Category: Exhibits

  • On Display: Books to Film

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    eyoung

    Currently on display in the James B. Duke Library is a selection of books and their corresponding movie adaptations. Titles include: Pride and Prejudice Pride & Prejudice (DVD) Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet (DVD) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (DVD) Gone with the Wind Gone with…

  • Alumni Collections

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    eyoung

    We are Furman: Alumni Collections in Special Collections and Archives 2nd Floor James B. Duke Library Furman University July-December 2016 Students, past and present, are what the university is all about. Students will forever fill a role—whether they are current students or long graduated. Alumni are life blood of a university and “Furman’s blood runs deep.” Special…

  • On Display: Food and Cooking

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    eyoung

    Currently on display in the James B. Duke Library is a selection of books about food and cooking. Titles are arranged by category and include: Ancient Cookery The philosopher’s kitchen: recipes from ancient Greece and Rome for the modern cook The Roman cookery book Church Lady Cookbooks 300 years of Carolina cooking Dessert cookbook Food History…

  • On Display: Around the World

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    eyoung

    Visit the James B. Duke Library to browse our latest display based on the question, “What in the world should you read next?” Titles include: Africa Nervous Conditions (Former Rhodesia) Wife of the Gods (Ghana) Children of the Alley (Egypt) The Golden Notebook (Former Rhodesia) Asia Interpreter of Maladies: Stories (India) The Vegetarian: A Novel (South…

  • On Display: Adventure!

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    eyoung

    Currently on display in the James B. Duke Library is a selection of fiction and non-fiction adventure books and films. Titles include: Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster Congo Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness: A Casebook Treasure Island True Summit: What Really Happened on the Legendary Ascent of Annapurna King Solomon’s…

  • Special Collections Pop-Up Exhibit

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    eyoung

    Take a study break and check out our pop up exhibit, available today from 10:30 am -1:00 pm in the James B. Duke Library. Jeff Makala, Special Collections Librarian and University Archivist, is on hand to wow you with a few items from our collection.

  • Summer-Long Check Outs!

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    eyoung

    Are you done with studying? Get a book just to read for fun! We’ve set up a table in the James B. Duke Library featuring some of our favorite reads. If you’re returning in the Fall, check out a novel for the beach or an audiobook for a road trip. Materials will be due back…

  • On Display: Whistleblowers!

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    eyoung

    Currently on display in the James B. Duke Library is a selection of interesting books about whistleblowers. Titles include: After Snowden: Privacy, Secrecy, and Security in the Information Age Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers The Secret Man: The Story of Watergate’s Deep Throat Secrets and Leaks: The Dilemma of State Secrecy Whistleblower…

  • On Display in the Sanders Science Library

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    eyoung

    Currently on display in the Sanders Science Library is a selection of interesting books about the periodic table. Titles include: The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements Seven Elements That Changed the World: An Adventure of Ingenuity and Discovery A…

  • On Display: Survivors Finding Voice

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    eyoung

    We are honored to have the Finding Voice project on display in the James B. Duke Library from April 10-17. In May 1973, Wanda Meade  was finishing her first year as a school counselor in a large junior high when a 14-year-old honor roll student came into her office the last week of school and said, “I…