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Handpicked by Meghan July 2018 Hello, I am the Adult Programming Librarian at the River Forest Public Library. My favorite hobbies include reading, travel, spending time with family, and going to see musicals. My reading tastes are all over the map, but the genres I tend to enjoy most often include nonfiction (especially Irish or American history), psychological thrillers, humor, memoirs, and fantasy. I love to get to know the amazing patrons of RFPL and help people discover books, movies, or television shows. Let's chat about books and media!
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Fahrenheit 451by Ray BradburyIn a future totalitarian state where books are banned and destroyed by the government, Guy Montag, a fireman in charge of burning books, meets a revolutionary schoolteacher who dares to read and a girl who tells him of a past when people did not live in fear.
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A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundoby Jill Twiss (and Marlon Bundo)Last Week Tonight with John Oliver presents a picture book about a very special boy bunny who falls in love with another boy bunny. Meet Marlon Bundo, a lonely bunny who lives with his Grampa, Mike Pence - the Vice President of the United States. But on this Very Special Day, Marlon's life is about to change forever. With its message of tolerance and advocacy, this charming children's book explores issues of same sex marriage and democracy. Sweet, funny, and beautifully illustrated, this book is dedicated to every bunny who has ever felt different.
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Stealing the Show: How Women are Revolutionizing Televisionby Joy PressA leading cultural journalist traces the rise of the female showrunner and how women have become an integral part of today's television, sharing the stories of such boundary-breaking performers as Roseanne Barr, Diane English, and Tina Fey.
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Mean Girls Original Broadway Cast RecordingA Cautionary Tale -- It Roars -- Where Do You Belong? -- Meet the Plastics -- Stupid with Love -- Apex Predator -- What's Wrong with Me? -- Stupid with Love (reprise) -- Sexy -- Someone Gets Hurt -- Revenge Party -- Fearless -- Stop -- What's Wrong with Me? (reprise) -- Whose House Is This? -- More is Better -- Someone Gets Hurt (reprise) -- World Burn -- I'd Rather Be Me -- Do This Thing -- I See Stars
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Happy EndingsTake six twentysomething Chicago friends, add cocktails and hormones, shake, and you've got Happy Endings, the hilarious comedy that asks: when a couple splits, who gets to keep the friends?
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Spotlight On: Great Graphic Novels
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Marchby John LewisA multi-volume graphic account of the author's lifelong struggle for civil and human rights covers his youth in rural Alabama, his life-changing meeting with Martin Luther King, Jr., and his involvement in the Freedom rides and the Selma to Montgomery march.
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Watchmenby Alan MooreAs former members of a disbanded group of superheroes called the Crimebusters start turning up dead, the remaining members of the group try to discover the identity of the murderer before they, too, are killed.
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Park Benchby ChaboutéAn exploration of a park bench traces the often ignored object from its creation to its use by lovers, strangers, old friends, and others.
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Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the Worldby Pénélope BagieuThrough characteristic wit and dazzling drawings, a celebrated graphic novelist profiles the lives of formidable female role models—some world famous, some little known—including Nellie Bly, Mae Jemison, Josephine Baker, Naziq al-Abid and many others, in an entertaining, comic-style biography that is sure to inspire the next generation of rebel ladies. Simultaneous.
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