Author Archives: Martha

About Martha

Martha is a Reference & Instruction Librarian and the liaison to the Biological Sciences, Computer Science, Languages and Literatures, Mathematics, and Physics Departments

Book Sale…Sets!

Posted on October 9, 2014 by Martha

For October, the book sale is highlighting sets of books from 2-20 volumes. Continue reading →

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New Stuff Tuesday – September 30, 2014

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Martha

The Best American Poetry: 2014. Guest editor Terrance Hayes. Series editor David Lehman. PS615 .B474 2014, New Arrivals, 2nd floor. Every year since 1988 the fine folks at Scribner Poetry have come out with a new volume containing the cream of the year’s poetry crop. Continue reading →

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Good and Cheap: The Cookbook for Any Budget

Posted on September 8, 2014 by Martha

NPR’s Molly Roberts wrote about Leanne Brown’s cookbook Good and Cheap in August, and it got me thinking. Although the focus of this cookbook is Americans receiving SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) funding, tasty and nutritious meals on a budget … Continue reading →

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University Novels

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Martha

Summer is drawing to a close and now our minds turn back to academia. In just a week the fall semester will begin here at UW-Whitewater and our leisure reading time may dwindle. Continue reading →

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New Stuff Tuesday – August 26, 2014

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Martha

The Ministry of Thin: How the Pursuit of Perfection Got Out of Control by Emma Woolf. RM222.2 .W62 2014, New Arrivals Island, 2nd floor. We in the Western World are obsessed with our weight. Not only our weight, but also things associated with it, such as the food we do or don’t eat, our health, beauty, and success. Continue reading →

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Book Sale – September 2014

Posted on August 25, 2014 by Martha

It’s time for new books for the monthly sale Continue reading →

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Cozy Mysteries for Rainy Days

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Martha

When the weather turns toward rain and wind I automatically think of settling in on the sofa with a “cozy mystery.” Continue reading →

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Read or Watch? Both!

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Martha

Are you one of those people who likes to read a book before you watch the TV show based on it? Or maybe you prefer to watch then read? Simultaneously you say? Sounds like a challenge to me! Continue reading →

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Great Minds Think Alike

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Martha

OK. Actually, many great minds don’t think alike. Compare Shakespeare to Tolstoy, Edison to Tesla, or Aristotle to Kierkegaard. Quite a few differences there, yet all are arguably geniuses. If you are interested in reading the complete text of some … Continue reading →

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New Stuff Tuesday – July 15, 2014

Posted on July 15, 2014 by Martha

Herta Müller by Brigid Haines and Lyn Marven. PT2673.U29234 Z692 2013, New Arrivals, 2nd floor. This book is about Herta Muller’s oeuvre, covering many topics from the realism of her poems, the gender and sexual politics of her prose, to her winning the Nobel Prize for Literature. Continue reading →

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