UM Common Reading Experience 2024: Build the Life You Want

Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier

    

Build the Life You Want

Where Can I Read the Book?

The 2024 UM Common Read is

Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier

by Arthur C. Brooks and Oprah Winfrey 

 

How can you get a copy of the book?

1. All first-year students received a copy of Build the Life You Want during summer orientation.

2. UM Libraries has access to an electronic copy of Build the Life You Want that can be read online by one user at a time or downloaded for 24 hours on a single device. Go to libraries.olemiss.edu and search for "Build the Life You Want" in the OneSearch box. You will have to log in with your Ole Miss WebID and password to access the book. 

3. Inside the J.D. Williams Library, students may check out a RESERVE copy of the book at the main desk on the 1st floor for 24 hours. On Reserve for EDHE 105/305 are 2 copies of Build the Life You Want, 2 copies of The A Game, and 1 copy of The Ole Miss Experience under the instructor name: Melissa Dennis.

4. Finally, a copy of all Common Read titles (2011 - present) are available in Archives & Special Collections (but these can only be viewed inside the library).

If anyone needs help with finding books or finding other library materials for the Common Read, please email Melissa Dennis at mdennis@olemiss.edu

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