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New Acquisitions -  December, 2009

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

Go to the most current Recreational Reading Titles.

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.


 

 

 

Subject-Organized New Additions

ARCHITECTURE

FASHION MEDICINE/HEALTH SCIENCES
BUSINESS FINE ART PSYCHOLOGY
COMPUTER HISTORY SCIENCE
DESIGN HUMANITIES SOCIALSCIENCE
EDUCATION INTERIORS TEXTILES

 

ARCHITECTURE

Baracco, Mauro, Fiona Di Lanzo, Sophie Dyring, & Joseph Reyes (ed.). DIA- ARCHITECTURE THESIS PROJECTS 2000-2001. RMIT University Press, 2002. 720.71194D536b

BIDDISON ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN: SELECTED WORKS 1999-2001. Tepel Brothers Printing Co., 2001. 720.922B584s

Brown, Peter Hendee. AMERICA’S WATERFRONT REVIVAL: PORT AUTHORITIES AND URBAN REDEVELOPMENT. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009. 307.3416B879a

Brugman, Jeb. WELCOME TO THE URBAN REVOLUTION: HOW CITIES ARE CHANGING THE WORLD. Bloomsbury Press, 2009. 307.76B891w

Cisneros, Henry G. & Lora Engdahl (ed.). FROM DESPAIR TO HOPE: HOPE VI AND THE NEW PROMISE OF PUBLIC HOUSING IN AMERICA’S CITIES. Brooking Institution Press, 2009. 363.585F931c

CHICAGO WOMAN IN ARCHITECTURE: A CREATIVE CONSTELLATION CELEBRATION 25 YEARS. 720.82C912c

Corbellini, Giovanni & Alessandro Rocca. ARCHITECTURE IN THE MOUNTAINS. Navado Press Trieste, 2005. 720.92V181a

Cothran, James R. GARDENS OF HISTORIC CHARLESTON. University of South Carolina Press, 1995. 712.609757C843g

Feiersinger, Martin. DETOURS: 1960’S ARCHITECTURE: ITALY TEN MODERN BUILDINGS REVISITED. Schlebrügge. Editor, 2008. 720.94509045F297d

Friedman, Jonathan Block. CREATION IN SPACE: FUNDAMENTALS OF ARCHITECTURE 2ND ED. Kendall/ Hunt Publishing, 2000. 729.F911c2v.1

Frug, Gerald & David J. Barron CITY BOUND : HOW STATES STIFLE URBAN INNOVATION. Cornell University Press, 2008. 320.850973 F944e

Giselbrecht, Ernst. ARCHITECTURE & HEALTH. Haus Der Architektur, 2000. 725.5109436G532e

Groenendijk, Paul & Piet Vollaard. GUIDE TO MODERN ARCHITECTURE. Uitgeverij Publishers, 1996. 720.9492G874g32001

Koush, Ben. BOOMING HOUSTON & THE MODERN HOUSE: THE RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE OF NEUHAUS & TAYLOR 1955-1960. Houston Mod, 2006. 728.37092T238k

Leach, Andrew. FREDERICK H. NEWMAN: LECTURES ON ARCHITECTURE. A&S Books, 2003. 720.92N552f

Schneider-Wessling, Erich. AND THAT IS WHAT I CALL REAL ARCHITECTURE. Verlag Müller + Busmann, 1996. 720.92S358u

Sinclair, Jill. FRESH POND: THE HISTORY OF A CAMBRIDGE LANDSCAPE. MIT Press, 2009. 508.7444S616f

Steve, Michel. L’ARCHITECTURE BELLE EPOQUE À MENTON. Demaistre, 1998. 720.944S843L

Szyszkowitz, Michael & Renate Lisinger (Edited by) GRAZ_ARCHITECTURE : POSITIONS IN THE URBAN SPACE FOCUSING ON THE PERIOD AS OF 1990. Hau der Architektur Graz, 2004. 720.943655 G785s2

Verderber, Stephen DELIRIOUS NEW ORLEANS : MANIFESTO FOR AN EXTRAORDINARY AMERICAN CITY. University of Texas Press, 2009. 720.976335 V483d

Vletter, Martien De. THE CRITICAL SEVENTIES: ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN PLANNING IN THE NETHERLANDS 1968-1982. NAi Uitgevers Publishers, 1982. 720.9492K92v

Wilcox, Bob DOORS. Firefly Books, 2009.721.822 W667d

Woods, Mary N. BEYOND THE ARCHITECT’S EYE: PHOTOGRAPHS AND THE AMERICAN BUILT ENVIRONMENT. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009. 779.4W896b

 

Business

Barndt, Deborah TANGLED ROUTES : WOMEN, WORK, AND GLOBALIZATION ON THE TOMATO TRAIL. Rowman & Littlefield, 2008. 331.481664 B259t2

Beder, Sharon. THIS LITTLE KIDDY WENT TO MARKET: THE CORPORATE CAPTURE OF CHILDHOOD. Pluto Press, 2009. 658.834083B411t

Buckley, Ralf ECOTOURISM : PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES. CABI International, 2009. 338.4791 B924e

Häring, Norbert & Olaf Storbeck. ECONOMICS 2.0. Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. 330H281e

Higham, William THE NEXT BIG THING : SPOTTING AND FORECASTING CONSUMER TRENDS FOR PROFIT. Kogan Page, 2009. 658.8342 H638n

Hufbauer, Gary Clyde & Steve Charnovitz & Jisun Kim GLOBAL WARMING AND THE WORLD TRADING SYSTEM. Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2009. 363.738 H399g

Neumeier, Marty. THE BRAND GAP. AIGA, 2006. 658.827N493b

Neumeier, Marty. ZAG: THE #1 STRATEGY OF HIGH-END PERFORMANCE BRANDS. AIGA, 2007. 658.827n493Z

Poloian, Lynda Gamans MULTI-CHANNEL RETAILING. Fairchild Books, 2009. 658.84 P778m

Rowley, Chris & Vimolwan Yukongdi (ed.). THE CHANGING FACES OF WOMEN MANAGERS IN ASIA. Routledge, 2009. 338.04082C456r

Tuchman, Robert. YOUNG GUNS: THE FEARLESS ENTREPRENEUR’S GUIDE TO CHASING YOUR DREAMS AND BREAKING OUT ON YOUR OWN. AMACOM, 2009. 658.11T887y

 

Computers

Couper, Mick P. DESIGNING EFFECTIVE WEB SURVEYS. Cambridge University Press, 2008. 300.723 c856d

Vohra, Deepak. AJAX IN ORACLE JDEVELOPER. Springer, 2008. 006.76V888a

 

Design

Berger, Arthur Asa. WHAT OBJECTS MEAN: AN INTRODUCTION TO MATERIAL CULTURE. Left Coast Press, Inc., 2009. 306.46B496w

Best, Kathryn DESIGN MANAGEMENT : MANAGING DESIGN STRATEGY, PROCESS AND IMPLEMENTATION. AVA Academia, 2006. 746.4068 B561d

Brunn, Ole. AN INTRODUCTION TO FENG SHUI. Cambridge University Press, 2008. 1333.3337B913i

Clark, Constance Areson GOD-OR GORILLA : IMAGES OF EVOLUTION IN THE JAZZ AGE. John Hopkins University Press, 2008. 573.2 C592h

Evans, Sian PATTERN DESIGN : A PERIOD DESIGN SOURCEBOOK. National Trust, 2008. 745.44941 P316e

Gerstein, Alexandra (ed.) BEYOND BLOOMSBURY: DESIGNS OF THE OMEGA WORKSHOPS 1913-19. The Courtauld Gallery, 2009. 745.4442B574g

Press, Mike and Rachel Cooper THE DESIGN EXPERIENCE : THE ROLE OF DESIGN AND DESIGNERS IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY. Ashgate, 2003. 745.4068 P935d

Shedroff, Nathan EXPERIENCE DESIGN 1. New Riders, 2001. 005.437 S541e

Smith, Virginia. FORMS IN MODERNISM A VISUAL SET.: THE UNITY OF TYPOGRAPHY, ARCHITECTURE, & THE DESIGN ARTS. Watson-Guptill Publications, 2005. 745.4442S663f

V&A PATTERN: DIGITAL PIONEERS. V&A Publishing, 2009. 745.4V645vd

V&A PATTERN: INDIAN FLORALS. V&A Publishing, 2009. 745.4V645vi

V&A PATTERN: THE FIFTIES. V&A P Publishing, 2009. 745.4V645vf

V&A PATTERN: WILLIAM MORRIS. V&A Publishing, 2009. 745.4V645vw

Williams, Gareth. TELLING TALES: FANTASY AND FEAR IN CONTEMPORARY DESIGN. V&A Publishing, 2009. 745.445W723t

 

Education

Hayes, Thomas J. MARKETING: COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES: A SERVICES APPROACH. Council for Advancement and Support of Education, 2009. 378.101H418m

Hirtle, Peter B., Emily Hudson, & Andrew T. Kenyon. COPYRIGHT AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS: GUIDELINES FOR DIGITIZATION FOR U.S. LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES, & MUSEUMS. Cornell University Library, 2009.

Miller, Robert C & Bernard J. Le Boeuf  DEVELOPING UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY RELATIONS. Jossey-Bass, 2009. 378.103 D489m

 

Fashion

Berkson, Janice. CARRY ME! 1950’S LUCITE HANDBAGS; AN AMERICAN FASHION. ACC Editions, 2009. 391.44B513c

Black, Catherine. MODARIS AND DIAMINO FOR APPAREL DESIGN. Fairchild Books, Inc., 2008. 687.0285B628m

Cacciavillani, Alberto & Alessandro. THE MOTHER SHIRTS. Happy Books, 2009. 391.009M918g

Crill, Rosemary, Jennifer Wearden, and Verity Wilson. WORLD DRESS: FASHION IN DETAIL. V&A Publishing, 2009. 391.009C929w

Fasanella, Kathleen. THE ENTREPRENEUR’S GUIDE TO SEWN PRODUCT MANUFACTURING. Apparel Technical Services, 1998. 687.068F249e

Funk, Ruth E CLOTH AND CULTURE. Panache Partners, 2009. 746.92092 F982r

Hancock, Joseph. BRAND STORY: RALPH, VERA, JOHNNY, BILLY, AND OTHER ADVENTURES IN FASHION BRANDING. Fairchild Books, Inc., 2009. 687.0688H234b

Hart, Avril & Susan North. SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY: FASHION IN DETAIL. V&A Publishing, 2009. 391.H325s2009

Hayes, William. NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE. Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2008. 379.73H418n

Liechty, Elizabeth & Judith Rasband & Della Pottberg-Steineckert FITTING & PATTERN ALTERATION : A MULTI-METHOD APPROACH TO THE ART OF STYLE SELECTION, FITTING, AND ALTERATION. Fairchild Books, 2010.646.408 L718f2

Loschek, Ingrid. WHEN CLOTHES BECOME FASHION: DESIGN AND INNOVATION SYSTEMS. Berg, 2009. 391.001L879w

Mendes, Valerie D & Amy De La Haye LUCILE LTD : LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK AND CHICAGO 1890S – 1930S. V & A Publishing, 2009. 746.92092 L937m

Patterson, Angus. FASHION AND ARMOUR IN RENAISSANCE EUROPE: PROUD LOOKS AND BRAVE ATTIRE. V&A PUBLISHING, 2009. 739.7094P317f

Renfrew, Elinor & Colin Renfrew DEVELOPING A COLLECTION. AVA Book, 2009. 746.92023 B311f no.4

Sharp, Julia Ridgway & Virginia Hencken Elsasser. INTRODUCTION TO ACCUMARK, PATTERN DESIGN, & PRODUCT DATA MANAGEMENT. Fairchild Publications, 2005. 687.0285S531i

 

Fine Art

Ilchman, Frederick TITIAN TINTORETTO VERONESE : RIVALS IN RENAISSANCE VENICE. MFA Publications, 2009. 759.5 T618i

VERTIGO : A CENTURY OF MULTIMEDIA ART, FROM FUTURISM TO THE WEB. Skira, 2007. 709.045 V5676c

 

History

Alexander, Leslie M. AFRICAN OR AMERICAN? BLACK IDENTITY AND POLITICAL ACTIVISM IN NEW YORK CITY, 1784-1861. University of Illinois Press, 1998. 974.7103A376a

Burk, Kathleen OLD WORLD, NEW WORLD : GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICAN FROM THE BEGINNING. Atlantic Monthly Press, 2007. 327.73041 B959o

Grádá, Cormac Ó. FAMINE: A SHORT HISTORY. Princeton University Press, 2009. 363.809O35f

Jones, Michael LENINGRAD : STATE OF SIEGE. Basic Books, 2008. 940.5421 J78L

Kurlansky, Mark. SALT: A WORLD HISTORY. Penguin Books, 2002. 55363K96s

Malik, Jamal ISLAM IN SOUTH ASIA : A SHORT HISTORY. Brill, 2008. 297.0954 M251i

Martin, Peter. SAMUEL JOHNSON: A BIOGRAPHY. Harvard University Press, 2008. 824.63M382s

Rapport, Mike 1848 : YEAR OF REVOLUTION. Basic Books, 2008. 940.284 R221e

Weightman, Gavin. THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONARIES: THE MAKING OF THE MODERN WORLD, 1776-1914. Grove Press, 2007. 338.09W419i

 

Humanities

Butt, John & Carmen Benjamin.A NEW REFERENCE GRAMMAR OF MODERN SPANISH 4TH ED. Hodder Education, 2004. 468.2B983n4

Hassanein, Azza. MODERN STANDARD ARABIC GRAMMAR: A CONCISE GUIDE. T he American University in Cairo Press, 2006. 492.75H352m

Lock, Graham & David Murray (edited by) THRIVING ON A RIFF : JAZZ & BLUES INFLUENCES IN AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE AND FILM. Oxford University Press, 2009. 8120.9896 T531L

McCarus, Ernest N. ENGLISH GRAMMAR FOR STUDENTS OF ARABIC: THE STUDY GUIDE FOR THOSE LEARNING ARABIC. Olivia and Hill Press, 2007. 492.75M322e

Ross, Claudia & Jing-Heng Sheng Ma. MODERN MANDARIN CHINESE GRAMMAR: A PRACTICAL GUIDE. Routledge, 2006. 495.15R823m

Rovere-Fenati, Beatrice. MASTERING ITALIAN GRAMMAR. Barron’s, 2007. 458.2421R873m

Shaw, Sarah. INTRODUCTION TO BUDDHIST MEDITATION. Routledge, 2009. 294.344S536i

Showalter, Elaine. A JURY OF HER PEERS: AMERICAN WOMEN WRITERS FROM ANNE BRADSTREET TO ANNIE PROULX. Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. 810.99287S559j

 

Interiors

 

Medicine

Fine, Perry G. THE HOSPICE COMPANION. Oxford University Press, 2008. 362.175F495h

Gerstein, Daniel M. BIOTERROR IN THE 21ST CENTURY: EMERGING THREATS IN A GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT. Naval Institute Press, 2009. 363.325G383b

Kabat, Geoffrey C HYPING HEALTH RISKS : ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS IN DAILY LIFE AND THE SCIENCE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. Columbia University Press, 2008. 615.902 K11h

Lynch, Gary & Richard Granger BIG BRAIN : THE ORIGINS AND FUTURE OF HUMAN INTELLIGENCE. Palgrave, 2008. 612.82 L987b

PTSD COMPENSATION AND MILITARY SERVICE. National Academic Press, 2007. 612.8521P975c

Wink, Michael & Ben-Erik van Wyk MIND-ALTERING AND POISONOUS PLANTS OF THE WORLD. Timber Press, 2008. 581.6 W773m

 

Psychology

Berns, Gregory. ICONOCLAST: A NEUROSCIENTIST REVEALS HOW TO THINK DIFFERENTLY. Harvard Business Press, 2008. 658.4092B531i

Simon, Rita J & Rhonda M Roorda IN THEIR SIBLINGS’ VOICES : WHITE NON-ADOPTED SIBLINGS TALK ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES BEING RAISED WITH BLACK AND BIRACIAL BROTHERS AND SISTERS. Columbia University Press, 2009. 362.734 S596is

 

Science

Bayin, S. Selucuk. ESSENTIALS OF MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2008. 530.15B357e

Berger, John J. FORESTS FOREVER: THEIR ECOLOGY, RESTORATION, AND PROTECTION. Center for American Places at Columbia College Chicago, 2008. 333.750973B496f

Berger, Jonathan & John W. Sinton WATER, EARTH, AND FIRE : LAND USE AND ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING IN THE NEW JERSEY PINE BARRENS. John Hopkins University Press, 1985. 333.7509749 B496w

Bostrom, Nick & Milan M. Cirkovic (edited by) GLOBAL CATASTROPHIC RISKS. Oxford University Press, 2008. 363.34 G562b

Danilov-Danil’yan, Victor I. & Kim S. Losev & Igor E. Reyf SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE LIMITATION OF GROWTH. Springer, 2009. 338.927 D186s

Fastovsky, David E & David B. Weishampel DINOSAURS : A CONCISE NATURAL HISTORY. Cambridge University Press, 2009. 567.9 F251d

Fornasini, Paolo THE UNCERTAINTY IN PHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS : AN INTRODUCTION TO DATA ANALYSIS IN THE PHYSICS LABORATORY. Springer, 2008. 530.8 F272u

Gautier, Catherine & Jen-Louis Fellous. FACING CLIMATE CHANGE TOGETHER. Cambridge University Press, 2008. 551.6F141g

Givant, Steven & Paul Halmos INTRODUCTION TO BOOLEAN ALGEBRAS. Springer, 2009. 511.324 G536i

Grote, Karl-Heinrich & Erik K. Antonsson (ed.) SPRINGER HANDBOOK OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING. Springer, 2009. 621.02S769g

Grinnell, Frederick. EVERYDAY PRACTICE OF SCIENCE: WHERE INTUITION AND PASSION MEET OBJECTIVITY AND LOGIC. Oxford University Press, 2009. 500G868e

Hatamura, Y (edited) LEARNING FROM DESIGN FAILURES. Springer, 2009. 620.0042 L438h21

 

Social Sciences

Adams, Katherine H., Michael L. Keene, & Melanie Mckay. CONTROLLING REPRESENTATIONS: DEPICTIONS OF WOMEN IN A MAINSTREAM NEWSPAPER 1900-1950. Hampton Press, Inc., 2009. 071.3082A214c

Allard, Scott W. OUT OF REACH: PLACE, POVERTY, AND THE NEW AMERICAN WELFARE STATE. Yale University Presss, 2009. 361.61A419o

Banerjee, Dillon. THE INSIDER’S GUIDE TO THE PEACE CORPS: WHAT TO KNOW BEFORE YOU GO.  2ND ED. Ten Speed Press, 2009. 361.6B215i2

Bartee, Alice Fleetwood. PRIVACY RIGHTS: CASES LOST AND CAUSES WON BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT. Roman & Littlefield Publishers, 2006. 342.730858B283p

Browder, Glen. THE SOUTH’S NEW RACIAL POLITICS. NewSouth Books, 2009. 320.975B877s

Childs, Erica Chito. FADE TO BLACK AND WHITE: INTERRACIAL IMAGES IN POPULAR CULTURE. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2009. 306.846C537f

Chin, Ko-Lin. THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE: INSIDE SOUTHEAST ASIA’S DRUG TRADE. Cornell University Press, 2009. 363.4509591C539g

Cook, Melissa A. & Annette M. Holba (ed). PHILOSOPHIES OF COMMUNICATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR EVERYDAY EXPERIENCE. Peter Lang, 2008. 302.201P568c

Cooper, Allan D. THE GEOGRAPHY OF GENOCIDE. University Press of America, 2009. 364.151C776g

David, Steven R. CATASTROPHIC CONSEQUENCES : CIVIL WARS AND AMERICAN INTERESTS. John Hopkins University Press, 2008. 303.64 D249c

Dutton, Denis. THE ART INSTINCT: BEAUTY, PLEASURE, AND HUMAN EVOLUTION. Bloomsbury Press, 2009. 701.17D411a

Embser-Herbert, Melissa Sheridan. THE U.S. MILITARY’S "DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL" POLICY: A REFERENCE HANDBOOK. Praeger Sevurity International, 2007. 355.3308664E53u

Frosh, Paul & Amit Pinchevski (edited by) MEDIA WITNESSING : TESTIMONY IN THE AGE OF MASS COMMUNICATION. Palgrave, 2009. 302.23 M489f

Garland, Sarah. GANGS IN GARDEN CITY: HOW IMMIGRATION, SEGREGATION, AND YOUTH VIOLENCE ARE CHANGING AMERICA’S SUBURBS. Nation Books, 2009. 364.1066G223g

Gray, Jonathan & Jeffrey P. Jones & Ethan Thompson (edited by) SATIRE TV : POLITICS AND COMEDY IN THE POST-NETWORK ERA. NYU Press, 2009. 791.45658 S253g

Guins, Raiford EDITED CLEAN VERSION : TECHNOLOGY AND THE CULTURE OF CONTROL. University of Minnesota Press, 2009. 363.31 G964e

Hachmyer, Caitlin. ALTERNATIVE TO THE PEACE CORPS: A GUIDE TO GLOBAL VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES 12TH ED. Food First Books, 2008. 361.6A466h12

Inouye, Charles Shirō. EVANESCENCE AND FORM: AN INTRODUCTION TO JAPANESE CULTURE. Palgrace Macmillan, 2008. 952.I58e

Kurlansky, Mark (ed). THE FOOD OF A YOUNGER LAND. Riverhead Books, 2009. 394.120973F686k

Kyvig, David E THE AGE OF IMPEACHMENT : AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL CULTURE SINCE 1960. University Press of Kansas, 2008. 342.73062 K99a

Madrick, Jeff. THE CASE FOR BIG GOVERNMENT. Princeton University Press, 2009. 320.973M183c

Mithlo, Nancy Marie. OUR INDIAN PRINCESS: SUBVERTING THE STEREOTYPE. School for Advaced Research Press, 2008. 704.0397M684o

Mizruchi, Susan L. THE RISE OF MULTICULTURAL AMERICA: ECONOMY AND PRINT CULTURE 1865-1915. University of North Carolina Press, 2008. 305.800973M685r

Neve, Brian. ELIA KAZAN: THE CINEMA OF AN AMERICAN OUTSIDER. I.B. Tauris, 2009. 791.450233N511e

Penner, Rudolph G. (edited by) INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM. Urban Institute Press, 2007. 368.43 I61p

Powe, Lucas A, Jr.. THE SUPREME COURT AND THE AMERICAN ELITE 1789-2008. Harvard University Press, 2009. 347.7326P881s

Preece, Daniel V. DISMANTLING SOCIAL EUROPE: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF SOCIAL POLICY IN THE EUROPEAN UNION. First Forum Press, 2009. 361.6094P923d

Sax, Robin (ed). REACHING THE BAR: STORIES OF WOMEN AT ALL STAGES OF THEIR LAW CAREERS. Kaplan Publishing, 2009. 340.0922R281s

Simon, Rita J & Rhonda M. Roorda. IN THEIR OWN VOICES: REFLECTIONS ON RAISING TRANSRACIAL ADOPTEES. Columbia University Press, 2007. 362.734s596ip

Simon, Rita J & Rhonda M. Roorda. IN THEIR OWN VOICES: TRANSRACIAL ADOPTEES TELL THEIR STORIES. Columbia University Press, 2000. 362.734S596i

Sloan, Stanley R NATO, THE EUROPEAN UNION, AND THE ATLANTIC COMMUNITY : THE TRANSATLANTIC BARGAIN RECONSIDERED. Rowman & Littlefield, 2003. 355.031 S634n

THE LITTLE RED, YELLOW, BLACK BOOK: AN INTRODUCTION TO INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIA. Aboriginal Studies Press, 2008. 305.89915L778p2

 

Textiles

Bassett, Lynne Zacek (editor) MASSACHUSETTS QUILTS : OUR COMMON WEALTH. University Press of New England, 2009. 746.4609744 M414b

Goswami, K. K. (edited by) ADVANCES IN CARPET MANUFACTURE. Woodhead Publishing Limited, 2009. 677.643 A244g

Rayner, Geoffrey & Richard Chamberlain & Annamarie Stapleton JACQUELINE GROAG : TEXTILE & PATTERN DESIGN - WIENER WERKSTATTE TO AMERICAN MODERN. Antique Collectors’ Club, 2009. 746.092 G873r

Rowe, T. (edited by) INTERIOR TEXTILES : DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENTS. Woodhead Publishing Limited, 2009. 747.5 I61r

Williams, J (edited by) TEXTILES FOR COLD WEATHER APPAREL. Woodhead Publishing Limited, 2009. 687.16 T355w

 

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. 

Dunne, Dominick      TOO MUCH MONEY.
Crown, 2009.

Grafton, Sue       U IS FOR UNDERTOW.
G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2009.

Hornby, Nick     JULIET, NAKED.
Riverhead Books, 2009.

Jance, Judith A.     TRIAL BY FIRE.
Simon & Schuster, 2009.

Larsson, Stieg (audio recording)     THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO.
Random House Audio, 2009.

Mantel, Hilary     WOLF HALL.
Henry Holt & Co., 2009.

McCall Smith, Alexander     LA'S ORCHESTRA SAVES THE WORLD.
Pantheon Books, 2009.

Sellers, Robert      HELLRAISERS.
Thomas Dunne Books, 2009.

 

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 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 #49 DECADES

 
 
         
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