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Library News & Book Reviews

Book reviewers have included Chuck Besser, Joy Clein, Neil Davis, Dan Hawkins, Carla Helfferich, David A. James, Hans Mölders, Deirdre Helfferich, Donald F. Lynch, and Richard Seifert. The librarians of the John Trigg Ester Library write occasional library notes and newsy bits, often incorporating brief overviews or reviews of authors and books.

volume 8
volume 7
volume 6
volume 5
volume 4
volume 3
volumes 2 & 1

v. 9 n. 11:
Bookish Doings
Gas Lines (book review)

v. 9 n. 10:
Library News: Designs!
You Say You Want A Revelation (book review)

v. 9 n. 9:
 

v. 9 n. 8:
A Gazebo in the Woods (library news)
The Hamster That Roared (book reviews)
Ester Li-Berry Music Festival! (public announcement)

v. 9 n. 7:
Gazebo & PLanning (public announcement)
Oil Futures (book reviews)

v. 9 n. 6

v. 9 n. 5:
Library Work Party (public announcement)
Fascinating Company (book review)
Hellhounds on his Trail (book reviews)

v. 9 n. 4:
A Trashy Subject (book reviews)
God Help Us (book reviews)
Library Lallapalooza!

v. 9 n. 3:
There Once Was a Lady from Ester (public announcement)
Ta Dah! It's Lallapalooza III!
The Big One (book reviews)

v. 9 n. 2:
Librarypaloza III: April Fool's! (public announcement)
Crazed Tabloid Makes News! (book reviews)

v. 9 n. 1:
Soviet Life (book reviews)
Hat Walk & Design (public announcement)

v. 8 n. 12:
Design, Shirts, & Shelves at the Library
Seems Like Old Times (book reviews)
Open a Narrowing Mind (book review)
Game vs. Women (calendar reviews)

v. 8 n. 11:
Library News
Oh, for Christ's Sake (book reviews)

v. 8 n. 10: Left Behind (book review)

v. 8 n. 9:
Paine's Remains (book review)
Groundbreaking & Other Library News

v. 8 n. 8:
Catching Bookworms: Music, Design, and Doings at the Library
Music at the Malemute: Notes on a Magic Afternoon

v. 8 n. 7:
Sweeping the Closet (book reviews)
Tim Easton in Ester (public announcement)

v. 8 n. 6:
Bedeviled (book review)
Correcting the Landscape: An uncharacteristic outbreak of anarchy (book review)
Library Planning Meeting (public announcement)

v. 8 n. 5: Bad Cop! No Donut! (book reviews)

v. 8 n. 4:
Book Bash Bounty
Let's Get it On! (book review)
Of Land, Libraries, and Lallapaloozas
Second Soup & Stow (public announcement)

v. 8 n. 3: Librarypalooza at the Annex

v. 8 n. 2:
Lallapalooza Lineup
Soup & Stow: 24, 25, 26 (public announcement)

v. 8 n. 1:
Love Your Library Soup & Stow (public announcement)
Bear Bait (book review)
Lallapalooza Too! (public announcement)

volume 7

v. 7 n. 12: Running on Empty (book review)

v. 7 n. 11: I Want to Ride My Bike! (book review)

v. 7 n. 10: Blood Money (book review)

v. 7 n. 9:
I Feel Just Like Ol' Pancho Villa, Sheila (book reviews)
Library News: Books Just Keep on Coming

v. 7 n. 8: Fightin' Words (book review)

v. 7 n. 7: Funny Pages (book reviews)

v. 7 n. 6: Phys. Ed. (book reviews)

v. 7 n. 5: Iran So Far Away (book reviews)

v. 7 n. 4: Resistance is Futile (book review)

v. 7 n. 3:
Dante for Dummies (book reviews)
Library Palooza
How to Build a Library (editorial)

v. 7 n. 2:
Being a Librarian: Multi-tasking at the Reference Desk, ca. 1890
Auction, Books, Drama! A Librarypalooza of a Fundraiser

v. 7 n. 1: (book reviews)
Bushwhackers
"Make Mine a Zingbeer!"
Harry

volume 6

v. 6 n. 12:
The Grand Reopening & A Lalapalooza! (library news)
Please Don't Bury Me (book review)
In the Library (poem)

v. 6 n. 11:
This, That, and the Other...
Alaska Agonistes
The Great Alaska Zingwater Caper

v. 6 n. 10:
The Work of Nations
Taking Liberties, Part III
The JTEL News (library news)

v. 6 n. 9:
Doctor Gonzo, Man of Letters
Legalize It

v. 6 n. 8:
The Loss of the
Teddy, Found Again: A Wonderful Tale from 1922
Juke Joint Heroes

v. 6 n. 7:
Quack Epidemic (book review)
Library Construction Has Begun

v. 6 n. 6: Taking Liberties, Part II

v. 6 n. 5:
The Ramayana (book review)
Upcoming Temporary Closure of the JTEL

v. 6 n. 4: From A Distance (book review)

v. 6 n. 3:
Taking Liberties (book review)
Classified Ad: Librarian wanted ASAP

v. 6 n. 2: You Can't Say That! (book review)

v. 6 n. 1:
The JTEL Delinquents: Bring Those Books and Videos Back
Inside Passages (book review)

volume 5

v. 5 n. 11:
The Love Boat (book review)
New Shelving

v. 5 n. 10: Catching Up, Part Two

v. 5 n. 9: Catching Up

v. 5 n. 8:
It's A Sin (book review)
Telepaths and Puzzles (review and news)
Donations Galore

v. 5 n. 7:
Thought Crime (book review)
Censorship versus Protection of Children (library news)
How to Check Out a Book

v. 5 n. 6:
Chuck D. (book review)
New Books at the John Trigg Ester Library

v. 5 n. 5:
Ka-Boom! (book reviews)
Library Addidtions at the JTEL

v. 5 n. 4:
The Great Terrorist Revisited (book review)
Off the Floor! (library news)
December 6 (book review)

v. 5 n. 3:
BookCrossing
Deep Blue Delta Dawn (book and CD review)
Library Volunteers

v. 5 n. 2:
Bombs Away (book reviews)
No Shelves for the Books (library news)

v. 5 n. 1:
Colson Whitehead
Wasted on the Way
Long Gone (library news)

Volume 4

v. 4 n. 11: Staff Picks

v. 4 n. 10:
Bugs
The Past and Future Security Agency:
Staats Sicherheits Dienst (State Security Agency) and the Department of Homeland Security (book review)
Banned Books and Other Excitement (library news)

v. 4 n. 9: The Coultergeist

v. 4 n. 8:
Going to Extremists (book reviews)
In Reference (library news)

v. 4 n. 7:
Edward Abbey (book reviews)
War and Adventure Books at the Library

v. 4 n. 6: Dark Insights
v. 4 n. 6: Library Wowsa! Mysteries Galore

v. 4 n. 5: Body Toxic and In Sam We Trust
v. 4 n. 5: Library Shelving to the Rescue!

v. 4 n. 4: The Question of Palestine

v. 4 n. 3: Some Travel Books

v. 4 n. 2: Animal Smarts

v. 4 n. 1: Ester Library Revisited

Volume 3

v. 3 n. 10: A Uneasy History, A Kesey Past

v. 3 n. 9:
Books on the Taliban
Library Cat

v. 3 n. 8:
Tales from India and Tales of the Working Poor (book reviews)
Library News
Bibliophilia (editorial)

v. 3 n. 7: Che and Pinochet
v. 3 n. 7: About Those Books (library news)

v. 3 n. 6:
Fast Food Nation (book review)
Library Doings

v. 3 n. 5: Exterminate All the Brutes

v. 3 n. 4: Arming America; The Origins of a National Gun Culture

v. 3 n. 3:
True Believer, Part Two (book review)
Story Hour and the Bookmobile
Hypocorism

v. 3 n. 2:
True Believer, Part One (book review)
Members Only, or, Flaying by the Book

v. 3 n. 1: Children's Story Hour (library news)

Volumes 2 & 1

v. 2 n. 12: New Releases! (library news)

v. 2 n. 11: Ester Library Buys New Releases

v. 2 n. 8:
Gaviotas: A Village to Reinvent the World
The Ester Library Opens Its Doors

v. 2 n. 7: Chuck's Book Review: Ain't Got Time to Bleed

v. 2 n. 5: Chuck's Book Review: Raven's Prey

v. 2 n. 4: Chuck's Book Review: In the Shadow of Denali

v. 2 n. 3: Chuck's Book Review: Alaska's Wolf Man

v. 1 n. 9: Library Van Schedule Change

v. 1 n. 7: Satisfyingly Loathesome

v. 1 n. 5: Live-Trap the Squirrels in Your Head and Let Them Go

v. 1 n. 2: Fish & Game Superheroes

v. 1 n. 1: A Vote for (Classy) Mind Candy


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