{"id":2015,"date":"2009-10-20T19:55:19","date_gmt":"2009-10-20T19:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/?p=2015"},"modified":"2016-03-21T21:14:35","modified_gmt":"2016-03-21T21:14:35","slug":"get-em-while-theyre-fresh-new-books-for-october-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/2009\/10\/20\/get-em-while-theyre-fresh-new-books-for-october-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Get ‘Em While They’re Fresh: New Books for October 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last month, PBS aired the newest film by distinguished documentarian Ken Burns, The National Parks: America’s Best Idea<\/a><\/em>. This month–we’ve got it! So if Chicago’s cold weather is keeping you indoors, pretend it’s summer and take a cinematic vacation through America’<\/span>s National Parks.<\/p>\n

It’s almost been a year since then-Governor Blagojevich was arrested on federal corruption charges. And if you live anywhere near Chicago,\u00a0you probably heard about the scandal–a lot. Well, if you just can’t get enough of Blago, now you can read his side of the story in his recently published book, The Governor<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

Not into parks? Tired of politics? Maybe unicorns are more your thing. And why not? Unicorns have captivated human imagination for over two thousand years. In his new book, The Natural History of Unicorns<\/a><\/em>, Chris Lavers traces the origins and evolution of unicorn mythology as a means to further explore humanity’s changes over time.<\/p>\n

To see if any of our other new books sound good, check out the displays at the Lincoln Park or Loop Libraries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last month, PBS aired the newest film by distinguished documentarian Ken Burns, The National Parks: America’s Best Idea. This month–we’ve got it! So if Chicago’s cold weather is keeping you indoors, pretend it’s summer and take a cinematic vacation through America’s National Parks. It’s almost been a year since then-Governor Blagojevich was arrested on federal <\/p>\n

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