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January 2008

Eat, Pray, Love: One woman’s search for everything across Italy, India, and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert
(reviewed by Trish)
Biography
CD B GILBERT
This book is part travelogue, part journey of self-discovery and healing. After a divorce and the end of a love affair, Gilbert travels to Italy for the pleasures of eating delicious food and drinking fine wine, then to India for meditation and spiritual growth, and last to Indonesia to learn how to balance both. Beautifully narrated on CD by the author, Gilbert bares her soul about her life and struggle with depression, but her self-deprecating humor and funny observations make this book a pleasure!

Bobby written by Emilio Estevez
(reviewed by Trish)
Adult DVD
DVD 791.43 BOB
Bobby is a film based on the last day of Robert F. Kennedy’s life. This unexpectedly entertaining movie centers around the stories of the people and staff at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles on the day of Kennedy’s assassination in 1968. Most of the important issues of that time period are explored, such as, drugs, immigration, racism, communism, and the Vietnam War. Although the ending was never in doubt, hearing Kennedy’s incredibly inspiring speech brought tears to my eyes and a feeling of deep sorrow for the future that might have been if his life had not been cut so tragically short.

Psychopathology of Everyday Life by Sigmund Freud
(Reviewed by Dave)
Non-Fiction Psychology
150.19 FRE
Although the term “Freudian Slip” didn’t originate from this book (or from any of Freud’s books) this is the book that describes what it’s all about. Often referred to as Freud’s most accessible book, it’s chuck full of witty anecdotes about slips of the tongue, slips of the pen, misrememberings, misreadings and more seemingly innocent stumbles of everyday life.