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Below are previous editions of the Wise Guide, cataloged each month when the new edition is published.


June 2008 collage

June 2008
Just Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man! . . . ‘Cause This is Thriller, Thriller Night . . . Explore. Discover. Be Inspired. . . . One World, One Dream . . . In God We Trust . . . Show Me the Money! . . . The World's Oldest Culinary Art?


May 2008 collage

May 2008
H for Hebrew . . . H for Hero . . . Der Fuhrer's Fine Art . . . Safeguard with Sanborn . . . A Celebration of Leadership, Diversity and Harmony . . . The New Science of Addiction . . . Have You Been to the Polar Bear Garden? . . . Honor Your Mother


April 2008 collage

April 2008
America’s Pastime at America’s Library . . . Honestly Abe, is That You? . . . Are You Experienced? . . . Women of Four Wars . . . Microform . . . Macro Impact! . . . Thomas Jefferson Was a Poet, and We Didn’t Even Know It . . . A Goddess in the Library ... Minerva


March 2008 collage

March 2008
The World's Largest Inbox . . . From Mutiny to Freedom . . . From Russia, With Love . . . It's Curtains For Tony and Maria . . . Women's Art: Women's Vision . . . Get Your Irish Up! . . . They're Going "Out Like A Lamb" For the Lamb Day Celebration


February collage

February 2008
The Library Exposed . . . Meet the Kellys . . . Now Performing on the Main Stage . . . Sooner or Later, It’s Copenhagen . . . All Hail the Stinky Cheese Man . . . Can’t Buy Me Love? A Dime Could Buy You “Thrilling Love” . . . From Slavery to Freedom


January collage

January 2008
Mapmaker, Mapmaker, Make Me a Map . . . I Eat, Therefore I Am . . . On the Twelfth Night of Christmas . . . E.T., Phone Home . . . Conquest of Mexico . . . What’s Important About Jan. 8? . . . He's in Hog Heaven!


December collage

December 2007
A Calligrapher's Story . . . Radio Is a Sound Salvation . . . A Snowflake Is a Snowflake Is a Snowflake . . . The March King's Instrument . . . In Case of Fire . . . Sic Transit Venus Rare . . . Tweed in New York


November collage

November 2007
Experiencing the War . . . At the (Camera) Ready . . . November Notables . . . Gather 'Round the Family Album . . . A Native Prescription . . . Hooting at Hunger! The Ga of Ghana Celebrate Homowo . . . They Helped to Fill Up the 'Canvas'


October collage

October 2007
Explore New Worlds. Read. . . . Baroque and Bernstein and Bojangles...Oh My! . . . Masquerade! Paper Faces on Parade. . . . First Cruise to the Caribbean . . . Look Who’s Turning 30! . . . It May Be the Biggest Statue Ever Copyrighted . . . Remembering 9/11


September collage

September 2007
There's a Hole in the Mountain, Dear Liza, Dear Liza . . .Surrealistically Speaking Simic . . . Can I Keep From Singing? . . . Weekday Warriors, a.k.a. The Labor Movement . . . In a Galaxy Far, Far Away . . . A Personal Independence Day . . . This Bear Wants to Sell You Something


August collage

August 2007
The Legend of Evangeline . . . Are You the Next American Inventor? . . . Today's Special: Eggs and Asphalt . . . The Dog Days of Summer . . . I Hear America Singing . . . Did Jefferson Scream for Ice Cream? . . . Fascination for Flutes


July collage

July 2007
How About a Little Summer Reading? . . . Get Your Hot Dogs Right Here! . . . In the Trenches of WWI . . . Taking the Mystery Out of Copyright . . . Poetry Across the Atlantic . . . This Land Is Your Land! . . . Space: The Final Frontier


June collage

June 2007
Vacation, All I Ever Wanted ... Vacation, Had to Get Away . . . Creative Colonists . . . Amazing Grace, How Sweet the Sound . . . Cutting Edge Prints . . . You’re a Grand Old Flag ... Honor Your Father . . . At Least Once a Year . . . Shop Till Your Mouse Drops


May collage

May 2007
Are Black-Eyed Peas Really Peas? . . . Extra! Extra! Read All About It! . . . A Confederacy of Copyrighters . . . Pearl Nye, the Canal Guy . . . Languages on Loan . . . We Wreathe the Red, White and Blue . . . Feeling Ill? Put Salt in Your Sock


April collage

April 2007
Fascinating Rhythm . . . Let Your Fingers Do the Walking . . . Take a Look, It's in a Book . . . Thomas Jefferson Was a Poet, and We Didn't Even Know It . . . Da Plane! Da Plane! . . . Everybody Plays the Fool . . . Sometime On April 1 . . . Before It Was A Movie . . . It Was A Media Sensation


March collage

March 2007
Do Not Pass Go ... Do Not Collect a Gold Nugget . . . Illuminating the Word . . . Pirates or Privateers? . . . On the Frontline of Diplomacy . . . Generations of Women Moving History Forward . . . March Madness! . . . A Rite of Spring


February collage

February 2007
You Are Here . . . From Slavery to Freedom . . . Creativity Blooms In Harlem . . . Founding Fathers or First Weathermen? . . . Hunting for Buried Treasure . . . "Who Were Lady Day and Mister? Singer Billie Holliday and Her Dog" . . . Is it a Fact or a Myth?


January collage

January 2007
The Mortimer Mouse Club . . . Murder at the Library of Congress . . . What Does RSS Stand For? . . . And the Kluge Prize Goes To . . . And the Blind Shall Read . . . "The Leonardo of the Comic Book" . . . What's This Dog Doing with His Nose in a Cone? Why, He's Listening to His Master's Voice.


December collage

December 2006
Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus . . . How High Can A Nine-Banded Armadillo Jump? . . . Come On And Hear Alexander's Ragtime Band . . . Carry Nation ... First Mother Against Drunk Driving . . . You’re Supposed To Steep Tea In Boiling Water . . . Take 5 . . . In The Nation's 'Pleasure Grounds'


November collage

November 2006
A Bard In The White House . . . Art of War . . . No Stuffing For Me, Thanks! . . . Dr. Evil's Lair? No, It's The Library's . . . Y'all Come Back Now, Y'Hear? . . . Who Celebrated the “First Thanksgiving”? If You Guessed “Plymouth Colonists,” You Might Be Surprised . . . Voices From the National WWII Reunion


October collage

October 2006
Cast Your Ballots . . . Trick ... or Treat . . . Ode to Autumn . . . Letters About Literature . . . A-B-C ... Easy As One, Two, Three . . . A Library Mission to Iraq . . . On The Campaign Trail


September collage

September 2006
Author! Author! . . . Have You Been to Yoknapatawpha County? . . . Personal Papers Revealed! . . . First In Flight . . . . An Oft-Photographed Photographer . . . She Wrote the Most Famous 'Hymn' of the Civil War . . . Some People Call It 'Organized Mayhem.' Others Call It 'Football'


August collage

August 2006
The Master of Calligraphy . . . A Garden of Books at the Mall . . . Did Jefferson Scream for Ice Cream? . . . A Riddle Wrapped In A Mystery . . . 'The Rhythmical Creation of Beauty' . . . 'Mr. Watson Come Here' . . . Game, Set, Match! The First African American to Win Wimbledon


July collage

July 2006
Military Intel . . . Very Dry Years . . . Great (Musical) Conversations . . . Mapping L.A. . . . 'How About That!' . . . Planning Your Vacation? . . . A Sneeze of Historic Proportions


June collage

June 2006
All That Jazz! . . . Show Me The Money! . . . He Was As Strong As A Bull Moose . . . Who Was Anacreon...And Why Do We Care? . . . In The Footsteps of Marco Polo . . . 'Bound for Glory' . . . Honor They Father...At Least Once A Year


May collage

May 2006
That'll Be the Day . . . Trial in Iraq . . . A Rare Black-and-White of A Colorful Figure . . . Bringing in The May . . . Let the Journey Begin . . . It Could Have Caused "The Greatest Chaos in America" . . . The First Woman to Run for President...50 Years Ago?


April collage

April 2006
'My Dear President' . . . Supporting the Rule of (Afghan) Law . . . Who's the Cat That Won't Cop Out When There's Danger All About? . . . Finding New Treasures . . . Lyrical Legacy . . . She Sat Down for What She Believed . . . A Cartoonist Who Came in from the Cold


March collage

March 2006
Fine Composer . . . A Library for the World . . . Is This a UFO? . . . He Wrote the Book on Tilting at Windmills . . . March Madness . . . It's a Dud! . . . A Rite of Spring


February collage

February 2006
An Unenviable Situation . . . Buried Treasures . . . Saving "Rocky Horror" ... And Other Classics . . . He Had The Write Stuff . . . "Straight, No Chaser" . . . One Day Her Prince Did Come . . . He Bought a Dismal Swamp


January collage

January 2006
A New Theatrical Release . . . Portraits of the Civil War . . . The Rarest of the Rare . . . The Latest Living Legends . . . Manuscripts From Mali . . . Granting Copyright . . . He Had A Very Powerful Dream ... And Shared It With All Americans


December collage

December 2005
Take 5 . . . Heeeere's Johnny! . . . Little Shop of Treasures . . . Saving Our Lives . . . Thomas [Jefferson] Got A Face-lift . . . What's Saturnalia? Hint: It Precedes Christmas. . . . Stalking the Wild Molly Moocher...Euell Gibbons Would Approve


November collage

November 2005
Space: The Final Frontier . . . 'I Can't Hear It' . . . 'Book Relief' For Katrina's Victims . . . 'Smell and Envy' . . . 'Red Hot Salsa!' . . . Who Celebrated the 'First Thanksgiving'? . . . She Was the 'Angel of the Battlefield'


October collage

October 2005
'I Protest' . . . An American Life In Poetry . . . In Living Color . . . She Seized An 'Opportune' Moment . . . A Confederacy of Maps . . . You Say You Want A Revolution? These Guys Started It All . . . Who Were Lady Day and Mister? Singer Billie Holiday and Her Dog


September collage

September 2005
The World's Oldest Culinary Art? . . . What Do You Know About the First 10 Presidents? . . . Talking Books . . . A 'Portal' to More Than 200 Countries . . . Can You Define 'Globalization'? . . . Labor and Luck . . . Get Back...To School


August collage

August 2005
Stories From A Very Big Reunion . . . I Hear America Be-Boppin' . . . Read All About It! . . . Feeling Ill? Put Salt In Your Sock . . . Let's Get Interactive! . . . An Incredibly Long-Winded President...Who Wasn't President For Very Long . . . How Many Ninas Can You Find?


July collage

July 2005
Why We 'Tie A Yellow Ribbon' . . . 'Song of America' . . . Looking For An Exception? . . . Have I Got A Story For You! . . . Parallel Histories . . . What Was Blondie Bumstead's Maiden Name? Answer: Boopadoop. . . . We Are The Champions


June collage

June 2005
The Nation's First Transportation Network . . . Parlez-Vous Francais? . . . The Shared History of the Americas . . . Are You A Cat Person? . . . Revolutionary Maps . . . Why Do Toes Wrinkle In The Bath . . . GRRRL Power! Or, How Stella Fought The Cattle War


May collage

May 2005
'A Genuine Poet of the American People' . . . He Was Truly Amazing . . . 'A Heavenly Craft' . . . Who's the Father of the Constitution? . . . Fascinating Rhythms . . . A Sneeze of Historic Proportions . . . Coming to America


April collage

April 2005
Reading America . . . Real MASH Units . . . Visions of Poets . . . Creating A Utopia . . . Take A Powder! . . . Everybody Plays the Fool . . . Sometime On April 1 . . . A Rite of Spring


March collage

March 2005
Meet Some Aamzing Americans . . . Mesopotamia Meets the 21st Century . . . Get Your Irish Up! . . . Have You Been to the 'Poland Bear Garden'? . . . 'A Master of Our Language' . . . Managing Your Digital Knowledge . . . Children at Work


February collage

February 2005
Mapping the Civil War . . . Documenting 9/11 . . . Who Was Tudor's Top Traveler? . . . What's As Good As 10 Mothers? . . . 'I Do Solemnly Swear...' . . . 'The Leonardo of the Comic Book' . . . Can't Buy Me Love? A Dime Could Buy You "Thrilling Love."


January collage

January 2005
What's Important About Jan. 8? . . . Need A Calendar...From 1939? . . . Second Prize . . . Become A Dancing Fool . . . Cultural Exchange . . . A Brief History of Puerto Rico . . . Some People Call It "Organized Mayhem." Others Call It "Football."


December collage

December 2004
'The Poet and the Poem' . . . Tweed In New York . . . King Cotton vs. the Boll Weevil . . . The 'Parallel Lives' of Lincoln and Whitman . . . It's Known as a 'Fortress of Freedom' . . . 'I Want to Be Alone' . . . A Man with A Mission ... In California


November collage

November 2004
'Voices of War' . . . Author! Author! . . . 'The Great War'... In Rotogravure . . . An 'Irreplaceable Dance Treasure' . . . It's More Than A Library . . . Sweet Home . . . Ohio . . . 'Tis The Season ... For Shopping


October collage

October 2004
Daughters First . . . It May Be the Biggest Statue Ever Copyrighted . . . Who Really Elects the President? . . . What Started As A Haven...Became A Home . . . Heritage of Hispanics . . . Our 'Ongoing Voyage' . . . Preserving Digital History


September collage

September 2004
Eye Candy . . . Book the Date . . . A Personal Independence Day . . . She Was the 'Angel of the Battlefield' . . . Get Back ... To School . . . 'There Are No Fears' . . . A Lucky Thirteenth


August collage

August 2004
Is It A Fact Or A Myth? . . . "Let The Grandchildren Take Care of Themselves" . . . When Inauguration Day Was In August . . . Why Was He Called "Cy"? . . . The Sounds of Music ... at the Library of Congress . . . On The Campaign Trail . . . Do You Have A Fat Mind?


July collage

July 2004
Voices From The National WWII Reunion . . . Planning Your Vacation? . . . Time For A Picnic! . . . Casting Out Evil Spirits . . . How The West Was Won . . . Providing A Reality Check . . . A Virtual Potluck


June collage

June 2004
An Overwhelming Show of Force . . . The Way Baseball Was . . . 'Bound For Glory' . . . Mandating An 'Even Hand' . . . Sic Transit Venus Rare . . . Voices of Asia . . . Earth, Fire, Water, Air - Mapping the World and the Elements


May collage

May 2004
Preserving Our Veterans' Memories . . . Shop Till Your Mouse Drops . . . LC Presents: Music, Theater and Dance . . . They've Been Going In and Out of Style...But They're Guaranteed To Raise A Smile . . . The Other General Grant . . . He Was a Wild Cat . . . The Making of the Constitution


April collage

April 2004
Leadbelly and Lomax . . . In The Nation's 'Pleasure Grounds' . . . Paper Chase . . . Fascination for Flutes . . . Life of the People . . . It Could Have Caused "The Greatest Chaos In America" . . . 'Homologize With Us'


March collage

March 2004
It's A Dud . . . A Rite of Spring . . . He Called It 'The Great Republic' . . . He Was An American Sphinx . . . 'Each Of Us Is Inevitable' . . . 'Mr. Watson Come Here' . . . 'We Must Not Be Enemies'


February collage

February 2004
A Cartoonist Who Came In From The Cold . . . Books Are Us . . . Real-Life Rosie The Riveters . . . He Bought A Dismal Swamp . . . GRRRL Power! Or, How Stella Fought The Cattle War . . . He Took The 'A' Train . . . The 'Faulty Construction of the U.S. Capitol'!


January collage

January 2004
Granting Copyright . . . Voices of Slavery . . . Rediscovering an American Playwright . . . He Went Out In a Blaze! . . . What Has 128 Million Items in 460 Languages? . . . Who Is John Bull? . . . Ask Me a Question . . . I'll Tell You the Answer


December collage

December 2003
A Library Mission to Iraq . . . She Sat Down for What She Believed . . . This Bear Wants to Sell You Something . . . Where Were You On Sept. 11 . . . The Days After The Days of Infamy . . . Become A Supreme Scavenger . . . Tell Me A Story


November collage

November 2003
Why Do Toes Wrinkle in the Bath? . . . Victorians In Egypt . . . A Lifetime of Achievement . . . Name That Brand! . . . She's the 'Mother of Our Country' . . . Is Winning the Nobel Prize A Crime? . . . He Sailed The Half Moon


October collage

October 2003
One Day Her Prince Did Come . . . It Ended the Pony Express . . . Zoom In On The National Zoo . . . They Helped Fill Up the 'Canvas' . . . Shakespeare and Genius . . . Icarus Unbound . . . What Do Halloween and Houdini Have In Common?


September collage

September 2003
He Sowed The Grapes of Wrath . . . What's a Water Baby? . . . Remembering 9/11 . . . The Write Stuff! . . . They're B-A-A-A-A-CK! . . . Labor and Luck . . . The Whole World in Your Hands


August collage

August 2003
American Women...A Guide to Their History . . . The Stars and Stripes In Print . . . He Was the 'Master of the Senate' . . . "Go West, Young Men!" . . . How Did America Get Its Name?" . . . You've Heard of Timbuktu, But Do You Know Where It Is? . . . Dynamite Presidents!


July collage

July 2003
How THOMAS Works . . . Game, Set, Match! The First African American To Win Wimbledon . . . He Had The World's Most Famous Couch . . . "Are You Doing All You Can?" . . . Who Was "Lady Lindy?" . . . This Land Is Your Land! . . . Turning Point of the Civil War . . . Gettysburg


June collage

June 2003
She works hard for the money ... Honor your father ... Marching to a new tune ... How many Ninas can you find? ... Summer's here! ... Become a dancing fool! ... War and remembrance


May collage

May 2003
Sneeze on film ... remembering sacrifice on Memorial Day ... Harley-Davidson at 100 ... Mother's Day... National Book Festival ... the immigrant experience... Herblock cartoons


April collage

April 2003
Billie Holiday and her dog ... the contents of Abraham Lincoln's pockets ... the goddess of the Library ... April Fool's Day ... baseball cards ... Portals to the World ... digital preservation


March collage

March 2003
Printmaker Robert Blackburn ... ramps and molly moochers ... Lamb Day ... kite flying ... the Tuskegee Airmen ... Wonder Woman for President ... James Madison


February collage

February 2003
Slavery, a peculiar institution ... the Library's maps ... "Thrilling Love" ... National Film Registry ... Blondie gets married ... famous first ladies ... virtual reference shelf


January collage

January 2003
Football: "organized mayhem" ... Frank Lloyd Wright ... the shortest presidential term ... Siberia ... Martin Luther King Jr. ... the American Revolution ... the coat of arms of Columbus


December collage

December 2002
A mission in California ... listening to the gramophone ... Saturnalia ... young toes ... miles and miles of aisles ... "the greatest chaos in America" ... mapping the elements


November collage

November 2002
Bob Hope, alias "Packy East" ... hooting at hunger ... when is Thanksgiving? ... the first Thanksgiving ... Veterans Day ... Julia Ward Howe and the Battle Hymn of the Republic ... Poetry 180


October collage

October 2002
Jefferson's library ... the Wizard of Oz ... political parties ... Walt Whitman's notebooks ... the annual Library of Congress National Book Festival ... copyright ... comic books