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New Beatley Diversions Books, Including "Eat, Drink, and Be Gorgeous" and "Shortcomings"

Posted June 20, 2008

Beatley Library’s featured Diversions this week include Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution; Boom!; Eat, Drink, and Be Gorgeous; Pontoon; Shortcomings; The Zookeeper’s Wife; Rant; and Vertigo.


Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution by Woody Holton (KF4541 .H58 2007)

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Boom!: Voices of the Sixties: Personal Reflections on the ’60s and Today by Tom Brokaw (E841 .B738 2007)

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Eat, Drink, and Be Gorgeous: A Nutritionist’s Guide to Living Well While Living It Up by Esther Blum; illustrations by James Dignan (RA784 .B558 2007)

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Pontoon: A Novel of Lake Wobegon by Garrison Keillor (PS3561.E3755 P66 2007)

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Shortcomings by Adrian Tomine (PN6727.T65 S56 2007)

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The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman (DS134.64 .A25 2007)

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Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey by Chuck Palahniuk (PS3566.A4554 R36 2007)

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Vertigo by Martha Ronk (PS3568.O574 V47 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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