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Tag: new books

  • Keeping Up with New Books

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    jgilber2

    New books arrive at the Gustavus library every day. We’ve set up a handy RSS feed that helps you keep up-to-date with new arrivals. Our New Acquisitions feed is broken down by subject area and is a great way to find out what’s new. This is also a great tool if you’re a faculty member on…

  • Gustavus Student Book Launch!

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    jgilber2

    Research always leads us deeper into exploring the many conversations on any given topic. First year students in Professor Kate Knutson’s First Term Seminar course, Fast Food and Society, took the extra step by contributing new literature to the conversations happening on fast food culture. The book, In the Shadow of the Golden Arches, contains essays…

  • New Books – Young Adult Fiction!

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    jgilber2

    New books arrive almost daily at the library. Here are some recent additions in Young Adult fiction. Stock up for your holiday travels! Everything, Everything by Nicola Soon. *Shelved on the Young Adult display shelves near the couches by the library’s main entrance. Heir of Fire: A Throne of Glass Novel by Sarah J. Maas.…

  • What have you been reading lately?

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    jgilber2

    For most students, the question is met with a laugh and an eye roll, “Well, I’ve been spending a lot of time with my organic chemistry textbook lately.” In general, the demands of college work and life don’t leave much time for recreational reading.  In fact, we’ve even done research on this, with our own…