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Members of the Washington and Lee Uiversity community can expand their personal libraries at the annual book sale over Parents' Weekend in the Leyburn Library lobby.
The sale begins on Friday 26 October at 8:30 AM and runs through Monday 29 October.
Books will be marked down to half-price at 8:30 AM on Monday.
In addition to the usual stock, we have a nice selection of history and literature titles as well as some video and audio items.
The Washington and Lee University Library continues to develop a collection of encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other reference works which are available to W&L researchers online. Here are some of the newest arrivals:
Voices of Islam
A five-volume collection of essays. (Praeger/Greenwood)
Encyclopedia Of Sex And Gender: Culture, Society, History
A four-volume set. (Macmillan/Gale)
Encyclopedia of Asian Theatre
Two volumes. (Greenwood)
Glossary of English Grammar
Guide to grammatical terms. (Edinburgh University Press/NetLibrary)
Feminist Philosophies A-Z
Key terms, issues, theoretical approaches, projects and thinkers. (Edinburgh University Press/NetLibrary)
Islamic Philosophy A-Z
Key figures, schools, concepts, topics, and issues. (Edinburgh University Press/NetLibrary)
These and other refererence "e-books" are accessible online to W&L students and faculty from anywhere in the world with access to the campus computing network.