New Books - August 2007

The myth of evil: demonizing the enemy, by Phillip Cole. Praeger, 2006. 170 C675

The trouble with Islam today: a Muslim's call for reform in her faith, by Irshad Manji. St. Martin's Griffin, 2003. 297 M314

From the Palmer Raids to the Patriot Act: a history of the fight for free speech in America, by Christpher M. Finan. Beacon Press, 2007. 323.443 F490

Income and wealth, by Alan Reynolds. Greenwood Press, 2006. 339.2 R333

The age of oil: the mythology, history, and future of the world's most controversial resource, by Leonardo Maugeri. Praeger, 2006. 553.28 M442

The complexities of care: nursing reconsidered, edited by Sioban Nelson and Suzanne Gordon. ILR Press, 2006. 610.73 C738

The horse: a miscellany of equine knowledge, by Julie Whitaker. Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2007. 636.1 W580

College cooking: feed yourself and your friends, by Megan & Jill Carle. Ten Speed Press, 2007. 641.5 C192

Guerrilla marketing: easy and inexpensive strategies for making big profits from your small business, by Jay Conrad Levinson. Houghton Mifflin, 2007. 658.8 L578

Digital photography quicksteps, by Doug Sahlin. McGraw-Hill, 2007. 775 Sa19

Babylon's burning: from punk to grunge, by Clinton Heylin. Canongate, 2007. 781.66 H515

Civilization: a new history of the Western world, by Roger Osborne. Pegasus Books, 2006. 909 Os1

New Books in the Library

The following books were received in March and April. They are located on the New Books display shelves. Enjoy!

Inequality and American democracy: what we know and what we need to learn. Russell Sage, 2005. 323.42 In3

Wind energy basics: a guide to small and micro wind systems, by Paul Gipe. Chelsea Green, 1999. 621.45 G440w

Adams' lameness in horses. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2002. 636.1 Ad17

Say it plain: a century of great African American speeches. New Press, 2005. 815 Sa99

We must have certainty: four essays on the detective story, by J. Kenneth Van Dover. Susquehanna University Press, 2005. 823.009 V287

We were there: voices of African American veterans from World War II to the war in Iraq. Amistad, 2005. 940.5403 L357

Inés of my soul, by Isabel Allende. HarperCollins, 2006. Fic AL54i

The memory keeper's daughter, by Kim Edwards. Penguin, 2006. Fic Ed96

New Books for February

The following titles were added to our library collections in the last month.

Concordia Campus Library

African American music: an introduction, edited by Mellonee V. Burnim and Portia K. Maultsby. Routledge, 2006. 780.89 Af83

All about public relations: how to build business success on good communications, by Roger Haywood. McGraw-Hill, 1991. 659.2 H336

American protest literature, edited by Zoe Trodd. Belknap Press, 2006. 810 Am35

The bastard of Istanbul, by Elif Shafak. Viking, 2007. Fic Sh13

The classical Greek reader, edited by Kenneth J. Atchity. Oxford University Press, 1998. 880.9 C569

The classical Roman reader: new encounters with Ancient Rome, edited by Kenneth J. Atchity. Oxford University Press, 1998. 870.9 C569

Decade of nightmares: the end of the sixties and the making of eighties America, by Philip Jenkins. Oxford University Press, 2006. 973.92 J418

Happiness: a history, by Darrin M. McMahon. Atlantic Monthly Press, 2006. 170 M227

In the game: race, identity, and sports in the twentieth century, edited by Amy Bass. Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. 796.08 B293

Mass media and American politics, by Doris A. Graber. CQ Press, 2006. 302.23 G751

Munchies: cook what you want, eat what you like, by Kevin Telles Roberts. Storey Pub., 2004. 641.5 R542

Plains bound: fragile cargo: revealing orphan train reality, by Charlotte M. Endorf. Outskirts Press, 2005. 362.73 En25

The Prentice Hall anthology of African American women's literature, edited by Valerie Lee. Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006. 810.8 P918

Roll the bones: the history of gambling, by David G. Schwartz. Gotham Books, 2006. 795 Sch95

The sea, by John Banville. Vintage Books, 2006. Fic B228

Shattered consensus: the true state of global warming, edited by Patrick J. Michaels. Rowman & Littlefield, 2005. 363.738 Sh25

Snow, by Orhan Pamuk. Vintage International, 2005. Fic P191

Something happened: a political and cultural overview of the seventies, by Edward D. Berkowitz. Columbia University Press, 2006. 973.92 B455

Violence and mental health in everyday life: prevention and intervention strategies for children and adolescents, by Daniel J. Flannery. AltaMira Press, 2006. 618.92 F614v

The weather makers: how man is changing the climate and what it means for life on Earth, by Tim Flannery. Atlantic Monthly Press, 2005. 363.738 F614

White oleander: a novel, by Janet Fitch. Little, Brown, 1999. Fic F553

Wind energy: fundamentals, resource analysis and economics, by Sathyajith Mathew. Springer, 2006. 621.45 Sa82

Year of wonders: a novel of the plague, by Geraldine Brooks. Penguin Books, 2002. Fic B791y


Geary County Campus Library

The Art of Terry Redlin: master of memories, text by Keith G. Olson. Hadley House, 1997. 759.174 R248

Criminal law, by Wayne R. LaFave. West Group, 2000. 345.73 C868

The thunder of angels: the Montgomery bus boycott and the people who broke the back of Jim Crow, by Donnie Williams and Wayne Greenhaw. Lawrence Hill Books, 2006. 323.1761 W671

Introduction to criminal justice, by Robert M. Bohm and Keith N. Haley. McGraw-Hill, 2005. 364.973 B634

The law of domestic relations in the United States, by Homer H. Clark, Jr. West Pub., 1988. 346.7301 L410

Lincoln's melancholy: how depression challenged a president and fueled his greatness, by Joshua Wolf Shenk. Houghton Mifflin, 2005. 92 L638sh

The spirit of America, by Thomas Kinkade with Calvin Miller. T. Nelson, 1998. Fic K620

New books for January

Here's a list of books we put on the shelf during January. Enjoy!

Concordia Campus

After Dolly: the uses and misuses of human cloning, by Ian Wilmut and Roger Highfield. New York: W.W. Norton, 2006. 176 W689

Beyond the orphan train: a true adventure, by Donna Nordmark Aviles. Louisville, KY: Wasteland Press, 2004. Fic Av55b

Death's door: modern dying and the ways we grieve, by Sandra M. Gilbert. New York: W.W. Norton, 2006. 155.937 G376

The dorm room diet: the 8-step program for creating a healthy lifestyle plan that really works, by Daphne Oz. New York: Newmarket Press, 2006. 613.04 Oz1

The fall of Rome: and the end of civilization, by Bryan Ward-Perkins. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. 937 W210

Family life now: a conversation about marriages, families, and relationships, by Kelly J. Welch. Boston, MA: Pearson Allyn and Bacon, 2007. 306.8 W444

Fly little bird, fly!: the true story of Oliver Nordmark & America's orphan trains, by Donna Nordmark Aviles. Louisville, KY: Wasteland Press, 2004. Fic Av55

History in the making: an absorbing look at how American history has changed in the telling over the last 200 years, by Kyle Ward. New York: New Press, 2006. 973 W213

It's not the media: the truth about pop culture's influence on children, by Karen Sternheimer. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2003. 302.23 St45

The Oxford anthology of African-American poetry, edited by Arnold Rampersad. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. 811 R147

Romancing God: evangelical women and inspirational fiction, by Lynn S. Neal. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2006. 810 N253


Geary County Campus

Eragon, by Christopher Paolini. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. Fic P196

The hours, by Michael Cunningham. New York: Picador USA, 2002. Fic C917

The importance of being earnest: a reader's companion, by Peter Raby. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1995. 822.009 W644ra

Last letters home: voices of Americans from the battlefields of Iraq, foreword by John McCain. New York: CDS, 2004. 956.7044 L339

Voices from the front: letters home from America's military family, foreword by Frank Schaeffer. New York: Carroll & Graf, 2004. 956.7044 Sch13

New Books for December

Here are the books we put on the New Books shelf in December. A little something for everyone!

Don't forget to check out our McNaughton lease books; new fiction is coming in all the time.

Augustus: the life of Rome's first emperor, by Anthony Everitt. New York: Random House, 2006. 937.07 Ev27

Beyond oil and gas: the methanol economy, by George A. Olah, Alain Goeppert and G.K. Surya Prakash. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH, 2006. 665.7 OL1

Black markets: the supply and demand of body parts, by Michele Goodwin. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006. 174.25 G635

The elephant in the living room: make television work for your kids, by Dimitri A. Christakis and Frederick J. Zimmerman. Emmaus, PA: Rodale, 2006. 302.23 C461

The faith club: a Muslim, Christian, Jew -- three women search for understanding, by Ranya Idliby, Suzanne Oliver, Priscilla Warner. New York: Free Press, 2006. 291.172 Id4

Food in the ancient world, by John M. Wilkins and Shaun Hill. Malden, MA: Blackwell Pub., 2006. 394.1 W656

Good day, bad day: teaching as a high-wire act, by Ken Winograd. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Education, 2005. 371.1 W731

The holy vote: the politics of faith in America, by Ray Suarez. New York: Rayo, 2006. 322.10973 S939h

Reading the Beatles: cultural studies, literary criticism, and the Fab Four, edited by Kenneth Womack and Todd F. Davis. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2006. 782.421 R227

Skin: a natural history, by Nina G. Jablonski. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006. 612.79 J114

The smart student's guide to healthy living: how to survive stress, late nights, & the college cafeteria, by M.J. Smith and Fred Smith. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, 2006. 613.04 Sm62

The Starbucks experience: 5 principles for turning ordinary into extraordinary, by Joseph A. Michelli. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2007. 658 M582

U.S. News & World Report ultimate guide to becoming a teacher, by Ben Wildavsky and the staff of U.S. News & World Report. Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks, 2004. 371.1 W643

New Books

Oops! We were so busy in October that I didn't get out a list of our September acquisitions, so they're posted together here with our October new books.

Concordia Campus

News flash: journalism, infotainment, and the bottom-line business of broadcast news, by Bonnie M. Anderson. Jossey-Bass, 2004. 070.43 An23

Bad news: the decline of reporting, the business of news, and the danger to us all, by Tom Fenton. Regan Books, 2005. 070.43 F367

The news about the news: American journalism in peril, by Leonard Downie, Jr. and Robert G. Kaiser. Vintage Books, 2002. 071.3 D759

Influence: the psychology of persuasion, by Robert B. Cialdini. Morrow, 1993. 153.852 C480

Ethics in media communications: cases and controversies, by Louis Alvin Day. Thomson, Wadsworth, 2006. 175 D332

Tuned out: why Americans under 40 don't follow the news, by David T. Z. Mindich. Oxford University Press, 2005. 302.23 M661

The death of media and the fight to save democracy, by Danny Schechter. Melville House, 2005. 302.23 Sch21

American mythos: why our best efforts to be a better nation fall short, by Robert Wuthnow. Princeton University Press, 2006. 303.372 W969

Commodify your dissent: salvos from The Baffler, edited by Thomas Frank and Matt Weiland. Norton, 1997. 306.3 F851

One market under God: extreme capitalism, market populism, and the end of economic democracy, by Thomas Frank. Anchor Books, 2001. 330.12 F851

The conquest of cool: business culture, counterculture, and the rise of hip consumerism, by Thomas Frank. University of Chicago Press, 1998. 381.3 F85

The age of broadcasting: Radio, edited and introduced by Wim Coleman and Pat Perrin. Discovery Enterprises, 1997. 384.540973 Ag31

Soil fertility and fertilizers: an introduction to nutrient management, by John L. Havlin, et al. Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005. 631.8 H299

Applied animal reproduction, by H. Joe Bearden, John W. Fuquay, Scott T. Willard. Pearson Prentice Hall, 2004. 636.082 B380

The new Moosewood cookbook, by Mollie Katzen. Ten Speed Press, 2000. 641.5636 K159

Simple maintenance for archery: easy things you can do to maintain your equipment, by Ruth Rowe, Alan Anderson. Quintessential Productions, 2003. 688.79 R793

Design anarchy, by Kalle Lasn. Adbusters Media Foundation, 2006. 760 L335

Words that shook the world: 100 years of unforgettable speeches and events, by Richard Greene with Florie Brizel. Prentice Hall, 2002. 808.85 G835


Geary County Campus

Mythologies of the world: the illustrated guide to mythological beliefs & customs, by Michael McKenzie, et al. Checkmark Books, 2001. 291.13 M196

The trial: a history, from Socrates to O.J. Simpson, by Sadakat Kadri. Random House, 2005. 345.07 K116

The complete history of Jack the Ripper, by Philip Sugden. Robinson, 2002. 364.1523 Su33

Hellenistic civilization, by François Chamoux. Blackwell, 2003. 938.08 C357

Auschwitz: a history, by Sybille Steinbacher. Harper Perennial, 2006. 940.5318 St34

Gettysburg: a testing of courage, by Noah Andre Trudeau. HarperCollins, 2002. 973.7 T765

Halloween is just one week away! For those of you who enjoy this holiday, you might want to check out this Press Release by the U.S. Census Bureau:
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/005606.html
This Press Release provides interesting Halloween facts and resources.

Have a Safe and Happy Halloween!