Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea - Charles Seife

Born to be posthumous : the eccentric life and mysterious genius of Edward Gorey - Mark Dery

The White Darkness- David Grann

I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death- Maggie O'Farrell

The Argonauts- Maggie Nelson

Devotion- Patti Smith

SBPL Coffee Break - Jody Thomas (Episode 14)

This week we were joined by Jody Thomas, Senior Librarian of Adult Programming and Patron Services at the Santa Barbara Public Library System. 

Mentioned in this episode:

Origami Thanksgiving @ Carp -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=17304

Dinosaur Adventures @ Central and Eastside -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=17121
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=16927

Brontosaurus is real! -
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/04/150407-brontosaurus-back-return-apatosaurus-sauropod-dinosaurs-fossils-paleontology/

Art Hour @ Central -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=16925

Armistice Day @ Central -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=16923

Nov. 12 - All Library Locations are Closed

Rock Star - Rock Painting @ Buellton -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=17365

Words of Peace @ Montecito Library -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=16934

BYOBook Club @ Solvang -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=17470

Papillon -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=1069552

Glass Castle -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=500108

Owls in the Family -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=1088252

Hillbilly Elegy -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=946629

Hey, Kiddo -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=1085999

How to Be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=1086123

Maisie Dobbs -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=18823

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina -
https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11755542

A Separate Peace -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=378573

The Giver -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=981081

Find more SBPL Staff Picks Blog - http://sbplstaffpicks.blogspot.com/

Mercury: An Intimate Biography of Freddie Mercury - Lesley-Ann Jones

Finding Gobi - Dion Leonard

Blowing the Bloody Doors Off: And Other Lessons in Life - Michael Caine

France is a Feast: the Photographic Journey of Paul and Julia Child - Alex Prud'Homme and Katie Pratt

You're on an Airplane: a Self-Mythologizing Memoir - Parker Posey

SBPL Coffee Break - Jody Thomas (Episode 14)

This week we were joined by Jody Thomas, Senior Librarian of Adult Services and Programming at the Santa Barbara Public Library System. 

Mentioned in this episode:

Origami Thanksgiving @ Carp -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=17304

Dinosaur Adventures @ Central and Eastside -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=17121
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=16927

Brontosaurus is real! -
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/04/150407-brontosaurus-back-return-apatosaurus-sauropod-dinosaurs-fossils-paleontology/
Art Hour @ Central -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=16925

Armistice Day @ Central -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=16923

Nov. 12 - All Library Locations are Closed

Rock Star - Rock Painting @ Buellton -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=17365

Words of Peace @ Montecito Library -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=16934

BYOBook Club @ Solvang -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=17470

Papillon -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=1069552

Glass Castle -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=500108

Owls in the Family -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=1088252

Hillbilly Elegy -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=946629

Hey, Kiddo -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=1085999

How to Be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=1086123

Maisie Dobbs -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=18823

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina -
https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11755542

A Separate Peace -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=378573

The Giver -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=981081


Find more SBPL Staff Picks Blog - http://sbplstaffpicks.blogspot.com/

Mary’s Monster - Lita Judge

The Shape of the World - K. L. Going

Stitches - David Small

Dad is Fat - Jim Gaffigan

Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Meth Addiction - David Sheff

Cloth Lullaby: The Woven Life of Louise Bourgeois - Amy Novesky

A Queer and Pleasant Danger: The True Story of a Nice Jewish Boy Who Joins the Church of Scientology and Leaves Twelve Years Later to Become the Lovely Lady She is Today - Kate Bornstein