Grand Forks Public Library
- “A Philosophy of Walking” by Frédéric Gros. Following in the footsteps of thinkers from Rousseau to Gandhi, this collection of short essays is just the book to take along on your own springtime saunter.
- “Falling out of Time” by David Grossman. A haunting parable of loss and grief from an Israeli writer who lost his youngest son in the Second Lebanon War.
- “The Price of Silence” by William D. Cohan. Combing through evidence from the 2006 rape allegations against three Duke lacrosse players, an alumnus concludes that the university’s ambitions for athletic renown left its players vulnerable, if not exactly blameless.
- “Cubed” by Nikil Saval. How did so many of us end up spending our days in a drab enclosure of gray fabric? Saval reconstructs the history of the cubicle and, with it, the ongoing tension between optimizing work and making it more uniform.
- “Balls on the Lawn” by Brooks Butler Hays. This irreverent ode to the pleasures of lawn sports includes chapters on horseshoes, croquet, bocce, and stump, with recipes for suggested libations.
East Grand Forks Campbell Library
- “Chitchat: Celebrating the World’s Languages” by Jude Isabella and Kathy Boake is a guide to language that takes readers on a trip of the tongue, exploring how languages - spoken, written and sign - originate and change over time.
- “Tracking an Epidemic” by Tamra Orr has readers following clues and using the scientific method to find out what happens during the spread of an epidemic.
- “Mutant Animals: Crazy Creatures Altered by Science” by Sally Lee and Joseph O’Neill looks are real animals that are the stuff of horror movies, like a mouse with a human ear on its back or cats that glow in the dark.
- “Your Swedish Roots: A Step by Step Handbook” by Per Clemensson and Kjell Andersson is a handbook to help guide you in every step of researching your Swedish ancestors. As you learn about your Swedish ancestry, you will experience the rewarding feelings that come from seeking out and discovering your ancestors.
