Did you miss our Make a Blind Date with a Book promo?: Worry not! Leddy is filled with lots of fun books that will take you away from midterms and winter weather. Here are just a few titles that went out on blind dates with Leddy patrons.
Bridget Jones' Diary by Helen Fielding
Small Island by Andrea Levy
Address to a Haggis
Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face,
Great chieftain o the puddin'-race!
Aboon them a' ye tak your place,
Painch, tripe, or thairm:
Weel are ye worthy o' a grace
As lang's my arm.
Saturday, January 25 is Robert Burns Day. One of Scotland's most beloved figures, Burns' birthday is celebrated annually with an elaborate Burns Supper.
Here are some of resources and interesting things that are related to Robert Burns
In celebration of the 200th anniversary of Pride and Prejudice Dr Suzanne Matheson's English graduate class (26-540) created a display entitled "Jane Austen at Leddy Library: A Resource Guide for 200 Years of Pride and Prejudice."
The Lance did a nice story about Leddy's Comic Book Club. Check it out. And check out our pretty amazing selection of graphic novels on the 3rd Floor (PN 6700 call number range). It's the time of year when we need something fun and interesting to read, right?
Trench Journals and Unit Magazines of the First World War. It is available at this link until NOV 8, 2013. If you're interested in this or have feedback about whether this is something we should pursue, please let me know.
Liberty: A Weekly for Everybody was founded in 1924 by Joseph Patterson, publisher of the New York Daily News and Robert McCormick, publisher of the Chicago Tribune and often regarded as the world's greatest publisher.
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With its debut in 1842, The Illustrated London News became the world’s first fully illustrated weekly newspaper, marking a revolution in journalism and news reporting.
Leddy Library has a trial of the new 19th-century British Library Newspapers database. Users must be on campus to access this trial.
Read about Dr Brian Owens’ work to collect materials in anticipation of the bicentennial of the War of 1812. He has a surprising take on the big three legends of the conflict – General Isaac Brock, Chief Tecumseh, and Laura Secord. Click here to read about it in the Daily News.
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