A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles will visit Pittsburgh, courtesy of Pittsburgh Arts and Lectures, and speak at the Library’s Lecture Hall on May 11th. Get your tickets today!
Main Street Vegan
Everything about becoming a vegan.
I’ll Take You There
We all have our own memories and we tend to reflect on those memories as we age. How would you like to relive your life on the big screen of … Continued
Three by Alice Hoffman
When I read The Dovekeepers a few years ago for a book club, I knew then that Alice Hoffman would become a must-read author for me. Her richly detailed historical fiction and frequent incorporation of mysticism or magical realism make for engrossing and enjoyable reads – she certainly hasn’t failed me with her most recent three books!
Sally Sparrow, Duck!
It seems almost paradoxical for a thing like time travel to have a history, and yet James Gleick, in his newest endeavor, has delved deep into both pop culture and science to bring us a deeply comprehensive history of one of the post popular tropes in science fiction storytelling.
The Art of Decluttering
Find motivation in these pages, as well as practical advice, to pare down your things and find what’s enough for you.
Take a Trip, Eat a Bite
Here are two books that are sure to make your summer travel plans unique and delicious!
Something Sweet for National Poetry Month
Poetic explorations of love, loss, trauma, self-doubt, and other challenges for young women.
Can we defeat fear by illustrating it?
Via Tumblr, Fran Krause crowd sourced confessions of people’s deep, dark fears and turned them into short watercolor panels, using the fear as a caption. This collection of those fears … Continued
Get Some Headspace
I never thought I had the time for meditation until I listened to Andy Puddicombe’s Get Some Headspace. More of an adaptation of Andy’s life than a how-to book on … Continued