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On Display: International Education

by Zia Davidian on 2020-11-17T09:58:00-05:00 in Education, International Studies, On Display | 0 Comments

This week is International Education Week, which feels frustrating and hard to celebrate at a time when we're all encouraged to not travel. Below are some ebooks and other databases from the library to hopefully help transport you to other lands and cultures. Hope you enjoy! 

E-books

Cover ArtThe Best Women's Travel Writing, Volume 11 by Lavinia Spalding (Editor)
In The Best Women's Travel Writing, Volume 11, you will: go scuba diving with sharks in Palau cook for Syrian refugees in Greece be the first American to play pro basketball in the Czech Republic anger a nun in Ethiopia go whitewater rafting on the Nile in Uganda help slaughter a pig in Hungary realize your limits of filial piety in Singapore seek healing at the hands of a witchdoctor in Mexico feast on rancid food in Iceland avoid hypothermia by spooning in Mongolia fall in love in Nepal ... and much, much more.
Cover ArtThe Edge of Extinction by Jules Pretty
Cover ArtThe Best American Travel Writing 2019 by Jason Wilson (Editor); Alexandra Fuller (Editor)

 

Cover ArtOverground Railroad by Candacy Taylor

 

Databases

 
"Country Culture" database containing information for 175 countries including recipes, holidays, language, history, and points of interest.
 
Streaming audio of contemporary music from around the world.
 
Over 400 of the most important and innovative films from the early 20th Century to today.

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