Spring has sprung at long last, and summer is just around the corner. It’s the perfect time to pick up a book or two from the Leisure Reading section of your favorite library (good old Hirsh of course). We’ve added a large selection of books for you to choose from; whether you fancy mystery, romance, suspense or historic fiction. Here are just a few of the new releases you’ll find on display:
My Brilliant Friend : Childhood, Adolescence Book one of the Neapolitan Novels Series by Elena Ferrante (all four books in the series are available)
Fool Me Once by Harlan Coben
The Passenger by Lisa Lutz
The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney
The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson
Jane Steele : A Confession by Lyndsay Faye
The Swans of Fifth Avenue by Melanie Benjamin
The Madwoman Upstairs by Catherine Lowell
Now if there’s a classic novel you’ve always wanted to read but never got around to, well you’re in luck! Introducing the Hirsh Leisure Reading CLASSICS section: from Dickens to Steinbeck, Brontë to Poe, Dostoevsky to Camus. Located just atop the Leisure Reading island on the 4th floor, you can’t go wrong with the classics!
As always, you may notify us of any book that you’d like to read and don’t see in our collection, by recommending a purchase.
Spring into new titles at Hirsh Library!
Since the new year, we’ve added a long list of books to our collection, including a great many new releases on nutrition. Be sure to check the NEW BOOKS display above the journal wall on the 4th floor in your travels, as they are rotated frequently.
More Than Just Food : Food Justice and Community Change by Garrett M. Broad
The Science of Nutrition by Janice L. Thompson
Remaking the American Patient by Nancy Tomes
The Personalized Medicine Revolution by Pieter Cullis
In a Different Key: The Story of Autism by John Donvan
Hand to Mouth : Living in Bootstrap America by Linda Tirado
…and if you need to take a break from reading, here are two highly recommended films that have been added this month.
Ken Burns Presents Cancer : the Emperor of All Maladies
In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto
As always, if there’s a book out there that you think the library should own, please let us know!
It doesn’t seem too long ago the last time we shared what new books the library had acquired…but since then, we’ve added even more to our collection! There’s not much in the way of new leisure reading books this time around, but rest assured–we’ve got some more fiction titles coming soon. In the meantime…
- Alzheimer’s Disease by Alia Bucciarelli (Faculty publication!)
- Graphic Medicine Manifesto
- Stuffed and Starved: the Hidden Battle for the World Food System
- The Teaching Hospital: Bringham and Women’s Hospital and the Evolution of Academic Medicine
- Why Medicine? And 500 Other Questions for the Medical School and Residency Interviews
Did we miss something? If there’s a book out there that the library doesn’t own, and you think we should, let us know!
It’s that time again for an update on the new books we’ve recently put out there on the shelves! This time it’s a mixed bag of non-fiction and health sciences related materials. We have also received some very nice donations, so check out some of the new public health books that we have, including the Oxford Textbook of Global Public Health, which you can find in the stacks! Here are some other books that you might also find interesting:
- Capital in the 21st Century
- The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism
- Life, Animated
- The Quest for Health Reform: A Satirical History
If you think we’re missing something important, please let us know by recommending a purchase.
It’s time for an update on some of the new reads we’ve got here at the Hirsh Library! These books cover a wide range of topics, so stop by the library and pick up something new to read this summer.
- The Collapse of Western Civilization: A View from the Future
- The Dorito Effect
- Fenway Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health
- From the Farm to the Table: What All Americans Need to Know about Agriculture
- Inside the O’Briens: A Novel
- Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming
- So, You Want to Be a Physician: Getting an Edge in Your Pursuit of the Challenging Dream of Becoming a Medical Professional
- Walking the Night Road
Is there a book you think the library should have? Let us know by recommending a purchase.
The month of April was a busy one for us, with much time spent getting new books to add to our ever-growing collection. Here’s a sampling of some of our new reads for you to enjoy, so stop by the library and check out the new book section on the 4th floor!
- All the Light We Cannot See
- Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen
- Changing Planet, Changing Health: How the Climate Crisis Threatens Our Health and What We Can Do About It
- A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life
- The Doctor Crisis: How Physicians Can, and Must, Lead the Way to Better Health Care
- On the Move: A Life
- Eugene Braunwald and the Rise of Modern Medicine
- How We Do Harm: A Doctor Breaks Ranks About Being Sick in America
- The Locust Effect: Why the End of Poverty Requires the End of Violence
- The Nurture Effect: How the Science of Human Behavior Can Improve Our Lives and Our World
- VB6: Eat Vegan Before 6:00 to Lose Weight and Restore Your Health… for Good
- What Matters in Medicine: Lessons from a Life in Primary Care
We’re always looking for book and resource suggestions, so if you’ve got one please let us know by recommending a purchase.
Are you in a reading rut? Do you need a break from your textbook? The library has recently acquired some new leisure reading books, so swing by our new books section across from the 4th floor library service desk. Here are some of our recently added titles:
- The Secret History by Donna Tartt
- The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
- Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King
- Still Alice by Lisa Genova
- The Boston Girl: A Novel by Anita Diamant
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
What books did we miss? Let us know what you’d like to see in our collection by recommending a purchase.
The library has recently acquired a large collection of basic and anatomical sciences eBooks! Popular titles such as Grant’s Atlas of Anatomy, Moore’s Clinically Oriented Anatomy, and many others are now available electronically. There are too many titles to list here, so check out this PDF for the whole list!
Hanukkah: The Miracle of (Healthier) Oil!
Who doesn’t look forward to the taste thrills of Hanukkah? Latkes and jelly donuts…so yummy!!!! But when you start thinking about some of the oils that go into making those treats so crispy and tasty (vegetable shortening!), maybe not so yummy…
Is there healthier oil out there for frying those latkes? Is coconut oil for donuts a more heart smart choice than shortening? Find out in the Hirsh Library’s newest addition to its collection, Healthy oils: fact versus fiction.
Now available at the Hirsh Library:
Healthy oils: fact versus fiction.
Myrna Chandler Goldstein and Mark A. Goldstein, MD.
Santa Barbara, California : Greenwood, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2014]
Available: HHSL 4th floor – New Book Display
We’ve recently added several new titles to our collection and we hope you’ll stop by to check them out! If you need a break from your textbook, take a look at our new book section across from the 4th floor library service desk. We have a wide variety of books to choose from. Here are a few of our recent additions:
- Dr. Mütter’s marvels: a true tale of intrigue and innovation at the dawn of modern medicine by Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz
- The monkey’s voyage: how improbable journeys shaped the history of life by Alan de Queiroz
- The body keeps the score: brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma by Bessel A. van der Kolk, M.D.
- Wild: from lost to found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
- Resident on call: a doctor’s reflections on his first years at Mass General by Scott A. Rivkees
- Infinitesimal: how a dangerous mathematical theory shaped the modern world by Amir Alexander
Is there something out there that you’d like to see on our shelves? We’re always looking for suggestions, so please feel free to recommend a purchase.
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