Fierce Creatures - Summary: "When ruthless media mogul Rod McCain acquires England's Marwood Zoo, he sends his sexy marketing executive and his lecherous son to whip the place into shape, but they discover Marwood's straitlaced director has already implemented his own harebrained scheme to boost attendance: from now on the zoo will do away with cute, cuddly animals and display only "fierce creatures.""

Call number: PN1997.F647 1998

Absolute Power - Summary: "Career thief and ex-con Luther Whitney witnesses the death of a woman by the President of the United States and no one is ready or willing to believe his story. What lengths will the President and his aids go to in order to hide the truth? Based on the novel of the same name by David Baldacci."

Call number: PN1997.A286 2000

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective - Summary: "When the Miami Dolphins' mascot is kidnapped just before the Superbowl, Ace Ventura, pet detective, is hired to solve the case."

Call number: PN1997.A312 1997

Boyz N the Hood - Summary: "Three friends struggle to survive in South Central Los Angeles where friendship, pain, danger and love form a true picture of life in the 'hood in this critically acclaimed, action-filled story."

Call number: PN1997.B699 2005

Canadian Bacon - Summary: "Beset by falling approval ratings, a desperate U.S. president and his closest advisors launch a rally-round-the-flag campaign against the country's newest enemy--Canada."

Call number: PN1997.C363 2001

Clerks - Summary: "It's one wild day in the life of a pair of overworked counter jockeys who brave a nonstop parade of unpredictable shoppers, while managing to play hockey on the roof, visit a funeral home and straighten out their offbeat love lives."

Call number: PN1997.C564 2004

Unbreakable - Summary: "After David Dunn emerges from a horrific train crash as the sole survivor-- and without a single scratch on him-- he meets a mysterious stranger who believes comic book heroes walk the earth. A haunting stranger whose obsession with David will change David's life forever."

Call number: PN1997.U6316 2001

Mystic Pizza - Summary: "Three young women, waitresses at a pizza parlor in Mystic, Connecticut, spend a special summer discovering romance."

Call number: PN1997.M969 2001

Force 10 From Navarone - Summary: "In the darkest days of World War II, Hitler's armies are storming through Europe, annihilating all opposition in their path. But U.S. Colonel Barnsby (Ford) plots to strike a crippling blow to the brutal Nazi forces. To succeed, he'll need the help of the most skilled and lethal soldiers in the world: the Force 10 squad, fresh from their triumphant mission at Navarone. But when the team's plan goes awry in the firestorm of blistering battles, deceit and treachery, Barnsby and the squad's hard-driving Major Mallory (Shaw) are forced to devise a new and even more dangerous scheme to attack the Nazi war machine-- or risk losing the rest of Europe to its awesome, destructive power."

Call number: PN1997.F73 2005

Jersey Girl - Summary: "Ollie is madly in love with his wife. But when the Manhattan music publicist's wife dies in childbirth, Ollie's life becomes emotionally shattered. Not sure what to do next, he moves to New Jersey with his infant daughter to live with his dad. Juggling his career and single parenthood proves more than Ollie can manage, and one day he's fired after he bungles a major press event. He devotes his time to his daughter and ends up frequenting a local video store where he strikes up a friendship with a woman named Maya."

Call number: PN1997.J478 2004

The Edge - Summary: "A model has her rich, much older husband come with her to a photo shoot. But when their plane chrashes in the middle of nowhere, a strong mind game erupts between the jealous husband and the younger photographer as they try to get back to civilization."

Call number: PN1997.E454 1999

Wild Wild West - Summary: "Special agent James West and fellow agent and crackerjack inventor Artemus Gordon team up on a daring assignment to stop legless Dr. Arliss Loveless and his diabolical plot for a Disunited States of America."

Call number: PN1997.W553 1999

Chain Reaction - Summary: "A student machinist finds himself caught in a maze of secret government cover-ups, hi-tech espionage and murder after working on a groundbreaking scientific experiment. Eddie Kasalivich and Lily Sinclair are part of a team of scientists who have developed a revolutionary new source of energy. But no sooner have they finished celebrating their triumph, than their lab is destroyed and the head of their team killed. Named the main suspects, Eddie and Lily quickly realize their only hope lies with a powerful and mysterious bureaucrat who may or may not be on their side."

Call number: PN1997.C434 2000

Charlotte’s Web - Summary: "Fern is a young farm girl who rescues the runt, Wilbur. Wilbur the pig is saved from certain death and Fern visits him every day at her Uncle Homer's farm. But it's Wilbur's friendship with Charlotte the spider that ultimately saves him from the "smoke house." Charlotte's talent for weaving praiseworthy words about Wilbur into her web turns the Zuckerman farm into a tourist attraction."

Call number: PN1997.C437 2006

Interiors - Summary: "A dark drama of three sisters: a writer, an actress, and one groping for identity. When their father decides to divorce their shattered mother and remarry a spunky middle-aged widow, the three young women struggle to come to terms with each other and with themselves."

Call number: PN1997.I687 2000

Moonstruck - Summary: "Loretta, an "unlucky in love" Italian widow, suddenly finds romance through the intervention of the Manhattan moon. With her wedding to a close friend just weeks away, she has the misfortune to meet and fall hopelessly in love with his estranged younger brother."

Call number: PN1997.M6668 2006

A Year in Provence - Summary: "Based on Peter Mayle's bestseller by the same name, it is the hilarious first year account of the Mayles' adjusting to both the idiosyncracies of the locals and the quaint traditions of this ancient and charming region."

Call number: PN1997.Y337 2001

The Sandlot - Summary: "The best baseball player in the neighborhood helps a new kid with his clumsy ball-handling."

Call number: PN1997.S163 2001

Separate Tables - Summary: "Explores the separate and interwoven dreams of a number of eccentric and lonely people in a rather gloomy, small hotel in the seaside town of Bournemouth, England. In one evening, four unhappy misfits will bare their innermost secrets and change each other's lives forever."

Call number: PN1997.S3642 2001

Something to Talk About - Summary: "The story of Grace, a woman with a "picture-perfect life," whose reaction to the infidelities of her husband Eddie turns the lives and loves of the people around her into something like falling dominoes."

Call number: PN1997.S667 1999

Runaway Bride - Summary: "An unlikely love story developes when a cynical, big-city columnist comes to a small town to cover the story of Maggie Carpenter, a bride who's left men at the altar several times."

Call number: PN1997.R863 1999

Eight Men Out - Summary: "This is a stunning dramatization of the scandalous 1919 "Black Sox" World Series, in which underpaid members of the Chicago White Sox accepted bribes to throw the games, resulting in tragedy for players like "Shoeless" Joe Jackson."

Call number: PN1997.E555 2001

Mallrats - Summary: "This is a tale of two loafers who spend the day at the mall after their girlfriends tell them to kiss off for good. After all, there's something for everyone at the mall, including a way to win back their babes."

Call number: PN1997.M355 1999

Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her - Summary: "An anthology of 5 loosely connected and interwoven stories showing how women deal with the variety of problems that each faces in her life. A doctor looking after her invalid mother who realizes that her own life is passing her by. A wealthy bank manager dealing with an unplanned pregnancy, a workaholic boyfriend, and a street woman who dispenses advice that hits too close to the truth. A single mother debating starting a relationship with the dwarf who moves in across the street. A fortune teller struggling with her grief and depression as she cares for her lesbian lover who is dying from cancer. A woman police detective confronted with her own lonliness as she watches her blind sister date, and investigates the suicide of an old school friend."

Call number: PN1997.T476 2001

True Romance - Summary: "Lovers find themselves in possession of a suitcase full of valuable mob contraband and plan to take the goods from Detroit to Los Angeles to sell them, but the gangsters and the police have other ideas."

Call number: PN1997.T793 1997

Play It Again, Sam - Summary: "A hypochondriac film buff turns to his idol, Humphrey Bogart, for advice about women. Directed by Herbert Ross."

Call number: PN1997.P696 2001

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery - Summary: "Cryogenically frozen in the 60s and thawed in the 90s, swinging secret agent Austin Powers leaps back into action with the beautiful Agent Kensington to battle his arch-enemy Dr. Evil, baby."

Call number: PN1997.A989 2001

Platoon - Summary: "This intense drama examines the fight between good and evil among an American infantry rifle platoon in the jungles of Vietnam as seen though the innocent eyes of a new recruit."

Call number: PN1997.P681 2005

Armageddon - Summary: "After learning of a doomsday asteroid, NASA sends up a team of oil drillers to bore a nuclear device into its surface, hoping the detonation will knock it off course. But as word of the Armageddon spreads, the world's social structure begins to break down."

Call number: PN1997.A863 1998

The American President - Summary: "Andrew Shephard is the most popular American president in decades, a consummate politician and a man of integrity, who also happens to be a widower, ready to start dating again. But when stunning lobbyist Sydney Ellen Wade sweeps into his political arena, she unexpectedly sweeps him off his feet."

Call number: PN1997.A832 1999

The Fifth Element - Summary: "It's the 23rd Century and New York cab driver Korben Dallas just picked up a fare that only comes once every five-thousand years--a perfect beauty, a supreme being, a deadly weapon. Dallas is immediately hoisted into a journey that will have him saving the world."

Call number: PN1997.F648 1997

Enemy of the State - Summary: "Robert Clayton is a respected D.C. attorney who--without his knowledge--is given an explosive piece of video that ties a top national security official to a political murder. Almost instantly Clayton is targeted by government surveillance operatives who will stop at nothing to recover the incriminating evidence."

Call number: PN1997.E646 1999

Diner - Summary: "Immature buddies regroup at an all-night diner after various escapades in late-1950s Baltimore. Directed by Barry Levinson."

Call number: PN1997.D564 2000

Diary of a Mad Black Woman - Summary: "With all of her possessions packed in a moving van, Helen starts on her journey to put the pieces of her life back together. Through the assistance of her friends, family, faith, and a twist of fate, Helen finds the strength and empowerment she needs to get control of her circumstances. She also finds that the tragic events of her life soon become comic, especially with the guidance and help-- mostly unsolicited, by the way--of her pot-smoking, gun-toting, and much beloved, grandmother figure Madea."

Call number: PN1997.D537 2005

Spy Game - Summary: "CIA leader Nathan Muir is ready to retire when his protege is arrested for espionage in China. Believing his student is innocent, Muir takes it upon himself to free Bishop. His mission takes him back to the beginning of their partnership and everything the pair have experienced until now."

Call number: PN1997.S674 2002

Crimson Tide - Summary: "Instability in Russia results in the deployment of the the nuclear submarine "Alabama." Russian rebels have taken over a nuclear missile site and are refueling them for a possible strike against the USA. Tensions run high undersea when the launch message is received, followed by an unconfirmed order."

Call number: PN1997.C756 1998

Dead Man Walking - Summary: "Based on a true story, Matthew Poncelet is the convicted killer of two teenage lovers, awaiting his sentence on Death Row in rural Louisiana. In response to his letter, the outspoken Sister Helen Prejean visits him in prison sworn to help him truthfully and spiritually prepare for his death by lethal injection after a recent appeal to reconsider his punishment was declined."

Call number: PN1997.D434 1999

Four Weddings and a Funeral - Summary: "Romantic comedy about a young man who meets the girl of his dreams at a friend's wedding. However, she slips through his fingers when the timing seems wrong, and they meet at three more weddings and a funeral before the two finally connect."

Call number: PN1997.F787 1999

French Kiss - Summary: "When her fiance is smitten by a beautiful Frenchwoman, Kate flies to Paris determined to win him back. However, nothing prepares her for Luc, a cunning, sexy Frenchman with a gift for gab and a fondness for thievery. A self-proclaimed expert on affairs of the heart, Luc promises to help Kate win back her man. But one star-crossed misadventure after another sweeps them across France, ultimately changing them in ways they never dreamed possible."

Call number: PN1997.F831 1999

Fried Green Tomatoes - Summary: "A chance encounter in a nursing home leads to an unexpected friendship between a dowdy housewife and a spry octagenarian who tells her the story of a fiercely independent woman half a century ago, inspiring the housewife to change her life, often with hilarious results."

Call number: PN1997.F854 1999

Full Metal Jacket - Summary: "Vietnam war drama which begins with a depiction of the brutality of Marine Corps training and then shifts to Vietnam, focusing mainly on a group of Marines responding to the Tet Offensive of 1968."

Call number: PN1997.F955 2001

Goodfellas - Summary: "Focuses on a group of men involved with organized crime while giving an inside look at the Mafia from 1955-80. Based on the life of mobster and FBI informant Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian New York kid who grows up idolizing the "wise guys" in his impoverished Brooklyn neighborhood."

Call number: PN1997.G774 1999

Men of Honor - Summary: "The courageous story of an African-American sailor who dared to dream of becoming a U.S. Navy Master Diver. Despite a ruthless training officer and a tragic shipboard accident, Carl's iron will is never broken. Against all odds, he pushes on to achieve the impossible."

Call number: PN1997.M425 2001

Hannah and Her Sisters - Summary: "A look at three sisters and the relationship they have with one another, and with the men in their lives."

Call number: PN1997.H366 2001

What Lies Beneath - Summary: "When Claire Spencer begins seeing ghostly images and hearing mysterious voices in her home, her husband Norman suspects it is just her imagination, until the images turn real. Together they uncover the truth."

Call number: PN1997.W538 2002

When Harry Met Sally - Summary: "Can a man and woman sleep together and still be friends in the morning? Harry and Sally find out in this classic romantic comedy full of laughs and memories."

Call number: PN1997.W5382 2001

Wag the Dog - Summary: "When the President is caught in a sex scandal less than 2 weeks before the election, "Mr. Fix-it" decides they need a war to distract the public's attention and he calls on Hollywood's top producer to create it."

Call number: PN1997.W349 1998

The World According to Garp - Summary: "Garp is a man whose life unfolds from cradle to grave in counterpoint to the dizzy, violent, cruel and casually destructive rhythms of our anxious age. Whilst Garp sees himself as a "serious" writer, his mother Jenny writes a feminist manifesto at an opportune time, and finds herself as a magnet for all manner of distressed women."

Call number: PN1997.W886 2001

Contact - Summary: "Based on Pulitzer Prize-winning astronomer Carl Sagan's best selling novel, "Contact" is the story of a scientist who receives a dramatic message from deep space and instructions for building a new machine that will either usher in a new age or Armageddon."

Call number: PN1997.C6683 1997

Pollock - Summary: "The turbulent life of well-known artist Jackson Pollock is dramaticall presented in this acclaimed film. Although his wife is dedicated to carving his name into the pages of history, Pollock finds himself caught in an emotional downward spiral that threatens all he holds dear."

Call number: PN1997.P655 2001

Jungle Fever - Summary: "A black architect begins an affair with his working class Italian secretary. Their relationship causes them to be scrutinized by their friends, cast out from their families and shunned by their neighbors."

Call number: PN1997.J864 1998

Tea with Mussolini - Summary: "Set in Florence, Italy during the 1930s. Denying that anything could possibly interfere with their refined lives, five women remain undaunted by the dangers of war until it's practically upon them. Once trapped in a cultural paradise, they find they have little chance of maintaining the lifestyle they've grown accustomed to."

Call number: PN1997.T43 1999

The Thomas Crown Affair - Summary: "Just as thrill-seeking billionaire Thomas Crown feels his world has become too routine, he steals a priceless painting in broad daylight. But when a cunning insurance investigator picks up his trail, Crown realizes he has met his match, and so begins an intoxicating game of cat and mouse."

Call number: PN1997.T485 2000

Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back - Summary: "Quick-Stop potheads Jay and Silent Bob wreak vengeance on Hollywood, where Miramax is making a "Bluntman & Chronic" feature film inspired by the comic book version of the guys, but without their permission. En route from Jersey to Hollywood, the guys encounter sexy jewel thieves, a precocious orangutan, a dimwit wildlife marshal, and a nonstop parade of in-jokes and splendid celebrity cameos."

Call number: PN1997.J393 2001

A Time to Kill - Summary: "A murder trial brings a small Mississippi town's racial tension to the flashpoint. Amid a frenzy of activist marches, Klan terror, media clamor and brutal riots, an unseasoned but idealistic young attorney mounts a stirring courtroom battle for justice."

Call number: PN1997.T514 1997

Life as a House - Summary: "In a final attempt to make something meaningful with his life, George launches a last ditch effort to build the house of his dreams. In the process, he renovates his crumbling relationship with friends and family."

Call number: PN1997.L543 2002

Dead Poets Society - Summary: "Robin Williams portrays English professor John Keating, who, in an age of crew cuts, sport coats and cheerless conformity, inspires his students to live life to the fullest, exclaiming "Carpe Diem, lads! Seize the day. Make your lives extraordinary!" The charismatic teacher's emotionally charged challenge is met by his students with irrepressible enthusiasm--changing their lives forever."

Call number: PN1997.D4347 1998

Band of Brothers - Summary: "The story of Easy Company of the US Army Airbourne Paratrooper division and their mission in WWII France during Operation Overlord."

Call number: PN1992.8.W34 B36 2002

Moonlight and Valentino - Summary: "Insecurities are exposed when a friend, a sister and an ex-stepmother help a young widow get on with life."

Call number: PN1997.M666 2001

Practical Magic - Summary: "The wry, comic romantic tale follows the Owens sisters as they struggle to use their hereditary gift for practical magic to overcome the obstacles in discovering true love."

Call number: PN1997.P734 1999

Pump Up the Volume - Summary: "By day, Mark Hunter is a painfully shy kid in a small Arizona town. But by night, he's Hard Harry, the cynical, uncensored DJ of a pirate radio station. Idolized by his high school classmates (who are unaware of his real identity), Harry becomes a hero with his fiercely funny monologues on sex, love and rock and roll. But when he exposes the corrupt school principal, she calls in the FCC to shut Harry down."

Call number: PN1997.P856 2001

Risky Business - Summary: "A call girl helps a Princeton applicant turn his home into a one-night brothel."

Call number: PN1997.R584 1997

Romantic Comedy - Summary: "Jason and Phoebe meet on his wedding day while he's stark naked. He thinks she's the masseuse. She thinks he's crazy. Phoebe was sent by Jason's agent to replace his now departed playwriting partner. And she does, through 15 years of hits and flops, through marriages and divorces, through the birth of two children, through everything two people can share without sharing each other's love."

Call number: PN1997.R663 2001

Six Days, Seven Nights - Summary: "A dream vacation turns into a hilarious tropical nightmare when a rough-hewn cargo pilot takes a sharp-tongued yuppie on a quick flight to Tahiti, only to crash in a storm, stranding the two on a deserted island."

Call number: PN1997.S538 2002

20 Best of Bob Marley

Track List

1 Sun Is Shining 2:12
2 Trenchtown Rock 2:51
3 Soul Rebel 3:43
4 Kaya 2:30
5 Rebel's Hop 2:38
6 Soul Captive 2:01
7 Cheer Up 2:02
8 Fussing and Fighting 2:27
9 Duppy Conqueror 3:28
10Try Me 2:44
11 No Sympathy 2:12
12 Treat You Right 2:10
13 Can't You See 2:43
14 Lively Up Yourself 2:51
15 Soul Almighty 2:37
16 Keep on Moving 3:04
17 Stop the Train 2:18
18 How Many Times 2:22
19 Stand Alone 2:07
20 Don't Rock My Boat 4:29

Call number: M1681.J25 A20 2004

Amarantine by Enya

Call number: M1630.2.E693 A6373 2005

Pay the Devil by Van Morrison

Call number: M1630.18.M67 P39 2006

Temple's professional training as an animal scientist and her history as a person with autism have given her a perspective like that of no other expert in the field. Standing at the intersection of autism and animals, she offers unparalleled observations and groundbreaking ideas about both.

Autistic people can often think the way animals think -- in fact, Grandin and co-author Catherine Johnson see autism as a kind of way station on the road from animals to humans -- putting autistic people in the perfect position to translate "animal talk." Temple is a faithful guide into their world, exploring animal pain, fear, aggression, love, friendship, communication, learning, and, yes, even animal genius. Not only are animals much smarter than anyone ever imagined, in some cases animals are out-and-out brilliant.

The sweep of "Animals in Translation" is immense, merging an animal scientist's thirty years of study with her keen perceptions as a person with autism -- Temple sees what others cannot.

Among its provocative ideas, the book:

# argues that language is not a requirement for consciousness -- and that animals do have consciousness

# applies the autism theory of "hyper-specificity" to animals, showing that animals and autistic people are so sensitive to detail that they "can't see the forest for the trees" -- a talent as well as a "deficit"

# explores the "interpreter" in the normal human brain that filters out detail, leaving people blind to much of the reality thatsurrounds them -- a reality animals and autistic people see, sometimes all too clearly

# explains how animals have "superhuman" skills: animals have animal genius

# compares animals to autistic savants, declaring that animals may in fact be autistic savants, with special forms of genius that normal people do not possess and sometimes cannot even see

# examines how humans and animals use their emotions to think, to decide, and even to predict the future

# reveals the remarkable abilities of handicapped people and animals

# maintains that the single worst thing you can do to an animal is to make it feel afraid

Temple Grandin is like no other author on the subject of animals because of her training and because of her autism: understanding animals is in her blood and in her bones."

Call number: QL751 .G73 2005

Tim Gunn: A Guide to Quality, Taste & Style - Publisher's Marketing: "Television has introduced the world to a new fashion authority: Tim Gunn. As Bravo's style mentor and Chair of the Fashion Design Department at Parsons The New School for Design, Tim delivers advice in a frank, witty, and authoritative manner that delights audiences.
Now readers can benefit from Tim's considerable fashion wisdom in "Tim Gunn: A Guide to Quality, Taste & Style," He discusses every aspect of creating and maintaining your personal style: how to dress for various occasions, how to shop (from designer to chain to vintage stores), how to pick a fashion mentor, how to improve your posture, find the perfect fit, and more. He'll challenge every reader-whether a seasoned fashionista or a style neophyte-to "make it work!""

Call number: TT507 .G86 2007

The Innocent - Publisher's Marketing: "Leonard Marnham is assigned to a British-American surveillance team in Cold War Berlin. His intelligence work--tunneling under a Russian communications center to tap the phone lines to Moscow--offers him a welcome opportunity to begin shedding his own unwanted innocence, even if he is only a bit player in a grim international comedy of errors. Leonard's relationship with Maria Eckdorf, an enigmatic and beautiful West Berliner, likewise promises to loosen the bonds of his ordinary life. But the promise turns to horror in the course of one terrible evening--a night when Leonard Marnham learns just how much of his innocence he's willing to shed."

Call number: PR6063.C4 I54 1999

At age sixteen, Lewis begins writing to Arthur Greeves, a boy his age in Belfast who later becomes one of his most treasured friends. Their correspondence would continue over the next fifty years. In his letters to Arthur, Lewis admits that he has abandoned the Christian faith. "I believe in no religion," he says. "There is absolutely no proof for any of them."

Shortly after arriving at Oxford, Lewis is called away to war. Quickly wounded, he returns to Oxford, writing home to describe his thoughts and feelings about the horrors of war as well as the early joys of publication and academic success.

In 1929 Lewis writes to Arthur of a friend ship that was to greatly influence his life and writing. "I was up till 2: 30 on Monday talking to the Anglo-Saxon professor Tolkien who came back with me to College ... and sat discoursing of the gods and giants & Asgard for three hours ..." Gradually, as Lewis spends time with Tolkien and other friends, he admits in his letters to a change of view on religion. In 1930 he writes, "Whereas once I would have said, 'Shall I adopt Christianity', I now wait to see whether it will adopt me ..."

The Collected Letters of C. S. Lewis, Volume I offers an inside perspective to Lewis's thinking during his formative years. Walter Hooper'sinsightful notes and biographical appendix of all the correspondents make this an irreplaceable reference for those curious about the life and work of one of the most creative minds of the modern era.

C. S. Lewis was a prolific letter writer, and his personal correspondence reveals much of his private life, reflections, friendships, and the progress of his thought. This second of a three-volume collection contains the letters Lewis wrote after his conversion to Christianity, as he began a lifetime of serious writing. Lewis corresponded with many of the twentieth century's major literary figures, including J. R. R. Tolkien and Dorothy Sayers. Here we encounter a surge of letters in response to a new audience of laypeople who wrote to him after the great success of his BBC radio broadcasts during World War II -- talks that would ultimately become his masterwork, Mere Christianity.

Volume II begins with C. S. Lewis writing his first major work of literary history, The Allegory of Love, which established him as a scholar with imaginative power. These letters trace his creative journey and recount his new circle of friends, "The Inklings," who meet regularly to share their writing. Tolkien reads aloud chapters of his unfinished The Lord of the Rings, while Lewis shares portions of his first novel, Out of the Silent Planet. Lewis's weekly letters to his brother, Warnie, away serving in the army during World War II, lead him to begin writing his first spiritual work, The Problem of Pain.

After the serialization of The Screwtape Letters, the director of religious broadcasting at the BBC approached Lewis and the "Mere Christianity" talks were born. With his new broadcasting career, Lewiswas inundated with letters from all over the world. His faithful, thoughtful responses to numerous questions reveal the clarity and wisdom of his theological and intellectual beliefs.

Volume II includes Lewis's correspondence with great writers such as Owen Barfield, Arthur C. Clarke, Sheldon Vanauken, and Dom Bede Griffiths. The letters address many of Lewis's interests -- theology, literary criticism, poetry, fantasy, and children's stories -- as well as reveal his relation ships with close friends and family. But what is apparent throughout this volume is how this quiet bachelor professor in England touched the lives of many through an amazing discipline of personal correspondence. Walter Hooper's insightful notes and compre hensive biographical appendix of the correspon dents make this an irreplaceable reference for those curious about the life and work of one of the most creative minds of the modern era."

Call number: PR6023.E926 Z48 2004

A Handmade Life: In Search of Simplicity - Publisher's Marketing: "William Coperthwaite is a teacher, builder, designer, and writer who for many years has explored the possibilities of true simplicity on a homestead on the north coast of Maine. In the spirit of Henry David Thoreau, Emily Dickinson, and Helen and Scott Nearing, Coperthwaite has fashioned a livelihood of integrity and completenessbuying almost nothing, providing for his own needs, and serving as a guide and companion to hundreds of apprentices drawn to his unique way of being.
"A Handmade Life" carries Coperthwaites ongoing experiments with hand tools, hand-grown and gathered food, and handmade shelter, clothing, and furnishings out into the world to challenge and inspire. His writing is both philosophical and practical, exploring themes of beauty, work, education, and design while giving instruction on the hand-crafting of the necessities of life. Richly illustrated with luminous color photographs by Peter Forbes, the book is a moving and inspirational testament to a new practice of old ways of life."

Call number: H61.15 .C66 2007

For as long as she can remember, success in her career has been more than enough. But after all these years of being single, Jeannie realizes that some of the pieces of her perfect puzzle aren't fitting quite right. The people she thought she knew best all harbor secrets, secrets Jeannie isn't prepared for, secrets that can't be digested, processed, and solved in the neat three-hour window of her show. Her best friend, Luce, is growing distant and distracted; her wayward father unexpectedly moves in; and an ambiguous relationship with her college crush ignites.

When the radio station is bought by the maverick mogul Nicholas Moss, Jeannie's career, her one safe haven, also descends into chaos. She is pushed to increase ratings and goes too far, risking the loss of everything and everyone important to her."

Call number: PS3619.C449 L384 2007

Eco-Terrorism: Radical Environmental and Animal Liberation Movements - Publisher's Marketing: "Radical environmentalism and its progeny, "eco-terrorism," is a modern phenomenon. It is a movement far removed from the elite conservationists of the late 1800s and the mainstream environmental groups that emerged later. Drawn from the same pool of concerned individuals who comprise memberships in groups like Greenpeace, the Sierra Club, and the Wilderness Society, disaffected environmentalists have turned from political lobbying to direct action in the form of widespread property destruction and other types of crime and terror. Here, the author exposes the activities of radical groups determined to make their mark in the movement to protect the earth and its creatures from those they view as predators. He covers the major groups as well as less well-known ones and provides a careful portrait of who they are, what they do, and how to address them. The growth, from the 1980s through the present day, of organizations involved in eco-terror is noticeable and significant. Such groups have caused millions of dollars worth of damage throughout the country. The FBI estimates that the ALF/ELF have committed more than 600 criminal acts in the United States since 1996, resulting in damages in excess of $43 million. Tactics include pulling up survey stakes, tree-spiking, arson, and other methods. Most groups will claim responsibility for their actions, just as other types of terrorist groups will take responsibility for theirs. Eco-Terrorism takes an objective look at the most radical groups and their terrorist activities in the United States, including case examples and analysis of the methods and rhetoric the groups employ. It uncovers the losses both to individuals and the community as aresult of these methods, and it describes the ideologies, motivations, history, and activities of the political movements that have been labeled environmental terrorism."

Call number: GE197 .L53 2006

Evolution for Everyone: How Darwin's Theory Can Change the Way We Think about Our Lives - Publisher's Marketing: ""What is the biological reason for gossip?
For laughter? For the creation of art?
Why do dogs have curly tails?
What can microbes tell us about morality?"
These and many other questions are tackled by renowned evolutionist David Sloan Wilson in this witty and groundbreaking new book. With stories that entertain as much as they inform, Wilson outlines the basic principles of evolution and shows how, properly understood, they can illuminate the length and breadth of creation, from the origin of life to the nature of religion. Now everyone can move beyond the sterile debates about creationism and intelligent design to share Darwin’ s panoramic view of animal and human life, seamlessly connected to each other.
Evolution, as Wilson explains, is not just about dinosaurs and human origins, but about why all species behave as they do— from beetles that devour their own young, to bees that function as a collective brain, to dogs that are smarter in some respects than our closest ape relatives. And basic evolutionary principles are also the foundation for humanity’ s capacity for symbolic thought, culture, and morality.
In example after example, Wilson sheds new light on Darwin’ s grand theory and how it can be applied to daily life. By turns thoughtful, provocative, and daringly funny, Evolution for Everyone addresses some of the deepest philosophical and social issues of this or any age. In helping us come to a deeper understanding of human beings and our place in the world, it might also help us to improve that world."

Call number: B818 .W665 2007

Legends of Blood: The Vampire in History and Myth - Publisher's Marketing: "Of all the fictional monsters that have pierced society's collective consciousness, none has been so persistent or seductive as the vampire. Tales of the undead preying upon the blood of the living have survived in one form or another for thousands of years and across cultures. Legends of Blood traces this fascinating history from the myths of Ancient Greece and Egypt through the Gothic literature of 19th century Europe and up to present day, emphasizing how the tales of this alluring creature tap into humanity's most basic and primal fears. Wayne Bartlett and Flavia Idriceanu's highly readable yet impeccably researched book is a must-have for vampire enthusiasts and scholars alike. Drawing upon such sources as obscure and ancient myths, Romantic literature, and the novels of Anne Rice, Legends of Blood sheds new light on the pervasiveness of the vampire myth. Bartlett and Idriceanu illustrate the relationships that subsist between vampires and witchcraft, religion and sexuality, and show how the myth has adapted to the various intellectual trends of European history. Other topics include "real-life" vampirism such as the macabre tale of Elizabeth Bathory who murdered some 650 girls and bathed in their blood to restore her legendary beauty."

Call number: GR830.V3 B37 2005

The Walls children learned to take care of themselves. They fed, clothed, and protected one another, and eventually found their way to New York. Their parents followed them, choosing to be homeless even as their children prospered.

"The Glass Castle" is truly astonishing -- a memoir permeated by the intense love of a peculiar, but loyal, family. Jeannette Walls has a story to tell, and tells it brilliantly, without an ounce of self-pity."

Call number: HV5132 .W35 2005

Pesticides: A Toxic Time Bomb in Our Midst - Publisher's Marketing: "Pesticide exposure has long been a cause for concern, and with good reason. Studies have shown that all persons, but especially children, pregnant women, farmers, farmworkers, and the elderly, may experience negative health effects from pesticide exposure. These effects may include acute poisoning, cancer, neurological damage, birth defects, reduced sperm count, suppressed immune systems, and reproductive and developmental harm. This book is a comprehensive examination of pesticide use, pesticide harm, and alternatives to harmful pesticides. Levine highlights the role of farming, because a substantial majority--70 percent or more annually--of pesticides are applied in agricultural uses, thereby making their way into the food chain and into the water supply. More than 20 types of pesticides have been detected in U.S. groundwater, and it is believed that nearly 100 have the potential to invade our municipal water systems. Some level of pesticide contamination has been detected in every state, in both urban and agricultural areas. Outside of agriculture, people are exposed to pesticides primarily in the home. Approximately 90 percent of all households in the nation use pesticides, and the number and concentration of these agents indoors has been shown to be greater than outdoors. Given that Americans now spend nearly 90 percent of each day indoors, this is an issue of real concern. In addition to homes, suburban and rural corporate parks are also affected. Schools are another worrisome venue. In too many of our 110,000 school districts, untrained persons are making critical decisions about the use of pesticides in school buildings and on school grounds. No other book currently examinesthis issue in such breadth and depth."

Call number: RA1270.P4 L48 2007

Acting Lessons for Teachers: Using Performance Skills in the Classroom - Publisher's Marketing: "Acting Lessons for Teachers presents a solid theoretical foundation for the pedagogical benefits of enthusiatic teaching. Simply put, students are more engaged, misbehave less, and learn better from teachers who teach enthusiastically. A teacher's enthusiasm for his or her subject matter can be contagious. Since the dynamic of the classroom is similar to that of the stage in terms of speaker-listener relationships, the acting craft offers teachers a model for the skills and strategies that could be incorporated in their work to convey more enthusiasm for the material and for the students. This book presents concrete descriptions of the specific acting strategies that would benefit the teacher: physical and vocal animation, teacher role-playing, strategic entrances and exits, humor, props, suspense and surprise, and creative use of space. Special attention is given to the potential advantage of instructional technology as a modern-day prop. Strategies are explained in terms of their importance and ease of incorporation into the classroom. Each is proposed as a skill that can be learned by any teachers who have the desire to enliven their teaching. Student descriptions of their own experience with teachers' use of acting strategies add real examples for each lesson. Finally, testimony of award-winning classroom teachers from a variety of disciplines and age levels provides evidence of the wide and easy applicability of these strategies."

Call number: LB1732 .T38 2007

Ornamental Tropical Shrubs - Publisher's Marketing: "For gardeners lucky enough to live in the subtropical and tropical zones, here are 83 shrubs they can count on to display beautiful flowers and/or colorful, interesting leaves. Stunning color photos and practical advice make this book an inspiration as well as a how-to manual for those who want their gardens to put on a tropical show throughout the year. Learn how to use shrubs in garden design for hedges, borders, screens, bank covers, mass plantings, containers, as well as bird and butterfly attractors. You'll also learn how to maintain a healthy garden. In her straightforward style, Amanda Jarrett covers the basics of planting, watering, fertilizing, pruning, mulching, and controlling insects and diseases. Just follow Amanda's common-sense advice, and your garden will blossom for years to come."

Call number: SB435.6.T76 J37 2003

Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1500 Years - Publisher's Marketing: "Supported by in-depth scientific evidence, Singer and Avery present the compelling concept that global temperatures have been rising mostly or entirely because of a natural cycle. Unstoppable Global Warming explains why we're warming, why it's not very dangerous, and why we can't stop it anyway."

Call number: QC981.8.G56 S553 2007

The Rise of the Blogosphere - Publisher's Marketing: "In 1985 The WELL, a dial-up discussion board based on the utilization of desktop computer technology, invited popular participation in one of the first examples of what would eventually evolve into the "blog"- an interactive website allowing reaction comments to initial statements, and now providing the primary Internet means for dialogue. The WELL began with the phrase: "You own your own words." Though almost everything else about online discussion has changed in the two decades since, those words still describe its central premise, and this basic idea underlies both the power and the popularity of blogging today. Appropriately enough, it also describes American journalism as it existed a century and a half before The WELL was organized, before the concept of popular involvement in the press was nearly swept away on the rising tide of commercial and professional journalism. In this book, which is the first to provide readers with a cultural/historical account of the blog, as well as the first to analyze the different aspects of this growing phenomenon in terms of its past, Aaron Barlow provides lay readers with a thorough history and analysis of a truly democratic technology that is becoming more important to our lives every day. The current popularity of political blogs can be traced back to currents in American culture apparent even at the time of the Revolution. At that time there was no distinct commercial and professional press; the newspapers, then, provided a much more direct outlet for the voices of the people. In the nineteenth century, as the press became more commercial, it moved away from its direct involvement with politics, taking on an "observer" stance--removing itselffrom the people, as well as from politics. In the twentieth century, the press became increasingly professional, removing itself once more from the general populace. Americans, however, still longed to voice their opinions with the freedom that the press had once provided. Today, blogs are providing the means for doing just that."

Call number: PN478.4.O62 B37 2007

Growing Up Country: What Makes Country Life Country - Publisher's Marketing: "Blackberry pie on the window ledge. The Grand Ole Opry on the radio. Sunday dinners on the table. Families swinging on the front porch after a hard day’ s work. It’ s all part of the country way of life.
Here, legendary country music singer Charlie Daniels introduces and edits a collection of heartfelt essays from an all-star cast of contributors on what it means to grow up country.
United by a love of music, these notables show us that "country"means more than just the twang of a guitar. They share a belief in hard work, integrity, strength of character, and having the courage not to quit. The stories here tell of rustic upbringings and rich spirits, of parents who believed in tough love and old-fashioned common sense, and of a strong sense of community, pride in your country, and a love of the natural world.
You’ ll get an intimate glimpse into the lives of:
Country music royalty and all-time greats: such as Dolly Parton, Barbara Mandrell, Brenda Lee, Dobie Gray, and Lee Greenwood
Southern rock gods: such as Gary Rossington and Donnie Van Zant
The newest crop of stars: such as Sara Evans, Toby Keith, and Clint Black
Special guests: such as former president Jimmy Carter, and seven-time all around rodeo champion Ty Murray
These snapshots show how living "country" has allowed our favorite singers, songwriters, and stage performers to make a career out of doing what they love while never forgetting that when you’ ve grown up country, home isn’ t just a place where you live, it’ s a state of the heart."

Call number: ML394 .G85 2006

The Citizen-Powered Energy Handbook: Community Solutions to a Global Crisis - Publisher's Marketing: "In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Al Gores summer blockbuster "An Inconvenient Truth," and crude oil prices soaring to all-time highs, more people than ever know the truth about our oil addiction. Global warming is here. M. King Hubberts oil peak is fast approaching (or may already have arrived). The secrets out: fossil fuel reserves are dwindling and popular interest has created the need for accessible, realistic solutions.
"The Citizen-Powered Energy Handbook," a clear-eyed view of the critical situation we face, offers ways out. Greg Pahl examines energy technologies currently available and homes in on renewable energy strategies that can be adopted by individuals and communities. Such cooperative initiatives have been common in Europe for years and are beginning to gain a foothold in the US. Each chapter focuses on a different renewable energy categorysolar, wind, water, biomass, liquid biofuels, and geothermalthen reviews their advantages and disadvantages and desccribes numerous examples of successful, proven local initiatives.
"The Citizen-Powered Energy Handbook" is an eloquent appeal for community and regional action to initiate an array of solutions to energy needs until now controlled by large, distant utilities and consortiums. It is time to take back control of the energy and environmental challenges ahead; this book will help people do just that. It is a handbook for anyone ready to take the first steps towards a more sustainable future."

Call number: TJ163.2 .P33 2007

The Close-Knit Circle: American Knitters Today - Publisher's Marketing: "Knitting has recently exploded in popularity. Professionals, punks, and feminists are embracing this ancient craft, an activity that was previously relegated to the realm of the "traditional" woman, the mother and homemaker. Books that cater to this new generation of knitters are flooding the market with patterns for such contemporary projects as iPod cozies, yoga mat bags, and laptop covers. The attitude of these publications is decidedly hip, featuring models sporting tattoos or piercings. Missing from the avalanche of knitting books, until now, is one that fully explores the subculture of knitting. Who are these people? Why knitting, why now? Intrepid journalist and avid knitter Kerry Wills set out to find out. She takes us on a fascinating tour through the history of knitting, exploring the lives of such women as the revolutionary Elizabeth Zimmermann, whose strong opinions and classic book, Knitting without Tears, popularized knitting in the 1970s, anticipating current trends. Wills visits knitting groups that meet at such places as a feminist vegetarian restaurant, churches, pubs, and senior centers. She describes political activists who knit "tree cozies" to protect the trees against developers, groups that knit afghans for Afghans, and knitters who make shawls for people with cancer. She also explores online knitting communities. Those who are new to the craft will come away feeling more connected to the history of knitting as well as to their place in today's universe of knitters, while those who have been unable to put down their needles since stitching that first scarf will glean new ideas for their next blog session, online shopping spree, or knitting group get-together."

Call number: TT819.U6 W55 2007

Quick Fix Meals: 200 Simple, Delicious Recipes to Make Mealtime Easy - Publisher's Marketing: "Robin Miller is the host of the new series on Food Network, Quick Fix Meals with Robin Miller, which provides viewers with recipes, time-saving tips, and strategies for serving up fresh, healthful meals every day with the least possible effort.
In Quick Fix Meals, Robin shares her best time-saving strategies for putting fresh, delicious food on the table every night. Her recipes are organized by these techniques, which include Meal Kits (pre-prepping the ingredients for a weeknight meal on the weekend, bagging them, and having them ready to go in the fridge; the result--meals that can be on the table in literally 10 minutes); Morph-It Recipes (enjoy Herb-Crusted Turkey Tenderloin one night and you've got the makings for Chili-Rubbed Turkey Medallions or Pan-Seared Turkey with Apples and Melted Blue Cheese another night), and Greased Lightning, unbelievably tasty recipes that can be put together and on the table in 20 minutes. There are also Simple Sides that go together in no time, as well as, for those who just can't live without dessert, a collection of In-a-Snap Sweets."

Call number: TX833.5 .M545 2007

Women & Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny - Publisher's Marketing: "This groundbreaking book from bestselling author and personal finance expert investigates the complicated and perilous relationship women have with money, and offers solutions to bring about fundamental change."

Call number: HG181 .O75 2007

The Sports Industry's War on Athletes - Publisher's Marketing: "In America, sports are a popular passion, and an astoundingly lucrative business as well. Americans pay out millions of dollars annually for channels and stadiums to bring them closer to their favorite players, and every year, young athletes go to greater lengths to reach those exalted fields of play themselves. Unfortunately, in the quest to offer an ever more compelling product, the sports industry is blind to the manner in which that product is created. Doping, playing through injury, and eating disorders are widespread problems in both professional and college athletics, and speak volumes about the lengths to which people will go in order to make themselves successful. Dirty play, hazing, and cheating are common even at the lowest levels. Most troubling of all, however, are the societal problems created by the sports industry, which include racism, sexism, classism, and homophobia. Peter and Laura Finley's comprehensive work confronts the many problems facing athletics today. Using numerous examples (both historical and current), they begin with the issue as they exist at the highest levels and as they are represented in the media. They then go on to look at how the values and models expressed by professionals are adopted and utilized by coaches, parents, and eventually by amateur athletes of all ages. Finally, the Finleys provide recommendations for improving the sports environment in America, suggesting ways we can work to counteract some of these many harmful influences to ensure that sports realize their potential as a positive and rewarding activity."

Call number: GV716 .F56 2006

Energy Crisis - Publisher's Marketing: "Emerging challenges of the 21st Century such as the need to find alternative energies are explored in a balanced, international, and provocative way with a good combination of in-depth facts, statistics and real world consequences."

Call number: TJ163.23 .M36 2006

French Country - Publisher's Marketing: "The prospect of decorating a home can be overwhelming. Where do you begin? How do you ensure that the whole house will convey your personal vision? "Design/Decor: French Country" proposes an approach that's as effective as it is sensible: you do it one room at a time. In re-imagining the country house, this beautifully photographed book presents a range of ideas as applicable to an American vacation retreat as they are to an old stone cottage in Provence.
From entryway to kitchen, living room to dining room, bedroom to bath, the book explores each of the design elements that, when carefully coordinated, will transform every space into a harmonious whole. Throughout, "French Country" emphasizes the interaction -- so essential to a house in the country -- of the interior environment and the natural world outside."

Call number: NK2049.A1 S25 2006

Prince of Fire - Publisher's Marketing: "Few recent thriller writers have elicited the kind of critical praise that Daniel Silva has received, with his "provocative and deeply satisfying" (The Miami Herald) novels featuring art restorer and sometime spy Gabriel Allon, "a man whose depth and passion make him one of the most fascinating characters in the genre" (Chicago Sun-Times).
Now Allon is back in Venice, when a terrible explosion in Rome leads to a disturbing personal revelation: the existence of a dossier in terrorist hands that strips away his secrets, lays bare his history. Hastily recalled home to Israel, drawn once more into the heart of a service he had once forsaken, Allon finds himself stalking an elusive master terrorist across a landscape drenched with generations of blood, the trail turning on itself until, finally, he can no longer be certain who is stalking whom. And when at last the showdown comes, it will not be Gabriel alone who is threatened with destruction - for it is not his history alone that has been laid bare.
A knife-edged thriller of astonishing intricacy and feeling, filled with exhilarating prose, this is Daniel Silva's finest novel yet." Unabridged. 9 CDs.

Call number: A/V PR6069.I362 P75 2005a

The Messenger - Publisher's Marketing: "Allon is recovering from his grueling showdown with a Palestinian master terrorist, when terrorism comes to find him once again. An al-Qaeda suspect is killed in London, and photographs are found on his computer - photographs that lead Israeli intelligence to suspect that al-Qaeda is planning one of its most audacious attacks ever, straight at the heart of the Vatican.
Allon warns his old friend Monsignor Luigi Donati, the pope's private secretary, and rushes to Rome to assist in security, but what neither he nor Donati knows is that the Vatican has been thoroughly penetrated. An extraordinary enemy walks among themand he's just getting started.
In the days and weeks to come, Allon and his colleagues will find themselves in a deadly duel of wits against one of the most dangerous men in the world - a hunt that will take them across Europe to the Caribbean and back. But for them, there may simply not be enough of anything: enough time, enough facts, enough luck.
All Allon can do is set his trap - and hope that he is not the one caught in it." Unabridged. 9 CDs.

Call number: A/V PS3619.I5443 M47 2006b

Citizen of the Galaxy by Robert A. Heinlein - Publisher's Marketing: "In a distant galaxy, the atrocity of slavery was alive and well, and young Thorby was just another orphaned boy sold at auction. But his new owner, Baslim, is not the disabled beggar he appears to be: adopting Thorby as his son, he fights relentlessly as an abolitionist spy. When the authorities close in on Baslim, Thorby must ride with the Free Traders - a league of merchant princes - throughout the many worlds of a hostile galaxy, finding the courage to live by his wits and fight his way from society's lowest rung. But Thorby's destiny will be forever changed when he discovers the truth about his own identity." Unabridged, 8 CDs, 9 hrs. 30 min.

Call number: A/V PS3515.E288 C585 2004

But a lifetime ago Ben Tyson was a lieutenant in Vietnam.

There the men under his command committed a murderous atrocity -- and together swore never to tell the world what they had done. Now the press, army justice, and the events he tried to forget have caught up with Ben Tyson. His family, his career, and his personal sense of honor hang in the balance. And only one woman can reveal the truth of his past -- and set him free."

Call number: PS3554.E472 W6 1985

The Gold Coast - Publisher's Marketing: "Fallen on bad times, attorney John Sutter and his wife, Susan Stanhope Sutter, struggle to keep Stanhope Hall and their fragile hold on the lifestyle to which they are heir. To return a favor, John is asked to defend Frank "the Bishop" Bellarosa in a murder trial. If Sutter accepts, he risks losing his reputation. Author DeMille creates a powerful and devasting study of how moral choices are never what they appear to be."

Call number: PS3554.E472 G6 1990

Spencerville - Publisher's Marketing: "Keith Landry has lived long enough to have seen the end of the cold war; a war fought without uniforms or rules, a war that has claimed his career and his soul. Now, he has come home to Spencerville, a town in the American heartland that is both familiar and strange, a town as tarnished as Landry himself. But for Landry, Spencerville has one attraction that time has not corrupted. Her name is Annie Prentis, and she had been the one pure love of his youth. Then came Vietnam, and a world gone crazy separated them. Annie had long since married Cliff Baxter, the town's chief of police and its most powerful man, an unfaithful, yet brutally possessive husband, a force more dangerous than any Landry has met on the fields of battle. Landry has vowed: No more violence. No more killing. But now he has to fight one final, unavoidable battle, a battle that will be both his deadliest and his most personal. Confronted with his last chance at redemption, he must violate his oath - calling on all of his skills learned from a lifetime in military and intelligence service to rescue Annie from her sadistic husband, a man equally skilled in the tactics and techniques of death. Landry knows he's got to act rationally and with deadly cunning. Faced with a simple, stark choice - a new life, or no life at all - Landry takes the one critical step in the only direction he can: into the inevitable, explosive confrontation that will decide the fate of three people gripped in a fatal triangle."

Call number: PS3554.E472 S67 1994

Plum Island - Publisher's Marketing: "Wounded in the line of duty, NYPD homicide detective John Corey convalesces in the Long Island township of Southold, home to farmers, fishermen - and at least one killer. Tom and Judy Gordon, a young, attractive couple Corey knows, have been found on their patio, each with a bullet in the head. The local police chief, Sylvester Maxwell, wants Corey's big-city expertise, but Maxwell gets more than he bargained for. The early signs point to a burglary gone wrong. But because the Gordons were biologists at Plum Island, the offshore animal disease research site rumored to be involved in germ warfare, it isn't long before the media is suggesting that the Gordons stole something very deadly. Suddenly a local double murder becomes a crime with national and worldwide implications. John Corey doesn't like mysteries, which is why he likes to solve them. His investigations lead him into the lore, legends, and ancient secrets of northern Long Island - more deadly and more dangerous than he could ever have imagined. During his journey of discovery, he meets two remarkable women, Detective Beth Penrose and Mayflower descendant Emma Whitestone, both of whom change his life irrevocably."

Call number: PS3554.E472 P57 1997

The Charm School - Publisher's Marketing: "DeMille follows his most successful novel to date, Word of Honor, with an explosive thriller of international intrigue and high-voltage political tension set in contemporary Russia."

Call number: PS3554.E472 C48 1988

The General's Daughter - Publisher's Marketing: "Paul Brenner is a member of the Army's elite undercover investigative unit, with the authority to arrest any military person anywhere in the world. He has always wondered just how far he could push his power. He is about to find out. Captain Ann Campbell is the daughter of General "Fighting Joe" Campbell. She is a West Point graduate, beautiful, bright, and the pride of Fort Hadley. Her raped and murdered body is found on the firing range, naked and spread-eagled, her hands and feet bound with tent rope - but there is no sign of a struggle. All of Brenner's instincts tell him to avoid the case. Yet Brenner's natural curiosity is aroused. He takes the case. As if that decision weren't reckless enough, he finds himself teamed with rape specialist Cynthia Sunhill, a woman with whom Brenner once had a tempestuous, ultimately doomed affair and with whom the temperamental sparks still flare. Together, they will discover the truth about the brass above them: that beneath the neatly pressed uniforms, the military codes of honor, pride, and order hide a corruption as rank as Ann Campbell's own astonishing secret life. Paul and Cynthia learn that any number of people were sexually, emotionally, and dangerously involved with the Army's "golden girl", and any one of them could have wanted her dead. Far more than a richly plotted murder mystery, Nelson DeMille's The General's Daughter is a resonant and scathing portrayal of military life, demonstrating, unforgettably, how its members are different from - and at the same time, so much like - the rest of us."

Call number: PS3554.E472 G46 1992

Black Dogs - Publisher's Marketing: "In 1946, a young couple set off on their honeymoon. Fired by their ideals and passion for one another, they plan an idyllic holiday, only to encounter an experience of darkness so terrifying it alters their lives forever. In this highly praised national bestseller, Ian McEwan has written his most humane and compelling novel to date."

Call number: PR6063.C4 B5 1999

The Comfort of Strangers - Publisher's Marketing: "As their holiday unfolds, Colin and Maria are locked into their own intimacy. They groom themselves meticulously, as though someone is waiting for them who cares deeply about how they appear. When they meet a man with a disturbing story to tell, they become drawn into a fantasy of violence and obsession."

Call number: PR6063.C4 C6 1994

The Cement Garden - Publisher's Marketing: "In this tour de force of psychological unease--now a major motion picture starring Charlotte Gainsbourg and Sinead Cusack--McEwan excavates the ruins of childhood and uncovers things that most adults have spent a lifetime forgetting--or denying. "Possesses the suspense and chilling impact of Lord of the Flies".--Washington Post Book World."

Call number: PR6063.C4 C44 2003

Enduring Love - Publisher's Marketing: "On a windy spring day in the Chilterns, the calm, organized life of science writer Joe Rose is shattered when he witnesses a tragic accident: a hot-air balloon with a boy trapped in its basket is being tossed by the wind, and in the attempt to save the child, a man is killed. A stranger named Jed Parry joins Rose in helping to bring the balloon to safety. But unknown to Rose, something passes between Parry and himself on that day--something that gives birth to an obsession in Parry so powerful that it will test the limits of Rose's beloved rationalism, threaten the love of his wife, Clarissa, and drive him to the brink of murder and madness. Brilliant and compassionate, this is a novel of love, faith, and suspense, and of how life can change in an instant."

Call number: PR6063.C4 E53 1999

The Child in Time - Publisher's Marketing: "Stephen Lewis, a successful writer of children's books, is confronted with the unthinkable: his only child, three-year-old Kate, is snatched from him in a supermarket. In one horrifying moment that replays itself over the years that follow, Stephen realizes his daughter is gone.
With extraordinary tenderness and insight, Booker Prize-winning author Ian McEwan takes us into the dark territory of a marriage devastated by the loss of a child. Kate's absence sets Stephen and his wife, Julie, on diverging paths as they each struggle with a grief that only seems to intensify with the passage of time. Eloquent and passionate, the novel concludes in a triumphant scene of love and hope that gives full rein to the author's remarkable gifts. The winner of the Whitbread Prize, The Child in Time is an astonishing novel by one of the finest writers of his generation."

Call number: PR6063.C4 C45 1999

Literally. Just ask Thomas C. Flood. Waking up after a fantastic night unlike anything he's ever experienced, he discovers that his girlfriend, Jody— the woman of his dreams— is a vampire. And surprise! Now he's one, too.

For some couples, the whole biting-and-blood thing would have been a deal breaker. But Tommy and Jody are in love, and they vow to work through their issues. Like how much Jody should teach Tommy about his new superpowers (and how much he needs to learn on his own). Plus there's Tommy's cute new minion, sixteen-year-old goth girl Abby Normal. (Well, "someone" has to run errands during daylight hours!)

Making the relationship work, however, is the least of Jody and Tommy's problems. Word has it that the vampire who nibbled on Jody wasn't supposed to be recruiting any new members into the club. Even worse, Tommy's erstwhile turkey-bowling pals are out to get him, at the urging of a blue-dyed Las Vegas call girl named (duh) Blue.

And that really sucks."

Call number: PS3563.O594 Y68 2007

Trouble is, Nate's beginning to wonder if he hasn't spent just a little too much time in the sun. 'Cause no one else on his team saw a thing -- not his longtime partner, Clay Demodocus; not their saucy young research assistant; not even the spliff-puffing white-boy Rastaman Kona (né Preston Applebaum). But later, when a roll of film returns from the lab missing the crucial tail shot -- and his research facility is trashed -- Nate realizes something very fishy indeed is going on.

By turns witty, irreverent, fascinating, puzzling, and surprising, "Fluke" is Christopher Moore at his outrageous best."

Call number: PS3563.O594 F58 2004

Island of the Sequined Love Nun - Publisher's Marketing: "Take a wonderfully crazed excursion into the demented heart of a tropical paradise -- a world of cargo cults, cannibals, mad scientists, ninjas, and talking fruit bats. Our bumbling hero is Tucker Case, a hopeless geek trapped in a cool guy's body, who makes a living as a pilot for the Mary Jean Cosmetics Corporation. But when he demolishes his boss's pink plane during a drunken airborne liaison, Tuck must run for his life from Mary Jean's goons. Now there's only one employment opportunity left for him: piloting shady secret missions for an unscrupulous medical missionary and a sexy blond High Priestess on the remotest of Micronesian hells. Here is a brazen, ingenious, irreverent, wickedly funny novel from a modern master of the outrageous."

Call number: PS3563.O594 I7 2004

The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove - Publisher's Marketing: "The town psychiatrist has decided to switch everybody in Pine Cove, California, from their normal antidepressants to placebos, so naturally— well, to be accurate, artificially— business is booming at the local blues bar. Trouble is, those lonely slide-guitar notes have also attracted a colossal sea beast named Steve with, shall we say, a thing for explosive oil tanker trucks. Suddenly, morose Pine Cove turns libidinous and is hit by a mysterious crime wave, and a beleaguered constable has to fight off his own gonzo appetites to find out what's wrong and what, if anything, to do about it."

Call number: PS3563.O594 L87 2004

Dropping the Ball: Baseball's Troubles and How We Can and Must Solve Them - Publisher's Marketing: "Hall of Famer and former Yankee great Dave Winfield presents his compelling plan of action for saving baseball from self-destruction. Urbane and entertaining, this work inspires readers to get out of the armchair and into the action."

Call number: GV863.A1 W56 2007

Califano shows how substance abuse is the culprit in violent and property crime, soaring Medicare and Medicaid costs, family breakup, domestic violence, the spread of AIDS, teen pregnancy, poverty, and low productivity. He takes on alcohol and tobacco interests that buy political protection with campaign contributions and seed a culture of substance abuse among our nation's children and teens. He explains the importance of parent power, proposes revolutionary changes in prevention, treatment, and criminal justice, and calls upon every individual and institution to confront this plague that has maimed and killed more Americans than all our wars, natural catastrophes, and traffic accidents combined."

Call number: HV4999.2 .C35 2007

Shopping Guide for Caring Consumers: A Guide to Products That Are Not Tested on Animals

Call number: HV4915 .S46 2006

Selling Anxiety: How the News Media Scare Women - Publisher's Marketing: "A strange duality affects the news media today. The more that women advance in the worlds of business, academia, medicine, and law, the gloomier news about women and their achievements becomes. As statistics report the rise in the number of women obtaining college and advanced degrees, the media increasingly tells them that this is a terrible mistake and that only by returning to traditional roles of wife and mother can women find true happiness. The message is that if women do achieve, they will make themselves and their families miserable. This message, often based on specious "scientific" studies and reports, gets played over and over again in televised newscasts, print newspapers, the internet, and other media outlets purporting to be objective.
Rivers, a journalist who has written extensively in the behavioral sciences, exposes the many ways news media distort stories about women. According to Rivers, these stories "sell" because they play to the fears of affluent women, one of the most desirable consumer markets. Rivers's topics, literally "pulled from the headlines," include negative representations of working mothers and "latch-key" kids, stories that exaggerate the perils of childcare and divorce, media treatment of powerful political figures like Elizabeth Dole, Teresa Heinz, and Hillary Clinton, and news as "poli-porn" (sex and death-obsessed tales of pretty, white girls and women like Jon-Benet Ramsay, Chandra Levy, and Natalee Holloway). Rivers also revisits ongoing debates about male and female brainpower and the claim that the attention paid to girls in schools is ruining boys' chances for achievement and success. She examines how the media has collaborated withGeorge W. Bush and the political right to wage war on birth control and abortion. Her conclusion suggests what can and must be done to halt the news media's assault on women."

Call number: HQ1237.5.U6 R58 2007

Little Pink Slips - Publisher's Marketing: "Inspired by real-life events, this mordantly funny debut novel explores the extremely unladylike business of publishing a very ladylike magazine."

Call number: PS3611.O74919 L58 2007

Rethinking Thin: The New Science of Weight Loss--And the Myths and Realities of Dieting - Publisher's Marketing: "In this eye-opening book, "New York Times "science writer Gina Kolata shows that our society’ s obsession with dieting and weight loss is less about keeping trim and staying healthy than about money, power, trends, and impossible ideals.
"Rethinking Thin "is at once an account of the place of diets in American society and a provocative critique of the weight-loss industry. Kolata’ s account of four determined dieters’ progress through a study comparing the Atkins diet to a conventional low-calorie one becomes a broad tale of science and society, of social mores and social sanctions, and of politics and power.
"Rethinking Thin "asks whether words like "willpower "are really applicable when it comes to eating and body weight. It dramatizes what it feels like to spend a lifetime struggling with one’ s weight and fantasizing about finally, at long last, getting thin. It tells the little-known story of the science of obesity and the history of diets and dieting— scientific and social phenomena that made some people rich and thin and left others fat and miserable. And it offers commonsense answers to questions about weight, eating habits, and obesity— giving us a better understanding of the weight that is right for our bodies."

Call number: RM222.2 .K576 2007

An emerging new talent, Courtney E. Martin is the voice of a young generation so obsessed with being thin that their consciousness is always focused inward, to the detriment of their careers and relationships. Health and wellness, joy and love have come to seem ancillary compared to the desire for a perfect body. Even though eating disorders first became generally known about twenty-five years ago, they have burgeoned, worsened, become more difficult to treat and more fatal (50 percent of anorexics who do not respond to treatment die within ten years). Consider these statistics:

Ten million Americans suffer from eating disorders.

Seventy million people worldwide suffer from eating disorders.

More than half of American women between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five would pre fer to be run over by a truck or die young than be fat.

More than two-thirds would rather be mean or stupid.

Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any psychological disease.

In "Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters," Martin offers originalresearch from the front lines of the eating disorders battlefield. Drawn from more than a hundred interviews with sufferers, psychologists, nutritionists, sociocultural experts, and others, her exposé reveals a new generation of "perfect girls" who are obsessive-compulsive, overachieving, and self-sacrificing in multiple -- and often dangerous -- new ways. Young women are "told over and over again," Martin notes, "that we can be anything. But in those affirmations, assurances, and assertions was a concealed pressure, an unintended message: You are special. You are worth something. But you need to be perfect to live up to that specialness."

With its vivid and often heartbreaking personal stories, "Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters" has the power both to shock and to educate. It is a true call to action and cannot be missed."

Call number: BF697.5.B63 M37 2007

Relationships are hard work, but how hard should they be? When do you know you are struggling "too hard" to make a relationship succeed?

"Deal Breakers" is about getting out of this "relationship purgatory" -- where the present is unfulfilling and the future is the only thing you can hope for. But there is no magic future. If he won't work on problems today, it's unlikely they'll ever be resolved. And passively hoping for change will only cost you years of depression or expensive therapy.

Dr. Bethany Marshall is here to remind women that relationships -- like "business" relationships -- are deals. In the business world, a deal breaker is the one nonnegotiable term that, if not agreed to, means the deal is off. But in the world of relationships, identifying your deal breaker can be much more promising, as it holds out the possibility of helping you to understand where the relationship has gone wrong, what needs to be done in order to make it better, and when to walk away because you're doing more work than him to fix it.

A deal breaker is a boundary that smart people set for themselves because they know that falling in love can make them do stupid things. Through case studies, deal breaker scenarios, and suggested courses of action, "Deal Breakers" expertly guides frustrated women. By defining your deal breaker, you hold all the power to create the happiness you deserve."

Call number: HQ801 .M37185 2007

Dream When You're Feeling Blue- Publisher's Marketing: ""New York Times" bestselling author Elizabeth Berg takes us to Chicago at the time of World War II in this wonderful story about three sisters, their lively Irish family, and the men they love.
As the novel opens, Kitty and Louise Heaney say good-bye to their boyfriends Julian and Michael, who are going to fight overseas. On the domestic front, meat is rationed, children participate in metal drives, and Tommy Dorsey and Glenn Miller play songs that offer hope and lift spirits. And now the Heaney sisters sit at their kitchen table every evening to write letters– Louise to her fiancé , Kitty to the man she wishes fervently would propose, and Tish to an ever-changing group of men she meets at USO dances. In the letters the sisters send and receive are intimate glimpses of life both on the battlefront and at home. For Kitty, a confident, headstrong young woman, the departure of her boyfriend and the lessons she learns about love, resilience, and war will bring a surprise and a secret, and will lead her to a radical action for those she loves. The lifelong consequences of the choices the Heaney sisters make are at the heart of this superb novel about the power of love and the enduring strength of family."

Call number: PS3552.E6996 D74 2007

David's and Jade's lives are consumed with each other; their rapport, their desire, their sexuality take them further than they understand. And when Jade's father suddenly banishes David from the house, he fantasizes the forgiveness his rescue of the family will bring and he sets a "perfectly safe" fire to their house. What unfolds is a nightmare, a dark world in which David's love is a crime and a disease, a world of anonymous phone calls, crazy letters, and new fears -- and the inevitable and punishing pursuit of the one thing that remains most real to him: his endless love for Jade and her family."

Call number: PS3569.P455 E54 1999

Women Leading School Systems: Uncommon Roads to Fulfillment - Publisher's Marketing: "Most published research on the superintendency has failed to examine the voices of female superintendents. Today, white males account for approximately 85% of superintendents, rendering the female presence in the profession almost nonexistent. Women Leading School Systems, commissioned by the American Association of School Administrators (AASA), provides a historical overview of women in top leadership position's. This study examines what drives some female educators to accept the challenge of becoming a superintendent and what drives others to remain in middle management. The authors also profile a number of women who have spent their lives at the top of the school system. This comprehensive book is the only national study entirely dedicated to women's leadership."

Call number: LB2831.73 .B78 2007

Statistical Analysis with Excel for Dummies - Publisher's Marketing: "This book makes it easy to crunch numbers and interpret statistics with Excel, even for the math-challenged Using plain English and real-life examples, the author provides information that will help readers improve their performance on the job or in the classroom Covers formulas and functions, charts and PivotTables, samples and normal distributions, probabilities and related distributions, trends and correlations, as well as statistical terms like median vs. mean, margin of error, standard deviation, permutations, and correlations-all using Excel"

Call number: HF5548.4.M523 S35 2005

The Enlightened Bracketologist: The Final Four of Everything - Publisher's Marketing: "Introducing the ingenious, addictive tool for judging everything under the sun: ENLIGHTENED BRACKETOLOGY, the new science that makes opinion a sport.
Political battles are won and lost by popular vote. Great movies are nominated and chosen by committee. The rest of the world is more or less up for grabs. As a cure for the resulting confusion, Mark Reiter and Richard Sandomir have organized the world’ s most haunting and maddeningly subjective questions into a scheme of binary pairings that finally reveal what is truly the best in its class: What’ s the greatest American beer? The best Elmore Leonard novel? The most reliable economic indicator? In each bracket five Darwinian rounds of binary matchups leave a lone survivor; textual notes explain the details. Experts and subjects include: Ken Jennings on Game Show Catchphrases; Roz Chast on Animation Characters; Mo Rocca on Political Hot-Button Issues; Stefan Fatsis on Scrabble Words; Kurt Andersen on Conspiracy Theories; Jeff MacGregor on NASCAR Phrases; Will Blythe on Sports Rivalries; Henry Beard on Latin Grammar; the editors of The Bark on Dogs for the Ages; Jesse Sheidlower on Punctuation; Rick Meyerowitz on Dodosaurs; and many more – 101 in all. Go forth and adjudicate!"

Call number: E169.12 .R45 2007

Everything Is Miscellaneous: The Power of the New Digital Disorder - Publisher's Marketing: "Business visionary and bestselling author David Weinberger shows how the digital revolution is radically changing the way we make sense of our lives Human beings are information omnivores: we are constantly collecting, labeling, and organizing data. But today, the shift from the physical to the digital is mixing, burning, and ripping our lives apart. In the past, everything had its one place— the physical world demanded it— but now everything has its places: multiple categories, multiple shelves. Simply put, everything is suddenly miscellaneous.
In "Everything Is Miscellaneous," David Weinberger charts the new principles of digital order that are remaking business, education, politics, science, and culture. In his rollicking tour of the rise of the miscellaneous, he examines why the Dewey decimal system is stretched to the breaking point, how Rand McNally decides what information not to include in a physical map (and why Google Earth is winning that battle), how Staples stores emulate online shopping to increase sales, why your children’ s teachers will stop having them memorize facts, and how the shift to digital music stands as the model for the future in virtually every industry. Finally, he shows how by “going miscellaneous, ” anyone can reap rewards from the deluge of information in modern work and life.
From A to Z, "Everything Is Miscellaneous" will completely reshape the way you think— and what you know— about the world."

Call number: HD30.2 .W4516 2007

The Extreme Makeover of Hillary Rodham Clinton - Publisher's Marketing: "The race is on, and Hillary Clinton is looking to transform herself into a candidate Middle Americans might elect as our first woman president. Can she do it? No one is better placed to analyze her chances--with groundbreaking reporting--than Bay Buchanan."

Call number: E887.L55 B83 2007

The Charitable Choice provision and the Bush Administration’s National Faith-Based Initiative have broadened the scope of social services delivered through faith-based organizations. There are expectations that these faith-based social service providers will be more effective—but how should that effectiveness be measured? Faith-Based Social Services: Measures, Assessments, and Effectiveness explains the nature and quality of religion-based social service delivery while serving as a point of reference for future research and work. This unique source tackles the important, complex issue of measuring the effectiveness of faith-based social services in comparison to secular services while providing analysis of the latest available studies.

Faith-Based Social Services: Measures, Assessments, and Effectiveness provides a conceptual analysis of FBOs (faith-based organizations) that reflects the need to gather detailed studies to assess social service effectiveness while reviewing the crucial issues challenging public policy. The latest empirical research is detailed, including the problems found when comparing secular and faith-based social service providers, their organizational structures, and the types of services offered. Analysis is included of the data from a three-state evaluation of welfare to work programs, a study of four types of faith-based services found in four cities, and an assessment of a church-based program for teenage drop-outs.

Topics in Faith-Based Social Services: Measures, Assessments, and Effectiveness include:
• Discussion on howsocial science research shunned faith-based services and how this neglect affected effectiveness
• Problems inherent in efficacy assessment
• Making funding priorities decisions
• The causes of outcome differences
• A model of evaluation based on randomized controlled clinical trials
• Using measurement practices currently used by the nonprofit sector
• Comparative case studies in transitional housing, parent education, and residential substance abuse treatment programs
• Latest analysis of research involving faith-based organizations and the provided services’ efficacy
• Much more!

Faith-Based Social Services: Measures, Assessments, and Effectiveness is illuminating reading perfect for social work professionals, students, educators, sociologists, religious leaders, and seminary educators."

Call number: HV530 .F35 2007

Feeding the Fire: The Lost History and Uncertain Future of Mankind's Energy Addiction - Publisher's Marketing: "From the first spark created by human hands thousands of years ago, mankind has grown dependent on nature’ s vast stores of energy to build, explore, and experiment. Our expanding knowledge and technologies have come from the felling of forests to the harnessing of wind and water, from the burning of coal and oil to tapping the energy of the atom. Energy does more than heat our homes and fill our gas tanks; it fuels our imaginations. Our future is inextricably linked to energy, and in this groundbreaking book, Mark Eberhart examines our historic quest for power and tackles the brutal realization that there are limits to the energy Earth can provide.
In Western society, we treat energy as a given— the background noise of modern life. But as worldwide energy demand grows, supplies are, at best, holding steady— and at worst, shrinking. The implications of our dependence are enormous. And while there is evidence that great cultures of the past— the Maya, Anasazi, Easter Islanders— collapsed when their energy resources were exhausted, Eberhart argues that we have the responsibility and the ability to develop renewable energy sources now.
Eberhart leads us on a tour through the history of energy, how it was formed and how it evolved, and reveals how we became energy-dependent creatures. With an unblinking eye, he takes a close look at the consequences of our energy appetite, and, most important, imagines a secure energy future that we can all play a part in achieving.
Enlightening, bold, and practical, "Feeding the Fire" weaves together history, science, and current affairs to create an important and compelling thesis about humanity’ s energyneeds— and draws a hard line on the imperative need to avert the catastrophe that looms if we continue on our present course."

Call number: TJ807.9.U6 E34 2007

The Story of Costume - Publisher's Marketing: "An essential reference for parents, teachers, librarians, and anyone working with children's theater groups.
This full-color introduction to historical costume was created especially for children by John Peacock, a former senior costume designer for the BBC. With over 320 illustrations plus clearly written descriptions, the book offers a broad survey of Western costume from ancient times to the present day. It will be an invaluable resource for teachers and librarians who want to help children imagine what the historical characters they are studying really looked like.
The book contains detailed drawings of men, women, and children wearing examples of clothing from every period. Some of the most eye-catching trends in costume history are featured, including knights' armor from the thirteenth century, the exaggeratedly pointed shoes worn in the fifteenth century, and the curled and powdered wigs of the eighteenth century. Each costume, whether worn by an Egyptian queen, a medieval court jester, or a schoolmistress in the Old West, is meticulously drawn and concisely described. 328 color illustrations.
The book covers
• every historical period, from the Ancient World to modern times
• a broad array of groups, from servants and laborers to nobility and royalty
• every aspect of fashion, including shoes, hats, and other accessories, plus jewelry and hairstyles"

Call number: GT511 .P425 2006

Decorating Cottage Style - Publisher's Marketing: "Cottages are all about warmth and coziness--and here's a book as welcoming as the style it celebrates. These pages hold the key to achieving that wonderfully laid-back cottage look, with its pickets and porch railings, time-tested color combinations, faded fabrics, family photos, and treasured collections. The pictures speak volumes about how old and new, pretty and primitive, can work perfectly together to create a welcoming retreat in any type of home. And all the ideas and projects are simple yet beautiful--whether it's artfully antiqued furniture, whimsical birdhouses, button pillows to scatter everywhere, or a glass-paned door table."

Call number: TT157 .S357 2006

Designers are conceptual pack rats. They pack as much raw material in their brains as possible and then use that to build their own unique designs. "The Anatomy of Design" is what, in the butcher business, they call a "side of beef." The authors selected fifty examples of graphic design that will be dissected, piece by piece, tissue by tissue, revealing an array of influences and inspirations. These are not necessarily the most well-known or celebrated objects of graphic design, though many contain the genetic codes of some canonical works. Instead, these represent contemporary artifacts that are well conceived, finely crafted, and filled with hidden treasures. Some are overtly complex and their influences are somewhat easy to see with the naked eye. Others are so simple that it is hard to believe there is a storehouse of inspiration hidden underneath.

The selections include all kinds of design work including posters, book and record covers, packages, catalog covers, and more. Each exhibit is selected based on its ubiquity, thematic import, and aesthetic significance, and every page is a means to show how great work is derived from various inspirational and physical sources, some well-known, some unknown. Each design is presented on a gate-fold showing the featured design and and other works that share the key influences with extended captions explaining the whys and wherefores."

Call number: NC998.4 .H44 2006

At Home with White

Call number: NK2115.5.C6 B375 2007

Ultrametabolism: The Simple Plan for Automatic Weight Loss - Publisher's Marketing: "Imparting the seven keys to a healthy weight, including how to control appetite, cool hidden inflammation, and fortify the thyroid, the author presents a simple, six-week program of detox, rebalancing, and then stabilizing the metabolism, complete with menus and recipes from the famous Canyon Ranch."

Call number: RM222.2 .H964 2006

My Latest Grievance - Publisher's Marketing: "Hilarious. Sharp. Funny. Lovable. These are just samples of the
countless words of praise for Elinor Lipman' s My Latest Grievance.
This lively campus farce features the beguiling teenager Frederica
Hatch, the " Eloise of Dewing College." Born and raised in the dormitory
of this small women' s college, and chafing under the care of " the
most annoyingly evenhanded parental team in the history of civilization, "
Frederica is starting to feel that her life is stiflingly snug— until
the arrival of Miss Laura Lee French, a wannabe former Rockette and
the new dorm mother at Dewing.
The arrival of Miss French turns out to be a catalyst for havoc and
hilarity, for it just so happens that the new dorm mother was married—
in the distant past— to none other than Frederica' s earnest and distinctly
unglamorous father. Fearing scandal, the three Hatches and Miss
French decide to keep this piece of history a secret. The result? A book
that is pure delight and sure to please new readers and fans of Lipman
everywhere."

Call number: PS3562.I577 M9 2006

Viewer Discretion Advised: Taking Control of Mass Media Influences - Publisher's Marketing: "\Viewer Discretion Advised shows where our media has gone wrong and what we can do about it. Established media critic Jeffrey McCall illustrates the problems with much of contemporary media content, why it is this way, how to better manage children's media use, how to become more critical audience members, and more. It also includes a helpful chapter on how readers can actively challenge media companies. Stop complaining about media contentchange it!"

Call number: P92.U5 M37 2007

Life the Movie: How Entertainment Conquered Reality - Publisher's Marketing: ""A thoughtful, in places chilling, account of the way entertainment values have hollowed out American life." --"The New York Times Book Review"
From one of America's most original cultural critics and the author of Winchell, the story of how our bottomless appetite for novelty, gossip, glamour, and melodrama has turned everything of importance-from news and politics to religion and high culture-into one vast public entertainment.
Neal Gabler calls them "lifies," those blockbusters written in the medium of life that dominate the media and the national conversation for weeks, months, even years: the death of Princess Diana, the trial of O.J. Simpson, Kenneth Starr vs. William Jefferson Clinton. Real Life as Entertainment is hardly a new phenomenon, but the movies, and now the new information technologies, have so accelerated it that it is now the reigning popular art form. How this came to pass, and just what it means for our culture and our personal lives, is the subject of this witty, concerned, and sometimes eye-opening book."

Call number: PN1995.9.S6 G23 2000

Get Anyone to Do Anything: And Never Feel Powerless Again, Psychological Secrets to Predict, Control, and Influence Every Situation - Publisher's Marketing: "The legendary leader in the field of human behavior delivers the national bestselling, must-read phenomenon that changed the rules. Utilizing the latest advancements in human behavior, Dr. Lieberman's critically acclaimed techniques show you step-by-step how to gain the clear advantage in every situation.
Get anyone to find you attractive
Get the instant advantage in any relationship
Get anyone to take your advice
Get a stubborn person to change his mind about anything
Get anyone to do a favor for you
Get anyone to return your phone call
Stop verbal abuse instantly
Get anyone to confide in your and confess anything"

Call number: BF636 .L46 2000

Police Officer Stress: Sources and Solutions - Publisher's Marketing: ""It can be said that those who analyze the present can easily make mistakes, but those who ignore the past can be swallowed so deep by stressful lives that even their loved ones abandon them." This is an analysis of police officer stress, where it comes from and what to do about it. Two assumptions drive this work: current events in American history are changing police work forever and that officer stress is actually a symptom of an antiquated police organization that must be retooled to meet these challenges. This work explains both the officer’ s and the organization’ s contribution toward stress and makes practical recommendations towards resolution. “ This text is really a major step forward in a very important field” - Nicholas Irons County College of Morris, NJ “ This text may very well be the first ‘ truly’ objective examination of the current keystones of policing” - Roger Pennel Central Missouri State University"

Call number: HV7936.J63 S74 2008

The Simple Home: The Luxury of Enough - Publisher's Marketing: "For everyone who craves a simpler lifestyle, not only in how they live but also where they live, The Simple Home features 21 houses and presents six different approaches to creating a home that realizes its full potential both simply and elegantly.
We are living in complex times, in a commodified, virtual, and overstimulated culture. One response to high levels of complexity and overstimulation is to look for yet another gadget or closet organizer to simplify our lives. But the answer lies somewhere else. The road to a simpler more satisfying life begins with a clear-eyed examination of the choices we are making for our time--and that includes choices about where we want to live.
The Simple Home presents six paths to simplicity, each illustrated by human-scaled, unadorned homes with straightforward floor plans and forms. These are open, light-filled homes (with rooms or spaces that are often multipurpose) that express their beauty in their utility and practicality. Simple homes are low maintenance and often green, designed for homeowners who wish to embody a different set of values in their housing choices than the run-of-the-mill starter castles littering the landscape.
The 6 Paths to Simplicity:
1. Simple is Enough
2. Simple is Thrifty
3. Simple is Flexible
4. Simple is Timeless
5. Simple is Sustainable
6. Simple is Refined"

Call number: NA7208 .N42 2007

Fifteen years earlier, Katie was in the CIA. She loved her job (to say nothing of her boss, the mysterious Benton Mattingly). Yet just as she was sensing she was in line for a promotion, she was fired -- escorted off the premises by two extremely hulking security types. Why? No one would tell her: when you're expelled from the Agency, warm friends immediately become icy ex-colleagues who won't risk their security clearances by talking to you.

Until that day, Katie was where she wanted to be. Coming from a family of Manhattan superachievers, she too had a job she not only adored but a job that made her, in the family tradition, a Someone. Fifteen years later, Katie is still stuck on her firing. Was she set up? Or did she make some terrible mistake that cost lives? She believes that if she could discover why they threw her out, she might be at peace.

On the day she's rushing to get her son off to summer camp, Katie gets a surprise call from former Agency colleague Lisa Golding. "A matter of national importance," says Lisa, who promises to reveal the truth about the firing -- "if" Katie will help her. Lisa was never very good at truth-telling, though she swears she's changed her ways. Katie agrees to speak with her, but before she can, Lisavanishes.

Maturity and common sense should keep Katie in the bright, normal world of her present life, away from the dark intrigues of the past. But she needs to know. As she takes just a few steps to find out, one ex-spy who might have the answers dies under suspicious circumstances. Another former agent is murdered. Could it be there's a list? If so, is Katie now on it? And who will be the next to go?"

Call number: PS3559.S15 P37 2007

Years later, after Itzik himself has gone to his grave, his son, Nathan, knows nothing of his bitter father's childhood. When he begrudgingly goes to Poland on business, Nathan decides on a whim to visit his ancestral town. There, in Zokof, he meets the mysterious Rafael, the town's last remaining Jew, who promises to pass on all the things Itzik had failed to teach his son-about Zokof, about his faith, and about himself.

And yet, like the generation before him, Nathan keeps what he learns hidden inside himself. With the family legacy in danger of being lost, Friedl's restless spirit guides Itzik's precocious granddaughter, Ellen, on a journey of her own to Zokof, where only Friedl can help Ellen unlock the mysteries of her family's past-and only Ellen can help Friedl break her agonizing enslavement.

A stunning debut novel of enormous scope and beauty, A Day of Small Beginnings tells the timeless story of the Leiber family; of the secrets that break them, the love that binds them, and the town that is both their curse and their redemption."

Call number: PS3618.O83163 D39 2006

The Bloodless Revolution: A Cultural History of Vegetarianism from 1600 to Modern Times - Publisher's Marketing: "How Western Christianity and Eastern philosophy merged to spawn a political movement that had the prohibition of meat at its core.
"The Bloodless Revolution" is a pioneering history of puritanical revolutionaries, European Hinduphiles, and visionary scientists who embraced radical ideas from the East and conspired to overthrow Western society's voracious hunger for meat. At the heart of this compelling history are the stories of John Zephaniah Holwell, survivor of the Black Hole of Calcutta, and John Stewart and John Oswald, who traveled to India in the eighteenth century, converted to the animal-friendly tenets of Hinduism, and returned to Europe to spread the word. Leading figures of the Enlightenment— among them Rousseau, Voltaire, and Benjamin Franklin— gave intellectual backing to the vegetarians, sowing the seeds for everything from Victorian soup kitchens to contemporary animal rights and environmentalism.
Spanning across three centuries with reverberations to our current world, "The Bloodless Revolution" is a stunning debut from a young historian with enormous talent and promise."

Call number: TX392 .S86 2007

When the body of another student, D. C. Hunter, is found in a shed by the lake, Lucy and Augusta must race to figure out if her murder is connected to the deaths of two other girls. Should Augusta focus on the English professor who was having an affair with D.C.? Or on the seemingly cheerful caretaker who happened to discover two of the bodies? And what is the meaning of the “ Jabberwocky” clues that keep turning up around campus?

It will take some heavenly help---and a little home cooking---to restore the peace of the town."

Call number: PS3552.A466 A83 2006

Talk to the Snail: Ten Commandments for Understanding the French - Publisher's Marketing: "Have you ever walked into a half-empty Parisian restaurant, only to be told that it’ s “ complet” ? Attempted to say “ merci beaucoup” and accidentally complimented someone’ s physique? Been overlooked at the "boulangerie "due to your adherence to the bizarre foreign custom of waiting in line? Well, you’ re not alone. The internationally bestselling author of "A Year in the Merde "and "In the Merde for Love "has been there too, and he is here to help. In "Talk to the Snail," Stephen Clarke distills the fruits of years spent in the French trenches into a truly handy (and hilarious) book of advice. Read this book, and find out how to get good service from the grumpiest waiter; be exquisitely polite and brutally rude at the same time; and employ the language of "l’ amour "and "le sexe," Everything you need is here in this funny, informative, and seriously useful guide to getting what you really want from the French."

Call number: DC34 .C548 2007

3 Women - Vendor's Marketing: "Robert Altman delivers one of his most startlingly enigmatic pictures with 3 WOMEN. Inspired by a dream Altman had in which he was shooting a film in the desert, the film tells the story of a shy, quiet girl named Pinky (Sissy Spacek), who starts working in a nursing home and strikes up a friendship with the talkative Millie (Shelley Duvall). The pair share an apartment and grow closer together, but a series of strange events cause their personas to change and morph in unexpected ways. Recalling the dreamy atmosphere of Ingmar Bergman's PERSONA, 3 WOMEN is Altman at his most deliriously inspired."

Call number: PN1997.A133 2004

Under the Roofs of Paris - Vendor's Marketing: "A romantic "boy-meets-girl" drama with historical significance as the first French film with sound and the first screen musical."

Call number: PN1997.U633 2002

Le Corbeau - Vendor's Marketing: "This suspense thriller concerns a small French village whose everyday existence is badly shaken by a series of mysterious poison pen letters. The author of the letters, who signs himself "The Raven," has enough defamatory information to provoke tension and suicide."

Call number: PN1997.C673 2004

The Constant Gardener - Vendor's Marketing: "Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles, whose previous film, CITY OF GOD, won awards all over the world--and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2004 Oscars--has crafted another highly entertaining yet important film. Beautifully shot in Kenya, Germany, Sudan, Manitoba, and London, THE CONSTANT GARDENER, based on a bestselling novel by John Le Carré, is an exciting mix of romance and spy thriller. Ralph Fiennes stars as Justin Quayle, a low-level British diplomat who has always gone about his work very quietly, not causing any problems. But after his radical wife, Tessa (Rachel Weisz), is killed, he becomes determined to find out why, thrusting himself into the middle of a very dangerous conspiracy. Jeffrey Caine's powerful screenplay alternates between flashbacks of Justin and Tessa's relationship and Justin's hunt for the truth, which makes him a target--although he doesn't know who is after him. Fine support is offered by Danny Huston as his close friend and confidant, Sandy; Bill Nighy as shady British official Sir Bernard Pellegrin; and Hubert Koundé as Arnold Bluhm, an African doctor who might have been a little too friendly with Tessa. Meirelles's pacing is outstanding, switching effortlessly between political intrigue, action adventure, and love story. And Fiennes and Weisz give strong performances playing complex characters that will continually surprise the audience. THE CONSTANT GARDENER is a thrilling tale from start to finish."

Call number: PN1997.C668 2006

Café Au Lait - Vendor's Marketing: "A menage-a-trois a la "Jules et Jim." Two men--one white and Jewish, one black and Muslim--share a flat with their mutual beloved, who is expecting a child that could belong to either of them."

Call number: PN1997.C344 2005

Death Penalty on Trial: Crisis in American Justice - Publisher's Marketing: "In 1972, the Supreme Court declared capital punishment "cruel and unusual punishment." This should have effectively eliminated the death penalty. But individual states enacted their own laws and have continued to execute people with undiminished zeal. Back in the 70s, Bill Kurtis, creator of the television phenomenon of true crime investigation--and now host of the popular television series "American Justice"--supported the death penalty. Kurtis covered the trials of some of the most heinous murderers in America, including cult killer Charles Manson, and he had no qualms seeing his subjects executed. But the ordeal of Ray Krone, a Phoenix postal worker twice convicted of murder and put on death row, only to be freed five years later on irrefutable DNA evidence linking the murder to another man, changed his mind. In this startling book, Kurtis takes the reader on his most remarkable investigative journey yet. Here, we follow trails of wrong decisions. We examine in detail why responsible lawyers, judges and law enforcement personnel all came up with wrong verdicts and sent innocent men to death row. We re-visit the murder scenes, study the evidence, and explore the tactical decisions made before and during trial, which led to wrong conclusions. We see why the new jewel of forensic science, DNA, is revealing more than innocence and guilt, opening a window into the criminal justice system that could touch off a revolution of reform. Ultimately we come to a remarkable conclusion: The possibility for error in our justice system is simply too great to allow the death penalty to stand as our ultimate punishment. Kurtis pinpoints eight main reasons why the wrong people are condemned to death.These include overzealous and dishonest prosecutors; corrupt policemen who beat and coerce confessions out of defendants; poorly paid lawyers who don't offer a competent defense; corrupt expert witnesses; unreliable eye witnesses; bias and incompetent judges; and the testimony of jailhouse informants. Having exposed these glaring flaws in the American justice system, Kurtis makes a dramatic claim; Capital punishment is a crime. It epitomizes all that's wrong with the American judicial system. It must stop. There can be no real justice in America until the death penalty is abolished."

Call number: HV8699.U5 K87 2004

The Writer's Workplace with Readings: Building College Writing Skills - Publisher's Marketing: "For the past twenty years, THE WRITER'S WORKPLACE has served the needs of half a million two-year and four-year students as they have worked their way toward rewarding careers in many fields. John Scarry and Sandra Scarry present writing instruction in a clear and manageable form, with step-by-step explanations to help build and maintain students' confidence in their writing. The result of many years of classroom teaching and research, this comprehensive and time-tested resource reflects the authors' understanding that every student is unique, with different backgrounds and interests that must be accounted for as they engage in the writing process. In addition, this new edition offers instructors the opportunity to customize their own version of the book by including or excluding any sections that they do or do not teach in their course making this a text that reflects not only the students' needs and experiences, but their instructor's as well."

Call number: PE1413 .S37 2008

Taking seriously the claims of death penalty supporters, Lloyd Steffen constructs a theory of just execution. For every acknowledged killer on death row there are dozens who maintain their innocence. Supporters of the death penalty -- along with its opponents -- must demand fairness so that innocent persons are not subjected to the terror of an unjust execution.

Reminding us that Jesus likewise faced the terror of unjust execution, Steffen asks Christians to reacquaint themselves with the symbol of the cross as an instrument of state terror rather than a divine decoration."

Call number: HV8698 .S74 2006

Do Animals Have Rights? - Publisher's Marketing: "In this superbly accessible book, Alison Hills carefully examines the arguments for both sides and defends a practical, liveable idea of the ethics of animals, distinguishing ways in which animals are our equals from ways in which they are not."

Call number: HV4711 .H55 2005

100 Characters from Classical Mythology: Discover the Fascinating Stories of the Greek and Roman Deities - Publisher's Marketing: "Dating back roughly 3,000 years, the gods of the ancient Greeks and later, of the Romans have figured prominently in legendry, poetry, drama, and the visual arts. But todays readers are often confused when they encounter the myriad names of those deities and try to understand their roles in mythology. This entertaining and mind-expanding book charts 100 of the most prominent characters from Greco-Roman mythology, including the primordial deities, the great gods of Olympus, and the shadowy inhabitants of Hades. Addressing universal themes such as love, jealousy, anger, ambition, deceit, and beauty, the stories told here make fascinating reading while they add significance to countless classical references in our civilizations literature and art. Author Malcolm Day profiles each god with a short, very readable summary of that personages acts. He sets each deitys story within the larger context of a family tree that encompasses all major gods. Full-color illustrations showing memorable scenes from classical mythology include reproductions from famous paintings and photos of statuary. Separate chapters are devoted to:
# The Primordial Gods: Gaia, Uranus, Cronus, and others
# The Gods of Olympus: Zeus, Poseidon, Athena, Apollo, and others
# Descendants of the Titans: Iris, Nike, Helios, Eos, Atlas, and others
# Legendary Heroes: Jason, Oedipus, Daedelus, Paris, Helen of Troy, and others
# Figures from the Odyssey: Odysseus, Penelope, Circe, and others
This virtual roadmap through the complexities of classical mythology features more than 100 full-color illustrations."

Call number: N7760 .D39 2007

Administering Medications (5TH ed.)

Call number: RM147 .G38 2005

Conflict of Interest - Publisher's Marketing: "Trail lawyer Ted Stevens--the untidy but lovable "Teddy Bear"--fights his own battles, including his alcoholism and his pending divorce, as he fights for his client in a murder case. But it's the other suspect in the case who causes the conflict of interest.

Terry Lewis is a circuit court judge in Tallahassee."

Call number: PS3562.E9765 C66 1997

100 Orchids for Florida - Publisher's Marketing: "Here are a hundred beautiful orchids that love Florida's subtropical environment. Easy growing instructions. Color throughout."

Call number: SB409.5.V6 K728 2006

The Animal Ethics Reader - Publisher's Marketing: ""The Animal Ethics Reader" is the first comprehensive, state-of-the-art anthology of readings on this substantial area of study and interest. A subject that regularly captures the headlines, the book is designed to appeal to anyone interested in tracing the history of the subject, as well as providing a powerful insight into the debate as it has developed. The recent wealth of material published in this area has not, until now, been collected in one volume. Readings are arranged thematically, carefully presenting a balanced representation of the subject as it stands. It will be essential reading for students taking a course in the subject as well as being of considerable interest to the general reader.
Articles are arranged under the following headings: Theories of Animal Ethics; Animal Capacities; Animals for Food; Animal Experimentation; Genetic Engineering of Animals; Ethics and Wildlife; Zoos, Aquaria, and Animals in Entertainment; Companion Animals; Legal Rights for Animals.
Readings from leading experts in the field including Peter Singer, Mary Midgley and Bernard Rollin are featured as well as selections from Donald Griffin, Mark Bekoff, Jane Goodall, Raymond Frey, Barbara Orlans, Tom Regan, and Baird Callicott. There is an emphasis on balancing classic and contemporary readings with a view to presenting debates as they stand at this point in time.
Each chapter is introduced by the editors and study questions feature at the end. The foreword has been written by Bernard Rollin."

Call number: HV4708 .A548 2003

Whether you choose an alternative or conventional treatment for your ailment, the information here will let you take control of your health care and decide what path you want to take, so that you don't have to rely solely on the advice of your general physician or the misleading suggestions found on the Internet. This is the medical reference that no home should be without."

Call number: R733 .A22 2007

Consumed: How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole - Publisher's Marketing: "A piercing and vital look at how capitalism is consuming U.S. society.
An apt sequel to Benjamin R. Barber's best-selling "Jihad vs. McWorld, Consumed" offers a wrenching portrait of how adult consumers are infantilized in a global economy that overproduces goods and targets children as consumers in a market where there are never enough shoppers. Driven by a frantic imperative to sell, consumer capitalism specializes today in the manufacture not of goods but of needs.
This provocative culmination of Barber's lifelong study of democracy and capitalism shows how the infantilist ethos deprives society of responsible citizens and displaces public goods with private commodities. Traditional liberal democratic society is colonized by an all-pervasive market imperative. Public space is privatized. Identity is branded. Our world, homogenized. With brilliance and depth, Barber confronts the likely consequences for our children, our liberty, and our citizenship, and shows finally how citizens can resist and transcend the civic schizophrenia with which consumerism has infected them."

Call number: HC100.C6 B324 2007

The American Ascendancy: How the United States Gained and Wielded Global Dominance - Publisher's Marketing: "What road did Americans travel to reach their current global preeminence? Taking the long historical view, Hunt demonstrates that wealth, confidence, and leadership were key elements to Americas ascent. In an analytic narrative that illuminates the past rather than indulges in political triumphalism, he provides crucial insights into the countrys problematic place in the world today. Hunt charts Americas rise to global power from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to a culminating multilayered dominance achieved in the mid-twentieth century. He examines how the United States remade great power relations, fashioned limits for the third world, and shaped our current international economic and cultural order. Hunt concludes by addressing current issues, such as how durable American power really is and what options remain for Americas future."

Call number: E183.7 .H855 2007

The Great Theft: Wrestling Islam from the Extremists - Publisher's Marketing: ""The Great Theft" is an impassioned defense of Islam against the encroaching power of extremists. Khaled Abou El Fadl, one of the world's preeminent Islamic scholars and an accomplished Islamic jurist, roots his arguments in long-standing historical legal debates, delineating point by point the beliefs and practices of moderate Muslims and distinguishing these texts from the corrupting influences of the extremists. From the role of women in Islam to the nature of jihad, and from democracy and human rights to terrorism and warfare, Abou El Fadl builds a vital vision for a moderate Islam. At long last, all who oppose extremism have a desperately needed voice to help reclaim Islam's great moral tradition."

Call number: BP161.3 .A25 2005

Using focus groups and survey data, Schildkraut develops a model of public conceptions of what it means to be American and demonstrates the complex ways in which people draw on these conceptions when forming and explaining their views. In so doing she illustrates how focus group methodology can help yield vital new insights into opinion formation.

With the rise in the use of ballot initiatives to implement language policies, understanding opinion formation in this policy area has become imperative. This book enhances our understanding of this increasingly pressing concern, and points the way toward humane, effective, and broadly popular language policies that address the realities of American demographics in the twenty-first century while staying true to the nation's most revered values."

Call number: P119.32.U6 S34 2005

She shares these lessons in "Mediterranean Women Stay Slim, Too," along with more than one hundred diverse and mouth-watering recipes, as well as a detailed menu planner. While sampling everything from traditional Hummus to Prosciutto, Fennel, and Pear Salad with Persimmon Vinaigrette, you'll join women in enjoying the timeless, artful Mediterranean way of eating well and living a long, sensuous, beautiful life."

Call number: TX360.M37 M334 2007

Authoring a PH.D.: How to Plan, Draft, Write and Finish a Doctoral Thesis or Dissertation - Publisher's Marketing: "Authoring a Ph.D. Thesis involves having creative ideas, working out how to organize them, writing up from plans, upgrading text, and finishing it speedily and to a good standard. It also involves being examined and getting work published. This book provides a huge range of ideas and suggestions to help Ph.D. candidates cope with both the intellectual issues involved and the practical difficulties of organizing their work effectively."

Call number: LB2369 .D85 2003

Nature Girl - Publisher's Marketing: "Honey Santana— impassioned, willful, possibly bipolar, self-proclaimed “ queen of lost causes” — has a scheme to help rid the world of irresponsibility, indifference, and dinnertime sales calls. She’ s taking rude, gullible Relentless, Inc., telemarketer Boyd Shreave and his less-than-enthusiastic mistress, Eugenie— the fifteen-minute-famous girlfriend of a tabloid murderer— into the wilderness of Florida’ s Ten Thousand Islands for a gentle lesson in civility. What she doesn’ t know is that she’ s being followed by her Honey-obsessed former employer, Piejack (whose mismatched fingers are proof that sexual harassment in the workplace is a bad idea). And he doesn’ t know he’ s being followed by Honey’ s still-smitten former drug-running ex-husband, Perry, and their wise-and-protective-way-beyond-his-years twelve-year-old-son, Fry. And when they all pull up on Dismal Key, they don’ t know they’ re intruding on Sammy Tigertail, a half white– half Seminole failed alligator wrestler, trying like hell to be a hermit despite the Florida State coed who’ s dying to be his hostage . . .
Will Honey be able to make a mensch of a “ greedhead” ? Will Fry be able to protect her from Piejack— and herself? Will Sammy achieve his true Seminole self? Will Eugenie ever get to the beach? Will the Everglades survive the wild humans? All the answers are revealed in the delectably outrageous mayhem that propels this novel to its Hiaasen-of-the-highest-order climax."

Call number: PS3558.I217 N39 2006

Jailbait: The Politics of Statutory Rape Laws in the United States - Publisher's Marketing: "Examines the development of statutory rape laws in the United States."

Call number: KF9329 .C63 2004

Nuclear Power Is Not the Answer - Publisher's Marketing: "Trained as a physician, and--after four decades of antinuclear activism--thoroughly versed in the science of nuclear energy, the bestselling author of "Nuclear Madness" turns her attention from nuclear bombs to nuclear lightbulbs. As she makes meticulously clear in this work, the world cannot withstand either."

Call number: HD9698.U52 C33 2006

Stranger Things
Artist: Edie Brickell

Call number: M1630.18.B84 S873 2006

Wintersong
Artist: Sarah McLachlan

Call number: M1629.3.C5 W568 2006

Stadium Arcadium
Artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers

Call number: M1630.18.R33 S826 2006

All the Roadrunning
Artist: Mark Knopfler, Emmylou Harris

Call number: M1630.18.K677 A55 2006

Show Your Bones
Artist: Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Call number: M1630.18.Y43 S47 2006

These Days
Vince Gill

Call number: M1630.18.G55 T43 2006

Songs from the Labyrinth
Sting

Call number: M1623.5 .D69 2006

The Very Best of the Manhatan Transfer
The Manhattan Transfer

Call number: M1366.M364 V48 1994

Two Lights
Five for Fighting

Call number: M1630.18.F59 T96 2006

The Battle for Everything
Five for Fighting

Call number: M1630.18.F59 B27 2004

Brand New Girlfriend
Steve Holy

Call number: M1630.18.H649 B72 2006

Come Away With Me
Norah Jones

Call number: M1366.J65 C55 2002

All the Right Reasons
Nickelback

Call number: M1630.18.N53 A52 2005

Everyday
Dave Matthews Band

Call number: M1630.18.D37 E94 2004

The Journey
Earl Klugh

Call number: M1630.18.K58 J72 1997

Modern Times
Bob Dylan

Call number: M1630.18.D95 M72 2006

I'm Going to Tell You a Secret
Madonna

Call number: M1630.18.M33 I6 2006

Comin' to Your City
Big & Rich

Call number: M1630.18.B54 C76 2005

How to Save a Life
The Fray

Call number: M1630.18.F83 H89 2005

Wide Awake in America
U2

Call number: M1630.18.U2 W544 1985

Legend
Bob Marley & The Wailers

Call number: M1681.J25 L43 2002

Take the Weather With You
Jimmy Buffett

Call number: M1630.18.B84 T34 2006

Listener Supported
Dave Matthews Band

Call number: M1366.D3 L5 1999

Skeletons from the Closet: The Best of Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead

Call number: M1630.G7 B4

Eudora Welty (Bloom's BioCritiques) - Publisher's Marketing: "- A biographical and critical review of the world's most important writers
- Expert analysis by Harold Bloom
- A wealth of information on the writers most commonly read in high schools, colleges, and universities"

Call number: PS3545.E6 Z58 2004

The NMC’ s Standards of Proficiency for Pre-registration Nursing Education are the nursing standards required to be achieved to demonstrate to the NMC proficiency. There are four domains: Professional and ethical practice Care delivery Care management Professional development

Each chapter addresses the content of each of the domains and provides the reader with think points, these are included in order to help encourage and motivate, as well as for the reader to assess their learning. The think points provide answers or suggestions and encourage the reader to delve deeper and to seek other sources, both human and material to help with their responses.

The aim of "Becoming a Nurse in the 21st Century" is to encourage, motivate and instil in the reader the desire, confidence and competence to become a registered nurse. This text is primarily intended for nursing students, health care assistants, those undertaking SNVQ/NVQ level of study, those returning to practice or anyone who intends to undertake a programme of study leading to registration as a nurse. The terms and principles included in this book can be transferred to a number of health care workers at various levels and invarious settings, in order to develop their skills for caring."

Call number: RT41 .P43 2006

Applied Ethics in Nursing - Publisher's Marketing: "Designed to offer practical advice on ethical issues to nursing students and practicing nurses, "Applied Ethics in Nursing" presents suggestions for managing ethical issues in an array of clinical settings and organizational encounters."

Call number: RT85 .A674 2006

Dead Wrong: Violence, Vengeance, and the Victims of Capital Punishment - Publisher's Marketing: "Polls indicate that 75 percent of Americans favor the death penalty--but they also show that minds change when individuals are confronted with the facts. This book was written to offer those facts-and to change those minds. The United States is alone among Western democracies in its support for capital punishment, which was only briefly abolished throughout this country between 1972 and 1976. Today, 38 states have some form of capital punishment. Yet studies show that the death penalty is not a deterrent to crime, that racial disparities in the implementation of capital punishment are rampant, and that all kinds of procedural errors, incompetent defense lawyers, and mistaken eyewitness identifications lead to an alarming number of wrongful convictions. Attitudes toward the death penalty have changed dramatically throughout the course of history, evolving from times when public executions were occasions of solemn and pious ritual to those when it was an excuse for raucous entertainment, and finally to the modern era of private, bureaucratized, mechanized, and sanitized executions conducted out of sight and out of mind. Conforming thus to modern sensibilities, state-sanctioned killing is somehow more acceptable to us than public hangings, because we can imagine that the inmate's death is relatively painless, and not in violation of the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against "cruel and unusual" punishment. This may or may not be true; Stack presents compelling arguments to the contrary. What is certain is that Dead Wrong demonstrates beyond a doubt that death row is itself a form of psychological torture and of slow, painful dehumanization."

Call number: HV8699.U5 S48 2006

The Crucible (Bloom's Guides) - Publisher's Marketing: "- Comprehensive reading and study guides for some of the world's most important literary masterpieces
- Concise critical excerpts provide a scholarly overview of each work
- "The Story Behind the Story" details the conditions under which the work was written
- Each book includes a biographical sketch of the author, a descriptive list of characters, an extensive summary and analysis, and an annotated bibliography"

Call number: PS3525.I5156 C7337 2004

After many years of fielding these questions, Lettie was determined to debunk the myth that learning about wine is hard. She decided to find just one wine idiot and teach him a few fundamentals -- how to order off a restaurant wine list without fear, approach a wine merchant with confidence, and perhaps even score a few points off a wine snob.

Enter her neighbor, good friend and complete wine neophyte Peter Travers, Rolling Stone magazine's longtime film critic.

Peter Travers proved the perfect Eliza Doolittle to Lettie's Professor Higgins. As a film critic he made bold pronouncements ("This movie stinks," which could be readily translated to "This Cabernet tastes like Merlot") and exhibited a finely tuned visual sense ("The cinematography could be improved" could easily become "This wine is too white"). But, most important, Peter knew almost nothing about wine.

As Lettie begins their lessons, Peter puts down his ever-present glass of "fatty" Chardonnay and learns that there is a huge world out there full of all kinds of wine. He is taught to swirl his glass to release the wine's aromatic compounds -- or esters -- above the rim and vows, "I'm going to do that for Martin Scorsese next time I see him. I'll volatize my esters for him."

Thus Lettie enlightens her wine-challenged but film-savvyfriend about the Facts of Wine: how to hold a glass; the vocabulary of wine; how wine is made; how to read labels; how to tell the difference between grape varieties; how to make sense of vintages; how to glean information about a wine simply by looking at the shape and color of the bottle; and an overview of the great wine regions of the Old World and the New.

Finally, after many fact-filled, hilarious lessons, Lettie takes Peter to the most famous American wine region of all, Napa Valley, where he hobnobs with wine and Hollywood royalty and finally puts his new skills to the test in the real world.

Part buddy movie, part serious wine tutorial, Educating Peter is as much a treat for oenophiles in on the joke as it is for beginners who think Chablis is a brand name of wine."

Call number: TP548.5.A5 T43 2007

Jamie's Italy - Publisher's Marketing: "Bestselling author Jamie Oliver devotes an entire book to America's favorite cuisine--Italian--and offers 120 scrumptious new recipes for everything from risotto to roasts and spaghetti to stews structured as traditional trattoria menus."

Call number: TX723 .O5 2006

The answer, according to nationally renowned health commentator Dr. Marc Siegel, is that we live in an artificially created culture of fear.From the anthrax panic to the SARS "epidemic," from "official" rumors of bioterror to Orange alerts to West Nile virus— the media continually bombard us with breaking news of yet another super-bug, terrorist plot, or natural disaster that's about to wreak havoc. Most of the time the disasters never materialize. But even if they did, the odds that any of us would suffer harm from them is infinitesimally small— especially when compared to the much greater risks of dying in a car accident or from coronary heart disease.

In False Alarm, Siegel identifies three major catalysts of the culture of fear— government, the media, and big pharma. And, with the help of fascinating, blow-by-blow analyses of some of the most sensational false alarms of the past few years, he shows how those big three fearmongers manipulate our most primitive instincts— often without our even realizing it— to promote their political agendas, boost their ratings, and sell their products.

In his role as a dedicated healer, Siegel offers his prescription for inoculatingourselves against fear tactics. He shows us how to look behind the hype and hysteria and helps us to develop the emotional and intellectual skills needed to take back our lives from fearmongers."

Call number: HM1033 .S525 2005

Flannery O'Connor (Bloom's Modern Critical Views) - Publisher's Marketing: "-- Brings together the best criticism on the most widely read poets, novelists, and playwrights
-- Presents complex critical portraits of the most influential writers in the English-speaking world -- from the English medievalists to contemporary writers"

Call number: PS3565.C57 Z6678 1986

Edgar Allen Poe (Bloom's BioCritiques) - Publisher's Marketing: "- A biographical and critical review of the world's most important writers- Expert analysis by Harold Bloom- A wealth of information on the writers that are most commonly read in high schools, colleges, and universities"

Call number: PS2638 .E32 2002

Legends of the Seminoles - Publisher's Marketing: "- Only a few small communities of Seminole Indians exist in Florida today
- Stories and legends handed down through generations survive in the minds and hearts of tribal elders
- For the first time, these stories have been set down for all to enjoy
- Meet mischievous Rabbit, the Corn Lady, the Deer Girl, and many other characters
- Each tale is illustrated with an original color painting"

Call number: E99.S28 J85 1994

In "Real Life Entertaining," Jennifer Rubell offers break-the-rules entertaining ideas and quick, easy, stylish recipes for last-minute drop-in dinners, sit-down meals, brunches, buffets, and one-pot meals. Conventional wisdom says it's rude to invite someone to dinner on the same day. Jennifer's real life wisdom says it's never rude to invite guests to your home. The worst that will happen is that they'll be busy and say no. Conventional wisdom says never serve the same meal that you offered guests the last time. Jennifer says if you've got a signature dish, flaunt it!

Jennifer incorporates her relaxed, lively style into a variety of festive themes, from an evening of red wine and bruschetta, to a New York-style brunch, to a one-pot meal of the easiest -- and tastiest! -- meatballs you'll ever make. The recipes are simple and the ingredients lists are short, so you can whip up party-friendly fare such as Thai Chicken Wings, Sesame-Mint Pita Chips, and Grilled Shrimp with Garlic and Citrus in mere minutes.

With Jennifer's expert party tricks, plus full-color photographs throughout, "Real Life Entertaining" is the ultimate go-to party guide. Jennifer will show you how to get your guests to pitch in and how to make sure that you have as much fun as the people you've invited. Never again will you panic at the prospect of a party."

Call number: TX833.5 .R676 2006

The "Collins College Outlines" are a completely revised, in-depth series of study guides for all areas of study, including the Humanities, Social Sciences, Mathematics, Science, Language, History, and Business. Featuring the most up-to-date information, each book is written by a seasoned professor in the field and focuses on a simplified and general overview of the subject for college students and, where appropriate, Advanced Placement students. Each "Collins College Outline" is fully integrated with the major curriculum for its subject and is a perfect supplement for any standard textbook."

Call number: PC4112 .F25 2006

Working the Plate: The Art of Food Presentation - Publisher's Marketing: "Feast your eyes.
Long awaited by professional chefs, this groundbreaking guide to food presentation will also delight and inspire culinary students and sophisticated home cooks. Acclaimed food writer and culinary producer Christopher Styler describes seven distinctive plating styles, from Minimalist to Naturalist to Dramatic, with several striking examples of every genre. Each plating suggestion is accompanied by clear instructions along with color photos of step-by-step techniques and finished plates. Complete with essays on plating from ten leading chefs and recipes for the dishes featured, this book is a work of art in itself--a must for the kitchen shelf."

Call number: TX652 .S826 2006

Tyler's Ultimate: Brilliant Simple Food to Make Any Time - Publisher's Marketing: "As his millions of fans know from watching him on Food Network, Tyler likes to rock the kitchen with big, bold flavors and sophisticated yet accessible fare. Whether you’ re dishing up a family favorite like spaghetti and meatballs or pulling out all the stops with a succulent tenderloin steak topped with spicy crab salad, Tyler Florence believes every meal can– and should– be the ultimate dining experience. At last, in "Tyler’ s Ultimate," he shows us how to get these spectacular results in much less time.
Tyler believes the ultimate meal brings together good food, good friends, and good times– with "Tyler’ s Ultimate" as your guide you can elevate any gathering to a cause for celebration and every family meal to an occasion worth savoring. In his travels around the world for his Food Network show, he’ s sampled countless versions of classic dishes, taking an ideal technique from one, a perfect ingredient from another. Here he gives you the best of the best.
Make no mistake: Tyler’ s approach here may be simplified and the ingredients list streamlined, but your palate will never feel compromised. These recipes are packed with zesty flavors, yet easy to pull together and always straightforward enough for even novice cooks. Because Tyler believes that the little details separate a good meal from a “ wow!” experience, his recipes feature bright, exciting flavors that sing on the tongue yet don’ t require fancy equipment or exotic ingredients. Tyler has collected all his most trusted and best-loved recipes for the ultimate collection of go-to meals, including can’ t-miss versions of the dishes we all cravemost: the ultimate burger, French onion soup, beef stew, macaroni and cheese, and chocolate mousse, plus exciting new discoveries that will find a permanent home in your cooking repertoire.
Filled with recipes for sensational, all-American food, Tyler’ s Ultimate is the all-around, everyday great cookbook his fans have been waiting for."

Call number: TX714 .F638 2006

Ganahl traces her path of self-discovery as she tries to reconcile her midlife body with her teenage heart, navigate her claustrophobic social circle, and let her daughter live her own life. On top of it all, Ganahl has to manage being thrust into the public eye when her very successful new column exposes her life to the world. Frank and funny, sassy and self-aware, "Naked on the Page" is a tale of one woman's romp through middle-aged dating that will appeal to anyone who has ever loved or loathed being single."

Call number: PN4874.G295 A3 2007

A Mormon in the White House?: 10 Things Every Conservative Should Know about Mitt Romney - Publisher's Marketing: "Radio host and blogger Hugh Hewitt sets out to explain Republican Gov. Mitt Romney, his unusual faith story, and the importance of that debate in a headline-making and election-shaping opening shot in the campaign before the campaign."

Call number: E840.8.R598 H48 2007

The War on Privacy - Publisher's Marketing: "In today's globalized society, the war on terror has negatively affected privacy rights not just in the United States, but everywhere. When privacy rights are curtailed around the world, American efforts to spread freedom and democracy are hindered, and as a consequence, Americans are less secure in the world. Ironically, the erosion of individual privacy rights, here and abroad, has been happening in the name of enhancing national security. This book sheds light on this apparent contradiction, and argues that governments must do more to preserve privacy rights while endeavoring to protect their citizens against future terrorist attacks. It is easy to forget that prior to 9/11, privacy rights were on the march. Plans were in the works, in the areas of legislation and regulation, to protect personal privacy from both governmental intrusion and corporate penetration. The need for such protections arose from the swift advances in information technology of the 1990s. But the attacks of 9/11, and the responses of governments to this new level of the terrorist threat, put an end to all that. Not only is privacy no longer emphasized in legislation, it is being eroded steadily, raising significant questions about the handling of personal information, surveillance, and other invasions into the private lives of ordinary citizens."

Call number: K3263 .K56 2007

Wiesel's Night (Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations) - Publisher's Marketing: "-- Presents the most important 20th-century criticism on major works from The Odyssey through modern literature
-- The critical essays reflect a variety of schools of criticism
-- Contains critical biographies, notes on the contributing critics, a chronology of the author's life, and an index"

Call number: PQ2683.I32 N8534 2001

Zora Neale Hurston (Bloom's BioCritiques) - Publisher's Marketing: "Each Volume Includes: - User's guide- Essay by Harold Bloom on "The Work in the Person"- Volume introduction by Harold Bloom- Biography of the writer and chronology of his or her life- An in-depth critical analysis of the writer, detailing style, important symbols, themes, and ideas in his or her major works- Supporting critical essays from some of the world's leading critics- A complete bibliography of the writer's works- A list of critical works about the writer and his or her work- An index of themes and ideas in the writer's work"

Call number: PS3515.U789 Z96 2003

Jeb: America's Next Bush - Publisher's Marketing: "Jeb Bush, Florida's governor and a dutiful prince, was groomed his entire life for the presidency only to learn that life isn't fair when his far less industrious black sheep brother beat him to the job. S. V. D?te, who, as Tallahassee bureau chief of "The Palm Beach Post," has covered Jeb for eight years, rejects the trend in political journalism that focuses only on "American Idol"-like artifice-who's up and who's down and what are the latest poll numbers?-and muckrakes his way to the core of Jeb in this revealing account of his Florida years. This was no easy task, for in Jeb's kingdom dissent is frowned upon and journalists are supposed to be accommodating stenographers, not steadfast reporters. D?te soon became the biggest journalistic thorn in Jeb's side, producing award-winning stories that revealed the real winners and losers of Bush's policies. Jeb's second and final term as Florida governor ends in January 2007. He leaves office a popular man in his home state, and revered by the national Republican Party's conservative base. True, Bush fatigue may result in Jeb settling for the vice-presidency in 2008-he's already discussed this possibility with John McCain-and maybe NFL commissioner in 2007, but his day will come, and D?te shows us why: Jeb, unlike his brother George, is a policy wonk, knows how to take charge when a natural disaster strikes, is a workaholic, eloquently speaks without notes, and, at six-four, has a larger-than-life charismatic presence that makes even opponents say: "I want him to like me.""

Call number: F316.23.B87 D38 2007

Lockstep and Dance: Images of Black Men in Popular Culture - Publisher's Marketing: "An examination of those who resist, wield, and respond to stereotypes in literature, film, sports, and music."

Call number: E185.625 .T83 2007

The Law of Florida Homeowners Associations: Single Family Subdivisions, Townhouse & Cluster Developments, Master Community Associations - Publisher's Marketing: "The only complete practical guide for the operation of Florida homeowners associations A homeowners association is designed to preserve the common welfare and property values of the community. In a well operated community, it does. In a poorly run community, it does not. The proper operating procedures are not difficult, but they are often overlooked or misunder-stood.This book is a guide to help ensure that the association carries out its responsibilities fairly and effectively under current Florida laws."

Call number: KFF114.C6 D865 2005

Funny, smart and self-deprecating, "Not Buying It" is a close look at our society's obsession with shopping and the cold turkey confession of a woman we can all identify with -- someone who can't live without French roast coffee andexpensive wool socks, but who has had enough of spending money for the sake of it. Without consumer goods and experiences, Levine and her partner Paul pursue their careers, nurture family relationships and try to keep their sanity and humour intact. Tracking their progress and lapses, she contemplates the meanings of need and desire, scarcity and security, consumerism and citizenship. She asks the big questions -- can the economy survive without shopping? Are Q-tips a necessity?

A thought-provoking account of the pleasures and perils of the purchase-driven life, "Not Buying It" will get readers talking about their reliance on the act of buying and the possibility of getting off the merry-go-round."

Call number: TX335 .L456 2006

News Writing - Publisher's Marketing: "Anna McKane's News Writing is a pioneering book dealing exclusively with the all-important craft of writing news stories. The ability to write a good news story is the starting point for all young journalists' careers. The book deals fully with all aspects of writing news, including how to write a good intro, or first paragraph; how to order the information and assemble a winning story; and what language to use. It provides a step-by-step guide to constructing a story, with good and bad examples, and a detailed analysis of style, language, and grammar. There are checklists to help inexperienced writers to measure their work. The book is written in a clear and practical way and provides guidance for students and trainee journalists to enable them to write everything from a snappy short agency-style news story to a more reflective piece appropriate for a quirky news item. It will be invaluable for trainee and student journalists at every level from first year undergraduate to graduate courses. It is also likely to be of benefit to the many amateur journalists writing local or society newsletters."

Call number: PN4783 .M36 2006

Forbidden Fruit: Sex & Religion in the Lives of American Teenagers - Publisher's Marketing: "Americans remain deeply ambivalent about teenage sexuality. Many presume that such uneasiness is rooted in religion. But how exactly does religion contribute to the formation of teenagers' sexual values and actions? What difference, if any, does religion make in adolescents' sexual attitudes and behaviors? Are abstinence pledges effective? What does it mean to be "emotionally ready" for sex? Who expresses regrets about their sexual activity and why?
Tackling these and other questions, Forbidden Fruit tells the definitive story of the sexual values and practices of American teenagers, paying particular attention to how participating in organized religion shapes sexual decision-making. Merging analyses of three national surveys with stories drawn from interviews with over 250 teenagers across America, Mark Regnerus reviews how young people learn-and what they know-about sex from their parents, schools, peers and other sources. He examines what experiences teens profess to have had, and how they make sense of these experiences in light of their own identities as religious, moral, and responsible persons.
Religion can and does matter, Regnerus finds, but religious claims are often swamped by other compelling sexual scripts. Particularly interesting is the emergence of what Regnerus calls a new middle class sexual morality which has little to do with a desire for virginity but nevertheless shuns intercourse in order to avoid risks associated with pregnancy and STDs. And strikingly, evangelical teens aren't less sexually active than their non-evangelical counterparts, they just tend to feel guiltier about it. In fact, Regnerus finds that few religious teens haveinternalized or are even able to articulate the sexual ethic taught by their denominations. The only-and largely ineffective-sexual message most religious teens are getting is, "Don't do it until you're married." Ultimately, Regnerus concludes, religion may influence adolescent sexual behavior, but it rarely motivates sexual decision making."

Call number: BL625.47 .R43 2007

The Future of the Voting Rights Act

Call number: JK1924 .F88 2006

Privileged Information - Publisher's Marketing: "Terry Lewis's awaited second legal mystery features attorney Paul Morganstein, partner of "Conflict of Interest protagonist Ted Stevens. Paul is defending his late brother's best friend on a murder charge when he obtains privileged information leading him to conclude that his client committed another murder thirty years ago. The victim? Paul's brother. The deeper Paul digs, the more likely it seems that his client not only killed the vice president of the most powerful company in the Panhandle, but knows a lot more than he'll say about the death of Paul's brother David. Charged with the stability of his and Ted's law firm, taking on the most powerful company in the Panhandle, and defending a client who does not seem all that concerned that he's facing murder one, Paul is a heart attack waiting to happen. Yet he has to face the ultimate dilemma. Does Paul honor the sacred oath of confidentiality and allow his brother's murderer to go free, or does he breach that duty in the interest of a higher morality, a greater justice? Moreover, will his client decide that there is really only one way to be sure that Paul does not disclose this "privileged information"?"

Call number: PS3562.E9765 P75 2003

Social Security: History and Politics from the New Deal to the Privatization Debate - Publisher's Marketing: "Compact, timely, well-researched, and balanced, this institutional history of Social Security's seventy years shows how the past still influences ongoing reform debates, helping the reader both to understand the evaluate the current partisan arguments on both sides."

Call number: HD7125 .B23 2005

The Methamphetamine Crisis: Strategies to Save Addicts, Families, and Communities - Publisher's Marketing: "This groundbreaking book detailing the newest drug scourge to hit the streets includes information on the effects of and addiction to methamphetamine on the users, their children and their communities. The comprehensive coverage here includes details of the environmental effects of meth labs, as well as photographs of the physical effects of this drug, including how this form of speed rapidly and grotesquely ages users. Contributors include medical and psychological practitioners, law enforcement officers, public health specialists, scientists, and child welfare caseworkers. Three chapters are written by meth users in recovery and the parent of an addict. The text also reviews psychological treatments showing some success, and creative steps being taken by communities and court officials to reduce the threat from this so-called poor man's cocaine which has killed adults and children from all economic groups and walks of life. Currently, professionals and family members have little guidance on how to deal with methamphetamine addicts. This book fills that void by providing information on the meth subculture, what to expect, and how to handle a variety of situations. A solid introduction to the complex nature of this drug is presented, with an emphasis on how families and children are affected by meth use and manufacture. Contributors include Commander Lt. Lori Moriarty, named Drug Enforcement Officer of the Year by the Office of the President of the United States, and Dr. Kathryn Wells, a widely known pediatrician recognized for her work with the national Alliance for Drug Endangered Children."

Call number: HV5825 .M397 2007

She's the One: The Surprising Truth about What Makes a Woman a Keeper - Publisher's Marketing: "Relationship columnist and all-around stand-up guy Gregory Gilderman has come to a startling conclusion: Yes, men want a woman who's sexy and smart. But just as women do, guys also want kindness, affection, and support. - Don't torment his jealous mind - Don't destroy him when you argue - Make him feel like he's a success (even if you're not sure) - Be nice to his mom (even if she's the devil) Including a chapter on sex that alone is worth the price of admission, this is the book for anyone who's been on one too many dates and is ready to find the "One.""

Call number: HQ801 .G445 2007

3-Minute Assessment - Publisher's Marketing: "This timesaving guide provides nurses with streamlined steps for rapidly assessing complaints that involve any area of the body. Compact, portable, and designed for on-the-spot reference, the book helps the nurse zero in on the patient's signs and symptoms, conduct a focused interview, examine the related body system, and analyze the findings. Charts of signs and symptoms and possible causes help nurses quickly focus the assessment.
This edition provides updated information on assessment techniques, normal and abnormal findings, and specific disorders, and includes a new chapter on documenting an assessment. New appendices include guidelines for assessing victims of abuse and measuring body mass index."

Call number: RT48 .S58 2007

The lives of the greatest writers of the world are explored in the series "Bloom's BioCritiques." In addition to a lengthy biography of important writers from Geoffrey Chaucer and William Shakespeare to J.D. Salinger and John Steinbeck, each book includes an extensive critical analysis of the writer's work, as well as critical views by important literary critics throughout history. The "Bloom's BioCritiques" series is edited by the preeminent literary critic of our time, Harold Bloom; these volumes are the perfect introduction to critical study of the important authors currently read and discussed in high schools, colleges, and graduate schools.
-- User's guide
-- Biography of the writer and chronology of his or her life
-- An in-depth critical analysis of the writer, detailing style, important symbols, themes, and ideas in his or her major works
-- Supporting critical essays from some of the world's leading critics
-- A complete bibliography of the writer's works
-- A list of critical works about the writer and his or her work
-- An index of themes and ideas in the writer's work "

Call number: PS3563.O8749 Z89 2002

Indoctrination U: The Left's War Against Academic Freedom - Publisher's Marketing: "In 2003, David Horowitz began a campaign to promote intellectual diversity and a return to academic standards in American universities. To achieve these goals he devised an Academic Bill of Rights and created a national student movement with chapters on 160 college campuses. Take No Prisoners is a riveting account of the reaction to Horowitz's campaign by professor unions and academic associations, whose leaderships have been taken over by the political left."

Call number: LC72.2 .H67 2007

Leaving Women Behind: Modern Families, Outdated Laws - Publisher's Marketing: "Why have federal institutions overseeing employment, employee benefits, childcare, taxation, health care, education, retirement, and Social Security adopted such a warped and antiquated perspective of traditional family life? The authors call upon the federal government to get out of the way of marketplace initiatives; and they offer realistic solutions that involve empowering people, giving them more choices, and making goverment less intrusive."

Call number: HQ1237.5.U6 S76 2006

Private Guns, Public Health - Publisher's Marketing: "On an average day in the U.S., guns are used to kill almost eighty people, and wound nearly three hundred more. If any other consumer product had this sort of disastrous effect, the public outcry would be deafening; yet when it comes to guns such facts are accepted as a natural consequence of supposedly high American rates of violence.
Private Guns, Public Health explodes that myth and many more, revealing the advantages of treating gun violence as a consumer safety and public health problem. Author David Hemenway fair-mindedly and authoritatively demonstrates how a public-health approach -- which emphasizes prevention over punishment, and which has been so successful in reducing the rates of injury and death from infectious disease, car accidents, and tobacco consumption -- can be applied to gun violence.
Hemenway uncovers the complex connections between guns and self-defense, school violence, homicide, and more. Finally, he outlines a course of regulation and policy that would significantly reduce gun-related injuries and deaths.
With its bold new public-health approach to guns, Private Guns, Public Health marks a shift in our understanding of guns that will finally point us toward a solution.
David Hemenway is Director of the Harvard Injury Control Research Center and Professor of Health Policy at Harvard School of Public Health. A former Pew Fellow on Injury Control, he has been a Senior Soros Justice Fellow and received a Robert Wood Johnson Investigator Award in Health Policy Research."

Call number: RD96.3 .H45 2004

"State of Denial" examines how the Bush administration avoided telling the truth about Iraq to the public, to Congress, and often to themselves. Two days after the May report, the Pentagon told Congress, in a report required by law, that the "appeal and motivation for continued violent action will begin to wane in early 2007."

In this detailed inside story of a war-torn White House, Bob Woodward reveals how White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card, with the indirect support of other high officials, tried for 18 months to get Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld replaced. The president and Vice President Cheney refused. At the beginning of Bush's second term, Stephen Hadley, who replaced Condoleezza Rice as national security adviser, gave the administration a "D minus" on implementing its policies. A SECRET report to the new Secretary of State Rice from her counselor stated that, nearly two years after the invasion, Iraq was a "failed state."

"State of Denial" reveals that at the urging of Vice President Cheney and Rumsfeld, the most frequent outside visitor and Iraq adviser to President Bush is former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who, haunted still by the loss in Vietnam, emerges as a hiddenand potent voice.

Woodward reveals that the secretary of defense himself believes that the system of coordination among departments and agencies is broken, and in a SECRET May 1, 2006, memo, Rumsfeld stated, "the current system of government makes competence next to impossible."

"State of Denial" answers the core questions: What happened after the invasion of Iraq? Why? How does Bush make decisions and manage a war that he chose to define his presidency? And is there an achievable plan for victory?

Bob Woodward's third book on President Bush is a sweeping narrative -- from the first days George W. Bush thought seriously about running for president through the recruitment of his national security team, the war in Afghanistan, the invasion and occupation of Iraq, and the struggle for political survival in the second term.

After more than three decades of reporting on national security decision making -- including his two #1 national bestsellers on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, "Bush at War" (2002) and "Plan of Attack" (2004) -- Woodward provides the fullest account, and explanation, of the road Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice and the White House staff have walked."

Call number: E903.3 .W67 2006

Smartbomb: The Quest for Art, Entertainment, and Big Bucks in the Videogame Revolution - Publisher's Marketing: "The movie business celebrates its creators: Spielberg, DeMille, Scorsese, Hitchcock. But what about the “ names” behind Doom, The Sims, Donkey Kong, Grand Theft Auto— the games that spawned a ten-billion-dollar industry whose revenues surpassed the domestic movie box office take five years ago? Videogames are no longer a quirky, boom-or-bust subculture, but a bona fide mainstream industry revolutionizing the way we teach, the way we learn, the way we communicate.
Smartbomb goes into the epicenter of the videogame explosion, where computer technology is fused with artistic creativity. From the hackers at MIT in the 1960s to the Ferrari-driving developers of the modern-day industry to professional “ cyberathletes, ” we meet the celebrities of the gaming world. It’ s a dizzying trip through the trade conventions, gaming competitions, and design labs of the men who are the Spielbergs of their field. Startling and revelatory, this is an up-close and personal look at the egos, the battles, the one-upmanship, and the love of the chase fueling these innovators who are creating the worlds in which we’ re going to live and play for the next century."

Call number: HD9993.E452 C43 2005

Murder in Hollywood: Solving a Silent Screen Mystery - Publisher's Marketing: "For more than eighty years, the famous unsolved murder of William Desmond Taylor, the legendary bisexual film director, has generated debate and controversy. Now, best-selling author Charles Higham has solved the crime. Higham uncovers the corruption and intrigue of Los Angeles in the Roaring Twenties--and the film industry moguls' complete domination of the city's authorities.
When it was discovered that a famous star of the day had probably killed Taylor, a massive cover-up began--from the removal of crucial evidence to the naming of innocent people as killers--which has continued until now to protect the truth. Murder in Hollywood goes beyond the killing to unearth unknown details about the life of Taylor before his arrival in Hollywood, as well as the stories and histories buried by the crooked authorities and criminals involved the case. The author's exclusive interviews with the culpable star, his unique possession of long-vanished police records, and the support of the present-day Los Angeles county coroner--who examined the evidence as if the murder had taken place now--have ensured a hair-raising thriller.
Charles Higham successfully presents the most plausible and convincing solution yet to the mystery. In the process he paints a vivid portrait of Hollywood in the 1920s--from its major stars to its bisexual subculture. The result is a compelling answer to a long-standing mystery and a fascinating study of a place, and an industry that, as today, let people reinvent themselves. Murder in Hollywood is more extraordinary than any crime of fiction and more exciting than any action adventure movie."

Call number: HV6534.L7 H54 2004

Complicity with Evil: The United Nations in the Age of Modern Genocide - Publisher's Marketing: "From the killing fields of Rwanda and Srebrenica a decade ago to those of Darfur today, the United Nations has repeatedly failed to confront genocide. This is evinced, author and journalist Adam LeBor maintains, in a May 1995 document from Yasushi Akashi, the most senior UN official in the field during the Yugoslav wars, in which he refused to authorize air strikes against the Serbs for fear they would “ weaken” Milosevic. More recently, in 2003, urgent reports from UN officials in the Sudan detailing atrocities from Darfur were ignored for a year because they were politically inconvenient.
This book is the first to examine in detail the crucial role of the Secretariat, its relationship with the Security Council, and the failure of UN officials themselves to confront genocide. LeBor argues the UN must return to its founding principles, take a moral stand and set the agenda of the Security Council instead of merely following the lead of the great powers. LeBor draws on dozens of firsthand interviews with UN officials, current and former, and such international diplomats as Madeleine Albright, Richard Holbrooke, Douglas Hurd, and David Owen. This book will set the terms for discussion when UN Secretary General Kofi Annan steps down to make room for a new head of the world body, and political observers assess Annan’ s legacy and look to the future of the world organization."

Call number: JZ4971 .L43 2006

Rock Tease: The Golden Years of Rock T-Shirts - Publisher's Marketing: "The authors present 200 photos of the greatest rock T-shirts from three decades. The socio-fashion phenomenon, the creativity, and artistic freedom on display is matched only by the music behind the names."

Call number: NK4890.S45 E27 2006

The Doors - Publisher's Marketing: "Marking the band's 40th anniversary, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger, and John Densmore, the surviving members of The Doors--one of the most influential rock bands of all time--invite fans inside their world."

Call number: ML421.D66 D66 2006

The Dave Grohl Story: Nirvana, Foo Fighters - Publisher's Marketing: "Loaded with candid interviews and hard truths about Grohl's life in music, this is the first comprehensive biography of an icon whose career charts rock and roll's rise and fall over the past two decades."

Call number: ML420 .G76 2006

# 28: Rosie the Riveter, the buff, blue-collar factory worker who helped jump-start the Women's Liberation movement

# 7: Siegfried, the legendary warrior-hero of Teutonic nationalism responsible for propelling Germany into two world wars

# 80: Icarus, the headstrong high-flyer who inspired the Wright brothers and humankind's dreams of defying gravity . . . while demonstrating the pressing need for flight insurance

# 58: Saint Valentine, the hapless, de-canonized loser who lost his heart and head at about the same time

# 43: Barbie, the bodacious plastic babe who became a role model for millions of little girls, setting an impossible standard for beauty and style"

Call number: E169.1 .L45 2006

101 Reasons Why I'm a Vegetarian - Publisher's Marketing: "Contemporary reference work on food related issues such as factory farming, overfishing and diseases connected with a meat-based diet."

Call number: RM236 .R495 2005

Eudora Welty Complete Novels - Publisher's Marketing: "In a career spanning five decades, Eudora Welty has chronicled her own Mississippi with a depth and intensity matched only by William Faulkner. One of the most influential writers of the century, her novels and stories blend the storytelling tradition of the South with a modernist sensibility attuned to the mysteries and ambiguities of experience. Welty explores the complex abundance of southern, and particularly southern women's, lives with an artistry that Salman Rushdie has called "impossible to overpraise." Complete Novels gathers all of Welty's longer fiction in one volume for the first time. In The Robber Bridegroom (1942), based on a Grimm fairy tale, legendary figures from Mississippi's past, such as the keel-boat captain Mike Fink and the savage outlaws the Harp Brothers, mingle with Welty's own imaginings in a free-ranging and boisterous fantasy set along the Natchez Trace. The richly textured Delta Wedding (1946), set against a backdrop of rural Mississippi in the 1920s, vividly portrays the intricacies of family relationships in its account of the sprawling Fairchild clan. Edna Earle Ponder's unrestrained and delightfully absurd monologue, superb in its capturing of the rhythms of country speech, shows Welty's humor at its idiomatic best in The Ponder Heart (1954), a flight of invention culminating in a murder trial that becomes an occasion for exuberant comedy. The monumental Losing Battles (1970), composed over fifteen years, brings Welty's imaginative gifts to the largest canvas of her career, rendering a Depression-era family reunion with mythic scope and ebullient comic vigor. The volume concludes with The Optimist's Daughter (1972), a taut and moving story of a woman rediscovering the world of her childhood as she comes to terms with her father's death. Often considered her masterpiece, it won the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1972."

Call number: PS3545.E6 A6 1998b

See Jane Hit: Why Girls Are Growing More Violent and What We Can Do about It - Publisher's Marketing: "From one of America's leading authorities on juvenile violence and aggression, a groundbreaking investigation of the explosion in violent behavior by girls: its causes, consequences, and possible solutions
"Teen Hazing Turns Vicious," "Gang Beats Man Senseless," "Teenagers Indicted for Murder," "School Shooter Sought Revenge for Put-downs," "Youth Arrested in Murder Plot Aimed at Parents." The headlines don't seem remarkable: juvenile violence has always been with us. What is new is that these stories aren't about boys, they're about girls. Just ten years ago, almost ten boys were arrested for assault for every girl. Now the ratio is four to one, and it's dropping rapidly. What's going on with American girls? See Jane Hit is the first big-picture answer to this crucial question, a groundbreaking examination of this hidden epidemic by one of America's most respected authorities on juvenile violent aggression.
In "See Jane Hit," Dr. James Garbarino shows that the rise in girls' violence is the product of many interrelated cultural developments, several of which are largely positive. Girls have learned to express themselves physically in organized sports-thirty years ago, the number of boys playing organized sports was more than ten times greater than the number of girls; now we're almost at 1: 1. In a number of other ways, too, the cultural foot binding that has kept girls from embracing their own physical power has been removed, which is largely to be celebrated. But nothing happens in isolation, and there's rarely such a momentous societal shift with absolutely no downside. One problem is that girls aren't being trained to handle their own physical aggression the way boys are: our methods of child-rearing culture include all sorts of mechanisms for socializing boys to express their violence in socially acceptable ways, but with girls we lag very far behind. At the same time, the culture has become more toxic for boys and girls alike, and girls' sexuality is linked with violence in new and disturbing ways.
Ultimately, this brilliant, far-reaching examination of physical aggression and the "new" American girl shows us there is much we can do differently. "See Jane Hit" is not just a powerful wake-up call; it's a clear-eyed, compassionate prescription for real-world solutions."

Call number: HQ777 .G37 2006

Digging for the Truth: One Man's Epic Adventure Exploring the World's Greatest Archaeological Mysteries - Publisher's Marketing: "Josh Bernstein, host of The History Channel's hit series "Digging for The Truth," takes readers beyond the cameras for an even closer look at his adventures through some of the most intriguing, remote, and physically challenging locations on the planet as he explores the world's greatest ancient mysteries.
No location is too dangerous, no terrain too rough, no culture too exotic for explorer and survival expert Josh Bernstein. With his unique hands-on approach, he travels the globe, seeking answers to some of the most enigmatic mysteries of the ancient world. "Digging for the Truth" shares Josh's personal stories, journals, and insights, revealing the risks and dangers of what went on behind the scenes in shooting the show, and the fascinating details about what he uncovers along each adventure. Readers are right in the action as he:
- Discovers who built Egypt's pyramids and learns what secrets may be buried below the Sphinx.
- Follows the trail of the Lost Ark of the Covenant to the remote monasteries and churches of Ethiopia.
- Explores the journey of a potential Lost Tribe of Israel and examines DNA evidence that could make or break their claim.
- Visits the ancient site of Stonehenge, witnesses a Druid ceremony, and learns what purpose the stone circles may have served.
- Sails a Viking ship on a quest to determine if the Vikings landed in the New World five hundred years before Columbus.
- Lives with a remote and mostly naked tribe in the Amazon to search for hidden cities and learn the fate of one of the world's great explorers.
Readers will have access to all the inside details that viewers never see?everything from food poisoning and spiderbites to the logistical challenges of shooting in some of the most remote places on earth. Complete with four-color photographs, "Digging for the Truth" will appeal to fans of the show as well as armchair travel and adventure readers."

Call number: CB311 .B46 2006

Big Games: College Football's Greatest Rivalries - Publisher's Marketing: "Describes ten rivalries that help define college football. Includes the scores of all games, profiles of legendary participants, and memorable events."

Call number: GV950 .B73 2006

Divorce (Contemporary Issues Companion)

Call number: HQ814 .D583 2007

Part One of Bullying From Both Sides offers concrete information to help educators understand and recognize the range of students at risk for victimization and aggression. Part Two provides counselors, administrators, and teachers with a four-point intervention plan that covers:

* Surveying students to prevent school violence
* Safeguarding victims
* Determining when-and how- to contact parents
* Handling female bullying and cyberbullying
* Counseling for immediate and long-term support, and more!

With an annotated resource list of recommended books and videos, this invaluable resource will inspire and equip educators to prevent next week's crisistoday."

Call number: LB3013.3 .R63 2006

Racetalk: Racism Hiding in Plain Sight - Publisher's Marketing: "Drawing on over 600 incidents of racetalk among whites, blacks, Latinos, and Asians, this book examines private racism. Using a dialectical analysis, this book examines the ways that everyday people help to reproduce racism through their common interactions."

Call number: P120.R32 M95 2005

Ethics Along the Color Line

Call number: HT1521 .S78 2005

Sweating It Out: What the Experts Say Causes Poverty - Publisher's Marketing: "Sweating it Out explores poverty in the United States through the viewpoints and arguments of academic and political experts, low-income adults from Louisiana, and the Bible and Christian theologians. In detailed chapters, Michael Landon presents each group's opinion on the causes of poverty, which include stress or mental illness, personal irresponsibility, social injustice, and family upbringing, among others."

Call number: HC110.P6 C36 2006

Foundations and Best Practices in Early Childhood Education: History, Theories, and Approaches to Learning - Publisher's Marketing: "This text differs from other models or approaches texts in its vivid descriptions of programs and settings and practical instructional applications. Foundational chapters on Early Childhood Education history, learning theories, and NAEYC's Developmentally Appropriate Practice and Code of Ethics give students an introduction to the field, while chapters discussing The Project Approach, Multiple Intelligences, Montessori, Reggio Emilia, and Waldorf help students to understand distinctions and similarities among classroom learning approaches. Highly practical, realistic "Putting It Into Practice" features show students how to apply theory with young children in today's classrooms. This text includes themes of self-reflection and developing an identity as an early childhood teacher, using developmentally appropriate practices, and developing sections of a professional portfolio in each chapter. This is a core text for Introduction/Foundations in Early Childhood Education courses or Issues/Models of Early Childhood Education courses."

Call number: LB1139.23 .F66 2007

The World’s Hot Spots: Iraq - Publisher's Marketing: "U.S. President George Bush claims Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq poses a "grave and gathering danger" to the world by seeking biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons of mass destruction. This book examines Saddam Hussein's rise to power and the events that have led to today's conflict concerning Iraq."

Call number: DS70.9 .I72 2004

Marijuana (History of Drugs) - Publisher's Marketing: "Since over 12,000 years ago, civilizations across the world have used the cannabis plant for numerous purposes. Alternately, marijuana has been a source of hemp fiber, a medicine, and an intoxicant. This book chronicles the history of marijuana in various cultures, specifically focusing on its role in Western society and the heated debates that have surrounded its use and abuse."

Call number: RM666.C266 M363 2005

Alcohol (History of Drugs)

Call number: GT2884 .A43 2007

Emergency Response (Careers for the 21st Century) - Publisher's Marketing: "Professionals from many different disciplines play unique and vital roles in the circle of organized emergency response. Chapters detail the duties, training and opportunities for emergency dispatchers, paramedics, firefighters, police officers, search and rescue specialists, and disaster preparedness coordinators."

Call number: HV551.2 .T48 2004

Law (Careers for the 21st Century) - Publisher's Marketing: "The field of law offers many challenging and rewarding careers for those seeking to blend an interest in law with helping others. This book looks at six careers in depth: paralegal, lawyer, arbitrator, court reporter, judge, and law librarian."

Call number: FK297 .B45 2004

Computer Technology (Careers for the 21st Century) - Publisher's Marketing: "How will job opportunities in this popular field evolve in the 21st century? An inside look at the work of those who make computers useful and accessible to businesses and consumers through computer engineering, systems analysis, programming, technical support, and web page design."

Call number: QA76.25 .C33 2004

Law Enforcement (Careers for the 21st Century) - Publisher's Marketing: "Law enforcement opportunities will increase in the twenty-first century. The fields of federal, state, and local policing, corrections, crime laboratory analysis, crime scene investigation, and parole and probation supervision are explored to show that openings exist to accommodate a variety of backgrounds, interests, and personal skills."

Call number: HV7922 .C37 2002

Examining Issues through Political Cartoons: Terrorism - Publisher's Marketing: "The problem of international terrorism became America's number one concern on September 11, 2001. This sobering collection presents the reaction of American and foreign political cartoonists to the September 11 attacks and on America's response to them."

Call number: HV6432 .T443 2003

Examining Issues through Political Cartoons: Iraq -

Finally, each volume contains additional research tools, including a bibliography and organization list for further research, an index, and (for historical topics) a chronology of events. "Examining Issues through Political Cartoons" promises to be both an amusing and informative resource for students."

Call number: DS79.76 .I725 2004

Biomass: Energy from Plants and Animals (Fueling the Future) - Publisher's Marketing: "Although it is perhaps the oldest known source of fuel, biomass is now on the cutting edge of humankind's search for more sustainable energy. This book outlines the history of biomass use, details modern efforts to use biomass as a cost-effective, clean replacement for fossil fuels, and explores the potential of biomass-based energy as a major fuel sourcefor the future."

Call number: TP339 .B5646 2007

Wind (Fueling the Future) - Publisher's Marketing: "Each book in the series focuses on one energy source such as hydrogen, oil, or wind. Volumes trace the development of the technology, examine the controversies surrounding the energy source in a pro-con format, and explore how the source will meet future energy needs."

Call number: TJ820 .W498 2006

Hydrogen (Fueling the Future) - Publisher's Marketing: "Each book in the series focuses on one energy source such as hydrogen, oil, or wind. Volumes trace the development of the technology, examine the controversies surrounding the energy source in a pro-con format, and explore how the source will meet future energy needs."

Call number: TP359.H8 H93 2006

Anatomy and Physiology for Nurses - Publisher's Marketing: "This is a new edition of a popular and comprehensive introductory text on anatomy and physiology for nurses and allied health students."

Call number: QP34.5 .W38 2005

101 Careers in Nursing - Publisher's Marketing: "Few careers have the advantages that nursing offers: flexibility, room for growth, satisfaction from helping others. And there is a desperate need for nurses-demand will exceed supply for some time to come. This concise volume provides an overview of what's possible in a nursing career. It profiles 101 different types of nursing careers, including a basic description, education requirements, skills needed, compensation, and related web sites and professional organizations. Personal stories from the practicing nurses highlight the content. Students, career changers, and RNs looking for new opportunities will find a wealth of Information in this volume."

Call number: RT82 .A15 2003

The Four Freedoms Under Siege: The Clear and Present Danger from Our National Security State - Publisher's Marketing: "FDR's Four Freedoms--Freedom of Speech, Freedom to Worship, Freedom from Want, and Freedom from Fear--were presented to the American people in his 1941 State of the Union address, and they became the inspiration for a second bill of rights, extending the New Deal and guaranteeing work, housing, medical care, and education. Although the bill never was adopted in a legal sense in this country, its principles pervaded the political landscape for an entire generation, including the War on Poverty and the Great Society reforms of the 1960s. Furthermore, the ideas expressed in the Four Freedoms speech inspired the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. But since the late 1970s and early 1980s, these freedoms have been under assault, from presidential administrations of both parties, economic pressures, and finally, the alleged requirements of national security. After 9/11, this process accelerated even more rapidly. The authors address the hard questions of individual freedom versus national security that are on the minds of Americans of all political stripes. They bring together the pivotal events, leaders, policies, and fateful decisions--often path-breaking, more often ending in folly--that have subverted our constitutional government from its founding. "You reach the inescapable conclusion," the authors write, "that the United States is a warrior nation, has been addicted to war from the start, and is able to sustain its warfare habit only by mugging American taxpayers, and believing in its mission as God's chosen.""

Call number: JC599.U5 R27 2007

The Lincoln-Douglas Debates and the Making of a President - Publisher's Marketing: "The Lincoln-Douglas senatorial debates of 1858 marked a significant crossroads in the political career of Abraham Lincoln. Though he lost the Unites States state senate seat for Illinois to Stephen A. Douglas, the debates launched Lincoln into political prominence and eventually contributed to his successful run for the presidency. This work reveals Lincolns political evolution during the debates through a narrative approach, evaluating his debate strategy and seemingly inconsistent views on slavery and racial inequality. Organized chronologically, the book examines each of the seven debates individually, acknowledging Lincolns disappointing turns at Jonesboro and Charleston but celebrating his powerful comeback at Alton in the final senatorial debate."

Call number: E457.4 .G66 2007

"Getting from College to Career" gives you the essential information and guidance you need to get your foot in the door of the real world. Don't start your first job search without it!"

Call number: LB2343 .P57 2007

Food Is Love: Advertising and Gender Roles in Modern America - Publisher's Marketing: "Modern advertising has changed dramatically since the early twentieth century, but when it comes to food, Katherine Parkin writes, the message has remained consistent. Advertisers have historically promoted food in distinctly gendered terms, returning repeatedly to themes that associated shopping and cooking with women. Foremost among them was that, regardless of the actual work involved, women should serve food to demonstrate love for their families. In identifying shopping and cooking as an expression of love, ads helped to both establish and reinforce the belief that kitchen work was women's work, even as women's participation in the labor force dramatically increased. Alternately flattering her skills as a homemaker and preying on her insecurities, advertisers suggested that using their products would give a woman irresistible sexual allure, a happy marriage, and healthy children. Ads also promised that by buying and making the right foods, a woman could help her family achieve social status, maintain its racial or ethnic identity, and assimilate into the American mainstream."

Call number: HF5827.85 .P37 2006

In this stunning book filled with project ideas, recipes, whimsical stories, and enchanting "Creole Expressions," Parlange describes how she created some of her favorite designs— from a fabric pattern inspired by her ancestors’ 1830s calling cards, to a shower curtain based on a seventy-year-old college football program. Raised on Parlange Plantation, a national historical landmark in Louisiana, Parlange draws from her Southern heritage in both design and way of life. In a voice as charming as her signature style, she shares tips from her "Creole Thrift" philosophy that you can live first-class without spending a fortune, simply by being resourceful.

Everyone has personal mementos or quirky knickknacks that can be transformed into beautiful "cocktail dresses for the home." Creole Thrift will inspire readers to explore their surroundings, unleash their imaginations, and create their own unique decorations full of personality and life."

Call number: TT157 .P3133 2006

The stories he brings back are tragic and infuriating. In Boston, a heart attack victim becomes a casualty of emergency room overcrowding when she is turned away from the one hospital that could treat her. In South Central L.A., a security guard loses part of his vision when he can't find affordable treatment for his diabetes. In the middle of the prairie heartland, a retired meatpacker sells his house to pay for the medications that keep him and his aging wife alive. And, in a tiny village tucked into the Catskill mountains, a mother of three young children decides against a costly doctor's visit— and lets a deadly cancer go undetected— because her husband's high-tech job no longer provides health insurance.

Passionate, illuminating, and often devastating, "Sick" interweaves these stories with clear-eyed reporting from Washington and takes us inside the medical industry to chronicle the decline of America's health care system— and lays bare the consequences any oneof us could suffer if we don't replace it."

Call number: RA395.A3 C635 2007

The Changing Vampire of Film and Television: A Critical Study of the Growth of a Genre - Publisher's Marketing: "Vampires have been a fixture of film since Bela Lugosi brought Bram Stokers Dracula to life on the big screen in 1931. Over the decades the genre has been far from static, as vampire narratives changed and evolved with the appetites of their viewing public. First depicted as formally dressed villains, vampires would later be portrayed as supernatural beings with some human characteristics, and still later as sympathetic figures. Focusing on 19 representative films and television productions, this critical study tracks the evolutionary changes of the screen vampire. It explores the factors that cause a genre to change and examines the alternating cycles of audience expectation. The author identifies three distinct modes of depiction: the Malignant Cycle (1931-1948), comprised primarily of the Universal films; the Erotic Cycle (1957-1985), which encompasses Hammer films and popular television shows; and the Sympathetic Cycle (1987-present) including recent offerings. Each film is evaluated in seven key areas including the act of the vampire biting the victim; process of the victims infection; physical appearance and demeanor of the vampire and the vampire expert; and the eventual destruction of the vampire. Appendices include a complete filmography of the films examined."

Call number: PN1995.9.V3 K36 2006

Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 - Publisher's Marketing: " -- The critical essays reflect a variety of schools of criticism
-- Contains critical biographies, notes on the contributing critics, a chronology of the author's life, and an index"

Call number: PS3503.R167 F336 2001

Bomb Squad: A Year Inside the Nation's Most Exclusive Police Unit - Publisher's Marketing: "Published to coincide with an "ABC News" special, "Bomb Squad" is an unprecedented, behind-the-scenes look at the men who protect the public from the most frightening prospect of life in the age of terrorism. 8-page photo insert."

Call number: HV8080.B65 E87 2007

Bleeding to Ease the Pain: Cutting, Self-Injury, and the Adolescent Search for Self - Publisher's Marketing: "Parents, teachers, friends, and even many clinicians are both horrified and mystified upon discovering teenagers who intentionally cut, burn, and otherwise inflict pain on themselves. Often causing permanent and extensive scarring, as well as infections, cutting is increasingly prevalent among today's youth. As many as 1 in 100 adolescents report cutting themselves, representing a growing epidemic of scarred and tormented youth, as we see in this revealing work. Author Plante explains the threat of suicide must always be carefully evaluated, although the vast majority of cutters are not in fact suicidal. Instead, cutting represents a growing teenage method for easing emotional pain and suffering. Bleeding from self-inflicted wounds not only helps to numb and vent despair, it can also be a dramatic means of communicating, controlling, and asking for help from others. In this book, Plante features the stories of self-injurers and helps the reader understand the meaning of the injuries, and how to help teens stop. This author, who is a psychologist, a parent, and a Stanford University Medical School faculty member, explains in clear detail how cutters and the adults who love them can heal the pain and stop self-injury. Plante describes the frightening developmental tasks teenagers and young adults face, and how the central challenges of the three I's (Independence, Intimacy, and Identity) compel them to cope through self-destructive acts. Readers will feel as if they are in the therapy room with Plante and these struggling teenagers as they seek to overcome their internal pain and that desperate need to cut and self-injure."

Call number: RJ506.S44 P43 2007

Believe it or not, it's the freezer. Freezers seriously simplify meal preparation— you can plan ahead, save time, and shop economically, yet still serve fresh, flavorful suppers. Freezers are great for those dark winter months when you want to have dinner on the table fifteen minutes after you get home from work— think lasagna, stews, curries, and soups— and they are also useful for entertaining friends when time is short.

In "Can I Freeze It?" veteran food writer and stylist Susie Theodorou explains the tips, tricks, and rules of freezing food, from containers and wrappers (foil or Tupperware?) to the best methods for retaining moisture and flavor to what ingredients and dishes can and can't be frozen. She provides a wealth of recipes, along with color photographs, for whole and partial dishes. Some are completely preassembled (for example, chicken in a marinade), frozen, and cooked later. Others combine frozen ingredients with fresh ones— pair a pastry from the freezer with berries from a farm stand, or defrost a sauce and use it to top fish straight from the market.

The recipes include everything from meat and fish to pizza and veggies, plus desserts. Many dishes can be served two ways. For example, prepare classic Bolognese Sauce and serve some of it for dinner over pasta. Freeze the rest and use it later to make Meat and Potato Pie. In addition, there is a chapter on cooking for a crowd in which Susie shares her best recipes for entertaining large groups of family and friends. Serve Lamb Ragù Ravioli with Rosemary Brown Butter, Mexican Chickpea Stew with Green Salsa, or heartyLasagna— your guests will never know you prepared most of the meal in advance, making dinner parties a breeze! And be sure to save room for decadent desserts, including homey favorites such as Sticky Toffee Pudding and Chocolate Chunk Cookies as well as showstoppers like Chocolate Truffle Terrine and Layered Coconut Cake.

In addition to the recipes, there are stunning color photographs of the finished dishes throughout. With "Can I Freeze It?" flavorful, healthful, hot meals are ready in minutes, without turning to takeout. It's the ultimate guide to saving time and money in the kitchen."

Call number: TX610 .T42 2007

Follow Daniel Young, acclaimed author of "The Paris Café Cookbook," as he leads a tour of this Paris of Parisians by way of its definitive eating spots. Young explores the distinctions among bistros, brasseries, and wine bars before leading you to thirty-eight o f his favorites, from landmark brasseries like Lipp and La Coupole to little-known gems like the bistro Clé mentine and the wine bar La Petite Syrah. He shares more than one hundred of their recipes, all house specialties adapted here for use by North American home cooks. The selection encompasses such certifiable classics as the Onion Soup Gratiné e from Au Pied du Cochon, the Sauerkraut with Fish from Bofinger, the Pan-Grilled Rib Steak with Bé arnaise Sauce from Le Bistrot Paul Bert, and the Chocolate Profiteroles from Julien, as well as new variations on old and familiar themes -- the Endive Tatin with Goat Cheese from L'É pi Dupin, the Veal Blanquette with Ginger and Lemongrass from Le Baratin, the Warm Almond Cake with Caramel Cream fromLe Repaire de Cartouche. With evocative black-and-white photographs and colorful descriptions of the featured establishments, "The Bistros, Brasseries, and Wine Bars of Paris" brings home the French capital's most extraordinarily ordinary flavors."

Call number: TX719 .Y64 2006

Alice Waters and Chez Panisse: The Romantic, Impractical, Often Eccentric, Ultimately Brilliant Making of a Food Revolution - Publisher's Marketing: "In an authorized biography-the story of Alice Waters, Chez Panisse, and the San Francisco 1970s counterculture food revolution that invented "American cuisine" Not so long ago it was nearly impossible to find a cappuccino or a croissant in this country, and goat cheese and mesclun lettuce were virtually unheard of. Most people had no idea what "organic" food was, and even fewer thought about "sustainable farming." But in 1971, in a corner of Berkeley, California, a young Francophile named Alice Waters opened a small counterculture restaurant for her friends called Chez Panisse and launched an entirely new way of thinking about and serving food in America. Without an ounce of business sense or financial discipline, Alice relied on the coterie of devoted friends and followers who developed around her and on her strong principles of, among other things, using only locally grown and organic ingredients at the peak of their seasons, to keep her restaurant afloat. It was a reckless, extravagant, inexperienced venture that would have failed at any other time and place, but that instead-somehow-turned into a food revolution. Today, Alice Waters may be the most important figure in the culinary history of North America. Chez Panisse revolutionized what it means to eat out and gave birth to a new nationwide cuisine-the first in this country not associated with a single region or ethnic group, the first "American" cuisine. "Gourmet's 2002" appraisal ranked Chez Panisse as the best restaurant in America, and "The New York Times" has called Alice "the mother of American cooking." Alice has become a public figure, revered and idolized by many. The first "foodie," she has become a famous chef, activist, advocate, and spokeswoman whose personal beliefs have become the values of an entire food movement. But her complex personal character is hardly known at all. Thomas McNamee was selected by Alice to document her story and was given exclusive access to her and her closest friends, to the Chez Panisse archives, and to private collections and memorabilia. As the story unfolds over the decades, we learn of her many passionate loves, her marriage, her divorce, the birth of her daughter Fanny, her failures, her critics. We come to know the extraordinary cast of characters who have formed the ever-shifting Chez Panisse community-a make-shift family with complex relationships, competing interests, and a strange, almost cultish, devotion to each other and to their work."

Call number: TX910.5.W38 M36 2007

Against Prediction: Profiling, Policing, and Punishing in an Actuarial Age - Publisher's Marketing: "From random security checks at airports to the use of risk assessment in sentencing, actuarial methods are being used more than ever to determine whom law enforcement officials target and punish. And with the exception of racial profiling on our highways and streets, most people favor these methods because they believe they’ re a more cost-effective way to fight crime.
In "Against Prediction," Bernard E. Harcourt challenges this growing reliance on actuarial methods. These prediction tools, he demonstrates, may in fact "increase" the overall amount of crime in society, depending on the relative responsiveness of the profiled populations to heightened security. They may also aggravate the difficulties that minorities already have obtaining work, education, and a better quality of life— thus perpetuating the pattern of criminal behavior. Ultimately, Harcourt shows how the perceived success of actuarial methods has begun to distort our very conception of just punishment and to obscure alternate visions of social order. In place of the actuarial, he proposes instead a turn to randomization in punishment and policing. The presumption, Harcourt concludes, should be "against prediction.""

Call number: HV7936.R3 H37 2007

Amy Tan (Bloom's Modern Critical Views)

Call number: PS3570.A48 Z52 2000

Alice Walker (Bloom's BioCritiques)

Call number: PS3573.A425 Z535 2002

Winifred Gallagher explores the complex relationships between people and the places in which they live, love, and work. Drawing on the latest research in behavioral and environmental sciences, "The Power of Place" examines our reactions to light, temperature, the seasons, and other natural phenomena, and explores the interactions between our external and internal worlds. Gallagher's broad and dynamic definition of place includes mountaintops and the womb, Alaska's hinterlands and Manhattan's subway, and she relates these settings to everything from creativity to PMS, jet lag to tales of UFOs.

Edifying, accessible, and enormously entertaining, "The Power of Place" offers the latest insights into the many ways we can change our lives by changing the places we live."

Call number: BF353 .G355 1993

The Coen Brothers: Interviews - Publisher's Marketing: "Collected interviews with the writer/directors whose films include Barton Fink, Raising Arizona, Fargo, and O Brother, Where Art Thou?"

Call number: PN1998.3.C6635 C64 2006

Capital Punishment - Publisher's Marketing: "Antonin Scalia, Scott Turrow, and James S. Liebman are among the authors included in this recently updated volume examining the ethics and administration of the death penalty. Chapters include: Is Capital Punishment an Effective Deterrent to Crime? Should Capital Punishment Be Reformed?"

Call number: HV8694 .C284 2005

Poison - Publisher's Marketing: "A tour de force about marriage, deceit, envy, and the reverberations of a life and a life's work.
The death of flamboyant writer and womanizer Peter Grosvenor sets in motion a series of spiraling events surrounding his legacy and his estate. His bitter third wife, his two children, his sister, his friends, and his would-be biographers are drawn into a maelstrom of intense memories and painful encounters as each of the major players in Peter's life seeks to appropriate Peter's estate for his or her own purposes. As a complex story of passion, jealousy, and loss unfolds, the figures that had once blossomed in Peter's presence spin off into their own orbits and turn against one another without the anchor of his charismatic presence. Ultimately, the tragedy and scandal that marred his life cannot be ended even by his death. Susan Fromberg Schaeffer writes with exquisite flavor and measure; character, history, and relationships build into a large, minutely detailed canvas and remind us why she is a master of the epic novel."

Call number: PS3569.C35 P65 2006

Preventing Hazing: How Parents, Teachers, and Coaches Can Stop the Violence, Harassment, and Humiliation - Publisher's Marketing: "Written with clarity and passion, "Preventing Hazing" uncovers the deep roots of hazing, how and why it permeates schools, colleges, and communities, and what parents, teachers, and coaches can do to prevent it. The author shows how to recognize the warning signs, what to do if a student has been involved in a hazing (either as a victim, bystander, or perpetrator), how to deal with the moral, legal, and emotional aspects of hazing, and, ultimately, how to heal and move forward both as an individual and a community."

Call number: LB301.3 .L56 2006

Wild Fire - Publisher's Marketing: "From #1 "New York Times" bestselling author Nelson DeMille comes a suspenseful new novel featuring Detective John Corey and an all-too-plausible conspiracy to detonate a nuclear bomb in two major cities."

Call number: PS3554.E472 W55 2006

The Skinny about Best Boys, Dollies, Green Rooms, Leads, and Other Media Lingo: The Language of the Media - Publisher's Marketing: "From the author of "Webster's New World Dictionary of Media and Communciations "comes this witty guide to the remarkable words that come from the media. In this compilation, Weiner reveals stories and meanings of familiar and unfamiliar words and phrases from sources such as Hollywood movies, the theater, publishing, broadcast TV, and other media. Featuring everything from "yellowbacks" to "yellow journalism," "white mail" to the "Great White Way," and "teasers" to "spin doctors," this book is the "leading light."
-A collection of thematic Safiresque essays
-Features hundreds of media-inspired words"

Call number: P96.L34 W45 2006

Both a harsh reality check and a hopeful starting point for new action, "The W Effect" brings together the premier feminist voices to provide cutting-edge reports; fresh, empowering analyses; and engaging, provocative ideas for the future-including a resource guide for information and activism. At this pivotal time, "The W Effect" is a necessary book for feminists of all ages and genders, for all progressive activists, for students, and for anyone interested in current politics and the future of women's rights and women's lives in America and around the world.

With reports on: affirmative action, the Patriot Act, welfare "reform," sexual freedom, reproductive rights, the impact of the religious right, education funding and Title IX, public health policy, globalization, international HIV/AIDS policy, the International Court and the U.N., and more."

Call number: HQ1155 .W44 2004

This new book by the undisputed expert on dog behavior, intelligence, and training, Stanley Coren, answers all these questions and more. For many years, most people -- even scientists -- mistakenly believed that dogs were simply domesticated wolves, with natures, minds, and behaviors significantly diminished from those of their wild cousins. But recent discoveries have demonstrated that dogs are actually much more complex than wolves, coyotes, foxes, and other wild canines; their ability to adapt to a man-made world is far more flexible, and their personalities are far more diverse. Using the fascinating findings from scientific experiments by dog breeders and the domestication of foxes and wolves, Coren re-creates the story of how dogs evolved over time into the myriad forms and breeds we love today. With specific information on which breeds were bred to become more dominant, affectionate, cooperative, or even dangerous, this practical, surprising book can help you to select a new companion or simply to understand your old friend better.

In "Why Does My Dog Act That Way?" Dr. Coren also presents for the first time a simple, fun test you can administer to your own dog to get a detailed picture of his personality.Based on the personality-profiling questionnaires used in human psychological studies, the "Dog Behavior Inventory" is a straightforward, user-friendly test to help you analyze the personality of your dog in relation to other members of his breed. Using the findings of the U.S. Army's once-classified studies of "Superdogs," you, too, can train your pet to become a "superdog" -- a friendly, calm, confident, "bomb-proof" dog that is not disturbed, angered, or frightened by much of anything. New, exciting data also explain the characteristics that make some dogs act heroically -- the real-life equivalents of Lassie and Rin Tin Tin who spontaneously act to save human lives.

So, why does your dog act the way he does? You'll soon find out in this uniquely complete guide to dog psychology, filled with all the entertaining anecdotes and scientific data that Coren's avid followers have come to expect and enjoy."

Call number: SF433 .C694 2006

The Dark Side of the Internet: Protecting Yourself and Your Family from Online Criminals - Publisher's Marketing: "Provides a detailed overview of predators on the internet, from hackers to stalkers, and offers advice on how to avoid the traps."

Call number: HV6773 .B633 2006

Conserving the Environment (Opposing Viewpoints)

Call number: TD170.3 .C66 2006

Arlington Park - Publisher's Marketing: "Arlington Park, a modern-day English suburb very much like its American counterparts, is a place devoted to the profitable ordinariness of life. Amidst its leafy avenues and comfortable houses, its residents live out the dubious accomplishments of civilization: material prosperity, personal freedom, and moral indifference. In Arlington Park, men work, women look after children, and people generally do what's expected of them. It's a world awash in contentment but empty of belief, and riven with strange anxieties. How are they to know right from wrong? How should they use their knowledge of other people's sufferings? What is the relationship of politics to their own domestic arrangements?
Set over the course of a single rainy day, the novel moves from one household to another, and through the passing hours conducts a deep examination of its characters' lives: of Juliet, enraged at the victory of men over women in family life; of Amanda, warding off thoughts of death with obsessive housework; of Solly, who confronts her own buried femininity in the person of her Italian lodger; of Maisie, despairing at the inevitability with which beauty is destroyed; and of Christine, whose troubled, hilarious spirit presides over Arlington Park and the way of life it represents.
Darkly comic, deeply affecting, and wise, "Arlington Park" is a page-turning imagining of the extraordinary inner nature of ordinary life, by one of Britain's most exciting young novelists."

Call number: PR6053.U825 A89 2007

The Vaccine Controversy: The History, Use, and Safety of Vaccinations - Publisher's Marketing: "Describes the immune system, how vaccines work to boost it, and the facts regarding how effective and toxic vaccines have proven across the years and today"

Call number: RA638 .L565 2005

Vaccine: The Controversial Story of Medicine's Greatest Lifesaver - Publisher's Marketing: "A fascinating account of vaccination's miraculous, inflammatory past and its uncertain future.
In 1796, as smallpox ravaged Europe, Edward Jenner injected a child with a benign version of the disease, then exposed the child to the deadly virus itself. The boy proved resistant to smallpox, and Jenner's risky experiment produced the earliest vaccination. In this deftly written account, journalist Arthur Allen reveals a history of vaccination that is both illuminated with hope and shrouded by controversy--from Jenner's discovery to Pasteur's vaccines for rabies and cholera, to those that safeguarded the children of the twentieth century, and finally to the tumult currently surrounding vaccination.
Faced with threats from anthrax to AIDS, we are a vulnerable population and can no longer depend on vaccines; numerous studies have linked childhood vaccination with various neurological disorders, and our pharmaceutical companies are more attracted to the profits of treatment than to the prevention of disease. With narrative grace and investigative journalism, Allen explores our shifting understanding of vaccination since its creation."

Call number: RA683 .A45 2007

Return to the Moon: Exploration, Enterprise, and Energy in the Human Settlement of Space - Publisher's Marketing: "The Moon is not just a "local" destination, argues former NASA Astronaut Harrison Schmitt. As a destination, the Moon presents us with a goal that tests our resourcefulness and determination. How much are we willing to spend to re-establish ourselves as space-farers? Return to the Moon proposes that we begin planning, and now, for the establishment of human outposts on the Moon not just as an exercise in technology and discovery, and not just as a way of fulfilling our destiny as explorers and pioneers. Schmitt, having himself traveled to and literally walked on the Moon, is no stranger to technology, discovery, and a sense of our destiny as explorers; but in this book he focuses on a return to the moon as a business proposition."

Call number: TL799.M6 S34 2006

Returning to Earth - Publisher's Marketing: "Jim Harrison is one of our most beloved authors, about whom The New York Times Book Review has written, "There is a singular comfort in knowing, on the first page of a novel, that you are in the hands of a master ... who makes the ordinary extraordinary, the unnamable unforgettable." In Returning to Earth. Harrison has delivered a masterpiece--a tender, profound, and magnificent novel about life, death, and finding redemption in sometimes unlikely places. Donald is a middle-aged Chippewa-Finnish man, married to a white woman who renounced the wealth she was raised with, and father to two grown children. As Returning to Earth opens, he is slowly dying of Lou Gehrig's Disease. His condition deteriorating, he realizes no one alive will be able to pass on to his children their family history once he is gone. He begins dictating to his wife, Cynthia, stories he has never shared with anyone--as around him, his family struggles with how to lay him to rest with the same dignity with which he always lived. Over the course of the year following Donald's death, his loved ones deal with how to let him go. His daughter begins studying Chippewa ideas of death for clues on her father's religion, and her mother, Cynthia, is at loose ends for how to protect or guide her. Bereft of the family she created to escape the malevolent influence of her own father, Cynthia, along with her brother, David, an eccentric whose life mission is to prevent Mexican-border crossers from dying in transit, find, all these years later, that redeeming the past is not a lost cause. Returning to Earth is a deeply moving book about origins and endings, how to make sense of loss, and how to live with honor for the dead. It isone of the finest novels of Harrison's long, storied career, and will confirm his standing as one of the most important American writers now working."

Call number: PS3558.A67 R4 2007

The Philosophy of Film Noir - Publisher's Marketing: "From The Maltese Falcon (1941) to Touch of Evil (1958), the classic film noir is easily recognizable for its unusual lighting, sinister plots, and feeling of paranoia. For critics and fans alike, these films defined an era. The Philosophy of Film Noir explores philosophical themes and ideas inherent in classic noir and neo-noir films, establishing connections to diverse thinkers ranging from Camus to the Frankfurt School. The authors, each focusing on a different aspect of the genre, explore the philosophical underpinnings of classic films such as The Big Sleep (1946), Out of the Past (1947), and Pulp Fiction (1994). They show how existentialism and nihilism dominate the genre as they explore profound themes in a vital area of popular culture."

Call number: PN1995.9.F54 P55 2006

The Power of Plagues - Publisher's Marketing: "The Power of Plagues offers a fascinating examination of epidemic diseases within a historical context. Engagingly written, this new volume presents the science of plagues in an understandable and accessible manner, describing the nature and evolution of diseases and conveying their significance in shaping Western culture and civilization. Chapters present individual, independent plagues stories complemented by relevant and historical illustrations. Major historic outbreaks are covered, including those of the Greek and Roman empires as well as the infamous Black Death. Contemporary and emerging diseases are comprehensively detailed, including HIV-AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, smallpox, SARS, West Nile virus infection, influenza, mad cow disease, and several others. Despite advancements in the development of antimicrobials and vaccines and in securing clean water and food supplies, modern civilizations are not immune to epidemic diseases. The Power of Plagues provides insight into the struggle to attain disease control and eradication and explores the challenge of forecasting emerging plagues. In doing so, it offers readers a deeper understanding of modern public health issues and the role of infectious diseases."

Call number: RA643 .S55 2006

In 1994, internationally known author and photographer Lucian Niemeyer began a series of journeys to Africa to document and expose atrocities being committed there. Niemeyer traveled to the Rwandan refugee camps in Zaire a few months after the terrible Hutu-on-Tutsi genocide. Subsequent trips to the Sudan were made to document slavery, the oil field genocide, and the Nuba Mountain epoch.

Four main types of holocausts are presented in these stories: tribe-on-tribe genocide ("Rwandan Refugees"), slavery ("The Sudan Slave Story"), religious Jihad genocide ("Sudan Oil Field Genocide"), and ethnic cleansing ("Nuba Mountains, Sudan"). Over 180 color photographs document these atrocities."

Call number: DT450.435 .N54 2006

From Silence to Voice features stories about nurses who ensure that patients receive appropriate, timely, and even life-saving care, nurses who make all the difference while crises are underway but whose contributions are neglected in medical charts and thank-you notes, nurses who are left out altogether or obscured by the generic "nurse." However, the book also provides detailed accounts of nurses who do make their voices heard, who do make their concerns public- and it shows how those successes can be duplicated. Buresh and Gordon draw on real-world examples that will help nurses to

* gain respect for themselves as professionals,
* communicate well with both patients and health-care colleagues,
* understand how the news media work,
* collaborate with public relations professionals,
* write effective letters to the editor and publish op-ed pieces,
* appear on television and radio, and
* promote research on nursing"

Call number: RT42 .B83 2006

Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America's Energy Future - Publisher's Marketing: "Despite a devastating, century-long legacy that has claimed millions of lives and ravaged the environment, coal has become hot again -- and will likely get hotter. In this penetrating analysis, Goodell debunks the faulty assumptions underlying coal's revival and shatters the myth of cheap coal energy. In a compelling blend of hard-hitting investigative reporting, history, and industry assessment, Goodell illuminates the stark economic imperatives America faces and the collusion of business and politics -- what is meant by "big coal" -- that have set us on the dangerous course toward reliance on this energy source.
Few of us realize that even today we burn a lump of coal every time we flip on a switch. Coal already supplies more than half the energy needed to power our iPods, laptops, lights -- anything we use that consumes electricity. Our desire to find a homegrown alternative to Mideast oil, the rising cost of oil and natural gas, and the fossil fuel-friendly mood in Washington will soon push our coal consumption through the roof. Because we have failed to develop alternative energy sources, coal has effectively become the default fuel for the twenty-first century."

Call number: TN805.A5 G665 2006

America's Kingdom: Mythmaking on the Saudi Oil Frontier - Publisher's Marketing: "America's Kingdom debunks the many myths that now surround the United States's "special relationship" with Saudi Arabia, or what is less reverently known as "the deal": oil for security. Taking aim at the long-held belief that the Arabian American Oil Company, ARAMCO, made miracles happen in the desert, Robert Vitalis shows that nothing could be further from the truth. What is true is that oil led the U.S. government to follow the company to the kingdom. Eisenhower agreed to train Ibn Sa'ud's army, Kennedy sent jets to defend the kingdom, and Lyndon Johnson sold it missiles. Oil and ARAMCO quickly became America's largest single overseas private enterprise. Beginning with the establishment of a Jim Crow system in the Dhahran oil camps in the 1930s, the book goes on to examine the period of unrest in the 1950s and 1960s when workers challenged the racial hierarchy of the ARAMCO camps while a small cadre of progressive Saudis challenged the hierarchy of the international oil market. The defeat of these groups led to the consolidation of America's Kingdom under the House of Fahd, the royal faction that still rules today. This is a gripping story that covers more than seventy years, three continents, and an engrossing cast of characters. Informed by first hand accounts from ARAMCO employees and top U.S. government officials, this book offers the true story of the events on the Saudi oil fields. After America's Kingdom, mythmakers will have to work harder on their tales about ARAMCO being magical, honorable, selfless, and enlightened."

Call number: HD9576.S334 A738 2007

Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women - Publisher's Marketing: "Skillfully Probing the Attack on Women's Rights
"Opting-out," "security moms," "desperate housewives," "the new baby fever"--the trend stories of 2006 leave no doubt that American women are still being barraged by the same backlash messages that Susan Faludi brilliantly exposed in her 1991 bestselling book of revelations. Now, the book that reignited the feminist movement is back in a fifteenth anniversary edition, with a new preface by the author that brings backlash consciousness up to date.
When it was first published, "Backlash" made headlines for puncturing such favorite media myths as the "infertility epidemic" and the "man shortage," myths that defied statistical realities. These willfully fictitious media campaigns added up to an antifeminist backlash. Whatever progress feminism has recently made, Faludi's words today seem prophetic. The media still love stories about stay-at-home moms and the "dangers" of women's career ambitions; the glass ceiling is still low; women are still punished for wanting to succeed; basic reproductive rights are still hanging by a thread. The backlash clearly exists.
With passion and precision, Faludi shows in her new preface how the creators of commercial culture distort feminist concepts to sell products while selling women downstream, how the feminist ethic of economic independence is twisted into the consumer ethic of buying power, and how the feminist quest for self-determination is warped into a self-centered quest for self-improvement. "Backlash" is a classic of feminism, an alarm bell for women of every generation, reminding us of the dangers that we still face."

Call number: HQ1426 .F35 2006

There are as many as six million Muslims in the United States today. Islam (together with Christianity and Judaism) is now an American faith, and the challenges Muslims face as they reconcile their intense and demanding faith with our chaotic and permissive society are recognizable to all of us.

From West Virginia to northern Idaho, American Islam takes readers into Muslim homes, mosques, and private gatherings to introduce a population of striking variety. The central characters range from a charismatic black imam schooled in the militancy of the Nation of Islam to the daughter of an Indian immigrant family whose feminist views divided her father's mosque in West Virginia. Here are lives in conflict, reflecting in different ways the turmoil affecting the religion worldwide. An intricate mixture of ideologies and cultures, American Muslims include immigrants and native born, black and white converts, those who are well integrated into the larger society and those who are alienated and extreme in their political views. Even as many American Muslims succeed in material terms and enrich our society, Islam is enmeshed in controversy in the United States, as thousands of American Muslims have been investigated and interrogated in the wake of 9/11.

American Islam is an intimate and vivid group portrait of American Muslims in a time of turmoil and promise."

Call number: BP67.U6 B37 2007

Biodiesel in North America is in its infancy. As air quality deteriorates in major centers, governments are scrambling for ways to reduce emissions and are embracing biodiesel in their fleets. Conferences on biodiesel are often "inaugural" as society begins discussing this fuel in earnest.

"Biodiesel Power" is a chronicle of this emerging industry. Lightly touching on the technical aspects of the fuel, its qualities, and specifications, the book is largely about the people and stories of the biodiesel movement. It explores the tensions between

Grass-roots activists and their altruistic co-ops
The profit-minded commercial producers and the voices of agribusiness
The current administration-or "the coalition of the drilling"

Far from a third-party account, "Biodiesel Power" comes from one who has experienced it from the grease dumpster to the boardroom. Lyle Estill has made the journey from backyard brewing, to being part of a producer and distributor cooperative, to commercial production.

Compelling and timely, "Biodiesel Power" is the history of biodiesel in the making. It will appeal to a wide audience, including farmers, truckers, backyarders, and commercial producers, investors, politicians, and all those concerned about the end of oil."

Call number: HD9579.D53 U6 2005

Euthanasia: A Licence to Kill?

BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christianity | Theology - Ethics

Call number: R726 .S61 2006

Embracing Sisterhood: Class, Identity, and Contemporary Black Women - Publisher's Marketing: "Embracing Sisterhood describes the contemporary state of the black woman collective and explores the legacy of black sisterhood in these times. Through an examination of how these ideas are articulated and experienced in the population, McDonald determines the relative degree of black sisterhood and black step-sisterhood that exists among African-American women today."

Call number: E185.86 .M395 2006

For Goodness Sake: Religious Schools and Education for Democratic Citizenry - Publisher's Marketing: "While the question of religion in public schools is often a matter of fierce debate, few Americans consider the implication of religious education on moral education and liberal democracy more generally. When it comes to religious education, many assume that only those within a given religious community have any serious interest in the religious content of education, and in the moral education of children in religious schools. This important book seeks to change that perception, demonstrating that what happens within religious schools and the education available to all children, regardless of the school they attend, are public issues. It opens up a critical dialogue in liberal, democratic societies. Drawing on examples from Christian, Jewish, and Muslim schools and on topics from sex education to creationism, Walter Feinberg illustrates from a secular point of view the important role religious schools play in the formation of a democratic citizenry."

Call number: LC375 .F44 2006

Cottage Witchery: Natural Magick for Hearth and Home - Publisher's Marketing: "Theres no place like a magickal home
Ellen Dugan, the author of Garden Witchery, is the ideal guide to show us how to bring the beauty of nature and its magickal energies indoors. Using common household and outdoor items such as herbs, spices, dried flowers, plants, stones, and candles she offers a down-to-earth approach to creating an enchanted home.
From specialized spells and charms to kitchen conjuring and color magick, this hands-on guide teaches Witches of all levels how to strengthen a homes aura and energy. Readers will learn how to use begonias and lilacs for protection, dispel bad vibes with salt and lemon, perform tea leaf readings, bless the home with fruit, invite the help of home faeries, perform houseplant magick, and create a loving home for the whole family."

Call number: BF1623.H67 D84 2005

In "Cut to the Chase," bestselling author Stuart R. Levine reveals 100 no-nonsense rules on how to be more effective at work and make the best use of your most precious resource: "your time."
Just before CEO and consultant Stuart Levine appeared on the "Today" show" "to discuss his book "The Six Fundamentals of Success," co-host Matt Lauer said to him, "You know what really drives me nuts? When people come into my office for a five-minute conversation and an hour later, they're still there! Why can't they cut to the chase?"
Lauer's question echoed the concerns Levine has heard from business people and top executives at every level: How can I get more done? How can I stay focused? How can I condense my workday so that I can become more successful and still spend more time with the people I love?
Levine's answer? By cutting to the chase. Successful individuals are the ones who make the best use of their time and energy. They approach each task with clarity, focus, and purpose. They prioritize. They don't allow others to waste their time. They understand the importance of refueling their batteries outside of work. In "Cut to the Chase," Levine distills the expertise of hundreds of CEOs, leaders, and professionals into 100 concise, invaluable lessons about how to get to the point, stay on track, and be more successful in everything you do.
In an age where we spend more hours at work than ever before, "Cut to the Chase" is the indispensable guide for taking control over your time so that you can lead a happier, more balanced life."

Call number: HD58.9 .L477 2007

Creating Cottage Style: Stylish Ideas and Step-By-Step Projects

Call number: TT157 .S632 2005

The Hormone Decision - Publisher's Marketing: "It's the most pressing question on the minds of women at any stage of the menopausal transition: "Should I or shouldn't I take menopause hormones?" The answer is far from crystal clear. Hormone drugs are the most effective therapy for easing hot flashes and other common menopause symptoms. But their long-term effects have been the focus of intense scrutiny and debate. As the weekly consumer health columnist for the Wall Street Journal, Tara Parker-Pope has been an eyewitness to the growing controversy surrounding hormone therapy. Her understanding of menopause research, and her access to the experts behind it, has given her unique insight into the complex issues surrounding hormone use. In "The Hormone Decision," Parker-Pope explores the scientific, political and social forces that have shaped current thinking on hormone therapy. And she takes you on a head to toe tour of how hormones affect every part of your body, including your brain, your breasts, your heart, your bones, your vagina, and even your skin. As you will discover, hormone therapy is not one-size-fits-all. It's as individual as your health status, family history and menopause experience. When you start hormone therapy and how long you use it are major factors in determining its health effects. While it may raise certain risks for some women, it actually may be protective for others. This is why you need an independent, objective resource like "The Hormone Decision." It provides the context for you to understand the research, ask intelligent questions, and ultimately choose whether or not hormone therapy is right for you."

Call number: RG186.P39 2007

The evidence turns up some surprising facts about the complexities of intimate abuse, facts that run against mainstream assumptions: The current system robs battered women of what power they do hold. Perhaps as many as half of women in abusive relationships stay in them for strong cultural, economic, religious, or emotional reasons. Jailing their partners often makes their situations worse. Women are at least as physically violent and emotionally aggressive as are men toward women, and women's aggression is often central to the dynamic of intimate abuse.

Informed by compelling evidence, personal experience, and what abused women themselves say about their needs, Mills proposes no less than a fundamentally new system. Addressing the real dynamics of intimate abuse and incorporating proven methods of restorative justice, Mills's approach focuses on healing and transformation rather than shame or punishment. Already the subject of heated controversy, Insult to Injury offers a desperately needed and powerful means for using what we know to reduce violence in our homes."

Call number: HV66260 .M55 2003

Paralegal Career Starter - Publisher's Marketing: "The paralegal profession is among the fastest growing careers in the United States. Working as a paralegal offers an exciting career in law, without the expensive and lengthy schooling required to become an attorney. But, because a paralegal does many of the same things as a lawyer, proper training is essential. This practical guide offers step-by-step advice on getting the best training and making the smart career choices that will lead you to a top salary with the right firm."

Call number: KF320.L4 S68 2006

Marriages and Families: Diversity and Change - Publisher's Marketing: "Taking an historical, cross-cultural, and global approach, this book focuses on the link between social structure and the "everyday lives" of people' s diverse experiences of marriages, families, and intimate relationships. It shows how contemporary families go well beyond the traditional, heterosexual, two-parent, white, middle class family and heterosexual legally-sanctioned marriage; challenges the assumption that one culture' s way of doing things is the “ natural” or “ right” way; shows how marriage and family life have changed historically over time and from place to place; and how political and economic globalization impacts families worldwide. Features extensive boxed material accompanied by questions for personal reflection. Marriages and Families Over Time. Ways of Studying and Explaining Marriages and Families. Understanding Gender: Its Influence In Intimate Relationships. The Many Faces of Love. Dating, Coupling, and Mate Selection. Sexuality and Intimate Relationships. Nonmarital Lifestyles. The Marriage Experience. Reproduction and Parenting. Evolving Work and Family Structures. Violence and Abuse. The Process of Uncoupling: Divorce in the United States. Remarriage and Remarried Families. Families in Later Life. Marriages and Families in the Twenty-first Century: U.S. and World Trends. For anyone interested in marriage and family dynamics, including individuals, counselors, nurses, social workers, home economists, etc."

Call number: HQ536 .S39 2006

Please Don't Eat the Animals: All the Reasons You Need to Be a Vegetarian - Publisher's Marketing: "Please Don't Eat the Animals: All the Reasons You Need to Be a Vegetarian is an exciting and provocative new book on the universal benefits of being a vegetarian. Authors Horsman and Flowers detail the many reasons for the burgeoning movement toward a plant-based diet in four short, interesting, easy-to-digest sections: Health Nowhere is the appeal of vegetarianism reflected more than in health issues. Scientists and doctors have begun drawing the connection between heavily meat-laden diets and the most serious health problems. Environment Livestock farming accounts for over half of both fresh water and ocean pollution. It significantly effects air pollution, deforestation especially of rain forests and the decimation of wildlife populations. Animal Welfare Animal welfare issues have gained prominence in recent years. Animal rights/ethics courses have emerged on university campuses, even in law schools. Please Don't Eat The Animals reveals the plight of animals on factory farms, a sad and troubling picture indeed. Religious and Spiritual Fresh and original, this section points to the fact that Christianity, Judaism, and Islam have strong injunctions against cruelty to animals. All Hindus are vegetarians. Mohammed said, "Whoever is kind to the creatures of God is kind to himself." And, according to the Buddha, "The eating of meat extinguishes the great seed of compassion.""

Call number: RM236 .H66 2006

"The Real Toy Story" tells the tales of these toys and of the vast, world-dominating $22 billion American industry that creates them. The rewards for success are enormous: a top toy can earn billions -- H. Ty Warner shot into "Forbes's" World's Richest People list with his creation of Beanie Babies. The price of failure is just as huge -- the battlefield is littered with the corpses of once-successful toy companies whose multimillion-dollar gambles did not pay off.

It is a world of contrasts. "The Real Toy Story" looks at both sides: at Slinky, Elmo, Barbie, Transformers, and their creators, but also at the dark side of an industry that leads the way in cold-blooded marketing targeted at children. Parents will want to learn about how this seemingly benign industry exploits, sometimes surreptitiously, the many new media: cable television, the internet, CD-ROMs, sometimes even invading the playgrounds to peddle their wares to unsuspecting young people.

Perhaps more disturbingly, this hard-hitting book examines the vast gap between thecuddly image of toys and how almost all toys destined for America are actually produced in China under sweatshop conditions.

Today the toy industry is in the midst of rapid change. Tapping into the concern millions of adults have about the toys they choose for the children in their lives, this riveting expose is essential reading for everyone who cares about kids."

Call number: HD9993.T693 U627 2007

Turning of the Tide: How One Game Changed the South - Publisher's Marketing: ""New York Times" bestselling author Yaeger tells the electrifying story of the game that broke down the last racial division in college football."

Call number: GV958.U513 Y34 2006

He looks honest.

She seems friendly.

He doesn't look like a serial killer.

Are you always right?

Looks can be deceiving, but handwriting never lies. Handwriting profiling is an amazingly accurate tool for assessing how people think, feel, and act. In fact, handwriting profiling is so accurate that the FBI, the CIA, and the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad use it to build detailed psychological profiles of some of the world's most dangerous individuals. And thousands of major corporations use handwriting profiling to help them make the right hiring decisions.

Handwriting expert Michelle Dresbold -- the only civilian to be invited to the United States Secret Service's Advanced Document Examination training program -- draws on her extensive experience helping law enforcement agencies around the country on cases involving kidnapping, arson, forgery, murder, embezzlement, and stalking to take us inside the mysterious world of crossed t's and dotted i's.

In "Sex, Lies, and Handwriting," Dresbold explains how a single sentence can provide insight into a person's background, psychology, and behavior. Throughout the book, Dresbold explores the handwriting of sly politicians, convicted criminals, notorious killers, suspected cheats, and ordinary people who've written to Dresbold's "The Handwriting Doctor" column for help. She shows you how to identify the signs of a dirty rotten scoundrel and a lying, cheating, backstabbing lover. And she introduces you to some of the most dangerous traits in handwriting, including weapon-shaped letters, "shark's teeth," "club strokes," and "felon's claws." (When you see these traits insomeone's script, she says, "it's time to stop reading and start running!")

Dresbold also explains how criminals are tracked through handwritten clues and what spouses, friends, or employees might be hiding in their script.

Finally, Dresbold re-examines the handwriting evidence in several notorious unsolved cases. She uncovers fascinating clues that reveal the secret side of Lizzie Borden, acquitted of the ax murder of her parents in 1893's "trial of the century." Dresbold also reveals astonishing details about the author of the JonBenEt Ramsey ransom note, and she presents startling new evidence that exposes the real Jack the Ripper (contrary to popular theories, he wasn't a prince or a painter after all).

"Sex, Lies, and Handwriting" will have you paying a bit more attention to your -- and everyone else's -- penmanship."

Call number: BF891 .D74 2007

Mending Broken Families: Social Policies for Divorced Families: How Effective Are They? - Publisher's Marketing: "Since the 1970s policy-makers and advocates for mothers, fathers, and children have attempted to remedy some of the inherent problems of divorce through public policy. This legislation has taken the form of mandated mediation, legal presumptions for particular custodial arrangements, child support orders, divorce education programs for parents, and parenting plans. Despite this movement, however, there has never been a comprehensive assessment of such policies or their effectiveness. This book provides that evaluation."

Call number: HQ834 .D68 2006

Will Write for Shoes: How to Write a Chick Lit Novel - Publisher's Marketing: "* What is Chick Lit exactly?* How do I write a Chick Lit novel?* What are the steps I need to take to get published? Once dismissed as a fad by the popular press and literary community, the women's fiction genre called Chick Lit is now one of the hottest growing markets for new writers. In "Will Write for Shoes, "veteran Chick Lit and romance author Cathy Yardley addresses the common questions (and misconceptions) about the genre. Based on years of teaching about commercial women's fiction, this definitive guide provides invaluable tips and step-by-step methods for writing and selling a successful Chick Lit novel. Features include: * The history of Chick Lit* A blueprint for writing a Chick Lit novel* New trends in the genre* Tips and tools for breaking into the market* FAQs and miscellanea A directory of agents and publishers who acquire Chick Lit, sample submission materials, and online resources make this fun and comprehensive manual a must-have for all women who want to write a Chick Lit novel."

Call number: PN3377.5.C45 Y37 2006

The Barefoot Home: Dressed-Down Design for Casual Living - Publisher's Marketing: "As our personal and professional lives become more demanding and hectic, people have reacted with a more casual, relaxed, and open way of living at home. Kitchens are no longer just for cooking but serve as entertainment hubs; barbeques on the grill have replaced formal dinners. As our lives at home have become increasingly informal, the "barefoot living" lifestyle has emerged and there is increased demand to carry this attitude over into home design.
Relaxed, open, filled with light, and intimately connected to the outdoors, barefoot houses make living at home feel like being on vacation 365 days a year. The 24 houses featured in "The Barefoot Home" reflect today's barefoot times. From a long, low house on the Kansas prairie to an adobe home in New Mexico and a New England cottage by the sea, these homes capture the essence of barefoot living."

Call number: NA7125 .V37 2006

Houseplants A to Z: Buying, Growing, Arranging - Publisher's Marketing: "To grow plants at home, one must be equal parts botanist and Botticelli-there is an art as well as a science to it. "Houseplants A to Z" addresses both sides of that equation, providing sound, practical advice for purchasing, caring for, and decorating with 36 types of houseplants (and many more species), from African violets to zebra plants. As lavishly illustrated as its companion volume, "Flowers A to Z," this new book by the same author-photographer team offers detailed information on purchasing, feeding, and propagating, as well as interesting houseplant lore. What really distinguishes this book, however, is the focus on decorating. Photographs illustrate ideas for arrangements, while artistically inclined readers will take inspiration from the author's suggestions for plants that combine well to create spectacular interior displays."

Call number: Reference - SB419 .H394 2006

A Needle in the Right Hand of God: The Norman Conquest of 1066 and the Making and Meaning of the Bayeux Tapestry - Publisher's Marketing: "The Bayeux Tapestry is the world's most famous textile-an exquisite 230-foot-long embroidered panorama depicting the events surrounding the Norman Conquest of 1066. It is also one of history's most mysterious and compelling works of art. This haunting stitched account of the battle that redrew the map of medieval Europe has inspired dreams of theft, waves of nationalism, visions of limitless power, and esthetic rapture. In his fascinating new book, Yale professor R. Howard Bloch reveals the history, the hidden meaning, the deep beauty, and the enduring allure of this astonishing piece of cloth.
Bloch opens with a gripping account of the event that inspired the Tapestry: the swift, bloody Battle of Hastings, in which the Norman bastard William defeated the Anglo-Saxon king, Harold, and laid claim to England under his new title, William the Conqueror. But to truly understand the connection between battle and embroidery, one must retrace the web of international intrigue and scandal that climaxed at Hastings. Bloch demonstrates how, with astonishing intimacy and immediacy, the artisans who fashioned this work of textile art brought to life a moment that changed the course of British culture and history.
Every age has cherished the Tapestry for different reasons and read new meaning into its enigmatic words and images. French nationalists in the mid-nineteenth century, fired by Tapestry's evocation of military glory, unearthed the lost French epic "The Song of Roland," which Norman troops sang as they marched to victory in 1066. As the Nazis tightened their grip on Europe, Hitler
sent a team to France to study the Tapestry, decode its Nordic elements, and, at the end of the war, with Paris under siege, bring the precious cloth to Berlin. The richest horde of buried Anglo-Saxon treasure, the matchless beauty of Byzantine silk, Aesop's strange fable "The Swallow and the Linseed," the colony that Anglo-Saxon nobles founded in the Middle East following their defeat at Hastings-all are brilliantly woven into Bloch's riveting narrative.
Seamlessly integrating Norman, Anglo-Saxon, Viking, and Byzantine elements, the Bayeux Tapestry ranks with Chartres and the Tower of London as a crowning achievement of medieval Europe. And yet, more than a work of art, the Tapestry served as the suture that bound up the wounds of 1066.
Enhanced by a stunning full-color insert that includes reproductions of the complete Tapestry, "A Needle in the Right Hand of God "will stand with "The Professor and the Madman" and "How the Irish Saved Civilization" as a triumph of popular history."

Call number: NK3049.B3 B57 2006

More than 36 million people are infected with HIV/AIDS-the vast majority of them in the poor world, or in poor and marginalized communities within wealthy countries. And since AIDS was first recognized in the early 1980s, 13 million children have been orphaned and 22 million people have died from the disease.

Irwin and Millen, co-authors of the critically "praised Dying for Growth: Global Inequality and the Health of the Poor," demonstrate that it is morally imperative and practically feasible to control the spread of AIDS by overturning common myths about treatment and prevention.

For example, it is often argued that ordinary citizens in rich countries can do little to fight AIDS in poor counties. But Irwin and Millen show how individual activists, students, health providers, and members of international health organizations have helped to play pivotal roles in lowering drug prices and securing increased funding for vaccine development. Activism and education by groups like ACT UP, Student Global AIDS Campaign, and various religious organizations is forcing national and international leaders to take greater responsibility for the global AIDS cri