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11/07/2022 - 3:14pm

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Douglas Cole The White Field
Emi Yagi Diary of a void
Mohsin Hamid The last white man
Jamie Ford The many daughters of Afong Moy
Katherine Center...

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10/05/2022 - 2:58pm

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Applied Sciences
Alec Nevala-Lee Inventor of the future : the visionary life of Buckminster Fuller 620.92 F96n

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Photobooks : Spain 1905-1977 779.0946 P566
Erwin Blumenfeld...

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09/06/2022 - 2:48pm

This September marks the 165th anniversary of the Mechanics’ Institute’s first industrial exhibition! Join librarian Taryn Edwards for an illustrated lecture hosted by San Francisco City Guides on Zoom.

Between the years of 1857 and 1899, the Mechanics' Institute hosted 31 expositions that displayed and promoted the products of local entrepreneurs and inventors. These expositions bolstered California's early economy, encouraged the demand for local goods, and whetted the public's appe...

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09/02/2022 - 2:54pm

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Christopher Isherwood The Berlin stories
Christopher Isherwood Goodbye to Berlin
William Shakespeare Much ado about nothing
Rainer Maria Rilke The Inner Sky Poems, Notes, Dreams
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09/02/2022 - 2:53pm

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William Shakespeare Much ado about nothing
Colette La vagabonde
Truman Capote Other voices, other rooms
George Gordon Byron The great poets--lord byron
John Keats...

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09/02/2022 - 2:51pm

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David R Montgomery What your food ate : how to heal our land and reclaim our health 631.4 M787w
Mark Vanhoenacker Imagine a city : a pilot's journey across the urban world 629.1309 V315

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Susan Lake...

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09/02/2022 - 2:45pm

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Ṣādiq Hidāyat Blind owl
Thuận Chinatown
David Santos Donaldson Greenland
Pola Oloixarac Mona
Imogen Binnie Nevada...

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