Archive for February 2009
ARTstor Adds New Photo Collection
Posted by: asclibrarian on: February 20, 2009
The library database ARTstor is continually adding new material to its collections. Magnum Photos is no exception.
According to an ARTstor press release,
“this first launch of more than 73,000 high-quality photographs of major world events and personalities provides the academic community with access to a selection of Magnum’s iconic images. The ARTstor and Magnum Photos collaboration [...]
McCain Library's Flickr Photos
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New York Times Book Review
- Raymond Carver’s Life and StoriesCarol Sklenicka’s biography and a long-overdue “Collected Stories” spotlight Carver’s growth as a writer and illuminate his poisonous relationship with the editor Gordon Lish.
- Andre Agassi’s Hate of the GameBracingly devoid of triumphalist homily, Andre Agassi’s is one of the most passionately anti-sports books ever written by a superstar athlete.
- My True StoryA history of memoir, from St. Augustine to James Frey.
- Haleh Esfandiari: Prisoner of TehranA love of Iran underlies a scholar’s memoir of surreal interrogation and solitary confinement in Tehran.
- Double Agency In this novel, British and American spies clash in the buildup to the Beijing Olympics.
