Shelf Indulgence

Books for book lovers!

Updated June 30, 2025
South Pasadena Public Library
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The well-educated mind : a guide to the classical education you never had
Bauer, S. Wise.
Paper Book
Have you lost the art of reading for pleasure? Are there books you know you should read but haven't because they seem too daunting? In The Well-Educated Mind, Susan Wise Bauer provides a welcome and encouraging antidote to the distractions of our age, electronic and otherwise. In her previous book,...
Banned in the U.S.A. : a reference guide to book censorship in schools and public libraries
Foerstel, Herbert N.
Paper Book
Since the first edition was published to acclaim and awards in 1994, librarians have relied on the work of noted intellectual freedom authority Herbert N. Foerstel. This expanded edition presents a thorough analysis of the current state of book banning in schools and public libraries, offering...
The book on the bookshelf
Petroski, Henry.
Paper Book
He has been called "the poet laureate of technology" and a writer who is "erudite, witty, thoughtful, and accessible." Now Henry Petroski turns to the subject of books and bookshelves, and wonders whether it was inevitable that books would come to be arranged vertically as they are today on...

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