December's Middletown Book for Discussion: Hour of the Witch (Dec. 16)

The MUM Book Discussion group will next meet on Friday, December 16.  Our title is Chris Bohjalian's Hour of the Witch.  Here is a brief summary:

"The enthralling story of a young Puritan woman who marries the wrong man, seeks to divorce him, and soon finds herself caught up in the violence and hysteria of the Salem Witch Trials"  (publisher)

Here is where you can find the book:

• There are several copies available through OhioLINK, and SearchOhio.  
  
• Amazon has the hardcover, paperback, Kindle, and audiobook available, and Bookshop.org has links to purchase the title from independent booksellers.

Our group is always finding interesting titles to share, and we look forward to the new things you'll bring to the table.  In addition to discussing When the Emperor Was Divine, the group also shared these titles for consideration at their October 21 meeting:

• Lincoln in the Bardo, George Saunders 
• Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro
• Never Let Me Go,  Kazuo Ishiguro
• Ordinary Grace, William Kent Krueger
• All the Lovers in the Night, Mieko Kawakami
• China, Edward Rutherfurd
• The Island of Sea Women, Lisa See
• The Broken Ladder: How Inequality Affects the Way We Think, Live, and Die, Keith Payne

We will meet at 12 pm on the 16th both in Room 123 in the Library and in Zoom at 

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Please come along to our discussion to share what you've been reading/watching/listening to/experiencing!

If you're looking for something interesting to read, check out our page of past and future reads at http://www.mid.miamioh.edu/library/bookdiscussion.htm

"Girls of Salem, Massachusetts" by Len Radin is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

Don't miss our next TEC Lab: Make Holiday Gifts (Dec. 1)

 

TEC Lab: Make Holiday Gifts

Thursday, Dec. 1st, 11:00am-1:00pm
Join us in the TEC Lab (Room 125, Gardner-Harvey Library, Middletown)  to make your own handmade gifts for the holiday season!

We supply the equipment and materials -- you bring the joy! 

Heat press!  Wood engraving!  3D printing and pens! And so much more! 

Make a gift at the workshop, and then return to make additional items (the TEC Lab is available whenever the library is open).

Albanian Discoveries: the Excavation of the Unknown Temple of Apollonia (Nov. 29)

 

Albanian Discoveries: the Excavation of the Unknown Temple of Apollonia

Tuesday, Nov. 29th, 6:30pm

Join Dr. Tammie Gerke, Teaching Professor in Geology, in the Gardner-Harvey Library SPACE (GRD 014) or join us on Zoom (Passcode 745987) as she discusses her contributions to archaeological work in the ancient Greek colony of Apollonia.

The talk is also in recognition of the forthcoming publication of a book on the expedition, A Sanctuary in the Hora of Illyrian Apollonia: Excavations at the Bonjaknt Site 2004-2006 (Material and Visual Culture of the Ancient Mediterranean World), which Dr. Gerke contributed to.  We have ordered a copy and we will be happy to check it out to you as soon as we receive it!

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National Park Talk: Great Sand Dunes National Park

Join us for an overview of Great Sand Dunes National Park and its geology on Tuesday, November 15 at 4:45pm, either in the Gardner-Harvey Library SPACE (Room GRD 014 on the library's lower level) or on Zoom (Join us in Zoom - Passcode 017640).

Dr. Tammie L. Gerke, Teaching Professor in Geology at Miami University, will share the geology and other interesting information about the national park. Get your questions answered and participate in a lively discussion on this national treasure.

This is the third of three National Parks Talks that Dr. Gerke will present this semester, all highlighting some of the newest parks.  Look for her upcoming talk on Albanian Discoveries: the Excavation of the Unknown Temple of Apollonia on Tuesday, Nov. 29th, at 6:30pm.
She discusses her contributions to archaeological work in the ancient Greek colony of Apollonia.

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Mark your calendar for our GHL Faculty Publication Reception (Nov. 29)

 

Faculty Reception: COVID Catch-Up Edition

The Gardner-Harvey Library staff invites you to join us for our Tuesday, November 29th 3:30pm to 4:30pm in the GHL Main area.

Have an article, book, or conference presentation from 2019 or after that you would like to share with us? Use the QR Code to post your recent publications so that we can celebrate you at our reception! 

Don't miss our next TEC Lab: Laser engraving wooden spoons (and more) (Nov. 9)

 

TEC Lab: Laser engraving wooden spoons (and more)

Wednesday, Nov. 9th, 11:00am-1:00pm
Join us in the TEC Lab (GRD 125) as we use our laser engravers to make custom spoons and more! We'll demonstrate how our two laser cutter/engravers can add text and images to wood, acrylic, and other materials.  

New books (and more) added to the Gardner-Harvey Library in October!

We add many new items to the collection each month, and we hope you'll check some out. Take a look at our New Books shelves or the New Media Display for some of the title, or skim down our new materials list of items we added to the collection in October! 

We added 324 books, e-books, DVDs, and other items during that time, thanks to your selections and suggestions. The list can be sorted by call number, area of our collection, or by title. There is definitely something here for everyone!

Here are ten titles from the list, to give you an idea of what we've been buying: 

• Inside Wikipedia : how it works and how you can be an editor / Paul A. Thomas
• The persuaders : at the frontlines of the fight for hearts, minds, and democracy / Anand Giridharadas
• Dinosaurs : a novel / Lydia Millet
• Elderflora : a modern history of ancient trees / Jared Farmer
• Global faith, worldly power : evangelical internationalism and U.S. empire / edited by John Corrigan, Melani McAlister, and Axel R. Schafer
• A genius for confusion : Joseph R. McCarthy and the politics of deceit / Richard M. Fried
• Rap Capital : an Atlanta story / Joe Coscarelli
• Microverses : observations from a shattered present / Dylan Riley
• Everyday adventures with unruly data / Melanie Feinberg
• Home bound : an uprooted daughter's reflections on belonging / by Vanessa A. Bee

This tag will show you all of the prior lists of new materials, in reverse chronological order. We are eager to hear from you about individual items you would like us to buy, or types of items we should be on the look out for, or general subject areas we should build up in the collection.

If you have a suggestion of something to order, please use our "Tell GHL to Buy It" form, email Alan Kelley (kelleya@miamioh.edu), or drop by the library with your request. And pass your general suggestions or comments about the collection to us in those same ways. 

We're still early in our fiscal year for 2022/23, and we have acquisitions funds available.  We look forward to your suggestions of items to add to the collection.