The book is a list of recommendations of essential nonfiction titles every public library should carry. The entries of more than 12,000 titles deal exclusively with adult material. The text is organized into two large parts, the first arranged according to the Dewey Decimal System, the second according to author, title, and subject. A short abstract is included with each entry as well as purchase price, publication date, ISBN, etc. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)