Monthly Archives: June 2015

Summer Listening

If you love to read, but don’t have time try an audio book!  Here are some from the library’s collection: Behind the Beautiful Forevers, by Katherine Boo.  Annawadi is a settlement in the shadow of luxury hotels near the Mumbai airport, and as India starts to prosper, Annawadians are filled with hope. Abdul, a reflective and enterprising Muslim teenager, sees “a fortune beyond counting” in the recyclable garbage that richer people throw away. But then Abdul is falsely accused in...

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Library Services Updated: June 17, 2015

For Derick Nelson

Normally, the Research Blog describes library resources that might be useful to students and faculty. However, today we are departing from that mission. Due to extraordinarily tragic circumstances, this blog posting is dedicated to Betty Nelson’s son Derick. It happens everyday. Everyday you watch the news and there is another story about a senseless shooting in some part of Detroit. If you pay any attention at all, it’s only to shrug and think to yourself what’s wrong with this city?...

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Uncategorized Updated: June 17, 2015

Summer Reading

Need some summer reading ideas?  Try these books from our collection: . Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel, Call Number: PR 6063 .A438 W65 2009 To read a review: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/books/review/Benfey-t.html?pagewanted=all … The Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan, Call Number: PS 3570 .A48 V35 2013 To read a review: http://www.npr.org/2013/11/09/239172093/amy-tans-latest-mothers-daughters-and-the-oldest-profession The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant, Call Number: PS 3554 .I227 B68 2014 To read a review: http://www.npr.org/2014/12/06/368714299/first-generation-boston-girl-becomes-career-woman-in-diamants-latest A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler, Call Number: PS 3570 .Y45...

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Uncategorized Updated: June 5, 2015