Results For "Orlean, Susan" Displaying 13 search results. https://615.library.nashville.org/Author/Home?author=%22Orlean%2C+Susan%22&basicSearchType=Author&sort=relevance&view=rss The library book https://615.library.nashville.org/GroupedWork/840e40f7-d4f9-a0eb-7e00-eea76932c405 Orlean, Susan https://615.library.nashville.org/GroupedWork/840e40f7-d4f9-a0eb-7e00-eea76932c405 01 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT <img alt='Cover Image' src='https://615.library.nashville.org/bookcover.php?id=840e40f7-d4f9-a0eb-7e00-eea76932c405&size=medium&type=grouped_work'/> On the morning of April 29, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles Public Library. As the moments passed, patrons and staff outside of the building realized this was not the usual fire alarm. As one fireman recounted, "Once that first stack got going, it was 'Goodbye, Charlie.'" The fire was disastrous, reaching 2000 degrees and burning for more than seven hours. It consumed four hundred thousand books and damaged seven hundred thousand more. More than thirty years later, the mystery remains: Did someone purposefully set fire to the library -- and if so, who? Susan Orlean chronicles the LAPL fire and its aftermath to showcase the larger, crucial role that libraries play in our lives; delves into the evolution of libraries across the country and around the world, from their humble beginnings as a metropolitan charitable initiative to their current status as a cornerstone of national identity; brings each department of the library to vivid life through on-the-ground reporting; studies arson and attempts to burn a copy of a book herself; reflects on her own experiences in libraries; and reexamines the case of Harry Peak, the blond-haired actor long suspected of setting fire to the LAPL more than thirty years ago. Along the way, Orlean introduces us to an unforgettable cast of characters from libraries past and present -- from Mary Foy, who in 1880 at eighteen years old was named the head of the Los Angeles Public Library at a time when men still dominated the role, to Dr. C.J.K. Jones, a pastor, citrus farmer, and polymath known as "The Human Encyclopedia" who roamed the library dispensing information; from Charles Lummis, a wildly eccentric journalist and adventurer who was determined to make the L.A. library one of the best in the world, to the current staff, who do heroic work every day to ensure that their institution remains a vital part of the city it serves. On animals https://615.library.nashville.org/GroupedWork/841aaed6-ff4d-c020-a663-e09d5df86f7a Orlean, Susan https://615.library.nashville.org/GroupedWork/841aaed6-ff4d-c020-a663-e09d5df86f7a 01 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT <img alt='Cover Image' src='https://615.library.nashville.org/bookcover.php?id=841aaed6-ff4d-c020-a663-e09d5df86f7a&size=medium&type=grouped_work'/> "A lifetime of musings, meditations, and in-depth profiles about animals"-- The orchid thief https://615.library.nashville.org/GroupedWork/dba65e24-e157-383a-b9f4-d7d03923ca0f Orlean, Susan https://615.library.nashville.org/GroupedWork/dba65e24-e157-383a-b9f4-d7d03923ca0f 01 Jan 1998 00:00:00 GMT <img alt='Cover Image' src='https://615.library.nashville.org/bookcover.php?id=dba65e24-e157-383a-b9f4-d7d03923ca0f&size=medium&type=grouped_work'/> The author follows the story-line of John Laroche, an orchid thief, through the swamps of south Florida. His plans for cloning rare orchids and selling them to collectors have brought him to the attention of the Federal Government, environmentalists, Native Americans, and "devoted orchid collectors." My Kind of Place https://615.library.nashville.org/GroupedWork/16bbb07b-b841-4ee6-05bb-628eda95a0a7 Orlean, Susan https://615.library.nashville.org/GroupedWork/16bbb07b-b841-4ee6-05bb-628eda95a0a7 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT <img alt='Cover Image' src='https://615.library.nashville.org/bookcover.php?id=16bbb07b-b841-4ee6-05bb-628eda95a0a7&size=medium&type=grouped_work'/> <b><i>New Yorker </i>writer and author of <i>The Library Book</i> takes readers on a series of remarkable journeys in this uniquely witty, sophisticated, and far-flung travel book.</b> <br><br>In this irresistible collection of adventures far and near, Orlean conducts a tour of the world via its subcultures, from the heart of the African music scene in Paris to the World Taxidermy Championships in Springfield, Illinois&mdash;and even into her own apartment, where she imagines a very famous houseguest taking advantage of her hospitality.<br><br> With Orlean as guide, lucky readers partake in all manner of armchair activity. They will climb Mt. Fuji and experience a hike most intrepid Japanese have never attempted; play ball with Cuba&rsquo;s Little Leaguers, promising young athletes born in a country where baseball and politics are inextricably intertwined; trawl Icelandic waters with Keiko, everyone&rsquo;s favorite whale as he tries to make it on his own; stay awhile in Midland, Texas, hometown of George W. Bush, a place where oil time is the only time that matters; explore the halls of a New York City school so troubled it&rsquo;s known as &ldquo;Horror High&rdquo;; and stalk caged tigers in Jackson, New Jersey, a suburban town with one of the highest concentrations of tigers per square mile anywhere in the world. <br><br> Vivid, humorous, unconventional, and incomparably entertaining, Susan Orlean&rsquo;s writings for <i>The New Yorker</i> have delighted readers for over a decade. <i>My Kind of Place</i> is an inimitable treat by one of America&rsquo;s premier literary journalists. Rin Tin Tin : the life and the legend https://615.library.nashville.org/GroupedWork/0d828f5f-2f5a-3f1b-1265-0b7e9cc09cd4 Orlean, Susan https://615.library.nashville.org/GroupedWork/0d828f5f-2f5a-3f1b-1265-0b7e9cc09cd4 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT <img alt='Cover Image' src='https://615.library.nashville.org/bookcover.php?id=0d828f5f-2f5a-3f1b-1265-0b7e9cc09cd4&size=medium&type=grouped_work'/> The bullfighter checks her makeup : my encounters with extraordinary people https://615.library.nashville.org/GroupedWork/3ca750e0-cb3e-302b-e8d8-8ecb051def07 Orlean, Susan https://615.library.nashville.org/GroupedWork/3ca750e0-cb3e-302b-e8d8-8ecb051def07 01 Jan 2001 00:00:00 GMT <img alt='Cover Image' src='https://615.library.nashville.org/bookcover.php?id=3ca750e0-cb3e-302b-e8d8-8ecb051def07&size=medium&type=grouped_work'/> My kind of place : travel stories from a woman who's been everywhere / Susan Orlean https://615.library.nashville.org/GroupedWork/b519f118-8704-2fbf-d35e-68c79a7152c4 Orlean, Susan https://615.library.nashville.org/GroupedWork/b519f118-8704-2fbf-d35e-68c79a7152c4 01 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT <img alt='Cover Image' src='https://615.library.nashville.org/bookcover.php?id=b519f118-8704-2fbf-d35e-68c79a7152c4&size=medium&type=grouped_work'/> Lazy little loafers https://615.library.nashville.org/GroupedWork/7d967284-d0a6-0939-77d3-17d991266117 Orlean, Susan https://615.library.nashville.org/GroupedWork/7d967284-d0a6-0939-77d3-17d991266117 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT <img alt='Cover Image' src='https://615.library.nashville.org/bookcover.php?id=7d967284-d0a6-0939-77d3-17d991266117&size=medium&type=grouped_work'/> While walking to school, lugging a heavy backpack through New York City one morning, a disgruntled child questions why babies are so lazy, spending their days on useless activities such as napping and babbling rather than getting jobs. Saturday night https://615.library.nashville.org/GroupedWork/1c83d4d5-a44a-e09a-bd96-1bc6207c5009 Orlean, Susan https://615.library.nashville.org/GroupedWork/1c83d4d5-a44a-e09a-bd96-1bc6207c5009 01 Jan 1990 00:00:00 GMT <img alt='Cover Image' src='https://615.library.nashville.org/bookcover.php?id=1c83d4d5-a44a-e09a-bd96-1bc6207c5009&size=medium&type=grouped_work'/> The booksellers https://615.library.nashville.org/GroupedWork/dbba2977-c8a3-ddc4-682f-57daff92c781 https://615.library.nashville.org/GroupedWork/dbba2977-c8a3-ddc4-682f-57daff92c781 01 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT <img alt='Cover Image' src='https://615.library.nashville.org/bookcover.php?id=dbba2977-c8a3-ddc4-682f-57daff92c781&size=medium&type=grouped_work'/> A behind-the-scenes look at the New York rare book world and the fascinating people who inhabit it. The best American essays 2005 https://615.library.nashville.org/GroupedWork/aad54e87-3dbd-296f-4258-56b85791e2bb https://615.library.nashville.org/GroupedWork/aad54e87-3dbd-296f-4258-56b85791e2bb 01 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMT <img alt='Cover Image' src='https://615.library.nashville.org/bookcover.php?id=aad54e87-3dbd-296f-4258-56b85791e2bb&size=medium&type=grouped_work'/> Blue crush https://615.library.nashville.org/GroupedWork/79e8a2d6-2ee5-c8dd-32fa-87791f1d2513 https://615.library.nashville.org/GroupedWork/79e8a2d6-2ee5-c8dd-32fa-87791f1d2513 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT <img alt='Cover Image' src='https://615.library.nashville.org/bookcover.php?id=79e8a2d6-2ee5-c8dd-32fa-87791f1d2513&size=medium&type=grouped_work'/> Ann-Marie, a big-wave surfer on the North Shore of Oahu, drives to make a comeback after nearly drowning in a surfing competition. Her life becomes more complicated by her romance with a handsome football player. Ann-Marie and her surfer buddies work as maids at a posh resort and share a beach shack with Anne-Marie's wayward young sister. Ann-Marie struggles between her need to prove herself and her desire to take the easy way out. The best American travel writing 2007 https://615.library.nashville.org/GroupedWork/55b9561e-c257-5794-e434-8d0551902038 https://615.library.nashville.org/GroupedWork/55b9561e-c257-5794-e434-8d0551902038 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT <img alt='Cover Image' src='https://615.library.nashville.org/bookcover.php?id=55b9561e-c257-5794-e434-8d0551902038&size=medium&type=grouped_work'/>
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