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

Colorful "Family Storytime" words on open book

Tuesdays at 4 p.m.

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

What We Are Reading

Other people's houses

Segal, Lore Groszmann.

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The Reign of the Kingfisher: A Novel

Martinson, T. J.

30 years ago, the Kingfisher prowled the streets of Chicago, dispensing his own brand of vigilante justice.

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We were witches

Gore, Ariel, 1970-

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The Sentence is Death

Horowitz, Anthony

In the second book in the Daniel Hawthorne mystery series, author Anthony Horowitz, and his fictional doppelganger, tackle solving who ki

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Radicalized

Doctorow, Cory

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The plotters

Kim, On-su, 1972-

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The Night Tiger

Choo, Yangsze

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Voyage of the sable Venus : and other poems

Lewis, Robin Coste,

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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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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

Other people's houses

The Reign of the Kingfisher: A Novel

We were witches

The Sentence is Death

Radicalized

The plotters

The Night Tiger

Voyage of the sable Venus : and other poems

Our only world : ten essays

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