, charismatic, a passionate mountaineer, a famous photographer--the Annie Liebowitz of his time. And he was thirty-two years old in 1900 when he gave it all up to pursue his great idea: He would try to capture on film the Native American nation before it disappeared. At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, Egan's book tells the remarkable untold story behind Curtis's iconic photographs, following him throughout Indian country from desert to...
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Tags: Art, Nonfiction

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Nov 23rd, 2012

Buzzy Book - Marbles by Ellen Forney ()

Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, & Me: A Graphic Memoir by Ellen Forney is popping up all over the book media--the buzz is on!

You may already be familar with Forney's work; she illustrated The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie, and she has been cartooning and illustrating since 1992.

In Marbles, Ellen Forney explores the relationship between “crazy” and “creative” in this graphic memoir of her bipolar disorder, woven with stories of famous bipolar artists and writers....
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Tags: Buzzy Books, Graphic Novels, Nonfiction

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Nov 20th, 2012

Books in the News - 11/18/12 ()

Here's what the local papers are discussed book-wise this week!

In the Pioneer Press, the spotlight is on children's picture books by local authors and publishers including: Cat Tale by Michael Hall, One Frozen Lake by Deborah Jo Larson with paintings by Steven Johnson and Lou Fancher, Nighttime Ninja by Barbara DaCosta and illustrated by Ed Young, Children of the Northlights by Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire, and Larry Gets Lost in the Twin Cities by John...
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