Monday, November 30, 2009

Library Hours for Nov 30--Dec 6

Extended Library Hours for Finals
From Nov. 30th through Dec. 6th
Monday - Thursday 8:00am – 11:00pm
Friday, Dec. 4th 8:00am—9:00pm
Saturday, Dec. 5th 9:00am—9:00pm
Sunday, December 6th 2:00pm—11:00pm
On December 7th it is back to regular hours

New Books November 16th - 20th

FRAIL HAPPINESS : AN ESSAY ON ROUSSEAU / TZVETAN TODOROV ; TRANSLATED BY JOHN T. SCOTT AND ROBERT D. ZARETSKY.
B2137 .T5713 2001.

THE PHILOSOPHERS' QUARREL : ROUSSEAU, HUME, AND THE LIMITS OF HUMAN
UNDERSTANDING / ROBERT ZARETSKY, JOHN T. SCOTT.
B2137 .Z37 2009.

CONSEQUENCES OF COMPASSION : AN INTERPRETATION AND DEFENSE OF BUDDHIST ETHICS / CHARLES GOODMAN.
BJ1289 .G66 2009.

THEOLOGY IN THE CONTEXT OF SCIENCE / JOHN POLKINGHORNE.
BL240.3 .P657 2009.

MOURNING THE UNBORN DEAD : A BUDDHIST RITUAL COMES TO AMERICA / JEFF WILSON.
BQ5030.F47 W55 2009.

ON THE BODY AND BLOOD OF THE LORD / LANFRANC OF CANTERBURY. ON THE TRUTH OF THE BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST IN THE EUCHARIST / GUITMUND OF AVERSA ; TRANSLATED BY MARK G. VAILLANCOURT.
BR60 .F38.

ATHEIST DELUSIONS : THE CHRISTIAN REVOLUTION AND ITS FASHIONABLE ENEMIES / DAVID BENTLEY HART.
BR162.3 .H37 2009.

IMAGES, ICONOCLASM, AND THE CAROLINGIANS / THOMAS F.X. NOBLE.
BR238 .N63 2009.

JESUS AND JUSTICE : EVANGELICALS, RACE, AND AMERICAN POLITICS / PETER GOODWIN HELTZEL ; FOREWORD BY MARK A. NOLL.
BR516 .H45 2009.

FIRES OF FAITH : CATHOLIC ENGLAND UNDER MARY TUDOR / EAMON DUFFY.
BX1492 .D83 2009.

ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE : QUEEN OF FRANCE, QUEEN OF ENGLAND / RALPH V. TURNER.
DA209.E6 T87 2009.

LIVING WITH HITLER : LIBERAL DEMOCRATS IN THE THIRD REICH / ERIC KURLANDER.
DD240 .K837 2009.

HOW ROME FELL : DEATH OF A SUPERPOWER / ADRIAN GOLDSWORTHY.
DG311 .G68 2009.

CIVILIZATIONS OF ANCIENT IRAQ / BENJAMIN R. FOSTER, KAREN POLINGER FOSTER.
DS70.7 .F67 2009.

THE WARSAW GHETTO : A GUIDE TO THE PERISHED CITY / BARBARA ENGELKING & JACEK LEOCIAK ; TRANSLATED BY EMMA HARRIS.
DS134.64 .E5413 2009.

EMPIRES OF THE SILK ROAD : A HISTORY OF CENTRAL EURASIA FROM THE BRONZE AGE TO THE PRESENT / CHRISTOPHER I. BECKWITH.
DS329.4 .B43 2009.

DISTANT REVOLUTIONS : 1848 AND THE CHALLENGE TO AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM /
TIMOTHY MASON ROBERTS.
E166 .R63 2009.

THE SOULS OF W.E.B. DU BOIS : NEW ESSAYS AND REFLECTIONS / EDITED BY EDWARD J. BLUM AND JASON R. YOUNG.
E185.97.D73 S68 2009.

THE CITIZENSHIP REVOLUTION : POLITICS AND THE CREATION OF THE AMERICAN UNION, 1774-1804 / DOUGLAS BRADBURN.
E302.1 .B73 2009.

THE FOUNDING FATHERS RECONSIDERED / R.B. BERNSTEIN.
E302.5 .B47 2009.

THE BIRTH OF MODERN POLITICS : ANDREW JACKSON, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, AND THE
ELECTION OF 1828 / LYNN HUDSON PARSONS.
E380 .P37 2009.

GOLDEN DREAMS : CALIFORNIA IN AN AGE OF ABUNDANCE, 1950-1963 / KEVIN STARR.
F866.2 .S733 2009.

FIRE--THE SPARK THAT IGNITED HUMAN EVOLUTION / FRANCES D. BURTON.
GN416 .B86 2009.

THE HESITANT HAND : TAMING SELF-INTEREST IN THE HISTORY OF ECONOMIC IDEAS / STEVEN G. MEDEMA.
HB95 .M43 2009.

FAMINE : A SHORT HISTORY / CORMAC {226}O GR{226}ADA.
HC79.F3 O57 2009.

GOING TO EXTREMES : HOW LIKE MINDS UNITE AND DIVIDE / CASS R. SUNSTEIN.
HN90.R3 S848 2009.

THE TRAGEDY OF CHILD CARE IN AMERICA / EDWARD ZIGLER, KATHERINE MARSLAND, AND HEATHER LORD.
HQ778.63 .Z54 2009.

SOFT DESPOTISM, DEMOCRACY'S DRIFT : MONTESQUIEU, ROUSSEAU, TOCQUEVILLE, AND THE MODERN PROSPECT / PAUL A. RAHE.
JC423 .R246 2009.


INHERENT HUMAN RIGHTS : PHILOSOPHICAL ROOTS OF THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION / JOHANNES MORSINK.
JC571 .M837 2009.

THE CONSERVATIVES : IDEAS AND PERSONALITIES THROUGHOUT AMERICAN HISTORY /
PATRICK ALLITT.
JC573.2.U6 A425 2009.

CREON'S GHOST : LAW, JUSTICE, AND THE HUMANITIES / JOSEPH P. TOMAIN.
K230.T66 A33 2009.

THE SACCO-VANZETTI AFFAIR : AMERICA ON TRIAL / MOSHIK TEMKIN.
KF224.S2 T46 2009.

LAW AND THE CONTRADICTIONS OF THE DISABILITY RIGHTS MOVEMENT / SAMUEL R.
BAGENSTOS.
KF480 .B345 2009.

FOR THE COMMON GOOD : PRINCIPLES OF AMERICAN ACADEMIC FREEDOM / MATTHEW W. FINKIN AND ROBERT C. POST.
KF4242 .F56 2009.

A RIGHT TO DISCRIMINATE? : HOW THE CASE OF BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA V. JAMES DALE WARPED THE LAW OF FREE ASSOCIATION / ANDREW KOPPELMAN ; WITH TOBIAS BARRINGTON WOLFF.
KF4778 .K67 2009.

IN CONFIDENCE : WHEN TO PROTECT SECRECY AND WHEN TO REQUIRE DISCLOSURE / RONALD GOLDFARB.
KF8958 .G65 2009.

THE MAKING OF AMERICANS : DEMOCRACY AND OUR SCHOOLS / E.D. HIRSCH, JR.
LA217.2 .H57 2009.

FIXING COLLEGE EDUCATION : A NEW CURRICULUM FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY / CHARLES MUSCATINE.
LB2361.5 .M87 2009.

SMALL WONDER : THE LITTLE RED SCHOOLHOUSE IN HISTORY AND MEMORY / JONATHAN ZIMMERMAN.
LB3218.A1 Z56 2009.

MUSIC RESEARCH : A HANDBOOK / LAURIE J. SAMPSEL.
ML113 .S28 2009.

CHORAL REPERTOIRE / DENNIS SHROCK.
ML128.C48 S57 2009.

HOW THE BEATLES DESTROYED ROCK 'N' ROLL : AN ALTERNATIVE HISTORY OF AMERICAN POPULAR MUSIC / ELIJAH WALD.
ML3477 .W35 2009.



PEN AND PARCHMENT : DRAWING IN THE MIDDLE AGES / MELANIE HOLCOMB ; WITH
CONTRIBUTIONS BY LISA BESSETTE ... [ET AL.].
NC70 .H66 2009.

AMERICAN QUILTS IN THE MODERN AGE, 1870-1940 : THE INTERNATIONAL QUILT STUDY CENTER COLLECTIONS / EDITED BY MARIN F. HANSON AND PATRICIA COX CREWS.
NK9112 .A56 2009.

LOSING THE NEWS : THE FUTURE OF THE NEWS THAT FEEDS DEMOCRACY / ALEX S. JONES.
PN4888.P6 J66 2009.

THE TAINTED MUSE : PREJUDICE AND PRESUMPTION IN SHAKESPEARE AND HIS TIME / ROBERT BRUSTEIN.
PR2989 .B78 2009.

THE ESSAYS / RUDOLFO ANAYA ; FOREWORD BY ROBERT CON DAVIS-UNDIANO.
PS3551.N27 A6 2009.

I AM YOUR SISTER : COLLECTED AND UNPUBLISHED WRITINGS OF AUDRE LORDE / EDITED BY RUDOLPH P. BYRD, JOHNNETTA BETSCH COLE, BEVERLY GUY-SHEFTALL.
PS3562.O75 I3 2009.

COMPLEXITY : A GUIDED TOUR / MELANIE MITCHELL.
Q175.32.C65 M58 2009.

DISCOVERING THE EXPANDING UNIVERSE / HARRY NUSSBAUMER, LYDIA BIERI ; [FOREWORD BY ALLAN SANDAGE].
QB981 .N86 2009.

ANTIMATTER / FRANK CLOSE.
QC173 .C52 2009.

ECHOES OF LIFE : WHAT FOSSIL MOLECULES REVEAL ABOUT EARTH HISTORY / SUSAN M. GAINES, GEOFFREY EGLINTON, J{232}URGEN RULLK{232}OTTER ; SCIENTIFIC
ILLUSTRATIONS BY FLORIAN ROMMERSKIRCHEN.
QE516.5 .G35 2009.

SEASONS OF LIFE : THE BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS THAT ENABLE LIVING THINGS TO THRIVE AND SURVIVE / RUSSELL G. FOSTER & LEON KREITZMAN.
QH527 .F67 2009.

THE BALANCE OF NATURE : ECOLOGY'S ENDURING MYTH / JOHN KRICHER.
QH540.8 .K75 2009.

FREAKS OF NATURE : WHAT ANOMALIES TELL US ABOUT DEVELOPMENT AND EVOLUTION / MARK S. BLUMBERG.
QM691 .B63 2009.

BEFORE PROZAC : THE TROUBLED HISTORY OF MOOD DISORDERS IN PSYCHIATRY / EDWARD SHORTER.
RC537 .S52 2009.

HEAVENLY AMBITIONS : AMERICA'S QUEST TO DOMINATE SPACE / JOAN JOHNSON-FREESE.
TL789.8.U5 J649 2009.

AMBASSADORS FROM EARTH : PIONEERING EXPLORATIONS WITH UNMANNED SPACECRAFT / JAY GALLENTINE.
TL795.3 .G35 2009.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

New Database at the Library







The Library has added another database to it's collection -- First Research from Hoover's. It is available via the Library's main database page, the Business subject guide and the Green MBA subject guide.

First Research provides industry information. you can search Industries by keyword, SIC, NAICS, State, or by your choice of metrics and industry drivers.

Each industry report provides information on:
  • Industry Overview
  • Recent Developments
  • Business Challenges
  • Trends and Opportunities
  • Executive Insight
  • Call Prep Questions
  • Financial Information
  • Industry Forecast and Rating
  • Web Links and Acronyms
Please pass on this information to your students.

NOTE: Although there is a Hoover's search box embedded in the industry information we do not have access to Hoover's Company Information. If you need company info, please use the Reference USA database.

If you need any help using this database or you would like a demonstration please feel free to contact Michael Pujals at the Library.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

New Leisure Books in the Library this week

New Leisure Books in the Library this Week

The Curse of the Good Girl: Raising Authentic Girls with Courage and Confidence by Rachel Simmons New Leisure Book section

For the Thrill of It: Leopold, Loeb, and the Murder that Shocked Jazz Age Chicago by Simon Baatz New Leisure Book section

Idiot America: How Stupidity became a Virtue in the Land of the Free by Charles P. Pierce New Leisure Book section

The Dude Abides: The Gospel According to the Coen Brothers by Cathleen Falsani New Leisure Book section

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, Art by Ellen Forney New Leisure Book section

Steinbeck’s Ghost by Lewis Buzbee John & Patricia Beatty Award Winner New Leisure Book section

The Maze Runner by James Dashner New Leisure Book section

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days by Jeff Kinney Juvenile Book New Leisure Book section

Sold by Patricia McCormick Young California Reader Medal for Young Adults New Leisure Book section

Story of a Girl: A Novel by Sara Zarr New Leisure Book section

Why our Health Matter: A Vision of Medicine that Can Transform our Future by Andrew Weil New Leisure Book section

Nine Gates: Entering the Mind of Poetry: Essays by Jane Hirshfield Leisure Books, Poetry section

After: Poems by Jane Hirshfield Leisure Books, Poetry section

The Lives of the Heart: Poems by Jane Hirshfield Leisure Books, Poetry section

The October Palace: Poems by Jane Hirshfield Leisure Books, Poetry section

Of Gravity and Angels by Jane Hirshfield Leisure Books, Poetry section

Given Sugar, Given Salt: Poems by Jane Hirshfield Leisure Books, Poetry section

New Books November 8th - November 13th

NOT BEING GOD : A COLLABORATIVE AUTOBIOGRAPHY / GIANNI VATTIMO WITH PIERGIORGIO PATERLINI ; TRANSLATED BY WILLIAM MCCUAIG.
B3654.V384 A3 2009.

TRACING THE SIGN OF THE CROSS : SEXUALITY, MOURNING, AND THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN CATHOLICISM / MARIAN RONAN.
BX1406.3 .R66 2009.

MAKING SENSE OF PAKISTAN / FARZANA SHAIKH.
DS379 .S445 2009.

SMART GREEN : HOW TO IMPLEMENT SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS PRACTICES IN ANY INDUSTRY AND MAKE MONEY / JONATHAN ESTES.
HD30.255 .E84 2009.

THE ART OF INNOVATION : LESSONS IN CREATIVITY FROM IDEO, AMERICA'S LEADING DESIGN FIRM / TOM KELLEY, WITH JONATHAN LITTMAN.
HD53 .K454 2001.

THE TEN FACES OF INNOVATION : IDEO'S STRATEGIES FOR BEATING THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE & DRIVING CREATIVITY THROUGHOUT YOUR ORGANIZATION / TOM KELLY WITH JONATHAN LITTMAN.
HD58.9 .K43 2005.

TO SHAKE THEIR GUNS IN THE TYRANT'S FACE : LIBERTARIAN POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND THE ORIGINS OF THE MILITIA MOVEMENT / ROBERT H. CHURCHILL.
HN90.R3 C485 2009.

SEX TRAFFICKING : INSIDE THE BUSINESS OF MODERN SLAVERY / SIDDHARTH KARA.
HQ281 .K37 2009.

THE RIGHT TO RULE : HOW STATES WIN AND LOSE LEGITIMACY / BRUCE GILLEY.
JC497 .G55 2009.

REVISING GENERAL EDUCATION--AND AVOIDING THE POTHOLES / BY PAUL L. GASTON AND JERRY G. GAFF.
LC980 .G37 2009.

TRAGIC PLAY : IRONY AND THEATER FROM SOPHOCLES TO BECKETT / CHRISTOPH MENKE ; TRANSLATED BY JAMES PHILLIPS.
PN1892 .M4513 2009.

PUSHCART PRIZE XXXIV, 2010 : BEST OF THE SMALL PRESSES / EDITED BY BILL
HENDERSON ; WITH THE PUSHCART PRIZE EDITORS.
PS501 .P87 2010.

Monday, November 9, 2009

New Books November 1 - November 7

PLATO'S PHILOSOPHERS : THE COHERENCE OF THE DIALOGUES / CATHERINE H. ZUCKERT.
B395 .Z77 2009.

LIVING UP TO DEATH / PAUL RICOEUR ; TRANSLATED BY DAVID PELLAUER.
B2430.R553 V5813 2009.

RELATIONAL BEING : BEYOND SELF AND COMMUNITY / KENNETH J. GERGEN.
BF38 .G46 2009.

UNSETTLED MINDS : PSYCHOLOGY AND THE AMERICAN SEARCH FOR SPIRITUAL ASSURANCE, 1830-1940 / CHRISTOPHER G. WHITE.
BL53 .W5185 2009.

THE ONLY TRUE GOD : EARLY CHRISTIAN MONOTHEISM IN ITS JEWISH CONTEXT / JAMES F. MCGRATH.
BL221 .M43 2009.

THE BELIEVING PRIMATE : SCIENTIFIC, PHILOSOPHICAL, AND THEOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS ON THE ORIGIN OF RELIGION / EDITED BY JEFFREY SCHLOSS AND MICHAEL J. MURRAY.
BL430 .B45 2009.

WHAT IS TALMUD? : THE ART OF DISAGREEMENT / SERGEY DOLGOPOLSKI.
BM503.6 .D65 2009.

WE ARE ALL MOORS : ENDING CENTURIES OF CRUSADES AGAINST MUSLIMS AND OTHER
MINORITIES / ANOUAR MAJID.
BP172 .M28 2009.

DISABILITY AND CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY : EMBODIED LIMITS AND CONSTRUCTIVE
POSSIBILITIES / DEBORAH BETH CREAMER.
BT741.3 .C74 2009.

RESPLENDENT FAITH : LITURGICAL TREASURIES OF THE MIDDLE AGES / STEPHEN N.
FLIEGEL.
BV195 .F55 2009.

PINEAPPLE CULTURE : A HISTORY OF THE TROPICAL AND TEMPERATE ZONES / GARY Y. OKIHIRO.
CB261 .O38 2009.

428 AD : AN ORDINARY YEAR AT THE END OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE / GIUSTO TRAINA;
TRANSLATED BY ALLAN CAMERON.
DG338 .T7313 2009.

THE RAPE OF MESOPOTAMIA : BEHIND THE LOOTING OF THE IRAQ MUSEUM / LAWRENCE ROTHFIELD.
DS79.76 .R68 2009.

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE SHAH / GHOLAM REZA AFKHAMI.
DS318 .A653 2009.

VIETNAM 1946 : HOW THE WAR BEGAN / STEIN TONNESSON ; WITH A FOREWORD BY PHILIPPE DEVILLERS.
DS553.1 .T67 2010.

VIETNAM : THE HISTORY OF AN UNWINNABLE WAR, 1945-1975 / JOHN PRADOS.
DS558 .P743 2009.

AFRICA'S WORLD WAR : CONGO, THE RWANDAN GENOCIDE, AND THE MAKING OF A
CONTINENTAL CATASTROPHE / GERARD PRUNIER.
DT658.26 .P78 2009.

VANISHED ISLANDS AND HIDDEN CONTINENTS OF THE PACIFIC / PATRICK D. NUNN.
DU18.5 .N86 2009.

UNION, NATION, OR EMPIRE : THE AMERICAN DEBATE OVER INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, 1789-1941 / DAVID C. HENDRICKSON.
E183.7 .H42 2009.

OPEN WOUND : THE LONG VIEW OF RACE IN AMERICA / WILLIAM MCKEE EVANS.
E185 .E93 2009.

JIM CROW AMERICA : A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY / EDITED BY CATHERINE M. LEWIS AND J. RICHARD LEWIS.
E185.61 .J527 2009.

SOJOURNER TRUTH'S AMERICA / MARGARET WASHINGTON.
E185.97.T8 W37 2009.

MAKING HEADLINES : THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AS SEEN THROUGH THE BRITISH PRESS / TROY BICKHAM.
E249.3 .B53 2009.

DELIVER US FROM EVIL : THE SLAVERY QUESTION IN THE OLD SOUTH / LACY K. FORD.
E446 .F67 2009.

THE REAL MAKING OF THE PRESIDENT : KENNEDY, NIXON, AND THE 1960 ELECTION / W.J. RORABAUGH.
E837.7 .R67 2009.

SEASICK : OCEAN CHANGE AND THE EXTINCTION OF LIFE ON EARTH / ALANNA MITCHELL.
GC1085 .M57 2009.

THE NATURE OF BEING HUMAN : FROM ENVIRONMENTALISM TO CONSCIOUSNESS / HAROLD FROMM.
GF41 .F76 2009.

WHY DAVID SOMETIMES WINS : LEADERSHIP, ORGANIZATION, AND STRATEGY IN THE
CALIFORNIA FARM WORKER MOVEMENT / MARSHALL GANZ.
HD6515.A29 G36 2009.


RADICAL AMBITION : C. WRIGHT MILLS, THE LEFT, AND AMERICAN SOCIAL THOUGHT / DANIEL GEARY.
HM479.M55 G43 2009.

THE SLAVE NEXT DOOR : HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND SLAVERY IN AMERICA TODAY / KEVIN BALES AND RON SOODALTER.
HQ314 .B35 2009.

A WORLD HISTORY OF ANCIENT POLITICAL THOUGHT / ANTONY BLACK.
JC51 .B65 2009.

THE POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY OF GEORGE WASHINGTON / JEFFRY H. MORRISON.
JC211.W37 M67 2009.

MADISON'S NIGHTMARE : HOW EXECUTIVE POWER THREATENS AMERICAN DEMOCRACY / PETER M. SHANE.
JK516 .S435 2009.

AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONALISM HEARD ROUND THE WORLD, 1776-1989 : A GLOBAL
PERSPECTIVE / GEORGE ATHAN BILLIAS.
KF4541 .B55 2009.

THE STATE AS A WORK OF ART : THE CULTURAL ORIGINS OF THE CONSTITUTION / ERIC SLAUTER.
KF4550 .S57 2009.

OUR NATION UNHINGED : THE HUMAN CONSEQUENCES OF THE WAR ON TERROR / PETER JAN HONIGSBERG ; FOREWORD BY ERWIN CHEMERINSKY.
KF9625 .H66 2009.

THE PRESIDENTIAL PARDON POWER / JEFFREY CROUCH.
KF9695 .C76 2009.

FINDING THE LOST YEAR : WHAT HAPPENED WHEN LITTLE ROCK CLOSED ITS PUBLIC SCHOOLS / SONDRA GORDY.
LC214.23.L56 G67 2009.

MILLAIS, BY J.E. PHYTHIAN.
ND497.M6 P49 1911.

PETRARCH : A CRITICAL GUIDE TO THE COMPLETE WORKS / EDITED BY VICTORIA KIRKHAM AND ARMANDO MAGGI.
PQ4540 .P48 2009.

SHAKESPEARE'S FOREIGN WORLDS : NATIONAL AND TRANSNATIONAL IDENTITIES IN THE ELIZABETHAN AGE / CAROLE LEVIN AND JOHN WATKINS.
PR2989 .L438 2009.

SHAKESPEAREAN RESURRECTION : THE ART OF ALMOST RAISING THE DEAD / SEAN BENSON.
PR3069.R44 B46 2009.

PROFESSING POETRY : SEAMUS HEANEY'S POETICS / MICHAEL CAVANAGH.
PR6058.E2 Z575 2009.

THE PROSE ELEGY : AN EXPLORATION OF MODERN AMERICAN AND BRITISH FICTION / JOHN B. VICKERY.
PS374.G75 V53 2009.

A POLITICAL COMPANION TO HENRY DAVID THOREAU / EDITED BY JACK TURNER.
PS3054 .P65 2009.

WALT WHITMAN AND THE CIVIL WAR : AMERICA'S POET DURING THE LOST YEARS OF 1860-1862 / TED GENOWAYS.
PS3232 .G46 2009.

AIR : OUR PLANET'S AILING ATMOSPHERE / HANS TAMMEMAGI.
QC861.3 .T34 2009.

SAND : THE NEVER-ENDING STORY / MICHAEL WELLAND.
QE471.15.S25 W455 2009.

NATURE'S GREAT EVENTS / GENERAL EDITOR, KAREN BASS ; INTRODUCTION BY BRIAN LEITH.
QH45.2 .N37 2009.

PARADISE FOUND : NATURE IN AMERICA AT THE TIME OF DISCOVERY / STEVE NICHOLLS.
QH102 .N52 2009.

NOT BY DESIGN : RETIRING DARWIN'S WATCHMAKER / JOHN O. REISS.
QH375 .R45 2009.

MR. JEFFERSON AND THE GIANT MOOSE : NATURAL HISTORY IN EARLY AMERICA / LEE ALAN DUGATKIN.
QH528 .D843 2009.

AN ORCHARD INVISIBLE : A NATURAL HISTORY OF SEEDS / JONATHAN SILVERTOWN ; WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY AMY WHITESIDES.
QK661 .S558 2009.

NATURE'S GHOSTS : CONFRONTING EXTINCTION FROM THE AGE OF JEFFERSON TO THE AGE OF ECOLOGY / MARK V. BARROW, JR.
QL84.2 .B377 2009.

THE RISE OF AMPHIBIANS : 365 MILLION YEARS OF EVOLUTION / ROBERT CARROLL.
QL645.3 .C37 2009.

WATCHING GIANTS : THE SECRET LIVES OF WHALES / ELIN KELSEY ; WITH PHOTOGRAPHS BY DOC WHITE ; ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHS BY FRANCOIS GOHIER.
QL737.C4 K434 2009.

WILD JUSTICE : THE MORAL LIVES OF ANIMALS / MARC BEKOFF AND JESSICA PIERCE.
QL775 .B439 2009.


THE PRICE OF PERFECTION : INDIVIDUALISM AND SOCIETY IN THE ERA OF BIOMEDICAL ENHANCEMENT / MAXWELL J. MEHLMAN.
RA418.5.M4 M45 2009.

DEADLY COMPANIONS : HOW MICROBES SHAPED OUR HISTORY / DOROTHY H. CRAWFORD.
RA649 .C73 2007.

UNQUENCHABLE : AMERICA'S WATER CRISIS AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT / ROBERT GLENNON.
TD223 .G578 2009.

A REVOLUTION IN TASTE : THE RISE OF FRENCH CUISINE, 1650-1800 / SUSAN PINKARD.
TX719 .P56 2009.

Friday, November 6, 2009

New Leisure Books

New Books in the Leisure Collection

OUR CHOICE: A PLAN TO SOLVE THE CLIMATE CRISIS / AL GORE / LEISURE QC981.8.G56 G6735 2009

THE AUDACITY TO WIN: THE INSIDE STORY AND LESSONS OF BARACK OBAMA’S HISTORIC VICTORY / DAVID PLOUFFE LEISURE JK526 2008.P552009

CEMETERIES OF NEW ORLEANS : A JOURNEY THROUGH THE CITIES OF THE DEAD / TEXT BY JAN ARRIGO; PHOTOGRAPHY BY LAURA MCELROY.
F379.N562 A2 2005.

THE LOVE DARE / STEPHEN & ALEX KENDRICK; WITH LAWRENCE KIMBROUGH.
HQ800 .K46 2008.

LIBERTY AND TYRANNY : A CONSERVATIVE MANIFESTO / MARK R. LEVIN.
JC573.2.U6 L48 2009.

CULTURE OF CORRUPTION : OBAMA AND HIS TEAM OF TAX CHEATS, CROOKS, AND CRONIES / MICHELLE MALKIN. A New York Times Bestseller List for cv
JK2249 .M34 2009.

THE WIDOW OF THE SOUTH / ROBERT HICKS.
PS3608.I287 W53 2006.

BIGFOOT : THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A LEGEND / JOSHUA BLU BUHS.
QL89.2.S2 B84 2009.

THE HEALING OF AMERICA : A GLOBAL QUEST FOR BETTER, CHEAPER, AND FAIRER HEALTH CARE / T.R. REID.
RA395.A3 R44 2009.

MY LIFE IN FRANCE / JULIA CHILD WITH ALEX PRUD'HOMME.
TX649.C47 A3 2007.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

New Books October 25th - October 31st

PHILOSOPHY OF LOVE : A PARTIAL SUMMING-UP / IRVING SINGER.
BD436 .S522 2009.

PSYCHOLOGY : PYTHAGORAS TO PRESENT / JOHN C. MALONE.
BF81 .M35 2009.

WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE : HOW IT AFFECTS LEARNING, WORK, RELATIONSHIPS, AND OUR MENTAL HEALTH / MOSHE ZEIDNER, GERALD MATTHEWS, AND RICHARD D. ROBERTS.
BF576 .Z45 2009.

THE SAGE LEARNING OF LIU ZHI : ISLAMIC THOUGHT IN CONFUCIAN TERMS / SACHIKO MURATA, WILLIAM C. CHITTICK, AND TU WEIMING ; WITH A FOREWORD BY SEYYED HOSSEIN NASR.
BP173.C65 M84 2009.

SELFLESS INSIGHT : ZEN AND THE MEDITATIVE TRANSFORMATIONS OF CONSCIOUSNESS / JAMES H. AUSTIN.
BQ9288 .A95 2009.

THE MONSTROSITY OF CHRIST : PARADOX OR DIALECTIC? / SLAVOJ ZIZEK, JOHN MILBANK ; EDITED BY CRESTON DAVIS.
BT40 .Z59 2009.

GLOBAL CATHOLICISM : DIVERSITY AND CHANGE SINCE VATICAN II / IAN LINDEN.
BX1390 .L54 2009.

TWO FAITHS, ONE BANNER : WHEN MUSLIMS MARCHED WITH CHRISTIANS ACROSS EUROPE'S BATTLEGROUNDS / IAN ALMOND.
D25.5 .A46 2009.

FROM EMPATHY TO DENIAL : ARAB RESPONSES TO THE HOLOCAUST / MEIR LITVAK AND ESTHER WEBMAN.
D804.45.A73 L58 2009.

PARIS FROM THE GROUND UP / JAMES H.S. MCGREGOR.
DC707 .M443 2009.

ZHIVAGO'S CHILDREN : THE LAST RUSSIAN INTELLIGENTSIA / VLADISLAV ZUBOK.
DK276 .Z83 2009.

EUROPE THROUGH ARAB EYES, 1578-1727 / NABIL MATAR.
DS63.2.E8 M38 2009.

HUBERT HARRISON : THE VOICE OF HARLEM RADICALISM, 1883-1918 / JEFFREY B. PERRY.
E185.97.H367 P47 2009.

THE POLITICAL WORLDS OF SLAVERY AND FREEDOM / STEVEN HAHN.
E449 .H15 2009.

ALGER HISS AND THE BATTLE FOR HISTORY / SUSAN JACOBY.
E743.5.H55 J33 2009.

JAZZ CLEOPATRA : JOSEPHINE BAKER IN HER TIME / BY PHYLLIS ROSE.
GV1785.B3 R66 1989.

NO INTERMISSIONS : THE LIFE OF AGNES DE MILLE / CAROL EASTON.
GV1785.D36 E27 1996.

DANCING SPIRIT : AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY / JUDITH JAMISON WITH HOWARD KAPLAN.
GV1785.J26 A3 1993.

NEW VENTURE CREATION : ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR THE 21ST CENTURY / JEFFRY A. TIMMONS AND STEPHEN SPINELLI, JR.
HD62.5 .T55 2009.

WHY GLOBALIZATION WORKS / MARTIN WOLF.
HF1359 .W6534 2004.

MINERVA'S OWL : THE TRADITION OF WESTERN POLITICAL THOUGHT / JEFFREY ABRAMSON.
JA81 .A32 2009.

AMERICA AT RISK : THREATS TO LIBERAL SELF-GOVERNMENT IN AN AGE OF UNCERTAINTY / EDITED BY ROBERT FAULKNER AND SUSAN SHELL ; WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THOMAS E. SCHNEIDER.
JC574.2.U6 A45 2009.

ALPHA DOGS : THE AMERICANS WHO TURNED POLITICAL SPIN INTO A GLOBAL BUSINESS / JAMES HARDING.
JK2281 .H365 2008.

THE LAW INTO THEIR OWN HANDS : IMMIGRATION AND THE POLITICS OF EXCEPTIONALISM / ROXANNE LYNN DOTY.
JV6565 .D68 2009.

HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION : CONFRONTING THE CONTRADICTIONS / MICHAEL NEWMAN.
JZ6369 .N49 2009.

THINKING LIKE A LAWYER : A NEW INTRODUCTION TO LEGAL REASONING / FREDERICK SCHAUER.
K212 .S325 2009.

THE SUPREME COURT AND THE AMERICAN ELITE, 1789-2008 / LUCAS A. POWE, JR.
KF8742 .P678 2009.

CROSS-CULTURAL AND INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION / WILLIAM B. GUDYKUNST, EDITOR.
P94.6 .C76 2003.

FRIENDLYVISION : FRED FRIENDLY AND THE RISE AND FALL OF TELEVISION JOURNALISM / RALPH ENGELMAN.
PN1992.4.F695 E54 2009.

THE AMERICAN PLAY : 1787-2000 / MARC ROBINSON.
PS332 .R63 2009.

CLIMATE CHANGE : THE SCIENCE OF GLOBAL WARMING AND OUR ENERGY FUTURE / EDMOND A. MATHEZ ; STUDENT COMPANION BY JASON E. SMERDON.
QC981.8.C5 M378 2009.

THE LATE AGE OF PRINT : EVERYDAY BOOK CULTURE FROM CONSUMERISM TO CONTROL / TED STRIPHAS.
Z471 .S83 2009.

Friday, October 30, 2009

Costumes Galore

The staff of Dominican got into the SPIRIT of things and put on their best outfits. Are you scared yet?


Jane is one deadly damsel. Watch out for her Tommy Gun!

We just got a letter! Steve from Blue's Clues makes an appearance!

Suzanne is not a wicked witch at all! She's a good witch!

Ani. Got Beer?

Amy is ready to do a dance!

Pumpkin Carving Contest






There are three excellent winners in our pumpkin carving contest. First place is Rachel Tee, second place is Maia Kobabe, and third place is Julia Pelayo-Ruelas. We had an outstanding array of pumpkins to judge this year and all were well thought out and skillfully carved. We also thank our esteemed panel of judges: Jim Cunningham, Jane Droogsma and Amy Whiteley for thoughtful assessing and choosing the winners among a field of difficult choices. A special thanks for all the participants in taking part in our contest. Come by and see our pumpkins and judge for yourself.