Preview Shelf by Janice Clauser
Library News and Notable Newer Books
Noted Speaker Profiled at the CDPL - The Crawfordsville Library always offers several exhibits. A joint Wabash College Archives/Crawfordsville Library wall display on the upper floor honors W. Norbert Brigance, (1896-1960), famous Professor of Speech at Wabash College, illustrating his outstanding work as editor, author, educator, and lecturer. One of his quotes as Editor of The Quarterly Journal of Speech in 1942 reads: "What contribution does speech make to national defense? It is the chief tool with which civilization was developed and it remains the chief tool by which men work and live together. It transcends the epochs of war and peace. Our mission is to see that it is used effectively and, if possible, widely." As recently as 2007 he was given the Distinguished Scholar Award by the National Communication Association.
Here are three newly requested books. Anita Shreve's "A Change in Altitude" is fiction about a young couple living for a year in Kenya, the husband a physician, the wife a photojournalist. "The Fire" by Katherine Neville takes place both in 2003 at a Rocky Mountain hideaway regarding a chess set with secret powers, and in 1822 in Albania where an Ottoman ruler's daughter is smuggling out a valuable relic; it weaves these two settings into a vivid tale. Diana Gabaldon's "An Echo in the Bone" is the seventh volume in her Outlander saga, showing an 18th century Scotsman and his 20th century time-traveling wife.
Other new fiction is "Faefever" by Karen Moning containing Celtic mythology, Linda Miller's "Bridegroom" a Stone Creek novel, "Hidden Currents" a Drake Sisters story by Christine Feehan, Sally MacKenzie's "Naked Baron" a tale of London, and Oprah's 2009 book club selection "Say You're One of Them" by Uwem Akpan.
History comes alive in eight new selections. "Federal Justice in Indiana" by George Geib and Donald Kite is the history of the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, joining legal history and social and political issues. "The Day of the Barbarians" is Alessandro Barbero's retelling of the battle that led to the fall of the Roman Empire. Christo
pher Beckwith's "Empires of the Silk Road" presents a history of central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the present. "Codebreaker" by Stephen Pincock traces codes and ciphers from the ancient pharaohs to quantum cryptography. "The Peasant Prince" by Alex Storozynski profiles Thaddeus Kosciuszko who came from Poland to America in 1746, helped our Revolutionary forces as engineer of the Continental Army, devised battle plans, oversaw a ring of African-American spies, and promoted human rights. "Uncommon Defense" by John Hall, tells of Indian allies in the Black Hawk War in 1832. In that situation the Indians leveraged their relationship with the powerful new U.S. government to strike tribal enemies, but they created conditions that permanently changed their world. Elie Wiesel's "After the Darkness" gives his reflections on the Holocaust with photographs from the United States Holocaust Memorial 
Museum in Washington, D.C. summing up his firsthand knowledge and understanding of Hitler's years in power. Two more modern studies are "The Bronfmans" about the rise and fall of the House of Seagram by Nicholas Faith, and "Golden Dreams" about California's age of abundance 1950-1963 by Kevin Starr. "Crude World" by Peter Maass examines oil's indelible impact on the countries that produce it and the people who possess it.
Noted Speaker Profiled at the CDPL - The Crawfordsville Library always offers several exhibits. A joint Wabash College Archives/Crawfordsville Library wall display on the upper floor honors W. Norbert Brigance, (1896-1960), famous Professor of Speech at Wabash College, illustrating his outstanding work as editor, author, educator, and lecturer. One of his quotes as Editor of The Quarterly Journal of Speech in 1942 reads: "What contribution does speech make to national defense? It is the chief tool with which civilization was developed and it remains the chief tool by which men work and live together. It transcends the epochs of war and peace. Our mission is to see that it is used effectively and, if possible, widely." As recently as 2007 he was given the Distinguished Scholar Award by the National Communication Association.
Here are three newly requested books. Anita Shreve's "A Change in Altitude" is fiction about a young couple living for a year in Kenya, the husband a physician, the wife a photojournalist. "The Fire" by Katherine Neville takes place both in 2003 at a Rocky Mountain hideaway regarding a chess set with secret powers, and in 1822 in Albania where an Ottoman ruler's daughter is smuggling out a valuable relic; it weaves these two settings into a vivid tale. Diana Gabaldon's "An Echo in the Bone" is the seventh volume in her Outlander saga, showing an 18th century Scotsman and his 20th century time-traveling wife.
Other new fiction is "Faefever" by Karen Moning containing Celtic mythology, Linda Miller's "Bridegroom" a Stone Creek novel, "Hidden Currents" a Drake Sisters story by Christine Feehan, Sally MacKenzie's "Naked Baron" a tale of London, and Oprah's 2009 book club selection "Say You're One of Them" by Uwem Akpan.
History comes alive in eight new selections. "Federal Justice in Indiana" by George Geib and Donald Kite is the history of the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, joining legal history and social and political issues. "The Day of the Barbarians" is Alessandro Barbero's retelling of the battle that led to the fall of the Roman Empire. Christo
pher Beckwith's "Empires of the Silk Road" presents a history of central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the present. "Codebreaker" by Stephen Pincock traces codes and ciphers from the ancient pharaohs to quantum cryptography. "The Peasant Prince" by Alex Storozynski profiles Thaddeus Kosciuszko who came from Poland to America in 1746, helped our Revolutionary forces as engineer of the Continental Army, devised battle plans, oversaw a ring of African-American spies, and promoted human rights. "Uncommon Defense" by John Hall, tells of Indian allies in the Black Hawk War in 1832. In that situation the Indians leveraged their relationship with the powerful new U.S. government to strike tribal enemies, but they created conditions that permanently changed their world. Elie Wiesel's "After the Darkness" gives his reflections on the Holocaust with photographs from the United States Holocaust Memorial 
Museum in Washington, D.C. summing up his firsthand knowledge and understanding of Hitler's years in power. Two more modern studies are "The Bronfmans" about the rise and fall of the House of Seagram by Nicholas Faith, and "Golden Dreams" about California's age of abundance 1950-1963 by Kevin Starr. "Crude World" by Peter Maass examines oil's indelible impact on the countries that produce it and the people who possess it.
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