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New Stuff Tuesday – April 26, 2016

Posted on April 26, 2016 by Carol

The Greatest Shows on Earth: A History of the Circus by Linda Simon GV 1801 .S56 2014 Main Collection, 3rd floor If you’ve ever been to Delavan or to Circus World in Baraboo, you’ve had a little taste of Wisconsin’s … Continue reading →

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New Stuff Tuesday – April 19, 2016

Posted on April 19, 2016 by James Castrillo

Dog Whistle Politics how coded racial appeals have reinvented racism and wrecked the middle class by Ian Haney Lopez E185.615 .H278 2015 New Arrivals, 2nd floor In Ian Haney Lopez’s work, we learn that the words we use matter a … Continue reading →

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New Stuff Tuesday – April 12, 2016

Posted on April 12, 2016 by Martha

Movies in the Age of Obama: The Era of Post-racial and Neo-racist Cinema. Each of this book’s eighteen essays is written by a different author who has a unique bent on the over-arching themes of race and otherness in the movies Continue reading →

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New Stuff Tuesday — April 5, 2016

Posted on April 5, 2016 by Diana

Syllabus: Notes from an Accidental Professor by Lynda Barry PN6727.B36 S95 2015 New Arrivals, 2nd floor Lynda Barry, an award-winning cartoonist, also teaches courses on writing, drawing, and creativity at UW-Madison. This illustrated notebook recounts her thoughts, assignments, syllabus, and … Continue reading →

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New Stuff Tuesday – March 29, 2016

Posted on March 29, 2016 by Amanda Howell

Phishing for Phools The Economics of Manipulation and Deception by George A. Akerlof and Robert J. Shiller HB74.P8 A49443 2015 New Arrivals, 2nd floor While the benefits of a free market are widely touted in the United States, Nobel Prize … Continue reading →

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New Stuff Tuesday – March 22, 2016

Posted on March 22, 2016 by Ellen Latorraca

Yoga Anatomy by Leslie Kaminoff & Amy Matthews RA781.7 .K356 2012 New Arrivals, 2nd floor Spring break is the time to give the brain a different kind of cerebral workout than, perhaps, the regular semester grind offers. The New Arrivals … Continue reading →

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New Stuff Tuesday – March 15, 2016

Posted on March 15, 2016 by Carol

Call the Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times by Jennifer Worth RG950 .W674 2012 Main Collection, 3rd floor Although they didn’t make it to the New Arrivals Island, all three books in the Call the Midwife series … Continue reading →

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New Stuff Tuesday – March 8, 2016

Posted on March 8, 2016 by James Castrillo

U.S. Latinos and Criminal Injustice by Lupe S. Salinas KF4757.5.L38 S35 2015 New Arrivals, 2nd floor As of July 2014, Latinos made up roughly 17.4% of the U.S. population and growing. While Latinos do make up the largest group of … Continue reading →

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New Stuff Tuesday – March 1, 2016

Posted on March 1, 2016 by Martha

Asian American Avant-Garde: Universalist Aspirations in Modernist Literature and Art by Audrey Wu Clark. Ms. Clark’s book is the latest addition to the Asian American History and Culture series by Temple University. It focuses on the literary and artistic works of Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, and Korean authors living in the United States Continue reading →

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New Stuff Tuesday — February 23, 2016

Posted on February 23, 2016 by Diana

The Tyranny of the Meritocracy Democratizing Higher Education in America by Lani Guinier LA227.4 .G85 2015 New Arrivals, 2nd floor Lani Guitier’s new book attempts to answer the question of why our so-called meritocracy can often be so unfair to … Continue reading →

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