Tuesday, June 02, 2009

New Books 6/1/2009

New Books
6/1/2009
Non-fiction
000's Computer Science
001.96 L137 -- 13: The story of the world's most popular superstition by Nathaniel Lachenmeyer
071.3 R8135 -- No time to think by Howard Rosenberg
100's -- Philosophy & Psychology
152.4 O72 -- Emotional freedom by Judith Orloff
179.7 S5486 -- If that ever happens to me by Lois L. Shepherd
200's -- Religion
248.4 L931 -- In the grip of grace by Max Lucado
264.020994 B146y -- The rite by Matt Baglio
269.2 G7383ym -- Billy Graham and the rise of the Republican south by Steven P. Miller
277.3083085 J894 -- Quiverfull by Kathryn Joyce
300's -- Social Sciences
303.4 D5375 -- Guns, germs, and steel by Jared M. Diamond
304.20973 M1631 -- Over by Alex S. MacLean
306.8460973 W1778 -- Mongrel nation by Clarence Earl Walker
320.47304 S5284 -- Madison's nightmare by Peter M. Shane
320.513 W8552 -- The future of liberalism by Alan Wolfe
320.520973 L6652 -- Liberty and tyranny by Mark R. Levin
324.70973 P268 -- The birth of modern politics by Lynn H. Parsons
324.9730921 R787 -- The real making of the president by W. J. Rorabaugh
327.73 H5672 -- From colony to superpower by George C. Herring
331.25240973 L9173 -- While America aged by Roger Lowenstein
332.1 A2851 -- Lords of finance by Liaquat Ahamed
332.6 B9296ys -- The snowball by Alice Schroeder
333.72 D735yd -- An Everglades providence by Jack E. Davis
333.8232 K1919 -- Curse of the black gold by Ed Kashi
333.95416 T6292 -- Sanctuary by Michael Tobias
338.7 Y957 -- Creating a world without poverty by Muhammad Yunus
338.76102504 S924 -- Planet Google by Randall E. Stross
342.730853 D942 -- Speaking up by Anne Proffitt Dupre
344.73048 L842 -- Three generations, no imbeciles by Paul A. Lombardo
344.730533 T964 -- Out of range by Mark V. Tushnet
344.730798 W868 -- Race and education, 1954-2007 by Raymond Wolters
347.7312 S6341 -- The great decision by Cliff Sloan
349.73 H8517 -- The death of common sense by Philip K. Howard
355.008664 F8286 -- Unfriendly fire by Nathaniel Frank
362.196462 M8232y -- Growing up again by Mary Tyler Moore
364.137 G287 -- Midnight on the line by Tim Gaynor
371.826 N4921 -- Changing the odds for children at risk by Susan B. Neuman
378.755671 R7814 -- The unlikely disciple by Kevin Roose
500's -- Sciences
510 L7883 -- Is God a mathematician? by Mario Livio
546.431 Z85 -- Uranium by Tom Zoellner
551.60973 M5598 -- Weather matters by Bernard Mergen
600's -- Technology
610.73 N688yb -- Florence Nightingale by Mark Bostridge
616.1230019 O742 -- Love & survival by Dean Ornish
623.4511909 R326 -- The nuclear express by Thomas C. Reed
636.0832 N713 -- Righteous porkchop by Nicolette Hahn Niman
641.22 N415 -- The grapes of wine by Baudouin Neirynck
658.1552 C7559 -- Value quest by the Consortium for Advanced Manufacturing-International
700's -- Arts & Recreation
709.024 M4236 -- Renaissance by Christopher Masters
739.5120951 L82 -- Ritual vessels of bronze age China by Max Loehr
741.5973 B8288b -- Bloom County Babylon by Berke Breathed
791.43028 M4334y -- I'll scream later by Marlee Matlin
791.4375 A11115 -- 1001 movies you must see before you die
800's -- Literature
822.33 B B3286 -- Soul of the age by Jonathan Bate
900's -- History & Geography
940.5426 K958 -- Eyewitness Pacific theater by John T. Kuehn
943.73 S5799 -- Moravskoslezsk'y kraj by Petr Sikula
943.805 S9412 -- In the shadow of Satan by Janusz A. Subcynski
951 L745 -- The Great Wall revisited by William Lindesay
971.0113 C453yf -- Champlain's dream by David Hackett Fischer
973.0451 S286 -- The journey of the Italians in America by Vincenza Scarpaci
973.049185 S9412 -- The colors of life by Janusz A. Subczynski
973.0496073 G2593 -- In search of our roots by Henry Louis Gates
973.3444 M243 -- Peter's war by Joyce Lee Malcolm
973.371 B9725 -- Forgotten patriots by Edwin G. Burrows
973.56 J124yr -- Andrew Jackson by Robert Vincent Remini
973.7 L736y -- In Lincoln's hand by Abraham Lincoln
973.7 L736ye -- "What shall we do with a Negro?" by Paul D. Escott
973.917 R7816yb -- Traitor to his class by H.W. Brands
973.927 R2879ym -- The rebellion of Ronald Reagan by Jim Mann
978.02 F748yb -- The indifferent stars above by Daniel Brown
Easy Readers
E B8288w -- A wish for wings that work by Berke Breathed
E B8288l -- The last basselope by Berke Breathed
E M6212m -- Michael Hague's little treasury of Christmas

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

New Books 5/27/2009

New Books
5/27/2009
Non-fiction
700's -- Arts & Recreation
782.14 H9261h -- Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck
782.14 M5479u -- The unicorn, the gorgon, and the manticore by Gian Carlo Menotti
782.14 N636m -- The merry wives of Windsor by Otto Nicolai
782.14 R982p -- The piper of Hamelin by John Rutter
782.152 P9521 -- The Prima donna's album
782.2 S3965c -- The Christmas story by Heinrich Sch``utz
782.23 B1184 -- The Passion according to St. John by Johann Sebastian Bach
782.42 S3928 -- Selected songs for solo voice and piano by Robert Schumann
782.5295 T4755p -- The peaceable kingdom by Randall Thompson
782.5323 M3799m -- Mass by Frank Martin
782.81 S9493h -- H.M.S. Pinafore by Arthur Sullivan
783.242 B4157s -- Songs (complete) by Ludwig van Beethoven
783.4 P6556c -- Christmas cantata by Daniel Pinkham
783.4 V371f -- The first Nowell by Ralph Vaughan Williams
783.4 V855m -- Magnificat by Antonio Vivaldi
783.525 B1184 -- Sacred songs from Schemelli's Gesangbuch by Johann Sebastian Bach
783.6552 W697 1970 -- Carols for choirs 2 by David Willcocks
783.655 W697 1978 -- Carols for choirs 3 by David Willcocks
784.23 O67 -- Carmina Burana by Carl Orff
785.11 M2149s3 -- Symphony no. 3 in D minor by Gustav Mahler
786.4 H415 v.1 -- Complete piano sonatas by Joseph Haydn
786.4 H415 v.2 -- Complete piano sonatas by Joseph Haydn
787.0107 G7958a2 -- Orchestral bowings and routines by Elizabeth A.H. Green
940.542 W92787 -- WWII memoirs by southwestern Michigan veterans
948.101 C286 v.1-2 -- Oliver Cromwell's letters and speeches by Thomas Carlyle
948.101 C286 v.3-4 -- Oliver Cromwell's letters and speeches by Thomas Carlyle
Audiobook
Cassette 813.54 K788o -- Obasan by Joy Kogawa
DVD
DVD 791.4372 M1214 -- McCabe & Mrs. Miller
VHS
Video 158.1 A11112 -- 10 ways to overcome procrastination
Video 179.9 S4652 v.1 & v.2 -- Self-esteem & peak performance
Video 355 M1162 -- General Douglas MacArthur
Video 362.4048 E5614 -- Enable: People with disabilities and computers
Video 371.9 L4385 pt 1-4 -- Learning through listening
Video 599.77 D654 -- Eyewitness: Dog
Video 658.872 P9652 -- Promoting your websites
Video 791.43 C5911 1985 -- Citizen Kane
Video 791.43 C5811 1991 -- Citizen Kane
Video 791.4372 A11166 -- 2001: A space odyssey
Video 791.4372 A3989 -- Aliens
Video 791.4382 B281 pt. 1 & 2 -- Barry Lyndon
Video 791.4372 B3367 -- Battleship Potemkin
Video 791.4372 C643 -- Clockwork Orange
Video 791.4372 C9289 -- Cries and whispers
Video 791.4372 C9289 1981 -- Cries and whispers
Video 791.4372 D756 -- Dr. Strangelove
Video 791.4372 F9652 -- Full metal jacket
Video 791.4372 G583 pt. 1 -- The Godfather
Video 791.4372 G583 pt. 2 -- The Godfather II
Video 791.4372 K486 -- The Killing
Video 791.4372 K618 -- Kiss of the spider woman
Video 791.4372 L3493 -- The last of the mohicans
Video 791.4372 L837 -- Lolita
Video 791.4372 M5943 -- Metropolis
Video 791.4372 P2978 -- Paths of glory
Video 791.4372 S5284 -- Shane
Video 791.4372 S5567 -- The Shining
Video 791.4372 U569 -- Unforgiven
Video 791.4372 W6682 -- The wild bunch
Video 791.4372 W6682d -- The wild bunch
Video 791.4372 W835 -- The wizard of Oz
Video 791.45 K886 -- Koyaanisqatsi

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

New Books 5/19/2009

New Books 5/19/2009
Non-fiction
000's -- Computer Science
001.44 N744 -- Nobel edited by Michael Worek
082 K445 -- The quote verifier by Ralph Keyes
200's -- Religion
231.1 E684 -- The embrace of God by Dr. M. Lloyd Erickson
300's -- Social Sciences
305.3 D7818 -- You still don't understand by Richard Driscoll, Ph.D.
305.809073 A977 -- Race course against white supremacy by Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn
306.3 A8875 -- Payback by Margaret Atwood
330.9 E644 -- The 21st century economy by Randy Charles Epping
342.730203 M1794a2 -- The U.S. Constitution A to Z by Robert L. Maddex
362.1042 R875a3 -- Health care policy and politics A to Z by Julie Rovner
378.12 A339 2007 -- Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
378.30973 T1617 -- How to pay for college by Gen & Kelly Tanabe
378.34 T1617 2009 -- The ultimate scholarship book 2009 by Gen & Kelly Tanabe
700's -- Arts & Recreation
741.66 W275ym -- Andy Warhol by Paul Marechal
745.5 F9124 -- Polymer clay and mixed media by Christi Friesen
779 L5257y -- Annie Leibovitz at work by Annie Leibovitz
781.49 L451 c.2 -- The life and death of classical music by Norman Lebrecht
781.660973 S5955 -- Wish you were here by Leslie Simon
791.43 W684 -- Home/land/security by Karin Gwinn Wilkins
791.430233 C7668 -- Conversations with directors edited by Elsie M. Walker
791.43028 M1734yb -- Butterfly McQueen remembered by Stephen Bourne
791.436 G354 -- Now a major motion picture by Christine Geraghty
791.436552 G4929 -- Screening difference by Jaap Van Ginneken
800's -- Literature
813.54 E669p -- The plague of doves by Louise Erdrich
813.54 S9259 -- Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
900's -- History & Geography
956.70443 B4729 -- Ending the Iraq war by Phyllis Bennis
973.71 F267 -- This republic of suffering by Drew Gilpin Faust
Reference
R 328.7302 S79767 -- Landmark Debates in Congress by Stephen W. Stathis
R 422.03 H4985a4 -- Word and phrase origins by Robert Hendrickson
Juvenile Literature
J 823.914 R8847p -- Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone by J.K. Rowling

Friday, May 08, 2009

New Books 5/8/2009

New Books 5/8/2009

Non-fiction

000's - Computer Science

005.133 C1111d 1998 -- C++ for dummies by Stephen R. Davis
005.43 S7828a6 -- Operating systems by William Stallings

100's -- Philosophy & Pyschology

133.10943 R6663 -- The last witch of Langenburg by Thomas Willard Robissheaux
155.26 H9729 -- Making a difference by being yourself by Gregory E. Huszczo
155.418 G947a5 -- Guiding children's social development
170.44 D916 -- Uncommon by Tony Dungy
179.9 K796 -- Trust by Marek Kohn

300's -- Social Sciences

302 G543 -- Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
302.231 T175 -- Grown up digital by Don Tapscott
302.5450973 O449 -- The lonely American by Jacqueline Olds
305.48 B327y -- The Black girl next door by Jennider Lynn Baszile
305.800973 R712 -- How race survived US history by David R. Roediger
320.557094 P229 -- The new frontiers of Jihad by Alison Pargeter
323 K537ys -- King's dream by Eric J. Sundquist
333.7206073 M1352 -- Green, inc. by Christine C. MacDonald
338.542 P192 -- Panic edited by Michael Lewis
338.7610067 A595 -- Stealing myspace by Julia Angwin
362.50973 P644 -- A people's history of poverty in America by Stephen Pimpare
363.72 G3489 -- The big nexessity by Rose George
372.21 M8791a11 -- Early childhood education today by George S. Morrison
372.21 Y63ar -- Roots & wings by Stacey York

400's -- Languages

420.9 M1773 -- Our magnificent bastard tongue by John H. McWhorter

500's Sciences

523.4922 T994 -- The Pluto files by Neil deGrasse Tyson
553.622 W447 -- Sand by Michael Welland
576.8 C8817 -- Why evolution is true by Jerry A. Coyne

600's - Technology

613.2 D7956a5 -- Nutrition for foodservice and culinary professionals by Karen Eich Drummond
613.71019 S466 -- 10-minute toughness by Jason Selk
617.60068 M6435 -- Dynamic denistry by Linda L. Miles
618.76 S5552y -- Down came the rain by Brooke Shields
658.314 C683 -- Engaging the hearts and minds of all your employees
658.314 D424 -- Leading without power by Max De Pree
658.4083 M2358 -- Stratgies for the green economy by Joel Makower
658.5 M1691 -- Total capacity management by Carol Jean McNair

700's -- Arts & Recreation

700.820971 P8987 -- Independent spirit by A.K. Prakash
709 A7841 -- Art
780.8996073 P4378 -- Lift every voice by Burton W. Peretti
786.2183 P96496 -- The people's artist by Simon Alexander Morrison
791.4302 B7962y -- On the couch by Lorraine Bracco
791.430233 C6728y -- The philosophy of the Coen brothers

800's Literature

808.51 L437 -- Say it like Obama by Shelly Leanne
813.54 F4942k -- Killer instinct by Joseph Finder
822.33 D G213 -- Shakespeare and modern culture by Marjorie B. Garber
823.92 K458l -- The last Templar by Raymond Khoury

900's History & Geography

917.210484 D179 -- The border by David J. Danelo
940.548673 P466 -- Piercing the Reich by Joseph E. Persico
951.93 N865a5 -- North Korea
956.70443 O451 -- How to get out of Iraq with integrity by Brendan O'Leary
973.7 L738yc -- Mrs. Lincoln by Catherine Clinton
973.7 L736ymc -- Abraham Lincoln by George S. McGovern
973.7 L736yk -- The Baltimore plot by Michael J. Kline
973.7115 B5341y -- The ties that bind by Bertice Berry
973.73 L4798ac -- Robert E. Lee on leadership by H.W. Crocker
973.917 F671 -- New Deal or raw deal? by Burton W. Folsom
973.917 R7816yc -- Nothing to fear by Adam Cohen

Monday, April 27, 2009

New Books 4/27/2009

New Books 4/27/2009

Non-fiction

300's - Social Sciences

323.1196073 S9478 -- Sweet land of liberty by Thomas J. Sugrue

331 P448 -- The woman behind the new deal by Kirstin Downey

355.3540973 F162 -- Big boy rules by Steve Fainaru

500's - Sciences

576.82 D228 2008 -- Charles Darwin on the origin of species by David Quammen

600's - Technology

612 H7513 -- The well-dressed ape by Hannah Holmes

700's - Arts & Recreation

709 C4336yw -- Chagall by Jackie Wullschl"ager

738 S5284y -- Following the rhythms of life by David Shaner

741.6 A217 -- Masters of design logos & identity by Sean Adams

782.140268 H2248 -- The complete lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein II by Oscar Hammerstein II

796.35764 N4276 -- We are the ship by Kadir Nelson

800's - Literature

813.54 O184yg -- Flannery by Brad Gooch

900's -- History & Geography

909.0971241 B837 -- The decline and fall of the British empire 1781 - 1997 by Piers Brendon

956.7044345 C1877y -- Joker one by Donovan Campbell

973 M493 -- The 10 big lies about America by Michael Medved

973.711 V323 -- Disunion! by Elizabeth R. Varon

Easy Reader

E S9728 -- The house in the night by Susan Marie Swanson

Friday, April 24, 2009

New Books 4/24/2009

New Books 4/24/2009
Non-fiction

000's - Computer Science


004.6 R8246 2009 -- Network know-how by John Ross
005.4469 L761s5 2009 -- Linux administration: A beginner's guide by Wale Soyinka
005.8 M6138a2 -- Mike Meyers' CompTIA security+ certification by Michael Meyers
006.76 A312f 2009 -- Ajax programming for the absolute beginner by Jerry Lee Ford
006.7882 A8381s 2009 -- ASP.NET 3.5 by William B. Sanders

100's - Philosophy & Psychology

153.1534 C7752 -- Self-motivation by Frances Coombes
155.455 C8992 -- The highly intuitive child by Catherine Crawford
155.632 B6458 -- The secret lives of men by Christopher Blazina
158 P3623 -- Stop self-sabotage by Pat Pearson
158.12 B8219 -- Five good minutes in your body by Jeffrey Brantley
158.2 A3239 -- Emotional bullshit by Carl Alasko
179.6 W286 -- Find your courage by Margie Warrell

200's - Religion

277.3083 D916y -- Quiet strength by Tom Dungy

300's - Social Sciences

302.232 H154 -- The ten-cent plague by David Hajdu
331.7020973 A11118 -- 150 best recession-proof jobs by the editors at JIST
332.632042 H351 -- The secret language of financial reports by Mark E. Haskins
332.6328 F945 -- Commodities demystified by Scott P. Frush
346.730434 R477 -- American landlord law by Trevor Rhodes
363.70525 M1196 -- Ethical living by Peter MacBride
372.21 H4365a8 -- Guiding young children by Patricia F. Hearron
372.2160973 C636a7 -- Administration of programs for young children by Phyllis Click
395 C997 -- Etiquette and modern manners by Edward Cyster

400's - Languages

428.202465 B7241 -- Booher's rules of business grammar by Dianna Booher
428.34 B8799 -- English in the workplace by Stephen E. Brown

500's - Sciences

515 G446 -- Calculus know-it-all by Stan Gibilisco
551 R8465 -- Geology by David A. Rothery
595.7 M3696 -- 500 insects by S.A. Marshall

600's - Technology

613.2 B8262 -- Younger you by Eric R. Braverman
613.69 J687 -- Rich Johnson's guide to wilderness survival by Richard Johnson
616.85223 W345 -- Overcoming the fear of fear by Margo C. Watt
629.2293 L5337a2 -- Build your own electric vehicle by Seth Leitman
658.404 B149 -- Project management by Phil Baguley
658.872 M6493 -- YouTube for business by Michael Miller

700's - Arts & Recreation

738.1 P465 -- Naked clay by Jane Perryman
780 T249f -- Tchaikovsky by Daniel Felsenfeld
784 M9391yh -- Getting the most out of Mozart by David Hurwitz
784.2184 B4157yy -- Beethoven's symphonies by John Bell Young
791.43015 B9242 -- Film studies by Warren Buckland
791.43023 P2423 -- Short films by Nathan Parker
794.8 P4512 -- Nintendo Wii flash: Game creator's guide by Todd Perkins
796.7 P514 -- The complete book of road cycling & racing by Will Peveler
796.815 D5825 -- Mixed martial arts unleashed by Mickey Dimic
796.83 A3985ye -- Muhammad Ali by Michael Ezra

800's - Literature


811.54 A779b -- The buried sea by Rane Arroyo
812.54 H3617 -- Mitch Albom's tuesdays with Morrie by Jeffrey Hatcher and Mitch Albom
821.1 S6191 -- Sir Gawain and the green knight with a new introduction by Brenda Webster
823.914 B9552 -- A clockwork orange by Anthony Burgess

900's - History & Geography

915.6704443 D116 -- Iraq by Karen Dabrowska
918.6104635 W897 -- Colombia by Sarah Woods
920.72 P528 -- More than petticoats by Julia Pferdehirt
941.5 E587 -- Irish freedom by Richard English
956.94054 I74 -- Literature and war by Kari Dickson
973.7114 K337 -- Douglass and Lincoln by Paul Kendrick

Career

020.2373 M1299ar -- Opportunities in library and information science careers by Kathleen de la Pe~na McCook
650.144 F239a2 -- Next day job interview by Michael Farr
650.14 B564 -- The complete book of perfect phrases for successful job seekers by Michael Betrus

Fiction

paperback
JAKE -- Love and war by John Jakes

Monday, April 13, 2009

Word of the Day

re⋅frac⋅to⋅ry

[ri-frak-tuh-ree] adjective, noun, plural -ries.
–adjective
1. hard or impossible to manage; stubbornly disobedient: a refractory child.
2. resisting ordinary methods of treatment.
3. difficult to fuse, reduce, or work, as an ore or metal.
–noun
4. a material having the ability to retain its physical shape and chemical identity when subjected to high temperatures.
5. refractories, bricks of various shapes used in lining furnaces.