Library & Media Services

Suggestions for Leisure Reading 2006

From the Faculty

School of the Arts

Recommended By Author Title Call #
Jonathan Aaron Yehuda Amichai The Selected Poetry of Yehuda Amichai trans. Bloch & Mitchell PJ5054 A65 A264 1986
Melia Bensussen Anne Fadiman The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down RA418.5 T73 F33 1997
Pam Bernard Paul Fussell The Great War and Modern Memory PR478 E8 F8 2000
Barry Brodsky Richard W. Krevolin Screenwriting from the Soul: Letters to an Aspiring Screenwriter PN1996 K72 1998
Stace Budzko Denis Johnson Jesus' Son PS3560 O3745 J47 1993
Henry Dane Robert Crais The Two Minute Rule Not in Collection
David Emblidge Stephen Greenblatt Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare PR2894 G74 2004
Flora Gonzalez Isabel Allende Zorro PQ8098.1 L54 Z4613 2005
DeWitt Henry and Harry Morgan James Shapiro A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599 Not in Collection
Ted Hewlett Richard Strozzi Heckler In Search of the Warrior Spirit Available from FLO
Barry Marshall Gore Vidal United States: Essays 1952-1992 PS3543 I26 U55 1993
Robbie McCauley Cynthia Carr Our Town: a Heartland Lynching, a Haunted Town, and the Hidden History of White America Not in Collection
Laura C. McPherson Wassily Kandinsky Concerning the Spiritual in Art N68 K33 1977
Frederick Reiken David Mitchell Cloud Atlas PR6063 I785 C58 2004
Henry Santoro Kurt Eichenwald Conspiracy of Fools Not in Collection
James Sheldon Russell Banks Rule of the Bone PS3552 A49 R85 1995
Stephen Shipps Cormac McCarthy Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West PS3563 C337 B4 1986
Dawn Silvia Nick McDonell Twelve PS3613 C388 T84
Mary Specht Raymond Chandler The Big Sleep PS3505 H3224 B5 1992
Jean Stawarz Tracy Kidder Mountains Beyond Mountains R154 F36 K53 2003
Scott Wheeler Francine Prose The Blue Angel PS3566 R68 B58
Holly Zagaria Julia Cameron The Artist's Way: a Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity BF408 C175 1992

School of Communication

Recommended By Author Title Call #
Karl Baehr Charlene Belitz and Meg Lundstrom The Power of Flow Not in Collection
Sam Binkley Richard Sennett The Corrosion of Character HD8072.5 S46 1998
Dorie Clark Malcolm Gladwell The Tipping Point HM1033 G53 2000
Cathryn Edelstein Khaled Hosseini The Kite Runner PS3608 O525 K58 2003
J.E. Hollingworth Andrew Bernstein The Capitalist Manifesto Not in Collection
Amy Litwack Philippa Gregory The Other Boleyn Girl PR6057 R386 O84 2002
Victoria LoCascio Ayn Rand The Fountainhead PS3535 A547 F6 2005
Christopher McMullen Pete McCarthy McCarthy's Bar: a Journey of Discovery in Ireland Not in Collection
Paul Niwa Elaine Pagels Beyond Belief: the Secret Gospel of Thomas Not in Collection
Melinda Robins E.L. Doctorow The March PS3554 O3 M37 2005
James Rowean Doris Kearns Goodwin Team of Rivals: the Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln Available from FLO
Tracey Stark Bernard-Henri Levy American Vertigo On Order
Michael Weiler George Packer The Assassin's Gate DS79.76 P33 2005

Institute for Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies

Recommended By Author Title Call #
David Bogen Orhan Pamuk Snow PL248 P34 K36513 2004
Robert Dulgarian Samuel Beckett Watt PR6003 E282 W32 1970
Todd Gernes Wendell Berry The Memory of Old Jack Available from FLO
Cynthia Miller Claude McKay Home to Harlem PS3525 A24785 H6 1987
Jason Roush Richard McCann Mother of Sorrows Not in Collection
Elizabeth Whitney Lynda Barry Cruddy: an Illustrated Novel Not in Collection
Erika R. Williams Kwame Anthony Appiah Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers Not in Collection

From the Administration and Staff

Recommended By Department Author Title Call #
Jason W. Allen Staff Assistant, Performing Arts David Grossman Someone to Run With Not in Collection
Rhea Becker Senior Editor, Public Affairs David Kruh Always Something Doing: Boston's Infamous Scollay Square F73.65 K78 1999
Emily Bersin Annual Fund Coordinator Jennifer Colt The Butcher of Beverly Hills Not in Collection
Alayne Bushey Assistant Director, Accts Management F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby PS3511 I9 G7
Jack Casey General Manager, WERS Eckhart Tolle The Power of Now: a Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment Not in Collection
Mary Ann Cicala Assoc. Director, Alumni Relations Jim Collins Good to Great HD57.7 C645 2001
Kate Connell Staff Assistant, School of the Arts Neil Gaiman Anansi Boys PR6057 A319 A85 2005
Richelle Devereaux-Murray Costume Shop Supervisor, Performing Arts Maeve Binchy Circle of Friends Not in Collection
Daniel Dones Operations Asst., Institutional Advancement Lyn Buchanan The Seventh Sense Not in Collection
Jennifer Greer Associate Director of Service Learning Barack Obama Dreams from My Father: a Story of Race and Inheritance On Order
Sonia L. Guerrero Assistant Director, Accts Management D.B.C. Pierre Vernon God Little PR9619.4 P54 V47 2003
Jennifer Hanson Coord. of Instruction and Reference Librarian Alan Alda Never Have Your Dog Stuffed: and Other Things I’ve Learned Not in Collection
Joan Kelly Asst. Dir., Government & Community Relations Azar Nafisi Reading Lolita in Tehran PE64 N34 A3 2003
Mardi Klein Assistant Director, Admisisons Ann Patchett Bel Canto PS3566 A7756 B4 2001
Mike Marois Lab Support Technician, IT Edward Abbey The Monkey Wrench Gang PS3551 B2 M6 2000
Kevin McGowan Media Specialist, Media Services Center Sarah Vowell Assassination Vacation E176.1 V89 2005
Francisco J. Mejia-Blau Assistant Soccer Coach, Athletics Erich Maria Remarque All Quiet on the Western Front PT2635 E35 I513 1975
Dori Metz Internship Coordinator, Career Services Pamela Ribon Why Girls are Weird Available from FLO
Amy Meyers Scholarships and Donor Relations, Institutional Advancement Jodi Picoult My Sister's Keeper Not in Collection
Thomas Neenan Cataloger, Library Mary Roach Stiff: the Curious Lives of Human Cadavers Available from FLO
Erin O'Brien User Services Coordinator, IT Lawrence Lessig Free Culture: How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity KF2969 L47 2004
Elena O'Malley Head of Library Computer & Internet Services Sherman Alexie The Toughest Indian in the World PS3551 L35774 T68 2000
Jag Ramdas Multicultural Student Affairs Deronte' L. Smith The Fantastical Adventures of Sleepy Steve Not in Collection
Barbara Rutberg Associate VP, Director, Alumni Relations Lisa See Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Available from FLO
Jon Satriale Journalism Technology Manager Elizabeth Royte Garbage Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash Copy Received
Sara Sheckells Director of Student Activities Dar Williams Amalee Not in Collection
Douglas Smith Assoc. Director, Corp. & Foundation Relations Erik Larson The Devil in the White City HV6248 M8 L37 2003
William Smith Exec. Director, Center for Diversity in the Communication Industries Sue Monk Kidd The Secret Life of Bees PS3611 I44 S38 2002
Alex Staaik Technology Support Technician, IT George Jackson Soledad Brother: the Prison Letters of George Jackson Available from FLO
MengFong Tan User Services Rep, IT Richard Russo Empire Falls PS3568 U812 E4 2001
Kate Timberlake Circulation Manager, Library David McCullough 1776 E208 M396 2005
Paul Twist Staff Assistant, Library Julian Barnes Arthur and George Copy Received
Mickey Zemon Library Director John M. Barry The Great Influenza: the Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History Available from FLO
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