A Few of Our Favorite Things: More Staff Picks

	Name and department: Matt, Security Coordinator Staff Pick: Horse soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of U.S. Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan by Doug Stanton What’s an alternative title you would give the book? Real American Heroes Summarize the book in one sentence: Chronicles the beginning of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan—the first cavalry invasion since the Civil War. I would not recommend this book to my father because... He’s had his own chronicles of war in Vietnam.
	Name and department: Rebecca, Youth Services Staff Pick: Deaf Sentence by David Lodge What’s an alternative title you would give the book? No alternative, it's the perfect title--a humorous play on words, poignant, and says everything about the main character's mindset. Summarize the book in one sentence: A middle aged professor struggles with encroaching deafness that isolates him and lands him in hot water with an unhinged graduate student. I would not recommend this book to my mother because... It's too funny for her and she wouldn't appreciate the relationship between the professor and the student.
	Name and department: Ransom, Adult Services Staff Pick: I Am Not Myself These Days: A Memoir by Josh Kilmer-Purcell What’s an alternative title you would give the book? Dude Looks Like a Lady and Smells Like a Distillery Summarize the book in one sentence: A New York City drag queen drinks an inordinate amount of vodka while maintaining a day job in advertising. I would not recommend this book to my mother because... Who do you think recommended it to me?