Hugh & Hazel Darling Law Library

In addition to the five titles listed in the blog entry below, the library has also received the following books:

• The Hakawati by Rabih Alameddine (Seattle Times book review: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2004399036_hakawati11.html)
• Certain Girls by Jennifer Weiner (Entertainment Weekly book review: http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20188298,00.html)

UCLAW students, faculty and staff may find the books on stands in the Tower Reading Room.

Posted by June Kim at 12:42 PM | Permalink

The following Tower Reading Room (TRR) books are available for check-out:

• A Prisoner of Birth by Jeffrey Archer (Times Online review: http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/fiction/article3592525.ece)
• The Third Angel by Alice Hoffman (The Economist Online review: http://www.economist.com/books/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11043843)
• Amalia's Tale: A Poor Peasant, an Ambitious Attorney, and a Fight for Justice by David I. Kertzer (Washington Post Book World review, Sunday, March 2, 2008; page BW15: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/28/AR2008022803430.html)
• Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations . . .  One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin (USA Today book review: http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2007-12-19-three-cups_N.htm)
• Translucent Tree by Nobuko Takagi (Los Angeles Times book review: http://www.latimes.com/features/books/la-bk-discoveries13apr13,0,6542402.story)

They are now on book stands in the Tower Reading Room. Please note that only UCLAW students, faculty and staff may borrow books from the TRR collection.

Posted by June Kim at 10:54 AM | Permalink

Dear Students: We were all very excited to receive the wonderful card (scanned below) and the fabulous (and tasty) gift basket today! You made our day and our year! You are why we are here and your thoughtfulness makes it even more worthwhile!  We appreciate you, too!  Thanks again!

Posted by Donna Gulnac at 4:33 PM | Permalink

The library has recently purchased the following books:

• Home: A Memoir of My Early Years by Julie Andrews (New York Times book review: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/30/books/review/Brockes-t.html)
• The Animal Dialogues: Uncommon Encounters in the Wild by Craig Childs (Los Angeles Times book review: http://www.latimes.com/features/books/la-et-book18dec18,1,1257909.story)
• The Gathering by Anne Enright (Los Angeles Times book review: http://www.latimes.com/features/books/la-et-rutten3oct03,1,3363241.story)
• The Open Road: The Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama by Pico Iyer (New York Times book review: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/06/books/review/Morris-t.html)
• Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography by Andrew Morton (New York Times book review: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/10/books/10masl.html)
• What is Life?: Investigating the Nature of Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology by Ed Regis (Reviews from Christian Science Monitor and Nature: http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0408/p13s03-bogn.html & http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v452/n7188/full/452692a.html)

If you are interested in borrowing these books (UCLAW students, staff and faculty only), they are in the Tower Reading Room (on book stands).

Posted by June Kim at 11:58 AM | Permalink