Monthly Archives: September 2009
Giveaway! Tracy Kidder’s Strength in What Remains
Hello! Just saying a quick “hi” to all our new readers! Common Reads is continuing to grow. Please bookmark our blog and check back often for the latest and best in title recommendations, adoption news, resources, and information relating to … Continue reading →
Filed under Announcements, Giveaways
Tagged as Giveaways, life stories, strength in what remains, Tracy Kidder
One to watch! Outcasts United already scoring big…
Random House Academic has been buzzing about a wonderful new book with great common reading potential and two universities have already hopped on board! Georgia Tech and McMurry Universities have chosen Warren St. John’s Outcasts United for their new freshman classes. … Continue reading →
Hurry Down to Molloy College
Molloy College will be using Michael Greenberg’s riviting memoir, Hurry Down Sunshine for its upcoming 2009 year common reading book. The book tells the story of an extraordinary summer when, at the age of fifteen, Greenberg’s daughter was struck mad. … Continue reading →
Last Town at Whitman College
Whitman College has selected Last Town on Earth. Thomas Mullen’s powerful novel, while set at the turn of the 20th century, is definitely in keeping with the times. Set against the backdrop of one of the most virulent epidemics that … Continue reading →
Impossible is possible for students at IUP
Indiana University of Pennsylvania is hoping to inspire students to dream big with their selection of Bill Stricklands Make the Impossible Possible: One Man’s Crusade to Inspire Others to Dream Bigger and Acheive the Extraordinary for their 2009-2010 Common Freshman Reader. … Continue reading →
Filed under This just in! - New Adoptions, Uncategorized
Tagged as adoptions, Bill Strickland, Inspiration and Guidance, Make the Impossible Possible
One to watch! Tarleton State U adopts Planetwalker
Tarleton State University has selected Planetwalker: 22 Years of Walking. 17 Years of Silence. for their common reading program this Fall. Planetwalker was also the 2008 Freshman English Common Reading Selection for University of South Carolina Upstate. After witnessing an … Continue reading →
Filed under One to Watch - New books on the rise!, This just in! - New Adoptions
Tagged as environment, john francis, life stories, planetwalker
Barack Obama’s Dreams from My Father adoptions grow
First published in 2003, during Barak Obama’s tenure in the U.S. Senate, Dreams from My Father offers students more than a simple glimpse into the life of this historic president. President Obama lyrically and unsentimentally explores his own search for … Continue reading →
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Tagged as adoptions, autobiography, barack obama, dreams from my father, life stories, memoir
