Category Archives: One Book One Community Adoptions
Author Wes Moore Featured in TIME Magazine
We’re very excited and proud to share this week’s cover of TIME Magazine featuring Wes Moore, author of The Other Wes Moore. Wes is featured as one of the five heroic veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq who … Continue reading →
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Spotlight on: The Other Wes Moore
Two kids named Wes Moore were born blocks apart within a year of each other. Both grew up fatherless in similar Baltimore neighborhoods and had difficult childhoods. How, then, did one grow up to be a Rhodes Scholar, decorated veteran, … Continue reading →
Transylvania University Selects The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks as their FYE 2011 Pick!
Transylvania University in Lexington, KY has selected Rebecca Skloot’s The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks for their First Year Reading Program pick in 2011. Dr. Kathleen S. Jagger, Associate Vice-President & Associate Dean of the university says The Immortal Life … Continue reading →
Virginia Commonwealth University Selects The Other Wes Moore as FYE Pick for Fall!
Exciting news this morning: Common Reads has learned that Virginia Commonwealth University has selected The Other Wes Moore as its First Year Experience pick for this fall! Lets not forget that Moore will also be a featured speaker at next … Continue reading →
Spotlight on: The Other Wes Moore
Two boys with the same name lived in the same decaying city. One went on to be a Rhodes Scholar, decorated combat veteran, White House Fellow, and business leader. The other is serving a life sentence in prison. The Other Wes … Continue reading →
Dayton, Ohio to delve into The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks!
Community members of Dayton, Ohio will soon be delving into the New York Times bestseller and new common reading favorite, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. The book, which chronicles the life of the woman who changed … Continue reading →
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 →
What librarians are saying about the Random House, Inc. One Book, One Community catalog…
Random House Library Services recently received some wonderful feedback about their One Book, One Community catalog and recommended books. Carrie Reich, Director of the Martin Library at The Art Institute of York – Pennsylvania says: I was looking through … Continue reading →
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Dark Tide to wash over Boston
Last week, Random House Library announced Boston’s first ever city-wide read selection: Stephen Puelo’s Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919. Read the announcement here. ——————– Order an Exam Copy More About the Book Praise for Dark Tide
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Chicago chooses A Mercy
The Chicago Public Library has announced its 16th pick for the “One Book, One Chicago” city-wide book club: Toni Morrison’s latest novel, A Mercy. “Professor Morrison is an American icon, and one of our most important writers and intellectuals,” said … Continue reading →
