BOOKS

The Smallest Lights in the Universe: A

Memoir by Sara Seager

Suggested by Dennis Grafflin, Professor Emeritus : Another fascinating memoir by a brilliant scientist on the autism spectrum, as well as a look into her search for planets — and life — outside our solar system.

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Suggested by Anne Thompson, Professor Emerita : A young man lives alone in a strange house of vast size, spending his days tracking tides that could flood it. The writing and vivid descriptions keep you anticipating each page turn.

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

Suggested by Dan Girling, Mail and Materials Handling Clerk : Told from the perspective of Klara, a robotic assistant caring for a sick girl. Klara struggles to understand the human world yet at times has unique insights others miss.

The Age of Wood

Roland Ennos

Suggested by Sawyer Sylvester, Professor Emeritus : A history of wood, an essential presence in human history: from the trees from which humanity descended, to the first shelters, to our coffins, the fires that warm us, and the books we read.

Items recently seen in Ladd Library’s Lost & Found included:

Pink lipstick from NARS Cosmetics’ “Orgasm” collection

• No. 2 Dixon Ticonderoga pencil (unsharpened)

• FC Barcelona, Futbol Club Barcelona, baseball cap •

• Colgate toothpaste in a newly developed recyclable tube

Hoyee Eyes blue-light blocking glasses with rainbow glitter frames

• Felt wool fedora (large) from New York Hat Co.

• Refillable Scotch-brand tape dispenser (empty)

• Lip balm in a case wrapped in washi tape showing stars and planets on the bottom

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Yeti Rambler water bottle with stickers and logos, including Bates Peer Health Educators; ‘Iolani School Raiders of Honolulu; and “Chillin’ since ’93,” a slogan of Brandy Melville, the European fashion brand

• Futuro knee support

• Ivory formal bow tie by Billy London with an elastic band extending it past 18 inches

• Book, Our Class, a play by Polish playwright Tadeusz Słobodzianek that follows one-time school classmates from 1925 to present times

• Bag with assorted teas, including a tin of hojicha from Harney & Sons