BOOKS
FICTION
Esther Kinsky River
Amelie Nothomb Strike your heart
Sarah Perry Melmoth
Eduardo Sánchez Rugeles Blue label
Tammy Lynne Stoner...
BOOKS
FICTION
Esther Kinsky River
Amelie Nothomb Strike your heart
Sarah Perry Melmoth
Eduardo Sánchez Rugeles Blue label
Tammy Lynne Stoner...
Save the date! #GivingTuesday is just one month away!
#GivingTuesday is a global giving movement that takes place every Tuesday after Thanksgiving, right on the heels of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. It’s a new way for the community to come together to kick off the giving season and support those organizations we know and love, like the Mechanics’ Institute.
If you haven’t already made your year-end gift to Mechanics’ Institute, consider doing...
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FICTION
Kirstin Allio Buddhism for western children
Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen Secret passages in a hillside town
Alex Leslie We all need to eat
Guadalupe Nettel After the winter
James B...
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FICTION
Dale Bailey In the night wood
Sandra Cisneros Puro amor
Evan Fallenberg The parting gift
Claire Fuller Bitter orange
Alyson Hagy...
You may have flipped through some of the ~300 subscriptions to serial publications (magazines, newsletters, newspapers) held by Mechanics' Institute Library, or perused our collection of eMagazines using your tablet, but there's a whole world of online-only publications out there as well.
One of my personal favorites is The Pudding (as in, "the proof is in the pudding"), a donation-funded for-profit* online magazine that explains the nuance...
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BOOKS
FICTION
Khaled Hosseini Sea prayer
A. Igoni Barrett Blackass
Thomas Fuller The classical world
Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani Buried beneath the baobab tree
Ben Okri...
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FICTION
Walter Mosley John Woman
Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
David Gordon The bouncer
Martín Solares Don't send flowers
Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
G.B. Trudeau...
When the leaves start turning my mind turns towards starting a new writing project. Tell me I'm wrong, but when the idea for a new project seizes you it consumes you – right? My advice to you is don't forget about your L.I.F.E. Yes I'm using an acronym – L.I.F.E. refers to all the things that go with the call to write, outside of writing itself. Paying attention to these (see below) can improve your project's flow, build your career, and provide a sense of bala...
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BOOKS
FICTION
Graham Greene The power & the glory
Historical Fiction
F.M. Jennings The Annals of Little Francis
Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Christopher Bush The case of the dead shepherd...
Whether you’re a fan of Film Noir, one who would like to learn more about the genre, our “Film Noir & Neo-Noir” display on the 2nd Floor showcases our healthy collection of period films and films inspired by the style. Please read below to learn from our in-house enthusiasts who recommend and explain titles from the display.
Steven explains Film Noir as:
"Deprived of American movies during the Second World War, French audiences and critics discovered Hollywood's crime movi...
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