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M. Dressler The last to see me
Roxane Gay An untamed state
Daniel Handler All the dirty parts
Shirley Jackson We have always lived in the castle
Devin Murphy...
BOOKS
FICTION
M. Dressler The last to see me
Roxane Gay An untamed state
Daniel Handler All the dirty parts
Shirley Jackson We have always lived in the castle
Devin Murphy...
Every year in September, the American Library Association (ALA) celebrates our right to read with Banned Books Week. While the freedom to read what we want is covered by the First Amendment (and upheld in state supreme courts and US courts of appeals), many books are regularly challenged or banned on a local level, in public schools and libraries. Here at the Mechanics' Institute we support the ALA and uphold our...
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A.S. King Every-body sees the ants
Short Stories
Kelly Link Pretty monsters Fic Link
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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Peter J.T. Morris (editor) Illuminating instruments...
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Ayobami Adebayo Stay with me
John Boyne The heart's invisible furies
Donald Breckenridge And then
David Coventry The invisible mile
Bernard MacLaverty...
There’s magic in the air of the Mechanics’ Institute Library. Wizards and witches are casting their spells on the shelves of the Staff Picks Display. There are some enchanting books waiting to be read by you. Inspired by Harry Potter’s 20th Anniversary, the staff recommendations focus on witches, wizards, alchemy and magic. If you haven’t read the Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (the f...
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Camille Bordas How to behave in a crowd
Elizabeth Day The party
Jonathan Dee The locals
Daniel Galera The shape of bones
Andrew Sean Greer...
Outsider art is an awkward label. There have been others: art brut, self-taught art, folk art, raw art, visionary art, naïve art, grass roots art, marginal art, intuitive art. And while all these terms refer to slightly different things, they all describe art made by self-taught artists from outside the art world. As you might imagine, there are any number of reasons why an artist would be deemed as being outside the art world - disability, reclusion, religious or spiritual fervor ar...
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Did you know that August is National American Artist Appreciation Month? In the spirit of celebrating art and artists, this month’s audio book selections feature works centered on artists of all kinds, from musical to poetical and works of art.
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (CD Fic Tartt)
A bildungsroman focused on Theodore Deck...
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Michael Honig The senility of Vladimir P.
Claire Cameron The last Neanderthal
Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
James Henry First Frost
Michael Pearce The...
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Margaret Atwood Surfacing
J.G. Ballard High-rise
Alina Bronsky Baba Dunja's last love
Percival Everett God's country
Percival Everett...