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#BookFaceFriday “Western Alliances” by Wilton Barnhardt
This #BookFaceFriday is leaving on a jet plane! Fasten your seat belts, stow your carry-on, and get ready to take off with #BookFaceFriday! Expect (literary) turbulence with “Western Alliances: A...
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#BookFaceFriday “Interior Places” by Lisa Knopp
Ah, shucks! It’s #BookFaceFriday! This week’s #BookFaceFriday is out standing in her field. She’s simply a-maize-ing! Sorry, too corny? We’ll stop before we get creamed. We can’t help ourselves – we...
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Friday Reads: The Guest Lecture by Martin Riker
If stream-of-consciousness writing, existential dread, and fun facts about 1930’s economic theory are your jam, you are in for a treat. When Abby accepted the invitation to give a guest lecture on the...
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#BookFaceFriday “The Chaperone” by Laura Moriarty
[NLCstart]Better keep an eye on this #BookFaceFriday! This #BookFaceFriday shouldn’t be left unattended! The story of young silent movie star, Louise Brooks, and the woman who escorts her to New York...
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Book Club Spotlight – Crying in H Mart
Today, we are looking at another memoir of a woman who is grieving the loss of her mother. But unlike our last Spotlight, I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy, Michelle Zauner’s relationship with...
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#BookFaceFriday “Dead Water” by Ann Cleeves
This #BookFaceFriday is on the rocks! Ah dinnae ken why you’re not reading this #BookFaceFriday! “Dead Water: A Shetland Mystery” by Ann Cleeves (Minotaur Books, 2014) is part of an excellent...
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#BookFaceFriday “The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections” by Eva...
Check out this #BookFaceFriday! September is Library Card Sign Up month! And you can find your next great read on Nebraska Overdrive Libraries! Find all the library themed books in our “Library Card...
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Book Briefs: New University of Nebraska Press Books at the Nebraska...
The Nebraska Publications Clearinghouse receives documents every month from all Nebraska state agencies, including the University of Nebraska Press (UNP). Each month we will be showcasing the UNP...
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Book Club Spotlight – The Ordinary Spaceman: From Boyhood Dreams to Astronaut
Four years after what would be his final voyage into space, retired astronaut Clayton Anderson of Ashland, Nebraska, released his tell-all memoir of his 30 years at NASA, comprising 167 days living in...
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#BookFaceFriday “The Bookish Life of Nina Hill” by Abbi Waxman
Read between the lines with this #BookFaceFriday! It’s another bookish #bookface for Library Card Sign Up month! A library card gives you access to so many great things, including free ebooks and...
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Friday Reads: “The Wheel of Time Series” by Robert Jordan
I’ve been reading this series since I was a freshman in high school, and by then the first books were almost 15 years old, so you know they pass the test of time. I’ve been reading and rereading this...
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What’s Up Doc? New State Agency Publications at the Nebraska Library Commission
New state agency publications have been received at the Nebraska Library Commission for July and August, 2023. Included are reports from the Nebraska Administrative Services, Nebraska Colleges &...
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#BookFaceFriday “The Bromance Book Club” by Lyssa Kay Adams
The first rule of #BookFace: You don’t talk about #BookFace! Just kidding – it’s no secret that September is Library Card Sign Up Month! Everyone is welcome at the library, especially book clubs! This...
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Book Club Spotlight – The Lightning Dreamer: Cuba’s Greatest Abolitionist
[NLCstart] Hispanic Heritage Month is from September 15th to October 15th, and to celebrate, we are Spotlighting The Lighting Dreamer, written by Margarita Engle, the first Latino awarded the Newbery...
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#BookFaceFriday “The Librarian of Saint-Malo” by Mario Escobar
J’adore #BookFaceFriday! It’s the last week of September and the 2023 Library Card Sign Up Month, but that doesn’t mean your love and appreciation for libraries has to end. It’s easy to forget what a...
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#BookFaceFriday “The Giver” by Lois Lowry
We’re united in our love for this #BookFaceFriday! Let Freedom Read! That’s the theme of this year’s #BannedBooksWeek. We are celebrating with a banned #BookFace! The Nebraska Library Commission...
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Friday Reads: Chapter and Curse
With the cooler weather (and tonight’s freeze warning!), it seems like the sort of morning for another cozy mystery. Chapter and Curse, by Elizabeth Penney, is the first book in the Cambridge Bookshop...
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Book Club Spotlight – How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
In 1960, ten-year-old Julia Alvarez left her home in the Dominican Republic for the United States, and by 2013, she was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Obama and had an honorary...
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#BookFaceFriday “Daughter of Fortune” by Isabel Allende
Fortune favors the #BookFaceFriday! This #BookFaceFriday is written by one of the many talented authors we are celebrating during National Hispanic American Heritage Month (September 15- October 15),...
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Friday Reads: The Brothers Hawthorne, by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
After Holli Duggan wrote a Friday Reads post about it, I listened to the Inheritance Games trilogy last year–and loved it! So when a fourth book in this YA series was released this summer, I had to...
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