The Public Library: A Photographic Essay

10 best books like The Public Library: A Photographic Essay (Robert Dawson): One for the Books, This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All, The Library, Outwitting History: The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books, I Work at a Public Library: A Collection of Crazy Stories from the Stacks, Humans of New York, The Little Free Library Book, Improbable Libraries: A Visual Journey to the World's Most Unusual Libraries, The Card Catalog: Books, Cards, and Literary Treasures (Gifts for Book Lovers, Gifts for Librarians, Book Club Gift), Underwater Dogs

One for the Books
AuthorJoe Queenan
ISBN0670025828
One of America’s leading humorists and author of the bestseller Closing Time examines his own obsession with books

Joe Queenan became a voracious reader as a means of escape from a joyless childhood in a Philadelphia housing project. In the years since then he has dedicated himself to an...
This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All
AuthorMarilyn Johnson
ISBN0061431605
In This Book is Overdue!, acclaimed author Marilyn Johnson celebrates libraries and librarians, and, as she did in her popular first book, The Dead Beat, discovers offbeat and eloquent characters in the quietest corners. In defiance of doomsayers, Johnson finds librarians more vital and necessary...
The Library
AuthorSarah Stewart
ISBN0374343888
Meet an unforgettable bibliophile.

Elizabeth Brown doesn't like to play with dolls and she doesn't like to skate. What she does like to do is read books. Lots of books. The only problem is that her library has gotten so big she can't even use her front door anymore. What should Elizabeth Brown...
Outwitting History: The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books
AuthorAaron Lansky
ISBN1565125134
“Incredible . . . Inspiring . . . Important.” —Library Journal, starred review

“A marvelous yarn, loaded with near-calamitous adventures and characters as memorable as Singer creations.” —The New York Post
    
“What began as a quixotic journey was also a picaresque...
I Work at a Public Library: A Collection of Crazy Stories from the Stacks
AuthorGina Sheridan
ISBN1440576246
Straight from the library--the strange and bizarre, ready to be checked out!

From a patron's missing wetsuit to the scent of crab cakes wafting through the stacks, I Work at a Public Library showcases the oddities that have come across Gina Sheridan's circulation desk. Throughout these pages,...
Humans of New York
AuthorBrandon Stanton
ISBN1250038820
A beautiful, heartfelt, funny and inspiring collection of photographs capturing the spirit of a city

In the summer of 2010, photographer Brandon Stanton set out on an ambitious project: to single-handedly create a photographic census of New York City.  Armed with his camera, he began...
AuthorMargret Aldrich
ISBN1566894077
"The Little Free Library is a terrific example of placing books—poetry included—within reach of people in the course of their everyday lives. Free is always a good thing, and the project has a nice give-and-take feel to it. Here's hoping we bump into literature when we turn the next corner—before...
Improbable Libraries: A Visual Journey to the World's Most Unusual Libraries
AuthorAlex Johnson
How do you use your local library? Does it arrive at your door on the back of an elephant? Can it float down the river to you? Or does it occupy a phone booth by the side of the road?

Public libraries are a cornerstone of modern civilization, yet like the books in them, libraries face an uncertain future...
AuthorLibrary of Congress
ISBN1452145407
The Library of Congress brings booklovers an enriching tribute to the power of the written word and to the history of our most beloved books. Featuring more than 200 full-color images of original catalog cards, first edition book covers, and photographs from the library's magnificent archives, this...
AuthorSeth Casteel
ISBN0316227706
The exuberant, exhilarating photographs of dogs underwater that have become a sensation

From the water's surface, it's a simple exercise: a dog's leap, a splash, and then a wet head surfacing with a ball, triumphant.

But beneath the water is a chaotic ballet of bared teeth and bubbles,...
The Crazy Bunch
AuthorWillie Perdomo
ISBN0143132695
From a prize-winning poet, a new collection that chronicles a weekend in the life of a group of friends coming of age in East Harlem at the dawn of the hip-hop era

Willie Perdomo, a native of East Harlem, has won praise as a hip, playful, historically engaged poet whose restlessly lyrical language...
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