Fran's Recommendations:

• Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick by Joe Schreiber--Buckle up for the ride of your life during prom night!  A teenage boy is kidnapped by an assassin.  The book will be published in October 2011.

• Solomon:  The Lure of Wisdom by Steven Weitzman--A wonderful exploration of our perceptions of Solomon and wisdom.  Currently in print.

• What Language Is:  What It Isn't and What It Could Be by John McWhorter--A delightful, nontechnical exploration of language in which you get to learn why Persian is simpler than Pashtun and English simpler than German, why Ebonics is a language and more. This book will be published in August 2011.  Coming soon to the CSU Bookstore!

For more of Fran's recommendations, please go to her blog,

Don's Recommendations:

• At Home by Bill Bryson--A history of the rooms in your home.
• Becoming Animal by David Abram

Mike's Recommendations:

• Dead or Alive by Tom Clancy--Read up on the latest by a master of political thrillers and intrigues.

Maggie's and Camden's Recommendations for Kids:

• View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg

Jody's Recommendations:

• Prayer for Owen Meaney by John Iriving

Bridgette's Recommendations:

• Bearing the Cross by David Garrow
• Letter to My Daughter by Maya Angelou
• Of Thee I Sing by Pres. Barack Obama

Vani's Recommendations:

• Beneath a Marble Sky by Jonathan Shors