On this World Book & Copyright Day, DKU Library and DKU China Enrollment Office are honored to invite nine faculty members from Duke Kunshan University to share their recommended books, ranging from classic literature to popular science. Regardless of the genre, they all share one thing in common — the beauty conveyed through words. Welcome all of you to check out books from the library and enjoy the world of reading!
Here is a list of books recommended by our faculty:
Music: A mathematical offering, recommended by Maximiliano Amici, Assistant Professor of Music and Composition
- Author: Dave Benson
- Location: STACKS
- Call no. : ML3805 .B35 2007
The History of Anonymity, recommended by Stephanie Anderson, Assistant Professor of American Literature
- Author: Jennifer Chang
- Location: IN PROCESS
Middle Passage, recommended by Bryce Beemer, Assistant Professor of History
- Author: Charles Johnson
- Location: IN PROCESS
No more plastic: what you can do to make a difference, recommended by Xingshi Cai, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
- Author: Martin Dorey
- Location: STACKS
- Call no. : TD798 .D67 2018
On Violence, recommended by Hyun Jeong Ha, Assistant Professor of Sociology
- Author: Hannah Arendt
- Location: STACKS
- Call no. : HM886 .A74 2023
Catch 22, recommended by Ryder Kouba, Archives and Special Collections Librarian
- Author: Joseph Heller
- Location: STACKS
- Call no. : PS3558.E476 C3 2011
The Big Sea: An Autobiography, recommended by Selina Lai-Henderson, Associate Professor of American Literature and History
- Author: Langston Hughes
- Location: RESERVES
- Call no. : PS3515.U274 Z5 1993
The Sixth Extinction: An unnatural history, recommended by Renee Richer, Associate Professor of Biology
- Author: Elizabeth Kolbert
- Location: RESERVES
- Call no. : QE 721.2.E97 K65 2014
Talk of Love, recommended by Fangsheng Zhu, Assistant Professor of Sociology
- Author: Ann Swidler
- Location: IN PROCESS
