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The Library Book received strongly favorable reviews and was selected as a "PW Pick" by Publishers Weekly. [4] According to Book Marks, the book received a "positive" consensus, based on twenty-six critics: twelve "rave", thirteen "positive", and one "mixed". [5] In the September/October 2019 issue of Bookmarks, the book was scored four out of ...
The Library Policeman tells of Sam Peebles and his battle against an age-old fear. Peebles is asked to give a speech to his local Rotary Club. An office assistant named Naomi Higgins directs him to the public library to check out books that might help with his speechwriting. At the library, he receives a library card and assistance in finding ...
A review from the Washington Post praised the "varied voices" of the collaborators, writing that the different tones "play into the book's concept" to paint a larger picture of New Dawn. [14] A review in USA Today gave the collection 3.5 of 4 stars, writing that it "expands on the themes of identity and social justice" from Monáe's 2018 album. [9]
Little House on the Prairie is an autobiographical children's novel by Laura Ingalls Wilder, published in 1935. [4] It was the third novel published in the Little House series, continuing the story of the first, Little House in the Big Woods (1932), but not related to the second. Thus, it is sometimes called the second one in the series, or the ...
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore is a 2012 novel by American writer Robin Sloan.It was chosen as one of the best 100 books of 2012 by the San Francisco Chronicle, [1] was a New York Times Editor's Choice, [2] and was on the New York Times Hardcover Fiction Best Seller list [3] as well as the NPR Hardcover Fiction Bestseller List. [4]
Open Library is an online project intended to create "one web page for every book ever published". Created by Aaron Swartz , [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Brewster Kahle , [ 5 ] Alexis Rossi, [ 6 ] Anand Chitipothu, [ 6 ] and Rebecca Hargrave Malamud , [ 6 ] Open Library is a project of the Internet Archive , a nonprofit organization .
According to the American Library Association, the book has frequently been banned and challenged in the United States because of drugs, offensive language, and being sexually explicit. [5] The book landed on the list of the top one hundred most commonly challenged books from 2010 to 2019 (38), [4] as well as the top ten list in 2010 (4) [5 ...
The novel was well received by critics on its publication. In France it was shortlisted for the Prix Femina and in the USA it was the very first Book Of The Month for the Book Club. [3] Until the 1960s, the manuscript of Lolly Willowes was displayed in the New York Public Library. [3]