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Hello and welcome to the John
Carroll Library webpage!
Library Hours
Mondays (or the first day of the school
week) - 7:45am to 4:30pm (open late due to
weekly faculty meeting)
Tuesdays through Thursdays - 7:30am to
4:30pm
Fridays - 7:30am to 3:30pm
Extra research assistance and database
help is available daily before and after
school, or during free mods. You can always
email the librarian, Mrs. Baker, for an
appointment:
abaker@johncarroll.org.
The JC Library
acquires new materials on a regular
basis. Please visit us to
propose suggestions of new material.
New to the
JC Library
Books
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Stiff: The Curious
Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary
Roach
"Uproariously funny" doesn't
seem a likely description for a
book on cadavers. However,
Roach, a Salon and Reader's
Digest columnist, has done the
nearly impossible and written a
book as informative and
respectful as it is irreverent
and witty.-- From Publishers
Weekly |
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The Book Thief by
Markus Zusak
The narrator of The Book Thief
is many things -- sardonic, wry,
darkly humorous, compassionate
-- but not especially proud. As
author Marcus Zusak channels
him, Death -- who doesn't carry
a scythe but gets a kick out of
the idea -- is as afraid of
humans as humans are of him.--
From The Washington Post Book
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Twilight (first in
the Twilight trilogy) by
Stephanie Meyer
When Isabella Swan moves to the
gloomy town of Forks and meets
the mysterious, alluring Edward
Cullen, her life takes a
thrilling and terrifying turn.
With his porcelain skin, golden
eyes, mesmerizing voice, and
supernatural gifts, Edward is
both irresistible and
impenetrable. Up until
now, he has managed to keep his
true identify hidden, but Bella
is determined to uncover his
dark secret. -- From the book
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Movies
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An Inconvenient
Truth by Al Gore and Davis
Guggenheim
With the fate of our planet
arguably hanging in the balance,
An Inconvenient Truth may
prove to be one of the most
important and prescient
documentaries of all time.
-- From Amazon.com |
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Blood Diamonds
by The History Channel
Diamonds are symbols of
wealth, elegance and love around
the world. But in several
African nations, they have been
a means to power, a reason to
terrorize millions of innocent
civilians, and may have even
helped finance some of the
world's most brutal terrorists.
The human cost of the illicit
global diamond trade is examined
in the provocative documentary.
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Shakespeare Behind Bars by
Hank Rogerson and produced
by Jilann Spitzmiller
Take Shakespeare's final
play The Tempest
with its violent seas,
windswept island, crucial
connection to nature, and
underlying theme of
forgiveness, and bring it
into a prison, the ultimate
venue of confinement. The
result is an extraordinary
story about the creative
process and the power of art
to heal and redeem--in a
place where the very act of
participation in theatre is
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Welcome Mrs. Baker!
Mrs. Baker is originally from Annapolis, MD. She attended the University
of Maryland for both her Bachelor's degree in Journalism and her Master's
degree in Library Science.
Some of her favorite works are Of Human Bondage by
Somerset Maugham, Love and Rockets by Jaimie and Gilbert Hernandez, and Like a
Velvet Glove Cast in Iron by Daniel Clowes. Her favorite childhood book
is The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams and William Nicholson.
Mrs. Baker is available daily
for research assistance.
The library is open before and after school daily.
Please come by any time for help, or just to introduce yourself. We also
welcome suggestions to the library collection, so if you have any books you are
interested in reading, please let us know!
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Journals
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The Bible Today
This journal
published by
Liturgical
Press focuses on
particular
themes from the
Bible and the
most recent
biblical
scholarship.
Meant for
anyone interested
in the Bible,
this journal is
recommended for
group and
individual
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Support your Local Library, too!
Your local library is a great resource!
Harford County, Baltimore County, and
Baltimore City libraries provide great
programs and homework help after school is
out.
Recommended
reading
Here are some titles to check out from
your local library or bookstore.
Spotlight
on: Graphic Reads: Graphic novels for
graphic learners
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The Girl from H.O.P.P.E.R.S. by
Jaimie Hernandez
Girls, boys,
punk rock, and love are some of
the themes woven throughout The
Girl from H.O.P.P.E.R.S, by
Jaimie Hernandez. Taken
from the comics series Love and
Rockets, the main characters
Maggie and Hopey grow in
friendship in the L.A. suburbs
while they also struggle to find
their own idenitities. Add
together the qualities of soap
opera and mosh pit, simliarly
here you have their tumultous
tales.
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Castle Waiting by Linda
Medly
If you like fairy tales and magic
spells mixed with humor, this
collection of related short stories
is a good find. Medly is a
master of drawing detailed and
unique characters from a different
world and giving them a modern
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True life stories
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Walls, who spent years trying to
hide her childhood experiences,
allows the story to spill out in
this remarkable recollection of
growing up. She remembers the
poverty, hunger, jokes, and bullying
she and her siblings endured, and
she looks back at her parents: her
flighty, self-indulgent mother, a
Pollyanna unwilling to assume the
responsibilities of parenting, and
her father, troubled, brilliant Rex,
whose ability to turn his family's
downward-spiraling circumstances
into adventures allowed his children
to excuse his imperfections until
they grew old enough to understand
what he had done to them--and to
himself. His grand plans to build a
home for the family never evolved:
the hole for the foundation of the
"The Glass Castle," as the dream
house was called, became the family
garbage dump, and, of course, a
metaphor for Rex Walls' life.
Shocking, sad, and occasionally
bitter, this gracefully written
account speaks candidly, yet with
surprising affection, about parents
and about the strength of family
ties--for both good and ill.-- From
Booklist |
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The amazing story of the
thirteen-year-old surfer girl who
lost her arm in a shark attack but
never lost her faith -- and of her
triumphant return to competitive
surfing. They say Bethany Hamilton
has saltwater in her veins. How else
could one explain the tremendous
passion that drives her to surf? How
else could one explain that nothing
-- not even the loss of her arm in a
horrific shark attack -- could come
between her and the waves? -- from
the book description. Also
available from the JC library! |
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