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by the staff of P.H. Welshimer Memorial Library & Seminary Library

Million Pennies Campaign successfully completed: Where do we go from here?

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2013-PennyWe’re happy to announce that the Million Pennies Campaign has met its $10,000 goal! That’s right–your small donations added up to more than one million pennies to benefit the Library’s ongoing renovation! Here’s the Milligan College press release announcing the good news. Thank you for your generosity and support!

So now that we’ve met our goal, what’s next? You may recall that our goal was $10,000 because that’s the level of giving at which a donor can name a Library study room. Since we’ve achieved that total, that’s exactly what we’re going to let you do! The room we’ll name, by the way, is the semi-enclosed study space on the first floor that contains the whiteboard (pictured below).

IMG_0361Before the end of the year, Library staff will compile a list of people we’d like to honor–people who have been important to both the life of Library and of Milligan College. Then, we’ll allow you, the donors, to select your favorite. In January 2014, at the beginning of the Spring semester, we’ll announce the process by which you can cast your ballot. By early Spring, we’ll tally the votes, announce the winner, and celebrate our room dedication with a public event!

Though we’ve met our goal, the renovation of the Library is not yet complete and will require additional funding. Thus, the Million Pennies Campaign will continue, but in a less-public manner. We’ll remove the donation box from the Circulation Desk, but Library staff will still accept direct coin, cash, and check donations. We’ll continue collecting gently-used textbooks, books, and media through the Million Pennies Book Drive, the sales from which benefit both Million Pennies and the National Center for Family Literacy. Any further contributions we receive will continue to benefit Million Pennies and larger Library renovation efforts until the Library is complete. Who knows, maybe we’ll raise enough to name a second study room before all is said and done!

Thanks once again for your incredible generosity. We appreciate all our donors for taking action to honor the Library and make it a better place for all its users.

Library Homecoming 2013 event: Reimagining books as works of art

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As we considered how the Library might participate in this year’s Homecoming weekend celebration (October 25-27, 2013), we stumbled upon a wonderful idea from the Claremont (California) Colleges Library. They have developed a “repurposed book art contest” called RE:BOOK. The RE:BOOK contest was conceived to “[invite] students to submit projects made from worn-out books and other forms of cast-off paper.” The planners posed a question as the basis of RE:BOOK: “When does a book outlive its intended use, and what (legitimately) happens next?”**

We weren’t (at this stage) so much interested in delving into a philosophical conversation about the life-cycle of books as we were looking for a creative Fall book-related event to engage Milligan College students, faculty, and staff, which could also serve as a nice complement to the Edible Books Festival we put on in the Spring.

Since we didn’t know what to expect in terms of entry response the first time around, we decided to pair the idea of reimagining books as art with a display of some of the wonderful art books we have in the Library collection. This led naturally to a name for our event: Art Book+Book Art. We also decided that instead of awarding prizes for favorite entries, we would simply hold a drawing where one lucky (non-staff) entrant could win a $25 Amazon gift card.

We were very pleased by the initial response. We had 14 entries submitted by 6 artists, representing both students, faculty, and library staff. Student Anna Dukart was the winner of the Amazon gift card. The exhibit was set up in the back study area on the Main Floor of the Library throughout Homecoming weekend. It will remain up through Friday, November 8 if you haven’t yet had a chance to see it in person.

We love the idea of having the Library serve as a venue for art. We definitely plan to hold the event again next year. We hope that it will become an annual Fall/Homecoming tradition. Here are photographs from this year’s Art Book+Book Art exhibit (click on a thumbnail to enlarge):


** Tagge, N. and Booth, C. (2013, September). Constructive destruction: Examining the life cycle of texts through RE:BOOK. College & Research Libraries News, 74(8), 402-407.

“They won’t stay dead!”

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Adam and I’s Halloween scary movie tradition stayed alive this year with Night of the Living Dead (1968). This film, directed by George Romero, is about a strange night where people who have recently died are not staying dead. They are coming back to life and murdering other people. The tagline to this movie is “they won’t stay dead!” and it is a very fitting description of this film.

While this film is 45 years old, it is still delivers everything you would want in a classic horror film. With this film, Romero revolutionized the horror-film genre and the idea of a “zombie,” even though in Night the undead are referred to as “ghouls”. Even though when this film was made they did not have the modern special effects, these “ghouls” are actually still quite scary, which is pretty impressive. At one point while Adam and I were watching the movie and the ”ghouls” were trying to get into a house, there was banging on our front door and I jumped because I thought the ghouls were trying to come into our house!

I really enjoyed this horror film and believe that it is a true horror classic. Hopefully you find it as frightful and surprising as I did.

If you’re looking for a post-Halloween thrill check out this movie from the Milligan Library!
Milligan Library Call Number  PN1997.N57 2008

New Books and Media Received (October 2013)

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The following Books, CDs, and DVDs (111 titles) were received into the Library collection through the Acquisitions Budget during October 2013:

Abelardo Morell : the universe next door / Elizabeth Siegel with Brett Abbott and Paul Martineau.
Chicago, Illinois : The Art Institute of Chicago, [2013].
New Haven, Connecticut ; London : Distributed by Yale University Press.

Acts / Mark E. Moore.
Joplin, Mo : College Press, 2011.

The Alexiad / Anna Komnene ; translated by E.R.A. Sewter.
London ; New York : Penguin, 2009.

An American saga : some East Tennessee Taylors / W. Eugene Cox and Joyce Cox.
Bloomington, Ind. : IUniverse, c2011.

Amphigorey again / Edward Gorey.
Orlando : Harcourt, 2007.

Amphigorey also / Edward Gorey.
New York : Congdon & Weed : Distributed by St. Martin’s Press, c1983.

Amphigorey : fifteen books / by Edward Gorey.
New York : Berkley Pub. Grp. 1980, c1972.

Amphigorey too / Edward Gorey.
New York : Perigee, 1980, c1975.

Anne of Green Gables [videorecording] : the sequel / produced by Anne of Green Gables II Productions (1986) Inc. in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the Disney Channel and PBS/Wonderworks ; produced, written and edited by Kevin Sullivan.
[Ontario, Canada] : Sullivan Entertainment [distributor], c2006.

Antonio Vivaldi and the Baroque tradition / Donna Getzinger, Daniel Felsenfeld.
Greensboro, N.C. : Morgan Reynolds Pub., c2004.

The art of curating worship : reshaping the role of worship leader / Mark Pierson ; with a foreword from Dan Kimball.
Minneapolis, MN : Sparkhouse Press, c2010.

The Arthur of the Welsh : the Arthurian legend in medieval Welsh literature / edited by Rachel Bromwich, A.O.H. Jarman, Brynley F. Roberts.
Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2008.

At last / Edward St Aubyn.
New York: Picador, 2013.

Ballykissangel. Series 1 [videorecording] / A Ballykea production for World Productions for the BBC in association with BBC Worldwide.
[United States] : BBC Video, 2010.

Berenice Abbott : Changing New York / Bonnie Yochelson.
New York : New Press : Museum of the City of New York : Distributed by W.W. Norton & Co., c1997.

Berlin 1961 : Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the most dangerous place on earth / Frederick Kempe ; [foreword by Brent Scowcroft]. New York : Berkley Books, 2012.

The best American infographics, 2013 / with an introduction by David Byrne.
Boston : Mariner Books, 2013.

The Bhāgavata Purāṇa : sacred text and living tradition / edited by Ravi M. Gupta and Kenneth R. Valpey.
New York : Columbia University Press, [2013].

Biblical hermeneutics : five views / edited by Stanley E. Porter & Beth M. Stovell ; with contributions by Craig L. Blomberg … [et al.].
Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Academic, c2012.

The book thief / by Markus Zusak.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.

Burn! [videorecording] / United Artists Pictures Inc. ; a film by Gillo Pontecorvo ; directed by Gillo Pontecorvo ; produced by Alberto Grimaldi ; written by Franco Solinas, Giorgio Arlorio.
Culver City, Calif. : Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment : Distributed by Sony Home Entertainement, [2005].

Catholic Church and democracy in Chile and Peru / Michael Fleet ; Brian H. Smith.
University Notre Dame Press, 2000.

The Catholic Church : what everyone needs to know / John L. Allen Jr.
New York : Oxford University Press, c2013.

Charles Marville : photographer of Paris / Sarah Kennel, with Anne de Mondenard, Peter Barberie, Françoise Reynaud, Joke de Wolf.
Washington : National Gallery of Art, 2013.

Charts on the Book of Hebrews / Herbert W. Bateman IV.
Grand Rapids, MI : Kregel Publications, 2012.

Charts on the life, letters, and theology of Paul / Lars Kierspel.
Grand Rapids, MI : Kregel Publications, 2012.

Choctalking on other realities / by LeAnne Howe ; foreword by Dean Rader.
San Francisco : Aunt Lute Books, 2013.

Christian counseling ethics : a handbook for psychologists, therapists and pastors / edited by Randolph K Sanders, Ph.D.
Downers Grove, IL : InterVarsity Press, [2013].

Chronique d’un été (Paris 1960) = Chronicle of a Summer (Paris 1960) / Janus Films ; Cineteca Bologna ; Argos Films ; Anatole Dauman présente ; un film de Jean Rouch et Edgar Morin.
[New York] : Criterion Collection, [2013].

The cinema of Steven Soderbergh : indie sex, corporate lies, and digital videotape / Andrew deWaard & R. Colin Tait.
London ; New York : Wallflower, 2013.

The cinema of Terry Gilliam : it’s a mad world / edited by Jeff Birkenstein, Anna Froula & Karen Randell.
London ; New York : Wallflower Press, 2013.

Classic musical shorts from the Dream Factory [videorecording].
Burbank, CA : Turner Entertainment Co. : Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. : Distributed by Warner Home Video, 2010.

Code name Verity / Elizabeth Wein.
New York : Hyperion, 2013, c2012.

The collected sermons of Dietrich Bonhoeffer / translated from the German by Douglas W. Stott … [et al.] ; edited by Isabel Best.
Minneapolis, Minn. : Fortress Press, c2012.

College (un)bound : the future of higher education and what it means for students / Jeffrey J. Selingo.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013.

Commodity activism : cultural resistance in neoliberal times / edited by Roopali Mukherjee and Sarah Banet-Weiser.
New York : New York University Press, c2012.

A complete guide to brass : instruments and technique / Scott Whitener ; illustrations by Cathy L. Whitener.
Belmont, Calif. : Thomson/Schirmer, c2007.

The complete Peanuts / Charles M. Schulz.
Seattle : Fantagraphics Books, c2004-

Comprehending mission : the questions, methods, themes, problems, and prospects of missiology / Stanley H. Skreslet.
Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books, c2012.

The constitution of China : a contextual analysis / Qianfan Zhang.
Oxford ; Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing, 2012.

Corelli et son temps. English.
New York, Norton [1956].

Daughters of hope : stories of witness and courage in the face of persecution / Kay Marshall Strom & Michele Rickett.
Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, c2003.

Devote yourself to the public reading of scripture : the transforming power of the well-spoken word / Jeffrey D. Arthurs.
Grand Rapids, Mich. : Kregel Academic & Professional, 2012.

The education system in Swaziland : training and skills development for shared growth and competitiveness / Mmantsetsa Marope.
Washington, D.C. : Africa Region Human Development Dept., World Bank, c2010.

Eliot Porter : in the realm of nature / Paul Martineau, with a foreword by Michael Brune.
Los Angeles : J. Paul Getty Museum, c2012.

Emmet Gowin / essays by Carlos Gollonet and Keith F. Davis ; chronology by Martín García ; coordinator, Leticia Martínez Alcocer.
Madrid, Spain : Fundación Mapfre ; New York, N.Y. : Aperture, [2013].

Engaging students with poverty in mind : practical strategies for raising achievement / Eric Jensen.
Alexandria, Virginia : ASCD, 2013.

Essentials of clinical geriatrics / Robert L. Kane … [et al.].
New York : McGraw-Hill Education / Medical, c2013.

Expect Great Things, Attempt Great Things William Carey and Adoniram Judson, Missionary Pioneers.
Wipf & Stock Pub 2013.

Family therapies : a comprehensive Christian appraisal / Mark A. Yarhouse & James N. Sells.
Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Academic, c2008.

The first thousand years : a global history of Christianity / Robert Louis Wilken.
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2012.

Forgotten girls : stories of hope and courage / Kay Marshall Strom and Michele Rickett.
Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Books, c2009.

Framing fat : competing constructions in contemporary culture / Samantha Kwan and Jennifer Graves.
New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2013].

Franco Corelli : a man, a voice / by Marina Boagno, with Gilberto Starone ; translated by Teresa Brentegani and Samuel Chase ; chronology by Gilberto Starone ; discography by Gilberto Starone ; tapography by Federico Rota ; videography and filmography by Gilberto Starone, Mark Schiavone, and Stephen R. Leopold ; compact disc compiled by Mark Schiavone.
Dallas, TX : Baskerville, c1996.

Frontline women : negotiating cross-cultural issues in ministry / edited by Marguerite G. Kraft.
Pasadena, CA : William Carey Library, 2012.

Gender and parenthood : biological and social scientific perspectives / edited by W. Bradford Wilcox and Kathleen Kovner Kline.
New York : Columbia University Press, [2013].

Going somewhere : truth about a life in science / Andrew A. Marino.
Belcher, La. : Cassandra Pub., 2010.

The golden cord : a short book on the secular and the sacred / Charles Taliaferro.
Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2013].

The Gospel according to Bob Dylan : the old, old story for modern times / Michael J. Gilmour.Louisville, Ky. : Westminster John Knox Press, c2011.

Guests on Earth : a novel / Lee Smith.
Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books Of Chapel Hill, 2013.

The hermeneutical spiral : a comprehensive introduction to biblical interpretation / Grant R. Osborne.
Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, 2006.

Horizons of Reformation / Robert O. Fife.
[Johnson City, Tennessee] : Emmanuel School of Religion, c1999.

The human magnet syndrome : why we love people who hurt us / Ross Rosenberg, M. Ed., LCPC, CADC.
Eau Claire, WI : Premier Publishing & Media, [2013].

In the steps of the Black Prince : the road to Poitiers, 1355-1356 / Peter Hoskins.
Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2013.

Infant and child feeding and swallowing : occupational therapy assessment and intervention / Sherna Marcus and Suzanne Breton.
Bethesda, Md. : American Occupational Therapy Assocation, Inc., c2013.

Integrating faith and psychology : twelve psychologists tell their stories / edited by Glendon L. Moriarty ; foreword by Gary R. Collins.
Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Academic, c2010.

Integrative psychotherapy : toward a comprehensive Christian approach / Mark R. McMinn and Clark D. Campbell.
Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, c2007.

Interpreting the Pauline letters : an exegetical handbook / John D. Harvey.
Grand Rapids, MI : Kregel Publications, 2012.

The invisible art of film music : a comprehensive history / Laurence E. MacDonald.
Lanham, Maryland : Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2013.

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict : tough questions, direct answers / Dale HansonBourke.
Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Books, [2013].

Japan and the cosmopolitan gothic : specters of modernity / by Michael J. Blouin.
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Jiheishō no boku ga tobihaneru riyū. English
The reason I jump : the inner voice of a thirteen-year-old boy with autism. New York : Random House, [2013].

Kodachrome memory : American pictures 1972-1990 / Nathan Benn ; foreword by Richard Buckley ; essay by Paul M. Farber.
Brooklyn, N.Y. : Powerhouse Books, c2013.

Love and logic magic for early childhood : practical parenting from birth to six years / Jim Fay & Charles Fay.
Golden, Colo. : Love and Logic Press, 2000.

The man with the violin / Kathy Stinson ; Dušan Petričić.
Toronto : Annick Press, [2013].

Mark’s Gospel [videorecording] / told by Max McLean ; [produced by Late Breaking Productions/Fellowship for the Performing Arts].
[Morristown, N.J.] : Late-Breaking Productions/Fellowship for the Performing Arts ; Worcester, PA : Distributed by Gateway Films/Vision Video, [200-?].

Marvel Comics : the untold story / Sean Howe.
New York : Harper Perennial, 2013.

Millennial masculinity : men in contemporary American cinema / edited by Timothy Shary.
Detroit : Wayne State University Press, c2013.

Music in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries / Richard Taruskin.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

The New Grove Italian baroque masters : Monteverdi, Frescobaldi, Cavalli, Corelli, A. Scarlatti, Vivaldi, D. Scarlatti / Denis Arnold … [et al.].
New York : W.W. Norton, 1984.

New York Arbor–Mitch Epstein / [edited by Susan Bell and Ryan Spencer].
Göttingen  : Steidl, 2013.

Niccolo Machiavelli : an intellectual biography / Corrado Vivanti ; translated by Simon MacMichael.
Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2013].

Now a terrifying motion picture! : twenty-five classic works of horror adapted from book to film / James F. Broderick.
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company, Inc., c2012.

Oil / Gavin Bridge and Philippe Le Billon.
Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, 2013.

The origins of the Christian mystical tradition : from Plato to Denys / Andrew Louth.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2007.

The origins of the world’s mythologies / E.J. Michael Witzel.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.

Pessimism of the intellect? : a history of the New Left Review / Duncan Thompson.
Monmouth : Merlin, 2007.

The play of reason : from the modern to the postmodern / Linda Nicholson.
Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, c1999.

Practical pharmacology in rehabilitation : effect of medication on therapy / Lynette L. Carl, Joseph A. Gallo, Peter R. Johnson.
Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, c2014.

The prop building guidebook : for theatre, film, and tv / Eric Hart.
New York : Focal Press/Taylor, 2013.

Restoring the shattered self : a Christian counselor’s guide to complex trauma /Heather Davediuk Gingrich.
Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP Academic, An imprint of InterVarsity Press, [2013].

Reversing the odds : improving outcomes for babies in the child welfare system / by Sheryl Dicker.
Baltimore : Paul H. Brookes Pub. Co., c2009.

The sociolinguistics of writing / Theresa Lillis.
Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press, c2013.

The sorcerer of Bayreuth : Richard Wagner, his work, and his world / Barry Millington.
New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.

Star trek. Into darkness [videorecording] / Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions present a Bad Robot production, a J.J. Abrams film ; produced by J.J. Abrams … [et al.] ; written by Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman & Damon Lindelof ; directed by J.J. Abrams.
Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Entertainment, c2013.

The Stone-Campbell movement : a global history / edited by D. Newell Williams, Douglas A. Foster, Paul M. Blowers.
St. Louis : Chalice Press, c2013.

The story of helium and the birth of astrophysics / Biman B. Nath.
New York : Springer, c2013.

The synergy of film and music : sight and sound in five Hollywood films / Peter Rothbart.
Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2013.

That’s the joint! : the hip-hop studies reader / edited by Murray Forman and Mark Anthony Neal.
New York : Routledge, 2012.

Theories of international politics and zombies / Daniel W. Drezner.
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2011.

This is England [videorecording] / Weinstein Company ; IFC Films ; Red Envelope Entertainment ; FilmFour and the UK Film Council present in association with EM Media and Screen Yorkshire a Warp Films production in association with Big Arty Productions a Shane Meadows film ; executive producers, Tessa Ross, Peter Carlton, Paul Trijbits, Kate Ogborn, Will Clarke, Hugo Heppell ; produced by Mark Herbert ; written and directed by Shane Meadows.
[New York, N.Y.] : IFC Films ; [Solana Beach, Calif.] : Distributed by Genius Products, [2007].

This is no place for a woman : Nadine Gordimer, Buchi Emecheta, Nayantara Saghal [i.e. Sahgal], and the politics of gender / Joya Uraizee.
Trenton, NJ : Africa World Press, c2000.

Unlocking Romans : resurrection and the justification of God / J.R. Daniel Kirk.
Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub., 2008.

Vivaldi / Michael Talbot.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.

Vivaldi, the four seasons and other concertos, op. 8 / Paul Everett.
Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1996.

Wall / photographs by Josef Koudelka.
New York : Aperture, 2013.

Watching while Black : centering the television of Black audiences / edited by Beretta E. Smith-Shomade.
New Brunswick, N.J. ; London : Rutgers University Press, c2012.

With : reimagining the way you relate to God / Skye Jethani.
Nashville : Thomas Nelson, c2011.

Worship and mission for the global church : an ethnodoxology handbook / James R. Krabill, general editor ; Frank Fortunato, Robin P. Harris, Brian Schrag, editors.
Pasadena, CA : William Carey Library, c2013.

Worship where you’re planted : a primer for the local church worship leader / Dave Clark.
Kansas City, Mo. : Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City, c2010.

The Writer’s market.
Cincinnati, Writer’s Digest.

The following Books (5 items) were received into the Library’s bestsellers collection during October 2013:

The disaster artist : my life inside The room, the greatest bad movie ever made / Greg Sestero & Tom Bissell. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2013.

King’s mountain : a ballad novel / Sharyn McCrumb. New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2013.

My mother’s secret : based on a true Holocaust story / J. L. Witterick. New York : G.P. Putnam’s Sons, [2013].

Paddle your own canoe : one man’s principles for delicious living / Nick Offerman. New York : Dutton, 2013.

The purchase / Linda Spalding. New York : Pantheon Books, [2013], c2012.

The following Books (59 items) were received into the Library collection as Gift Donations during October 2013:

The amazing life of Benjamin Franklin / by James Cross Giblin ; illustrated by Michael Dooling. New York : Scholastic Press, 2000.

Ana cultiva manzanas = Apple farmer Annie / por Monica Wellington. New York : Dutton Children’s Books, c2004.

Ancient melodies / Su Hua Ling Chen ; with an introduction by V. Sackville-West. New York : Universe Books, 1988.

Big brother, little brother / story and pictures by Marci Curtis. New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c2004.

Big sister, little sister / story and pictures by Marci Curtis. New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c2000.

The book of balance and harmony / translation and introduction by Thomas Cleary. Rider, 1990.

China journal 1889-1900 : an American missionary family during the Boxer Rebellion : with the letters and diaries of Eva Jane Price and her family / foreword by Harrison E. Salisbury ; introductory notes and annotations by Robert H. Felsing. New York : Collier Books, 1990.

China’s intercourse with Korea from the XVth century to 1895. New York, Paragon Book Reprint Corp., 1970.

The Chinese rites controversy : from its beginning to modern times / George Minamiki. Chicago : Loyola University Press, c1985.

Christianity and Chinese religions / Hans Küng, Julia Ching. New York : Doubleday, c1989.

Do you know where sea turtles go? / written by Paul Lowery ; illustrated by Tim Thomas. Panama City, FL : PBL Stories, 2007, c2005.

Don’t lose your shoes! : tie them instead! / [written by Elizabeth Mills ; illustrated by Sarah Beise]. New York : Cartwheel Books, 2009.

Evidence and Paul’s journeys : an historical investigation into the travels of the Apostle Paul / Jefferson White. Hilliard, OH : Parsagard Press, c2001.

The food of China / E.N. Anderson. New Haven : Yale University Press, c1988.

From Ming to Chʻing : conquest, region, and continuity in seventeenth- century China / edited by Jonathan D. Spence and John E. Wills. Jr. New Haven : Yale University Press, 1979.

The gay genius; the life and times of Su Tungpo. New York, J. Day Co. [1947].

George Washington : a brief biography / by William MacDonald. Mount Vernon, Va. : Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association, 1987.

George Washington, young leader / by Laurence Santrey ; illustrated by William Ostrowsey. Mahwah, N.J. : Troll Associates, c1982.

The golden mean : in which the extraordinary correspondence of Griffin & Sabine concludes / written and illustrated by Nick Bantock. San Francisco : Chronicle Books, c1993.

Granny’s dragon / Lisa McCourt ; illustrated by Cyd Moore. New York : Dutton Children’s Books, c2008.

Griffin & Sabine : an extraordinary correspondence / written and illustrated by Nick Bantock. San Francisco : Chronicle Books, c1991.

Hurlbut’s story of the Bible for young and old : one hundred sixty-eight stories, forming a continuous narrative of the Holy Scripture from Genesis to Revelation / by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut. Chicago ; Philadelphia : Winston, 1932.

If it weren’t for you. Pictures by Ben Shecter. New York: Harper & Row (c1966).

It’s all mine, or, The little raven’s mischief / story told by Nele Moost ; illustrations by Annet Rudolph. New York : Abbeville Press Publishers, 1999.

The legend of the Indian paintbrush / retold and illustrated by Tomie dePaola. New York : Putnam, 1991, c1988.

The lion, the witch and the wardrobe / based on the original book by C.S. Lewis ; retold by Hiawyn Oram ; illustrated by Tudor Humphries. [New York] : HarperCollins, c2004.

Little Loon and Papa / Toni Buzzeo ; illustrated by Margaret Spengler. New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c2004.

Little pictures of Japan. Edited by Olive Beaupré  Miller, pictures by Katharine Sturges. Chicago, Book House for Children Publishers [c1950].

The living earth manual of feng-shui : Chinese geomancy / Stephen Skinner. London ; Boston : Routledge & K. Paul, 1982.

Llama Llama red pajama / written and illustrated by Anna Dewdney. New York : Viking, 2005.

The lord of the rings. Return of the king [videorecording] / New Line Cinema presents a Wingnut Films production ; producers, Barrie M. Osborne, Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson ; screenplay by Fran Walsh & Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson ; directed by Peter Jackson. Los Angeles, Calif. : New Line Home Entertainment, 2004, c2003.

The lord of the rings. The fellowship of the ring [videorecording] / New Line Cinema presents a Wingnut Films production ; producers, Barrie M. Osborne … [et al.] ; screenplay writers, Fran Walsh … [et al.] ; director, Peter Jackson. [United States] : New Line Home Entertainment, c2002.

The lord of the rings, the two towers [videorecording] / New Line Cinema presents a Wingnut Films production ; producers, Barrie M. Osborne, Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson ; screenplay by Fran Walsh & Philippa Boyens & Stephen Sinclair & Peter Jackson ; directed by Peter Jackson. [United States] : New Line Home Entertainment ; Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2004].

Luke goes to bat / Rachel Isadora. New York : G.P. Putnam’s Sons, c2005.

Madame Mao : The white-boned demon. A biography of Madame Mao Zedong / Ross Terrill. Toronto ; New York : Bantam Books, 1986, c1984.

My Maasai life : from suburbia to Savannah / Robin Wiszowaty. Toronto : Me to We Books ; Vancouver : Greystone Books, c2010.

Nursery friends from France. Illustrated by Maud and Miska Petersham. Chicago, Book House for Children [1950].

OTA : the pygmy in the zoo / Phillips Verner Bradford & Harvey Blume. New York : St. Martin’s Press, 1992.

The perilous journey of the Donner Party / by Marian Calabro. New York : Scholastic Books, 2000, c1999.

Pigs love potatoes / Anika Denise ; illustrated by Christopher Denise. New York : Philomel Books, c2007.

The power of forgiveness [videorecording] / produced by Martin Doblmeier, Dan Juday, Adele Schmidt ; directed by Martin Doblmeier. [United States] : First Run Features, [2008].

Prehistoric life / M. Benton & E. Cook. New York : Shooting Star Press, 1996.

A puzzling day at Castle MacPelican / Scoular Anderson. Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 1995.

Pyramids / Anne Millard. New York : Scholastic, c1996 (1998 printing).

The rain forest / created by Gallimard Jeunesse and René  Mettler ; illustrated by René  Mettler ; [English translation by Jennifer Riggs ; American text by Jean Marzollo]. New York : Scholastic, 1994.

Sabine’s notebook : in which the extraordinary correspondence of Griffin & Sabine continues / written and illlustrated by Nick Bantock. San Francisco : Chronicle Books, c1992.

Science / written by John Farndon ; illustrated by Julian Baker. Clifton : Dempsey Parr, c1999.

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Hollywood Halloween

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No plans for Halloween this year? Why not check out a scary movie for a movie night? For the past four years, my husband Adam and I have had a tradition of watching a scary movie on Halloween. We always picked movies that neither of us had ever seen, which guarantees that both of us are surprised. We have watched some good ones over the years. There has not been one year yet where we have been disappointed by our scary movie choice. Here are the movies that we have watched over the years, maybe you will be inspired to start a scary movie tradition of your own.

The first year, while we were still dating, we watched Psycho (1960), directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh. Hitchcock movies are some of my favorites, and this was on that I had never seen. All that Adam and I knew about this movie was the “shower scene.” This movie definitely surprised us, and it is a great one for Halloween night. Even though it is 53 years old, it is still one of my favorite movies.

The next year we went classic scary movie with Halloween (1978). Surprisingly both of us had made it 20 years of our life without seeing this scary movie, and did we love it. Adam and I would both name one of our favorite movies ever. We were so scared. John Carpenter did an amazing job with creating suspense with his camera angles and memorable score. Whenever I hear the classic theme I immediately feel a chill and look over my shoulder. This would be a great movie to check out and watch with a group of friends this Halloween.

When deciding what to watch the next year, I decided to do some research on the scariest movie ever made and I was surprised to find The Exorcist (1973) listed number one on three of the lists that I found. Adam and I decided to watch this one. We also rented Raiders of the Lost Ark to watch after The Exorcist so that we would go to bed thinking of action scenes instead of exorcisms. Adam and I found The Exorcist to be a different kind of scary movie. It is not so much a scary movie where things jump out and scare you or has crazy twists. No, it’s more of a scary movie because it is just plain creepy and disturbing. It is not really a movie that I would say we enjoyed watching and probably will never want to watch again, but it was a good scary movie to continue our Halloween tradition.

Last year Adam and I decided to continue in the Halloween series and watch Halloween 2 (1981). While not as good as the John Carpenter original, this movie was still very scary. It continues the story from where the first movie leaves off. We enjoyed this one as well, but this is one case where the sequel did not quite live up to the original for us.

Adam and I still have not decided what to watch this year, we have a couple ideas, but sometimes it is hard to choose. I’d like to see what you think. Which movie should Adam and I watch this year to continue our Halloween scary movie tradition?

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Look for my review of this year’s scary movie after Halloween.

Milligan Library Call Numbers for the scary movies mentioned above:

Psycho  PN1995.9.H6 P8 1999
Halloween  PN1997.H348 2000
The Exorcist  PN1995.9 H6 E9 2010

For other ideas for scary movies to watch, check out the display in the Milligan Library. And remember another great thing about the Milligan Library: If they don’t have it, they can Interlibrary Loan it for you!