Have a wonderful holiday!
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Visualizing data to show complex results in a simple way is a skill worth developing. Edward Tufte, statistician, artist, and Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Statistics, and Computer Science at Yale University, is a master.
We recommend his book, Beautiful Evidence (BSC Library copy at P93.5 .T837 2006)
19 November
Seven score and 16 years ago (1863), President Abraham Lincoln gave one of the most famous speeches in US history, The Gettysburg Address.
1863: Partial photographic copy of the Gettysburg Address, delivered by President Lincoln at the war cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (Photo by MPI/Getty Images)
2020 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction
Fiction Finalists
Nonfiction Finalists
The two medal winners will be announced on January 26, 2020, at the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits in Philadelphia. Carnegie Medal winners will each receive $5,000. Good reading!
Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986), American artist, Abiquiu, New Mexico
15 November
Remembering Georgia O’Keeffe, born on this day in 1887.
Learn more about this influential painter here. Check out the many books about her & her work, including this one:
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Have you dreamed of writing a novel? Jump start your project during National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)! During November, writers all over the world will focus their intention on writing 50,000 words … an average of 1,667 words a day, every day, for an entire month. Click here for details.
NaNoWriMo is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides tools, structure, community, and encouragement to help people find their voices, achieve creative goals, and build new worlds — on and off the page.
These bestselling books started an NaNoWriMo Projects:
Ready … Set … WRITE!
Read it! Read it! 