Will & Ariel Durant Branch Library | Los Angeles Public Library

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Address:: 7140 W. Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90046
Phone:: 323-876-2741
Fax:: 323-876-0485
Email:: Contact form
Librarian:: John Frank, Senior Librarian

Upcoming Events at Will & Ariel Durant Branch Library

Most Mondays at 4 p.m.

Join us for some Lego® fun. We’ll supply all the building blocks and figures. Families, teens and children ages 4 and up are welcome.LEGO®...

April 30, 2019 4:00PM to August 17, 2020 4:00PM

Family Storytime

Enjoy stories and songs with puppets or felts, followed by family playtime of lego building/games, coloring/drawing, or group craft! For...

Weekly on Thursdays at 4 p.m.

KidCraft: Arts, Crafts, Activities, Performances, etc. for the Engagement of the Whole Family!

For details of what we will be doing, come pick up our monthly flyer.

What We Are Reading

Our only world : ten essays

Berry, Wendell, 1934-

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The spy and the traitor : the greatest espionage story of the Cold War

Macintyre, Ben, 1963-

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He's got rhythm : the life and career of Gene Kelly

Brideson, Cynthia,

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Record of a Spaceborn Few.

Chambers, Becky.

In Record of a Spaceborn Few, Becky Chambers’ third novel, she both creates and explores a microcosmic culture on an aging fleet

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Lands of lost borders : a journey on the Silk Road

Harris, Kate, 1982-

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Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick

O'Meara, Mallory

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An absolutely remarkable thing : a novel

Green, Hank,

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Finding Baba Yaga : a short novel in verse

Yolen, Jane,

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Barracoon : the story of the last "black cargo"

Hurston, Zora Neale,

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Sweet Home Cafe cookbook : a celebration of African American cooking

Lukas, Albert, 1968-

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Hours of Service

Mon:	10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Tues:	12:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Weds:	10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Thurs:	12:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Fri:	9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Sat:	9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Sun:	Closed

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What We Are Reading

Our only world : ten essays

The spy and the traitor : the greatest espionage story of the Cold War

He's got rhythm : the life and career of Gene Kelly

Record of a Spaceborn Few.

Lands of lost borders : a journey on the Silk Road

Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick

An absolutely remarkable thing : a novel

Finding Baba Yaga : a short novel in verse

Barracoon : the story of the last "black cargo"

Sweet Home Cafe cookbook : a celebration of African American cooking