Kathy’s Picks
Attention Readers: ‘Rotten Tomatoes’ for Books Is Here
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/book-marks-lit-hub_us_5756e1b4e4b07823f9514988
Five Advice Books to Add to Your Coaching Library and Gift a New Grad http://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinecenizalevine/2016/06/08/five-advice-books-to-add-to-your-coaching-library-and-gift-a-new-grad/#5fedaf211bcd
James Patterson Hopes to Reinvent the Way We Read Books
http://nypost.com/2016/06/08/james-patterson-hopes-to-reinvent-the-way-we-read-books/
James Patterson Says He’ll Disrupt Reading by Writing Shorter Books
http://qz.com/700366/james-patterson-says-hell-disrupt-reading-by-writing-shorter-books/
Top 10 Books about Guilt
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jun/08/top-10-books-about-guilt
Summertime Independent Self-Directed Learning @ the Library
The Great Courses @ Giovatto Library – Summer break a wonderful time to enjoy a “Great Course. The Giovatto Library collection includes many of “The Great Courses” on DVD and/or CD!
Giovatto Library Reader’s Advisory Service — If you would like to develop a plan for independent self-directed learning during the summer, please contact the reference librarians for assistance. We will be happy to help you to find the best reading and research materials for your needs.
For Alumni Only – Welcome May 2016 Graduates!
FDU Alumni Library Privileges — As an FDU Alumnus/a, you are entitled to lifetime Library privileges. Borrow books, magazines, DVDs, language CDs, and more from the Library. Attend Library events and programs. Use Library spaces.
To get your Library card, please contact the Office of Alumni Relations @ fdualumni@fdu.edu or at 201-692-7013.
If you would like more involvement with the Library, consider joining the Giovatto Library Alumni Advisory Board.
New Books This Week
All Summer Long, a novel
The Bible, Mormon Scripture, and the Rhetoric of Allusivity
The Code of the Extraordinary Mind: 10 Unconventional Laws to redefine Your Life & Succeed on your Own Terms
Emma: A Modern Retelling, a novel
A Hero of France, a novel
Hitler in the Movies
Hick Finn’s America: Mark Twain and the Era That Shaped His Masterpiece
The Island House, a novel
Learning to Lead: What Really Works for Women in Law
Model Woman: Eileen Ford and the Business of Beauty
Paper: Paging through History
Production and Operations Management
A Rage for Order: The Middle East in Turmoil, from Tahrir Square to ISIS
Sisters in Law: How Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World
Sweetbitter, a novel
The Weekenders, a novel
The Women of Berkshire Hathaway: Lessons from Warren Buffett’s Female CEOs and Directors
Words That Work: It’s Not What You Say It’s What People Hear