Vernon - Leon H. Washington Jr. Memorial Branch Library

Address:: 4504 S. Central Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90011
Phone:: 323-234-9106
Fax:: 323-231-4291
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Librarian:: Daisy Pulido, Senior Librarian

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What We Are Reading

Disturbance: surviving Charlie Hebdo

Lançon, Philippe

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Five days gone : the mystery of my mother's disappearance as a child

Cumming, Laura

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Oona Out of Order

Montimore, Margarita

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Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays

Didion, Joan.

The Scheherazade of the essay, as she lures you in with that first sentence, and then takes you places never imagined.

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The beneficiary : fortune, misfortune, and the story of my father

Scott, Janny

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Heart of Junk

Geddes, Luke

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News of the world : a novel

Jiles, Paulette, 1943-

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The big goodbye : Chinatown and the last years of Hollywood

Wasson, Sam

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The future of another timeline

Newitz, Annalee, 1969-

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Eight Perfect Murders: A Novel

Swanson, Peter

The owner of a Boston bookshop specializing in mysteries posts a list of books on the store’s blog.

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Vernon - Leon H. Washington Jr. Memorial Branch Library

What We Are Reading

Disturbance: surviving Charlie Hebdo

Five days gone : the mystery of my mother's disappearance as a child

Oona Out of Order

Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays

The beneficiary : fortune, misfortune, and the story of my father

Heart of Junk

News of the world : a novel

The big goodbye : Chinatown and the last years of Hollywood

The future of another timeline

Eight Perfect Murders: A Novel

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