Maureen Corrigan of National Public Radio calls Steig Larsson’s novel The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo “a super-smart amalgam of the corporate corruption tale, the legal thriller, the Agatha Christie-type ‘locked room’ puzzle, and the dysfunctional family suspense story.”
Find it at BROWSE PT9876.22.A6933 M3613 2008, on the 2nd floor next to the HUB entrance.
Tom Vanderbilt’s Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says about Us) (call number BROWSE TL152.5 .V36 2008) explains, among other things, why drivers won’t merge lanes until the last possible minute. Pick your peeve; Vanderbilt’s probably addressed it.
BROWSE books are shelved on the 2nd floor next to the HUB entrance.
Read Vanderbilt’s blog about driving in America here.
Odum Library will close at midnight on Tuesday, November 25th and reopen at 9:00am on Saturday, November 28th in observation of Thanksgiving Holiday.
Safe and happy travels to all!
You can find these books in the 2nd floor BROWSE section next to the HUB.
Paul Newman: a Life in Pictures.
BROWSE PN2287.N44 P38 2006
Losing It– and Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time. Valerie Bertinelli.
BROWSE PN2287.B4379 A3 2008
Heaven and Hell: My Life in the Eagles (1974-2001) Don Felder with Wendy Holden.
BROWSE ML420.F3334 A3 2008
Life with my sister Madonna. Christopher Ciccone with Wendy Leigh.
BROWSE ML420.M1387 C53 2008
Up Till Now: the Autobiography. William Shatner with David Fisher.
BROWSE PN2308.S52 A3 2008
The Chris Farley Show: a Biography in Three Acts.
BROWSE PN2287.F33 F37 2008
Tom Cruise: an Unauthorized Biography.
BROWSE PN2287.C685 M67 2008
Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon–and the Journey of a Generation.
BROWSE ML400 .W35 2008
sTORI Telling. Tori Spelling with Hilary Liftin.
BROWSE PN2287.S664 A3 2008
“Why should I deliver the letters when I am being paid less than 500 Ringgit?”
In “The J. Crew Catalog Destroyed My Spirit” at Slate.com, author Paul Collins traces the surprising history of postal employees who hoard the mail rather than bringing it to you.
