Arroyo Seco Library Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor TowlesThe Arroyo Book Club will be reading A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles for our March meeting. Join us for discussion on 3/26 at 3:00. Email ayosco@lapl.org to sign up https://t.co/fsWgivFL1n
Paperback, 2019
$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Jacques Pépin Art of the Chicken: A Master Chef's Paintings, Stories, and Recipes of the Humble Bird
Jacques PépinPépin brings you a book celebrating his love of fowl in Jacques Pépin: art of the chicken : a master chef's paintings, stories, and recipes of the humble bird check out the book (https://t.co/4ZitjLpywt) place a hold on the ebook (https://t.co/7A3IMvC5aM) https://t.co/kDRATQvV8s
Hardcover, 2022
$35.00Member price:$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Calling for a Blanket Dance
Oscar HokeahA young Native American man seeks a place in the world in the face of a splintering family in Calling for a Blanket Dance by Oscar Hokeah check out the book (https://t.co/kVeC6Qen0I) try the ebook (https://t.co/nEUoWW0o8O) https://t.co/zBKmNHkI9P
Paperback, 2023
$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
How to Focus
Thich Nhat HanhThich Nhat Hanh shares essays on the power of meditation to help concentration in How to Focus read the book (https://t.co/xY2AdReZ6c) place a hold on the ebook (https://t.co/pPNYMH1chh) https://t.co/8YplHc1kOK
Paperback, 2022
$10.95Member price:$5.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Invisible Man
Ralph EllisonRalph Ellison was born #OnThisDay (3/1) in 1910. A writer perhaps most known for Invisible Man, his early years as a musician taught him to “approach art analytically” Check out his work at the library https://t.co/cYFNfTzphk https://t.co/XwST1igySZ
Paperback, 1995
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Bonsai
ZambraZambra’s Bonsai is “the story of Julio and Emilia, two young Chilean students who, seeking truth in great literature, find each other instead” check out the book (https://t.co/KZzhMtttgy) try the ebook (https://t.co/rLvmobbQIj) https://t.co/5A7SBRNFqB
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The Enormous Room
E. E. CummingsIn The Enormous Room Cummings provides a fictionalized version of the time he spent in a military detention camp during WWI check out the book (https://t.co/V1ppOyRxdj) try the ebook (https://t.co/Al4zZrBDnK) https://t.co/LlIigJfco3
Paperback, 2022
$16.95Member price:$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric CarleEric Carle was born #OnThisDay (6/25) in 1929. A noted children’s book writer, you’ll know him for such classics as The Very Hungry Caterpillar & The Mixed-up Chameleon. Share his work with the children in your life. http://www.lapl.org https://t.co/f3WPPF22KI
Board Book, 1994
$10.99Member price:$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book