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Featured Diversions

Posted February 24, 2009

Beatley Library’s featured Diversions this week include The Lace Reader; Olive Kitteridge; The Name of the Wind; Reconstruction; The Ten-Cent Plague; Dewey; Hot, Flat, and Crowded; and Audition.


The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry (PS3602.A777545 L131 2008)

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Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout (PS3569.T736 O5 2008)

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The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (PS3618.O8685 N36 2007)

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Reconstruction by Mick Herron (PR6108.E77 R43 2008)

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The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America by David Hajdu (PN6725 .H33 2008)

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Dewey: A Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter (SF445.5 .M97 2008)

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Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution—and How It Can Renew America by Thomas L. Friedman (GE197 .F76 2008)

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Audition by Barbara Walters (PN4874.W285 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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