To be quite honest, neither of us thought we'd care about James Garfield as much as we now do. Thanks, Candice Millard! Two Book Minimum: Oreo by Fran Ross Waveform: Twenty-First-Century Essays By Women by Marcia Aldrich (editor, contributor) Why Won’t You Apologize?: Healing Big Betrayals And Everyday Hurts by Harriet Lerner (coming to Lawrence Public Library in 2017) Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady’s Guide…
Angélique Kidjo, a Joyful & Empowering Advocate
Posted On: December 23, 2016 Charismatic singer-songwriter and human rights advocate Angélique Kidjo is an energetic powerhouse. She creates world-renowned eclectic, genre-complex music and works diligently to empower others. She has championed empowerment as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador since 2002. In 2007 she co-founded the Batonga Foundation, which supports girls’ education in Africa and continues…
The Best Books from the Worst Year
Let’s be honest, 2016 has been kind of a hot mess. Between so many celebrity deaths (David Bowie, Sharon Jones, Prince, Alan Rickman, Muhammad Ali, Elie Wiesel… holy cow, SO MANY) and some, uh, general upheaval, most people are ready to write this one off as a loss. But! As much as we’d like to…
003: Being Mortal & Winter Reading
Two Book Minimum: The Thunder Beneath Us by Nicole Blades Links: Lawrence Public Library | Amazon Into The Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea Links: Lawrence Public Library | Amazon Man’s Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl Links: Lawrence Public Library | Amazon Game of Crows by Christopher Anderson Links: Lawrence Public Library| Amazon She Said / She Said: Being Mortal by Atul Gawande Available from Lawrence Public Library | Amazon.com In Being Mortal, bestselling author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of…
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