An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
In Tayari Jones’ novel An American Marriage, Celeste and Roy just started their promising life journey together, only to be torn apart – mentally and physically – due to a wrongful conviction. Their need to move forward after he is released encaptures the difficulty of reentering society and personal life after incarceration, and the emotional toil on all persons involved.
A Kind of Freedom by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
A Kind of Freedom by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton encourages the reader to follow a family through three generations in New Orleans as they endure racism starting prior to WWII and Jim Crow to present-day.
The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace
Gary Chapman and Paul White, in their book The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace, instruct readers how to use appreciation and encouragement to improve the workplace experience.
In honor of Pride Awareness Month, check out Speak Now by Kenji Yoshido, an in-depth look into the account of the famed Hollingsworth v. Perry trial which legalized same-sex marriage in California.
While there may not be baking, Chrissy Teigen’s cookbook Cravings has plenty of delicious recipes and jokes – an easy book to relish. From breakfast to midnight snacks, down-home to high society dining, Chrissy’s got you covered (in hot sauce).
We’re all becoming more aware of sexual misconduct on U.S. campuses, Title IX, and our responsibilities as a campus community.
The Hunting Ground offers an “inside perspective” on the problem. We have both the documentary film (Media LB 2345.3 .R37 H86 2015) and the companion book (in ebook form) in the BSC Library collection.
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When Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer at age 36, “on the verge of completing a decade’s worth of training as a neurosurgeon … the future he and his wife had imagined evaporated.”
“This inspiring, exquisitely observed memoir finds hope and beauty in the face of insurmountable odds as an idealistic young neurosurgeon attempts to answer the question What makes a life worth living?“
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Winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction – “An exquisitely crafted novel that carries the reader on an adventuresome journey into the depths of totalitarian North Korea and into the most intimate spaces of the human heart.”
“Jun Do is … a North Korean citizen with a rough past who is working as a government-sanctioned kidnapper … In a totalitarian nation of random violence and bewildering caprice—a poor, gray place that nonetheless refers to itself as “the most glorious nation on earth”—an unnatural tension exists between a citizen’s national identity and his private life. Through Jun Do’s story we realize that beneath the weight of oppression and lies beats a heart not much different from our own—one that thirsts for love, acceptance, and hope—and that realization is at the heart of this shockingly believable, immersive, and thrilling novel.” –Chris Schluep, Amazon.com
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Now that you’ve read The Circle, the 2015-16 Campus Read selection, here’s another Dave Eggers book to check out.
A Hologram for the King was a finalist for the 2012 National Book Award (the winner was The Round House by North Dakota author Louise Erdrich) and was also named one of the New York Times Book Review’s 10 Best Books of the Year.
“In a rising Saudi Arabian city, far from weary, recession-scarred America, a struggling businessman named Alan Clay pursues a last-ditch attempt to stave off foreclosure, pay his daughter’s college tuition, and finally do something great. In A Hologram for the King, Dave Eggers takes us around the world to show how one man fights to hold himself and his splintering family together.” — Publisher description
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With the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia over the weekend, this eAudiobook is timely:
Packing the Court : the Rise of Judicial Power and the Coming Crisis of the Supreme Court by James MacGregor Burns
‘From renowned political theorist and Pulitzer Prize winner James MacGregor Burns comes an illuminating critique of how an unstable, unaccountable, and frequently partisan Supreme Court has come to wield more power than the Founding Fathers ever intended.’ – Publisher’s description
“Packing the Court is just what you would expect of Burns: a readable and accessible history, full of memorable details … I was engaged, entertained and provoked by this surprising and energetic history of the Court.” –Jeffrey Rosen, The Washington Post
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