Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library

Read By the Author

I love to listen to memoirs read by the authors that wrote them. Not so long ago, I was quite skeptical of all audiobooks. I viewed listening to a book as cheating, unless it was a matter of poor eyesight. I have, however, warmed somewhat to audiobooks...

Published Mon, Sep 09 2012 4:30 pm by Shh_ImReading@evpl

Filed under: nonfiction, audiobooks, biography, celebrities, memoir, Kate Braestrup, Maine, growing up, Indiana, Marriage, Craig Ferguson, Bill Bryson, Tina Fey, read by the author, autobiography, Bible, Iowa, A J Jacobs, spirituality, Haven Kimmel, Amy Dickinson, Anna Quindlen

Hoosier Ghosts

Perhaps you'd like to read about reported hauntings right here in Indiana as Halloween approaches. Even if you don't believe in ghosts, these books can be entertaining and spooky reads perfect for the season. Haunted Travels of Indiana by Mark...

Published Tue, Oct 10 2010 12:42 pm by Shh_ImReading@evpl

Filed under: nonfiction, ghost stories, hoosiers, Indiana, Halloween, haunted, ghosts

Go Outside!

It's springtime! Time to leave the house and enjoy the outdoors! Two recent books you should know about if you're planning on going further than the park down the street are Botanic Gems: Indiana Public Gardens, Including Greater Chicago, Dayton...

Published Sat, Mar 03 2010 12:23 pm by Shh_ImReading@evpl

Filed under: nonfiction, hoosiers, Indiana, travel, gardening, gardens, outdoors, parks, Kentucky, Alan McPherson, Susan Reigler, color photographs

Fiction with an Indiana twist

I tried searching the catalog under the heading of Indiana -- fiction and found a list of fascinating titles. Here are some of the most recent: Sleeping with Anemone , by Kate Collins, is the latest installment in a series about a young female flower...

Published Thu, Feb 02 2010 1:49 pm by googler@evpl

Filed under: fiction, Indiana

The Ripest Moments by Norbert Krapf

The Ripest Moments is a simple pleasure to read. While reading this memoir of growing up in the 40s and 50s in Jasper and rural Dubois County, Indiana, I found myself reminded over and over again of my own childhood in northern Indiana, and the cousins...

Published Tue, Sep 09 2009 2:00 pm by Bufkinite@evpl

Filed under: nonfiction, reviews, books, Food, Agriculture, memoir, farming, small town, Indiana, Framilies, Norbert Krapf

Indiana 24/7

Indiana 24/7 is a beautiful collection of photographs from all over our state. It is a modern photo essay of our day-to-day lives as Hoosiers. The variety the photographers have managed to capture is just amazing. There are many familiar sights in Indiana...

Published Wed, Jun 06 2009 1:03 pm by Shh_ImReading@evpl

Filed under: nonfiction, hoosiers, Photography, Indiana, oversize, color photographs

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