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Photos from the “5 Minutes of My Favorite Book” reading!

The first annual “5 Minutes of my Favorite Book” reading was a success!

On behalf of the Elihu Burritt Library and the Friends of the Library  Board thank you to all who participated in this fun event!

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Dr. Carl Antonucci, Library Director, reads Son of Italy by Pascal D’Angelo

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Prof. Gilbert Gigliotti, Carmina I.v by Horace

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President Jack Miller, The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown

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Interim President Dr. Susan Pease,       

The Egyptian by Mika Waltari

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Provost Carl Lovitt,  The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Prof. Evelyn Philips,  Pedagogy of Oppressed by Paulo Freire

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Chief of Police Gregory B. Sneed, The Leadership Secrets of Colin Powell, by Oren Harari

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Dean Ken Colwell,  Journey to Ixtlan by Carlos Castenada 

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Kimberly Farrington, Librarian, Persuasion by Jane Austen

 

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Prof. Mary Ann Mahony                                      Prof. Matthew Specter         Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney               The Magic Mountain by                                                                                                      Thomas Mann

 

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Prof. Matthew Ciscel                            Prof. Nanjundiah Sadanand

Das Brot (The Bread) by Wolfgang  A Peoples History of the United            Borchert                                                         States  by Howard Zinn

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Dr. Richard Bachoo, Moby Dick by Herman Melville

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Richard C. Mullins, ITBD Director      Prof. Stephen Cohen

The Biggest Bear by Lynd Ward              Bleeding Edge by Thomas                                                                                                 Pynchon

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Renata Vickrey, Archivist, with 5 min timers!

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All books chosen for the reading are available in the Burritt Library.