The 600s could be my favorite area of nonfiction. Traditional descriptions of the Dewey Decimal System identify the 600s as ”applied sciences” or “medicine and technology.” Basically, this is where you find information on how people make use of science …
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Having recently completed my degree (pause for graceful acknowledgement of congratulations), I am very excited to start learning things on my own, rather than for classes. To this end, I recently found myself exploring the 500s–the science section. Science books …
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The 000s in nonfiction cover a real hodge-podge of topics. In this section of “generalities,” guides for setting up computer networks cozy up to tomes about Bigfoot and UFOs. Every middle schooler’s favorite compilation of fascinating feats–the “Guinness Book of …
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Every year around this time we are flooded with best-of-the-year book lists. I always manage to read a good 10 or 12 of these titles, leaving dozens that I never get around to checking out. Likewise, I read and hear …
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An occupational hazard of working in a library is the constant temptation to pick up every interesting-looking book from displays or carts. The alarm clock on my nightstand is buried behind stacks of novels and memoirs, the majority of which …
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