Friday, July 27, 2007

Bottom Shelf Books

I figure that somewhere around 10% of the library's collection is on the Bottom Shelf. For many of us less-than-nimbled, this presents either a back or a knee problem. (Back pain books are not on the bottom shelf, at least at Main.) To introduce you to some of these bottom shelf treasures, we've lined up a small sample, right here, for armchair browsing.

This particular sample came from the Arts section of the Main Library; what we here call "the 700s". We'd be happy to retrieve any for you. Place a hold today and we'll have it ready for you ASAP.

Links below take you directly into our catalog...

Christo and Jeanne-Claude : wrapped Reichstag, Berlin 1971-1995
The most beautiful gardens in the world by Alain Le Toquin
Moorish style by Miles Danby
The Flowering of American folk art, 1776-1876 by Jean Lipman
Trompe l’oeil : creating decorative illusions with paint by Roberta Gordon-Smith
The visual dance : creating spectacular quilts by Joen Wolfrom
The story of painting, from cave painting to modern times by H.W. Janson
The Mexican muralists in the United States by Laurance P. Hurlburt
Gustave Moreau : between epic and dream
Photographing your artwork by Russell Hart
Lee Friedlander : sticks & stones : architectural America
The book of Exodus : the making and meaning of Bob Marley and the Wailers’ album of the century by Vivian Goldman
The Rolling Stones : 365 days by Simon Wells
Modoc : the true story of the greatest elephant that ever lived by Ralph Helfer
That’s all folks! : the art of Warner Bros. animation by Steve Schneider
National rhythms, African roots : the deep history of Latin American popular dance by John Charles Chasteen
Taboo : why Black athletes dominate sports and why we are afraid to talk about it by Jon Entine
Better runs : 25 years’ worth of lessons for running faster and farther by Joe Henderson
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