Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library

Remarkable Story of an Owl and His Girl

Yes, that's the subtitle of the book I just finished. Wesley the Owl is a must for anyone who has ever been in love with an animal. The story is written by Stacey O'Brien, who was a lab assistant at Cal Tech when she adopted a 4-day-old barn owl...

Published Fri, Aug 08 2009 1:13 pm by wag.mado@evpl

Filed under: nonfiction, humor, reviews, books, dogs, oprah, memoir, love stories, nature, recommended, animals, love, friends, Grizzly bears, Elephants, owls

Hester Browne

If you haven't read anything by Hester Browne, then you need to go to the nearest library and check one of her books out! Browne has written a hilarious series that begins with The Little Lady Agency. The story begins with Melissa Romney-Jones, a...

Published Wed, Jul 07 2009 9:03 am by KickinLibrarian@evpl

Filed under: reviews, fiction, books, chick lit, London, series, funny, love

The Way of Ignorance and Other Essays by Wendell Berry

Wendell Berry is by now surely the “elder statesman” of living responsibly in a sustainable fashion, with strong local allegiances to a place in every sense of the word: the local ecology, culture, community, and people. He seems to be aware...

Published Sun, Apr 04 2009 3:19 pm by Bufkinite@evpl

Filed under: reviews, books, Agriculture, philosophy, local authors, essays, villiage, environmentalism, Wendell Berry, local economy, local agriculture, community

My Land is Dying, by Harry Caudill

Why review a 38 year old book? When I spotted this book, I remembered the name Harry Caudill because of his book Night Comes to the Cumberland s . I read that book after reading a chapter about Harry Caudill in a book of essays by Wendell Berry called...

Published Tue, Apr 04 2009 8:38 pm by Bufkinite@evpl

Filed under: politics, nonfiction, reviews, books, recommended, essays, environmentalism, Harry Caudill, Wendell Berry, strip mining, mining

A History of Personal "Trials" and "Attempts"

The essay is one of my favorite literary forms, so imagine my delight in coming across The Art of the Personal Essay: An Anthology from the Classical Era to the Present . What a wonderful survey - even though it has a distinctly Anglo-centric bias - with...

Published Thu, Jan 01 2009 4:52 pm by Bufkinite@evpl

Filed under: reviews, books, anthologies, essays, Phillip Lopate

Is it "Hot" in here, or is it just me?

Back in the late 1970s and early 1980s, when gasoline prices rose from under eighty cents to the staggering price of $1.40 a gallon, the United States government implemented measures to reduce oil imports and improve energy efficiency. Flash forward twenty...

Published Fri, Nov 11 2008 10:25 am by myzticrhythmz@evpl

Filed under: nonfiction, reviews, books, economics, bestsellers, globalization, Thomas Friedman, global warming

Nancy Pearl now recommends books in podcasts

Nancy Pearl of Pearl's Picks now has a new show on KUOW available as a podcast. The two titles she promotes on this NPR station 10/20/08 both are available in EVPL's collections: Best of Technology Writing 2008 and The Ginseng Hunter by Jeff Talarigo...

Published Tue, Oct 10 2008 2:19 pm by Meditatinglibrarian@evpl

Filed under: reviews, books

"Story of Edgar Sawtelle" is Oprah pick!

And the winner is................. I am going to play the Devil's Advocate here and ask why this is such a sensation! There was alot of buzz about it at the American Library Association conference earlier this year. The reviewers have been ecstatic...

Published Fri, Sep 09 2008 5:10 pm by MediaPhile@evpl

Filed under: reviews, books, dog training, oprah, edgar sawtelle

"Fugitive Denim": Casual Day from a Global Perspective

A world-renowned fashion designer starts out to make a "green" line of denim wear, using organic cotton, paying living wages to the growers, cutters, and seamstresses who all have a hand in bringing the product to market. Can it be done? To...

Published Sat, Sep 09 2008 3:27 pm by Bufkinite@evpl

Filed under: nonfiction, reviews, books, fashion, denim, Rachel Louise Snyder, blue jeans, clothing industry

So good, you may want to Cry Wolf again

Here is a post from Seeker@evpl, whose posts can be found on the EVPL Research blog : Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs "Becoming a werewolf brought nothing but problems to Anna every since she'd survived the vicious attack that turned her. Now, she...

Published Wed, Sep 09 2008 9:17 am by E-Ville Librarian@evpl

Filed under: reviews, fiction, books, werewolves, Science Fiction, Shapeshifters, Fantasy

"Schuyler's Monster" by Rob Rummel-Hudson

Before there were blogs, there were online journals and diaries, and one of the best was Rob's. (He's been at a bunch of different URLs, but the current one is here .) He's a very funny writer, usually tending toward the cynical and sarcastic...

Published Fri, Jul 07 2008 3:04 pm by googler@evpl

Filed under: nonfiction, reviews, books

"The Impressionist" by Hari Kunzru

One of the hardest tasks a librarian faces is getting rid of a book that he or she treasures. Today I was reviewing a cart of books that one of the clerks had pulled for me and stalled when I reached "The Impressionist" by Hari Kunzru. A report...

Published Wed, Jul 07 2008 5:29 pm by MediaPhile@evpl

Filed under: reviews, Edwardian London, India, tags, books

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