‘Booklist’ Category
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Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance
0December 11, 2012 by Reader's Connection
My thanks to Irvington’s Steve Bridge for sending me this review of a new book in a science fiction series: Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold is another fun…
Category Book Review, Booklist | Tags: A Civil Campaign, Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance, Cordelia's Honor, Lois McMaster Bujold, Memory, Vorkosigan, Young MIles
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No Gift Suggestion List Is Complete Without Children’s Books . . . and Coffee Table Books
0December 7, 2012 by Reader's Connection
A few teen titles (What’s Left of Me, and Ashfall & Ashen Winter) have shown up so far on my 2012 gift suggestion list, but no books for…
Category Booklist, Gift Suggestions | Tags: 12 Weeks of Christmas~Hanukkah~Kwanzaa~Solstice~New Years, Jennifer B. Pickens, O. Winston Link: Life along the Line: A Photographic Portrait of America's Last Great Steam Railroad, Pets at the White House: 50 Years of Presidents and Their Pets, Simon Winchester, Skulls: An Exploration of Alan Dudley's Curious Collection, Tony Reevy
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Tales of Eastern Europe
0October 30, 2012 by Reader's Connection
When thinking of Eastern Europe, one might conjure up images of strong and resilient people, deep cultural traditions, and shifting political boundaries. Throughout this fall, the Library is offering an…
Category Booklist | Tags: Eastern Europe
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WWW: What’s With Wotan?
0September 4, 2012 by Reader's Connection
Richard Wagner’s four-opera cycle The Ring of the Nibelungen is coming to WFYI-TV next week. At 9:00 p.m. on Monday, September 10th, Susan Froemke’s documentary “Wagner’s Dream” about the Metropolitan Opera’s…
Category Announcement, Booklist, Event | Tags: Deryck Cooke, Finding an Ending: Reflections on Wagner's Ring, I Saw the World End: A Study of Wagner's Ring, Michael Tanner, Richard Wagner, Ring of the Nibelungs, WFYI
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Let Me Count the Ways I Love Indy Reads Books. Just Based on My First Visit.
1July 30, 2012 by Reader's Connection
(1) The store is air-conditioned. My house isn’t, so this means more to me than it should. (2) I have used their parking lot at 911 Massachusetts Avenue a few…
Category Announcement, Booklist | Tags: Dennis Lehane, Full Woman Fleshly Apple Hot Moon, Gone Baby Gone, Herman Melville, Indy Reads, Indy Reads Books, Moonlight Mile, Pablo Neruda, Stephen Mitchell