Friday, March 11, 2022

New Items at Hewes Library

 New items are added to the Hewes Library Collection on a continual basis. Recent titles have included: 

  • Inflamed: Deep Medicine & the Anatomy of Injustice by Rupa Marya & Raj Patel
  • Introduction to Attic Greek by Donald Mastronarde
  • More From Less by Andrew McAfee
  • Abortion Politics by Ziad Munson
  • Greek Art & Archaeology c.1200 - 30 BC by Dimitris Plantzos
  • Until I Could Be Sure by George H. Ryan, Sr. 
  • Walled City: The Art of the Mural edited by Wang Shaoqiang
  • A Life in Ink by Ralph Steadman
  • Keepin' It Real: Essays on Race in Contemporary America by Elwood David Watson
  • Abortion and the Law in America by Mary Ziegler

Friday, February 11, 2022

New Items At Hewes Library

 New items are added to the Hewes Library collection on a continual basis. Recent titles have included: 


  • Graphic Design Rules by Sean Adams
  • Schooling Alone: The Costs of Privatizing Public Education by Curtis J. Cardine
  • Are You Entertained? edited by Simone C. Drake & Dwan K. Henderson
  • Unstable Masks: Whiteness and American Superhero Comics edited by Sean Guyes & Martin Lund
  • Latina/o/x Communication Studies edited by Leandra Hinojosa Hernandez
  • Sustainability in the Global City edited by Cindy Isenhour, Gary McDonogh & Melissa Checker
  • Mastering Realism: Drawing Techniques for the Modern Tattoo Artist by Lanny Markasky
  • Latinos and the 2016 Election edited by Gabriel R. Sanchez
  • America the Beautiful and Violent: Black Youth & Neighborhood Trauma in Chicago by Dexter R. Voisin
  • Next Steps with Academic Conversations by Jeff Zwiers

Friday, January 21, 2022

New Items at Hewes Library

 New items are added to the Hewes Library collection on a continual basis. Recent titles have included: 


  • Global Middle East in the 21st Century edited by Asef Bayat & Linda Herrera
  • Secular Surge by David Campbell, Geoffrey Layman and John Green
  • The Night Manager: A Novel by John le Carre
  • Democracy in China: The Coming Crisis by Jiwei Ci
  • The Western Disease: Contesting Autism in the Somali Diaspora by Claire Laurier Decoteau
  • A Maggot: A Novel by John Fowles
  • Global 1968: Cultural Resolutions in Europe and Latin America edited by James McAdams and Anthony P. Monta
  • The Cave by Jose Saramago
  • Pure Land in the Making by Allison J. Truitt
  • Street Art Africa by Gale Waddacor

Friday, December 24, 2021

New Items at Hewes Library

 New items are added to the Hewes Library collection on a continual basis. Recent titles have included: 


  • Performative Memoir: The Methodology of a Creative Process by Theresa Carille & Adienne Viramontes
  • The Russia House by John le Carre'
  • Roman Community at the Table During the Principate by John F. Donahue
  • Fact Over Fake by Richard Paul & Linda Elder
  • The Succeeders: How Immigrant Youth are Transforming What it Means to Belong in America by Andera Flores
  • Norton Anthology of African American Literature edited by Henry Louis Gates and Valerie A. Smith 
  • This Bridge We Call Communication edited by Leandra Hinojosa Hernandez
  • Extra Life by Steven Johnson
  • Building Communities Through Food by David Purnell
  • Sports Journalism: An Introduction to Reporting and Writing by Kathy Stofer, James R. Schaffer and Brian A. Rosenthal

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

New Items at Hewes Library

 New items are added to the Hewes Library collection on a continual basis. Recent titles have included: 


  • The Nones: Where They Came From, Who They Are and Where they are Going by Ryan P. Burge
  • Thirst: The Story of Redemption, Compassion, and a Mission to Bring Clean Water to the World by Scott Harrison
  • Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer by Steven Johnson
  • The Ethics of Patriotism: A Debate by John Kleinig, Simon Keller & Igor Primoratz
  • Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket by Benjamin Lorr
  • Essential Readings in Comparative Politics by Patrick H. O'Neil & Ronald Rogowski
  • Forgetting: The Benefits of Not Remembering by Scott A. Small
  • The Virtuous Citizen: Patriotism in a Multicultural Society by Tim Soutphommasane
  • Introduction to Transgender Studies by Ardel Haefele-Thomas
  • Ten Lessons for a Post Pandemic World by Fareed Zakaria

Friday, October 29, 2021

New Items At Hewes Library

 New items are added to the Hewes Library collection on a continual basis. Recent titles have included:


  • Automating the News: How Algorithms Are Rewriting the Media by Nicholas Diakopoulos
  • Lexington Six: Lesbian and Gay Resistance in 1970's America by Josephine Donovan
  • Beyond Hashtags: Radical Politics and Black Digital Networks by Sarah Floreni
  • Seeing by Electricity-The Emergence of Television 1878 - 1939  by Doron Galili
  • Radio's Second Century: Past, Present & Future Perspectives edited by John Allen Hendricks
  • The Minds Behind Adventure Games by Patrick Hickey, Jr.
  • Exploring Star Trek Voyager Critical Essays edited by Robert L. Lively
  • Christian Burial Case: An Introduction to Criminal and Judicial Procedure by Thomas M. McInnis
  • Front Pages, Front Lines: Media and the Fight for Women's Suffrage edited by Linda Steiner
  • Persuasive Acts: Women's Rhetoric in the 21st Century edited by Shari J. Stenberg & Charlotte Hogg 

Friday, October 1, 2021

New Items at Hewes Library

 New items are added the the Hewes Library collection on a continual basis. Recent titles have included:


  • Letting Go of Literary Whiteness by Carlin Borsheim-Black & Sophia Tatina Sarigianides
  • Functional Art: An Introduction to Information Graphics and Visualization by Alberto Cairo
  • Our Planet by Alastair Fothergill & Keith Scholey
  • Teabowl: East & West by Bonnie Kemske
  • Power and Influence of Illustration by Alan Male
  • On the Jump of the Ancient Pentathlon by John Mouratidis
  • Introduction to Criminal Justice: A Balanced Approach by Brian K. Payne 
  • Ancient Greek Alive by Paula Saffire and Catherine Freis
  • Museum Lighting: A Guide for Conservators and Curators by David Saunders
  • Brazil: A Biography by Lila M. Schwarcz and Heloisa M. Starling

Friday, August 6, 2021

New Items at Hewes Library

 New items are added to the Hewes Library collection on a continual basis. Recent titles have included:

  • Constitutional Interpretation: The Basic Questions by Sotirios A. Barber & James E. Fleming
  • On the Origins of Sports by Gary Belsky & Neil Fine
  • How to Read Novels Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster
  • Girl, Gurl, Grrl: On Womanhood and Belonging in the Age of Black Girl Image by Kenya Hunt
  • A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters by Andrew H. Knoll
  • God and the Founders: Madison, Washington and Jefferson by Vincent Phillip Munoz
  • Resetting the Table: Straight Talk About the Food we Grow and Eat by Robert Paarlberg
  • Tyranny of Merit What's Become of the Common Good? by Michael J. Sandel
  • Workers on Arrival: Black Labor in the Making of America by Joe William Trotter, Jr. 
  • Social Media Issues by Claire Wyckoff

Friday, July 9, 2021

New Items At Hewes Library

 New items are added to the Hewes Library collection on a continual basis. Recent titles have included: 


  • Tangled up in Blue: Policing the American City by Rosa Brooks
  • Greek and Roman Mosaics by Umberto Pappalardo & Rosaria Ciardiello
  • Prison Truth: The Story of the San Quentin News by William J. Drummond
  • Waste: One Woman's Fight Against America's Dirty Secret by Catherine Coleman Flowers
  • On Canvas: Preserving the Structure of Paintings by Stephen Hackney
  • On Becoming Neighbors: The Communication Ethics of Fred Rogers by Alexandrea C. Klaren
  • Superheroes and Masculinity: Unmasking the Gender Performance of Heroism edited by Sean Parson & J.L. Schatz
  • Radio: Making Waves in Sound by Alasdair Pinkerton
  • Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest by Suzanne Simard
  • Women and Other Monsters: Building New Mythology by Jess Zimmerman

Reopening August 2nd

Hewes Library will again open its doors to the Monmouth College community on Monday, August 2nd. Facilities and library staff are currently cleaning the library's spaces and resetting furniture moved during the 2020/21 academic year. 

Library staff are currently available 8:00am-4:30pm and can assist those with information needs by appointment. 
We look forward to seeing you back at the library in August!  


Hours
June and July 2021, access to the library by appointment
8:00am - 4:30pm
309-457-2190
chat/text feature on website

August 2nd
Building open 8:00am - 4:30pm

Regular semester hours will resume the first day of classes, Wednesday, August 25th.