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SFPL One City One Book Selections
Created on:
Jun 09, 2016
19 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
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
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
Created on:
Mar 16, 2017
10 items
SFPL adult books on Asian Pacific Americans
1 like
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...
General Recommendations
The African American Experience: documentaries available to stream
By:
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
Created on:
Feb 22, 2016
13 items
Selection of archival materials including manuscript collections, pulp paperbacks, and video and audio recordings of the LGBTQI...
1 like
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...
2 likes
General Recommendations
SFPL-Chinatown Branch Library Staff Picks for Winter 2022
Created on:
Dec 14, 2022
27 items
Check out these Winter 2022 Staff Picks by Chinatown Branch Library staff. Hope you find your next great read!
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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...
1 like
Topic Guide
SFPL: Oceania
By:
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...
2 likes
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 ...
1 like
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...
1 like
Topic Guide
Japanese American Literature
By:
e
emmabridges1
Created on:
Jan 15, 2024
45 items
Other recommendations not currently owned by SFPL:
Haunted by Waters - Robert T. Hayashi
Nature Behind Barbed Wire - Connie Y....
General Recommendations
Toward a Black Aesthetic: Black Women, Style and African Liberation
By:
SFPL_AACL
Created on:
Jan 09, 2024
22 items
The street photography of Kenneth P. Green Sr., the first Black photographer at the Oakland Tribune, captured the style and res...
3 likes
General Recommendations
Jewish Culture
By:
SFPL_CDO1
Created on:
Nov 09, 2023
24 items
A list that celebrates Jewish writers, food and culture throughout the world, all available at SFPL.
1 like
General Recommendations
New and Noteworthy Biographies and Memoirs, Autumn 2023
By:
SFPL_PaulaH
Created on:
Oct 25, 2023
23 items
Selected from SFPL's General Collections & Humanities Center.
2 likes
General Recommendations
Palestinian Voices: A Fiction Collection
Created on:
Oct 24, 2023
17 items
Discover the compelling narratives of Palestinian authors that transcend borders and capture the essence of the Palestinian exp...
6 likes
General Recommendations
NoName Book Club Selections 2023
By:
SFPL_AACL
Created on:
Sep 28, 2023
18 items
Noname’s Book Club, started by rapper Noname (Fatimah Warner) is “an online/irl community dedicated to uplifting POC voices.” T...
2 likes
General Recommendations
Jewish American Heritage Month 2023: Adults
Created on:
May 03, 2023
14 items
Jewish American Heritage Month (JAHM) is an annual recognition and celebration of American Jews' achievements and contributions...
1 like
General Recommendations
Juneteenth 2023: A Day of Remembrance
Created on:
Apr 23, 2023
12 items
Selections from the SFPL collection celebrating Juneteenth's second year as a national holiday - a day of remembrance, reflect...