What looks like good future reads for the BookishBookClub? These! Suggestions more than welcome (in fact, deeply encouraged!) from BBC memmbers
non-fiction wishlist for BookishBookClub Public
Created and curated by Bookish Book Club
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Library by Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen
Perfect for book lovers, this is a fascinating exploration of the history of libraries and the people who built them, …
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Book Parts by Dennis Duncan, Adam Smyth
What would an anatomy of the book look like? There is the main text, of course, the file that the …
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Freedom Libraries by Mike Selby
As the Civil Rights Movement exploded across the United States, the media of the time was able to show the …
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Information Hunters: When Librarians, Soldiers, and Spies Banded Together in World War II Europe by Kathy Peiss
While armies have seized enemy records and rare texts as booty throughout history, it was only during World War II …
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Interacting with Print by The Multigraph Collective
A thorough rethinking of a field deserves to take a shape that is in itself new. Interacting with Print delivers …
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Reading Behind Bars by Jill Grunenwald
In December 2008, twentysomething Jill Grunenwald graduated with her master’s degree in library science, ready to start living her dream …
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On paper by Nicholas A. Basbanes
A consideration of all things paper--the invention that revolutionized human civilization; its thousand-fold uses (and misuses); its sweeping influence on …
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Dorothy Porter Wesley at Howard University by Janet Sims-Wood
When Dorothy Burnett joined the library staff at Howard University in 1928, she was given a mandate to administer a …
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Brief History of the Bodleian Library by Mary Clapinson
How did a library founded over four hundred years ago grow to become the world-renowned institution it is today, home …
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From world leaders to Mafia dons, from Hollywood stars to the literary world's most eccentric writers, the notable and notorious …
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The Woman Reader by Belinda Jack
How have women read differently from men through the ages? In all manner of ways, this book asserts.
This lively …
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Penguin by Design: A Cover Story 1935-2005 by Phil Baines
Ever since the creation of the first Penguin paperbacks in 1935, their jackets have become a constantly evolving part of …
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First published to celebrate Faber's 90th anniversary, this is the story of one of the world's greatest publishing houses - …
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Improbable Libraries by Alex Johnson
How do you use your local library? Does it arrive at your door on the back of an elephant? Can …
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The Library Book by Susan Orlean
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On the morning of April 28, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles Public Library. The fire was …
