Past Books

 

2018

Just Mercy, by Bryan Stevenson is the story of a young lawyer fighting on the frontline of a country in thrall to extreme punishments and careless justice. It is an inspiring story of unbreakable humanity in the most desperate circumstances and a powerful indictment of our broken justice system and the twisted values that allow it to continue. 

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2017

Hillbilly Elegy, by J.D. Vance is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis--that of white working-class Americans. J.D. Vance tells the true story of what a social, regional, and class decline feels like when you were born with it hung around your neck.

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2016

For Love of Country, by Howard Schultz and Rajic Chandrasekaran. The authors honor acts of uncommon valor in Iraq and Afghanistan and recount their vital contributions upon returning home. These powerful stories demonstrate just how indebted we are to those who protect us and what they have to offer our nation when their military service is done.

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2015

This I Believe II: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women, edited by Jay Allison, was our 2015 selection. This book is the second installment based on the National Public Radio Series of the same name, This I Believe, and features seventy-five essayists-from the famous to the unknown– completing the thought that begins the book’s title.

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2014

Based on the popular National Public Radio series of the same name, This I Believe features eighty different statements of individual principles from the famous and unknown alike. Each essay candidly and compellingly completes the thought that begins this book’s title. This I Believe presents the hearts and minds of a diverse group of people, both past and present, whose beliefs reveal the American spirit at its best.

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2013

A Question of Freedom chronicle author Dwayne Betts' years in prison, as he reflects on his crime and how it would or would not define him.  It is a about a quest for identity, one that guarantees a young man's survival in a hostile environment.

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2012

A Pearl in the Storm, written by Tori Murden McClure, is about failure and recovery. It is about storms that twist our lives and shatter our dreams. It is about the pearls: the guides, the guardians, and the mentors who lift us up after we fall.

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2011

Listening is an Act of Love is made up of 2-3 page transcripts selected from more than ten thousand interviews captured by the Story-Corps project. Story-Corps, founded by Dave Isay, is the United States largest oral history project, presenting our nation's history told by the people who lived that history. There is a connection to each and every discipline contained in the stories presented. They are organized into the following themes: Home and family; work and dedication, journeys; history and struggle, and fire and water (The stories of 9/11 and Katrina).

2010

Outcasts United by Warren St. John is a national bestseller chronicles the impromptu social experiment created when a small southern town became a center for refugee relocation and one woman's attempt to change lives through soccer. It has much to teach us about how to live in an age of globalization when our neighbors may not look like or live like we do.

2009

How Starbucks Saved My Life: A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else is a memoir by Michael Gates Gill which chronicles his journey from a high-level advertising executive with J. Walter Thompson to a barista at Starbucks.

2008

Three Cups of Tea is one mountaineer's (Greg Mortenson) story on how after trying and failing to climb K2, he came upon a destitute Pakistan village in the Karakoram Mountains. Motivated by the people's benevolences, he made a commitment to return and erect a school. Three Cups of Tea is the account of one man fulfilling a promise made to an indigenous people and its remarkable result.

2007

The book selection for 2007 was An Ordinary Man, by Paul Rusesabagina. The Distinguished Lecture Committee brought the author to campus to speak at Convocation and to attend the President's luncheon on Sunday, August 26, 2007. On Saturday, August 25, 2007, Rusesabagina attended a book signing at Linebaugh Library and also spoke to community book clubs who were reading the book. Ruesesabagina also attended one of MTSU's classes.

2006

The book selection for 2006 was Fat Land , by Greg Critser. The Distinguished Lecture Committee brought the author to campus to speak at Convocation and to attend the President's luncheon on Sunday, August 27, 2006. On Saturday, August 26, 2006, Critser attended a book signing at Linebaugh Library and also spoke to community book clubs who were reading the book. Critser also visited one of MTSU's classes to discuss how our society's eating habits have changed.

 

2005

The book chosen for 2005 was Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston. The Distinguished Lecture Committee brought the author to campus to speak at Convocation and attend the President's luncheon on Sunday, August 28, 2005.

2004

The book of choice for 2004 was Naked in Baghdad , written by a National Public Radio's senior foreign correspondent, Anne Garrels. The Distinguished Lecture Committee once again brought the author to campus to speak at Convocation on Sunday, August 29, 2004.

2003

The book selection for 2003 was All Over but the Shoutin' , written by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, Rick Bragg. The Distinguished Lecture Committee brought the author to campus to speak at the University Convocation on August 17, 2003.

2002

The book selection for 2002 was The Color of Water written by James McBride.

 

 

 
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