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The long Thanksgiving weekend is plenty of time to breeze through one of the new fiction books we’ve added to the Recreation Collection on the first floor of Hamersly. We have something for everyone: fast-moving thrillers, hair-raising horror, poetry about pups, romantic historical fiction, funny detective stories, dystopia science fiction, you name it. Below is […]
Looking for something to read, but fiction isn’t your thing? We just added a bunch of fascinating new nonfiction books to our Recreation Collection on topics that range from cadaver dogs to the Lance Armstrong doping scandal to Downton Abbey – and everything in between: What the Dog Knows: The Science and Wonder of Working Dogs […]
If you find reading about other people’s lives inspiring, have we got some books for you. We just added four new memoirs to our Recreation Collection, each with a captivating story to tell. Need more convincing? Two of these books were recently featured on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Check them out: Driven: From Homeless […]
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// Find lots of great movies in the library – from Oscar winners to blockbusters, and everything in between. Most are available in both DVD and Blu-ray. Newer films (within the last three years) are on the 1st floor in the Recreation Collection, and older films are on the 2nd floor. You can also browse […]
The National Book Awards are coming up on Nov. 20, and you can now read excerpts from all of the finalists by downloading any of the four free ebook compilations! Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Young People’s Literature.
var truncate_length = 395; Need a study break? Can’t get enough of The Walking Dead? Want to escape into a fantastical world of witches and/or Shakespearean Star Wars characters? The library’s Recreation Collection has something new for you: The Walking Dead, Books 1-3 (each compiling 12 issues of the comic series), by Robert Kirkman. Call […]
Come and explore the history of WOU, featuring historical materials from Oregon Normal School, Oregon College of Education, Western Oregon State College and Western Oregon University. Meet us in Hamersly Library, Room 301A. Friday, Oct. 11 from 2:00-4:00pm Saturday, Oct. 12 from 10:00-11:30am
Hamersly Library cordially invites you to the fall 2013 exhibit reception, Wednesday, October 9th from 4:00p.m. – 6:00p.m. The exhibits run Monday, September 23rd through December 13th, 2013 featuring: SHADOWS~ Anna Daedalus and Kerry DavisShadows is suite of life-size photograms that evoke the shadows of victims vaporized by the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. […]
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