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    From a celebrated librarian and public historian, a memoir about the promise of public libraries in a fractured world."This wonderful book appeals to the heart as well as to the mind, challenging the dark times we live in." —Azar Nafisi, author of author of Read Dangerously and Reading Lolita in TehranWhen Dorothy Lazard became a public librarian, she returned to the building that had shaped her ... Leer más

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  • Oakland Noir

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    "Wonderfully, in Akashic's Oakland Noir, the stereotypes about the city suffer the fate of your average noir character--they die brutally. Kudos to the editors, Jerry Thompson and Eddie Muller, for getting Oakland right. All those outsize statistics don’t reveal a real city, but this collection of local voices--both established and new--brings it thrumming to life...Readers who know the city will ... Leer más

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  • What You Don't Know Will Make a Whole New World

    A Memoir

    From one of California’s most celebrated librarians and public historians, a coming-of-age memoir about the thirst for knowledge and hometown pride.A Best Book of the Year, Oakland Public Library2023 Bronze Winner for the Foreword INDIES Award, Autobiography and Memoir"What You Don’t Know will inspire for its grace, zest and courage." —Joan Frank, San Francisco ChronicleDor... ... Leer más

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