Mei I'm so glad you mentioned this list. Much to my surprise I am on the
committee that will develop the 2024 list (there is a new one every five
years). I look forward to sharing what we come up with in the next 12
months. Retirement, ha - it's hard to actually retire from a profession you
love... I'm keeping track of all of these suggestions!
Cathy
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Cathy Rettberg, Librarian
Menlo School
Atherton, CA
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What I'm reading now:
*Artificial Condition/*Wells
On Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 3:39 PM Mei Yang <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
YALSA's 2019 Outstanding Books for the College Bound & Lifelong Learners
<http://www.ala.org/yalsa/2019-outstanding-books-college-bound-and-lifelong-learners>
is
broken out by general subject areas including history and cultures, but
you'll find relevant titles across all subject areas.
How we got to now: six innovations that made the modern world by Steven
Johnson, might also be interesting.
On Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 1:28 PM Amy Geriak <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Hello fellow librarians -- I got a doozy of a request from a senior for
history books he wants to read over the summer before starting college. I
am doing my own research into possibilities, but I would love any
suggestions the group might have.
He writes:
I’m looking for as deep an understanding as possible of the driving
forces that have shaped our world (for example, the rise and fall of the
roman empire, the spread of colonialism, the scientific revolution, or the
cold war). I realize that’s still an enormous volume of content, so please
recommend *whichever books you think best illuminate how the world
arrived at its current political, economic, and cultural state*. Both
western and non-Western perspectives would be awesome (perhaps with a focus
on the non-western, which I know least about). I’m happy to read paperback
books or textbooks, though I have a slight preference for smaller books
(400 pages or less), which I tend to find more digestible.
Thanks for your help --Amy
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Mei Yang (pronounced May Yahng)
Librarian
Saint Francis High School
Mountain View, CA
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