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Top of FormNew Books: September 2017Non-Fiction069 EXHExhibiting cultures : the poetics and politics of museum display. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [1991]."Offers information from the conference entitled 'Poetics and politics of representation' on setting up museum displays"--OCLC.069 MAUMauriès, Patrick, 1952-. Cabinets of curiosities. New York : Thames & Hudson, 2011.Explores the cabinets of curiosities of the seventeenth century--collections of preserved animals, skeletons, plants and scientific instruments--gathered by wealthy gentlemen, merchants and scholars.069.4 LUBLubar, Steven D. Inside the lost museum : curating, past and present. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2017.For more than two centuries museums have preserved art, artifacts, and natural specimens, engaged and educated the public, and provided resources for research in areas from art history to zoology. Inside the Lost Museum explains the work of museums--collecting, preserving, displaying, and using collections--by considering their remarkable history. Inside the Lost Museum considers the lessons museum history holds for museums today and tomorrow.--.150 GROGross, Richard D. Key studies in psychology. 6th ed. London : Hodder Education, an Hachette UK company, 2012.Presents detailed summaries of research reports and studies drawn from all major areas of psychology.150.3 COLColman, Andrew M. A dictionary of psychology. 4th ed. Oxford ; : Oxford University Press, 2009.150.7 GREGreene, Judith. Learning to use statistical tests in psychology. 3rd ed. Buckingham, England ; : Open University Press, 1999.150.7 SLASlater, Lauren. Opening Skinner's box : great psychological experiments of the twentieth century. 1st ed. New York : Norton, c2004.Traces the history of psychological experimentation over the course of the twentieth century, focusing on the stories of ten experiments selected by the author as some of the boldest and most relevant in the field.150.72COOCoolican, Hugh. Research methods and statistics in psychology. 6th ed. London ; : Psychology Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2014."Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology, sixth edition, provides comprehensive coverage of both quantitative and qualitative methods and statistics. The new edition has been updated to reflect recent software updates and advances in knowledge. This classic research methods text is an essential purchase for all psychology students studying at degree level and beyond"--.150.72WISWiseman, Richard (Richard John), 1966-. Quirkology : how we discover the big truths in small things. New York : Basic Books, [2007].A psychologist describes the quirky ways the human mind works, discussing everything from speed dating and signs of lying to decision making and what shapes a person's sense of humor.150.92FANFancher, Raymond E. Pioneers of psychology : a history. 4th ed. New York : W.W. Norton, [2012].Traces the evolution of psychology through the lives and careers of individuals from Descartes to Skinner.152.14ELKElkins, James, 1955-. The object stares back : on the nature of seeing. 1st Harvest ed. San Diego : Harcourt Brace, 1997.Examines the nature of vision, discussing the psychology of visual perception, its role in the appreciation of art, and the unreliability of sight.152.14WAYWays of seeing. London : British Broadcasting Corp. and Penguin Books, 1977.A collection of seven essays, three totally pictorial and four with text, in which the author explores different aspects of art, and how it is seen, valued, and used.153.4 GLAGladwell, Malcolm, 1963-. Blink : the power of thinking without thinking. 1st Back Bay trade pbk. ed., April 2007. New York : Back Bay Books/Little, Brown and Co., 2007.Argues for snap decisions, discussing the value of training one's mind and senses to focus on a few relevant details when making decisions in daily life, and also examines the dangers of jumping to conclusions, describing situations in which one is "mind-blind.".153.4KAHKahneman, Daniel, 1934-. Thinking, fast and slow. 1st pbk. ed. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013.Explains the two systems that drive the way we think; system one is fast, intuitive, and emotional, and system two is slower, deliberative, and logical and discusses how the two systems shape our judgments and decisions.155.3 FINFine, Cordelia. Testosterone rex : myths of sex, science, and society. 1st ed. New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [2017]."In [this book], psychologist Cordelia Fine wittily explains why past and present sex roles are only serving suggestions for the future, revealing a much more dynamic situation through an ... exploration of the lastest research that draws on evolutionary science, psychology, neuroscience, endocrinology, and philosophy ... [using] stories from daily life, scientific research, and common sense to break through the din of cultural assumptions."--Dust jacket.155.5MCCMcCraty, Rollin. Transforming stress for teens : the heartmath solution for staying cool under pressure. Oakland, CA : Instant Help Books, an imprint of New Harbinger Publications, Inc., [2016].A guide to managing stress for teens.155.5VANVan Dijk, Sheri. Relationship skills 101 for teens : your guide to dealing with daily drama, stress, & difficult emotions using dbt. Oakland, CA : Instant Help Books, an imprint of New Harbinger Publications, Inc., [2015]."Sheri Van Dijk offers teens ... tools to regulate their emotions and create better relationships--whether it's with parents, friends and peers, or dates. Using skills based in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), teens will learn to take control of their emotions and reactions in order to respond effectively to peer pressure, bullying, and gossip, and navigate the myriad social issues that make these years so challenging"--Provided by publisher.155.5WOOWooster, Patricia. Ignite your spark : discovering who you are from the inside out. This Beyond Words/Simon Pulse ed. January 2017. New York : Simon Pulse/Beyond Words, 2017.Covering topics from relationships, self-image, and school to goals, failures, and willpower ... features thought-provoking quizzes, "Ignite Your Life" activities, and profiles of kids and adults alike who have ignited their own spark to accomplish extraordinary things."--Publisher.155.9 VOVo, Dzung X. The mindful teen : powerful skills to help you handle stress one moment at a time. Oakland, CA : Instant Help Books, an imprint of New Harbinger Publications, Inc., [2015].Offers a mindfulness program to help teenagers deal with stress in healthy ways, improve communication, and reduce conflicts with family and friends.155.9 ZIMZimbardo, Philip G. The Lucifer effect : understanding how good people turn evil. 2008 Random House Trade pbk. ed. New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2008.Social psychologist Philip Zimbardo explores the many reasons why people are susceptible to immoral actions, revealing the situational forces and group dynamics that work together to make good people do bad things.158.1 GREGreenland, Susan Kaiser. Mindful games : sharing mindfulness and meditation with children, teens, and families. Boulder : Shambhala, 2016.Presents ways for children and young adults to develop focusing skills through games.158.1 WILWillard, Christopher (Psychologist). Growing up mindful : essential practices to help children, teens, and families find balance, calm, and resilience. Boulder, Colo. : Sounds True, [2016].Helps parents, educators and counselors introduce mindfulness into the lives of our children and teenagers, empowering them with resilience throughout their lives. Included are more than seventy-five accessible exercises and practices, along with adaptations for individual needs.200.75 PAIPaine, Crispin. Religious objects in museums : private lives and public duties. English ed. London ; : Berg Publishers, 2013.How curators ascribe a new significance to their objects, but still offer them respect even when keeping them under tight control, how religious objects relate to their visitors, how objects in museums can be worshipped or even "worshipping", how religious objects are demanded "back" from museums -- what respecting a religious object means, and how respect is shown, Hoh religious objects are put into museums to render them harmless, and how relics can turn the museum into a shrine, how objects in museums can be purely secular, yet as Works of Art or works of Nature have spiritual power and the ability to elevate the soul, how religious objects are converted and fight for their new masters -- how religious objects promote the faith of their masters, how religious objects explain their faith and their culture, and what have we learnt and how we can help religious objects in museums fulfil their public duties?.302 BLABlass, Thomas. The man who shocked the world : the life and legacy of Stanley Milgram. New York : Basic Books, 2009.Chronicles the life of Stanley Milgram, focusing on his creation of the famous "Obedience Experiments" carried out at Yale in the 1960s and his development of the "six degrees of separation" concept.302 PERPerry, Gina. Behind the shock machine : the untold story of the notorious Milgram psychology experiments. Rev. ed. New York : The New Press, 2013.Reveals the details of the Milgram shock experiments, uncovering that the majority of the subjects were not de-hoaxed in a timely fashion, leaving the experiment believing that they had shocked a man quite severely and suffered trauma as a result; many saw through the deception and continued to give shocks believing they were harmless; and finally Milgram suppressed the condition in which people intimate with one another were paired as teacher and learner.302.2 CHEChevalier, Jean, 1906-1993. A dictionary of symbols. London : Penguin Books, 1996.A dictionary of symbols, arranged alphabetically from ablution to Zodiac, with symbolic interpretations drawn from folklore, literature, and artistic sources.302.23TURTurkle, Sherry. Reclaiming conversation : the power of talk in a digital age. New York : Penguin Press, 2015."Renowned media scholar Sherry Turkle investigates how a flight from conversation undermines our relationships, creativity, and productivity--and why reclaiming face-to-face conversation can help us regain lost ground"--.303.3 MILMilgram, Stanley. Obedience to authority : an experimental view. 1st Harper Perennial modern thought ed. New York : Harper Perennial, 2009.A reprint of Stanley Milgram's exploration of how people will react to authority regardless of consequences, detailing his social experiment in which a teacher is told to administer electroshocks in progressively more painful degrees to a learner, who was actually an actor receiving no shocks.303.48THOThomas, Nicholas. Possessions : indigenous art/colonial culture. New York : Thames and Hudson, 1999.Examines how indigenous art from Africa and America have influenced twentieth-century Western artists and explores if this influence is healthy for Indigenous cultures.304.2 CALCalvin, William H., 1939-. A brain for all seasons : human evolution and abrupt climate change. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2002.Argues that the Earth undergoes cycles of climate cooling, which result in population crashes, explaining how humans have had to evolve as a species in order to survive those cycles.305.23COMComing of age in America : the transition to adulthood in the twenty-first century. Berkeley : University of California Press, [2011]."Explores the dramatic shifts in coming-of-age experiences across the country, examining how traditional patterns and expectations are changing, of the range of forces that are shaping these changes, and of how young people themselves view their lives"--Provided by publisher.305.42WHYWhy I March Images from the Women's March around the world. New York: Abrams Image, 2017.On January 21, 2017, five million people in 82 countries and on all seven continents stood up with one voice. The Women's March began with one cause, women's rights, but quickly became a movement around the many issues that were hotly debated during the 2016 U.S. presidential race--immigration, health care, environmental protections, LGBTQ rights, racial justice, freedom of religion, and workers' rights, among others. In the mere 66 days between the election and inauguration of Donald J. Trump as the 45th President of the United States, 673 sister marches sprang up across the country and the world. ABRAMS Image presents Why I March to honor the movement, give back to it, and promote future activism in the same vein. All royalties from the sale of the book will be donated to the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, the Transgender Law Center, and the Council of American-Islamic Relations.305.48GIDGiddings, Paula. When and where I enter : the impact of Black women on race and sex in America. New York : Perennial, 2001.Uses African-American women's speeches, diaries, letters, and other original sources to draw vivid portraits capturing the struggles from slavery to the present.305.8 WESWest, Cornel. Race matters. Boston : Beacon Press, [2001].Presents essays on African-American issues at the end of the twentieth century including Black conservatism, despair, Black-Jewish relations, myths about Black sexuality, leadership in the Black community, and Malcolm X's legacy.306.3 BAPBaptist, Edward E. The half has never been told : slavery and the making of American capitalism. Pbk. ed. New York : Basic Books, 2016."Historian Edward Baptist reveals how the expansion of slavery in the first eight decades after American independence drove the evolution and modernization of the United States"--OCLC.323 GIDGiddings, Paula. Ida : a sword among lions : Ida B. Wells and the campaign against lynching. 1st Amistad pbk. ed. New York : Amistad, 2009.Chronicles the life of civil rights advocate and suffragist Ida B. Wells, examining her campaign against lynching, her work as a journalist, and her experiences in Chicago politics.327.73KINKinzer, Stephen. Overthrow : America's century of regime change from Hawaii to Iraq. 1st pbk. ed. 2007. New York : Times Books/Henry Holt and Co., 2007.Chronicles the history of U.S.-orchestrated regime change in countries and kingdoms around the world, beginning with Hawaii in 1893 and continuing into the twenty-first century with the invasion of Iraq.355 BOOBoot, Max, 1968-. The savage wars of peace : small wars and the rise of American power. Rev. ed., Rev. pbk. ed. published by Basic Bks. in 2014. New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, 2014.Explores the impact the Barbary Wars, the Boxer Rebellion, and the occupations of Haiti, Nicaragua, and the Philippines played in America's rise throughout the last two centuries.364 ALEAlexander, Michelle. The new Jim Crow : mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness. Rev. ed. New York : New Press, [2012].The rebirth of caste -- The lockdown -- The color of justice -- The cruel hand -- The new Jim Crow -- The fire this time. Argues that mass incarceration of African- and Latino Americans in the United States is a form of social control, and contends the civil rights community needs to become more active in protecting the rights of criminals.364.16HENHenriques, Diana B. The wizard of lies : Bernie Madoff and the death of trust. 1st St. Martin's Griffin ed. New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2012.Provides a detailed account of the life of Bernie Madoff and his sixty-five-billion-dollar Ponzi scheme, examining interviews and details from court filings, lawsuits, and government investigations, and discussing the suicides, fractured families, and other personal disasters that have occurred since Madoff's downfall in 2009.364.18THOThomson, Mary Turner. The bigamist : the true story of a husband's ultimate betrayal. Edinburgh : Mainstream Pub., 2008.371.82STOStone, Tanya Lee. Girl rising : changing the world one girl at a time. 1st ed. New York : Wendy Lamb Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2017]."Follows girls who are coming of age in the developing world and confronting barriers to their education"--OCLC.393 KOUKoudounaris, Paul. Memento mori : the dead among us. New York, N.Y. : Thames & Hudson, 2015.Text and illustrations look at how the dead live on in memorials and traditions around the world.500 GOLGoldacre, Ben. Bad science : quacks, hacks, and big pharma flacks. 1st American ed. New York : Faber and Faber, 2010.Ben Goldacre reveals the shortcomings of American pharmaceutical companies, scientists, and the media and helps people understand the conflicting information they receive about alcohol, prescription drugs, medical tests, and treatment options so that they can make the best possible choices in regards to their health.500.201BALBall, Philip, 1962-. Patterns in nature : why the natural world looks the way it does. Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, [2016].Symmetry -- Fractals -- Spirals -- Flow and chaos -- Waves and dunes -- Bubbles and foam -- Arrays and tiling -- Cracks -- Spots and stripes. "[Presents picture] galleries of nature's most ingenious designs, from leopards to leaves and from snails to stars, while also exploring the science behind the ... diversity of patterns in the natural world."--Back cover.576.8 EVOEvolution : the whole story. Richmond Hill, Ont. : Firefly Books, [2015].A comprehensive history of evolution, discussing plants, invertebrates, fish, reptiles, mammals and more.576.8MACMacLeod, Norman, 1953-. Great extinctions : what causes them & how they shape life. Buffalo, N.Y. : Firefly Books, 2015.A fascinating history of species extinctions, their causes and the looming "sixth extinction". Explores the history of this search, its subjects, its controversies, its current conclusions, and their implications for our efforts to preserve Earth's biodiversity. It explains what extinction is, what causes it and whether it is preventable, and by comparing past geological extinction events, it aims to predict what will happen in the future.610 SAPSapolsky, Robert M. The trouble with testosterone : and other essays on the biology of the human predicament. 1st Touchstone ed. New York : Simon & Schuster, 1998.A collection of seventeen essays that explore a variety of topics within the field of behavioral biology, discussing breakthroughs in psychiatry, neuroscience, and endocrinology; exploring issues of evolutionary biology and animal behavior; and considering some of the political or social implications of findings in these areas.612.8 DOIDoidge, Norman. The brain that changes itself : stories of personal triumph from the frontiers of brain science. New York : Penguin Books, 2007.A collection of case histories which demonstrates the human brain's ability to change itself, detailing how people with brain injuries and illnesses have been rejuvenated and cured.612.8 EAGEagleman, David. The brain : the story of you. 1st Vintage Bks. ed., March 2017. New York : Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2017."[Explores] the brain's role in creating our world, our experience of it, and ourselves; [arguing that the brain] works as a storyteller--creating a narrative that allows us to navigate and make sense of a world that it is busy constructing for us"--Provided by publisher.612.8 JARJarrett, Christian. Great myths of the brain. Chichester, West Sussex, UK : Wiley Blackwell, 2015.. Explores commonly-held myths of the brain through the lens of scientific research, backing up claims with studies and other evidence from the literature.616 SKLSkloot, Rebecca, 1972-. The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks. 1st pbk. ed. New York : Broadway Paperbacks, [2011].Examines the experiences of the children and husband of Henrietta Lacks, who, twenty years after her death from cervical cancer in 1951, learned doctors and researchers took cells from her cervix without consent which were used to create the immortal cell line known as the HeLa cell; provides an overview of Henrietta's life; and explores issues of experimentation on African-Americans and bioethics.616.8RAMRamachandran, V. S. The tell-tale brain : a neuroscientist's quest for what makes us human. 1st ed. New York : W.W. Norton, c2011.Professor and neurologist V. S. Ramachandran draws on case studies to examine the evolution of normal brain function and the mystery of human uniqueness.616.8 SACSacks, Oliver W. The man who mistook his wife for a hat and other clinical tales. 1st Touchstone ed. New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 1998.Explores neurological disorders and their effects upon the minds and lives of those affected.616.85ADAAdam, David, 1972-. The man who couldn't stop : OCD and the true story of a life lost in thought. New York : Sarah Crichton books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015.David Adam discusses his experiences with obsessive-compulsive disorder616.85BURBurdick, Debra E. Mindfulness for teens with adhd : a skill-building workbook to help you focus & succeed. Oakland, CA : Instant Help Books, an imprint of New Harbinger Publications, Inc., [2017].Provides exercises and advice designed to help teenagers with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, covering such topics as concentration, schoolwork, test anxiety, emotions, and sleep.616.85DITDittrich, Luke. Patient H.M. : a story of memory, madness and family secrets. 1st ed. New York : Random House, 2016."In the summer of 1953, a renowned Yale neurosurgeon named William Beecher Scoville performed a novel operation on a 27-year-old epileptic patient named Henry Molaison ... The operation helped control Molaison's intractable seizures, but it also did something else: It left Molaison amnesic for the rest of his life, with a shortterm memory of just thirty seconds. Patient H.M., as he came to be known, would emerge as the most important human research subject in history. Much of what we now know about how memory works is a direct result of the sixty years of near-constant experimentation carried out upon him until his death in 2008. The ... future of modern neuroscience has dark roots in the forgotten history of psychosurgery, raising ethical questions that echo into the present day"--Provided by publisher.616.85RAIRaine, Adrian. The anatomy of violence : the biological roots of crime. 1st ed. New York : Pantheon Books, [2013].Examines the latest biological research into the origins and nature of violence and criminal behavior and explains how impairments to areas of the brain that control our ability to experience fear, make decisions, and feel empathy can make us more likely to engage in criminal behavior.616.85RONRonson, Jon, 1967-. The psychopath test : a journey through the madness industry. 1st Riverhead trade pbk. ed. New York : Riverhead Books, 2012.The author explains how his research into a potential hoax being played on scientists prompted him to explore an asylum for the criminally insane, where he met a wide variety of individuals and learned that the lines between ordinary and mentally ill are not always clear.616.89BYRByron, Tanya. The skeleton cupboard : the making of a clinical psychologist. 1st U.S. ed.: April 2015. New York : Flatiron Books, 2015."Recounts the patient stories that most influenced Professor Tanya Byron, covering years of training that forced her to confront the harsh realities of the lives of her patients and the demons of her own family's history."--Provided by publisher.616.89DEVDeveson, Anne. Tell me I'm here. New York : Penguin Books, 1992.616.89 LIELieberman, Jeffrey A., 1948-. Shrinks : the untold story of psychiatry. 1st ed.: March 2015. New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2015."Traces the field from its birth as a mystic pseudo-science through its adolescence as a cult of "shrinks" to its late blooming maturity--beginning after World War II--as a science-driven profession that saves lives"--Provided by publisher.616.89SAKSaks, Elyn R., 1955-. The center cannot hold : my journey through madness. 1st pbk. ed. New York : Hyperion, c2007.A memoir of paranoid schizophrenia by an accomplished professor recounts her first symptoms at the age of eight, her efforts to hide the severity of her condition, and the obstacles she has overcome in the course of her treatment and marriage.650.1 BURBurnett, William (Consulting professor of design). Designing your life : how to build a well-lived, joyful life. 1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2016.Introduction: life by design -- Start where you are -- Building a compass -- Wayfinding -- Getting unstuck -- Design your lives -- Prototyping -- How not to get a job -- Designing your dream job -- Choosing happiness -- Failure immunity -- Building a team -- Conclusion: a well designed life. The authors, two Silicon Valley innovators, present steps for living and thinking like a designer.650.1 PENPenn, Maya. You got this! : unleash your awesomeness, find your path, and change your world. 1st North Star Way hardcover ed. April 2016. New York : North Star Way, 2016."Maya shares her incredible journey to becoming an artist, designer, philanthropist, and business owner. She provides a creative blueprint for teens and young adults, along with the tools she used to build an authentic, exciting, and connected life, and offers creative prompts for cultivating success."--Publisher.650.1 SYESyed, Matthew. Bounce : Mozart, Federer, Picasso, Beckham, and the science of success. 1st Harper Perennial ed. New York : Harper Perennial, 2011.Examines how humans' competitive nature offers insight into controversial issues throughout history, tracing the origins of conflicts, sporting rivalries, scientific discoveries, and other important events back to basic competition and the desire to be better than someone or something else.658.8 LINLindstr?m, Martin, 1970. Brandwashed : tricks companies use to manipulate our minds and persuade us to buy. 1st ed. New York : Crown Business, [2011].Martin Lindstrom draws on his experiences and research to explain marketing techniques used by companies and how people can protect themselves from hidden persuaders.658.8 LINLindstr?m, Martin, 1970. Buyology : truth and lies about why we buy. 1st pbk. ed. New York : Broadway Books, [2010].Martin Lindstrom shares his findings from a three-year study that examined the reactions of more than two thousand volunteers to various ads, logos, commercials, brands, and products and reveals what drives consumers' desire to buy.664 AROAronson, Marc. Sugar changed the world : a story of magic, spice, slavery, freedom, and science. Boston : Clarion Books, [2010].Songs, oral histories, maps, and more than eighty archival illustrations help trace the history of sugar and the sugar trade.700 IMPImpelluso, Lucia. Gods and heroes in art. Los Angeles : J. Paul Getty Museum, 2003.A classical guide to the role both Greek and Roman mythology played in European art during the Renaissance, Baroque, and Neoclassical ages. Includes more than four hundred illustrations.700.4 BORBorzello, Frances. Seeing ourselves : women's self-portraits. Updated and rev. ed. London : Thames & Hudson, 2016.This richly diverse exploration of female artists and self-portraits is a brilliant and poignant demonstration of originality in works of haunting variety. The modern period demolishes taboos: Alice Neel painting herself nude at eighty, Frida Kahlo rendering physical pain, Cindy Sherman exploring identity, Marlene Dumas dispensing with all boundaries. The full verve of Frances Borzello's enthralling text, and the hypnotic intensity of the accompanying self-portraits, is revealed to the full in a completely revised edition of this inspiring book.700.4CUMCumming, Laura. A face to the world : on self-portraits. Hammersmith, London [England] : HarperPress, 2009.700.4 PICPicasso's African Period 1907 - 1909 : Picasso's Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and Sculpture The African Period 1907 - 1909 Paris and La Rue-des-Bois.This is the 26th volume published in the series of 28 volumes, describing and illustrating the artistic output of Pablo Picasso. Publication began in 1995 with the Post-cubist period through the final years (1970-1973) and then covered the early years. Five volumes cataloguing the graphic works have also been published. The two cubist volumes will follow the African Period and will complete the project. Revised and updated volumes appear approximately every 10 years. The updated volumes reference new literature, auction sales and newly discovered and authenticated works.704 RIDRideal, Liz. Mirror, mirror : self-portraits by women artists. New York : Watson-Guptill Publications, 2002, c2001.A collection of self-portraits by women artists which explores the history and function of the self-portrait.704.9 BATBattistini, Matilde. Astrology, magic, and alchemy in art. Los Angeles : J. Paul Getty Museum, 2007.Astrology. Myth and history -- The vault of heaven -- Influence of the heavens on earth -- Magic. Fabled origins -- The great themes -- Practitioners and practices -- Mind and body -- Enchanted places and passages -- Alchemy. Allegories and personifications -- Nature and its elements -- Magistery and its phases -- Emblems, tools, and protagonists. Descriptive text and full-color images examine occult iconography--the depiction of astrology, magic, and alchemy--in Western art.704.9 BATBattistini, Matilde. Symbols and allegories in art. Los Angeles : J. Paul Getty Museum, 2005.A guide to the symbols embedded by artists in their works, covering the themes of time, man, space, and allegories, with color illustrations of various paintings and sculptures and a summary of essential characteristics with derivations of names, religious traditions, and allegorical aspects.704.9 IMPImpelluso, Lucia. Nature and its symbols. Los Angeles : J.P. Getty Museum, 2004.Plants -- Flowers -- Fruits -- Land animals -- Flying animals -- Aquatic animals -- Creatures of the imagination. Explains the symbolic meaning of the plants, flowers, fruits, land animals, flying animals, aquatic animals, and imaginary creatures that appear in Western art of the medieval and Renaissance periods.707.1ANDAnderson, Kimberly. Understanding visual artforms in our world workbook. 2nd ed. Dubuque, IA : Kendall Hunt Pub. Co., [2012].A workbook on art and art appreciation, covering materials, processes, techniques, and basic vocabulary.709 ARTArt in time : a world history of styles and movements. London : Phaidon Press, 2014.Text and illustrations look at different art styles and movements from the third century AD to the early twenty-first century.709 ARTArt : over 2,500 works from cave to contemporary. 1st American ed. London : DK, 2008.A visual guide to more than 2,500 works of art from around the world and throughout history, highlighting paintings and sculptures from prehistory through the twenty-first century that reflect a wide range of artistic styles, influences, and techniques.709 CLUClunas, Craig. Art in China. 2nd ed. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.An illustrated study of Chinese visual art, covering a period that ranges from the Neolithic age to the early twenty-first century, and examining the social and material circumstances in which objects of art were created and used.709 KAMKampen-O'Riley, Michael. Art beyond the West : the arts of the Islamic world, India and Southeast Asia, China, Japan and Korea, the Pacific, Africa, and the Americas. 3rd Ed. Boston : Pearson, [2014].Photographs and text profile the art traditions of Africa, India, Southeast Asia, China, Japan, Korea, the Pacific, and the Americas.709 SCOScott, John F. (John Fredrik), 1936-. Latin American art : ancient to modern. Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, [1999].Earliest Native American art -- First high cultures -- The classic civilizations -- Empires and integration -- Colonial art of the American viceroyalties -- Art after independence. Traces the development of Latin American art from pre-Columbian times to the present.709.03ARTArt & visual culture, 1850-2010 : modernity to globalisation. London : Tate Pub., 2012."The essays in this volume engage directly with topical issues around art and gender, globalization, cultural difference, and curating, as well as explorations of key artists and movements and some less well-documented work by contemporary artists"--.709.03CONConnelly, Frances S., 1953-. The sleep of reason : primitivism in modern European art and aesthetics, 1725-1907. University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c1995.709.04 PHIPhillips, Sam. -- isms : understanding modern art. New York, NY : Universe Pub., 2013.A guide to understanding modern art that covers groups, styles, and schools that have shaped art from the late nineteenth century until today.709.17 ILLThe illustrated encyclopedia of Islamic art and architecture : a comprehensive history of Islam's 1,400-year legacy of art and design, with 500 photographs, reproductions and fine-art paintings. London : Lorenz Books, c2010.An illustrated guide to the history of architecture and various forms of art in the Islamic world, from its beginnings in the seventh-century A.D. to the twenty-first century, featuring the art of tilework, mosaics, Persian carpets, pottery, metal work, painting, calligraphy, and the architecture of mausoleums, such as the Taj Mahal, palaces, and the mosques, such as the Dome of the Rock, and the Great Mosque of Córdoba; includes more than five hundred color photographs and reproductions.709.6BASBassani, Ezio. African art. Milano, Italy : Skira, 2012.Text and illustrations look at traditional and figurative art of Africa.709.6WILWillett, Frank. African art. New ed., 3rd ed. New York : Thames & Hudson, 2003.Presents art of the Yoruba, Bantu, and other African peoples, illustrating the impact of their works on the development of twentieth-century Western art.709.8SULSullivan, Edward J. The language of objects in the art of the Americas. New Haven [Connecticut] : Yale University Press, [2007].Wondrous objects -- Objects of desire and possession -- Naturalezas vivas -- Naturalezas muertas -- Objects of modernity -- Objects of anxiety -- The object reconfigured. "[Edward J. Sullivan, a] scholar of Latin American art, explores the meanings of created and depicted objects from the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking regions of the New World"--Provided by publisher.726 KOUKoudounaris, Paul. The empire of death : a cultural history of ossuaries and charnel houses. New York : Thames & Hudson, 2011.A history of ossuaries and charnel houses around the world, featuring many artworks created from human bone.745.097CARCarr, Dennis (Dennis Andrew). Made in the Americas : the new world discovers Asia. 1st ed. Boston : MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Boston, [2015].".. reveals the lengthy overlooked history of the profound influence of Asia on the arts of the colonial Americas"--Jacket flap.745.4WASWashburn, Dorothy Koster. Symmetries of culture : theory and practice of plane pattern analysis. Seattle : University of Washington Press, c1988.753 HOWHow to read a painting : lessons from the old masters. New York : H.N. Abrams, 2004.Looks to Christian iconography, Greek and Roman mythology, and folklore to provide insights into the meaning of the symbols, themes, and motifs depicted in over one hundred paintings by Italian, Netherlandish, German, and Spanish masters.757 HALHall, James, 1963-. The self-portrait : a cultural history. London : Thames & Hudson, 2014.Traces the history of self-portraiture from the earliest myths of Narcissus and the Christian tradition of "bearing witness" to the prolific self-image making of contemporary artists, discussing themes and geographical considerations in some artists' self-portraits as well as the importance of the genre to the development of portraiture as art.759.13FALFallon, Michael, 1966-. How to analyze the works of Georgia O'Keeffe. Edina, Minn. : ABDO Pub. Co., [2011].Introduction to critiques --A closer look at Georgia O'Keeffe -- An overview of Evening star no. V -- How to apply formalist criticism to Evening star no. V -- An overview of The black iris -- How to apply feminist criticism to The black iris -- An overview of Red hill and white shell -- How to apply biographical critism to Red hills with white shell -- An overview of Pelvis series red with yellow -- How to apply structuralism to Pelvis series red with yellow -- You critique it!. Explains how to use critical theory to analyze the works of Georgia O'Keeffe and provides overviews of her famous works of art as well as critiques of each.770 SONSontag, Susan, 1933-2004. On photography. New York : Picador/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [1990].In Plato's cave -- America, seen through photographs, darkly -- Melancholy objects -- The heroism of vision -- Photographic evangels -- The image world -- A brief anthology of quotations. Collection of six essays and a brief anthology of quotations about the meaning and career of photographs.779.2COXCox, Julian. Road to freedom : photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1956-1968. Atlanta : High Museum of Art, [2008].A collection of photographs that chronicle the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.791.450NOANoah, Trevor, 1984 . Born a crime : stories from a South African childhood. 1st ed. New York : Spiegel & Grau, [2016]."Trevor Noah's unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Trevor was born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother at a time when such a union was punishable by five years in prison. .... Born a Crime is the story of a mischievous young boy who grows into a restless young man as he struggles to find himself in a world where he was never supposed to exist. It is also the story of that young man's relationship with his fearless, rebellious, and fervently religious mother-his teammate, a woman determined to save her son from the cycle of poverty, violence, and abuse that would ultimately threaten her own life"--.808 BARBarnet, Sylvan. A short guide to writing about art. 11th ed. Boston : Pearson Education Inc., [2015].This book is intended for art courses where there is a writing component. This text guides art students through the writing process. Students are shown how to analyze pictures (drawings, paintings, photographs), sculptures and architecture. The text includes: coverage of essential writing assignments including formal analysis, comparison, research paper, review of an exhibition, essay examination; clear step-by-step writing instructions guiding students though the research and writing processes; sample essays, with analytic comments by the author, demonstrating the virtues of effective writing.813 STRStrayed, Cheryl, 1968-. Wild : from lost to found on the Pacific Crest Trail. 1st Vintage Bks. ed., April 2013. New York : Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc., 2013.Cheryl Strayed recounts the impact of her mother's death on her life at age twenty-two and chronicles her experiences after she made the impulsive decision to hike the Pacific Crest Trail from the Mojave Desert all the way into Washington State.813.54VONVonnegut, Kurt. A man without a country. Random House Trade pbk. ed. New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2007.Kurt Vonnegut reflects on life in America, drawing on examples from Mark Twain, Jesus Christ, Abraham Lincoln, and others to explore what it means to be an American.814 RANRankine, Claudia, 1963-. Citizen : an American lyric. Minneapolis, Minn. : Graywolf Press, [2014]."Claudia Rankine's new book recounts mounting racial aggressions in ongoing encounters in twenty-first-century daily life and in the media. Some of these encounters are slights, seeming slips of the tongue, and some are intentional offensives in the classroom, at the supermarket, at home, on the tennis court with Serena Williams and the soccer field with Zinedine Zidane, online, on TV--everywhere, all the time"--Provided by publisher.895.73BANPandi, 1950-. The accusation. 1st ed. New York, NY : Grove Press ;, 2017."The Accusation is a deeply moving and eye-opening work of fiction that paints a powerful portrait of life under the North Korean regime. Set during the period of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il's leadership, the seven stories that make up The Accusation give voice to people living under this most bizarre and horrifying of dictatorships. The characters of these compelling stories come from a wide variety of backgrounds, from a young mother living among the elite in Pyongyang whose son misbehaves during a political rally, to a former Communist war hero who is deeply disillusioned with the intrusion of the Party into everything he holds dear, to a husband and father who is denied a travel permit and sneaks onto a train in order to visit his critically ill mother. Written with deep emotion and writing talent, The Accusation is a vivid depiction of life in a closed-off one-party state, and also a hopeful testament to the humanity and rich internal life that persists even in such inhumane conditions" --.909 DEFD'Efilippo, Valentina. The infographic history of the world. 2nd ed. Buffalo, N.Y. : Firefly Books, 2016.A collection of infographics that describe the history of the world.930.1MACMacGregor, Neil, 1946-. A history of the world in 100 objects. New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 2013.Discusses the history of civilization by using 100 objects from the Mummy of Hornedjitef and the Olduvai stone chopping tool, to the credit card and the solar-powered lamp and charger to illustrate the changes in human history.940.4EDWEdwards, Sue Bradford. Trench warfare. Minneapolis, Minn. : Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Pub., [2016].Discusses trench warfare during World War I.940.4HAMHamilton-Paterson, James. Marked for death : the first war in the air. 1st Pegasus Bks. hardcover ed. August 2016. New York : Pegasus Books, 2016.Explores the risks of air combat during World War I, where the casualty rate for airmen was seventy percent. The changes to both aircraft and military strategy that were produced by four years of war are also discussed.940.4INNInnocence slaughtered : gas and the transformation of warfare and society. London : Uniform Press, [2016].Discusses the deadly innovations that were first deployed in World War I.940.4ROBRoby, Cynthia. Strategic inventions of World War I. 1st ed. New York : Cavendish Square, 2016.Strange bedfellows -- Conflicts breed innovations -- Domination of the trenches -- Pioneers of pain -- A devastating weapon -- A new era in warfare -- The legacy of World War I. Examines how World War I advanced technology led to new inventions.940.4ROGRogan, Eugene L. The fall of the Ottomans : the Great War in the Middle East, 1914-1920. New York : Basic Books, 2016.Examines the battles and campaigns by the Russian, British and French military forces in the Middle East during World War I which culminated in the Ottomans giving up their rule over the lands.949.61PAMPamuk, Orhan, 1952-. Istanbul : memories and the city. 1st Vintage International ed. New York : Vintage International, 2006.Presents the author's first-hand account of growing up in Istanbul, and provides information on its history, culture, and people.958.104RASRashid, Ahmed. Taliban : militant Islam, oil and fundamentalism in Central Asia. 2nd ed. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2010].Traces the history of the Taliban movement in Afghanistan; discusses how the leaders of the movement interpret the principles of Islam; and examines the influence of the Taliban in the competition among Western countries and companies to build oil and gas pipelines in Asia.959.704DAUDaugherty, Leo J. Nam : a photographic history. New York, NY : Metro Books, c2001.Contains color and black-and-white photographs and maps that chronicle the history of the Vietnam War, focusing on the period between 1965 and 1975, with a look at the background to and aftereffects of the conflict. Includes explanatory text.971 BUMBumsted, J. M. A history of the Canadian peoples. 4th ed. Don Mills, Ont. ; : Oxford University Press, 2011.972.8FOSFoster, Lynn V. A brief history of Central America. New York : Checkmark Books, [2007].Traces the history and development of Central America, beginning with the early pre-Columbian cultures and ending with the political and economic challenges the region is facing at the beginning of the twenty-first century.973.5 HICHickey, Donald R., 1944-. The War of 1812 : a forgotten conflict. Bicentennial ed. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2012].Explores the military, diplomatic, and domestic history of the War of 1812, and explains how the war promoted American nationalism and manifest destiny, stimulated peacetime defense spending, and enhanced America's reputation abroad.973.5LATLatimer, Jon. 1812 : War with America. Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2007.973.8PERPérez, Louis A., 1943-. The war of 1898 : the United States and Cuba in history and historiography. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [1998].Presents a study of the historical literature about the significance of the War of 1898 in the United States, focusing on the relationship between Cuba and the U.S. and the ways in which that link contributed to the advent of war, its conduct and consequences, and subsequent representations and repercussions.974.4 RICRichards, Leonard L. Shays's Rebellion : The American Revolution's final battle. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2002.974.7BENBenjamin, Vernon (College teacher). The history of the Hudson River Valley : from the Civil War to modern times. 1st ed. New York, NY : The Overlook Press, 2016.Chronicles the history of the Hudson River Valley, from the Civil War era to modern times, discussing its government, commerce, wealth, culture and more.979.8JANJans, Nick, 1955-. A place beyond : finding home in Arctic Alaska. Anchorage : Alaska Northwest Books, c1996.Collection of essays describing daily life in the arctic regions of Alaska looking at the native inhabitants, wildlife, and terrain.980 CHAChasteen, John Charles, 1955-. Born in blood and fire : A concise history of Latin America. 4th ed. New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [2016].Welcome to Latin America -- Encounter -- Colonial crucible -- Independence -- Postcolonial blues -- Progress -- Neocolonialism -- Nationalism -- Revolution -- Reaction -- Neo liberalism and beyond. A narrative history of Latin America from the fifteenth through the twentieth century, covering such topics as colonial rebellions, twentieth-century populist leaders, and liberation theology.980 SKISkidmore, Thomas E. Modern Latin America. 8th ed. New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]."...the book uses case studies to discuss the major countries and themes of the region over the past 200 years..."--Back cover.FictionFIC ANDAnderson, Laurie Halse. Forge. 1st Atheneum Bks. for Young Readers pbk. ed. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2012.Curzon, having matured from boy to man over the course of the winter with the army at Valley Forge, worries that someone will learn he is a runaway slave passing for free, and tries to figure out the meaning of his friendship with Isabel.FIC APPApplegate, Katherine. Home of the brave. 1st ed. New York : Feiwel And Friends, 2007.Kek, an African refugee, is confronted by many strange things at the Minneapolis home of his aunt and cousin, as well as in his fifth-grade classroom, and longs for his missing mother, but finds comfort in the company of a cow and her owner.FIC BALBaldwin, James, 1924-1987. Giovanni's room. 1st Vintage International trade pbk. ed. New York : Vintage International/Vintage Books, a division of Random House LLC, 2013.Set in the contemporary Paris of American expatriate liaisons, and violence, a young man finds himself caught between desire and conventional morality.FIC BALBaldwin, James, 1924-1987. Later novels. New York, NY : The Library of America, [2015].A collection of three novels by twentieth-century African-American author James Baldwin.FIC BUTButler, Octavia E. Wild seed. Warner Bks. ed. New York : Warner Books, [2001].Anyanwu hopes that the magic that was given to her is strong enough to save the people she loves from Doro, a mind force who is tormenting and killing anything that gets in the way of his ultimate goal, creating others as evil as he is.FIC DANDanticat, Edwidge, 1969-. Breath, eyes, memory. 20th Anniverisary ed. New York, NY : Soho, [2015]."At the age of twelve, Sophie Caco is sent from her impoverished Haitian village to New York to be reunited witha mother she barely remembers. There she discovers secrets that no child should ever know, and a legacy of shame that can be healed only when she returns to Haiti--to the women who first reared her. What ensues is a passionate journey through a landscape charged with the supernatural and scarred by political violence"--Provided by publisher.FIC GOOGoodman, Allegra. The other side of the island. New York : Razorbill, c2008.Honor, living with her mom and dad on Island 365 in the Tranquil Sea, an environment controlled by the Earth Mother corporation in a post-apocalyptic world, becomes more fearful as she grows older and realizes that her nonconformist parents are putting the entire family at risk.FIC HAWHawkins, Paula. The girl on the train. Riverhead premium mass-market movie tie-in ed. New York : Riverhead Books, 2016."Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning ... past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck. And then she sees something shocking. It's only a minute until the train moves on, but it's enough. Now everything's changed. Unable to keep it to herself, Rachel offers what she knows to the police, and becomes inextricably entwined in what happens next, as well as in the lives of everyone involved. Has she done more harm than good?"--Provided by publisher.FIC KARKarim, Sheba. Skunk girl. 1st ed. New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2009.Nina Khan is not just the only Asian or Muslim student in her small-town high school in upstate New York, she is also faces the legacy of her "Supernerd" older sister, body hair, and the pain of having a crush when her parents forbid her to date.FIC KINKing, Stephen, 1947-. Mr. Mercedes : a novel. 1st Gallery Bks. trade pbk. ed. January 2015. New York : Gallery Books, 2015.Months after a driver plows through the masses lined up at a job fair in a stolen Mercedes, killing eight and wounding fifteen before escaping, retired cop Bill Hodges is haunted by the unsolved crime. When he receives a letter from someone claiming to be the perpetrator and promising a deadlier attack, Hodges becomes determined to prevent another tragedy.FIC MORMorrison, Toni. Love. 1st ed. New York : Knopf, 2003.The late Bill Cosey, one-time owner of the Cosey Hotel and Resort, a hot spot for vacationing African-Americans, is kept alive through the memories of the women he loved and who were loved by him.FIC PAMPamuk, Orhan, 1952-. The museum of innocence. 1st Vintage International ed. New York : Vintage International, 2010.Kemal, the thirty-year-old son of a wealthy family in Istanbul in 1975, is about to become engaged to Sibel, daughter of another prominent family, when a chance encounter with Fusun, a distant relation, sparks an obsessive love that change his entire life.FIC PAOPaolini, Christopher. Eragon. 1st Knopf trade pbk. ed. New York : Knopf, 2005, c2003.In Aagaesia, a fifteen-year-old boy of unknown lineage called Eragon finds a mysterious stone that weaves his life into an intricate tapestry of destiny, magic, and power, peopled with dragons, elves, and monsters.FIC PEAPearsall, Shelley. All of the above : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown, 2006.Five urban middle school students, their teacher, and other community members relate how a school project to build the world's largest tetrahedron affects the lives of everyone involved.FIC PEAPearsall, Shelley. Crooked river. 1st Yearling ed. New York : Yearling, [2007], c2005.When twelve-year old Rebecca Carter's father brings a Native American accused of murder into their 1812 Ohio settlement town, Rebecca, witnessing the town's reaction to the Indian, struggles with the idea that an innocent man may be convicted and sentenced to death.FIC PEAPearson, Mary (Mary E.). The adoration of Jenna Fox. 1st Square Fish ed. New York : Square Fish, 2009, c2008.Seventeen-year-old Jenna Angeline Fox wakes from a long coma with no memory of who she is, and is sent home with her mother and inexplicably hostile grandmother where hours of video recordings of her childhood help spark her memories and send her on a horrifying quest to learn what really happened to her.FIC PICPicoult, Jodi, 1966-. Small great things : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Ballantine Books, [2016]."A woman and her husband admitted to a hospital to have a baby request that their nurse be reassigned - they are white supremacists and don't want Ruth, who is black, to touch their baby. The hospital complies, but the baby later goes into cardiac distress when Ruth is on duty. She hesitates before rushing in to perform CPR. When her indecision ends in tragedy, Ruth finds herself on trial, represented by a white public defender who warns against bringing race into a courtroom. As the two come to develop a truer understanding of each other's lives, they begin to doubt the beliefs they each hold most dear"--Provided by publisher.FIC RIORiordan, Rick. The sword of summer. 1st pbk. ed., April 2017. Los Angeles : Disney Hyperion, 2017."Magnus Chase has always been a troubled kid. Since his mother's mysterious death, he's lived alone on the streets of Boston, surviving by his wits, keeping one step ahead of the police and the truant officers. One day, he's tracked down by an uncle he barely knows-a man his mother claimed was dangerous. Uncle Randolph tells him an impossible secret: Magnus is the son of a Norse god. The Viking myths are true. The gods of Asgard are preparing for war. Trolls, giants and worse monsters are stirring for doomsday. To prevent Ragnarok, Magnus must search the Nine Worlds for a weapon that has been lost for thousands of years. When an attack by fire giants forces him to choose between his own safety and the lives of hundreds of innocents, Magnus makes a fatal decision. Sometimes, the only way to start a new life is to die ..."--Publisher.FIC SHUShusterman, Neal. Bruiser. 1st ed. New York : HarperTeen, c2010.Inexplicable events start to occur when sixteen-year-old twins Tennyson and Bront? befriend a troubled and misunderstood outcast, aptly nicknamed Bruiser, and his little brother, Cody.FIC SHUShusterman, Neal. Scythe. 1st ed. New York : Simon & Schuster BFYR, [2016].""In a world where disease has been eliminated, the only way to die is to be randomly killed ('gleaned') by professional reapers ('scythes'). Two teens must compete with each other to become a scythe--a position neither of them wants. The one who becomes a scythe must kill the one who doesn't"--.FIC SMISmith, Zadie. Swing time. New York : Penguin Press, 2016.Two African-American friends dream of becoming dancers, but only one has the talent to make it, as the futures of both women move from London to West Africa.FIC STEStewart, Trenton Lee. The mysterious Benedict Society / : BOOK 1. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown, 2007.After passing a series of mind-bending tests, four children are selected for a secret mission that requires them to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only rule is that there are no rules.FIC WESWesterfeld, Scott. Uglies. Simon Pulse ed. New York : Simon Pulse, 2011, c2005.Tally is faced with a difficult choice when her new friend Shay decides to risk life on the outside rather than submit to the forced operation that turns sixteen year old girls into gorgeous beauties, and realizes that there is a whole new side to the pretty world that she doesn't like.ProfessionalPROF704.083BURBurton, David. Exhibiting student art : the essential guide for teachers. New York : Teachers College Press, [2006].A practical guide for teachers that shows them how to engage students in developing and evaluating their artwork, as well as examining each phase of creating an exhibit.PROF025.2Intellectual freedom manual. 9th Ed. Chicago : ALA Editions, An imprint of the American Library Association, 2015.PROF 025.213DOYDoyle, Robert P. Banned books: challenging our freedom to read. Chicago, Ill.: American Library Association, c2014.Banned books: Challenging our Freedom to Read provides a framework for understanding censorship and the protections guaranteed to us through the first amendment. Interpretations of the uniquely American notion of freedom of expression - and our freedom to read what we choose - are supplemented by straightforward, easily accessible information that will inspire further exploration. PROF027.6 COOCooke, Nicole A. Information services to diverse populations : developing culturally competent library professionals. Santa Barbara, Calif. : Libraries "... Introduces students to the contexts and situations that promote the development of empathy and build cultural competence, examines the research in the areas of diversity and social justice in librarianship, [argues] how social responsibility is a foundational value of librarianship, and identifies potential employment and networking opportunities related to diversity and social justice in librarianship"--OCLC.PROF808Publication manual of the American Psychological Association. 6th ed. Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, c2010.Explains the writing style and paper format that is used by the American Psychological Association, covering ethical and legal standards, ensuring accuracy, protecting rights and welfare of participants, manuscript structure and content, writing clearly and concisely, the mechanics of style, displaying results, crediting sources, reference examples, and the publication process.REF 150 APAAPA dictionary of psychology. 2nd ed. Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2015].A reference resource--created not only for psychologists, clinicians, students, and professionals from allied mental health disciplines, but for all interested readers--offers definitive information on the lexicon of the field"--Back cover.REF306.3MACMacmillan encyclopedia of world slavery. New York : Macmillan Reference USA, Simon & Schuster Macmillan ;, c1998.Contains entries that provide information about various aspects of human slavery around the world, examining the topic from geographical, historical, legal, biographical, cultural, social, and religious perspectives. Arranged alphabetically from abolition to Korea.REF306.3MACMacmillan encyclopedia of world slavery. New York : Macmillan Reference USA, Simon & Schuster Macmillan ;, c1998.Contains entries that provide information about various aspects of human slavery around the world, examining the topic from geographical, historical, legal, biographical, cultural, social, and religious perspectives. Arranged alphabetically from labor systems to Zanj slaves.REF 709 BRUBrunt, Peter William, 1955-. Art in Oceania : a new history. New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2012].Discusses the history of the art of the South Pacific region.REF 980 ENCEncyclopedia of Latin America. New York : Facts On File, c2010.Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide information on various aspects of the history and culture of Latin America from prehistory to 1560, and includes an introduction to the period, a time line, primary source documents, illustrations, and maps.Foreign Language – Spanish and FrenchSP ALBAlbom, Mitch, 1958-. Las cinco personas que encontrarás en el cielo. New York : Hyperion, [2003].A bitter eighty-three-year-old war veteran who believes his life is meaningless dies while trying to save a little girl's life and finds himself in Heaven, where five people from his past--some loved ones, some strangers--explain what his years on Earth really meant, and whether or not he succeeded in saving the child.SP ALBAlbom, Mitch, 1958-. Martes con mi viejo profesor : un testimonio sobre la vida, la amistad y el amor. 19a. ed. Madrid : Embolsillo, 2011.The author, an alumnus of Brandeis University, tells of his meetings with a former professor suffering from Lou Gehrig's disease and of the lessons he learned about life and death from his college mentor.SP DONDonoghue, Emma, 1969-. La habitación. Primera edición en Debolsillo: febrero 2016. Barcelona : Debols!llo, 2016.Five-year-old Jack has spent his life living in an eleven-by-eleven foot space his mother calls Room and while Jack uses his imagination to create wondrous fantasies to entertain himself, his mother dreads the day her son begins to question why they must remain in Room and tries to find a way to escape.SP LEVLevy, Janey. Plaga : la peste negra. 1st ed. New York, NY : Gareth Stevens Pub., 2016.Looks at the plague--known as the Black Death--that ravaged Europe, covering how it spread and what lessons were learned from it.FR CAMCamus, Albert, 1913-1960. L'étranger. [Paris] : Gallimard, 1997.Caught in the grip of forces he does not understand, a quiet, ordinary clerk in Algiers commits murder.FR CAMCamus, Albert, 1913-1960. La peste. [Paris] : Gallimard, [1947].A coastal city in Algeria is struck by bubonic plague and is shut off from the world for months.FR FLAFlaubert, Gustave, 1821-1880. Madame Bovary. Paris : Pocket, [1998].Ninteenth-century novel about Emma Bovary, the wife of a provincial doctor who seeks to escape her boredom by indulging in romantic fantasies and adulterous affairs.FR STESteinbeck, John, 1902-1968. Des souris et des hommes. [Paris] : ?ditions Gallimard, [2005].Sustained by the hope of someday owning a farm of their own, two migrant laborers arrive to work on a ranch in central California.FR VOLVoltaire, 1694-1778. Candide. Dover ed. New York : Dover, 1993.Presents Voltaire's 1759 story of a simple man who, though pummeled by fate, holds to his belief that he lives in the best of all possible worlds; and includes explanatory notes. Presented side-by-side in the original French and English.FR VOLVoltaire, 1694-1778. Candide, ou, L'optimisme et autres contes. Nouvelle ed. Paris : Pocket, [2009].A collection of writings by Voltaire, including his popular story "Candide," in which eternal optimist Candide travels from one disaster to another.Bottom of Form ................
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