[DeBakey Library Newsletter] Start the New Year With a New Book

[L. G. Hayes]

Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series

Peter Carey

The Inprint Margaret Root Brown Reading Series presents one of the finalists of the 2010 National Book Award - Peter Carey - January 24th at 7:30 at the Alley Theatre. Parrot and Olivier in America  is Carey's 11th novel - two of which won the prestigious Mann Booker Prize.  He is only the second writer to have won the award twice.  Tickets are $5.00,  and doors open at 6:45. The author will be available to sign his books after the presentation.

For a complete list of the 2010 National Book Awards, visit 

http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2010.html.

 Author Visit at Houston Public Library

A special presentation featuring author Thomas C. Holt will be held at the Houston Public Library Saturday, January 15th from 2:00 - 4:00.  Holt will present information from his book, Children of Fire: A History of African Americans.  Holt is the James Westfall Thompson Professor of American and African American History at the University of Chicago. A past president of the American Historical Association, Holt has been a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the Woodrow Wilson International Center, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

New Books

 The Genius In All Of Us: Why Everything You've Been Told About Genetics, Talent, and IQ is Wrong

Discusses the negative stigma created by IQ testing and examines scientific evidence revealing that the actual potential of individuals is not restricted by genetic inheritance.

And The Pursuit of Happiness

Photographs, illustrations, and hand-written text by the author chronicle a year of her travels across the United States and her reflections on democracy, beginning with a celebration of Barack Obama's inauguration in Washington, D.C., and including the study of several presidents and political sites.

Made For Goodness: And Why This Makes All the Difference 

Archbishop Desmond Tutu shares the source of strength and optimism that have helped him stay joyful and hopeful in the face of personal and professional challenges, arguing that God has programmed all people for goodness and they must simply follow God's path in order to achieve their calling.

The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values

Bestselling author Sam Harris dismantles the most common justification for religious faith--that a moral system cannot be based on science.

World Heritage sites: a complete guide to 878 UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Contains profiles of 878 worldwide locations on the UNESCO World Heritage list, with full-color photographs, maps, and brief overviews of each site's historical background.

Sundown Towns: a Hidden Dimension of American Racism

Describes the creation and history of "sundown towns," American towns where African-Americans were outlawed after dark, in some cases as late as the 1970s; examines their effect on whites, African-Americans, and the social system; and discusses their continued existence, arguing the importance of integration.

SAS Survival Handbook: For Any Climate, In Any Situation

A survival handbook for campers, hikers, and outdoor adventurers that explains how to survive in any situation or climate, with tips on being prepared, making camp, finding food, tending to injuries, reacting in a disaster, and more.

More Than Just a Game: Soccer vs. Apartheid; The Most Important Soccer Story Ever Told

Chronicles the successes, as well as the infighting, that occurred within the soccer league that formed inside the brutal prison on Robben Island off the coast of South Africa during apartheid.

One Day In Peace

Help us celebrate One Day In Peace by adding to the peace tree we are creating in the display window.  Write your own wish for peace or a quote from someone else on a leaf at the front desk and leave it in my box or drop it by the library.  Wishing you a very peaceful new year.

PBS NewsHour Extra: Teacher Center

PBS NewsHour Extra uses the standards and resources of the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer that airs at 6:00 pm. Monday through Friday on our local PBS station, Channel 8.  The purpose of the site is "to provide students and teachers with quality educational resources based on current issues and events."  The sites utilizes student voices, lesson plans and video to enhance instruction in all subject areas.  Students can submit stories and videos that are archived on the site along with the stories done by professionals.

"Every man is wise when attacked by a mad dog; fewer when pursued by a mad woman; only the wisest survive when attacked by a mad notion."  Robertson Davies

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Posted By L. G. Hayes to DeBakey Library Newsletter at 1/10/2011 07:25:00 AM