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	At Home With Books: How Booklovers Live With and Care For Their Libraries by Estelle Ellis, Caroline Seebohm, and Christopher Symon Sykes Is your home library driving you out of house and home? Are there piles of books stacked everywhere? This attractive guide offers valuable advice about how to attractively store and display your library in the space you have, as well as tips on good lighting and library furniture such as rolling ladders. The photos of celebrities’ home libraries (such as Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones) are a special treat. This is an excellent gift for your favorite bibliophile.
	Miss Zukas and the Library Murders by Jo Dereske When the janitor discovers a body in one of the Fiction aisles at the Bellehaven Public Library, librarian Helma Zukas applies herself to investigating the murder with the same thoroughness and persistence she brings to reference inquiries, never giving up until she has found the answer—or the killer. With her authoritative manner and the "chilling calmness to her speech, like silver dimes dropping into ice water," Miss Zukas is a force to be reckoned with as she and her best friend Ruth tackle the case of the library murders and discover that a criminal investigation can be slightly more dangerous than a reference interview.
	Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason by Nancy Pearl With so many books to choose from, even the most devoted and devouring reader might have to ask, "What should I read next?" Read Book Lust next and you may never have to ask that question again. Out of her extensive list of well-read and well-beloved books, Seattle librarian Nancy Pearl offers recommendations in multitudes of categories, from Science Fiction to Techno-thriller, First Novels to Historical Fiction, with "Too Good to Miss" discussions of individual authors who are special favorites. And if Book Lust does not suggest enough titles for the voracious reader, there’s always the sequel: More Book Lust.
	The Giant’s House: A Romance by Elizabeth McCracken Librarian Peggy Cort freely admits that she does not "love mankind." She has little use for human beings in general, but she finds her opinion changing when she meets young James Carlson Sweatt, an eleven-year-old boy who suffers from a pituitary gland disorder. Already over six feet tall and growing taller all the time because of his disease, James awakens Peggy’s interest and a friendship develops between the librarian and the "over-tall" boy, as local gossips call him—the boy with whom sharp-tongued Peggy feels a remarkable sympathy and connection. But tragedy threatens as James’ health begins to weaken under the strain of the disease.
	In the Stacks: Short Stories about Libraries and Librarians Michael Cart, editor Some readers think of libraries as havens of peace and quiet; others regard them as locales for romance, excitement, and mystery. There is something for all of these readers in the short story collection In the Stacks, edited by former librarian Michael Cart. The collection includes Jorge Luis Borges’ well-known story "The Library of Babel," as well as contributions from other distinguished authors such as Italo Calvino, Ray Bradbury, Ursula LeGuin, and Alice Munro. Some of the stories take a darker turn, such as Anthony Boucher’s murder mystery "QL 696. C9"; readers with a preference for comedy will enjoy the sardonic wit of Saki in "The story of St. Vespaluus." So visit your local library and don’t pass up the chance to go In The Stacks.

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