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Great Drama Read on the Catholic Church: “A History of Loneliness,” by John Boyne

From the author of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas comes another emotional and evocative novel. A History of Loneliness tells the story of Father Odran Yates, a man who turned to the Catholic Church after a life-changing family tragedy. … Continue reading

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From the Archives & Special Collections: 400 years of Don Quixote

“For me alone Don Quixote was born and I for him. His was the power of action, mine of writing.” It is the 400th anniversary of the second part of Don Quixote, fully titled The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of … Continue reading

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Rocking Chair Room Story Hour, “Get Dirty!” on Saturday, October 3, 10-11 a.m.

Please join us! Ben Johns and students from the Greek Life Council will be reading several books then visiting the DIRT? Exhibit. Painting afterwards in Room 020!

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Banned Books Week is Sept. 27 – Oct. 3, 2015.

Collins Library celebrates free and open access to information. Banned Books Week brings together the entire book community in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular. Celebrate your right … Continue reading

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Behind the Archives Door: October 6, 4:30 p.m., featuring Suzanne Moore, “A Musings in Honor of Aileen Kane”

Please join us for Behind the Archives Door featuring Suzanne Moore – a letter artist, painter, and printmaker whose eclectic interests meld in the diversity of her artists’ books. Her books blend abstract and representational imagery, rich color and surface … Continue reading

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Hoover’s Company Profiles: A New Business Database for Firm Research

Over the summer the library added a subscription to Hoover’s Company Profiles, a database that contains proprietary information about public and non-public companies and their key executives. Each company record includes a company overview, history, products, and operations, subsidiaries and … Continue reading

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Holy Cow, School’s Back in Session!

Today we’re highlighting Holy Cow by X-Files star David Duchovny. In it, three unlikely heroes embark on an odyssey for a better life. The trio includes a witty and optimistic cow by the name of Elsie Bovary, a pig who’s … Continue reading

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From the Archives & Special Collections: Don’t RUNE it

I came across an interesting book the other day in the Archives & Special Collections about Viking runes and their meanings called The Book of Runes by Ralph Blum. The book is meant to be a guide to help gain … Continue reading

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Behind the Archives Door: Thursday, 9/10, 4 p.m., featuring Tiffany MacBain, Associate Professor of English, ‘I was cut out for the wilds’: The Landscape of Gender in the Journals of Abby Williams Hill

Join us for a look into the ongoing research of Tiffany MacBain, Associate Professor of English, as she draws on the Abby Williams Hill collection in the Archives & Special Collections. Many know 19th-century Tacoma local Abby Williams Hill as … Continue reading

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Dare to Dream! A Great Fantasy in the Popular Reading Collection!

Evie O’Neill, “America’s Sweetheart Seer,” can read objects to learn about the past. When communities fall victim to a mysterious sleeping sickness in New York City, Evie is called upon to deal with menacing magic of nightmares from which one … Continue reading

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