New Books: January 2008

The following are new titles in the Library’s collection:

Philosophy, Psychology, Religion

BD   Tracking the meaning of life: a philosophical journey. Y. Lurie.
BF   IQ: a smart history of a failed idea. S. Murdoch.
BF   Don’t get mad, get wise. M. George.
BF   Crowd of one: the future of individual identity. J. Clippinger.
BJ   Philosophy of friendship. M. Vernon.
BP   Islam and human rights: advancing a U.S.–Muslim dialogue. S. Hunter.
BT   How on earth did Jesus become a God?: historical questions about earliest devotion to Jesus. L. Hurtado.
BT   In the beginning: fundamentalism, the Scopes trial, and the making of the antievolution movement. M. Lienesch.
BV   Sunday: a history of the first day from Babylonia to the Super Bowl. C. Harline.

Biography, Auxiliary Materials

CB   Apocalypse 2012: a scientific investigation into civilization’s end. L. Joseph.
CC   Cambridge companion to historical anthropology. D. Hicks.
CC   Vanishing histories: 100 endangered sites from the World Monuments Watch. C. Amery.
CC   In pursuit of the past: decoding the archaeological record. L. Binford.
CS   Official guide to Ancestry.com. G. Morgan.

World History

D   Mysteries in history: from prehistory to the present. P. Aron.
D   History of the ancient world. S. Bauer.
D   Fateful choices: ten decisions that changed the world, 1940 – 1941. I. Kershaw.
D   Combat reporter: Don Whitehead’s World War II diary and memoirs. J. Romeiser.
D   Cold War: a new history. J. Gaddis.
DA   Stonehenge complete. C. Chippindale.
DA   Oxford guide to Arthurian literature and legend. A. Lupack.
DD   History of modern Germany, 1800 – 2000. M. Kitchen.
DS   India: land of celebration. R. Khullar.
DS   China through the eyes of the West. G. Guadalupi.
DT   How the Great Pyramid was built. A. Ryan.
DT   Cleopatra: a sourcebook. P. Jones.
DT   Devil came on horseback: bearing witness to the genocide in Darfur. B. Steidle.

American History

E   Native America from prehistory to first contact. R. Carlisle.
E   Indians and emigrants: encounters on the overland trails. M. Tate.
E   House of rain: tracking a vanished civilization across the American Southwest. C. Childs.
E   Seven fires: the urban infernos that reshaped America. P. Hoffer.
E   N word: who can say it, who shouldn’t, and why. J. Asim.
E   Unfinished business: racial equality in American history. M. Klarman.
E   Pimps up, ho’s down: hip-hop’s hold on young Black women. T. Sharpley-Whiting.
E   Steel drivin’ man: John Henry, the untold story of an American legend. S. Nelson.
E   Forgotten fifth: African Americans in the age of revolution. G. Nash.
E   American Civil War. A. Smith.
E   Civil War as a theological crisis. M. Noll.
E   Fields of honor: pivotal battles of the Civil War. E. Bearss.
E   Uncivil war: irregular warfare in the upper South, 1861 – 1865. R. Mackey.
E   American Civil War in Indian territory. J. Spencer.
E   Doctors in gray: the Confederate medical service. H. Cunningham.
E   Doctors in blue: the medical history of the Union Army in the Civil War. G. Adams.
E   Civil War medicine. A. Bollet.
E   Images of Civil War medicine. A. Bollet.
E   Tara revisited: women, war, and the plantation legend. C. Clinton.
E   Confederate heroines: 120 Southern women convicted by Union military justice. T. Lowry.
E   Amazing women of the Civil War. W. Garrison.
E   Avenger takes his place: Andrew Johnson and the 45 days that changed the nation. H. Means.
E   Blessed among nations: how the world made America. E. Rauchway.
E   Hillary Rodham Clinton. G. Troy.
F   Shadow and shelter: the swamp in Southern culture. A. Wilson.
F   Long time leaving: dispatches from up South. R. Blount.

Geography, Anthropology, Recreation

G      From Squaw Tit to Whorehouse Meadow: how maps name, claim, and inflame. M. Monmonier.
GN   What is anthropology? T. Eriksen.
GN   Great jobs for anthropology majors. B. Camenson.
GN   Biological anthropology: an introductory reader. M. Park.
GN   What the bones tell us. J. Schwartz.
GN   “Race” is a four-letter word: the genesis of the concept. C. Brace.
GN   Piltdown forgery. J.S. Weiner.
GN   Exploring medical anthropology. D. Joralemon.
GN   Cambridge encyclopedia of hunters and gatherers. R. Lee.
GN   Ancient society. L. Morgan.
GN   Why do men barbecue?: recipes for cultural psychology. R. Shweder.
GN   Female circumcision: multicultural perspective. R. Abusharaf.
GN   Bog people: Iron-Age man preserved. P.V. Glob.
GN   Oxford illustrated history of prehistoric Europe. B. Cunliffe.
GT   Jeans: a cultural history of an American icon. J. Sullivan.
GT   Consuming habits: global and historical perspectives on how cultures define drugs. J. Goodman.
GT   Complete guide to successful event planning. S. Kilkenny.
GV   Clearing the bases: juiced players, monster salaries, sham records, and a Hall of Famer’s search for the soul of baseball. M. Schmidt.
GV   Evolution of pitching in major league baseball. W. McNeil.
GV   Blacks at the net: Black achievement in the history of tennis. S. Djata.
GV   ESPN ultimate NASCAR: 100 defining moments in stock car racing history. R. McGee.
GV   Cyclist’s training manual: fitness and skills for every rider. G. Andrews.
GV   Ringside: a history of professional wrestling in America. S. Beekman.
GV   Entrepreneur’s guide to Second Life: making money in the metaverse. D. Terdiman.
GV   Kids are alright: how the gamer generation is changing the workplace. J. Beck.
GV   Keep your brain fit.
GV   Unofficial tourists’ guide to Second Life. P. Carr.
GV   Creating your world: the official guide to content creation for Second Life. A. Weber.
GV   Second Life: a guide to your virtual world. B. White.
GV   Ballroom dancing: step-by-step. P. Bottomer.

Business, Social Sciences

HB   Age of turbulence. A. Greenspan.
HB   Essential statistics for economics, business, and management. T. Bradley.
HB   On The wealth of nations. P.J. O’Rourke.
HB   Justice in a global economy. P. Brubaker.
HB   Baby boomers, Generation X, and social cycles. E. Cheung.
HC   Economic history of the United States: from 1607 to the present. R. Seavoy.
HC   National economy. B. Hansen.
HC   Appalachian aspirations. J. Benhart.
HD   Everything is miscellaneous: the power of the new digital disorder. D. Weinberger.
HD   What made Jack Welch Jack Welch: how ordinary people become extraordinary leaders. S. Baum.
HD   Leading at a higher level: Blanchard on leadership and creating high performing organizations. K. Blanchard.
HD   Better people leader. C. Coonradt.
HD   Leadership skills handbook: 50 key skills from 1000 real leaders. J. Owen.
HD   Responsibility at work: how leading professionals act (or don’t act) responsibly. H. Gardner.
HD   Closing the leadership gap: why women can and must help run the world. M. Wilson.
HD   Negotiating international business: the negotiator’s reference guide to 50 countries around the world. L. Katz.
HD   Public relations made easy. R. Barnes.
HD   Effective personal communication skills for public relations. A. Green.
HD   Treasure chest of six sigma growth methods, tools, and best practices. L. Hambleton.
HD   Emerging markets century: how a new breed of world-class companies is overtaking the world. A. Agtmael.
HD   How to start a business in Tennessee. Entrepreneur Press.
HD   Understanding brands. P. Cheverton.
HD   Complete idiot’s guide to project management. G. Campbell.
HD   Successful time management. P. Forsyth.
HD   Home makeovers that sell: quick and easy ways to get the highest possible price. S. Davis.
HD   Career mystique: cracks in the American dream. P. Moen.
HD   Changing world of work. M. Ford.
HD   Able!: how one company’s disabled workforce became the key to their extraordinary success. N. Wurst.
HD   Beyond oil and gas: the methanol economy. G. Olah.
HD   Smart business for contractors. J. Kramon.
HD   Real toy story: inside the ruthless battle for America’s youngest consumers. E. Clark.
HE   Mission Al Jazeera: build a bridge, seek the truth, change the world. J. Rushing.
HF   Introduction to business statistics. R. Weiers.
HF   New virtual classroom: evidence-based guidelines for synchronous e-learning. R. Clark.
HF   How we compete: what companies around the world are doing to make it in today’s global economy. S. Berger.
HF   Secret history of the American empire: economic hit men, jackals, and the truth about global corruption. J. Perkins.
HF   In China’s Shadow: the crisis of American entrepreneurship. R. Hundt.
HF   Elements of resume style. S. Bennett.
HF   Pathfinder: how to choose or change your career. N. Lore.
HF   Power of ren: China’s coaching phenomenon. E. Wong.
HF   Look, speak, & behave for women. J. Yasko-Mangum.
HF   Kiss, bow, or shake hands: Europe. T. Morrison.
HF   Explorations of marketing in society. G. Gundlach.
HF   Duct tape marketing: the world’s most practical small business marketing guide. J. Jantsch.
HF   Hummer and the Mini: navigating the contradictions of the new trend landscape. R. Waters.
HF   Marketing to the new super consumer: mom & kid. T. Coffey.
HF   Affluent consumer: marketing and selling the luxury lifestyle. R. Michman.
HF   Connecting with your customers. Harvard Business School Press.
HF   Wal-Mart: the face of twenty-first century capitalism. N. Lichtenstein.
HF   Last link: closing the gap that is sabotaging your business. G. Crawford.
HF   Difficult people. J. Hoover.
HF   Affirmative action around the world: an empirical study. T. Sowell.
HF   Survival guide to managing employees from hell! G. Scott.
HF   Building cultural intelligence: nine megaskills. R. Bucher.
HF   Podcasting 101 for training and development. K. Islam.
HF   Real estate math demystified. S. Mooney.
HF   Quick & painless business writing: an essential guide to clear and powerful communication. S. Benjamin.
HG   Why most things fail: evolution, extinction and economics. P. Ormerod.
HG   Annual reports 101. M. Thomsett.
HG   Pursuit of happyness. C. Gardner.
HM   Cultural studies reader. S. During.
HM   Cult of the amateur: how today’s internet is killing our culture. A. Keen.
HM   Social atom: why the rich get richer, cheaters get caught, and your neighbor usually looks like you. M. Buchanan.
HM   Tipping point: how little things can make a big difference. M. Gladwell.
HQ   I am my mother’s daughter. I. Krasnow.
HQ   Human drama of abortion. A. Faundes.
HQ   Into the minds of babes: how screen time affects children from birth to age five. L. Guernsey.
HQ   Stolen voices: young people’s war diaries from World War I to Iraq. Z. Filipovic.
HQ   Greatest generation grows up: American childhood in the 1930s. K. Lindenmeyer.
HQ   Dude, you’re a fag: masculinity and sexuality in high school. C.J. Pascoe.
HQ   Miss American Pie: a diary of love, secrets, and growing up in the 1970s. M. Sartor.
HQ   Art of aging: a doctor’s prescription for well-being. S. Nuland.
HQ   Get to work: and get a life, before it’s too late. L. Hirshman.
HV   City adrift: New Orleans before and after Katrina. J. Bergal.
HV   Elder care made easier: Doctor Marion’s 10 steps to help you care for an aging loved one. M. Somers.
HV   Animal ethics. R. Garner.
HV   Sexual predators: how to recognize them on the Internet and on the street. S. Dean.
HV   Fighting suicide bombing: worldwide campaign for life. I. Charny.
HV   Death in Belmont. S. Junger.
HV   Changing lives: delinquency prevention as crime-control policy. P. Greenwood.
HX   Ecovillages: a practical guide to sustainable communities. J. Bang.

Political Science

JC   Richard Nixon and the rise of affirmative action. K. Yuill.
JF   Robert’s rules simplified. A. Lewis.
JK   Becoming a citizen. I. Bloemraad.

Law

K     Little book of plagiarism. R. Posner.
KF   Law (in plain English) for small business. L. Duboff.
KF   Small business legal tool kit. I. Nottonson.
KF   Sexual harassment in the workplace. M. Boland.

Education

LB   Talk less. Teach more!: nonverbal classroom management. P. Nitsche.
LB   Standardized childhood: the political and cultural struggle over early education. B. Fuller.
LB   What’s happening to public higher education? R. Ehrenberg.
LB   Less stress, more success: a new approach to guiding your teen through college admissions and beyond. M. Jones.
LB   How to write a successful science thesis. W. Russey.
LB   Recess: its role in education and development. A. Pellegrini.
LC   Higher education for women in postwar America, 1945 – 1965. L. Eisenmann.

Music

M     Grand Ole Opry songbook.
M     Rousing songs and true tales of the Civil War. W. Erbsen.
ML   Stormy weather: the music and lives of a century of jazzwomen. L. Dahl.
ML   Growing up country: what makes country life country. C. Daniels.
ML   Blue Monday: Fats Domino and the lost dawn of rock ‘n’ roll. R. Coleman.
ML   Why classical music still matters. L. Kramer.

Fine Arts, Architecture

N     Samuel Palmer, 1805 – 1881: vision and landscape. W. Vaughn.
NA   Wood houses. R. Slavid.
NA   Smaller, smarter home plans.
NA   William Morris & Red House. J. Marsh.
NB   500 figures in clay. V. Gunter.
NC   Logolounge 2: 2,000 international identities by leading designers. B. Gardener.
NK   California country style. D. Saeks.
NK   Smart approach to home decorating.
NK   Decorating without fear: a step-by-step guide to creating the home you love. S. Hanby-Robie.
NK   Decorate your home with colour. L. Norman.
NK   Smart approach to small space living. S. Hillstrom.
NK   New bungalow kitchen. P. Labau.
NK   Wall effects: a comprehensive guide to decorating, disguising, and transforming your walls. K. Ebben.
NK   500 baskets: a celebration of the basketmaker’s art. S. Kieffer.
NK   500 cups: ceramic explorations of utility & grace. S. Tourtillott.
NX   Total chaos: the art and aesthetics of hip-hop. J. Chang.
NX   POPism: the Warhol 60s. A. Warhol.

Language, Literature

P     Conversation: a history of a declining art. S. Miller.
PE   Writing to teach, writing to learn, in higher education. S. Leist.
PE   Reading and writing in the academic community. M. Kennedy.
PN   Cinema of France. P. Powrie.
PN   Hitchcock’s motifs. M. Walker.
PN   Philosophy of Martin Scorsese. M. Conard.
PN   Costumes for the stage: a complete handbook for every kind for play. S. Jackson.
PN   Brown sugar: the history of America’s Black female superstars. D. Bogle.
PN   Jane Fonda’s words of politics and passion. M. Hershberger.
PN   Killing the messenger: 100 years of media criticism. T. Goldstein.
PN   Remove child before folding: the 101 stupidest, silliest, and wackiest warning labels ever. B. Jones.
PN   Making comics: storytelling secrets of comics, manga, and graphic novels. S. McCloud.
PQ   Fragrance of guava: conversations with Gabriel Garcia Marquez. G. Marquez.
PQ   Gabriel Garcia Marquez. H. Bloom.
PR   John Donne: the reformed soul. J. Stubbs.
PR   William Wordsworth. H. Bloom.
PR   Enemy women. P. Jiles.
PR   View from Castle Rock: stories. A. Munro.
PS   Member of the wedding: a play. C. McCullers.
PS   Eugene O’Neill. H. Bloom.
PS   Travels with Charley and later novels, 1947 – 1962. J. Steinbeck.
PS   James Baldwin. H. Bloom.
PS   Cure for dreams. K. Gibbons.
PS   On the occasion of my last afternoon. K. Gibbons.
PS   Nowhere else on earth. J. Humphreys.
PS   Stephen King. H. Bloom.
PS    Patience & Sarah. I. Miller.
PS   My noiseless entourage: poems. C. Simic.
PS   On Agate Hill. L. Smith.
PS   Black shawl: poems. K. Byer.
PS   Coming to rest: poems. K. Byer.
PS   Wildwood flower: poems. K. Byer.
PS   Thousand splendid suns. K. Hosseini.

Mathematics, Computer Science, Sciences

Q   Sisters in science: conversations with black women scientists about race, gender, and their passion for science. D. Jordan.
Q   Canon: a whirligig tour of the beautiful basics of science. N. Angier.
Q   10 questions science can’t answer (yet). M. Hanlon.
Q   Colossal book of short puzzles and problems. M. Gardner.
QA   Mathematics for dyslexics: including dyscalculia. D. Chinn.
QA   Math instruction for students with learning problems. S. Gurganus.
QA   English language learners in the mathematics classroom. D. Coggins.
QA   Math made visual: creating images for understanding mathematics. C. Alsina.
QA   Mathematics in action: an introduction to algebraic, graphical, and numerical problem solving.
QA   Basic mathematics. L. Trivieri.
QA   Arithmetic the easy way. E. Williams.
QA   Complete idiot’s guide to algebra. W. Kelley.
QA   Introduction to calculus. J. Van Glabek.
QA   Homework helpers: trigonometry. D. Szecsei.
QB   Lives of the planets: a natural history of the solar system. R. Corfield.
QB   View from the center of the universe. J.R. Primack.
QC   Introductory physics with algebra: mastering problem-solving. S. Loucks.
QD   Forgotten chemistry: a refresher course. J. Holm.
QE   Prehistoric journey: a history of life on earth. K. Johnson.
QE   Over the mountains: an aerial view of geography. M. Collier.
QE   When life nearly died: the greatest mass extinction of all time. M.J. Benton.
QE   Mammoths, sabertooths, and hominids: 65 million years of mammalian evolution in Europe. J. Agusti.
QH   Natural histories: stories from the Tennessee Valley. S. Bales.
QH   Galapagos: the islands that changed the world. P. Stewart.
QH   Concepts in biology. E. Enger.
QH   Scientists confront intelligent design and creationism. A. Petto.
QK   Native trees of the Southeast. L. Kirkman.
QL   Birder’s companion. S. Moss.
QL   Headless males make great lovers: and other unusual natural histories. M. Crump.

Medicine

R     Duke encyclopedia of new medicine. T. Gaudet.
RA   Bottom line medicine. R. Stanzak.
RA   28: stories of AIDS in Africa. S. Nolen.
RA   Twelve diseases that changed our world. I. Sherman.
RA   How everyday products make people sick. P. Blanc.
RB   Riddled with life: friendly worms, ladybug sex, and the parasites that make us who we are. M. Zuk.
RC   Only if you really want to know: breast cancer hints and treatment side effects. C. Scott.
RC   Crazy: a father’s search through America’s mental health madness. P. Earley.
RC   Complete guide to Asperger’s syndrome. T. Attwood.
RC   Born on a blue day: inside the extraordinary mind of an autistic savant. D. Tammet.
RC   Juice: the real story of baseball’s drug problems. C. Will.
RG   Everything conceivable: how assisted reproduction is changing men, women, and the world. L. Mundy.
RG   Is it hot in here? Or is it me?: the complete guide to menopause. P. Wingert.
RJ   Toddler owner’s manual. B. Kuhn.

Agriculture

SB   Organic lawn care manual. P. Tukey.
SB   Defiant gardens: making gardens in wartime. K. Helphand.
SD   Wild trees: a story of passion and daring. R. Preston.
SD   Wood: identification and use. T. Porter.
SF   Young at heart. D. Alderton.

Technology

T   Shock of the old: technology and global history since 1900. D. Edgerton.
T   Occupational safety and health for technologists, engineers, and managers. D. Goetsch.
TA   Engineering with the spreadsheet: structural engineering templates using Excel. C. Christy.
TA   Simplified design of concrete structures. J. Ambrose.
TA   Simplified design of steel structures. J. Ambrose.
TD   Everything green living book. D. McDilda.
TH   Good house parts: creating a great home piece by piece. D. Wedlick.
TH   Joanne Liebler’s do it herself. J. Liebler.
TH   Natural building: a guide to materials and techniques. T. Woolley.
TH   How to decorate with wallpaper: a practical and inspirational guide to using wallpaper in the home. B. Fallon.
TJ    Almost human: making robots think. L. Gutkind.
TK   Principles of beautiful web design. J. Beaird.
TK   Blogging for business: everything you need to know and why you should care. S. Holtz.
TN   Age of oil: the mythology, history, and future of the world’s most controversial resource. L. Maugeri.
TR   Mr. Lincoln’s camera man, Mathew B. Brady. R. Meredith.
TR   Margaret Michaelis: love, loss and photography. H. Ennis.
TR   Greene & Greene. M. Rand.
TS   Strategic product creation: how to deliver customer satisfaction from every level of your company. R. Kerber.
TT   Arts and crafts furniture. Wood magazine.
TT   500 glass objects. M. Littleton.
TT   Magic garment: principles of costume design. R. Cunnigham.
TT   Altered object: techniques, projects, inspiration. T. Taylor.
TX   Help, I’m knee deep in clutter! J. Anderson.
TX   Storage: get organized. T. Conran.
TX   Greening your cleaning. D. Imus.
TX   Nutrition for foodservice and culinary professionals. K. Drummond.
TX   Professional caterer’s handbook. L. Arduser.

Military Science

   
UB   Spying on the bomb: American nuclear intelligence, from Nazi Germany to Iran and North Korea. J. Richardson.

Publishing

Z   Complete manual of typography: a guide to setting perfect type. J. Felici.
Z   Selecting and managing electronic resources: a how-to-do-it manual for librarians. V. Gregory.
Z   Library public relations, promotions, and communications: a how-to-do-it manual. L. Wolfe.
Z   Making books that fly, fold, wrap, hide, pop up, twist & turn. G. Diehn.

Reference

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BS   Counter-creationism handbook. M. Isaak.
E   Culture smart USA: a quick guide to customs & etiquette. G. Teague.
E   Call to America: inspiring quotations from the presidents of the United States. B. Curtis.
E   Quotable Jefferson. T. Jefferson.
GV   ESPN baseball encyclopedia. G. Gillette.
GV   Book of games. H. Bjorne.
HC   Business statistics of the United States. C. Strawser.
HF   Ferguson career resource guide for women and minorities. J.G. Ferguson.
NK   Thames & Hudson dictionary of design since 1900. G. Julier.
PE   Encyclopedia of swearing. G. Hughes.
PN   Brave new words: the Oxford dictionary of science fiction. J. Prucher.
SB   American Horticultural Society encyclopedia of perennials. G. Rice.
U   Words of intelligence: a dictionary. J. Goldman.