Monday, August 6, 2007

New Books

The Arts
A century of African American art
Internet art
The ultimate field guide to photography
A history of the American theatre from its origins to 1832
Michelangelo

Issues and Controversies
In a new land: a comparative view of immigration
Violence in America's schools: understanding, prevention, and responses
America's war on sex: the attack on law, lust and liberty

Pop Culture
The animated man: a life of Walt Disney

Psychology
Bleeding to ease the pain: cutting, self-injury, and the adolescent search for self
Happiness: the science behind your smile
Memory: the key to consciousness
The last normal child: essays on the intersection of kids, culture, and psychiatric drugs

Health and Medicine
Diet drugs
Understanding Parkinson's disease: a personal and professional view
Stain-resistant, nonstick, waterproof, and lethal: the hidden dangers of C8
Pesticides: a toxic time bomb in our midst
Preemie parents: recovering from baby's premature birth

Science and Mathematics
The equation that couldn't be solved: how mathematical genius discovered the language of symmetry
The physics of superheroes
Astrobiology: a brief introduction
Large carnivores and the conservation of biodiversity
City of light: the story of fiber optics

Literary and Language Studies
The republic: the comprehensive student edition
King Arthur (Bloom’s Major literary characters)
The Oxford guide to Arthurian literature and legend
The haunting of Hill House / Shirley Jackson (fiction)
Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre: a casebook
Jean-Jacques Rousseau: restless genius
Killing the messenger: journalists at risk in modern warfare

Floridiana
Bats of Florida
The Florida manatee: biology and conservation
Florida bounty: a celebration of Florida cuisine and culture
Cracker: the Cracker culture in Florida history
America's fortress: a history of Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, Florida

Sports and Games
Ringside: a history of professional wrestling in America

People
The animated man: a life of Walt Disney

Religious Studies
Understanding Jihad
SanterĂ­a: correcting the myths and uncovering the realities of a growing religion
Native North American religious traditions: dancing for life

Education
Teaching first-year college students

History
The Rosetta Stone
Women's radical reconstruction: the freedmen's aid movement
The Holocaust
The Cold War
Pompeii: history, life & afterlife
Comandante Che: guerrilla soldier, commander, and strategist, 1956-1967
Savage kingdom: the true story of Jamestown, 1607, and the settlement of America

Women’s Studies
The invisible sex: uncovering the true roles of women in prehistory
Blue-collar women at work with men: negotiating the hostile environment
Mommy wars: stay-at-home and career moms face off on their choices, their lives, their families

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