The St. Thomas More library is fortunate to have the Norman R. Marcoux Book Fund for the purchase new math or World War II history books. The funds come from an endowment set up by his family when he died in 2013 after teaching math, especially geometry, for over 40 years. He served in the […]
Over a number of years, the school and monastery libraries have received a copy of the works of local Fall River Massachusetts author, John B. “Red” Cumming, Jr. Portsmouth Abbey class of 1963. The most recent, Just Angy: A Memoir (2020) is a biography of his mother, Angela (Angy) Patricia King Cummings in which he […]
What do J.K. Rowling, Stephen King, and William Golding have in common? Their famous books were initially rejected by publishers. Rowling’s work was eventually “saved” by an eight-year-old girl who found the first chapter of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone on her father’s desk. Her father was a publisher who let her read the first […]
Mrs. Stevens has re-established pre-COVID project for the science building information center. She has chosen a selection of the new science books from last spring (2021) to be featured on the science building first floor bulletin board. The display covers a variety of topics (this time biology, infectious diseases, ecology, marine and environmental science, and […]
This month, the library is celebrating the remarkable life of Nelson Mandela, who served as South Africa’s first democratically elected president from 1994-1999. An anti-apartheid revolutionary, he spent 27 years in prison until he was finally freed in 1990 by Frederik Willem de Klerk, the state president of South Africa at the time. In 1993, […]
The display consists of nineteen books that were made into movies. Both the books and movies displayed are available for check out. Stop by the library and see for yourself if the book is better than the movie. (BC)
To celebrate Thanksgiving, the library staff is displaying portions of a holiday quiz created by Sean Plambeck, which was featured in The New York Times on Nov. 27, 2019. Test your knowledge with five questions about Thanksgiving facts and traditions. Question #1: Which state produces more turkeys than any other? Hint: It’s not Rhode Island. (mfv)
For Veterans Day this year the library has a display of fiction books that tell the American soldier’s experience at war. They are mostly classics and represent various engagements, The Civil War, World Wars I and II, Vietnam, The Afghan War. Two were written by alumni, The Pearl of Kuwait ,Thomas Paine class of 1980 and The […]
The library has received a donation of 17 Christmas Creche (Nativity) pop-up books from Father Matthew Powell, O.P. of PC. In the past (2004-2005, and 2019, 2020) Father has loaned us his collection of over 75 of these for display during the holiday. He has given us 17 of his duplicates. A few are in […]
Three years ago, the library hosted “JUMBLED AUTHORS” for puzzle-loving students. Throughout October, the library is re-hosting this popular challenge. Each day, the mixed-up name of an author will appear. A small treat will be awarded to the student or faculty member who correctly unscrambles the author’s name. ODGO KLCU! (MFV)