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Book Cover for: A Gentleman in Moscow, Amor Towles

A Gentleman in Moscow

Amor Towles
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The 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
Book Cover for: Jacques Pépin Art of the Chicken: A Master Chef's Paintings, Stories, and Recipes of the Humble Bird, Jacques Pépin

Jacques Pépin Art of the Chicken: A Master Chef's Paintings, Stories, and Recipes of the Humble Bird

Jacques Pépin
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Pépin 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
Book Cover for: Calling for a Blanket Dance, Oscar Hokeah

Calling for a Blanket Dance

Oscar Hokeah
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A 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
Book Cover for: How to Focus, Thich Nhat Hanh

How to Focus

Thich Nhat Hanh
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Thich 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
Book Cover for: Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison

Invisible Man

Ralph Ellison
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Ralph 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
Book Cover for: Bonsai, Zambra

Bonsai

Zambra
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Zambra’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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Book Cover for: The Enormous Room, E. E. Cummings

The Enormous Room

E. E. Cummings
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In 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
Book Cover for: The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Eric Carle
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Eric 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