This week’s Shelf Awareness Maximum Shelf pick is Amanda Jones’ THAT LIBRARIAN: The Fight Against Book Banning in America, a part memoir, part manifesto that is the inspiring story of a Louisiana librarian advocating for inclusivity on the front lines of our vicious culture wars. One of the things small town librarian Amanda Jones values […]
Tag: social justice
November Nonfiction Round-Up (11/29/2023)
This week, we are highlighting the complexities of crime, parole, and law in America—from the Florida marshlands to the prison-industrial complex. Additionally, for a different perspective, an original dive into comedy and culture, alongside an inspiring account of trans activism, will uplift hearts and minds. GATOR COUNTRY: DECEPTION, DANGER, AND ALLIGATORS IN THE EVERGLADES BY […]
Kirkus Best Books of 2023
Announcing the Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2023! FICTION MYSTERY AND THRILLER NIGHT WILL FIND YOU by Julia Heaberlin REYKJAVÍK by Ragnar Jónasson and Katrín Jakobsdóttir BOOK CLUB BIRNAM WOOD by Eleanor Catton SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY THE DEEP SKY by Yume Kitasei A DAY OF FALLEN NIGHT: A ROOTS OF CHAOS NOVEL by Samantha […]
Book Club Recommendations (11/15/23)
Wondering what to read next with your book club? Check out these recommendations where a cold case is revisited, an American-born daughter of immigrants shares her memoir, and a teen explores her Muslim identity through a mixture of prose and verse. Click know more for more book club news, resources, sweepstakes, and more. EVERYONE WHO […]
It’s All About the Message (1/11/22)
Today we’re taking a look at the deeper message with a framework for activists, a collection of expert voices for a policy-oriented approach to fighting for racial justice, and an expansion of a viral video that breaks down economic and social injustices. AN ABOLITIONIST’S HANDBOOK: 12 Steps to Changing Yourself and the World by Patrisse […]
2019 In the Margins Book Awards
Congrats to all FIVE Macmillan titles named to the 2019 In the Margins book lists! Recommended Fiction Book List:THE CARTEL 7: Illuminati: Roundtable of Bosses by Ashley & JaQuavis ColemanTHE DIAMOND EMPIRE by K’wan Recommended Nonfiction Book List:RAW: My Journey into the Wu-Tang by Lamont “U-God” Hawkins (Top 10!)WHEN THEY CALL YOU A TERRORIST: A […]
The BIG Book Club Resource Guide
Ready to rev up your library’s book club? Great! We’ve got a TON of resources to help: Reading Group Gold is the destination for reading group news, sweepstakes and giveaways, early copies of upcoming books, and reading guides for select titles from Macmillan. You can also sign up for their newsletter. Our “One Book, One […]
June 2018 Nonfiction
Add these June nonfiction titles to your library’s shelves today: THE THIRD BANK OF THE RIVER: Power and Survival in the Twenty-First Century Amazon by Chris Feliciano Arnold A veteran journalist traces the war over the Amazon as activists, locals, and indigenous tribes struggle to save the jungle from the threat of loggers, drug lords, […]
THE SUN DOES SHINE is an Oprah Book Club Pick!
Amazing news: THE SUN DOES SHINE: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row by Anthony Ray Hinton is Oprah’s Book Club Summer 2018 Selection! Hinton’s revealing story of hope, love, justice, and the power of reading by a man who spent 30 years on death row for a crime he didn’t commit has […]
Friday Reads — March 2018 Nonfiction
Our #FridayReads picks are all the excellent nonfiction titles available this month! THE SUN DOES SHINE: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row by Anthony Ray Hinton, with an introduction by Bryan Stevenson Also available in audio Two starred reviews! A powerful, revealing story of hope, love, justice, and the power of reading […]
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