Month: June 2012

Watergate

Week of June 18, 2012

WATERGATE

In the News: Forty years ago on June 17, 1972, five men were arrested for breaking in to the Watergate complex which served as the headquarters to the Democratic National Committee.

 

1973 Nervous Breakdown: Watergate, Warhol, and the Birth of Post-Sixties America
By Andreas Killen. Bloomsbury, 2006
Call Number: E169.12 .K463 2006

Abuse of Power: The New Nixon Tapes
Edited by Stanley I. Kutler. Five Press, 1997
Call Number: E860 .A26 1997

All the President’s Men
By Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward. Simon & Schuster, 1974
Call Number: E856 .B4 Continue reading

Foie Gras and Food Culture, Part II

Week of June 11, 2012

FOIE GRAS and FOOD CULTURE, PART II (See part I)

In the News: California’s ban on the sale of foie gras, a French delicacy that’s popular in many fine dining establishments, goes into effect July 1, 2012, much to the dismay of many of the state’s best known chefs.

 

Adventures in Eating: Anthropological Experiences of Dining from around the World
Edited by Helen R. Haines and Clare A. Sammells. University Press of Colorado, 2010
Call Number: GT2850 .A48 2010

The Cultural Politics of Food and Eating: A Reader
Edited by James L. Watson and Melissa L. Caldwell. Blackwell, 2005
Call Number: GT2850 .C853 2004

Educated Tastes: Food, Drink, and Connoisseur Culture
Edited by Jeremy Strong. University of Nebraska Press, 2011
Call Number: GT2855 .E38 2011

Foie Gras: A Passion
By Michael A. Ginor et al. Wiley, 1999
Call Number: Available online via EBSCOhost Continue reading

Summer Reading 2012

Week of June 4, 2012

SUMMER READING

In the News: What are you reading this summer? Some of the titles listed below are on display in the Wimberly Library Lobby. Stop by, check one (or two or three or more) out, and enjoy!

 

Abu-Jaber. Diana. Birds of Paradise: A Novel
W.W. Norton & Co, 2011
Call Number: PS3551.B895 B57 2011

Alpaugh, Cole. The Bear in a Muddy Tutu
Carmel Press, 2011
Call Number: PS3601.L738 B43 2011

Bondurant, Matt. The Night Swimmer: A Novel
Scribner, 2012
Call Number: PS3602.O657 N54 2012 Continue reading

World Oceans Day – June 8

The ocean: the body of water that links us all, from the oxygen we breathe to the pharmacopoeia that it yields.   In observance of World Oceans Day this month FAU Digital Library highlights Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute (HBOI) for its development of research at FAU and its significant contributions to FAU’s institutional repository.  

The HBOI digital collection showcases the research of the institute’s scientists and field experts working to advance ocean-related innovation, exploration, research, education and conservation. From developing ways to preserve coral reef systems and to analyzing organisms in search of compounds with disease-fighting potential, HBOI has, for more than 40 years, contributed to our understanding of  Ocean Science. Stay informed about HBOI research by subscribing to their e-bulletin.