Hosts and TPL Librarians Manda and Olivia (alongside some special guests from the Troy community!) will be revisiting old favorites-- books, movies, music-- to ask themselves: does this book hold up?
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Hosts and TPL Librarians Manda and Olivia (alongside some special guests from the Troy community!) will be revisiting old favorites-- books, movies, music-- to ask themselves: does this book hold up?
Olivia and Manda are joined by Hannah (from Community Engagement), for a rousing conversation about nonfiction books that are so fascinating that they read like fiction. Books chatted about today include:
Stiff: the Curious Life of Human Cadavers, Mary Roach
Sharks Don't Sink: Adventures of a Rogue Shark Scientist, Jasmin Graham
Soul of an Octopus, Sy Montgomery
Unbroken: a World War II story of survival, resilience, and redemption, Laura Hillenbrand
Nobody Will Tell You This But Me, Bess Kalb
Lab Girl, Hope Jahren
Good Talk, Mira Jacob
Fun Home, Alison Bechdel
Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi
The Devil in the White City, Eric Larson
The Poisoner's Handbook, Deborah Blum
The Ghost Map, Steven Johnson
Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot
The Books We Loved
Hosts and TPL Librarians Manda and Olivia (alongside some special guests from the Troy community!) will be revisiting old favorites-- books, movies, music-- to ask themselves: does this book hold up?
