BookGrowl from the SWOSU Library

The World for Sale with Dr. Raygan Chain

Tue, 22 Feb 2022 15:07:39 GMT

The World for Sale: Money, Power, and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources brings to light the world of commodity trading from its modern inception at the close of World War II up to the second decade of the 21st century. The focus of the book is on the…

The 1619 Project with Drs. Becky Bruce and Sunu Kodumthara

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 22:59:49 GMT

The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story is an anthology of essays, literary works and photographs focusing on the role slavery has played in shaping modern American life. It is a book-length expansion of the original 1619 Project issue of the New York Times, which was first published in August…

Fire and Snow: Climate Fiction from the Inklings to Game of Thrones with Dr. Marc DiPaolo

Wed, 09 Jan 2019 16:33:42 GMT

Fire and Snow is a work of literary criticism and film study. The book offers a deeper, and sometimes nuanced look, at a number stories that populate our screens and shelves. These are the narratives of popular imagination surrounding us that are found in comics, films, TV shows and novels.…

Ancestors: Who We Are and Where We Come From with Dr. David Hertzel

Mon, 31 Jul 2017 16:41:26 GMT

Ancestors: Who We Are and Where We Come From is the latest work by SWOSU historian Dr. David Hertzel. Over the course of eight chapters Professor Hertzel explores the varied meanings of ancestry through interviews with thirty-four people. Included in the interviewees are a mathematician, a Choctaw archivist, a rabbi,…

Moby Dick; Or, The Whale with Dr. Ken Hayes

Tue, 08 Nov 2016 16:45:16 GMT

Moby Dick; Or, The Whale, first published in 1851, is Herman Melville’s preeminent novel. The tale is well known: a mad whaling captain seeks vengeance on the monster that maimed him, thereby dooming himself and his crew in the process. More than the story, it is the language and its…

Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician with Dr. Daniel Farris

Mon, 19 Sep 2016 03:01:23 GMT

Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician by Christoph Wolff is a lively and detailed portrait of the composer and the times which produced him. J.S. Bach was a composer, music scholar and virtuoso from 18th century who left behind a body of musical work of unparalleled richness. His work continues…

Enduring Years: A Migrant Cotton Picker's Memoir with Dr. Gloria Griffin

Tue, 24 Sep 2013 01:48:04 GMT

Enduring Years: A Migrant Cotton Picker's Memoir is the story of Mr. Billie G. Griffin. The editor of his memoir is Dr. Gloria Griffin, a noted Oklahoma educator. Dr. Griffin is present to discuss his life and story.

Mr. Griffin's compelling memoir covers the years of his life from the age…

Talking About Author Philip K. Dick with Mr. Phillip Fitzsimmons

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 02:48:10 GMT

The author of more than forty novels and numerous short stories, Philip K. Dick over the course of three decades helped reshape twentieth-century science fiction. Philip K. Dick was born in Chicago, IL and died in California in 1982, but he never lived to see his novels and ideas make…

Lost Spacecraft: The Search for Liberty Bell 7 with Mr. Max Ary

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 02:36:43 GMT

Curt Newport's Lost Spacecraft: The Search for Liberty Bell 7 is a tale of discipline, exploration and discovery. It is the story of the search for astronaut Gus Grissom's lost 1961 Mercury spacecraft. After a successful sub-orbital flight into space (the second of a planned seven missions) the Liberty Bell…

Sleuthing the Alamo with Dr. Leland Turner

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 02:29:09 GMT

In Sleuthing the Alamo, historian James E. Crisp draws back the curtain on years of myth-making to reveal some surprising truths about the Texas Revolution &#8212 truths that are often obscured by both racism and political correctness. This engaging first-person account of historical detective work illuminates the methods of the…