Book Reviews
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Law Day 2020
Posted about 5 years ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones
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Adult, Book Reviews, Events, History and Preservation, Holidays, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Law Library
| Tagged with 19th Amendment, Constitution, law, Law Day, Law Library, May 1, Representative democracy, rule of law, Vote, Women's Suffrage
What is Law Day? Law Day was established by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1958 as a national day set aside to celebrate the rule of law in the United […]
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Antidote for Reality: Romance Reads
Posted about 5 years ago by Robyn Webb
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Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with antidote for reality, book recommendations, book recs, Hoopla, romance
Together, let’s take a moment to step back from being inundated with news and worry. In this new series of blog posts about escapist reads, we’ll introduce you to new […]
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YA Reads for Autism Awareness
Posted about 5 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
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Book Reviews, Teens
Please note that I did not make the title of this post “YA Reads for Autism Awareness Month.” This was intentional. Even though April is Autism Awareness Month, and it […]
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Escapist Books to Transport You
Posted about 5 years ago by Alexandra Zukas
Really great books have a way of making the world fall away. They can transport you to somewhere more interesting, more whimsical, more surreal–somewhere that is just more. You turn […]
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RBDigital – So Much More Than Audiobooks
Posted about 5 years ago by Meg Raymond
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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Stuck at home with nothing to do? Time to work on a new hobby, and we’re here to help.
Posted about 5 years ago by Natalie Draper
So, all of those things you wish you had the time to learn how to do? Knitting, crocheting, felting, quilting, mending, screen printing, weaving, rug hooking, painting, drawing, embroidery, pottery, […]
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Richmond Public Library and Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Posted about 5 years ago by Phil Shepard
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Book Reviews
Let’s Hear it For the Ladies
Posted about 5 years ago by Meg Raymond
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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 5 years ago by Phil Shepard
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Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with authors, book recommendations, indie publishers, new releases
2019 Releases from African American Authors
Posted about 5 years ago by Nico D'Archangel
In honor of African American History Month, I decided to showcase some fantastic new releases from African American authors. Books by these authors don’t always get the recognition they deserve […]
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