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General Recommendations
SFPL One City One Book Selections
Created on:
Jun 09, 2016
18 items
SFPL has been selecting One City One Book titles for our citywide reading program for the past 15 years. Here is a look at our ...
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Topic Guide
SFPL Black History Month 2017 New Books
By:
SFPL_JaneG
SFPL_JaneG
Created on:
Jan 09, 2017
34 items
Many excellent lists celebrate Black History Month. This list features some books in the SFPL collection published over the pa...
General Recommendations
SFPL & 1990 Institute present author Helen Zia in conversation with Sherry Hu
Created on:
Apr 21, 2019
17 items
A 1990 Institute Book Bonanza Event. Wednesday, May 1, 2019, 6:30 p.m. at the Main San Francisco Public Library, Koret Auditor...
General Recommendations
News and Analysis from the Left- Magazines at SFPL
Created on:
Jun 28, 2017
15 items
San Francisco Public Library (SFPL) subscribes to a number of magazines/journals that are liberal/left-oriented. If you're inte...
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General Recommendations
SFPL Summer of Love
Created on:
Jun 28, 2017
15 items
Selections to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 'Summer of Love' from SFPL.
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Topic Guide
SFPL Celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month 2017
By:
SFPL_JohnG
SFPL_JohnG
Created on:
Mar 16, 2017
10 items
SFPL adult books on Asian Pacific Americans
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Topic Guide
Harvey Milk - An SFPL LGBT Resource Guide
Created on:
Apr 17, 2015
9 items
These books, films, and photographs document the life and death of Harvey Milk, as well as exploring the aftermath of the assas...
Topic Guide
LGBT Experience During the Harlem Renaissance - An SFPL LGBT Resource Guide
Created on:
Mar 09, 2015
18 items
The Harlem Renaissance was a time and place where black American artists and intellectuals blossomed. While few people associat...
Topic Guide
The LGBT Community in Germany, Before and During the Holocaust - An SFPL LGBT Resource Guide
Created on:
Feb 12, 2015
22 items
There was a well-developed LGBT subculture in urban areas of Germany before the rise of the Nazi Party. However, gay men, in pa...
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General Recommendations
The African American Experience: documentaries available to stream
By:
SFPL_Adults
SFPL_Adults
Created on:
Jun 25, 2020
12 items
A selection of essential documentaries to educate, honor and celebrate the complexities of the African American experience. The...
General Recommendations
Archived Staff Recommendations
Created on:
Nov 06, 2017
95 items
SFPL's West Portal Staff recommendations.
General Recommendations
Bombs Away: Humor Goes to War
Created on:
Mar 25, 2017
20 items
Don’t miss the exhibition Bombs Away: Humor Goes to War. Selections from the Schmulowitz Collection of Wit & Humor on view ...
Topic Guide
LGBTQIA Archive Picks
By:
SFPL_StaffPicks
SFPL_StaffPicks
Created on:
Feb 22, 2016
13 items
Selection of archival materials including manuscript collections, pulp paperbacks, and video and audio recordings of the LGBTQI...
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General Recommendations
The Orphan Master's Son Read Alikes
Created on:
Jan 05, 2016
10 items
Welcome to this first Read Alike list of 2016. SFPL invites you to explore these items - similar to The Orphan Master's Son in...
General Recommendations
Season Of The Witch Read-Alikes
Created on:
Aug 05, 2015
29 items
Did you love SFPL's 2015 One City, One Book selection Season of the Witch? Here are a handful of similar items and tie-ins that...
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General Recommendations
SF HISTORY-The West Side of Town
Created on:
Jan 07, 2015
17 items
West side, best side? you decide! SFPL
General Recommendations
Juneteenth at SFPL
Created on:
Jun 14, 2020
26 items
Juneteenth commemorates the day the last enslaved Black lives were emancipated in the United States on June 19, 1865. It was on...
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Topic Guide
SFPL: Oceania
By:
SFPL_AbrahamI
SFPL_AbrahamI
Created on:
May 16, 2018
39 items
"Our sea of islands...the world of our ancestors was a large sea full of places to explore, to make their homes in, to bre...
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General Recommendations
Black History Month for Adults, SFPL 2018
Created on:
Jan 16, 2018
12 items
Black History Month for Adults
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Topic Guide
LGBT San Francisco - an SFPL LGBT Resource Guide
Created on:
Feb 11, 2015
24 items
These materials focus on the LGBT Community in San Francisco, today and historically. They feature events and people important ...
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General Recommendations
New Fiction - 2020
Created on:
Dec 08, 2020
31 items
Sadly there's no in-person browsing at this time. In the meantime, take advantage of some virtual browsing. Here is a sampling...
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General Recommendations
General Collections Staff Picks, Spring 2022
By:
SFPL_BrianW
SFPL_BrianW
Created on:
Apr 08, 2022
24 items
These are recommended titles from the collections managed by staff in the General Collections & Humanities Center at the SF...
General Recommendations
AANHPI 2022: Short Stories
Created on:
Mar 15, 2022
18 items
These short story collections at SFPL offer a panopoly of perspectives from Asian authors.
General Recommendations
Celebrate Friendship this Valentine's Day
By:
s
SFPLBernal
Created on:
Jan 31, 2022
27 items
Celebrate your friendships on Valentine's Day. The books on this list have friendship as a central theme - some fiction, some n...
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Topic Guide
Novels that Take Place in San Francisco
By:
s
SFPLBernal
Created on:
Jan 23, 2022
16 items
San Francisco has been celebrated in some excellent novels. Here's a list of some of the best novels set in San Francisco that ...
