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Oxford Reference Online (ORO) adds four new titles

Includes A Dictionary of Creation Myths and the Oxford Companion to the Romantic Age.

 

British History Online now includes the Parliament Rolls of Medieval England

Rolls describe every parliament held between 1275 and 1504.

 

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Featured Books & Movies

Ghoulish reads

Just in time for Halloween, Irene recommends some reads with a common ghoulish theme: the afterlife of corpses. Never one to shy away from fetishes, Irene is especially intrigued by the bodies of political or religious figures.

 

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Programs & Exhibits

Exhibition: Madona del Maíz: The Virgin of Guadalupe in Iowa

Marguerite Nicosia Torres’ photographs document an immigrant community’s devotion to Mexico’s patron saint, Our Lady of Guadalupe.

 

Exhibition: Parini's Picks: Thirteen Books That Changed America

Jay Parini makes his case for the thirteen most influential books in American history.

 

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