What We’re Reading–Library

We thought it might be fun for you to see what the Furman community is reading. Each Thursday this blog will feature a sampling of what a department or group on campus is reading. This week’s list is from the library:

Elaina Griffith:
Way off the road [sound recording] : discovering the peculiar charms of small-town America / Bill Geist
LOL anecdotes about the vagaries of rural folks and their quirky communities is great for driving in traffic on Wade Hampton Blvd where you need a sense of humor!
Steve Richardson:
Country of vast designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War, and the conquest of the American Continent/Robert Merry
Arguably America’s most underrated President, this book puts you in the midst of Polk’s deft maneuvering, domestically and internationally, that saw America gain ownership of the enormous western territories that define its borders today.
Laura Baines:
The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite/David A. Kessler
Former FDA commissioner Kessler, holds “Big Food” accountable for the obesity crisis in our country saying it manipulates the 3 ingredients sugar, fat, and salt to stimulate our appetites, leading to cravings, addiction and overeating.
Robyn Andrews:
Old filth /Jane Gardam
The life of a retired british lawyer who practiced in Hong Kong. (FILTH-Failed In London Try Hong Kong)
Cris Ferguson:
I Love You, Stinky Face/Lisa McCourt, illustrated Cyd Moore
I read this to my son almost every night.
Janis Bandelin:
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society/ Mary Ann Shaffer and Anne Barrows
A gift from a friend, it is a delightful story to read at the end of a busy day.
Nancy Sloan:
Chronic City/Jonathan Lethem
Set in Manhattan, it concerns a circle of friends including a faded child-star actor, a cultural critic, a hack ghost-writer of autobiographies, and a city official.
Laura Baker:
The New Turkey: The Quiet revolution on the edge of Europe/ Chris Morris
Jenny Colvin:
2666 /Roberto Bolaño, translated from the Spanish.
It is supposed to eventually be about unsolved murders of women in a town in Mexico, but right now it is about a bunch of scholars in Europe.
Libby Young:
Mountain beyond mountain/Tracy Kidder
The biography of Dr. Paul Farmer and his work in Haiti and around the world.