Tag search:Completed July 2015

My Favorite Things

by Maira Kalman
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
21st Century, 21st Century Literature, Nonfiction, Children's Literature, Picture Book, Art, Design, Design Museum, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Objects — 7 more, Alphabet, Illustration, Illustrated by Maira Kalman, Library Book, Acquired in 2015, Read in 2015, Completed July 2015
Collections
Read, Read in 2015
Status
Available
Call number
727.7097471

The Strange Library

by Haruki Murakami
Paperback, 2014
Tags
21st Century, 21st Century Literature, Fiction, Japanese Literature, Literary Fiction, Short Stories, Mystery, Horror, Surrealism, Libraries, Books — 5 more, Imprisonment, Sheepman, Labyrinths, Read in 2015, Completed July 2015
Collections
Read, Read in 2015
Status
Available
Call number
895.63

Unterzakhn

by Leela Corman
Hardcover, 2012
Tags
20th Century, 1910s, 1920s, 21st Century Literature, Fiction, American Literature, Graphic Novel, Historical Fiction, Relationships, Family, Mothers & Daughters — 20 more, Siblings, Sisters, Twins, Jews, Immigrants, Poverty, Sexuality, Prostitution, Burlesque, Burlesque Dancers, Abortion, Women, Feminism, Lower East Side, New York, America, Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist, Library Book, Read in 2015, Completed July 2015
Collections
Read, Graphic Novels, Read in 2015
Status
Available
Call number
741.5

Lettres

by Madame de Sévigné
Digital audiobook, 2004
Tags
17th Century, 17th Century Literature, Nonfiction, French Literature, Classics, History, French History, Epistolary, Letters, Correspondence, Selected Letters — 12 more, Relationships, Mothers & Daughters, Nobility, Madame de Sévigné, En français, Rec'd by Slightly Foxed, Audiobook, Narrated by Marie-Christine Barrault, Library Book, Acquired in 2015, Read in 2015, Completed July 2015
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2015
Status
Available
Call number
813

The Tombs of Atuan (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 2)

by Ursula K. Le Guin
Hardcover, 2012
Tags
20th Century Literature, Fiction, American Literature, Young Adult, Fantasy, Adventure, Coming of Age, Priestesses, Female Heroines, Death, Dark — 13 more, Tombs, Labyrinths, Wizards, Sorcery, Magic, Earthsea, Newbery Honor, Phoenix Honor, Library Book, Acquired in 2015, American Authors Challenge 2015, Read in 2015, Completed July 2015
Collections
Read, Children's & YA, Read in 2015
Series
The Earthsea Cycle (2)
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

Nothing Like the Sun

by Anthony Burgess
Digital audiobook, 2015
Tags
16th Century, 20th Century Literature, Fiction, English Literature, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Biographical Fiction, Shakespeare, Poetry, Sonnets, Theatre — 20 more, Plays, Acting, Actors, The Globe Theatre, Lust, Sexuality, Sex, Marriage, Infidelity, Homosexuality, Aristocracy, Elizabethan, England, Audiobook, Narrated by Sean Barrett, Purchased from Audible.com, Acquired in 2015, British Author Challenge, Read in 2015, Completed July 2015
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2015
Status
Available
Call number
823.914

Parle-leur de batailles de rois et d'éléphants

by Mathias Enard
CD audiobook, 2011
Tags
16th Century, 1506, 21st Century Literature, Fiction, French Literature, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Renaissance, Artists, Michelangelo, Istanbul — 12 more, Turkey, En français, Prix Goncourt, Prix Goncourt des lycéens, Prix Goncourt Shortlist, Novellas, Audiobook, Narrated by Thibault de Montalembert, Library Book, Acquired in 2015, Read in 2015, Completed July 2015
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2015
Status
Available
Call number
843.92

L'échappée belle

by Anna Gavalda
CD audiobook, 2010
Tags
21st Century, 21st Century Literature, Fiction, French Literature, Literary Fiction, Relationships, Family, Siblings, France, Novellas, En français — 8 more, Audiobook, Narrated by Cécile Cassel, Narrated by Full Cast, Library Book (National), OverDrive, Acquired in 2015, Read in 2015, Completed July 2015
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2015
Status
Available
Call number
843.914

Slightly Foxed: No. 46: Grecian Hours

by Gail Pirkis
Paperback, 2015
Tags
21st Century Publication, 19th Century Literature, 20th Century Literature, Literary Review, Literature, Publications, Quarterly, Essays, Reviews, Reading, Books — 38 more, Books About Books, Authors, Alain Fournier, Le Grand Meaulnes, Louis Auchincloss, The Writer's Capital, Adrian Bell, Silver Ley, Juan Ramón Jiménez, Platero and I, Norman Lewis, A Dragon Apparent, Golden Earth, Alison Lurie, The Nowhere City, Hesketh Pearson, The Smith of Smiths, Amber Reeves, A Lady and Her Husband, Walter Scott, The Journal of Sir Walter Scott, Nevil Shute, A Town Like Alice, Emma Smith, Maiden's Trip, A. J. A. Symons, The Quest for Corvo: An Experiment in Biography, Enrique Vila-Matas, Bartleby and Co., Never Any End to Paris, Evelyn Waugh, The Loved One, Slightly Foxed, New, Subscription, Acquired in 2015, Read in 2015, Completed July 2015
Collections
Read, Slightly Foxed, Read in 2015
Series
Slightly Foxed: The Real Reader's Quarterly (46)
Status
Available
Call number
808

A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by Lady Trent, Book 1

by Marie Brennan
Digital audiobook, 2013
Tags
21st Century Literature, Fiction, American Literature, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Alternate History, Adventure, Naturalists, Dragons, Rec'd by calm, Rec'd by souloftherose — 7 more, Audiobook, Narrated by Kate Reading, Library Book (National), OverDrive, Acquired in 2015, Read in 2015, Completed July 2015
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2015
Series
Lady Trent's Memoirs (1)
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

All the Light We Cannot See

by Anthony Doerr
Digital audiobook, 2014
Tags
20th Century, 1940s, 21st Century Literature, Fiction, American Literature, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Coming of Age, War, WWII, Blindness — 19 more, Diamonds, French Resistance, Radios, Radio Communications, Nazis, France, Germany, Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award Finalist, The New York Times Notable Book of the Year, Rec'd by brenzi, Rec'd by Donna828, Audiobook, Narrated by Zach Appelman, Library Book (National), OverDrive, Acquired in 2015, Read in 2015, Completed July 2015
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2015
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Orlando

by Virginia Woolf
Digital audiobook, 2015
Tags
16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century, 20th Century Literature, Fiction, English Literature, Classics, Literature, Fantasy — 25 more, Historical Fiction, Modernism, Gender, Aristocracy, Poetry, Writing, Immortality, Travel, Gypsies, Queen Elizabeth I, Elizabethan, Turkey, England, 1001 Books, 1001 Books (2006/2008/2010/2012 Edition), Guardian 1000, Guardian 1000 (Science Fiction & Fantasy), Guardian Essential Library, British Author Challenge, Audiobook, Narrated by Veronika Hyks, Purchased from Audible.com, Acquired in 2015, Read in 2015, Completed July 2015
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2015
Status
Available
Call number
823.912

The Collectors

by Philip Pullman
Digital audiobook, 2014
Tags
20th Century, 1970s, 21st Century Literature, Fiction, English Literature, Young Adult, Short Stories, Fantasy, Alternate Universe, Art, Paintings — 12 more, Sculptures, College, Art Collectors, Death, His Dark Materials, Audiobook, Narrated by Bill Nighy, Purchased from Audible.com, Audible Daily Deal, Acquired in 2015, Read in 2015, Completed July 2015
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Children's & YA, Read in 2015
Series
His Dark Materials (prequel 2)
Status
Available
Call number
823.92

Rue des Boutiques Obscures

by Patrick Modiano
Ebook, 2012
Tags
20th Century, 20th Century Literature, 1960s, Fiction, French Literature, Literary Fiction, Amnesia, Memories, Identity, Detective, WWII — 12 more, Occupation, Paris, France, Prix Goncourt, Nobel Prize, En français, Audiobook, Narrated by Jean-Louis Trintignant, Library Book, Acquired in 2014, Read in 2015, Completed July 2015
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2015
Status
Available
Call number
843.914

Le Port des brumes (Maigret 15)

by Georges Simenon
Paperback, 2005
Tags
20th Century, 20th Century Literature, 1930s, Fiction, Belgian Literature, Crime Fiction, Noir, Mystery, Detective, Amnesia, Harbour-Masters — 17 more, Harbours, Fog, Poisoning, Strychnine, Ships, Maigret, Police Procedural, Murder, Small Towns, Normandy, France, Omnibus, Anthology, En français, Library Book, Read in 2015, Completed July 2015
Collections
Read, Read in 2015
Series
Maigret (15)
Status
Available
Call number
843.912

Evelina: Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World

by Frances Burney
Digital audiobook, 2014
Tags
18th Century, 18th Century Literature, 1770s, Fiction, English Literature, Classics, Epistolary, Coming of Age, Bildungsroman, Orphans, Society — 25 more, Manners, Novel of Manners, Courtship, Romance, London, England, Jane Austen (influence for), Guardian 1000, Guardian 1000 (Family and self), 1001 Books, 1001 Books (2006/2008/2010 Edition), 500 Great Books by Women, Rec'd by lyzard, Audiobook, Whispersync, Purchase with eBook, Narrated by Orson Scott Card, Narrated by Emily Rankin, Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki, Narrated by Gabrielle de Cuir, Purchased from Audible.com, $2.99, Acquired in 2014, Read in 2015, Completed July 2015
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2015
Status
Available
Call number
823.6

Love in the Time of Cholera

by Gabriel García Márquez
Digital audiobook, 2013
Tags
19th Century, 20th Century, 1900s, 20th Century Literature, Fiction, Latin American Literature, Literary Fiction, Relationships, Love, Romance, First Love — 26 more, Unrequited Love, Obsession, Marriage, Aging, Old Age, Mature Relationships, Death, Cholera, Riverboats, Colombia, South America, Nobel Prize, Guardian 1000, Guardian 1000 (Love), 1001 Books, BBC's Big Read, Oprah's Book Club, Read in 1990, Audiobook, Narrated by Armando Duran, OverDrive, Acquired in 2014, Read in 2015, Completed July 2015, Reread, 2nd Reading
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2015
Status
Available
Call number
863

The Diary of a Nobody

by George Grossmith
Digital audiobook, 2013
Tags
19th Century, 19th Century Literature, Fiction, English Literature, Diary, Classics, Relationships, Family, Marriage, Fathers & Sons, Friends — 26 more, Male Friendship, Clerks, Middle Class, Social Class, Suburbia, Humour, Satire, Victorian, London, England, Guardian 1000, Guardian 1000 (Comedy), 1001 Books, 1001 Books (2006/2008/2010 Edition), BBC's Big Read, The Observer's 100 Greatest Novels, Rec'd by PaulCranswick, Audiobook, Narrated by Keith Wickham, Purchased from Audible.com, Whispersync, Purchase with eBook, $2.99, Acquired in 2014, Read in 2015, Completed July 2015
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2015
Status
Available
Call number
813

The Garden Party and Other Stories (Bloomsbury Classics)

by Katherine Mansfield
Hardcover, 1995
Tags
20th Century, 20th Century Literature, 1920s, Fiction, New Zealand Literature, Short Stories, Parties, Relationships, Marriage, Class System, Youth — 10 more, Old Age, Bloomsbury Classics, Hardcover, 1001 Books, 1001 Books (2006 Edition), Purchased from AbeBooks, Purchased from BookDepository, Acquired in 2014, Read in 2015, Completed July 2015
Collections
Read, Read in 2015
Status
Available
Call number
823.912

Fifth Business (Deptford Trilogy, Book 1)

by Robertson Davies
CD audiobook, 2012
Tags
20th Century, 20th Century Literature, 1970s, Fiction, Canadian Literature, Literary Fiction, Bildungsroman, Autobiographical, Childhood, Relationships, Family — 40 more, Friendship, Male Friendship, Guilt, Mental Illness, Religion, Christianity, Protestantism, Baptists, Saints, Hagiography, War, WWI, Soldiers, Veterans, The Crash, Great Depression, Teachers, Historians, Wealth, Travel, Magic, Magicians, Theatre, Canada, Deptford Trilogy, 1001 Books, 1001 Books (2008/2010/2012 Edition), The Modern Library's 100 Best, Read in 2009, Audiobook, Narrated by Marc Vietor, Purchased from Audible.com, Audible Sale, Acquired in 2013, Picked by EBT1002, Picked for Me 2014 Extra Pick, Read in 2015, Completed July 2015, Reread, 2nd Reading
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2015, Picked for Me 2014
Series
The Deptford Trilogy (Book 1)
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

Catharine: and Other Writings (Oxford World's Classics)

by Jane Austen
Paperback, 2009
Tags
18th Century, 18th Century Literature, Fiction, English Literature, Short Stories, Novellas, Juvenilia, Regency, Jane Austen, Letters, Plays — 10 more, Poems, Prayers, Rec'd by souloftherose, Picked for Me 2015, Picked by souloftherose, Oxford World's Classics, Purchased from BookDepository, Acquired in 2013, Read in 2015, Completed July 2015
Collections
Read, Read in 2015, Picked for Me 2015
Status
Available
Call number
823.7

River of Smoke (The Ibis Trilogy 2)

by Amitav Ghosh
Hardcover, 2011
Tags
19th Century, 1830s, 21st Century Literature, Fiction, Indian Literature, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Opium, Opium Trade, Opium Wars, East India Company — 30 more, Colonialism, Ships, Sailing, Sailors, Caste System, Drugs, Addiction, Drug Addiction, Commerce, Horticulture, Gardening, Rare Plants, Art, Painting, Portraiture, Cabinet of Curiosities, Fanqui-Town, Mauritius, India, Canton, China, Trilogy, Ibis Trilogy, Multiple Narrators, Library Book, Read in 2012, Completed June 2012, Read in 2015, Completed July 2015, 2nd Reading
Collections
Read, Read in 2015, Read in 2012
Series
The Ibis Trilogy (2)
Status
Available
Call number
823.914

The Uncommon Reader

by Alan Bennett
Hardcover, 2007
Tags
21st Century, 21st Century Literature, Fiction, English Literature, Literary Fiction, Novellas, Books About Books, Reading, Bibliophilia, Libraries, Queens — 16 more, Queen Elizabeth II, Monarchy, Buckingham Palace, Humour, London, England, Guardian 1000, Guardian 1000 (Comedy), IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist, Rec'd by Ape, Rec'd by PrueGallagher, Rec'd by jnwelch, Rec'd by calm, Library Book, Read in 2015, Completed July 2015
Collections
Read, Read in 2015
Status
Available
Call number
823.914
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