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  • Book cover for The exceptions : Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the fight for women in science

    The exceptions : Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the fight for women in science

    by Zernike, Kate

    March 29, 2023

    Call Number: 509.73 Z58

    When she was a reporter for the Boston Globe Kate Zernike wrote the breaking story that the esteemed Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) had discriminated against women faculty, at all levels.  Based on meticulous research this book is an in-depth analysis of what took place and how sixteen women, each of whom thought they were the exception to unfair treatment, came together to realize that each of them had been treated unfairly. Over four years Zernike conducted interviews, used archival material that included letters, university reports, oral histories,... Read Full Review

  • Book cover for I'll build a stairway to paradise : a life of Bunny Mellon

    I'll build a stairway to paradise : a life of Bunny Mellon

    by Griswold, Mac K.

    March 20, 2023

    Call Number: 712.092 M527Gr

    When she died in 2014, 103 years old, it could be said that Rachel Lambert Mellon had lived a very full life, not only for her longevity but for all that she accomplished. She was born into a family of wealth and property, and she twice married men of wealth and property. Her husband Paul Mellon was one of the richest men in the United States  For a woman of her time, born in 1910, not much was expected of her other than to marry well, produce children, and take care of her husband, their family, and home. However, there was a great deal more to this woman who was known as Bunny.Most... Read Full Review

  • Book cover for Superspy Science: Science, Death and Tech in the World of James Bond

    Superspy Science: Science, Death and Tech in the World of James Bond

    by Harkup, Kathryn

    March 6, 2023

    Call Number: 823 F597Ha

    "Bond's the name, Jame Bond," is how he introduces himself. In the books and films we learn that he has a license to kill, which he uses to get any number of baddies who stand in his way of eliminating super villains. He is helped in this endeavor with an arsenal of quirky, powerful weapons, gadgets, cars, planes and other paraphernalia that are beyond belief. Over the years the franchise, both book and film, has expanded and readers and viewers know they will be in for lots of thrills with Bond always the cool, calm hero. Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond, said that in some ways the... Read Full Review

  • Book cover for The essential Dick Gregory

    The essential Dick Gregory

    by Gregory, Dick

    February 28, 2023

    Call Number: 812.092 G822-3

    According to producer and director Andrew Gaines (The One and Only Dick Gregory), “For me, the personal experiences of Dick Gregory were like listening to a walking history lesson. It took only a few hours into my journey to make this film for me to realize that Dick Gregory was one of a kind, and I became totally consumed.” According to Christian Claxton Gregory, editor of his father's thoughts, “What a life, what a blessing. Dick Gregory was many... Read Full Review

  • Book cover for Dr. No : a novel

    Dr. No : a novel

    by Everett, Percival

    February 21, 2023

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    If you are a fan of Percival Everett, his most recent novel is for you. If you love satire then this novel is for you. It is satire on fire, by way of Everett’s genius and ingenuity to riff on various subjects: the competitive, snooty know-it-all attitude among professionals who work in subject areas and subdivisions of physics, mathematics, philosophy, and in public and private agencies. Add to this a narrative that is rich with double entendres and quadruple entendres about names, words, sentences, ideas, complex theories and novels. Percival Everett plays this like a master jazz musician,... Read Full Review

  • Book cover for The wind at my back : resilience, grace, and other gifts from my mentor, Raven Wilkinson

    The wind at my back : resilience, grace, and other gifts from my mentor, Raven Wilkinson

    by Copeland, Misty

    February 14, 2023

    Call Number: 793.324 C782-2

    Ballerina Misty Copeland was the first Black ballerina to become a principal ballerina in the American Ballet Theatre. In her autobiography, Life in motion: an unlikely ballerina, she wrote about her early life and how she became involved in ballet, and was accepted into American Ballet Theatre. In itself, her early life was one of struggle, but in ballet she found her calling.  She has written many other books about her life and about what it takes to become... Read Full Review

  • Book cover for Jacques Pépin: art of the chicken : a master chef's paintings, stories, and recipes of the humble

    Jacques Pépin: art of the chicken : a master chef's paintings, stories, and recipes of the humble

    by Pépin, Jacques.

    January 17, 2023

    Call Number: 641.665 P422

    We all know him as a master French chef, sidekick to Julia Child in many cooking television programs, and a TV presenter for his own cooking programs. Among his many accomplishments, which include innumerable cookbooks and magazine articles, he is a prodigious artist.  It is unlikely that the chicken has been portrayed, in one book, in such a vibrant, multifaceted and witty style. In this homage to the chicken and its versatility, Jacques Pépin has created a memoir with recipes, accompanied by his own paintings. Growing up in the French countryside, he learned many ways to cook a... Read Full Review

  • Book cover for Agent Josephine : American beauty, French hero, British spy

    Agent Josephine : American beauty, French hero, British spy

    by Lewis, Damien

    December 5, 2022

    Call Number: 793.324 B167Le

    On November 30, 2021, forty-six years after her death, there was a momentous, somber yet joyous, celebration as Joephine Baker was inducted into the Panthéon in Paris, France. She was the sixth woman and fourth person of color to be honored in this way. Best known as an internationally acclaimed entertainer, Baker was also a “world class spy” at a time when that job was most needed--during World War II. She is buried in Monaco, but soil from the United States, France and Monaco were in the coffin that was draped with the French flag. It was a spectacular ceremony that can be found on the... Read Full Review

  • Book cover for We had a little real estate problem : the unheralded story of Native Americans in comedy

    We had a little real estate problem : the unheralded story of Native Americans in comedy

    by Nesteroff, Kliph

    November 29, 2022

    Call Number: 817.09 N468-1

    Kliph Nesteroff, known as a comedy historian, covers aspects of the entertainment industry that are not well known, specifically the contributions made by Native Americans to comedy and humor. All of which debunks the stereotypes of Native Americans, who were, and still are, often depicted as sinister, poker-faced, sometimes grim and sullen, and definitely humorless. A part of this historical overview about Native Americans in entertainment precedes the movie industry, going back to the late 1800s, “ … when Native Americans were forced to tour in wild west shows as an alternative to prison.”... Read Full Review

  • Book cover for Bad Mexicans : race, empire, and revolution in the borderlands

    Bad Mexicans : race, empire, and revolution in the borderlands

    by Hernández, Kelly Lytle

    October 5, 2022

    Call Number: 972.2 H557

    The term “bad Mexicans” (malos Mexicanos) was not coined by Anglos from the United States, instead it originated with President Porfirio Díaz, the authoritarian President of Mexico who ruled for almost three decades beginning in 1876. It was a derogatory name for any person or group who opposed him.  At the expense of his own citizens and to the advantage of American investors, he encouraged and facilitated the investments to take place, which resulted in those American investors having control over major Mexican industries. Because of this situation, there developed a... Read Full Review

  • Book cover for Mi cocina : recipes and rapture from my kitchen in México

    Mi cocina : recipes and rapture from my kitchen in México

    by Martínez, Rick (Chef)

    September 26, 2022

    Call Number: 641.5972 M38545

    What a glorious cookbook and memoir. A little larger in size than the average book, which is perfect for the overall layout and presentation of photographs, maps and recipes. Every page is graced with marvelous color photographs, with text pages printed on lighter shades of colorful paper. Chapters are organized by regions with the accompanying recipes that are emblematic of the food and cooking traditions of each. The introductions to the chapters include information, not only about the food, but brief historical overviews of the areas and their unique contributions to culinary... Read Full Review

  • Book cover for A Place at the Nayarit: How a Mexican Restaurant Nourished a Community

    A Place at the Nayarit: How a Mexican Restaurant Nourished a Community

    by Molina, Natalia

    September 19, 2022

    Call Number: 647.9509794 M722

    When is a restaurant more than a place to eat? How and why does this happen?  Why is this significant? In the “Introduction: Placemaking in a New Homeland,” Natalia Molina, researcher and scholar, says it is because people recognize,  “ …  their home is about a feeling rooted to a particular place: a neighborhood, a park, a newsstand, a restaurant. The subjects of this story, most of them working-class immigrants who did not arrive in the United States speaking English, endeavored to make places of their own. They went to work, worshipped in church, attended school, ate out,... Read Full Review

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