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