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Please enjoy some of the New Books and the Services the Library is offering this month.

What's New This Month!

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COLLECTION SPOTLIGHT

NON-FICTION

Serving the Reich : the struggle for the soul of physics under Hitler Philip Ball

The swerve : how the world became modern Steven Greenblatt

The species seekers : heroes, fools, and the mad pursuit of life on Earth Richard Conniff

Egyptian Myths: a guide to the ancient gods and legends Garry J. Shaw

Nature's God : the heretical origins of the American republic Matthew Stewart

What really happened in the Garden of Eden? Ziony Zevit

Technocreep : the surrender of privacy and the capitalization of intimacy Thomas Keenan

The science of Interstellar Kip Thorne

School Shooters: understanding high school, college, and adult perpetrators Peter Langman

FICTION

HAPPY ARE THE HAPPY Yasmina Reza

LUCKY ALAN Jonathan Lethem

FROG Mo Yan

WE ARE PIRATES Daniel Handler

MORT(E) Robert Repino

SHE WEEPS EACH TIME YOU'RE BORN Quan Barry

BLOG POST

Using Research Starters

If you want to find out an overview of a topic, where do you go? Many people try Wikipedia first. It has a lot of information. Now what if you need an overview of a topic but would like one you could cite for a paper? That’s where our research starters come in. They are shorter than Wikipedia entries but can still get you started. The sources are usually from encyclopedias, as well ...

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LIBRARY RESOURCES

One book One Community:
The Signal and the noise by nate silver

The Library has received our copies of The Signal and the Noise by Nate Silver, which was selected for this Fall’s One Book One Community program. Anyone who is interested in the book can come down to the Library and get their very own personal copy to keep. All you will need to do is ask for it at the Front Desk. Copies are limited to (1) per person.

If you would like more information on the program, the book, or getting your own copy, please contact Matt Steele. For more information on the book check out the video below.