Talking in the Library

Summer R & R

Summer is almost here.  Lazy days, hot days where you don't want to do much.  So how about finding a good book to read?  Or if you're driving home or driving on vacation, how about an audio book (finding and keeping a good radio station can be the pits)?

You can find lots to read or hear in the Leisure Reading Collection on the 2nd floor of Hale Library.  Just head for the book shelves diagonally to your right as you enter.

And here are some of the recent arrivals for your entertainment and relaxation.

Title: Don't put me in, coach : my incredible NCAA journey from the end of the bench to the end of the bench / Mark Titus.
Author: Titus, Mark, 1987-
Callno: GV884.T57 A3 2012

Title: Rights at risk : the limits of liberty in modern America / David K. Shipler.
Author: Shipler, David K., 1942-
Callno: KF4749 .S525 2012

Title: Million dollar baby [sound recording] : a selection from Abandoned / Lisa Jackson.
Author: Jackson, Lisa.
Callno: COMPACT DISC PS3560.A223 M55 2011

Title: Extremely loud & incredibly close / Jonathan Safran Foer.
Author: Foer, Jonathan Safran, 1977-
Callno: PS3606.O38 E97 2011

Title: Island of vice : Theodore Roosevelt's doomed quest to clean up sin-loving New York / Richard Zacks.
Author: Zacks, Richard.
Callno: HV6795.N5 Z33 2012

Title: Another piece of my heart / Jane Green.
Author: Green, Jane, 1968-
Callno: PR6057.R3443 A56 2012

Title: Apocalypse / Troy Denning.
Author: Denning, Troy.
Callno: PS3554.E5345 A66 2012

Title: Imagine : how creativity works / Jonah Lehrer.
Author: Lehrer, Jonah.
Callno: BF408 .L455 2012

Title: Body language of dating [sound recording] / Tonya Reiman.
Author: Reiman, Tonya.
Callno: COMPACT DISC BF637.N66 R447 2012

Title: Devil in the grove : Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the dawn of a new America / Gilbert King.
Author: King, Gilbert.
Callno: HV9956.G76 K56 2012Title: Death comes to Pemberley [sound recording] / P.D. James.
Author: James, P. D.
Callno: COMPACT DISC PR6060.A467 D33 2011b

Title: Letter from a stranger / Barbara Taylor Bradford.
Author: Bradford, Barbara Taylor, 1933-
Callno: PS3552.R2147 L48 2012b

Title: Letter from a stranger [sound recording] / Barbara Taylor Bradford.
Author: Bradford, Barbara Taylor, 1933-
Callno: COMPACT DISC PS3552.R2147 L48 2012c

Title: Big cat nap : the 20th anniversary Mrs. Murphy mystery / Rita Mae Brown & Sneaky Pie Brown ; illustrated by Michael Gellatly.
Author: Brown, Rita Mae.
Callno: PS3552.R698 B54 2012

Title: Unseen / Heather Graham.
Author: Graham, Heather.
Callno: PS3557.R198 U57 2012

Title: Death comes silently / Carolyn Hart.
Author: Hart, Carolyn G.
Callno: PS3558.A676 D4454 2012

Title: Echoes of betrayal [sound recording] / Elizabeth Moon.
Author: Moon, Elizabeth.
Callno: COMPACT DISC PS3563.O557 E34 2012b

Title: Before I go to sleep : a novel / S.J. Watson.
Author: Watson, S. J. (Steven J.)
Callno: PR6123.A884 B44 2011

Title: Lost years / Mary Higgins Clark.
Author: Clark, Mary Higgins.
Callno: PS3553.L287 L485 2012

Title: Fiddler / Beverly Lewis.
Author: Lewis, Beverly, 1949-
Callno: PS3562.E9383 F53 2012

Title: Thunder and rain / Charles Martin.
Author: Martin, Charles, 1969-
Callno: PS3613.A7778 T48 2012

Title: Daughter of smoke & bone / Laini Taylor.
Author: Taylor, Laini.
Callno: PZ7.T214826 Dau 2011

Title: Rather outspoken : my life in the news / Dan Rather with Digby Diehl.
Author: Rather, Dan.
Callno: PN4874.R28 A3 2012

Title: Rather outspoken [sound recording] : my life in the news / Dan Rather [with Digby Diehl].
Author: Rather, Dan.
Callno: COMPACT DISC PN4874.R28 A3 2012c

Title: Born of silence / Sherrilyn Kenyon.
Author: Kenyon, Sherrilyn, 1965-
Callno: PS3563.A311145 B68 2012

Title: Every last secret : a mystery / Linda Rodriguez.
Author: Rodriguez, Linda.
Callno: PS3618.O3584 E94 2012

Title: Stonecutter / Camilla Läckberg ; translated by Steven T. Murray.
Author: Läckberg, Camilla, 1974-
Callno: PT9877.22.A34 S7313 2012 

Title: Subliminal : how your unconscious mind rules your behavior / Leonard Mlodinow.
Author: Mlodinow, Leonard, 1954-
Callno: BF315 .M56 2012

Title: 11th hour / James Patterson and Maxine Paetro.
Author: Patterson, James, 1947-
Callno: PS3566.A822 A6185 2012

Title: Guilt by degrees / Marcia Clark.
Author: Clark, Marcia.
Callno: PS3603.L3653 G85 2012

Title: Emotional chaos to clarity [sound recording] / Phillip Moffitt.
Author: Moffitt, Phillip.
Callno: COMPACT DISC BF531 .M64 2012b

Title: Guest of honor : Booker T. Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, and the White House dinner that shocked a nation / Deborah Davis.
Author: Davis, Deborah, 1957-
Callno: E757 .D247 2012

Title: Just listen [sound recording] / Mark Goulston.
Author: Goulston, Mark.
Callno: COMPACT DISC HF5718 .G68 2012

Title: Who is that man? ; in search of the real Bob Dylan / David Dalton.
Author: Dalton, David.
Callno: ML420.D98 D35 2012

Title: Home / Toni Morrison.
Author: Morrison, Toni.
Callno: PS3563.O8749 H66 2012

Title: Home [sound recording] / Toni Morrison.
Author: Morrison, Toni.
Callno: COMPACT DISC PS3563.O8749 H66 2012c

Title: Courting darkness [sound recording] / Yasmine Galenorn.
Author: Galenorn, Yasmine, 1961-
Callno: COMPACT DISC PS3607.A413 C68 2011b

Traveling this Fall Break? Try listening to a good book.

As you get ready to take off for Fall Break? Do some planning for the long drive and check out the audio books available in the Leisure Reading Collection.  Selections range from thrillers, romance, science fiction & fantasy to mysteries (cozies, procedurals) and so on.  Better than trying to find a good radio station to listen to.  Drive safely and have a great Thanksgiving.

Recent additions to the audiobooks include Hard Way by Lee Child, One Grave at a Time by Jeaniene Frost, Prey by Linda Howard,  Hunt the Moon by Karen Chance and Informant by Thomas Perry.

Below are the titles, print and CD, that have recently arrived.

Title: 3rd alternative : solving life's most difficult problems / Stephen R. Covey, with Breck England.
Author: Covey, Stephen R.
Edition:
Imprint: New York : Free Press, c2011.
Location: Leisure Collection--Hale 2nd Floor
Callno: BF449 .C68 2011

Title: Five chiefs : a Supreme Court memoir / John Paul Stevens.
Author: Stevens, John Paul, 1920-
Edition: 1st ed.
Imprint: New York : Little Brown & Co., c2011.
Location: Leisure Collection--Hale 2nd Floor
Callno: KF8745.S78 A3 2011

Title: Lost angel : a novel / Javier Sierra ; translated by Carlos Frias.
Author: Sierra, Javier, 1971-
Edition:
Imprint: New York : Atria, c2011.
Location: Leisure Collection--Hale 2nd Floor
Callno: PQ6719.I54 A4213 2011

Title: Murder unleashed : a novel / Rita Mae Brown ; illustrated by Laura Hartman Maestro.
Author: Brown, Rita Mae.
Edition: 1st ed.
Imprint: New York : Ballantine Books, c2012.
Location: Leisure Collection--Hale 2nd Floor
Callno: PS3552.R698 M95 2012

Title: Affair [sound recording] / Lee Child.
Author: Child, Lee.
Edition:
Imprint: New York : Random House Audio, p2011.
Location: Leisure Collection--Hale 2nd Floor
Callno: COMPACT DISC PS3553.H4838 A63 2011b

Title: Dovekeepers : a novel / Alice Hoffman.
Author: Hoffman, Alice.
Edition:
Imprint: New York : Scribner, c2011.
Location: Leisure Collection--Hale 2nd Floor
Callno: PS3558.O3447 D68 2011

Title: Darkness under the sun [sound recording] / Dean Koontz.
Author: Koontz, Dean R. (Dean Ray), 1945-
Edition:
Imprint: Grand Haven, Mich. : Brilliance Audio, p2011.
Location: Leisure Collection--Hale 2nd Floor
Callno: COMPACT DISC PS3561.O55 D295 2011

Title: Best of me / Nicholas Sparks.
Author: Sparks, Nicholas.
Edition: 1st ed.
Imprint: New York : Grand Central Pub., c2011.
Location: Leisure Collection--Hale 2nd Floor
Callno: PS3569.P363 B47 2011d

Title: I didn't ask to be born (but I'm glad I was) / Bill Cosby ; illustrations by George Booth.
Author: Cosby, Bill, 1937-
Edition: 1st ed.
Imprint: New York : Center Street, c2011.
Location: Leisure Collection--Hale 2nd Floor
Callno: PN2287.C632 A3 2011

Title: House of silk : a Sherlock Holmes novel / Anthony Horowitz.
Author: Horowitz, Anthony, 1955-
Edition: 1st ed.
Imprint: New York : Mulholland Books, c2011.
Location: Leisure Collection--Hale 2nd Floor
Callno: PR6058.O715 H68 2011

Title: Wandering falcon / Jamil Ahmad.
Author: Ahmad, Jamil, 1931-
Edition: 1st American ed.
Imprint: New York : Riverhead Books, c2011.
Location: Leisure Collection--Hale 2nd Floor
Callno: PR9540.9.A44 W36 2011

Title: Showdown at Yellow Butte [sound recording] / Louis L'Amour.
Author: L'Amour, Louis, 1908-1988.
Edition:
Imprint: New York : Random House Audio, p2011.
Location: Leisure Collection--Hale 2nd Floor
Callno: COMPACT DISC PS3523.A446 S528 2011

Title: Cloudburst / V.C. Andrews.
Author: Andrews, V. C. (Virginia C.)
Edition:
Imprint: New York : Gallery Books, c2011.
Location: Leisure Collection--Hale 2nd Floor
Callno: PS3551.N454 C66 2011

Title: Prince of Ravenscar : a Sherbrooke novel / Catherine Coulter.
Author: Coulter, Catherine.
Edition:
Imprint: New York : G.P. Putnams Sons, c2011.
Location: Leisure Collection--Hale 2nd Floor
Callno: PS3553.O843 .P75 2011

Title: Beauty and the werewolf / Mercedes Lackey.
Author: Lackey, Mercedes.
Edition:
Imprint: New York : Luna, c2011.
Location: Leisure Collection--Hale 2nd Floor
Callno: PS3562.A246 B48 2011

Title: I, robot : to protect / Mickey Zucker Reichert.
Author: Reichert, Mickey Zucker.
Edition:
Imprint: New York : Roc, c2011.
Location: Leisure Collection--Hale 2nd Floor
Callno: PS3568.E476334 I66 2011

Title: Inferno : the world at war, 1939-45 / Max Hastings.
Author: Hastings, Max.
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Imprint: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2011.
Location: Leisure Collection--Hale 2nd Floor
Callno: D743 .H364 2011

Title: Lost empire of Atlantis : the secrets of history's most enduring mystery revealed / Gavin Menzies.
Author: Menzies, Gavin.
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Imprint: New York : William Morrow & Co., c2011.
Location: Leisure Collection--Hale 2nd Floor
Callno: GN751 .M46 2011

Title: When the Garden was Eden : Clyde, the captain, dollar bill, and the glory days of the New York Knicks / Harvey Araton ; with photographs by George Kalinsky.
Author: Araton, Harvey.
Edition: 1st ed.
Imprint: New York : Harper, c2011.
Location: Leisure Collection--Hale 2nd Floor
Callno: GV885.52.N4 A83 2011

Title: 1Q84 / Haruki Murakami ; translated from the Japanese by Jay Rubin and Philip Gabriel.
Author: Murakami, Haruki, 1949-
Edition: 1st ed.
Imprint: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.
Location: Leisure Collection--Hale 2nd Floor
Callno: PL856.U673 A61213 2011

Title: Christmas homecoming : a novel / Anne Perry.
Author: Perry, Anne.
Edition: 1st ed.
Imprint: New York : Ballantine Books, c2011.
Location: Leisure Collection--Hale 2nd Floor
Callno: PR6066.E693 C4685 2011

Title: Hard way [sound recording] / Lee Child.
Author: Child, Lee.
Edition:
Imprint: Grand Haven, Mich. : Brilliance Audio, 2011, p2006.
Location: Leisure Collection--Hale 2nd Floor
Callno: COMPACT DISC PS3553.H4838 H37 2011

Title: Battle of the crater : a novel of the Civil War / Newt Gingrich, William R. Forstchen and Albert S. Hanser, contributing editor.
Author: Gingrich, Newt.
Edition: 1st ed.
Imprint: New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, c2011.
Location: Leisure Collection--Hale 2nd Floor
Callno: PS3557.I4945 B38 2011

Title: Wild ways / Tanya Huff.
Author: Huff, Tanya.
Edition:
Imprint: New York : DAW : Distributed by Penguin Group (USA) c2011.
Location: Leisure Collection--Hale 2nd Floor
Callno: PS3558.U324 W55 2011

Title: 11/22/63 : a novel / Stephen King.
Author: King, Stephen, 1947-
Edition:
Imprint: New York : Scribner, c2011.
Location: Leisure Collection--Hale 2nd Floor
Callno: PS3561.I483 A615 2011

Title: Out of Oz : the final volume in the Wicked years / Gregory Maguire ; illustrations by Douglas Smith.
Author: Maguire, Gregory.
Edition: 1st ed.
Imprint: New York : William Morrow, c2011.
Location: Leisure Collection--Hale 2nd Floor
Callno: PS3563.A3535 O98 2011

Short Cuts: The Summer Side of Hale

Pull something random off a shelf in one of the K-State Libraries and I bet you will come away with a book filled with footnotes, citations, polysyllabic words, and esoteric claims. The topic could be the structure of the psyche, the mating habits of aphids, the history of ironic hyperbole, methods for solving imaginary partial differential equations or something similarly titillating. And while you would relish the opportunity to proudly display this catch from the serious side of K-State Libraries when Stephen Hawking visits your apartment, you would writhe in agony if forced to read it while luxuriating on a beach in Cabo, with or without an eminent physicist.

Retrieved from Flickr Creative Commons by Oquendo

Does this mean that it's foolish to hit Hale Library before you hit the beach? No, not at all. What it means is that random exploration is an ineffective way to find the other side (the summer side) of Hale --- the side with the movie 300, the novel Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich, the audiobook Flirt by Laurell K. Hamilton, and thousands of other not-so-serious, guilty pleasures. Fortunately, there are ways that work. Here are a few:

1. Visit the capital of the other side of Hale --- the Leisure Reading Collection (LRC). These shelves on the 2nd floor near the restrooms and the main elevators hold hundreds of recent popular novels and dozens of audiobooks. Pull something random from the LRC and you should be set for hours of summer entertainment.

2. Head to the 4th floor of Hale and make your way to the 7 foot tall tan, metal cabinets directly in front of the main elevators. Then find the drawers containing videos and hone in on the ones that start with the call numbers PN1995 or PN1997. Those drawers contain hundreds of movies on DVD or VHS. A little browsing will turn up classics like Gone with the Wind, musicals like Fiddler on the Roof, and Bollywood movies like Bride and Prejudice. You will have to leave Hale to find popcorn, though.

3. Search our catalog using a few special tricks

*To see a list of our audiobooks, simply perform a keyword search for that term (audiobooks). You can narrow your search by adding additional terms such as words in a title, an author's name, or the name of genre (e.g., western, fantasy, mystery).

*To find movies, use the drop-down box below the search box to select video recordings. Then search by keyword for the phrase "feature films" --- type the phrase inside quotation marks. Again, you can narrow the search by adding addition terms. To see the latest movies in our collection, simply select Publish Date Descending from the Sort by drop-down menu.

*To search the Leisure Reading Collection:

• Click the "more search limits" button on the bottom-right of the search screen
• Scroll through the choice in the Locations box and click on Leisure Collection
• Click the "set limits" button
• Search by keyword for words in a title, an author's name, or the name of a genre. To see a list of everything in the collection, search for only the keyword L002006? (include the question mark).

*To search for fiction anywhere in the Libraries

• Click the Guided Keyword tab
• Type fiction in the top search box
• Change the far right drop-down to subject
• In the second row type a term such as a word in a title, an author's name, or the name of a genre (NOTE: This method will not show you all of the fiction we have, because many of our works of fiction are not identified as fiction in our catalog

With a few of these tips you should find enough from the other side of Hale to be ready to delve back into aphids and psyches when summer fades into Fall. Until then, happy reading!

Jason Coleman

Leisure Reading (and Listening) for the Crazy Days of Summer

The Leisure Reading Collection has an eclectic mix of new print and audio titles.  Located on the 2nd floor of Hale Library, it's easy to locate a good read or listen.  Check one out or use it in the building to avoid the heat.  Below are just a few of the new titles.  Enjoy!

Title: Fringe. Tales from the fringe / [written by Justin Doble ... [et al.] ; illustrated by Federico Dallocchio ... [et al.] ; colored by Randy Mayor, Carrie Strachan ; lettered by Wes Abbott].
Imprint: New York : DC Comics, c2011.
Location: Leisure Collection--Hale 2nd Floor
Callno: PN6728.F699 F75 2011

Title: Sentry [sound recording] : a Joe Pike novel / Robert Crais.
Author: Crais, Robert.
Imprint: Grand Haven, Mich. : Brilliance Audio, 2011, p2010.
Location: Leisure Collection--Hale 2nd Floor
Callno: COMPACT DISC PS3553.R264 S46 2011b

Title: Fatal error [sound recording] / J.A. Jance.
Author: Jance, Judith A.
Imprint: New York : Simon & Schuster Audio, p2011.
Location: Leisure Collection--Hale 2nd Floor
Callno: COMPACT DISC PS3560.A44 F56 2011c

Title: Full dark, no stars [sound recording] / Stephen King.
Author: King, Stephen, 1947-
Imprint: New York : Simon & Schuster Audio, p2010.
Location: Leisure Collection--Hale 2nd Floor
Callno: COMPACT DISC PS3561.I483 F85 2010b

Title: River marked / Patricia Briggs.
Author: Briggs, Patricia.
Edition: 1st ed.
Imprint: New York : Ace Books, c2011.
Location: Leisure Collection--Hale 2nd Floor
Callno: PS3602.R53165 R58 2011

Title: Escuela de chefs : técnicas paso a paso para la práctica culinaria / Joanna Farrow.
Author: Farrow, Joanna.
Edition: 1a ed. en lengua española.
Imprint: Barcelona : Blume, c2010.
Location: Leisure Collection--Hale 2nd Floor
Callno: TX651 .F35718 2009

Title: Judas Gate [sound recording] / Jack Higgins.
Author: Higgins, Jack, 1929-
Imprint: Grand Haven, Mich. : Brilliance Audio, p2010.
Location: Leisure Collection--Hale 2nd Floor
Callno: COMPACT DISC PR6058.I343 J83 2010b

Title: Worth dying for [sound recording] / Lee Child.
Author: Child, Lee.
Imprint: New York : Random House Audio, p2010.
Location: Leisure Collection--Hale 2nd Floor
Callno: COMPACT DISC PS3553.H4838 W67 2010b

Title: Secrets to the grave [sound recording] / Tami Hoag.
Author: Hoag, Tami.
Imprint: New York : Random House Audio, p2011.
Location: Leisure Collection--Hale 2nd Floor
Callno: COMPACT DISC PS3558.O333 S43 2011c

 Title: Conflict of interest / Adam Mitzner.
Author: Mitzner, Adam.
Imprint: New York : Gallery Books, c2011.
Location: Leisure Collection--Hale 2nd Floor
Callno: PS3613.I88 C66 2011

 Title: Dog who came in from the cold / Alexander McCall Smith.
Author: McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948-
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Imprint: New York : Pantheon Books, c2010.
Location: Leisure Collection--Hale 2nd Floor
Callno: PR6063.C326 D64 2010

Title: Now you see her : a novel / by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge.
Author: Patterson, James, 1947-
Edition: 1st ed.
Imprint: New York : Little, Brown and Co., c2011.
Location: Leisure Collection--Hale 2nd Floor
Callno: PS3566.A822 N68 2011

Title: Fallen : a novel / Karin Slaughter.
Author: Slaughter, Karin, 1971-
Edition: 1st ed.
Imprint: New York : Delacorte Press, c2011.
Location: Leisure Collection--Hale 2nd Floor
Callno: PS3569.L275 F37 2011

New Leisure Reading books

It’s Valentine’s Day and what better way to celebrate than to take a break from studying!  Kisses, chocolate and love are not only the themes of the day, they are also the themes of several of the new books in the Leisure Reading Collection.

Don’t know where the Leisure Reading Collection is located?  Look for the bookshelves in the east end of Hale Library’s 2^nd floor, or ask at the Help desk.

• Science of kissing: what our lips are telling us        GT2640 .K567 2011
• Chocolate wars: the 150-year rivalry between the world's greatest chocolate makers     HD9200.A2 C33 2010
• Twilight, the graphic novel. Volume 1    PN6728.T88 M49 2010
• American vampire     PN6728.A482 S69 2010
• Hustle: one team and ten lives in black and white    GV885.73.S43 M47 2011
• Debt-free for life: the finish rich plan for financial independence       HG179 .B2342 2010b
• Jackie as editor: the literary life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis    PN149.9.O53 L39 2011
• Mockingjay    PZ7.C6837 Moc 2010
• Shadowfever    PS3613.O527 S53 2011
• Worth dying for : a Reacher novel    PS3553.H4838 W67 2010
• Mr. Monk on the road : a novel    PS3557.O3577 M79 2011
• Secrets to the grave   PS3558.O333 S43 2011
• Though not dead     PS3569.T1249 T47 2011

Forthose interested in giving their feedback on what is in the Leisure Reading Collection, read the post in the archives from November 28, 2010 and click on the link to get to the survey.

 

New Leisure Reading books

We have a big ol' bunch of books to keep you entertained as you start your studies this semester. The Leisure Reading collection is located on the east end of the 2nd floor of Hale Library. Books can be checked out for a month, and renewed once. 

New Leisure Reading Books on CD

Here are our latest books on CD in the Leisure Reading collection

Nine Dragons by Michael Connelly

Flirt by Laurell K. Hamilton

UR by Stephen King

Dark Matter by Peter Straub (will arrive soon)

Deep Shadow by Randy Wayne White

New Leisure Reading books

Here are the newest additions to our Leisure Reading collection.  Who are your favorite contemporary authors?

New Leisure Reading books on CD

Here are the latest CD additions to our Leisure Reading collection

Smash Cut by Sandra Brown

Fire and Ice by Judith A. Jance

Guardian of Lies by Steve Martini

Alex Cross’s Trial by James Patterson

206 Bones by Kathy Reichs

Rough Country by John Sandford

New Leisure Reading Books

Here are the latest additions to our Leisure Reading Collection. Isn't it ironic that the first title happens to be Frostbitten?