The James Logan Courier

Note: The Courier regularly spotlights books and other materials newly arrived, or expected to arrive, in the James Logan Media Center.


The Good, the Bad, and the Barbie:
A Doll's History and Her Impact on Us
by Tanya Lee Stone
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN 978-0-670-01187-2

From librarianbyday.blogspot.com
She's been a heroine, a role model, and perennial career-hopper. She's also been a villian, a target, and a symbol of all that's wrong with society's treatment of females. Funny how a 11 3/4 inch tall doll can be all that. Yet in the fifty years since the introduction of the Barbie doll, that's what this toy has been. For decades, little girls have wanted to play with Barbie. But is playing with Barbies harmful? The history and impact of the Barbie doll is full of depth and contrary opinions.

By Tish Wells
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)

A Chinese treasure, the "Qingming Shan He Tu" or "Scenes along the River during the Qingming Festival" scroll, can now be seen by all.

The Better Link Press' book reproduction gives those with an interest in Chinese history a chance to enjoy this work of art now kept safely in the Palace Museum in Beijing.

The scroll looks back almost a thousand years ago to the then-capital of China, the sophisticated city of Bianjing (now Kaifeng in central China). The occasion is the Qingming Festival, a spring holiday when the Chinese visit to tend their ancestors' graves.

From wikipedia:
Ezra Cornell (January 11, 1807 – December 9, 1874) was an American businessman and, with Andrew Dickson White, was the founder of Cornell University.

He was born in Westchester County, New York, the son of a potter, Elijah Cornell, and was raised near DeRuyter, New York[1]. He was a first cousin, five times removed of Benjamin Franklin on his maternal grandmother's side. He was also a cousin of Paul Cornell, the founder of Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. Having traveled extensively as a carpenter in New York State, Ezra, upon first setting eyes on Cayuga Lake and Ithaca, decided Ithaca would be his future home.

Read "True and Firm": Biography of Ezra Cornell, Founder of the Cornell University, free from Cornell University.