Unshelved Volume 2: What Would Dewey Do? [Paperback]

Gene Ambaum (Author), Bill Barnes (Author, Artist)

Book Description

Series: Unshelved | Publication Date: June 1, 2004

Dewey and his fellow librarians confront the FBI, psychic fairs, poetry slams, crashed hard drives, identity theft, and of course each other. Features introduction by librarian, bestselling author, and action figure model Nancy Pearl plus pages of never-before-published comics.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Overdue Media (June 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0974035319
• ISBN-13: 978-0974035314
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,390,472 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the strange world of public libraries, November 9, 2004

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Kathleen Cobcroft (Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Unshelved Volume 2: What Would Dewey Do? (Paperback)

The second book of comics about the Mallville Public Library is just as funny and true as the first.

If you want to try before you buy, you can read their entire archive online at http://www.overduemedia.com or buy a 'Read Responsibly' t-shirt.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Funny, even if you are not a librarian, August 1, 2006

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Sean A. Lotz "frseanl" (Southern CA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Unshelved Volume 2: What Would Dewey Do? (Paperback)

First, full disclosure: I am not a librarian, but I have seriously considered studying to become one, and all my 1500 books are Dewey decimalized, and have been since I was about 10 years old. So I may perhaps be a bit biased, but this book is very funny, even to a non-librarian. I checked it out from my local public library today and started reading it in the parking lot. I had finished reading it before I left the parking lot. And I noticed that the place was empty; the library had closed and the lot had cleared out while I read and laughed unawares.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Write on!, August 17, 2006

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Bj Wahl (Keene, NH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Unshelved Volume 2: What Would Dewey Do? (Paperback)

I am a librarian and have been reading Unshelved via my email for several years now. I bought this book from the authors at an American Library Association meeting. Their cartoon strip is almost always right on the mark when it comes to how things really are in a library, and covers a lot of the situtations we deal with daily. Some of their panels make me laugh out loud and all are at least worth a chuckle. For librarians, this is a must have. For non-librarians - well, now you can see what we say about you behind your backs.