BOOKS
FICTION
Bernardine Evaristo Girl, woman, other
Niall Williams This is happiness
Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Gigi Pandian The glass thief
Anders Roslund Th...
BOOKS
FICTION
Bernardine Evaristo Girl, woman, other
Niall Williams This is happiness
Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Gigi Pandian The glass thief
Anders Roslund Th...
BOOKS
FICTION
Silvina Ocampo The promise
Historical Fiction
Bernard Cornwell Sword of kings
Heather Morris Cilka's journey
Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Tom Bradby...
BOOKS
FICTION
JP Gritton Wyoming
Emer Martin The cruelty men
Anna Todd After we collided
Elizabeth Berg The confession club
Matthew Dicks T...
BOOKS
FICTION
Nona Fernández Space invaders
Gary Indiana Do everything in the dark
Anna Todd After
Historical Fiction
Michael Crummey The innocents
Mystery, S...
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Retail holidays are designed to tempt you to purchase. You'll hear words like "doorbuster" to describe sales available at the most prominent retailers on Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Before you add an item to your cart, make sure your purchase is well researched. Take a few...
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BOOKS
FICTION
Jane Allen I lost my girlish laughter
Talia Hibbert Get a life, Chloe Brown
Shannon Pufahl On swift horses
Margaret Wilkerson Sexton The revisioners
Robin Robertson...
If you haven’t yet had a chance to view the exhibit in the archival display case on the 2nd floor, I urge you to make some time to take a look at it!
Nellie Burrell Scott was an early California still life artist who exhibited at the Mechanics’ Institute’s Industrial Exposition in 1893. She was most well-known for her paintings of the California Golden Trout, and images of other fish, although her still life paintings also included flor...
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The Mechanics’ Institute’s 2019 Annual Report is now available online, at https://www.milibrary.org/sites/default/files/publications/1573246161/MI-Annual-2019-web.pdf.
BOOKS
FICTION
André Aciman Find me
Marcy Dermansky Very nice
Liz Nugent Unraveling Oliver
Ocean Vuong On Earth we're briefly gorgeous
Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue...
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Artist Pam Ward used discarded MI books to create The Bards Branch, a whimsical sculpture that was a 2019 Black Rock City Honoraria Recipient.
Here is what the artist shared with us about this lovely sculpture:
“It was a huge success and loved by all book lovers and participants. We met so many cool people who told us stories of their favorite books. What I loved was hearing people reading through the gramophone from the armchair to the gro...