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Remembering Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Readers Advisory
By Karl Helicher
An icon for generations of women who fought for equality, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was known for her fiery dissents and thoughtful opinions. The following are recent books and media sources about this remarkable jurist, to recommend to readers of all ages looking to learn about or revisit her legacy. |
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Trans and Nonbinary Library People Are Everywhere | Trans + Script
By Elsworth Carman and Jayne Walters
Welcome to Trans + Script, a column dedicated to amplifying the voices of transgender, nonbinary (nb), and queer library people and highlighting topics related to their experience in libraries. Even though there are a lot of us and we’re everywhere, representation still matters. |
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Booker Announcement Delayed To Make Way for Obama Memoir | Book Pulse
By Neal Wyatt
The Booker Prize announcement is rescheduled in light of Obama’s forthcoming memoir. New fall and October booklists arrive. The National Book Foundation announces the titles for the Literature for Justice program. The NYT puts the back issues of the Book Review online. |
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PREMIUM
Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds: Ebola and the Ravages of History
By Paul Farmer
Recommended to all interested in a moving, impassioned overview of the economic and social forces of colonialism and racism that have directly impacted public health historically, during the 2014 Ebola epidemic, and today, during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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Island Zombie: Iceland Writings
By Roni Horn
This memoir will resonate with readers who have traveled to Iceland, those who have this place on a bucket list of destinations, and others who crave solitude as a journey, not minding storm and stress. |
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News Briefs for September 29, 2020
By Lisa Peet
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts’ Jerome Robbins Dance Division has acquired dancer Trisha Brown's Archives; the University of California–San Diego Library has digitally reconstructed the ancient Temple of Bel in Palmyra, Syria, destroyed in 2015 during the Syrian civil war; and more News Briefs. |
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The Post Office Is a Library Issue: Public Goods Under Threat | Editorial
By Meredith Schwartz
Because information is critical to an informed electorate, the government formed an institution to ensure affordable access and avoid censorship. As a result, a high literacy rate led to economic growth. I’m speaking, of course, of the Postal Service Act of 1792, decades before the first modern public library opened. |
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ACADEMIC BESTSELLERS: Philosophy
By LJ Reviews
Adam Smith on living a better life, are we bodies or souls, a theory of jerks, and more in philosophy titles: September 2020 to date as identified by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO. 1. Our Great Purpose: Adam Smith on Living a Better Life
Hanley, Ryan Patrick
Princeton University Press
2019. ISBN 9780691179445. $17.95 2. 50 Concepts for a Critical Phenomenology
Weiss, Gail
Northwestern University Press
2020. ISBN 9780810141155. $99.95 3. Time for Critique
Ed. Fassin, Didier
Columbia University Press
2019. ISBN 9780231191265. $95.00 |
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