Hey Stout! #CheckThisOut — The Conjuring

Hey Stout! The University Library would like to welcome back students, staff, and faculty for the spring semester. Come on in for a warm up and learn about the variety of materials and services available to make your semester successful and enjoyable!

The Conjuring ©2013 New Line Cinema

If the frigid weather and first day of classes isn't frightening enough for you, take library student worker Scott's recommendation for this week's Hey Stout! #CheckThisOut and watch "The Conjuring", available in the DVD Browsing Area on 4th Floor (DVD CONJ).

According to Scott, "'The Conjuring' is a great movie if you're in need of a scare. The film is based on the true story of paranormal investigators who experience what they consider a demonic possession which takes place in the 1970s. This could be a great movie if you're watching it with friends. I would not, however, watch it alone!"

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Hey Stout! #CheckThisOut — Allegiant

Today's Hey Stout! #CheckThisOut post is from library student employee Selina, who has chosen to feature the novel Allegiant by Veronica Roth. Allegiant takes place in a dystopian future marred by violence and class struggle, and follows a young woman's escape to the unknown. This book is available in the EMC Young Adult on 1st Floor (PZ7.R7375 Al 2013)  Check availability or place a request.

Allegiant by Veronica Roth
© 2013 HarperCollins, publisher

 

Synopsis

This is the third and final book in the Divergent series [by Veronica Roth]. The book is told in two perspectives: Tris and Four. In this book, Tris and Four and some of the other members of the rebel group Allegiant travel illegally outside city limits. Inside the city there is a power struggle between the Allegiant group and the factionless dictator, Evelyn. The world outside the city limits and secrets it holds changes everything about what Tris and Four think they know about themselves and the city they left. (Synopsis by Selina)

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Rise of the Guardians
Copyright 2012 DreamWorks Animation

This week's Hey Stout! #CheckThisOut feature is DreamWorks' 2012 release, Rise of the Guardians. It is available in the Browsing Collection (DVD RISE) on 4th Floor. Check availability or place a request.

Synopsis

DreamWorks' newest animated adventure is a fun-filled and magical story about the legendary guardians — Jack Frost, the Easter Bunny, Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy and Sandman — together for the first time! When the evil Pitch threatens to take over the world, it's up to our beloved heroes to protect the hopes and dreams of children everywhere. Filled with non-stop action and laughs, it's a dazzling family film that's being hailed as "an instant classic. You will believe." (DVD jacket)

Submitted by Alyssa, Student Assistant

Hey Stout! #CheckThisOut

Hey Stout! #CheckThisOut is a new weekly blog series featuring the best of the UW-Stout University Library. Every week we will highlight library materials and services to inform students, faculty, and staff about all the library has to offer. On a rotating basis, Hey Stout! #CheckThisOut will feature a book, a video, a library service or resource, and a staff suggestion and review. Comment to share your thoughts about the week's selection and let us know what you'd like to see in the future!

Our first feature is The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith, a nom de plume of famed Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling. This book is available in the Browsing Collection (PR 6068 .O93 C83 2013).  Check availability or place a request.

The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
Copyright 2013, Mulholland Books, publisher

 

Synopsis

After losing his leg to a land mine in Afghanistan, Cormoran Strike is barely scraping by as a private investigator. Strike is down to one client, and creditors are calling. He has also just broken up with his longtime girlfriend and is living in his office.

Then John Bristow walks through his door with an amazing story: His sister, the legendary supermodel Lula Landry, known to her friends as the Cuckoo, famously fell to her death a few months earlier. The police ruled it a suicide, but John refuses to believe that. The case plunges Strike into the world of multimillionaire beauties, rock-star boyfriends, and desperate designers, and it introduces him to every variety of pleasure, enticement, seduction, and delusion known to man.

 

You may think you know detectives, but you've never met one quite like Strike. You may think you know about the wealthy and famous, but you've never seen them under an investigation like this. (Amazon.com)

Submitted by Averie, Student Assistant