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Ari Zito – Upper School English

Posted on March 25, 2019 by lsmith

Ari Zito, Upper School English

Favorite adult book recommendation —  Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Don’t be turned off by its length or standing as a “classic.” One of Dickens’s last novels, (more…)
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Matt Robertson – Batten Library Media Specialist

Posted on March 18, 2019 by lsmith

Matt Robertson, Batten Library Media Specialist

Favorite adult book recommendation — Super Sad True Love Story by C.S. LewiGary Shteyngart

Gary Shteyngart’s novel imagines an alternative world where personal electronic devices consume your attention, a devastating (more…)

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Graham Hudgins – Director of Guidance and Counseling and Upper School Psychology

Posted on March 11, 2019 by lsmith

Graham Hudgins, Director of Guidance and Counseling and Upper School Psychology

Favorite adult book recommendation —  The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell

I love English history and I love adventure and excitement. This book has (more…)
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Elbert Watson – Dance Master

Posted on February 26, 2019 by lsmith

Elbert Watson, Dance Master

Favorite adult book recommendation — Ordering Your Private World by Gordon MacDonald

This book was essential in me rearranging the trajectory of my professional life. (more…)
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Jeff Martin – Assistant Headmaster for Business and Auxiliary Operations

Posted on February 24, 2019 by lsmith

Jeff Martin, Assistant Headmaster for Business and Auxiliary Operations

Favorite adult book recommendation — Warlord by Carlo d’Este

This is a fantastic biography of Winston Churchill that focuses on his life during wartime, from (more…)

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Lynn Paul – Batten Library Director

Posted on February 18, 2019 by lsmith

Lynn Paul, Batten Library Director

Favorite adult book recommendation —  Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

On its face, Bel Canto is an account of a hostage situation executed by a (more…)
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Carlynn Monteaux – Teacher, Second Grade Girls

Posted on February 11, 2019 by lsmith

Carlynn Monteaux, Second Grade Girls

Favorite adult book recommendation —  Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis

I found this book to be captivating. It is rich in theology and was written by a brilliant man and (more…)

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Gillian Moore – Teacher, Sixth Grade English and Science

Posted on February 4, 2019 by lsmith

Gillian Moore, Sixth Grade English and Science

Favorite adult book recommendation —  A Heart So White by Javier Marias

This story is somewhat of an “anti-detective” novel, following Juan, a translator working for the Spanish government, who hears something in a

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Toy Savage – Teacher, Middle School History

Posted on January 28, 2019 by lsmith

Toy Savage, Middle School History

Favorite adult book recommendation — All the King’s Men by Robert Penn Warren

The classic 20th-century political novel, very dense in places but (more…)

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Amber Jenkins – Teacher, Upper School English

Posted on January 22, 2019 by lsmith

Amber Jenkins, Upper School English

Favorite adult book recommendation — The World of Ten Thousand Things: Poems 1980–1990 by Charles Wright

I was introduced to the work of Charles Wright (who would later become the 50th Poet Laureate of the United States) in a poetry seminar during

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