Laurie Sabol

Laurie Sabol wrote a new post, The Hunger Games, on the site What Sophia Recommends 5 months, 2 weeks ago

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Reviewed by Julie-Ann Bryson, Library Assistant at the Lilly Music Library

The Hunger Games is set in the not-too-distant future, in a country called Panem that exists […]

Laurie Sabol wrote a new post, The Moral Lives of Animals, on the site What Sophia Recommends 5 months, 2 weeks ago

The Moral Lives of Animals by Dale Peterson, Lecturer in English, Tufts University

http:www.dalepetersonauthor.com

Bloomsbury Press, New York 2011

Reviewed by Regina Raboin, Science and Urban and […]

Laurie Sabol wrote a new post, Citizen You: Doing Your Part to Change the World, on the site What Sophia Recommends 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Reviewed by Regina Raboin, Science and Environmental Studies Reference Librarian

by Jonathan M. Tisch with Karl Weber
Crown Publishers, New York 2010
Tisch Library Call Number HN18.3 .T57 2010

The […]

Laurie Sabol wrote a new post, The Climate Solutions Consensus by David E. Blockstein and Leo Wiegman, on the site What Sophia Recommends 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Reviewed by Regina Raboin, Science Reference Librarian

As the reference & instruction librarian for Tufts’ Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning department and Environmental Science, I’m always searching […]

Laurie Sabol wrote a new post, Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen, on the site What Sophia Recommends 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Reviewed by Laura Walters, Associate Director for Teaching, Research, and Information Resources, Tisch Library.

Did you dream of joining the circus when you were a child? Did you want to be an elephant trainer […]

Laurie Sabol wrote a new post, Summer 2010 Leisure Reading, on the site What Sophia Recommends 5 months, 2 weeks ago

The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry

“Towner Whitney, the self-confessed unreliable narrator, hails from a family of Salem women who can read the future in the patterns in lace, and who have guarded a history of […]

Laurie Sabol wrote a new post, Of Water, Turtles and Literature, on the site What Sophia Recommends 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Following the Water: A Hydromancer’s Notebook by David Carroll

Reviewed by Regina Raboin, Science Librarian, Tisch Library

The water’s not too distant from where I live in North Central Massachusetts and […]

Laurie Sabol wrote a new post, Common Reading Program: Recommended Reading List, on the site What Sophia Recommends 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Great reads recommended by members of the Tufts Community. Compiled specifically for the Class of 2013 as part of the Common Reading Program.

Beloved
Written by Toni Morrison

Recommended by Jean […]

Laurie Sabol wrote a new post, Food for Thought, on the site What Sophia Recommends 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Peanuts: the illustrious history of the goober pea. Written by Andrew F. Smith
Review by Jumbo, Tufts University Mascot
Who knew they’d write a whole book about my favorite snack! The characters are tasty, […]

Laurie Sabol wrote a new post, Great Listening, on the site What Sophia Recommends 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Charlotte’s Web. Written and performed by E.B. White, with an afterword written by Peter F. Neumeyer and read by George Plimpton.

Review by Laurie Sabol, Tisch Library Instruction Coordinator
Ever slopped a […]

Laurie Sabol wrote a new post, SUMMER READING: Graphic Novels, on the site What Sophia Recommends 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Maus: A Survivor’s Tale I: My Father Bleeds History
Maus: A Survivor’s Tale II: And Here My Troubles Began
by Art Spiegelman
Review by Laurie Sabol
When I was a kid, comic books meant Archie and Jughead or […]

Laurie Sabol wrote a new post, Daily Article, on the site What Sophia Recommends 5 months, 2 weeks ago

We’re pleased with this Tufts Daily article highlighting the issue of leisure reading. A quick note: we don’t expect everyone to want to read every book on our list! But we do hope, over the course of our […]

Laurie Sabol wrote a new post, Reading for pleasure correlates strongly with academic achievement, on the site What Sophia Recommends 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Wondering if it’s truly worth setting aside time to read for fun? This report from the National Endowment for the Arts, called To Read or Not to Read: a Question of National Consequence, is worth looking […]

Laurie Sabol wrote a new post, Comments, eventually, we hope, on the site What Sophia Recommends 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Hello all, and thank you for the feedback we’ve been getting about enabling comments! We have been in touch with UIT (before we started the series) to find a way to enable comments for just the Tufts community. […]

Laurie Sabol wrote a new post, SPRING BREAK 2008! Clouds, sheep, polar bears and other “wild ‘n’ wooly” reading, on the site What Sophia Recommends 5 months, 2 weeks ago

The Cloudspotter’s Guide
The Science, History, and Culture of Clouds
by Gavin Pretor-Pinney
We start off our first series with a book especially designed to put your head in the clouds! When you need a break […]

Laurie Sabol wrote a new post, READ FOR FUN!, on the site What Sophia Recommends 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Welcome to WHAT SOPHIA RECOMMENDS from among the (little-known) Leisure Literature found in Tisch Library!
Sophia is, of course, our lovely bronze mascot, who sits on a bench across from the New Books Shelf, […]

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