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Enchanted Glass - Diana Wynne Jones. ( Read more... )

Gender Dilemmas in Children's Fiction - Kerry Mallan. ( Read more... )

I Hotel - Karen Tei Yamashita. ( Read more... )

The Modern Girl Around the World: Consumption, Modernity and Globalization - The Modern Girl Around the World Research Group. ( Read more... )

Live Through This: On Creativity & Self-Destruction - Edited by Sabrina Chapadjiev. ( Read more... )

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks - E. Lockhart. ( Read more... )

The WisCon Chronicles Volume 4: Voices of WisCon - Edited by Sylvia Kelso. ( Read more... )

Talking to the Moon - Noel Alumit. ( Read more... )

Teaching Asian America: Diversity & the Problem of Community - Edited by Lane Ryo Hirabayashi. ( Read more... )

Flygirl - Sherri L. Smith. ( Read more... )

Small Island - Andrea Levy. ( Read more... )

The Knife of Never Letting Go - Patrick Ness. ( Read more... )

Almost Dead - Charlie Huston. ( Read more... )

Londonstani - Gautam Malkani. ( Read more... )

As Long As Nothing Happens, Nothing Will - Zhang Jie. ( Read more... )

Gorilla, My Love - Toni Cade Bambara. ( Read more... )

The WisCon Chronicles Vol. 3: Carnival of Feminist SF - Edited by Liz Henry. ( Read more... )

A Letter to My Father: Growing Up Filipina & American - Helen Madamba Mossman. ( Read more... )

Mella & the N'anga: An African Tale - Gail Nyoka. ( Read more... )

Women, Race & Class - Angela Davis. ( Read more... )

Cyclecraft: The complete guide to safe and enjoyable cycling for adults and children - John Franklin. ( Read more... )

The Role of the Academic Librarian - Anne Langley, Edward Gray and KTL Vaughn. ( Read more... )

How I Live Now - Meg Rosoff. ( Read more... )

Blowout - Susan Vaught. ( Read more... )

Grave Sight - Charlaine Harris. ( Read more... )

From Outside In: Refugees and British Society - Edited by Nushin Arbabzadah. ( Read more... )

Dark Moon - Lori Handeland. ( Read more... )

Kobal: The Mysteries of the Septagram - Paul Bryers. ( Read more... )

The Self Sufficient-ish Bible: An Eco-Living Guide for the 21st Century - Andy & Dave Hamilton. ( Read more... )

Making More Waves: New Writing by Asian American Women - Edited by Elaine H. Kim, Lilia V. Villanueva, and Asian Women United of California. ( Read more... )

Take Out: Queer Writing from Asian Pacific America - Edited by Quang Bao and Hanya Yanagihara. ( Read more... )

Shadow Man - Melissa Scott. ( Read more... )

Crowded House: Something So Strong - Chris Bourke. ( Read more... )

Storyteller: Writing Lessons and More from 27 Years of the Clarion Writers' Workshop - Kate Wilhelm. ( Read more... )

Of Love and Other Monsters - Vandana Singh. ( Read more... )

Filipino Women in Detroit: 1945-1955: Oral Histories from the Filipino American Oral History Project of Michigan - Joseph A. Galura & Emily P. Lawsin. ( Read more... )

Filter House - Nisi Shawl. ( Read more... )

The WisCon Chronicles, Volume Two: Provocative Essays on Feminism, Race, Revolution, and the Future - Edited by L. Timmel Duchamp & Eileen Gunn. ( Read more... )

Reading Matters: What the Research Reveals about Reading, Libraries, and Community - Catherine Sheldrick Ross, Lynne (E.F.) McKechnie, and Paulette M. Rothbauer. ( Read more... )

Farthing - Jo Walton. ( Read more... )

The Machine's Child - Kage Baker. ( Read more... )

Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity - Edited by Mattilda a.k.a. Matt Bernstein Sycamore. ( Read more... )

Murder by Magic: Twenty Tales of Crime & the Supernatural - Edited by Rosemary Edghill. ( Read more... )

Greywalker - Kat Richardson. ( Read more... )

Making Peace with the Things in Your Life: Why Your Papers, Books, Clothes, & Other Possessions Keep Overwhelming You - and What to Do About It - Cindy Glovinsky. ( Read more... )

Home, and Other Big, Fat Lies - Jill Wolfson. ( Read more... )

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Readers' Advisory: The Librarian's Guide to Cyborgs, Aliens, & Sorcerers - Derek M. Buker. ( Read more... )

Homage to Catalonia - George Orwell. ( Read more... )

Keeping the Moon - Sarah Dessen. Definitely my least favorite Dessen, of the three I've read so far. I felt v. mixed about this one. 15-year-old Colie learns that being fat is okay, despite her mother being a famous aerobics queen, b/c her Aunt Mira is fat & happy, & then Colie learns that being herself is okay--but especially b/c she lost 45 1/2 pounds. Ugh. I like the "quirky ppl in a small town" setting, but...

The Changing Culture of Libraries - Edited by Renee Feinberg. I think I'm reading too many books about librarianship lately; they all start to blend in somewhat after a while. This one's uneven; some of the essays are a bit repetitive since I've been reading other library anthologies. I liked "Social Equity and Empowerment in the Digital Age: A Place for Activist Librarians" (Carla J. Stoffle), "A Vicious Circle?" (Barbara A. Bishop; on diversity in librarianship, or the lack thereof), & "The Resource Centre Experience in South Africa: An Important Contribution to Librarianship" (Faye Reagon) probably best.

Eat Here: Reclaiming Homegrown Pleasures in a Global Supermarket - Ian Halweil. A compelling introduction to why local food matters & how you can start making change in where your own food comes from. Even though I've read a lot about this issue already, there was still enough unknown to me to be inspiring. The case studies from around the world demonstrate how a globalized food system is bad for everyone, & how people are trying to change that. For example, in Zimbabwe, most of the peanut butter sold is imported, even though there are local peanut farmers. Four women started a local peanut butter business that supports the local economy & produces peanut butter that's 15% cheaper than global brands (not to mention it doesn't use nearly the same amount of oil to be transported to the consumer). Well worth reading. Eating local matters, & this book will persuade you.

Civic Librarianship: Renewing the Social Mission of the Public Library - Ronald B. McCabe. You'd think, from the title, that I'd like this book, & I did agree w/some bits: like that the library should be a place for public education. But otherwise the book felt really conservative & gross--pro-hierarchy (librarians as educated gatekeepers & taste-makers) & full of seemingly willful misunderstanding of the left. For example, no indication of why folks on the left might have good reason to be skeptical of authority figures & of the idea of there being right answers to things--no indication that this might be a normal reaction to all the -isms, etc. Blech.