Through the Looking Glass, by Lewis Carroll
I was quite a voracious reader at a young age, and on my eighth birthday my parents bought me a very nice hard-backed edition of Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass. Published in 1871, this sequel to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865) was another hallucinogenic romp through the mathematical game-mind of its creator, but,...
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The Mechanics Institute Library acquires new books each week. Some you will see on the new books tables, but members often check out some of the most popular books right away. If you do not know how to place a hold on a book, please call us at 415-393-0102 (or send a message to [email protected]).
Quite a lot of what we think of when we think of "Vi...
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Victor Korchnoi. My life for chess 794.15 K85my
Although technically this is a replacement for vol. 1 of the FritzTrainer DVD released in 2005, this 2022 DVD includes features the original one did not have, such as a database of over 5,000 of Kornoi's games and both volumes on one disc. You can expect to see a lot of Korchnoi's infam...
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FICTION
Bill Pronzini The paradise affair Fic Pronzini
Kelly McWilliams Your plantation prom is not okay Fic McWilliams,
Annie Ernaux A man's place Fic Ernaux
Steven Rowley The celebrants...
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NON-FICTION
Arts, Architecture & Crafts
John Rohrbach Speaking with light : contemporary Indigenous photography 779 R739
Biography & Genealogy
Jeremy Denk Every good boy does fine : a love story, in music lessons 780.92 D396
Hannah Pick-Goslar...
Although many consider the role of Harry Lime to be Orson Welles’ most memorable performance, he only spent about 10 minutes onscreen in the movie The Third Man. Despite Lime's obviously sociopathic nature, Welles made him an irresistibly likable anti-hero. The film won an academy award and along with this recognition its title character enjoyed enorm...
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E-AUDIOBOOKS
Annie Ernaux Exteriors
Annie Ernaux A frozen woman
Annie Ernaux Getting lost
Annie Ernaux A girl's story
Annie Ernaux Happening
Annie E...
EBOOKS
Harper Lee To kill a mockingbird
Emiko Jean Mika in Real Life : a novel
John Davies The red atlas : how the Soviet Union secretly mapped the world
Christine Barker Third girl from the left : a memoir
Alison...
After a break of a few strange years, the Institute’s annual magazine sale is back! Come visit the sales nook on the 2nd floor of the library to buy bundles of your favorite titles. You can find older issues of art magazines, cooking, history, and even the beautiful Country Life! We’ll be adding new titles and bundles of magazines throughout the summer and then as more become available. While you are in our sales nook, check out our other items for sale like books, DVDs, postcards, Mechanics’...
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Vinay Bhat How I became a chess grandmaster 794.1092 B575
The first recipient of the Mechanics’ Institute Chess Club's "Falconer Award" (a cash prize given to the highest rated junior player under Age 18 in Northern California), Vinay Bhat has gone on to overc...
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