nonfiction
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Common Book Reading List
Posted about 3 months ago by Meg Raymond
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Adult, Award Winners, book discussions, Book Reviews, diverse reads, History and Preservation, Inform * Enrich * Empower, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations, reading suggestions, VCU Common Book
| Tagged with #bookrecommendations, #rplrecommends, book recommendations, book recs, health and wellness, nonfiction, reading suggestions
We hope you are looking forward to the upcoming programs that the Richmond Public Library has planned in support of the 2022 VCU Common Book, The Organ Thieves. Whether you […]
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PERSONAL FINANCE for EVERYONE
Posted about 9 months ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones
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Adult, Events, For Teens, Health and Wellness, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Law Library, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations, Teens
| Tagged with adulting, Author Talk, authors, consumer, Financial Literacy, first job, Home Economics, Law Library, local authors, nonfiction, Personal Finance, reading suggestions, saving and investment, teenreads, teens
Since when is Personal Finance a thing? When the world got super complicated, apparently. No longer is it just a decision of whether to put your money under the mattress, […]
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HARRIET TUBMAN, INSPIRING AMERICAN HERO
Posted about 10 months ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones
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Adult, Biographies, Black History Month, Book Reviews, Children's, Events, Fiction, Film, Graphic Novels, History and Preservation, holidays; celebrations, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Law Library, Movies, nonfiction, Picturebooks, Reading Recommendations, Teens, Women's History
| Tagged with #bookrecommendations, Abolition, African Americans, Black History Month, children, Civil Rights Activist, Civil War, Courage, Emancipation, Escape, Freedom, graphic novels, Harriet, Hero, Humanitarian, law, Law Library, Liberation, nonfiction, picture books, reading suggestions, Slavery, Spy, Suffragist, Underground Railroad, Women's History
Harriet Tubman (c. 1820-1822 – March 10, 1913) is an icon of courage, a true American hero. Born Araminta “Minty” Ross, she was enslaved at birth in Maryland. In 1849 […]
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Haunted Houses and Things That Go Bump in the Night
Posted about 1 year ago by Meg Raymond
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Adult, Fiction, ghosts, haunted houses, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with #bookrecommendations, book recommendations, Fiction, ghosts, haunted houses, Hoopla, nonfiction
As the days get shorter and the weather gets cooler (please, let it get cooler!) I want to spend even more time nested in at home reading. It’s October, so […]
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September 11, 2001: How Will You Remember?
Posted about 1 year ago by Jennifer Deuell
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Events, History and Preservation, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with book recommendations, book recs, Fiction, nonfiction, reading suggestions, september11
This year, on the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Richmond Public Library is proud to host an educational exhibit made available by the 9/11 Memorial & Museum. This exhibition […]
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Celebrate the Days – September
Posted about 1 year ago by Meg Raymond
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Adult, Book Reviews, crafts and hobbies, Families, Fiction, Health and Wellness, holidays; celebrations, nonfiction, poetry, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with banned books, beards, book recommendations, celebrations, classical music, courtesy, currentevents, encouragement, Fiction, Grandparents, gratitude, HBUCs, library cards, make your bed, neighbor, new releases, nonfiction, online learning, positive thinking, procrastination, reading suggestions, reflexology, resumes, self care, sewing, talk like a pirate, voter registration
THERE ARE HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES EVERY DAY OF THE MONTH — SO MANY REASONS TO CELEBRATE! I’M NOT SAYING THERE SHOULD BE CAKE EVERY DAY, BUT I’M NOT SAYING THERE […]
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Book Horoscopes – Aquarius
Posted about 2 years ago by Robyn Webb
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Book Horoscopes, Book Reviews, Fiction, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with book horoscopes, book recommendations, book recs, Fiction, nonfiction, reading suggestions
Every month of 2021 we will be sharing a tailored horoscope blog post for the current sun sign plus some extra goodies for the rest of us. (Yes, this is […]
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Voting and Elections for Kids!
Posted about 2 years ago by Lisa Crisman
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Book Reviews, Children's, Elections
| Tagged with book recommendations, elections, nonfiction, Presidents, Shirley Chisholm, Voting Rights Act of 1965
Voting and elections are in the news. It’s important and sometimes difficult to talk to kids about the process, results and why it’s all so necessary. Here are some titles […]
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Focus on the New: Nonfiction
Posted about 2 years ago by Lisa Crisman
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Book Reviews, crafts and hobbies, Health and Wellness, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations, Writing
| Tagged with beekeeping, environment, gardening, graphics, immigration, nonfiction, parenting, teaching, writing
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines nonfiction as “writing or cinema that is about facts and real events.” Nonfiction titles may express an author’s point of view. Some nonfiction attempts to inform […]
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Browsing the New Book Shelves (While You Can’t), part 2: new African-American nonfiction
Posted about 2 years ago by Meg Raymond
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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