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		<title>Persepolis reviewed by Brittany Jackson, Class of 2004</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood and Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return are a series of graphic novels by Marjane Satrapi. Satrapi does an excellent job capturing her life growing up in Iran in these pages. In Persepolis, Satrapi shows the reader what it was like growing up in a war with regimes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thehiramcollege.net/hclibrary/2010/11/01/persepolis-reviewed-by-brittany-jackson-class-of-2004/</link>
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		<title>Mockingjay and The Hunger Games Trilogy reviewed by Cari Dubiel, Class of 2003</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Harry Potter and Bella Swan have made young adult literature hot again. Over the past decade, many books for this age group have attempted to replicate those series’ success. With film versions on the horizon, and the ultimate book, Mockingjay, topping the bestseller lists, the Hunger Games trilogy may be close. The Hunger Games debuted [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thehiramcollege.net/hclibrary/2010/10/14/mockingjay-and-the-hunger-games-trilogy-reviewed-by-cari-dubiel/</link>
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		<title>The Things They Carried reviewed by Camilla Grigsby, Class of 2000</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried is frequently hailed as a 20th century masterpiece, but it is difficult to nail the book down to a single genre. Is it one of the best novels of the 20th century? One of the best short story collections? In the book, O’Brien weaves stories of fiction and reality, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thehiramcollege.net/hclibrary/2010/10/08/the-things-they-carried-reviewed-by-camilla-grigsby/</link>
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		<title>Obedience reviewed by Jeff Swenson, Assistant Professor of English</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As an English professor, I’ll admit I have a fascination with novels about college. Life in the academy is wonderful, but it’s rarely racy or uproariously funny, so I find often perverse pleasure in the depiction of that life as sultry, funny, or dangerous. In Kingsley Amis’ Lucky Jim, I reveled in the discomfort of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thehiramcollege.net/hclibrary/2010/09/26/obedience-reviewed-by-jeff-swenson/</link>
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		<title>The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart reviewed by Elizabeth Zollinger, Assistant Professor of Mathematics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a charming coming of age story soaked with melancholy. Set in the late 19th century Europe, the narrator describes his formative years with a prosthetic heart. Teased and bullied at school for being different, the only escape for little Jack is the memory the beautiful near-sighted little singer who he has only met [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thehiramcollege.net/hclibrary/2010/09/11/the-boy-with-the-cuckoo-clock-heart-reviewed-by-elizabeth-zollinger/</link>
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		<title>In the Fullness reviewed by Joanne Bennardo, Class of 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the Fullness of Time is a well-constructed anthology that harmonizes a myriad of voices. Editors Emily W. Upham and Linda Gravenson challenge thirty-two women, ages 55 to 101, to share parts of their life stories. The contributors, including two playwrights, a biographer, poets, novelists, memoirists, essayists, a physician, a musician, and two actresses write [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thehiramcollege.net/hclibrary/2010/09/03/in-the-fullness-reviewed-by-joanne-bennardo/</link>
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		<title>Perfecting Sound Forever reviewed by Jeff Wanser, Coordinator of Government Documents/Collection Development Librarian</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever wondered why music doesn’t sound the same on an mp3 player or the radio as it does live in concert or on your favorite CD or LP recording? It may not be just because you didn’t buy the high-end player or that the radio station’s signal doesn’t come through well. Greg Milner [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thehiramcollege.net/hclibrary/2010/08/27/perfect-sound-forever-reviewed-by-jeff-wanser/</link>
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		<title>A Nation of Wimps: The High Cost of Invasive Parenting reviewed by Melissa Maskulka, Class of 2007</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hara Estroff Marano’s A Nation of Wimps: The High Cost of Invasive Parenting (2008, Broadway Books) takes a critical look at the costs of “over-parenting” one’s child. Perfect for all involved in high education including parents, students, administrators and professors, this well-researched book offers case studies and longitudinal results which provide an in-depth explanation of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thehiramcollege.net/hclibrary/2010/08/20/a-nation-of-wimps-reviewed-by-melissa-maskulka/</link>
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		<title>The Help reviewed by Cyndy Willis-Chun, Assistant Professor of Communication</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After noticing The Help on The New York Times Bestseller List for several weeks running, I saw it on the library’s new books shelf and had to pick it up. It’s an easy read, but perceptive in its look at race relations between Mississippi whites and “the help” during the 1960s. The story shifts perspective [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thehiramcollege.net/hclibrary/2010/08/13/the-help-reviewed-by-cyndy-willis-chun/</link>
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		<title>Death Without Tenure reviewed by Arlene Hilfer, Visiting Assistant Professor of English</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What mysteries do English professors read when they need a break after a long teaching day? I don’t know about others, but I delve into Joanna Dobson’s academic mysteries starring Karen Pelletier, an untenured English professor at prestigious Enfield College. Raised on the wrong side of the tracks in Lowell, Massachusetts, single-mother Karen Pelletier has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thehiramcollege.net/hclibrary/2010/08/06/death-without-tenure-reviewed-by-arlene-hilfer/</link>
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