Month: July 2019
Their Great Gift by John Coy, Photographs by Wing Young Huie
Their Great Gift by John CoyCourage, Sacrifice, and Hope in A New LandPhotographs by Wing Young Huie Lyrical language and breathtaking photography celebrate the immigrant experience, and the strength and beauty it represents for us as a nation. Check it out!
Four Color Reality: How Comic Books and the Real World Shape Each Other – Blaine Library, August 1, 2019
Blaine Public Library and Humanities Washington invite the community to an engaging conversation with T. Andrew Wahl, a member of the 2019-2020 Humanities Washington Speakers Bureau. This free event takes place Thursday, August 1, 2019, at Blaine Public Library, 610 3rd Street, Blaine, Washington. For more information, visit wcls.org/events.
Book Buzz: The Way Home
The Way Home: Tales from a Life without Technology by Mark Boyle Mark Boyle is no stranger to remaking himself. In the fall of 2008, he embarked on an experiment in living without money, documenting the experience with the publication of The Moneyless Man: A Year of Freeconomic Living (2010) and a follow-up guide, The … Read more
The Complete Cookbook for Young Chefs by America’s Test Kitchen
The Complete Cookbook for Young Chefs The experts at America’s Test Kitchen furnish more than 100 recipes for young chefs to practice and perfect, because kids belong in the kitchen. Check it out!
Book Buzz: Paddling With Spirits
Paddling With Spirits: A Solo Kayak Journey by Irene Skyriver Some people throw themselves a dance party for their 40th birthday. Irene Skyriver chose to celebrate hers with a solo kayaking trip from Ketchikan to her home on Lopez Island. Years later, she recounted her momentous journey in Paddling With Spirits: A Solo Kayak Journey. … Read more
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesWith searing frankness, Coates lays bare his experience as a black man in America through an open letter to his son, challenging readers to confront slavery’s legacy in present day. Check it out!
An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alamaddine
An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alamaddine As a translator, books have been Aaliya’s life. Now elderly, having lived through the Lebanese Civil War, she is left pondering her life’s meaning as she tentatively reaches out for companionship. Check it out!
The Old Man by Sarah V., Illustrated by Claude K. Dubois
The Old Man by Sarah V., Illustrated by Claude K. Dubois A little girl encounters a man living on the street and offers him a gift of love and hope. Check it out!