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Sally Robertson
Librarian
Recommends
You are Here: Exposing the Vital Link Between What We Do and What That does to Our Planet
By
Thomas M. Kostigen
Why? 
“ Because, it goes around the world and tells what is happening in some key cities and how we are all connected by the six degree principle.   The first city Jerusalem, where the 3 major [...]

 
Wayne Neuendorf
Music Technology Faculty
Recommends
Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom
By
Peter Guralnick
Why? 
“This is the definitive history of rhythm & blues and soul music in the American South.”

The Monday Motivator yesterday talked about narrowing down choices in life as a way of increasing happiness. But the same is also true when conducting research. When I was in high school, I could occasionally get away with telling my teacher that I couldn’t find enough sources. Now, if a student used that excuse, he [...]

You might think that the title this week is a typo. We all like  having choices. No one wants to be told what to wear, what career to pursue, what church to go to, or even what television show to watch. But research shows that after a certain amount, people’s happiness actually decreases when faced [...]

Michael Kiggins
English Faculty
Recommends
Maus I and II
By
Art Spiegelman
Why?
“This landmark work is a gripping account of the Shoah (or, the Holocaust) as narrated primarily from the perspective of the son of two survivors. This graphic novel is drawn in simple but stark black-and-white style, and it portrays people of different ethnicities or nationalities as different animals (e.g., [...]

According to Wikipedia, resilience is the positive capacity of people to cope with stress and  catastrophe.
We’ve all known resilient people, those who have undergone traumatic events or illnesses and yet have remained positive and optimistic, still working towards goals. We’ve also all known people who are not, the folks, for whom every bump in the road, [...]

The Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL) is 10 years old this October.  TEL is a great resource for all Tennesseans to use to find information.   It is a virtual library that gives access to over 400,000 electronic resources, and is available anywhere there is internet availability:  at home, school, work, or even on your iPhone.    (www.tntel.info)
In [...]

This week is Banned Books Week, sponsored by American Library Association. Each year, the association keeps statistics on book challenges throughout the nation. Most books are challenged at the K-12 level, and most are challenged by parents. The reasons are across the board and across the political spectrum.
What are some of this year’s challenged books?

The [...]

Emily Naff
Photography Faculty
Recommends
The Americans
By
Robert Frank
Why? 
“Robert Frank’s “The Americans” is one of my all time favorite photo books.   The book was controversial when first released because it showed a darker side of America that many people didn’t want to acknowledge existed at the time.   Jack Kerouac described it best, “…with that little camera that he [Robert [...]

The seasonal flu vaccine is here, and you can get your flu shot in most places: your doctor’s office or any drugstore or grocery store that has a pharmacy. Although the H1N1 flu is getting all the press this year, it is still important to get the regular flu shot as well. Why? According to the CDC, 200,000 [...]