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Three Children’s Books

Crayons, lights, and the boyhood of poet Pablo Neruda.




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“How Do You Decide What Books to Review?”

It’s very subjective.




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What Makes This Book So Great

Jo Walton on sci-fi and fantasy.




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Revisiting the "Englewood Review of Books"

A very tasty menu.




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Secrets of Book-Reviewing

Episode 1.




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Secrets of Book Reviewing 2

An editor's not-so-occult revelations.




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Secrets of Book Reviewing 3

Sometimes your bright ideas don't pan out.




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Rare Books Revealed: Parchment Repurposed

Sometimes when catalogers examine a book, we find that parts of its structure use recycled materials from other books. These materials are often invisible, hidden away under outer coverings of paper or leather, and revealed only when an item is damaged or taken apart for conservation. But sometimes, the entire outer cover itself is made from...

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Treasure Trove: Our Oldest Printed Book

While the collections of the New-York Historical Society’s Patricia D. Klingenstein Library contain many oddities acquired over a long period of time, none is, at first blush, stranger than our oldest printed book: a copy of the Moralia of Pope Gregory the Great, printed in Basel in 1496. Why strange? Because in collections shaped largely...

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Rare Books Revealed: Text Corrections in Printed Books

While working on the Patricia D. Klingenstein Library’s hidden collections cataloging project, I’ve found some examples of the different methods authors and printers used to fix small errors in a text after an item was printed. Shown below are a few examples of the corrections that were made directly to the page. In the first...

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Now on View–A Tale for Youth: Amusement and Instruction in American Children’s Books

The entertainment and moral education of children through books has not always been intertwined. American Puritanism frowned upon the fantastical imaginations that children often have and appreciate. Many children’s books from the eighteenth century instead emphasize the importance of virtuous behavior and the devastating consequences of vice through cautionary tales. Not until the nineteenth century...

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Food for Thought: The Duane Family Cookbooks, 1840-1874

Food is a critical part of our daily lives, and of our history. Cuisine is passed down from generation to generation and is an expression of a shared identity. At the most basic level, it reflects ethnicity, but also lifestyle, values, and traditions.  The Duane and Wells family’s recipe book gives us a glimpse into...

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International handbook on ecotourism / edited by Roy Ballantyne and Jan Packer, University of Queensland, School of Tourism, Australia




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Tourism in Russia : a management handbook / edited by Frédéric Dimanche, Lidia Andrades Caldito




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The handbook of managing and marketing tourism experiences / edited by Marios Sotiriadis (University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa), Dogan Gursoy (Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA)




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Textbook on international human rights / Rhona K.M. Smith

Smith, Rhona K. M., author




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Research handbook on jurisdiction and immunities in international law / edited by Alexander Orakhelashvili, University of Birmingham, UK




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The Routledge handbook of the responsibility to protect / edited by W. Andy Knight and Frazer Egerton




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The Oxford handbook of criminology / edited by Alison Liebling, Shadd Maruna, Lesley McAra




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Textbook on contract law / Jill Poole

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The journalist's guide to media law : a handbook for communicators in a digital world / Mark Pearson & Mark Polden

Pearson, Mark, 1954- author




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Indigenous people and the criminal justice system : a practitioner's handbook / Jonathan Rudin

Rudin, Jonathan




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The family law handbook / Dr Maree Livermore

Livermore, Maree, author




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Adults and children in postmodern societies : a comparative law and multidisciplinary handbook / edited by Jehanne Sosson, Geoffrey Willems, Gwendoline Motte




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Handbook of ICC arbitration : commentary, precedents, materials / Thomas H. Webster, Michael Buhler

Webster, Thomas H, author




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Routledge international handbook of human trafficking : a multi-disciplinary and applied approach / edited by Rochelle L. Dalla and Donna Sabella




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Diseases of cattle in Australasia : a comprehensive textbook / [edited by] T.J. Parkinson, J.J. Vermunt, J. Malmo, R. Laven




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Introduction to veterinary anatomy and physiology textbook

Aspinall, Victoria, author




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The corporate energy strategist's handbook: frameworks to achieve environmental sustainability and competitive advantage / Jimmy Y. Jia

Online Resource




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Handbook of optimization in electric power distribution systems Mariana Resener, Steffen Rebennack, Panos M. Pardalos, Sérgio Haffnew, editors

Online Resource




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Power plant instrumentation and control handbook: a guide to thermal power plants / Swapan Basu, Ajay Kumar Debnath

Online Resource




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Agnes, Murderess shortlisted for the Doug Wright Award for Best Book

Congratulations to Sarah Leavitt, whose graphic novel Agnes, Murderess has been shortlisted for the Doug Wright Award for Best Book! The 2020 Doug Wright Awards …

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For the Love of Books

Books were treasure when each tome was made in 28 separate stages. Hear how the trade is preserved by Master Bookbinder Bruce Plumley.




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SP MLA booked for killing murder witness



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Kannauj clash: BJP leaders booked for firing, inciting violence



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Two booked under SC/ST Act for stopping student from singing Ambedkar song



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The geographic spread of COVID-19 correlates with structure of social networks as measured by Facebook [electronic resource] / Theresa Kuchler, Dominic Russel, Johannes Stroebel

Cambridge, Mass. : National Bureau of Economic Research, 2020




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Exercise and fitness training after stroke : a handbook for evidence-based practice / edited by Gillian Mead, Fredericke van Wijk ; foreword by Peter Langhorne




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Textbook of radiographic positioning and related anatomy / Kenneth L. Bontrager, John P. Lampignano ; new photography by James C. Winters Photography, LLC

Bontrager, Kenneth L




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Workbook for Textbook of radiographic positioning and related anatomy, eighth edition / Kenneth L. Bontrager, John P. Lampignano, Leslie E. Kendrick

Bontrager, Kenneth L




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Grainger & Allison's diagnostic radiology : a textbook of medical imaging




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Handbook of clinical neuropsychology / edited by Jennifer M. Gurd, Udo Kischka, John C. Marshall




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The Oxford handbook of sleep and sleep disorders / edited by Charles M. Morin, Colin A. Espie




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Workbook for Radiographic image analysis / Kathy McQuillen Martensen

McQuillen-Martensen, Kathy, author




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Graff's textbook of urinalysis and body fluids

Mundt, Lillian A., author




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The Oxford handbook of transcranial stimulation / edited by Eric Wasserman [and five others]




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Handbook of nursing diagnosis / Lynda Juall Carpenito, RN, MSN, CRNP (Family Nurse Practitioner, ChesPenn Health Services, Chester, Pennsylvania ; Nursing Consultant, Mullica Hill, New Jersey)

Carpenito-Moyet, Lynda Juall, author




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The concise book of muscles / Chris Jarmey and John Sharkey

Jarmey, Chris, author




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Handbook of magnetic resonance spectroscopy in vivo : MRS theory, practice and applications / editors, Paul A. Bottomley (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA), John R. Griffiths (Cancer Research UK, Cambridge Research Institute, Cambridge, UK)