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213-228-7000
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- Kren Malone, Director
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What We Are Reading
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The future of another timeline
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Eight Perfect Murders: A Novel
The owner of a Boston bookshop specializing in mysteries posts a list of books on the store’s blog.
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The widow Clicquot : the story of a champagne empire and the woman who ruled it
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Ormeshadow
Priya Sharma tells the story of a gentle young man’s journey to adulthood in a brutal world not of his choosing.
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Incidental inventions
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The American story : conversations with master historians
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The Secret Life of Sam Holloway
Sam Holloway is a nice guy. He has a stable, but a not terribly exciting, job with an electronic parts distributor.
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Anthony Bourdain remembered.
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Mighty justice : my life in civil rights
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Made things
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By Elizabeth Graney, Librarian
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March 31, 2020
By Sheryn Morris, Librarian
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