Japanese-American Internment
This year is the 70th anniversary of United States Executive Order 9066 – the order that forced Japanese-Americans into internment camps during WWII. The library has acquired many new titles to commemorate and remember this tragic event in U.S. history. Here are a few of the many titles we carry on this subject. Farewell to [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )DP Nightstand Event (pt. 2)
This Fall during orientation many faculty, staff, and administrators met to discuss what they are reading or have recently read at our “What’s On Your Nightstand or Kindle” event. Here are the nonfiction titles discussed at DP’s event: Car Guys vs Bean Counters: The Battle for the Soul of American Business by Robert Lutz “When [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off )What’s on RHC’s Nightstands
Here is the list of books discussed at this year’s “What’s On Your Nightstand” program at Oakton Community College Library in Skokie. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein This novel follows the triumph and tribulations of a race car driver told from the perspective of his dog. Contract with God and [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off )What’s on Oakton’s Nightstands
Here are books discussed at this year’s “What’s On Your Nightstand” orientation program held at the Des Plaines Library. The Alchemist by Paul Coelho Brazilian author Paul Coelho tells the story of a young boy who goes on a journey to see the world and search for a treasure about which he dreamed. The true [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off )Nonfiction Books on Oakton’s Nightstands
Many wonderful titles were discussed in this Fall’s Library orientation program “What’s On My Nightstand? There was so many titles, in fact, that I decided to make two posts. This first post is all the nonfiction titles we discussed. The Alphabet Versus the Goddess: The Conflict between Word and Image by Leonard Shlain This book [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )In Memory of Those Who Served
This coming Monday is Memorial Day. In honor of those brave souls who serve or have served our country in the military, I thought I’d blog about new books Oakton has acquired about American soldiers and the wars they have fought. The first book I’d like to highlight is The Good Soldiers by Pulitzer Prize [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off )Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society: A Novel by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows This book is set post WWII in England, and reads like a collection of letters to and from Juliet Ashton. Juliet is a published author looking for inspiration for her next book. Her inspiration comes in the form [...]
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