Books

Marty Hershock, associate provost and associate professor of history, will discuss his book, A New England Prison Diary: Slander, Religion, and Markets in Early America. Specifically, he will speak about the last chapter of the book, "Diaries, Dead Ends, and Discoveries: Personal Texts as Historical Sources."

A micro history built around the diary of Timothy Joy, the book portrays a down-on-his-luck New Hampshire debtor imprisoned for slander after telling false stories about a powerful politician at a time of extreme partisanship.

Where: 2nd floor of the Mardigian Library
When: Wednesday, March 6
Time: 3:00 - 4:30 p.m.

The University of Michigan - Dearborn will commemorate the 80th anniversary of the song "Precious Lord" on Wednesday, March 6. There will be a keynote presentation facilitated by Dr. Tammy Kernodle, Associate Professor of Musicology at Miami University, along with other special invited guests.

• See the Student Engagement website for more details.
• Listen to Precious Lord and other songs by Thomas A. Dorsey through the Naxos database
• See some of the research by Dr. Kernodle in the Summon research tool
• Check out the e-book Encyclopedia of African American Music, edited by Dr. Kernodle.

Have you been reading anything for fun lately? The last couple of weeks, I’ve been listening to Midnight Catch: A Novel by Norman Gilliland on Wisconsin Public Radio’s Chapter a Day®. I also just finished listening to Trickster’s Point: A Novel by William Kent Krueger. The Mardigian Library doesn't have "Trickster's Point," so I got the CDs from the Houghton Lake Public Library through MeLCat and they were sent to me at the Mardigian Library.

Do you listen to audio books? What kinds of books do you listen to? Are you reading anything right now? What’s it about? Would you recommend it?

The list of new books and other materials added to the library’s collection in November has been posted. Click on “…more New Arrivals” on the library’s home page. Or, go directly to http://library.umd.umich.edu/newbooks/.

Examples from the November list include: