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Chaudry, Rabia. Adnan's Story: The Search for Truth and Justice After Serial. St. Martin's. Aug. 2016.416p. illus. index. ISBN 9781250087102. $26.99; ebk. ISBN 9781250087119. CRIME Nothing about this case is [...]

With election season in full swing, LJ revisits previously reviewed and noteworthy resources, mostly subscription databases, covering politics and elections. In the ever-changing political arena, these products stand out not [...]

Proulx, Annie. Barkskins. Scribner. Jun. 2016.736p. ISBN 9780743288781. $32; ebk. ISBN 9781476771823. F Rene Sel and Charles Duquet arrive in New France in the 1600s, penniless woodcutters bound to a [...]

Romero, Terry Hope. Protein Ninja: Power Through Your Day with 100 Hearty PlantBased Recipes That Pack a Protein Punch. Da Capo Lifelong. 2016. 240p. photos. ISBN 9780738218496. pap. $22.99; ebk. [...]

Afro-Americana Imprints, 1535-1922: From the Library Company of Philadelphia Readex, a division of NewsBank; readex.com. To request a free trial, email sales@readex.com CONTENT Many resources are devoted to African American [...]

Witt, Stephen. How Music Got Free: The End of an Industry, the Turn of the Century, and the Patient Zero of Piracy. Viking. Jun. 2015. 304p. notes. index. ISBN 9780525426615. [...]

Ward, James. The Perfection of the Paper Clip: Curious Tales of Invention, Accidental Genius, and Stationery Obsession. Touchstone. Apr. 2015.304p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 9781476799865. $25; ebk. ISBN 9781476799889. TECH [...]

Burgis, Tom. The Looting Machine: Warlords, Oligarchs, Corporations, Smugglers, and the Theft of Africa's Wealth. PublicAffairs. Mar. 2015.336p. maps, notes, index. ISBN 9781610394390. $27.99; ebk. ISBN 9781610394406. HIST While reporting [...]

Information on the American Library Association (ALA) annual conference in Chicago, Illinois from June 22-27, 2017 on the federal funding threat to the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), is presented. Topics include the high attendance partly due to the keynote speaker and politician Hillary Clinton's address, and the role of the independent agency Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

The article offers information on BookExpo on June 1–2, 2017 at New York. Topics include BookExpo panel sponsored by Association of American Publishers and moderated by fiction editor Wilda Williams; books launched at expo such as "The Woman in the Window" by A.J. Finn, "Rear Window" by Alfred Hitchcock, and "Black Dahlia, Red Rose" by Piu Eatwell; and other famous authors in expo such as Kelly Jones, Jesmyn Ward, and Jennifer Egan.

The article discusses the 2017 American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting held in Atlanta, Georgia from January 20-24, 2017. Topics include the participation of attendees in the correlating Atlanta March for Social Justice and Women, a session titled "ALA Town Hall: Library Advocacy and Core Values in Uncertain Times," and sessions from the Symposium on the Future of Libraries.

The article offers information on the Midwinter Meeting of the American Library Association (ALA) which will take place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on January 24 to 28, 2019.

Marine veteran Thomas J. Brennan (I.) and war photojournalist Finbarr O'Reilly (r.) are coauthors of Shooting Ghosts: A U.S. Marine, a Combat Photographer, and Their Journey Back from War (see [...]

* Sci-Fi Chronicles: A Visual History of the Galaxy's Greatest Science Fiction. Firefly. 2014. 576p. ed. by Guy Haley. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 9781770852648. $29.95. REF Haley's (The Death of [...]

Loren, Sophia. Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow: My Life. Atria. Dec. 2014.331 p. photos, filmog. index. ISBN 9781476797427. $28; ebk. ISBN 9781476797441. FILM The story of Loren (b. 1934) reads like a [...]

Drivel: Deliciously Bad Writing by Your Favorite Authors. Tarcher. 2014.208p. ed. by Julia Scott, photos. ISBN 9780399168888. pap. $16; ebk. ISBN 9780698152649. HUMOR Before Gillian Flynn wrote the bestselling novel [...]

King, Charles. Midnight at the Pera Palace: The Birth of Modern Istanbul. Norton. Sept. 2014.480p. photos, maps, notes, bibliog. index. ISBN 9780393089141. $27.95; ebk. ISBN 9780393245783. HIST The Pera Palace, [...]

The article discusses the highlights of the annual conference of the American Library Association (ALA) held in Florida in June 2016. A memorial service was held for the victims of the mass shooting at the LGBT nightclub Orlando's Pulse. Attendance considerably declined compared to the previous year. Topics of the panel discussions included information security and the necessity of providing continued support for older devices, operating systems and applications used by patrons.

Josh Wallace, Tarleton State Univ. Lib., Stephenville, TX It took far less than four years for Josh to become a valuable asset to our team. My colleague Amanda Mastrull and [...]

The article reports that the National Academy of Medicine estimates that considerable percentage of people in the U.S. live with chronic illness; approximately 50 million have an autoimmune disease according to the American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association. It mentions that the advocate Christine Miserandino developed the "spoon theory" of communicating about chronic illness, referring to how much energy one has on a given day.

Mack, Doug. The Not-Quite States of America: Dispatches from the Territories and Other Far-Flung Outposts of the USA. Norton. Feb. 2017.320p. maps, notes, index. ISBN 9780393247602. $26.95; ebk. ISBN 9780393247619. [...]

* Cavuto, Katie. Whole Cooking and Nutrition: An Everyday Superfoods Approach to Planning, Cooking, and Eating with Diabetes. American Diabetes Assn. Sept. 2016. 256p. photos, index. ISBN 9781580406093. $18.95. COOKING [...]

Davis Erin Anderson and Raymond Pun are coeditors of Career Transitions for Librarians (Rowman & Littlefield; LJ 9/1/16). Anderson, a 2012 Special Libraries Association (SLA) Rising Star and 2012 LJ [...]

R. David Lankes is director of the School of Library and Information Science and associate dean at the College of Information and Communications at the University of South Carolina, recently [...]

Robinson, Phoebe. You Cant Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have To Explain. Plume. Oct. 2016.320p. ISBN 9780143129202. pap. $16; ebk. ISBN 9780143129219. HUMOR Blending memoir and social [...]

Semple, Maria. Today Will Be Different. Little, Brown. Oct. 2016.336p. illus. ISBN 9780316403436. $27; ebk. ISBN 9780316403443. F Narrated by irreverent Eleanor Flood, a self-described 'past her prime animator' who [...]

Ward, Jesmyn. The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race. Scribner. Aug. 2016. 240p. ISBN 9781501126345. $25; ebk. ISBN 9781501126369. SOC SCI Using James Baldwin's The Fire Next [...]

Forman, Gayle. Leave Me. Algonquin. Sept. 2016. 352p. ISBN 9781616206178. $26.95; ebk. ISBN 9781616206482. F Forman is no stranger to complex and emotional stories, having written the best-selling YA novel [...]

* Woodson, Jacqueline. Another Brooklyn. Amistad: HarperCollins. Aug. 2016. 192p. ISBN 9780062359988. $22.99; ebk. ISBN 9780062359988. F With spare yet poetic writing, this long-awaited adult novel by National Book Award [...]

Hashimi, Nadia. A House Without Windows. Morrow. Aug. 2016.432p. ISBN 9780062449689. $26.99; ebk. ISBN 9780062449665. F In her third novel, following When the Moon Is Low and The Pearl That [...]

Wyss, Robert. The Man Who Built the Sierra Club: A Life of David Brower. Columbia Univ. Jun. 2016.400p. illus. notes, bibliog. index. ISBN 9780231164467. $35; ebk. ISBN 9780231541312. BIOG For [...]

Freeman, Hadley. Life Moves Pretty Fast: The Lessons We Learned from Eighties Movies (and Why We Don't Learn Them from Movies Anymore). S & S. Jun. 2016.352p. illus. notes, index. [...]

* McClellan, Marisa. Naturally Sweet Food in Jars: 100 Preserves Made with Coconut, Maple, Honey, and More. Running Pr. 2016. 216p. photos. index. ISBN 9780762457786. $24; ebk. ISBN 9780762458264. COOKING [...]

Simmons, Marie. Whole World Vegetarian. Houghton Harcourt. May 2016. 320p. photos. ISBN 9780544018457. $23. COOKING After the success of 201 l's Fresh & Fast Vegetarian: Recipes That Make a Meal, [...]

Ile, Jowhor. And After Many Days. Tim Duggan: Crown. Feb. 2016. 256p. ISBN 9781101903148. $25; ebk. ISBN 9781101903155. F Paul, the eldest and favored son in the Utu family, is [...]

The article recommends several library books including "Carry On," by Rainbow Rowell, "The Legend of Lyon Redmond," by Julie Ann Long and "The Dead Duke, His Secret Wife and the Missing Corpse," by Piu Marie Eatwell.

The article presents the highlights of the 2015 BookExpo America (BEA) held at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City from May 27 to 29, 2015. The expo posted an increase in the number of attendees. Authors, illustrators and publishers launched new books during the event, including Shane Evans, Vanessa Diffenbaugh and Nadia Hashimi. Meanwhile, librarians attended the fifth annual Shout 'n' Share.

Engler, Mark & Paul Engler. This Is an Uprising: How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty-First Century. Nation: Perseus. Feb. 2016. 368p. notes, index. ISBN 9781568587332. $26.99; ebk. ISBN 9781568585147. [...]

Michael Rodriguez, Hodges University, Naples, FL You may know Michael from his work for the Hack Library School blog, I Need a Library Job (INALJ), or the Library and Information [...]

Smith, Charlie. Ginny Gall. Harper. Feb. 2016. 464p. ISBN 9780062250551. $26.99; ebk. ISBN 9780062250568. F After Delvin Walker's mom flees Chattanooga in 1918 because she killed a white shopkeeper, the [...]

Dr. Steve Albrecht, author of Library Security (American Libraries Assn. [ALA]; see review on p. 101), is retired from the San Diego police department and manages a training, coaching, and [...]

Smiley, Jane. Golden Age. Knopf. Oct. 2015. 464p. ISBN 9780307700346. $26.95; ebk. ISBN 9780385352444. F Centering on the strained relationships and dissolved marriages of the children of family pillar Frank [...]

Wilson, Cintra. Fear and Clothing: Unbuckling American Style. Norton. Sept. 2015. 368p. illus. ISBN 9780393081893. $27.95; ebk. ISBN 9780393248401. DEC ARTS Previously a contributor to the 'Critical Shopper' column of [...]

* Hashimi, Nadia. When the Moon Is Low. Morrow. Jul. 2015.400p. ISBN 9780062369574. $25.99; ebk. ISBN 9780062369628. F Returning to the setting of contemporary Afghanistan, Hashimi (The Pearl That Broke [...]