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Browsing the New Book Shelves (While You Can’t), part 2: new African-American nonfiction
Posted about 6 years ago by Phil Shepard
While the library buildings are closed to the public for everyone’s safety, mail delivery never stopped! Library staff have been working behind the scenes, receiving and processing books and other […]
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Browsing the New Book Shelves (While You Can’t), part 1: LGBTQ+ Fiction
Posted about 6 years ago by Phil Shepard
While the library buildings are closed to the public for everyone’s safety, mail delivery never stopped! Library staff have been working behind the scenes, receiving and processing books and other […]
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Reading Pandemic Fiction in a Pandemic
Posted about 6 years ago by Phil Shepard
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Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with Fiction, pandemic, reading suggestions
Is this pandemic messing with your reading habits? It’s messing with mine. I have more time for reading, but reading has gotten so much more difficult. I am one of […]
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RBDigital – So Much More Than Audiobooks
Posted about 6 years ago by Phil Shepard
It all started with a traveling salesman who spent hours and hours on the road. Henry Trentman logged a lot of miles, listening to radio stations of varying quality fade […]
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Money! Money! Money!
Posted about 6 years ago by Phil Shepard
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Inform * Enrich * Empower
Spring is on the way! And April showers bring … financial literacy? April is “Financial Literacy Month”, which makes it a good time to take charge of your finances. Even […]
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Richmond Public Library and Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Posted about 6 years ago by Phil Shepard
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Book Reviews
Let’s Hear it For the Ladies
Posted about 6 years ago by Phil Shepard
Posted in
Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with interesting women, Women's History Month
Surprisingly (or not so surprisingly), Women’s History Month dates only back to 1981, when Congress passed Pub. L 97-28 which authorized and requested the President to proclaim the week beginning […]
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Upcoming Indie Releases for 2020
Posted about 6 years ago by Phil Shepard
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Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with authors, book recommendations, indie publishers, new releases
The Tax Man Cometh
Posted about 6 years ago by Phil Shepard
April 15th will be here before you know it. That means it is time to <cue spooky music> COMPLETE YOUR FEDERAL TAX RETURNS!! (Virginia tax returns aren’t due until May […]
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African-American History Month in Richmond
Posted about 6 years ago by Phil Shepard
I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my […]
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