Friday Reads & #BookFaceFriday: The Fabric of Civilization by Virginia Postrel
The most profound technologies are those that disappear. They weave themselves into the fabric of everyday life until they are indistinguishable from it.Mark Weiser Virginia Postrel’s The Fabric of...
View ArticleBook Club Spotlight – Hector’s Bliss
A unique aspect of our Book Club Collection here at the Commission is our focus on Nebraska authors, settings, and stories, housing the hidden gems of Nebraska literature and history! Today’s pick for...
View ArticleFriday Reads: The Misfits: A Royal Conundrum by Lisa Yee
Olive Zang (almost 12) doesn’t really fit in – at school, with friends (what friends?) or even with her mom and dad. They are always gone on a trip for work, and seem to not really notice her. This...
View Article#BookFaceFriday “Among the Bros” by Max Marshall
[NLCstart] Dude, it’s #BookFaceFriday! No cap, bro – this really happened! Fans of true crime and nonfiction storytelling are in for a wild ride [NLCend]in this week’s #BookFace “Among the Bros: A...
View Article#BookFaceFriday “No Summit Out of Sight” by Jordan Romero
Off we go, into the wild blue #BookFaceFriday! Get ready to climb every mountain with this week’s #BookfaceFriday,”No Summit Out of Sight: the True Story of the Youngest Person to Climb the Seven...
View ArticleBook Club Spotlight – A Beautiful Poison
Happy Women’s History Month! This month we’ll be featuring incredible women authors, and today’s Book Club Spotlight is written by none other than the brilliant Lydia Kang, MD. Author of numerous...
View ArticleFriday Reads & #BookFaceFriday –“Fourteen Days: A Collaborative Novel” by The...
We’ve reached the point in our “post-pandemic world” (or as close as we have come to being post-anything) where it seems every book set in the current time period mentions COVID-19. For example, my...
View Article#BookFaceFriday –“Reader’s Digest: Special Pets Issue”
This #Bookface is ready to sit and stay. It’s hard to teach an old dog new tricks, and it’s easy to forget you have access to magazines on Nebraska OverDrive Libraries! Take a look at “Reader’s...
View ArticleBook Club Spotlight – The Daughter of Time
With the British Royal Family gossip mill recently abuzz, and as the sun sets on Women’s History Month, now is the perfect opportunity to visit Josephine Tey’s 1951 novel The Daughter of Time, and...
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