17October2008
Posted by Robert under: Book Awards; New Book Blog.
The National Book Awards for 2008 have been announced. Information on the finalists can be found at:
http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2008.html
Several of the titles can be found at the C. W. Post library. The links below will take you to the location information. Books not in our collection will be ordered.
Fiction
Peter Matthiessen
Shadow country: A new rendering of the Watson legend
Nofiiction
Drew Gilpin Faust
This republic of suffering: death and the American Civil War
Annette Gordon-Reed
The Hemingses of Monticello: an American family
Jane Mayer
The dark side: the inside story of how the war on terror turned into the war on American ideals
11September2008
Posted by Robert under: New Book Blog.
Long Island University Libraries have purchased the online version of Annual Reviews that has been ranked as an “Outstanding Academic Title” by CHOICE. According to the CHOICE review, Annual Reviews offers, “authoritative, analytical, and high-quality reviews from leading researchers.” The areas covered include the biomedical, physical, and social sciences. More information on this series can be found at: http://www.annualreviews.org/pdf/sitelicense/datasheet_AR2006.pdf
The Annual Review titles can be accessed, on campus or off, from LIUCat, through the library’s online databases, or directly at the following address:
http://cwplib.proxy.liu.edu/login?url=http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/
17April2008
Posted by Robert under: Electronic books.
Ebrary has recently added hundreds of new titles to our academic subscription databases. Ebrary can be found on our online databases page, at this link: http://cwplib.proxy.liu.edu/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/liu, or individual ebooks can be search in our online catalog.
Our subscription databases include Academic Complete, which now features more than 37,700 titles and spans all academic subject areas. A partial listing of participating publishers is available at http://www.ebrary.com/corp/collateral/en/Fact_Sheets/ebrary_factsheet_AC.pdf.
17April2008
Posted by Robert under: New Book Blog.
New book list available! Go to New Books page to dowload.
10April2008
Posted by Robert under: New Book Blog.
The Pulitzer Prizes for Journalism, Letters, Drama and Music was announced on April 7, 2008. The following is a list of titles by this year’s Pulitzer Prize winning authors held in the library and links to other prize winning works.
Journalism
Public Service, Breaking News Reporting, Investigative Reporting, Explanatory reporting, Feature Writing, National Reporting, Local Reporting, International Affairs, Commentary, Criticism, Editorial Cartooning, Breaking News Photography, Feature Photography.
Pulitzer Prize winning articles.
Fiction
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz (Riverhead Books).
History
What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848 by Daniel Walker Howe (Oxford University Press).
Biography
Eden’s Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father by John Matteson (W.W. Norton).
Poetry
Time and Materials by Robert Hass (Ecco/HarperCollins).
General Nonfiction
The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945 by Saul Friedländer (HarperCollins).
Music
The Little Match Girl Passion” by David Lang, co-commissioned by the Carnegie Hall Corporation and The Perth Theater and Concert Hall, and premiered October 25, 2007 in Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York City.Listen Here!
19March2008
Posted by admin under: New Book Blog.
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19March2008
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