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I am so confident in the awesomeness of these books that I guarantee you will find something you love in this collection--so come on up and find something fantastic! The 2014 Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners  ia selected by a national committee of 15 public, academic and school librarians. This list is revised every five years, so we will be promoting and reading from this for a long time. It contains fiction and nonfiction for high schoolers and adults in five subject areas: Arts & Humanities History & Cultures Literature & Language Arts Science & Technology Social Sciences We have this incredible selection of 123 titles in print, ebook, or audiobook format. (We don't have each title available in each format; we have an assortment of formats available.) Follett Shelf where you can stream audio and download ebooks If you're a teacher looking for suggested or required reading for your courses, check this list

We’ve got great books about Obama, Jessye Norman, Assata, Eldridge Cleaver, Malcolm X, Colin Powell, Sugar Ray Robinson, Audre Lorde, Lewis Michaux, Nathan McCall, and more!

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel My rating: 5 of 5 stars Two words: read it! Ok, two more words: loved it! I saved the final 15 pages for a purposeful, respectful book finishing moment which is unusual for me: I often race through a book and don't care much how it ends (I'm more of a middle person). This book has won a lot of critical praise for good reason: it's a satisfying mix of sophisticated literature, compelling dystopian plot, character development and rumination on what it is to be human. Nothing better than a dystopian novel that turns into a celebration of what it means to be human. A deadly flu kills off most of the human race. We see what happens before the plague, how it unfolds, what happens immediately after, and ends with how humans rebuild after the cataclysm. Our orientation is around a movie star, the people in his life, and what happens to them before and after the plague. All the pieces orbit a totemic comic book called "Station Eleven&