July 2008 Displays

Check out our featured displays throughout the New & Featured area.

• July Spotlight: Get the Reading Bug!
  Whether you're fascinated by things that sting or you are itching for some good fiction, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh's collection will help you catch that reading bug!
• Pathfinders -A Book Club for Our Spiritual Journeys
  Discuss books that look at all angles of spirituality, including books on religion, agnosticism or atheism, memoirs of spiritual awakening, or life guides by prominent spiritual and religious leaders. Join us in August, when we will discuss The Faith Club: A Muslim, A Christian, A Jew -- Three Women Search for Understanding
• Celebrate the Arts Sundays
  Join us each Sunday afternoon at 2PM to celebrate the arts! In July, watch a film from Brazil or listen to the world fusion ensemble, Resonance. Hear poetry and reading from the Typewriter Girls and attend a samba music and drumming performance by Samba Pittsburgh! Everyone is welcome and all events are FREE!
• Konichiwa! Come and Learn About Japan!
  Interested in exploring Japanese history, people, and places? Check out these books~ from geisha to samurai, from Tokyo to Hiroshima, from manga to wood-block prints~ these books hold something for anyone interested in this beautiful and fascinating country.
• Short Stories! The perfect summertime read!
  If novels were bathing suits, short stories would be the bikini.
• Finding a good mystery series is like catching the perfect wave.
  Hang ten with M.C. Beaton, Anne Perry, Agatha Christie, Ayelet Waldman, Alexander McCall Smith, and all the other mystery greats we have on hand.
• Staff Picks
• Bestsellers Fiction
  David Baldacci, Elizabeth Berg, Harlen Coben, Marisa De los Santos, Emily Giffin, Jhumpa Lahiri, Alexander McCall Smith, Debbie Macomber, John Sandford, Jennifer Weiner, Stuart Woods and more!
• Bestsellers Non-Fiction
  Arthur Agatston, Charla Krupp, Randy Pausch, David Sheff, Tori Spelling, Nick Trout, Barbara Walters, Sheila Weller, Mary Roach and more!