Month: December 2022

Blueprint for the Future?

Posted on by Kevin Gunn
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Storytelling is a skill that everyone can develop. In The Bezos Blueprint: Communication Secrets of the World’s Greatest Salesman, Carmine Gallo “reveals the communication and leadership secrets of the Amazon founder, showing readers how to sharpen their writing, storytelling and communication skills to build the company or career of their dreams.” Once you are finished, check out the rest of our Popular Reading collection. Titles range from commentary, fiction, historical fiction, mystery, suspense, non-fiction, current affairs, science, social issues, and politics.

Our collection is on the first floor of Mullen Library in the Reference Reading Room.

Hold your cursor over the Title to see a short description of the book, or click to view the catalog record. The status of the book is shown beside the call number.

Title Author Status
The Bezos Blueprint: Communication Secrets of the World’s Greatest Salesman Gallo, Carmine
Going Rogue Evanovich, Janet
The Age of Resilience: Reimagining Existence on a Rewilding Earth Rifkin, Jeremy
Egypt’s Golden Couple: When Akhenaten and Nefertiti Were Gods on Earth Darnell, John & Darnell, Colleen
Now Is Not the Time to Panic Wilson, Kevin
Before Your Memory Fades Kawaguchi, Toshikazu
The Future Is Analog: How to Create a More Human World Sax, David
The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times Obama, Michelle
Lost to the World: A Memoir of Faith, Family, and Five Years in Terrorist Captivity Taseer, Shahbaz
The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music Breihan, Tom
Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency Greenberg, Andy

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The Archivist’s Nook: “Don’t be Crude” – Protecting the Earth like a Catholic

Posted on by Guest Blogger

Our guest blogger is Julie Pramis, who is a graduate student in Library and Information Science (LIS) at the Catholic University of America. 

Catholics care about climate change (try saying that five times fast). Here in the archives we have a collection of papers from the Catholic Climate Covenant (CCC), a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C. focused on caring for the Earth. Founded in 2006, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops helped form the non-profit in order to address climate change through Catholic social teaching:

Caring for creation and caring for the poor have been a part of the Catholic story since the beginning, but in recent years St. John Paul II, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, and especially Pope Francis have added a sense of urgency to their call for Catholics to act on climate change. (Our Story, Catholic Climate Covenant)

Example of research report but together by the CCC.

CCC has funded grants for climate change awareness campaigns across the country, held conferences, and published reports on the reality of climate change.

The St. Francis Pledge

Among their missions, perhaps at the forefront is the St. Francis Pledge. Anyone can take the St. Francis Pledge, from National Catholic Organizations to Universities to individuals. The pledge comes with a handy pdf with recommendations on how to reduce your carbon footprint.

In addition to their own business papers – from 2006 to 2016 – CCC collected magazines and newspapers that covered the cross-section of Catholics and environmentalism. Even several secular magazines were saved, among them Time magazine and two issues of Sports Illustrated (it’s about climate change – we swear!).

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Check out the finding aid here to learn more about the collection, or come to the archives for a visit!