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Read This Book! University of Minnesota Libraries
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Host Lisa Von Drasek features University of Minnesota librarians who review books in the following genres: children's literature, science, popular literature, mysteries, cookbooks, and more.
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‘The Searcher’ reviewed on Read This Book!
‘The Searcher’ — A New York Times bestselling thriller — is reviewed on Read This Book by University of Minnesota Dean of Libraries Lisa German and host Lisa Von Drasek.
About Lisa Von Drasek and Lisa German
Lisa Von Drasek is the Curator of the Children’s Literature Research Collections at the University of Minnesota Libraries and host of Read This Book! Lisa German is University Librarian and Dean of Libraries at the University of Minnesota.
About Read This Book!
Read This Book! is a video podcast produced by the University of Minnesota Libraries. It is available on YouTube and Apple Podcasts. -
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Conan Doyle’s Wide World discussed on Read This Book!
Sherlock Holmes curator Tim Johnson's discusses Andrew Lycett's book, "Conan Doyle's Wide World," on this installment of Read This Book from the University of Minnesota Libraries.
About Lisa Von Drasek and Tim Johnson
Lisa Von Drasek is the Curator of the Children’s Literature Research Collections at the University of Minnesota Libraries and host of Read This Book! Tim Johnson is Curator of Special Collections and Rare Books and the E. W. McDiarmid Curator of the Sherlock Holmes Collections at the University of Minnesota Libraries.
About Read This Book!
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‘What’s for Dessert’ and ‘Baking School’ featured on Read This Book!
Science Librarian Megan Kocher, Curator of the University of Minnesota's Kirschner Cookbook Collection, recommends “What's for Dessert” and “Baking School” for those wanting to whip up some holiday baked goods. Kocher is joined on this installment of Read This Book by host Lisa Von Drasek.
About Lisa Von Drasek and Megan Kocher
Lisa Von Drasek is the Curator of the Children’s Literature Research Collections at the University of Minnesota Libraries and host of Read This Book! Megan Kocher is a Science Librarian and the Curator of the Doris Kirschner Cookbook Collection at the University's Magrath Library.
About Read This Book!
Read This Book! is a video podcast produced by the University of Minnesota Libraries. It is available on YouTube and iTunes. Audio from Read This Book! is available on iTunes at Von Drasek's The Blue Ox Review podcast.
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‘Leave the World Behind’ reviewed on Read This Book!
Alee Schmeirer and Lisa Von Drasek discuss “Leave the World Behind,” a novel by Rumaan Alam, about two families — strangers to each other — who are forced together on a long weekend gone terribly wrong.
About Lisa Von Drasek and Alee Schmeirer
Lisa Von Drasek is the Curator of the Children’s Literature Research Collections at the University of Minnesota Libraries and host of Read This Book! Alee Schmeirer is a student-employee supervisor at the University of Minnesota's Wilson Library.
About Read This Book!
Read This Book! is a video podcast produced by the University of Minnesota Libraries. It is available on YouTube and Apple Podcasts. -
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Read This Book: ‘The Grieving Brain’
Amy Riegelman and host Lisa Von Drasek discussed “The Grieving Brain” on this installment of Read This Book from the University of Minnesota Libraries.
A renowned grief expert and neuroscientist, Mary-Frances O'Connor, shares groundbreaking discoveries about what happens in our brain when we grieve, providing a new paradigm for understanding love, loss, and learning.
About Lisa Von Drasek and Amy Riegelman
Lisa Von Drasek is the Curator of the Children’s Literature Research Collections at the University of Minnesota Libraries and host of Read This Book! Amy Riegelman is a social sciences librarian at the University of Minnesota Libraries.
About Read This Book!
Read This Book! is a video podcast produced by the University of Minnesota Libraries. It is available on YouTube and Apple Podcasts. -
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Fantasy, sci fi, and horror on Read This Book!
University of Minnesota Librarian Molly Bostrom from Magrath Library and host Lisa Von Drasek discussed “Duplex” by Kathryn Davis and “Abarat” by Clive Barker on this installment of Read This Book! from the University of Minnesota Libraries.
About Lisa Von Drasek and Molly Bostrom
Lisa Von Drasek is the Curator of the Children’s Literature Research Collections at the University of Minnesota Libraries and host of Read This Book! Molly Bostrom is an Access & Information Services Assistant at the University of Minnesota Libraries.
About Read This Book!
Read This Book! is a video podcast produced by the University of Minnesota Libraries. It is available on YouTube and Apple Podcasts.