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"It is a well known fact among art aficionadoes that the Nazis looted a great deal of art from European museums, private collections, etc. during World War II. After the war, many of the art treasures were returned to their owners. Some are still trickling back to their owners to this day. And some are lost. Perhaps the most famous of the lost art treasures is the fabulous Amber Room. The room was a j..." [full comments]Updated with ten (or more) new entries every month, including novels, non-fiction, audio/CD adaptations, DVDs and music-related items. Check out the March 2010 recommendations right now, submit your own review scores on our recommended titles, or browse the archive of all past Staff Recommendations, either by author/title or by reviewer!
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"The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate is a coming of age story about a girl with 6 brothers set in the late 1800's. Calpurnia is smack in the middle of the boys and is expected to become a lady someday by stitching and cooking and other domestic necessities. However, one summer, Calpurnia and her i..." [full comments]Would you like to share your own reviews of books, CDs, DVDs, audio or video tapes, or read brief reviews from other local readers? Then stop by our Customer Reviews page, browse the existing reviews, and fill out our simple form to Submit Your Own Review!
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Leta Powell Drake, Lincoln's star of television and stage, provides our latest Celebrity Guest Review...of the 2007 One Book One Lincoln finalist, Water for Elephants. Visit our Guest Reviews page, to see her review, plus a list of past Guest Reviewers.
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Western Anthologies to Check Out!
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Do you have a short list of recommended books, recorded books, CDs or DVDs/Videos you would like to share with fellow BookGuide visitors? Then stop by our Reader Lists page, browse the lists submitted by other readers, and fill out our simple form to Submit Your Own List!
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Want to listen to our weekly book review podcast -- 'Casting About? How about sitting in -- virtually -- on one of our past Books Talk book discussion groups? Then visit our Podcasts page for to sign up to receive our Podcats via RSS feed, and to browse our archive of recent and past podcast releases!
Latest Podcasts: 'Casting About Episode #51: What We Read When We Were Teens and Courtyard Book Chats - June 23 2009 - Bess Streeter Aldrich, Nebraska Author
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Looking for a listing of the books reviewed in the Lincoln Journal Star's Sunday A.M. and/or The (402) 411 literary section? Look no further...you'll find a list of them right here! We post the new ones at the beginning of each week, and we also have an index archive dating back to June 2004!
Archives: Current 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004
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Want to track down the books talked about by library staff on the Book Chat episodes of KFOR 1240 A.M.'s popular Problems & Solutions talk show? We also still have an online archive covering March 2002 through the present!
Archives: Current 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 INDEX
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Interested in the books talked about by library staff (and others) on episodes of KZUM 89.3 F.M.'s popular Wednesday evening (6:30 p.m.) BookTalk talk show? Check our KZUM BookTalks page. We've got an archive of listings going back to 2006, plus some advance listings as they become available. [Note: KZUM discontinued Book Talk in October 2009.]
Archives: 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
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