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From a patron's missing wetsuit to the scent of crab cakes wafting through the stacks, Sheridan showcases the oddities that have come across her circulation desk: encounters with local eccentrics, bizarre reference requests, and heart-warming stories of patrons who roam the stacks every day.
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20170315.
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What really happens behind the circulation desk? And in the stacks? What simple thing can you do to make a librarian's day? In twenty-six entertaining essays, Warren introduces readers to librarians looking for love, coping with challenging patrons, dreaming impossible dreams, finding amazing surprises in the book drop and saving lives. You'll never look at your local public library the same away again!
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Super Pop! offers a maximum-pleasure, minimum-effort way to become smarter, happier, and more likely to survive your next family function (or a shark attack). This hilarious and wide-ranging guide sorts nearly 500 different bestsellers, blockbusters, and underappreciated gems into quirky top ten lists, like "Outwit Death: Essential Lessons in Survival," and "Achieve Mindfulness: Movies That Will Show You the Way (With Wise Elders Now Included)." So...
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[2005]
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What's so funny about a library? Just about everything, as you'll find out in Library Mascot Cage Match, the third Unshelved collection. In addition to a year's worth of comic strips featuring library mascots duking it out and the return of the masked mystery man known only as "the Shusher," LMCM features the all-new full-color graphic novelette Empire County Strikes Back. Can Mallville's librarians defeat the mother of all bookmobiles?
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Découvrez ces histoires insolites de l'Allemagne nazie!
L'auteur nous livre ici un nouveau tome d'histoires curieuses consacré pour une large part aux aspects cachés de la vie privée de celui qui, en tant que Führer, conduisit l'Allemagne à sa perte. Grâce à l'exhumation de ces archives, le lecteur découvrira entre autres:
- L'histoire du premier amour du Führer
- La relation de Hitler avec la fille d'un Lord
- La suppression du supposé...
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[2003]
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English
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"At the Mallville Public Library they've seen it all. Like Naked Ned, who takes Freedom of Expression to new lengths. Or Merv, who does everything in the library but read. Or Buddy the Book Beaver, ex-con tree surgeon turned summer reading program mascot. Or the missing books that keep showing up on eBay. Or the amorous teenagers who won't take it outside. In all this chaos and insanity, who ya gonna call? Why, a librarian of course. But please -...
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[2012]
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What do you get when you mix adults, teenagers, children, babies, seniors, professionals, parents, teachers, students, homeschoolers, and the homeless? That very funniest of places, your local public library, home of the hugely popular Web comic Unshelved.
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[2010]
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What do you get when you mix adults, teenagers, children, babies, seniors, professionals, parents, teachers, students, homeschoolers, and the homeless? That very funniest of places, your local public library, home of the hugely popular Web comic Unshelved.
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[2012]
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"This examination of American library humor over the past 200 years covers a wide range of topics and spans the continuum between light and dark, from silly parodies to portrayals of libraries and their staffs as objects of fear. By highlighting the humor in this seemingly serious occupation, this study provides insights into many aspects of the profession"--Provided by publisher.
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