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orange park campus library acquisitions
fiscal year 2009 - 2010
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| The
Baby Business: How Money, Science, and Politics Drive the Commerce
of Conception
Call number: RG133.5 .S666 2006
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| Rocket
Men: The Epic Story of the First Men on the Moon
- Publisher's Marketing: "A
richly detailed and dramatic account of one of the greatest achievements
of humankind
At 9:32 A.M. on July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 rocket launched in
the presence of more than a million spectators who had gathered
to witness a truly historic event. It carried Neil Armstrong, Buzz
Aldrin, and Mike Collins to the last frontier of human imagination:
the moon.
"Rocket Men" is the thrilling story of the moon mission,
and it restores the mystery and majesty to an event that may have
become too familiar for most people to realize what a stunning achievement
it represented in planning, technology, and execution.
Through interviews, twenty-three thousand pages of NASA oral histories,
and declassified CIA documents on the space race, Craig Nelson re-creates
a vivid and detailed account of the Apollo 11 mission. From the
quotidian to the scientific to the magical, readers are taken right
into the cockpit with Aldrin and Armstrong and behind the scenes
at Mission Control.
"Rocket Men" is the story of a twentieth-century pilgrimage;
a voyage into the unknown motivated by politics, faith, science,
and wonder that changed the course of history."
Call number: TL789.8.U6 A559 2009
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The
Honor of Spies - Publisher's Marketing:
"Griffin's Honor Bound novels have been hailed as "terrific"
(Newark "Star-Ledger") and "immensely entertaining"
("Kirkus Reviews"), with "enough derring-do, romance
and action to satisfy Griffin's legions of fans and bring him new
ones" ("Rocky Mountain News"). The new book is his
best yet. August 6, 1943: In his brief career in the Office of Strategic
Services, twenty-four-year-old Cletus Frade has already been involved
in a lot of unusual situations, but nothing like the one he's in
now, standing with a German lieutenant colonel named Wilhelm Frogger
in a Mississippi prisoner-of-war detention facility. Frade's job?
To help Frogger escape.
Frogger's parents are in Frade's custody in Argentina, because of
their involvement in a secret German plan to establish safe havens
for senior Nazi officials in South America, and the younger Frogger
has agreed to help find out what they know. Even more important,
however, is the secret within the secret. Before he was captured
in Africa, Frogger was part of a conspiracy; its goal: to assassinate
Adolf Hitler. If the OSS can use his knowledge and connections to
nudge that plot along, even just a little bit- they may be able
to end this war right now. But Frade is not the only one who knows
about the Froggers. Even as he stands there in Mississippi, a troop
of Germans and Argentinians, led by a Colonel Juan PerA3n, is on
its way to kill the parents and, after them, Frade himself. His
career in the OSS may have been brief-but it may just be about to
be over. Filled with the special flair that Griffin's fans have
come to expect, "The Honor of Spies" is another rousing
adventure from one of our finest storytellers."
Call number: PS3557.R489137 H665 2009
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How
to Pass Selection Tests: Essential Preparation for Numerical, Verbal,
Clerical and IT Tests - Publisher's
Marketing: "Providing expert advice and practice material
for taking employer's tests, this guide advises candidates on the
different types of tests, tells why they are used, and discusses
how to prepare for them. The second part of the book contains hundreds
of practice psychometric questions."
Call number: HF5549.5.E5 B78 2010
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| The
Pleasures of Cooking for One - Publisher's
Marketing: "From the legendary editor of some of the
world's greatest cooks--including Julia Child and James Beard--a
passionate and practical book about the joys of cooking for one.
Here, in convincing fashion, Judith Jones demonstrates that cooking
for yourself presents unparalleled possibilities for both pleasure
and experimentation: you can utilize whatever ingredients appeal,
using farmers' markets and specialty shops to enrich your palate
and improve your health; you can feel free to fail, since a meal
for one doesn't have to be perfect; and you can use leftovers to
innovate--in the course of a week, the remains of beef bourguignon
might be reimagined as a ragu, pork tenderloin may become a stir-fry,
a cup or two of wild rice produces both a refreshing pilaf and a
rich pancake, and red snapper can be reinvented as a summery salad.
It's a fulfilling and immensely economical process, one perfectly
suited for our times--although, as Jones points out, cooking for
one also means we can occasionally indulge ourselves in a favorite
treat.
Throughout, Jones is both our instructor and our mentor, suggesting
basic recipes--such as tomato sauce, preserved lemons, pesto, and
homemade stock--that all cooks should have on hand; teaching us
how to improvise using an ingenious strategy of building meals through
the week; and supplying us with a lifetime's worth of tips and shortcuts.
From Child's advice for buying fresh meat to Beard's challenge to
beginning crepe-makers and Lidia Bastianich's tips for cooking perfectly
sauced pasta, Jones's book presents a wealth of acquired knowledge
from our finest cooks."
The Pleasures of Cooking for One" is a vibrant, wise celebration
of food and enjoying our own company from one of our most treasured
cooking experts."
Call number: TX652 .J6723 2009
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| Notes
from the Cracked Ceiling: Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin, and What
It Will Take for a Woman to Win - Publisher's
Marketing: "In the presidential election of 2008 America
seemed ready to elevate a woman to the presidency or vice presidency
and--with Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin--was on the verge of actually
doing so. Words like inevitable and phenomenon were in the air and
the political and cultural stars seemed to be aligned.
Why didn't it happen? What will it take to make it happen soon?
In a probing analysis sure to ignite controversy, acclaimed White
House correspondent Anne Kornblut argues that the optimists are
blind to formidable obstacles that still stand in the way of any
woman who aims for America's highest political offices. And she
makes clear exactly which strategies and common assumptions will
need to change if a woman intends to break through the "highest,
hardest glass ceiling" of all. Delving deep inside the Clinton
and Palin campaigns, Kornblut reveals:
- the strategists' mishandling of their candidates as women by failing
to strike the right balance between femininity and toughness
- Clinton's weathering of a series of stinging gender-based attacks,
until accusations of "pimping out" her daughter, Chelsea,
finally brought her to tears
- that Barack Obama was celebrated for his "historic"win
in Iowa, even though it was not the first time an African American
had won a caucus, but few noticed when Clinton became the first
woman to win a primary in New Hampshire
- that Palin was chosen solely by men, none of whom had experience
in running women for office
Drawing from exclusive interviews with prominent women in both parties,
Kornblut pinpoints where politically ambitious American women have
gone wrong and what it will take to put them on track to the ultimate
prize: the presidency. Former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice
asserts: "We crossed the bar on African Americans some time
ago. I'm not quite sure we've crossed it on women." House Speaker
Nancy Pelosi remarks on the "suit of armor" women must
don to survive the sexism and viciousness of politics. Homeland
Security Director Janet Napolitano confronts the false rumors that
she is a lesbian and reveals what an invigorating "kick in
the pants" it is to be in politics. And California gubernatorial
candidate Meg Whitman, the former head of eBay, compares politics
to business: "It feels to me, thus far, as less of a meritocracy
and more of a popularity contest. More of a little bit of an old
boys' club."
Kornblut identifies the surprising realities of gender politics,
such as the harsh treatment female candidates often receive from
women voters, the gap between the United States and other countries
when it comes to the electability of women, the "mommy penalty"
that handicaps women candidates with young children, and the special
appeal that women with law enforcement backgrounds have with voters.
"Notes from the Cracked Ceiling" reveals that the highly
touted new era of gender-equal politics never got as far as was
commonly perceived and is now in full retreat. It is essential reading
for anyone who cares about politics and the limits for women that
persist."
Call number: HQ1236.5.U6 K67 2009
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The
Fountainhead - Publisher's Marketing:
"A special edition hardcover in celebration of Ayn Rand's centennial.
When it was first published in 1943, "The Fountainhead"--containing
Ayn Rand's daringly original literary vision with the seeds of her
groundbreaking philosophy, Objectivism, won immediate worldwide
acclaim. This instant classic is the story of an intransigent young
architect, his violent battle against conventional standards, and
his explosive love affair with a beautiful woman who struggles to
defeat him. This centennial edition of "The Fountainhead,"
celebrating the controversial and eduring legacy of its author,
features an afterword by Rand's literary executor, Leonard Peikoff,
offering some of Ayn Rand's personal notes on the development of
her masterwork."
Call number: PS3535.A547 F6 2005
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| Beyond
Business Casual: What to Wear to Work If You Want to Get Ahead -
Publisher's Marketing: "Sabath reminds
readers that the goal to dressing is to get ahead, revealing the
dress "faux pas" most commonly made in business today.
Then the author of "Business Etiquette" shows what to
do when in doubt about what to wear."
Call number: HF5386 .S22 2004
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Being
with Animals: Why We Are Obsessed with the Furry, Scaly, Feathered
Creatures Who Populate Our World - Publisher's
Marketing: "What do Mickey Mouse, Ganesh, a leopard-skin
pillbox hat, "A Lion Called Christian," and the Aflac
duck have in common? They all represent human beings' deeply ingrained
connection to the animal kingdom. In "Being With Animals, "
anthropologist Barbara King unravels the complexity and enormous
significance of this relationship.
Animals rule our existence. You can see this in the billions of
dollars Americans pour out each year for their pets, in the success
of books and films such as "Marley and Me, " in the names
of athletic teams, in the stories that have entertained and instructed
children (from "The Cat in the Hat" back to well before
Aesop created his fables), in the animal deities that pervade the
most ancient forms of religion (and which still appear in sublimated
forms today), to the paintings on the cave walls of Lascaux. The
omnipresence of animal beings in our lives--whether real or fictional--is
something so enormous that people take often it for granted, never
wondering why animals remain so much a part of human life. It has
continuously maintained a powerful spiritual, transcendent quality
over the tens of thousands of years that Homo sapiens have walked
the earth. Why?
King looks at this phenomenon, from the most obvious animal connections
in daily life and culture and over the whole of human history, to
show the various roles animals have played in all civilizations.
She ultimately digs deeply into the importance of the human-animal
bond as key to our evolution, as a significant spiritual aspect
of understanding what truly makes us human, and looks ahead to explore
how our further technological development may, or may not, affect
these important ties."
Call number: QL751 .K5175 2009
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Are
You Your Own Worst Enemy?: The Nine Inner Strengths You Need to Overcome
Self-Defeating Tendencies at Work - Publisher's
Marketing: "A management professor and a religion professor
team up to provide a fresh, penetrating look at the obstacles that
prevent people from achieving their full potential. As authors Charles
Watson and Thomas Idinopulos demonstrate, inner demons like a lack
of integrity, mindless conformity, passivity, or greed conspire to
keep people from doing their best. But people can avoid becoming their
own worst enemies by using their uniquely human capacities to their
fullest-to be more responsible, more creative, more self-disciplined,
and more honest. Using these strengths, the authors show, makes it
easier to resolve ethical dilemmas, attain peak performance without
burning out, maintain a positive outlook, and, ultimately, succeed
in achieving treasured personal and professional goals. A management
professor and a religion professor team up to provide a fresh, penetrating
look at the obstacles that prevent people from achieving their full
potential at work. As Watson and Idinopulos demonstrate, inner demons
like a lack of integrity, mindless conformity, passivity, mediocrity,
or greed conspire to keep people from doing their best. But people
can avoid becoming their own worst enemies by using their uniquely
human capacities to their fullest: to be more responsible, more
insightful, more creative, more self-disciplined, more honest, and
more concerned about others. Using these strengths, the authors
show, makes it easier to resolve ethical dilemmas, attain peak performance
without burning out, maintain a positive outlook, and, ultimately,
succeed in achieving treasured personal and professional goals.
The world of work is filled with treacherous shoals that constantly
test the integrity, fortitude, and tolerance of employees. The stresses
can be incapacitating. Faced with competing agendas, high expectations,
sclerotic bureaucracies, and scarce resources, many people fall
prey to demons that sap their energy or, worse, encourage them to
act against their own interests by being dishonest or cutting corners.
"Are You Your Own Worst Enemy?" shows readers how to take
responsibility for their actions and their happiness. It discusses
the on-going pressures, temptations, and traps in the workplace
and how ordinary people can manage them constructively to remain
effective and true to their ideals. Specifically, it shows how learning
the following behaviors and attitudes can help people become more
productive, more valuable, and more fully satisfied: -Develop the
capacity to make things happen. -Make the most of who you are. -Sharpen
thinking skills. -Be the kind of person others want to be around.
-Break the chains of mindless routine. -Become an effective learner
and continue learning. -Master the art of self-discipline. -Act
with integrity. -Be of service to others. Using dozens of engaging
stories from people in all types of organizations, the authors show
how to overcome self-defeating behavior. The result for readers
is a blueprint for success, reduced stress, better work/life balance,
and fulfillment."
Call number: HD58.7 .W332 2007
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And
Words Can Hurt Forever: How to Protect Adolescents from Bullying,
Harassment, and Emotional Violence - Publisher's
Marketing: "In this groundbreaking work, James Garbarino,
the bestselling author of "Lost Boys, " and Ellen deLara
uncover the staggering extent and consequences of schoolyard bullying
and classroom hostility, flat-out contradicting the nursery rhyme
that "words can never hurt you." The authors then present
evidence that teenagers -- hundreds of whom they interviewed -- have
the solution to school violence, if only adults would listen. Bullying
has long been regarded as a way of life. Ever since Columbine, however,
student reactions to harassment and intimidation are, finally, driving
parents to consider this phenomenon seriously. "And Words Can
Hurt Forever" teaches parents to accept reality (bullying occurs
daily), challenge old beliefs ("Kids will be kids" or
"If I lived through it, so can they"), and ally with other
parents to take on the school system. Revelatory and ultimately
uplifting, "And Words Can Hurt Forever" doesn't just highlight
the problem, but offers steps that can be taken -- must be taken
-- to solve it."
Call number: BF637.B85 G36 2002
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| Appetite
for Life: The Biography of Julia Child -
Publisher's Marketing: "Julia Child
became a household name when she entered the lives of millions of
Americans through our hearts and kitchens. Yet few know the richly
varied private life that lies behind this icon, whose statuesque
height and warmly enthused warble have become synonymous with the
art of cooking.
In this biography we meet the earthy and outrageous Julia, who,
at age eighty-five, remains a complex role model. Fitch, who had
access to all of Julia's private letters and diaries, takes us through
her life, from her exuberant youth as a high-spirited California
girl to her years at Smith College, where she was at the center
of every prank and party. When most of her girlfriends married,
Julia volunteered with the OSS in India and China during World War
II, and was an integral part of this elite corps. There she met
her future husband, the cosmopolitan Paul Child, who introduced
her to the glories of art, fine French cuisine, and love. Theirs
was a deeply passionate romance and a modern marriage of equals.
Julia began her culinary training only at the age of thirty-seven
at the Cordon Bleu. Later she roamed the food markets of Marseilles,
Bonn, and Oslo. She invested ten years of learning and experimentation
in what would become her first bestselling classic, Mastering the
Art of French Cooking. Now, her career is legend, spanning nearly
forty years and still going strong. Generations love the humor and
trademark aplomb that have made Julia a household name. Resisting
fads and narrow, fanatical conventions of health-consciousness,
Julia is the quintessential teacher. The perfect gift for food lovers
and a romantic biography of a woman modern before her time, this
is a truly American life."
Call number: TX649.C47 F57 1999
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| Living
Oprah: My One-Year Experiment to Walk the Walk of the Queen of Talk
- Publisher's Marketing: "What
happens when a thirty-five-year-old average American woman spends
one year following every piece of Oprah Winfrey's advice on how
to "live your best life"? Robyn Okrant devoted 2008 to
adhering to all of Oprah's suggestions and guidance delivered via
her television show, her Web site, and her magazine. LIVING OPRAH
is a month-by-month account of that year.
Some of the challenges included enrollment in Oprah's Best Life
Challenge for physical fitness and weight control, living vegan,
and participating in Oprah's Book Club. After 365 days of LIVING
OPRAH, Okrant reflects on the rewards won and lessons learned as
well as the tolls exacted by the experiment."
Call number: CT275.O4457 A3 2010
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| Talking
about Detective Fiction - Publisher's
Marketing: "From one of the most widely admired--and
widely read--writers of detective fiction at work today comes an
illuminating exploration of the human appetite for mystery and mayhem
and those writers who have satisfied it. Essential for every lover
of detective fiction."
Call number: PR830.D4 J36 2009
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The
Selfish Gene - Publisher's Marketing:
"Richard Dawkins' brilliant reformulation of the theory of
natural selection has the rare distinction of having provoked as
much excitement and interest outside the scientific community as
within it. His theories have helped change the whole nature of the
study of social biology, and have forced thousands of readers to
rethink their beliefs about life.
In his internationally bestselling, now classic volume, The Selfish
Gene, Dawkins explains how the selfish gene can also be a subtle
gene. The world of the selfish gene revolves around savage competition,
ruthless exploitation, and deceit, and yet, Dawkins argues, acts
of apparent altruism do exist in nature. Bees, for example, will
commit suicide when they sting to protect the hive, and birds will
risk their lives to warn the flock of an approaching hawk.
This 30th anniversary edition of Dawkins' fascinating book retains
all original material, including the two enlightening chapters added
in the second edition. In a new Introduction the author presents
his thoughts thirty years after the publication of his first and
most famous book, while the inclusion of the two-page original Foreword
by brilliant American scientist Robert Trivers shows the enthusiastic
reaction of the scientific community at that time. This edition
is a celebration of a remarkable exposition of evolutionary thought,
a work that has been widely hailed for its stylistic brilliance
and deep scientific insights, and that continues to stimulate whole
new areas of research today."
Call number: QH437 .D38 2006
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Telling
Lies: Clues to Deceit in the Marketplace, Politics, and Marriage
- Publisher's Marketing:
"From breaking the law to breaking a promise, how do people lie
and how can they be caught? In this revised edition, Paul Ekman,
a renowned expert in emotions research and nonverbal communication,
adds a new chapter to present his latest research on his groundbreaking
inquiry into lying and the methods for uncovering lies. Ekman has
figured out the most important behavioral clues to deceit; he has
developed a one-hour self-instructional program that trains people
to observe and understand "micro expressions"; and he
has done research that identifies the facial expressions that show
whether someone is likely to become violent-a self-instructional
program to train recognition of these dangerous signals has also
been developed.
Telling Lies describes how lies vary in form and how they can differ
from other types of misinformation that can reveal untruths. It
discusses how a person's body language, voice, and facial expressions
can give away a lie but still fool professional lie hunters-even
judges, police officers, drug enforcement agents, and Secret Service
agents.
"[A] wealth of detailed, practical information about lying
and lie detection and a penetrating analysis of ethical implications."
-Jerome D. Frank, The John Hopkins School of Medicine"
Call number: BF637.T77 E38 2009
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| The
Talented Miss Highsmith: The Secret Life and Serious Art of Patricia
Highsmith - Publisher's Marketing:
"Patricia Highsmith, one of the great writers of 20th Century
American fiction, had a life as darkly compelling as that of her
favorite "hero-criminal," talented Tom Ripley. In this
revolutionary biography, Joan Schenkar paints a riveting portrait,
from Highsmith's birth in Texas to Hitchcock's filming of her first
novel, "Strangers On a Train, " to her long, strange,
self-exile in Europe. We see her as a secret writer for the comics,
a brilliant creator of disturbing fictions, and erotic predator
with dozens of women (and a few good men) on her love list. "The
Talented Miss Highsmith" is the first literary biography with
access to Highsmith's whole story: her closest friends, her oeuvre,
her archives. It's a compulsive page-turner unlike any other, a
book worthy of Highsmith herself."
Call number: PS3558.I366 Z87 2009
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| Mayo
Clinic Diet: Eat Well Enjoy Life Lose Weight -
Publisher's Marketing: "From Mayo
Clinic, a leading authority on health and nutrition, comes The Mayo
Clinic Diet, the last diet youll ever need. Get a quick and gratifying
start with Lose It!, the phase of the diet designed to help you
lose up to six to ten pounds in just two weeks. Eat the foods you
love?in moderation?in the Live It! phase, which is designed to help
you continue to lose one to two pounds a week (and keep them off!).
Finally, heres the diet that helps you accomplish real and lasting
weight-loss. This diet is no fad, but a solid, common-sense approach
brought to you by an organization that is an award-winning health
information resource. Nor does The Mayo Clinic Diet require expensive
ingredients (which can make a diet difficult to maintain in the
long run). Through simple, healthy adjustments to your lifestyle,
The Mayo Clinic Diet gives you the tools you need to achieve the
success you want. In two easy phases, The Mayo Clinic Diet helps
you lose weight and keep it off for life. Lose It!-?a two-week quick-start
program designed to help you lose sixto ten pounds simply by: ?Adding
5 habits, Breaking 5 habits, and Adopting 5 bonus habits. Live It!-continue
to lose one to two pounds a week until you reach your desired weightand
then maintain it by: Using the Healthy Weight Pyramid as your guide
to themost nutritious food groups and serving sizes. In two simple
phases, youll be on the road to a healthy weight for the rest of
your life. Packed with lots of extra encouragement-meal planners,
recipes, tips for overcoming challenges, starting an exercise plan,
and much more-TheMayo Clinic Diet gives you everything you need
in onebook. Toss out the scales and calculators and pick up the
foods you love. This is the diet youve been waiting for!"
Call number: RM222.2 .M397 2010
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Why
Does E=mc2?: And Why Should We Care? - Publisher's
Marketing: "The most accessible, entertaining, and enlightening
explanation of the best-known physics equation in the world, as rendered
by two of today's leading scientists. Professor Brian Cox and Professor
Jeff Forshaw go on a journey to the frontier of 21st century science
to consider the real meaning behind the iconic sequence of symbols
that make up Einstein's most famous equation, E=mc2. Breaking down
the symbols themselves, they pose a series of questions: What is
energy? What is mass? What has the speed of light got to do with
energy and mass? In answering these questions, they take us to the
site of one of the largest scientific experiments ever conducted.
Lying beneath the city of Geneva, straddling the Franco-Swiss boarder,
is a 27 km particle accelerator, known as the Large Hadron Collider.
Using this gigantic machine--which can recreate conditions in the
early Universe fractions of a second after the Big Bang--Cox and
Forshaw will describe the current theory behind the origin of mass.
Alongside questions of energy and mass, they will consider the
third, and perhaps, most intriguing element of the equation: 'c'
- or the speed of light. Why is it that the speed of light is the
exchange rate? Answering this question is at the heart of the investigation
as the authors demonstrate how, in order to truly understand why
E=mc2, we first must understand why we must move forward in time
and not backwards and how objects in our 3-dimensional world actually
move in 4-dimensional space-time. In other words, how the very fabric
of our world is constructed. A collaboration between two of the
youngest professors in the UK, "Why Does E=mc2?" promises
to be one of the most exciting and accessible explanations of the
theory of relativity in recent years."
Call number: QC173.6 .C68 2009
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Washington's
Crossing - Publisher's Marketing:
"Six months after the Declaration of Independence, the American
Revolution was all but lost. A powerful British force had routed
the Americans at New York, occupied three colonies, and advanced
within sight of Philadelphia. George Washington lost ninety percent
of his army and was driven across the Delaware River. Panic and
despair spread through the states.
Yet, as David Hackett Fischer recounts in this riveting history,
Washington--and many other Americans--refused to let the Revolution
die. Even as the British and Germans spread their troops across
New Jersey, the people of the colony began to rise against them.
George Washington saw his opportunity and seized it. On Christmas
night, as a howling nor'easter struck the Delaware Valley, he led
his men across the river and attacked the exhausted Hessian garrison
at Trenton, killing or capturing nearly a thousand men. A second
battle of Trenton followed within days. The Americans held off a
counterattack by Lord Cornwallis's best troops, then were almost
trapped by the British force. Under cover of night, Washington's
men stole behind the enemy and struck them again, defeating a brigade
at Princeton. The British were badly shaken. In twelve weeks of
winter fighting, their army suffered severe damage, their hold on
New Jersey was broken, and their strategy was ruined.
Fischer's richly textured narrative reveals the crucial role of
contingency in these events. We see how the campaign unfolded in
a sequence of difficult choices by many actors, from generals to
civilians, on both sides. While British and German forces remained
rigid and hierarchical, Americans evolved an open and flexible system
that was fundamental to their success. At the same time, they developed
an American ethic of warfare that John Adams called "the policy
of humanity," and showed that moral victories could have powerful
material effects. The startling success of Washington and his compatriots
not only saved the faltering American Revolution, but helped to
give it new meaning, in a pivotal moment for American history."
Call number: E263.P4 F575 2004
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Trust
Rules: How to Tell the Good Guys from the Bad Guys in Work and Life
- Publisher's Marketing: "Whom
can you trust? It's not an easy question to answer, yet it couldn't
be more important to try. Hook up with the wrong crowd, and there
goes a career-or worse. As scholar Linda Stroh argues, trust is a
prerequisite for effective management, and it contributes directly
to personal success. To find out how to tell the good guys from the
bad guys, Stroh interviewed over three hundred businesspeople. The
result is a thorough and invaluable compendium of lively stories,
lessons learned in the trenches, and practical tools and principles.
Readers will learn how to identify the trustworthy at work and in
their personal lives-giving their careers a boost and helping them
sleep better at night. That's because having trustworthy people
around us makes organizational life much easier and less stressful.
Yet, since ancient times, people have pondered the issue of trust.
How do we decide who to let into our inner circle? To what degree
do trusting relationships impact our performance at work? What are
the consequences of misplaced trust? Must trust be unconditional?
Taking these questions out of the realm of the philosophers, Linda
Stroh draws from her extensive research to highlight common themes
and the hard-won lessons learned from experience. She then distills
their thoughts and experiences into practical tools and techniques
for assessing trustworthiness-including your own-and applying these
tools in a variety of situations. Integrating insights from management
and psychology, Stroh shows readers how to pay attention to red
flags in relationships and ultimately develop a network of trustworthy
people that will help them succeed in business and beyond.
Combining rigorous primary research with practical application,
and using engaging stories and insights throughout, this book will
help general readers, professors and students, and professionals
alike attain their goals more quickly and with greater satisfaction."
Call number: HD58.7 .S775 2007
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| Tomorrow's
Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food
- Publisher's Marketing:
"By the year 2050, Earth's population will double. If we continue
with current farming practices, vast amounts of wilderness will
be lost, millions of birds and billions of insects will die, and
the public will lose billions of dollars as a consequence of environmental
degradation. Clearly, there must be a better way to meet the need
for increased food production.
Written as part memoir, part instruction, and part contemplation,
Tomorrow's Table argues that a judicious blend of two important
strands of agriculture--genetic engineering and organic farming--is
key to helping feed the world's growing population in an ecologically
balanced manner. Pamela Ronald, a geneticist, and her husband, Raoul
Adamchak, an organic farmer, take the reader inside their lives
for roughly a year, allowing us to look over their shoulders so
that we can see what geneticists and organic farmers actually do.
The reader sees the problems that farmers face, trying to provide
larger yields without resorting to expensive or environmentally
hazardous chemicals, a problem that will loom larger and larger
as the century progresses. They learn how organic farmers and geneticists
address these problems.
This book is for consumers, farmers, and policy decision makers
who want to make food choices and policy that will support ecologically
responsible farming practices. It is also for anyone who wants accurate
information about organic farming, genetic engineering, and their
potential impacts on human health and the environment."
Call number: TP248.65.F66 R66 2007
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U
Is for Undertow - Publisher's Marketing:
"Through 20 excursions into the dark side of the human soul,
Grafton has never written the same book twice. Once again, she breaks
genre formulas, creating a twisting, complex, surprise-filled, and
totally satisfying thriller. Kinsey Millhone agrees to help Michael
Sutton locate a grave he discovered 21 years earlier, but as the
investigation unfolds, Kinsey discovers Michael has an uneasy relationship
with the truth."
Call number: PS3557.R13 U3 2009
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Unmasking
the Face: A Guide to Recognizing Emotions from Facial Expressions
- Publisher's Marketing: "
This is the only book helps you "read faces," and interpret
their emotions, in an easy-to-read visual format. There are hundreds
of illustrations which show how to tell what someone is experiencing.
Great for viewers of "Lie to Me," people interested in understanding
their friends and coworkers, and students in College and High School.
Dr. Paul Ekman, who is the basis for the character Cal Lightman
in "Lie to Me," is the researcher who developed the new
science of face recognition. There is a lot of media and popular
interest in this work, as well as its use in the classroom.
"I've been familiar with Ekman's work for several years now;
I have found nothing else that even comes close to [Unmasking the
Face] providing the reader with the knowledge they need to master
the science of reading the emotions of others by decoding their
facial expressions. Ekman is the king!" Vincent Harris"
Call number: BF637.C45 E38 2003
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The
Undercover Economist: Exposing Why the Rich Are Rich, the Poor Are
Poor--And Why You Can Never Buy a Decent Used Car! - Publisher's
Marketing: "An economist's version of The Way Things
Work, this engaging volume is part field guide to economics and
part expose of the economic principles lurking behind daily events,
explaining everything from traffic jams to high coffee prices.
The Undercover Economist is for anyone who's wondered why the gap
between rich and poor nations is so great, or why they can't seem
to find a decent second-hand car, or how to outwit Starbucks. This
book offers the hidden story behind these and other questions, as
economist Tim Harford ranges from Africa, Asia, Europe, and of course
the United States to reveal how supermarkets, airlines, and coffee
chains--to name just a few--are vacuuming money from our wallets.
Harford punctures the myths surrounding some of today's biggest
controversies, including the high cost of health-care; he reveals
why certain environmental laws can put a smile on a landlord's face;
and he explains why some industries can have high profits for innocent
reasons, while in other industries something sinister is going on.
Covering an array of economic concepts including scarce resources,
market power, efficiency, price gouging, market failure, inside
information, and game theory, Harford sheds light on how these forces
shape our day-to-day lives, often without our knowing it.
Showing us the world through the eyes of an economist, Tim Harford
reveals that everyday events are intricate games of negotiations,
contests of strength, and battles of wits. Written with a light
touch and sly wit, The Undercover Economist turns "the dismal
science" into a true delight."
Call number: HC59.15 .H35 2006
|
| Virus
of the Mind: The New Science of the Meme - Publisher's
Marketing: ""Virus of the Mind "is the first
popular book devoted to the science of "memetics, "a controversial
new field that transcends psychology, biology, anthropology, and
cognitive science. Memetics is the science of "memes, "
the invisible but very real DNA of human society. In "Virus
of the Mind, "Richard Brodie carefully builds on the work of
scientists Richard Dawkins, Douglas Hofstadter, Daniel Dennett,
and others who have become fascinated with memes and their potential
impact on our lives. But Richard goes beyond science and dives into
the meat of the issue: is the emergence of this new science going
to have an impact on our lives like the emergence of atomic physics
did in the Cold War? He would say the impact will be at least as
great. While atomic bombs affect everybody's life, viruses of the
mind touch lives in a more personal and more pernicious way. Mind
viruses have already infected governments, educational systems,
and inner cities, leading to some of the most pervasive and troublesome
problems of society today: youth gangs, the welfare cycle, the deterioration
of the public schools, and ever-growing government bureaucracy.
Viruses of the mind are not a future worry: they are here with us
now and are evolving to become better and better at their job of
infecting us. The recent explosion of mass media and the information
superhighway has made the earth a prime breeding ground for viruses
of the mind. Will there be a mental plague? Will only some of us
survive with our free will intact? Richard Brodie weaves together
science, ethics, and current events as he raises these and other
very disturbing questions about memes."
Call number: HM626 .B76 2009
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The
Real Global Warming Disaster: Is the Obsession with 'Climate Change'
Turning Out to Be the Most Costly Scientific Blunder in History?
- Publisher's Marketing: "Booker
focuses his attention on the mother of all environmental scares:
global warming."
Call number: QC981.8.G56 B66 2009
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We
the Living: 60th Anniversary Edition - Publisher's
Marketing: "The time is the Russian Revolution. The
place is a country burdened with fear - the midnight knock at the
door, the bread hidden against famine, the haunted eyes of the fleeing,
the grublike fat of the appeasers and oppressors. In a bitter struggle
of the individual against the collective, three people stand forth
with the mark of the unconquered in their bearing: Kira, who wants
to be a builder, and the two men who love her - Leo, an aristocrat,
and Andrei, a Communist. In their tensely dramatic story, Ayn Rand
shows what the theories of Communism mean in practice. We the Living
is not a story of politics but of the men and women who have to
struggle for existence behind the Red banners and slogans. It is
a picture of what dictatorship - of any kind - does to human beings,
what kind of men are able to survive, and which of them remain as
the ultimate winners. What happens to the defiant ones? What happens
to those who succumb? Who are the winners in this conflict? Against
a vivid panorama of political revolution and personal revolt, Ayn
Rand offers an answer that challenges the modern conscience."
Call number: PS3535.A547 W4 1995
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| A
New Theory of Urban Design - Publisher's
Marketing: "The venerable cities of the past, such as
Venice or Amsterdam, convey a feeling of wholeness, an organic unity
that surfaces in every detail, large and small, in restaurants,
shops, public gardens, even in balconies and ornaments. But this
sense of wholeness is lacking in modern urban design, with architects
absorbed in problems of individual structures, and city planners
preoccupied with local ordinances, it is almost impossible to achieve.
In this groundbreaking volume, the newest in a highly-acclaimed
series by the Center for Environmental Structure, architect and
planner Christopher Alexander presents a new theory of urban design
which attempts to recapture the process by which cities develop
organically. To discover the kinds of laws needed to create a growing
whole in a city, Alexander proposes here a preliminary set of seven
rules which embody the process at a practical level and which are
consistent with the day-to-day demands of urban development.
He then puts these rules to the test, setting out with a number
of his graduate students to simulate the urban redesign of a high-density
part of San Francisco, initiating a project that encompassed some
ninety different design problems, including warehouses, hotels,
fishing piers, a music hall, and a public square. This extensive
experiment is documented project by project, with detailed discussion
of how each project satisfied the seven rules, accompanied by floorplans,
elevations, street grids, axonometric diagrams and photographs of
the scaled-down model which clearly illustrate the discussion.
A New Theory of Urban Design provides an entirely new theoretical
framework for the discussion of urban problems, one that goes far
to remedy the defects which cities have today."
Call number: NA9031 .N48 1987
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| Rules
for Radicals - Publisher's
Marketing: "The father of modern community organization,
Saul Alinsky taught a generation of activists and politicians how
to effectively construct social change. In Rules for Radicals, Alinsky
writes with passion and intelligence, carefully outlining "the
difference between being a realistic radical and being a rhetorical
one." Indispensable since its first publication in 1971, this
book continues to inform and inspire all those who believe that
political engagement is the key to maintaining America's democratic
tradition."
Call number: HN65 .A675 1971
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| Inside
the Teenage Brain: Parenting a Work in Progress
- Publisher's Marketing: "This
book covers everything from A to Z when it comes to parenting teenagers,
giving basic information on the teenage brain, how it differs from
the adult brain, and what makes it so challenging and confusing.
The author discusses social, emotional, physical, educational, and
technological issues that teenagers and their parents face."
Call number: HQ799.15 .F54 2009
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| Voodoo
Histories: The Role of the Conspiracy Theory in Shaping Modern History
- Publisher's Marketing: "An
absorbing, probing look at the conspiracy theories that operate
on the sidelines of history and the reasons they continue to play
such a seditious role, from an award-winning journalist.
Our age is obsessed by the idea of conspiracy. We see it everywhere-
from Pearl Harbor to 9/11, from the assassination of Kennedy to
the death of Diana. In this age of terrorism we live in, the role
of conspiracy is a serious one, one that can fuel radical or fringe
elements to violence.
For David Aaronovitch, there came a time when he started to see
a pattern among these inflammatory theories. these theories used
similarly murky methods with which to insinuA-ate their claims:
they linked themselves to the supposed conspiracies of the past
(it happened then so it can happen now); they carefully manipulated
their evidence to hide its holes; they relied on the authority of
dubious acaA-demic sources. Most important, they elevated their
believers to membership of an elite- a group of people able to see
beyond lies to a higher reality. But why believe something that
entails stretching the bounds of probabilA-ity so far? Surely it
is more likely that men did actually land on the moon in 1969 than
that thousands of people were enlisted to fabricate an elaborate
hoax.
In this entertaining and enlightening book -aimed at providing ammunition
for those who have found themselves at the wrong end of a conversation
about moon landings or the twin towers-Aaronovitch carefully probes
and explodes a dozen of the major conspiracy theories. In doing
so, he examines why people believe them, and makes an argument for
a true skepticism: one based on a thorough knowledge of history
and a strong dose of common sense."
Call number: HV6275 .A27 2010
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| The
Secret Life of Emily Dickinson - Publisher's
Marketing: "What if the old maid of Amherst wasn't an
old maid at all? Her older brother, Austin, spoke of Emily as his
"wild sister." Jerome Charyn, continuing his exploration
of American history through fiction, has written a startling novel
about Emily Dickinson in her own voice, with all its characteristic
modulations that he learned from her letters and poems. The poet
dons a hundred veils, alternately playing wounded lover, penitent,
and female devil. We meet the significant characters of her life,
including her tempestuous sister-in-law, Susan Gilbert; her brooding
father, Edward; and the Reverend Charles Wadsworth, who may have
inspired some of her greatest letters and poems. Charyn has also
invented characters, including an impoverished fellow student at
Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, who will betray her; and a handyman
named Tom, who will obsess Emily throughout her life. Charyn has
written an extraordinary adventure that will disturb and delight."
Call number: PS3553.H33 S43 2010
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A
New American Tea Party: The Counterrevolution Against Bailouts, Handouts,
Reckless Spending, and More Taxes - Publisher's
Marketing: "The tea party movement has involved millions
of Americans in the political process like never before. It has significantly
changed the political landscape on issues ranging from bailouts and
cap and trade to health care. Amidst an encroaching government and
radical public policies, concerned patriots have taken to the streets
at tea party rallies and town hall protests across the country. This
historic movement has been defined by a rallying cry of "enough"
government expansion and interference into citizens' lives. A New
American Tea Party presents the voices behind the growing discontent
among everyday citizens with increased government spending, taxation,
and intervention into both the private sector and our private lives.
Author John M. O'Hara played an integral role in starting one of
the first modern-day tea parties that sparked off a nationwide grassroots
movement. Now, in A New American Tea Party, he explains how these
protests evolved, the principles that drive them, and why they are
necessary. O'Hara expertly distills the results of the movement,
including the often bizarre media backlashes it produced, and offers
insight for the road ahead.
Engaging, clever, and informative, A New American Tea Party shows
you how the cost of bailouts, handouts, and other excessive government
interference is philosophically incompatible with the founding principles
of our nation and simply unsustainable for future generations. Throughout
the book, O'Hara presents a detailed account of the movement from
his perspective inside of it, and:
Sets the historic record straight on this critically important
American movement
Makes the case that this is a philosophically sound movement that
embodies the founding principles of our nation
Discusses the radical policies being advanced that make this movement
more needed than ever
Exposes the phony activism of the Left and how politically powerful,
well-funded organizations attempt to stifle the voices of concerned
citizens and work against the best interests of our democracy
Discusses what it will take to turn the momentum of this movement
into positive, lasting change in public policy
If you're concerned with the growth of government, the direction
of our country, and the state of the union that we will pass on
to the next generation and you want to see a road map for a better
way forward, then you need to read A New American Tea Party."
Call number: HJ7537 .O43 2010
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| The
Science and Philosophy of Teaching Yoga and Yoga Therapy -
Publisher's Marketing: "Connecting
the mind, body, and spirit, this work brings together an ancient
science for healthy living with daily modern living. The comprehensive
book meets the American Yoga Alliance standards for yoga teachers."
Call number: RA781.7 .K63 2009
|
iPhone
Advanced Projects - Publisher's Marketing:
"This volume addresses the more advanced aspects of iPhone
development. The first generation of iPhone applications has hit
the App Store, and this book encourages developers to optimize performance
and make every successful iPhone app much more sophisticated."
Call number: QA76.8.I64 B66 2009
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iPhone
Cool Projects - Publisher's
Marketing: "The iPhone and iPod touch have provided all
software developers with a level playing field--developers working
alone have the same access to consumers as multinational software
publishers. Very cool indeed! To make your application stand out from
the crowd, though, it has to have that something extra. You must learn
the skills to take your apps from being App Store filler to download
chart-topping blockbusters.
Developers with years of experience helped write this book. Spend
some time understanding their code and why they took the approach
they did. You will find the writing, illustrations, code, and sample
applications second to none. No matter what type of application
you are writing, you will find something in this book to help you
make your app that little bit cooler.
The book opens with Wolfgang Ante, the developer behind the Frenzic
puzzle game, showing how timers, animation, and intelligence are
used to make game play engaging. It moves on to Rogue Amoeba's Mike
Ash explaining how to design a network protocol using UDP, and demonstrating
its use in a peer-to-peer application--a topic not normally for
the faint of heart, but explained here in a way that makes sense
to mere mortals. Gary Bennett then covers the important task of
multithreading. Multithreading can be used to keep the user interface
responsive while working on other tasks in the background. Gary
demonstrates how to do this and highlights traps to avoid along
the way.
Next up, Canis Lupus (aka Matthew Rosenfeld) describes the development
of the Keynote-controlling application Stage Hand, how the user
interface has evolved, and the lessons he has learned from that
experience. Benjamin Jackson then introduces two open source libraries:
cocos2d, for 2D gaming; and Chipmunk, for rigid body physics (think
"collisions"). He describes the development of Arcade
Hockey, an air hockey game, and explains some of the code used for
this.
Neil Mix of Pandora Radio reveals the science behind processing
streaming audio. How do you debug what you can't see? Neil guides
you through the toughest challenges, sharing his experience of what
works and what to watch out for when working with audio. Finally,
Steven Peterson demonstrates a comprehensive integration of iPhone
technologies. He weaves Core Location, networking, XML, XPath, and
SQLite into a solid and very useful application.
Software development can be hard work. Introductory books lay the
foundation, but it can be challenging to understand where to go
next. This book shows some of the pieces that can be brought together
to make complete, cool applications. Who is this book for?
All iPhone application developers with any level of experience
or coming from any development platform Summary of Contents Wolfgang
Ante - Designing a Simple, Frenzic-Style Puzzle Game Mike Ash -
Mike Ash's Deep Dive Into Peer-to-Peer Networking Gary Bennett -
Doing Several Things at Once: Performance Enhancements with Threading
Matthew "Canis" Rosenfeld - All Fingers and Thumbs: Multitouch
Interface Design and Implementation Benjamin Jackson - Physics,
Sprites, and Animation with the cocos2d-iPhone Framework Neil Mix
- Serious Streaming Audio the Pandora Radio Way Steven Peterson
- Going the Routesy Way with Core Location, XML, and SQLite"
Call number: TK6570.M6 B466 2009
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iPhone
Application Development for Dummies - Publisher's
Marketing: "Offering the fun and easy way to learn how
to create iPhone applications, this user-friendly guide walks readers
through the fundamentals for building a variety of applications
using Objective-C, and covers the critical steps for creating applications
that get accepted into the AppStore.'
Call number: TK6570.M6 G65 2010
|
| Nelson
Mandela: A Life in Photographs - Publisher's
Marketing: ""A celebration of freedom and the man
who fought so valiantly for it: NELSON MANDELA" Almost 20 years
ago, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela--brutally imprisoned in South Africa
for his struggle against apartheid--was finally released. This beautiful
illustrated volume commemorates that event and Mandela's inspiring
life and work.Created by renowned author David Elliot Cohen--who
has worked with many of the top photojournalists who chronicled
the "apartheid battles"--"Nelson Mandela" contains
many images that have rarely, if ever, been seen, as well as the
more iconic photos that have lingered in people's minds. Like"
Obama: The Historic Front Pages," this will be rich in illustrations
and elegantly designed, and will contain brief essays and key Mandela
speeches rather than a running text."
Call number: DT1974 .C64 2009
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Through
the Wire: Lyrics & Illuminations -
Publisher's Marketing: "This is a
rare partnership between two geniuses at the top of their crafts --
Kanye West, who was named "the smartest man in hip-hop"
by "Time" magazine, and Bill Plympton, an Academy Award-nominated
animator, cartoonist, and illustrator.
"Through the Wire" is a graphic memoir that illustrates
the lyrics of twelve Kanye West songs to tell his story, from his
decision to drop out of college to pursue his dreams in music, through
his days spent folding chinos at the Gap while struggling at night
to make a name as a producer, through the pivotal car accident that
eventually set him on the course to stardom and the epiphany of
realizing exactly who he had become:
.".".They say people in your life are like seasons
And anything that happens is for a reason...""
Plympton illustrates each of the songs in detail, his vision of
Kanye's world. The songs are annotated with explanations of the
references in the songs, biographical components that illuminate
the lyrics, and their meaning on a deeply personal level.
The result is a one-of-a-kind book that initially grabs you and
stays with you forever."
Call number: ML54.6.W376 S66 2008
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| The
Full Plate Diet: Slim Down, Look Great, Be Healthy!
- Publisher's Marketing: "Slim
Down, Look Great, Be Healthy--The Full Plate Diet (TM) is based
on eating foods our Moms said we should eat-- fruits, vegetables,
whole grains, beans & peas, and nuts & seeds. You can eat
meat--just follow Mom's advice. No yo-yo--you can stay on this diet
because you won't feel deprived--won't have to eat tiny portions.
You get started by making small changes, not big ones. No hassle--you
don't have to count calories, you can shop at your regular grocery
store, and spend less on food. Big health payoffs include heart
health, cancer fighting, diabetes friendly, more energy, and long
life. Lots of medical research backing The Full Plate Diet (TM)."
Call number: RM222.2 .S388 2010
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Graphic
Guide to Frame Construction - Publisher's
Marketing: "The classic guide - revised and updated.
The book that builders, architects, and students have relied on
for almost 20 years has been completely updated to cover new materials,
construction methods, and the latest building code revisions. The
standard reference in its field, Rob Thallons Graphic Guide to Frame
Construction is the ultimate visual guide to building with wood.
Filled with hundreds of detailed drawings, helpful annotations,
and field-tested advice, the guide covers foundations, floors, walls,
roofs, and stairs. This third revised edition also offers additional
information on advanced framing, engineered and composite materials,
and construction in high-wind and seismic areas."
Call number: TH1101 .T48 2009
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Professionalism:
Skills for Workplace Success - Publisher's
Marketing: "Extends beyond a typical resume/job search
book to seamlessly emphasize the relationship between resume development,
job search skills, and human relations. Developed with input from
industry leaders, it addresses topics readers need to know when
entering the workplace and fills the NBEA Professional Development
Requirement. Unique coverage of financial planning; business etiquette
and professional behavior; appropriate use of workplace technologies;
written business communications; and individual performance and
business strategy. Written for workshop trainers to motivate individuals
toward success in the workplace. A perfect guide for unemployed
or underemployed individuals looking to improve their skill set
and become more employable."
Call number: HF5381.6 .A53 2010
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Lost
World of Pompeii - Publisher's Marketing:
"This book provides more than 150 new photos by the Royal Geographic
Society photographer-in-residence. It covers such topics as the
history of Pompeii, the discovery of the remains, the town plan,
the private life and design legacy of Pompeii, and the site today.
150 illustrations, 100 in color."
Call number: DG70.P7 A648 2002
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| The
History and Practice of Ancient Astronomy -
Publisher's Marketing: "The History
and Practice of Ancient Astronomy combines new scholarship with
hands-on science to bring readers into direct contact with the work
of ancient astronomers. While tracing ideas from ancient Babylon
to sixteenth-century Europe, the book places its greatest emphasis
on the Greek period, when astronomers developed the geometric and
philosophical ideas that have determined the subsequent character
of Western astronomy. The author approaches this history through
the concrete details of ancient astronomical practice. Carefully
organized and generously illustrated, the book can teach readers
how to do real astronomy using the methods of ancient astronomers.
For example, readers will learn to predict the next retrograde motion
of Jupiter using either the arithmetical methods of the Babylonians
or the geometric methods of Ptolemy. They will learn how to use
an astrolabe and how to design sundials using Greek and Roman techniques.
The book also contains supplementary exercises and patterns for
making some working astronomical instruments, including an astrolabe
and an equatorium. More than a presentation of astronomical methods,
the book provides a critical look at the evidence used to reconstruct
ancient astronomy. It includes extensive excerpts from ancient texts,
meticulous documentation, and lively discussions of the role of
astronomy in the various cultures. Accessible to a wide audience,
this book will appeal to anyone interested in how our understanding
of our place in the universe has changed and developed, from ancient
times through the Renaissance."
Call number: QB16 .E93 1998
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Child
and Adolescent Clinical Psychopharmacology Made Simple -
Publisher's Marketing: "Child and
Adolescent Clinical Psychopharmacology Made Simple is the only resource
parents and professionals need to consult for the most up-to-date
information on medications for the treatment of children and teens
suffering from psychological disorders.
Fully revised and updated, this second edition offers new research
and information on psychoactive medications for autism, ADHD, child-onset
bipolar disorder, and a variety of other common psychological conditions.
Also included are fact sheets that clearly delineate frequently
prescribed medications for each disorder along with medication side
effects and signs of toxicity.
For each psychological disorder, the book offers: Current diagnostic
criteria Treatment indications and contraindications Medication
information Help for monitoring, evaluating, and following up with
patients"
Call number: RJ504.7 .P74 2009
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| Connected:
The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our
Lives - Publisher's
Marketing: "Your colleague's husband's sister can make
you fat, even if you don't know her. A happy neighbor has more impact
on your happiness than a happy spouse. These startling revelations
of how much we truly influence one another are revealed in the studies
of Drs. Christakis and Fowler, which have repeatedly made front-page
news nationwide.
In CONNECTED, the authors explain why emotions are contagious, how
health behaviors spread, why the rich get richer, even how we find
and choose our partners. Intriguing and entertaining, CONNECTED
overturns the notion of the individual and provides a revolutionary
paradigm-that social networks influence our ideas, emotions, health,
relationships, behavior, politics, and much more. It will change
the way we think about every aspect of our lives. "
Call number: HM741 .C46 2009
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| Committed:
A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage - Publisher's
Marketing: "At the end of her bestselling memoir "Eat,
Pray, Love," Elizabeth Gilbert fell in love with Felipe, a
Brazilian-born man of Australian citizenship who'd been living in
Indonesia when they met. Resettling in America, the couple swore
eternal fidelity to each other, but also swore to never, ever, under
any circumstances get legally married. (Both were survivors of previous
bad divorces. Enough said.) But providence intervened one day in
the form of the United States government, which-after unexpectedly
detaining Felipe at an American border crossing-gave the couple
a choice: they could either get married, or Felipe would never be
allowed to enter the country again. Having been effectively sentenced
to wed, Gilbert tackled her fears of marriage by delving into this
topic completely, trying with all her might to discover through
historical research, interviews, and much personal reflection what
this stubbornly enduring old institution actually is. Told with
Gilbert's trademark wit, intelligence and compassion, "Committed"
attempts to "turn on all the lights" when it comes to
matrimony, frankly examining questions of compatibility, infatuation,
fidelity, family tradition, social expectations, divorce risks and
humbling responsibilities. Gilbert's memoir is ultimately a clear-eyed
celebration of love with all the complexity and consequence that
real love, in the real world, actually entails."
Call number: HQ834 .G48 2010
|
Blogs
(Current Controversies)
Call number: HM851 .B595 2008
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Code
Check Complete: An Illustrated Guide to Building, Plumbing, Mechanical,
and Electrical Codes - Publisher's
Marketing: "Taunton's Code Check series is widely recognized
as the most reliable and up-to-date code reference available. Now,
the thousands of builders, remodelers, and inspectors who have relied
on their Code Checks for accuracy and thoroughness will delight
in this handsome new edition that combines all the codes into a
single, lay-flat volume. This comprehensive manual spotlights the
safety issues behind all the codes. Up-to-date and featuring more
than 400 illustrations, Code Check Complete is cross-referenced
to the International Residential Code, Uniform Plumbing Code, Uniform
Mechanical Code, and the National Electrical Code. It is the only
resource any builder or inspector needs to be completely up to code."
Call number: TH439 .K38 2007
|
Cell
of Cells: The Global Race to Capture and Control the Stem Cell
- Publisher's Marketing:
"Charting the international race to utilize the stem cell,
Fox illuminates the reality and promise of stem cell therapies and
illustrates how the extensive, fervent experimentation currently
under way is causing a revolution, both in the human body and in
the international body politic. 12 illustrations."
Call number: QH588.S83 F69 2007
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| Winner
of the National Book Award: A Novel of Fame, Honor, and Really Bad
Weather - Publisher's Marketing:
"Set in Rhode Island, "Winner of the National Book Award"
tells the story of twins who could not be more different. Abigail
Mather is a woman of passionate sensual and sexual appetites, while
her sister, the book loving local librarian Dorcas, lives a quiet
life of the mind. But when the sisters are sought out by the predatory
and famous poet, Guy DeVilbiss, who introduces them to Hollywood
hack writer and possible psychopath Conrad Lowe, they rapidly become
pawns in a game that leads to betrayal, shame and ultimately, murder.
Darkly comic and satirical, Jincy Willett's "Winner of the
National Book Award" is unnervingly funny and disarmingly tender
whether she is writing about sex, literary delusion or Yankee pretension."
Call number: PS3573.I4455 W56 2004
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Mastering
the Art of French Cooking - Publisher's
Marketing: "In 1961 Julia Child, Simone Beck, and Louisette
Bertholle, collaborating on the first volume of Mastering the Art
of French Cooking, began a virtual revolution in American cookery.
In the years that have passed, as their book has found its way into
almost 700,000 American families, and as Julia Child has been seen
across the country on her French Chef programs broadcast by Public
Television, a whole generation has been inspired to new standards
of culinary accomplishment. The classic Volume One, acknowledged
to be one of the great cookbooks of our time, is now joined with
its sequel, published in 1970 -- a new collection of recipes from
the country kitchens and haute cuisine of France, carefully chosen
and adapted to American requirements by Julia Child and Simone Beck,
and designed both to enlarge the repertoire and bring the reader
to a new level of mastering the art of French cooking."
Call number: TX719 .C454 2009
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| Superheroes
and Superegos: Analyzing the Minds Behind the Masks - Publisher's
Marketing: "This comprehensive collection of essays
written by a practicing psychiatrist shows that superheroes are
more about superegos than about bodies and brawn, even though they
contain subversive sexual subtexts that paved the path for major
social shifts of the late 20th century."
Call number: BL325.H46 P33 2009
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Evicted!:
Property Rights and Eminent Domain in America -
Publisher's Marketing: "The 2005 Supreme
Court decision "Kelo v. City of New London," which upheld
the taking of an individual's home by local government for the sake
of private development, unleashed a firestorm of controversy. The
backlash against eminent domain cuts across partisan, ideological,
and racial lines, with 4 out of 5 Americans opposing "Kelo."
Critics of "Kelo" claim that it represents a radical departure
in the law, putting every homeowner in jeopardy of dispossession by
government at the service of corporate interests. But are property
rights and eminent domain truly in mortal conflict? Written for general
readers, property owners, and local government officials seeking to
understand the implications of "Kelo" for eminent domain
and property law, "Evicted!" cuts through all the hype and
hysteria surrounding "Kelo" and argues that the alleged
wave of eminent domain abuse is mostly a myth.
"Evicted!" describes what property rights are, why the
law protects them, and how eminent domain really works. Schultz
shows that "Kelo" did not make new law but only broadened
Supreme Court precedents, and he refutes claims that "Kelo"
has opened the way to widespread eminent domain abuse. Nevertheless,
the author identifies certain legislative changes that are needed
at the local, state, and national levels to better protect individual
property owners when corporate thugs and corrupt government officials
occasionally gang up against them."
Call number: KF5599 .S38 2009
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Stephen
King: America's Storyteller - Publisher's
Marketing: ""Stephen King: America's Storyteller"
explores the particular American-ness of Stephen King's work. It is
the first major examination to follow this defining theme through
KingAs 40-year career, from his earliest writings to his most recent
novels and films made from them.
"Stephen King" begins by tracing Stephen King's rise
from his formative years to his status as a one of the most popular
writers in publishing history. It then takes a close look at the
major works from his canon, including "The Shining," "The
Stand," "It," "Dolores Claiborne," and
"The Dark Tower." In these works and others, author Tony
Magistrale focuses on KingAs deep rooted sense of the American experience,
exemplified by his clear-eyed presentation of our historical and
cultural foibles and scars; his gallery of unlikely friendships
that cross race, age, and class boundaries; and his transcendent
portrayals of uniquely American survival instincts, fellowship,
and acts of heroism from the least likely of sources."
Call number: PS3561.I483 Z775 2010
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| Cleaving:
A Story of Marriage, Meat, and Obsession - Publisher's
Marketing: "Julie Powell thought cooking her way through
Julia Child's "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" was
the craziest thing she'd ever do--until she embarked on the voyage
recounted in her new memoir, CLEAVING.
Her marriage challenged by an insane, irresistible love affair,
Julie decides to leave town and immerse herself in a new obsession:
butchery. She finds her way to Fleischer's, a butcher shop where
she buries herself in the details of food. She learns how to break
down a side of beef and French a rack of ribs--tough, physical work
that only sometimes distracts her from thoughts of afternoon trysts.
The camaraderie at Fleischer's leads Julie to search out fellow
butchers around the world--from South America to Europe to Africa.
At the end of her odyssey, she has learned a new art and perhaps
even mastered her unruly heart."
Call number: TX649.P66 A3 2009
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| Eternity
Soup: Inside the Quest to End Aging -
Publisher's Marketing: "Mix the
latest and most rigorous scientific research, irrepressible old-fashioned
entrepreneurship, and the ancient human desire to live forever (or
at least a lot longer) and the result is today's exploding multibillion-dollar
antiaging industry. Its achievements are so far mostly marginal,
but its promises flow with all the allure of a twenty-first-century
fountain of youth. In "Eternity Soup," acclaimed science
writer Greg Critser takes us to every outpost of the antiaging landscape,
home to zealots and skeptics, charlatans, and ingenious clinicians
and academics.
We visit a conference of the Caloric Restriction Society, whose
members--inspired by certain laboratory findings involving mice--live
their lives in a state just above starvation. ("It's only the
first five years that are uncomfortable," says one.) We meet
the new wave of pharmacists who are reviving the erstwhile art of
"compounding"--using mortar and pestle to mix extravagantly
profitable potions for aging boomers seeking to recapture flagging
sexual vitality. Here, too, are the theorists and researchers who
are seeking to understand the cellular-level causes of senescence
and aging and others who say, Why bother with that? Instead, we
should just learn how to repair and replace organs and tissue that
break down, like a vintage automobile collector who keeps a century-old
Model T shining and running like new.
"Eternity Soup" is a simmering brew of tes-tosterone patches,
human growth hormone (so promising and so potentially dangerous),
theories that view aging as a curable disease, laboratory-grown
replacement organs ("I want to build a kidney," says one
proponent. "It is such a stup-eed organ!"), and bountiful
other troubling, hilarious, and invigorating ingredients. Critser
finds plenty of chicanery and credulousness in the antiaging realm
but also a surprising degree of optimism, even among some formerly
sober skeptics, that we may indeed be on the cusp of something big.
And that elicits its own new set of concerns: How will our society
cope with a projected new cohort of a million healthy centenarian
Americans? How will they liberate themselves from the age segregation
that shunts them off to "God's Waiting Rooms" in the sunbelt?
Where will they find joy and meaning to match the inevitable loss
that comes with longevity? Eternity Soup is an illuminating, wry,
and provocative consideration of a long-dreamed-about world that
may now be becoming a reality."
Call number: RA776.75 .C75 2010
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Enhancing
Evolution: The Ethical Case for Making Better People
- Publisher's Marketing: "Decisive
biotechnological interventions in the lottery of human life--to enhance
our bodies and brains and perhaps irreversibly change our genetic
makeup--have been widely rejected as unethical and undesirable, and
have often met with extreme hostility. But in "Enhancing Evolution,"
leading bioethicist John Harris dismantles objections to genetic engineering,
stem-cell research, designer babies, and cloning to make a forthright,
sweeping, and rigorous ethical case for using biotechnology to improve
human life.
Human enhancement, Harris argues, is a good thing--good morally,
good for individuals, good as social policy, and good for a genetic
heritage that needs serious improvement. "Enhancing Evolution"
defends biotechnological interventions that could allow us to live
longer, healthier, and even happier lives by, for example, providing
us with immunity from cancer and HIV/AIDS. But the book advocates
far more than therapies designed to free us from sickness and disability.
Harris champions the possibility of influencing the very course
of evolution to give us increased mental and physical powers--from
reasoning, concentration, and memory to strength, stamina, and reaction
speed. Indeed, he supports enhancing ourselves in almost any way
we desire. And it's not only morally defensible to enhance ourselves,
Harris says. In some cases, it's morally obligatory.
Whether one looks upon biotechnology with hope, fear, or a little
of both, "Enhancing Evolution" makes a case for it that
no one can ignore."
Call number: RG133.5 .H3795 2007
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The
Department of Mad Scientists: How DARPA Is Remaking Our World, from
the Internet to Artificial Limbs - Publisher's
Marketing: "The first-ever inside look at DARPA--the Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency--the maverick and controversial
group whose futuristic work has had amazing civilian and military
applications, from the Internet to GPS to driverless cars
America's greatest idea factory isn't Bell Labs, Silicon Valley,
or MIT's Media Lab. It's the secretive, Pentagon-led agency known
as DARPA. Founded by Eisenhower in response to Sputnik and the Soviet
space program, DARPA mixes military officers with sneaker-wearing
scientists, seeking paradigm-shifting ideas in varied fields--from
energy, robotics, and rockets to peopleless operating rooms, driverless
cars, and planes that can fly halfway around the world in just hours.
DARPA gave birth to the Internet, GPS, and mind-controlled robotic
arms. Its geniuses define future technology for the military and
the rest of us.
Michael Belfiore was given unprecedented access to write this first-ever
popular account of DARPA. Visiting research sites across the country,
he watched scientists in action and talked to the creative, fearlessly
ambitious visionaries working for and with DARPA. Much of DARPA's
work is classified, and this book is full of material that has barely
been reported in the general media. In fact, DARPA estimates that
only 2 percent of Americans know much of anything about the agency.
This fascinating read demonstrates that DARPA isn't so much frightening
as it is inspiring--it is our future."
Call number: U394.A75 B45 2009
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| The
Faith Instinct: How Religion Evolved and Why It Endures
- Publisher's Marketing:
"Noted science writer Nicholas Wade offers for the first time
a convincing case based on a broad range of scientific evidence
for the evolutionary basis of religion.
For at least the last fifty thousand years, and probably much longer,
people have practiced religion. Yet little attention has been given,
either by believers or atheists, to the question of whether this
universal human behavior might have an evolutionary basis. Did religion
evolve, in other words, beacause it helped people in early societies
survive?
In this original and controversial book, longtime reporter for "The
New York Times"'s Science section Nicholas Wade gathers new
evidence showing why religion became so essential in the course
of human evolution, and how an instinct for faith has been hardwired
into human nature. This startling thesis is sure to catch the attention
of both believers and nonbelievers. People of faith may not warm
up to the view that the mind's receptivity to religion has been
shaped by evolution. Atheists may not embrace the idea that religious
expression evolved because it conferred essential benefits on ancient
societies and their successors. As "The Faith Instinct"
argues however, both groups must address the fact, little understood
before now, that religious behavior is an evolved part of human
nature.
How did we evolve to believe? Wade shows that the instinct for religious
behavior is wired into our neural circuits much like our ability
to learn a language. Religion provided the earliest human societies
with the equivalents of law and government, giving these societies
an edge in the struggle for survival. AS a force that binds people
together and coordinates social behavior, religion supported another
significant set of social behaviors: aggression and warfare. Religious
behavior, both good and ill, will remain an indelible component
of human nature so long as human societies need the security and
cohesion that belief provides.
Social scientists once predicted that religion would progressively
fade away as societies advanced in wealth and education. They were
wrong. The first objective and nonpolemical book of its kind, "The
Faith Instinct" reveals that to understand the persistence
of faith, one must first acknowledge that religious behavior is
embedded in human nature."
Call number: BL51 .W133 2009
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Game
Addiction: The Experience and the Effects -
Publisher's Marketing: "An eleven-year-old
boy strangled an elderly woman for the equivalent of five dollars
in 2007, then buried her body under a thin layer of sand. He told
the police that he needed the money to play online videogames. Just
a month later, an eight-year-old Norwegian boy saved his younger sister's
life by threatening an attacking moose and then feigning death when
the moose attacked him--skills he said he learned while playing World
of Warcraft.
As these two instances show, videogames affect the minds, bodies,
and lives of millions of gamers, negatively and positively. This
book approaches videogame addiction from a cross-disciplinary perspective,
bridging the divide between liberal arts academics and clinical
researchers. The topic of addiction is examined neutrally, using
accepted research in neuroscience, media studies, and developmental
psychology."
Call number: RC569.5.V53 C53 2009
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Dress
Codes: Meanings and Messages in American Culture, Second
Edition - Publisher's Marketing:
"Rich with illustrations, this revised and updated second edition
of " Dress Codes" systematically analyzes the meaning
and relevance of clothing in American culture. Presented here is
an up-to-date analysis of images of power and authority, gender,
seduction (the sexy look, the alluring look, the glamorous look,
the vulnerable look), wealth and beauty, youth and health, and leisure
and political hierarchy. Taken together, the chapters offer to the
student and the general reader a complete "semiotics of clothing"
in a form that is highly readable, very entertaining, and thoroughly
informative. The illustrations provide fascinating glimpses into
the history of American fashion and clothing-along with their antecedents
in Europe-as well as a fine collection of images from the more familiar
world of contemporary America.Rubinstein has identified six distinct
categories of dress in American society, upon which "Dress
Codes" is based. "Clothing signs" were instituted
by those in authority, have one meaning, indicate behavior, and
are required attire (police uniforms, or the clothing of ministers
and priests); "clothing symbols," on the other hand, reflect
the achievement of cultural values--wealth, beauty, you and health.
The wearing of clothing symbols--designer clothing or jewelry--may
have several meanings; 'clothing tie-signs," which are specific
types of clothing that indicate membership in a community outside
mainstream culture (Hasidic, Amish, or Hare Krishna attire). They
were instituted by those in authority, have one meaning, they indicate
expected behavior, and are required attire; "clothing tie symbols"
emanate from hopes, fears, and dreams of particular groups. They
include trendy styles such as hip-hop, hippie, and gothic. Another
category, "contemporary fashion," reflects consumer sentiments
and the political and economic forces of the period. "Personal
dress," refers to the "I" component we bring in when
dressing the public self (bowtie, dramatic, or artistic attire).
Many of these images have their roots in the "collective memory"
of western society. Written in a lively and entertaining style,
"Dress Codes "will fascinate both general readers and
students interested in the history of fashion and costume, fashion
design, human development, and gender studies."
Call number: GT605 .R835 2001
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Heat:
An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker,
and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany -
Publisher's Marketing: "Bill Buford--author
of the highly acclaimed best-selling "Among the Thugs--"had
long thought of himself as a reasonably comfortable cook when in
2002 he finally decided to answer a question that had nagged him
every time he prepared a meal: What kind of cook could he be if
he worked in a professional kitchen? When the opportunity arose
to train in the kitchen of Mario Batali's three-star New York restaurant,
Babbo, Buford grabbed it. "Heat "is the chronicle--sharp,
funny, wonderfully exuberant--of his time spent as Batali's "slave"
and of his far-flung apprenticeships with culinary masters in Italy.
In a fast-paced, candid narrative, Buford describes the frenetic
experience of working in Babbo's kitchen: the trials and errors
(and more errors), humiliations and hopes, disappointments and triumphs
as he worked his way up the ladder from slave to cook. He talks
about his relationships with his kitchen colleagues and with the
larger-than-life, hard-living Batali, whose story he learns as their
friendship grows through (and sometimes despite) kitchen encounters
and after-work all-nighters.
Buford takes us to the restaurant in a remote Appennine village
where Batali first apprenticed in Italy and where Buford learns
the intricacies of handmade pasta . . . the hill town in Chianti
where he is tutored in the art of butchery by Italy's most famous
butcher, a man who insists that his meat is an expression of the
Italian soul . . . to London, where he is instructed in the preparation
of game by Marco Pierre White, one of England's most celebrated
(or perhaps notorious) chefs. And throughout, we follow the thread
of Buford's fascinating reflections on food as a bearer of culture,
on the history and development of a few special dishes (Is the shape
of tortellini really based on a woman's navel? And just what is
a short rib?), and on the what and why of the foods we eat today.
"Heat" is a marvelous hybrid: a richly evocative memoir
of Buford's kitchen adventure, the story of Batali's amazing rise
to culinary (and extra-culinary) fame, a dazzling behind-the-scenes
look at the workings of a famous restaurant, and an illuminating
exploration of why food matters.
It is a book to delight in--and to savor."
Call number: TX723.2.T86 B83 2006
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| The
Procrastinator's Guide to Getting Things Done - Publisher's
Marketing: "Everyone waits till the last minute sometimes.
But many procrastinators pay a significant price, from poor job
performance to stress, financial problems, and relationship conflicts.
Expressly designed for people who want to make changes but would
be easily daunted by an elaborate self-help program, this concise,
motivating guide is packed with highly practical tips and suggestions.
Engaging quizzes and exercises help readers determine what type
of procrastinator they are, outsmart their own delaying tactics,
and build crucial skills for getting things done today. Cognitive-behavioral
therapy expert Monica Ramirez Basco peppers the book with easy-to-relate-to
examples from "recovering procrastinators" -including
herself."
Call number: BF637.P76 B37 2010
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Idiot
America: How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of the Free
- Publisher's Marketing:
"The Culture Wars Are Over and the Idiots Have Won
A veteran journalist's acidically funny, righteously angry lament
about the glorification of ignorance in the United States.
In the midst of a career-long quest to separate the smart from the
pap, Charles Pierce had a defining moment at the Creation Museum
in Kentucky, where he observed a dinosaur. Wearing a saddle....
But worse than this was when the proprietor exclaimed to a cheering
crowd, "We are taking the dinosaurs back from the evolutionists!"
He knew then and there it was time to try and salvage the Land of
the Enlightened, buried somewhere in this new Home of the Uninformed.
With his razor-sharp wit and erudite reasoning, Pierce delivers
a gut-wrenching, side-splitting lament about the glorification of
ignorance in the United States, and how a country founded on intellectual
curiosity has somehow deteriorated into a nation of simpletons more
apt to vote for an "American Idol" contestant than a presidential
candidate.
With "Idiot America," Pierce's thunderous denunciation
is also a secret call to action, as he hopes that somehow, being
intelligent will stop being a stigma, and that pinheads will once
again be pitied, not celebrated."
Call number: JK275 .P378 2009
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The
Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures
- Publisher's Marketing: "The
acclaimed bestseller about visual problem solving-now bigger and
better
"There is no more powerful way to prove that we know something
well than to draw a simple picture of it. And there is no more powerful
way to see hidden solutions than to pick up a pen and draw out the
pieces of our problem."
So writes Dan Roam in "The Back of the Napkin," the international
bestseller that proves that a simple drawing on a humble napkin
can be more powerful than the slickest PowerPoint presentation.
Drawing on twenty years of experience and the latest discoveries
in vision science, Roam teaches readers how to clarify any problem
or sell any idea using a simple set of tools.
He reveals that everyone is born with a talent for visual thinking,
even those who swear they can't draw. And he shows how thinking
with pictures can help you discover and develop new ideas, solve
problems in unexpected ways, and dramatically improve your ability
to share your insights.
Take Herb Kelleher and Rollin King, who figured out how to beat
the traditional hub-and-spoke airlines with a bar napkin and a pen.
Three dots to represent Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio. Three
arrows to show direct flights. Problem solved, and the picture made
it easy to sell Southwest Airlines to investors and customers.
Now with more color, bigger pictures, and additional content, this
new edition does an even better job of helping you literally see
the world in a new way. Join the teachers, project managers, doctors,
engineers, assembly-line workers, pilots, football coaches, marine
drill instructors, financial analysts, students, parents, and lawyers
who have discovered the power of solving problems with pictures."
Call number: HD30.29 .R625 2010
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Human
Trafficking (Current Controversies)
Call number: HQ281 .H864 2010
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Bowls,
Polls & Tattered Souls: Tackling the Chaos and Controversy That
Reign Over College Football - Publisher's
Marketing: ""Why is college football the lone remaining
sport on the planet without a playoff? And while we're at it, why
the need for thirty-two bowl games? Why does the Big Ten have eleven
teams? Why is it that a team like undefeated Boise State does not
even get the chance to play for the national championship? And, oh
yeah--tell me again why we don't have a playoff?" Whether
it's from his seat in the press box at games every Saturday or his
seat at his computer reading the thousands of messages on his college
football blog and sent to his "College Football Mailbag"
each week, Sport Illustrated columnist Stewart Mandel has a unique
perspective on college football. He votes in the AP poll. He's a
member of the Heisman electorate. He knows how the ballots are cast
and how the game is played--on and off the field.
In Bowls, Polls, and Tattered Souls, Mandel gives you in-depth
insight into issues that frustrate and perplex even the most passionate
fans. He examines the conspiracy theories behind everything from
who gets the Heisman to major schools setting up their archrivals
for NCAA investigation. He explores the influence of television
and the "ESPN Factor" on the college football landscape.
He recounts how fickle the college coaching world can be, with fans
posting "For Sale" signs in a coach's yard after an embarrassing
loss or posting rants on message boards. He addresses recent scandals
at schools like Alabama, Colorado, and Ohio State. He probes common
violations, from players having phony jobs or getting academic favors
to players facing criminal charges or major recruiting abuses with
big money involved. He examines the role and powers (or lack of
them) of the NCAA.And he tackles the top issue in the game today:
the BCS, exploring its evolution and whether there should be a playoff
instead.
No matter what team you root for, Bowls, Polls, and Tattered Souls
provides you with a virtual insider's playbook on the game today--an
insightful, entertaining, and essential read."
Call number: GV951 .M25 2007
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| Controversies
of the George W. Bush Presidency: Pro and Con Documents
- Publisher's Marketing:
"The George W. Bush administration has become one of the most
controversial in American history. The president that once enjoyed
a post-9/11 astronomical approval rating as high as 88% ranked almost
as low in his second term as any president in history. George Bush's
presidency has been white-hot controversial. Fueling the controversies
have been his speeches and public statements ("axis of evil,"
"mission accomplished," etc.). In this volume the most
critical issues of this presidental era are brought to the forefront,
examined through primary-document excerpts from presidental speeches,
public statements, and letters, and from opposing congressional
arguments. Over 70 primary documents on 36 issues address the Bush
administration's economic, domestic, and foreign policy, and response
to terrorism, including: -the Enron trial -social security reform
-No Child Left Behind-The Patriot Act -the Abu Ghraib scandal -the
response to Hurricane Katrina -Kyoto Climate Protocol -Faith-based
and community initiatives-Attack on Afghanistan Introductory sections
set the context for each document, and extensive lists of web sites
and further reading sources supplement the material. This volume
is an excellent resource for helping students understand events
that will affect the U.S. for years to come."
Call number: E902 .L557 2007
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| Advertising
and Society: Controversies and Consequences - Publisher's
Marketing: "Organized in a "point/counterpoint"
format, this up-to-date text examines the impact of advertising
on society. It is designed to spark discussion and help students
understand the complexities of the issues being presented. Ideal
for the undergraduate and graduate alike, it features a unique balance
between criticism and practice that is rarely found on the market
today. Organized in a unique, yet effective debate format designed
to spark discussion -- even among audiences with little or no previous
knowledge of the subject Each chapter begins with an overview of
the history and central issues surrounding a topic, and concludes
with a summary of the arguments presented Includes suggestions for
further research, questions for discussion, paper topics, and a
bibliography of additional readings Offers an industry-based prospective,
as opposed to a solely critical one Written in an accessible style
that lends substantial clarity to complex issues"
Call number: HF5813.U6 A6196 2009
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| All
Things at Once - Publisher's
Marketing: "From the MSNBC "Morning Joe" co-host
comes a candid and inspiring motivational book that can help women
of all ages to confront the unique professional and personal challenges
they face in the key moments in their lives."
Call number: PN4874.B792 A3 2009
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The
Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right - Publisher's
Marketing: "The "New York Times" bestselling
author of "Better" and "Complications" reveals
the surprising power of the ordinary checklist
We live in a world of great and increasing complexity, where even
the most expert professionals struggle to master the tasks they
face. Longer training, ever more advanced technologies--neither
seems to prevent grievous errors. But in a hopeful turn, acclaimed
surgeon and writer Atul Gawande finds a remedy in the humblest and
simplest of techniques: the checklist. First introduced decades
ago by the U.S. Air Force, checklists have enabled pilots to fly
aircraft of mind-boggling sophistication. Now innovative checklists
are being adopted in hospitals around the world, helping doctors
and nurses respond to everything from flu epidemics to avalanches.
Even in the immensely complex world of surgery, a simple ninety-second
variant has cut the rate of fatalities by more than a third.
In riveting stories, Gawande takes us from Austria, where an emergency
checklist saved a drowning victim who had spent half an hour underwater,
to Michigan, where a cleanliness checklist in intensive care units
virtually eliminated a type of deadly hospital infection. He explains
how checklists actually work to prompt striking and immediate improvements.
And he follows the checklist revolution into fields well beyond
medicine, from disaster response to investment banking, skyscraper
construction, and businesses of all kinds.
An intellectual adventure in which lives are lost and saved and
one simple idea makes a tremendous difference, "The Checklist
Manifesto" is essential reading for anyone working to get things
right.
Atul Gawande is the author of "Better" and "Complications."
He is also a MacArthur Fellow, a general surgeon at the Brigham
and Women's Hospital in Boston, a staff writer for "The New
Yorker," and an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School
and the Harvard School of Public Health. He lives with his wife
and three children in Newton, Massachusetts.
Taxed with great and increasing complexity, even the most expert
professionals struggle to master the tasks they face. Longer training,
ever more advanced technologies--neither seems to prevent grievous
errors. But in a hopeful turn, acclaimed surgeon and writer Atul
Gawande finds a remedy to this disquieting problem in the humblest
and simplest of techniques: the checklist.
First introduced decades ago by the U.S. Air Force, checklists have
enabled pilots to fly aircraft of mind-boggling sophistication.
Now innovative checklists are being adopted in hospitals around
the world, helping doctors and nurses respond to everything from
flu epidemics to avalanches. Even in the immensely complex world
of surgery, a simple ninety-second variant has cut the rate of fatalities
by more than a third.
Gawande provides real testimonials in the form of riveting stories.
In Austria, an emergency checklist saved a drowning victim who had
spent half an hour underwater. In Michigan, a cleanliness checklist
in intensive care units virtually eliminated a type of deadly hospital
infection. He explains how checklists actually work to prompt striking
and immediate improvements to procedure and increase positive results,
even under the most precarious circumstances. And he follows the
checklist revolution into fields well beyond medicine, from disaster
response to investment banking, skyscraper construction, and businesses
of all kinds.
Gawande shows how one simple idea can make a tremendous difference.
"The Checklist Manifesto" is essential reading for anyone
working to get things right."
Call number: RA399.A1 G39 2010
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Illegal
Beings: Human Clones and the Law - Publisher's
Marketing: "Many people think human reproductive cloning
should be a crime-some states have even outlawed it and Congress
is working to enact a national ban. However, if reproductive cloning
soon becomes a reality, it will be impossible to prevent infertile
couples and others from choosing the technology, even if they have
to break the law. While most books on cloning cover the advantages
and disadvantages of cloning technology, Illegal Beings describes
the pros and cons of laws against human reproductive cloning. Kerry
Lynn Macintosh, an attorney with expertise in the area of law and
technology, argues that the most common objections to cloning are
false or exaggerated, inspiring laws that stigmatize human clones
as subhuman and unworthy of existence. She applies the same reasoning
that was used to invalidate racial segregation to show how anti-cloning
laws, by reinforcing negative stereotypes, deprive human clones
of their equal protection rights under the law. Her book creates
a new topic within constitutional law: existential segregation,
or the practice of discriminating by preventing the existence of
a disfavored group or class. This comprehensive and novel work looks
at how anti-cloning laws will hurt human clones in a fresh perspective
on this controversial subject. Kerry Lynn Macintosh is a member
of the Law and Technology faculty at Santa Clara University School
of Law. She is the author of papers, articles, and book chapters
on the law and technology and has contributed to the Harvard Journal
of Law and Technology, Boston University Journal of Science and
Technology Law, and Berkeley Technology Law Journal."
Call number: KF3831 .M33 2005
|
| The
10 Laws of Career Reinvention: Essential Survival Skills for Any
Economy - Publisher's Marketing:
"Reinvention is the key to success in these volatile times-and
Pamela Mitchell holds the key to reinvention!
In "The 10 Laws of Career Reinvention," America's Reinvention
Coach(r) Pamela Mitchell offers every tool readers need to navigate
the full arc of career change. Part I introduces the Reinvention
Mindset, with what you need to know to be prepared mentally to get
started. In Part II, you read the real-life stories of ten individuals
who successfully made the leap to new and unexpected careers, using
the 10 laws:
The 1st Law: It Starts With a Vision for Your Life
The 2nd Law: Your Body Is Your Best Guide
The 3rd Law: Progress Begins When You Stop Making Excuses
The 4th Law: What You Seek is on the Road Less Traveled
The 5th Law: You've Got the Tools in Your Toolbox
The 6th Law: Your Reinvention Board is Your Lifeline
The 7th Law: Only a Native Can Give You the Inside Scoop
The 8th Law: They Won't "Get" You Until You Speak Their
Language
The 9th Law: It Takes the Time That it Takes
The 10th Law: The World Buys Into an Aura of Success
Each story is followed by an in-depth lesson that explains how to
adapt these laws to your own career goals, and what actions and
precautions to take. The lessons answer all your tactical concerns
about navigating the roadblocks, getting traction and managing your
fears. The final section provides workbook exercises for fine-tuning
your reinvention strategies for maximum results. Clear-headed, calming,
practical, and thorough, this is the ideal action plan for getting
through any career crisis and ending up securely in the lifestyle
you've always dreamed of having."
Call number: HF5384 .M58 2010
|
Anthem
- Publisher's Marketing:
"A new generation has discovered that Anthem, is more socially
relevant today that it was when it was written sixty years ago.
Anthem is the classic story about the consequences of social collectivism
and the importance of individualism.
Anthem was first published in hardcover by Caxton Press in 1953
and is now in its twelfth printing. Anthem has been described as
"one of the most beautiful prose poems ever written.""
Call number: PS3535.A547 A5 1988
|
| The
ABCs of Classic Hollywood - Publisher's
Marketing: "Speaking about the kind of filmmaking now
known as Classic Hollywood, the most popular and influential cinema
ever invented, Vincente Minnelli once gave away its secret: "I
feel that a picture that stays with you is made up of a hundred
or more hidden things. They're things that the audience is not conscious
of, but that accumulate."
What are those hidden things? Can we invent a method that will enable
us to discover them?
Robert Ray attempts to answer those questions by looking closely
at four movies from the 1930-1945 period when the American studio
system reached the peak of its economic and cultural power: Grand
Hotel, The Philadelphia Story, The Maltese Falcon, and Meet Me in
St. Louis. To avoid the predictable generalizations that have plagued
film studies, Ray works with the movies' details-Grand Hotel's room
assignments or Meet Me in St. Louis's ketchup-which are treated
as mysterious but promising clues. By producing at least one entry
for every letter of the alphabet, Ray demonstrates that a movie's
details have much to tell us. The ABCs of Classic Hollywood is a
movie primer, a deceptively simple book that spells out a fascinating
account of the most powerful storytelling system ever designed."
Call number: PN1993.5.U6 R377 2008
|
| 101
Facts about Bullying: What Everyone Should Know
- Publisher's Marketing: "Everyone
involved with the care and welfare of children and young adults
is confronted with the issue of bullying. Bullying behaviors create
an uncomfortable, threatening, and hostile environment that make
it difficult for children to learn. 101 Facts about Bullying breaks
down what the research says about bullying and its effects, offering
ideas for what can and should be done to minimize or reduce it.
Kevorkian systematically discusses topics ranging from relational
bullying to cyber bullying to media and video violence to the legal
ramifications of bullying, debunking myth and uncloaking the facts
about bullying and its prevention."
Call number: BF637.B85 K48 2008
|
Sex
and the City - Summary: "Sex
and the City is coming to the big screen in a feature film adaptation
of the hit HBO television series. The film will follow the continuing
adventures of the series four main characters - Carrie, Samantha,
Charlotte and Miranda - as they live their lives in Manhattan four
years after the series ended. Stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall,
Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon are all on board to reprise their
roles, while the film will be written and directed by Michael Patrick
King, who executive produced the original television series"
Call number: PN1997.S394
2008
|
The
Siege - Summary: "Government
agents are torn between stopping terrorists and protective Arab-Americans
from fascist military"
Call number: PN1997.S545
2007
|
Surrogates
- Summary: "People
are living their lives remotely from the safety of their own homes
via robotic surrogates - sexy, physically perfect mechanical representations
of themselves. It's an ideal world where crime, pain, fear and consequences
don't exist. When the first murder in years jolts this utopia, FBI
agent Greer discovers a vast conspiracy behind the surrogate phenomenon
and must abandon his own surrogate, risking his life to unravel
the mystery."
Call number: PN1997.S87
2010
|
Taking
Woodstock - Summary: "A
generation began in his backyard... From Academy Award-winning director
Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), comes
Taking Woodstock, a new comedy inspired by the true story of Elliot
Tiber (Demetri Martin) and his family, who inadvertently played
a pivotal role in making the famed Woodstock Music and Arts Festival
into the happening that it was. Its 1969, and Elliot Tiber, a down-on-his-luck
interior designer in Greenwich Village, New York, has to move back
upstate to help his parents run their dilapidated Catskills motel,
The El Monaco. The banks about to foreclose; his father wants to
burn the place down, but hasnt paid the insurance; and Elliot is
still figuring how to come out to his parents. When Elliot hears
that a neighboring town has pulled the permit on a hippie music
festival, he calls the producers, thinking he could drum up some
much-needed business for the motel. Three weeks later, half a million
people are on their way to his neighbors farm in White Lake, NY,
and Elliot finds himself swept up in a generation-defining experience
that would change his life, and American culture, forever."
Call number: PN1997.T3556
2009
|
What
Happens in Vegas - Summary: "The
popular expression, What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas conjures
up a veritable jackpot of shed inhibitions, insane indulgence, and
gleeful debauchery. And if you can remember any of it, you probably
weren't there. But what would happen if a few crazy -- okay, hugely
inebriated -- moments in Sin City not only didn't stay there but
also followed you all the way back home and threatened to turn your
life upside down? That's the setup that explodes into a series of
outrageous consequences for two sexy, if wildly mismatched, strangers
in the comedy What Happens in Vegas."
Call number:
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|
Little
Ashes - Summary: "1922:
Madrid waivers on the edge of social change. Salvador Dali (Pattinson)
is drawn into the decadent lifestyle of Federico Garcia Lorca and
Luis Bunuel. As the three explore the art world, a forbidden attraction
develops during the social rebellion."
Call number: PN1997.L575
2009
|
Biography:
Amelia Earhart
Call number: TL540.E3
A44 2010
|
Seven
Wonders of the Muslim World - Summary:
"Follow six young pilgrims as they make their way from
their homes and families on a journey of a lifetime to Mecca, birthplace
of the prophet Muhammad. Features the Grand Mosque in Mecca, the
Alhambra in Spain's Granada, the Great Mosque, the Badshahi Mosque,
and more."
Call number: BP163
.S484 2009
|
Bedknobs
and Broomsticks - Summary: "A
learn-by-mail witch shows cockney waifs her flying brass bed and
other tricks in World War II England."
Call number: PN1997.B4462
2009
|
Moon
- Summary: "Sam
Bell (Sam Rockwell) is nearing the completion of his 3-year-long
contract with Lunar Industries, mining Earth's primary source of
energy on the dark side of the moon. Alone with only the base's
vigilant computer Gerty (voiced by Oscar-Winner Kevin Spacey, 1999
Best Actor, American Beauty) as his sole companion, Bell's extended
isolation has taken its toll. His only link to the outside world
comes from satellite messages from his wife and young daughter.
He longs to return home, but a terrible accident on the lunar surface
leads to a disturbing discovery that contributes to his growing
sense of paranoia and dislocation so many miles away from home.
Moon is an engrossing, intelligent sci-fi thriller that ranks with
genre classics like 2001: A Space Odyssey."
Call number: PN1997.M665
2009
|
In
the Loop - Summary: "The
British Prime Minister and the President of the United States think
that the best thing for both countries would be a war against the
Middle East, and now it's up to the military generals and PR people
on both sides of the Atlantic to stop this before it escalates out
of control. Bonus features include deleted scenes and IFC exclusive
material."
Call number: PN1997.I6882
2010
|
When
Did You Last See Your Father? - Summary:
"An accomplished writer and poet, Blake Morrison (Colin
Firth) has come to his parents' home to spend a few final days with
his dying father Arthur (Jim Broadbent), a kindhearted but exasperating
country doctor whose oftentimes boorish behavior has let to his
son's increasing estrangement. Yet as Arthur slowly slips away,
memories of their past - both good and bad - force Blake to accept
the possibility that his immortal, invincible and infallible father
is, after all, only human. This heartfelt and moving story is adapted
from the bestselling memoir by Blake Morrison."
Call number: PN1997.W5381
2008
|
The
Time Traveler's Wife - Summary: "Clare
(Rachel McAdams) has been in love with Henry (Eric Bana) her entire
life. She believes they are destined to be together, even though
she never knows when they will be separated: Henry is a time traveler--cursed
with a rare genetic anomaly that causes him to live his life on
a shifting timeline, skipping back and forth through the years with
no control. Despite the fact that Henry's travels force them apart
with no warning, and never knowing when they will be reunited, Clare
desperately tries to build a life with her one true love."
Call number: PN1997.T518
2010
|
Good
Luck Chuck - Summary: "It
all started when Charlie Logan was ten years old. Breaking the cardinal
rules of spin-the-bottle, Charlie refused to lip-lock with a demented
Goth girl -- and she put a hex on him. Now, twenty-five years later,
Charlie (Dane Cook) is a successful dentist -- and still cursed.
While his plastic surgeon best friend, Stu (Dan Fogler), pursues
as many of his patients as possible, Charlie can't seem to find
the right girl. Even worse, he discovers at an ex-girlfriend's wedding
that every woman he's ever slept with has found true love -- with
the next guy after him. Before he knows it, Charlie's reputation
as a good luck charm has women -- from sexy strangers to his overweight
receptionist -- lining up for a quickie. But a life filled with
all sex and no love has Charlie lonelier than ever. That is, until
he meets Cam (Jessica Alba). An accident-prone penguin specialist,
Cam is as hard-to-get as she is beautiful. But when a genuine romance
develops, Charlie realizes he's got to find a way to break his good-luck
curse before the girl of his dreams winds up with the next guy she
meets."
Call number: PN1997.G771
2008
|
Ghost
Town - Summary: "Bertram
Pincus (Ricky Gervais) is a man whose people skills leave much to
be desired. When Pincus dies unexpectedly, but is miraculously revived
after seven minutes, he wakes up to discover that he now has the
annoying ability to see ghosts. Even worse, they all want something
from him, particularly Frank Herlihy (Greg Kinnear), who pesters
him into breaking up the impending marriage of his widow Gwen (Ta
Leoni)."
Call number: PN1997.G483
2008
|
The
Hangover - Summary: "Two
days before his wedding, Doug and his three friends drive to Las
Vegas for a blow-out bachelor party they'll never forget. But, in
fact, when the three groomsmen wake up the next morning, they can't
remember a thing. For some reason, they find a tiger in the bathroom
and a six-month-old baby in the closet of their suite at Caesars
Palace. The one thing they can't find is Doug. With no clue as to
what transpired and little time to spare, the trio must retrace
their hazy steps and all their bad decisions in order to figure
out where things went wrong and hopefully get Doug back to L.A.
in time to walk down the aisle."
Call number: PN1997.H354
2009
|
Harry
Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Summary:
"Voldemort is tightening his grip on both the Muggle
and wizarding worlds and Hogwarts is no longer the safe haven it
once was. Harry suspects that dangers may even lie within the castle,
but Dumbledore is more intent upon preparing him for the final battle
that he knows is fast approaching. Together they work to find the
key to unlock Voldemort's defenses and, to this end, Dumbledore
recruits his old friend and colleague, the well-connected and unsuspecting
bon vivant Professor Horace Slughorn, whom he believes holds crucial
information. Meanwhile, the students are under attack from a very
different adversary as teenage hormones rage across the ramparts.
Harry finds himself more and more drawn to Ginny, but so is Dean
Thomas. And Lavender Brown has decided that Ron is the one for her,
only she hadn't counted on Romilda Vane's chocolates! And then there's
Hermione, simpering with jealously but determined not to show her
feelings. As romance blossoms, one student remains aloof. He is
determined to make his mark, albeit a dark one. Love is in the air,
but tragedy lies ahead and Hogwarts may never be the same again."
Call number: PN1997.H372.6
2009
|
In
Good Company - Summary: "When
his company is bought, a middle-aged ad sales executive is demoted
and finds that his new boss is a young college prodigy barely half
his age. Unable to quit due to his wife's newly disclosed pregnancy,
the executive is forced to make the best of a bad situation. The
young new boss has his own problems to confront as he takes over
a job in which he has no experience while dealing with his new wife's
decision to leave him. Their conflict spills over into their personal
lives as the young boss starts dating the older employee's teenage
daughter."
Call number: PN1997.I673
2005
|
| The
Invention of Lying - Summary: "In
an alternate reality, lying - even the concept of a lie - does not
even exist. Everyone - from politicians to advertisers to the man
and woman on the street - speaks the truth and nothing but the truth
with no thought of the consequences. But when a down-on-his-luck
loser named Mark suddenly develops the ability to lie, he finds
that dishonesty has its rewards. In a world where every word is
assumed to be the absolute truth, Mark easily lies his way to fame
and fortune. But lies have a way of spreading, and Mark begins to
realize that things are getting a little out of control when some
of his tallest tales are being taken as, well, gospel. With the
entire world now hanging on his every word, there is only one thing
Mark has not been able to lie his way into: the heart of the woman
he loves."
Call number: PN1997.I694
2010
|
The
Last House on the Left - Summary: "Renowned
horror director Wes Craven returns to the scene of one of the most
notorious thrillers of all time in this darkly disturbing reimagining
of The Last House on the Left. After kidnapping and ruthlessly assaulting
two teen girls, a sadistic killer and his gang unknowingly find
shelter from a storm at the home of one of the victims parents two
ordinary people who will go to increasingly gruesome extremes to
get revenge."
Call number: PN1997.L3747
2009
|
The
Love Guru - Summary: "In
the comedy The Love Guru, Pitka (Mike Myers) is an American who
was left at the gates of an ashram in India as a child and raised
by gurus. He moves back to the U.S. to seek fame and fortune in
the world of self-help and spirituality. His unorthodox methods
are put to the test when he must settle a rift between Toronto Maple
Leafs star hockey player Darren Roanoke (Romany Malco) and his estranged
wife. After the split, Roanokes wife starts dating L.A. Kings star
Jacques Grande (Justin Timberlake) out of revenge, sending her husband
into a major professional skid to the horror of the teams owner
Jane Bullard (Jessica Alba) and Coach Cherkov (Verne Troyer). Pitka
must return the couple to marital nirvana and get Roanoke back on
his game so the team can break the 40-year-old Bullard Curse and
win the Stanley Cup."
Call number: PN1997.L775
2008
|
Man
of the Year - Summary: "Acerbic
performer Tom Dobbs has made his career out of skewering politicians
and speaking the mind of the exasperated nation on his talk show.
He cracked scathing jokes at a fractured system night after night
- until he came up with a really funny idea: why not run for president
himself? After a flip comment, Dobbs ignites a grassroots movement
that puts him on the ballot. Hot on the campaign trail, he debates
elected drones and says exactly what frustrated voters have often
thought. Nov. 2nd later, the muckraker wins - only to learn that
a computer voting error gave him the victory. With time ticking
on the inaugural clock, Dobbs has a big decision to make: should
he go back behind the mike or stay in the Oval Office?"
Call number: PN1997.M36.5
2007
|
| A
Perfect Getaway - Summary: "Cliff
and Cydney are an adventurous young couple celebrating their honeymoon
by backpacking to one of the most beautiful, and remote, beaches
in Hawaii. Hiking the wild, secluded trails, they believe they've
found paradise. But when the pair comes across a group of frightened
hikers discussing the horrifying murder of another newlywed couple
on the islands, they begin to question whether they should turn
back. Unsure whether to stay or flee, Cliff and Cydney join up with
two other couples, and things begin to go terrifyingly wrong. Far
from civilization or rescue, everyone begins to look like a threat
and nobody knows whom to trust. Paradise becomes hell on earth as
a brutal battle for survival begins..."
Call number: PN1997.P373
2009
|
9
- Summary: "When 9 (The
Lord of the Rings Elijah Wood) first comes to life, he finds himself
in a post-apocalyptic world. All humans are gone, and it is only
by chance that he discovers a small community of others like him
taking refuge from fearsome machines that roam the earth intent
on their extinction. Despite being the neophyte of the group, 9
convinces the others that hiding will do them no good. They must
take the offensive if they are to survive, and they must discover
why the machines want to destroy them in the first place. As they'll
soon come to learn, the very future of civilization may depend on
them."
Call number: PN1997.A1365
2009
|
300
- Summary: "Based on the
epic graphic novel by Frank Miller, 300 is a ferocious retelling
of the ancient Battle of Thermopylae in which King Leonidas (Gerard
Butler) and 300 Spartans fought to the death against Xerxes and
his massive Persian army. Facing insurmountable odds, their valor
and sacrifice inspire all of Greece to unite against their Persian
enemy, drawing a line in the sand for democracy. The film brings
Miller's acclaimed graphic novel to life by combining live action
with virtual backgrounds that capture his distinct vision of this
ancient historic tale."
Call number: PN1997.A187
2007
|
(500)
Days of Summer - Summary: "In
this quirky romantic comedy about love and fate, a young greeting
card writer (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is hopelessly, helplessly searching
for the girl of his dreams...and his new co-worker, Summer Finn
(Zooey Deschanel), may just be the one. But the 500 days of their
offbeat relationship reveal (in no particular order) that the road
to happiness can be unpredictable, uncontrollableand unbelievably
funny!"
Call number: PN1997.A191
2009
|
| All
about Steve - Summary: "The
Proposal's Sandra Bullock, Oscar nominee Thomas Haden Church, and
The Hangover's Bradley Cooper star in a hilarious tale of a woman
who, after falling hard for a guy, thinks they're an item; unfortunately,
he thinks she's stalking him! Bullock's Mary Horowitz is a cruciverbalist
- a crossword puzzle constructor. Her brain spins at warp speed
with an endless stream of arcane information. She can come up with
the perfect word - and dozens with the same meaning - at a moment's
notice, but normal behavior eludes her. Take, for example, the fact
that she lives with eccentric parents. Or her inability to engage
in social intercourse without dropping a litany of twenty-dollar
words and unleashing a tsunami of trivia. Then, there's the matter
of her omnipresent fire-engine-red go-go boots. For Mary, nothing
is typical, especially relationships. When she is set up on a blind
date with handsome cable-news cameraman Steve, Mary thinks the chemistry
is undeniable - that Steve is the one. Steve, on the other hand,
thinks Mary is crazy. Mary, who just knows she's found her soul
mate, decides to do anything and go anywhere to be with him. She
begins to pursue Steve relentlessly as he crisscrosses the country,
covering breaking news stories. Mary's escalating infatuation with
Steve is encouraged by the self-serving actions of news reporter
Hartman Hughes (Thomas Haden Church), who enjoys torturing his insolent
cameraman at every opportunity. With Mary never far behind and Hartman
urging her on, Steve becomes increasingly unhinged. But when Mary
becomes embroiled in the news story of the year, Steve and Hartman
begin to see her differently. Hartman is plagued by guilt, knowing
his game of one-upmanship with Steve has placed her squarely in
harms way, while Steve is feeling his own pangs of remorse at his
callous behavior. Despite the media storm surrounding her, Mary
with her upbeat, unaffected manner brings together a small community
of new friends. And all who encounter Mary will realize that sometimes
the ones who don't fit in are the ones who really stand out."
Call number: PN1997.A662
2009
|
Angels
& Demons - Summary: "What
terrifying discovery would make the Vatican turn to Robert Langdon,
the man who cracked historys most controversial code? When Langdon
discovers evidence of the resurgence of an ancient secret brotherhood
known as the Illuminati the most powerful underground organization
in history he also faces a deadly threat to the existence of the
secret organization's most despised enemy: the Catholic Church.
Upon learning that the clock is ticking on an unstoppable Illuminati
time bomb, Langdon travels to Rome, where he joins forces with Vittoria
Vetra, a beautiful and enigmatic Italian scientist. Embarking on
a nonstop, action-packed hunt through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs,
deserted cathedrals, and even to the heart of the most secretive
vault on earth, Langdon and Vetra will follow the 400-year-old Path
of Illumination that marks the Vatican's only hope for survival."
Call number: PN1997.A8345
2009
|
District
9 - Summary: "Twenty-eight
years ago, aliens made first contact with Earth. Humans waited for
the hostile attack, or the giant advances in technology. Neither
came. Instead, the aliens were refugees, the last survivors of their
home world. The creatures were set up in a makeshift home in South
Africas District 9 as the world's nations argue over what to do
with them. Now, patience over the alien situation has run out. Control
over the aliens has been contracted out to Multi-National United
(MNU), a private company uninterested in the aliens' welfare they
will receive tremendous profits if they can make the aliens' awesome
weaponry work."
Call number: PN1997.D57775
2009
|
The
Diving Bell and the Butterfly - Summary:
"The remarkable and inspirational true story of Elle
France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who at the age of 43, suffered
a stroke that paralyzed his entire body, except his left eye. Using
that eye to blink out his memoir, Bauby eloquently described the
aspects of his interior world, from the psychological torment of
being trapped inside his body to his imagined stories from lands
he'd only visited in his mind."
Call number: PN1997.D5856
2008
|
| Employee
of the Month - Summary: "For
customers of Super Club, the largest high-volume, bulk-discount
retailer in the country, membership has its privileges. For workers
at the cavernous store, the most coveted honor is the Employee of
the Month award, and having ones photo immortalized on the wall
of fame in the staff lounge. Enter Zack Bradley (Dane Cook) and
Vince Downey (Dax Shepard), two ultra competitive Super Club workers
whose ten years of employment have resulted in drastically different
career paths. While Vince with the aid of his trusty sidekick Jorge
(Efren Ramirez) -- has advanced to become head cashier and winner
of 17 consecutive E of M awards, Zack is the ultimate slacker whose
scruffy appearance and laid back attitude has made him popular with
his colleagues, but kept him stuck in the lowly ranks of the stores
box boys. The duos longtime rivalry comes to a bitter head when
Amy (Jessica Simpson) a beautiful new cashier with a reputation
of only dating Employee of the Month winners transfers to the store,
immediately becoming the object of both Zack and Vinces affection
and often comical gamesmanship. While Vince instantly impresses
Amy with his crowd pleasing, flamboyant style behind his checkstand
register, Zacks feeble attempts to charm his beautiful new co-worker
quickly backfire against him. With the race to win Amys affections
slipping away, Zack determines his only chance rests in winning
the stores next Employee of the Month award. A battle to the end,
this film shows that the only failure in life is when one fails
to try."
Call number: PN1997.E6438
2006
|
Extract
- Summary: "Joel
is one step away from selling his flavor extract factory and retiring
to easy street when a freak workplace accident sets in motion a
series of disasters that put his business and personal life in jeopardy."
Call number: PN1997.E97
2009
|
| The
Honor of Spies - Publisher's
Marketing: "Unabridged CDs - 15 CDs, 19 hours
The spectacular new novel in W. E. B. Griffin's Honor Bound saga
of World War II espionage."
Call number: PS3557.R489737 H665 2009ab
|
| Extreme
Measures - Publisher's
Marketing: "With counterterrorism operative Mitch Rapp
on assignment in Pakistan, CIA Director Irene Kennedy turns to Rapp's
protge Hank Casey for a dangerous assignment. Unabridged. 11 CDs."
Call number: PS3556.L94 E97 2008ab
|
Separation
of Power - Publisher's Marketing:
""SEPARATION OF POWER" Read by Armand Schultz
Newly appointed CIA director Dr. Irene Kennedy is the target of
an inside plot to destroy her and prematurely end the American President's
term. To make matters worse, Saddam Hussein is close to entering
the nuclear arms race -- something Israel has vowed to stop. With
the haunting specter of World War III looming, the President calls
on his secret weapon: top counter-terrorism operative Mitch Rapp.
But with only two weeks to take out the nukes, Rapp is up against
a ticking clock -- and impossible odds."
Call number: PS3556.L94 S47 2002ab
|
Act
of Treason - Publisher's
Marketing: "Promising an explosive conclusion, "Act
of Treason" is the eighth thriller by "New York Times"
bestselling author Flynn featuring the spine-tingling exploits of
CIA operative Mitch Rapp. Unabridged. 15 CDs."
Call number: PS3556.L94 A38 2006ab
|
| Protect
and Defend - Publisher's
Marketing: "The "New York Times" bestselling
author delivers his most explosive thriller yet, featuring Americas
secret weapon--CIA operative Mitch Rapp. Unabridged. 10 CDs."
Call number: PS3556.L94 P76 2007ab
|
Pursuit
of Honor - Publisher's
Marketing: "#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR VINCE
FLYNN RETURNS WITH HIS MOST EXHILARATING POLITICAL THRILLER TO DATE,
A PULSE-POUNDING TALE OF ESPIONAGE, COVERT INTELLIGENCE, AND COUNTERTERRORISM.
The action begins six days after a series of explosions devastated
Washington, D.C., targeting the National Counterterrorism Center
and killing 185 people, including public officials and CIA employees.
It was a bizarre act of extreme violence that called for extreme
measures on the part of elite counterterrorism operative Mitch Rapp
and his trusted team member, Mike Nash. Now that the initial shock
of the catastrophe is over, key Washington officials are up in arms
over whether to make friends or foes of the agents who stepped between
the enemy's bullets and countless American lives regardless of the
legal consequences. Not for the first time, Rapp finds himself in
the frustrating position of having to illustrate the realities of
national security to politicians whose view from the sidelines is
inevitably obstructed.
Meanwhile, three of the al Qaeda terrorists are still at large,
and Rapp has been unofficially ordered to find them by any means
necessary. No one knows the personal, physical, and emotional sacrifices
required of the job better than Rapp. When he sees Nash cracking
under the pressure of the mission and the memories of the horrors
he witnessed during the terrorist attack, he makes a call he hopes
will save his friend, assuage the naysayers on Capitol Hill, and
get him one step closer to the enemy before it's too late. Once
again, Rapp proves himself to be a hero unafraid "to walk the
fine line between the moral high ground and violence" ("The
Salt Lake Tribune") for our country's safety, for the sake
of freedom, for the pursuit of honor."
Call number: PS3556.L94 P87 2009ab
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| Between
the Plums - Publisher's Marketing:
"From "New York Times"-bestselling author Evanovich
comes a very special edition containing three Between-the-Numbers
books: "Visions of Sugar Plums, Plum Lovin'," and "Plum
Lucky.""
Call number: PS3555.V2126 B47 2009ab
|
Unseen
Academicals - Publisher's Marketing:
"Football has come to the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork--not the
old-fashioned, grubby pushing and shoving, but the new, fast football
with pointy hats for goalposts and balls that go gloing when you drop
them.
And now, the wizards of Unseen University must win a football match,
without using magic, so they're in the mood for trying everything
else.
The prospect of the Big Match draws in a street urchin with a wonderful
talent for kicking a tin can, a maker of jolly good pies, a dim
but beautiful young woman, who might just turn out to be the greatest
fashion model there has ever been, and the mysterious Mr Nutt (and
no one knows anything much about Mr Nutt, not even Mr Nutt, which
worries him, too.)
As the match approaches, four lives are entangled and changed for
ever. Because the thing about football--the "important"
thing about football--is that it is not "just" about football.
Here we go! Here we go! Here we go!"
Call number: PR6066.R34 U74 2009ab
|
Consent
to Kill - Publisher's
Marketing: "Fearless counterterrorism operative Mitch
Rapp finds himself directly in the line of fire in the latest riveting
political thriller from "New York Times" bestselling author
Vince Flynn.
For years, Mitch Rapp's bold actions have saved the lives of countless
Americans. His battles for peace and freedom have made him a hero
to many, and an enemy to countless more. In the tangled, duplicitous
world of espionage, there are those, even among America's allies,
who want to see Mitch Rapp eliminated. They have decided the time
has come.
Now, the powerful father of a dead terrorist demands vengeance
in its simplest form -- an eye for an eye, and Rapp instantly becomes
the target of an international conspiracy. This time, he must use
all of his vigilance and determination to save himself before he
can turn his fury on those who have dared to betray him.
"Consent to Kill" takes listeners behind the headlines
and catapults them to the front lines of the global war on terror.
It sizzles "with inside information, military muscle, and CIA
secrets" (Dan Brown). Vince Flynn mixes military technology
with his exclusive knowledge of Washington politics to create a
hero that Americans will wish existed outside the realm of fiction."
Call number: PS3556.L94 C65 2005ab
|
| U
Is for Undertow - Publisher's Marketing:
"It's April 1988, a month before Kinsey Millhone's thirty-eighth
birthday, and she's alone in her office catching up on paperwork
when a young man arrives unannounced. Michael Sutton is twenty-seven,
an unemployed college dropout. More than two decades ago, a four-year-old
girl disappeared, and a recent newspaper story about her kidnapping
has triggered a flood of memories. Sutton now believes he stumbled
on her lonely burial and could identify the killers if he saw them
again. He wants Kinsey's help in locating the grave and finding
the men. It's way more than a long shot, but he's persistent and
willing to pay cash up front. Reluctantly, Kinsey agrees to give
him one day of her time.
But it isn't long before she discovers Sutton has an uneasy relationship
with the truth. In essence, he's the boy who cried wolf. Is his
story true, or simply one more in a long line of fabrications?
Moving effortlessly between the 1980s and the 1960s, and changing
points of view as Kinsey pursues witnesses whose accounts often
clash. Gradually, we come to see how everything connects in this
twisting, complex, surprise-filled thriller. And as always, at the
beating heart of her fiction is Kinsey Millhone, a sharp-tongued,
observant loner who never forgets that under the thin veneer of
civility is a roiling dark side to the soul."
Call number: PS3557.R13 U3 2009ab
|
The
Scarpetta Factor - Publisher's Marketing:
"Unabridged CDs, 11 CDs, 12 hours
Read by Kate Reading
From the world's #1 bestselling crime writer comes the extraordinary
new Kay Scarpetta novel."
Call number: PS3553.O692 S265 2009ab
|
Intervention
- Publisher's Marketing:
""New York Times"-bestselling author Robin Cook returns
with another ripped-from-the-headlines medical thriller, where DNA
science, biotechnology, and religion collide."
Call number: PS3553.O5545 I58 2009ab
|
The
Traffickers - Publisher's Marketing:
"Griffin's popular Badge of Honor police series returns, with
a story of murder and lawlessness as compelling as today's headlines.
"Griffin's books sell millions. They deserve it!" ("Houston
Chronicle")"
Call number: PS3557.R489137 T37 2009ab
|
Devil
Bones - Publisher's Marketing:
"Reichs--#1 bestselling author, forensic anthropologist, and
producer of the FOX television hit "Bones"--returns with
her 11th riveting Temperance Brennan novel. A house renovation project
in Charlotte, North Carolina, leads Tempe into a deadly mix of voodoo
and devil worship. Unabridged. 9 CDs."
Call number: PS3568.E476345 D48 2008ab
|
Angel
Time - Publisher's Marketing:
"Anne Rice returns to the mesmerizing storytelling that has
captivated readers for more than three decades in a tale of unceasing
suspense set in time past--a metaphysical thriller about angels
and assassins.
The novel opens in the present. At its center: Toby O'Dare--a contract
killer of underground fame on assignment to kill once again. A soulless
soul, a dead man walking, he lives under a series of aliases--just
now: Lucky the Fox--and takes his orders from "The Right Man."
Into O'Dare's nightmarish world of lone and lethal missions comes
a mysterious stranger, a seraph, who offers him a chance to save
rather than destroy lives. O'Dare, who long ago dreamt of being
a priest but instead came to embody danger and violence, seizes
his chance. Now he is carried back through the ages to thirteenth-century
England, to dark realms where accusations of ritual murder have
been made against Jews, where children suddenly die or disappear
. . . In this primitive setting, O'Dare begins his perilous quest
for salvation, a journey of danger and flight, loyalty and betrayal,
selflessness and love."
Call number: PS3568.I265 A84 2009ab
|
| True
Blue - Publisher's Marketing:
"Mason "Mace" Perry was a firebrand cop on the D.C.
police force until she was kidnapped and framed for a crime. She
lost everything-her badge, her career, her freedom-and spent two
years in prison. Now she's back on the outside and focused on one
mission: to be a cop once more. Her only shot to be a true blue
again is to solve a major case on her own, and prove she has the
right to wear the uniform. But even with her police chief sister
on her side, she has to work in the shadows: A vindictive U.S. attorney
is looking for any reason to send Mace back behind bars. Then Roy
Kingman enters her life.
Roy is a young lawyer who aided the poor until he took a high-paying
job at a law firm in Washington. Mace and Roy meet after he discovers
the dead body of a female partner at the firm. As they investigate
the death, they start uncovering surprising secrets from both the
private and public world of the nation's capital.
Soon, what began as a fairly routine homicide takes a terrifying
and unexpected turn-into something complex, diabolical, and possibly
lethal."
Call number: PS3552.A446 T78 2009ab
|
Kill
All the Lawyers - Publisher's Marketing:
"Why does someone want to kill Steve Solomon? When Victoria
Lord learns the reason, shes angry enough to murder her law partner,
too. As a psychopath comes between the squabbling Miami lawyers,
his real target catches them both off guard."
Call number: PS3562.E8995 K55 2006ab
|
The
Defector - Publisher's Marketing:
"In this extraordinary follow-up to the bestselling thriller
"Moscow Rules," Gabriel Allon returns to find himself
once more on the front lines of the secret war between East and
West. Allon uncovers a deadly conspiracy and, in order to stop it,
he must risk everything--even his life."
Call number: PS3619.I5443 D44 2009ab
|
| The
Paris Vendetta - Publisher's
Marketing: "When Napoleon Bonaparte died in exile in
1821, he took to the grave a powerful secret. As general and emperor,
he had stolen immeasurable riches from palaces, national treasuries,
and even the Knights of Malta and the Vatican. In his final days,
his British captors hoped to learn where the loot lay hidden. But
he told them nothing, and in his will he made no mention of the
treasure. Or did he?
Former Justice Department operative Cotton Malone isn't looking
for trouble when it comes knocking at his Copenhagen bookshop. Actually,
it breaks and enters in the form of an American Secret Service agent
with a pair of assassins on his heels. Malone has his doubts about
the anxious young man, but narrowly surviving a ferocious firefight
convinces him to follow his unexpected new ally.
Their first stop is the secluded estate of Malone's good friend,
Henrik Thorvaldsen. The wily Danish tycoon has uncovered the insidious
plans of the Paris Club, a cabal of multimillionaires bent on manipulating
the global economy. Only by matching wits with a terrorist-for-hire,
foiling a catastrophic attack, and plunging into a desperate hunt
for Napoleon's legendary lost treasure can Malone hope to avert
international financial anarchy.
But Thorvaldsen's real objective is much more personal: to avenge
the murder of his son by the larcenous aristocrat at the heart of
the conspiracy. Thorvaldsen's vendetta places Malone in an impossible
quandary--one that forces him to choose between friend and country,
past and present. Starting in Denmark, moving to England, and ending
up in the storied streets and cathedrals of Paris, Malone plays
a breathless game of duplicity and death, all to claim a prize of
untold value. But at what cost? "
Call number: PS3602.E764 P37 2009ab
|
King
Kong - Summary: "Documentary
filmmaker Carl Denham sails off to remote Skull Island to film his
latest epic with leading lady, Ann Darrow. Native warriors kidnap
Ann to use as a sacrifice as they summon Kong with the local witch
doctor. But instead of devouring Ann, Kong saves her. Kong is eventually
taken back to New York to be exploited as the 8th Wonder of the
World where he searches high and low for Ann, eventually winding
up at the top of the Empire State Building, facing off against a
fleet of World War I fighter planes."
Call number: Audio-Visual
PN1997.K55 K564 2006 DVD
|
Observe
and Report - Summary: "At
the Forest Ridge Mall, head of security Ronnie Barnhardt (SETH ROGEN)
patrols his jurisdiction with an iron fist. The master of his domain,
he combats skateboarders, shoplifters and the occasional unruly
customer while dreaming of the day when he can swap his flashlight
for a badge and a gun. Ronnie's delusions of grandeur are put to
the test when the mall is struck by a flasher. Driven by his personal
duty to protect and serve the mall and its patrons, Ronnie seizes
the opportunity to showcase his under-appreciated law enforcement
talents on a grand scale, hoping his solution of this crime will
earn him a coveted spot at the police academy and the heart of his
elusive dream girl Brandi (ANNA FARIS), the hot make-up counter
clerk who won't give him the time of day. But his single-minded
pursuit of glory launches a turf war with the equally competitive
Detective Harrison (RAY LIOTTA) of the Conway Police, and Ronnie
is confronted with the challenge of not only catching the flasher,
but getting him before the real cops."
Call number: Audio-Visual
PN1997 .O27 2009 DVD
|
A
Christmas Tale
Call number: Audio-Visual
PN1997 .C47 2009 DVD
|
Nothing
Like the Holidays - Summary: "It's
Christmastime and the far-flung members of the Rodriguez family
are converging at their parents' home in Chicago to celebrate the
season and rejoice in their youngest brother's safe return from
combat overseas. For Jesse, coming home has rekindled feelings for
an old flame, although she can't seem to forgive him for leaving.
His older sister Roxanna, a struggling actress, has been chasing
her Hollywood dreams for years with little to show for it. And much
to the dismay of their mother Anna, eldest brother Mauricio brings
home a high-powered executive wife who would rather raise capital
than a child. In the course of one eventful week, traditions will
be celebrated, secrets revealed and major life decisions made. It
all begins when Anna announces to her children she is divorcing
their father Eduardo. The shock waves from this familial upheaval
prompt Roxanna, Mauricio and Jesse, each in their own way, to reevaluate
the past and rethink the future. But when the Rodriguezes learn
that one of their own is facing a true crisis, they instinctively
pull together: Old resentments are forgotten, familial bonds are
re-affirmed and the healing power of laughter works its magic as
the family discovers they are much stronger than they ever realized."
Call number: Audio-Visual
PN1997 .N68 2009 DVD
|
| Paper
Heart - Summary: "Charlyne
Yi does not believe in love. Or so she says. Well, at the very least,
she doesnt believe in fairy-tale love or the Hollywood mythology
of love, and her own experiences have turned her into yet another
modern-day skeptic. Follow Charlyne across America as she and her
good friend (and director) Nicholas Jasenovec search for answers
and advice about love, by talking with friends and strangers, scientists,
bikers, romance novelists, and children. They each offer diverse
views on modern romance, as well as various answers to the age-old
question: does true love really exist? Charlynes pursuit to discover
the nature of love takes on a fresh new urgency when she meets a
boy after her own heart: Michael Cera. As their relationship develops
on camera, her pursuit risks losing the person she finds closest
to her heart. Combining elements of documentary and traditional
storytelling, reality and fantasy, Paper Heart brings a fresh perspective
to the modern romance and redefines the classic love story."
Call number: Audio-Visual
PN1997 .P37 2009 DVD
|
Shorts:
The Adventures of the Wishing Rock - Summary:
"Shorts is set in the suburb of Black Falls, where all
the houses look the same and everyone works for BLACK BOX Unlimited
Worldwide Industries Incorporated, whose Mr. Black's BLACK BOX is
the ultimate communication and do-it-all gadget that's sweeping
the nation. Other than keeping his parents employed, however, Mr.
Black's BLACK BOX has done nothing for 11-year-old Toe Thompson,
who just wants to make a few friends...until a mysterious rainbow-colored
rock falls from the sky, hits him in the head and changes everything.
The Rainbow Rock does Mr. Black's BLACK BOX one better: it grants
wishes to anyone who holds it. Before long, wishes-gone-wrong have
left the neighborhood swarming with tiny spaceships, crocodile armies,
giant boogers...and outrageous magical mayhem around every corner.
But it's not until the grown-ups get their hands on the Rock that
the trouble really starts. Now Toe and his newfound friends must
join forces to save their town from itself, discovering along the
way that what you wish for is not always what you want."
Call number: Audio-Visual
PN1997 .S56 2009 DVD
|
The
Class
Call number: Audio-Visual
PN1997 .C53 2009 DVD
|
Public
Enemies - Summary: "No
one could stop John Dillinger and his gang. No jail could hold him.
His charm and audacious jailbreaks endeared him to almost everyone
- from his girlfriend Billie Frechette to an American public who
had no sympathy for the banks that had plunged the country into
the Depression. But while the adventures of Dillinger's gang - later
including Baby Face Nelson and Alvin Karpis - thrilled many, J.
Edgar Hoover made Dillinger America's first Public Enemy Number
One and sent in Melvin Purvis, the dashing Clark Gable of the FBI.
However, Dillinger and his gang outwitted and outgunned Purvis'
men in wild chases and shootouts. Only after importing a crew of
Western ex-lawmen (newly baptized as agents) and orchestrating epic
betrayals - from the infamous Lady in Red to the Chicago crime boss
Frank Nitti - were Purvis, the FBI and their new crew of gunfighters
able to close in on Dillinger."
Call number: Audio-Visual
PN1997 .P83 2009 DVD
|
My
Sister's Keeper - Summary: "Sara
and Brian Fitzgerald's life with their young son and their two-year-old
daughter, Kate, is forever altered when they learn that Kate has
leukemia. The parents' only hope is to conceive another child, specifically
intended to save Kate's life. For some, such genetic engineering
would raise both moral and ethical questions; for the Fitzgeralds,
Sara in particular, there is no choice but to do whatever it takes
to keep Kate alive. And what it takes is Anna. Kate (Sofia Vassilieva)
and Anna (Abigail Breslin) share a bond closer than most sisters:
though Kate is older, she relies on her little sister--in fact,
her life depends on Anna. Throughout their young lives, the sisters
endure various medical procedures and hospital stays--just another
part of their close-knit family's otherwise normal life. Sara (Cameron
Diaz), a loving wife and mother who left her career as an attorney
to care for her daughter, is sometimes lost inside the single-minded
caregiver she has become in her efforts to save Kate. Her strong,
supportive husband, Brian (Jason Patric), is often rendered powerless
and passive by his wife's strength and determination. And their
only son, Jesse (Evan Ellingson), drifts, at times all but forgotten
as Kate and Anna take center stage. Until Anna, now 11, says no.
Seeking medical emancipation, she hires her own lawyer (Alec Baldwin),
initiating a court case that divides the family and that could leave
Kate's rapidly failing body in the hands of fate."
Call number: Audio-Visual
PN1997 .M975 2009
|
| Revolutionary
Road - Summary: "Frank
and April, a married couple in the 1950s, have always seen themselves
as special, different, ready and willing to live their lives based
on higher ideals. So, as soon as they move into their new house
on Revolutionary Road, they proudly declare their independence from
the suburban inertia that surrounds them and determine never to
be trapped by the social confines of their era. Yet for all their
charm, beauty and irreverence, the Wheelers find themselves becoming
exactly what they didn't expect: a good man with a routine job whose
nerve has gone missing; a less-than-happy homemaker starving for
fulfillment and passion; an American family with lost dreams, like
any other. Driven to change their fates, April hatches an audacious
plan to start all over again, to leave the comforts of Connecticut
behind for the great unknown of Paris. But when the plan is put
in motion, each spouse is pushed to extremes - one to escape whatever
the cost, the other to save all that they have, no matter the compromises."
Call number: Audio-Visual
PN1997 .R48 2009
|
Touch
of Evil - Summary: "A U.S.
sheriff frames a man for a border-town murder and kidnaps aMexican
official's wife. Directed by Welles. Updated in 1998 to betterreflect
the director's intentions."
Call number: Audio-Visual
PN1997 .T683 2009 DVD
|
| G.I.
Joe: The Rise of Cobra - Summary: "Based
on Hasbros immensely popular action figures, G.I. Joe is the ultimate
elite fighting force, engaged in an extraordinary action-adventure
matchup of good versus evil! In G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, the
G.I. Joe team, armed with the coolest hi-tech gadgets and weapons,
travels the world from the Egyptian desert to the polar ice caps
in a high stakes pursuit of Cobra, an evil international organization
threatening to use a technology that could bring the world to its
knees."
Call number: Audio-Visual
PN1997 .G5 2009 DVD
|
Funny
People - Summary: "George
Simmons is a famous stand-up comedian who learns that he has a terminal
illness and less than a year to live. When, he meets Ira, a struggling
comedian at a comedy club where both the comedians are performing,
George hires Ira to be his personal assistant and opening act at
his performances. The two forge a close friendship as George helps
Ira with his career and Ira helps George find closure in his legacy.
However, when George learns that his disease has gone into remission
and an ex-girlfriend re-enters his life, he's inspired to reevaluate
what is important to him and what truly gives meaning to his life."
Call number: Audio-Visual
PN1997 .F8669 2009 DVD
|
Four
Christmases - Summary: "Every
Christmas happily unmarried Brad and Kate escape divorced parents
and exasperating relatives by getting on a plane. This year the
airport shuts down and the couple is forced to celebrate four family
Christmases in one hectic, hilarious day. Can Brad and Kates relationship
survive Four Christmases?"
Call number: Audio-Visual
PN1997 .F68 2009 DVD
|
The
Ugly Truth - Summary: "Abby
Richter (Katherine Heigl) is a romantically challenged morning show
producer whose search for Mr. Perfect has left her hopelessly single.
She's in for a rude awakening when her bosses team her with Mike
Chadway (Gerard Butler), a hardcore TV personality who promises
to spill the ugly truth on what makes men and women tick."
Call number: Audio-Visual
PN1997 .U35 2009 DVD
|
| Terminator
Salvation - Summary: "The
year is 2018. Judgment Day has come and gone, leveling modern civilization.
An army of Terminators roams the post-apocalyptic landscape, killing
or collecting humans where they hide in the desolate cities and
deserts. But small groups of survivors have organized into a Resistance,
hiding in underground bunkers and striking when they can against
an enemy force that vastly outnumbers them. Controlling the Terminators
is the artificial intelligence network Skynet, which became self-aware
14 years earlier and, in the blink of an eye, turned on its creators,
unleashing nuclear annihilation on an unsuspecting world. Only one
man saw Judgment Day coming. One man, whose destiny has always been
intertwined with the fate of human existence: John Connor (Christian
Bale). Now the world is on the brink of the future that Connor has
been warned about all his life. But something totally new has shaken
his belief that humanity stands a chance of winning this war: the
appearance of Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington), a stranger from the
past whose last memory is of being on death row before awakening
in this strange, new world. Connor must decide whether Marcus can
be trusted. But as Skynet adapts new strategies to end the Resistance
forever, Connor and Marcus must find common ground to take a stand
against the onslaught--to infiltrate Skynet and meet the enemy head-on."
Call number: Audio-Visual
PN1997 .T47 2009 DVD
|
State
of Play
Call number: Audio-Visual
PN1997 .S7384 2008 DVD
|
| Two
Lovers - Summary: "Leonard,
a charismatic but troubled young man, moves back into his childhood
home following a recent heartbreak. While recovering under the watchful
eye of his parents, Leonard meets two women in quick succession:
Michelle, a mysterious and beautiful neighbor who is exotic and
out-of-place in Leonard's staid world, and Sandra, the lovely and
caring daughter of a businessman who is buying out his family's
dry-cleaning business. Leonard becomes deeply infatuated by Michelle,
who seems poised to fall for him, but is having a self-destructive
affair with a married man. At the same time, mounting pressure from
his family pushes him towards committing to Sandra. Leonard is forced
to make an impossible decision - between the impetuousness of desire
and the comfort of love - or risk falling back into the darkness
that nearly killed him."
Call number: Audio-Visual
PN1997 .T86 2009 DVD
|
Rethinking
Single-Sex Teaching - Publisher's Marketing:
" The retreat to single-sex classes in co-educational comprehensive
schools in the UK reflects a long history where educational policy
and practice has made explicit the belief that boys and girls are
different in how they learn and what they should learn. However, there
is also a common assumption that there is equality in what is made
available to learn and, if there is not, then single-sex organisation
achieves this.
The authors challenge this opinion and offer a fresh and theoretically
informed look at the debate about single-sex teaching, presenting
insights from research about the intended and unintended consequences
of gender division in schools. Drawing on classroom observations
and in-depth interviews with teachers and students, the book illustrates
the effect of single-sex classrooms on learners and on the versions
of subject knowledge made available to them.
In exploring the differences in teaching practices between boys'
and girls' classrooms, in relation to subjects such as Science,
English, Drama, and Design and Technology, the authors highlight
how single-sex teaching can, inadvertently, create circumstances
which limit rather than open up students' access to subject knowledge.
The authors offer conceptual tools for investigating the knowledge-gender
dynamic, advocating that learning will expand if teachers work with
gender to help students to cross boundaries into non-traditional
gender territories within subject lessons.
"Rethinking Single-Sex Teaching" is thought-provoking
reading for teachers, head teachers, academics and policy makers."
Call number: LB3067.3 .I95 2007
|
| Demystifying
Steroids - Publisher's
Marketing: "Demystifying Steroids uncovers the "other
side" of anabolic steroids and their possible benefits using
real case examples from thousands of patients and medical research.
This book empowers the reader to discover a new truth about anabolic
steroids for themselves. Dr. Jesse Haggard has organized the information
into two sections. The first section is easy to read and discusses
steroid use in medicine and sports. Popular beliefs about anabolic
steroids are challenged, including the dangers of steroid use. Many
case examples are included to illustrate the unfamiliar benefits
of steroids in cancer, multiple sclerosis, women, and HIV. The effect
professional sports has on the medical use of steroids is also assessed
and recommendations are made to reduce such an influence. The second
section is more technical and is intended for the reader who wants
to achieve a greater understanding of the medical research and clinical
pearls of anabolic steroid therapies. The historical and current
medical literature regarding prostate cancer is examined. Intervention
models of anabolic steroids and the subsequent effect on disease
prevalence are projected using this information. In addition, Dr.
Haggard describes clinical methods, not commonly discussed, for
achieving the greatest clinical outcomes and reducing or eliminating
many potential adverse effects of anabolic steroid treatments."
Call number: RC1230 .H32 2008
|
| Edward
S. Curtis: Vision of the First Americans -
Publisher's Marketing: "The book
includes many regions, tribes and ages of people, and in some ways
even some of the more negative aspects of his photographs are invaluable
because they informed much of the mainstream American (worldwide,
really) mythology that surrounds First Nations peoples of North
America. The photos are somewhere between documentary and romanticism.
Where he could have taken straight documentary photos of poverty
and tattered Western/white clothing, he instead staged warrior meetings
on horseback and the like."
Call number: E89 .C883 2006
|
| American
Bioethics: Crossing Human Rights and Health Law Boundaries
- Publisher's Marketing:
"Bioethics was "born in the USA" and the values American
bioethics embrace are based on American law, including liberty and
justice. This book crosses the borders between bioethics and law,
but moves beyond the domestic law/bioethics struggles for dominance
by exploring attempts to articulate universal principles based on
international human rights. The isolationism of bioethics in the
US is not tenable in the wake of scientific triumphs like decoding
the human genome, and civilizational tragedies like international
terrorism. Annas argues that by crossing boundaries which have artificially
separated bioethics and health law from the international human
rights movement, American bioethics can be reborn as a global force
for good, instead of serving mainly the purposes of U.S. academics.
This thesis is explored in a variety of international contexts such
as terrorism and genetic engineering, and in U.S. domestic disputes
such as patient rights and market medicine. The citizens of the
world have created two universal codes: science has sequenced the
human genome and the United Nations has produced the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights. The challenge for American bioethics is to combine
these two great codes in imaginative and constructive ways to make
the world a better, and healthier, place to live."
Call number: K3240 .A56 2009
|
| Birth
Control in America: The Career of Margaret Sanger
Call number: HQ764.S3 K45 1970
|
| The
Surrogates - Publisher's
Marketing: "The year is 2054, and life is reduced to
a data feed. The fusing of virtual reality and cybernetics has ushered
in the era of the personal surrogate, android substitutes that let
users interact with the world without ever leaving their homes.
It's a perfect world, and it's up to Detectives Harvey Greer and
Pete Ford of the Metro Police Department to keep it that way. But
to do so they'll need to stop a techno-terrorist bent on returning
society to a time when people lived their lives instead of merely
experiencing them. Designed to complement the upcoming, feature-length
movie, The Surrogates, starring Bruce Willis and slated for release
September 25th, 2009 from Touchstone Pictures, this special hardcover
edition features both the original and prequel graphic novels of
The Surrogates."
Call number: PN6727.V455 S868 2009
|
| Final
Wishes: A Cautionary Tale on Death, Dignity & Physician-Assisted
Suicide - Publisher's
Marketing: " Explore how to affirm God's sovereignty
over life and face the hard issues surrounding physician-assisted
suicide as you follow Paul Chamberlain's story of Dr. Ron Grey and
his friend Patrick, who is terminally ill and asks Ron to help him
end his life."
Call number: R726 .C45 2000
|
| Why
Marijuana Is Legal in America - Publisher's
Marketing: "Why is Marijuana Legal in America?
Dear Friends,
This book lays out in fine detail our 'unambiguous conferred rights
and liabilities' established by the United States Congress in 1939.
U.S.C. TITLE 26, Subtitle F, CHAPTER 80, Sec. 7851
(b) Effect of repeal of Internal Revenue Code of 1939
(1) Existing rights and liabilities
The repeal of any provision of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939
shall not affect any act done or any right accruing or accrued,
or any suit or proceeding had or commenced in any civil cause, before
such repeal; but all rights and liabilities under such code shall
continue, and may be enforced in the same manner, as if such repeal
had not been made.
Why Marijuana is Legal in America gives a detailed easy-to-understand
breakdown of laws and one's 'rights and liabilities'. But this book
is more than an introduction to knowing one's 'rights and liabilities'.
It lays the foundation and concept of a bigger picture to knowing
that marijuana is just one subject of many 'rights and liabilities'.
Do you know your marijuana 'rights and liabilities'? Such as, a
'natural person's' established right of 'transfer, purchase and
possession' for marijuana.
If you know someone in prison or BEFORE you have an encounter with
the police, I urge you to read this book for them and yourself-and
then lend it to a friend!
Hopefully, this book leads to the industrialization of Cannabis
Hemp in America. Who needs the Arabs' oil when 6% of our land will
produce all the domestic oil needs of America. It is time to become
well educated and take back our government from these evil-selfish-little-tyrants.
Get your copy today before Uncle Sam tries to ban this book!
Claim your rights,
Michael"
Call number: KF3891 .M2 2008
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Einstein:
The Life of a Genius - Publisher's
Marketing: "Albert Einstein is synonymous with genius.
From his remarkable theory of relativity and the famous equation E=mc2
to his concept of a unified field theory, no one has contributed as
much to science in the last century.
As well as showing how Einstein developed his theories, "Einstein"
reveals the man behind the science, from his early years and experiments
in Germany and his struggle to find work at the Swiss patent office
to his marriages and children, his role in the development of the
atomic bomb, and his work for civil rights groups in the United
States.
Drawing on new research and personal documents belonging to Einstein
only recently made available, this book also includes items of rare
facsimile memorabilia, to show you more than this scientist's groundbreaking
theories."
Call number: QC16 .E5183 2009
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| Creative
Native American Beading: Contemporary Interpretations of Traditional
Motifs - Publisher's Marketing:
"Following her successful "Native American Beadwork,"
Theresa Flores Geary offers up another beautiful collection of traditional
beaded projects, all using contemporary tools and materials. The
techniques range from simple stringing and Apache Weave to Circular
Peyote Stitch. The 19 highlighted jewelry and accessory projects
include a Huichol Lace Sun Catcher and a Ladder Chain Bracelet (perfect
for beginners), along with advanced-level projects like the Waterbird
Pendant and Sun Rosette Medallion. In addition to the patterns and
guidance on technique, there's fascinating background information
on the myths and legends that inspired each design."
Call number: TT860 .G4297 2009
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Guide
to Nutritional Supplements - Publisher's
Marketing: "The rapidly expanding world of nutrition,
functional foods and nutraceuticals, is increasingly complex. This
Guide to Nutritional Supplements provides a concise and complete reference
to the most common nutritionally significant elements. Including dietary
guidelines, intake measurements and other contextual information,
this Guide is the ideal reference for nutritionsts and dieticians
facing an increasing public awareness of supplements and who many
be augmenting their diets with OTC supplements.
Focused on the nutritional values, impacts and interactions of
supplements
Provides a science-based approach to determining the appropriate
selection and application of supplements for improved diet and nutrition"
Call number: RC623 .C22 2009
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Doc:
The Rise and Rise of Julius Erving - Publisher's
Marketing: "When Julius Erving announced that he would
retire from the NBA after the 1986-87 season, every away game on the
Philadelphia 76ers' schedule became a stop on the Dr. J farewell tour.
Fans across the nation rose to their feet to honor the man who had
both transformed and transcended basketball with his astounding physical
abilities, impeccable showmanship, and truly admirable character.
In "Doc," celebrated sports writer and lifelong Dr. J
fan Vincent Mallozzi traces Erving's epic basketball journey from
the asphalt courts of his Hempstead, Long Island, childhood through
his final season with the Sixers and beyond. He follows Doc through
his days at Harlem's legendary Rucker Park, where so many basketball
greats were nurtured, and his three seasons at the University of
Massachusetts, where "the best kept secret in sports"
wowed teammates and coaches with his explosive leaping ability even
though dunking was forbidden by the NCAA at the time.
Drawing on scores of interviews with friends and family, coaches,
teammates, and opponents, sportswriters and broadcasters, and team
owners and managers, this definitive biography reveals new and compelling
information about the founding father of modern basketball. You'll
meet Dr. J's first coach and his first crush, tour his first court
and his first job, and even take a look at his high school scouting
report.
Coach Lou Carnesecca reveals why the Nets refused to hire Erving
in 1971, forcing him to spend his first two professional seasons
with the Virginia Squires. Nets owner Roy Boe defends his 1976 decision
to sell his best and most loyal player to the Philadelphia 76ers,
and Charles Barkley remembers how he was guided through his rookie
season by the soon-to-retire superstar who was always willing to
go out of his way to help a teammate.
A University of Massachusetts teammate recounts the awful night
when he drove a distraught Erving home after the death of his brother
Marvin. And childhood friend and teammate Archie Rogers marvels
at the loyalty and generosity of the man who stood by him, even
after Rogers became a drug addict and thief, and was arrested and
sent to prison.
Complete with dazzling photos from Dr. J's early years and his
pro career, "Doc" is a fitting tribute to a basketball
genius who turned his passion for the sport into America's passion.
Whether you're a Dr. J fan from way back or someone who has never
experienced the thrill of seeing him play, this powerful portrait
will give you new insight into one of the greatest players who ever
graced the court."
Call number: GV884.E78 M39 2010
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| The
British Invasion - Publisher's Marketing:
"In 1964, North America had a second revolution--but this time
we welcomed the British! That year, four mop-tops known as The Beatles
made their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, ushering in
a new era of British music, film, fashion, and art. This richly
illustrated and informative volume celebrates the pivotal cultural
moment when the United States took on a British accent. The huge
influx of talent from across the pond included not only the The
Beatles, but also The Dave Clark Five, The Kinks, The Moody Blues,
Them (and Van Morrison), The Yardbirds, The Who, and, of course,
The Rolling Stones. But the invasion wasn't only musical: Peter
O'Toole, Julie Andrews, Sean Connery, and Michael Caine made a splash
in Hollywood, while films like "Goldfinger," "Alfie,
" and "What's New, Pussycat?" topped box-office charts.
"The Avengers" became cult TV, and Carnaby Street defined
hip style, turning Mary Quant, Twiggy, and Jean Shrimpton into fashion
icons.Filled with photographs that capture one of the most exciting
artistic periods in recent history, this is an evocative, irresistible
look back."
Call number: ML3534.3 .M55 2009
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| Greek
Fire, Poison Arrows, and Scorpion Bombs: Biological and Chemical
Warfare in the Ancient World - Publisher's
Marketing: "Flamethrowers, poison gases, incendiary
bombs, the large-scale spreading of disease... are these terrifying
agents and implements of warfare modern inventions? Not by a long
shot. Weapons of biological and chemical warfare have been in use
for thousands of years, and "Greek Fire, Poison Arrows &
Scorpion Bombs," Adrienne Mayor's fascinating exploration of
the origins of biological and unethical warfare draws extraordinary
connections between the mythical worlds of Hercules and the Trojan
War, the accounts of Herodotus and Thucydides, and modern methods
of war and terrorism.
"Greek Fire, Poison Arrows & Scorpion Bombs" will
catapult readers into the dark and fascinating realm of ancient
war and mythic treachery-and their devastating consequences."
Call number: UG447.8 .M335 2009
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| A
Good Man: Gregory Goodwin Pincus: The Man, His Story, the Birth
Control Pill - Publisher's
Marketing: "What motivated the man behind the development
of the birth control pill? What was the reaction from the Catholic
Church? How did the introduction of oral contraception affect the
lives of women around the world? For the first time, discover the
remarkable story of Gregory Goodwin Pincus, the man who championed
the research and development of the pill. Dr. Leon Speroff, himself
a renown specialist in reproductive endocrinology, has written a
comprehensive biography revealing the personal story behind this
dedicated man. The author has interviewed Pincuss living relatives,
and numerous others who knew the scientist personally. This book
successfully balances the hype and emotional reaction to oral contraception
with objective evidence of its value in the world. Thoroughly researched,
this is a fascinating read."
Call number: QH31.P536 S64 2009
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Flow:
The Cultural Story of Menstruation - Publisher's
Marketing: "In this hip, hilarious and truly eye-opening
cultural history, menstruation is talked about as never before. Flow"
"spans its fascinating, occasionally wacky and sometimes downright
scary story: from "mikvahs" (ritual cleansing baths) to
menopause, hysteria to hysterectomies--not to mention the Pill, cramps,
the history of underwear, and the movie about puberty they showed
you in 5th grade.
Flow answers such questions as: What's the "point" of
getting a period? What did women do before pads and tampons? What
about new drugs that promise to end periods--a hot idea or not?
Sex during your period: gross or a turn-on? And what's "normal,"
anyway? With color reproductions of (campy) historical ads and early
(excruciating) femcare devices, it also provides a fascinating (and
mind-boggling) gallery of this complex, personal and uniquely female
process.
As irreverent as it is informative, Flow gives an everyday occurrence
its true props - and eradicates the stigma placed on it for centuries."
Call number: QP263 .S73 2009
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| Bioscience
Ethics - Publisher's
Marketing: "Bioscience ethics facilitates free and accurate
information transfer from applied science to applied bioethics.
Its major elements are: increased understanding of biological systems,
responsible use of technology, and attuning ethnocentric debates
to new scientific insights. Pioneered by Irina Pollard in 1994,
bioscience ethics has become an internationally recognized discipline,
interfacing science and bioethics within professional perspectives
such as medical, legal, bio-engineering, and economics. Written
for students and professionals alike, the fundamental feature of
this book is its breadth, important because bioscience ethics interweaves
many diverse subjects in the process of gathering specialist scientific
knowledge for bioethical review. It contains chapters which embrace
topics affecting human reproduction, end-of-life care and euthanasia,
challenge human-dominated ecosystems, and review population growth,
economic activity and warfare. A background section describes the
evolution of ethical consciousness, explores the future, and proposes
that the reworking of ethical boundaries can enhance mature decision-making
in harmony with changing technology."
Call number: R724 .P64 2009
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| Cannabis:
A History - Publisher's
Marketing: "To some it's the classic "gateway drug,"
to others it is a harmless way to relax, or provide relief from
pain. Some fear it is dangerous and addictive, while others feel
it should be decriminalized. Whatever the viewpoint, cannabis incites
debate at every level, and the effect it has on every corner of
the globe is undeniable.
In this comprehensive study, Martin Booth crafts a tale of medical
advance and religious enlightenment; of political subterfuge and
law enforcement; of cunning smugglers, street pushers, gang warfare,
writers, artists, and musicians. And above all, Booth chronicles
the fascinating process through which cannabis became outlawed throughout
the Western world, and the effect such legislation has had on the
global economy."
Call number: HV5822.C3 B66 2005
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Head
of Household: Money Management for Single Parents
- Publisher's Marketing: "Now
there is specific, practical help for anyone trying to get a handle
on their finances while heading a family on their own. Kara Stefan's
"Head of Household: Money Management for Single Parents"
explores a variety of basic financial topics with information and
advice geared specifically to the priorities of single-parent households.
"Head of Household" provides in-depth coverage of 11
issues of primary concern to today's single parent, including budgeting,
childcare, health care, and housing. As a veteran financial writer,
Stefan knows how to translate the field's intricacies into a language
we all can understand. As a long-time single parent, she is acutely
aware of the difficulties others face in trying to manage money
on their own. Combining her two areas of expertise, Stefan has created
a resourceful, level-headed, often hilarious guide, filled with
stories of real families and a wealth of solid, creative solutions
for the financial situations single parents most often face."
Call number: HG179 .S817 2009
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One
Big Happy Family: 18 Writers Talk about Polyamory, Open Adoption,
Mixed Marriage, Househusbandry, Single Motherhood, and Other Realities
- Publisher's Marketing: "Edited
by bestselling author Walker, this anthology invites readers to
step into the center of a range of different domestic arrangements.
In a collection of 18 honest, personal, and deeply affecting essays
from an array of writers, "One Big Happy Family" offers
a fresh look at how contemporary families are adapting to this altering
reality."
Call number: HQ734 .O64 2009
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Spies
for Hire: The Secret World of Intelligence Outsourcing -
Publisher's Marketing: "In "Spies
for Hire," investigative reporter Tim Shorrock lifts the veil
off a major story the government doesn't want us to know about --
the massive outsourcing of top secret intelligence activities to private-sector
contractors.
Running spy networks overseas. Tracking down terrorists in the
Middle East. Interrogating enemy prisoners. Analyzing data from
spy satellites and intercepted phone calls. All of these are vital
intelligence tasks that traditionally have been performed by government
officials accountable to Congress and the American people. But that
is no longer the case.
Starting during the Clinton administration, when intelligence budgets
were cut drastically and privatization of government services became
national policy, and expanding dramatically in the wake of 9/11,
when the CIA and other agencies were frantically looking to hire
analysts and linguists, the Intelligence Community has been relying
more and more on corporations to perform sensitive tasks heretofore
considered to be exclusively the work of federal employees. This
outsourcing of intelligence activities is now a $50 billion-a-year
business that consumes up to 70 percent of the U.S. intelligence
budget. And it's a business that the government has tried hard to
keep under wraps.
Drawing on interviews with key players in the Intelligence-Industrial
Complex, contractors' annual reports and public filings with the
government, and on-the-spot reporting from intelligence industry
conferences and investor briefings, "Spies for Hire" provides
the first behind-the-scenes look at this new way of spying. Shorrock
shows how corporations such as Booz Allen Hamilton, Lockheed Martin,
SAIC, CACI International, and IBM have become full partners with
the CIA, the National Security Agency, and the Pentagon in their
most sensitive foreign and domestic operations. He explores how
this partnership has led to wasteful spending and threatens to erode
the privacy protections and congressional oversight so important
to American democracy.
Shorrock exposes the kinds of spy work the private sector is doing,
such as interrogating prisoners in Iraq, managing covert operations,
and collaborating with the National Security Agency to eavesdrop
on Americans' overseas phone calls and e-mails. And he casts light
on a "shadow Intelligence Community" made up of former
top intelligence officials who are now employed by companies that
do this spy work, such as former CIA directors George Tenet and
James Woolsey. Shorrock also traces the rise of Michael McConnell
from his days as head of the NSA to being a top executive at Booz
Allen Hamilton to returning to government as the nation's chief
spymaster.
From CIA covert actions to NSA eavesdropping, from Abu Ghraib to
Guantanamo, from the Pentagon's techno-driven war in Iraq to the
coming global battles over information dominance and control of
cyberspace, contractors are doing it all. "Spies for Hire"
goes behind today's headlines to highlight how private corporations
are aiding the growth of a new and frightening national surveillance
state."
Call number: JK468.I6 S49 2008
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Vampires
Today: The Truth about Modern Vampirism - Publisher's
Marketing: "What does it mean to be a vampire? Is vampirism
a religion? Is it a fantasy? Is it a medical condition? Based upon
extensive interviews with members of the Atlanta Vampire Alliance
and others within vampire communities throughout the United States,
"Vampires Today: The Truth about Modern Vampirism" looks
at the many expressions of vampirism. In this book the reader will
meet "lifestyle" vampires, who adopt a culture and a gothic
ascetic associated with the vampires of art and legend, and "real"
vampires, who feel that they must actually consume blood and/or psychic
energy for their well being. The reader will hear from members of
the Atlanta Vampire Alliance and will learn about the Order of the
Vampyre, the Ordo Strigoi Vii, and the Temple of the Vampire.
Throughout the world, untold numbers of people are identifying
as "vampires" and following the ways of "vampirism."
In the past two decades, modern vampirism has come under increased
study, yet most scholarship has portrayed the vampire as a cultural
phenomenon and at worst as a religious cult.
Having interviewed many vampires across the country, both "lifestylers"
and "real," even those "reluctants" who try
not to be vampires, Laycock argues that today's vampires are best
understood as an identity group and that vampirism has caused a
profound change in how individuals choose to define themselves.
As vampires come "out of the coffin," either as followers
of a "religion" or "lifestyle" or as people
biologically distinct from other humans, their confrontation with
mainstream society will raise questions about the definition of
"normal" and what it means to be human. Here, readers
will find the details of real vampire life-including vampire role-playing
games, grimoires, "vampyre" balls, vampire houses like
House Sahjaza and House Kheperu, the vampire "caste" system,
and other details-utterly fascinating."
Call number: BF1556 .L39 2009
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The
Right to Know: Your Guide to Using and Defending Freedom of Information
Law in the United States - Publisher's
Marketing: ""The Right to Know" is a resource
book for citizens seeking to understand, use, and defend their right
to know their rights under the freedom of information laws in the
United States. It sets out in plain language freedom-of-information
best practices for ordinary citizens, activist organizations, journalists,
bloggers, and lawyers. It educes practical lessons from dozens of
case studies of how the reader can use our freedom of information
laws in order to protect the environment, public health and safety
and to expose governmental and corporate crime, waste, and corruption.
Finally, it shows American readers how their right to know is being
progressively curtailed, why the trend is so dangerous to American
democracy, and what they can do to help reverse the alarming trend.
Freedom of information is the bedrock of democracy and a leitmotif
of the history of American democracy. Freedom of information laws
were first passed in Sweden (1766) and the United States (1966).
Over the course of the past decade, scores of democracies around
the world have followed suit by enacting national legislation enshrining
their citizens' right of access to government information. Yet,
since even before 9/11, the United States has been going in the
opposite direction, as the federal government has aggressively expanded
exemptions from the protections of public access to government information
guaranteed by the Freedom of Information Act of 1966 and the post-Watergate
sunshine laws."
Call number: KF5753 .K58 2009
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Superfreakonomics:
Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should
Buy Life Insurance - Publisher's
Marketing: "The "New York Times" best-selling
"Freakonomics" was a worldwide sensation, selling over four
million copies in thirty-five languages and changing the way we look
at the world. Now, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner return with
"SuperFreakonomics, " and fans and newcomers alike will
find that the freakquel is even bolder, funnier, and more surprising
than the first.
Four years in the making, "SuperFreakonomics" asks not
only the tough questions, but the unexpected ones: What's more dangerous,
driving drunk or "walking" drunk? Why is chemotherapy
prescribed so often if it's so ineffective? Can a sex change boost
your salary?
"SuperFreakonomics" challenges the way we think all over
again, exploring the hidden side of everything with such questions
as:
How is a street prostitute like a department-store Santa? Why are
doctors so bad at washing their hands? How much good do car seats
do? What's the best way to catch a terrorist? Did TV cause a rise
in crime? What do hurricanes, heart attacks, and highway deaths
have in common? Are people hard-wired for altruism or selfishness?
Can eating kangaroo save the planet? Which adds more value: a pimp
or a Realtor?
Levitt and Dubner mix smart thinking and great storytelling like
no one else, whether investigating a solution to global warming
or explaining why the price of oral sex has fallen so drastically.
By examining how people respond to incentives, they show the world
for what it really is - good, bad, ugly, and, in the final analysis,
super freaky.
"Freakonomics" has been imitated many times over - but
only now, with "SuperFreakonomics, " has it met its match."
Call number: HB74.P8 L4797 2009
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| Reading
in the Brain: The Science and Evolution of a Human Invention
- Publisher's Marketing:
"A renowned cognitive neuroscientist's fascinating and highly
informative account of how the brain acquires reading
How can a few black marks on a white page evoke an entire universe
of sounds and meanings? In this riveting investigation, Stanislas
Dehaene provides an accessible account of the brain circuitry of
reading and explores what he calls the "reading paradox":
Our cortex is the product of millions of years of evolution in a
world without writing, so how did it adapt to recognize words? "Reading
in the Brain" describes pioneering research on how we process
language, revealing the hidden logic of spelling and the existence
of powerful unconscious mechanisms for decoding words of any size,
case, or font.
Dehaene's research will fascinate not only readers interested in
science and culture, but also educators concerned with debates on
how we learn to read, and who wrestle with pathologies such as dyslexia.
Like Steven Pinker, Dehaene argues that the mind is not a blank
slate: Writing systems across all cultures rely on the same brain
circuits, and reading is only possible insofar as it fits within
the limits of a primate brain. Setting cutting-edge science in the
context of cultural debate, "Reading in the Brain" is
an unparalleled guide to a uniquely human ability."
Call number: BF456.R2 D36 2009
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| The
Sanctity of Human Life - Publisher's
Marketing: "Novak is a Jewish theologian who digs deep
into Jewish scripture and tradition to find guidance for assessing
three contemporary controversies in medicine and public policy:
the use of embryos to derive stem cells for research; socialized
medicine; and physician-assisted suicide. This is first and foremost
a book of theology, and Novak weaves a rich and sophisticated tapestry
of evidence to conclude that the Jewish understanding of the human
being as sacred, as the image of God, is compatible with philosophical
claims about the rights of the human person--especially the right
to life--and can thus be made intelligible to secular culture. So
what appears to be a specifically religious argument is, in Novak's
view, generalizable. (This is why "A Jewish Perspective,"
is not the subtitle; in some ways that appeal to a religious identity
would undercut the power of his argument.) What's the payoff? That
the use of stem cells from embryos is morally unacceptable; that
the sanctity of the human person, and not capitalist or socialist
approaches, should drive our understanding of national health care;
and that physician-assisted suicide violates a humankind's fundamental
responsibility for caring for one another. Novak is a Georgetown
Ph.D. (1971) and has a remarkable grasp of philosophical literature,
from Plato to Aristotle to Kant to Nietsche. He uses those thinkers,
then deftly draws on great Jewish figures from history--Maimonides,
Rashi, and various commentators on the Torah (the written law, aka,
the first five books of the Old Testament) and the Mishnah (the
oral law). His interpretation of Jewish tradition is more conservative
than, say, Brody or Mackler. But his method, his attempt to speak
to modern moral dilemmas, is brilliant."
Call number: R725.57 .N68 2007
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The
Scarpetta Factor - Publisher's Marketing:
"From the world's #1 bestselling crime writer comes the extraordinary
new Kay Scarpetta novel.
It is the week before Christmas. A tanking economy has prompted
Dr. Kay Scarpetta-despite her busy schedule and her continuing work
as the senior forensic analyst for CNN- to offer her services pro
bono to New York City's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. In
no time at all, her increased visibility seems to precipitate a
string of unexpected and unsettling events. She is asked live on
the air about the sensational case of Hannah Starr, who has vanished
and is presumed dead. Moments later during the same telecast, she
receives a startling call-in from a former psychiatric patient of
Benton Wesley's. When she returns after the show to the apartment
where she and Benton live, she finds an ominous package-possibly
a bomb-waiting for her at the front desk. Soon the apparent threat
on Scarpetta's life finds her embroiled in a surreal plot that includes
a famous actor accused of an unthinkable sex crime and the disappearance
of a beautiful millionairess with whom Lucy seems to have shared
a secret past.
Scarpetta's CNN producer wants her to launch a TV show called "The
Scarpetta Factor." Given the bizarre events already in play,
she fears that her growing fame will generate the illusion that
she has a "special factor," a mythical ability to solve
all her cases. She wonders if she will end up like other TV personalities:
her own stereotype.
"The Scarpetta Factor," the seventeenth in the series,
finds the familiar cast of characters together again in New York.
Marino is working for the NYPD; Benton Wesley uses his forensic
psychoA-logical expertise at Kirby and Bellevue; and Lucy continues
to dazzle with her expertise in forensic computer investigations
as she works yet another case with NY prosecutor Jaime Berger."
Call number: PS3553.O692 S265 2009
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Shock
Therapy for the American Health Care System: Why Comprehensive Reform
Is Needed - Publisher's
Marketing: "From a veteran physician comes this remarkably
clear-eyed look at what's wrong with how we adminster and pay for
health care and what can be done to fix it.
In "Shock Therapy for the American Health Care System: Why
Comprehensive Reform Is Needed," Dr. Robert Levine offers an
easily understandable diagnosis of the problems plaguing our current
health care infrastructure, with discussions that include the roles
of various stakeholders-insurance companies, "big pharma,"
hospitals, health care providers, and patients. He also dispels
a number of myths designed to make voters leery of any reform efforts.
Levine's comprehensive plan addresses everything from bloated bureaucracies
to unnecessary procedures to the handling of negligence and malpractice
lawsuits/claims. Throughout, Levine backs his proposals with facts
and comparisons to systems in various countries, and concludes that
even now, with disaster looming, the ultimate goal of providing
health insurance for every American is achievable and affordable."
Call number: RA395.A3 L487 2009
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Weed
Man: The Remarkable Journey of Jimmy Divine -
Publisher's Marketing: ""Weed
Man" - The Remarkable Journey of Jimmy Divine - is John McCaslin's
account of the unbelievable exploits of a Jimmy Moree - a law-abiding
citizen turned million-dollar drug trafficker, who, amidst sometimes
unbelievable, hilarious and escalating circumstances, risked life
and limb to both make - and give away - a fortune. Shiploads of Colombian
weed Sack loads of cash Island huts made of marijuana bales Trafficking
drugs while directing the neighborhood crime watch Crooked cops and
politicians and CIA operatives
"Weed Man" details exploits of one of the biggest drug
traffickers to infiltrate the United States.
D.C. political columnist John McCaslin's account of a law-abiding
citizen turned swashbuckling Caribbean Robin Hood is an unbelievable,
entertaining - and true - story of crime, high jinx on the high
seas.
It was on a secluded cay in the Bahamas one otherwise ordinary
morning that Jimmy Moree went for his usual jog on the beach-one
that changed his life forever. After all, how many people stumble
upon several million dollars while exercising? Soon, millions more
would fall into his lap. And with every million, Jimmy spins an
amazing yarn, each more incredible than the last-like when he tried
to poison a mean neighbor with a deadly barracuda; how ungodly deception
caused him to steal the holy garments and identity of his Catholic
school priest and principal; why several thousand pounds of particularly
potent marijuana came to be stored in the crawl space of a church
during its Easter services; his extreme generosity shown to the
poor farmers and fishermen who helped care for his ailing mother;
and his unlikely view as of one of the world's biggest drug smugglers
from his pew at the royal wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana."
Call number: HV5805.M67 M33 2009
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| The
Woman Who Censored Churchill - Publisher's
Marketing: "During World War II, the only way Winston
Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt could communicate was via a
top-secret transatlantic telephone link--all other Atlantic telephone
cables had been disconnected to prevent the Germans from intercepting
information. Ruth Ive, then a young stenographer working in the
Ministry of Information, had the job of censoring the line, and
she spent the rest of the war listening in to the conversations
across the Atlantic, ready to cut the line if anything was said
that might compromise security. Ruth was sworn to secrecy about
her work, and at the end of the war all documentation proving the
existence of the telephone line was destroyed. It was not until
1995, when Churchill's private files were finally declassified,
that Ruth was able to research her story. Now, for the first time,
one of World War II's key workers describes the details of her incredible
story, and the private conversations of two of the war's most important
players can be revealed."
Call number: D810.C7 I94 2008
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| The
Vintage Caper - Publisher's Marketing:
"Set in Hollywood, Paris, Bordeaux, and Marseille, Peter Mayle's
newest and most delightful novel is filled with culinary delights,
sumptuous wines, and colorful characters. It's also a lot of fun.
The story begins high above Los Angeles, at the extravagant home
and equally impressive wine cellar of entertainment lawyer Danny
Roth. Unfortunately, after inviting the "Los Angeles Times"
to write an extensive profile extolling the liquid treasures of
his collection, Roth finds himself the victim of a world-class wine
heist.
Enter Sam Levitt, former corporate lawyer, cultivated crime expert,
and wine connoisseur. Called in by Roth's insurance company, which
is now saddled with a multimillion-dollar claim, Sam follows his
leads--to Bordeaux and its magnificent vineyards, and to Provence
to meet an eccentric billionaire collector who might possibly have
an interest in the stolen wines. Along the way, "bien sur,
" he is joined by a beautiful and erudite French colleague,
and together they navigate many a chateau, pausing frequently to
enjoy the countryside's abundant pleasures.
The unraveling of the ingenious crime is threaded through with Mayle's
seductive rendering of France's sensory delights--from a fine Lynch-Bages
and Leoville Barton to the bouillabaisse of Marseille and the young
lamb of Bordeaux. Even the most sophisticated of oenophiles will
learn a thing or two from this vintage work by a beloved author."
Call number: PR6063.A8875 V56 2009
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| No
Size Fits All: From Mass Marketing to Mass Handselling
- Publisher's Marketing:
"Today's markets have splintered into millions of powerful
consumer communities- how can businesses adapt?
It's no secret that traditional mass marketing- network television,
newspapers, direct mail-is dying. Consumer markets are increasingly
fragmented, even as they become more connected, transparent, and
global. The future of business is about penetrating selfforming
niches, from affinity groups on Facebook to thousands of satellite
channels and millions of private online communities.
So how can businesses reach new customers, win their trust, and
earn their loyalty? Tom Hayes and Michael S. Malone urge an entirely
new approach, embracing small, trust-based online groups as powerful
vehicles for creating customers and gathering invaluable feedback.
But what they call "marketing 3.0" isn't as simple as
setting up a YouTube channel.
Drawing on many case studies, the authors offer a new set of tools
for a world where attention is harder than ever to capture, but
even more lucrative to hold. They explain how to use social media
for a new kind of marketing-bottom-up instead of top-down, personal
rather than public, subtle rather than full frontal.
The payoff is a return to the power of oldfashioned handselling-turbocharged
by bleedingedge technology."
Call number: HF5415.12 .H39 2009
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Outsourcing
U.S. Jobs (In the News) - Publisher's
Marketing: "Outsourcing has become a commonplace practice
thanks to the growth of broadband Internet connections, improved
shipping, open borders, increasing education, and the spread of
English as a common language of business. Its hard to find a company
that doesnt outsource at least some small part of their business.
Companies that have moved jobs overseas include household names
such as MCI, Verizon, Delta Airlines, Microsoft, Citigroup, Hewlett
Packard, General Electric, Sprint, AT&T, and IBM. Outsourcing
is not just for the private sector, however. Government agencies
in forty states and Washington, DC, use foreign workers to handle
their customer service needs. This can lead to job loss for many
American workers and downturns in local economies. Outsourcing of
U.S. jobs is not necessarily the problem, however, and other countries
hard workers are not the enemy. If the United States is to create
jobs, services, and products that are so specialized, advanced,
high-quality, and unique that they can be supplied by no other nation,
it must invest in its citizens. It is innovation, skill, and know-how
that have allowed the United States to become a world leader over
the past hundred years. If it hopes to stay in front of the global
pack, its commitment to fostering an educated, intelligent, hard-working,
and creative citizenry must not slacken, but in fact be strengthened."
Call number: HD2365 .C465 2009
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Our
Bodies, Our Crimes: The Policing of Women's Reproduction in America
- Publisher's Marketing: "The
intense policing of women's reproductive capacity places women's health
and human rights in great peril. Poor women are pressured to undergo
sterilization. Women addicted to illicit drugs risk arrest for carrying
their pregnancies to term. Courts, child welfare, and law enforcement
agencies fail to recognize the efforts of battered and incarcerated
women to care for their children. Pregnant inmates are subject to
inhumane practices such as shackling during labor and poor prenatal
care. And decades after "Roe," the criminalization of certain
procedures and regulation of abortion providers still obstruct women's
access to safe and private abortions.
In this important work, Jeanne Flavin looks beyond abortion to
document how the law and the criminal justice system police women's
rights to conceive, to be pregnant, and to raise their children.
Through vivid and disturbing case studies, Flavin shows how the
state seeks to establish what a "good woman" and "fit
mother" should look like and whose reproduction is valued.
With a stirring conclusion that calls for broad-based measures that
strengthen women's economic position, choice-making, autonomy, sexual
freedom, and health care, Our Bodies, Our Crimes is a battle cry
for all women in their fight to be fully recognized as human beings.
At its heart, this book is about the right of a woman to be a healthy
and valued member of society independent of how or whether she reproduces."
Call number: HQ1236.5.U6 F532 2009
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Outsourcing
(Opposing Viewpoints)
Call number: HD3861.U6 O93 2009
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| Open:
An Autobiography - Publisher's
Marketing: "From Andre Agassi, one of the most beloved
athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step
onto a tennis court, a beautiful, haunting autobiography.
Agassi's incredibly rigorous training begins when he is just a child.
By the age of thirteen, he is banished to a Florida tennis camp
that feels like a prison camp. Lonely, scared, a ninth-grade dropout,
he rebels in ways that will soon make him a 1980s icon. He dyes
his hair, pierces his ears, dresses like a punk rocker. By the time
he turns pro at sixteen, his new look promises to change tennis
forever, as does his lightning-fast return.
And yet, despite his raw talent, he struggles early on. We feel
his confusion as he loses to the world's best, his greater confusion
as he starts to win. After stumbling in three Grand Slam finals,
Agassi shocks the world, and himself, by capturing the 1992 Wimbledon.
Overnight he becomes a fan favorite and a media target.
Agassi brings a near-photographic memory to every pivotal match
and every relationship. Never before has the inner game of tennis
and the outer game of fame been so precisely limned. Alongside vivid
portraits of rivals from several generations--Jimmy Connors, Pete
Sampras, Roger Federer--Agassi gives unstinting accounts of his
brief time with Barbra Streisand and his doomed marriage to Brooke
Shields. He reveals a shattering loss of confidence. And he recounts
his spectacular resurrection, a comeback climaxing with his epic
run at the 1999 French Open and his march to become the oldest man
ever ranked number one.
In clear, taut prose, Agassi evokes his loyal brother, his wise
coach, his gentle trainer, all the people who help him regain his
balance and find love at last with Stefanie Graf. Inspired by her
quiet strength, he fights through crippling pain from a deteriorating
spine to remain a dangerous opponent in the twenty-first and final
year of his career. Entering his last tournament in 2006, he's hailed
for completing a stunning metamorphosis, from nonconformist to elder
statesman, from dropout to education advocate. And still he's not
done. At a U.S. Open for the ages, he makes a courageous last stand,
then delivers one of the most stirring farewells ever heard in a
sporting arena.
With its breakneck tempo and raw candor, "Open "will be
read and cherished for years. A treat for ardent fans, it will also
captivate readers who know nothing about tennis. Like Agassi's game,
it sets a new standard for grace, style, speed, and power."
Call number: GV994.A43 A43 2009
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| The
New Native American Cuisine: Five-Star Recipes from the Chefs of
Arizona's Kai Restaurant - Publisher's
Marketing: "Bringing ancient cuisine into the modern
spotlight with classical culinary techniques. One of only six U.S.
restaurants to have achieved the AAA's Five Diamond status--and
the only Native American restaurant to have likewise earned a Mobil
Five Star rating--Kai Restaurant at the Sheraton Wild Horse Pass
Resort, near Phoenix, is redefining Native American cuisine. With
classical European culinary techniques and pairing with the finest
wines, the Kai chefs bring an ancient cuisine into the modern spotlight.
"The New Native American Cuisine" is the first book to
make this cuisine available to home cooks everywhere. Beautifully
illustrated with rich full-color photographs of the resort and its
restaurant and dishes, it presents more than fifty recipes for cocktails;
small plates and main courses; soups and salads, fish, meat, game,
vegetables, and desserts--from grilled elk chop with truffles and
sweet corn panacotta with venison carpaccio, to buffalo tartare
with prairie quail egg."
Call number: E98.F7 B45 2009
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| Medically
Assisted Death - Publisher's Marketing:
"Does a competent person suffering from a terminal illness
or enduring an otherwise burdensome existence, who considers his
life no longer of value but is incapable of ending it, have a right
to be helped to die? Should someone for whom further medical treatment
would be futile be allowed to die regardless of expressing a preference
to be given all possible treatment? These are some of the questions
that are asked and answered in this wide-ranging discussion of both
the morality of medically assisted death and the justifiability
of making certain instances legal. A case is offered in support
of the moral and legal permissibility of specified instances of
medically assisted death, along with responses to the main objections
that have been levelled against it. The philosophical argument is
bolstered by empirical evidence from The Netherlands and Oregon
where voluntary euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide are already
legal."
Call number: R726 .Y64 2007
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Mommy
Angst: Motherhood in American Popular Culture - Publisher's
Marketing: "How has the popularity of "Gilmore Girls"
influenced perspectives on teenage pregnancies? How did the mother-in-law
assume such monstrous proportions? Did the RepublicansA view of motherhood-and
their continual hectoring of Hillary Clinton for putting ambition
ahead of family-cost them the 2008 election? "Mommy Angst: Motherhood
in American Popular Culture" considers questions like these as
it probes our countryAs views on mothers, and how those views shape-and
are shaped by-the habitually oversimplified portrayals of mothers
in pop culture, politics, and the media.
"Mommy Angst" gets at the heart of AmericaAs anxious
ambivalence toward mothers-whether sanctifying them, vilifying them,
or praising the ideal of motherhood while thoroughly undervaluing
the complexities of their lives and their contributions to family
and society. To highlight the many sides of motherhood, the collection
contrasts the lives of a diverse range of real moms with their pop
culture representations, including Jewish mothers, Cuban mothers,
teenage mothers, mothers with disabilities, working versus stay-at-home
moms, and more."
Call number: HQ759 .M848 2009
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| Protectors
of Privacy: Regulating Personal Data in the Global Economy
Call number: KJE6071 .N49 2008
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Love
Is Not Enough: What It Takes to Make It Work - Publisher's
Marketing: ""Love is Not Enough: What It Takes to
Make it Work" explores why couples fall into the same types of
relationship traps time and again and offers sound advice, based on
extensive research and real case stories, for recognizing and combating
the forces that can sink a promising relationship.
While it is true that opposites can attract, irrevocably opposed
personalities and habits cannot sustain a relationship. How can
you foresee one partner being the immovable object to the other's
irrepressible force? As "Love is Not Enough" shows, it
is all about personality-yours, your potential partner's, and how
the two mesh. Thoroughly grounded in the realities of relationships
today, the book helps readers recognize and understand interactions
among different personality types. Each chapter offers carefully
considered wisdom on how to resolve particular differences in a
relationship and break through to the kind of awareness and understanding
that invariably makes things work."
Call number: HQ801 .K444 2009
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| The
Means of Reproduction: Sex, Power, and the Future of the World
- Publisher's Marketing:
"In this groundbreaking work of investigative journalism by
the author of the "New York Times" bestseller "Kingdom
Coming," Michelle Goldberg exposes the global war on women's
reproductive rights and its disastrous and unreported consequences
for the future of global development
Women's rights are often treated as mere appendages to great questions
of war, peace, poverty, and economic development. But as networks
of religious fundamentalists, feminists, and bureaucrats struggle
to remake sexual and childbearing norms worldwide, the battle to
control womenas bodies has become a high-stakes enterprise, with
the United States often supporting the most reactionary forces.
In a work of incisive cultural analysis and deep reporting, Michelle
Goldberg shows how the emancipation of women has become the key
human rights struggle of the twenty-first century. "The Means
of Reproduction" travels through four continents, examining
issues such as abortion, female circumcision, and Asia's missing
girls to show how the battle over women's bodies has been globalized
and how, too often, the United States has joined sworn enemies such
as Iran and Sudan in an axis of repression. Reporting with unique
insight from both the rarefied realm of international policy and
from individual womenas lives, Goldberg elucidates the economic,
demographic, and health consequences of womenas oppression, which
affect more than half the world's population.
As "The Means of Reproduction" reveals, the conflict between
self-determination and patriarchal tradition has come to define
pressing questions of global development. Empowering women is the
key to retarding the progress of AIDS, curbing overpopulation, and
helping the third world climb out of poverty, but attempts to improve
women's status elicit fierce opposition from conservatives who see
womenas submission as key to their own national or religious identity.
From the anticommunist genesis of America's attempts to stem population
growth in poor countries to the current worldwide attack on women's
rights as a decadent Western imposition, Goldberg explores the interplay
between the great issues of our time and the politics of sex and
childbearing. Finally, "The Means of Reproduction" shows
how women, strengthened by a solidarity that transcends borders,
are fighting for freedom."
Call number: HQ766.5.D44 G65 2009
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Raymond
Carver: A Writer's Life - Publisher's
Marketing: "Raymond Carver was the most beloved American
short-story writer of the late twentieth century. Two decades after
his death, this definitive biography tells the story of Carver's uncanny
ambition, legendary life, and enduring work.
When Raymond Carver died at age fifty, readers lost a distinctive
voice in its prime. Carver was, the "Times" of London
said, "the Chekhov of middle America." His influence on
a generation of writers and on the short story itself has been widely
noted. Not so generally known are how Carver became a writer, how
he suffered to achieve his art, and how his trou-bled and remarkable
personality affected those around him.
Carol Sklenicka's meticulous and absorbing biography re-creates
Carver's early years in Yakima, Washington, where he was the nervous,
overweight son of a kindly, alcohol-dependent lumbermill worker.
By the time he was nineteen, Ray had married his high school sweetheart,
Maryann Burk. From a basement apartment where they were raising
their first child and expecting their second, they determined that
Ray would become a writer. Despite the handicaps of an erratic education
and utter lack of financial resources, he succeeded.
Maryann's belief in Carver's talent was unshakable, as was her
willingness to support the family and see her experiences transformed
in his fiction. Sklenicka reveals the entwined histories of this
passionate, volatile marriage and Carver's career. She describes
his entry into the literary world via "little magazines"
and the Iowa Writers' Workshop; his publication by Esquire editor
Gordon Lish and their ensuing relationship; his near-fatal alcoholism,
which worsened even as he produced many of the unforgettable stories
collected in "Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?" and "What
We Talk About When We Talk About Love." The biography also
depicts Carver's warmhearted friendships with scores of writers,
including Richard Ford, Tobias Wolff, John Gardner, Joy Williams,
Al Young, William Kittredge, Leonard Michaels, Chuck Kinder, and
Hayden Carruth. Sklenicka shows how his stories about unemployment,
drinking, marital trauma, divorce, troubled children, and suburban
malaise, dubbed "minimalist" by critics, won readers with
their precise and humane portrayal of ordinary lives. She examines
the dissolution of his first marriage and his partnership with poet
Tess Gallagher, who helped him enjoy the full measure of his success.
Ever grateful that he'd been able to renounce alcohol, Carver shunned
pity and considered himself a "lucky man" as he faced
death from lung cancer in 1988.
Carol Sklenicka draws on hundreds of interviews with people who
knew Carver, prodigious research in libraries and private collections,
and all of Carver's poems and stories for "Raymond Carver,"
which took ten years to write. Her portrait is generous and wise
without swerving from discordant issues in Carver's private affairs.
Above all Sklenicka shows how Carver's quintessentially American
life fostered the stories that knowing readers have cherished from
their first publication until the present day."
Call number: PS3553.A7894 Z886 2009
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Reading
Harry Potter Again - Publisher's Marketing:
"As was argued in "Reading Harry Potter: Critical Essays"
(Praeger, 2003), interpreting the underlying messages and themes
of the Harry Potter series is vital for understanding the ways that
we perceive and interact with each other in contemporary society.
The novels and corresponding film adaptations have broken records
with their groundbreaking sales and widespread acclaim; they have
also generated a plethora of writing-by critics, academics, and
fans. These works could easily be called this generation's most
formative narratives, and thus warrant critical attention."
Call number: PR6068.O93 Z843 2009
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Cheating
on the Sisterhood: Infidelity and Feminism - Publisher's
Marketing: ""Cheating on the Sisterhood: Infidelity
and Feminism" is a feminist analysis of the imbroglio of sexual
politics, brute sociobiology, and pop-mediated passion that is conjured
up when a married man cheats on his wife with a younger, single woman.
Drawing frankly on her own experience as the "other woman,"
Lauren Rosewarne scrutinizes the alternate readings of the politics
of cheating in terms of feminism's program of gender equality. Arguing
that contemporary feminism does not automatically endorse or reject
any particular choices, she shows what happens when all three parties
to the classic triangle happen to be feminists, each trotting out
a different set of feminist arguments to justify, vilify, and rationalize
his or her actions. Is the "other woman," this book asks,
just a tool of the cheating man's assertion of gender dominance
over both his mate and his mistress-and a willy-nilly a traitor
to the sisterhood?"
Call number: HQ806 .R66 2009
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| Charles
Dickens - Publisher's Marketing:
"Richly and precisely illustrated with many rare images, this
masterly work on the complete Dickens, man and writer, offers an
indispensable and comprehensive look at one of the greatest novelists
of all time."
Call number: PR4581 .S6155 2009
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| Against
Physician Assisted Suicide: A Palliative Care Perspective
Call number: R726 .J43 2009
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100
Questions & Answers about How to Quit Smoking - Publisher's
Marketing: "Answers to 100 of the most common questions
asked by smokers and their families about the effects of smoking
(and second hand smoke) and best strategies for quitting the habit,
especially through use of recent smoking cessation drugs."
Call number: HV5740 .H47 2009
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Churchill
- Publisher's Marketing:
"Eminent historian Johnson applies a wide lens and an unconventional
approach to illuminate the various phases of Winston Churchill's
career. The author's narration of Churchill's many triumphs and
setbacks illustrates the statesman's humor, resilience, courage,
and eccentricity."
Call number: DA566.9.C5 J64 2009
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| Cherokee
Basketry: From the Hands of Our Elders - Publisher's
Marketing: "A tradition that dates back almost ten thousand
years, basketry is an integral aspect of Cherokee culture. In the
mountains of Western North Carolina, stunning baskets are still
made from rivercane, white oak and honeysuckle and dyed with roots
and bark. "Cherokee Basketry" describes the craft's forms,
functions and methods and records the tradition's celebrated makers.
This complex art- passed down from mothers to daughters- is a thread
that bonds modern Native Americans to ancestors and traditional
ways of life. Anna Fariello, associate professor at Western Carolina
University, reveals that baskets hold much more than food and clothing.
Woven with the stories of those who produce and use them, these
masterpieces remain a powerful testament to creativity and imagination."
Call number: E99.C5 F37 2009
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| The
Buyout of America: How Private Equity Will Cause the Next Great
Credit Crisis - Publisher's
Marketing: "Using leveraged buyouts that load their
acquired companies with loans, private equity firms have generated
more than $1 trillion in new debt. Journalist Kosman explores private
equity's explosive growth at the expense of the long-term health
of their companies."
Call number: HG4751 .K673 2009
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The
Brothers Coen: Unique Characters of Violence - Publisher's
Marketing: ""The Brothers Coen: Unique Characters
of Violence" spans the career of the two-time Oscar-winning producer/director
team, exploring the theme of violence that runs through a genre-spanning
body of work, from the neo-noir of "Blood Simple" to the
brutal comedy "Burn After Reading" (2008).
In chapters focusing on major characters, Ryan Doom looks at the
chaotic cinematic universe of the Coens, where violent acts inevitably
have devastating, unintended consequences. The remarkable gallery
of Coen characters are all here: hardboiled gangster Tom Regan from
"Miller's Crossing" (1990), overmatched amateur kidnapper
Jerry Lundergaard from "Fargo" (1996), accidental private
eye "The Dude" from "The Big Lebowski" (1998),
psychopathic assassin-for-hire Anton Chigurh from the 2007 Academy
Award winner "No Country for Old Men," and more."
Call number: PN1998.3.C6635 D66 2009
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| Bracing
for Armageddon?: The Science and Politics of Bioterrorism in America
- Publisher's Marketing: "Since
September 11th, the threat of a bioterrorist attack--massive, lethal,
and unpreventable--has hung in the air over America. Bracing for
Armageddon? offers a vividly written primer for the general reader,
shedding light on the science behind potential bioterrorist attacks
and revealing what could happen, what is likely to happen, and what
almost certainly will not happen.
The story opens with a riveting account of a bioterrorism scenario
commissioned by the U.S. government. Using this doomsday tableau
as a springboard, Clark reviews a host of bioterrorist threats (from
agroterrorism to a poisoning of the water supply) and examines not
only the worst-case menace of genetically engineered pathogens,
but also the lethal agents on the CDC's official bioterrorism list,
including Smallpox, Anthrax, Plague, Botulism, and Ebola. His overview
of attempted bioterrorist attacks to date--such as the failed Aum
Shinrikyo attempts in 1995 in Japan and the Anthrax attack in the
US following 9/11--bolstered by interviews with a range of experts--shows
why virtually all of these attempts have failed. Indeed, he demonstrates
that a successful bioterrorism attack is exceedingly unlikely, while
a major flu epidemic (such as the deadly epidemic of 1918 that killed
millions worldwide) is a virtual certainty. Given the long odds
of a bioterrorist attack, Clark asks, has the more than $40 billion
the United States has dedicated to the defense against bioterrorism
really been well spent? Is it time to move on to other priorities?
In contrast to the alarmist fears stoked by the popular media, William
Clark here provides a reassuring overview of what we really need
to worry about--and what we don't."
Call number: HV6433.35 .C53 2008
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Abigail
Adams - Publisher's
Marketing: "In this vivid new biography of abigail adams,
the most illustrious woman of America's founding era, prize-winning
historian Woody Holton offers a sweeping reinterpretation of Adams's
life story and of women's roles in the creation of the republic.
Using previously overlooked documents from a host of archives,
"Abigail Adams" shows that the wife of the second president
of the United States was far more charismatic and influential than
historians have realized. One of the finest writers of her age,
Adams passionately campaigned for women's education, denounced sex
discrimination, and matched wits not only with her brilliant husband,
John, but with Thomas Jefferson and George Washington. When male
Patriots ignored her famous appeal to "Remember the Ladies,"
she accomplished her own personal declaration of independence: Defying
centuries of legislation that assigned married women's property
to their husbands, she amassed a fortune in her own name.
Adams's life story encapsulates the history of the founding era,
for she defined herself in relation to the people she loved or hated
(she was never neutral): her mother, whom she considered terribly
overprotective; Benjamin Franklin, who schemed to clip her husband's
wings; her sisters, whose dependence upon Abigail's charity strained
the family bond; James Lovell, her husband's bawdy congressional
colleague, who peppered her with innuendo about John's "rigid
patriotism"; her financially naive husband (Abigail earned
money in ways the president considered unsavory, took risks that
he wished to avoid -- and made him a rich man); Phoebe Abdee, her
father's former slave, who lived free in an Adams property but defied
Abigail's prohibition against sheltering others even more desperate
than herself; and her son John Quincy, who worried her with his
tendency to "study out of spight" but who fueled her pride
by following his father into public service, rising to the presidency
after her death.
At once epic and intimate, "Abigail Adams" sheds light
on a complicated, fascinating woman, one of the most beloved figures
of American history."
Call number: E322.1.A38 H65 2009
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| Assault
on Weapons: The Campaign to Eliminate Your Guns
- Publisher's Marketing: "Insidious.
The decades-old campaign to erode our fundamental right to keep
and bear arms has been one of misrepresentation and outright deceit.
Perpetuated by self-appointed 'progressive' social engineers and
Utopian idealists, the incremental disarmament of American citizens,
through legislation, litigation and cultural bigotry has become
a serious threat to liberty and personal safety. Assault on Weapons
reveals the history of the gun prohibition movement, a politically-motivated
elitist effort built on myths, distortions and lies. Following their
successful collaborations on America Fights Back: Armed Self-Defense
in a Violent Age and These Dogs Don't Hunt: The Democrats' War on
Guns, authors Alan Gottlieb and Dave Workman are back again with
a hard-hitting expose that dismantles the campaign to destroy the
Second Amendment."
Call number: HV7436 .G6755 2009
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The
Cinderella Test: Would You Really Want the Shoe to Fit?: Subtle Ways
Women Are Seduced and Socialized Into Servitude and Stereotypes
- Publisher's Marketing:
"In this thought-provoking volume, clinical psychologist Vera
Maass examines the negative side of the glory of Cinderella's promise:
that women buying into the myth's demand for conformity risk losing
their individuality and sacrificing their personal goals. Think the
tale is too old or too innocent to be relevant? See television's "The
Bachelor." Based on Maass' extensive psychotherapy work and
interviews, "The Cinderella Test: Would You Really Want the
Shoe to Fit?" provides answers and strategies to issues raised
by clients in therapy and women in the community at large-women
of all ages and backgrounds. Maass also integrates stories of women
throughout history who broke through limits placed upon them by
sociocultural expectations and achieved richer, more fulfilled lives.
An eye-opening look at the choices and challenges faced by women
today, "The Cinderella Test" shows the dangers of trying
to make the foot fit the slipper, and why and how Cinderella herself
should be doing the testing."
Call number: HQ1206 .M267 2009
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| The
Cigarette Century: The Rise, Fall, and Deadly Persistance of the
Product That Defined America - Publisher's
Marketing: "The invention of mass marketing led to cigarettes
being emblazoned in advertising and film, deeply tied to modern
notions of glamour and sex appeal. It is hard to find a photo of
Humphrey Bogart or Lauren Bacall without a cigarette. No product
has been so heavily promoted or has become so deeply entrenched
in American consciousness.And no product has received such sustained
scientific scrutiny. The development of new medical knowledge demonstrating
the dire harms of smoking ultimately shaped the evolution of evidence-based
medicine. In response, the tobacco industry engineered a campaign
of scientific disinformation seeking to delay, disrupt, and suppress
these studies. Using a massive archive of previously secret documents,
historian Allan Brandt shows how the industry pioneered these campaigns,
particularly using special interest lobbying and largesse to elude
regulation.But even as the cultural dominance of the cigarette has
waned and consumption has fallen dramatically in the U.S., Big Tobacco
remains securely positioned to expand into new global markets. The
implications for the future are vast: 100 million people died of
smoking-related diseases in the 20th century; in the next 100 years,
we expect 1 billion deaths worldwide."
Call number: HD9130.8.U5 B72 2007
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| The
Blogging Revolution - Publisher's
Marketing: "This searching examination explores how
the internet is threatening the rule of particularly repressive
governments--including China, Cuba, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Syria.
Addressing internet censorship, citizen journalism, and the growing
popularity of blogging as a means for change, this in-depth analysis
provides unique insight into these cultures as well as the latest
media technologies."
Call number: HM567 .L64 2008
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Blending
in: Crisscrossing the Lines of Race, Religion, Family, and Adoption
- Publisher's Marketing:
""Where do I belong? "Barbara Gowan sought to answer
this question as she searched for the real meaning of family. The
product of an interracial relationship in the 1960s, she lived in
foster care before her adoption by loving-and complex-parents. In
this candid account, she faces her long-standing inner conflicts with
race, religion, and identity as she searches for her birth parents
and her life's purpose.
Gowan's emotional and inspirational story deals with overcoming
abuse, loss, codependency, and rejection. She demonstrates how important
the multifaceted concepts of faith, family, and love are in all
human relationships, and how they form our sense of self. She shares
not only her personal insights and revelations but also concrete
strategies from other adoptees and respected professionals.
The result is a compelling narrative that will educate and support
members of the adoption and multicultural community. Gowan's deeply
personal Christian testimonial provides an honest perspective on
these often-challenging conflicts."
Call number: HV875.64 .G7 2007
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American
Original: The Life and Constitution of Supreme Court Justice Antonin
Scalia - Publisher's Marketing:
"The first full-scale biography of the Supreme Court's most provocative--and
influential--justice
If the U.S. Supreme Court teaches us anything, it is that almost
everything is open to interpretation. Almost. But what's inarguable
is that, while the Court has witnessed a succession of larger-than-life
jurists in its two-hundred-year-plus history, it has never seen
the likes of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
Combative yet captivating, infuriating yet charming, the outspoken
jurist remains a source of curiosity to observers across the political
spectrum and on both sides of the ideological divide. And after
nearly a quarter century on the bench, Scalia may be at the apex
of his power. Agree with him or not, Scalia is "the justice
who has had the most important impact over the years on how we think
and talk about the law," as the Harvard law dean Elena Kagan,
now U.S. Solicitor General, once put it.
Scalia electrifies audiences: to hear him speak is to remember
him; to read his writing is to find his phrases permanently affixed
in one's mind. But for all his public grandstanding, Scalia has
managed to elude biographers--until now. In "American Original:
The Life and Constitution of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia,"
the veteran Washington journalist Joan Biskupic presents for the
first time a detailed portrait of this complicated figure and provides
a comprehensive narrative that will engage Scalia's adherents and
critics alike. Drawing on her long tenure covering the Court, and
on unprecedented access to the justice, Biskupic delves into the
circumstances of his rise and the formation of his rigorous approach
to the bench. Beginning with the influence of Scalia's childhood
in a first-generation Italian American home, "American Original"
takes us through his formative years, his role in the Nixon-Ford
administrations, and his trajectory through the Reagan revolution.
Biskupic's careful reporting culminates with the tumult of the contemporary
Supreme Court--where it was and where it's going, with Scalia helping
to lead the charge.
Even as Democrats control the current executive and legislative
branches, the judicial branch remains rooted in conservatism. President
Obama will likely appoint several new justices to the Court--but
it could be years before those appointees change the tenor of the
law. With his keen mind, authoritarian bent, and contentious rhetorical
style, Scalia is a distinct and persuasive presence, and his tenure
is far from over. This new book shows us the man in power: his world,
his journey, and the far-reaching consequences of the transformed
legal landscape."
Call number: KF8745.S33 B57 2009
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| Bioethics:
Catastrophic Events in a Time of Terror -
Publisher's Marketing: "This book
benefits from the emergence of bioethics as it has evolved from
its clinical roots to address policy, politics, and social practice
far removed from that origin. It situates terrorism and bioterrorism
in the field of ethical inquiry. Finally, it treats the catastrophic
event as a category or genre and so enables us to enrich inquiry
by ranging from hurricane and flood to terrorist attack."
Call number: RA645.5 .R33 2009
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| Otherwise
Law-Abiding Citizens: A Scientific and Moral Assessment of Cannabis
Use - Publisher's Marketing:
"Matthew Stolick presents a detailed social and scientific
exploration of the social history of cannabis, chemical make-up
of the cannabis plant, and effects of cannabis use. Applying the
moral thought of Aristotle, Kant, Mill, and Christianity, Stolick
demonstrates the amoral nature of cannabis use."
Call number: HV5822.C3 S76 2009
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| Smart
Mice, Not So Smart People: An Interesting and Amusing Guide to Bioethics
- Publisher's Marketing: "This
assortment of pithy, provocative opinions on all things bioethical
does more than simply give you a piece of the author's mind--it
dares you to make up your own mind. In his typical tell-it-like-it-is
style, America's leadig bioethicist Arthur Caplan provokes discussion
on all issues at the center of the new genetics."
Call number: R724 .C344 2007
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Preventing
Violence and Crime in America's Schools: From Put-Downs to Lock-Downs
- Publisher's Marketing:
"Although it is major incidents like Columbine or Virginia Tech
that grab the headlines, everyday occurrences of bullying, harassment,
and physical intimidation in schools impact entire communities, driving
kids out of public schools and destroying faith in public education.
"Preventing Violence and Crime in America's Schools: From Put-Downs
to Lock-Downs" provides educators, parents, law enforcement officials,
and other youth-serving professionals with a unique perspective on
the topic of school violence. More important, it offers solutions
to the problems facing all schools when it comes to violence and safety.
Two expert authors examine specifics relating to school violence,
opportunities to prevent and intervene, and the importance of planning
for a crisis. Most other books about school violence either highlight
the research or highlight practitioner viewpoints. This revealing
book presents both, balancing insights gained through real-world
experiences with research on best practices. The result is a fuller
understanding of the problem-understanding that will enable solutions."
Call number: LB3013.3 .L375 2009
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The
Psychology of Wine: Truth and Beauty by the Glass - Publisher's
Marketing: "Since grape juice was first fermented, wine
has captured the human imagination, engaging us in a uniquely personal
way. According to authors Evan and Brian Mitchell, wine-more than
any other organism, aesthetic object, or experience-reflects what
it means to be human.
"The Psychology of Wine: Truth and Beauty by the Glass"
parts company from the overwhelming majority of books on the subject
in that it is neither a profile of some aspect of the industry,
nor a collection of tasting notes. Rather, readers are invited to
explore the body, mind, and soul of wine from the perspectives of
flavor, metaphor, geometry, gender, and human characteristics, including
beauty, honesty, and subtlety. Attention is paid also to the historical,
geographical, and psychological roots of our affinity with wine
and to how the language of wine is intimate to our desires, habits,
customs, and culture. Entertaining and highly informative, this
book will lead readers to think about wine in fresh and challenging
ways."
Call number: TP548 .M665 2009
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| Shut
Up, America!: The End of Free Speech -
Publisher's Marketing: "Can you
be trusted with free speech? Many politicians in Washington dont
think so. They see your right to free speech as a threat to their
seat in power."
Call number: KF4772 .O53 2009
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Should
College Athletes Be Paid? (At Issue)
Call number: GV350 .S36 2008
|
| Wise
Women: From Pocahontas to Sarah Winnemucca, Remarkable Stories of
Native American Trailblazers - Publisher's
Marketing: "The story of Pocahontas saving John Smith
is justly famous, as is the cross-country journey of Sacajawea with
the Corps of Discovery, and Sarah Winnemucca earned fame by being
a champion of her people as the old ways of life were disappearing.
But there are lesser known stories of the Native American women
who shaped their cultures and changed the course of American history--stories
that have all too often been overlooked. Under the extreme circumstances
that faced indigenous peoples over the centuries, brave and intelligent
Native American women often put their safety and the lives of their
families at risk by taking on the roles of peacemakers, diplomats,
and spokeswomen for their people.
"Wise Women" brings together their amazing stories. Encompassing
states from Florida to Alaska and many different tribes, it preserves
the legacies of wise women who were caught between two cultures,
and yet worked tenaciously to preserve the traditions of their tribes
and to teach others.
You'll meet:
- Sacajawea, Jane Timothy Silcot, and Kateri Tekakwitha, whose actions
changed the destiny of their tribes
- Dat so la lee, Frances Slocum, and Nampeyo, who achieved greatness
through arts such as pottery and basketmaking
- Maggie Axe Wachacha, Lozen, and Gladys Tantaquidgeon, who excelled
at healing and magical traditions "
Call number: E98.W8 W57 2009
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| When
Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality
in Twentieth-Century America - Publisher's
Marketing: "In this "penetrating new analysis"
("New York Times Book Review") Ira Katznelson fundamentally
recasts our understanding of twentieth-century American history
and demonstrates that all the key programs passed during the New
Deal and Fair Deal era of the 1930s and 1940s were created in a
deeply discriminatory manner. Through mechanisms designed by Southern
Democrats that specifically excluded maids and farm workers, the
gap between blacks and whites actually widened despite postwar prosperity.
In the words of noted historian Eric Foner, "Katznelson's incisive
book should change the terms of debate about affirmative action,
and about the last seventy years of American history.""
Call number: E185.61 .K38 2005
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Planning
Parenthood: Strategies for Success in Fertility Assistance, Adoption,
and Surrogacy - Publisher's
Marketing: "Planning to become a parent is a profound
experience, at times agonizing, hopeful, stressful, and joyous. Not
everyone is able to become pregnant, however. When the journey to
parenthood proves challenging, Planning Parenthood will guide prospective
parents through the complicated mazes of assisted reproduction and
adoption.
Specialist authors first describe fertility assistance, surrogacy,
and adoption, clearly outlining the requirements of each strategy.
They compare the medical, emotional, financial, and legal investments
and risks involved with each of these options. Then they introduce
the issues that people will need to consider when deciding which
path to parenthood is best for them. Along the way these experts
offer encouragement for changing course under any number of circumstances.
Supporting the detailed information in this book are personal stories
of the often long, winding, and emotional road to parenthood --
from in vitro fertilization to egg donation to surrogacy to adoption.
Armed with professional knowledge and inspired by the experiences
of others who have gone before them, prospective parents will be
informed and reassured by this unique resource."
Call number: RG133.5 .P618 2009
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Inventing
Equal Opportunity - Publisher's
Marketing: "Equal opportunity in the workplace is thought
to be the direct legacy of the civil rights and feminist movements
and the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964. Yet, as Frank Dobbin demonstrates,
corporate personnel experts--not Congress or the courts--were the
ones who determined what equal opportunity meant in practice, designing
changes in how employers hire, promote, and fire workers, and ultimately
defining what discrimination is, and is not, in the American imagination.
Dobbin shows how Congress and the courts merely endorsed programs
devised by corporate personnel. He traces how the first measures
were adopted by military contractors worried that the Kennedy administration
would cancel their contracts if they didn't take "affirmative
action" to end discrimination. These measures built on existing
personnel programs, many designed to prevent bias against unionists.
Dobbin follows the changes in the law as personnel experts invented
one wave after another of equal opportunity programs. He examines
how corporate personnel formalized hiring and promotion practices
in the 1970s to eradicate bias by managers; how in the 1980s they
answered Ronald Reagan's threat to end affirmative action by recasting
their efforts as diversity-management programs; and how the growing
presence of women in the newly named human resources profession
has contributed to a focus on sexual harassment and work/life issues.
"Inventing Equal Opportunity" reveals how the personnel
profession devised--and ultimately transformed--our understanding
of discrimination."
Call number: HD4903.5.U58 D63 2009
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Three
Generations, No Imbeciles: Eugenics, the Supreme Court, and Buck v.
Bell - Publisher's
Marketing: ""Three generations of imbeciles are enough."
Few lines from Supreme Court opinions are as memorable as this declaration
by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. in the landmark 1927 case Buck
v. Bell. The ruling allowed states to forcibly sterilize residents
in order to prevent "feebleminded and socially inadequate"
people from having children. It is the only time the Supreme Court
endorsed surgery as a tool of government policy. Paul Lombardo's startling
narrative exposes the Buck case's fraudulent roots.
In 1924 Carrie Buck -- involuntarily institutionalized by the State
of Virginia after she was raped and impregnated -- challenged the
state's plan to sterilize her. Having already judged her mother
and daughter mentally deficient, Virginia wanted to make Buck the
first person sterilized under a new law designed to prevent hereditarily
"defective" people from reproducing. Lombardo's more than
twenty-five years of research and his own interview with Buck before
she died demonstrate conclusively that she was destined to lose
the case before it had even begun. Neither Carrie Buck nor her mother
and daughter were the "imbeciles" condemned in the Holmes
opinion. Her lawyer -- a founder of the institution where she was
held -- never challenged Virginia's arguments and called no witnesses
on Buck's behalf. And judges who heard her case, from state courts
up to the U.S. Supreme Court, sympathized with the eugenics movement.
Virginia had Carrie Buck sterilized shortly after the 1927 decision.
Though Buck set the stage for more than sixty thousand involuntary
sterilizations in the United States and was cited at the Nuremberg
trials in defense of Nazi sterilization experiments, it has never
been overturned. Three Generations, No Imbeciles tracks the notorious
case through its history, revealing that it remains a potent symbol
of government control of reproduction and a troubling precedent
for the human genome era."
Call number: KF224.B83 L66 2008
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Toxic
Wealth: How the Culture of Affluence Can Harm Us and Our Children
- Publisher's Marketing: "Two
therapists show how the culture of affluence in America creates unique
problems for wealthy adults and children, often resulting in poor
psycho-social adjustment, anxiety, low self-esteem, and the inability
to have fun. The affluent are under tremendous pressure to achieve.
They are subject to a myriad of negative stereotypes that make it
difficult for them to have a normal social life. They are taken advantage
of, preyed upon, and ridiculed. When they seek professional help for
their problems, they may receive little sympathy.
This book is a sage and insightful primer aimed at all readers
who have some wealth, whether inherited or amassed through personal
effort. The consciousness-raising here includes vignettes from the
treatment rooms of the authors, who have helped many wealthy individuals
and families deal with the fallout from the myths with which our
culture burdens them. Specific guidelines on how to deal with problems
are presented."
Call number: HB835 .C37 2009
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Consistently
Opposing Killing: From Abortion to Assisted Suicide, the Death Penalty,
and War - Publisher's Marketing:
"This work explains an increasingly popular view dubbed the Consistent
Life Ethic, which holds that all life deserves reverence, so all social
support for actions that destroy life should be withdrawn. The call
is for opposition to abortion, capital punishment, euthanasia and
other forms of killing to be consistent. Supporters of this view,
shared widely in these pages, include figures from the Dalai Lama
and Nobel Peace Prize winner Malread Corrifon Maguire to actor Martin
Sheen and "Village Voice" columnist Nat Hentoff. It is at
once an ethical, religious and political ideology, explored here in
its application to actions from treatment of unborn humans to infants,
the disabled, the poverty-stricken, war combatants and animals.
In the work at hand, contributors explain the history of the pro-life
movement, its growth and expansion, how these types of seemingly
disparate killing are all linked, why a Consistent Life Ethic is
needed, and how individuals can take steps to assure this ethic
is more widely accepted."
Call number: BJ1459.5 .C66 2008
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Modern
Satanism: Anatomy of a Radical Subculture -
Publisher's Marketing: "In 1966, Anton
LaVey introduced to the world the Church of Satan, an atheistic religion
devoted to the philosophy of individualism and pitilessness often
associated with Satan. Modern Satanism offers a comprehensive survey
and analysis of the church that LaVey built. Satanism has been an
open religion for forty years now and operates successfully in its
self-created countercultural niche. Given the provocative nature of
its name, contemporary Satanism is only superficially understood as
an alternative religion/ideology, and all-too-frequently seen as a
medieval superstition and associated with rumors of obscure rituals,
perverse hedonism, cult-like behavior, and tales of ritual abuse and
murder. These may be misconceptions, but the truth behind the unenviable
reputation is no less dramatic. Satanism generally eschews supernatural
beliefs and embodies a staunchly individualistic, pitiless, anti-egalitarian
creed. If there is anything fundamentally diabolical about modern
Satanism, it stems more from the echoes of Nazism in its theories
than from its horror-comic trappings.
"Modern Satanism" covers the history, ideology, personalities,
and practices of the decentralized international movement that contemporary
Satanism has become. The work addresses the various beliefs and
practices espoused by those who follow it: the ideal of Satan as
a rebellious emblem; Satanism's occult, literary, and philosophical
influences; the history of the Church of Satan and other Satanic
organizations; the ideology of Satanism; Satanism's frequent flirtations
and strong parallels with neo-Nazism and other forms of extremism;
Satanism in the media and popular culture; and the reasons for Satanism's
continuing attractiveness to new converts. Though the tone of the
work attempts to remain neutral when discussing historical matters,
it is by necessity critical of the subculture's extremist rhetoric
and recurring associations with the far right and racialist extremism."
Call number: BF1548 .M38 2009
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| Cyber
Bullying: Protecting Kids and Adults from Online Bullies -
Publisher's Marketing: "This volume
details the extent and types of cyberbullying and offers practical
advice for combatting the problem from a variety of approaches."
Call number: HV6773 .M395 2009
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| Signs
of Life: 40 Catholic Customs and Their Biblical Roots -
Publisher's Marketing: ""Signs
of Life "is beloved author Scott Hahn's clear and comprehensive
guide to the Biblical doctrines and historical traditions that underlie
Catholic beliefs and practices. Devoting single chapters to each
topic, the author takes the reader on a journey that illuminates
the roots and significance of all things Catholic, including: the
Sign of the Cross, the Mass, the Sacraments, praying with the saints,
guardian angels, sacred images and relics, the celebration of Easter,
Christmas, and other holidays, daily prayers, and much more.
In the appealing conversational tone that has won him millions of
devoted readers, Hahn presents the basic tenets of Church teachings,
clears up common misconceptions about specific rituals and traditions,
and responds thoughtfully to the objections raised about them. Each
chapter concludes with loving, good-natured, inspiring advice on
applying the Church's wisdom to everyday life."
Call number: BX1754 .H16 2009
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| Too
Much Happiness - Publisher's Marketing:
"Ten superb new stories by one of our most beloved and admired
writers--the winner of the 2009 Man Booker International Prize.
In the first story a young wife and mother receives release from
the unbearable pain of losing her three children from a most surprising
source. In another, a young woman, in the aftermath of an unusual
and humiliating seduction, reacts in a clever if less-than-admirable
fashion. Other stories uncover the "deep-holes" in a marriage,
the unsuspected cruelty of children, and how a boy's disfigured
face provides both the good things in his life and the bad. And
in the long title story, we accompany Sophia Kovalevsky--a late-nineteenth-century
Russian emigre and mathematician--on a winter journey that takes
her from the Riviera, where she visits her lover, to Paris, Germany,
and, Denmark, where she has a fateful meeting with a local doctor,
and finally to Sweden, where she teaches at the only university
in Europe willing to employ a female mathematician.
With clarity and ease, Alice Munro once again renders complex, difficult
events and emotions into stories that shed light on the unpredictable
ways in which men and women accommodate and often transcend what
happens in their lives.
"Too Much Happiness "is a compelling, provocative--even
daring--collection."
Call number: PR9199.3.M8 A6 2009
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| Terrorism,
War, or Disease?: Unraveling the Use of Biological Weapons
- Publisher's Marketing:
""Terrorism, War, or Disease? Unraveling the Use of Biological
Weapons" examines the complex political, military, legal, and
scientific challenges involved in determining when biological weapons
have been and who has used them through detailed case studies and
draws lessons to improve our ability to counter the world's most
deadly silent killers."
Call number: UG447.8 .T47 2008
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Teen
Smoking (Contemporary Issues Companion)
Call number: HV5745 .T443 2008
|
Suicide
(Opposing Viewpoints)
Call number: HV6545 .S8182 2008
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The
Science of Marijuana
Call number: QP801 .S34 I94 2008
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| The
Art of Avatar: James Cameron's Epic Adventure - Publisher's
Marketing: "Academy Award-winning writer/director James
Cameron, the maker of "Titanic" and the creator of the
"Terminator" series, has been crafting "Avatar"
for over four years. The film follows the story of an ex-marine
who finds himself thrust into hostilities on a distant planet filled
with exotic life forms. As an avatar, a human consciousness in an
alien body, he finds himself torn between two worlds, in a desperate
fight for his own survival and that of the indigenous people. "The
Art of Avatar, "the companion book to this epic 3-D action
adventure, explores the developmental and conceptual art used by
the creative team to create the original world of Avatar. With over
100 exclusive full-color images including sketches, matte paintings,
drawings, and film stills, "The Art of Avatar "reveals
the process behind the creation of set designs for the imaginative
vistas, unique landscapes, aerial battle scenes, bioluminescent
nights, and fantastical creatures. Interviews with art directors,
visual effects designers, animators, costume designers, and creature
makers bring insight into this creative process. "The Art of
Avatar "brings readers behind the scenes of this unprecedented
moviegoing experience."
Call number: PN1997.2.A94 F58 2009
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A
Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest
of the American Continent - Publisher's
Marketing: "When James K. Polk was elected president in
1844, the United States was locked in a bitter diplomatic struggle
with Britain over the rich lands of the Oregon Territory, which included
what is now Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. Texas, not yet part of
the Union, was threatened by a more powerful Mexico. And the territories
north and west of Texas -- what would become California, Nevada, Utah,
Arizona, New Mexico, and part of Colorado -- belonged to Mexico. When
Polk relinquished office four years later, the country had grown by
more than a third as all these lands were added. The continental United
States, as we know it today, was established -- facing two oceans
and positioned to dominate both.
In a one-term presidency, Polk completed the story of America's
Manifest Destiny -- extending its territory across the continent,
from sea to sea, by threatening England and manufacturing a controversial
and unpopular two-year war with Mexico that Abraham Lincoln, in
Congress at the time, opposed as preemptive.
Robert Merry tells this story through powerful debates and towering
figures -- the outgoing President John Tyler and Polk's great mentor,
Andrew Jackson; his defeated Whig opponent, Henry Clay; two famous
generals, Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott; Secretary of State
James Buchanan (who would precede Lincoln as president); Senate
giants Thomas Hart Benton and Lewis Cass; Daniel Webster and John
C. Calhoun; and ex-president Martin Van Buren, like Polk a Jackson
protege but now a Polk rival.
This was a time of tremendous clashing forces. A surging antislavery
sentiment was at the center of the territorial fight. The struggle
between a slave-owning South and an opposing North was leading inexorably
to Civil War. In a gripping narrative, Robert Merry illuminates
a crucial epoch in U.S. history."
Call number: E417 .M1153 2009
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Bioethics
in a Liberal Society: The Political Framework of Bioethics Decision
Making - Publisher's Marketing:
"Issues concerning patients' rights are at the center of bioethics,
but the political basis for these rights has rarely been examined.
In Bioethics in a Liberal Society: The Political Framework of Bioethics
Decision Making, Thomas May offers a compelling analysis of how the
political context of liberal constitutional democracy shapes the rights
and obligations of both patients and health care professionals. May
focuses on how a key feature of liberal society -- namely, an individual's
right to make independent decisions -- has an impact on the most important
relational facets of health care, such as patients' autonomy and professionals'
rights of conscience.
Although a liberal political framework protects individual judgments,
May asserts that this right is based on the assumption of an individual's
competency to make sound decisions. May uses case studies to examine
society's approach to medical decision making when, for reasons
ranging from age to severe mental disorder, a person lacks sufficient
competency to make independent and fully informed choices. To protect
the autonomy of these vulnerable patients, May emphasizes the need
for health care ethics committees and ethics consultants to help
guide the decision-making process in clinical settings. Bioethics
in a Liberal Society is essential reading for all those interested
in understanding how bioethics is practiced within our society."
Call number: R724 .M278 2009
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Bioethics
at the Movies - Publisher's Marketing:
"Bioethics at the Movies explores the ways in which popular films
engage basic bioethical concepts and concerns. Twenty-one philosophically
grounded essays use cinematic tools such as character and plot development,
scene setting, and narrative framing to demonstrate a range of principles
and topics in contemporary medical ethics.
The first two sections plumb popular and bioethical thought on
birth, abortion, genetic selection, and personhood through several
films, including The Cider House Rules, Citizen Ruth, Gattaca, and
I, Robot. In the third section, the contributors examine medical
practice and troubling questions about the quality and commodification
of life by way of Dirty Pretty Things, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless
Mind, and other movies. The fourth section's essays use Million
Dollar Baby, Critical Care, Big Fish, and Soylent Green to show
how the medical profession and society at large view issues related
to aging, dying, and death. A final section makes use of Extreme
Measures and select films from Spain and Japan to discuss two foundational
matters in bioethics: the role of theories and principles in medicine
and the importance of cultural context in devising care.
Structured to mirror bioethics and cinema classes, this innovative
work includes end-of-chapter questions for further consideration
and contributions from scholars from the United States, Canada,
the United Kingdom, Israel, Spain, and Australia."
Call number: R725.5 .B52 2009
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| Bioethics
in the Age of New Media - Publisher's
Marketing: "Bioethical dilemmas--including those over
genetic screening, compulsory vaccination, and abortion--have been
the subject of ongoing debates in the media, among the public, and
in professional and academic communities. But the paramount bioethical
issue in an age of digital technology and new media, Joanna Zylinska
argues, is the transformation of the very notion of life. In this
provocative book, Zylinska examines many of the ethical challenges
that technology poses to the allegedly sacrosanct idea of the human.
In doing so, she goes beyond the traditional understanding of bioethics
as a matter for moral philosophy and medicine to propose a new "ethics
of life" rooted in the relationship between the human and the
nonhuman (both animals and machines) that new technology prompts
us to develop. After a detailed discussion of the classical theoretical
perspectives on bioethics, Zylinska describes three cases of "bioethics
in action," through which the concepts of "the human,"
"animal," and "life" are being redefined: the
reconfiguration of bodily identity by plastic surgery in a TV makeover
show; the reduction of the body to two-dimensional genetic code;
and the use of biological material in such examples of "bioart"
as Eduardo Kac's infamous fluorescent green bunny. Zylinska addresses
ethics from the interdisciplinary perspective of media and cultural
studies, drawing on the writings of thinkers from Agamben and Foucault
to Haraway and Hayles. Taking theoretical inspiration in particular
from the philosophy of alterity as developed by Jacques Derrida,
Emmanuel Levinas, and Bernard Stiegler, Zylinska makes the case
for a new nonsystemic, nonhierarchical bioethics that encompasses
the kinship of humans, animals, and machines."
Call number: QH332 .Z95 2009
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Looking
for the New Deal: Florida Women's Letters During the Great Depression
- Publisher's Marketing: "Rife
with palpable misery, the hundreds of letters assembled in Forgotten
Women paint a bleak and accurate portrait of the female experience
among Floridians during the Great Depression. In pursuit of a means
to provide for their families, Florida women doggedly, often naively,
wrote letters to agencies, charities, and state and federal government
officials asking for relief assistance. Green gathers more than
three hundred letters written by Floridians that reveal the immediacy
and intensity of their plight."
Call number: F316 .L66 2007
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High
Society: The Life of Grace Kelly - Publisher's
Marketing: "Drawing on his unprecedented access to Grace
Kelly, bestselling biographer Donald Spoto at last offers an intimate,
honest, and authoritative portrait of one of Hollywood's legendary
actresses.
In just seven years-from 1950 through 1956-Grace Kelly embarked
on a whirlwind career that included roles in eleven movies. From
the principled Amy Fowler Kane in "High Noon" to the thrill-seeking
Frances Stevens of "To Catch a Thief," Grace established
herself as one of Hollywood's most talented actresses and iconic
beauties. Her astonishing career lasted until her retirement at
age twenty-six, when she withdrew from stage and screen to marry
a European monarch and became a modern, working princess and mother.
Based on never-before-published or quoted interviews with Grace
and those conducted over many years with her friends and colleagues-from
costars James Stewart and Cary Grant to director Alfred Hitchcock-as
well as many documents disclosed by her children for the first time,
acclaimed biographer Donald Spoto explores the transformation of
a convent schoolgirl to New York model, successful television actress,
Oscar-winning movie star, and beloved royal.
As the princess requested, Spoto waited twenty-five years after
her death to write this biography. Now, with honesty and insight,
"High Society" reveals the truth of Grace Kelly's personal
life, the men she loved, the men she didn't, and what lay behind
the facade of her fairy-tale life."
Call number: DC943.G7 S69 2009
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| Health
Law and Bioethics: Cases in Context
Call number: KF3821 .H4345 2009
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| The
Great Depression: A Diary
Call number: HB3717 1929 .R656 2009
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| Folk-Tales
of the Coast Salish - Publisher's
Marketing: "First published in 1934, this collection
of tales was recorded and edited by Thelma Adamson (1901-83), a
student of Franz Boas and one of the first women to conduct ethnographic
fieldwork in the Pacific Northwest. A major contribution to our
knowledge of western Washington Salish oral traditions, "Folk-Tales
of the Coast Salish" contains 190 texts from nineteen consultants--most
collected in English or in English translation. The 155 stories
represent Upper Chehalis and Cowlitz Salish narrative traditions,
primarily myths and tales, and constitute the largest published
body of oral literature for either of these groups. Adamson included
as many as four variants of the same tale-type, and Adele Froehlich
prepared a useful forty-three-page section of abstracts with comparative
notes from eight regional text collections. "Folk-Tales of
the Coast Salish" provides a rich data source for those interested
in the content and comparative analysis of Native texts told in
English. With few exceptions, the tales refer to the time "when
all the animals were people." This new edition enhances Adamson's
seminal work with the inclusion of a biographical sketch of Adamson
and of her friend and noted ethnomusicologist George Herzog, who
produced the appended music transcriptions."
Call number: E99.S21 F65 2009
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Black
Is the New White - Publisher's
Marketing: "A fascinating and fearless memoir from an
enduring comedy genius -- the legendary, controversial, inimitable
Paul Mooney.
Most comedians tell jokes. Paul Mooney tells the truth. And for
more than forty years -- whether writing for Richard Pryor and "Saturday
Night Live," creating "In Living Color's" Homey D.
Clown and "Chappelle's Show's" Negrodamus, or performing
stand-up to sold-out crowds around the country -- he's been provocative,
incisive, and always absolutely hilarious.
"Black Is the New White" is an unapologetically candid
memoir from a talent whose influence has ranged far wider than his
fame -- mostly by his own design. As head writer for "The Richard
Pryor Show," he helped tear down racial barriers and change
the course of comedy. He helped Robin Williams and Sandra Bernhard
break into show business. He paved the way for superstars like Eddie
Murphy. And at every turn he's shunned the easy set-up and punch
line in favor of comedy that's indisputably real and raw, reflecting
the reality of race issues in America even when it's generated outrage.
While other stars soared only to crash and burn, Paul Mooney has
stayed chiefly behind the scenes, and he's got a lifetime of stories
to show for it. Few have witnessed as much comedy history as Mooney;
even fewer could recount it with such riotous honesty and depth
of insight. He reveals the truth about his celebrated partnership
with the brilliant, self-destructive Richard Pryor, from their first
meeting to the very last joke, and reflects on some of his most
notorious moments, including organizing a performers' strike on
the iconic Comedy Store and publicly giving up the n-word in his
act after Michael Richards's onstage outbursts. Decades ago, Paul
Mooney set out not just to make audiences laugh but to make them
think. "Black Is the New White" is the blisteringly funny,
no-holds-barred story of how he continues to succeed wildly at both."
Call number: PN1992.4.M66 2009
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Believe
It, Be It: How Being the Biggest Loser Won Me Back My Life
- Publisher's Marketing:
"When Ali Vincent was selected to be a contestant on the hit
NBC show "The Biggest Loser," her weight was at an alltime
high of 234 pounds--and her life had reached an all-time low. Like
millions of Americans, Ali struggled for years with poor eating habits,
family problems, stress, and low-self-esteem. After years of being
afraid, ashamed, and unhappy, she resolved to change her life, once
and for all: to lose weight, get healthy, and pursue her dreams. Before
she was even offered a spot on "The Biggest Loser "campus,
Ali made up her mind that she was going to not only drop the weight--
but win the competition.
In her bedroom at "The Biggest Loser "ranch, Ali rang
a little bell she kept on her bedside table each night before she
went to sleep and again when she awoke in the morning, repeating
the phrase that had become her mantra: "Believe it, be it.
"Seven months later, she emerged from the grueling competition
as its first-ever female champion, claiming the title, the grand
prize and, most of all--winning back her life.
In "Believe It, Be It, "Ali shares for the first time
her intimate story of personal and physical transformation and provides
a rare glimpse inside life at the famous "Biggest Loser"
ranch. Ali also shares the weight-loss strategies, eating habits,
and workout tips that helped her lose--and keep off--more than 100
pounds. For anyone who has ever battled with weight loss or struggled
to accept themselves for who they are, Ali Vincent's story provides
hope that a happier, healthier, more fulfilling life is within reach.
It all begins with believing that it's possible. Believe it, and
be it."
Call number: RM222.2 .V527 2009
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| Dangerous
or Safe?: Which Foods, Medicines, and Chemicals Really Put Your
Kids at Risk - Publisher's Marketing:
"A leading pediatrician answers a question that's on every
parent's mind: What's safe for my kids?
There is no doubt that children today are living in an increasingly
toxic world. Parents are more worried then ever, and conflicting
reports in the media and rumors on the playground can cause even
more confusion about which products are perfectly safe and which
are harmful, even deadly. "Dangerous or Safe?" provides
desperate parents with concrete answers on what foods, chemicals,
and medicines pose real danger to kids.
Combining scientific data, medical expertise, and a parent's intuition,
Dr. Cara Natterson-a top pediatrician and mom herself-outlines these
threats by first explaining the newest scientific research and then
providing a "bottom line" for parents to follow based
on the facts and her medical expertise. Making complicated medical
and scientific information accessible, Dr. Natterson shows parents
how to maximize their children's health and safety.
"Dangerous or Safe?" explains the hazards of commonly
known materials like lead and plastics; debunks myths about perceived
threats; and exposes startling new evidence on seemingly benign
products-such as cell phones-that may in fact endanger us all. An
indispensable resource for parents, this relatable guide gives moms
and dads clear instructions on what scary products to avoid, and
which so-called poisons are completely safe. Whether it's allergens
in the atmosphere or pesticide spray in the yard, "Dangerous
or Safe?" prepares parents for nearly every hazard their child
will face."
Call number: RA1225 .N384 2009
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| Bowie:
A Biography - Publisher's
Marketing: "Finally an expansive biography of one of
the twentieth century's greatest music and cultural icons
From noted author and rock 'n' roll journalist Marc Spitz comes
a major David Bowie biography to rival any other. Following Bowie's
life from his start as David Jones, an R & B--loving kid from
Bromley, England, to his rise to rock 'n' roll aristocracy as David
Bowie, Bowie recounts his career but also reveals how much his music
has influenced other musicians and forever changed the landscape
of the modern era. Along the way, Spitz reflects on how growing
up with Bowie as his soundtrack and how writing this definitive
book on Bowie influenced him in ways he never expected, adding a
personal dimension that Bowie fans and those passionate about art
and culture will connect with and that no other bio on the artist
offers.
Bowie takes an in-depth look at the culture of postwar England in
which Bowie grew up, the mod and hippie scenes of swinging London
in the sixties, the sex and drug-fueled glitter scene of the early
seventies when Bowie's alter-ego Ziggy Stardust was born, his rise
to global stardom in the eighties and his subsequent status as an
elder statesman of alternative culture. Spitz puts each incarnation
of Bowie into the context of its era, creating a cultural time line
that is intriguing both for its historical significance as well
as for its delineation of this rock 'n' roll legend, the first musician
to evolve a coherent vision after the death of the sixties dream.
Amid the sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll mayhem, a deeper portrait
of the artist emerges. Bowie's early struggles to go from follower
to leader, his tricky relationship with art and commerce and Buddhism
and the occult, his complicated family life, his open romantic relationship
and, finally, his perceived disavowal of all that made him a touchstone
for outcasts are all thoughtfully explored. A fresh evaluation of
his recorded work, as well as his film, stage and video performances,
is included as well.
Based on a hundred original interviews with those who knew him best
and those familiar with his work, including ex-wife Angie Bowie,
former Bowie manager Kenneth Pitt, Siouxsie Sioux, Camille Paglia,
Dick Cavett, Todd Haynes, Ricky Gervais and Peter Frampton, Bowie
gives us not only a portrait of one of the most important artists
in the last century, but also an honest examination of a truly revolutionary
artist and the unique impact he's had across generations."
Call number: ML420.B754 S66 2009
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| Antarctica
2041: My Quest to Save the Earth's Last Wilderness
- Publisher's Marketing: "Adventurer-turned-environmentalist
Swan illuminates the perils facing the planet come 2041--the year
when the international treaty protecting Antarctica is up for review.
The author provides information people need to know to understand
the world's environmental crisis, and the tools they need to combat
it."
Call number: GE160.A6 S93 2009
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Watching
TV Is Not Required: Thinking about Media and Thinking about Thinking
- Publisher's Marketing: "This
book uses a social world -- today's undergraduate students' ubiquitous
everyday experience of television -- as a vehicle for helping awaken
students to the true possibilities for learning and their responsibilities
inherent in achieving those goals. The book also introduces students
to the social construction of reality embedded in the experience
of TV. "
Call number: PN1992.6 .M378 2009
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| Protect
Yourself at College: Smart Choices--Safe Results - Publisher's
Marketing: "After the horrific Virginia Tech massacre
in April 2007, all of us are now aware of the major disasters that
can strike our students at college. But each year more than 500,000
collegestudents become victims of crimes and accidents that rarely
get reported in the media.Protect Yourself at College College is
based on three years of extensive research and interviewswith college
and security officials. It provides parents with a vital tool to
give their studentsas they pack up for school. School administrators
will want to hand out this book to eachstudent entering the freshman
class. It covers everything from dorm safety to binge drinking,
from spring break concerns to date rape, from walking the campus
to keeping your computersafe, from fraternity hazing to taking the
bus. Every chapter includes real-life examples anda checklist of
safety suggestions and prevention measures that will ensure students
do not become a crime statistic."
Call number: HV6250.4.S78 K36 2008
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Advertising
2.0: Social Media Marketing in a Web 2.0 World -
Publisher's Marketing: "Every day,
print and online trade magazines and news sources tout developments
in online advertising, branding, and marketing. Seismic shifts in
the industry-like major advertisers setting up shop in Second Life
and other alternate realities-have forced marketers and advertisers,
ready or not, to employ new advertising models. But the potholes for
advertisers using Web 2.0 are many, and missteps by companies that
don't understand the new rules of the game guarantee lost time and
money ill spent. "Advertising 2.0" ensures that readers
understand the advertising options possible in the Web 2.0 environment,
provides examples of companies using these options, and offers guidelines
for their application.
"Advertising 2.0" goes way beyond running banner ads
on Web sites and explores the rapidly burgeoning world of social
media marketing. Among other things, expert Tracy L. Tuten covers
viral marketing, doing online research, advertising within online
games, and leveraging online opinions to increase sales or grow
a brand. She also describes-way out on the leading edge and sure
to turn conventional advertising on its head-how smart marketers
let consumers generate ad content for products and brands. While
the trade press frequently publishes news of companies using innovative
communications techniques, there are hardly any books telling people
how to take the plunge into the newest forms of advertising. "Advertising
2.0" presents the current state of online advertising, and
best practices for using techniques like consumer-generated advertising,
social networking, online product reviews, viral video, Second Life,
alternate reality games, and more. It also includes case studies
and examples of successes and mistakes. Companies and brands featured
include Nine Inch Nails, Audi, 42 Entertainment, MySpace, YouTube,
Dogster, Vodaphone, Leo Burnett, and others. Best, each method described
includes guidelines for getting the most out of the technique, thereby
letting advertisers cut through the clutter to touch the hearts
of customers worldwide."
Call number: HF6146.I58 T88 2008
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| The
Affluent Consumer: Marketing and Selling the Luxury Lifestyle
- Publisher's Marketing:
"By any measure, the affluent sector is growing exponentially,
and is far more diverse (in terms of ethnicity, education, location,
and professional background) than at any time in the past. In 2004,
there were 8.2 million households in the United States with net
worth over $1 million, excluding primary residence. Meanwhile, between
1995 and 2001, the number of families filing tax returns for income
exceeding $200,000 doubled. This market represents lucrative opportunities
for companies that understand how these consumers think, act, and
make purchasing decisions. Applying primary research, including
demographic and economic data, and expertise developed from decades
of studying, teaching, and consulting in marketing and consumer
behavior, Ronald Michman and Edward Mazze present a comprehensive
approach to analyzing affluent consumers--and creating, promoting,
and selling innovative products and services to them. Illustrating
their principles through dozens of examples, including Armani, Mercedes-Benz,
Brooks Brothers, Neiman Marcus, Merrill Lynch, Tiffany, and even
discounters, such as Target and Wal-Mart, the authors deconstruct
how a complex market segment works. Dispelling popular myths and
misconceptions about the composition and behavior of this segment,
they provide not only a practical guide for marketers and students
of marketing, but a fascinating glimpse into a culture driven by
materialism, status, and aspirations to luxury."
Call number: HF5415.33.U6 M53 2006
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| A
Better Pencil: Readers, Writers, and the Digital Revolution -
Publisher's Marketing: "Computers,
now the writer's tool of choice, are still blamed by skeptics for
a variety of ills, from speeding writing up to the point of recklessness,
to complicating or trivializing the writing process, to destroying
the English language itself.
A Better Pencil puts our complex, still-evolving hate-love relationship
with computers and the internet into perspective, describing how
the digital revolution influences our reading and writing practices,
and how the latest technologies differ from what came before. The
book explores our use of computers as writing tools in light of
the history of communication technology, a history of how we love,
fear, and actually use our writing technologies--not just computers,
but also typewriters, pencils, and clay tablets. Dennis Baron shows
that virtually all writing implements--and even writing itself--were
greeted at first with anxiety and outrage: the printing press disrupted
the "almost spiritual connection" between the writer and
the page; the typewriter was "impersonal and noisy" and
would "destroy the art of handwriting." Both pencils and
computers were created for tasks that had nothing to do with writing.
Pencils, crafted by woodworkers for marking up their boards, were
quickly repurposed by writers and artists. The computer crunched
numbers, not words, until writers saw it as the next writing machine.
Baron also explores the new genres that the computer has launched:
email, the instant message, the web page, the blog, social-networking
pages like MySpace and Facebook, and communally-generated texts
like Wikipedia and the Urban Dictionary, not to mention YouTube.
Here then is a fascinating history of our tangled dealings with
a wide range of writing instruments, from ancient papyrus to the
modern laptop. With dozens of illustrations and many colorful anecdotes,
the book will enthrall anyone interested in language, literacy,
or writing."
Call number: Z45 .B37 2009
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Global
Warming 101 - Publisher's Marketing:
"Provides an accessible resource for understanding the science
behind global warming."
Call number: QC981.8.G56 J639 2008
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The
HPV Vaccine Controversy: Sex, Cancer, God, and Politics: A Guide
for Parents, Women, Men, and Teenagers -
Publisher's Marketing: "The Human
Papilloma Virus, so-called HPV, is one of the most widespread sexually
transmitted diseases in America, with more than 20 million infected
now and more than 6 million new cases detected each year. It is
estimated that at least 50 percent of all sexually active people
will be infected during their lifetimes. And while the silent disease
may cause no symptoms in most cases, two strains of HPV cause some
70 percent of all cervical cancer, which strikes more than 10,000
women in the United States alone each year. So it is with great
fanfare than an HPV vaccine, tested around the world and approved
by the US government in 2006, is being marketed. But controversy
surrounds the vaccine, which is being recommended for girls as young
as 9 and may be mandated by state governments. In this timely book,
Shobha Krishnan, M.D., of Barnard College, Columbia University -
a longtime gynecologist and family physician, and mother of a young
daughter - explains in layterms both the disease and vaccine to
parents, youths, men and women. She also addresses the controversy,
legislative aims to require the vaccine, and another vaccine to
hit the market this year. Krishnan also raises the issue of whether
boys should get the vaccine. Coverage across the book is comprehensive
and addresses both the pros and cons of anyone being innoculated."
Call number: QR189.5.P36 K75 2008
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Just
Genes: The Ethics of Genetic Technologies -
Publisher's Marketing: "Advances in
genetics research, largely, though not entirely, spawned by the Human
Genome Project, have led to a broad array of new technologies that
promise to revolutionize life as we have known it. Medicine and agriculture
are already starting to utilize new technologies to greatly improve
disease prevention and treatment and food production. Yet, these improvements
often raise ethical questions that are not easy to untangle. Some
have gone as far to as to argue that certain applications, such as
embryonic stem cell research, threaten the very fiber of our moral
compass. While the application of scientific advances to better humankind
has always raised thorny ethical issues, the ethical impact of genetic
advances arguably reaches a new height because the applicability of
advances is exceptionally broad, deep, and potentially irreversible.
To utilize such technologies could mean saving thousands of lives,
but where and how do we draw the line?
Here, Barash sheds light on the actual ethical concerns surrounding
various types of genetic technologies, introducing readers to the
competing issues at stake in the arguments about the scientific
application of the new technologies available and those on the horizon.
She begins by illustrating the history of genetic advances, their
societal applications, and the ethical issues that have arisen from
those applications. Using case studies and examples throughout,
she walks readers through the various considerations involved in
a variety of areas related to the application of genetic technologies
currently available and possible in the future. Covering topics
ranging from stem cell research to genetically modified food, genetic
mapping to cloning, this book offers a thoughtful approach to the
complex issues at play in the various fields of genetic technologies."
Call number: QH438.7 .B37 2008
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| Laughing
and Learning: An Alternative to Shut Up and Listen
Call number: LB1027 .J58 2010
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| Lessons
from Little Rock - Publisher's Marketing:
"Sober news reports of a U.S. Army convoy rumbling across the
bridge into Little Rock cannot overpower this intimate, powerful,
personal account of the integration of Little Rock Central High
School. Showing what it felt like to be one of those nine students
who wanted only a good high school education, Roberts's rich narrative
and candid voice take readers through that rocky year, helping us
realize that the historic events of the Little Rock integration
crisis happened to real peopleato children, parents, our fellow
citizens."
Call number: LC214.23.L56 R63 2009
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Extinct
Animals: An Encyclopedia of Species That Have Disappeared During Human
History - Publisher's
Marketing: "Everyone is familiar with the dodo and the
wooly mammoth, but how many people have heard of the scimitar cat
and the Falkland Island fox? "Extinct Animals" portrays
over 60 remarkable animals that have been lost forever during the
relatively recent geological past. Each entry provides a concise discussion
of the history of the animal-how and where it lived, and how it became
extinct-as well as the scientific discovery and analysis of the creature.
In addition, this work examines what led to extinction-from the role
of cyclical swings in the Earth's climate to the spread of humans
and their activities. Many scientists believe that we are in the middle
of a mass extinction right now, caused by the human undermining of
the earth's complex systems that support life. Understanding what
caused the extinction of animals in the past may help us understand
and prevent the extinction of species in the future.
"Extinct Animals" examines the biology and history of
some of the most interesting creatures that have ever lived, including:
The American Terror Bird, which probably became extinct over 1 million
years ago, who were massive predators, some of which were almost
10 feet tall; the Rocky Mountain Locust, last seen in 1902, formed
the most immense animal aggregations ever known, with swarms estimated
to include over 10 trillion insects; the Giant Ground Sloth, which
was as large as an elephant; and the Neandertals, the first Europeans,
which co-existed with prehistoric Homo sapiens. "Extinct Animals"
includes illustrations-many created for the work-that help the reader
visualize the extinct creature, and each entry concludes with a
list of resources for those who wish to do further research."
Call number: QL83 .P57 2009
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| Educational
Testing and Measurement: Classroom Application and Practice -
Publisher's Marketing: "This accessible
resource equips educators with practical assessment strategies for
today's challenges in measuring student progress. It details the
national policy changes that have fostered the ongoing changes in
general education and special education testing and assessment practices.
The ninth edition integrates updated references, readings and examples
to ensure a current look at the field. A new chapter introduces
IDEIA, the RTI model, and the issues, controversies and implementation
challenges and successes. Sections have also been added to multiple
chapters to ensure the integration of the RTI model with the traditional
content. Educators will be able to apply this information to meet
today's challenges in measuring student progress."
Call number: LB3051 .K8 2009
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| Evolution:
The Grand Experiment: The Quest for an Answer
- Publisher's Marketing: "This
is a book about the facts Carl found to prove evolution which where
none and the facts he found to prove creation which where many."
Call number: QH366.2 .W467 2007
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The
Web and Parents: Are You Tech Savvy? - Publisher's
Marketing: "For parents who want to raise their comfort
level with today's Web capabilities, for those who want to enhance
their children's Internet usage in and out of school, and for those
who want to be prepared for potential dark alleys in the online world,
"The Web and Parents: Are You Tech Savvy?" is a welcome
new resource.
Don't know a blog from a Wiki? MySpace from Facebook? An RSS feed
from an instant message? "The Web and Parents" provides
a brief introduction to these and other aspects of Web 2.0, including
podcasts, forums, graphic generators, photo storage and file-sharing
sites, and more. Parents will get a sense of what each tool or resource
does, how they themselves might use them-lots of grownups do, really-and
the role each plays in current K-12 education and in the lives of
school-age children. With this crash course on today's Internet,
the Web becomes a place where families come together, not drift
apart."
Call number: TK5105.8 .H38 2009
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Charles
Darwin in Australia - Publisher's Marketing:
"Early in 1836 Charles Darwin spent two months in Australia
as part of his round-the-world voyage on the Beagle. During this
time, he visited Sydney, travelled on horseback to Bathurst, visited
Hobart and called into King George Sound. In addition to making
extensive notes on the geology of the country, and recording some
observations on natural history, Darwin interacted with several
of the colonies' leading citizens, including Kings and Macarthurs
in Sydney, and Alfred Stephen and George Frankland in Hobart. This
book provides the definitive account of this part of the Beagle's
voyage. It is based on specific transcriptions of the entire Australian
section of Darwin's diary, supplemented by extracts from field notes,
letters and published material. The lavish illustrations include
contemporary works by two of Australia's most famous early artists
(Augustus Earle and Conrad Martens), both of whom had been Darwin's
Beagle shipmates earlier in the voyage."
Call number: QH31.D2 N53 2008
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| High-Tech
Teaching Success!: A Step-By-Step Guide to Using Innovative Technology
in Your Classroom - Publisher's
Marketing: "High-Tech Teaching Success! A Step-by-Step
Guide to Using Innovative Technology in Your Classroom gives classroom
teachers exactly what they're looking for: advice from technology
education experts on how the latest tools and software can be implemented
into lesson plans to create differentiated, exciting curriculum
for all learners."
Call number: LB1028.5 .B4395 2010
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Global
Warming: The Complete Briefing - Publisher's
Marketing: "John Houghton's market-leading textbook
is now in full color and includes the latest IPCC findings, making
it the definitive guide to climate change. Written for students
across a wide range of disciplines, its simple, logical flow of
ideas gives an invaluable grounding in the science and impacts of
climate change and highlights the need for action on global warming.
Is there evidence for climate changing due to human activities?
How do we account for recent extremes of weather and climate? Can
global electricity provision and transport ever be carbon free?
Written by a leading figure at the forefront of action to confront
humanity's most serious environmental problem, this undergraduate
textbook comprehensively explores these and other issues, allowing
students to think through the problem, assess the data and draw
conclusions on the action that should be taken, by governments,
by industry and by each and every one of us."
Call number: QC981.8.G56 H68 2009
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| Women
Who Kill
Call number: HV6046 .J66 2009
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| Writing
Matters in Every Classroom - Publisher's
Marketing: "This book shows how teachers, can orchestrate
increased nonfiction writing in every classrooms and, by so doing,
raise student achievement in all subject areas. Here you'll find
strategies to help you use more nonfiction writing with students,
no matter the subject."
Call number: LB1575.8 .P43 2009
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| Rethinking
Homework: Best Practices That Support Diverse Needs
Call number: LB1048 .V37 2009
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Prisons
(Current Controversies)
Call number: HV9471 .P7822 2010
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| The
Preacher and the Politician: Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama, and
Race in America - Publisher's
Marketing: "Barack Obama's inauguration as the first
African American president of the United States has caused many
commentators to conclude that America has entered a postracial age.
The Preacher and the Politician argues otherwise, reminding us that,
far from inevitable, Obama's nomination was nearly derailed by his
relationship with Jeremiah Wright, the outspoken former pastor of
Trinity United Church of Christ on the South Side of Chicago. The
media storm surrounding Wright's sermons, the historians Clarence
E. Walker and Gregory D. Smithers suggest, reveals that America's
fraught racial past is very much with us, only slightly less obvious."
Call number: E908.3 .W35 2009
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The
Politics of Climate Change - Publisher's
Marketing: "Climate change differs from any other problem
that, as collective humanity, we face today. If it goes unchecked,
the consequences are likely to be catastrophic for human life on earth.
Yet for most people, and for many policy-makers too, it tends to be
a 'back of the mind' issue. We recognise its importance and even its
urgency, but for the most part it is swamped by more immediate concerns.
Politicians have woken up to the dangers, but at the moment their
responses are mainly on the level of gesture rather than being, as
they have to be, both concrete and radical.
Political action and intervention, on local, national and international
levels, is going to have a decisive effect on whether or not we
can limit global warming, as well as how we adapt to that already
occurring. At the moment, however, Anthony Giddens argues controversially,
we do not have a systematic politics of climate change. Politics-as-usual
won't allow us to deal with the problems we face, while the recipes
of the main challenger to orthodox politics, the green movement,
are flawed at source. Giddens introduces a range of new concepts
and proposals to fill in the gap, and examines in depth the connections
between climate change and energy security.
This book is likely to become a classic in the field. It will be
of appeal to everyone concerned about how we can cope with what
amounts to a crisis for our civilisation."
Call number: QC981.8.C5 G53 2009
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| The
Other Side of Sadness: What the New Science of Bereavement Tells
Us about Life After Loss - Publisher's
Marketing: "We tend to understand grief as a predictable
five-stage process of denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and
acceptance. But in "The Other Side of Sadness," George
Bonanno shows that our conventional model discounts our capacity
for resilience. In fact, he reveals that we are already hardwired
to deal with our losses efficiently--not by graduating through static
phases. Weaving in explorations of mourning rituals and the universal
experiences of the death of a parent or child, Bonanno examines
how our inborn emotions--anger and denial, but also relief and joy--help
us deal effectively with loss. And grieving goes beyond mere sadness:
it can deepen interpersonal connections and often involves positive
experiences. In the end, mourning is not predictable, but incredibly
sophisticated. Combining personal anecdotes and original research,
"The Other Side of Sadness" is a must-read for those going
through the death of a loved one, mental health professionals, and
readers interested in neuroscience and positive psychology."
Call number: BF575.D35 B66 2009
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The
Origin Then and Now: An Interpretive Guide to the Origin of Species
- Publisher's Marketing:
"Charles Darwin's "Origin of Species" is one of the
most widely cited books in modern science. Yet tackling this classic
can be daunting for students and general readers alike because of
Darwin's Victorian prose and the complexity and scope of his ideas.
"The "Origin" Then and Now" is a unique guide
to Darwin's masterwork, making it accessible to a much wider audience
by deconstructing and reorganizing the "Origin" in a way
that allows for a clear explanation of its key concepts. The "Origin"
is examined within the historical context in which it was written,
and modern examples are used to reveal how this work remains a relevant
and living document for today.
In this eye-opening and accessible guide, David Reznick shows how
many peculiarities of the "Origin" can be explained by
the state of science in 1859, helping readers to grasp the true
scope of Darwin's departure from the mainstream thinking of his
day. He reconciles Darwin's concept of species with our current
concept, which has advanced in important ways since Darwin first
wrote the "Origin," and he demonstrates why Darwin's theory
unifies the biological sciences under a single conceptual framework
much as Newton did for physics. Drawing liberally from the facsimile
of the first edition of the "Origin," Reznick enables
readers to follow along as Darwin develops his ideas.
"The "Origin" Then and Now" is an indispensable
primer for anyone seeking to understand Darwin's "Origin of
Species" and the ways it has shaped the modern study of evolution."
Call number: QH365.O8 R49 2010
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No
Sense of Decency: The Army-McCarthy Hearings: A Demagogue Falls
and Television Takes Charge of American Politics - Publisher's
Marketing: "Have you no sense of decency, sir? asked
attorney Robert Welch in a climatic moment in the 1954 Senate hearings
that pitted Joseph R. McCarthy against the United States Army, President
Dwight Eisenhower, and the rest of the political establishment.
What made the confrontation unprecedented and magnified its impact
was its gavel-to-gavel coverage by television. Thirty-six days of
hearings transfixed the nation. With a journalist's eye for revealing
detail, Robert Shogan traces the phenomenon and analyzes television's
impact on government. Despite McCarthy's fall, Mr. Shogan points
out, the hearings left a major item of unfinished business-the issue
of McCarthyism, the strategy based on fear, smear, and guilt by
association. But television overlooked this portentous omission,
and as it went on to transform American political debate it exhibited
the same shortcomings exposed by the hearings: an emphasis on razzle-dazzle
and a reluctance to challenge power and authority-traits that persist
today."
Call number: UB23 .S53 2009
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The
Will of the People: How Public Opinion Has Influenced the Supreme
Court and Shaped the Meaning of the Constitution - Publisher's
Marketing: "In recent years, the justices of the Supreme
Court have ruled definitively on such issues as abortion, school
prayer, and military tribunals in the war on terror. They decided
one of American history's most contested presidential elections.
Yet for all their power, the justices never face election and hold
their offices for life. This combination of influence and apparent
unaccountability has led many to complain that there is something
illegitimate--even undemocratic--about judicial authority.
In "The Will of the People," Barry Friedman challenges
that claim by showing that the Court has always been subject to
a higher power: the American public. Judicial positions have been
abolished, the justices' jurisdiction has been stripped, the Court
has been packed, and unpopular decisions have been defied. For at
least the past sixty years, the justices have made sure that their
decisions do not stray too far from public opinion.
Friedman's pathbreaking account of the relationship between popular
opinion and the Supreme Court--from the Declaration of Independence
to the end of the Rehnquist court in 2005--details how the American
people came to accept their most controversial institution and shaped
the meaning of the Constitution."
Call number: KF8748 .F79 2009
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The
Young and the Digital: What the Migration to Social Network Sites,
Games, and Anytime, Anywhere Media Means for Our Future -
Publisher's Marketing: "In 2006,
S. Craig Watkins participated in the MacArthur Foundation's well-funded
digital media initiative alongside a select team of scholars and
tech experts. The goal was simple: to understand young people's
emphatic embrace of social and mobile media. Watkins went on to
build a small research team that skillfully collected over 500 surveys
and conducted 350 in-depth interviews with young adults, parents,
and educators while visiting the online spaces where young people
gather. It was a full-scale immersion into what Watkins calls the
"digital trenches," and when he emerged, his understanding
of the ways young people learn, play, bond, and communicate had
become more detailed and dynamic.
It may come as no surprise that more teens are online than ever
before--in fact 87 percent are. Consequentially, television is no
longer the dominant medium it once was because young people are
now spending an average of six to eight hours a day online. Watkins
contends that most teens and twenty-somethings migrate online to
share their lives with friends, something television simply cannot
offer. As Melinda, a twenty-one-year-old student, proclaimed, "What
do people do without Facebook?" In other words, for young people
today, if you're not online, then you're not really living--and
the ubiquitous presence of their mobile phones, laptops, and iPods
positions them at the center of our evolving digital landscape.
Timely and deeply relevant, "The Young and the Digital"
covers a host of provocative issues--the influence of social sites
like MySpace and Facebook; the growing appetite for "anytime,
anywhere" media and "fast entertainment"; how online
"digital gates" reinforce race and class divisions; how
technology is transforming America's classrooms--and takes a fresh
look at the pivotal role technology played in the historic 2008
election. Watkins also debunks popular myths surrounding cyberpredators,
Internet addiction, and social isolation. The result is a fascinating
portrait, both optimistic and cautious, about the coming of age
of the first fully wired generation."
Call number: HQ799.2.M352 W37 2009
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The
Simple Science of Flight: From Insects to Jumbo Jets -
Publisher's Marketing: "From the
smallest gnat to the largest aircraft, all things that fly obey
the same aerodynamic principles. In "The Simple Science of
Flight, " Henk Tennekes investigates just how machines and
creatures fly: what size wings they need, how much energy is required
for their journeys, how they cross deserts and oceans, how they
take off, climb, and soar. Fascinated by the similarities between
nature and technology, Tennekes offers an introduction to flight
that teaches by association. Swans and Boeings differ in numerous
ways, but they follow the same aerodynamic principles. Biological
evolution and its technical counterpart exhibit exciting parallels.
What makes some airplanes successful and others misfits? Why does
the Boeing 747 endure but the Concorde now seem a fluke? Tennekes
explains the science of flight through comparisons, examples, equations,
and anecdotes. The new edition of this popular book has been thoroughly
revised and much expanded. Highlights of the new material include
a description of the incredible performance of bar-tailed godwits
(7,000 miles nonstop from Alaska to New Zealand), an analysis of
the convergence of modern jetliners (from both Boeing and Airbus),
a discussion of the metabolization of energy featuring Lance Armstrong,
a novel treatment of the aerodynamics of drag and trailing vortices,
and an emphasis throughout on evolution, in nature and in engineering.
Tennekes draws on new evidence on bird migration, new wind-tunnel
studies, and data on new airliners. And his analysis of the relative
efficiency of planes, trains, and automobiles is newly relevant.
(On a cost-per-seat scale, a 747 is more efficient than a passenger
car.)"
Call number: TL570 .T4613 2009
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| Shadow
Government: How the Secret Global Elite Is Using Surveillance Against
You - Publisher's
Marketing: "In an age of security cameras, spy chips
hidden in consumer products, and an ultra-secret global elite, Jeffrey
reveals the biblical description of Satan's global conquest and
identifies the tools of technology that the Antichrist will use
to rule the world."
Call number: HM1263 .J44 2009
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| The
Long Sixties: From 1960 to Barack Obama - Publisher's
Marketing: "Barack Obama would not be possible without
the 1960s, Hayden writes in his compelling new book. The author
reminds the president that the peace movement was critical to his
2008 victory and only a radical populism will make his economic
recovery and health-care promises come to fruition."
Call number: E839 .H39 2009
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| Marijuana
Is Safer: So Why Are We Driving People to Drink?
- Publisher's Marketing: "Tvert
and Armentano compare and contrast the relative harms and legal
status of the two most popular recreational substances in the world--marijuana
and alcohol. The authors explain why the message that marijuana
is safer than alcohol must be a prominent part of the public debate
over legalization."
Call number: HV5822 .M3 F69 2009
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The
Last Lecture - Publisher's Marketing:
"Based on the extraordinary final lecture by Carnegie Mellon
University professor Pausch, given after he discovered he had pancreatic
cancer, this moving book goes beyond the now-famous lecture to inspire
readers to live each day with purpose and joy."
Call number: QA76.2.P38 A3 2008
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Do
Gentlemen Really Prefer Blondes?: Bodies, Behavior, and Brains--The
Science Behind Sex, Love, and Attraction - Publisher's
Marketing: "How long does it take to decide if a person
is hot?
Is your lover more likely to get you pregnant than your husband?
Can men tell when a woman is fertile?
If you've ever wondered how scientists measure love--or whether
men "really" prefer blondes over brunettes--this smart,
sexy book provides real answers to these and many other questions
about our most baffling dating and mating behaviors. Based on the
latest research in biology, evolutionary psychology, neuroscience,
and cognitive science, Do Gentlemen Really Prefer Blondes?"
"dares to explain the science behind sex--and opens" "a
fascinating window on the intriguing phenomenon of love and attraction.
Covering the areas of bodies, brains, and behavior, this eye-opening
guide reveals the genetic, hormonal, and psychological secrets behind
what makes us tick sexually. For example, do you know why a man's
body chemistry and behavior change when he's in a committed relationship?
And why, when he becomes a daddy, his testosterone level seems to
plummet? And did you know...
- When a couple first fall in love, their brains are indistinguishable
from those of the clinically insane
- You can tell a lot about a person's sexual chemistry just by looking
at his or her hands
- Your genes influence whose body odors you prefer
- Being around breast-feeding women may increase a woman's sex drive
Viewed through the lens of science and instinct, your love life
might be seen in a completely different way. Do Gentlemen Really
Prefer Blondes? provides both an in-depth exploration into our sexual
psyches--and fresh advice for men and women who want to discover
the secrets of successful relationships."
Call number: HQ23 .P55 2008
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Classroom
Management: Creating a Successful K-12 Learning Community
- Publisher's Marketing:
"This resource will not only help educators learn how to build
positive classroom communities, but they'll also find out how to
involve students in the creation of their learning environment.
It helps them gain a practical understanding of what can be accomplished
utilizing the technical aspects of classroom management. New practical
examples are included to cover situations that are currently found
in today's classrooms. The pages have also been updated with the
latest research in the field. In addition, information is presented
on discipline. New tables also show educators how this book addresses
professional standards from INTASC, Praxis II Principles of Teaching
and Learning, Praxis III, and NBPTS."
Call number: LB3013 .B873 2009
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Aging:
Concepts and Controversies - Publisher's
Marketing: "Presenting current research in an innovative
format, Aging: Concepts and Controversies encourages students to
become involved and take an informed stand on the major aging issues
that we face as a society. Leading author and active expert in gerontology
Rick Moody provides thorough explanation of the issues in the "Concepts"
sections and current research in the "Controversy" sections,
demonstrating the close link between concepts and controversies
in the broad areas of aging: health care, socioeconomic trends,
and the life course. Thoroughly revised throughout, this Sixth Edition
updates developments in each sub-specialty including nine new readings,
new international highlight boxes, and offers a more visually accessible
two-color format.""New to This EditionFocuses on a new
controversy, "Aging Boomers: Boom or Bust?" that presents
arguments on both the "boom" and the "bust"
sides of the issue along with four new carefully selected readingsOffers
a more logical flow through revised and reorganized "Concepts"
and "Controversies" sections Offers nine new readings,
as well as updated Questions for Writing, Reflection, and Debate
that follow the readings in each controversy section.Features new
photos, as well as updated charts and graphs that contain the most
recent U.S. census data.Offers new international highlight boxes
that provide comparative information on aging in other countriesIncludes
updated Focus on Practice and Focus on the Future sections that
engage student interest and help them apply concepts to real world
issues."Accompanied by High-Quality Ancillaries!Current Issues
of "Teaching Gerontology" newsletter, sponsored by the
Association for Gerontology in Higher Education: Issues of this
newsletter, published monthly during the academic year, are provided
free of charge to all adopters.Password-protected instructor resources
at www.pineforge.com/moody6study: Contains test questions, back
issues of Teaching Gerontology, and PowerPoint slides for each Basic
Concepts and Controversies unit in the text. Open-access student
study site at www.pineforge.com/moody6study: Contains flashcards
and self-quizzes to help students check their understanding of key
concepts, as well as video and audio clips, web resources, and journal
articles.Aging: Concepts and Controversies, Sixth Edition, is intended
for Introduction to Aging and Introduction to Social Gerontology
courses, as well as for courses in aging policies."
Call number: HQ1064.U5 M665 2010
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Heartbeats: The Race to Save Earth's Most Endangered Species -
Publisher's Marketing: "It's no
secret that our planet--and the delicate web of ecosystems that
comprise it--is in crisis. Environmental threats such as climate
change, pollution, habitat loss, and land degradation threaten the
survival of thousands of plant and animal species each day. In "100
Heartbeats, "conservationist and television host Jeff Corwin
provides an urgent, palpable portrait of the wildlife that is suffering
in silence and teetering on the brink of extinction. From the forests
slipping away beneath the stealthy paws of the Florida panther,
to the giant panda's plight to climb ever higher in the mountains
of China in search of sustenance, to the brutal poaching tactics
that have devastated Africa's rhinoceros and elephant populations,
Corwin takes readers on a global tour to witness firsthand the critical
state of our natural world. Along the way, he shares inspiring stories
of battles being waged and won in defense of the earth's most threatened
creatures by the conservationists on the front lines. These stories
of hope and progress underscore an important message: Our own survival,
as well as that of the world's wildlife, is in our hands. The race
to save the planet's most endangered wildlife is under way. Every
heartbeat matters."
Call number: QH75 .C7185 2009
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| The
End of Time: The Maya Mystery of 2012 -
Publisher's Marketing: "The Internet,
bookshelves, and movie theaters are full of prophecies, theories,
and predictions that December 21, 2012, marks the end of the world.
Award-winning astronomer and Mayan researcher Aveni explores these
theories, explains their origins, and measures them objectively
against evidence unearthed by Maya archaeologists, iconographers,
and epigraphers."
Call number: QB638.8 .A94 2009
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| Making
Time: Why Time Seems to Pass at Different Speeds and How to Control
It - Publisher's Marketing:
"Why does time seem to speed up as we get older or when we're
having fun, or drag when we're bored or anxious? In this eye-opening
book, personal development tutor Steve Taylor gives an astounding
insight into why our perception of time changes-and how we can take
charge of it in our own lives."
Call number: QP445 .T39 2008
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The
Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation: An Easy-To-Use Guide with
Clear Rules, Real-World Examples, and Reproducible Quizzes -
Publisher's Marketing: "This concise,
entertaining workbook and guide to English grammar, punctuation,
and usage offers easy explanations of rules, scores of helpful examples,
dozens of reproducible worksheets, and pre- and post-tests to help
teach grammar to students of all ages."
Call number: PE1112 .S773 2008
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| Woodstock:
Three Days That Rocked the World - Publisher's
Marketing: "August 2009 marks the 40th anniversary of
Woodstock, the music festival that defined a generation and exemplified
an era. With interviews and quotes from those who were there, along
with photographs and graphic memorabilia, "Woodstock"
is the ultimate celebration of a landmark in modern cultural history."
Call number: ML38.W66 W65 2009
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| Studio
Thinking: The Real Benefits of Visual Arts Education
- Publisher's Marketing: "Many
people believe that art education is important, but few can say
exactly why. Here, at last, are the results of the first in-depth
research on the habits of mind that are instilled by studying arthabits
the authors argue have positive impacts on student learning across
the curriculum. Studio Thinking provides art teachers with a research-based
language for describing what they intend to teach and what students
learn. This language will help advocates explain arts education
to policymakers, help art teachers develop and refine their teaching
practices, and help educators in other disciplines learn from existing
practices in arts education."
Call number: N353 .S78 2007
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The
First-Year Teacher's Survival Guide: Ready-To-Use Strategies, Tools
& Activities for Meeting the Challenges of Each School Day -
Publisher's Marketing: "The best-selling
"First Year Teacher's Survival Kit" gives new teachers a
wide variety of tested strategies, activities, and tools for creating
a positive and dynamic learning environment while meeting the challenges
of each school day. Packed with valuable tips, the book helps new
teachers with everything from becoming effective team players and
connecting with students to handling behavior problems and working
within diverse classrooms.
The new edition is fully revised and updated to cover changes in
the K-12 classroom over the past five years. Updates to the second
edition include:
- New ways teachers can meet the professional development requirements
of the No Child Left Behind Act
- Entirely new section on helping struggling readers, to address
the declining literacy rate among today's students
- Expanded coverage of helpful technology solutions for the classroom
- Expanded information on teaching English Language Learners
- Greater coverage of the issues/challenges facing elementary teachers
- More emphasis on how to reach and teach students of poverty
- Updated study techniques that have proven successful with at-risk
students
- Tips on working effectively within a non-traditional school year
schedule
- The latest strategies for using graphic organizers
- More emphasis on setting goals to help students to succeed
- More information on intervening with students who are capable
but choose not to work
- Updated information on teachers' rights and responsibilities regarding
discipline issues
- Fully revised Resources appendix including the latest educational
Web sites and software"
Call number: LB2844.1.N4 T52 2007
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Monty
Python's Flying Circus: An Utterly Complete, Thoroughly Unillustrated,
Absolutely Unauthorized Guide to Possibly All the References
Call number: PN1992.77.M583 L37 2008
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Glass
Ceilings and 100-Hour Couples: What the Opt-Out Phenomenon Can Teach
Us about Work and Family - Publisher's
Marketing: "When significant numbers of college-educated
American women began, in the early twenty-first century, to leave
paid work to become stay-at-home mothers, an emotionally charged national
debate erupted. Karine Moe and Dianna Shandy, a professional economist
and an anthropologist, respectively, decided to step back from the
sometimes overheated rhetoric around the so-called mommy wars. They
wondered what really inspired women to opt out, and they wanted to
gauge the phenomenon's genuine repercussions. Glass Ceilings and 100-Hour
Couples is the fruit of their investigation--a rigorous, accessible,
and sympathetic reckoning with this hot-button issue in contemporary
life.
Drawing on hundreds of interviews from around the country, original
survey research, and national labor force data, Moe and Shandy refocus
the discussion of women who opt out from one where they are the
object of scrutiny to one where their aspirations and struggles
tell us about the far broader swath of American women who continue
to juggle paid work and family. Moe and Shandy examine the many
pressures that influence a woman's decision to resign, reduce, or
reorient her career. These include the mismatch between child-care
options and workplace demands, the fact that these women married
men with demanding careers, the professionalization of stay-at-home
motherhood, and broad failures in public policy. But Moe and Shandy
are equally attentive to the resilience of women in the face of
life decisions that might otherwise threaten their sense of self-worth.
Moe and Shandy find, for instance, that women who have downsized
their careers stress the value of social networks--of "running
with a pack of smart women" who've also chosen to emphasize
motherhood over paid work."
Call number: HD4904.25 .M635 2009
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Carbon
Offsets (Current Controversies)
Call number: SD418 .C37 2009
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Genetics Ideas You Really Need to Know - Publisher's
Marketing: "In recent years knowledge of our genetic
code has changed our understanding of life on Earth. New genetic
technologies are transforming the way we live and promise treatments
for otherwise incurable diseases. But these advances are also generating
controversy, particularly surrounding issues such as cloning and
designer babies. In "50 Genetics Ideas," Mark Henderson
distils the central ideas of genetics in a series of clear and concise
essays. Beginning with the theory of evolution, and covering such
topics as the genome and how nature and nurture work together, he
not only illuminates the role of genes in shaping our behaviour
and sexuality, but also the very latest, cutting-edge developments
in gene therapy and artificial life. Accessible and informative,
"50 Genetics Ideas" is a timely introduction to this young
and ground-breaking strand of science."
Call number: QH430 .A13 2009
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| Food
Fray: Inside the Controversy Over Genetically Modified Food
- Publisher's Marketing:
"Heralded as both the quick, painless solution to solving world
hunger and the scourge of modern science--a dangerous tampering
with nature and the decimation of traditional crops and communities--genetically
modified foods have triggered volatile debates and deeply contradictory
dialogues the world over. Food Fray cuts through the complex science,
boiling passions, and ethical dilemmas to provide an impressive
history of every significant development in the GM food story, as
well as an even-handed assessment of both its potential benefits
and negative consequences. Meticulously researched, yet lively and
entertaining, the author travels the globe to gather the perspectives
of scientists, activists, consumers, government officials, and others,
as she uncovers possible answers to difficult questions: - Do GM
crops encourage a dangerous dependence on bioengineered seeds, chemical
fertilizers, and toxic pesticides? Or can they solve the food scarcity
problems that plague mankind? - Will the world's major staple crops
be controlled by a handful of countries and corporations? Or could
the increased income that GM yields bring to small farmers provide
the key to the prosperity of poor nations? - Will this promising
science, played out against a landscape of growing consumer fear,
shoddy corporate practices, and loose government regulation, ultimately
be squashed? Or will biotechnology continue to develop in ways that
ensure the health and prosperity of many--not just the profits of
a few? Advance Praise for Food Fray "In a book brimming with
insight, Lisa Weasel brings a truly global perspective, informed
by on-the-ground research, to one of the most crucial ethical and
environmental issues of our time. For anyone concerned about food
security, global justice, and human health, Food Fray is indispensable."
- Dr. Gregory Hill, President, Institute for Culture and Ecology
"In Food Fray, Lisa Weasel offers a compelling and balanced
account of the battles over genetically modified food. It arrives
just as the world is refocusing on the issue of hunger. Questioning
the role of GM food as a silver bullet, she offers a nuanced and
cautionary tale that should be heeded as this agricultural technology
roars ahead." - Samuel Fromartz, author of Organic, Inc.: Natural
Foods and How They Grew"
Call number: TP248.65.F66 W43 2009
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Strange
Bedfellows: The Surprising Connection Between Sex, Evolution and Monogamy
- Publisher's Marketing:
"In The Myth of Monogamy, husband and wife David P. Barash (an
evolutionary biologist) and Judith Eve Lipton (a psychiatrist), stunned
the public by showing how rare monogamy is in nature. Now, in Strange
Bedfellows, they look at the other side of the coin: how biology actually
promotes monogamy in some species and how these lessons apply to human
beings.
An accessible work of science that is relevant to our intimate
daily life, Strange Bedfellows will reassure some people, surprise
others, and engage everyone."
Call number: HQ23 .B27 2009
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Teaching
from the Deep End: Succeeding with Today's Classroom Challenges
- Publisher's Marketing: "Encouraging
teachers to reflect on why they chose teaching as a profession,
this edition includes suggestions for navigating school politics,
job searching, and surviving a "testmania" culture."
Call number: LB1025.3 .B455 2009
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| Stuck
in the Shallow End: Education, Race, and Computing - Publisher's
Marketing: "Winner, Education category, 2008 PROSE Awards
presented by the Professional/Scholarly Publishing Division of the
Association of American Publishers. The number of African Americans
and Latino/as receiving undergraduate and advanced degrees in computer
science is disproportionately low, according to recent surveys.
And relatively few African American and Latino/a high school students
receive the kind of institutional encouragement, educational opportunities,
and preparation needed for them to choose computer science as a
field of study and profession. In "Stuck in the Shallow End,
" Jane Margolis looks at the daily experiences of students
and teachers in three Los Angeles public high schools: an overcrowded
urban high school, a math and science magnet school, and a well-funded
school in an affluent neighborhood. She finds an insidious "virtual
segregation" that maintains inequality. Two of the three schools
studied offer only low-level, how-to (keyboarding, cutting and pasting)
introductory computing classes. The third and wealthiest school
offers advanced courses, but very few students of color enroll in
them. The race gap in computer science, Margolis finds, is one example
of the way students of color are denied a wide range of occupational
and educational futures. Margolis traces the interplay of school
structures (such factors as course offerings and student-to-counselor
ratios) and belief systems--including teachers' assumptions about
their students and students' assumptions about themselves. "Stuck
in the Shallow End" is a story of how inequality is reproduced
in America--and how students and teachers, given the necessary tools,
can change the system."
Call number: QA76.27 .M347 2008
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| The
Edge of Medicine: The Technology That Will Change Our Lives
- Publisher's Marketing:
"Experts agree that we are entering the Golden Age of Medicine,
when our everyday experience of being ill and getting better will
be more like science fiction than today's routine trip to the doctor.
Bill Hanson, director of the surgical intensive care unit at the
University of Pennsylvania Medical Center and an inventor of medical
technology, offers true-life and intensely intimate stories about
the way biotechnology is changing people's lives.
- An electronic nose that detects infection, such as pneumonia,
based on a person's breath
- Robots with appendages that can feel their way around tissue,
which will augment the hands of surgeons in the operating room
- Computer health wizards that will advise and prescribe through
your home computer
- Computerized psychotherapists dispensing advice about emotional
problems
- Telehealth software that serves as a monitoring nurse for difficult
to manage chronic illnesses such as diabetes.
- Wheelchairs operated by reading electrical brainwaves for patients
with severe neurological deterioration.
Bill Hanson describes the human genius that arrived at these amazing
discoveries, and how innovators are working to take these feats
to an even more technologically advanced level. And more importantly,
he discusses what the human experience will be and how we can prepare
ourselves for the moral and ethical challenges that these awesome
changes will bring. This riveting and startling account will make
us revise our expectations of our own mortality."
Call number: RA418.5.M4 H36 2008
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| The
Foundation: A Great American Secret: How Private Wealth Is Changing
the World - Publisher's Marketing:
"Private foundations have been the dynamo of social change
since their invention at the beginning of the last century. Yet
just over 10 percent of the public knows they even exist; and for
those who are aware of them, as well as even those who seek grants
from them, their internal workings remain a complete mystery. Joel
Fleishman knows the sector like few others, and in this groundbreaking
book he explains both the history of foundations--with their fledgling
beginnings in the era of the robber barons seeking social respectability--through
to the present day. This book shows how, why foundations matters,
and how the future of foundations can provide a vital spur to the
engine of the American, and the world's, economy--if they are properly
established and run."
Call number: HV97.A3 F54 2007
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