Ebook {Epub PDF} The Library Book by Susan Orlean

Brimming with her signature wit, insight, compassion, and talent for deep research, The Library Book is Susan Orlean’s thrilling journey through the stacks that reveals how these beloved institutions provide much more than just books—and why they remain an essential part of the heart, mind, and soul of our country. It is also a master journalist’s reminder that, perhaps especially in the digital era, they are Cited by: 3. Susan Orlean has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since She is the New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including The Library Book, Rin Tin Tin, Saturday Night, and The Orchid Thief, which was made into the Academy Award–winning film Adaptation. She lives with her family and her animals in Los Angeles and may be reached at bltadwin.ru and on Twitter Released on: Octo. About the Book. Susan Orlean re-opens the unsolved mystery of the most catastrophic library fire in American history, and delivers a dazzling homage to a beloved institution – our libraries. On the morning of Ap, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles Public Library.

New Yorker writer Susan Orlean's fascinating, meandering, fact-filled book about libraries throughout history - and more specifically, about the Los Angeles Central Library and the fire that destroyed it in - is a lyrical must-read for any bibliophile. The fire that destroyed the Central Library was the United States' largest library fire ever, and Orlean finds no lack of drama. The Library Book. by Susan Orlean. 1. What has your relationship with libraries been throughout your life? Can you share some library memories from childhood to adulthood? 2. Were you at all familiar with the Los Angeles library fire? Or any library fire? 3. Susan Orlean's bestseller and New York Times Notable Book is "a sheer delight as rich in insight and as varied as the treasures contained on the shelves in any local library" (USA TODAY)--a dazzling love letter to a beloved institution and an investigation into one of its greatest mysteries.

The Library Book. by Susan Orlean. X. Critics' Opinion: Readers' rating: Not Yet Rated. Published in USA Oct pages. Genre: History, Current Affairs and Religion. About the Book. Susan Orlean re-opens the unsolved mystery of the most catastrophic library fire in American history, and delivers a dazzling homage to a beloved institution – our libraries. On the morning of Ap, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles Public Library. Susan Orlean has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since She is the New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including The Library Book, Rin Tin Tin, Saturday Night, and The Orchid Thief, which was made into the Academy Award–winning film Adaptation. She lives with her family and her animals in Los Angeles and may be reached at bltadwin.ru and on Twitter @SusanOrlean.