Category Archives: award winners
One more for Enrique’s Journey!
Another great adoption for Enrique’s Journey! CommonReads has just learned that Sonia Nazario’s book has been selected as Millersville University’s fifth freshman read. In case you missed it, click here to view Ms. Nazario’s upcoming speaking schedule. Also, check … Continue reading →
Mark your calendars for the Seventh Annual Random House First-Year Experience Author Luncheon!
Random House announces its Seventh Annual Author Luncheon at the 2011 First-Year Experience Conference in Atlanta, GA. Authors in attendance include: Wes Moore, author of The Other Wes Moore: The Story of One Name and Two Fates … Continue reading →
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Enrique’s Journey resonates nationwide
Enrique’s Journey, the astonishing true story of a Honduran boy’s perilous quest to reach his mother in the United States, by award-winning journalist Sonia Nazario has been named the second most read book for common reading programs over this past … Continue reading →
Morgan State University to read Medical Apartheid and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks during the 2010-2011 academic year
Morgan State University will add two Random House, Inc. books to their campus-wide reading program this coming academic year. For the Fall 2010 semester, the university has selected Harriet A. Washington’s 2007 National Book Critic’s Circle Award Winner, Medical … Continue reading →
San Francisco will read Zeitoun
Another city, another great adoption! San Francisco’s One City, One Book read for 2010 will be Dave Egger’s New York Times Notable Book, Zeitoun. It is a true story of one family caught between America’s two biggest policy disasters: the … Continue reading →
Queens University of Charlotte has “great expectations” for Mister Pip
Are your students or patrons reading Great Expectations? Consider adding Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones to your program. The book has been recently selected by Queens University of Charlotte for common reading. It is also the 2008 winner of the … Continue reading →
Green books! Talk sustainability with Ecological Intelligence, Plenty, and Planetwalker.
Is your committee looking for books on sustainability and going green? It is a topic of utmost importance to Ron Daniel, associate provost for undergraduate education at Virginia Tech, who recently stated: The theme of ecological awareness and environmental sustainability emerged as … Continue reading →
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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 →
Lay That Trumpet in Our Hands a nationwide common read!
2003 Chautauqua South Fiction Award winner 2003 San Diego Magazine’s Book Award for Fiction 2002 Deadly Pleasures’ Best U.S. First Novel Inspired by real events, Lay That Trumpet in Our Hands is a novel that tackles race politics in the … Continue reading →
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Marquette County Michigan and Northern Michigan U come together to read ONE BOOK.
This just in! Northern Michigan University has adopted Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried in conjunction with the Marquette County One Book, One Community reading program sponsored by and partnered with local businesses and public libraries. Though critics can’t agree … Continue reading →
