Tag: literature
group name: communitylibrary
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April 29, 2007 12:25 PM EDT --
I am trying to help someone find a book from a vague description.
"a childrens' book about a girl who when she spins on the spot, finds herself in a magical land where she can talk to animals. . . . more
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April 09, 2007 07:01 PM EDT --
The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Young Adult Fiction
For ages 9 to 14 years
From The Book of the City of Ember :
" It is the only light in the dark world. Beyond . . . more
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August 13, 2006 09:11 PM EDT --
Imagine that you're a distance swimmer training for an upcoming event – one that you do not yet know will set a world record. You are seventeen-years-old and swimming in the cool Pacific just . . . more
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July 22, 2006 09:36 PM EDT --
The Gather community has rallied to support the William B. Ogden Library in Walton, NY, as it struggles to rebuild from the flooding this past June. In return, I thought everyone here might enjoy . . . more
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January 04, 2007 09:42 AM EST --
Review of Sergio Ruzzier's The Room of Wonders.
Pius Pelosi, the rat and hero of The Room of Wonders, collects many delightful things he discovers in the course of his daily routine: shiny keys, . . . more
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August 02, 2006 10:02 PM EDT --
When I first moved to the city, it took me a while to get my bearings and just come to grips with all the abundance of opportunities. I took an easy job at the airport, so I'd have lots of time . . . more
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March 01, 2007 09:55 AM EST --
There are many picture books out there that are lyrics to songs. Some of the songs are traditional, like I've been Working on the Railroad by Nadine Bernard Wescott. Some of the songs are . . . more
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April 26, 2007 08:08 PM EDT --
When I first saw the trailers for this movie I didn't even realize that Robin Williams was in it. Ben Stiller, Dick Van Dyke, Mickey Rooney, Owen Wilson, but somehow I missed Robin . . . more
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May 27, 2007 11:33 PM EDT --
I have an annoying room mate. He does a lot of things that get on my nerves, but I can usually forgive them. Unfortunately, he has a new girlfriend who is ALWAYS at our apartment. . . . more
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October 18, 2007 07:52 PM EDT --
On Oct. 11, the Swedish Academy announced that Doris Lessing (87) had won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Most bloggers reacted to the news by recounting meetings they have had with Lessing and by discussing . . . more
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August 10, 2006 05:25 PM EDT --
Gerry McNeilly's Group Analytic Art Therapy fills a gap in group art therapy literature on both sides of the Atlantic.
It highlights the deficiencies in group art therapy literature, and the sparseness . . . more
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November 08, 2006 07:11 PM EST --
I am not a librarian, although I am often mistaken for one because I work in a library. Yes, I love libraries, and books, and reading, and excellent illustrations, but I do not hold a Masters . . . more
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December 08, 2006 12:08 AM EST --
At bedtime tonight, I read my copy of Our Animal Friends at Maple Hill Farm (by Alice and Martin Provensen) to my daughter, Kivi. Whenever I read this book I end up awash in memories. I'm . . . more
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April 17, 2007 07:33 PM EDT --
I have the deepest respect for M. Night Shyamalan. To be where he is at this stage of his life is just incredible to me (hell, I'm 2 years older than him). I think his story, his . . . more
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November 27, 2006 02:54 PM EST --
I'm a huge book dork and so I'm always eager to see what books I have read that made the NYTimes Notable books list. Last year I had read quite a few on the list, but this year I've only read four . . . more
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September 12, 2006 02:33 PM EDT --
Our Minuteman Library Network failed with the great demand for DVDs. It's another example of the contradiction, the ironical practices of our cities' public library networks. On one hand our cities' . . . more
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August 15, 2006 11:00 PM EDT --
"Being an unpublished author is a bit like being an asylum seeker. You know this is where you belong - your Promised Land - but the gate is guarded. You're desperate to get in, but you don't . . . more
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August 04, 2006 01:06 AM EDT --
Crystal Clear Creators is a not-for-profit organization, which develops, records, showcases and promotes new and established talent for radio.
Founded in 2004 by Robin Webber-Jones and Jonathan . . . more
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September 20, 2006 05:48 PM EDT --
This week I finished listening to The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. It was narrated by Alyssa Bresnehan. I had been hearing about The Lovely Bones for some time, but I knew that the story was . . . more
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October 28, 2006 04:41 AM EDT --
Award-winning romance novelist Margaret Kaine was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire in the United Kingdom. She worked as a lecturer at further education colleges, re-training women to begin new office . . . more
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