Off the shelf for Oct. 26, 2008

• By ED CULLEN
• Advocate staff writer
• Published: Oct 26, 2008 - UPDATED: 12:05 a.m.

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Wonder what people are reading, watching, listening to or want to know about? Here’s a report from the East Baton Rouge Parish Library.

• MOST CHECKED OUT BOOK: “The Story of Edgar Sawtelle” by David Wroblewski (The latest selection from Oprah’s Book Club)
• MOST REQUESTED BOOK:  “The Lucky One” by Nicholas Sparks
• MOST CHECKED OUT AUDIO BOOK:  “The Curse of the Pharoahs” by Elizabeth Peters
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  MOST CHECKED OUT DVD: “Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! — Season 1”
• MOST CHECKED OUT CD: “Costello Music” by The Fratellis
• REFERENCE QUESTION: How many U.S. presidents have earned a doctoral degree?
  Woodrow Wilson is the only one. He got his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University.
  Source:  http://www.woodrowwilson.org
• FUN FACT: Some of the special finds at this year’s Attic Treasures (the library’s version of ‘Antiques Roadshow’) held on Oct. 11, included a rare Navy recruitment poster from World War II, a Southwest Native American Indian ceremonial turtle rattle, and an heirloom European cut diamond worth $60,000!