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Reviewed by Mary Grace Keilhauer, NC State student in Environmental Engineering   I really enjoyed this book. I had no idea what it was about when I began reading it, but it quickly drew…

Reviewed by Callistus Ndemo, NC State student, Applied Math   A detailed portrait of Grigori (Grisha) Perelman, a mathematical genius and myth who shocked the world by turning down the Fields…

Reviewed by Jason Jefferies, University Library Technician, NCSU Libraries   The best book I read this year by a regional author is also the first book I read this year, which is Leaving…

Reviewed by Dr. John Papalas, Friends of the Library board member A Preparation for the Next Life , the first novel by Atticus Lish, won the 2015 PEN/Faulkner award for fiction. The story-…

Reviewed by Heidi Tebbe, NCSU Libraries Fellow   This was an intriguing read about the unknown history of the game Monopoly and a peek into the early days of toy and board game companies. The…

Reviewed by Todd Stoffer, NCSU Libraries Fellow   The Dog Stars at its heart is a post-apocalyptic survival story. What I enjoyed most about this novel is how different it was from other…

Reviewed by Chuck Samuels, Director of Publications The Boys in the Boat tells the true story of the American 8-man rowing team who competed in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. So much of this book…

Reviewed by Marian Fragola, Director, Program Planning and Outreach "When someone looks back and writes a history of this summer, two people they will almost certainly leave out are Sue and…

Reviewed by Josh Wilson, Systems Librarian, NC Live Neal Stephenson's take on the consequences of the moon exploding (not a spoiler--it happens in literally the first sentence) employs him in his…

Reviewed by Madison Sullivan, NCSU Libraries Fellow This is the 25th anniversary edition of the first huge scholarly survey of the history of sexuality in the United States (I think it still…