Library Futures 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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Athena Unbound: Why and How Scholarly Knowledge Should Be Free for All
Peter BaldwinLibrary FuturesInformation is meant to be shared and scholarly knowledge is meant to be free. Join our new Research Manager Michelle Reed and UCLA/NYU's Peter Baldwin as they talk about his new book Athena Unbound and the open access movement on May 4! https://t.co/afsn2QLIx1 https://t.co/AkwzyHSQh7
Hardcover, 2023
$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Life on the Mississippi: A Charming Depiction of a Bygone Era in American History
Mark TwainLibrary FuturesThe river that includes Mark Twain's Life on the Mississippi... /2 https://t.co/8glEIJ8A4t https://t.co/1R1vAcjzTP
Out of stock
Hollywood Babylon: The Legendary Underground Classic of Hollywood's Darkest and Best Kept Secrets
Kenneth AngerLibrary FuturesHere's ED @little_wow with a book she inherited: the frequently challenged Hollywood Babylon, which her mother first discovered at a library sale. This seminal book by avant-garde filmmaker Kenneth Anger is only available digitally through @openlibrary #ownbooks https://t.co/fKb2dyFcGl
Paperback, Mass Market, 1981
$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Classification: Class V, Naval Science (1910)
Library of CongressLibrary FuturesA short list of things libraries do that publishers don’t like: Lend books they own! /2 https://t.co/Q9yNXRUjSZ ["Call Numbers on Books (Library of Congress Classification)" by CCAC North Library] https://t.co/ihu7INAr0t
Paperback, 2010
$21.95$10.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
William ZinsserLibrary FuturesWithout that revelation, we wouldn't have William Zinsser's classic On Writing Well: https://t.co/kRWBGIYVQB
Paperback, 2016
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Life on the Mississippi
Mark TwainLibrary FuturesThe river that includes Mark Twain's Life on the Mississippi... /2 https://t.co/8glEIJ8A4t https://t.co/1R1vAcjzTP
Paperback, 1985
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book