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The Magnificent Esme Wells

April 20, 2018

esme

Esme Silver is the flaxen haired, china doll, daughter of a Busby Berkley dancer and a handsome, low level grifter. They live in Los Angeles where her parents are certain her mother’s big break into ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 1950s, childhood, Harper, Las Vegas

ALA and Las Vegas

July 1, 2014

las vegas

This past weekend Jed and I traveled to Las Vegas for the largest library conference in the United States. 13,000 librarians at the convention center to look and learn about new technologies, upcoming ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Feature, Reading Tagged: ALA, conferences, Las Vegas

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