Author Archive
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013 - nadine
De-stress with some dog therapy on the lawn in front of the Main library, May 1 & 2, 11am-1pm.
Lots of canine therapists to choose from!
Wednesday, May 1:
Maggie Rose - Giant Schnauzer
Julia, Mica & Ronnie - Collies
Amber - Pug
Penny - Golden Retriever
Emma - American Eskimo Dog
Sophie - English Shepherd
Pocho - Schnauzer
Nanuk ...
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Friday, April 12th, 2013 - nadine
Finals stressing you out? Feeling overworked?
Tell it to a therapy dog!
On Weds. May 1 and Thurs. May 2 from 11am-1pm, the UGA Libraries has invited some local therapy dogs to help you ‘Paws & Relax’ on the north quad in front of the Main library. Need giant-sized attention? Marley ...
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Wednesday, February 27th, 2013 - nadine
The Bus Driver Who Wanted to Be God and Other Stories by Etgar Keret
PJ5054.K375 A23 2004
Israel's hippest bestselling young writer today, Etgar Keret is part court jester, part literary crown prince, part national conscience. The Bus Driver Who Wanted to Be God gathers his daring and provocative short stories for ...
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Friday, February 1st, 2013 - nadine
Ancient Light by John Banville
PR6052.A57 A53 2012
Is there any difference between memory and invention? That it is the question that haunts Alexander Cleave, an actor in the twilight of his career and of his life, as he plumbs the memories of his first—and perhaps only—love (he, fifteen years old, the ...
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Thursday, December 13th, 2012 - nadine
Scenes From Early Life : a novel by Philip Hensher
PR6058.E554 S34 2012
Philip Hensher’s husband, Zaved Mahmood, was born in late 1970 in Dacca, then a regional capital of Pakistan. In the months following his birth, the eastern part of the country split from the western side in a war of independence ...
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Monday, December 3rd, 2012 - nadine
Toby's Room by Pat Barker
PR6052.A6488 T63 2012
One day in 1917, Elinor has a sudden premonition that Toby will not return from France. Three weeks later the family receives a telegram informing them that Toby is “Missing, Believed Killed” in Ypres. However, there is no body, and Elinor refuses to accept ...
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