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Book: Race for the South Pole: The Expedition Diaries of Scott and Amundsen (G875.S35A3 2010 ) Author: Roland Huntford Reviewer: Ivy Owens, Langsdale Library Race for the South Pole: The Expedition Diaries of Scott and Amundsen recounts the competition between Continue reading Tuesday Book Recommendation
Book: Paper Towns Author: John Green Reviewer: Pete Ramsey, Langsdale Library John Green is a fantastic author of young adult fiction, whose prose intelligently combines laugh-out-loud humor with insightful social commentary. Paper Towns may be the best of his books Continue reading Tuesday Book Recommendation!
Book: Room: A novel Author: Emma Donoghue Reviewer: Betsy Nix, College of Arts and Sciences The premise of this book sounds terrible–a mother and son trapped for years in an 11×11 room by a kidnapper. But that’s not really what Continue reading New faculty book recommendation
Book: Unbroken: A World War II story of survival, resilience, and redemption Author: Laura Hillenbrand Reviewer: Fred Guy, College of Arts and Sciences I’ve always had an interest in WWII, especially the war in the Pacific. This book is a Continue reading Tuesday Book Recommendation!