Please note: Cudahy and the IC will resume regular hours on August 23; Lewis will not resume regular hours until August 24.

Cudahy Library and Klarchek Information Commons:
Mon – Thurs: 7:00am – 2:00am
Friday: 7:00am – 9:00pm
Saturday: 8:00am – 9:00pm
Sunday: 10:00am – 2:00am

Lewis Library:
Mon – Thurs: 7:30am – 12:00 midnight
Friday: 7:30am – 9:00pm
Saturday: 9:00am – 9:00pm
Sunday: 12:00 noon – 12:00 midnight

For more information on library hours and locations, visit the library website.

American Farmer: The Heart of Our Country
By Katrina Fried and Paul Mobley
American Farmer is a richly layered mosaic of brilliant visuals and honest text that honors the farmers and ranchers across America. Mobley’s keen vision of the American farmer, and his ability to capture the spirit which each farmer embodies, will impress readers.
Submitted by: Susan Wardzala, Reference Librarian

Assassination Vacation
By Sarah Vowell
Sarah Vowell takes us on a road trip like no other – a journey to the pit stops of American political murder and through the myriad ways they have been used for fun and profit, for political and cultural advantage. Vowell visits locations immortalized and influenced by the spilling of politically important blood, reporting as she goes with her trademark blend of wisecracking humor, remarkable honesty, and thought-provoking criticism.
Submitted by: Kimberly Medema, Monograph Cataloging Assistant

The Book Thief
By Markus Zusak
Death, a sardonic and articulate character who is afraid of humans, narrates this WWII coming-of-age story about faith, love, hope amidst tragedy.
Submitted by: Kristina Schwoebel, Reference Librarian

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
By Junot Diaz
Author Junot Diaz immerses us in the tumultuous life of Oscar and the history of the family at large, rendering with genuine warmth and dazzling energy, humor, and insight the Dominican-American experience, and, ultimately, the endless human capacity to persevere in the face of heartbreak and loss.
Submitted by: Brigette Anthony, Monograph Acquisitions Assistant

The Chicagoan:  A Lost Magazine of the Jazz Age
By Neil Harris
Recalling a vivid moment in the life of the Second City, the Chicagoan is a forgotten treasure, offered here for a whole new age to enjoy.
Submitted by: Jeannette Pierce, Head of Cudahy Reference

China Road: The Journey into a Future of a Rising Power
By Rob Gifford
Route 312 is the Chinese Route 66. It flows three thousand miles from east to west, passing through the factory towns of the coastal areas, through the rural heart of China, then up into the Gobi Desert, where it merges with the Old Silk Road. The highway witnesses every part of the social and economic revolution that is turning China upside down.
Submitted by: Robert Seal, Dean of Libraries

East of Eden
By John Steinbeck
East of Eden is an epic tale of good vs. evil with many biblical references and parallels. The story is ultimately that of good’s triumph over evil and the human will’s ability to make that happen.
Submitted by: Katherine Dunn, Serials Acquisitions Assistant

Holidays on Ice
By David Sedaris
Holidays on Ice is a collection of three previously published stories matched with three newer ones, all, of course, on a Christmas theme.
Submitted by: Martha Spring, Head of Serials and Electronic Resources

The Perks of Being a Wallflower
By Stephen Chbosky
What is most notable about this funny, touching, memorable first novel from Stephen Chbosky is the resounding accuracy with which the author captures the voice of a boy teetering on the brink of adulthood.
Submitted by: Anna Gentry, Intercampus Loan Assistant

The Post-American World
By Fareed Zakaria
One of our most distinguished thinkers argues that the “rise of the rest” is the great story of our time.
Submitted by: Cathy Miesse, Assistant Dean for Technical Services and Outreach

The Macrophenomenal Pro Basketball Almanac: Styles, Stats, and Stars in Today’s Game
By FreeDarko
The indispensible, amazingly illustrated companion to today’s NBA—a roundball Rosetta Stone that hilariously decodes the trends and tendencies of pro basketball.
Submitted by: Niamh McGuigan, Reference Librarian

Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels
By Scott McCloud
Designed as a craftsperson’s overview of the drawing and storytelling decisions and possibilities available to comics artists, covering everything from facial expressions and page layout to the choice of tools and story construction.
Submitted by: David Schmidt, Recall/Search Assistant

Miss Alcott’s Email: Yours For Reforms of All Kinds
By Kit Bakke
Tired of self-proclaimed gurus and self-help books, Kit Bakke turns to her childhood role model — Louisa May Alcott — for direction. She sends an e-mail to Louisa, and is amazed when she receives a reply. Their correspondence becomes a dance of ideas and tales bridging the mid-1800s and the twenty-first century.
Submitted by: Jane Currie, Reference Librarian

My Vocabulary Did This to Me
By Jack Spicer
During his short but prolific life, Spicer troubled the concepts of translation, voice, and the act of poetic composition itself. My Vocabulary Did This to Me is a landmark publication of this essential poet’s life work, and includes poems that have become increasingly hard to find and many published here for the first time.
Submitted by: Steve Pump, Serials Acquisitions Coordinator

The Sixteen Pleasures
by Robert HellengaA young American book conservator’s discovery, while in Florence, of a volume of 16 sensual drawings with equally erotic sonnets leads her to a romantic encounter.
Submitted by: Tracy Ruppman, Reference Librarian

A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future
By Daniel Pink
Drawing on research from around the world, Pink outlines the six fundamentally human abilities that are absolute essentials for professional success and personal fulfillment-and reveals how to master them. A Whole New Mind takes readers to a daring new place, and a provocative and necessary new way of thinking about a future that’s already here.
Submitted by: Taya Franklin, Reference Librarian

*Book descriptions provided by Goodreads.

The International Children’s Digital Library recently implemented new ClearText technology that enhances the readability and translation of the books available in the online library (http://www.childrenslibrary.org/), providing better access to “a collection of books that represents outstanding historical and contemporary books from throughout the world.  Ultimately, the Foundation aspires to have every culture and language represented so that every child can know and appreciate the riches of children’s literature from the world community.”

Currently on the Cudahy New Book Shelf we have five books that engage in some manner with the theme of portraiture. First is Nicholas Nixon’s The Brown Sisters: Thirty-three Years. Beginning in 1975, Nicholas Nixon, married to one of the four Brown sisters, began an annual tradition of photographing the sisters once yearly, with the sisters always standing in the same order. This, then, is a collection that assembles all 33 of the yearly group portraits taken so far, spanning from 1975-2007, marking the passage of time.

Also focused on a single subject is Harry Callahan’s Eleanor. For two decades, from the early 1940s to the early 1960s, the American photographer Callahan photographed his wife Eleanor, and the couple’s longstanding collaboration makes up an intimate visual diary of their relationship and of Callahan’s artistic exploration.

In what could be considered self-portraiture, American Photobooth, by Nakki Goranin tells the comprehensive history of the photobooth, from its invention and technological evolution to the personal, human aspect, represented by a large collection of anonymous photobooth images that Goranin found in flea markets and garbage bins over the years.

Unrecounted unites what W.G. Sebald referred to as his “micropoems” with 33 lithographs by the artist Jan Peter Tripp that portray, with stunning exactness, pairs of eyes. The art and the poems, instead of explaining one another, instead engage in a kind of dialogue.

And finally in The Theatre of the Face: Portrait Photography Since 1900, critic Max Kozloff provides a fully illustrated, authoritative commentary on the history of portrait photography, examining the personalities behind and in front of the camera, as well as the relationship between photographer and subject as revealed through a broad range of styles and movements of the genre.

Currently on display are three titles from the new Cultographies series, which provide introductions to films that have attained cult status, delving into their appeal, conception, popular reception, and place in the cultural landscape. Featured are Donnie Darko, This is Spinal Tap, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Moving from film to art, don’t miss Kirby: King of Comics by Mark Evanier, an illustrated biography of Jack Kirby, pioneering artist in American comics. Kirby played a major role in shaping the superhero genre through his innovative artwork and collaborations with Stan Lee on classic Marvel characters. Also on display is Edward Hopper, companion catalog to the exhibit currently at The Art Institute.

And finally, two books highlighting polaroids are featured: Andre Kertesz: The Polaroids, a collection of Kertesz’s last work, polariods taken from his window in his New York apartment; and Manuel Alvarez Bravo: Polaroids, a selection of color photos from one of Mexico’s most significant artists, in which Bravo strays from his more well-known black and white images.

All this and more in fiction, non-fiction, children’s books and art, available for check-out on the New Books Table in Cudahy Library.

Dr. Joseph E. Stiglitz from Columbia University will be at Loyola on April 17 to discuss his new book, The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict. The Department of Political Science will be sponsoring the lecture on Thursday, April 17th from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in the Galvin Auditorium on the Loyola University Chicago Lake Shore Campus. Reception to follow.

Professor Stiglitz is a Nobel Prize winning economist. He was a member of the Council of Economic Advisers from 1993-1995 and CEA chairperson from 1995-1997. To learn more about Professor Stiglitz and read a brief description of his new book, visit his website.

Contact Professors Vincent Mahler or Claudio Katz at 773-508-3047 for more information.

Winner of the National Book Award for Nonfiction, Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA by Tim Weiner is an in-depth and comprehensive history of the CIA gleaned from interviews with former directors and servicemen as well as archival documents. Weiner does more than just recount facts; he critically examines the role and tactics of the agency after the September 11th attacks.

Moving from this arching overview of the agency to a highly personal account, you’ll also find Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House, by Valerie Plame Wilson. Plame Wilson, whose CIA cover was famously blown by the White House in 2003, tells her side of the story previously commented on copiously by newspapermen and pundits.

The CIA is also rich territory for fiction writers, and so alongside the factual accounts are placed a work of fiction – An Ordinary Spy, by Joseph Weisberg. Weisberg, a former CIA officer himself, presents a fictional working portrait of the CIA and modern espionage set to the pace of a thriller.

Harris’ The Ghost is both murder mystery and contemporary political commentary. The story centers on a fictional former British Prime Minister Adam Lang (based on Tony Blair), sequestered on Martha’s Vineyard to write his memoirs. As Lang is accused of war crimes, his aide dies mysteriously and a new ghostwriter (the book’s narrator) arrives and begins poking around.  From there the suspense rises.

Lightman’s Ghost, on the other hand, focuses on the psychological turmoil of central character David, a middle-aged man who takes a job at the local funeral home. After witnessing a supernatural event one evening and confiding about it to the wrong friend, his vision becomes a local media event that forces him to wrestle with fundamental beliefs about human existence.

So take a moment and stop by the New Book Shelf to pick up one of these titles, or another that catches your eye.

The LOCL Reviews feature is an application from goodreads.com, a site we discovered not long ago. Goodreads is a free website that allows you to see what your friends are reading, add and review books that you are currently reading, going to read, or already read, and read reviews of books by others.  It has spread like wildfire through the Libraries with about a dozen employees contributing their thoughts, either in casual comments or formal reviews. The Loyola Libraries has its own account as a means of compiling some of these discussions.

If you are already on goodreads or want to join, we would love to be your friend.  You’ll get our book reviews in your regular digest from the site.  Find out what your friends think about the books their reading and let us know about what you’re reading today!