Join Geisel Library on May 17 at 12:30 p.m. for a book discussion of Tastes Like War: A Memoir by Grace M. Cho, as part of Overdrive's Big Library Read May 3-17, 2023.

Boston Public Library recently joined three other libraries in the United States, Seattle Public Library, Brooklyn Public Library, and LA County Library, to offer free eCards to teens and young adults who live in the U.S. The eCards offer cardholders' access to frequently banned and challenged ebooks and audiobooks. 

Obtain your eCard at one of these libraries by completing their online registration form:

• Boston Public Library (ages 13-26)
• Brooklyn Public Library (ages 13-21)
• LA County Library (ages 13-18)
• Seattle Public Library (ages 13-26)

Love at First Page

Pick your date...

• Check it out at the circulation desk
• Wait until you get home to unwrap it!
• Spend some time getting to know your date -- Read and enjoy!
• If you don't like you date, just return it (You won't hurt its feelings)

Now until February 14th!

All members of the SAC Community are invited to attend a book group discussion of "Year of Wonders" by Geraldine Brooks. We will be meeting in the Library Classroom (upper level of Geisel) at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 21, 2024. 

Description

"When an infected bolt of cloth carries plague from London to an isolated village, a housemaid named Anna Frith emerges as an unlikely heroine and healer. Through Anna's eyes we follow the story of the fateful year of 1666, as she and her fellow villagers confront the spread of disease and superstition" (GoodReads.com).

Copies of the book are available for you to borrow at the Circulation Desk.

For more information, visit our Book Group webpage.

All members of the SAC Community are invited to attend a book group discussion of "Mexican Gothic" by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. We will be meeting in the Library Classroom (upper level of Geisel) at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 18, 2024.

Description

"After receiving a frantic letter from her newly-wed cousin begging for someone to save her from a mysterious doom, Noemí Taboada heads to High Place, a distant house in the Mexican countryside. She’s not sure what she will find...[and] mesmerized by the terrifying yet seductive world of High Place, may soon find it impossible to ever leave this enigmatic house behind" (GoodReads.com).

Copies of the book are available for you to borrow at the Circulation Desk.

For more information, visit our Book Group webpage.

Thursday, November 14, 2024 | 9:30 a.m. | Library Classroom (upper level) 

All members of the SAC community are invited to join Geisel Librarians in discussing the book "Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI" by David Grann. 

Copies of the book are available for check-out at the Circulation Desk. 

You do not need to attend the book discussion in order to borrow a copy of the book. We simply ask that you return the book by Nov. 14, 2024.

Description

"In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, the Osage rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, and sent their children to study in Europe. Then, one by one, the Osage began to be killed off. As the death toll rose, the newly created FBI took up the case, and the young director, J. Edgar Hoover, turned to a former Texas Ranger named Tom White to try to unravel the mystery. White put together an undercover team, including a Native American agent who infiltrated the region, and together with the Osage began to expose one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history" (GoodReads.com).

Bag Lunch Book Group

All members of the Saint Anselm College community are invited to attend a book discussion of "Our Nig, Or Sketches from the Life of a Free Black" by Harriet E. Wilson.

Copies of the book will be available to borrow at the Circulation Desk by January 22, 2025.

Date: Friday, February 21, 2025 
Time: 12:30 - 1:20 p.m. 
Location: Library Classroom, upper level of Geisel.

Attendees are welcome to bring their lunches to the book group meeting. 

Description: 

"Our Nig is the tale of a mixed-race girl, Frado, abandoned by her white mother after the death of the child's black father. Frado becomes the servant of the Bellmonts, a lower-middle-class white family in the free North, while slavery is still legal in the South, and suffers numerous abuses in their household. Frado's story is a tragic one; having left the Bellmonts, she eventually marries a black fugitive slave, who later abandons her" (GoodReads.com).

Published in 1859, this book is considered to be one of the first books written by an African American woman to be published in the United States (Wikipedia). Born in Milton, Harriet E. Wilson was also a native New Hampshirite (Wikipedia).

Stop by Geisel Library to view two book displays, available through January 31, 2025. 

You are also welcome to borrow any materials that are on display.

The Presidency and the White House

Every four years, including this year, the Inauguration of the President of the United States occurs at 12 Noon (Eastern Time) on January 20th. On display are items from Geisel's collection that pertain to the U.S. Presidency and to the White House, the Official Residence and Office of the President of the United States.  Additional texts are housed at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics.

Pope Benedict XVI

An intellectual giant of our era, Pope Benedict XVI wrote prolifically both before and during his Pontificate. At Geisel Library, we are fortunate to possess numerous works written both by and about him.  We hope you enjoy our display honoring this teacher and pastor.

Stop by Geisel Library to view two book displays, available through February 28, 2025. 

You are also welcome to borrow any materials that are on display.

Infinite Hope

This year Saint Anselm College’s annual celebration of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., takes inspiration from a quote from Dr. King’s February 1968 sermon “Shattered Dreams,” in which he states: “We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”  In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Black History Month, and the College’s 2025 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebratory Program, Geisel Library is highlighting items from our collection that focus on Dr. King’s life and reflect his message of hope for social change and vision of an equal society.  Check out the display on the main floor across from the IT Help Desk.

Celebrating Black Photographers

In celebration of Black History Month, this display pays tribute to photographers who have shaped (and continue to shape) history. The artists featured here represent just a small portion of the countless Black photographers who have played an essential role in documenting human life.

Pope Benedict XVI

An intellectual giant of our era, Pope Benedict XVI wrote prolifically both before and during his Pontificate. At Geisel Library, we are fortunate to possess numerous works written both by and about him.  We hope you enjoy our display honoring this teacher and pastor.