Staff Recommendations
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“One must have a heart of stone to read the death of little Nell without laughing.” — Oscar Wilde on Dickens’ Old Curiosity Shop
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Nothing brings history to life more vividly than reading accounts from the mouths of those who witnessed or participated in these historical events. For this installment of book recommendations, staff members highlight some of their favorite oral histories in the collection.
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Library staff recommendations for summer reading, as well as what we look forward to reading in the warm months ahead.
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By Carrie Silberman, Head of Children's Library
For many of us, nothing evokes more vivid memories of childhood than revisiting a favorite book. As a child, I must have read All-Of-A-Kind Family, by Sydney Taylor at least a dozen times over the span of a few short years. I cried when Sarah lost a precious library book and worried that her weekly visits to the Library Lady might come to an end.
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Recommendations from Library staff for your next armchair journey. Destinations range from 80 miles away on the NJ Turnpike to the Amazon jungle.
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To accompany our exhibition in the Peluso Family Exhibition Gallery, From the Western Front and Beyond: The Writings of World War One, we offer some WWI-related book recommendations from Library staff.
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Staff recommendations from the Library's collection of memoirs, autobiographies, and journals.
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by Sara Holliday, Events Coordinator/Head Librarian's Assistant
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Despite true crime's somewhat unsavory reputation, many exceptional works of journalism and nonfiction literature have come out of the genre. In this article, the staff offers recommendations from the Library's collection.
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This list of staff recommendations originally appeared in the Library's August 2012 e-newsletter.
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by Andrew Corbin, Acquisitions and Reference Librarian
This article originally appeared in the "Off the Shelf: A Reader's Review" column in the Library's Summer 2012 Features Newsletter.
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by Andrew Corbin, Acquisitions and Reference Librarian
This article originally appeared in the "Off the Shelf: A Reader's Review" column in the Library's Spring 2012 Features Newsletter.
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by Brandi Tambasco, Circulation Assistant/Interlibrary Loan Librarian
This article originally appeared in the "Off the Shelf: A Reader's Review" column in the Library's Fall Season 2011 Features Newsletter.
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This list of staff recommendations originally appeared in the Library's Summer 2011 Features Newsletter.
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This list of staff recommendations originally appeared in the Library's February 2011 e-newsletter.
In honor of this cold month's holiday celebrating love, staff members offer some warmth with their favorite tales of romance.
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by Patrick Rayner, Head of Circulation
This article originally appeared in the Library's Fall 2010 Features Newsletter.
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by Andrew Corbin, Acquisitions and Reference Librarian
This article originally appeared in the Library's October 2010 e-newsletter.
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by Andrew Corbin, Acquisitions and Reference Librarian
This article originally appeared in the "Off the Shelf: A Reader's Review" column in the Library's Summer 2010 Features Newsletter.
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by Andrew Corbin, Acquisitions and Reference Librarian
This article originally appeared in the "Off the Shelf: A Reader's Review" column in the Library's Spring 2010 Features Newsletter.
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This list of staff recommendations originally appeared in the Library's Summer 2009 Features Newsletter.