Offering a peek into the largely closed and secret world of the Japanese royal family, The Commoner by John Schwartz is the story of Haruko, the first commoner to marry into the oldest monarchy in the world. Set in the years immediately after World War II when Japan was undergoing great change, Haruko goes from [...]
Welcome to the Davenport Public Library’s reference blog. The focus of this blog will be two-fold:
-reference services – websites, databases, current information you can use
-and reader’s advisory – books worth reading (as well as movies to watch and music to listen to), staff picks, what to read next.
We will be drawing on the various interests [...]
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