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The Benning Branch of the D.C. Public Library was erected at 3935 Benning Road N.E. as the sixth in a series of branch libraries funded under the D.C. Public Works Program. The building was designed by architect Clark T. Harmon in cooperation with the...Read more

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  • General Nonfiction Pulitzer Prize Winners
    Tuesday, October 6, 2009

    The Pulitzer Prize has been honoring excellence in journalism and the arts since 1917.

    Read these nonfiction prize winners:

    The Pulitzer Prize has been honoring excellence in journalism and the arts since 1917.

    Read these nonfiction prize winners:

    • Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II by Douglas A. Blackmon (2009)
    • The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945 by Saul Friedländer (2008)
    • The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright (2007)
    • Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya by Caroline Elkins (2006)
    • Ghost Wars by Steve Coll (2005)
    • Gulag: A History by Anne Applebaum (2004)
    • "A Problem From Hell:" America and the Age of Genocide by Samantha Power (2003)
    • Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama, the Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution by Diane McWhorter (2002)
    • Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan by Herbert P. Bix (2001)
    • Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II by John W. Dower (2000)

    Find these titles in the library catalog. Place a hold to have a book delivered to the library nearest you.

    For more past winners and nominees, visit the Pulitzer Prize Website.

  • Find Investment Information
    Friday, September 25, 2009

    The DC Public Library subscribes to Morningstar, with information on stocks, funds, ETFs and industries. With Portfolio X-Ray, you can save and track a real or imaginary portfolio over time. Read the User’s Guide to find out more about how to use the site, or learn more about investing.

    The DC Public Library subscribes to Morningstar, with information on stocks, funds, ETFs and industries. With Portfolio X-Ray, you can save and track a real or imaginary portfolio over time. Read the User’s Guide to find out more about how to use the site, or learn more about investing. You can use Morningstar at home or in the library.

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