Mic's Pick Downtown

1) The Swedish art of aging exuberantly: life wisdom from someone who will (probably) die before you

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Shows readers how to prepare for and understand the aging process, and the joys and sorrows it can bring, with the ultimate message that people should all be less afraid of the idea of death.

2) The field guide to dumb birds of the whole stupid world

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Kracht, Matt

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Book, eBook

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"Following in the footsteps of the bestselling first book THE FIELD GUIDE TO DUMB BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA, the ever-annoyed-by-birds author Matt Kracht brings us THE FIELD GUIDE TO DUMB BIRDS OF THE WHOLE STUPID WORLD. This time he ventures around the globe to include snarky names and descriptions of stupid birds from the whole dang world. Packaged with the same charmingly crappy drawings, maps, and handwriting of the original, this follow-up will...

3) One hundred Saturdays: Stella Levi and the search for a lost world

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Frank, Michael

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"The remarkable story of ninety-nine-year-old Stella Levi whose conversations with the writer Michael Frank over the course of six years bring to life the vibrant world of Jewish Rhodes, the deportation to Auschwitz that extinguished ninety percent of her community, and the resilience and wisdom of the woman who lived to tell the tale"--

The Downtown Huntsville Public Library will be closed on April 18 and 22 (Thursday and Monday) due to the repaving of the parking lot.

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