A Time To Kill - Summary: "Based on the New York Times best-seller by John Grisham, "A Time To Kill" is the compelling and emotionally-charged film about a confident lawyer named Jake Brigance, who accepts a case defending a black man charged with double homicide. Carl Lee is accused who opening fire in a Mississippi courthouse killing the two men who raped and beat his young daughter. Set in the deep south, this revenge killing wages a stirring battle for justice, igniting a firestorm of racial tension, Klan terror and media madness."

Call number: PN1997 Time T625 1997 DVD

Cool Hand Luke - Summary: "Set in 1948, the story involves Newman as a member of a chain gang who will not bow to authority. Strother Martin's admonition, What we have here is a failure to communicate, became a slogan for a generation."

Call number: PN1997 Cool H363 2008 DVD

Doctor Faustus - Summary: "A medieval doctor sells his soul to Lucifer's agent Mephistopheles, who tempts him with Helen of Troy."

Call number: PN1997 Doct F38 2004 DVD

Exodus - Summary: "Based upon Leon Uris' international bestseller about a resistance fighter who brings Jewish refugees into occupied Palestine."

Call number: PN1997 Exodu 2002 DVD

Fundamentals of Selling: Customers for Life Through Service - Publisher's Marketing: ""Fundamentals of Selling" draws on the unmatched experience of a salesman turned teacher to give your students the sales skills that lead to success. With a level of detail unique to this book, author Charles Futrell lays out a selling process step by step, taking in every phase of the sale from planning to follow-up. This detailed yet universal approach gives students the foundation they need to be successful sellers in any industry. Combined with up-to-date content and a strong ethical focus, the 10th edition of "Fundamentals of Selling" teaches sales the way a mentor would: with a strong, practical focus that puts the customer first."

Call number: HF5438.25 .F87 2008

In "iBrain," Dr. Gary Small, one of America's leading neuroscientists and experts on brain function and behavior, explores how technology's unstoppable march forward has altered the way young minds develop, function, and interpret information. "iBrain" reveals a new evolution catalyzed by technological advancement and its future implications: Where do you fit in on the evolutionary chain? What are the professional, social, and political impacts of this new brain evolution? How must you adapt and at what price?

While high-tech immersion can accelerate learning and boost creativity, it also has its glitches, among them the meteoric rise in ADD diagnoses, increased social isolation, and Internet addiction. To compete and thrive in the age of brain evolution, and to avoid these potential drawbacks, we must adapt, and "iBrain"--with its Technology Toolkit--equips all of us with the tools and strategies needed to close the brain gap."

Call number: QP376 .S6377 2008

Is This Thing On?: A Computer Handbook for Late Bloomers, Technophobes, and the Kicking & Screaming - Publisher's Marketing: ""Is This Thing On?" is a reassuring, jargon-free, and totally straightforward nuts-and-bolts guide that introduces late bloomers, grandparents, technophobes, and the digitally challenged to all the wonders of using a computer, and will even have them using digital cameras and PDAs with ease.
Written for the reader who did not grow up with personal computers, this book updates and expands on Stokes's previous title, "It's Never Too Late to Love a Computer." It covers everything you need to get wired: how to select, buy, and set up a computer; how to sign up for e-mail and internet access, and how to use the world wide web. There's information on peripherals--printers, scanners, wireless routers--and basic software, such as word processing programs. Plus, this new edition delves further into the online world to cover search engines and web navigation, information on online banking, shopping, travel planning, and dating. It covers security issues, "netiquette," instant messaging, and blogs, and there's an entire chapter devoted to digital photos--transferring them from camera to computer and sending them as attachments. Abby Stokes--who has a gift for taking the terrified by the hand and teaching old dogs new tricks--branches out into other essential digital accoutrements: cell phones, iPods, and Blackberries."

Call number: QA76.5 .S76 2008

Just Enough C/C++ Programming - Publisher's Marketing: "C/C++ programming is often thought of as inaccessible, but these languages form the basis for many other programming languages and paradigms, and as such are vital, necessary skills for any IT professional to learn. Just Enough C/C++ Programming provides an intelligent laypersonas guide to programming. The book does not assume you are dimwitted, like so many other beginning programming texts do, but it doesnat assume you are an engineer either. It simply gives you enough C/C++ language knowledge to be able to complete practical, industry-related, programming projects without becoming sidetracked. In short, it teaches you everything you need to know to be a successful programmer, without overloading you on the details. The book begins by explaining the tools youall need, providing a concise introduction to the world of programming, and explaining the basic structure of a C program. Algorithm design for common programming problems, use of compilers and pre-processors, and the standard ANSI C libraries are all covered in enough detail so that you can pick up and apply the knowledge immediately. Next, the book covers the most relevant differences between C and C++, including C++ Standard Libraries, templates, and STL. The companion web site includes usable sample code for download and key pointers on how the code can be adapted for real-world use. Perfect for any aspiring software developer, Just Enough C/C++ Programming offers both a comfortable read, and practical, applicable, ready-to-use knowledge."

Call number: QA76.73.C15 L425 2008

Month by Month Gardening in Florida: What to Do Each Month to Have a Beautiful Garden All Year - Publisher's Marketing: "Never garden alone! The Month-By-Month series is the perfect companion to take the guesswork out of gardening. With this book, you'll know what to do each month to have gardening success all year. Written by authors in your state, the information is tailored to the issues that affect your garden the most. When is the best time to plant trees and shrubs? Should I fertilize my lawn now? Is it time to prune my roses? What should I be doing in my garden this month? You'll find the answers to these questions and much more inside. This easy-to-use book highlights each of the ten major plant categories using a monthly format. It guides you through each month of the year, telling you exactly what your garden needs. It is like having an expert in the garden with you all year long. Valuable hints are located throughout the book, and beautiful photographs will inspire you. Written just for gardeners where you live, you can be confident that the information is right for you-and your garden will show it."

Call number: SB453.2.F6 M23 2006

Practical Magic - Summary: "Sally and Gillian Owens are modern witches hexed by a centuries-old curse: every man the Owens women fall in love with are doomed to an untimely death. Now, they must concoct a witch's brew of events to save the men they love."

Call number: PN1997 Pract M345 1999 DVD

Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy, and the West - Publisher's Marketing: "Before her untimely death, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan wrote of the rapidly growing tension between Islam and the West. "Reconciliation" offers a realistic overview of ways to bridge the cultural, political, and economic chasms that separate these differing cultures."

Call number: DS389.22.B48 A3 2008

Sicko - Summary: "If you want to stay healthy in America, dont get sick. Following on the heels of his award winning hit Fahrenheit 9/11 and his Oscar winning film Bowling for Columbine, acclaimed filmmaker Michael Moores new documentary sets out to investigate the American healthcare system. Sticking to his tried-and-true one-man approach, Moore sheds light on the complicated medical affairs of individuals and local communities. Sicko promises to be every bit as indicting as Moores previous films."

Call number: RA395.A3 S53 2007 DVD

Signs - Summary: "A lapsed minister/widowed father of two (Gibson) lives on a Philadelphia farm with his younger brother (Phoenix). Life is normal until mysterious crop circles begin to appear his the cornfields. Not just a prank, what is really behind those patterns?"

Call number: PN1997 Signs 2003 DVD

Snatch - Summary: "A boxing promoter without a license gets mixed up with some big time crooks who want him to fix a fight. On another page, a jewelry heist goes down and when the 84 karat diamond comes up missing, the boss in charge of the theft goes to England to look for the jewel himself. The two stories begin separate, but end up twisting into one big shocker."

Call number: PN1997 Snatc 2003 DVD

Sweet Home Alabama - Summary: "New York fashion designer Melanie Carmichael suddenly finds herself engaged to the city's most eligible bachelor. But Melanie's past holds many secrets, including Jake, the redneck husband she married in high school who refuses to divorce her. Bound and determined to end their contentious relationship once and for all, Melanie sneaks back home to Alabama to confront her past only to discover that you can take the girl out of the South, but you can never take the South out of the girl."

Call number: PN1997 Sweet H664 2003 DVD

The Face on Your Plate: The Truth about Food - Publisher's Marketing: "The bestselling author of "When Elephants Weep" explores humans' relationship with the animals they call food. Masson investigates how denial keeps people from recognizing the animal at the end of their fork as well as each culture's distinctions among animals considered food and those that are forbidden."

Call number: TX371 .M37 2009

The Godfather - Summary: "Brando is Don Vito Corleone, the sympathetic Godfather of a New York crime family, whose business it is to make offers people can't refuse."

Call number: PN1007 Godfa 2008 DVD

The Longman Writer: Rhetoric and Reader, Brief Edition

Call number: PE1408 .N188 2006

The Road to El Dorado - Summary: "When two swindlers discover a map to a fabled city of gold, it seems like dream come true. But the road to El Dorado is not an easy one, as they quickly discover."

Call number: PN1997.C45 R633 2006 DVD

The Ultimate Gift

Call number: PN1997 Ultim G54 2007 DVD

There Will Be Blood - Summary: "A sprawling epic of family, faith, power and oil, THERE WILL BE BLOOD is set on the incendiary frontier of Californias turn-of-the-century petroleum boom. The story chronicles the life and times of one Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis), who transforms himself from a down-and-out silver miner raising a son on his own into a self-made oil tycoon. When Plainview gets a mysterious tip-off that theres a little town out West where an ocean of oil is oozing out of the ground, he heads with his son, H.W. (Dillon Freasier), to take their chances in dust-worn Little Boston. In this hardscrabble town, where the main excitement centers around the holy roller church of charismatic preacher Eli Sunday (Paul Dano), Plainview and H.W. make their lucky strike. But even as the well raises all of their fortunes, nothing will remain the same as conflicts escalate and every human value love, hope, community, belief, ambition and even the bond between father and son is imperiled by corruption, deception and the flow of oil."

Call number: PN1997 There W555 2008 DVD

WALL-E - Summary: "What if mankind had to leave Earth, and somebody forgot to turn the last robot off? WALL-E, a robot, spends every day doing what he was made for. But soon, he will discover what he was meant for. From Academy Award-winning writer-director, Andrew Stanton, Disney/Pixars WALL E is the story of one robot's comic adventures as he chases his dream across the galaxy."

Call number: PN1995.9.C45 .W355 2008 DVD c.1

Call number: PN1995.9.C45 .W355 2008 DVD c.2

Ugly Betty - Season 1

Call number: PN1992.8.S64 U4591 2007 DVD

Witchblade: The Complete Series

Call number: PN1992.8.S64 W583 2008 DVD

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - Publisher's Marketing: "This is the long-awaited first novel from one of the most original and memorable writers working today. Things have never been easy for Oscar, a sweet but disastrously overweight, lovesick Dominican ghetto nerd. From his home in New Jersey, where he lives with his old-world mother and rebellious sister, Oscar dreams of becoming the Dominican J. R. R. Tolkien and, most of all, of finding love. But he may never get what he wants, thanks to the FukA-the curse that has haunted the Oscar's family for generations, dooming them to prison, torture, tragic accidents, and, above all, ill-starred love. Oscar, still waiting for his first kiss, is just its most recent victim. Daaz immerses us in the tumultuous life of Oscar and the history of the family at large, rendering with genuine warmth and dazzling energy, humor, and insight the Dominican-American experience, and, ultimately, the endless human capacity to persevere in the face of heartbreak and loss. A true literary triumph, "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" confirms Junot Daaz as one of the best and most exciting voices of our time."

Call number: PS3554.I259 B75 2007

"The Cathedral & the Bazaar" is a must for anyone who cares about the future of the computer industry or the dynamics of the information economy. Already, billions of dollars have been made and lost based on the ideas in this book. Its conclusions will be studied, debated, and implemented for years to come. According to Bob Young, "This is Eric Raymond's great contribution to the success of the open source revolution, to the adoption of Linux-based operating systems, and to the success of open source users and the companies that supply them."

The interest in open source software development has grown enormously in the past year. This revised and expanded paperback edition includes new material on open source developments in 1999 and 2000. Raymond's clear and effective writing style accurately describing the benefits of open source software has been key to its success. With major vendors creating acceptance for open source within companies, independent vendors will become the open source story in 2001."

Call number: QA76.76.O63 R397 2001

...A salesperson ignores your requests

...A fellow driver gives you the infamous "finger"

...Your child's playmate misbehaves

...Your boss publicly reprimands you

P. M. Forni has solutions for all of these and many more. In yet another simple and practical handbook, P. M. Forni presents logical solutions that reinforce good behavior and make our world a more civil place."

Call number: BJ1533.C9 F67 2008

The Gift of Years: Growing Older Gracefully - Publisher's Marketing: "Not only accepting but celebrating getting old, this inspirational and illuminating work looks at the many facets of the aging process, from purposes and challenges to struggles and surprises. Central throughout is a call to cherish the blessing of aging as a natural part of life that is active, productive, and deeply rewarding. Perhaps the most important dimension revealed lies in the awareness that there is a purpose to aging and intention built into every stage of life. Chittister reflects on many key issues, including the temptation towards isolation, the need to stay involved, the importance of health and well-being, what happens when old relationships end or shift, the fear of tomorrow, and the mystery of forever. Readers are encouraged to surmount their fears of getting older and find beauty in aging well."

Call number: HQ1061 .C455 2008

The Global Game: Writers on Soccer - Publisher's Marketing: "The world's most popular sport, soccer, is also one of the planet's prevalent cultural expressions, celebrated and debated as an art form, observed with ritual and passion. Thus it has inspired literary efforts of every sort, from every corner of the globe, by women and men. The writings gathered in this volume reflect the universal and infinitely varied ways in which soccer connects with human experience. Poetry and prose from Ted Hughes, Charles Simic, Eduardo Galeano, Gunter Grass, Giovanna Pollarolo, Mario Vargas Llosa, and Elvis Costello--to name but a few--take us to a dizzying array of cultures and climes. From a patch of ground in Missoula, Montana, to a clearing in a Kosovo forest, from the stadiums of Burma and Iran to the northern lights over Greenland to remotest Sierra Leone, these writers show us soccer's stars and fans, politics and rituals, as well as the game's power to encourage resistance, inspire faith, and build community."

Call number: GV943 .G57 2008

The Lesbian and Gay Movements: Assimilation or Liberation? - Publisher's Marketing: "Throughout their relatively short history, the lesbian and gay movements in the United States have endured searing conflicts over whether to embrace assimilationist or liberationist strategies. This new book explores this dilemma in both contemporary and historical contexts, describing the sources of these conflicts, to what extent the conflicts have been resolved, and how they might be resolved in future. The text also tackles the challenging issue of what constitutes movement "effectiveness" and how "effective" the assimilationist and liberationist strategies have been in three contentious policy arenas: the military ban, same-sex marriage, and AIDS. Considerable attention is devoted to how policy elites-most notably Presidents Reagan, Bush, and Clinton; Congress; and the Supreme Court-have responded to the movements' grievances. The book examines the George W. Bush presidency with an eye to assessing how political opportunities have informed the broader lesbian and gay movements' strategies, and also details the response of the Christian Right to the movements' various assimilationist and liberationist strategies."

Call number: HQ76.8.U6 R58 2008

"The Limits of Power "identifies a profound triple crisis facing America: the economy, in remarkable disarray, can no longer be fixed by relying on expansion abroad; the government, transformed by an imperial presidency, is a democracy in form only; U.S. involvement in endless wars, driven by a deep infatuation with military power, has been a catastrophe for the body politic. These pressing problems threaten all of us, Republicans and Democrats. If the nation is to solve its predicament, it will need the revival of a distinctly American approach: the neglected tradition of realism.

Andrew J. Bacevich, uniquely respected across the political spectrum, offers a historical perspective on the illusions that have governed American policy since 1945. The realism he proposes includes respect for power and its limits; sensitivity to unintended consequences; aversion to claims of exceptionalism; skepticism of easy solutions, especially those involving force; and a conviction that the books will have to balance. Only a return to such principles, Bacevich argues, can provide common ground for fixing America's urgent problems before the damage becomes irreparable."

Call number: JK271 .B24 2008

The Mark: The Beast Rules the World - Publisher's Marketing: "Book No. 8 of the "Left Behind" series picks up where "The Indwelling" leaves off, as back-from-the-dead Nicolae Carpathia officially takes his place as the Antichrist and begins his reign of terror over the Earth. In an effort to control a world spinning out of control, the technology exists to place "the mark of the beast" on every human."

Call number: PS3562.A315 M3 2000

The Middle Place - Publisher's Marketing: "Corrigan's beautifully written memoir intertwines her own story with that of her larger-than-life, Irish-American, born-salesman father's, and illustrates both an unbelievably powerful and healing father/daughter relationship and the unbreakable bonds of family."

Call number: RC280.B8 C652 2008

The book includes ten illustrations: both classical representations of Kuan Yin and also the author's own drawings, which adapt Kuan Yin in an act of practical spirituality, reading art through life and life through art. Each vignette invites the harried caregiver to take a deep breath and meditate on the trials and joys of caring for an aging parent."

Call number: HQ1063.6 .P48 2008

The ones that make us look good in the rearview mirror? In "The Night of the Gun," David Carr redefines memoir with the revelatory story of his years as an addict and chronicles his journey from crack-house regular to regular columnist for "The New York Times." Built on sixty videotaped interviews, legal and medical records, and three years of reporting, "The Night of the Gun" is a ferocious tale that uses the tools of journalism to fact-check the past. Carr's investigation of his own history reveals that his odyssey through addiction, recovery, cancer, and life as a single parent was far more harrowing -- and, in the end, more miraculous -- than he allowed himself to remember. Over the course of the book, he digs his way through a past that continues to evolve as he reports it.

That long-ago night he was so out of his mind that his best friend had to pull a gun on him to make him go away? A visit to the friend twenty years later reveals that Carr was pointing the gun.

His lucrative side business as a cocaine dealer? Not all that lucrative, as it turned out, and filled with peril.

His belief that after his twins were born, he quickly sobered up to become a parent? Nice story, if he could prove it.

The notion that he was an easy choice as a custodial parent once he finally was sober? His lawyer pulls out the old file and gently explains it was a little more complicated than that.

In one sense, the story of "The Night of the Gun" is a common one -- a white-boy misdemeanant lands in a ditch and is restored to sanity through the love of his family, a God of his understanding, and a support group that will go unnamed. But when the whole truth is told, it does not end there. After fourteen years -- or was it thirteen? -- Carr tried an experiment in social drinking. Double jeopardy turned out to be a game he did not play well. As a reporter and columnist at the nation's best newspaper, he prospered, but gained no more adeptness at mood-altering substances. He set out to become a nice suburban alcoholic and succeeded all too well, including two more arrests, one that included a night in jail wearing a tuxedo.

Ferocious and eloquent, courageous and bitingly funny, "The Night of the Gun" unravels the ways memory helps us not only create our lives, but survive them."

Call number: HV5805.C356 A3 2008

The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces: Volume 1

Call number: PN6014 .N66 1999

The Penguin Who Knew Too Much - Publisher's Marketing: "Hold on to your hats, everybody! Donna Andrews is taking us on another ride into the wonderful world of Meg Langslow, a world filled with laughter as well as the knotty problems Meg always seems to encounter and---somehow---solve.
Okay, maybe there are people in Antarctica with penguins in their basements, but in Virginia? Only Meg's dad could manage that one. A body down there---well, that's somewhat more likely.""
It turns out that explaining the penguins' presence is easy---Meg's dad volunteered to take care of the birds until the future of the bankrupt local zoo could be determined. But identifying the body in the basement proves a harder task---could it be, as Meg fears, that of the vanished zoo owner?
In the small southern town of Caerphilly, rumors fly quickly, and all the other well-meaning citizens who have agreed to take in zoo animals are now worried that they might be stuck with their guests indefinitely. So when Meg's dad generously offers to help out anyone who can no longer care for their four-legged charges, a parade of wild creatures begins to make Meg and Michael's newly renovated house look more like Noah's ark.
Meg and Michael have been planning to elope in order to avoid the elaborate wedding their mothers have begun to organize---a plan that's threatened by both the murder investigation and the carnival of animals. The only way to set things right, Meg decides, is to identify both their uninvited visitor and the killer who put him in their basement.
The award-winning Donna Andrews has demonstrated her immense talent by creating and nurturing a series that continues to delight and surprise with each new book."

Call number: PS3551.N4165 P46 2007

The Quick Resume & Cover Letter Book: Write and Use and Effective Resume in Only One Day - Publisher's Marketing: "America's leading job search and career guidance expert presents his definitive guide to resumes, offering well-researched and proven techniques; a friendly, easy-to-follow design; and rock-solid advice to create outstanding resumes and, more importantly, use them effectively. The very easy-to-use first section of the book shows how to create a basic resume in about an hour and an improved resume in a about a half a day. The new edition includes more than 90 all-new sample resumes written by professional resume writers for all types of jobs and people, including a new chapter with electronic resume samples. The book also provides excellent career counseling sections to help people define their ideal job then go out and get it. This book can help anyone find a job - from high school graduates to high-level professionals."

Call number: HF5383 .F32 2008

The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life - Publisher's Marketing: "Here is THE book recounting the life and times of one of the most respected men in the world, Warren Buffett. The legendary Omaha investor has never written a memoir, but now he has allowed one writer, Alice Schroeder, unprecedented access to explore directly with him and with those closest to him his work, opinions, struggles, triumphs, follies, and wisdom. The result is the personally revealing and complete biography of the man known everywhere as "The Oracle of Omaha."
Although the media track him constantly, Buffett himself has never told his full life story. His reality is private, especially by celebrity standards. Indeed, while the homespun persona that the public sees is true as far as it goes, it goes only so far. Warren Buffett is an array of paradoxes. He set out to prove that nice guys can finish first. Over the years he treated his investors as partners, acted as their steward, and championed honesty as an investor, CEO, board member, essayist, and speaker. At the same time he became the world's richest man, all from the modest Omaha headquarters of his company Berkshire Hathaway. None of this fits the term "simple."
When Alice Schroeder met Warren Buffett she was an insurance industry analyst and a gifted writer known for her keen perception and business acumen. Her writings on finance impressed him, and as she came to know him she realized that while much had been written on the subject of his investing style, no one had moved beyond that to explore his larger philosophy, which is bound up in a complex personality and the details of his life. Out of this came his decision to cooperate with her on the book about himself that he would never write.
Never before has Buffett spent countless hours responding to a writer's questions, talking, giving complete access to his wife, children, friends, and business associates--opening his files, recalling his childhood. It was an act of courage, as The Snowball makes immensely clear. Being human, his own life, like most lives, has been a mix of strengths and frailties. Yet notable though his wealth may be, Buffett's legacy will not be his ranking on the scorecard of wealth; it will be his principles and ideas that have enriched people's lives. This book tells you why Warren Buffett is the most fascinating American success story of our time."

Call number: HG172.B84 S37 2008

Grief-stricken and bewildered, Edgar tries to prove Claude played a role in his father's death, but his plan backfires--spectacularly. Forced to flee into the vast wilderness lying beyond the farm, Edgar comes of age in the wild, fighting for his survival and that of the three yearling dogs who follow him. But his need to face his father's murderer and his devotion to the Sawtelle dogs turn Edgar ever homeward.

David Wroblewski is a master storyteller, and his breathtaking scenes--the elemental north woods, the sweep of seasons, an iconic American barn, a fateful vision rendered in the falling rain--create a riveting family saga, a brilliant exploration of the limits of language, and a compulsively readable modern classic."

Call number: PS3623.R63 S76 2008

The Study of American Folklore: An Introduction - Publisher's Marketing: "The definitive introduction to American folklore. Distinguished folklorist Jan Harold Brunvand, famous for his collections of 'urban legends,' offers readers a comprehensive and engaging introduction to the field of folklore. New to the fourth edition are 67 "Focus" boxes that provide in-depth examples of folk genres, research methods, and theoretical approaches, and over 70 photographs that illustrate material and performative folk traditions."

Call number: GR105 .B7 1997

The Sunshine Economy: An Economic History of Florida Since the Civil War - Publisher's Marketing: "Before the Civil War, Florida's population hovered around 200,000. Over the next century, it increased dramatically, rising to just under three million by 1950. During the next fifty years, however, it exploded, increasing more than 500 percent to almost sixteen million. By the end of the twentieth century, the state had one of the nation's largest economies. "The Sunshine Economy" traces the development of the industries that spurred this major growth. It describes how Florida progressed from being one of the least populated states in the country, with an economy based on forestry products and open-range cattle farming, to the fourth most populated state, with an economy based on sunshine, tourism, retirement, citrus, and vegetables. William Stronge draws on the vast amount of statistical information available on Florida to tell the history of the remarkable transformation of the state's economy. His work is essential in understanding how Florida became a major national economic force. His insights highlight the significance of the tremendous reduction in transportation costs in driving much of the state's economic development. His perspectives also enrich our understanding of Florida's experiences during the Great Depression and the rampant inflation of the 1970s."

Call number: HC107.F6 S75 2008

The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America - Publisher's Marketing: "In the years between World War II and the emergence of television as a mass medium, American popular culture as we know it was first created--in the pulpy, boldly illustrated pages of comic books. No sooner had this new culture emerged than it was beaten down by church groups, community bluestockings, and a McCarthyish Congress--only to resurface with a crooked smile on its face in "Mad "magazine.
The story of the rise and fall of those comic books has never been fully told--until "The Ten-Cent Plague." David Hajdu's remarkable new book vividly opens up the lost world of comic books, its creativity, irreverence, and suspicion of authority.
When we picture the 1950s, we hear the sound of early rock and roll. "The Ten-Cent Plague "shows how--years before music--comics brought on a clash between children and their parents, between prewar and postwar standards. Created by outsiders from the tenements, garish, shameless, and often shocking, comics spoke to young people and provided the guardians of mainstream culture with a big target. Parents, teachers, and complicit kids burned comics in public bonfires. Cities passed laws to outlaw comics. Congress took action with televised hearings that nearly destroyed the careers of hundreds of artists and writers.
"The Ten-Cent Plague "radically revises common notions of popular culture, the generation gap, and the divide between "high" and "low" art. As he did with the lives of Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington (in "Lush Life") and Bob Dylan and his circle (in "Positively 4th Street"), Hajdu brings a place, a time, and a milieu unforgettably back to life."

Call number: PN6725 .H33 2008

In "The Time Paradox, " Drs. Zimbardo and Boyd draw on thirty years of pioneering research to reveal, for the first time, how your individual time perspective shapes your life and is shaped by the world around you. Further, they demonstrate that your and every other individual's time zones interact to create national cultures, economics, and personal destinies.

You will discover what time zone you live in through Drs. Zimbardo and Boyd's revolutionary tests. Ask yourself:

- Does the smell of fresh-baked cookies bring you back to your childhood?

- Do you believe that nothing will ever change in your world?

- Do you believe that the present encompasses all and the future and past are mere abstractions?

- Do you wear a watch, balance your checkbook, and make to-do lists -- every day?

- Do you believe that life on earth is merely preparation for life after death?

- Do you ruminate over failed relationships?

- Are you the life of every party -- always late, always laughing, and always broke?

These statements are representative of the seven most common ways people relate to time, each of which, in its extreme, creates benefits and pitfalls. "The Time Paradox" is a practical plan for optimizing your blend of time perspectives so you get the utmost out of every minute in your personal and professional life as well as a fascinating commentary about the power and paradoxes of time in the modern world.

No matter your time perspective, you experience these paradoxes. Only by understanding this new psychological science of time zones will you be able to overcome the mental biases that keep you too attached to the past, too focused on immediate gratification, or unhealthily obsessed with future goals. Time passes no matter what you do -- it's up to you to spend it wisely and enjoy it well. Here's how."

Call number: BF468 .Z56 2008

The Left is angry--angry at President George W. Bush, the war in Iraq, the "right-wing media," and more. And as "National Review investigative writer Byron York reveals in this stunning, meticulously reported book, liberal activists have harnessed that anger to build the biggest, richest, and best organized political movement in American history.
Indeed, the Left's failure to oust President Bush in 2004 has obscured the fact that this new movement has transformed American politics. York documents the staggering scope of liberals' efforts--the record sums of money spent, the "shell game" financial maneuvers, the close coordination between "nonpartisan" groups and the Democratic Party, the revolutionary approaches to fund-raising and reaching out to voters, the pioneering use of movies and websites as campaign tools, and more.
"The Vast Left Wing Conspiracy provides a startling behind-the-scenes look at this powerful liberal movement. York brings the reader into secret powwows at Soros's Hamptons estate, into the Chinese restaurant where MoveOn is born, to a gala event where Al Franken rants about the evils of the right wing, to fund-raisers where liberals openly mock the election laws they're ignoring, to the movie premiere where Michael Moore is feted by top-ranking Democrats, into the Washington restaurant where Democratic operatives hatch their plan, and to many other spots along the way.
One thing above all becomes clear: Despite their failure to win in 2004, liberals will only keep improving the well-oiled political machine they built.

A Main Selection of the Conservative Book Club"

Call number: JC574.2.U6 Y67 2005

The War Between the Generals

Call number: D756.3 .I78 1981

The Winter When Time Was Frozen

Call number: PZ7.P363 Wi 2001

Those Who Dared: Five Visionaries Who Changed American Education - Publisher's Marketing: "For decades, practically every major initiative in American education (from top-down standards to the testing movement) has moved decision-making farther away from the school. Throughout their careers, Deborah Meier, John Goodlad, James Comer, Ted Sizer, and Hank Levin have been at the forefront of the fight against this trend, working to give our schools back the ability to educate students in the broadest and richest traditions of activity, inquiry, and problem solving. Now these visionary educators have joined together to share their personal stories of the challenges and triumphs they faced in the classroom, and their ideas of what education can and should be for every student. Serving as an inspirational guide to action for those looking to be more involved in the urgent and continuing efforts to restore Americas public schools, this book: Brings together the experiences and insights of the most influential and progressive educational leaders of the past half-centuryand they are still working today! Ranges from highly personal to imminently practical to passionately political, with each writer offering a unique perspective on what it takes to sustain major school change. Recounts the many instances when the authors thought beyond the conventional boundaries of educational practice to find innovative solutions in a number of critical areas, including developing more effective curriculum and assessment, expanding the benefits of gifted education to every child, strengthening school/community partnerships, and addressing the specific needs of small schools and learning communities."

Call number: LA2311 .T54 2009

Trick or Treatment: The Undeniable Facts about Alternative Medicine - Publisher's Marketing: "Whether you are an ardent believer in alternative medicine, a skeptic, or are simply baffled by the range of services and opinions, this guide lays to rest doubts and contradictions with authority, integrity, and clarity. In this groundbreaking analysis, over thirty of the most popular treatments-acupuncture, homeopathy, aromatherapy, reflexology, chiropractic, and herbal medicines-are examined for their benefits and potential dangers. Questions answered include: What works and what doesn't? What are the secrets, and what are the lies? Who can you trust, and who is ripping you off? Can science decide what is best, or do the old wives' tales really tap into ancient, superior wisdom? In their scrutiny of alternative and complementary cures, authors Simon Singh and Edzard Ernst also strive to reassert the primacy of the scientific method as a means for determining public health practice and policy."

Call number: R733 .S568 2008

Unfriendly Fire: How the Gay Ban Undermines the Military and Weakens America - Publisher's Marketing: "When the "don't ask, don't tell" policy emerged as a political compromise under Bill Clinton in 1993, it only ended up worsening the destructive gay ban that had been on the books since World War II. Drawing on more than a decade of research and hundreds of interviews, Nathaniel Frank exposes the military's policy toward gays and lesbians as damaging and demonstrates that "don't ask, don't tell" must be replaced with an outright reversal of the gay ban.
Frank is one of the nation's leading experts on gays in the military, and in his evenhanded and always scrupulously documented chronicle, he reveals how the ban on open gays and lesbians in the U.S. military has greatly increased discharges, hampered recruitment, and--contrary to the rationale offered by proponents of the ban--led to lower morale and cohesion within military ranks.
Frank does not shy away from tackling controversial issues, and he presents indisputable evidence showing that gays already serve openly without causing problems, and that the policy itself is weakening the military it was supposed to protect. In addition to the moral pitfalls of the gay ban, Frank shows the practical damage it has wrought. Most recently, the discharge of valuable Arabic translators (who happen to be gay) under the current policy has left U.S. forces ill-equipped in the fight against terrorism.
Part history, part expose, and fully revealing, "Unfriendly Fire" is poised to become the definitive story of "don't ask, don't tell." This lively and compelling narrative is sure to make the blood boil of any American who cares about national security, the right to speak the truth, or just plain common sense and fairness."

Call number: UB418.G38 F73 2009

Vanity Fair's Tales of Hollywood: Rebels, Reds, and Graduates and the Wild Stories Behind the Making of 13 Iconic Films - Publisher's Marketing: "The stories behind the stories of some of Hollywood's most iconic movies
The magazine world as monthly arbiter of culture, personality, and world affairs, "Vanity Fair" has always offered the definitive insider's look at Hollywood power and glamour since its relaunch twenty-five years ago. Now, for the first time ever, "Vanity Fair" presents a one-of-a-kind collection featuring thirteen behind-the- scenes stories on some of cinema's most iconic films-including pictures as varied as "All About Eve, Cleopatra, Sweet Smell of Success, Rebel Without a Cause," and "Saturday Night Fever," For pop-culture fanatics and movie buffs alike, "Vanity Fair's Tales of Hollywood" is an irresistible glimpse at how classic films-and box office bombs-are made."

Call number: PN1993.5.U6 V36 2008

Each of the Writing to Learn texts is designed to help students improve their writing for academic and vocational success. Throughout the series an emphasis is placed on vocabulary acquisition, grammar practice, and writing, editing, rewriting, and journaling skills..

Writing to Learn, The Essay, is aimed at advanced level writers and concentrates on improving student essay writing skills and enhancing personal writing styles."

Call number: PE1128 .S697 2000

Writing Today: Contexts and Options for the Real World

Call number: PE1408 .P46 2005

XML for Dummies - Publisher's Marketing: "See how XML works for business needs and RSS feeds
Create consistency on the Web, or tag your data for different purposes
Tag -- XML is it! XML tags let you share your format as well as your data, and this handy guide will show you how. You'll soon be using this markup language to create everything from Web sites to business forms, discovering schemas and DOCTYPES, wandering the Xpath, teaming up XML with Office 2003, and more.
Discover how to
* Make information portable
* Use XML with Word 2003
* Store different types of data
* Convert HTML documents to XHTML
* Add CSS to XML
* Understand and use DTDs"

Call number: QA76.76.H94 D94 2005

Isms and Ologies: All the Movements, Ideologies and Doctrines That Have Shaped Our World - Publisher's Marketing: "Have you ever wondered about the difference between Fundamentalism and Evangelicalism and which influenced the other? Do you know where Post-modernism stops and Post-structuralism begins? Would you like to?
From Platonism to New Historicism, humankind is constantly coming up with fresh schools of thought to help explain (or at least describe) the mysterious world around us. Here is the ultimate guide to over 450 of the most significant intellectual terms, movements, and religions that help shape the society we live in. Simply, concisely, and with personality, '"Isms and 'Ologies "clarifies buzz terms like "jihad," often defined as "holy war" but which literally means "striving";and illustrates the differences between Conservatism, Paleoconservatism, and Neoconservatism. It explains String Theory (which attempts to unify Quantum Mechanics and Einsteinian Relativity); describes Fauvism (an artistic movement that paved the way for Expressionism and Cubism); defines Locofocoism (an American political ideology named after a "self-lighting cigar)"; and identifies and explores so much more. Helpfully divided into categories-including politics, history, philosophy and the arts, economics, religion, science, and medicine-cross referenced, and thoroughly indexed, "'Isms and 'Ologies" is a must have for the budding intellectual in everyone."

Call number: HM585 .G655 2007b

A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present - Publisher's Marketing: "The only volume to tell America's story from the point of view of--and in the words of--America's women, factory workers, African Americans, Native Americans, the working poor, and immigrant laborers. Zinn shows that many of our country's greatest battles were carried out at the grassroots level, against bloody resistance."

Call number: E178 .Z75 2005

A Spirited Resistance: The North American Indian Struggle for Unity, 1745-1815 - Publisher's Marketing: "Departing from the traditional confines of the history of American Indians, Dowd carefully draws on ethnographic sources to recapture the beliefs, thoughts, and actions of four principal Indian nations--Delaware, Shawnee, Cherokee, and Creek."

Call number: E77 .D694 1992

Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance - Publisher's Marketing: ""The New York Times" bestselling author of "Complications" examines, in riveting accounts of medical failure and triumph, how success is achieved in a complex and risk-filled profession. The struggle to perform well is universal: each one of us faces fatigue, limited resources, and imperfect abilities in whatever we do. But nowhere is this drive to do better more important than in medicine, where lives are on the line with every decision. In his new book, Atul Gawande explores how doctors strive to close the gap between best intentions and best performance in the face of obstacles that sometimes seem insurmountable.
Gawande's gripping stories of diligence, ingenuity, and what it means to do right by people take us to battlefield surgical tents in Iraq, to labor and delivery rooms in Boston, to a polio outbreak in India, and to malpractice courtrooms around the country. He discusses the ethical dilemmas of doctors' participation in lethal injections, examines the influence of money on modern medicine, and recounts the astoundingly contentious history of hand washing. And as in all his writing, Gawande gives us an inside look at his own life as a practicing surgeon, offering a searingly honest firsthand account of work in a field where mistakes are both unavoidable and unthinkable.
At once unflinching and compassionate, "Better" is an exhilarating journey narrated by "arguably the best nonfiction doctor-writer around" ("Salon"). Gawande's investigation into medical professionals and how they progress from merely good to great provides rare insight into the elements of success, illuminating every area of human endeavor."

Call number: RC66 .G39 2007

Hawthorne: Collected Novels

Call number: PS1852 1983

Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet - Publisher's Marketing: "From one of the world's greatest economic minds, author of "The New York Times" bestseller "The End of Poverty," a clear and vivid map of the road to sustainable and equitable global prosperity and an augury of the global economic collapse that lies ahead if we don't follow it The global economic system now faces a sustainability crisis, Jeffrey Sachs argues, that will overturn many of our basic assumptions about economic life. The changes will be deeper than a rebalancing of economics and politics among different parts of the world; the very idea of competing nation-states scrambling for power, resources, and markets will, in some crucial respects, become passA1/2. The only question is how bad it will have to get before we face the unavoidable. We will have to learn on a global scale some of the hard lessons that successful societies have gradually and grudgingly learned within national borders: that there must be common ground between rich and poor, among competing ethnic groups, and between society and nature. The central theme of Jeffrey Sachs's new book is that we need a new economic paradigm-global, inclusive, cooperative, environmentally aware, science based- because we are running up against the realities of a crowded planet. The alternative is a worldwide economic collapse of unprecedented severity. Prosperity will have to be sustained through more cooperative processes, relying as much on public policy as on market forces to spread technology, address the needs of the poor, and to husband threatened resources of water, air, energy, land, and biodiversity. The "soft issues" of the environment, public health, and population will become the hard issues of geopolitics. New formsof global politics will in important ways replace capital-city-dominated national diplomacy and intrigue. National governments, even the United States, will become much weaker actors as scientific networks and socially responsible investors and foundations become the more powerful actors. If we do the right things, there is room for all on the planet. We can achieve the four key goals of a global society: prosperity for all, the end of extreme poverty, stabilization of the global population, and environmental sustainability. These are not utopian goals or pipe dreams, yet they are far from automatic. Indeed, we are not on a successful trajectory now to achieve these goals. "Common Wealth" points the way to the course correction we must embrace for the sake of our common future."

Call number: HD87 .S23 2008

Digital Photography Masterclass

Call number: TR267 .A5354 2008

Dope: A History of Performance Enhancement in Sports from the Nineteenth Century to Today - Publisher's Marketing: "Since the dawn of athletic competition during the original Olympic Games in Ancient Greece, athletes, as well as their coaches and trainers, have been finding innovative ways to gain an edge on their competition. Some of those performance-enhancement methods have been within the accepted rules while other methods skirt the gray area between being within the rules and not, while still other methods break the established rules. In modern times, doping - the use of performance-enhancing drugs - has been one method athletes and their trainers have used to beat their competition. The history of sports doping during the modern era can be traced through the events and scandals of the times in which the athletes lived. From the use of amphetamines and other stimulants in the early 20th century, to the use of testosterone and steroids by both the USSR and the United States during Cold War-era Olympics games, to blood doping and EPO, to designer drugs, the history of doping in sports closely follows the medical and technological advances of our times. In the early 21st century, the possibility of genetically engineered athletes looms. The story of doping in sports over the last century offers clues to where the battle over performance enhancement will be fought in the years to come. This book includes a timeline of major milestones/events in the history of doping from the mid-1800s onward. It also shows that a number of popularly circulated stories about doping in sports don't hold up under close examination. For example, in 1886, an English cyclist was said to have died following the Bordeaux to Paris Derny race. However, the Bordeaux to Paris race didn't exist in 1886. It was first run in 1891.Second, the cyclist who supposedly died in 1886 actually died in 1896-from typhoid fever, rather than doping-related causes. To round this landmark study, Dope features an afterword that addresses the final conclusion of the Floyd Landis doping case and brings the content up to the minute on other current doping scandals."

Call number: RC1230 .R65 2008

Economics: A Very Short Introduction - Publisher's Marketing: "Here Partha Dasgupta, an internationally recognized authority in economics, presents readers with a solid introduction to its basic concepts, including efficiency, equity, sustainability, dynamic equilibrium, property rights, markets, and public goods. Throughout, he highlights the relevance of economics to everyday life, providing a very human exploration of a technical subject. Dasgupta covers enduring issues such as population growth, the environment, and poverty. For example, he explores how the world's looming population problems affect us at the local, national, and international level.
Economics has the capacity to offer us deep insights into some of the most formidable problems of life. Here, Dasgupta goes beyond the basics to show it's innate effects on our history, culture, and lifestyles."

Call number: HB171 .D26 2007

Einstein's Cosmos: How Albert Einstein's Vision Transformed Our Understanding of Space and Time - Publisher's Marketing: "The year 2005 marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of the paper that launched Einstein's career, made E=mc2 famous, and ushered in a revolution in science-the paper that announced the theory of special relativity. And there's no better short book that explains just what Einstein did than "Einstein's Cosmos." Keying Einstein's crucial discoveries to the simple mental images that inspired them, Michio Kaku finds a revealing new way to discuss these ideas, and delivers an appealing and always accessible introduction to Einstein's work."

Call number: QC173.59.S65 K356 2005

Elie Nadelman: Sculptor of Modern Life - Publisher's Marketing: "This book is the most comprehensive publication to date on the work of Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), an important sculptor and a key member of the New York art scene in the first half of the 20th century. Accompanying the first major retrospective of Nadelman's work since 1975, it brings his achievement to a new generation of art enthusiasts. Nadelman fused classical influences with the subject matter and imagery of popular culture. Using bronze, marble, wood, and plaster, he created stylized, curvilinear emblems of modern life whose formal motifs referenced both the antique and the modern. Here, Barbara Haskell presents a fully researched and broad-based examination of Nadelman's art by juxtaposing his elegant drawings with related sculptures, filling a gap in the literature on 20th-century American sculpture."

Call number: NB237.N23 A4 2003

Verily speaks Christopher Moore, much beloved scrivener and peerless literary jester, who hath writteneth much that is of grand wit and belly-busting mirth, including such laurelled bestsellers of the "Times of Olde Newe Yorke" as "Lamb," "A Dirty Job," and "You Suck" (no offense). Now he takes on no less than the legendary Bard himself (with the utmost humility and respect) in a twisted and insanely funny tale of a moronic monarch and his deceitful daughters--a rousing story of plots, subplots, counterplots, betrayals, war, revenge, bared bosoms, unbridled lust . . . and a ghost (there's always a bloody ghost), as seen through the eyes of a man wearing a codpiece and bells on his head.

Fool

A man of infinite jest, Pocket has been Lear's cherished fool for years, from the time the king's grown daughters--selfish, scheming Goneril, sadistic (but erotic-fantasy-grade-hot) Regan, and sweet, loyal Cordelia--were mere girls. So naturally Pocket is at his brainless, elderly liege's side when Lear--at the insidious urging of Edmund, the bastard (in every way imaginable) son of the Earl of Gloucester--demands that his kids swear their undying love and devotion before a collection of assembled guests. Of course Goneril and Regan are only too happy to brownnose Dad. But Cordelia believes that her father's request is kind of . . . well . . . stupid, and her blunt honesty ends up costing her her rightful share of the kingdom and earns her a banishment to boot.

Well, now the bangers and mash have really hit the fan. The whole damn country's about to go to hell in a handbasket because of a stubborn old fart's wounded pride. And the only person who can possibly make things right . . . is Pocket, a small and slight clown with a biting sense of humor. He's already managed to sidestep catastrophe (and the vengeful blades of many an offended nobleman) on numerous occasions, using his razor-sharp mind, rapier wit . . . and the equally well-honed daggers he keeps conveniently hidden behind his back. Now he's going to have to do some very fancy maneuvering--cast some spells, incite a few assassinations, start a war or two (the usual stuff)--to get Cordelia back into Daddy Lear's good graces, to derail the fiendish power plays of Cordelia's twisted sisters, to rescue his gigantic, gigantically dim, and always randy friend and apprentice fool, Drool, from repeated beatings . . . and to shag every lusciously shaggable wench who's amenable to shagging along the way.

Pocket may be a fool . . . but he's definitely not an idiot."

Call number: PS3563.O594 F65 2009

Forgotten Continent: The Battle for Latin America's Soul - Publisher's Marketing: "Latin America has often been condemned to failure. Neither poor enough to evoke Africa's moral crusade, nor as explosively booming as India and China, it has largely been overlooked by the West. Yet this vast continent, home to half a billion people, the world's largest reserves of arable land, and 8.5 percent of global oil, is busily transforming its political and economic landscape. This book argues that rather than failing the test, Latin America's efforts to build fairer and more prosperous societies make it one of the world's most vigorous laboratories for capitalist democracy. In many countries--including Brazil, Chile and Mexico--democratic leaders are laying the foundations for faster economic growth and more inclusive politics, as well as tackling deep-rooted problems of poverty, inequality, and social injustice. They face a new challenge from Hugo Chavez's oil-fuelled populism, and much is at stake. Failure will increase the flow of drugs and illegal immigrants to the United States and Europe, jeopardize stability in a region rich in oil and other strategic commodities, and threaten some of the world's most majestic natural environments. Drawing on Michael Reid's many years of reporting from inside Latin America's cities, presidential palaces, and shantytowns, the book provides a vivid, immediate, and informed account of a dynamic continent and its struggle to compete in a globalized world."

Call number: F1414.3 .R35 2007

Freedom Facts and Firsts: 400 Years of the African American Civil Rights Experience - Publisher's Marketing: "Spanning nearly 400 years from the early abolitionists to the present, this guide book profiles more than 400 people, places, and events that have shaped the history of the black struggle for freedom. Coverage includes information on such mainstay figures as Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and Rosa Parks, but also delves into how lesser known figures contributed to and shaped the history of civil rights. Learn how the Housewives' League of Detroit started a nationwide movement to support black businesses, helping many to survive the depression; or discover what effect sports journalist Samuel Harold Lacy had on Jackie Robinson's historic entrance into the major leagues. This comprehensive resource chronicles the breadth and passion of an entire people's quest for freedom."

Call number: E185.61 .S636 2009

Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon remain among the most enduring and important women in popular music. Each woman is distinct. Carole King is the product of outer-borough, middle-class New York City; Joni Mitchell is a granddaughter of Canadian farmers; and Carly Simon is a child of the Manhattan intellectual upper crust. They collectively represent, in their lives and their songs, a great swath of American girls who came of age in the late 1960s. Their stories trace the arc of the now mythic sixties generation -- female version -- but in a bracingly specific and deeply recalled way, far from cliche. The history of the women of that generation has never been written -- until now, through their resonant lives and emblematic songs.

Filled with the voices of many dozens of these women's intimates, who are speaking in these pages for the first time, this alternating biography reads like a novel -- except it's all true, and the heroines are famous and beloved. Sheila Weller captures the character of each woman and gives a balanced portrayal enriched by a wealth of new information.

"Girls Like Us" is an epic treatment of midcentury women who dared to break tradition and become what none had been before them -- confessors in song, rock superstars, and adventurers of heart and soul."

Call number: ML400 .W35 2008

Greeks & Romans Bearing Gifts: How the Ancients Inspired the Founding Fathers - Publisher's Marketing: "This lively and engaging book is the only popular work to explore the profound impact of Ancient Greece and Rome on the founding fathers. Recounting the stirring stories the founders encountered in their favorite histories of Greece and Rome, renowned scholar Carl J. Richard explores what they learned from these vivid tales and how they applied these lessons to their own heroic quest to win American independence and establish a durable republic."

Call number: JA84.U5 R484 2008

Hiding Man: A Biography of Donald Barthelme - Publisher's Marketing: "In the 1960s Donald Barthelme came to prominence as the leader of the Postmodern movement. He was a fixture at the New Yorker, publishing more than 100 short stories, including such masterpieces as "Me and Miss Mandible," the tale of a thirty-five-year-old sent to elementary school by clerical error, and "A Shower of Gold,"in which a sculptor agrees to appear on the existentialist game show Who Am I? He had a dynamic relationship with his father that influenced much of his fiction. He worked as an editor, a designer, a curator, a news reporter, and a teacher. He was at the forefront of literary Greenwich Village which saw him develop lasting friendships with Thomas Pynchon, Kurt Vonnegut, Tom Wolfe, Grace Paley, and Norman Mailer. Married four times, he had a volatile private life. He died of cancer in 1989. The recipient of many prestigious literary awards, he is best remembered for the classic novels "Snow White," "The Dead Father," and many short stories, all of which remain in print today. This is the first biography of Donald Barthelme, and it is nothing short of a masterpiece."

Call number: PS3552.A76 Z66 2009

Honor Betrayed: Sexual Abuse in America's Military - Publisher's Marketing: "In Honor Betrayed, Dr. Mic Hunter probes beyond the headlines to reveal the reality of sexual abuse in the military. The culture of the military's training is to turn recruits into those who follow orders without question. Honor Betrayed describes in detail the gross realities of the hostile, uber-masculine, dehumanizing environment our young men and women confront. Most vulnerable to sexual abuse are minorities-particularly women and homosexuals. Included are first-person accounts from American servicewomen and men who were sexually abused by their comrades, including one woman whose case was heard before the U.S. Supreme Court. Hunter also explores the tacit acceptance of these incidents in the military to the recent prisoner abuse scandal in Iraq."

Call number: UB418.W65 H86 2007

Friedman explains how global warming, rapidly growing populations, and the astonishing expansion of the world's middle class through globalization have produced a planet that is "hot, flat, and crowded." Already the earth is being affected in ways that threaten to make it dangerously unstable. In just a few years, it will be too late to fix things--unless the United States steps up now and takes the lead in a worldwide effort to replace our wasteful, inefficient energy practices with a strategy for clean energy, energy efficiency, and conservation that Friedman calls Code Green.

This is a great challenge, Friedman explains, but also a great opportunity, and one that America cannot afford to miss. Not only is American leadership the key to the healing of the earth; it is also our best strategy for the renewal of America.

In vivid, entertaining chapters, Friedman makes it clear that the green revolution we need is like no revolution the world has seen. It will be the biggest innovation project in American history; it will be hard, not easy; and it will change everything from what you put into your car to what you see on your electric bill. But the payoff for America will be more than just cleaner air. It will inspire Americans to something we haven't seen in a long time--nation-building in America--by summoning the intelligence, creativity, boldness, and concern for the common good that are our nation's greatest natural resources.

"Hot, Flat, and Crowded" is classic Thomas L. Friedman: fearless, incisive, forward-looking, and rich in surprising common sense about the challenge--and the promise--of the future."

Call number: GE197 .F75 2008b

How Doctors Think - Publisher's Marketing: "On average, a physician will interrupt a patient describing her symptoms within eighteen seconds. In that short time, many doctors decide on the likely diagnosis and best treatment. Often, decisions made this way are correct, but at crucial moments they can also be wrong -- with catastrophic consequences. In this myth-shattering book, Jerome Groopman pinpoints the forces and thought processes behind the decisions doctors make. Groopman explores why doctors err and shows when and how they can -- with our help -- avoid snap judgments, embrace uncertainty, communicate effectively, and deploy other skills that can profoundly impact our health. This book is the first to describe in detail the warning signs of erroneous medical thinking and reveal how new technologies may actually hinder accurate diagnoses. How Doctors Think offers direct, intelligent questions patients can ask their doctors to help them get back on track.
Groopman draws on a wealth of research, extensive interviews with some of the country's best doctors, and his own experiences as a doctor and as a patient. He has learned many of the lessons in this book the hard way, from his own mistakes and from errors his doctors made in treating his own debilitating medical problems.
How Doctors Think reveals a profound new view of twenty-first-century medical practice, giving doctors and patients the vital information they need to make better judgments together."

Call number: R723.5 .G75 2007

Hurry Down Sunshine - Publisher's Marketing: "This mesmerizing account tells the story of the extraordinary summer when, at the age of 15, Michael Greenberg's daughter, Sally, was struck mad. Unsentimental and deeply humane, this work chronicles Sally's journey into and out of psychiatric wards and its effect on those closest to her."

Call number: RC516 .G74 2008

Paul Grondahl knows New York political history as well as anyone, from the long-reigning machine of the Albany Democrats to the great Tammany chieftains who lorded over New York City. After working in the State Senate briefly before turning to journalism and writing about Albany politics and history for the past two decades, he knows the colorful byways and larger-than-life characters who made late nineteenth-century political life into one of the most amusing and fascinating periods in our history. In "I Rose like a Rocket," Grondahl reveals the true story of Roosevelt's preparation for the White House: not one of self-making so much as a classic political education. From his earliest days as an assemblyman in Albany to his service as police commissioner in New York and civil service commissioner in Washington, Roosevelt learned invaluable lessons from the giants of his day. He was nearly roughed up twice by Democratic toughs in Albany and he suffered terrible defeats at the more-experienced hands of machine masters "Easy Boss" Thomas C. Platt and "Honest John" Kelly; yet he also learned how tomanipulate and co-opt the press, how to harness public pressure and bipartisan allies, and how to fight for his desires from sunrise to sunset and beyond.

The product of Grondhal's research is one of the most important books ever written about Teddy Roosevelt. To learn of the inspirations and motivations of the young TR will cause readers to pause, reexamine, and reinterpret their views of him.

Roosevelt was driven by demons, yet he learned how to harness those inside himself as well as the more fleshly versions who fought him at every turn. The story of his political education is one of the most entertaining, instructive, and inspiring of that of any American president."

Call number: E757 .G76 2004

This masterly biography takes a fresh and penetrating look at every aspect of Lennon's much-chronicled life, including the songs that have turned him, posthumously, into a near-secular saint. In three years of research, Norman has turned up an extraordinary amount of new information about even the best-known episodes of Lennon folklore--his upbringing by his strict Aunt Mimi; his allegedly wasted school and student days; the evolution of his peerless creative partnership with Paul McCartney; his Beatle-busting love affair with a Japanese performance artist; his forays into painting and literature; his experiments with Transcendental Meditation, primal scream therapy, and drugs. The book's numerous key informants and interviewees include Sir Paul McCartney, Sir George Martin, Sean Lennon--whose moving reminiscence reveals his father as never before--and Yoko Ono, who speaks with sometimes shocking candor about the inner workings of her marriage to John.

Honest and unflinching, as John himself would wish, Norman gives us the whole man in all his endless contradictions--tough and cynical, hilariously funny but also naive, vulnerable and insecure--and reveals how the mother who gave him away as a toddler haunted his mind and his music for the rest of his days."

Call number: ML420.L38 N66 2008

Kaddish for a Child Not Born - Publisher's Marketing: "Imre Kertesz's mesmerizing novel is a tale of identity and memory -- the story of a middle-aged man taking stock of his life in the ever-present shadow of the Holocaust. The story unfolds at a writer's retreat as the narrator, a middle-aged survivor of the Holocaust, tries to explain to a friend that he cannot bring a child into a world where the Holocaust occurred and could occur again. In an intricate narrative, we learn of the narrator's myriad disappointments: his unsuccessful literary career, his failed marriage, his ex-wife's new family and children -- children that could have been his own. Kaddish for a Child Not Born is a deeply introspective, poetic, yet unsentimental work."

Call number: PH3281.K3815 K313 1997

Lauren Fix's Guide to Loving Your Car: Everything You Need to Know to Take Charge of Your Car and Get on with Your Life

With Lauren Fix on your side, you'll know:

*How to select the best car for your lifestyle--and safest car for your family

*Essential and easy maintenance for your car

*What to have ready in case of a crash or emergency

*Driving tips for all kinds of weather and traffic conditions

*How to talk to your car mechanic in language you can both understand

*How to master easy car repairs--and which repairs to avoid

*Much more!

Lauren Fix is the ideal resource for all car-related questions, and "Lauren Fix's Guide to Loving Your Car" is full of tips and inside knowledge to keep you in the know and your car on the road."

Call number: TL146.5 .F52 2008

Major Conflict: One Gay Man's Life in the Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell Military - Publisher's Marketing: "A book that will move hearts and open minds, Jeffrey McGowan's memoir is the first personal account of a gay man's silent struggle in the don't-ask-don't-tell military, from a cadet who rose to the rank of major, left as a decorated Persian Gulf hero, and whose same-sex marriage was the first on the East Coast.
Love of country and personal love combine in this groundbreaking memoir of one gay man's life in the military--and beyond. In "Major Conflict, "Queens-born Jeffrey McGowan tells how he enlisted in the army in the late 1980s and served with distinction for ten years. But McGowan had a secret: he was gay. In the don't-ask-don't-tell world of the Clinton-era army, being gay meant automatic expulsion. So, at the expense of his personal life and dignity, he hid his sexual identity and continued to serve the army well.
"Major Conflict" is a moving account of his years in the military, the homophobia he encountered there, and his life afterward. McGowan presents a vivid portrait of his experience as a soldier in the Persian Gulf, where he commanded U.S. troops in Operation Desert Storm, eventually rising to the rank of major. Ultimately, however, he realized that the army held no future for gay men--even closeted ones. Desiring more of a personal life and tired of hiding his true identity, McGowan resigned from the Army he loved in 1998. In February 2004, he married his partner of six years in New Paltz, New York, making front-page news in the "New York Times.""

Call number: UB418.G38 M35 2005

Managing for the Future: Organizational Behavior and Procedures - Publisher's Marketing: "This text is based on the innovative and acclaimed course taught at MIT. The modular approach of the text's content allows adopters the freedom to select only those modules they wish to include in the course. Managing for the Future begins by setting the 'new' organization (a flat, flexible, networked and diverse entity) as the context in which managerial action takes place. The rest of the text works through teams, organizations, and skills. The three lenses (strategic design, political, and cultural) are used to analyze organizations and plan action. The goal is not only to describe the organization of the future, but also show readers how to become better actors within it."

Call number: HF5549 .M31345 1999

Mickey Thompson: The Fast Life and Tragic Death of a Racing Legend - Publisher's Marketing: "When Mickey Thompson and his wife Trudy were assassinated in their driveway in the pre-dawn hours of March 16, 1988, the salacious details of the crime and the years of legal wrangling that followed made for hundreds of splashy headlines and sexy television soundbytes. After all, the story had it all . . . unknown hooded gunmen riding into a gated Southern California community on bicycles, ambushing their victims and brutally ending their lives while neighbors ate breakfast and read the morning paper. Leaving behind more than $70,000 in jewelry, the killing was an obvious "hit," and those close to Mickey and Trudy immediately pointed to Mickey's hot-headed former business partner Michael Goodwin as the mastermind behind the tragedy. Nearly 20 years later, Goodwin was found guilty by a Pasadena Superior Court jury in 2006 of two counts of first-degree murder. The actual gunmen were never identified or apprehended. John Walsh and America's Most Wanted did multiple episodes leading up to the conviction. Robert Stack featured the murders on Unsolved Mysteries. CBS' 48 Hours Mystery got in the act. Everyone wanted a piece of the story. A good story, however, has much more than a powerful ending. Who was Mickey Thompson? What made him more than just another victim of violent crime in America? This is what Mickey Thompson: The Fast Life and Mysterious Death of a Racing Legend explores. Mickey was one of the most influential figures in early American motorsports. While he did have loyal and longtime friends, Mickey always did things one way . . . his way. And he did it with speed . . . he did everything with speed. From his 1950s adventures in the Carrera Panamericana, ending with five dead and dramatic pictures in Life Magazine in 1953, through making a one-way run of 406.60 miles per hour at the Bonneville Salt Flats in 1960 in his famed Challenger, through multiple trend-setting entries in the famed Indianapolis 500 and into the creation of some of the most popular off-road racing series and motor sportsstadium shows, Mickey's life was full of "firsts." And in a world that seems to be moving faster than even Mickey Thompson could have imagined, the complete story of this true American legend is one worth slowing down for."

Call number: GV1032.T55 A76 2008

Windows Vista Step by Step - Publisher's Marketing: "The smart way to learn the latest version of Microsoft Windows--one step at a time! Build exactly the skills you need by working at your own pace through easy-to-follow lessons and hands-on practices files on CD. Long Description The smart way to learn the latest version of Microsoft Windows--one step at a time! Work at your own pace through the easy numbered steps, practice files on CD, helpful hints, and troubleshooting help to master the fundamentals of working with Windows Vista, including how to navigate the new user interface and how to use the new search features for finding anything on your desktop. You will learn how to manage files and folders to simplify your work, easily add or remove programs, hook up printers and other devices, and set up your Internet connection, email, and instant messaging. You will also discover how to use security-enhanced features to help protect your PC, as well as how to share your computer while still helping keep personal settings and files private. You'll even learn how to enjoy all your favorite entertainment--music, pictures, and more--all in one place. With Step by Step, you can take just the lessons you need or work from cover to cover. Either way, you drive the instruction--building and practicing the skills you need, just when you need them! Microsoft Windows Vista is designed to dramatically improve the computing experience of every kind of PC user--from people at home who use their PCs for simple Web browsing to business people who must organize and act on large volumes of data to scientists who routinely perform complex mathematical analysis. To make sure that everyone has an offering tailored to meet their specificneeds, Microsoft will deliver five different versions of Windows Vista, each focused on the unique needs of different types of home users and business users."

Call number: QA76.76.W56 P74 2007

No Nest for the Wicket - Publisher's Marketing: "Croquet is a genteel game, usually played on a summer afternoon on a tranquil green lawn. Extreme Croquet is a whole other story. That's what Meg Langslow and her new friends (whether she wants to call them friends or not) are playing on the several-acre farm of her new neighbor. It's a countryside studded with rocks, steep hills, and placid, seemingly immovable cows.
Extreme Croquet is the current rage in Caerphilly, where Meg and her fiance, Michael, have bought a house. While this society game can get quite warm, it hasn't reached the stage of actual homicide---at least not until Meg knocks her ball down a small cliff and encounters the body of a dead woman. Her head has been bashed in, illustrating, perhaps, one of the many uses of a croquet mallet. It turns out that Michael knew the woman from years before. Meg finds herself further drawn in when it's discovered that the woman was seeking to expose the bad dealings of a certain local society lady's ancestors.
In the meantime, the old house needs many basic improvements and swarms with an entire family of working men, including countless second cousins, sawing and pounding away. Meg's father is the overseer but is easily distracted since he has a tendency to become wrapped up in his current animal charges---this time it's ducks.
One of the beauties of fiction is that you can enjoy reading about someone who has been knocked on the head and killed. The particular joy that Donna Andrews offers mystery lovers everywhere is the wonderful gift of laughter. Her novels, filled with crazy relatives, puzzling murders, and the hilarious conquests of Meg, make for a combination found nowhere else. Fine-feathered friends are onlyone of the treats in this award-winning series from Donna Andrews, an author whose name has become synonymous with lighthearted, knee-slapping fun."

Call number: PS3551.N4165 N62 2006

Nothing to Fear: FDR's Inner Circle and the Hundred Days That Created Modern America - Publisher's Marketing: "A revealing account of the critical first days of FDRas presidency, during the worst moments of the Great Depression, when he and his inner circle launched the New Deal and presided over the birth of modern America
"Nothing to Fear" brings to life a fulcrum moment in American historyathe tense, feverish first one hundred days of FDRas presidency, when he and his inner circle swept away the old order and reinvented the role of the federal government. When FDR took his oath of office in March 1933, thousands of banks had gone under following the Crash of 1929, a quarter of American workers were unemployed, farmers were in open rebellion, and hungry people descended on garbage dumps and fought over scraps of food. Before the Hundred Days, the federal government was limited in scope and ambition; by the end, it had assumed an active responsibility for the welfare of all of its citizens.
Adam Cohen offers an illuminating group portrait of the five members of FDRas inner circle who played the greatest roles in this unprecedented transformation, revealing in turn what their personal dynamics suggest about FDRas leadership style. These four men and one woman frequently pushed FDR to embrace more activist programs than he would have otherwise. FDR came to the White House with few firm commitments about how to fight the Great Depressionaas a politician he was more pragmatic than ideological, and, perhaps surprising, given his New Deal legacy, by nature a fiscal conservative. To develop his policies, he relied heavily on his advisers, and preferred when they had conflicting views, so that he could choose the best option among them.
For this reason, he kept in close confidence both Frances Perkinsaa feminist before her time, and the strongest advocate for social welfare programsaand Lewis Douglasa an entrenched budget cutter who frequently clashed with the other members of FDRas progressive inner circle. A more ideological president would have surrounded himself with advisors who shared a similar vision, but rather than commit to a single solution or philosophy, FDR favored a policy of abold, persistent experimentation.a As a result, he presided over the most feverish period of government activity in American history, one that gave birth to modern America.
As Adam Cohen reminds us, the political fault lines of this eraaover welfare, government regulation, agriculture policy, and much morearemain with us today. "Nothing to Fear" is both a riveting narrative account of the personal dynamics that shaped the tumultuous early days of FDRas presidency, and a character study of one of Americaas defining leaders in a moment of crisis."

Call number: E806 .C5925 2009

Occupational Outlook Handbook

Call number: Ref HF5382.U5 O23

Organizational Behavior in Education - Publisher's Marketing: "The seventh edition of Organizational Behavior in Education relates the study of educational leadership to the challenge of how students can participate effectively in school reform. Readers are challenged to develop and act upon a game plan for implementing school reform from the first chapter. The seventh edition continues to examine such aspects of organizational behavior as organizational culture, leadership, motivation, change, conflict and decision-making while maintaining high standards of scholarship and a lucid, readily accessible writing style."

Call number: LB2806 .O9 1998

Brilliant and entertaining, OUTLIERS is a landmark work that will simultaneously delight and illuminate."

Call number: BF637.S8 G533 2008

Parallel Worlds: A Journey Through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos - Publisher's Marketing: "In this thrilling journey into the mysteries of our cosmos, bestselling author Michio Kaku takes us on a dizzying ride to explore black holes and time machines, multidimensional space and, most tantalizing of all, the possibility that parallel universes may lay alongside our own.
Kaku skillfully guides us through the latest innovations in string theory and its latest iteration, M-theory, which posits that our universe may be just one in an endless multiverse, a singular bubble floating in a sea of infinite bubble universes. If M-theory is proven correct, we may perhaps finally find answer to the question, "What happened before the big bang?" This is an exciting and unforgettable introduction into the new cutting-edge theories of physics and cosmology from one of the pre-eminent voices in the field."

Call number: QB981 .K134 2006

Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World - Publisher's Marketing: "National Bestseller
"New York Times" Editors' Choice
Winner of the PEN Hessell Tiltman Prize
Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize
Silver Medalist for the Arthur Ross Book Award
of the Council on Foreign Relations
Finalist for the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award
For six months in 1919, after the end of "the war to end all wars," the Big Three--President Woodrow Wilson, British prime minister David Lloyd George, and French premier Georges Clemenceau--met in Paris to shape a lasting peace. In this landmark work of narrative history, Margaret MacMillan gives a dramatic and intimate view of those fateful days, which saw new political entities--Iraq, Yugoslavia, and Palestine, among them--born out of the ruins of bankrupt empires, and the borders of the modern world redrawn."

Call number: D644 .M32 2003

Performance-Enhancing Drugs (Essential Viewpoints)

Call number: RC1230 .R62 2009

Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration Into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel - Publisher's Marketing: "A fascinating exploration of the science of the impossible--from death rays and force fields to invisibility cloaks--revealing to what extent such technologies might be achievable decades or millennia into the future.
One hundred years ago, scientists would have said that lasers, televisions, and the atomic bomb were beyond the realm of physical possibility. In "Physics of the Impossible," the renowned physicist Michio Kaku explores to what extent the technologies and devices of science fiction that are deemed equally impossible today might well become commonplace in the future.
From teleportation to telekinesis, Kaku uses the world of science fiction to explore the fundamentals--and the limits--of the laws of physics as we know them today. He ranks the impossible technologies by categories--Class I, II, and III, depending on when they might be achieved, within the next century, millennia, or perhaps never. In a compelling and thought-provoking narrative, he explains:
- How the science of optics and electromagnetism may one day enable us to bend light around an object, like a stream flowing around a boulder, making the object invisible to observers "downstream"
- How ramjet rockets, laser sails, antimatter engines, and nanorockets may one day take us to the nearby stars
- How telepathy and psychokinesis, once considered pseudoscience, may one day be possible using advances in MRI, computers, superconductivity, and nanotechnology
- Why a time machine is apparently consistent with the known laws of quantum physics, although it would take an unbelievably advanced civilization to actually build one
Kaku uses his discussion of each technology as a jumping-off pointto explain the science behind it. An extraordinary scientific adventure, "Physics of the Impossible "takes readers on an unforgettable, mesmerizing journey into the world of science that both enlightens and entertains."

Call number: QC75 .P49 K35 2008

Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 for Dummies - Publisher's Marketing: "New and inexperienced PowerPoint users will discover how to use the latest enhancements to PowerPoint 2007 quickly and efficiently so that they can produce unique and informative presentations PowerPoint continues to be the world's most popular presentation software This updated For Dummies guide shows users different ways to create powerful and effective slideshow presentations that incorporate data from other applications in the form of charts, clip art, sound, and video Shares the key features of PowerPoint 2007 including creating and editing slides, working with hyperlinks and action buttons, and preparing presentations for the Web."

Call number: T385 .L6928 2007

Scholarships, Grants & Rrizes

Call number: Ref LB2337.4 .P475

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 one of us could suffer if we don't replace it."

Call number: RA395.A3 C635 2007

Sizzle and Burn - Publisher's Marketing: "The "New York Times"-bestselling author of "White Lies" presents her newest Arcane Society novel. With more than 25 million books sold, Jayne Ann Krentz "excels at crafting superior, sexy romantic suspense" ("Booklist"), and with her Arcane Society novels-written under both the Krentz and Amanda Quick names-she has thrilled readers with paranormal plots and passionate love stories. In her latest novel, a member of the Society must recruit a reluctant woman to use her psychic gift against a powerful enemy. When Raine Tallentyre made the mistake of revealing her paranormal abilities, her most recent romantic relationship came to a hasty end. Her Aunt Vella, a gifted but troubled soul, had told her years ago to keep her talents a secret. And now that poor Aunt Vella-her last blood relative-has died, Raine has resigned herself to a lonely life. But when she journeys to Shelbyville, Washington, to clear out Aunt Vella's house, Raine's highly developed sensitivity leads her to a horrifying discovery: a young woman bound and terrified in a basement storage locker. The victim has survived, but the culprit is still on the loose. Without warning, a new man enters Raine's life-investigator Zack Jones. Surprisingly, Zack isn't repelled by her powers: in fact, he has them himself. While Raine hears voices, Zack sees visions and within hours of their meeting, Raine experiences an intense, thrilling intimacy-mental, emotional, and physical-she never dared to expect. There's one complication, however: Zack Jones is working for the Arcane Society. This secret organization, dedicated to the study of paranormal phenomena, shattered Raine's family with an act of betrayal long ago, and she's not about totrust them now. But as a killer makes her his target, and a cabal of psychic criminals known as Nightshade operates in the shadows surrounding them, Raine and Zack must rely not only on their powerful abilities but on each other . . . From the author who also hits bestseller lists under the names Jayne Castle and Amanda Quick, this is a delightful new caper filled with suspense and wit-and the steamy Victorian passion her devoted readers love."

Call number: PS3561.R44 S54 2008

Soul Harvest: The World Takes Sides - Publisher's Marketing: "The fourth book in the saga of those left behind. The Tribulation Force, comprised of pilot Rayford Steele, his daughter Chloe, and reporter Buck Williams, continues its adventures after the Rapture. In "Soul Harvest", Carpathia and the devastated globe hurtle toward the midway point of the Tribulation, and already the small band of believers finds itself struggling merely to survive."

Call number: PS3562.A315 S68 1998

This new book will help readers build a foundation of understanding from which to fashion a realistic, rational view of the basic assumptions and knowledge on which special education rests.

Beginning with a thorough examination of the basic concept of special education, the authors move to a discussion of exceptionalities and appropriate instructional responses, and then to the ways in which special education is different from general education. A concluding chapter outlines the common criticisms of special education, in which the authors offer thoughtful, constructive responses to each criticism, drawing on material in the book. Each chapter ends with a "Case in Point," profiling a student with disabilities and asking readers to think through the application of the chapter's concepts to that particular student's instructional challenges.

Kauffman and Hallahan's clear-eyed and persuasive guide provokes a fresh consideration of the importance of special education not only for students and teachers but also for citizens."

Call number: LC3981 .K38 2005

Spiritual Tattoo: A Cultural History of Tattooing, Piercing, Scarification, Branding, and Implants - Publisher's Marketing: "Say "body modifications" and most people think of tattoos and piercings. They associate these mainly with the urban primitives of the 1980s to today and with primitive tribes. In fact, as this fascinating book shows, body mods have been on the scene since ancient times, traceable as far back as 1.5 million years, and they also encompass sacrification, branding, and implants. Professor John Rush outlines the processes and procedures of these radical physical alterations, showing their function as rites of passage, group identifiers, and mechanisms of social control. He explores the use of pain for spiritual purposes, such as purging sin and guilt, and examines the phenomenon of accidental cuts and punctures as individual events with sometimes profound implications for group survival. "Spiritual Tattoo" finds a remarkable consistency in body modifications from prehistory to the present, suggesting the importance of the body as a sacred geography from both social and psychological points of view."

Call number: GN419.15 .R87 2005

Sport and Society in Ancient Greece - Publisher's Marketing: "This book provides a concise and readable introduction to ancient Greek sport. It covers such standard topics as the links between sport, religion and warfare, the origins and history of the Olympic games, and the spirit of competition among the Greeks. Its main focus, however, is on Greek sport as an arena for the creation and expression of difference among individuals and groups."

Call number: GV573 .G65 1998

"In early 1995, quite deliberately, I stepped down as CEO of H&R Block, where I was making nearly a million dollars a year. I had decided on a higher calling: teaching math to inner-city kids. This is the story of how that decision changed my life and the lives of kids I tried to help."--From the Introduction

Tom Bloch was the successful CEO of H&R Block, the groundbreaking tax organization. The son of the company's founder, he was a happily married 41-year-old executive, but something was missing from his life.?After a nineteen-year career at the company, Bloch resigned his position to become a math teacher in an impoverished inner-city section of Kansas City.?Stand for the Best follows Bloch's struggles to make a difference for his marginalized students and how he eventually co-founded a successful charter school, University Academy.

But Stand for the Best is more than a memoir of one man's journey; the book also includes lessons learned from Bloch's experience, winning strategies from teachers he has known, valuable approaches for educating students no matter what their circumstances, and a unique model of education for teachers working with inner-city students. Most of all, it shows what can be accomplished when teachers, students, and the community all stand for the best."

Call number: LC5131 .B58 2008

Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics - Publisher's Marketing: "NOW WITH SPSS STUDENT VERSION 13.0!The bestselling text Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics teaches an often intimidating and difficult subject in a way that is informative, personable, and clear. Researchers and students who find themselves uncomfortable with the analysis portion of their work have appreciated the book's unhurried pace and thorough, friendly presentation. "

Call number: HA29 .S2365 2005

Statistics with Common Sense - Publisher's Marketing: "Applying statistical results to real life situations can be difficult or futile if you can't be certain what the results actually mean. This reference guide provides readers with the frequently elusive link between statistical results and practical applications. Students will learn the basic concepts and principles of statistics and probability, without getting bogged down in complicated theories and abstractions. Many statistics texts rely too heavily on mathematical formulas. Kault restores the emphasis to understanding statistical results and using common sense in decision making. Everyday examples bring the concepts to life. In the entry on hypothesis testing, Kault examines how a statistical result incorrectly overruled the common sense of many doctors. A chapter on random variables shows the chance that students will carry cell phones, and a chapter on categorical measurements uses statistics to determine the efficiency of a new treatment for a serious disease. Each chapter ends with questions that will help students further understand important concepts. Useful on its own and perfect as a means of expanding classroom discussions, this book is ideal for high school students or anyone needing to review the basics of statistics."

Call number: QA276.12 .K38 2003

Taxes 2009 for Dummies - Publisher's Marketing: "Updated and revised for the 2008 tax year, "Taxes 2009 For Dummies" is the only tax guide on the market that walks readers through the major tax forms line by line, including the 1040 Schedules A through E. Filled with helpful tips and strategies for filing income tax returns accurately and on time, this book is aimed at individuals who want to do their own taxes without hiring a preparer. Financial expert Eric Tyson teams up with tax experts Margaret Munro and David Silverman to answer the most frequently asked tax questions in plain English."

Call number: HJ4652 .T97 2009

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln - Publisher's Marketing: "Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin illuminates Lincoln's political genius in her #1 "New York Times" bestseller, as she chronicles the rise of the the one-term congressman/prairie lawyer from obscurity to prevail over three gifted rivals of national reputation to become president."

Call number: E457.45 .G66 2005

What Color Is Your Parachute?: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers (2009) - Publisher's Marketing: "Still the best-selling job-hunting book in the world, WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE? is the most complete guide for first-time job seekers as well as second and encore careers changers. For more than three decades, it remains a mainstay on best-seller lists, from Amazon.com to Business Week to the New York Times, where it has spent more than six years, and it has been translated into 20 languages. The 2009 edition is an even more useful book, with its updated, inspiring, and detailed plan for changing readers lives. With new examples, instructions, and cautionary advice, PARACHUTE is, to quote Fortune magazine, the gold standard of career guides"

Call number: HF5382.7 .B65 2009

The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama - Publisher's Marketing: "In "The Breakthrough," veteran journalist Gwen Ifill surveys the American political landscape, shedding new light on the impact of Barack Obama's stunning presidential victory and introducing the emerging young African American politicians forging a bold new path to political power.
Ifill argues that the Black political structure formed during the Civil Rights movement is giving way to a generation of men and women who are the direct beneficiaries of the struggles of the 1960s. She offers incisive, detailed profiles of such prominent leaders as Newark Mayor Cory Booker, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, and U.S. Congressman Artur Davis of Alabama (all interviewed for this book), and also covers numerous up-and-coming figures from across the nation. Drawing on exclusive interviews with power brokers such as President Obama, former Secretary of State Colin Powell, Vernon Jordan, the Reverend Jesse Jackson, his son Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., and many others, as well as her own razor-sharp observations and analysis of such issues as generational conflict, the race/ gender clash, and the "black enough" conundrum, Ifill shows why this is a pivotal moment in American history.
"The Breakthrough "is a remarkable look at contemporary politics and an essential foundation for understanding the future of American democracy in the age of Obama."

Call number: E185.615 .I34 2009

A Daring Young Man: A Biography of William Saroyan - Publisher's Marketing: "He was so famous that Saroyanesque entered the vocabulary of his time, an adjective expressing the childlike sweetness, the evocation of loneliness, the innocence that characterized his work.
His name was known to anyone in America who read a magazine, listened to the radio, cared about theater, or bought a book. At one time he had three plays simultaneously on Broadway, including "My Heart's in the Highlands and" The Time of Your Life (which won the Pulitzer Prize and the Drama Critics' Circle Award). His first collection of stories," The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze, was published by Bennett Cerf when Saroyan was twenty-six years old; it was a critical and commercial success. Saroyan went to Hollywood and wrote "The Human Comedy over a Christmas holiday; it became a major wartime movie and won him an Oscar for best screenplay.
His writing was a mixture of old-world suffering and new-world optimism. But for all of his promise and brilliance, and his half-century struggle to reach the pantheon of American writers, his gift was not large enough to sustain him.
Now, in this full-scale biography, John Leggett gives us Saroyan whole, from the immigrant boy and his lonely orphanage years to the internationally acclaimed American writer. Here is the all-encompassing story
--the fun, the follies, the lights, and the shadows of his life.
Leggett writes about Saroyan's roller-coaster courtship and two marriages to the beautiful Carol Marcus (she was seventeen and he thirty-four when they met); about his relationships with his publishers and with his long-time agent, Hal Matson; about his friendships with Budd Schulberg, Irwin Shaw, George Jean Nathan, and others, andthe many productions (on Broadway and off) of Saroyan's plays. He writes about Saroyan's constant struggle with his addictions to gambling and extravagant living . . . his disappointments as a writer and his undiminished belief in his own talent, a belief that it would prevail, no matter how many colleagues turned away from his excesses and his demands.
Drawing on interviews and on Saroyan's letters, notes, and diaries, John Leggett, author of "Ross and "Tom ("A great book"--Leon Edel), gives us a revealing portrait of the man and the writer whose work charmed and touched the heart of mid-twentieth-century America."

Call number: PS3537.A826 Z78 2002

A Journal for Jordan: A Story of Love and Honor - Publisher's Marketing: "In 2005, First Sergeant Charles Monroe King began to write what would become a two-hundred-page journal for his son in case he did not make it home from the war in Iraq. Charles King, forty-eight, was killed on October 14, 2006, when an improvised explosive device detonated under his Humvee on an isolated road near Baghdad. His son, Jordan, was seven months old.
"A Journal for Jordan" is a mother's letter to her son-fierce in its honesty-about the father he lost before he could even speak. It is also a father's advice and prayers for the son he will never know.
A father figure to the soldiers under his command, Charles moved naturally into writing to his son. In neat block letters, he counseled him on everything from how to withstand disappointment and deal with adversaries to how to behave on a date. And he also wrote, from his tent, of recovering a young soldier's body, piece by piece, from a tank-and the importance of honoring that young man's life. He finished the journal two months before his death while home on a two-week leave, so intoxicated with love for his infant son that he barely slept.
Finally, this is the story of Dana and Charles together-two seemingly mismatched souls who loved each other deeply. She was a Pulitzer Prize--winning editor for the "New York Times" who struggled with her weight. He was a decorated military officer with a sculpted body who got his news from television. She was impatient, brash, and cynical about love. He was excruciatingly shy and stubborn, and put his military service before anything else. In these pages, we relive with Dana the slow unfolding of their love, their decision to become a family, the chilling news that Charles has been deployed to Iraq, and the birth of their son.
In perhaps the most wrenching chapter in the book, Dana recounts her search for answers about Charles's death. Unsatisfied with the army's official version of what happened and determined to uncover the truth, she pored over summaries of battalion operations reports and drew on her well-honed reporting skills to interview the men who were with Charles on his last convoy, his commanding officers, and other key individuals. In the end, she arrived at an account of Charles's death-and his last days in his battalion-that was more difficult to face than the story she had been told, but that affirmed the decency and courage of this warrior and father.
"A Journal for Jordan "is a tender introduction, a loving good-bye, a reporter's inquiry into her soldier's life, and a heartrending reminder of the human cost of war."

Call number: DS79.76 .C36 2008

A Little Night Music

Call number: PN1995.9.M86 L586 1977 DVD

Allegro Non Troppo - Summary: "Six vignettes set to classical music include Ravel's Bolero. Animated. Directed by Bruno Bozzetto."

Call number: PN1995.9.C45 A5544 2004 DVD

China Road: A Journey Into the Future of a Rising Power - Publisher's Marketing: "Route 312 is the Chinese Route 66. It flows three thousand miles from east to west, passing through the factory towns of the coastal areas, through the rural heart of China, then up into the Gobi Desert, where it merges with the Old Silk Road. The highway witnesses every part of the social and economic revolution that is turning China upside down.
In this utterly surprising and deeply personal book, acclaimed National Public Radio reporter Rob Gifford, a fluent Mandarin speaker, takes the dramatic journey along Route 312 from its start in the boomtown of Shanghai to its end on the border with Kazakhstan. Gifford reveals the rich mosaic of modern Chinese life in all its contradictions, as he poses the crucial questions that all of us are asking about China: Will it really be the next global superpower? Is it as solid and as powerful as it looks from the outside? And who are the ordinary Chinese people, to whom the twenty-first century is supposed to belong?
Gifford is not alone on his journey. The largest migration in human history is taking place along highways such as Route 312, as tens of millions of people leave their homes in search of work. He sees signs of the booming urban economy everywhere, but he also uncovers many of the country's frailties, and some of the deep-seated problems that could derail China's rise.
The whole compelling adventure is told through the cast of colorful characters Gifford meets: garrulous talk-show hosts and ambitious yuppies, impoverished peasants and tragic prostitutes, cell-phone salesmen, AIDS patients, and Tibetan monks. He rides with members of a Shanghai jeep club, hitchhikes across the Gobi desert, and sings karaoke with migrantworkers at truck stops along the way.
As he recounts his travels along Route 312, Rob Gifford gives a face to what has historically, for Westerners, been a faceless country and breathes life into a nation that is so often reduced to economic statistics. Finally, he sounds a warning that all is not well in the Chinese heartlands, that serious problems lie ahead, and that the future of the West has become inextricably linked with the fate of 1.3 billion Chinese people.
"Informative, delightful, and powerfully moving . . . Rob Gifford's acute powers of observation, his sense of humor and adventure, and his determination to explore the wrenching dilemmas of China's explosive development open readers' eyes and reward their minds."
-Robert A. Kapp, president, U.S.-China Business Council, 1994-2004"

Call number: DS712 .G53 2007

Conduct Unbecoming: Gays and Lesbians in the U.S. Military - Publisher's Marketing: "The definitive book on lesbians and gay men in the US military.
Randy Shilts, author of the classic documentary history of the AIDS epidemic "And The Band Played On," was acclaimed for his ability to take epic histories and molding them into gripping, intimate narratives. "Conduct Unbecoming," his groundbreaking exploration of lesbians and gays in the military, came out of hundreds of interviews conducted with servicepeople at all levels of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps and intense research uncovering thousands of documents resulting in a unique history of gays in the military as well as the persecution of gays in the military. "Conduct Unbecoming" will leave readers moved and imbued with a better understanding of the pressing situation in our nation's military.
"A sober, thoroughly researched and engrossingly readable history on the subject. [Shilts's] chronicle is excellent military history, closely woven with an enthralling analysis of the changing definitions of sexuality and personal relationships in American society....[A] landmark book....Remarkable."
--"New York Times Book Review"
""
"A masterpiece of investigative reporting...Shilts has shown us the honor homosexuals have brought, and continue to bring, to the uniforms they wear and the country they serve." - "Boston Globe"
"Gays, we are told, would damage morale in the military. Shilts documents the fact that morale has already been eaten away by hypocrisy, contradictions, and favoritism...This book will be to gay and lesbian liberation what Betty Friedan's was to early feminism or Rachel Carson's to ecological consciousness. No fair-minded person can read Conduct Unbecoming and consider the present system defensible. - "USA Today"
""
"Gripping reading....the history of homosexual people and the movement for gay/lesbian equality in the United States can nowhere be more clearly told." - "Los Angeles Times""

Call number: UB418.G38 S55 2005

Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism - Publisher's Marketing: "In the last two decades, free markets have swept the globe, bringing with them enormous potential for positive change. But traditional capitalism cannot solve problems like inequality and poverty, because it is hampered by a narrow view of human nature in which people are one-dimensional beings concerned only with profit.
In fact, human beings have many other drives and passions, including the spiritual, the social, and the altruistic. Welcome to the world of social business, where the creative vision of the entrepreneur is applied to today's most serious problems: feeding the poor, housing the homeless, healing the sick, and protecting the planet.
"Creating a World Without Poverty" tells the stories of some of the earliest examples of social businesses, including Yunus's own Grameen Bank. It reveals the next phase in a hopeful economic and social revolution that is already under way--and in the worldwide effort to eliminate poverty by unleashing the productive energy of every human being."

Call number: HD60 .Y86 2007

"Praise for the 2008 Edition: " "This book has the benefit of being updated yearly and thus has stood the test of time for recognizing what is helpful and what works. It is well worth the price and a great addition to a primary care practitioner's library. 5 Stars!"--"Doody's Review Service."

"CMDT" delivers the most current insights into signs, symptoms, epidemiology, etiology, and treatment for over 1,000 diseases and disorders. Turn to any topic, and you'll find on-the-spot, evidence-based answers that reflect the most recent developments in diagnosis and treatment. This concise, authoritative reference gets you up to speed--fast--on the latest medical advances, prevention strategies, cost-effective treatments, and more. . . .

Putting you and the experts on the same page: . Comprehensive coverage of inpatient and outpatient care, focusing on the diagnostic tools relevant to your day-to-day practice. Full review of all primary care topics, including gynecology, obstetrics, dermatology, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, psychiatry, neurology, toxicology, and urology. Only text with an annual review of advances in HIV treatment. Essentials of Diagnosis for most diseases/disorders. Hundreds of quick-access drug treatment tables, with indexed trade names and updated drug prices. ICD codes featured on inside covers. Diagnostic and treatment algorithms present important information in an at-a-glance style. Up-to-date references provide peer-reviewed, evidence-based information
. . .

New to this edition: . . Color insert expanded to 16 pages. Latest developments in HIV infection, including new drugs, recommended treatment regimens, and antiretroviral drug resistance. All new chapter on hemostasis and antithrombotic therapy. Completely revamped End of Life Chapter, now called Palliative Care And Pain Management to reflect its new emphasis. Sections on asthma (includes 2007 NAEPP guidelines) and palpitations. More algorithms throughout and increased coverage of Canadian and International Guidelines. . ."

Call number: Ref RC71 .A14 2009

Daily Life in Ancient India: From 200 BC to 700 AD - Publisher's Marketing: "The traditions that define Indian life have remained unchanged for thousands of years. Emphasizing the nine centuries of the "golden age," this introduction to India's noble culture reconstructs a time when political and religious enlightenment flourished, and artistic creation reached its height. It evokes the complexities of India's ancient epoch, caste system, endless ritual, and ceremonial nature of human relations."

Call number: DS425 .A953 2002

Dance Technique and Injury Prevention - Publisher's Marketing: ""Dance Technique and Injury Prevention" has established itself as the key reference for everyone involved in dance injury and treatment, physical therapy, and dance instruction.
In this newly revised and expanded edition, Dr Howse reviews the subject's five main areas: Anatomy and Physiology, Injuries (general), Injuries (specific) - Their Cause and Treatment, Strengthening Exercises, and Technical Faults and Anatomical Variations.
The new set of strengthening exercises is a special feature of this edition.
Comprehensively illustrated with more than 320 diagrams and photographs, "Dance Technique and Injury Prevention 3/e" deserves a place in every professional's library and treatment room."

Call number: RC1220.D35 H68 2000

Dynamic Color Painting for the Beginner - Publisher's Marketing: "Painting in oil or acrylics is one of the most popular of the fine arts, with an enormous body of lore for the aspiring painter to master. Diane Edison offers a new approach that explains traditional techniques and materials, but also emphasizes expression and creativity. Edison wants the new painter to feel fearless and free to experiment. Her method, honed though years of teaching painting and drawing, quickly overcomes the stiff, forced feeling experienced by most beginning painters. She believes that the dynamic use of color is the key to unlocking and understanding the possibilities in painting, and she offers a practical introduction to color theory and design to point the way.
Her book includes inspiring art, much of it contemporary, along with clear instructional illustrations; her step-by-step exercises have been tested on hundreds of students with no prior painting experience. A successful artist herself, with an unmistakable personal style, Edison shares not only knowledge and experience, but also a strong sense of what it means to be an artist."

Call number: ND1471 .E35 2008

Eastern Religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Shinto - Publisher's Marketing: "This fascinating volume provides a concise, illustrated introduction to five of the great religious traditions of the world--Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Confucianism, and Shinto.
Buddhism, one of the world's great religious traditions, attracts millions of modern-day followers. Hinduism, one of the most ancient of all belief systems, is increasingly well known in the West through expatriate Indian communities. Taoism has been an important influence on Western thinking, especially through the impact of the Tao Te Ching. Confucianism, less metaphysical in its principles, emphasizes family values and the role of the individual within the state. And Shinto, distinctively Japanese in character, is the most animistic of the great religions, based on a belief in numerous individual spirits. The contributors explore a great variety of topics within these religions, including: the life of the Buddha; karma and rebirth; inspiring teachers and gurus; the life of Confucius; sacred Taoist texts; the epics of the Ramayana and Mahabharata; holy landscapes, shrines, and festivals; enlightenment; and--for all the faiths--the spiritual and ethical teachings, art and architecture, sacred writings, ritual and ceremony, and death and the afterlife.
Also included are extracts from or summaries of historical texts, with author commentaries that explain the significance of each piece and place in its full context. Authoritative and accessible, Eastern Religions provides a gateway for all those in the West who wish to move one step closer to the spirit of the East."

Call number: BL1055 .E25 2005

Edgar Degas: The Many Dimensions of a Master French Impressionist: An Exhibition

Call number: N6853.D33 A4 1994

Gypsy - Summary: "Mama Rose lives to see her daughter June succeed on Broadway by way of Vaudeville."

Call number: PN1995.9.M86 G97 2000 DVD

House Beautiful Decorate for the Christmas Season - Publisher's Marketing: "Here are all of the magazine's very best, most creative ideas, all gathered in one elegant, lushly illustrated volume, rich with imaginative plans for decorating during this most festive season. Christmas angels nestle in yards of pleated silk ribbon, and holly and ivy brighten mantels. Dozens of wonderful trees and unique ornaments, as well as beautiful ideas for wrapping gifts, bring the Christmas spirit to life."

Call number: NK2115.5 .C44 2003

I've Loved You So Long - Summary: "This powerful story of familial struggles and redemption follows a shell-shocked Juliette (Scott Thomas), who returns to live with he young sister Lea (Zylberstein) after being banished from the family for 15 years."

Call number: PN1997 Ive L6843 2009 DVD

There's No Business Like Show Business - Summary: "The story of a vaudeville couple and their children spans the world wars. Features Irving Berlin songs."

Call number: PN1995.9.M86 T54 2001 DVD

J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax

Call number: Ref HJ4652 .J2

Landscape After Battle - Summary: "With its breathtaking cinematography, this film is a romantic yet fatalistic fable of budding love and the war that would not end. Based on Tadeusz Borowski's stories. Official Selection at Cannes Film Festival."

Call number: PN1997 Landsc A48 2003 DVD

Lions for Lambs - Summary: "An idealistic professor (Redford), a charismatic U.S. Senator (Cruise) and a probing TV journalist (Streep) have opposing viewpoints about the actions of our nation and the attitudes of its citizens. But the human consequences of war become chillingly clear for two of the professor's former students, who find themselves trapped behind enemy lines, fighting for freedom... and their very lives."

Call number: PN1997 Lions F6725 2008 DVD

Mame - Summary: "Wiped out by the crash of '29, a woman marries a Georgia millionaire and lives life to the fullest."

Call number: PN1995.9.M86 M357 2007 DVD

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers

Call number: LB2369 .G53 2009

My Fair Lady - Summary: "Supremely assured phoneticist Professor Henry Higgins wagers that under his tutelage, cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle can pass for a duchess at the Embassy Ball."

Call number: PN1995.9.M86 M914 1998 DVD

A Defense of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America: Neal Pollack on John Adams - Publisher's Marketing: "Akashic U.S. Presidents Series, Volume 2. Acclaimed novelist and satirist Neal Pollack analyzes and dissects selected early writings by Founding Father John Adams."

Call number: JK171 .P74 2004

Oklahoma! - Summary: "Cowboy Curly loves Laurey despite hired hand Jud Fry . Rodgers and Hammerstein songs include Oh What a Beautiful Mornin'."

Call number: PN1995.9.M86 .O453 2005 DVD

Oliver! - Summary: "This musical adaptation of Dicken's classic tale follows the adventures of young Oliver Twist, a young orphan who takes to the streets of 19th Century London in order to seek his fortune. "

Call number: PN1995.9.M86 O558 2005 DVD

Paint Your Wagon - Summary: "Prospectors share a wife and a scheme to collect gold dust lost in a California boomtown."

Call number: PN1995.9.M86 P356 2001 DVD

Pippin

Call number: PN1995.9.M86 P577 2000 DVD

South Pacific - Summary: "Navy nurse Nellie falls for mysterious Emile, on a top-secret World War II mission. Songs by Rodgers and Hammerstein."

Call number: PN1995.9.M86 S68 2006 DVD

Call number: PN1995.9.M86 S68 2006 DVD c.2

State Fair - Summary: "Iowans take their son, daughter, prize boar and mincemeat to the state fair. Songs by Rodgers and Hammerstein."

Call number: PN1995.9.M86 S73 2005 DVD

Sweet Charity - Summary: "Love's a dream to a hostess in a seedy New York dance hall. Directed by Bob Fosse. From the Neil Simon play."

Call number: PN1995.9.M86 S944 2003 DVD

That’s entertainment - Summary: "Fred Astaire, Liza Minnelli, Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Elizabeth Taylor, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Mickey Rooney, James Stewart, Bing Crosby and Peter Lawford show clips from 1928-58 MGM musicals."

Call number: PN1995.9.M86 T43 2004 DVD

That's Entertainment, Part 2 - Summary: "Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly bridge sequences featuring about 100 stars from about 75 movies, mostly musicals."

Call number: PN1995.9.M86 T432 2004 DVD

That's Entertainment! III - Summary: "June Allyson, Cyd Charisse, Lena Horne, Howard Keel, Gene Kelly, Ann Miller, Debbie Reynolds, Mickey Rooney and Esther Williams introduce clips from more than 100 MGM musicals."

Call number: PN1995.9.M86 T433 2004 DVD

The Day the War Ended: May 8, 1945--Victory in Europe - Publisher's Marketing: "May 8, 1945, 23:30 hours: With war still raging in the Pacific, peace comes at last in Europe as, one half hour before midnight, the German High Command in Berlin signs the final instrument of surrender. After five years and eight months, the war in Europe is officially over. If you were in Paris, it had ended nine months before, and if you were in Belsen or Dachau concentration camp, it ended with the arrival of British and American tanks in April. If you were serving in the Pacific, your war would not end until August. And indeed, for all too many, the realities of war - the dangers and uncertainties, the hunger and disease - would continue for weeks and even months to come. Yet, for people everywhere, this date took on a significance that has resonated for a half-century. This is the story of that single day fifty years ago and of the days leading to it. Hour by hour, place by place, it recounts the final spasms of a continent in turmoil. Here are the stories of combat soldiers and ordinary civilians, collaborators and resistance fighters, statesmen and war criminals. Here are the victorious, the defeated, the liberated, and the long-subjugated. As with everything he writes, Martin Gilbert chronicles the personal stories as well as the public events, all in vivid, dramatic detail. Stretching across the face of Europe and into Asia, encompassing the United States, Australia, and the Pacific, this book brings alive the last moments in this all-consuming conflict. The book is more than a moment-by-moment account, for Martin Gilbert uses every event as a point of departure, linking each to its long-term consequences over the next half-century. In this way, the events of May 8, 1945, stand out in bold relief, mapping the world to come. The result is a compelling story of our past and a lucid introduction to our present by a consummate historian of our age. Indeed, if we are to understand the world we inherited in 1945, there is no better starting point than The Day the War Ended and no better guide than Martin Gilbert."

Call number: D755.7 .G55 1995

The Devil We Know: Dealing with the New Iranian Superpower - Publisher's Marketing: "Over the past thirty years, while the United States has turned either a blind or dismissive eye, Iran has emerged as a nation every bit as capable of altering America's destiny as traditional superpowers Russia and China. Indeed, one of this book's central arguments is that, in some ways, Iran's grip on America's future is even tighter.
As ex-CIA operative Robert Baer masterfully shows, Iran has maneuvered itself into the elite superpower ranks by exploiting Americans' false perceptions of what Iran is--by letting us believe it is a country run by scowling religious fanatics, too preoccupied with theocratic jostling and terrorist agendas to strengthen its political and economic foundations.
The reality is much more frightening--and yet contained in the potential catastrophe is an implicit political response that, if we're bold enough to adopt it, could avert disaster.
Baer's on-the-ground sleuthing and interviews with key Middle East players--everyone from an Iranian ayatollah to the king of Bahrain to the head of Israel's internal security--paint a picture of the centuries-old Shia nation that is starkly the opposite of the one normally drawn. For example, Iran's hate-spouting President Ahmadinejad is by no means the true spokesman for Iranian foreign policy, nor is Iran making it the highest priority to become a nuclear player.
Even so, Baer has discovered that Iran is currently engaged in a soft takeover of the Middle East, that the proxy method of war-making and co-option it perfected with Hezbollah in Lebanon is being exported throughout the region, that Iran now controls a significant portion of Iraq, that it is extending its influence over Jordan and Egypt, that the Arab Emirates and other Gulf States are being pulled into its sphere, and that it will shortly have a firm hold on the world's oil spigot.
By mixing anecdotes with information gleaned from clandestine sources, Baer superbly demonstrates that Iran, far from being a wild-eyed rogue state, is a rational actor--one skilled in the game of nations and so effective at thwarting perceived Western colonialism that even rival Sunnis relish fighting under its banner.
For U.S. policy makers, the choices have narrowed: either cede the world's most important energy corridors to a nation that can match us militarily with its asymmetric capabilities (which include the use of suicide bombers)--or deal with the devil we know. We might just find that in allying with Iran, we'll have increased not just our own security but that of all Middle East nations.The alternative--to continue goading Iran into establishing hegemony over the Muslim world--is too chilling to contemplate."

Call number: DS318.9 .B34 2008

The First Olympics: Athens 1896 - Summary: "In 1896, a dedicated group of men sets out to do the impossible: organize a global athletic competition in Athens, just as the Ancient Greeks once did. Faced with minimal funding, apathy and harsh opposition, finding a group of loyal and dedicated athletes is no easy feat; nor is completing their difficult journey to Athens. But the team's desire to compete -- and win -- helps re-ignite the Olympic spirit that had been dark for more than 1,500 years."

Call number: PN 1997 Firs O596 2008 DVD

The Little Princess - Summary: "A poor but proud girl searches army hospitals for her father, reported dead in the Boer War."

Call number: PN1995.9.M86 L5885 2000 DVD

The Music Man - Summary: "Meredith Wilson's digitally-remastered classic about a con man's whirlwind visit to a small Iowa town comes from Broadway to the big screen with all-American energy, and features the timeless songs, "76 Trombones," "Till There Was You," "Ya Got Trouble," "Gary Indiana," and many more."

Call number: PN1995.9.M86 M87 1999 DVD

The Pajama Game - Summary: "The leader of a pajama-factory grievance committee falls in love with her management foe."

Call number: PN1995.9.M86 P358 1999 DVD

The Pirates of Penzance

Call number: PN1995.9.M86 P573 1999 DVD

The Sixties - Publisher's Marketing: "The Sixties explores the significant political, foreign policy and social events from the 1960 Greensboro sit-ins and presidential campaign to the high tide of women's liberation and U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam in 1973. By examining the dramatic era chronologically and thematically, the author demonstrates that what really made the period unique were the various 'movements' that merged with the counterculture to form a "sixties culture". After 1968, these same movements advocated liberation and empowerment-and changed America forever."

Call number: E841 .A54 1999

The Writer's Market

Call number: Ref PN161 .W83

Wuthering Heights

Call number: PN1997 Wuth H45 2001 DVD

Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns - Summary: "A funny, moving romantic drama about the power of love and family, Lionsgates TYLER PERRYS MEET THE BROWNS marks another winning portrayal of life by writer/director/actor Tyler Perry (DIARY OF A MAD BLACK WOMAN, MADEAS FAMILY REUNION) and features a return to the big screen by Madea, the indomitable, law-breaking, fun-loving grandma. A single mother living in inner city Chicago, Brenda has been struggling for years to make ends meet and keep her three kids off the street. But when shes laid off with no warning, she starts losing hope for the first time until a letter arrives announcing the death of a father shes never met. Desperate for any kind of help, Brenda takes her family to Georgia for the funeral. But nothing could have prepared her for the Browns, her fathers fun-loving, crass Southern clan. In a small-town world full of long afternoons and country fairs, Brenda struggles to get to know the family she never knew existed!and finds a brand new romance that just might change her life. Based on the popular stage production of the same name, TYLER PERRYS MEET THE BROWNS is a charming story about the joys of family, and the possibility of second chances. TYLER PERRYS MEET THE BROWNS was written and directed by Tyler, and produced by Reuben Cannon."

Call number: PN1997 Meet T4323 2008 DVD

Yankee Doodle Dandy - Summary: "Song-and-dance man George M. Cohan recalls his life from a youth in vaudeville to later success. Directed by Michael Curtiz. Best actor Oscar for Cagney."

Call number: PN1995.9.M86 .Y36 2003 DVD

Yours, Mine and Ours - Summary: "A widow with eight children meets, courts and weds a widowed Navy officer with a brood of 10."

Call number: PN1997 Yours M56 2001 DVD

Zemsta - Summary: "A hilarious tale of two 17th century aristocratic families divided by love, greed and, oh yes, a crumbling stone wall dividing their castle in two parts. The feuding noblemen try to outwit one another for romance and control over their realm."

Call number: PN1997 Zems T4327 2003 DVD

In readable, down-to-earth prose, "A Balanced Life" teaches family and friends what they can expect from those they love who have mental health problems. It offers nine clear-cut strategies for implementing a plan to support them, including how to:
- assist a loved one in developing healthy self-esteem. - accept mental illness as a fact of life. - identify early warning signs that precede a more difficult phase of the illness. - create a supportive network of family and friends.
Each strategy is illustrated by inspiring stories of real people who have put the principles into practice, and is followed by key questions that probe readers to ponder their own situations. This is "the" guide to bringing order to chaos, providing a framework for reactions to the person who has a mental illness. It clarifies expectations and offers advice and encouragement."

Call number: RC439.5 .S646 2008

A Christmas Beginning - Publisher's Marketing: "Whatever the season, a new novel by bestselling author Anne Perry is always a wonderful gift, but her holiday novels are particularly special treats, and A Christmas Beginning is a deeply felt story of passion and redemption.
Superintendent Runcorn of Scotland Yard is spending Christmas on the wild and beautiful island of Anglesey off the north coast of Wales. On one of his solitary strolls, the lonely bachelor stumbles upon a lifeless body in the village churchyard. The unfortunate victim is quickly identified as Olivia Costain, the local vicar's younger sister.
In life, Olivia had been a free spirit, full of charm and grace. For Runcorn, she is a haunting reminder of Melisande Ewart, the one woman he's never been able to forget. Everyone on Anglesey is quick to insist that only a stranger to the island could have committed the heinous crime. But the evidence proves otherwise, and the unpopular work of discovering who among Olivia's friends and neighbors-and numerous eligible suitors-is a ruthless killer falls to Runcorn. A plebian outsider in the drawing rooms of the snobbish local gentry, Runcorn never dreams that the key that will unlock the secrets of Olivia's life and death may also, miraculously, open the door to a new future for himself."

Call number: PR6066.E693 C465 2007

Academic Libraries: Their Rationale and Role in American Higher Education - Publisher's Marketing: "At the end of the 20th century, college and university libraries face enormous challenges and opportunities. As campuses move into the information age, the mission and role of the library is being redefined. While the amount of information libraries need to acquire continues to increase, the resources available to do so are insufficient. Moreover, administrators need to assess the relationship between the library and the computer center, as both fight for limited resources. This book offers academic administrators and librarians a better understanding of the issues facing the library during this time of change and the role of the library in the evolving campus of the future. Chapters are written by expert contributors, who reflect a range of perspectives and experience. The authors treat such current and emerging issues as the future of printed material in the library, the role of the library in instruction, the library and the larger campus community, the training and development of personnel for the future, library expenditures at a time when technology quickly becomes obsolete, and the future of academic libraries."

Call number: Z675.U5 M36 1995

Alain L. Locke: Biography of a Philosopher - Publisher's Marketing: "Alain L. Locke (1886-1954), in his famous 1925 anthology "The New Negro," declared that "the pulse of the Negro world has begun to beat in Harlem." Often called the father of the Harlem Renaissance, Locke had his finger directly on that pulse, promoting, influencing, and sparring with such figures as Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Jacob Lawrence, Richmond Barthe, William Grant Still, Booker T. Washington, W. E. B. Du Bois, Ralph Bunche, and John Dewey. The long-awaited first biography of this extraordinarily gifted philosopher and writer, "Alain L. Locke "narrates the untold story of his profound impact on twentieth-century America's cultural and intellectual life. Leonard Harris and Charles Molesworth trace this story through Locke's Philadelphia upbringing, his undergraduate years at Harvard--where William James helped spark his influential engagement with pragmatism--and his tenure as the first African American Rhodes Scholar. The heart of their narrative illuminates Locke's heady years in 1920s New York City and his forty-year career at Howard University, where he helped spearhead the adult education movement of the 1930s and wrote on topics ranging from the philosophy of value to the theory of democracy. Harris and Molesworth show that throughout this illustrious career--despite a formal manner that many observers interpreted as elitist or distant--Locke remained a warm and effective teacher and mentor, as well as a fierce champion of literature and art as means of breaking down barriers between communities. The multifaceted portrait that emerges from this engaging account effectively reclaims Locke's rightful place in the pantheon of America's most important minds."

Call number: E185.97.L79 H37 2008

Ask & Tell: Gay and Lesbian Veterans Speak Out - Publisher's Marketing: "Don't Ask, Don't Tell was the directive of President Clinton's 1993 military policy regarding gay and lesbian soldiers. This volume recovers the lost voices of those who served in silence, offering a rich chronicle of the history of gay and lesbian service in the U.S. military from World War II to the Iraq War. Drawing on more than 50 interviews with gay and lesbian veterans, Estes charts the evolution of policy toward homosexuals in the military over the past 65 years, uncovering the ways that silence about sexuality and military service has affected the identities of gay veterans. Far from undermining national security, unit cohesion, or troop morale, Estes demonstrates, these veterans strengthened the U.S. military in times of war and peace. He also examines challenges to the ban on homosexual service, placing them in the context of the wider movement for gay rights and gay liberation."

Call number: UB418.G38 E77 2007

Baptism by Fire: Eight Presidents Who Took Office in Times of Crisis - Publisher's Marketing: "Americans have long been defined by how they face adversity. This is perhaps nowhere more evident than in how the nation's chief executive has tackled myriad issues upon entering the White House. The ways that U.S. presidents handle the vast responsibilities of the Oval Office determine the fate of the nation---and, in many cases, the fate of the world.In this fascinating narrative, presidential historian Mark Updegrove looks at eight U.S. presidents who inherited unprecedented crises immediately upon assuming the reigns of power. George Washington led a fragile and fledgling nation while defining the very role of the presidency. When Thomas Jefferson entered the White House, he faced a nation bitterly divided by a two-party schism far more severe than anything encountered today. John Tyler stepped into the office of the presidency during the constitutional crisis left by the first death of a sitting president. Abraham Lincoln inherited a divided nation on the brink of war. Franklin D. Roosevelt sought to quell America's fears during the depths of the Great Depression. His successor, Harry S. Truman, was sworn in as commander in chief at the close of World War II, and John F. Kennedy stepped into the increasingly heated atmosphere of the cold war. In the wake of Watergate, the first unelected president, Gerald R. Ford, aimed to end America's "long national nightmare."As the forty-fourth president takes office, Updegrove presents a timely look at these chief executives and the challenges they faced. In examining the ways in which presidents have addressed crises, "Baptism by Fire" illustrates the importance of character in leadership--and in the resilience of America itself."

Call number: E176.1 .U688 2009

Battles in Britain and their Political Background, 1066-1746

Call number: DA50 .S47 1997

Bernanos: An Ecclesial Existence

Call number: PQ2603.E5875 Z613 1996

Beyond Einstein: The Cosmic Quest for the Theory of the Universe - Publisher's Marketing: ""Beyond Einstein" takes readers on an exciting excursion into the discoveries that have led scientists to the brightest new prospect in theoretical physics today -- superstring theory. What is superstring theory and why is it important? This revolutionary breakthrough may well be the
fulfillment of Albert Einstein's lifelong dream of a Theory of Everything, uniting the laws of physics into a single description explaining all the known forces in the universe. Co-authored by one of the leading pioneers in superstrings, Michio Kaku, and completely revised and updated with the newest groundbreaking research, the book approaches scientific questions with the excitement of a detective story, offering a fascinating look at the new science that may make the impossible possible."

Call number: QC173.7 .K35 1995

Beyond the Great Wall: Recipes and Travels in the Other China - Publisher's Marketing: "In the West, when we think about food in China, what usually comes to mind are the signature dishes of Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai. But beyond the urbanized eastern third of China lie the high open spaces and sacred places of Tibet, the Silk Road oases of Xinjiang, the steppelands of Inner Mongolia, and the steeply terraced hills of Yunnan and Guizhou. The peoples who live in these regions are culturally distinct, with their own history and their own unique culinary traditions. In "Beyond the Great Wall," the inimitable duo of Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid--who first met as young travelers in Tibet--bring home the enticing flavors of this other China.
For more than twenty-five years, both separately and together, Duguid and Alford have journeyed all over the outlying regions of China, sampling local home cooking and street food, making friends and taking lustrous photographs. "Beyond the Great Wall" shares the experience in a rich mosaic of recipes--from Central Asian cumin-scented kebabs and flatbreads to Tibetan stews and Mongolian hot pots--photos, and stories. A must-have for every food lover, and an inspiration for cooks and armchair travelers alike."

Call number: TX724.5.T55 A44 2008

Bodies of Inscription: A Cultural History of the Modern Tattoo Community - Publisher's Marketing: "Since the 1980s, tattooing has emerged anew in the United States as a widely appealing cultural, artistic, and social form. In "Bodies of Inscription" Margo DeMello explains how elite tattooists, magazine editors, and leaders of tattoo organizations have downplayed the working-class roots of tattooing in order to make it more palatable for middle-class consumption. She shows how a completely new set of meanings derived primarily from non-Western cultures has been created to give tattoos an exotic, primitive flavor.
Community publications, tattoo conventions, articles in popular magazines, and DeMello's numerous interviews illustrate the interplay between class, culture, and history that orchestrated a shift from traditional Americana and biker tattoos to new forms using Celtic, tribal, and Japanese images. DeMello's extensive interviews reveal the divergent yet overlapping communities formed by this class-based, American-style repackaging of the tattoo. After describing how the tattoo has moved from a mark of patriotism or rebellion to a symbol of exploration and status, the author returns to the predominantly middle-class movement that celebrates its skin art as spiritual, poetic, and self-empowering. Recognizing that the term "community" cannot capture the variations and class conflict that continue to thrive within the larger tattoo culture, DeMello finds in the discourse of tattooed people and their artists a new and particular sense of community and explores the unexpected relationship between this discourse and that of other social movements.
This ethnography of tattooing in America makes a substantive contribution to the history of tattooing in addition to relatinghow communities form around particular traditions and how the traditions themselves change with the introduction of new participants. "Bodies of Inscription" will have broad appeal and will be enjoyed by readers interested in cultural studies, American studies, sociology, popular culture, and body art."

Call number: GT2346.U6 D45 2000

In this work of extraordinary charm, grace, and good humor, McMurtry recounts his life as both a reader and a writer, how the countless books he has read worked to form his literary tastes, while giving us a lively look at the eccentrics who collect, sell, or simply lust after rare volumes. "Books: A Memoir "is like the best kind of diary -- full of McMurtry's wonderful anecdotes, amazing characters, engaging gossip, and shrewd observations about authors, book people, literature, and the author himself. At once chatty, revealing, and deeply satisfying, Books is, like McMurtry, erudite, life loving, and filled with excellent stories. It is a book to be savored and enjoyed again and again."

Call number: PS3563.A319 Z46 2008

Breaking Dawn - Publisher's Marketing: "When you loved the one who was killing you, it left you no options. How could you run, how could you fight, when doing so would hurt that beloved one? If your life was all you had to give, how could you not give it? If it was someone you truly loved?
To be irrevocably in love with a vampire is both fantasy and nightmare woven into a dangerously heightened reality for Bella Swan. Pulled in one direction by her intense passion for Edward Cullen, and in another by her profound connection to werewolf Jacob Black, a tumultuous year of temptation, loss, and strife have led her to the ultimate turning point. Her imminent choice to either join the dark but seductive world of immortals or to pursue a fully human life has become the thread from which the fates of two tribes hangs.
Now that Bella has made her decision, a startling chain of unprecedented events is about to unfold with potentially devastating, and unfathomable, consequences. Just when the frayed strands of Bella's life-first discovered in "Twilight," then scattered and torn in "New Moon" and "Eclipse"-seem ready to heal and knit together, could they be destroyed... forever?
The astonishing, breathlessly anticipated conclusion to the Twilight Saga, "Breaking Dawn" illuminates the secrets and mysteries of this spellbinding romantic epic that has entranced millions."

Call number: PS3613.E979 B74 2008

Capitalism: A Very Short Introduction - Publisher's Marketing: "This Introduction explores the origins of capitalism and questions whether it did indeed originate in Europe. It examines a distinctive stage in the development of capitalism that began in the 1980s, in order to understand where we are now and how capitalism has evolved since. The book discusses the crisis tendencies of capitalism--including the S.E. Asian banking crisis, the collapse of the Russian economy, and the 1997-1998 global financial crisis--asking whether capitalism is doomed to fail. In the end, the author ruminates on a possible alternative to capitalism, discussing socialism, communal and cooperative experiments, and alternatives proposed by environmentalists."

Call number: HB501 .F769 2004

His book exposes the hidden agendas of all sides, revealing how:

* The conservative opposition to affirmative action preaches equality in college admissions, yet guts programs that help poor kids get in the running.

* The higher education establishment feeds lies to the federal courts and the public about the benefits of affirmative action, and attempts to squelch any talk about how selective colleges' favoritism toward the privileged undermines professed commitments to diversity.

* Affirmative action has evolved from a means of bringing about social justice into a tool colleges cynically use to sell themselves and attract corporate support.

* Lower and middle class students of all races are being lost in the affirmative action struggle.

The underlying premise is that affirmative action is a band aid used to hide a very deep wound that neither side of the debate has much interest in treating any time soon. The real winners in the war over college affirmative action are rich white kids, whose spot on the inside track is secure no matter which side comes out on top. The real losers are African- American, Hispanic, and Asian-American kids, who continue to have the deck stacked against them, and those worthy white kids who lack cash and connections and find their futures sacrificed by colleges for "diversity" and the almighty dollar. Unafraid to shine a harsh light on schools such as Harvard, the University of Michigan, Princeton, and the University of California, this is a startling and brave book that will inspire a national dialogue on class, race, and education."

Call number: LC213.52 .S35 2007

Columbus: And the Conquest of the Impossible - Publisher's Marketing: "A highly readable, controversial portrait of a man driven by religion and, at best, a primitive navigator barely able to use his ship's instruments. A pre-eminent historian calls into question earlier findings by himself and other scholars. A new introduction and updates reassess Columbus's skills, motivations, and beliefs-placing him firmly in the context of his own time. ..."In a class of his own for serious scholarship."--"Spectator"

Call number: E111 .F36 2000

Core Concepts in Health

Call number: RA776 .C83 2004

Criminal Justice Today: An Introductory Text for the Twenty-first Century

Call number: HV9950 .S35 2005

Desecration - Publisher's Marketing: "Nicolae Carpathia, now the total embodiment of evil desecrates the temple in Jerusalem by entering and declaring himself god. The explosive ninth book in the "Left Behind" series will carry the world to the brink of Armageddon."

Call number: PS3562.A315 D47 2001

Diverse Learners in the Mainstream Classroom: Strategies for Supporting All Students Across Content Areas - Publisher's Marketing: "Today's classrooms are filled with diverse students with a variety of needs and abilities, including English language learners, students with disabilities, and gifted/talented students. While diversity is enriching, it also brings challenges, especially in a time when all students are expected to meet standards and perform on mandated tests. "Diverse Learners in Mainstream Classrooms" is the first comprehensive book to bring together information about a wide range of diverse learners from PreK through high school, offering strategies and practices teachers can use to ensure that "all" learners succeed. "Diverse Learners in Mainstream Classrooms "presents research-based and classroom-based approaches for working effectively with diverse students across the content areas. Written in a reader-friendly, accessible style, it provides everything from the big picture to the everyday details teachers want: an overview of the basic principles of high-quality instruction for special learning groups discussion of the specific characteristics of the diverse populations teachers are most likely to encounter and the kind of teaching that helps them achieve demonstration scenarios with explicit connections to standards detailed, ready-to-use applications for effective, inclusive teaching in math, literacy, and social studies ideas for using digital technology and a multiple-intelligence framework to help differentiate and scaffold instruction for all learners key terms and acronyms related to each of the types of learners. Several books in one, "Diverse Learners in Mainstream Classrooms" finally unites information on teaching a wide variety of special student populations into one helpful, practical guide. Now any teacher can find the solutions they need for working with diverse students."

Call number: LC1201 .D58 2008

Emilio's Carnival

Call number: PQ4841.C482 S8413 2001

English, Yes!: Learning English Through Literature

Call number: PE1128 .G6183 1996

Ettore Sottsass - Publisher's Marketing: "The work of architect and designer Ettore Sottsass encapsulates the italian achievement in design since the Second World War., This book examines the paradoxes and contradictions of his career."

Call number: NK1535.S58 B87 1991b

Supported by affluent countries, foundations, and non-governmental organizations, the population control movement experimented with ways to limit population growth. But it had to contend with the Catholic Church's ban on contraception and nationalist leaders who warned of "race suicide." The ensuing struggle caused untold suffering for those caught in the middle--particularly women and children. It culminated in the horrors of sterilization camps in India and the one-child policy in China.

Matthew Connelly offers the first global history of a movement that changed how people regard their children and ultimately the face of humankind. It was the most ambitious social engineering project of the twentieth century, one that continues to alarm the global community. Though promoted as a way to lift people out of poverty--perhaps even to save the earth--family planning became a means to plan other people's families.

With its transnational scope and exhaustive research into such archives as Planned Parenthood and the newly opened Vatican Secret Archives, Connelly's withering critique uncovers the cost inflicted by a humanitarian movement gone terribly awry and urges renewed commitment to the reproductive rights of all people."

Call number: HB883.5 .C65 2008

Finding Your Famous & Infamous Ancestors: Uncover the Celebrities, Rogues, and Royals in Your Family Tree - Publisher's Marketing: ""Am I related to someone famous?" is one of the first questions many people want to know when they become interested in genealogy. In fact, this question often sparks people to begin the climb up their family tree. Or, they might receive offers through the mail for their "family crest," complete with a generic summary of their family name, then wonder if they could be descended from royalty."

Call number: CS49 .M35 2003

Fleece Navidad (Knitting Mysteries) - Publisher's Marketing: "A special holiday knitting mystery from the national bestselling author of "Dyer Consequences" with delicious recipes and knitting patterns!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas for the knitters of Fort Connor, Colorado, who are furiously working on their holiday projects. Juliet, the towns "little brown wren" librarian, is known for her beautiful handmade Christmas capes, and she has extra reason to be joyful this year - she's in love. But as soon as she finds happiness, death finds her.

Suspicion falls on a newcomer to the knitting group, but Kelly Flynn and the rest of the crew aren't convinced of this person's guilt. It's up to them to separate the true lion from the lambs before someone else gets fleeced."

Call number: PS3619.E37 F64 2008

Mao: The Unknown Story - Publisher's Marketing: "Based on a decade of meticulous research and on unprecedented interviews with Chairman Mao's inner circle and virtually everyone outside China who had significant dealings with him, this authoritative biography will radically change readers' understanding of one of the major political figures of the 20th century. 32 pages of photos & maps."

Call number: DS778.M3 C38 2006

Memories of Midnight - Publisher's Marketing: "In The Other Side of Midnight, Sheldon's characters played the ultimate game of love, lust, and death. In Memories of Midnight, the survivors meet to play one last time."

Call number: PS3569.H3927 M4 1990

Memory Babe - Publisher's Marketing: "In 1969 Jack Kerouac died a premature death. While his legendary lifestyle and unique creative talent made him a hero in his lifetime, his literary influence has grown steadily since. With "Memory Babe" (a childhood nickname honoring Kerouac's feats of memory), Gerald Nicosia gives us a complete biography of Jack Kerouac--an honest, discriminating and, above all, compassionate assessment. This edition is enhanced by many rare photographs never before published."

Call number: PS3521.E735 Z79 1994

Miami: The Magic City

Call number: F319.M6 M646 2000

Mind Siege: The Battle for the Truth - Publisher's Marketing: "Popular author Dr. Tim LaHaye provides encouragement and practical suggestions for evangelical Christians to return families, churches, schools, and our country to moral and spiritual truth. The Prologue to "Mind Siege" is fiction--written in the trademark LaHaye style--vividly illustrating the importance of the battle for the mind."

Call number: BT1102 .L257 2000

Nicolae: The Rise of the Antichrist - Publisher's Marketing: "The third book in the saga of "those left behind". The Tribulation Force, made up of pilot Rayford Steele, his daughter Chloe, and reporter Buck Williams, continues its adventures after the Rapture. The trio faces political and environmental dangers as the world is confronted by cataclysmic Earth-threatening challenges."

Call number: PS3562.A315 N53 1997

No-Nonsense Cover Letters: The Essential Guide to Creating Attention-Grabbing Cover Letters That Get Interviews & Job Offers - Publisher's Marketing: "In today's competitive job market, if your cover letter doesn't grab the interviewer's attention, he or she may never even glance at your resume. No-Nonsense Cover Letters gives you the powerful, practical tools to write attention-grabbing cover letters that complement your resume and get you more interviews and job offers."

Call number: HF5383 .E47894 2007

Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 for Dummies - Publisher's Marketing: "New and inexperienced PowerPoint users will discover how to use the latest enhancements to PowerPoint 2007 quickly and efficiently so that they can produce unique and informative presentations PowerPoint continues to be the world's most popular presentation software This updated For Dummies guide shows users different ways to create powerful and effective slideshow presentations that incorporate data from other applications in the form of charts, clip art, sound, and video Shares the key features of PowerPoint 2007 including creating and editing slides, working with hyperlinks and action buttons, and preparing presentations for the Web"

Call number: T385 .L6928 2007

The Art & Soul of Baking - Publisher's Marketing: "As the second title in Sur LaTable's namesake cookbook series, "The Art & Soul of Baking" focuses on the largest specialty demographic within the culinary market--baking."

Call number: TX765 .M87 2008

The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World - Publisher's Marketing: "Niall Ferguson tells the human story behind the evolution of money, from its origins in ancient Mesopotamia to the latest Wall Street upheavals. The author shows that finance is, in fact, the foundation of human progress."

Call number: HG171 .F47 2008

The Ball Is Round: A Global History of Soccer - Publisher's Marketing: "The definitive book about soccer. With a new foreword for the American edition. There may be no cultural practice more global than soccer. Rites of birth and marriage are infinitely diverse, but the rules of soccer are universal. No world religion can match its geographical scope. The single greatest simultaneous human collective experience is the World Cup final. In this extraordinary tour de force, David Goldblatt tells the full story of soccer's rise from chaotic folk ritual to the world's most popular sport-now poised to fully establish itself in the USA. Already celebrated internationally, "The Ball Is Round" illuminates soccer's role in the political and social histories of modern societies, but never loses sight of the beauty, joy, and excitement of the game itself."

Call number: GV942.5 .G65 2008

The Big Three in Economics: Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and John Maynard Keynes

Call number: HB76 .S58 2007

At six years of age, after winning a foot race against a white classmate, Jennifer Baszile was humiliated to hear her classmate explain that black people "have something in their feet to make them run faster than white people." When she asked her teacher about it, it was confirmed as true. The next morning, Jennifer's father accompanied her to school, careful to "assert himself as an informed and concerned parent and not simply a big, black, dangerous man in a first-grade classroom."

This was the first of many skirmishes in Jennifer's childhood-long struggle to define herself as "the black girl next door" while living out her parents' dreams. Success for her was being the smartest and achieving the most, with the consequence that much of her girlhood did not seem like her own but more like the "family project." But integration took a toll on everyone in the family when strain in her parents' marriage emerged in her teenage years, and the struggle to be the perfect black family became an unbearable burden.

A deeply personal view of a significant period of American social history, "The Black Girl Next Door" deftly balances childhood experiences with adult observations, creating an illuminating and poignant look at a unique time in our country's history."

Call number: F869.P25 B37 2009

The Classical Greeks - Publisher's Marketing: "The Golden Age of ancient Greek city-state civilization lasted from 490 to 336 B.C., the period between the first wars against Persia and Carthage and the ascension of Alexander the Great. Never has there been such a multiplication of talents and genius within so limited a period. An astonishing period caught at the height of its powers by an eminent historian. "Michael Grant never fails to be lively and well informed and he has done more, single-handedly, to blow the dust of the classical world than any comparable populariser."--Sunday Times. "Grant is a unique figure among the classical scholars of our time."--Spectator."

Call number: DF214 .G776 2001

The Complete Book of M*A*S*H

Call number: PN1992.77.M2854 K3 1984

The Creative Community College: Leading Change Through Innovation

Call number: LB2328 .C84 2008

The End of Polio: A Global Effort to End a Disease - Publisher's Marketing: "Internationally acclaimed photographer Sebastiao Salgado offers an inspiring and poignant chronicle of the global initiative to eradicate polio."

Call number: RA644.P9 S35 2003

The Mark: The Beast Rules the World - Publisher's Marketing: "Book No. 8 of the "Left Behind" series picks up where "The Indwelling" leaves off, as back-from-the-dead Nicolae Carpathia officially takes his place as the Antichrist and begins his reign of terror over the Earth. In an effort to control a world spinning out of control, the technology exists to place "the mark of the beast" on every human."

Call number: PS3562.A315 M3 2000

This handy, compact guide was written by a team of clinicians for everyday use. Designed for maximum clinical utility, the new "Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy" makes it easy to find the right information, right when it is needed. It is a must-have for medical students, residents, practicing physicians, nurses, and allied health professionals.

Featuring: All new "approach" chapters All-new abstract summaries 341 total chapters 34 completely new chapters 69 new illustrations New cross-referencing Two-color presentation Brand new content on: critical care medicine, metabolic syndrome, acute lung injury, biological warfare and terrorism, SARS, smallpox, and more."

Call number: Ref RM127 .M4 2006

Despite never being, as he admits, the best communicator, the most talented manager, or the smartest guy in the room, Gene Bedell quickly worked his way up the corporate ladder--accumulating career earnings that put him among the country's top one percent of earners while doing what he loved and always putting family first. By looking at his own career and the careers of others who have achieved Outstanding Success--people who all started with nothing--he found it was possible for those who put their minds to it to become wealthy while spending their careers doing work they love.

Now, in "The Millionaire in the Mirror," Bedell reveals how you too can find career fulfillment while earning millions--without social connections, an Ivy League education, an MBA, or the kind of earth-shattering managerial talent that makes the world take notice--and how you can do it without destroying your personal life, resorting to hucksters' get-rich-quick schemes, or opting out of a traditional career path.

Inside you'll find the seven success strategies that will revitalize your days at work, helpful tips for getting "unstuck" at any age or phase of your career, and answers to the crucial career questions that are asked far too infrequently. Approachable but authoritative, this is the book for everyday people who have extraordinary potential. If you have the desire and drive to achieve truly Outstanding Success, you can turn the person you see in the mirror into the millionaire you're destined to become."

Call number: HF5386 .B355 2008

The book argues that technological change, education, and inequality have been involved in a kind of race. During the first eight decades of the twentieth century, the increase of educated workers was higher than the demand for them. This had the effect of boosting income for most people and lowering inequality. However, the reverse has been true since about 1980. This educational slow-down was accompanied by rising inequality. The authors discuss the complex reasons for this, and what might be done to ameliorate it."

Call number: LC66 .G65 2008

The Real Ebonics Debate - Publisher's Marketing: "When the Oakland school board issued a resolution calling for schools to acknowledge the reality of black English in the classroom, a huge national outcry and media frenzy arose. The debate about "Ebonics" made national headlines, quickly became politicized and divisive, opened wounds about ra ce, then faded from public consciousness.
But in the classrooms of America, the question of how to engage the distinctive language of many African-American children remains urgent. In The Real Ebonics Debate, some of our most important progressive educators, linguists, and writers, as well as teachers and students reporting from the field, examine the lessons of the Ebonics controversy and unravel the complexities of the issue, covering realities never acknowledged by the media. They discuss the meaning of th e political debate; they think through the detailed dynamics of teacher-student interaction; and they give wonderfully precise linguistic insight into the structure and uses of African-American English--from colloquial speech to the literary voice of Toni Morrison.
The Real Ebonics Debate cuts to the heart of how America educates African-American children. It will have immediate and enduring value for anyone thinking about race and schools."

Call number: LC2778.L34 R43 1998

The Study of Anglicanism

Call number: BX5005 .S78 1998

Washington Goes to War - Publisher's Marketing: "From one of America's most celebrated television newscasters comes an irresistible, wonderfully anecdotal social and political portrait of Washington during World War II."

Call number: D769.85.D6 B75 1988

Information Seeking in Electronic Environments - Publisher's Marketing: "In the computer age, it is essential for individuals to develop skills and strategies for manipulating, storing, and retrieving electronic information. This book considers how electronic technologies have changed these skills and strategies and augmented the fundamental human activity of information seeking. Writing from the point of view of the user rather than the computer, the author makes a case for creating new interface designs that allow information seekers to choose what strategy to apply according to their immediate needs. Such systems may be designed by providing information seekers with alternative interface mechanisms for displaying and manipulating multiple levels of representation for information objects. This book is multidisciplinary in approach and aims to bridge the perspectives of information science, computer science and education. It will be essential reading for researchers and graduate students in these fields."

Call number: QA76.9.H85 M38 1997

Instructor’s Resource Manual for Woolfolk Educational Psychology, 9th edition

Call number: LB1051 .O36 2005

Instructor’s Resource Manual with Tests, Anthropology, 11th edition

Call number: GN25.E45 E455 2005

The three works anthologized here are essential to understanding the spiritual, meditative, and physical basis of all classical Japanese creative and martial arts. Living the Japanese Arts & Ways covers key concepts--like wabi and "stillness in motion"--while the other two books show the reader how to use brush calligraphy (shodo) and flower arranging (ikebana) to achieve mind-body unification. Illustrated with diagrams, drawings, and photographs."

Call number: NX165 .D38 2007

The fun and easy way(R) to give a show-stopping interview and land the job you want

Whether you're fresh from the classroom, a prime-timer over 50 -- or somewhere in between -- this friendly, authoritative guide helps you outprepare the competition, overcome your fear of interviewing, and outrageously improve your interviewing success. You meet Internet video interviewing techniques and learn how to present yourself on a global scale. You get new advice on giving targeted responses, pinpointing the critical part of questions, and following up after the interview in this outstanding handbook of contemporary interview arts.

Discover how to:

Give the best answers tomake-or-break questions

Fit your qualifications to a job's requirements

Dress like an insider

Negotiate a better salary

Survive personality tests

Interview across cultures"

Call number: HF5549.5.I6 .K393 2008

Journey - Publisher's Marketing: "Danielle Steel takes readers behind the closed doors of a prominent marriage to explore the private secrets hidden behind public lives. Everyone in Washington, D.C., knows Madeleine and Jack Hunter, and to the rest of the world, theirs is a storybook marriage. But as Maddy's career as a TV anchorwoman soars, she lives her private life in degradation and fear. "Journey" is a book about abuse in its subtlest forms and about hope, change, and daring to be free."

Call number: PS3569.T33828 J68 2000

"I gave birth to one child, a son, but I have thousands of daughters. You are Black and White, Jewish and Muslim, Asian, Spanish speaking, Native Americans and Aleut. You are fat and thin and pretty and plain, gay and straight, educated and unlettered, and I am speaking to you all. Here is my offering to you."
-from "Letter to My Daughter""

Call number: PS3551.N464 Z468 2008

Looking for Information: A Survey of Research on Information Seeking, Needs, and Behavior - Publisher's Marketing: ""Looking for Information" explores human information seeking and use. It provides examples of methods, models and theories used in information behavior research, and reviews more than four decades of research on the topic. The book should prove useful for scholars in related fields, but also for students at the graduate and advanced undergraduate levels. It is intended for use not only in information studies and communication, but also in the disciplines of education, management, business, medicine, nursing, public health, and social work.
This second editon of "Looking for Information" reflects a vastly increased literature on the topic of information behavior. Among the additions are over 400 new citations to relevant works, most of which appeared between March, 2002, and January, 2006. Many new studies are described in the section reviewing research findings (Chapters Eleven and Twelve), Chapter Nine??'s examples of methods, and a widely expanded discussion of theories applied in information behavior research (Chapter Seven).
*Reviews over 1,100 works -- 60% more than the first edition
*Adds many new studies conducted from 2002 to 2006
*Expanded coverage of models and theories of information behavior
*Many new examples of occupations and roles -- the contexts of information seeking"

Call number: ZA3075 .C37 2007

In addition to professional and student models, their own writing as they learn paragraph and essay development. In these chapters, students are prompted to generate their own prose early on and apply the concepts to their own writing. A Focus on Revising and Editing

After covering the extensive Part I on the Writing Process, students will spend time on revising and editing as they learn paragraph and essay development. The author provides detailed revising and editing checklists that guide students through the revision of other students' essays as well as their own work. Extensive Grammar Exercises

MOSAICS provides students with an extensive grammar resource in each text. Kim Flachmann's Identify, Correct, Complete, and Write exercise structure help students progress from multiple choice exercises, to fill-ins, to writing their own grammatically-correct sentences from scratch."

Call number: PE1441 .F48 2002

NSEE : Nursing School Entrance Exams

Call number: RT79 .N74 2009

Robert Louis Stevenson, the Critical Heritage

Call number: PR5496 .R6 1981

People everywhere are proving him right. Read the headlines, watch the highlights, or just step out your front door: Some talented people reach their full potential, while others self-destruct or remain trapped in mediocrity. What makes the difference? Maxwell, the go-to guru for business professionals across the globe, insists that the choices people make-not merely the skills they inherit-propel them onto greatness. Among other truths, successful people know that: Belief lifts your talent. Initiative activates your talent. Focus directs your talent. Preparation positions your talent. Practice sharpens your talent. Perseverance sustains your talent. Character protects your talent. . . . and more!!

It's what you add to your talent that makes the greatest difference. With authentic examples and time-tested wisdom, Maxwell shares thirteen attributes you need to maximize your potential and live the life of your dreams.

You can have talent alone and fall short of your potential. Or you can have talent plus, and really stand out."

Call number: BF431 .M393 2007

Talent Is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else - Publisher's Marketing: " Expanding on a landmark cover story in "Fortune," a top journalist debunks the myths of exceptional performance.
One of the most popular "Fortune" articles in many years was a cover story called "What It Takes to Be Great." Geoff Colvin offered new evidence that top performers in any field--from Tiger Woods and Winston Churchill to Warren Buffett and Jack Welch--are not determined by their inborn talents. Greatness doesnat come from DNA but from practice and perseverance honed over decades.
And not just plain old hard work, like your grandmother might have advocated, but a very specific kind of work. The key is how you practice, how you analyze the results of your progress and learn from your mistakes, that enables you to achieve greatness.
Now Colvin has expanded his article with much more scientific background and real-world examples. He shows that the skills of businessanegotiating deals, evaluating financial statements, and all the restaobey the principles that lead to greatness, so that anyone can get better at them with the right kind of effort. Even the hardest decisions and interactions can be systematically improved.
This new mind-set, combined with Colvinas practical advice, will change the way you think about your job and career - and will inspire you to achieve more in all you do."

Call number: BF481 .C625 2008

There will come a time when you must decide to lead the life someone else has chosen for you...or the life you want.
According to legend, when a young boy asked the great Renaissance artist Michelangelo why he was working so hard hitting the block of marble that would eventually become his greatest sculpture, "David," the artist replied, "Young man, there is an angel inside this rock, and I am setting him free." In "The Angel Inside," the renowned consultant and career coach Chris Widener uses Michelangelo's words to explore the hidden potential that exists within us all.
In this unforgettable tale," " Tom Cook, a disillusioned American businessman, has traveled to Italy looking for direction in his life. In Florence, the last city on his tour, Tom meets a mysterious old man who opens his eyes to the art and life of Michelangelo and reveals what the artist's work can teach him--and all of us--about the power of following your passion.
Among the lessons that Tom learns over the course of the next day:
The beauty is in the details
Your hand creates what your mind conceives
All great accomplishments start with a single swift action
No one begins by creating the Sistine Chapel
Whether you're looking for a way to reinvigorate your career or searching for the courage to begin a new one, THE ANGEL INSIDE is a must-read if you want to find true meaning in your life and work."

Call number: HF5381 .W54 2007

The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious

Call number: BF23 .J763

In The Bear and the Dragon, the future is very near at hand indeed.

Newly elected in his own right, Jack Ryan has found that being President has gotten no easier: domestic pitfalls await him at every turn; there's a revolution in Liberia; the Asian economy is going down the tubes; and now, in Moscow, someone may have tried to take out the chairman of the SVR -- the former KGB -- with a tocket-propelled grenade. Things are unstable enough in Russia without high-level assassination, but even more disturbing may be the identities of the potential assassins. Were they political enemies, the Russian Mafia, or disaffected former KGB? Or, Ryan wonders, is something far more dangerous at work here?

Ryan is right. For even while he dispatches his most trusted eyes and ears, including black ops specialist John Clark, to find out the truth of the matter, forces in China are moving ahead with a plan of truly audacious proportions. If they succeed, the world as we know it will never look the same. If they fail...the consequences will be unspeakable.

Blending the exceptional realism and authenticity that are his hallmarks with intricate plotting, razor-sharp suspense, and a remarkable cast of characters, this is Clancy at his best -- and there is none better."

Call number: PS3553.L245 B42 2000b

The Big Squeeze: Tough Times for the American Worker - Publisher's Marketing: " "The Big Squeeze" takes a fresh, probing, and often shocking look at the stresses and strains faced by tens of millions of American workers as wages have stagnated, health and pension benefits have grown stingier, and job security has shriveled.
Going behind the scenes, Steven Greenhouse tells the stories of software engineers in Seattle, hotel housekeepers in Chicago, call center workers in New York, and janitors in Houston, as he explores why, in the world's most affluent nation, so many corporations are intent on squeezing their workers dry. We meet all kinds of workers: white collar and blue collar, high tech and low tech, middle income and low income; employees who stock shelves during a hurricane while locked inside their store, get fired after suffering debilitating injuries on the job, face egregious sexual harassment, and get laid off when their companies move high-tech operations abroad. We also meet young workers having a hard time starting out and seventy-year-old workers with too little money saved up to retire.
The book explains how economic, business, political, and social trends--among them globalization, the influx of immigrants, and the Wal-Mart effect--have fueled the squeeze. We see how the social contract between employers and employees, guaranteeing steady work and good pensions, has eroded over the last three decades, damaged by massive layoffs of factory and office workers and Wall Street's demands for ever-higher profits. In short, the post-World War II social contract that helped build the world's largest and most prosperous middle class has been replaced by a startling contradiction: corporate profits, economic growth, and worker productivity havegrown strongly while worker pay has languished and Americans face ever-greater pressures to work harder and longer.
Greenhouse also examines companies that are generous to their workers and can serve as models for all of corporate America: Costco, Patagonia, and the casino-hotels of Las Vegas among them. Finally, he presents a series of pragmatic, ready-to-be-implemented suggestions on what government, business, and labor should do to alleviate the squeeze.
A balanced, consistently revealing exploration of a major American crisis."

Call number: HD8072.5 .G74 2008

The Bone Garden - Publisher's Marketing: " Unknown bones, untold secrets, and unsolved crimes from the distant past cast ominous shadows on the present in the dazzling new thriller from New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen.
Present day: Julia Hamill has made a horrifying discovery on the grounds of her new home in rural Massachusetts: a skull buried in the rocky soil-human, female, and, according to the trained eye of Boston medical examiner Maura Isles, scarred with the unmistakable marks of murder. But whoever this nameless woman was, and whatever befell her, is knowledge lost to another time. . . .
Boston, 1830: In order to pay for his education, Norris Marshall, a talented but penniless student at Boston Medical College, has joined the ranks of local "resurrectionists"-those who plunder graveyards and harvest the dead for sale on the black market. Yet even this ghoulish commerce pales beside the shocking murder of a nurse found mutilated on the university hospital grounds. And when a distinguished doctor meets the same grisly fate, Norris finds that trafficking in the illicit cadaver trade has made him a prime suspect.
To prove his innocence, Norris must track down the only witness to have glimpsed the killer: Rose Connolly, a beautiful seamstress from the Boston slums who fears she may be the next victim. Joined by a sardonic, keenly intelligent young man named Oliver Wendell Holmes, Norris and Rose comb the city-from its grim cemeteries and autopsy suites to its glittering mansions and centers of Brahmin power-on the trail of a maniacal fiend who lurks where least expected . . . and who waits for his next lethal opportunity.
With unflagging suspense and pitch-perfect period detail, The BoneGarden deftly interweaves the thrilling narratives of its nineteenth- and twenty-first century protagonists, tracing the dark mystery at its heart across time and place to a finale as ingeniously conceived as it is shocking. Bold, bloody, and brilliant, this is Tess Gerritsen's finest achievement to date.
"An old mystery is crossed with a modern story in the latest from Gerritsen ("The Mephisto Club," 2006, etc.).Julia Hamill, newly divorced and still smarting, purchases an old house outside Boston. Determined to dig a garden, she instead finds the bones of a long-dead woman-the apparent victim of murder-which starts her on a journey to ferret out the story behind her death. Julia connects with Henry, a no-nonsense 89-year-old with boxes of documents that once belonged to the now-deceased previous owner of Julia's home. The two discover a mystery dating back to the 1830s. At the heart of it is a baby named Meggie, born to the beautiful but doomed Irish chambermaid, Aurnia. Married to a man who cares nothing for her, Aurnia lays dying in a maternity ward with her sister, Rose, at her side. Rose, a spirited 17-year-old, takes Meggie to protect her from Aurnia's husband, but soon finds herself the target of a bizarre manhunt. Someone is after the child-and Rose, as well, because she witnessed a horrifying murder. The body count piles up as Rose struggles to remain free of those who would take Meggie from her. Meanwhile, a young medical student becomes the chief suspect of the West End Reaper killings when he stumbles onto another terrible homicide. Although he fights the prospect, eventually he and Rose join forces to solve the murders and protect the baby at the heart of themysterious deaths. Readers with delicate stomachs may find Gerritsen's graphic descriptions of corpse dissection hard to take, but the story, which digs up a dark Boston of times long past, entices readers to keep turning pages long after their bedtimes."
- "Kirkus Reviews "(starred)"

Call number: PS3557.E687 B66 2007

The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty - Publisher's Marketing: " In giving the "Bounty" mutiny its historical due, Alexander has chosen to frame her narrative by focusing on the court-martial of the ten mutineers who were captured in Tahiti and brought to justice in England. This fresh perspective wonderfully revivifies the entire saga."

Call number: DU20 .A53 2003

The Broadway Song Companion: An Annotated Guide to Musical Theatre Literature by Voice Type and Song Style - Publisher's Marketing: "The first complete guide and access point to the vast literature of the Broadway musical for the solo performer. Designed with the working actor in mind, the volume lists every song from over 210 Broadway shows, giving the name of the character(s) who sing(s) the song, its exact vocal range, and categorizing each by song style."

Call number: ML128.M78 D48 1998

The Case for a Creator: A Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence That Points Toward God - Publisher's Marketing: "An award-winning journalist and author reexamines the theories that once led him away from God as he investigates the latest scientific discoveries to see whether they form a solid basis for believing in God. Written in an open, accessible style, this volume invites skeptics and seekers to take another look at the evidence for God."

Call number: BT103 .S77 2004

The City of God Against the Pagans

Call number: PA6156 .A82 v.I-IV

The Films of the Sixties

Call number: PN1997.8 .B7 1990

Education expert Tony Wagner has conducted scores of interviews with business leaders and observed hundreds of classes in some of the nation's most highly regarded public schools. He discovered a profound disconnect between what potential employers are looking for in young people today (critical thinking skills, creativity, and effective communication) and what our schools are providing (passive learning environments and uninspired lesson plans that focus on test preparation and reward memorization).

He explains how every American can work to overhaul our education system, and he shows us examples of dramatically different schools that teach all students new skills. In addition, through interviews with college graduates and people who work with them, Wagner discovers how teachers, parents, and employers can motivate the "net" generation to excellence.

An education manifesto for the twenty-first century, "The Global Achievement Gap" is provocative and inspiring. It is essential reading for parents, educators, business leaders, policy-makers, and anyoneinterested in seeing our young people succeed as employees and citizens.

For additional information about the author and the book, please go to www.schoolchange.org"

Call number: LB1607.5 .W34 2008

The Greeks and Greek Civilization - Publisher's Marketing: "In 1872 Burckhardt, one of the preeminent historians of classical and Renaissance culture, presented this revolutionary work, which portrays ancient Greek culture as an aristocratic world and tyrannical state with minimal personal freedoms. This landmark culmination of 30 years of scholarship offers a rich cultural history of a fascinating society."

Call number: DF77 .B94213 1999

The Indwelling: The Beast Takes Possession - Publisher's Marketing: "The seventh book the "Left Behind" series marks the beginning of the second half of the seven-year Tribulation period. The question of who killed Nicolae at the end of book number six, "Assassins", is answered. Readers experience the horrors of God's judgment and the hope of salvation as they follow the heart-stopping adventures of Rayford, Buck, Chloe, and the rest of the Tribulation Force."

Call number: PS3562.A315 I54 2000

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

IS&R research models, frameworks and theories; search and works tasks and situations in context; interaction between humans and machines; information acquisition, relevance and information use; research design and methodology based on a structured set of explicit variables - all set into the holistic cognitive approach. The present monograph invites the reader into a construction project - there is much research to do for a contextual understanding of IS&R.

The Turn represents a wide-ranging perspective of IS&R by providing a novel unique research framework, covering both individual and social aspects of information behavior, including the generation, searching, retrieval and use of information. Regarding traditional laboratory information retrieval research, the monograph proposes the extension of research toward actors, search and work tasks, IR interaction and utility of information. Regarding traditional information seeking research, it proposes the extension toward information access technology and work task contexts.

The Turn is the first synthesis of research in the broad area of IS&R ranging from systems oriented laboratory IR research to social science oriented information seeking studies."

Call number: Z699 .I4763 2005

The Twilight of Courage: A Novel - Publisher's Marketing: "As the clouds of war gather over Europe, an international cast of characters faces difficult moral decisions in the growing turmoil. This suspenseful and inspiring novel of World War II brings to life the trying choices men and women faced as Europe was crushed under the boot of the conquering German army."

Call number: PS3570.H46 T88 1994

The Unknown Patton

Call number: E745.P3 P76 1984

Thomas Merton's Path to the Palace of Nowhere: The Essential Guide to the Contemplative Teachings of Thomas Merton - Publisher's Marketing: "Thomas Merton--Trappist monk, author, and student of Zen--remains an important figure in the modern Christian contemplative movement. Now James Finley, who studied with Merton for six years, shares the gifts passed on to him on Thomas Merton's Path to the Palace of Nowhere. This program takes a participatory approach to Merton's most useful teachings, helping us to discover our true selves through contemplation, prayer, and faith. In the end we find ourselves in what the Taoist sage Chuang Tzu called, ..". the Palace of Nowhere, where all the many things are one.""

Call number: BX4705.M542 T46 2004 AUDBK

Too Young to Die - Publisher's Marketing: "Profiles the lives and deaths of such legends as Judy Garland, Marilyn Monroe, Hank Williams, Elvis Presley, Janis Ian, and John Lennon."

Call number: PN2285 .F65 1991

Twilight - Publisher's Marketing: "Isabella Swan's move to Forks, a perpetually rainy town in Washington, could have been the most boring move she ever made. When she meets the mysterious, alluring Edward Cullen--a vampire--her life takes a thrilling and terrifying romantic turn."

Call number: PS3563.E883 T841 2005

Microsoft Office Word 2007 for Dummies - Publisher's Marketing: "Dan Gookin's "For Dummies" guides to Word have consistently led the pack, selling more than 1.7 million copies in previous editions The author's irreverent sense of humor and crystal-clear prose make getting up to speed on Word a snap Thoroughly updated to cover Word's new interface, new file format options, and new collaboration and connectivity features An essential resource for everyone who wants to hit the ground running with Word 2007 and make the most of all the new features."

Call number: Z52.5.M52 G669 2007

Anthropology

Call number: GN25.E45 E45 2005

Instead she gets...Fred.

Overweight, middle-aged, a bit smelly and obviously depressed, Fred is light-years from perky. But he does manage to put Nina in the path of Alex Moore, her gorgeous, younger-by-a-decade neighbor.

Alex seems perfect--he's a sexy, seemingly sane, surprisingly single E.R. doctor--but the age gap convinces Nina that anyone but Alex would be better relationship material. But with every silver-haired stiff she dates, the more she suspects it's the young, dog-loving doc she wants to sit and stay!"

Call number: PS3553.R7858 A85 1996

Rayford Steele and Buck Williams, charter members of the Force, have gone from employees of Nicolae Carpathia to international fugitives. Rayford, finally discovering the shocking truth about Amanda, must flee before the grand conference begins. The two witnesses at the Wailing Wall proclaim warnings to the "one who sits on the throne of the earth", and Carpathia himself makes a surprise appearance at the stadium.

The Tribulation calendar moves ever closer to the halfway point, which the two witnesses call "the due time". Meanwhile, the fourth Trumpet Judgment strikes the solar system, crippling life on earth.

The next three judgments are to be so much worse than anything that has come before that an angel flies about heaven, warning the earth of the three woes. The fifth Trumpet Judgment -- a plague of scorpionlike locusts led by Apollyon, chief demon of the abyss -- is so horrifying that men try to kill themselves but are not allowed to die."

Call number: PS3562.A315 A56 1999

Arete: Greek Sports from Ancient Sources - Publisher's Marketing: "From the informal games of Homer's time to the highly organized contests of the Roman world, Miller has compiled a trove of ancient sources--Plutarch on boxing, Aristotle on the pentathlon, Philostratos on clay dust as an anti-perspirant and on the buying and selling of victories, Vitruvius on literary competitions, Xenophon on female body building. With fully twice as many texts as the highly successful first edition, this new version of "Arete" offers readers an absorbing lesson in the culture of Greek athletics from the greatest of teachers--the ancients themselves.
These sources, which Miller himself has translated, provide unparalleled insights into ancient athletic practices and competitive festivals. They emphasize the fundamental role of athletics in education and shed light on such issues as the role of women in athletics and the politics and economics of the games. Ultimately they demonstrate that the concepts of virtue, skill, pride, valor, and nobility embedded in the word "arete" and so closely associated in the modern mind with Greek athletics are only part of the story from antiquity."

Call number: GV21 .A73 1991

Babylon Rising - Publisher's Marketing: "Tim LaHaye created the Left Behind Series, which has become one of the most popular fiction series of all time. Those novels, with more that 50 million copies sold, presented a unique combination of suspense and substance drawn from his lifelong study of Biblical prophecy.
Now Tim LaHaye has created a new series that begins with "Babylon Rising. The novels in this new series are even faster-paced thrillers based on prophecies that are not covered in the Left Behind books and that have great relevance to the events of today.
"Babylon Rising introduces a terrific new hero for our time. Michael Murphy is a scholar of Biblical prophecy, but not the sedate and tweedy kind. Murphy is a field archaeologist who defies danger to fearlessly hunt down and authenticate ancient artifacts from Biblical times. His latest discovery is his most amazing--but it will send him hurtling from a life of excavation and revelations to a confrontation with the forces of the greatest evil. For the latest secret uncovered by Michael Murphy accelerates the countdown to the time of the end for all mankind."

Call number: PS3562.A315 B33 2003

Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage: Valuing All Families Under the Law - Publisher's Marketing: "The debate over marriage equality for same-sex couples rages across the country. Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage boldly moves the discussion forward by focusing on the larger, more fundamental issue of marriage and the law. The root problem, asserts law professor and LGBT rights activist Nancy Polikoff, is that marriage is a bright dividing line between those relationships that legally matter and those that don't. A woman married to a man for nine months is entitled to Social Security survivor's benefits when he dies; a woman living for nineteen years with a man or woman to whom she is not married receives nothing.
Polikoff reframes the debate by arguing that all family relationships and households need the economic stability and emotional peace of mind that now extend only to married couples. Unmarried couples of any sexual orientation, single-parent households, extended family units, and myriad other familial configurations need recognition and protection to meet the concerns they all share: building and sustaining economic and emotional interdependence, and nurturing the next generation.
Couples should have the choice to marry based on the spiritual, cultural, or religious meaning of marriage in their lives, asserts Polikoff. While marriage equality for same-sex couples is a civil rights victory, she contends that no one should have to marry in order to reap specific and unique legal results.
A persuasive argument that married couples should not receive special rights denied to other families, Polikoff shows how the law can value all families, and why it must.
"A much-needed intervention in the contemporary debate about marriage and family. Polikoff's argument is provocative, illuminating, and original." --John D'Emilio, author of Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin
"Polikoff mobilizes an impressive array of legal history and contemporary court cases to show how marriage, whether same-sex or heterosexual, has ceased to be the only place where people incur long-term obligations. She argues vigorously that our society needs to find new ways of determining when legally-enforceable responsibilities and entitlements have accrued in interpersonal relationships." --Stephanie Coontz, author, Marriage, A History: How Love Conquered Marriage
"This book really matters. It is brilliant and thoughtful, not simply about a set of laws, but as a manifesto to transform the way we understand, recognize and respect the reality of our diverse and complex family compositions. Polikoff grounds her arguments in the 35 year history of social change activism in this country to construct a passionate and nuanced argument for expanding our same sex marriage activism to include all of the ways people love, form families and build community." --Amber Hollibaugh, Senior Strategist, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, and author of My Dangerous Desires: A Queer Girl Dreaming her Way Home
"Passionate but completely grounded in reality, Polikoff challenges LGBT rights advocates to see beyond gay equality arguments and question the fundamental fairness of limiting family recognition based on marriage, gay or straight. It is a powerful call for social justice." --Nan D. Hunter, founder of the American Civil Liberties Union Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Project and Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School
"A provocative and perspicuous intervention in one of the most devilish recent debates in U.S. law and politics...In a principled yet pragmatic analysis, Polikoff mounts a compelling case against the continued grip of 'conjugalism' on our family law and policy. Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage challenges us to imagine and build a political consensus that respects the realities of contemporary American kinship and family life, in all its ccomplexity." --Kendall Thomas, Nash Professor of Law, Columbia University"

Call number: KF538 .P65 2008

Born in Blood and Fire: A Concise History of Latin America

Call number: F1410 .C4397 2001

Classics of Organizational Theory

Call number: HD31 .C56 1996

Combat Sports in the Ancient World: Competition, Violence, and Culture

Call number: GV17 .P65 1987

Concise Rules of APA Style - Publisher's Marketing: "The Concise Rules of APA Style offers essential writing and formatting standards for students, teachers, researchers, and clinicians in the social and behavioral sciences. This easy-to-use pocket guide, compiled from the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, provides complete guidance on the rules of style that are critical for clear communication. Readers will learn how to avoid the grammatical errors most commonly reported by journal editors; how to choose the appropriate format for statistics, figures, and tables; how to credit sources and avoid charges of plagiarism; and how to construct a reference list through a wide variety of examples and sources. How does the Concise Rules differ from the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association? The Publication Manual remains the best source for broad background information about scientific publishing. It provides guidance on designing research, identifying the parts of a scholarly article, understanding the process of journal publication, and submitting articles for publication. The Concise Rules, by comparison, targets only those rules writers need for choosing the best words and format for their articles. It offers a comprehensive list of essential writing standards in a convenient, easily retrievable format. In addition to guidance on grammar points that have challenged writers in the social sciences, the Concise Rules provides suggestions for reducing bias in language; reviews the mechanics of style for punctuation, spelling, capitalization, abbreviation, italicization, headings, and quotations; examines the preferred use of numbers as well as standards for metrication and statistics; providesguidance for the construction and formatting of tables, figures, and appendixes; and offers clear examples and models for referencing ideas and constructing error-free reference lists. Available in a light-weight, spiral-bound format, the Concise Rules will travel easily from home to school to office. It will be an invaluable reference tool for all social science scholars who are serious about communicating clearly and effectively. Primary audience: Students and instructors. Secondary audience: Researchers and other academics who submit articles to journals."

Call number: BF76.7 .C66 2005

Criminal Law - Publisher's Marketing: "Now featuring a new Interactive CD-ROM, this Seventh Edition of the best-selling text in criminal law presents classic and contemporary cases, depending on which best illustrates a particular law. Samaha focuses on presenting a number of fully explicated cases, including some case excerpts, to cover the range of criminal law."

Call number: KF9218 .S26 2002

Democracy in America - Publisher's Marketing: "In 1831 Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat and ambitious civil servant, made a nine-month journey throughout America. The result was "Democracy in America," a monumental study of the life and institutions of the evolving nation. Tocqueville looked to the flourishing democratic system in America as a possible model for post-revolutionary France, believing that the egalitarian ideals it enshrined reflected the spirit of the age and even divine will. His insightful work has become one of the most influential political texts ever written on America and an indispensable authority on democracy."

Call number: JK216 .T713 2000b

Ditch the Flip-Flops: Ace Your Job Interview Fresh Out of College - Publisher's Marketing: "Equips soon-to-be degree holders and recent college grads with the skills to ace their toughest test yet: the job interview. Nothing in school has prepared these candidates (2.5 million each year) for the brutal scrutiny of HR managers . . . nor the fierce competition they will encounter while trying to leverage a costly education and land their dream job /internship. Unlike current resources on our bookshelves that largely support older job applicants or those believing it's a cinch to impress recruiters, Ditch the Flip-Flops specifically fortifies twentysomethings so critical fundamentals and life-changing momentum don't slip through the cracks. Supporting career counseling initiatives on over 3,000 of our nation's college campuses, this book thoughtfully maps out interviewing strategies as a manageable three-step process; shares insider tips from seasoned HR heads; reveals interviewing's down and dirty details from recently hired college grads; and divulges action plans and cutting-edge tools in a straightforward style, using hundreds of examples. All in all, Ditch the Flip-Flops is Interviewing 101 at its guts-and-glory best."

Call number: HF5549.5.I6 L36 2007

Educational Equity Act Report by St. Johns River Community College

Call number: LD6501.S34 .A331

How did his mind work? What made him a genius? Isaacson's biography shows how his scientific imagination sprang from the rebellious nature of his personality. His fascinating story is a testament to the connection between creativity and freedom.

Based on newly released personal letters of Einstein, this book explores how an imaginative, impertinent patent clerk -- a struggling father in a difficult marriage who couldn't get a teaching job or a doctorate -- became the mind reader of the creator of the cosmos, the locksmith of the mysteries of the atom and the universe. His success came from questioning conventional wisdom and marveling at mysteries that struck others as mundane. This led him to embrace a morality and politics based on respect for free minds, free spirits, and free individuals.

These traits are just as vital for this new century of globalization, in which our success will depend on our creativity, as they were for the beginning of the last century, when Einstein helped usher in the modern age."

Call number: QC16.E5 I76 2007

Employer EEO responsibilities : the law on recruitment and hiring and EEO investigative procedures

Call number: KF3464 .E434 1998

English-Only Teachers in Mixed-Language Classrooms: A Survival Guide - Publisher's Marketing: "Today English language learners aren't just popping up in California, Arizona, New Mexico, or Texas. The fastest growing populations are in states and districts that have historically taught few students who don't speak English. If you teach where English language learners are a new phenomenon, you may feel underprepared to meet their needs and wonder if you can even teach them at all. You can, and "English-Only Teachers in Mixed-Language Classrooms: A Survival Guide" will lead you to success every step of the way. "English-Only Teachers in Mixed-Language Classrooms: A Survival Guide" is just that: a brief, practical primer for your first ELL experience - and a warm, comforting companion on the journey into confident teaching. Written for teachers in grades K - 6 with little or no expertise in second language teaching, it shows the essentials of helping nonnative speakers succeed - even when you don't speak your students' home language. Joanne Yatvin explains what types of strategies build students' confidence, competence, and fluency in English while helping them understand and retain vital content. She covers ESL teaching for the most crucial aspects of instruction: organization and planning teaching beginning English reading and writing instruction content-area learning fostering classroom community. Best of all, Yatvin zeroes in on smart ways to use classroom partnerships to invite English speakers and ELLs to support one another's learning through child-to-child mentorships and peer tutoring. Sharing insight into helping ELL students adjust to their new classroom emotionally and academically while paying special attention to the importance of developing strong connections to their families, Joanne Yatvin gives you a map for navigating the uncertain terrain of your first encounter with English learners. Read "English-Only Teachers in Mixed-Language Classrooms: A Survival Guide" and discover that teaching second language learners is not only less scary than you might have thought, but that there's nothing quite like the satisfaction of helping children take their first steps into a new language."

Call number: PE1128.A2 Y37 2007

These excesses extend far beyond the financial markets. Not knowing what is "enough" also undermines our business and professional values, and often leads us astray when attempting to make important personal decisions about our investments and indeed about our own lives.

Throughout his legendary career, John C. Bogle--founder of the Vanguard Mutual Fund Group and creator of the first index mutual fund--has helped investors build wealth the right way and led a tireless campaign to restore common sense to the investment world. Along the way, he's seen how destructive an obsession with financial success can be. Now, with Enough., he puts this dilemma in perspective.

Inspired in large measure by the hundreds of lectures Bogle has delivered to professional groups and college students in recent years, Enough. seeks, paraphrasing Kurt Vonnegut, "to poison our minds with a little humanity." Bogle considers what "enough" actually means as it relates to money, business, and life. The world of finance, he argues, is marked by too much cost, and not enough value; too much speculation, and not enough investment; too much complexity, and not enough simplicity. Similarly, our business world is focused too much on counting and salesmanship, and not enough on trust and stewardship; and our society at large is too obsessed with charismaand wealth, and not enough with character and wisdom.

Bogle also considers what "enough" means for him personally, and offers his thoughts on how--in a world increasingly focused on status and score-keeping--you can find your way and take comfort in the knowledge that you can indeed have "enough."

Written in a straightforward and accessible style, Enough. inspires and enlightens in equal measure. Bogle offers his unparalleled insights on money, on the values we should emulate in our business and professional callings, and on what we should consider as the true treasures in our lives. Discover what it really means to have "enough" and you'll quickly realize how close you are to having it."

Call number: HG173 .B595 2009

Essays That Will Get You Into Medical School - Publisher's Marketing: "Following a clear and helpful general format, this updated volume is designed to help college students who are medical school applicants, and required to write a medical school admissions essay. Students will find extensive advice on the doas and donats for writing a successful essay plus instruction on the process of organizing ideas, writing a rough draft, then re-writing a final finished essay for presentation. Detailed advice is followed by 75 model essays, many of them new in this edition, all of them submitted by medical school students whose applications were accepted."

Call number: R838.4 .D69 2003

Essentials of Marketing - Publisher's Marketing: "Essentials of Marketing, 3e, continues the tradition of providing comprehensive, up-to-the minute coverage of key marketing topics in a shorter length. Developed directly from the sixth edition of Lamb, Hair, and McDaniel's best-selling Marketing text, Essentials of Marketing, 3e, is ideal for those who wish to incorporate outside projects or readings into their course. Key principles are illustrated by hundreds of fresh, new examples, while the latest concepts and theories are covered in detail with numerous illustrations. Organized around the marketing mix, this thoroughly revised text features a comprehensive ancillary package and companion Web site."

Call number: HF5415 .L2623 2003

Exploring the Natural Wonders of South Africa

Call number: GB440.S6 O45 1996

Eyewitness to the Alamo - Publisher's Marketing: "Eyewitness To The Alamo is the actual account of the siege and Battle of the Alamo by those who were present during the attack. This book is the first complete accounting of the Battle of the Alamo by one of our country's foremost authorities on the event."

Call number: F390 .G85 2001

Food Fit for Pharaohs: An Ancient Egyptian Cookbook - Publisher's Marketing: "The great fertility of the Nile valley provided the ancient Egyptians with a delicious and wholesome diet ranging from staples such as bread and beer to herbs and spices like dill, mint and cumin. Using these ingredients the British Museum's 'chef du tempe perdu' has created 35 recipes for dishes the pharaohs and their people may have eaten, including soups, starters and snacks, main dishes, desserts and baking."

Call number: TX725.E35 B47 2008

From Pagan Rome to Byzantium

Call number: GT2400 .H5713 1987

Good Is Not Enough: And Other Unwritten Rules for Minority Professionals - Publisher's Marketing: "A division president at a Fortune 500 company offers this no-nonsense guide for minorities in business who want to make it to senior management. He discusses the importance of understanding corporate culture, being visible, and staying current."

Call number: HD8038.A1 W93 2008

Guilty: Liberal "Victims" and Their Assault on America - Publisher's Marketing: ""Liberals seem to have hit upon a reverse Christ story as their belief system. He suffered and died for our sins; liberals make the rest of us suffer for sins we didn't commit."
Who are the victims here? To hear liberals tell it, you'd think they do nothing but suffer at the hands of ruthless entities like the "Republican Attack Machine" and Fox News.
Really?
It's just another instance of the Big Lie, of course, told so often that some people have actually started to believe it. In "Guilty," Ann Coulter explodes this myth to reveal that when it comes to bullying, no one outdoes the Left. Citing case after case, ranging from the hilariously absurd to the shockingly vicious, Coulter dissects these so-called victims who are invariably the oppressors. For instance:
-Single mothers: Getting pregnant isn't like catching the flu. There are volitional acts involved-someone else explain it to Dennis Kucinich. By this purposeful act, single mothers cause irreparable harm to other human beings-their own children-as countless studies on the subject make clear.
-The myth of the Republican Attack Machine: The most amazing thing liberals have done is create the myth of a compliant right-wing media with Republicans badgering baffled reporters into attacking Democrats. It's so mad, it's brilliant. It's one kind of lie to say the Holocaust occurred when the Swedes killed the Jews. But it's another kind of lie entirely to say the Holocaust occurred when the Jews killed the Nazis.
-"Brave" liberals: In addition to being beautiful, compassionate tribunes of the downtrodden, liberals are brave. I know that because they're always telling me how brave they are. Why, five nights a week, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann courageously books guests who completely agree with him. It doesn't get much braver than that.
-Obambi's luck: While B. Hussein Obama piously condemned attacks on candidates' -families, his media and campaign surrogates ripped open the court-sealed divorce records of his two principal opponents in his Senate race in Illinois.
-The offenders are offended!: Republican senator George Allen's career was destroyed when he made a joking remark to a privileged Indian American harassing him at campaign stops. When did rich kids become a new protected category that must be shielded from words that are insulting in other languages? How did Sidarth become a specially anointed victim? What did we ever do to India? And why didn't we ever hear about the far more offensive anti-Semitic flyers of Allen's opponent Jim Webb?
One essential and recurring truth about self-righteous liberals, says Coulter, is that "they viciously attack all while wailing that they are the true victims." With "Guilty"-a mordantly witty and shockingly specific catalog of offenses that liberals would rather we ignore and forget-Ann Coulter presents exhibits A through Z."

Call number: JC574.2.U6 C668 2008

Hannibal: A History of the Art of War Among the Carthaginians and Romans Down to the Battle of Pydna, 168 B.C. - Publisher's Marketing: "Hannibal is often considered the finest general the world has ever known. Setting out from Carthaginian-dominated Spain with a small army of select troops, he fought his way over the Pyrenees and crossed the Alps with elephants and a full baggage train. Descending into Italy, he destroyed the main Roman army at Lake Trasimeno and came close to conquering Rome itself. At Cannae, Hannibal's brilliant cavalry tactics enabled him to cut to pieces a reassembled Roman army, and his subsequent defeats over a fifteen-year stay in Italy were due more to lack of sufficient support from home than to any failings of generalship.T. A. Dodge's classic history, first published in 1891, is equally perceptive of Hannibal's military prowess and his visionary character. Dodge followed Hannibal's route from Carthage to Italy, paying particular attention to the famous crossing of the Alps, exploring every pass in order to determine Hannibal's route. In this book, he wrote an entire history of the art of war among these two mighty armies and included hundreds of invaluable illustrations. Hannibal remains unequaled as the most comprehensive and readable study of history's greatest general."

Call number: DG249 .D63 1995

Higher Education in the Internet Age: Libraries Creating a Strategic Edge - Publisher's Marketing: "Far too often, presidents, academic vice presidents, and other campus leaders fail to take advantage of the contributions their campus libraries can make toward achieving institutional visions and priorities. In this age of information, libraries can and should be one of the primary strategic tools. By highlighting the extensive and successful use some campus leaders have made of library resources and personnel, the authors hope to inspire others to see their libraries strategically. Based on their 1989 award-winning book in the ACE series, Information Literacy: Revolution in the Library, this new work from Breivik and Gee addresses the unique challenges of today's information-overloaded culture while responding to the significant changes that have occurred on campuses during the past fifteen years. Chief among these changes are the pervasive use of the Internet, growing community engagement, distance education, the emphasis on more active learning, and the assessment of student learning outcomes. The work is enriched by a series of key issue statements about topics that have emerged within today's wired society, and by vignettes highlighting best practices that have been extracted from interviews with leaders in education, business, and government. This book is the result of a long-time friendship between a highly successful and innovative university president and a highly successful and innovative librarian. University and college presidents and chief academic officers; faculty and staff working with accreditation standards; accrediting associations and their staffs; deans; department chairs; and librarians should all find this work an invaluable resource. Featuring commentary from leading educators and administrators, including: Barbara L. Cambridge of the National Council of Teachers of English, Oswald M. T. Rattery of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, Gordon W. Smith of California State University, and Camilla P. Benbow of Vanderbilt University."

Call number: Z675.U5 B816 2006

How Mathematics Happened: The First 50,000 Years

Call number: QA22 .R86 2007

How to Do Everything with Microsoft Office Word 2007- Publisher's Marketing: "This up-to-date guide makes it easy for both beginners and experienced users to master the powerful features and new interface of Word 2007. You will learn to create professional-looking documents effortlessly. Practical examples and step-by-step instructions make even the most complex features simple to grasp, while workarounds show you how to circumvent common problems."

Call number: Z52.5.M52 H373 2007

How to Get a Job and Keep It: An Essential Guide to Landing Your Ideal Job and Making the Most of It - Publisher's Marketing: "This new edition of the popular step-by-step career guide by nationallly recognized career expert Susan Morem offers job seekers and recent graduates key inside advice on navigating the job search process, landing the ideal job, handling life on the job, and getting the most out of a career. New and updated coverage includes six new chapters: a listing of useful resources; and information on interview dos and don'ts, body language, how to make a good impression, how to succeed, workplace communication, dealing with raises and promotions, getting along with coworkers and bosses, knowing when to leave a job, new ways of locating openings, creating your own job, and more."

Call number: HF5382.7 .M645 2007

Hunter: The Strange and Savage Life of Hunter S. Thompson - Publisher's Marketing: "A biography of the famed gonzo journalist who put Fear and Loathing into America's political lexicon. Turbo-journalist E. Jean Carroll delivers the shocking truth about the man who was the inspiration for Uncle Duke in the Doonesbury comic strip--his wild forays into politics, shark-hunting, the Hell's Angels, guns, whiskey, and drugs. "

Call number: PN4874.T444 C37 1993

I'll Be Seeing You - Publisher's Marketing: "America's #1 bestselling author of suspense returns with her tenth spellbinding novel--a tale of murder, duplicity, family secrets, and hidden lives. While on a routine assignment, a young news reporter discovers that few things are what they seem. One terrible moment of discovery sets in motion a series of events that leads her to explore the secret lives of the people closest to her."

Call number: PS3553.L287 I4 1993

In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam - Publisher's Marketing: "Robert S. McNamara, the brilliant secretary of defense for Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, helped lead America into Vietnam. McNamara believed that the fight against communism in Asia was worth the sacrifice of American lives, and yet he eventually came to believe that the war was, in fact, unwinnable. Outnumbered by those who wanted to continue fighting, he left the Johnson administration and his involvement in Vietnam behind. He refused any public comment on the war, and for almost three decades he has kept that silence - until now. Drawing on his personal experience and a wealth of documentation - much of it only recently declassified and some presented here for the first time ever - McNamara has crafted the classic insider account of Vietnam policy making. He reveals exactly how we stumbled into the war, and exactly why it quickly became so difficult to pull out. We meet John F. Kennedy, and McNamara discloses what he believes Kennedy would have done in Vietnam had he lived. We get to know Lyndon B. Johnson, and see exactly how the war tore him apart and damaged his entire presidency. We sit in on secret meetings, we read private cables, and we hear the voices and arguments of the men who battled over America's Vietnam policy. McNamara takes us into the Oval Office for late-night discussions with the president, into the halls of the Pentagon as military strategy is argued, and into the chambers of Congress as policy is debated. He also reveals his own inner torment as the war effort becomes increasingly frustrating, and then utterly disastrous. The result is a book that is not only history of the highest order, but a revealing portrait of the trials of leadership."

Call number: DS558 .M44 1995

In Spite of the Gods: The Rise of Modern India - Publisher's Marketing: "As the world's largest democracy and a rising international economic power, India has long been heralded for its great strides in technology and trade. Yet it is also plagued by poverty, illiteracy, unemployment, and a vast array of other social and economic issues.
Here, noted journalist and former "Financial Times" South Asia bureau chief Edward Luce travels throughout India's many regions, cultures, and religious circles, investigating its fragile balance between tradition and modernity. From meetings with key political figures to fascinating encounters with religious pundits, economic gurus, and village laborers, "In Spite of the Gods" is a fascinating blend of analysis and reportage that comprehensively depicts the nuances of India's complex situation and its place in the world."

Call number: HC435.3 .L83 2008

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Call number: E444 .J17 2001

National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets - Summary: "In this follow up to the box-office hit National Treasure, treasure hunter Ben Gates (Nicolas Cage) once again sets out on an exhilarating, action-packed new global quest to unearth hidden history and treasures. When a missing page from the diary of John Wilkes Booth surfaces, Ben's great-great grandfather is suddenly implicated as a key conspirator in Abraham Lincoln's death. Determined to prove his ancestor's innocence, Ben follows an international chain of clues that takes him on a chase from Paris to London and ultimately back to America. This journey leads Ben and his crew not only to surprising revelations, but to the trail of the world's most treasured secrets."

Call number: PN1997 Natio T742 2008 DVD

Nim's Island - Summary: "Anything can happen on Nim's Island, a magical place ruled by a young girl's imagination. It is an existence that mirrors that of her favorite literary character, Alex Rover- the world's greatest adventurer. But Alexandra, the author of the Rover books, leads a reclusive life in the big city. When Nim's father goes missing from their island, a twist of fate brings her together with Alexandra. Now, they must draw courage from their fictional hero, Alex Rover, and find strength in one another to conquer Nim's Island."

Call number: PN1997 Nims I75 2008 DVD

On the Waterfront - Summary: "Terry Malloy dreams about being a prize fighter, while running errands at the docks for Johnny Friendly, the corrupt boss of the dockers union. Terry witnesses a murder by two of Johnny's thugs and later meets Father Barry, who tries to force Terry to provide information for the courts that will smash the dock racketeers."

Call number: PN1997 On T4429 2001 DVD

Out of the Past - Summary: "Former private detective Jeff Bailey is trying to live a quiet life, but his past comes back to haunt him. He was once hired by a gambler to find his runaway girlfriend, Kathy. Jeff traced her to Mexico and fell in love. She lured him into double-crossing the gambler, but it was really Jeff who got double-crossed. Years later, Jeff's quiet life is once again shattered as his old criminal associates descend on him. Now he's in deep trouble - someone is trying to frame him for murder."

Call number: PN1997 Out O427 2004 DVD

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 Plato 2006 DVD

Raging Bull - Summary: "Graphic biography of 1949-51 WBA middleweight boxing champion Jake LaMotta. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Best actor Oscar for De Niro."

Call number: PN1997 Ragin B85 2005 DVD

Run Silent, Run Deep - Summary: "The line of command breaks down in a sub that is stalking a Japanese destroyer that sank the captain's former command. Based on Edward L. Beach's novel."

Call number: PN1997 Run S55 1999 DVD

Sands of Iwo Jima - Summary: "A Marine sergeant pushes a colonel's son and other recruits until they're ready to fight. Directed by Allan Dwan."

Call number: PN1997 Sands O425 2000 DVD

Snakes & Arrows

Call number: M1630.2.R87 S635 2007 CD

Soultrane

Call number: M109.C658 S68 2006 CD

Stepping Out by Diana Krall

1. This Can't Be Love
2. Straighten Up & Fly Right
3. Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Sea
4. I'm Just a Lucky So & So
5. Body & Soul
6. 42nd Street
7. Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me
8. Big Foot
9. Frim Fram Sauce
10. Jimmie
11. As Long as I Live
12. On the Sunny Side of the Street

Call number: M1630.2.K73 S847 1993 CD

T. R.: The Last Romantic - Publisher's Marketing: "In his time, there was no more popular national figure than Theodore Roosevelt. It was not just the energy he brought to every political office he held or his unshakable moral convictions that made him so popular, or even his status as a bonafide war hero--the man who led the Rough Riders up San Juan Hill in Cuba during the Spanish-American war. Most important, Theodore Roosevelt was loved by the people because this scion of a privileged New York family loved America and Americans.And yet, according to Bill Brands, if we look at the private Roosevelt without blinders, we see a man whose great public strengths hid enormous personal deficiencies. His highly exaggerated, and often uncompromising ways drove many of his business and personal friends crazy. His historical writings, which Brands quotes from extensively, are nothing if not a portrait of a boy's endless macho fantasies. He was often so full of himself that his speeches and writings were the frequent subject of fierce satire in their time.Even more revealing, according to Brands, was Roosevelt as son, brother, husband, and father. According to Brands, to understand both the public and private Roosevelt one must understand the impact of his father's death while he was still a child, denying him the opportunity to come to terms with his own manhood. When his first wife Alice died of complications from childbirth, leaving behind a baby daughter Alice, his response was to run away to shoot Buffalo in the west, leaving the newborn infant to the care of his unmarried sister Bamie. When his second wife Edith was seriously, perhaps fatally ill, he left her to fight in the Spanish-American war. His only concern when his brother Elliot, who had been his only friend as a child, became an alcoholic was to hide the news from the public. Determined that his four sons would not dishonor his belief that men, to achieve their manhood, must test themselves in war, he arranged for each to serve, often in the frontlines, during WWI. His youngest son Quentin would die in that cause.Beautifully written, powerfully moved by its subject, "TR" is nonetheless a biography more appropriate to today's critical times."

Call number: E757 .B82 1997

From Tesla's childhood in Yugoslavia to his death in New York in the 1940s, Cheney paints a compelling human portrait and chronicles a lifetime of discoveries that radically altered -- and continue to alter -- the world in which we live. "Tesla: Man Out of Time" is an in-depth look at the seminal accomplishments of a scientific wizard and a thoughtful examination of the obsessions and eccentricities of the man behind the science."

Call number: TK140.T4 C47 2001

The Bridge of San Luis Rey - Publisher's Marketing: "FIVE SEEMINGLY INRELATED VOYAGERS, ON SEPARATE JOURNEY, HAPPEN TO BE CROSSING THE BRIDGE AT SAN LUIS REY AT NOON ON THE FATEFUL DAY OF JULY 20, 1714. THE BRIDGE BREAKS & THEY ALL FALL TO THEIR DEATHS BELOW. WAS IT CHANCE THAT BROUGHT THEM TOGETHER? OR WERE THEY, IN SOME WAY, TO BLAME FOR WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM?"

Call number: PN1997 Bridg O427 2005 DVD

The Cheetah Girls 2

Call number: M1630.2C44 C444 2006 CD

Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian - Summary: "The characters of C.S. Lewis timeless fantasy come to life once again in this newest installment of the Chronicles of Narnia series, in which the Pevensie siblings are magically transported back from England to the world of Narnia, where a thrilling, perilous new adventure and an even greater test of their faith and courage awaits them. One year after the incredible events of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the Kings and Queens of Narnia find themselves back in that faraway wondrous realm, only to discover that more than 1300 years have passed in Narnian time. During their absence, the Golden Age of Narnia has become extinct, Narnia has been conquered by the Telmarines and is now under the control of the evil King Miraz, who rules the land without mercy. The four children will soon meet an intriguing new character: Narnias rightful heir to the throne, the young Prince Caspian, who has been forced into hiding as his uncle Miraz plots to kill him in order to place his own newborn son on the throne."

Call number: PN1997 Chro N37 2008 DVD

Augustine: The City of God Against the Pagans - Publisher's Marketing: "This is the first new rendition for a generation of The City of God, the first major intellectual achievement of Latin Christianity and one of the classic texts of Western civilisation. When he began to write The City of God in 413, St. Augustine's intention was to defend the Christian Church against the charge of having brought about the Sack of Rome in 410. Outgrowing this initial purpose, the work evolved into a detailed critique of the political and moral tradition of Rome and a synthesis of Platonism and Christianity which must stand as one of the most significant achievements in Western intellectual history. Apart from its intrinsic interest the Christian account of social and political relations which Augustine gives was to furnish one of the most fertile sources of material for the controversial literature of the middle ages. R. W. Dyson has produced a complete, accurate, authoritative and fluent translation of The City of God, edited together with full biographical notes, a concise introduction, bibliographical note and chronology of Augustine's life."

Call number: PA6156 .A82

The Counterfeiters - Summary: "The true story of Salomon Sorowitsch, counterfeiter extraordinaire and bohemian. After getting arrested in a German concentration camp in 1944, he agrees to help the Nazis in an organized counterfeit operation set up to help finance the war effort. It was the biggest counterfeit money scam of all times. Over 130 million pound sterling were printed, under conditions that couldn't have been more tragic or spectacular. During the last years of the war, as the German Reich saw that the end was near, the authorities decided to produce their own banknotes in the currencies of their major war enemies. They hoped to use the duds to flood the enemy economy and fill the empty war coffers. At the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, two barracks were separated from the rest of the camp and the outside world, and transformed into a fully equipped counterfeiters workshop. Operation Bernhard was born. Prisoners were brought to Sachsenhausen from other camps to implement the plan: professional printers, fastidious bank officials and simple craftsmen all became members of the top-secret counterfeiter commando."

Call number: PN1997 Counte 2008 DVD

The Forbidden Kingdom - Summary: "Individually, they've starred in the most adrenaline-pumping martial-arts adventures ever. Together for the first time, Jet Li and Jackie Chan join forces to create the greatest epic of them all - THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM. As ancient Chinese warriors, they must train and mentor a 21st Century kung-fu fanatic who's been summoned to fight a centuries-old battle and free the imprisoned Monkey King. If you're a fighting fan, the wait is over. The team is ready. The Kingdom has arrived."

Call number: PN1997 Forbidd K564 2008 DVD

The Pale Horse - Summary: "When writer Mark Easterbrook is accused of murdering a priest, the only clue to clearing himself is a mysterious list of names."

Call number: PN1992.8.S64 P735 2006 DVD

The Postman Always Rings Twice - Summary: "A 1930s drifter stops at a Greek diner and helps the owner's lusty wife commit murder. From the James M. Cain novel."

Call number: PN1997 Postm R56 2004 DVD

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes - Summary: "Holmes and Watson seem chummier than usual on a German-spy job for Queen Victoria. Directed by Billy Wilder."

Call number: PN1997 Priv L547 2003 DVD

The Sea Inside - Summary: "The Sea InsideThe Sea Inside is the real life story of Spaniard Ramon Sampedro (played by Bardem), who fought a 30-year campaign in favor of his right to die with dignity. Two women try to change his life - Julia (Belen Rueda) is a lawyer who supports his cause, and Rosa (Lola Dueqas) is a neighbor who wants to convince him that life is worth living. The two women's encounters with the charismatic Ramon lead to change in their own lives."

Call number: PN1997 Sea I67 2005 DVD

The Very Best of John Coltrane

1. Love Supreme
2. In a Sentimental Mood
3. Bessie's Blues
4. Naima
5. Afro Blue
6. Lush Life
7. Crescent
8. Impressions
9. Alabama
10. My Favorite Things

Call number: M109.C658 V47 2001 CD

This New Ocean: The Story of the First Space Age - Publisher's Marketing: "It was all part of man's greatest adventure--landing men on the Moon and sending a rover to Mars, finally seeing the edge of the universe and the birth of stars, and launching planetary explorers across the solar system to Neptune and beyond.
The ancient dream of breaking gravity's hold and taking to space became a reality only because of the intense cold-war rivalry between the superpowers, with towering geniuses like Wernher von Braun and Sergei Korolyov shelving dreams of space travel and instead developing rockets for ballistic missiles and space spectaculars. Now that Russian archives are open and thousands of formerly top-secret U.S. documents are declassified, an often startling new picture of the space age emerges:
the frantic effort by the Soviet Union to beat the United States to the Moon was doomed from the beginning by gross inefficiency and by infighting so treacherous that Winston Churchill likened it to "dogs fighting under a carpet";
there was more than science behind the United States' suggestion that satellites be launched during the International Geophysical Year, and in one crucial respect, Sputnik was a godsend to Washington;
the hundred-odd German V-2s that provided the vital start to the U.S. missile and space programs legally belonged to the Soviet Union and were spirited to the United States in a derring-do operation worthy of a spy thriller;
despite NASA's claim that it was a civilian agency, it had an intimate relationship with the military at the outset and still does--a distinction the Soviet Union never pretended to make;
constant efforts to portray astronauts and cosmonauts as "Boy Scouts" were often contradicted by reality;
the Apollo missions to the Moon may have been an unexcelled political triumph and feat of exploration, but they also created a headache for the space agency that lingers to this day.
This New Ocean is based on 175 interviews with Russian and American scientists and engineers; on archival documents, including formerly top-secret National Intelligence Estimates and spy satellite pictures; and on nearly three decades of reporting. The impressive result is this fascinating story--the first comprehensive account--of the space age. Here are the strategists and war planners; engineers and scientists; politicians and industrialists; astronauts and cosmonauts; science fiction writers and journalists; and plain, ordinary, unabashed dreamers who wanted to transcend gravity's shackles for the ultimate ride. The story is written from the perspective of a witness who was present at the beginning and who has seen the conclusion of the first space age and the start of the second."

Call number: QB500.262 .B87 1999

Through the Great Smoky Mountains

Call number: M64.G86 T47 2002 CD

Troubadour for the Lord

1. Wonderful Counselor
2. Pleiades and Orion
3. Master Musician
4. Hiding Place
5. Bread of Life
6. Surrender
7. St. Theresa's Prayer
8. Psalm 131
9. One Faith
10. Lord, Every Nation on Earth Shall Praise You
11. Lilies of the Field
12. Laudable Exchange
13. I Am the Bread of Life
14. Holy is His Name
15. Healer of My Soul
16. Glory to God
17. Come Worship the Lord (Psalm 95)
18. Come Holy Spirit (Veni, Sancte Spiritus)

Call number: M2108.T35 T76 1996 CD

What Hits!?

Call number: M1630.2.R434 W438 1992 CD

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West - Publisher's Marketing: "This "New York Times" bestseller--the basis of the Tony Award-winning musical "Wicked"--introduces Elphaba, a smart, prickly, and misunderstood creature who will grow up to become the infamous Wicked Witch of the West in Oz. Now, her side of the story is told."

Call number: PBK MAG

Women - Summary: "Well-acted drama about a circle of successful over 40 women friends living in Lisbon facing the pressure of their complicated lives."

Call number: PN1997 Wome 2000 DVD

Evita - Summary: "Evita is based on the true story of Eva Peron, a poor young girl with a scandalous history who rose to international fame and in just a few short years changed a nation forever."

Call number: PN1997 Evita 1998 DVD

Expert Approaches to Support Gifted Learners: Professional Perspectives, Best Practices, and Positive Solutions

Call number: LC3993.9 .E97 2008

La Dolce Vita - Summary: "A tabloid reporter joins the decadent idle rich in Rome. Directed by Federico Fellini."

Call number: PN1997 La D653 2004 DVD

Flight to Paradise

Call number: M129.N683 F55 1998 CD

Forrest Gump - Summary: "Hanks is Forrest Gump, who despite being mentally challenged, tried hard, is honest and places his trust in luck. He tells his life story to anyone who sits next to him at a bus stop, and the flashbacks follow Forrest and his good heart through some of the highlights of modern American history.Through the use of digital imagery, Forrest appears to interact in scenes with John F. Kennedy, John Lennon and George Wallace. Life is like a box of chocolates."

Call number: PN1997 Forr G86 2001 DVD

FTCE General Knowledge: Teacher Certification Exam - Publisher's Marketing: "Includes 11 competencies/skills sets found on the FTCE General Knowledge test and 140 sample-test questions. This guide is aligned specifically to standards prescribed by the Florida Department of Education."

Call number: LB1763.F6 W96 2008

Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus - Summary: "A biopic about the life of photographer Diane Arbus, considered one of the most mysterious, enigmatic, and frighteningly bold artists of the 20th century. Most known for her obsession with 'freak' subject-matter, her haunting work emerged from a deeply private place. Arbus' death was as mysteriously tragic as was the aura surrounding some of her most piercing portraits."

Call number: PN1997 Fur 2007 DVD

Gallery of Best Cover Letters: Collection of Quality Cover Letters by Professional Resume Writers - Publisher's Marketing: "A collection of more than 300 quality cover letters an d23 corresponding resumes written by professional resume writers. Includes expert tips for writing and designing your cover letters for maximum impact. It is a rich "idea book" full of adaptable examples and suggestions!"

Call number: HF5383 .N618 2007

Gandhi - Summary: "Spiritual leader Mahatma Gandhi uses nonviolent protest to lead India out of British rule."

Call number: PN1997 Gand 2007 DVD

George Washington: A Biography - Publisher's Marketing: "Washington Irving's "Life of George Washington" (published in five volumes in 1856-59) was the product of his last years and remains his most personal work. Christened with the name of the great general, Irving was blessed by Washington while still a boy of seven, and later came to know many of the prominent figures of the Revolution. In these pages he describes them using firsthand source material and observation. The result is a book which is fascinating not only for its subject (the American Revolution), but also for how it reveals in illuminating detail the personality and humanity of a now remote, towering icon. Here is an intimate portrait of Washington the man, from Virginia youth to colonial commander to commander-in-chief of the patriot army to first president and great guiding force of the American federation. But one cannot read Irving's "Life" without marveling at the supreme art behind it, for his biography is foremost a work of literature. Charles Neider's abridgment and editing of Irving's long out-of-print classic has created a literary work comparable in importance and elegance to the original." George Washington, A Biography," Neider's title for his edition of Irving's "Life," makes the work accessible to modern audiences. The extensive introduction provides a detailed analysis of Irving's life and times, and the difficulties he faced as he worked against his own failing health to finish what he felt was his masterpiece. This new edition of the superb biography of America's first citizen by America's first literary artist remains as fresh and unique today as when it was penned."

Call number: E312 .I734 1994

Get a jump! : the financial aid answer book, 2003

Call number: LB2337.4 .G48 2002

Ghost Rider - Summary: "Johnny Blaze (Nicolas Cage) was only a teenaged stunt biker when he sold his soul to the devil (Peter Fonda). Years later, Johnny is a world renowned daredevil by day, but at night, he becomes the Ghost Rider of Marvel Comics legend. The devils bounty hunter, he is charged with finding evil souls on earth and bringing them to hell. But when a twist of fate brings Johnnys long-lost love (Eva Mendes) back into his life, Johnny realizes he just might have a second chance at happinessif he can beat the devil and win back his soul. To do so hell have to defeat Blackheart (Wes Bentley), the devils nemesis and wayward son, whose plot to take over his fathers realm will bring hell on earthunless Ghost Rider can stop him."

Call number: PN1997 Ghos R53 2007 DVD

Grand Hotel - Summary: "A ballerina, baron, stenographer, bookkeeper and tycoon check into Berlin's Grand Hotel. Directed by Edmund Goulding. Oscar for best picture."

Call number: PN1997 Grand H68 2005 DVD

The Great Debaters - Summary: "A controversial figure, challenging the social mores of the time, Professor Melvin Tolson (Washington) used unconventional and ferocious teaching methods to shape a debate team at Wiley College, a small African American university in Texas during the 1930s. Fighting against all odds and paving their way to success, the team reaches a pivotal moment when they are faced with one of their greatest challenges yet! going up against Harvard Universitys critically acclaimed national championship debate team."

Call number: PN1997 Gre D433 2008 DVD

Great Jobs for Business Majors - Publisher's Marketing: "It isn't always obvious what a college major can offer to the workplace. Great Jobs books help. students and recent college graduates explore the possibilities in their majors and provide: . Guidance on how to present a major as a workplace asset during an interview. A primer for new college grads on how to conduct a job search. Ways to use a college major in the real world."

Call number: HF5382.7 .L347 2009

You've worked hard for that history degree. Now what? Sometimes the choice of careers can seem endless; the most difficult part of a job search is narrowing down your options.. .

"Great Jobs for History Majors" will help you choose the right career out of the myriad possibilities at your disposal. It provides detailed profiles of careers in your field along with the basic skills necessary to begin a focused job search. You'll soon be on the fast track to landing a job that satisfies your personal, professional, and practical needs..

"Great Jobs for History Majors" will help you: . Determine the occupation that's best suited for you. Craft a rsum and cover letter that stand out from the rest. Learn from practicing professionals about everyday life on the job. Become familiar with current statistics on salaries and trends within the profession. .

Go from history major to:
. Teacher * Curator * Health Management Associate * Museum Tour Guide * Sales Coordinator * Program Director * Librarian * Writer * Television Producer."

Call number: D16.9 .D34 2008

Call number: HM585 .L24 2009

Green Jobs: A Guide to Eco-Friendly Employment - Publisher's Marketing: "The first green employment guide from America's #1 career publisher features profiles of hundreds of lucrative positions. With this comprehensive guide, readers can find the job of their dreams--and know they're making a difference."

Call number: GE60 .L54 2008

Hellboy II: The Golden Army - Summary: "With a signature blend of action, humor and character-based spectacle, the saga of the worlds toughest, kitten-loving hero from Hell continues to unfold in Hellboy 2: The Golden Army. Bigger muscle, badder weapons and more ungodly villains arrive in an epic vision of imagination from Oscar-nominated director Guillermo del Toro. After an ancient truce existing between humankind and the invisible realm of the fantastic is broken, hell on Earth is ready to erupt. A ruthless leader who treads the world above and the one below defies his bloodline and awakens an unstoppable army of creatures. Now, its up to the planets toughest, roughest superhero to battle the merciless dictator and his marauders. He may be red. He may be horned. He may be misunderstood. But when you need the job done right, its time to call in Hellboy (Ron Perlman). Along with his expanding team in the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defensepyrokinetic girlfriend Liz (Selma Blair), aquatic empath Abe (Doug Jones) and protoplasmic mystic Johannthe BPRD will travel between the surface strata and the unseen magical one, where creatures of fantasy become corporeal. And Hellboy, a creature of two worlds whos accepted by neither, must choose between the life he knows and an unknown destiny that beckons him."

Call number: PN1997 Hellb H2 2008 DVD

Hiding Place

SongTitles
1. The Hiding Place
2. Confession
3. I Will Lift Up My Eyes
4. Unless the Lord Build the House
5. Psalm 27
6. Christ as a Light
7. Anima Christi
8. Surrender
9. My Vows to the Lord
10. There's a Time

Call number: M2108.T35 H53 1990 CD

Hope and Glory - Summary: "The comic, poignant story of a young man stuck at home with his mother, aunts and bratty sisters in WWII-era England--while the most exciting fights in history were raging within earshot of his room. His ever-tolerant mom does her parental best while Dad's off to war; but when your street's in rubble, the school's ablaze and the Luftwaffe is parachuting into your backyard, one tends to be a lot more lenient"

Call number: PN1997 Hope A634 2001 DVD

How the West Was Won - Summary: "Three generations of a family go west through a buffalo stampede, the Civil War and a train robbery. Directed by Henry Hathaway, John Ford, George Marshall."

Call number: PN1997 How T449 2000 DVD

In Bruges - Summary: "In Bruges (pronounced broozh) is a darkly comic suspense thriller from Academy Award-winning writer/director Martin McDonagh tells the story of hit men Ray and Ken (Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson). After a botched job in London, the team is ordered by their boss Harry (Ralph Fiennes) to cool their heels in the storybook city of Bruges, Belgium. Very much out of their comfort zones, the men find themselves drawn into increasingly dangerous entanglements with locals, tourists, and a film shoot. As their stay in Bruges gets weirder, they realize Harry may have other plans for them than a simple vacation."

Call number: PN1997 In B78 2008 DVD

In Search of the Castaways - Summary: "A French scientist sails with a girl and her brother to find their lost sea-captain father."

Call number: PN1997 In S4373 2005 DVD

In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale - Summary: "A simple family man (Jason Statham) is forced to take up arms after an evil sorcerer (Ray Liotta) unleashes an army of bloodthirsty beasts that destroy his small village and capture his beautiful wife (Claire Forlani). As the marauding forces overrun the land in an effort to overthrow the king (Burt Reynolds) and his loyal magus (John Rhys-Davies), the once peace-loving peasant and his two companions (Ron Perlman and Will Sanderson) venture into perilous, uncharted terrain on a daring rescue mission. In this breathtaking fantasy adventure, director Uwe Boll conjures up a medieval world filled with royal treachery, dark magic and spectacular battles, all set against some of the most awe-inspiring vistas ever captured on film."

Call number: PN1997 In T4426 2008 DVD

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - Summary: "The newest Indiana Jones adventure begins in the desert Southwest in 1957 the height of the Cold War. Indy and his sidekick Mac (Ray Winstone) have barely escaped a close scrape with nefarious Soviet agents on a remote airfield. Now, Professor Jones has returned home to Marshall College only to find things have gone from bad to worse. His close friend and dean of the college (Jim Broadbent) explains that Indys recent activities have made him the object of suspicion, and that the government has put pressure on the university to fire him. On his way out of town, Indiana meets rebellious young Mutt (Shia LaBeouf), who carries both a grudge and a proposition for the adventurous archaeologist: If hell help Mutt on a mission with deeply personal stakes, Indy could very well make one of the most spectacular archaeological finds in history the Crystal Skull of Akator, a legendary object of fascination, superstition and fear. But as Indy and Mutt set out for the most remote corners of Peru a land of ancient tombs, forgotten explorers and a rumored city of gold they quickly realize they are not alone in their search. The Soviet agents are also hot on the trail of the Crystal Skull. Chief among them is icy cold, devastatingly beautiful Irina Spalko (Cate Blanchett), whose elite military unit is scouring the globe for the eerie Crystal Skull, which they believe can help the Soviets dominate the world... if they can unlock its secrets. Indy and Mutt must find a way to evade the ruthless Soviets, follow an impenetrable trail of mystery, grapple with enemies and friends of questionable motives, and, above all, stop the powerful Crystal Skull from falling into the deadliest of hands."

Call number: PN1997 Indi J682 2008 DVD

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - Summary: "Archaeologist Jones and his tweedy father race the Nazis to the Holy Grail. Directed by Steven Spielberg."

Call number: PN1997 Indi J65 2008 DVD

Irma La Douce - Summary: "A French policeman pulls a raid on a Parisian brothel and falls in love with one of the prostitutes."

Call number: PN1997 Irma L323 2001 DVD

Jungle Guitars

Call number: M129.S88 J86 2006 CD

Lawrence of Arabia - Summary: "Winner of 7 Academy Awards including Best Picture (1962), LAWRENCE OF ARABIA is the epic true story of how a WWI British army officer united rival Arab tribes in their war against the Turks, and in the process became a living legend. Complete with spectacular battle sequences, stunning desert vistas and Peter O'Toole's larger-than-life performance as the heroic T.E. Lawrence, this is grand-scale action and excitement at its very best."

Call number: PN1997 Lawr O423 2002 DVD

Lookout for Hope

Call number: M129.D684 L665 2002 CD

Merry Christmas

Call number: PN1997 Joye N64 2006 DVD

Moonstruck - Summary: "An Italian-American widow loves her fiance's brother."

Call number: PN1997 Moons 1998 DVD

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Call number: M1630.2.A35 M67 1999 CD

Moulin Rouge - Summary: "Stunted painter Toulouse-Lautrec frequents cancan clubs and brothels of 19th-century Paris."

Call number: PN1997 Moul R68 2004 DVD

A Bridge Too Far - Summary: "Allied paratroops land in 1944 Holland to capture six bridges leading to Germany. From the Cornelius Ryan book."

Call number: PN1997 Bridg T6624 1998 DVD

A Foot in the Door: Networking Your Way Into the Hidden Job Market - Publisher's Marketing: "This empowering and accessible guide shows career rookies how to get a foot in the doorand then kick it wide open. The revised second edition emphasizes the importance of contemporary social networking, such as discussion groups and forums, online portfolios, and blogging. Featuring a list of networking hot spots, confidence-building advice for the shy or intimidated, and a comprehensive guide to informational interviewing, A FOOT IN THE DOOR reveals proven strategies that will help those seeking their first real-world job land the position theyve been looking for."

Call number: HF5382.7 .H354 2008

A View of the River - Publisher's Marketing: "From the "USA Today" bestselling author of "What the Heart Knows." The historic, and supposedly haunted, estate of Rosewood draws together two people from different worlds. Through the spirits of the old home, ancient family rivalries and buried secrets come to light. Original."

Call number: PBK EAG

Across the Universe - Summary: "A love story set against the backdrop of the 1960s amid the turbulent years of anti-war protest, mind exploration and rock 'n roll, the film moves from the dockyards of Liverpool to the creative psychedelia of Greenwich Village, from the riot-torn streets of Detroit to the killing fields of Vietnam. The star-crossed lovers, Jude (Jim Sturgess) and Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood), along with a small group of friends and musicians, are swept up into the emerging anti-war and counterculture movements, with 'Dr. Robert' (Bono) and 'Mr. Kite' (Eddie Izzard) as their guides. Tumultuous forces outside their control ultimately tear the young lovers apart, forcing Jude and Lucy ' against all odds ' to find their own way back to each other."

Call number: PN1997 Across T4328 2008 DVD

Afternoon in Sedona

Call number: M64.G86 A48 1993 CD

Back to Black

Call number: M1630.2.W564 B335 2006 CD

Best Ideas for Teaching with Technology: A Practical Guide for Teachers, by Teachers

Call number: LB1028.3 .R437 2008

Charter Schools (At Issue)

Call number: LB2806.36 .C5353 2008

Classroom Management Techniques for Students with ADHD: A Step-By-Step Guide for Educators - Publisher's Marketing: "Discover practical methods for teaching students with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, including effective strategies for classroom management, behavioral intervention, meeting legal requirements, and academic instruction."

Call number: LC4713.2 .P53 2008

Collaborative Literacy: Using Gifted Strategies to Enrich Learning for Every Student - Publisher's Marketing: "The authors offer higher-level thinking and reading strategies that promote achievement for all students, with resources to build collaborative literacy, stimulate creativity, develop richer comprehension, and more."

Call number: LC3993.9 .I85 2007

College Road Trip - Summary: "Choosing which college to attend can be the most exciting and thrilling time of a young woman's life...unless your overprotective father isn't quite ready to let you go. In the Disney family comedy, COLLEGE ROAD TRIP, Melanie (RAVEN-SYMONE) is eagerly looking forward to her first big step towards independence when she plans a "girls only" road trip to check out prospective universities. But when her overbearing police chief father (MARTIN LAWRENCE) insists on escorting her instead, she soon finds her dream trip has turned into a hilarious nightmare adventure full of comical misfortune and turmoil."

Call number: PN1997 Colle R63 2008 DVD

Complete Clapton

Call number: M1630.18.C537 C667 2007 CD

Top 50 GED Math Skills for GED Success

Call number: LB3060.33.G45 M68 2004

Disciplines of a Godly Man - Publisher's Marketing: "Using engaging illustrations, scriptural wisdom, practical suggestions for daily living and personal study questions, this revised edition offers frank, biblical discussion on major areas of Christian manhood, including marriage, fatherhood, and godliness."

Call number: BV4647.D58 H84 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

Double Indemnity - Summary: "This crackling adaptation of James Cain's shady tale of an insurance man lured into murder was brilliantly cast with the usually nice guy MacMurray as the slick agent in love with calculating Stanwyck."

Call number: PN1997 Doub I63 2006 DVD

Drug Abuse (Social Issues Firsthand)

Call number: HV5724.Y68 D78 2007

Earth Science

Call number: QE26.2 .T38 2006

A Guide to Effective Elementary School Science Teaching: Earth Science Activities

Call number: QE40 .K36 1996

Economics Today

Call number: HB172.5 .M54 2004

Educating the Net Generation: How to Engage Students in the 21st Century - Publisher's Marketing: "In examining the unique characteristics of the Net Generation, this book addresses the national problem of escalating high-school dropout rates and student disengagement and offers solutions as to how to best involve students of the millennial generation. Besides contrasting this generation's educational needs and expectations to those of their Gen-X parents and Baby Boomer grandparents, the narrative examines why many students resist participating in formalized education in schools and drop out. Subsequent chapters featuring student interviews and photographs synthesize the perspectives of current high schoolers as to their experiences, beliefs, and thoughts on learning while a parallel set of parent interviews, surveys, and photographs reveal what factors parents feel are important in their child's education and how they would like to see schools engage their children in learning. Recommendations for changes in school policy and financial investment critical to turning the situation around are also included, along with an inventory/checklist for parents, teachers, and school administrators to determine if their individual school environment has what it takes to keep students motivated and engaged."

Call number: LA227.4 .P58 2007

Education in the West of England, 1066-1548

Call number: LA631.3 .O74 1976

In addition to presenting comprehensive, expert coverage of all topics teachers need to understand about how students learn and all the classroom applications for which the author is justly renowned, the modules are grouped into clusters that allow for deeper context and background for each topic. Further, each module is a self-contained learning unit, with learning objectives and review questions ("Check Yourself") that provide immediate reinforcement of key concepts and build students' confidence in their grasp of the material."

Call number: LB1051 .W74 2005

Encyclopedia of American Folklore - Publisher's Marketing: "Folklore has been described as the unwritten literature of a culture: its songs, stories, sayings, games, rituals, beliefs, and ways of life. Encyclopedia of American Folklore helps readers explore topics, terms, themes, figures, and issues related to this popular subject. This comprehensive reference guide addresses the needs of multiple audiences, including high school, college, and public libraries, archive and museum collections, storytellers, and independent researchers. Its content and organization correspond to the ways educators integrate folklore within literacy and wider learning objectives for language arts and cultural studies at the secondary level. This new work connects United States folk forms with their cultural origin, historical context, and social function, making this volume a well-rounded resource for students of folklore. Appendixes include a bibliography, a category index, and a discussion of starting points for researching American folklore. References and bibliographic material throughout the text highlight recently published and commonly available materials for further study."

Call number: GR105 .W38 2007

Evergreen: With Readings: A Guide to Writing

Call number: PE1408 .F325 2000

10,000 B.C. - Summary: "From director Roland Emmerich comes a sweeping odyssey into a mythical age of prophesies and gods, when spirits rule the land and mighty mammoths shake the earth. In a remote mountain tribe, the young hunter, D'Leh (Steven Strait), has found his heart's passion - the beautiful Evolet (Camilla Belle). When a band of mysterious warlords raid his village and kidnap Evolet, D'Leh is forced to lead a small group of hunters to pursue the warlords to the end of the world to save her. Driven by destiny, the unlikely band of warriors must battle saber-tooth tigers and prehistoric predators and, at their heroic journey's end, they uncover a Lost Civilization. Their ultimate fate lies in an empire beyond imagination, where great pyramids reach into the skies. Here they will take their stand against a powerful god who has brutally enslaved their people."

Call number: PN1997 10,000 B3 2008 DVD

100 Experiential Learning Activities for Social Studies, Literature, and the Arts, Grades 5-12 - Publisher's Marketing: "Facilitates student engagement through active learning and provides easy-to-use matrices linking McREL, NCTE, and NCSS standards to activities in history, economics, literature, and the arts."

Call number: LB1027.23 .P76 2008

150 Best Jobs for Your Skills - Publisher's Marketing: "Employers need workers with good skills! However, most people find it difficult to identify the skills they already have. Knowing your skills is important in the job search for writing resumes, interviewing, and showing employers your value. Plus, people are happier doing jobs they are good at and that use their skills. With nearly 100 "best jobs" lists and 265 job descriptions, this ground-breaking book helps readers identify their best skills and then connect them to the best jobs"

Call number: HF5382.5.U5 F3634 2008

150 Best Jobs Through Military Training - Publisher's Marketing: "Which military jobs lead to the best civilian careers? No other resource gives in-depth, important facts for connecting military training to desirable jobs in the civilian world. This new book covers 75 military occupations and their 150 best civilian counterparts through a total of 225 detailed job descriptions and 45 best jobs lists. A useful overview explains why the military can be a good place to learn skills, how recruits are placed in military jobs, and what to say to recruiters. Also discussed are enlisted versus officer jobs, the military lifestyle, the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB), the RIASEC interest codes, how the G.I. bill works for service members who want additional education and much more. As the only book that focuses on the military jobs bridging to civilian careers, 150 Best Jobs Through Military Training is ideal for anyone who is considering military service, who is soon to be discharged, or who has served in the military."

Call number: HF5384 .A15 2008

150 Best Low-Stress Jobs - Publisher's Marketing: "Readers can explore the best low-stress jobs, ranked by more than a dozen common stress factors, including pay, growth, personality type, interests, education level, gender, age, part-time work, and self-employment."

Call number: HF5382.75.U6 A17 2008

200 Best Jobs for Introverts - Publisher's Marketing: "Introverts prefer autonomy and quiet in their work and draw their energy from within. In this useful book, the authors help introverts--about 40 percent of the population--make the best career match for their strengths in just two steps: (1) Review best jobs lists to compare careers and to find those that suit them best. (2) Learn more about the careers of interest in detailed job descriptions."

Call number: HF5382.694.U6 A15 2008

A great cover letter is the best way to show prospective employers who you are and what you can offer. So don't blow it! "202 Great Cover Letters" delivers a treasure trove of sample cover letters that will get you noticed whether you're applying online or in person. No matter what industry you work in, you'll find an effective, smart cover letter for virtually any position.. .

In addition to attention-grabbing sample letters, "202 Great Cover Letters" is packed with vital job search information: . . Smart guidelines for researching a company's needs. Handy networking concepts and ideas. Valuable tips on contacting recruiters during and after interviews. Proven advice for every situation, including cold contact and posting on job boards . Important keywords top recruiters look for. .

Whether you're just out of college, just out of work, or just looking for a change of career, "202 Great Cover Letters" gives you all the samples, formats, and strategies you need to make that all-important first impression."

Call number: HF5383 .B4354 2008

25 Biggest Mistakes Teachers Make and How to Avoid Them - Publisher's Marketing: "This updated edition of the bestseller helps teachers become more sensitive educators by recognizing teaching mistakes and discovering better ways to address challenging and stressful situations."

Call number: LB1033 .O73 2008

Packed with more than 450 sample questions, "Acing the Interview" gives you candid advice on answering even the trickiest and most unexpected interview questions. Written by the employment expert Dr. Phil called "the best of the best," this unique and powerful book helps you take charge of any interview situation. Having heard just about every conceivable interview question and answer since joining the placement and recruitment field in 1973, Tony Beshara knows firsthand what responses will get you hired. In this book, he arms you with the surefire answers that will keep you from getting weeded out from the large pool of eager applicants."

Call number: HF5549.5.I6 B4715 2008

Afro-Cuban Tales - Publisher's Marketing: "As much a storyteller as an ethnographer, Lydia Cabrera was captivated by a strange and magical new world revealed to her by her Afro-Cuban friends in early twentieth-century Havana. In "Afro-Cuban Tales" this world comes to teeming life, introducing English-speaking readers to a realm of tenuous boundaries between the natural and the supernatural, deities and mortals, the spiritual and the seemingly inanimate.
Here readers will find a vibrant, imaginative record of African culture transplanted to Cuba and transformed over time, a passionate and subversive alternative to the dominant Western culture of the Americas. In this charmed realm of myth and legend, imaginative flights, and hard realities, Cabrera shows us a world turned upside down. In this domain guinea hens can make dour Asturians and the king of Spain dance; little fat cooking pots might prepare their own meals; the pope can send encyclicals about pumpkins; and officials can be defeated by the shrewdness of turtles. The first English translation of one of the most important writers on African culture in the Americas, the collection provides a fascinating view of how African traditions, myths, stories, and religions traveled to the New World--of how, in their tales, Africans in the Americas created a New World all their own."

Call number: GR121.C8 C3213 2004

Against Medical Advice - Publisher's Marketing: "Cory Friedman woke up one morning when he was five years old with the uncontrollable urge to twitch his neck. From that day forward his life became a hell of irrepressible tics and involuntary utterances, and Cory embarked on an excruciating journey from specialist to specialist to discover the cause of his disease. Soon it became unclear what tics were symptoms of his disease and what were side effects of the countless combinations of drugs. The only certainty is that "it kept getting worse," Simply put: Cory Friedman's life was a living hell.
AGAINST MEDICAL ADVICE is the true story of Cory and his family's decades-long battle for survival in the face of extraordinary difficulties and a maddening medical establishment. It is a heart-rending story of struggle and triumph with a climax as dramatic as any James Patterson thriller."

Call number: PS3566.A822 A335 2008

All Quiet on the Western Front - Summary: "This anti-war drama, based on Erich Maria Remarque's novel, follows the lives of a group of fresh-faced German boys who join the Army during World War I."

Call number: PN1997 All Q85 2007 DVD

* What are alternate routes to teaching and how did they develop?
* How did new national programs and federal involvement promote alternate route participation?
* What makes up State Alternate Routes to Teacher Certification and how are they implemented?
* Who are Alternate Route Teachers?
* What does the research say about Alternate Routes and where will Alternate Routes go from here?

"As the author demonstrates, these alternate route programs are a large and growing part of the K-12 education landscape. Feistritzer is the national expert on the subject, and clearly the person to write a book on the topic." Michael Podgursky, Ph.D. University of Missouri "[This] text is well-written and contains an outstanding presentation of the history and nature of alternate routes to certification, as well as the best data available on the results those programs have generated. The book will appeal to public school and college educators, government policy makers, persons considering teaching careers, and anyone who is concerned about and interested in public schools." Leo Klagholz, Ph.D., former New Jersey Commissioner of Education"

Call number: LB1715 .F386 2008

Alternative Energy Resources: The Quest for Sustainable Energy - Publisher's Marketing: "A balanced introduction to tomorrow's energy sources
Over the course of the next fifty years, there will be a shift in the quest for sustainble energy, including a major change in transportation from internal combustion engines burning petroleum-derived fuels to newer technology engines using new transportation fuels. Alternative Energy Reources examines our options for energy sources with a focus on hydrogen as a large-scale, secondary energy vector parallel to electricity.
As the price of petroleum products increases, the world is scrambling to find a suitable replacement energy source. In this comprehensive primer, Professor Paul Kruger examines energy use throughout history and the exponential expansion of our energy use beginning with the Industrial Revolution through the present day. The book then analyzes the various alternative energy sources available, including renewable energy (hydroelectric, solar, wind, biomass, and geothermal), nuclear, and hydrogen. He addresses each energy source's pros and cons based on our needs, availability, and environmental impact aspects. Finally, Dr. Kruger proposes the use of hydrogen as a fuel to sustain our energy supply produced by appropriate technology mixtures of renewable and nuclear energy."

Call number: TJ808 .K78 2006

Amadeus - Summary: "On his deathbed, Court Composer Antonio Salieri confesses to having killed Mozart, the Genius composer. Flashback to Mozart's arrival in Vienna. His brash and vulgar manner is the antithesis of his divine musical gift. Salieri cannot reconcile that God would endow such genius on this coarse boy. The story unfolds as Mozart becomes more and more popular and Salieri becomes more obsessed with destroying him and getting his revenge on God. Using his influence, Salieri drives his rival to poverty. Finally, he poses as Mozart's deceased father and haunts the sickly composer, driving him to an ignominious grave."

Call number: PN1997 Amad 1997 DVD

Amazing Grace

Call number: PN1997 Amaz G73 2007 DVD

Batman Begins - Summary: "Batman Begins explores the origins of the Batman legend and the Dark Knight's emergence as a force for good in Gotham. In the wake of his parents' murder, disillusioned industrial heir Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) travels the world seeking the means to fight injustice and turn fear against those who prey on the fearful. He returns to Gotham and unveils his alter-ego: Batman, a masked crusader who uses his strength, intellect and an array of high tech deceptions to fight the sinister forces that threaten the city."

Call number: PN1997 Batm B44 2005 DVD

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead - Summary: "Two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store. The job goes horribly wrong, triggering off a series of events that send them and their family hurtling towards a shattering climax."

Call number: PN1997 Befo T35 2008 DVD

Bella - Summary: "An international soccer star (Eduardo Verastegui) is on his way to sign a multimillion dollar contract when something happens that brings his career to an abrupt end. A beautiful waitress (Tammy Blanchard), struggling to make it in New York City, discovers something about herself that she's unprepared for. In one irreversible moment, their lives are turned upside down...until a simple gesture of kindness brings them both together, turning an ordinary day into an unforgettable experience."

Call number: PN1997 Bella 2008 DVD