Niagara University Library
Monthly Book Spotlight
*The Monthly Book Spotlight has been discontinued. However, please enjoy our previous columns below.*

Each month the Library publishes a web page that highlights
the variety and uniqueness of its book collection.

2008
December A Selection of Recommended Books
November Studs Terkel and Oral Histories
October Faculty Publications Display
September John McCain and Barack Obama
August Graphic Novel Collection
July A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
June A Selection of Oral Histories
May Faculty Publications Display
April Mary Oliver, Poet
March A Selection of Fashion Books
February A Selection of Football Books
January Eric Bogosian
2007
December A Selection of Christmas Books
November Faculty Publications Display
OctoberHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
SeptemberNiagara Reads: 2002-2007
August Slave: My True Story by Mende Nazer with Damien Lewis
July The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln by Sean Wilentz
June The Road by Cormac McCarthy
May Elizabeth I by Alison Plowden
April Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero by David Maraniss
March The Last Fine Time by Verlyn Klinkenborg
February I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence by Amy Sedaris
January Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq by Thomas E. Ricks
2006
December Librarian-Recommended Books
November Credit Cards and Living Expenses and Tuition ... Oh My! A Selection of Personal Finance Books For College Students (or anyone who needs money management help)
October Faculty Publications Display
September Vincentian Collection
August Our Fathers' War: Growing Up in the Shadow of the Greatest Generation by Tom Mathews
July The World of Tolkien: Mythological Sources of The Lord of the Rings by David Day
June The Da Vinci Code & The Complete Idiot's Guide to Mary Magdalene
May Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year: 2006 Edition edited by Charles Brooks
April Wild Blessings: The Poetry of Lucille Clifton by Hilary Holladay
March A Selection of Musical Scores
February Escape From Slavery: The True Story of My Ten Years in Captivity and My Journey to Freedom in America by Francis Bok with Edward Tivnan
January Faculty Publications Display
2005
December Surviving Justice: America's Wrongfully Convicted and Exonerated edited by Dave Eggers and Lola Vollen
November The Collected Works of Langston Hughes
October Recent Recreational Reading Books
September The Encyclopedia of New York State by Peter Eisenstadt and Laura-Eve Moss
August Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama
July His Excellency: George Washington by Joseph Ellis
June Fodor's Italy 2005 edited by Matthew Lombardi
May Maus: A Survivor's Tale by Art Spiegelman
April Miranda: The Story of America's Right to Remain Silent by Gary L. Stuart
March The Art of Maurice Sendak: 1980 to the Present with text by Tony Kushner
February A Selection of Romance Novels
January First Impressions: What You Don't Know About How Others See You by Ann Demarais and Valerie White
2004
December Books On Entertaining and Party Planning
November Art Deco 1910-1939 edited by Charlotte Benton, Tim Benton and Ghislaine Wood
October I Had Brain Surgery, What's Your Excuse?: An Illustrated Memoir by Suzy Becker
September Been There, Should've Done That: More Tips For Making the Most of College by Suzette Tyler
August Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James Loewen
July A Selection of Children's Literature Books
June Beyond Jennifer & Jason, Madison & Montana: What to Name Your Baby Now by Linda Rosenkrantz and Pamela Redmond Satran
May So Many Books, So Little Time: A Year of Passionate Reading by Sara Nelson
April A Selection of Novels Made Into Films
March The Beatles
February This Side of Glory by David Hilliard
January The Language Police: How Pressure Groups Restrict What Students Learn by Diane Ravitch
2003
December A Selection of Coffee Table Books
November An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy by Robert Dallek
October Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi
September 30 Things Everyone Should Know How To Do Before Turning 30 by Siobhan Adcock
August Hey, Waitress! The USA from the Other Side of the Tray by Alison Owings
July East of Eden by John Steinbeck
June Anime Explosion: The What, Why and Wow of Japanese Animation by Patrick Drazen
May Edward Hopper: An Intimate Biography by Gail Levin
April Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
March Get Hired! A Selection of Career and Job Search Books
February The First Heroes: The Extraordinary Story of the Doolittle Raid - America's First World War II Victory by Craig Nelson
January Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay by Nancy Milford
2002
December A Selection of Humorous Books
November Mark Twain at the Buffalo Express: Articles and Sketches by America's Favorite Humorist by Mark Twain
October In the Devil's Snare: The Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692 by Mary Beth Norton
SeptemberThe Structure of Evolutionary Theory by Stephen Jay Gould
AugustThe Tortilla Curtain by T. Coraghessan Boyle
JulyTheodore Rex by Edmund Morris
JuneRecent Travel Books
MayVolunteer Tourism: Experiences That Make a Difference by Stephen Wearing
AprilWomen in Baseball
MarchShutterbabe: Adventures in Love and War by Deborah Copaken Kogan
FebruaryAbraham Lincoln: His Early Life
JanuaryJourney to Ellis Island by Carol Bierman
2001
DecemberSkipping Christmas by John Grisham
NovemberThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
OctoberOrigin of the Human Species by Dr. Dennis Bonnette
September E=mc2: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation by David Bodanis
August Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee
July The Reader's Companion to American History
June Bob Dylan: Performing Artist by Paul Williams
MayAt the Plaza: An Illustrated History of the World's Most Famous Hotel by Curtis Gathje
AprilThe Magus by John Fowles
MarchThe Hours by Michael Cunningham
FebruaryW.E.B. Dubois
JanuaryHomage to Chiapas: The New Indigenous Struggles in Mexico by Bill Weinberg
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