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February 29, 2024 Great Reads | March Starred Reviews
By LJ Reviews The top reads from our March issue, ranging across mystery, suspense, romance, fiction, Christian fiction, science fiction, fantasy, arts, science, social science, and reference. |
SPONSORED BY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS The Sonic History and the Racial Foundations of American Music
Matthew D. Morrison develops the concept of "Blacksound" to uncover how the popular music industry in the United States arose out of slavery and blackface. Blacksound as an idea is not the music produced by Black Americans but instead the material and fleeting remnants of their sounds and performances.
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Read-Alikes for Three-Inch Teeth by C.J. Box | LibraryReads By Barbara Hoffert, Jill Minor, Vicki Nesting, and Mamie Ney
Three-Inch Teeth by C.J. Box is the top holds title of the week. LibraryReads and Library Journal offer read-alikes by S.A. Cosby, Paul Doiron, and Jane Harper for patrons waiting to read this buzziest book. |
SPONSORED BY NORTH ATLANTIC BOOKS
A Profound and Searching Exploration of SWANA Culture and Identity
Rooted in the healing traditions of Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria, The Land in Our Bones shares precious lineages of plant medicine and cultural care while reckoning with legacies of colonization, displacement, extraction, and empire. It invites us to find our way home and build new legacies of community and care.
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Six Videos To Look Out For | Fast Scans By Jeff T. Dick
These films to add to your queue include 1970s boarding school scenes, World War I as experienced by Scottish villagers, Éric Rohmer’s tangy trio, and a late-life romance amid Irish scenery. |
SPONSORED BY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS An Experimental Intellectual History of the Premodern Cosmos
Life immerses the reader in the cosmic sea of existences that made up the late ancient Mediterranean world. Loosely structured around the biography of one early Christian writer and traveler, this book weaves together the philosophical, religious, sensory, and scientific worlds.
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Compelling Cli-Fi | SF/Fantasy By Matthew Galloway and Kristi Chadwick
A partially submerged Nigeria and a world at the edge of apocalypse, being destroyed by climate disasters and corporate greed, are settings for these starred climate fiction novels. |
USGS topoView | eReview By Bentley Clark
The United States Geological Survey’s topoView offers access to maps in a way that's educational and entertaining. |
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