New Books February 14, 2008

Fiction

Escape from the carnival : a Neverland island book, by Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson
Crash, by Jerry Spinelli
Cupid : a Tale of love and desire, by Julius Lester
The loud silence of Francine Green, by Karen Cushman
Forever in blue : the fourth summer of the Sisterhood, by Ann Brashares
The off season, by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Monkey town : a summer of the Scopes trial, by Ronald Kidd
Waves, by Sharon Dogar
A thousand splendid suns, by Khaled Hosseini

Non-Fiction
When nature strikes : weather disasters and the law, by Marsha L. Baum
F5 : devastation, survival, and the most violent tornado outbreak of the twentieth century, by Mark Levine
Under a green sky : global warming, the mass extinctions of the past, and what they can tell us about our future, byPeter D. Ward
The Industrial Revolution : milestones in business history, by Jeff Horn
Send : the essential guide to email for office and home, by David Shipley and Will Schwalbe
Market domination! : the impact of industry consolidation on competition, innovation, and consumer choice, by Stephen G. Hannaford
Rethinking thin : the new science of weight loss--and the myths and realities of dieting, by Gina Kolata
Eating disorders -- Viqi Wagner, book editor
Totally wired : what teens and tweens are really doing online by Anastasia Goodstein
Haunted by combat : understanding PTSD in war veterans including women, reservists, and those coming back from Iraq by Daryl S. Paulson and Stanley Krippner
Under pressure and overwhelmed : coping with anxiety in college by Christopher Vye, Kathlene Scholljegerdes, I. David Welch
Legacy of ashes : the history of the CIA by Tim Weiner
Understanding new, resurgent, and resistant diseases : how man and globalization create and spread illness by Kurt Link
Black fathers : an invisible presence in America edited by Michael E. Connor, Joseph L. White
Freedom’s sword : the NAACP and the struggle against racism in America, 1909-1969 by Gilbert Jonas
I know why the caged bird sings by Maya Angelou
Committed : a rabble-rouser’s memoir by Dan Mathews

New Books - February 5

The library has recently received several shipments of new books. We will be listing them in several posts, so keep checking back to see what else is new!!

New Books for February 5th

Fiction

Escape from the carnival : a Neverland island book, by Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson

Crash, by Jerry Spinelli

Cupid : a Tale of love and desire, by Julius Lester

The loud silence of Francine Green, by Karen Cushman

Forever in blue : the fourth summer of the Sisterhood, by Ann Brashares

The off season, by Catherine Gilbert Murdock

Monkey town : a summer of the Scopes trial, by Ronald Kidd

Waves, by Sharon Dogar

A thousand splendid suns, by Khaled Hosseini

Environment/Law

When nature strikes : weather disasters and the law, by Marsha L. Baum

F5 : devastation, survival, and the most violent tornado outbreak of the twentieth century, by Mark Levine

Under a green sky : global warming, the mass extinctions of the past, and what they can tell us about our future, byPeter D. Ward

History/Business

The Industrial Revolution : milestones in business history, by Jeff Horn

Non-Fiction

Send : the essential guide to email for office and home, by David Shipley and Will Schwalbe

Market domination! : the impact of industry consolidation on competition, innovation, and consumer choice, by Stephen G. Hannaford

Rethinking thin : the new science of weight loss--and the myths and realities of dieting, byGina Kolata

New Items at the Library

DVDs
Alfred Hitchcock: the masterpiece collection
The Spike Lee joint collection
Rick Steves’ Europe: all 43 shows, 2000-2005

Books
Big bosoms and square jaws: the biography of Russ Meyer, king of the sex film
Secrets of Mary Magdalene: the untold story of history’s most misunderstood woman
Death of a dissident: the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko and the return of the KGB
Snipers: profiles of the world’s deadliest killers
The Shaker communities of Kentucky: Pleasant Hill and South Union
Art and feminism
Raphael 1483-1520
Egon Schiele: desire and decay
Crime and punishment / Fyodor Dostoevsky

Recycle, recycle

Recycling is now available in the library and on campus. In the library you will find recycling containers for office paper, cell phones and inkjet cartridges.

Just outside of the library, near the restrooms, are containers for aluminum cans, plastic bottles and office paper.

Veteran's Day

The library will be closed in observance of Veteran's Day on Monday, November 12th.

The latest items available at your library

DVDs
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Saving Private Ryan
Mona Lisa smile
Troy
Rosewood
Horatio Hornblower I & II
Searching for Bobby Fisher
King Lear
The Man in the Iron mask
The Color Purple
Vanity Fair
The Mayor of Casterbridge
Pi
The Age of Innocence
North and South
Impromptu
Night and Fog
Angels in America
Amelie
Twelfth Night
The Grapes of Wrath

Books
Reference or books you can use in the library
Prisons and Prison Systems: A Global Encyclopedia
Children and Youth in Adoption, Orphanages, and Foster Care: A Historical Handbook and Guide
An Encyclopedia of Swearing
Encyclopedia of Fire
The A to Z of the Olympic Movement
Our Documents: 100 Milestone Documents from the National Archives

Circulating or books that can be checked out
General Interest
Horses: History, Myth, Art
US Guys: The True and Twisted Mind of the American Man
Fiction
Black Girl/White Girl by Joyce Carol Oates
Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow
Social Issues
Pornified: How Pornography is Transforming our Lives, our Relationships, and our Families
Bulimia
Storm World: Hurricanes, Politics, and the Battle over Global Warming
Illicit Trafficking
Slavery in Florida
Killed Cartoons: Casualties from the War on Free Expression
Possessions and Exorcisms: Fact or Fiction?
The Arts
HR Giger
Village Voice Film Guide: 50 Years of Movies from Classics to Cult Hits
Bosch
Native American Art in the Twentieth Century
Le Corbusier
Eames
Of Sneetches and Whos and the Good Dr. Seuss: Essays on the Writings and Life of Theodor Geisel
Ralph Ellison
People
Freud: Inventor of the Modern Mind
Machiavelli: Philosopher of Power
Muhammad: A Prophet for our Time
Ralph Ellison
Of Sneetches and Whos and the Good Dr. Seuss: Essays on the Writings and Life of Theodor Geisel
Health and Medicine
Pushed: The Painful Truth about Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care
Nurses on the Move: Migration and the Global Health Care Economy
Women’s Studies
Inventing Beauty: A History of the Innovations that have made us Beautiful
Band of Sisters: American Women at War in Iraq
Cultural Studies
Culture and Customs of Rwanda

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