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Reading rooms / by Coughlan, John.; Toth, Susan Allen.;
Subjects: Literature.; American literature; Authors, American; Authors, American; Books and reading; Books and reading; Public libraries; Public libraries;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Reading rooms : America's foremost writers celebrate our public libraries with stories, memoirs, essays, and poems ... / by Toth, Susan Allen,editor.(CARDINAL)516561; Coughlan, John,editor.(CARDINAL)423924.(CARDINAL)423924; Boorstin, Daniel J.,writer of foreword.;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Literature.; Public libraries; Books and reading; Authors, American; American literature; Books and reading; Public libraries;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 7
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The reading room [sound recording] / by Hamilton, Ruth.(CARDINAL)412473;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The reading room [videorecording] by Brown, Georg Stanford.(CARDINAL)848126; Jones, James Earl.(CARDINAL)175318; Cassidy, Joanna,1944-; Reid, Tim,1944-(CARDINAL)770186; Cmiral, Elia.; MTI Home Video (Firm); Timeless Media Group.;
Director of photography, James Wrenn ; editor, Craig Bassett ; music, Elia Cmiral ; production designer, Yuda Acco.James Earl Jones, Joanna Cassidy, George Stanford Brown, Tim Reid.Fulfilling his beloved wife's dying wish, a man restores an abandoned building they own into a reading room for a depressed community notorious for its ineffectual high school and street gangs. He is determined to give them a sense of self-respect.MPAA rating: PG; some violence, thematic elements and mild language.DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
Subjects: Made-for-TV movies.; Melodrama, American.; Wishes; Abandoned buildings; Reading rooms; Self-esteem in adolescence;
© c2006., Timeless Media Group ; Distributed by MTI Home Video,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The reading room [videorecording] / by Brown, Georg Stanford,director.; Jones, James Earl,actor.(CARDINAL)175318; Cassidy, Joanna,1944-actor.; Reid, Tim,1944-actor.(CARDINAL)770186; Coleman, Moniqueactor.(CARDINAL)553827; Spain, Douglas,1974-actor.; Muhammad, Idris,actor.; Soleil, Gabby,1995-actor.; Cmiral, Elia,composer.; Bassett,Craig,editor.; eldman,Randy,screenwriter.; Levinson,Larry,producer.; Halmi, Robert, producer.; MTI Home Video (Firm); Timeless Media Group; Timeless Media Group.;
Director of photography, James Wrenn ; editor, Craig Bassett ; music, Elia Cmiral ; production designer, Yuda Acco.James Earl Jones, Joanna Cassidy, George Stanford Brown, Tim Reid, Monique Coleman, Douglas Spain, Idris Muhammad, Gabby Soleil.Fulfilling his beloved wife's dying wish, a man restores an abandoned building they own into a reading room for a depressed community notorious for its ineffectual high school and street gangs. He is determined to give them a sense of self-respect.MPAA rating: PG; some violence, thematic elements and mild language.DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
Subjects: Feature films.; Melodrama.; Made-for-TV movies.; Made-for-TV movies; Melodrama, American.; Melodrama; Youth; Social problem; Feature films.; Wishes; Abandoned buildings; Reading rooms; Self-esteem in adolescence; Libros y lectura; Libros; Wishes; Libros y lectura;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 9
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Murder in the reading room / by Adams, Ellery,author.(CARDINAL)347851;
In order to save her boyfriend, who has been kidnapped, Jane Steward is forced to lead his captor to a historic estate that he believes houses Ernest Hemingway's lost suitcase, a search that leads instead to murder.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Steward, Jane (Fictitious character); Kidnapping; Murder;
Available copies: 13 / Total copies: 20
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Reading the room : a bookseller's tale / by Yamazaki, Paul,author.(CARDINAL)891200; Simonson, Rick,writer of foreword.(CARDINAL)530207;
Preface -- Foreword / by Rick Simonson -- part 1: A walk through the bookstore -- Part II: A book event Q&A -- Part III: A post-event bender -- Part IV: Breakfast."Reading the Room is Paul Yamazaki's love letter to the work of bookselling and an engaged life of the mind. Over twenty-four hours, Paul Yamazaki leads us through the stacks of storied City Lights Booksellers in San Francisco; the care and prowess of his approach to book buying; his upbringing in a Japanese American family in Southern California and moving to San Francisco at the height of revolutionary foment; working with legendary figures in the book publishing industry like Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Sonny Mehta, and others; and his vision for the future of bookselling. Navigating building trust with readers and nurturing relationships across the literary industry, Yamazaki testifies to the value of generosity, sharing knowledge, and dialogue in a life devoted to books." - provided by publisher
Subjects: Anecdotes.; Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Yamazaki, Paul.; Booksellers and bookselling; Japanese Americans; Bookstores;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Whispers in the reading room [large print] / by Gray, Shelley Shepard,author.(CARDINAL)341122;
"Just months after the closure of the Chicago World's Fair, librarian Lydia Bancroft finds herself fascinated by mysterious patron who loves books as much as she does. As she endeavors to learn more about him, she becomes a suspect to a murder and must determine whom she can trust"--
Subjects: Large print books.; Fiction.; Librarians; Murder;
Available copies: 17 / Total copies: 19
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Murder in the reading room [large print] / by Adams, Ellery,author.(CARDINAL)347851;
"Jane's boyfriend is missing, and she thinks she may find him at North Carolina's historic Biltmore Estate. Officially, she's there to learn about luxury hotel management, but she's also prowling around the breathtaking buildings and grounds looking for secret passageways and clues. One of the staff gardeners promises to be helpful . . . that is, until his body turns up in the reading room of his cottage, a book on his lap.When she finally locates the kidnapped Edwin, his captor insists that she lead him back to Storyton Hall, convinced that it houses Ernest Hemingway's lost suitcase, stolen from a Paris train station in 1922. But before they can turn up the treasure, the bell may toll for another victim."
Subjects: Large print books.; Detective and mystery fiction.; Steward, Jane (Fictitious character); Kidnapping; Murder; Books and reading;
Available copies: 10 / Total copies: 11
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Whispers in the reading room : a Chicago World's Fair mystery / by Gray, Shelley Shepard,author.(CARDINAL)341122;
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Christian fiction.; Librarians; Man-woman relationships; Murder;
Available copies: 20 / Total copies: 21
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