this little free library (#108367) was literally a dark blue frigidaire refrigerator before it was…read morea library. it's filled with children's fiction and nonfiction books. read: "What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives won the Heart of American" (Thomas Frank) -in it's infancy, Kansas was an anti-slavery state. they literally had battles with pro slavery Missouri. Populism among the farmers was strong. *Frank is a native of Kansas. his book reveals how Kansas changed. -Kansas was once dominated by "country club Republicans" whom the farmers disliked. outside Republicans ousted the "club" by linking them to coastal elitists, i.e. media, educational elites, government bureaucrats. -the new Republicans pushed "culture war" issues: abortion, homosexuality, media & religion but not economic ones. they were founded with corporate $$. -the New Democrats (Clinton) also skipped economic issues, thus losing the farm and working class voters. they wanted to pursue corporate donations and moderate Republican voters. new Dems also funded with corporate $. -Kansas lost good paying factory jobs when corporations moved factories. only low wage meat packing plants opened in Kansas employing imported labor.

this yellow library with black box has tiny xmas lites attached around it. small & medium sized…read morebooks, mostly fiction. some children's books. reads. "Escape From Freedom" (Erich Fromm) -the rise of market capitalism leaves the worker with freedom that isn't easily attainable. rather than pursuing it individually, the worker entrusts the task to the prevailing political wind. -after Nazism achieved political power. Germans, not wanting to be left out when other political parties were abolished, acquiesced to Nazi policies, going with a winner. -Nazism appealed to the lower middle class who were resentful, hateful of the petty bourgeois, loved the strong, hated the weak. they were petty, hostile, suspected and hated the stranger. to avoid Nazism, Fromm advises democracies to allow citizens to think/act independently in a freer society.

this little dark grayish library has a large range of children's books plus a few fiction and non…read morefiction books. reads: "Our Time Is Now" (Stacey Abrams) *S. Abrams trained as a tax attorney at Yale Law School. she became the Democratic Leader in the Georgia Senate. she ran for governor in '18. As Brian Kemp was her opponent and also Secretary of State, Abrams lost when Kemp used his official powers to suppress votes that could have went to Abrams. **essentially a redux of the 2000 presidential election when Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida gamed the counting of the votes to ensure Daddy Bush would win. -after Obama's presidency, Republicans changed regulations in their states to disenfrancise voters likely to vote Democratic: minorities, young, students. -poll sites in minority communities or campuses had new regs to follow, less polling machines , limited hours to vote, new id's laws. -voting rolls purged of infrequent voters, former felons forbidden to vote, "matched" names (i.e. common minority names) purged from voting rolls. voters given provisional ballots which won't be counted, etc. --much more..all from her campaign + thoughts on electoral reforms. note: 3/2021-Georgia passed laws to limit absentee voting..

this little brown library (#22145) is bigger than the usual library. it has a mix of children's &…read morefiction books. reads: "the labyrinth of solitude: life and thought in Mexico" (Octavio Paz) *events/themes that influenced Mexican thinking. -mexicans don't adapt to other cultures. formed their own counterculture (pachuco) -favors festivals & large public gatherings (i.e. day of the dead) -Aztecs/Indians in the Americans weren't conquered by Spain, the Aztec/Indians gave up their "theocracy" when it failed them. -Catholism was forcibly imposed upon Mexican people. -emperors & military leaders ruled for their own benefit and large landholders. the populace eventually overthrew them. -Revolutionary period supported by peasants who wanted to oust landholders. they wanted land returned to peasants. -mexican intelligentsia helped mexico to escape feudalism but couldn't pave the way to democracy. some worked with vested interests to share power.

This is a well-made little Free Library box. It's right next to the street so it's easy to access…read more You don't actually need to go to the church to use this little Library. It was stocked with all kinds of books and it is a well-made little box.

this olde style little library (#120618) is olive-torquois with white trim around the frame. the…read morefresh paint is augmented by yellow and red flowers. the library isn't big enough to hold hardbound books. most children's and nonfiction books. read: "Nobrow: the culture of marketing, the marketing of Culture" (John Seabrook) -a fascinating, back room look at how marketing commercializes "taste" or "lack of". -difficult reading in the beginning. the gossipy later chapters were quick reads. -a look at MTV, hip hop, Star Wars, Disney, Dreamworks, ad nauseum.

This is definitely one of the more creative little free libraries. It's on a busy street and Castro…read moreValley. There's actually two portions to this little Free Library. The top portion is sort of like a breadbox it's a tin or metal box. And then below it there's another little sort of the baby size box that has a few novels in it. Never seen one like this before and it's very cute

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this green book box (#100758) with a blue frame has a wooden tiled roof. within are children's…read morebooks, various fictions & nonfictions. reads: "The Art of the Deal" (co-authors Donald Trump & Tony Schwartz) -royalties divided 50-50 between Trump & Schwartz -in 1988, Trump set up Donald J. Trump Foundation to give donations from book sales to charity ($4-5 million for homeless, Vietnam Veterans, AIDs, multiple sclerosis...) *a WAPO investigation found virtually no donations made **more $ donated to Ivanka's ballet school than to any charity. Synopsis of book: -Trump's childhood days, then the Trump Organization, Hyatt Hotel & Trump Towers, Wollman Rinks & other projects. -contains 11-step formula for business success (imitates to Norman Vincent Peale). notes: wiki *remember reading book years later, contents not memorable.

this lightly varnished wood library (#47164) is filled with children's as well as nonfiction books…read more reads: "Getting Fire for People" (Maryann Dobeck) *Native Americans in northern California were sitting around a fire to hear from a storyteller about how the natives got fire. -in the past an old man and an old woman only had fire. they were mean and wouldn't share it with anyone. -the natives asked coyote to help. he enlisted bear, squirrel, frog, mountain lion, & squirrel to help. -coyote got into the old people's house saying he was cold. the natives made a commotion outside. while the old people were distracted, the coyote ran out with a wooden stick on fire in his mouth. the coyote and other animals worked as a relay team to outrun the old people. that's how the natives got fire. ** questions at end of story are posed to test a child's comprehension skills -what was the coyote's plan? -what did the old man and woman look like? -how are the old man and woman different? (compare & contrast) -why is it important to work together?

This is a well-made little Library box. It's in front of a house on a quiet street in Castro…read moreValley. It was reasonably well stocked with books. Of course, one appreciates the water dish put down below for puppies. The day that I rode by, the temperature was over 100 degrees. So this is a nice thoughtful gesture by the owner. Thank you

this vanilla library with a yellow frame (#111197) has a tiled Der Wienschitzel styled roof. it's…read morepacked with children's, fiction, and nonfiction books... reads: "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balance Look at the Right" (Al Franken) *Franken is a accomplished comedian who appeared on SNL and Air America. he served briefly in the US Senate. -author uses facts, humor, wit, satirical scenarios, etc. to unravel the lies, conspiracy theories, misinformation, etc. that Limbaugh, O' Reilly, Sean Hannity, Ann Coulter, Fox News & the right wing medium disseminates. -during the 2000 presidential election G. Bush got more & favorable coverage than V.P. Gore. -while blaming Clinton for the 9/11 attack, Bush & Co. had no interest in the warning received from same about al-Qaeda. on 9/10, a bill passed Congress with no programs getting increased funding to fight terrorism. 9/11 happened the next day. -while complaining about the "gutted" military Clinton left, Bush used Clinton's military to rapidly overwhelm Afghanistan & Iraq. -when Clinton left office, the US was admired & respected all over the world. soon Pres. Bush ditched Kyoto, the anti-ballistic missile treaty, the germ warfare protocol.., the comprehensive test ban treaty, the international criminal court, and the land mine treaty. *thereafter, US stature in the world dropped.. **after Trump abrogated many treaties, America's allies are making ado, sometimes by making alliances with China & Russia. America's stature has fallen again.