Monthly Archives: April 2010
Emory University PhD student explains why you should bring Rebecca Skloot to your campus
Laura E. Mariani is a second-year PhD student of Neuroscience at Emory University who writes about her experiences on her blog, Neurotypical. Last month she wrote at length about a recent student seminar and talk given at the university by Rebecca Skloot, … Continue reading →
The Other Wes Moore and Oprah
Oprah alert! Author Wes Moore will be on the Oprah Winfrey Show today speaking about his new book, The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates. Bringing issues of identity, diversity, education and service to new light in a unique and intriguing … Continue reading →
Filed under Announcements, In the News, One to Watch - New books on the rise!, Uncategorized
Tagged as diversity, life stories, The Other Wes Moore, topics of race, Wes Moore
Win a FREE copy of Look Me in the Eye !
CommonReads is bringing you another chance to win a wonderful and timely book for your program’s consideration. Ever since he was small, John Robison had longed to connect with other people, but by the time he was a teenager, his … Continue reading →
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Tagged as diversity, Giveaways, high school appropriate adoptions, john elder robison, life stories, look me in the eye
Rhode Island reads The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The Rhode Island Center for the Book at the Providence Public Library kicked off their 2010 common reading selection last month, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. Culminating in a sold-out breakfast with Annie … Continue reading →
Students find inspiration in The Road of Lost Innocence during humanitarian trip to Cambodia
A couple of months ago we brought you news that West Texas A&M University has selected Somaly Mam’s memoir, The Road of Lost Innocence for use in their common reading program. Mam was sold into sexual slavery at the age … Continue reading →
University of Wisconsin – Madison on board with The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The University of Wisconsin – Madison is the latest university to have adopted Rebecca Skloot’s The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks for their 2010/11 common reading program. Along with Virginia Commonwealth University, students at the University of Wisconsin – Madison will read this new biography about … Continue reading →
College of the Redwoods & Humboldt State U to have Plenty to talk about!
College of the Redwoods and Humboldt State University have adopted Plenty: Eating Locally on the 100-Mile Diet by Alisa Smith and J.B. Mackinnon as their CommonBook for the coming academic year. Also selected for common reading at Colorado Mountain College and a One … Continue reading →
Filed under This just in! - New Adoptions
Tagged as adoption news, adoptions, Alisa Smith, environment, environment and sustainability, go green, going green, J.B. Mackinnon, Plenty
Win a FREE copy of Peter Buffett’s Life is What You Make It!
CommonReads is giving away a FREE copy of philanthropist Peter Buffett’s new book, Life is What You Make It: Find Your Own Path To Fulfillment. The son of billionaire investor Warren Buffett, Peter Buffett maintains that the only real inheritance … Continue reading →
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Tagged as Giveaways, inspirational, Life is What You Make It, Peter Buffett
Another for Outcasts United!
Kennesaw State University has selected Warren St. John’s Outcasts United for its common read. The university joins a rapidly growing list of universities and communities that have chosen the inspirational and diverse story of a refugee soccer team living in … Continue reading →
Washington, D.C. finds a Big Read in A Lesson Before Dying
In just a few days, the District of Columbia Public Library will kick off a month-long series of events corresponding with their newest Big Read D.C. selection, Ernest J. Gaines’ A Lesson Before Dying. The program, in correlation with … Continue reading →
