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New Acquisitions - December  2006

This page provides links to a sampling of new books added to the Gutman Library collection. If you visit the library in search of books on this list, we recommend you look on the "new book" shelf before proceeding to the stacks. You may also want to check PhilaFind to make sure the book you want has not yet been checked out. Each month's list provides four categories of publications:

Go to the latest Spotlight Titles.

Go to a Subject-organized list of selected new additions to our collection.

Go to the most current Recreational Reading Titles.

Go to E-Books now available.

Go to Rena Rowan Reading Room for recent acquisitions in education. This is a special collection
focusing on the needs of faculty and administrators for materials related to higher education.

Go to Journal Update for information on new titles, interesting articles, special issues, etc.

Go to Special Collections,  for recent rare book acquisitions.

Go to VISIONAIRE for digital images of the most recent issue.  

Go to PhilaFind, the library's online web-based catalog, to search for more books on your topic.

Return to New Acquisitions Main Page.


 

 

 
Spotlight Titles

 

  Herlihy, David V. BICYCLE : The History.  
New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, 2004, 470 pgs.
Call Number: 629.2272 H549b

  A visually attractive cultural and technical history of the bicycle.

 

 

 

Martinez, Hugo with photographs by NATO  GRAFFITI NYC.
 
Munich : Prestel, 2006.
Call Number: 751.73097471 M385g

A photographic tour of contemporary New York City graffiti.
 

    

Moser, Stephanie  WONDROUS CURIOSITIES : Ancient Egypt
at the British Museum.  
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006, 328 pgs. 
Call Number: 932.0074 M899w

  This book examines how the British Museum influenced the public perception of ancient Egyptian culture.

 

Ramirez, Juan Antonio  ARCHITECTURE FOR THE SCREEN :
A Critical Study of Set Design in Hollywood's Golden Age.
WJefferson, NC : McFarland & Company, 2004, 247 pages. 
Call Number: 791.43025 R173a

The author attempts to show the many types of sets created for Hollywood and their role they played film expressionism.

 

Warner, Patricia Campbell  WHEN THE GIRLS CAME OUT TO PLAY : the Birth of American Sportswear. 
Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 2006, 292 pages.
Call Number: 391.20973 W283w

  This book presents the history of modern sportswear as a style of clothing that played a role in changing traditional gender roles.

Subject-Organized New Additions

ARCHITECTURE

FASHION MEDICINE
BUSINESS FINE ART PSYCHOLOGY
COMPUTER HISTORY SCIENCE
DESIGN HUMANITIES SOCIAL SCIENCE
EDUCATION INTERIORS TEXTILES

 

ARCHITECTURE

Bradbury, Dominic MEDITERRANEAN MODERN. Thames & Hudson, 2006.   728.37091822 B798m

Buck, David N ASIA NOW : ARCHITECTURE IN ASIA. Prestel, 2006.    720.9509051 A832b

Crowder, Chris. THE GARDEN AT LEVENS. Frances Lincoln, 2005.  712.6094278 C953g

Hill, Jonathan  IMMATERIAL ARCHITECTURE. Routledge, 2006. 720.1 H646i

Jodidio, Philip. ARCHITECTURE. Prestel, 2006. 720.47 J63a

Meyer, Ulf   BAUHAUS : 1919 – 1933. Prestel, 2006. 720.943 E57b

Payne, Richard  TEXAS TOWNS AND THE ART OF ARCHITECTURE. Texas State Historical Association, 2006.
779.4764 P346t

Salmon, Frank (edited by) SUMMERSON AND HITCHCOCK : CENTENARY ESSAYS ON ARCHITECTURAL
HISTROIOGRAPHY. Yale University Press, 2006. 720.722 S955s

Schott, Dieter & Bill Luckin & Genevieve Massard-Guilbaud RESOURCES OF THE CITY : CONTRIBUTIONS TO
AN ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY OF MODERATE EUROPE. Ashgate, 2005. 304.2094 R434a

Sthapitanonda, Nithi & Brain Mertens ARCHITECTURE OF THAILAND : A GUIDE TO TRADITIONAL AND
CONTEMPORARY FORMS. Thames & Hudson, 2005.720.9593 N729a

Tilston, Caroline. MODERN FAMILY GARDENS. Wiley Academy, 2006.  712.608 T581m

URBAN PLACE. The MIT Press, 2005. 307.76 U72b

Waldheim, Charles (editor) THE LANDSCAPE URBANISM READER. Princeton Architectural Press, 2006.
712.091732 L263w

Watkin, David 1941. RADICAL CLASSICISM. Rizzoli, 2006. 720.924 T329w

 

BUSINESS

Aamidor, Abraham CHUCK TAYLOR ALL STAR : THE TRUE STORY OF THE MAN BEHIND THE MOST
FAMOUS ATHLETIC SHOE IN HISTORY. Indiana University Press, 2006. 796.323092 A112c

Baker, Dan & Cathy Greenberg & Collins Hemingway WHAT HAPPY COMPANIES KNOW. Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006.
658.314 B167w

Berman, Margo STREET-SMART ADVERTISING : HOW TO WIN THE BATTLE OF THE BUZZ. Rowman & Littlefield, 2007.
659.1 B516s

Blackman, Allen (editor) SMALL FIRMS AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES : COLLECTIVE IMPACTS,
COLLECTIVE ACTION. Resources for the Future, 2006. 338.642091724 S635b

Chapman, Merrill R IN SEARCH OF STUPIDITY : OVER 20 YEARS OF HIGH-TECH MARKETING DISASTERS.
Apress, 2006. 338.47004 C466i2

Floor, Ko BRANDING A STORE : HOW TO BUILD SUCCESSFUL RETAIL BRANDS IN A CHANGING MARKETPLACE.
Kogan Page, 2006. 658.827 F631b

Hamm, Steve. BANGLORE TIGER. McGraw Hill, 2007. 338. 761004 H224b

Haupert, Michael J. THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY. Green wood Press, 2006. 338.477902 H374e

Hoffmann, Sandra A & Michael R Taylor (edited by) TOWARD SAFER FOOD : PERSPECTIVES ON RISK AND PRIORITY
SETTING. Resources for the Future, 2005. 363.192 T737h

Kahn, Kenneth B NEW PRODUCT FORECASTING : AN APPLIED APPROACH. Sharpe, 2006. 658.575 K12n

Kimmel, Daniel M THE DREAM TEAM : THE RISE AND FALL OF DREAMWORKS. Ivan R Dee, 2006. 384.809794 K49d

Kraemer, Kenneth L & Jason Dedrick & Nigel P Melville & Kevin Zhu (edited by) GLOBAL E-COMMERCE : IMPACTS OF
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AND POLICY. Cambridge University Press, 2006. 381.142 G562k

Kynge, James CHINA SHAKES THE WORLD. Houghton Mifflin, 2006. 330.95106 K99c

O’Toole, James. THE NEW AMERICAN WORKPLACE. Palgrave Macmillan. 331.0973 O88n

Mann, Clarence J & Klaus Gotz (edited by) BORDERLESS BUSINESS : MANAGING THE FAR-FLUNG ENTERPRISE.
Praeger, 2006. 658.049 B728m

Stevens, Robert E & Philip K Sherwood & J Paul Dunn & David L Loudon MARKET OPPORTUNITY ANALYSIS :
TEXT AND CASES. Haworth Press, 2006. 658.4012 M345a

 

Computer

Alesso, H. P. THINKING ON THE WEB. Wiley Academy, 2006. 004.678 A372t

COMPUTER GAMES. Polity Press, 2006. 306.487 C737c

Greenfield, Adam EVERYWARE : THE DAWNING OF UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING. New Riders, 2006. 004 G812e

Kevorkian, Martin  COLOR MONITORS. Cornell University Press, 2006. 302.2308996 K43c

 

Design

Balius, Andreu TYPE AT WORK : THE USE OF TYPE IN EDITORIAL DESIGN. B/S, 2003. 686.22 B186t

Brouws, Jeff  READYMADES : AMERICAN ROADSIDE ARTIFACTS. Chronicle Books, 2003. 306.40973 B876r

Cross, Nigel . DESIGNEDLY WAYS OF KNOWING. Springer, 2006. 745.2019 C951d

ITALIAN RENAISSANCE : THE START OF A NEW ERA. Red Publishing, 2006. 741.60945 I88r

Martinez, Hugo GRAFFITI NYC . Prestel, 2006. 751.73097471 M385g

PATHFINDER/A/WAY/THROUGH/SWISS/GRAPHIX. IdNpro, 2003.741.609494 P297p

RISE OF ASIAN DESIGN : HONG KONG DESIGNERS ASSOCIATION AWARDS O5. HKDA, 2005. 745.20795 H677h

 

Education

ART OF BEING TUAREG. Iris & B. Gerald Cantor center, 2006. 700.89933 A784s

Geisler, Paul R. 1965. HIGHER EDUCATION AT A CROSSROADS. Peter Lang, 2006. 378.73 G313h

Lipinski, Tomas A. 1958. THE COMPLETE COPYRIGHT LIABILITY HANDBOOK FOR LIBRARIANS
AND EDUCATORS. Neal Schuman, 2006. 346.730482 L764c

SEEING HIGH AND LOW. University of California Press, 2006. 701.03 S451j

Tradigo, Alfredo. ICONS AND SAINTS OF THE EASTERN ORTHODOX CHURCH.
J. Paul Getty Museum, 2006. 704.9482 T763i

 

Fashion

Barthes, Roland THE LANGUAGE OF FASHION. Berg, 2006. 391.0014 B285L

Breward, Christopher & David Gilbert (edited by) FASHION’S WORLD CITIES. Berg, 2006. 391.009 F248gi

De Winkel, Marieke FASHION AND FANCY : DRESS AND MEANING IN REMBRANDT’S PAINTINGS.
Amsterdam University Press, 2006. 759.9492 R385wm

Delamore, Philip THE PERFECT WEDDING DRESS. Firefly Books, 2005.  392.54 D336p

Eicher, Joanne B DRESS AND ETHNICITY : CHANGE ACROSS SPACE AND TIME. Berg, 1995. 3912.0089 D773e

Goodrum, Alison L THE NATIONAL FABRIC : FASHION, BRITISHNESS, GLOBALIZATION. Berg, 2005.
391.00941 G655n

Griggs, Claudine S/HE : CHANGING SEX AND CHANGING CLOTHES. Berg, 1998. 306.768 G857s

Johnson, Kim K P & Sharron J Lennon (edited by) APPEARANCE AND POWER. Berg, 1999. 391.6 A646j

Hughes, Clair DRESSED IN FICTION. Berg, 2006.  823.0093559 H893d

Palmer, Alexandra & Hazel Clark (edited) OLD CLOTHES, NEW LOOKS : SECOND HAND FASHION. Berg, 2005.
391.009051 O44p

Riello, Giorgio & Peter McNeil (edited by) SHOES : A HISTORY FROM SANDALS TO SNEAKERS. Berg, 2006.
391.41309 S559r

Skinner, Tina & Lindy McCord LATER 1940S : FASHIONABLE CLOTHING FROM THE SEAR CATALOGS.
Schiffer Publishing, 2004. 391.00973 S628f40a

Welters, Linda & Patricia A Cunningham (edited by) TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICAN FASHION. Berg, 2005.
391.00973 T971w

White, Nicola RECONSTRUCTING ITALIAN FASHION : AMERICA AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
ITALIAN FASHION INDUSTRY. Berg, 2000. 338.476870945 W586r

 

Fine Art

ACTING THE PART. Merrell, 2006. 778.809 A188p

Grabar, Oleg. ISLAMIC ART AND BEYOND. Ashgate, 2006. 709.17671 G727i

Hamann, H T CATEGORIES ON THE BEAUTY OF PHYSICS : ESSENTIAL PHYSICS CONCEPTS
AND THEIR COMPANIONS IN ART AND LITERATURE. Vernacular Press, 2005. 530 C357h

Harshav, Benjamin  MARC CHAGALL AND THE LOST JEWISH WORLD. Rizzoli, 2006. 759.7 C433h

Holbein, Hans HANS HOLBEIN THE YOUNGER. Thames and Hudson, 2003. 759.3 H723ha

Mandera, Mark  ISOLATED ROOMS. 709.2 M272i V1

Mandera, Mark  ISOLATED ROOMS. 709.2 M272i V2

Marquis, Alice Goldfarb. ART CZAR. MFA, 2006. 701.18092 M357a

OBEY SUPPLY & DEMAND : THE ART OF SHEPARD FAIREY. Gingko Press, 2006. 709.2 F165o

PETER LINDBERGH UNTITLED 116. Schirmer/Mosel, 2006. 779.24092 L742pe

Stam, Robert  FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT AND FRIENDS. Rutgers University Press, 2006. 791.430233 S783f

Vann, Philip  FACETOFACE : BRITISH SELF-PORTRAITS IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. Sansom & Co.,
2004. 704.942 V264f

Von Hohenberg, Christophe. ANDY WARHOL. Prestel, 2006. 700.92 W275av

Zuffi, Stefano  EUROPEAN ART OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2005.
709.031 Z94e

 

History

Amar, Akhil Reed AMERICA’S CONSTITUTION : A BIOGRAPHY. Random House, 2005. 342.73029 A485a

Asher, Catherine B & Cynthia Talbot INDIA BEFORE EUROPE. Cambridge University Press, 2006. 954.02 A825i

Bender, Thomas A NATION AMONG NATIONS : AMERICA’S PLACE IN WORLD HISTORY. Hill & Wang,
2006. 973 B458N

Biggers, Jeff THE UNITED STATES OF APPALACHIA : HOW SOUTHERN MOUNTAINEERS BROUGHT
INDEPENDENCE, CULTURE, AND ENLIGHTENMENT TO AMERICA. Shoemaker & Hoard, 2006. 975 B592u

Bolton, Charles C THE HARDEST DEAL OF ALL : THE BATTLE OVER SCHOOL INTEGRATION IN
MISSISSIPPI, 1870-1980. University Press of Mississippi, 2005. 379.263 B694h

Campbell, James MIDDLE PASSAGES : AFRICAN AMERICAN JOURNEYS TO AFRICA, 1787-2005. Penguin Press,
2006. 960.0496073 C188m

Gabler, Neal WALT DISNEY : THE TRIUMPH OF THE AMERICAN IMAGINATION. Alfred A Knopf, 2006.
791.43092 G115w

Heckel, Waldemar WHO’S WHO IN THE AGE OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT . Blackwell Publishing, 2006.
R938.070922 H448w

Hill, Kate CULTURE AND CLASS IN ENGLISH PUBLIC MUSEUMS, 1850-1914. Ashgate, 2005. 069.0941 H646c

Lindenmeyer, Kriste 1955. THE GREATEST GENERATION GROWN UP. Ivan R. Dee, 2005. 973.916 L744g

Nash, Gary B. THE FORGOTTEN FIFTH. Harvard University Press, 2006. 973.30496073 N249f

NICHOLAS & ALEXANDRA : THE LAST IMPERIAL FAMILY OF TSARIST RUSSIA. Abrams, 1998, gift.
947.0830922 N597g

Ware, Alan THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HEADS NORTH, 1877-1962. Cambridge University Press, 2006.
324.2736 W267d

 

Humanities

Charlton, Thomas L & Lois E Myers & Rebecca Sharpless (edited by) HANDBOOK OF ORAL HISTORY.
Altamira, 2006. 907.2 H236c

Held, Virginia. THE ETHICS OF CARE. Oxford University Press, 2006. 177.7 H474e

Papineau, David (general editor) WESTERN PHILOSOPHY : AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE.
Oxford University Press, 2004. 190 W527p

Richardson, Elaine HIPHOP LITERACIES. Routledge, 2006. 427.973 R552h

Rodgers, Marion Elizabeth. MENCKEN. Oxford University Press, 2005. 818.5236 R691m

 

Interiors

Keller, Max LIGHT FANTASTIC : THE ART AND DESIGN OF STAGE LIGHTING. Prestel, 2006. 792.025 K29L2

NEW CHINESE STYLE : FROM PAST INTO PRESENT. Page One, 2004. 747.2951 N532c

Street-Porter, Tim & Diane Dorrans Saeks HOLLYWOOD HOUSES. Thames & Hudson, 2004. 747.219494 S915h

 

Medicine

Ebersole, Priscilla. GERIATRIC NURSING. Springer, 2006. 618. 970231 E16g

Garner, Robert  Animal ethics. Polity Press, 2005. 179.3 G234a

Reiss, Ira L AN INSIDER’S VIEW OF SEXUAL SCIENCE SINCE KINSEY. Rowman & Littlefield, 2006. 306.709045 R378i

 

Psychology

Benwell, Bethan & Elizabeth Stokoe DISCOURSE AND IDENTITY. Edinburgh University Press, 2006. 401.41 B479d

CONTEMPORARY DEBATES IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE. Blackwell, 2006. 153 C761s

Domino, George  PSYCHOLOGY TESTING. Cambridge University Press, 2006. 150.287 D671p2

Hopkinson, Natalie & Natalie Y Moore DECONSTRUCTING TYRONE : A NEW LOOK AT BLACK MASCULINITY IN
THE HIP-HOP GENERATION. Cleis Press, 2006. 305.38896073 H797d

Howell, David C. STATISTICAL METHODS FOR PSYCHOLOGY. Thomson, 2007. 150.15195 H859s6

 

Science

Freitag, Eberhard & Rolf Busam COMPLEX ANALYSIS. Springer, 2005.515.9 F866c

Green, David G & Nicholas Klomp & Glyn Rimmington & Suzanne Sadedin COMPLEXITY IN
LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY. Springer, 2006. 577 C737g

Johnston, Sean 1956. HOLOGRAPHIC VISIONS. Oxford University Press, 2006. 621.3675 J73h

Koo, Joseph H. POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES. Mc graw Hill, 2006. 620.192 K82p

Lord, Thomas R. THE FERNS AND ALLIED PLANTS OF PENNSYLVANIA. Indiana University of Pennsylvania,
2006. 587.3 L867f

MCGRAW-HILL CONCISE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE. McGraw-Hill, 2005.
R363.7003 M147m

Nicholson, John W THE CHEMISTRY OF POLYMERS. RSC Publishing, 2006. 547.7 N626c3

Rock, Michael T POLLUTION CONTROL IN EAST ASIA : LESSONS FROM THE NEWLY
INDUSTRIALIZING ECONOMIES. Resources for the Future, 2002. 363.7350959 R682p

Scarani, Valerio QUANTUM PHYSICS : A FIRST ENCOUNTER. Oxford University Press, 2006. 530.12 S285q

With G. De STRUCTURE, DEFORMATION AND INTEGRITY OF MATERIALS. Wiley Academy, 2006,
2 volumes. 620.112 W822s

 

Social Science

Barnes, Douglas F & Kerry Krutilla & William F Hyde THE URBAN HOUSEHOLD ENERGY TRANSITION :
SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD. Resources for the Future,
2005. 333.7963 B261u

Black, Jeremy. ALTERED STATES. Reaktion Book, 2006. 973.92 B627a

Cogan, Brian ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PUNK MUSIC AND CULTURE. Greenwood Press, 2006. R781.66 C676e

Cole, Roy & H J De Blij SURVEY OF SUBSAHARAN AFRICA : A REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY.
Oxford University Press, 2007. 916.7 C689s

Conboy, Martin. TABLOID BRITAIN. Routledge, 2006. 072.0904 C743t

Conte, Alex 1971. SECURITY IN THE 21ST CENTURY. Ashgate, 2005. 327.109 C761s

Daniel, Elton L & Ali Akbar Mahdi CULTURE AND CUSTOMS OF IRAN. Greenwood Press, 2006. 955 D184c

Fessler, Ann. THE GIRLS WHO WENT AWAY. The Penguin Press, 2006. 362.8298 F417g

Finney, Gail (edited by) VISUAL CULTURE IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY GERMANY : TEXT AS
SPECTACLE. Indiana University Press, 2006. 306.470943 V834f

Fischer, Claude S & Michael Hout CENTURY OF DIFFERENCE : HOW AMERICA CHANGED IN
THE LAST ONE HUNDRED YEARS. Russell Sage Foundation, 2006. 306.09730904 F529c

Fraser, Catherine C & Dierk O Hoffmann POP CULTURE GERMANY! MEDIA, ARTS, AND LIFESTYLE.
ABC-CLIO, 2006. 306.0943 F841p

Galbraith, James K UNBEARABLE COST : BUSH, GREENSPAN AND THE ECONOMICS OF EMPIRE. Palgrave,
2006. 338.973 G1485u

Galilie, Galileo 1564-1642. THUS SPOKE GALILEO. Oxford University Press, 2006. 520.92 G158t

Ghazanfar, Shaikh M. ISLAMIC CIVILIZATION. The Scarecrow Press, 2006. 909.097671 G411i

Gilbert, Sandra M DEATH’S DOOR : MODERN DYING AND THE WAYS WE GRIEVE. Norton, 2006. 155.937 G466d

Goldstein, Judith S INVENTING GREAT NECK : JEWISH IDENTITY AND THE AMERICAN DREAM.
Rutgers University Press, 2006. 974.7245 G624i

Gregg, Gary S. THE MIDDLE EAST. Oxford University Press, 2005.  155.820956 G819m

Holmes, Leslie ROTTEN STATES? CORRUPTION, POST-COMMUNISM, AND NEOLIBERALISM.
Duke University Press, 2006. 364.1323 H751r

INDEPENDENT TASK FORCE ON IMMIGRATION AND AMERICA’S IMMIGRATION AND
AMERICA’S FUTURE. Migration policy Institute, 2006. 325.73 I38a

Kearney, Mary Celeste 1962. GIRLS MAKE MEDIA. Routledge, 2006.
302.2308352 K24g

Lee, Keekok 1938. ZOOS. Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. 590.73 L478z

Lochery, Neill THE VIEW FROM THE FENCE : THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT FROM THE
PRESENT TO ITS ROOTS. Continuum, 2005. 956.053 L812v

Lawlor, Mary PUBLIC NATIVE AMERICA : TRIBAL SELF-REPRESENTATIONS IN CASINOS, MUSEUMS,
AND POWWOWS. Rutgers University Press, 2006. 305.897 L418p

Maier, Charles S AMONG EMPIRES : AMERICAN ASCENDANCY AND ITS PREDECESSORS. Harvard University Press,
2006. 325.320973 M217a

Marchessault, Janine MARSHALL MCLUHAN : COSMIC MEDIA. Sage, 2005. 302.23092 M316m

Michaels, Walter Benn THE TROUBLE WITH DIVERSITY : HOW WE LEARNED TO LOVE IDENTITY AND
IGNORE INEQUALITY. Metropolitan Books, 2006. 305.5120973 M621t

Oakley, Francis KINGSHIP : THE POLITICS OF ENCHANTMENT. Blackwell Publishing, 2006. 321.609 O11k

Richman, Karen E. MIGRATION AND VOODOO. University Press of Florida, 2005. 305.89697 R532m

Ross, John ZAPATISTAS! MAKING ANOTHER WORLD POSSIBLE CHRONICLES OF RESISTANCE
2000-2006. Nation Books, 2006. 972.750841 R824z

Storey, John CULTURAL THEORY AND POPULAR CULTURE : AN INTRODUCTION.
University of Georgia Press, 2006. 306 S884c4

Sutton, Philip W. RESURGENT ISLAM. Polity Press, 2005. 306.697 S967r

THUMB CULTURE. Transcript, 2005. 303.4833 T534g

Torres-Saillant, Silvio AN INTELLECTUAL HISTORY OF THE CARIBBEAN. Palgrave, 2006. 972.9 T693i

TRANSATLANTIC SCOTS. The University of Alabama Press, 2005. 305.89163073 T772r

WOMEN AND THE POLITICS OF PLACE. Kumarian Press, 2005. 305.42 W872h

Wiarda, Howard J DEVELOPMENT ON THE PERIPHERY : DEMOCRATIC TRANSITIONS IN
SOUTHERN AND EASTERN EUROPE. Rowman & Littlefield, 2006. 320.94 W631d

Wicker, Tom SHOOTING STAR : THE BRIEF ARC OF JOE MCCARTHY. Harcourt, 2006. 973.918092 W636a

Wu, Guoguang THE ANATOMY OF POLITICAL POWER IN CHINA. East Asian Institute, 2005. 320.951 W959a

Zielenziger, Michael SHUTTING OUT THE SUN : HOW JAPAN CREATED ITS OWN LOST
GENERATION. Doubleday, 2006. 306.0952 Z66s

 

Textile

BIOFUNCTIONAL TEXTILES AND THE SKIN. Karger, 2006.616.97 B615h

Fluck, Cacilia & Gisela Helmecke TEXTILES MESSAGES : INSCRIBED FABRICS FROM ROMAN TO
ABBASID EGYPT. Brill, 2006. 746.0932 T355f

Krody, Sumru Belger EMBROIDERY OF THE GREEK ISLANDS AND EPIRUS REGION :
HARPIES, MERMAIDS, AND TULIPS. Textile Museum, 2006. 746.4409495 K93e

Miller, Marla R THE NEEDLE’S EYE : WOMEN AND WORK IN THE AGE OF REVOLUTION.
University of Massachusetts Press, 2006. 331.488709744 M649n

TEXTILES AND THE SKIN. Karger, 2003. 616.97 T355e C.2

 

Recreational Reading 

As a service to readers, books link to amazon.com.  The book's dustjacket image is available  with reader reviews of the title.   This is not an attempt to solicit book purchases. 

Crichton, Michael      NEXT.
HarperCollins, 2006.

Cussler, Clive      TREASURE OF KHAN.
Putnam, 2006.

Gerritsen, Tess      THE MEPHISTO CLUB. 
Ballantine Books, 2006.

Hamilton, Laurell K.      STRANGE CANDY.
Berkley Books, 2006.

Harris, Robert     IMPERIUM.
Simon & Schuster, 2006.

Harris, Thomas      HANNIBAL RISING.
Delacorte Press, 2006.

Koontz, Dean R.      BROTHER ODD.
Bantam, 2006.

Meltzer, Brad     THE BOOK OF FATE.
Warner Books, 2006.

Mosley, Walter      KILLING JOHNNY FRY.
Bloomsbury, 2007.

Oppenheimer, Jerry      HOUSE OF HILTON.
Crown Publishers, 2006.

Pessl, Marisha      SPECIAL TOPICS IN CALAMITY PHYSICS.
Viking, 2006.

Pynchon, Thomas      AGAINST THE DAY.
Penguin Press, 2006.

Smith, Scott      THE RUINS.
Knopf, 2006.

Stark, Richard       ASK THE PARROT.
Mysterious Press, 2006.

TOM STRONG : BOOK 6.
America'S Best Comics, 2006


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A new title in the "Collezioni" series.

 

 

 

 

Recent Additions to  SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
  McCabe, James D  THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION...
Philadelphia
: National Publishing Co., 1876, 
682 pgs., 22.5 cm.
Call Number: 909.81 M113i 1876

A good example of the elaborate souvenir gift books produced after the Centennial Exhibition. Contains a general history of the fair with woodcut illustrations. This specific title was noteworthy enough, that a reprint was published in 1975.  

 

Sandhurst, Phillip T and Others THE GREAT CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION : Critically Described and Illustrated. 
Philadelphia :  Ziegler & Co., 1876, 
544 pgs.,  23.5 cm.
Call Number: 607.3474811 S217g 1876

Another example of the souvenir gift books published after the Centennial Exhibition. The exhibition is of interest to our University community, since the need for a local textile school was apparent after exposure to the European textile products shown at the fair.  

  THE CONSOLIDATED TEXTILE CATALOGS : 1923
New York
: Bragdon, Lord & Nagle, 1923, 531 pgs., 
31 cm.
Call Number: 677.085 T358c 1923

This series of textile machinery directories is a valuable reference tool because the various manufacturers include illustrations and specifications along with general sales information.

 

Noelting, E SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF ANILINE BLACK.
New York :  Matheson, 1889, 165 pgs.,  24 cm.
Call Number: 667.2 N769s

Originally published in French, this is the only edition in English. Somewhat scarce history of the aniline black dyestuff industry.

 
The Library also now receives VISIONAIRE, a limited edition conceptual art and fashion quarterly published in New York. However, due to its format it is not shelved with the other magazines.  It is available for inspection on request.  Since every issue is different, images of each new issue will be included in this list.

VISIONAIRE #48 MAGIC

 
 
         
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