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Book Club to Discuss Angle of Repose
The next book club discussion will take place on July 16 in the Library Community Room...[More]
Posted Wed, July 02 2008

Davey Café Closed Until Mid-August
The Davey Café in the University Library will be closed from July 1 until mid-August...[More]
Posted Fri, June 27 2008

Faculty Staff Book Club to Meet June 19
The Book Club will discuss Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson...[More]
Posted Mon, June 09 2008

Good Summer Reads Now Available
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Posted Tue, June 03 2008

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Global Learning Community - Week 12

Should you wish to borrow any of these books, please email us at library@pacific.edu and we will pull the book, check it out to you, and deliver it to your dorm. We will deliver Monday - Friday, 9 am - 5 pm. Please provide:

Your name

Your 988#

Your dorm address

NOTE: The due date will be stamped in the back of the book. You will be responsible for returning the book to the library by that date or renewing it online at http://library.pacific.edu/ or in-person at the library.

Week 12 Recommendations

Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
- Why do some people make the same mistakes over and over again? What is the appeal of free? Why do otherwise honest people take office supplies and/or food, but not money? Dan Ariely, an MIT professor, thinks he has the answers to some of these questions in this entertaining and thought-provoking book.
- Call Number: HB74 .P8 A75 2008
- Interested in knowing a little more? Read reviews at Amazon
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

In this book, economics are used to answer societal questions. For example, the authors use economics to indicate that one of the consequences of the Roe v. Wade decision was the decrease of children born into poverty and hardship. This led to a decrease of violent criminals and, subsequently, violent crimes.
Call Number: HB74 .P8 L479 2005
Interested in knowing a little more? Read reviews at Amazon

What Should I Do with My Life?: The True Story of People Who Answered the Ultimate Question
- This book provides fifty accounts of people answering the question “What should I do you with my life?” These highly readable and short vignettes offer insight on money, destiny, self-determination, and meaning. Read about the people who have answered this question!
- Call Number: BF637 .S4 B79 2002
- Interested in knowing a little more? Read reviews at Amazon
The World Next Door: South Asian American Literature and the Idea of America
- This month the University Library is honoring Asian American and Pacific Islander culture and heritage with the "Subverting Stereotypes, Negotiating Identities, and Crossing Boundaries" book display. This book is one of the selected titles. Rajini Srikanth provides a large-scale view of how geography, history, and global dispersal have influenced South Asian literature and the concept of America.
- Call Number: PS153 .S68 S73 2004
- Interested in knowing a little more? Read reviews at Amazon
Chineseness Across Borders: Renegotiating Chinese Identities in China and the United States
- This is another selection from the University’s book display. It considers how second-, third-, and even fourth-generation Chinese Americans negotiate cultural and ethnic identities in China. Likewise, Andrea Louie reflects on how mainland Chinese traverse their expectations of America with their specific realities. Louie grounds these experiences and understandings of China and Cheneseness within the contexts of immigration, media, goods, money, Chinese political and economic policies, and American racial and cultural policies.
- Call Number: E184 .C5 L68 2004
- Interested in knowing a little more? Read reviews at Amazon