Monday, April 30, 2012

Free Comic Book Day

Everyone knows the first Saturday in May is the Derby -- but did you also know it is Free Comic Book Day??


Held annually since 2002, Free Comic Book Day is an event sponsored by comic publishers to raise awareness of the variety of topics and writing in comics.  


Take a look at the website, which includes a list of titles on the giveaway list this year as well as a search tool to find which comic stores are participating.  

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Say It Ain't So, Rubber Ducky



Slow Death by Rubber Duck: the Secret Danger of Everyday Things by Rick Smith & Bruce Lourie; 615.902 S657s

Smith and Lourie have created one scary book. The titular rubber duck, for example, offers a poison soup of chemicals and heavy metals—chlorine, bromine, lead, and chromium—that “permeate the environment and humans.” The book details our addiction to and obsession with “better living through chemistry” (a common advertising slogan in the reviewer’s childhood). For example, one of the authors details how he discovered that his garden hose was treated with triclosan, a common anti-microbial chemical. Why would a garden hose need antimicrobial protection, especially with a chemical that persists in the environment—and creates dioxin on the way, creates chloroform in contact with treated water and may interfere with thyroid and reproductive functions?

Written in a style somewhere between dense academic treatises (ensuring that no one would read it) and Pollyanna-ish green-living manuals (ensuring that no one would pay real attention), Smith and Lourie have crafted a worthy guide for the thinking consumer.

Reviewed by Wendell Barnett

Thursday, April 19, 2012

April Showers Bring Edible Flowers



The blossoms and buds associated with spring mark the return of fresh fruits and vegetables which can be used to create flavorful dishes. Though slightly overlooked, edible flowers also reappear in the spring, and they make a colorful addition to both sweet and savory creations.

The Sullivan University Library has resources about edible flowers that can be borrowed from the library, and it also has materials about food presentation and garnishing which feature edible flowers.
  • Edible Flowers: 25 Recipes and an A-Z Pictorial Directory of Culinary Flora by Kathy Brown. 641.659 B878e
  • Rosalind Creasy’s Recipes from the Garden by Rosalind Creasy. 641.651 C912r
  • The Scented Kitchen: Cooking with Flowers by Frances Bissell. 641.659 B623s
To see what food presentation and garnishing titles the library has, click on this link.

Please ask one of the librarians if you need help finding any of these resources. We will be glad to help you.

*P.S. The Eat Your Books blog inspired this post.*

Monday, April 16, 2012

Guest speaker from Toyota

Sullivan Lexington welcomes Mr. Wilbert W. James, Jr. to our campus on April 19th, 2012.  

Want to learn more about Toyota?  Try one of these books available in the library:

  • The elegant solution : Toyota's formula for mastering innovation by Matthew E. May.  658.4 M467e
  • Extreme Toyota : radical contradictions that drive success at the world's best manufacturer by Emi Osono, Norihiko Shimizu and Hirotaka Takeuchi.  629.2068 O83e
  • How Toyota became #1 : leadership lessons from the world's greatest car company by David Magee.  658.4 M191h
  • Stories from my sensei : two decades of lessons learned implementing Toyota-style systems by Steven E. Hoeft.  658.5 H693s
  • Toyota by K. Dennis Chambers.  338.7 C444t
  • Toyota culture : the heart and soul of the Toyota Way by Jeffery K. Liker and Michael Hoseus.  658.019 L627t
  • Toyota kata : managing people for continuous improvement, adaptiveness, and superior results by Mike Rother.  658.301 R84t
  • Toyota production system : beyond large-scale production by Taiichi Ohno.  629.234 O58t
  • Toyota supply chain management : a strategic approach to the principles of Toyota's renowned system by Ananth V. Iyer, Sridhar Seshadri and Roy Vasher.  338.7629 I97t
  • Toyota talent : developing your people the Toyota way by Jeffery K. Liker. 685.3124 L727tt
  • The Toyota way : 14 management principles from the world's greatest manufacturer by Jeffrey K. Liker.  658.5 L627t
  • The Toyota way to continuous improvement : linking strategy and operational excellence to achieve superior performance by Jeffrey K. Liker and James K. Franz.  658.401 L727t

Monday, April 9, 2012

Hear Them Roar















The Sunday issue of the Lexington Herald-Leader contained an article about famous Kentucky women. While you probably knew that actress Ashley Judd was from the Bluegrass State, did you know that Florence Henderson, aka Mrs. Brady from the Brady Bunch, was from Kentucky too?

To find out which other famous ladies made the list, stop by the library or read the article online by clicking on the above article link.

If you want to learn about some other well-known women, the following biographies are available in the library. Just ask one of the librarians if you need help finding any of these books.

Appetite for Life: The Biography of Julia Child; 641.5 C536a

Barbie and Ruth; 338.7 G362b

Healing Hearts: A Memoir of a Female Heart Surgeon; 617.412 M195h

Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter; 782.4216 L989l

The Mercury 13: The True Story of Thirteen Women and the Dream of Space Flight; 629.45 
    A182m

My Appalachia; 976.953 F239m

Tough Choices; 338.761 F521t

The Woman Behind the New Deal; 331.092 D748w