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Eight New Beatley Diversions Books, Including "Escape" and "Throw Like a Girl"

Posted November 07, 2008

Beatley Library’s featured Diversions this week include Throw Like a Girl; The Road to Cana; The Miracle at Speedy Motors; A Prisoner of Birth; Bonk; Escape; I Was Told There’d Be Cake; and The Last Lecture.


Throw Like a Girl by Jean Thompson (PS3570.H625 T47 2007)

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Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana by Anne Rice (PS3568.I265 C5 2008)

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The Miracle at Speedy Motors by Alexander McCall Smith (PS3566.I372 C47 2008)

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A Prisoner of Birth by Jeffrey Archer (PR6051.R285 P66 2008)

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Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach (QP251 .R568 2008)

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Escape by Carolyn Jessop, with Laura Palmer (BX9695.J47 A3 2007)

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I Was Told There’d Be Cake by Sloane Crosley (PS3603.R673 I3 2008)

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The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch, with Jeffrey Zaslow (QA76.2.P38 A3 2008)

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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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