by Library Lin | Mar 20, 2023 | History
947. Books on Russia & Eastern Europe Further Reading: Yaffa Eliach There Once Was a World, 1998. Historian Yaffa Eliach was asked to contribute to a memorial for Holocaust victims. Instead, she decided to write this history of the lives of Eastern European and... 
by Library Lin | Mar 13, 2023 | Books
Patience and Fortitude: Wherein a Colorful Cast of Determined Book Collectors, Dealers, and Librarians Go About the Quixotic Task of Preserving a Legacy by Nicholas A. Basbanes My rating: 4 of 5 stars I love books. I really do. And I love bookstores and libraries and... 
by Library Lin | Mar 6, 2023 | Literature
822. Books on English drama Further Reading: While looking up award-winning and recommended books on English drama, I was surprised and dismayed to discover the only ones honored were on Shakespeare. While Shakespeare’s phenomenal, he is far from being the only... 
by Library Lin | Feb 27, 2023 | The Arts
759. Books on painters and the history of painting Further Reading: Edward Dolnick The Forger’s Spell: A True Story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the Greatest Art Hoax of the Twentieth Century, 2008. In this true-crime thriller, Edward Dolnick details how a mediocre artist... 
by Library Lin | Feb 20, 2023 | Natural Sciences
590. Books on animals Further Reading: Art Wolfe The Living Wild, 2001. Internationally recognized nature photographer Art Wolfe shares nearly 400 photographs he has taken worldwide of over 140 animals in their natural habitats. 591. Books on specific topics in the...