Pico Union Branch Library | Los Angeles Public Library

Address:: 1030 S. Alvarado Street
Los Angeles, CA 90006
Phone:: 213-368-7545
Fax:: 213-368-7543
Email:: Contact form
Librarian:: Nathalie Neata, Acting Senior Librarian

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What We Are Reading

Before She Was Helen

Cooney, Caroline B.

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The last days of night

Moore, Graham, 1981-

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It Came From the Sky

Sedoti, Chelsea

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The Operator

Berg, Gretchen

In an age of handheld computers that also provide telephonic functions, it’s easy to forget that just a mere six decades ago if you wante

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Zandra Rhodes : 50 fabulous years in fashion

Rhodes, Zandra, 1940-

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The Darwin Affair

Mason, Timothy

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The Ghosts of Sherwood

Vaughn, Carrie

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A Star is Bored

Lane, Byron

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The year 1000 : when explorers connected the world -- and globalization began

Hansen, Valerie, 1958-

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Pretty as a picture : a novel

Little, Elizabeth, 1981-

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What We Are Reading

Before She Was Helen

The last days of night

It Came From the Sky

The Operator

Zandra Rhodes : 50 fabulous years in fashion

The Darwin Affair

The Ghosts of Sherwood

A Star is Bored

The year 1000 : when explorers connected the world -- and globalization began

Pretty as a picture : a novel