Washington Irving Branch Library | Los Angeles Public Library

Address:: 4117 W. Washington Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90018
Phone:: 323-734-6303
Fax:: 323-731-2416
Email:: Contact form
Librarian:: Marcie Jones, Senior Librarian

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Upcoming Events at Washington Irving Branch Library

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February 25, 2021 5:30 PM

African American History Month Storytime

In honor of African American History Month, please join us for a virtual program featuring children’s books read by youth from the historic...

What We Are Reading

The atmosphere of crime, 1957

Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006

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Parks x Ali

Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006.

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Soul food love : healthy recipes inspired by one hundred years of cooking in a Black family

Randall, Alice, 1959-

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N*gga Theory: Race, Language, Unequal Justice, and the Law

Armour, Jody David

Jody Armour is the Roy P.

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Spritzing to success, with the woman who brought an industry to its senses

Green, Annette

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The Cabinets of Barnaby Mayne

Hart, Elsa

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Hella

Gerrold, David, 1944-

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The Lost Book of Adana Moreau

Zapata, Michael

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The Last Stargazers: The Enduring Story of Astronomy's Vanishing Explorers

Levesque, Emily

Emily Levesque, a professor of astron

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Life on a string : the Yale Puppeteers and the Turnabout Puppet Theatre

Rice, Christina, 1974-

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The man who ate too much : the life of James Beard

Birdsall, John

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Never turn back : a novel

Swann, Christopher, 1970-

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The Devil and the Dark Water

Turton, Stuart

In The Devil and the Dark Water,

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Scandinavian noir : in pursuit of a mystery

Lesser, Wendy

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The Eighth Detective

Pavesi, Alex

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What We Are Reading

The atmosphere of crime, 1957

Parks x Ali

Soul food love : healthy recipes inspired by one hundred years of cooking in a Black family

N*gga Theory: Race, Language, Unequal Justice, and the Law

Spritzing to success, with the woman who brought an industry to its senses

The Cabinets of Barnaby Mayne

Hella

The Lost Book of Adana Moreau

The Last Stargazers: The Enduring Story of Astronomy's Vanishing Explorers

Life on a string : the Yale Puppeteers and the Turnabout Puppet Theatre

The man who ate too much : the life of James Beard

Never turn back : a novel

The Devil and the Dark Water

Scandinavian noir : in pursuit of a mystery

The Eighth Detective