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It Came From the Bottom Shelf! Three Books Not to Overlook in the 300s
An occupational hazard of working in a library is the constant temptation to pick up every interesting-looking book from displays or carts. The alarm clock on my nightstand is buried behind stacks of...
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It Came From the Bottom Shelf! Three Books Not to Overlook in the 800s
Every year around this time we are flooded with best-of-the-year book lists. I always manage to read a good 10 or 12 of these titles, leaving dozens that I never get around to checking out. Likewise, I...
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It Came From the Bottom Shelf! Three Books Not to Overlook in the 000s
The 000s in nonfiction cover a real hodge-podge of topics. In this section of “generalities,” guides for setting up computer networks cozy up to tomes about Bigfoot and UFOs. Every middle schooler’s...
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It Came From the Bottom Shelf! Three Books Not to Overlook in the 500s
Having recently completed my degree (pause for graceful acknowledgement of congratulations), I am very excited to start learning things on my own, rather than for classes. To this end, I recently found...
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It Came From the Bottom Shelf! Three Books not to Overlook in the 600s
The 600s could be my favorite area of nonfiction. Traditional descriptions of the Dewey Decimal System identify the 600s as “applied sciences” or “medicine and technology.” Basically, this is where...
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It Came From the Bottom Shelf! Three Books Not to Overlook in the 100s
I’m – how should I put this? – a philosophy nerd? A philosophy groupie? A philosophy fan? I teach philosophy, I’m married to a philosopher, and many of my dearest friends are philosophers. I have...
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It Came From the Bottom Shelf! Three Books not to Overlook in the 700s
As an artist as well as a recreation-enthusiast, I end up in the 700s (Arts & Recreation) almost every time I browse the library’s collection, regardless of what I originally set out to find. There...
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It Came From the Bottom Shelf! Books Not to Overlook in the 900s
History! History! History!…and a little travel too! The 900s in nonfiction are a must for the history buff and the travel enthusiast. Did I mention history? In this section there is a wide variety of...
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