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Monrovia Public Library: A SHORE THING: GREAT BOOKS TO READ AT THE BEACH
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Your guide to dynamic reading. Thursday, July 23, 2015. A SHORE THING: GREAT BOOKS TO READ AT THE BEACH. Sometimes the thing about a cliché is that it is true. The truth about summer books, whether read on the sand, in our backyards or on the den couch, is that they should be light page-turners. Mary Kay Andrews, whose popular books are set in the South, has a new title called Beach Town. New England is always popular beach book setting. In The Guest. Also set in Nantucket is The Rumor. The fictional cro...
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Monrovia Public Library: March 2015
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Your guide to dynamic reading. Saturday, March 28, 2015. ERIK LARSON: HISTORIES THAT READ LIKE NOVELS. Writer Erik Larson has the distinction of being one of the most popular and bestselling non-fiction authors. Crossing of the Lusitania. Is an investigation of exactly what happened, including a look at the personalities and politics involved. Attempting to unravel some of the mysteries of the Lusitania, Larson has written a dramatic and compelling book. A favorite of book groups is Larson’s The. Set in ...
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Monrovia Public Library: January 2015
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Your guide to dynamic reading. Saturday, January 31, 2015. PEOPLE WHO LOVE PEOPLE LOVE BARBARA STREISAND. By William Mann is just one of the biographies of multi-talented Barbra Streisand on the shelves of the Monrovia Public Library. Also try Streisand: Her Life. By James Spada and Barbara: The. Each give accounts of the life of Ms. Streisand, born in 1942, whose unique voice and theatrical and movie skills have been recognized with numerous Oscars, Tonys, Emmys and Golden Globes. And A Love Like Ours.
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Monrovia Public Library: April 2015
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Your guide to dynamic reading. Wednesday, April 29, 2015. The English started to use the word novel. In about the 14. Century and that word came from the Italian word for a short story, novella. That Italian word had its roots in the Latin word for new, novus. Although the term may seem repetitive, we are celebrating new novels on the shelves at the Monrovia Public Library. The German word Hausfrau. And Anna Karenina,. This novel has attracted much discussion about the choices women make. Almost 30 years...
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Monrovia Public Library: August 2015
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Your guide to dynamic reading. Friday, August 28, 2015. TRAVELING THE OREGON TRAIL. So with this history in mind, let’s visit a new bestselling book called The Oregon Trail. After reading Buck’s account, look for other books that will give you other historical perspectives. Francis Parkman, a historian who lived 1823-1893, explored the expanding West in The Oregon Trail: Stretches of Prairie Rocky Mountain Life. Tags: California Gold Rush. Tuesday, August 25, 2015. ARE THE RICH DIFFERENT? Supposedly F...
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Monrovia Public Library: November 2014
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Your guide to dynamic reading. Thursday, November 27, 2014. TANA FRENCH: MYSTERY WRITER EXTRAORDINAIRE. Named after Edgar Allen Poe, the Edgar is the top mystery writing prize. American author Tana French won the Edgar for Best First Novel with her 2007 book In the Woods. French’s most recent novel is the 2014 The Secret Place. And The Broken Harbor. Are both available only in CD and MP3 format. They continue the work of the Dublin Murder Squad as it pursues criminals, following leads that twist and ...
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Monrovia Public Library: THE BEST ADVICE I EVER GOT
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Your guide to dynamic reading. Monday, August 3, 2015. THE BEST ADVICE I EVER GOT. It seems that much of the time we read a how-to book, it is not the entire work that impacts us in special way. Rather it is some kernel of truth or inspiration that pops out for us to remember. If you enjoy reading advice books, there all sorts of titles on the shelves at the Monrovia Public Library. All of these easy-to-read books share the common trait of being encouraging and entertaining. Tim Gunn, who made the surpri...
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Monrovia Public Library: THE MAGIC KINGDOM
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Your guide to dynamic reading. Monday, August 10, 2015. 750 million people have visited the Magic Kingdom in the last 60 years. Want to know more about the park and its creator? The Monrovia Public Library has several books of interest. Disneyland: The Inside Story. It all started with Walt Disney. Two of the best biographies are Neal Gabler’s Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination. The Art of Walt Disney: From Mickey Mouse to the Magic Kingdoms and Beyond. By Christopher Finch is a terrifi...
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Monrovia Public Library: December 2014
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Your guide to dynamic reading. Monday, December 29, 2014. BEST BOOKS OF 2014: NON-FICTION (Part 4). With this blog post we wave goodbye, bid adieu, say adios, give an auf wiedersehen, and take leave of 2014 by completing our look at the best books of the year chosen by the editors of the New York Times. All the books mentioned can be found on the shelves of the Monrovia Public Library. Eula Biss is an essayist, Northwestern University teacher and a new mother. In her book On Immunity:. Best books fiction...