De parte de todos nosotros en la Biblioteca Pública de Los Ángeles, la Biblioteca Central y las 72 sucursales, nos complace anunciar los mejores libros de 2023, seleccionados por nuestro personal…
A lo largo de los siglos, diversas formas de expresión han sido prohibidas o destruidas, y sus creadores han sido censurados, encarcelados, torturados, asesinados y exiliados. Actualmente, bibliotecas…
De parte de todos nosotros en la Biblioteca Pública de Los Ángeles, la Biblioteca Central y las 72 sucursales, nos complace anunciar los mejores libros de 2022, seleccionados por nuestro personal…
De parte de todos nosotros en la Biblioteca Pública de Los Ángeles, la Biblioteca Central y las 72 sucursales, nos complace anunciar los mejores libros de 2021, seleccionados por nuestro personal…
Las novelas y la poesía de Charles Bukowski siguen contando con seguidores fieles y admiradores que nunca se cansan de leer sus libros. Disponemos de esos libros en formato físico, y hay una buena…
Es bueno que la vida de los autores infantiles no siempre se refleje en los libros que escribieron. Algunos de los libros más perdurables y queridos fueron escritos por personas cuyas vidas no eran…
Aparte de los pueblos indígenas, somos una nación de inmigrantes, tanto los que llegaron por elección propia como los que llegaron por la fuerza. A medida que nuestro país crece y cambia con la…
Con motivo del fin del Mes de la Historia de la Mujer, queremos ofrecerles algunos libros electrónicos y audiolibros sobre mujeres intrépidas y aventureras que viajaron por el mero placer de hacer…
La serialización televisiva de dos novelas, Sharp Objects y Big Little Lies, ha llamado la atención sobre una nueva generación de novelas. Son historias de suspenso, psicológicas, atrevidas y con…
En retrospectiva, resulta irónico que el incendio ocurriera cuando ocurrió: el 29 de abril de 1986. Ese día, los planes para la renovación de la Biblioteca Central original y una nueva ampliación de…
“Against all odds, we had proven to our doubters and detractors that a modern bookstore could survive in Egypt … Though Diwan was not a huge financial success, it was a moral victory, an experiment in marketing, and a mastery of the will.” These are the words of Nadia Wassef...
Sara Sinclair compiled interviews and stories from twelve different Indigenous people whose ancestral tribes and families are from North America (The United States and Canada). These interviews came about because of Sinclair's work with a non-profit oral history project, Voice of Witness. Each person's point of view is unique, but there are...
Wilma Pearl Mankiller was principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, and the first woman to hold that position. In the Cherokee language, the surname “Mankiller,” Asgaya-dihi, references a traditional Cherokee rank, such as captain or major. Chief Mankiller was the least violent individual on this planet, but she was a...
She's back. Maud returns, much to this reviewer's surprise and delight. Her first, and supposedly last, appearance was in An elderly lady is up to no good, where she was taking justice into her own hands, and under scrutiny by clever Detective Inspector Irene Huss. In this group of short stories...
Gabriel Marquez Garcia was one of the giants among modern writers and his books place him in the pantheon of writers throughout the ages. In 1982 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Not only is he significant in the world of Spanish language writers, he is beloved and...
Professor Richard Ovenden is a scholar, and at Oxford University he is the British Librarian in charge of the Bodleian Libraries. His appreciation of libraries and archives and those who create, maintain and protect them is evident in this book. When certain individuals or groups of people vociferously disagree with...
In a fictitious town in Mexico, the body of a woman known as the Witch is found in a filthy irrigation ditch. She was the daughter of another Witch, and both women were thought to possess extraordinary powers, for good and evil, which the town's people feared. Everyone wants to...
Cookbooks that combine recipes, history and personal anecdotes are a treasure. When the author is passionate about their subject we readers benefit. Bill Esparza is that person, who is passionate about food, history and writes about his ancestry, his family and their relationships with food, culture, the Spanish language, Mexican...
On Friday, November 13, 2015, a series of terrorist attacks, some suicide bombers, took place in Paris, France: at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, a suburb of Paris; at crowded cafes and restaurants in Paris; and another attack was leveled at the BataclanTheatre in the 11th arrondissement of Paris...
Anthony Bourdain was a world-class explorer, who eagerly traveled domestically and internationally, never intending to report or write about his experiences. He traveled and sampled foods of many places, satisfying his own curiosity, therefore this collection cannot be compared to a regular travel/eatery guide. Bourdain set his own standards, which...
