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The World in Our Stacks
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By J. Harold
This feature links items in the news to various books, authors, and subjects that our NOVA libraries own. Take a look at the ways the world shows up in our stacks!
Bird watching is a widespread and engaging activity that involves observing, identifying, and sometimes photographing birds in their natural habitats. The libraries have three titles specifically focused on Virginia.
Warren Ira Cohen (June 20, 1934-April 30, 2025) was an American historian of the foreign relations of the United States, especially relations with China. At his death he was Distinguished University Professor, Emeritus, at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. [Wikipedia] "Scholar of diplomacy shed light on nation's complex relationship with Asia." - Emily Langer, The Washington Post, May 19, 2025. The libraries have four titles associated with him, three as author and one as editor.
James Hal Cone (August 5, 1938-April 28, 2018) was an American Methodist minister and theologian. He is best known for his advocacy of black theology and black liberation theology. His 1969 book Black Theology and Black Power provided a new way to comprehensively define the distinctiveness of theology in the black church. [Wikipedia] The libraries have six titles, five authored by him and one about him.
COINTELPRO(a syllabic abbreviation derived from Counter Intelligence Program) was a series of covert and illegal projects conducted between 1956 and 1971 by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) aimed at surveilling, infiltrating, discrediting, and disrupting American political organizations that the FBI perceived as subversive. The libraries have at least 14 titles that mention COINTELPRO.
Andrew David Mark Pettegree CBE, FBA, FRHistS (born 1957) is a British historian and an expert on the European Reformation, the history of the book and media transformations. As of 2022 he holds a professorship at St Andrews University, where he is the director of the Universal Short Title Catalogue Project. The libraries hold six titles associated with him, four as author and two as a contributor.
Jennifer Ninel Toth (August 15, 1967-April 12, 2025) was an American journalist and writer. She was known for her published studies of the homeless and orphans. [Wikipedia] "Journalist who chronicled the 'mole people' of New York City" - Brian Murphy, The Washington Post, April 21, 2025. The libraries have two titles by her, including the "The Mole People."
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