Books by floor

Merch, computing & community

1. Floor 4 · Pick 1

   Why We Buy (1999)

   Paco Underhill

   Customer behavior and display choices to improve a merch table.

   Shelf call number HF5415.2.U53 1999
   Dewey 658.834 Check catalog ↗

2. Floor 4 · Pick 2

   Code — first edition (1999)

   Charles Petzold

   Signals, logic gates and how computers work; good away from a keyboard.

   Shelf call number QA76.6.P495 1999
   Dewey 004 Check catalog ↗

3. Floor 4 · Pick 3

   Palaces for the People

   Eric Klinenberg

   How libraries and shared places build community and resilience.

   Shelf call number HC79.C3K55 2018
   Dewey 307.760973 Check catalog ↗

4. Floor 4 · Pick 4

   Refuge

   Terry Tempest Williams

   Family, birds and the Great Salt Lake; especially good for northern Utah.

   Shelf call number RC280.B8W47 2001
   Dewey 362.19699 Check catalog ↗

Utah, nature & attention

1. Floor 6 · Pick 1

   The Secret Knowledge of Water

   Craig Childs

   Desert water and close observation; the strongest southern Utah companion.

   Shelf call number F787.C47 2001
   Dewey 553.70979 Check catalog ↗

2. Floor 6 · Pick 2

   The Serviceberry

   Robin Wall Kimmerer

   A short, thoughtful look at abundance, gift economies and reciprocity.

   Shelf call number E98.B7K56 2024
   Dewey 581.63097 Check catalog ↗

3. Floor 6 · Pick 3

   How to Do Nothing

   Jenny Odell

   Attention, place and life beyond constant productivity.

   Shelf call number HM851.O374 2019
   Dewey 303.4833 Check catalog ↗

Film criticism

1. Floor 7 · Pick 1

   Movie Wars

   Jonathan Rosenbaum

   How distribution, criticism and money shape which films get seen.

   Shelf call number PN1993.5.U65R575 2000
   Dewey 791.430973 Check catalog ↗

Touring, music & editing

1. Floor 8 · Pick 1

   Music Industry Forms

   Jonathan Feist

   Ready-to-adapt tour itineraries, checklists, inventories and budgets.

   Shelf call number ML3790.F427 2014
   Dewey approx. 780.23 Check catalog ↗

2. Floor 8 · Pick 2

   The Live Music Business

   Andy Reynolds

   Practical workflows and responsibilities for concert and touring operations.

   Shelf call number ML3790.R49 2021
   Dewey 780.23 Check catalog ↗

3. Floor 8 · Pick 3

   In the Blink of an Eye

   Walter Murch

   A short guide to editing, emotion and rhythm; a strong trip pick.

   Shelf call number TR899.M87 2001
   Dewey 778.535 Check catalog ↗

4. Floor 8 · Pick 4

   How Music Works (2013)

   David Byrne

   How rooms, technology and money shape music-making.

   Shelf call number ML3845.B97 2013
   Dewey 780.1 Check catalog ↗