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One librarian talks about the books he read...
The new millennium is the age of computers, but also of opinion and point of view. People still read books, but now they want to answer back, to mentally scribble the margins. The Lone Reader gives voice to this urge.

 

Book covers are linked to library catalog.  *These short essays do not represent the opinion of the library.

Dont Lets Go to the Dogs Tonight

Overshoot by William Catton

Music: Onaka Versus Home for the Def
Performer: Onaka

time: 0:02:24
size: 2.262 mb
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The Greenlanders

The Greenlanders by Jane Smiley

Music: Sonata No. 1
Performer: Aaron Dunn

time: 0:02:17
size: 2.153 mb
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Dont Lets Go to the Dogs Tonight

Right Wing Populism in America by Chip Berlet & Matthew Lyons

Music: Country Cookin'
Performer: FendrGuitPlyr

time: 0:02:08
size: 2.007 mb
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Dont Lets Go to the Dogs Tonight

Escape from Freedom by Erich Fromm

Music: Wind Quintet op. 43, by Carl Nielsen
Performer: James Galway, Carion Quintet

time: 0:02:20
size: 2.189 mb
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Leisureville

Leisureville by Andrew Blechman

Music: Sonar Devotion
Performer: Nyasa

time: 0:02:10
size: 2.028 mb
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Dont Lets Go to the Dogs Tonight

The Redbreast by Jo Nesbo

Music: Naropa
Performer: RideFlame

time: 0:02:12
size: 2.061mb
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Dont Lets Go to the Dogs Tonight

Click by Bill Tancer

Music: Dark Dance
Performer: Eric Kanold

time: 0:01:55
size: 1.812 mb
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Devil in the White City by Erik Larson

Music: Sonata no. 1, by Aaron Dunn
Performer: Aaron Dunn

time: 0:02:04
size: 1.948 mb
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Dont Lets Go to the Dogs Tonight

The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien

Music: Ignition
Performer: Collision Process

time: 0:02:47
size: 2.319 mb
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Dont Lets Go to the Dogs Tonight

The Forever War by Joe Haldeman

Music: Sync
Performer: Collision Process

time: 0:01:57
size: 1.852 mb
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The Cult of the Amateur by Andrew Keen

Music: Sonatine, by Maurice Ravel
Performer: Brian E. Young

time: 0:01:59
size: 1.868 mb
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Dont Lets Go to the Dogs Tonight

The Long Embrace by Judith Freeman

Music: Venus, by Gustav Holst
Performer: U.S. Air Force Band

time: 0:02:04
size: 1.939 mb
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Dont Lets Go to the Dogs Tonight

Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller

Music: The Dream of John Ball
Performer: Rude Corps

time: 0:01:57
size: 1.838 mb
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Against the Machine

Against the Machine by Lee Siegel

Music: Naropa
Performer: RideFlame

time: 0:02:05
size: 1.957 mb
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The Skeptical Environmentalist

The Skeptical Environmentalist by Bjorn Lomborg

Music: From What You Call Sedna
Performer: Music for Films3

time: 0:01:58
size: 1.854 mb
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Six degrees

Six Degrees by Mark Lynas

Music: Dark Dance
Performer: Eric Kanold

time: 0:01:59
size: 1.867 mb
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Confessions of an Economic Hit man

Confessions of an Economic Hit man by John Perkins

Music: Bassoon Pieces, by Marcel Farago
Performer: Arthur Grossman

time: 0:01:54
size: 1.786 mb
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In Defense of Food

In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan

Music: Quintet No. 1
Performer: Giovanni Cambini

time: 0:02:10
size: 2.038 mb
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Oil on the Brain by Lisa Margonelli

Music: Naropa
Performer: RideFlame

time: 0:01:44
size: 1.626 mb
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The Carbon Age by Eric Roston

Music: Dark Dance
Performer: Eric Kanold

time: 0:01:53
size: 1.774 mb
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Empire of Illusion by Chris Hedges

Music: Harp Etude Rabushka,
Performer: Musicforfilms3

time: 0:01:49
size: 1.714 mb
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Viruses vs. Superbugs by Thomas Hausler

Music: Naropa
Performer: RideFlame

time: 0:01:59
size: 1.869 mb
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The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein

Music: Sonata no. 1
Performer: Aaron Dunn

time: 0:02:19
size: 2.181 mb
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Collapse by Jared Diamond

Music: Uranus, by Gustav Holst
Performer: U.S. Air Force Band

time: 0:01:51
size: 1.748 mb
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The War for Wealth by Gabor Steingart

Music: Manifesto
Performer: Poundaflesh

time: 0:01:55
size: 1.801 mb
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Misogyny by Jack Holland

Music: Venus, by Gustav Holst
Performer: U.S. Air Force Band

time: 0:01:46
size: 1.662 mb
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With God on Our Side by Michael L. Weinstein

Music: Wild Blue Yonder
Performer: U.S. Air Force Band

time: 0:02:13
size: 2.090 mb
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Noir by Olivier Pauvert

Music: Prison Planet,
Performer: Oxygen

time: 0:01:51
size: 1.742 mb
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

Music: Wind Quintet op. 43, by Carl Nielsen
Performer: James Galway, Carion Quintet

time: 0:01:43
size: 1.615 mb
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American Prometheus by Kai Bird

Music: Sonata for Bassoon and Piano, by Camille Saint-Saens
Performer: Arthur Grossman and Joseph Levine

time: 0:02:09
size: 2.092 mb
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The Limits of Power by Andrew Bacevich

Music: Back Porch Banjo Stand
Performer: Eric Kanold

time: 0:01:59
size: 1.862 mb
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City of Thieves by David Benioff

Music: Prison Planet
Performer: Qxygen

time: 0:02:04
size: 1.952 mb
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The Dogs of Riga by Henning Mankell

Music: The Dream of John Ball
Performer: Rude Corps

time: 0:02:09
size: 2.024 mb
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The Coldest Winter by David Halberstam

Music: Wind Quintet op. 43, by Carl Nielsen
Performer: James Galway, Carion Quintet

time: 0:02:10
size: 2.040 mb
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The Real All-Americans by Sally Jenkins

Music: Mars, by Gustav Holst
Performer: U.S. Air Force Band

time: 0:02:02
size: 1.912 mb
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Lost on Planet China by Maarten J. Troost

Music: Onaka Versus Home for the Def
Performer: Onaka

time: 0:02:05
size: 1.959 mb
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My Lobotomy by Howard Dully

Music: Rage and Regrets
Performer: Rude Corps

time: 0:02:01
size: 1.894 mb
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The Blue Death by Robert D. Morris

Music: Quintet No. 3, by Giovanni Cambini
Performer: Soni Ventorum Woodwind Quintet

time: 0:01:44
size: 1.625 mb
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Let's Put the Future Behind Us by Jack Womack

Music: Basson Pieces, by Marcel Farago
Performer: Arthur Grossman

time: 0:02:15
size: 2.111 mb
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The Weather Makers by Tim Flannery

Music: Sonata for Basson and Piano by Camille Saint-Saens
Performer: Joseph Levine

time: 0:02:02
size: 1.904 mb  creative commons

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Deer Hunting With Jesus by Joe Bageant

Music: Back Porch Banjo Stand
Performer: Eric Kanold

time: 0:02:10
size: 2.032 mb
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Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan

Music: Basson Pieces, by Marcel Farago
Performer: Arthur Grossman

time: 0:02:03
size: 1.923 mb
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Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Music: Uranus by Gustav Holst
Performer: United States Air Force Band

time: 0:02:14
size: 2.256 mb
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Bad Monkeys by Matt Ruff

Music: Rage and Regrets
Performer: Rude Corps

time: 0:02:08
size: 2.006 mb
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