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Eight New Library Diversions Books, Including "The Savage Detectives" and "The Exception"

Posted November 13, 2007

Featured library Diversions include The Savage Detectives; Happier; A Mirror Garden; The Children of Hurin; Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself; Twinkie, Deconstructed; The Exception; and Without a Map.


The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolano; translated by Natasha Wimmer (PQ8098.12.O38 D4813 2007)

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Happier: Learn the Secrets to Daily Joy and Lasting Fulfillment by Tal Ben-Shahar (BF575.H27 B445 2007)

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A Mirror Garden by Monir Farmanfarmaian and Zara Houshmand (CT1888.F375 A3 2007)

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The Children of Hurin by J.R.R. Tolkien (PR6039.O32 N37 2007)

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Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself by Alan Alda (PN2287.A45 A3 2007)

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Twinkie, Deconstructed: My Journey to Discover How the Ingredients Found in Processed Foods Are Grown, Mined (Yes, Mined), and Manipulated Into What America Eats by Steve Ettlinger (TX553.A3 E85 2007)

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The Exception by Christian Jungersen; translated by Anna Paterson (PT8176.2.U47 U7313 2006)

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Without a Map by Meredith Hall (PS3608.A5474 Z46 2007)

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  • These recently published works, selected for your reading pleasure, may be borrowed for 14 days.

  • The Diversions Collection is located on Level One of the Beatley Library, near the Circulation Desk.

  • To request a book that is currently checked-out, find it in the on-line catalog, then click the “REQUEST” button.

 

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