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Resources in the Spotlight: Leisure Reading

The Paul V. Galvin Library's online display highlights selected electronic resources from rotating subject areas.

Leisure Reading Print Collection

Leisure Reading Print Collection
This guide highlights print books from Galvin Library's leisure reading collection.

Recommended eBooks-Leisure Reading

City of Big Shoulders by Robert G. Spinney
ISBN: 9781501749599
Publication Date: 2020-05-15
This book links key events in Chicago's development, from its marshy origins in the 1600s to today's robust metropolis. The book presents Chicago in terms of the people whose lives made the city–from the tycoons and the politicians to the hundreds of thousands of immigrants from all over the world. Summary taken from the book.
Complete Idiot's Guide to Healthy Stretching by Chris Verna; Steve Hosid
ISBN: 9780028621272
Publication Date: 1998-02-01
Quick and easy guide to stretching and improving your flexibiliy.
Knitting Patterns for Dummies by Kristi Porter
ISBN: 9780470231593
Publication Date: 2008-01-10
Introduction to knitting.
Vegan on the Cheap by Robin Robertson
ISBN: 9780470472248
Publication Date: 2010-04-02
You don't have to blow your budget to eat great meat- and dairy-free meals every day. Here, Robin Robertson provides 150 mouth-watering, exciting recipes that cost just 50 cents to $2 per serving - hefty savings to go with hearty vegan meals. Summary taken from the book.
Yoga by Joan Budilovsky; Eve Adamson; Georg Feuerstein (Foreword by)
ISBN: 9780028619491
Publication Date: 1997-11-14
Quick and easy guide to starting your yoga practice.

Websites and Databases

Google Book Search
Google Book Search allows you to search the full text of books that have been scanned and digitized by Google or the publisher. If the book is in the public domain, a PDF copy may be downloaded.
New York Times
The New York Times is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership. Founded in 1851, the paper has won 125 Pulitzer Prizes, more than any other newspaper. The New York Times is ranked 17th in the world by circulation

NOTE: In order to access this resource you will be prompted to create an account on the New York Times website. Users must renew their pass on a yearly basis.
TechNews Collection
Digital collection of IIT-published campus newspapers.
Wall Street Journal
Access all WSJ content online from the Dow Jones website in the original online layout. Online coverage of the popular business newspaper, including analysis tools and news from the past four years.

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