In addition to the five titles listed in the blog entry below, the library has also received the following books:
UCLAW students, faculty and staff may find the books on stands in the Tower Reading Room.
The following Tower Reading Room (TRR) books are available for check-out:
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.
The library has recently purchased the following books:
If you are interested in borrowing these books (UCLAW students, staff and faculty only), they are in the Tower Reading Room (on book stands).
Along with the 4 titles listed below, the Library has also received the following new Tower books:
If you are interested in borrowing these books (UCLAW students, staff and faculty only), they are on book stands in the Tower Reading Room.
The library has recently purchased the following books:
If you are interested in borrowing any of these books, they are on book stands in the Tower Reading Room.
With summer fast approaching, you may want to check out some of the new titles added to the Library's recreational reading collection. Take a look at the display of Tower Reading Room (TRR) books in the bookcase outside the entrance to the Library.
Titles include Black Girl/White Girl by Joyce Carol Oates, The Family that Couldn't Sleep: A Medical Mystery by D.T. Max, You Suck: A Love Story by Christopher Moore, Children of Men by P.D. James, Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Ava Gardner: "Love is Nothing" by Lee Server, Whitethorn Woods by Maeve Binchy, Heyday: A Novel by Kurt Andersen, A Long Way Home: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ismael Beah, and many more.
If you are interested in checking out any of the books in the display case, please inquire at Circulation. (Note: Only UCLA Law School students, faculty and staff may borrow these books.)
The Law Library has recently purchased 2 novels for the Tower Reading Room (TRR): the contemporary thriller True Evil by Greg Iles and the historic horror/thriller The Terror by Dan Simmons.
In True Evil, Greg Iles returns to his trademark Southern milieu in this terrifying thriller, an unnerving tale of evil lurking beneath the veneer of idyllic suburban life. He tells the chilling story of a divorce attorney who may be orchestrating the deaths of his clients' spouses (from book jacket).
In 1845, 129 men, led by Sir John Franklin, set sail from England in search of the legendary Northwest passage. Outfitted with the latest maritime and scientific equipment and packed with enough provisions to last years, the ships (the HMS Terror and flagship HMS Erebus) and her crew were never seen again. In The Terror, Dan Simmons takes this mystery as inspiration for his novel, "mixing historical adventure with gothic horror -- a sort of Patrick O'Brian meets Edgar Allan Poe against the backdrop of a J.M.W. Turner icescape. Meticulously researched and brilliantly imagined, The Terror won't satisfy historians or even Franklin buffs, but as a literary hybrid, the novel presents a dramatic and mythic argument for how and why Franklin and his men met their demise." (from Washington Post book review, linked below)
Both books are now on the shelves in the TRR. For links to book reviews and to excerpts provided by the publishers, click below.
The Law Library has recently purchased the biography, Justice for All: Earl Warren and the Nation He Made by Jim Newton, for the Tower Reading Room collection.
For those of you who are unfamiliar with this collection, the Law Library’s Tower Reading Room (TRR) collection contains books for recreational reading (for the exclusive use of our law students, faculty and staff). Most of the books are of current interest (not necessarily related to the law) that may be difficult to obtain elsewhere on campus because they are so new or in such high demand.
In Justice for All, Jim Newton, a reporter, editor, and bureau chief at the Los Angeles Times for nearly twenty years, “brings readers the first truly complete consideration of Earl Warren, drawing on unparalleled access to government, academic, and private documents pertaining to Warren’s life, as well as extensive cooperation from his living children and associates. Newton illuminates both the public and private Warren, the father of six whose own father was murdered, the stoic leader of the Masons who was touched by the difficulties of children, the study yet prickly man.” (book jacket)
If you are interested in reading this book, it is now on the shelf in the TRR.
By the way, we also welcome suggestions for additions to this collection. For information on how to submit a request and for a complete list of TRR titles, please see the Specialized Collection page on the Law School’s Intranet (Lawnet log in required) at http://www.law.ucla.edu/home/index.asp?page=1397.
For links to book reviews, click below.
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