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Beatley Library's featured Diversions Books

Posted October 12, 2008

Beatley Library’s featured Diversions this week include The Somnambulist; Unaccustomed Earth; Change of Heart; Rhett Butler’s People; In the Frame; The Man Who Made Lists; Nim Chimpsky; and The Ajanta Caves.


The Somnambulist by Jonathan Barnes (PR6102.A768 S66 2008)

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Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri (PS3562.A316 U53 2008)

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Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult (PS3566.I372 C47 2008)

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Rhett Butler’s People by Donald McCaig (PS3563.A2555 R48 2007)

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In the Frame: My Life in Words and Pictures by Helen Mirren (PN2598.M565 A3 2008)

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The Man Who Made Lists: Love, Death, Madness, and the Creation of Roget’s Thesaurus by Joshua Kendall (CT788.R534 K46 2008)

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Nim Chimpsky: The Chimp Who Would Be Human by Elizabeth Hess (QL737.P96 H465 2008)

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The Ajanta Caves: Ancient Paintings of Buddhist India by Benoy K. Behl (ND2829.A4 B44 2005)

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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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