The Judith Blacklock Encyclopedia of Flower Design - Publisher's Marketing: "The essential 'how to' manual for everyone interested in floral art. This book will inspire you throughout the year with design ideas and provides a useful reference of many of the flowers and foliage that are available. Packed with tips, information and step by step advice, this book is an indispensable guide whatever the season, occasion or budget."

Call number: SB445 .B534 2006

Cook with Jamie: My Guide to Making You a Better Cook - Publisher's Marketing: "Jamie Oliver believes this should have been his first book: a crash course in the "basics of food, shopping, and cooking with great ingredients. " Treating the reader as he would one of the students in his inspirational "Fifteen" restaurants, where he transforms ordinary youths into great chefs, Oliver explains it all" from the best equipment, to shopping tips, right down to how to recognize and prepare different cuts of meat (essential knowledge, in Oliver's book)! Each chapter covers an essential food category, the building blocks on which to build a respectable repertoire as a burgeoning chef, and is prefaced by a mini-introduction to the category, including tips for getting started. In the chapter on salads, for example, Oliver explains not only the best leaves, vegetables and herbs, but also how to make basic dressings; in the fish chapter, he details different types of fish, and how to be more discerning at the market. Oliver has created a truly important book for anyone, at any stage in life, who just wants to cook better and have fun in the process. As he says, "if you're going to eat three times a day for the rest of your life, you might as well learn to cook properly and enjoy it!" More than 175 recipes."

Call number: TX714.O456 C665 2007

Over the years, Rose Reisman has shifted from simply appreciating delicious food to valuing dishes that combine exceptional taste with nutritional benefits. She has stepped up and become a leading spokesperson for light cooking. Her recipes explode with flavor, not with fat and calories.

The Complete Light Kitchen provides more than one hundred all-time favorites from Rose Reisman's 15 years of creating and publishing recipes. She includes essential guidance for a healthy kitchen, both stocking it with staples and using ingredients with gusto. In sections such as "Transforming to a Light Kitchen," "Meal Planning," "The Global Pantry" and "A Guide to Food Labels and Additives," she answers many frequently asked questions.

Enjoy such scrumptious and healthful dishes as: Swordfish with mango and coriander salsa Asparagus bundles wrapped with goat cheese and prosciutto Flank steak in Hoisin marinade with saut?ed mushrooms Sole rolled with crab and garlic bread crumbs Pork tenderloin with orange balsamic glaze Steak kabobs with honey garlic marinade Roasted sweet pepper salad with pine nuts, goat cheese and basil Triple chocolate brownies Orange pecan biscotti."

Call number: TX715 .R457 2007

Thinking about Terrorism: The Threat to Civil Liberties in Times of National Emergency - Publisher's Marketing: "Written by one of the top trial lawyers alive today, this is Michael Tigar's look at how government through history has responded to terrorism, with an analysis of our own government's response to the attacks of 9/11, particularly in regard to our own civil liberties. When does safety at any cost undermine the very basis for our republic? This book is a must-read for anyone concerned with the state of our civil liberties today."

Call number: K5256 .T54 2007

Color and Money: How Rich White Kids Are Winning the War Over College Affirmative Action - Publisher's Marketing: "What is the real story behind the fight over affirmative action at colleges? Veteran journalist Peter Schmidt exposes truths that will outrage readers and forever transform the debate. He reveals how:
* colleges use affirmative action to mask how much they cater to the country club crowd and to solicit support from the big corporations they steer minority students toward;
* conservatives have used opposition to affirmative action to advance a broader agenda that includes gutting government programs that help level the playing field;
* selective colleges reward families for shielding their children from contact with other races and classes and help perpetuate societal discrimination by favoring applicants from expensive private schools or public schools in exclusive communities;
* racial tensions like those witnessed at Duke University, the University of Michigan, and scores of other campuses in recent decades are a direct result of college admissions policies;
* affirmative-action preferences for women and minorities may have survived recent court challenges, but in much of the nation they are unlikely to survive the forces of democracy; and
* regardless of what happens with affirmative action, African Americans are going to be denied equal access to colleges for many decades to come unless American society undergoes revolutionary change.
This is a startling, brave, and thoroughly researched book that will ignite a national debate on class and education for years to come."

Call number: LC213.52 .S35 2007

Comparative Health Policy - Publisher's Marketing: "This wide-ranging text assesses the extent to which policy problems and responses in different countries have common causes or spring from specific national circumstances systematically comparing Australia, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Sweden, Singapore, the UK and the US, but ranging more widely as appropriate. The fully revised second edition includes an additional chapter on the politics of health and an increased focus on the individual patient in different systems."

Call number: RA394 .B56 2007

Kitchen Literacy: How We Lost Knowledge of Where Food Comes from and Why We Need to Get It Back - Publisher's Marketing: "Ask children where food comes from, and they'll probably answer: "the supermarket." Ask most adults, and their replies may not be much different. Where our foods are raised and what happens to them between farm and supermarket shelf have become mysteries. How did we become so disconnected from the sources of our breads, beef, cheeses, cereal, apples, and countless other foods that nourish us every day?
Ann Vileisis's answer is a sensory-rich journey through the history of making dinner. "Kitchen Literacy "takes us from an eighteenth-century garden to today's sleek supermarket aisles, and eventually to farmer's markets that are now enjoying a resurgence. Vileisis chronicles profound changes in how American cooks have considered their foods over two centuries and delivers a powerful statement: what we don't know could hurt us.
As the distance between farm and table grew, we went from knowing particular places and specific stories behind our foods' origins to instead relying on advertisers' claims. The woman who raised, plucked, and cooked her own chicken knew its entire life history while today most of us have no idea whether hormones were fed to our poultry. Industrialized eating is undeniably convenient, but it has also created health and environmental problems, including food-borne pathogens, toxic pesticides, and pollution from factory farms.
Though the hidden costs of modern meals can be high, Vileisis shows that greater understanding can lead consumers to healthier and more sustainable choices. Revealing how knowledge of our food has been lost and how it might now be regained, "Kitchen Literacy "promises to make us think differently about what we eat."

Call number: TX645 .V55 2007

Can't Buy Me Love: The Beatles, Britain, and America - Publisher's Marketing: "In this dazzling work of biography, cultural history, and musical insight, Gould explores the 1960s in England and America through the prism of the Beatles."

Call number: ML421 .B4 G68 2007

Alternative Medicine- Publisher's Marketing: "Every day, newspapers and television news programs present stories on the latest controversies over healthcare and medical advances, but they do not have the space to provide detailed background on the issues. Websites and weblogs provide information from activists and partisans intent on presenting their side of a story. But where can students - or even ordinary citizens - go to obtain unbiased, detailed background on the medical issues affecting their daily lives? This volume in the Health and Medical Issues Today series provides readers and researchers with a balanced, in-depth introduction to the medical, scientific, legal, and cultural issues surrounding alternative medicine and its importance in today's world of healthcare. Alternative Medicine is organized to provide students and researchers with easy access to the information they need: Section 1 provides overview chapters on the background information needed to intelligently understand the issues and controversies surrounding complementary and alternative therapies, such as the theories that serve as the foundation for alternative treatments. Section 2 offers concise examinations of the contemporary issues and debates that provoke the most heated disagreements and misunderstandings, such as the debates over the efficacy of alternative treatments and whether the government should regulate herbal treatments. Section 3 includes reference material on alternative medicine, including primary source documents from important clinicians and researchers in the debate over alternative treatments, a timeline of important events, and an annotated bibliography of useful print and electronic resources. This volume in the Health and MedicalIssues Today series provides everything a student requires to understand the issues involved in alternative medicine and serves as a springboard for further research into the issue."

Call number: R733 .L37 2007

A sharp, sweeping survey of OPEC's methods of economic dominance, this book explains how to bust the Mideast oil cartel and chart our own course toward energy independence."

Call number: HD9578.M51 L43 2005

Using the American wedding as a rosetta stone, in One Perfect Day writer Rebecca Mead poses a series of questions that cut to the heart of our national identity. Why, she asks, has the American wedding become an outlandishly extravagant, egregiously expensive, and overwhelmingly demanding production? What is the derivation of the nuptial imperative upon brides and grooms to observe tradition while at the same time using the wedding as a vehicle for expressing their personal style? What does an American wedding tell us about how Americans consume, relate, and live today? One Perfect Day masterfully mixes investigative journalism and social commentary to explore the workings of the wedding industry-an industry that claims to be worth $160 billion to the U.S. economy and which has every interest in ensuring that the American wedding business becomes ever more lavish and complex. Taking us inside the workings of the wedding industry-from the swelling ranks of professional wedding planners to department stores with their online wedding registries to the retailers and manufacturers of wedding gowns to the Walt Disney Company and its Fairytale Weddings program-Rebecca Mead skillfully holds the mirror up to the bride's deepest hopes and fears about her wedding day and dissects the myriad goods and services that will be required for her role within it.

Weddings are no longer a rite of passage, no longer a transition from childhood to adulthood, or an initiation into a sexual or domestic intimacy, nornecessarily a religious ritual. The result of this cultural shift is that the event itself has taken on an ever-increasing momentousness shaped as much by commerce and marketing as by religious observance or familial expectation. The American wedding gives expression to the values and preoccupations of our culture. For better or worse, the way we marry is who we are.

In researching One Perfect Day, Rebecca Mead goes deep behind the scenes of the $161 billion wedding industry to discover how the American wedding is manufactured. Targeting business conventions, trade shows, factories abroad, and more, Mead studies the data produced by the wedding industry, for the benefit of its advertisers, on the consuming patterns of brides and grooms; reads thousands of words in trade publications and industry websites to reveal how the industry thinks and talks about their clients when they are out of earshot-as "a drunken sailor"; "a slam dunk"; or more pointedly, "a marketer's dream.""

Call number: HQ745 .M43 2007

Eureka - Publisher's Marketing: "Ever reliable and responsible, Otis Halstead is a father, a husband (one half of a "well-dressed couple of substance"), and the CEO of Kansas Central Fire and Casualty. He has never done anything out of the ordinary. Until now.
The change in Otis starts with an antique toy fire truck, the exact model he had pined for at age ten but never received. Though it is now a collectible costing $12,350, he will buy it-because he can. Next comes a Daisy Red Ryder BB gun, ordered from the Nostalgia Today catalog. A Kansas City Chiefs regulation NFL helmet follows. But Otis's real coup is the purchase of his one true childhood passion: a red 1952 Cushman Pacemaker motor scooter. For his baffled wife, Sally, this is the final straw. She insists that he see a shrink-a sloppy man with flowing hair who uses terms like "mature men in crisis" and "second childhood syndrome." Otis is unimpressed-and extremely insulted-by the doctor's insinuation that his baldness is to blame for his sudden interest in toys.
But it's not until tragedy strikes uncomfortably close to home that Otis decides he wants out of his sensible, safe life in Eureka, Kansas. And so, a few weeks before his sixtieth birthday, Otis leaves town, heading west on old U.S. 56, a corporate CEO wearing a football helmet, riding a forty-year-old motor scooter, and with a BB gun strapped to the side. One might say he was in for an adventure. Otis would say he was finally about to experience life.
Jim Lehrer has created an acute, laugh-out-loud, and endearing portrait of American middle age. With abundant wit and a sharp sense of the lives most of us lead, "Eureka "takes us on a journey through the unfulfilled dreams of childhood. In Otis Halstead, Lehrer has created his most brilliant and winning character to date."

Call number: PS3562.E4419 E97 2007

How to Cook Everything Vegetarian: Simple Meatless Recipes for Great Food - Publisher's Marketing: "The ultimate one-stop vegetarian cookbook-from the author of the classic How to Cook Everything
Hailed as "a more hip Joy of Cooking" by the Washington Post, Mark Bittman's award-winning book How to Cook Everything has become the bible for a new generation of home cooks, and the series has more than 1 million copies in print. Now, with How to Cook Everything: Vegetarian, Bittman has written the definitive guide to meatless meals-a book that will appeal to everyone who wants to cook simple but delicious meatless dishes, from health-conscious omnivores to passionate vegetarians.
How to Cook Everything: Vegetarian includes more than 2,000 recipes and variations-far more than any other vegetarian cookbook. As always, Bittman's recipes are refreshingly straightforward, resolutely unfussy, and unfailingly delicious-producing dishes that home cooks can prepare with ease and serve with confidence. The book covers the whole spectrum of meatless cooking-including salads, soups, eggs and dairy, vegetables and fruit, pasta, grains, legumes, tofu and other meat substitutes, breads, condiments, desserts, and beverages. Special icons identify recipes that can be made in 30 minutes or less and in advance, as well as those that are vegan. Illustrated throughout with handsome line illustrations and brimming with Bittman's lucid, opinionated advice on everything from selecting vegetables to preparing pad Thai, How to Cook Everything: Vegetarian truly makes meatless cooking more accessible than ever."

Call number: TX837 .B5284 2007

The Great Escape - Summary: "Allied soldiers dig a tunnel in a Nazi prison camp, pocketfuls of dirt at a time. Directed by John Sturges."

Call number: PN1997.G843 1998

The Way We Were - Summary: "Adapted from Arthur Laurents' novel, this memorable film follows the twenty-year romance between a Jewish political radical and a handsome WASP college student."

Call number: PN1997.W39 1999

Kingpin - Summary: "From the creators of "Dumb And Dumber," "Kingpin" is the strange comedy about a young and very naive bowler named Roy Munson who wins an amateur tournament against bowling champ, Ed McCrackin. When the the vengeful pro uses Roy to hustle money at a bowling alley, Ed bails out and leaves Roy stranded with a group of angry and very broke con-men. Seventeen years later and carrying one mean 'right hook', the washed-up bowler recruits an Amish man named Ishmael in hopes of winning a million-dollar championship in Reno, dismantling Ishmael's up-tight ways as they go along."

Call number: PN1997.K5646 1999

Rob Roy - Summary: "The Scottish folk hero fights for clan and honor, hunted by vile aristocrats in the 1700s."

Call number: PN1997.R637 2005

Notting Hill - Summary: "In the tradition of and from the creators of "Four Weddings And A Funeral." Anna Scott is Hollywood's most illustrious movie star. William Thacker is a repressed travel bookstore owner. For both, something or someone seems to be missing, until their paths unexpectedly cross in the eclectic neighborhood of Notting Hill."

Call number: PN1997.N677 2007 HD DVD

The Hurricane - Summary: "Based on a true story, middleweight boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter's career and future is destroyed when he is wrongly convicted of three murders. Years later, convinced of his innocence, an African-American boy and his Canadian mentors doggedly pursue Hurricane's freedom."

Call number: PN1997.H877 2007 HD DVD

Dr. T and the Women - Summary: "Dr. Sullivan Travis (Gere) is a man at the top of his game, a rich and successful Dallas gynecologist whose religion is women. Dr. T worships women. In his immediate family and in his office, they surround him. He is loving and giving to each and every one at all times -- he is their savior, and he would have it no other way. And sure enough, as in the story of Job, one day a higher force decides to test his faith. Once a man in complete control of his universe, Dr. T now finds himself buffeted by chaos and confusion."

Call number: PN1997.D77 2007

Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure - Summary: "A pair of brain-dead high school students from Pasadena are the key to peace and serenity in the future. But first, they must pass their history class. In order to do so, they're given a time machine by a fan from the future named Rufus. With this device, Bill & Ted gather several historical figures for their class final."

Call number: PN1997.B555.1 2001

Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey - Summary: "An evil man from the future creates Bill & Ted robot look-alikes to destroy them. Now Bill & Ted are dead and they must battle death to return to Earth and exact their revenge."

Call number: PN1997.B555.2 2001

We are Marshall - Summary: "A true story, based on devastating events, set in Huntington, West Virginia, about a small town steeped in the rich tradition of college football. For decades, players, coaches, fans and families have come together to cheer on Marshall University's Thundering Herd. For this team and this community, Marshall football is more than just a sport, it's a way of life. But on a fateful night in 1970, while traveling back to Huntington after a game in North Carolina, 75 members of Marshall's football team and coaching staff were killed in a plane crash. As those left behind struggled to cope with the devastating loss of their loved ones, the grieving families found hope and strength in the leadership of Jack Lengyel, a young coach who was determined to rebuild Marshall's football program and in the process helped to heal a community."

Call number: PN1997.W43 2006

Used Cars - Summary: "Used-car salesmen compete against their late boss' scheming twin. Directed by Robert Zemeckis."

Call number: PN1997.U744 2001

For a Few Dollars More - Summary: "A man with no name and a man with a mission hunt a Mexican bandit for different reasons. Directed by Sergio Leone."

Call number: PN1997.F723 2006

Delta Farce - Summary: "Down on his luck after losing his job and his girlfriend on the same day, Larry decides to join his neighbor, Bill (Bill Engvall), and his combat-happy buddy, Everett (DJ Qualls), for a relaxing weekend of drinking and target practice. But when the three hapless guys are mistaken for Army Reservists by the hard-nosed Sergeant Kilgrove (Keith David), they're loaded onto an army plane headed for Fallujah, Iraq -- and mistakenly ejected in a Humvee somewhere over Mexico. Convinced they're actually in the Middle East, the clueless wannabe soldiers save a rural village from a siege of bandits and become local heroes. But when Carlos Santana (Danny Trejo), a ruthless, karaoke-loving warlord, strikes back, Larry, Bill and Everett have to lay down their beers and take up their arms -- and prove they just might be real soldiers after all."

Call number: PN1997.D457 2007

The Frighteners - Summary: "For psychic swindler Frank Bannister, death is a great way to make a living. He rids haunted houses of unwelcome ghosts. And since he's in cahoots with the same spooks he's promised to evict, it's the perfect scam -- until Frank finds himself the chief suspect in a series of mysterious murders. To find the culprit and clear his name, Frank must enter a strange realm where even the boundaries of life and death can't stop a deranged killer."

Call number: PN1997.F855 2002

The Office of Desire - Publisher's Marketing: "From the author of the runaway bestselling novel "Best Friends", a smart, touching novel about the intimate yet fragile relationships among five very different people, thrown together in a small medical office, and how each life affects the others. Alicia, Brice, and Caroline are the ABCs-three close friends who have been brought together while working at the cozy medical practice of Drs. Markowitz and Strub in Midburg, Ohio. But when Alicia and Dr. Strub begin an affair, a dramatic chain of events ensues that gradually but drastically alters the office environment-ultimately requiring all five coworkers to redefine their relationships to one another. As Dr. Strub's romantic life is thrown into turmoil, Dr. Markowitz is faced with the dire illness of his own wife and the secret life she has kept from him. Nurse Alicia withdraws to focus on her prodigy son; receptionist Caroline enters into a strange romance she previously would have dismissed; and office manager Brice, his once-ordered world disintegrating, is set dangerously adrift. Finally, a questionable business venture that evolves into financial scandal precipitates a monstrous tragedy that threatens to destroy everyone involved. Warm, moving, and witty, "The Office of Desire" offers an insightful look at human nature that will appeal to those who loved Moody's previous novel and anyone else who has worked in an office."

Call number: PS3563.O553 O45 2007

Paris Interiors - Publisher's Marketing: "Private Paris homes only open their doors to the few. This book shows us around 50 imaginatively conceived apartments and houses, the homes of prominent people such as Isabella Adjani, Helena Christensen and Christian and Francoise Lacroix. How we live is who we are. These interiors are "mirrors of the soul," showing the true personalities of those who live in them. From baroque opulence to cool understatement to colourful exoticism, their style is unforced - these are homes that people live in, not museum pieces. They also document Parisian vogues - for the Frech Thirties and Forties, for the furniture of Jean-Michel Frank and Jean Royere, for Diego Giacometti's stucco work, or the design features of the Vienna Secession. This book documents a particularly energetic and fertile moment in one of the world's most beautiful cities. Paris Interiors brings together a selection of extraordinary apartments in the French capital, chosen purely for their individuality. From wicked fun to timeless classicism, everything in this unique book will be an inspiration."

Call number: NK2049 .L68 2007

Movin' Out 101 - The Essential Guide to Moving Away from Home - Publisher's Marketing: "This is the essential guide for young adults moving away from home for the first time. Keep it handy because you will refer to it over and over again. This book is full of information that you absolutely must know when you are "Movin' Out.""

Call number: TX307 .R39 2007

The Crafty Witch: 101 Ideas for Every Occasion

Call number: BF1572 .P65 2007

Climbing the Beanstalk: The Hidden Messages Found in Best-Loved Fairy Tales - Publisher's Marketing: "Revealing the secret truths found in classic fairy tales, this groundbreaking spiritual guide inspires readers to discover their own interpretations of the stories and recognize the sacred values when retelling them. A wide range of ancient fairy tales are analyzed both psychologically and spiritually, and the resulting guidance, insight, and hidden messages will offer a new perspective to those who may have taken the fables for granted. The book ultimately asserts that fairy tales' profound teachings are still relevant to human development and contemporary society, offering wisdom that should not be ignored."

Call number: GR551 .G344 2007

What Dreams May Come - Summary: "Doctor Chris Nielsen (Williams) meets his true soul mate Annie (Sciorra), marries her and has two children. The children die in a car accident, and Chris dies four years after that. Ending up in Heaven, he is guided by friendly angel Albert (Gooding, Jr.) through the afterlife, and he is reunited with his dog and children. But when he finds out his wife had committed suicide, he desperately searches for her spirit, journeying through Heaven and Hell along the way."

Call number: PN1997.W537 2007 HD-DVD

Meet the Fockers - Summary: "Now that Greg Focker is in with his soon-to-be-in-laws, Jack and Dina Byrnes, it looks like smooth sailing for him and his fiance, Pam. But that's before Pam's parents meet Greg's parents, Bernie and Roz Focker. The hyper-relaxed Fockers and the tightly-wound Byrneses are woefully mismatched from the start, and no matter how hard Gret and Pam try, there is just no bringing their families together -- which all adds up to a disastrously funny time of getting to know you."

Call number: PN1997.M4.45 2007 HD-DVD

Erin Brockovich - Summary: "Based on a true story, Erin Brockovich is the story of a twice-divorced mother of three young children, who struggles to be taken seriously. While working as a file clerk in a small law firm, she stumbles upon a cover-up involving contaminated water in a nearby town which is causing devastating illnesses. Through sheer determination, she convinces her boss (Finney) to allow her to investigate, and in the process uncovers the company causing the contamination. Although the local citizens are initially leery of becoming involved, Erin's brash manner and ability to speak to them clearly-and frankly-earns their trust. With over 600 plaintiffs signed up, the unlikely duo go on to win the largest settlement ever paid in a direct-action suit...$333 million."

Call number: PN1997.E756 2007 HD-DVD

Perfect Stranger - Summary: "How far would you go to keep a secret? When investigative reporter Rowena Price (Berry) learns that her friend's murder might be connected to powerful advertising executive Harrison Hill (Willis), she goes undercover with the help of her associate. Posing as Katherine, a temp at the ad agency, and Veronica, a girl Harrison flirts with on-line, Rowena surrounds her prey from all sides, only to discover she isn't the only one changing identities. The closer we get to learning the truth, the more we understand how far people will go to protect it."

Call number: PN1997.P374 2007

Essential Directors-Martin Scorsese - Summary: "Includes The Aviator, The Departed and Goodfellas."

Call number: PN1997.E774 2007

Elizabeth - Summary: " Elizabeth is the story of a country at war with itself, and the monarch who must survive plots and conspiracies to save her kingdom and her life."

Call number: PN1997.E642 2007

Warner Oland is Charlie Chan Vols 1-3

Call number: PN1997.C436 2007

Knowing and Serving Diverse Families - Publisher's Marketing: ""Knowing and Serving Diverse Families" addresses the need to understand diversity in families from racial, ethnic and lifestyle dimensions. Based on up-to-date research and years of practice, the book takes a systems approach and examines family structure, ecology, roles, values and interactions with various institutions. This edition includes the most recent human and family developmental research, references the latest government statistics, contains new references, and additional reading selections. It thoughtfully summarizes the realities of diverse families and the responsibilities of helping professionals in promoting their progress, harmony, peace, and human rights."

Call number: HV699.K59 2008

Debating Immigration - Publisher's Marketing: "Debating Immigration presents 18 original essays, written by some of the world's leading experts and preeminent scholars, that explore the nuances of contemporary immigration and citizenship affecting the United States and Europe. The volume is organized around the following themes: religion and philosophy, law and policy, economics and demographics, race and ethnicity, and cosmopolitanism. Critical questions addressed include: What accounts for the disconnect between public attitudes about immigration and the policies produced by elected officials? Why has the United States not developed a well-articulated public philosophy of immigration?"

Call number: : JV6483 .D423 2007

Preparing Teachers for a Changing World: What Teachers Should Learn and Be Able to Do - Publisher's Marketing: "Based on rapid advances in what is known about how people learn and how to teach effectively, this important book examines the core concepts and central pedagogies that should be at the heart of any teacher education program. Stemming from the results of a commission sponsored by the National Academy of Education, Preparing Teachers for a Changing World recommends the creation of an informed teacher education curriculum with the common elements that represent state-of-the-art standards for the profession.  Written for teacher educators in both traditional and alternative programs, university and school system leaders, teachers, staff development professionals,  researchers, and educational policymakers, the book addresses the key foundational knowledge for teaching and discusses how to implement that knowledge within the classroom. Preparing Teachers for a Changing World recommends that, in addition to strong subject matter knowledge, all new teachers have a basic understanding of how people learn and develop, as well as how children acquire and use language, which is the currency of education. In addition, the book suggests that teaching professionals must be able to apply that knowledge in developing curriculum that attends to students’ needs, the demands of the content, and the social purposes of education: in teaching specific subject matter to diverse students, in managing the classroom, assessing student performance, and using technology in the classroom."

Call number: LB1715 .P733 2005

Something scary is happening to boys today. From kindergarten to college, they are less resilient and less ambitious than they were a mere twenty years ago. As for young men, it turns out the film Failure to Launch is not far from the truth. Fully one-third of men ages 22-34 are still living at home with their parents-about a 100 percent increase in the past twenty years. Boys nationwide are increasingly dropping out of school; fewer are going to college; and for the first time in American history, women are outnumbering men at undergraduate institutions three to two.

Parents, teachers, and mental health professionals are worried about boys. But until now, no one has come up with good reasons for their decline-and, more important, with workable solutions to reverse this troubling trend. Now, family physician and research psychologist Dr. Leonard Sax delves into the scientific literature and draws on his vast clinical experience to propose an entirely original view of why boys and young men are failing in school and at home. He argues that a combination of social, cultural, and biological factors is creating an environment that is literally toxic to boys, ranging from environmental estrogens to the over-prescription of ADHD drugs. And he presents practical solutions-from new ways of controlling boys' use of video games, to innovative (and workable) education reforms."

Call number: LC1390 .S29 2007

In Carol Fenster's gluten-free cooking classes, the most frequently asked question is "How can I get a meal on the table in the least amount of time?" So often, cooking gluten-free means spending hours in the kitchen-making everything from scratch. But now, Fenster reveals all her shortcuts, tips, and timesaving techniques from nearly twenty years as the gluten-free cooking authority. The Quick & Easy principles in this book will get cooks in and out of the kitchen with less fuss than ever before.

In Gluten-Free Quick & Easy, a hot meal makes it to the table without a complicated ingredient list or a lengthy wait. Fenster emphasizes the necessity of "planned-overs"-not "left-overs"- that creatively use elements of one meal in the preparation of another, whether it becomes an ingredient the next day, the next week, or the next month. Recipes for make-ahead baking mixes and techniques to shorten baking times means cooks stay on track. And her comprehensive menu plans and ideas help pull together a week's worth of meals with ease.

Fenster's simple but delicious recipes include favorites like hearty breads, pizzas, and pasta. In less time than ever before, gluten-free cooks can whip up homestyle entrŽes and side dishes, tasty breakfasts, and elegant desserts for every meal of the day, every day of the week."

Call number: RM237.86 .F464 2007

Why do we not acknowledge the phenomenon of black swans until after they occur? Part of the answer, according to Taleb, is that humans are hardwired to learn specifics when they should be focused on generalities. We concentrate on things we already know and time and time again fail to take into consideration what we don’t know. We are, therefore, unable to truly estimate opportunities, too vulnerable to the impulse to simplify, narrate, and categorize, and not open enough to rewarding those who can imagine the “impossible.”

For years, Taleb has studied how we fool ourselves into thinking we know more than we actually do. We restrict our thinking to the irrelevant and inconsequential, while large events continue to surprise us and shape our world. Now, in this revelatory book, Taleb explains everything we know about what we don’t know. He offers surprisingly simple tricks for dealing with black swans and benefiting from them.

Elegant, startling, and universal in its applications The Black Swan will change the way you look at the world. Taleb is a vastly entertaining writer, with wit, irreverence, and unusual stories to tell. He has a polymathic command of subjects ranging fromcognitive science to business to probability theory. The Black Swan is a landmark book–itself a black swan."

Call number: Q375 .T35 2007

In England, no food writer's star shines brighter than Simon Hopkinson's, whose breakthrough Roast Chicken and Other Stories was voted the most useful cookbook ever by a panel of chefs, food writers, and consumers. At last, American cooks can enjoy endearing stories from the highly acclaimed food writer and his simple yet elegant recipes.

In this richly satisfying culinary narrative, Hopkinson shares his unique philosophy on the limitless possibilities of cooking. With its friendly tone backed by the author's impeccable expertise, this cookbook can help anyone -- from the novice cook to the experienced chef -- prepare down-right delicious cuisine . . . and enjoy every minute of it!

Irresistible recipes in this book include:

* Eggs Florentine

* Chocolate Tart

* Poached Salmon with Beurre Blanc

* And, of course, the book's namesake recipe, Roast Chicken

Winner of both the 1994 André Simon and 1995 Glenfiddich awards (the gastronomic world's equivalent to an Oscar), this acclaimed book will inspire anyone who enjoys sharing the ideas of a truly creative cook and delights in getting the best out of good ingredients."

Call number: TX714 .H6588 2006

Information Literacy Cookbook: Ingredients, Recipes and Tips for Success - Publisher's Marketing: "This book, aimed at an international audience, provides an overview of information literacy (IL) in practice; what it is, why it's become so important in the library profession and demonstrates how librarians can cultivate a better understanding of IL in their own organisations. It uses the 'Cookbook' theme throughout to provide a more informal approach, which will appeal to practitioners, and also reflects the need to provide guidance in the form of recipes, tips for success, regional variations, and possible substitutions if ingredients aren't available. This approach makes it easy to read and highly valuable for the busy information professional. It includes an overview of information literacy in higher education, the schools sector, public libraries, the health service and the commercial sector. It also includes contributions from international authors.Key Features:1.
Highly readable for busy information professionals2.Contains advice, case studies and examples of good practice particularly useful for practitioners3.Relevant to librarians from all sectors4.Suitable for an international audienceThe Editors:Dr Jane Secker is Learning Technology Librarian at the Centre for Learning Technology, based at the London School of Economics. She is Chair of the Heron User Group and Association of Information Professionals in the Social Sciences (ALISS). She is the Conference Officer for CILIP Information Literacy Group and a founder member of the Librarians' Information Literacy Annual Conference (LILAC). Debbi Boden is a Faculty Team Leader at Imperial College London. She is chair and a founder member of the CILIP CSG Information Literacy Group and a member of theInformation Literacy Annual Conference (LILAC) Committee. Gwyneth Price is Student Services Librarian at the Institute of Education, University of London. She is Editor of Education Libraries Journal.Readership:The book is aimed at library managers, information literacy/skills librarians/managers, and learner support librarians/managers.Contents:Getting started with the information literacy cookbook (Jane Secker, Debbi Boden and Gwyneth Price)Feeding the masses: digital citizenship and the public library (Ronan O'Beirne)Healthy mind, healthy body: digital literacy in the NHS (Di Mullen and Helen Roberts)Information discovery stir-fry: information literacy in the commercial sector (Angela Donnelly and Carey Craddock)Alone in the kitchen: when you're the only one providing the service (Sarah Hinton)Educating the palate of pupils and teachers: recipes for success in school libraries (Rebecca Jones)Variety is the spice of life, or choosing your topics with care: information literacy challenges in the further education sector (Gwyneth Price and Jane Del-Pizzo)Information literacy beef bourguignon (also known as information skills stew or i-skills casserole): the higher education sector (Jane Secker, Debbi Boden and Gwyneth Price)Conclusion: coffee, cheese, biscuits and petit fours (Jane Secker, Debbi Boden and Gwyneth Price)"

Call number: ZA3075 .I536 2007

Psychic Pets: How Animal Intuition and Perception Has Changed Human Lives - Publisher's Marketing: "Some people believe that angels come in various guises, and everyone has heard stories involving extra-special animals. Emma Heathcote-James, author of "Seeing Angels" and "After-Death Communication," investigates and celebrates inspirational tales from the animal kingdom in this revealing collection of testimonies from around the world. Special animals include dogs who have the ability to sniff out cancerous tumors; a horse carrying its injured rider away from danger; and cats and dolphins who have foretold pregnancies. Discussed here is the question of whether animals possess an innate psychic ability that gives them their powers of perception, perhaps even permitting them to see into the future. Ultimately, this study functions as a call to take a look at what humans might be missing by not giving animals the respect they are due."

Call number: SF412.5 .H437 2007

Letter from Point Clear - Publisher's Marketing: "A brother and sister return to their Southern hometown to rescue their younger sister from her marriage to an evangelical preacher--only to find their expectations turned completely upside down The Owen children long ago left their gracious family home in Point Clear, Alabama, in favor of points north. But when their father takes ill, the youngest, Bonnie, who has spent a decade in Manhattan as an unsuccessful actress, returns to care for him. Soon after his death--unbeknownst to her siblings--she falls in love with and marries a handsome evangelical preacher, and together the couple takes up residence in the stately Owen mansion.
When they receive Bonnie's letter announcing her marriage, Ellen and Morris head for Alabama, believing they must extricate their troublesome sister from her latest mistake. To their surprise, they find that Bonnie's charismatic young husband, Pastor, has already saved her from her self-destructive ways, and Bonnie is now nearly three months pregnant. But Bonnie has only recently informed Pastor that Morris is gay, and Pastor quickly undertakes a campaign to "save" him as well . . .
With grace, warmth, and humor, Dennis McFarland reveals the common ground shared by these flawed yet captivating characters--setting them all, and the reader with them, on an unlikely course toward redemption."

Call number: PS3563.C3629 C47 2007

Generation Digital: Politics, Commerce, and Childhood in the Age of the Internet - Publisher's Marketing: "Children and teens today have integrated digital culture seamlessly into their lives. For most, using the Internet, playing videogames, downloading music onto an iPod, or multitasking with a cell phone is no more complicated than setting the toaster oven to "bake" or turning on the TV. In Generation Digital, media expert and activist Kathryn C. Montgomery examines the ways in which the new media landscape is changing the nature of childhood and adolescence and analyzes recent political debates that have shaped both policy and practice in digital culture.

The media have pictured the so-called "digital generation" in contradictory ways: as bold trailblazers and innocent victims, as active creators of digital culture and passive targets of digital marketing. This, says Montgomery, reflects our ambivalent attitude toward both youth and technology. She charts a confluence of historical trends that made children and teens a particularly valuable target market during the early commercialization of the Internet and describes the consumer-group advocacy campaign that led to a law to protect children's privacy on the Internet. Montgomery recounts--as a participant and as a media scholar--the highly publicized battles over indecency and pornography on the Internet. She shows how digital marketing taps into teenagers' developmental needs and how three public service campaigns--about sexuality, smoking, and political involvement--borrowed their techniques from commercial digital marketers. Not all of today's techno-savvy youth are politically disaffected; Generation Digital chronicles the ways that many have used the Internet as a political tool,mobilizing young voters in 2004 and waging battles with the music and media industries over control of cultural expression online.

Montgomery's unique perspective as both advocate and analyst will help parents, politicians, and corporations take the necessary steps to create an open, diverse, equitable, and safe digital media culture for young people.
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Call number: HQ784.M3 M66 2007

Lottery - Publisher's Marketing: "Perry's IQ is only 76, but he's not stupid. His grandmother taught him everything he needs to know to survive: She taught him to write things down so he won't forget them. She taught him to play the lottery every week. And, most important, she taught him whom to trust. When Gram dies, Perry is left orphaned and bereft at the age of thirty-one. Then his weekly Washington State Lottery ticket wins him 12 million dollars, and he finds he has more family than he knows what to do with. Peopled with characters both wicked and heroic who leap off the pages, Lottery is a deeply satisfying, gorgeously rendered novel about trust, loyalty, and what distinguishes us as capable."

Call number: PS3623.O638 L68 2007

Diaries 1969-1979: The Python Years - Publisher's Marketing: "Michael Palin’s diaries begin in the late 1960s when he began writing for hugely popular programs. He recounts how Monty Python emerged and triumphed. From the success and cult status brought by Monty Python, Palin shares stories from their world tours, their stay at hotels recently trashed by Led Zeppelin, their battles over censorship, and how individually the Pythons went their separate ways. Yet at the same time they were working on the now celebrated series of films, including The Holy Grail, many of whose lines are known by heart to a considerable portion of the English-speaking world. The birth and childhood of his three children, learning to cope as a young man with celebrity, his friendship with George Harrison, and all the trials of a peripatetic life are also essential ingredients of these diaries. A perceptive and funny chronicle, the diaries are a rich portrait of a fascinating period."

Call number: PN2598.P27 A3 2007

1. blunderbuss, sleigh, stoop, coleslaw, boss, waffle?

Or

2. dumb, ouch, shyster, check, kaput, scram, bummer?

Or

3. phooey, pastrami, glitch, kibbitz, schnozzle?

Or

4. broccoli, espresso, pizza, pasta, macaroni, radio?

Or

5. smithereens, lollapalooza, speakeasy, hooligan?

Or

6. vamoose, chaps, stampede, mustang, ranch, corral?

1. Dutch 2. German 3. Yiddish 4. Italian 5. Irish 6. Spanish

Is American English in decline? Are regional dialects dying out? Is there a difference between men and women in how they adapt to linguistic variations?

These questions, and more, about our language catapulted Robert MacNeil and William Cran —the authors (with Robert McCrum) of the language classic The Story of English— across the country in search of the answers. Do You Speak American? is the tale of their discoveries, which provocatively show how the standard for American English—if a standard exists—is changing quickly and dramatically.

On a journey that takes them from the Northeast, through Appalachia and the Deep South, and west to California, the authors observe everyday verbal interactions and in a host of interviews with native speakers glean the linguistic quirks and traditions characteristic of each area. While examining the histories and controversies surrounding both written and spoken American English, they address anxieties and assumptions that, when explored, are highly emotional, such as the growing influence of Spanish as a threat toAmerican English and the special treatment of African-American vernacular English. And, challenging the purists who think grammatical standards are in serious deterioration and that media saturation of our culture is homogenizing our speech, they surprise us with unpredictable responses.

With insight and wit, MacNeil and Cran bring us a compelling book that is at once a celebration and a potent study of our singular language."

Call number: PE2808 .M26 2005

Working-Class White - the Making and Unmaking of Race Relations - Publisher's Marketing: "This lively, informative study provides an intimate view of the lived experience of race in urban America from a unique vantage: the corner store. Sociologist Monica McDermott spent a year working as a convenience store clerk in white working class neighborhoods in Atlanta and Boston in order to observe race relations between blacks and whites in a natural setting. Her findings illuminate the subtle cues and genuine misunderstandings that make up race relations in many urban communities, explore how racial interactions and racial identity are influenced by local context, and provide evidence of what many would prefer to believe does not exist: continued anti-black prejudice among white Americans. McDermott notes that while most black-white interactions are civil and unremarkable on the surface, interactions between blacks and whites living in close proximity are characterized by continual attempts to decipher the intent behind words, actions, and gestures, and that certain situations and topics of conversation, such as crime or gender relations, often elicit racial stereotypes or negative comments. Her keen insights on the nuances of race relations will make this book essential reading for students and anyone interested in life in contemporary urban America."

Call number: E184.A1 M136 2006

• Why it is so hard to really make divorce work
• How anger and fighting can keep people from really separating
• Why legal matters should be one of the last tasks
• Why parental love and authority can be the best “therapy” for kids

One million children are affected by divorce each year. This unique book combines the compelling guidance of a renowned researcher and the sensitivity of a practicing therapist and divorced father to help parents and children emerge strong, independent, and ready to move into a new, fulfilling phase of life.

Author Biography: Robert E. Emery, Ph.D. is professor of psychology and director of the Center for Children, Families, and the Law at the University of Virginia. A frequent lecturer, he is the author of more than one hundred scientific publications and several books. He is the father of five children."

Call number: HQ759.915 .E64 2004

Having spent decades in prison for crimes gruesomely familiar to everyone in England, this murderer has finally died of natural causes but is no less notorious in death than she was in life. Billy Tyler, a career policeman, has been assigned the task of guarding her body—to make sure, he’s told, that nothing happens. But alone on a graveyard shift his wife begged him not to accept, Billy has occasion to contemplate the various turns his life has taken, his complicated thoughts about violence in himself and society, the unease that distances him from marital disappointment and a damaged daughter, and, finally, why it is that this reviled murderer, in the eerie silence of the hospital morgue, seems to speak to him directly and know him more fully than anyone else. In this dark night of the soul, his own problems and anxieties gradually acquire a new and unexpected significance, giving rise to questions that should haunt us all: Whom do we love, and why? How do we protect our children? And what separates us from those we call monsters?

A gripping revelation of crime, of punishment—and of what we desperately seek to hide from ourselves."

Call number: PR6070.H685 D43 2007

Florida School Laws, 2006 Edition - Publisher's Marketing: " This title is published in conjunction with the Florida Department of Education. The Department has carefully crafted the scope to ensure that both educators and attorneys will have the most comprehensive and useful statutory reference available. Completely updated and featuring a Table of Sections Affected by recent legislation, Florida School Laws is a critical resource for anyone who needs to keep abreast of developments in this dynamic area of the law."

Call number: KFF390.A29 F56 2006

Next Now: Trends for the Future - Publisher's Marketing: "From the world-renowned trendspotting duo who has predicted everything from metrosexuality to the growth of global brands comes a new, enlightening look at the future. Based on intensive research and interviews as well as the authors' real-world and business experience in locations across the globe, this book yields surprising conclusions about everything from work (the end of permanent full-time employment) to sex (disappearing gender boundaries) to business (the emergence of true one-to-one marketing and the birth of "Chindia"). Essential reading for managers, marketers, and just about everyone else."

Call number: HD30.27 .S25 2006

Shunned: Discrimination Against People with Mental Illness

Call number: RC454 .T4556 2006

One-Hour Activist: The 15 Most Powerful Actions You Can Take to Fight for the Issues and Candidates You Care About - Publisher's Marketing: "No matter what your political persuasion, The One-Hour Activist is your guide to influencing lawmakers, candidates, and reporters. The One-Hour Activist reveals fifteen powerful, proven grassroots actions that persuade lawmakers and candidates to see things your way. Each action is designed to grab the attention of your representatives and build relationships that serve your issues over the long run. And each action takes less than an hour to complete, so you can make a difference without giving up your life! The One-Hour Activist is packed with insider advice from elected officials, professional organizers, lobbyists, and journalists who share state-of-the-art tips for getting your message across. Real-life examples of effective letters, e-mail, phone calls, public testimony, and news story pitches from concerned citizens just like you illustrate the actions."

Call number: JK1764 .K84 2004

Preventing Violence in America - Publisher's Marketing: ""The editors have assembled an outstanding group of authors knowledgeable and experienced in the causes and prevention of violence. The volume is an excellent blend of history, theory, applications, and training programs dealing with violence. I learned important facts about epidemiology, resilience, and public health models. There are also interesting special chapters on both perpetrators and on victims (especially women and girls). This book is a gold mine of useful references." --George W. Albee, Past President, American Psychological Association "Unfortunately, violence permeates every aspect of American life. . . . It's on our streets, in our schools, and even in our homes. Preventing Violence in America provides an important service by creating a greater public awareness and understanding of this challenge. This book helps in our fight against crime and violence and in reaching our ultimate goal of creating a peaceful society for America's families." --Chris Dodd, U.S. Senator (CT) and Chair, Senate Committee on Children, Family, Drugs & Alcoholism "The editors have assembled an outstanding book that combines the history, theory, applications, and training for dealing with violence in our society. They quickly dispel the common belief that, in times past, the actual conditions and social climate were better than they are today. . . . This book promotes an understanding of the social context of violent behavior, whether occurring within the family or larger community, and points out connections between violence occurring within the home and in the community. . . . I was most impressed by the chapter written by Martin Bloom, which goes into great detail about the factors thatcontribute to the development of a resilient person--one who can turn away from violence, in spite of living in a negative environment. . . . This book offers as complete a discussion of violence as I've seen. It should be required reading for anyone who is seriously interested in trying to reduce the incidence of violence in our society." --Joseph M. Rimmer in Science Books & Films Why are people hurting, maiming, and killing one another in our society? What can be done to address the problem of violence in the United States? Preventing Violence in America confronts violence head-on by exploring these questions and examining current strategies for prevention. A talented group of scholars and practitioners joins up to review the history and theoretical explanations of violence and then tackles issues related to the disproportionate presence of violence within minority populations, the concept of psychological resiliency, how spirituality may serve as a protective factor, and the role of TV in promoting violence. The volume also analyzes prevention and intervention strategies in public health, among gangs in the High-Risk Youth program, and the implementation of the Second Step curriculum for use in school systems. Preventing Violence in America offers the most current information in violence prevention to professionals in social work and crime reduction as well as researchers and students in victimology, family studies, developmental psychology, and sociology."

Call number: HN90.V5 P74 1996

Nursing Ethics: A Virtue-Based Approach - Publisher's Marketing: "Reacting against the dominance of obligation-based moral theories in both general and nursing ethics, the author proposes a 'strong' (action-guiding) account of a virtue-based approach to moral decision-making within contemporary nursing practice. Merits and criticisms of obligation and virtue-based approaches to morality are identified and examined. One of the author's central premises is that the notions of moral goodness and badness carry more moral weight than the traditionally important notions of moral rightness and wrongness. Therefore, the author argues that in order to deliver morally good care, it is vital to consider the kind of nurse one is and this means examining one's moral character. This book will be rewarding reading for a wide range of readers including clinical nurses, nurse educators and nurse ethicists; indeed, anyone interested in morality and ethics and the work of nurses will find this book stimulating reading."

Call number: RT85 .A76 2007

Doug Parker is a widower at age twenty-nine, and in his quiet suburban town, that makes him something of a celebrity—the object of sympathy, curiosity, and, in some cases, unbridled desire. But Doug has other things on his mind. First there's his sixteen year-old stepson, Russ: a once-sweet kid who now is getting into increasingly serious trouble on a daily basis. Then there are Doug's sisters: his bossy twin, Clair, who's just left he husband and moved in with Doug, determined to rouse him from his Grieving stupor. And Debbie, who's engaged to Doug's ex-best friend and manically determined to pull off the perfect wedding at any cost.

Soon Doug's entire nuclear family is in his face. And when he starts dipping his toes into the shark-infested waters of the second-time around dating scene, it isn't long before his new life is spinning hopelessly out of control, cutting a harrowing and often hilarious swath of sexual missteps and escalating chaos across the suburban landscape."

Call number: PS3570.R5885 H69 2007

In a New Land: A Comparative View of Immigration - Publisher's Marketing: "Drawing on a wealth of historical and contemporary research, and written in a clear and lively style, In a New Land provides fresh insights into the dynamics of immigration today and the implications for where we are headed in the future. Centering her analysis on New York City, Nancy Foner focuses on race and ethnicity, gender, and transnational connections. Through an original comparative approach, Foner contrasts today's Latin American, Asian, and Caribbean newcomers with eastern and southern European immigrants a century ago and with immigrants in other major U.S. cities. Looking beyond the U.S., the book compares West Indian immigrants in New York with those in London. And, more generally, it views the process of immigrants’ integration in New York against other recent immigrant destinations in Europe."

Call number: JV6465 .F66 2005

The Moral Menagerie: Philosophy and Animal Rights - Publisher's Marketing: "The Moral Menagerie offers a broad philosophical analysis of the recent debate over animal rights. Marc Fellenz locates the debate in its historical and social contexts, traces its roots in the history of Western philosophy, and analyzes the most important arguments that have been offered on both sides.

Fellenz argues that the debate has been philosophically valuable for focusing attention on fundamental problems in ethics and other areas of philosophy, and for raising issues of concern to both Anglo-American and continental thinkers. More provocatively, he also argues that the form the debate often takes--attempting to extend our traditional human-centered moral categories to cover other animals--is ultimately inadequate. Making use of the critical perspectives found in environmentalism, feminism and post-modernism, he concludes that taking animals seriously requires a more radical reassessment our moral framework than the concept of ‘animal rights’ implies."

Call number: HV4708 .F35 2007

Principles of Care - Publisher's Marketing: "Vital Notes for Nurses: Principles of Care provides a concise, accessible introduction to the essential principles of nursing care for nursing students and newly qualified nurses. It encourages nurses to examine the theoretical principles and evidence underlying nursing practice and provides them with a thorough understanding of the complexities of patient care in different environments of care. Vital Notes for Nurses: Principles of Care explores concepts of health and illness, conceptual frameworks for practice, principles of health care delivery, and professional standards. Key themes include assessment and planning, implementation and evaluation, patient education and health promotion, decision making and risk management, benchmarking, clinical effectiveness and practice development."

Call number: RT41 .L79 2007

Putting Children First - Publisher's Marketing: "Iluminates the plight of low-income, single working mothers and the difficulties they face in securing decent, affordable care for their children."

Call number: HQ778.67.N7 C43 2006

In Judge Sewall's Apology, Richard Francis draws on the judge's own diaries, which enables us to see the early colonists not as grim ideologues, but as flesh-and-blood idealists, striving for a new society while coming to terms with the desires and imperfections of ordinary life. Through this unsung hero of the American conscience -- a Puritan, an antislavery agitator, a defender of Native American rights, and a Utopian theorist -- we are granted a fresh perspective on a familiar drama."

Call number: F67 .S525 2005

The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community, and Everyday Life -

The Washington Monthly 2002 Annual Political Book Award Winner

The Rise of the Creative Class gives us a provocative new way to think about why we live as we do today-and where we might be headed. Weaving storytelling with masses of new and updated research, Richard Florida traces the fundamental theme that runs through a host of seemingly unrelated changes in American society: the growing role of creativity in our economy.

Just as William Whyte's 1956 classic The Organization Man showed how the organizational ethos of that age permeated every aspect of life, Florida describes a society in which the creative ethos is increasingly dominant. Millions of us are beginning to work and live much as creative types like artists and scientists always have-with the result that our values and tastes, our personal relationships, our choices of where to live, and even our sense and use of time are changing. Leading the shift are the nearly 38 million Americans in many diverse fields who create for a living—the Creative Class.

The Rise of the Creative Class chronicles the ongoing sea of change in people's choices and attitudes, and shows not only what's happening but also how it stems from a fundamental economic change. The Creative Class now comprises more than thirty percent of the entire workforce. Their choices have already had a huge economic impact. In the future they will determine how the workplace is organized, what companies will prosper or go bankrupt, and even which cities will thrive or wither."

Call number: HD53 .F653 2004

The Search for the Manchurian Candidate: The CIA and Mind Control: The Secret History of the Behavioral Sciences - Publisher's Marketing: "A 'Manchurian Candidate' is an unwitting assassin brainwashed and programmed to kill. In this book, former State Department officer John Marks tells the explosive story of the CIA's highly secret program of experiments in mind control. His curiosity first aroused by information on a puzzling suicide. Marks worked from thousands of pages of newly released documents as well as interviews and behavioral science studies, producing a book that 'accomplished what two Senate committees could not' (Senator Edward Kennedy)."

Call number: JK468.I6 M4 1991

Michael Kammen examines the nature, diversity, and persistence of major disputes generated by art and artists and shows what has changed since the 1830s and why. He looks at the role of artists and patrons, local and national governments, conservatives and liberals, and the media in creating and sustaining heated controversies. We see the notable acceleration of such episodes since the 1960s; the effect of the democratization of American museums; the quest for provocative shows to attract crowds; the increased visibility resulting from the public art movement that has stirred anger and created some of our stormiest battles; the desire of many artists and galleries to shock, provoke, and contest, engendering the perplexity, if not outright hostility, of audiences; the use of art as social criticism; the effort to include and appeal to minorities; the threat of litigation and the role of courts; and the commercialization stemming from dependence on corporate sponsorship.

Kammen’s central themes include such questions as, What kind of art is most appropriate for a democratic society? What should our relationship be to Old World criteria of excellence in the arts? How can we achieve a distinctively American art? Why have so many controversies hinged upon issues of nudity, decency, and sexuality? Why has publicart (most notably sculpture) become so politicized that began in the late 1960s? He explores the “death-of-art” debate since the 1970s and issues of censorship that have arisen over time. Finally, he asks whether art controversies have invariably had a negative effect—noticing the interesting ways in which minds have been changed and museums have overcome difficult episodes. He also reminds us that when New York’s Museum of Modern Art celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary, President Dwight Eisenhower declared “as long as artists are at liberty to feel with high personal intensity, as long as our artists are free to create with sincerity and conviction, there will be healthy controversy and progress in art.” Kammen agrees."

Call number: N72.S6 K225 2006

Yiddish Policemen's Union - Publisher's Marketing: "In The Yiddish Policemen's Union, his first major novel since the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Michael Chabon delivers a gripping whodunit, a love story, and an exploration of the mysteries of exile and redemption."

Call number: PS3553.H15 Y54 2007

Race, Ethnicity, and Gender: Selected Readings - Publisher's Marketing: "This book of readings is designed to be both a stand alone reader as well as a companion title to Healey's Diversity and Society, Second Edition. The book is a unique mix of first-person accounts, competing views on various issues, and it includes articles from the research literature. The Narrative Portraits and most of the Current Debates articles are from Healey's Race, Ethnicity, Gender and Class, Fourth Edition. It will provide orientation on the issues which many instructors utilize when teaching the race and ethnicity course."

Call number: E184.A1 R277 2007

In 2000, The Tipping Point entered the lexicon.

Now, in Microtrends, one of the most respected and sought-after analysts in the world articulates a new way of understanding how we live.

Mark Penn, the man who identified "Soccer Moms" as a crucial constituency in President Clinton's 1996 reelection campaign, is known for his ability to detect relatively small patterns of behavior in our culture--microtrends that are wielding great influence on business, politics, and our personal lives. Only one percent of the public, or three million people, is enough to launch a business or social movement.

Relying on some of the best data available, Penn identifies more than 70 microtrends in religion, leisure, politics, and family life that are changing the way we live. Among them:

* People are retiring but are continuing to work.
* Teens are turning to knitting.
* Geeks are becoming the most sociable people around.
* Women are driving technology.
* Dads are older than ever and spending more time with their kids than in the past.

You have to look at and interpret data to know what's going on, and that conventional wisdom is always wrong and outdated. The nation is no longer a melting pot. We are a collection of communities with many individual tastes and lifestyles. Those who recognize these emerging groups will prosper.

Penn shows readers how to identify the microtrends that can transform a business enterprise, tip an election, spark a movement, or change your life. In today's world, small groups can have the biggest impact."

Call number: HB3505 .P44 2007

The Mayo Clinic Plan: 10 Essential Steps to a Better Body & Healthier Life - Publisher's Marketing: "Culled from the Mayo Clinic's current research and world-renowned medical experts, this is a ten-step plan to a healthier life. The plan will help readers achieve a healthy weight, and reduce the risk of the most common diseases such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and cancer."

Call number: RA776.95 .M383 2006

Who Cares for Our Children?: The Child Care Crisis in the Other America - Publisher's Marketing: "Lack of access to affordable high quality child care is frequently the tipping point that catapults a family into poverty, joblessness, and homelessness-a constant threat to the well-being of women and children. Polakow spent a year traveling around the country listening to low-income women from diverse backgrounds tell their stories of struggle, resilience, distress, and occasional success as they encountered ongoing child care crises. The resulting work is both a compelling account of the lived realities of the child care crisis, and an incisive critique of public policy that points to the United States as an outlier in the international community. Drawing on historical and international perspectives, Polakow creates a groundbreaking analysis of child care as a human rig