November Staff Picks

Tim’s Pick
The Dead Sea Scriptures
With Introduction and Notes by Theodor H. Gaster

BM 487 A3 1964
You don’t have to be religious to find the Dead Sea Scriptures interesting. The Bible is one of the most controversial literatures ever written that has transformed mankind. This book will help you to understand the Bible a little bit more clearly and give you insights that you may not have realized before. Enjoy!!

November Staff Picks

Cory’s pick
The Body Project
By Joan Brumberg
HQ 798 B724 1998

“The Body is a proxy for the self.” – Joan Jacobs Brumberg

With every generation, body image issues in girls emerge at younger and younger ages. This book examines that trend using diaries from girls in the 19th century, when beauty was only small piece of one’s existence, not the defining factor. Brumberg shows how society’s influence has shifted gears; in embracing individualism over conformity, Western culture created a vacuum where one’s external appearance is a much bigger factor in how we value ourselves and one another. Think of how much creative energy has been wasted on primping that could have gone toward meaningful pursuits!

November Staff Picks

Kristy’s Pick
CENSORED 2009: the top 25 censored stories
edited by Peter Phillips and Andrew Roth with Project Censored
Criteria for project censored news stories nominations:
1. A censored news story is one which contains information that the general United States population has a right and need to know, but to which it has had limited access.
There are five other criteria to nominate a story for this series. Read the book and find out more!

November Staff Picks

Ben Huver
Staffs pick
The Giving Tree
By. Shel Silverstein

PZ 7 S588 GI 1964
In the Giving tree a boy has a tree for a friend and the tree gave the boy everything like shade and apples. Well after a while the boy grows older and he needs different things and the tree loved the boy so much until the tree had nothing more to give and the boy had nothing for the tree. This great short story show you how the fact that someone can love you so much until there burnt out and can give no more. If we were all like this we would be better off.

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Ashley’s November Pick
Nineteen Minutes
By Jodi Picoult

PS 3566 .I372 N56 2007
This book is one of my favorites that I’ve read multiple times. It’s a really compelling, awesomely told story that will make it difficult to put down. The story takes place in the small New Hampshire town of Sterling, a complacent, quaint community until it is shattered by a heinous tragedy. The characters are evolved brilliantly in this story, and the plot is very thought-provoking. I highly recommend this book!

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Jan’s November Pick

When I Was Puerto Rican

Esmeralda Santiago

F 128.9 .P85 S27 1993
Esmeralda Santiago leads you through her childhood growing up in a large family in Macu’n, Puerto Rico. Her memories remind us that some things we do as children are universal, while other hardships are almost beyond our American imagination.
Enjoyable reading and thought-provoking at the same time. Get to know her!

November Staff Picks

Staff Pick By: Hannah Hall

LANDER SPORT CLIMBS

Steve Bechtel

WYOMING GV 199.42 .W82 L363 2007

This book is great for anyone looking to climb around Lander; 175 pages of climbing merriment. Tons of pictures, tons of routes, pretty accurate ratings. Has climbs for Sinks, Wild Iris, Fossil Hill, Baldwin Creek and Suicide Point - Must have for any local climbers -