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New Acquisitions -  January, 2008

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.

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Subject-Organized New Additions

ARCHITECTURE

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

 

ARCHITECTURE

Beauregard, Robert A. WHEN AMERICA BECAME SUBURBAN. University of Minnesota Press, 2006. 307.740

Bruce, Gordon ELIOT NOYES. Phaidon Press Inc., 2006. 745.2092 B886e

Cattermole, Paul BIZARRE BUILDINGS. Firefly Books, 2007. 720 C368b

Cerver, Francisco Asensio THE BIG BOOK OF TWENTY-FIVE HOUSES. Atrium International, 2000. 728.3709045 C419b

Cole, Doris CANDID REFLECTIONS : LETTERS FROM WOMEN IN ARCHITECTURE 1972 & 2004. Midmarch Arts Press, 2007. 720.82 c689c

COOPER, ROBERTSON & PARTNERS : CITIES TO GARDENS. Images Publishing, 2007. 720.922 C776c

Fell, Derek THE MAGIC OF MONET'S GARDEN : HIS PLANTING PLANS AND COLOR HARMONIES. Firefly Books, 2007. 712.60944252 F317m

Fotsch, Paul Mason (edited and written) WATCHING THE TRAFFIC GO BY: TRANSPORTATION AND ISOLATION IN URBAN AMERICA. University of Texas Press, 2007. 388.40973F761w

Johnson, Matthew IDEAS OF LANDSCAPE. Blackwell, 2007. 911.42 J68i

Lambah, Abha Narain & Alka Patel (edited) THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE INDIAN SULTANATES. Marg Publications, 2006. 720.9540902 A673L

Lichtenstein, Claude (edited and written) PLAYFULLY RIGID : SWISS ARCHITECTURE, GRAPHIC DESIGN, PRODUCT DESIGN 1950-2006. Lars Muller, 2007. 745.449494 L699p

Manning, Robert E PARKS AND CARRYING CAPACITY : COMMONS WITHOUT TRAGEDY. Island Press, 2007. 333.78314 M284p

Mathewson, Casey C.M. FRANK O.GEHRY SELECTED WORKS: 1969 TO TODAY. Firefly Books, 2007.           720.924 G311m

Oesterle & Lieb & Lutz & Heusler DOUBLE-SKIN FACADES : INTEGRATED PLANNING. Prestel, 2001.            690.12 D727o

ONLY WITH NATURE NOMES AMB NATURA. Coac Publications. 712.09409049 B588o

Smith. Stephanie BEYOND GREEN TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE ART. Smart Museum of Art, 2005.     701.05 B573s

Villegas, Benjamin (editor) CASA DE HACIENDA : ARCHITECTURE IN THE COLOMBIAN COUNTRYSIDE. Villegas Editores, 2006. 728.80986 T275c

 

BUSINESS

Ainley, Pat CLASS AND SKILL: CHANGING DIVISIONS OF KNOWLEDGE AND LABOUR. Cassell Educational Limited, 1993. 305.50941 A295c

Bragg, Steven M BUSINESS RATIOS AND FORMULAS : A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE. John Wiley, 2007.650.01513 B813b2

Colander, David THE MAKING OF AN ECONOMIST, REDUX. Princeton University Press, 2007. 330.071173 C683m

Franko, Patrice (edited and written) THE PUZZLE OF LATIN AMERICAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2007. 338.98 F834p3

Goff, Patricia M LIMITS OF LIBERALIZATION : LOCAL CULTURE IN A GLOBAL MARKETPLACE. Cornell University Press, 2007. 382.450705 G612L

Lehu, Jean-Marc BRANDED ENTERTAINMENT : PRODUCT PLACEMENT & BRAND STRATEGY IN THE ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS. Kogan Page, 2007. 659.13 L524b

Levy, Frank & Richard J Murnane THE NEW DIVISION OF LABOR : HOW COMPUTERS ARE CREATING THE NEXT JOB MARKET. Princeton University Press, 2004. 331.1109051 L668n

Lindvall, Terry SANCTUARY CINEMA: ORIGINS OF THE CHRISTIAN FILM INDUSTRY. New York University Press, 2007. 791.436823 L753s

Mamet, David BAMBI VS. GODZILLA : ON THE NATURE, PURPOSE, AND PRACTICE OF THE MOVIE BUSINESS. Pantheon Books, 2007. 384.80973 M264b

McGillivray, Mark (edited) HUMAN WELL-BEING: CONCEPT AND MEASUREMENT. Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. 301.0723 H918m

Morrison, Terri & Wayne A. Conaway KISS, BOW OR SHAKE HANDS: EUROPE. Adams Media, 2007. 395.52094 M882k

Morse, Edward A. & Ernest P. Goss GOVERNING FUTURE: CASINO GAMBLING IN AMERICA. The University of Michigan Press, 2007. 338.477950973 M884g

Moss, Mark SHOPPING AS AN ENTERTAINMENT EXPERIENCE. Lexington Books, 2007. 306.34 M913s

National Center on Education and The Economy TOUGH CHOICES OR TOUGH TIMES. Jossey-Bass, 2007. 331.25920973 N277t

Overtveldt, Johan Van THE CHICAGO SCHOOL : HOW THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO ASSEMBLED THE THINKERS WHO REVOLUTIONIZED ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS. Agate, 2007. 330.1553 O96c

Riedel,James & Jing Jin & Jian Gao HOW CHINA GROWS : INVESTMENT, FINANCE, AND REFORM. Princeton University Press, 2007. 330.95106 R551h

Sawyer, Keith GROUP GENIUS : THE CREATIVE POWER OF COLLABORATION. Basic Books, 2007. 658.4036 S271g

Vedder, Richard & Wendell Cox THE WAL-MART REVOLUTION : HOW BIG-BOX STORES BENEFIT CONSUMERS, WORKERS, AND THE ECONOMY. AEI Press, 2006. 381.149 V415w

Vogel, Harold L. (edited and written) ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY ECONOMICS: A GUIDE FOR FINANCIAL ANALYSIS. Cambridge University Press, 2007. 338.47791 V878e7

Young, Antony & Lucy Aitken PROFITABLE MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS: A GUIDE TO MARKETING RETURN ON INVESTMENT. Kogan Page Limited, 2007. 658.8 Y68p

Ziegenfuss, Jr., James T CUSTOMER FRIENDLY : THE ORGANIZATIONAL ARCHITECTURE OF SERVICE. University Press of America, 2007. 658.812 Z66c

 

COMPUTERS

Hoekman, Robert Jr. DESIGNING THE OBVIOUS: A COMMON SENSE APPROACH TO THE WEB APPLICATION DESIGN. New Riders, 2007. 005.72 H693d

Silver, Mike & Diana Balmori MAPPING IN THE AGE OF DIGITAL MEDIA. Wiley Academy, 2003. 701.05 Y17m

 

DESIGN

Abed, Aicha Ben TUNISIAN MOSAICS: TREASURES FROM ROMAN AFRICA. Getty Publications, 2006. 729. 709397 B456t

Angelo, Sandra McFall SO YOU THOUGHT YOU COULDN’T DRAW. Discover Art With Sandra Inc., 2005.          741.24 A584s

ART AS 1 : JAPANESE PROFESSIONAL ILLUSTRATORS – VOL. 1  Japan Publicity, 2006. 741.60952 A784t

Byley, Stephen & Terence Conran DESIGN : INTELLIGENCE MADE VISIBLE. Firefly Books, 2007. 745.0904 B358d

Feldges, Benedikt AMERICAN ICONS: THE GENESIS OF A NATIONAL VISUAL LANGUAGE. Routledge, 2008. 302.234 F593a

Johnson, Maureen & Douglas Johnson ART MODELS LIFE NUDES FOR DRAWING PAINTING AND SCULPTING Live Model Books LLC, 2006. 704.9421 A784j

Long, Christopher PAUL T FRANK AND MODERN AMERICAN DESIGN. Yale University Press, 2007. 745.4492 F842L

Norman, Donald A THE DESIGN OF FUTURE THINGS. Basic Books, 2007. 620.82 N842de

Pederson, Martin (edited) GRAPHIS DESIGN ANNUAL 2007. Graphis Inc., 2007. 741.6 G766ada 2007.

Roberts, Claire & Geremie R Barme (edited) THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA. Powerhouse Publishing, 2006. 951 G786r

Terry, Ann & Henry Maguire DYNAMIC SPLENDOR: THE WALL MOSAICS IN THE CATHEDRAL OF EUFRASIUS AT POREC. The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2007. 729.7094972 T329d V.1 Text

Terry, Ann & Henry Maguire DYNAMIC SPLENDOR: THE WALL MOSAICS IN THE CATHEDRAL OF EUFRASIUS AT POREC. The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2007. 729.7094972 T329d V.2 Images

 

EDUCATION

Tierney, William G (edited) GOVERNANCE AND THE PUBLIC GOOD. State University of New York Press, 2006. 378.101 G721t

 

FASHION

Blaszczyk, Regina Lee (edited) PRODUCING FASHION. University of Pennsylvania State, 2008. 391.009 P964b

Budd, Ann & Pam Allen (edited) THE BEST OF INTERWEAVE KNITS. Interweave Press LLC, 2007. 746.432041 B561b

FASHION UNFOLDING : UNCOVER THE POWER OF GRAPHICS IN FASHION. Viction:ary, 2007. 741.67 F248v

Mitterrand, Frederic THE GRACE KELLY YEARS : PRINCESS OF MONACO. Skira Editore, 2007. 779.2 G729m

Teufel, Linda Chang KOOS COUTURE COLLAGE : INSPIRATION AND TECHNIQUES. Dragon Threads, 2002. 746.92092 V227t

Weber, Caroline QUEEN OF FASHION. Henry Holt & Co., 2006. 391.00944 W371q

 

FINE ART

Abrams, Jerold J. (edited) THE PHILOSOPHY OF STANLEY KUBRICK. The United Press of Kentucky, 2007. 791.430233 P568a

Antliff, Allan ANARCHIST MODERNISM : ART, POLITICS, AND THE FIRST AMERICAN AVANT-GARDE. University of Chicago Press, 2001. 709.7309041 A633a

Armes, Roy AFRICAN FILMMAKING : NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE SAHARA. Indiana University Press, 2006. 791.43096 A728a

Celli, Carlo & Marga Cottino-Jones A NEW GUIDE TO ITALIAN CINEMA. Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. 791.430945 C393n

Durand, Regis & Veronique Dabin CINDY SHERMAN. Flammarion- Jeu de Paume, 2006. 779.092 S553c

Hindle, Maurice STUDYING SHAKESPEARE ON FILM. Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. 791.436 H662s

Hauser, Arnold THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF ART: FROM PREHISTORIC TIMES TO MIDDLE AGES Routledge, 1999. 709 H376s3 v.1

Hauser, Arnold THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF ART: RENAISSANCE, MANNERISM, BAROQUE. Routledge, 1999. 709 H376s3 v.2

Hauser, Arnold THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF ART: ROCOCO, CLASSICISM AND ROMANTICISM. Routledge, 1999. 709 H376s3 v.3

Hauser, Arnold THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF ART: NATURALISM, IMPRESSIONISM, THE FILM AGE. Routledge, 1999. 709 H376s3 v.4

Morris, Nigel THE CINEMA OF STEVEN SPIELBERG : EMPIRE OF LIGHT. Wallflower Press, 2007.791.430233 M877c

Mossinger, Ingrid & Kerstin Drechsel (edited) LYONEL FEININGER. Prestel Publishing, 2006. 759.13 F299Ly.

Normand-Romain, Antoinette Le & Christina Buley-Uribe AUGUSTE RODIN: DRAWINGS & WATER COLORS. Thames & Hudson, 2006. 760.0924 R692L

Perry, Ted (edited) MASTERPIECES OF MODERNIST CINEMA. Indiana University Press, 2006. 791.436112 M423p

Reichle, Natasha VIOLENCE AND SERENITY. University of Hawai’i Press, 2007. 730.9598 R351v

Roberts, Ian CREATIVE AUTHENTICITY : 16 PRINCIPLES TO CLARIFY AND DEEPEN YOUR ARTISTIC VISION. Atelier Saint-Luc Press, 2004. 701.15 R633c

Sollins, Marybeth (edited) ART : 21 ART IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY – 4. Abrams, 2007. 709.7309051 A784g

Wood, Ghislaine (edited) SURREAL THINGS : SURREALISM AND DESIGN. V&A, 2007. 709.04063 S962w

 

HISTORY

Akcam, Taner A SHAMEFUL ACT : THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE AND THE QUESTION OF TURKISH RESPONSIBLIITY. Metropolitan Books, 2006. 956.620154 A313s

Brogan, Hugh ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE : A LIFE. Yale University Press, 2006. 944.06092 B732a

Cook, Blanche Wiesen ELEANOR, ROOSEVELT. Penguin Group, 1999.973. 917092 C771e V.2

Cornell, Saul A WELL-REGULATED MILITIA : THE FOUNDING FATHERS AND THE ORIGINS OF GUN CONTROL IN AMERICA. Oxford University Press, 2006. 344.730533 C814w

Delaney, Julie & Kimberly Van Niel GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS. Oxford University Press, 2007. 910.285 D337g2

Diggins, John Patrick RONALD REAGAN : FATE, FREEDOM, AND THE MAKING OF HISTORY. Norton, 2007. 973.927092 D573r

Francaviglia, Richard & Jerry Rodnitzky LIGHTS, CAMERA, HISTORY. Texas A & M University Press, 2007. 791. 43658 L724f

Hayes, Patricia (edited) VISUAL GENDERS, VISUAL HISTORIES. Blackwell Publishing, 2006.305.3V834h

Hogeland, William THE WHISKEY REBELLION : GEORGE WASHINGTON, ALEXANDER HAMILTON, AND THE FRONTIER REBELS WHO CHALLENGED AMERICA'S NEWFOUND SOVEREIGNTY. Scribner, 2006. 973.43 H715w

Ketcham, Ralph (edited) SELECTED WRITINGS OF JAMES MADISON. Hackett Publishing, 2006. 973.51 M182s

Kirby, David A CONCISE HISTORY OF FINLAND. Cambridge University Press, 2006. 948.97 K58c

Klein, Ursula & Wolfgang Lefevre MATERIALS IN EIGHTEENH-CENTUARY SCIENCE. The MIT Press, 2007.540.9033 K64m

Kupperman, Karen Ordahl THE JAMESTOWN PROJECT. Belknap Press, 2007. 973.21 K96j

Nelson, Claudia FAMILY TIES IN VICTORIAN ENGLAND. Praeger Publishers, 2007.306.850942 N425f

Outram, Dorinda PANORAMA OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT. J Paul Getty Museum, 2006. 940.253 O94p

Rosen, Jeffrey THE SUPREME COURT : THE PERSONALITIES AND RIVALRIES THAT DEFINED AMERICA. Times Books, 2006. 347.732634 R813s

Totman, Conrad A HISTORY OF JAPAN. Blackwell Publishing, 2005. 952 T 717h2

Traboulsi, Fawwaz A HISTORY OF MODERN LEBANON. Pluto Press, 2007. 956.92034 T176h

Tusell, Javier SPAIN: FROM DICTATORSHIP TO DEMOCRACY. Blackwell Publishing, 2007.946.08 T965s

Wolpert, Stanley SHAMEFUL FLIGHT : THE LAST YEARS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN INDIA. Oxford University Press, 2006. 954.0359 W866s

 

HUMANITIES

Caulfield, Carlota & Darien J. Davis (edited) A COMPANION TO US LATINO LITERATURES. Tamesis, 2007. 860.9868073 C737c

Evans, Craig A FABRICATING JESUS : HOW MODERN SCHOLARS DISTORT THE GOSPELS. IVP Books, 2006. 232.908 E92f

Gabriel, Theodore & Ronald Geaves …ISMS UNDERSTANDING RELIGION. Universe, 2007. 291.03 G118i

Harrison, David K. WHEN LANGUAGES DIE. Oxford University Press, 2007. 417.7 H319w

Jenkins, Evan THAT OR WHICH, AND WHY : A USAGE GUIDE FOR THOUGHTFUL WRITERS AND EDITORS. Routledge, 2007. 808.042 J52t

Kitcher, Philip LIVING WITH DARWIN : EVOLUTION, DESIGN, AND THE FUTURE OF FAITH. Oxford University Press, 2007. 576.8 K62L

Kraybill, Donald B & James P Hurd HORSE-AND-BUGGY MENNONITES : HOOFBEATS OF HUMILITY IN A POSTMODERN WORLD. Pennsylvania State University Press, 2007. 289.73 K91h

Lau, Joseph S.M. & Howard GoldBlatt (edited) THE COLUMBIA ANTHOLOGY OF MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE. Columbia University Press, 2007. 895.108 C726L2

Lawrence, Bruce THE QUR'AN : A BIOGRAPHY. Atlantic Monthly Press, 2006. 297.122 L419q

MacKay, Marina MODERNISM AND WORLD WAR II. Cambridge University Press, 2007. 820.900912 M689m

Parsons, Deborah THEORISTS OF THE MODERNIST NOVEL. Routledge, 2007. 823.91209 P267t

Raine, Craig T.S. ELIOT: LIVES AND LEGACIES. Oxford University Press, 2006. 821.917 R155t

Schocket, Eric VANISHING MOMENTS: CLASS AND AMERICAN LITERATURE. University of Michigan Press, 2006. 810.9355 S363v

Shirane, Haruo (edited) TRADITIONAL JAPANESE LITERATURE. Columbia University Press, 2007. 895.6108 T763s

 

INTERIORS

Boekel, Andrea (edited) RETAIL THERAPY : STORE DESIGN TODAY. Images Publishing, 2007. 725.21 R437b

 

MEDICINE/HEALTH

Agutter, Paul S. & Denys N. Wheatley ABOUT LIFE: CONCEPT IN MODERN BIOLOGY. Springer, 2007. 570.1 A284a

Barbanell, Les REMOVING THE MASK OF KINDNESS : DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF THE CARETAKER PERSONALITY DISORDER. Jason Aronson, 2006. 616.8581 B228r

Borkowski, Nancy ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR IN HEALTH CARE. Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 2005. 362.110683 O68b

Garrett, Laurie THE COMING PLAGUE : NEWLY EMERGING DISEASES IN A WORLD OUT OF BALANCE. Penguin Books, 1995. 614.4 G239c

Home Land Security Council NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR PANDEMIC INFLUENZA. International Medical Publishing, 2006. 614.5180973 N277h

Jimenez, Andres GETTING INTO TODAY’S HIGHLY COMPETITIVE U.S. MEDICAL SCHOOLS. Students of Medicine.com-Educational, 2001. 610.71173 J61g

Kausler, Donald H., Barry C. Kausler &Jill A. Krupsaw THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO AGING IN THE TWENTY – FIRST CENTURY: MIND, BODY, AND BEHAVIOR. University of Missouri Press, 2007. 305.26 K21e3

Marrs, Timothy C., Robert L. Maynard & Frederick R. Sidell (edited) CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS: TOXICOLOGY AND TREATMENT. Wiley, 2007. 615.9 C517m2

 

PSYCHOLOGY

Clippinger, John Henry A CROWD OF ONE : THE FUTURE OF INDIVIDUAL IDENTITY. Public Affairs, 2007. 302.5 C641c

Downs, Alan THE VELVET RAGE : OVERCOMING THE PAIN OF GROWING UP GAY IN A STRAIGHT MAN’S WORLD. Da Capo, 2005. 306.7662 D751v

Ewen & Ewen TYPECASTING ON THE ARTS AND SCIENCES OF HUMAN INEQUALITY. Seven Stories Press, 2006. 305.8 E94t

Goodwin, Marjorie Harness THE HIDDEN LIFE OF GIRLS : GAME OF STANCE, STATUS, AND EXCLUSION. Blackwell, 2006. 302.34083 G656h

Grusec, Joan E. & Paul D. Hastings (edited) HANDBOOK OF SOCIALIZATION: THEORY AND RESEARCH. The Guilford Press, 2007. 303.32 H 236g

Hall, Stephen S SIZE MATTERS : HOW HEIGHT AFFECTS THE HEALTH, HAPPINESS, AND SUCCESS OF BOYS - AND THE MEN THEY BECOME. Houghton Mifflin, 2006. 612.6 H179s

Hinshaw, Stephen P THE MARK OF SHAME : STIGMA OF MENTAL ILLNESS AND AN AGENDA FOR CHANGE. Oxford University Press, 2007. 362.2042 H665m

Pope-Davis, Donald B & Hardin L K Coleman (editors) THE INTERSECTION OF RACE, CLASS, AND GENDER IN MULTICULTURAL COUNSELING. Sage, 2001. 158.3089 I51p

Ruscio, John CRITICAL THINKING IN PSYCHOLOGY : SEPARATING SENSE FROM NONSENSE. Thomas, 2006. 150.72 R951c2

Schaler, Jeffrey (edited) HOWARD GARDNER UNDER FIRE : THE REBEL PSYCHOLOGIST FACES HIS CRITICS. Open Court, 2006. 150.92 H849s

Thagard, Paul HOT THOUGHT : MECHANISMS AND APPLICATIONS OF EMOTIONAL COGNITION. MIT Press, 2006. 152.4 T363h

Wiseman, Richard QUIRKOLOGY : HOW WE DISCOVER THE BIG TRUTHS IN SMALL THINGS. Basic Books, 2007. 150.72 W814q

 

SCIENCE

Beerling, David THE EMERALD PLANET. Oxford University Press, 2007. 581.38 B415e

Bewersdorff, Jorg GALOIS THEORY FOR BEGINNERS : A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE. AMS, 2006. 512.32 B572g

Billo, E. Joseph EXCEL FOR SCIENTIST AND ENGINEERS. Wiley, 2007. 620.00285 B599e

Bransley, Michael J. ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING: A PRACTICAL INTRODUCTION. CRC Press, 2007.577.015118 B262e

DeGraff Richard M., Mariko Yamasaki, William B. Leak & Anna M. Lester TECHNICAL GUIDE TO FOREST WILD LIFE HABITAT MANAGEMENT IN NEW ENGLAND. University of Vermont Press, 2006. 639.920974 T255d

Fritsch, Al & Paul Gallimore HEALTING APPALACHIA : SUSTAINABLE LIVING THROGUH APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY. University Press of Kentucky, 2007. 333.720974 F919h

HOTSPOTS REVISITED. Cemex, 2004. 577 H833m

Hunter Jr., Malcolm L.(edited) MAINTAINING BIODIVERSITY IN FOREST ECOSYSTEMS. Cambridge University Press, 1999. 639.9 M226h

Kennefick, Daniel TRAVELING AT THE SPEED OF THOUGHT. Princeton University Press, 2007. 530.11 K34t

Khandpur, R.S. HANDBOOK OF ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTS. McGrawHill, 2007. 502.84 K45h

Kunich, John Charles ARK OF THE BROKEN COVENANT. Praeger, 2003. 333.72 K96a

Lovegrove, Roger SILENT FIELDS. Oxford University Press, 2007. 333. 954137 L897s

Montgomery, David R. DIRT: THE EROSION OF CIVILIZATIONS. University of California Press, 2007. 631.49 M787d

Moore, Patrick MOORE ON MERCURY : THE PLANET AND THE MISSIONS. Springer, 2007. 523.41 M823m

Moral, Roger Del & Lawrence R. Walker ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS, NATURAL RECOVERY AND HUMAN RESPONSES. Cambridge University Press, 2007. 363.34 M828e

Nocks, Lisa THE ROBOT: THE LIFESTORY OF A TECHNOLOGY. Green wood Press, 2007. 629.892 N758r

Saleh, B.E.A. & M.C. Teich FUNDAMENTALS OF PHOTONICS. Wiley, 2007. 621.36 S163f2

Scerri, Eric R. THE PERIODIC TABLE. Oxford University Press, 2007. 546.8 S289p

WATER A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), 2006. 333.91 W324u

Woolfson, Michel M. & Malcolm S. Woolfson MATHEMATICS FOR PHYSICS. Oxford University Press, 2007. 530.15 W913m

Willoughby, Pamela R. THE EVOLUTION OF MODERN HUMANS IN AFRICA. Altamira, 2007. 573.2096 W739e

Wilson, Edward O THE DIVERSITY OF LIFE. Norton, 1999. 333.95 W747di

 

SOCIAL SCIENCE

Allawi, Ali A THE OCCUPATION OF IRAQ : WINNING THE WAR, LOSING THE PEACE. Yale University Press, 2007. 956.70443 A421o

Anderson, Gary L & Kathryn G Herr (editors) ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ACTIVISM AND SOCIAL JUSTICE. Sage Publications, 3 volumes, 2007. R303.48403 E56a

ARAB HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT. United Nation Development Programme, 2005. 305.486971 A685u 2005

Bacon, David COMMUNITIES WITHOUT BORDERS: IMAGES AND VOICES FROM THE WORLD OF MIGRATION. ILR Press, 2006. 331.62720794 B128c

Baldwin, Davarian L CHICAGO'S NEW NEGROES : MODERNITY, THE GREAT MIGRATION, & BLACK URBAN LIFE. University of North Carolina Press, 2007. 305.8960730773 B181c

Bellamy, Alex J. JUST WARS. Polity, 2006. 172.42 B435j

Bloemaraad, Irene BECOMING A CITIZEN : INCORPORATING IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. University of California, 2006. 323.623 B652b

Cobb, William Jelani TO THE BREAK OF DAWN: A FREE STYLE ON THE HIP HOP AESTHETIC. New York University Press, 2007. 782.421649 C653t

Colton, Timothy J & Stephen Holmes (edited) THE STATE AFTER COMMUNISM : GOVERNANCE IN THE NEW RUSSIA. Rowman & Littlefield, 2006. 320.94709049 S797c

Davis, Elizabeth Van Wie & Rouben Azizian (edited) ISLAM, OIL, AND GEOPOLITICS : CENTRAL ASIA AFTER SEPTEMBER 11. Rowman & Littlefield, 2007. 958.043 I82d

Dodson, Debra L. THE IMPACT OF WOMEN IN CONGRESS. Oxford University Press, 2006. 328.730082 D647i

Fiorino, Daniel J THE NEW ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION. MIT Press, 2006. 344.73046 F521n

Frawley-O’Dea, Mary Gail PERVERSION OF POWER. Vanderbilt University Press, 2007. 261.83272 F846p

Greenspan, Stanley I. THE FOUR-THIRDS SOLUTION. Perseus Publishing, 2001. 362.712 G815f

Griffin, David Ray DEBUNKING 9/11 DEBUNKING. Olive Branch Press, 2007. 973.931 G851d

Irin BROKEN BODIES AND BROKEN DREAMS: VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN EXPOSED. United Nations OCHA/ IRIN Publication, 2005. 362.88082 W259b

Jones, Jeremy NEGOTIATING CHANGE : THE NEW POLITICS OF THE MIDDLE EAST. Tauris, 2007. 320.9560905 J77n

Kapstein, Mathew T. THE TIBETANS. Blackwell Publishing, 2006. 951.5 K17t

Kerber, Jordan E (edited) CROSS-CULTURAL COLLABORATION : NATIVE PEOPLES AND ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES. University of Nebraska Press,2006. 974.00497 C951k

Leadbeater, Bonnie J Ross & Niobe Way (edited) URBAN GIRLS REVISITED : BUILDING STRENGTHS. New York University Press, 2007. 362.7082 U72L

Levinson, David & Marcy Ross (edited) HOMELESSNESS HANDBOOK. Berkshire Publishing Group, 2007. 362.5 H765L

Miyares, Ines M & Christopher A Airriess (edited) CONTEMPORARY ETHNIC GEOGRAPHIES IN AMERICA. Rowman & Littlefiled, 2007. 305.800973 C761m

Pertman, Adam ADOPTION NATION. Basic Books, 2000. 362.734 P469a

A REPUBLIC DIVIDED : THE ANNENBERG DEMOCRACY PROJECT. Oxford University Project, 2007. 320.9730905 R426a

Schein, Richard H. (edited) LANDSCAPE AND RACE IN THE UNITED STATES. Routledge, 2006. 305.800973 L263s

Tilly, Charles DEMOCRACY. Cambridge University Press, 2007. 321.8 T579d

Woollacott, Martin AFTER SUEZ : ADRIFT IN THE AMERICAN CENTURY. Tauris, 2006. 962.053 W913a

 

TEXTILES

Cypher, Carol Huber HOW WE FELT. Interweave Press LLC, 2007. 746.0463 C996h

Dallas, Sandra THE QUILT THAT WALKED TO GOLDEN. Breckling Press, 2007. 746.46092278 D145q

Goody, Rabbit S. & Jill Maney PROCEEDINGS OF THE TEXTILE HISTORY FORUM 2007. Textile History Forum, 2007. 677.009 T355t 2007.

Lee, Iris. FABRIC ETCHING: CREATING SURFACE TEXTURE & DESIGN USING FIBER ETCH. Linda Chang Teufel, 2000. 746 L478f

Messent, Jan KNITTED GARDENS. Search Press, 2007. 746.432041 M584k

Olson, Barbara JOURNEY OF AN ART QUILTER. Linda Chang Teufel, 2004. 746.46041 O52j

Singer, Margo TEXTILE SURFACE DECORATION: SILK & VELVET. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007. 746.604 S617t

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. 

Colbert, Stephen     I AM AMERICA (AND SO CAN YOU!).
Grand Central, 2007.

D'Souza, Dinesh     WHAT'S SO GREAT ABOUT CHRISTIANITY.
Regnery Pub, 2007.

Delinsky, Barbara     THE SECRET BETWEEN US.
Doubleday, 2008.

Dorsey, Time     ATOMIC LOBSTER.
William Morrow, 2007.

Evanovich, Janet      PLUM LUCKY.
St. Martin's Press, 2008.

Farooki, Roopa      BITTER SWEETS.
St. Martin's Press, 2007.

Feist, Raymond E     MAGICIAN. APPRENTICE.
Marvel Pub, 2007.

Graves, Sarah      THE BOOK OF OLD HOUSES.
Bantam Books, 2007.

Grisham, John     THE APPEAL.
Doubleday, 2008.

Hamilton, Laurell K     A LICK OF FROST.
Ballantine Books, 2007.

Holden, Craig     MATALA.
Simon & Schuster, 2007.

Jacobs, A J     THE YEAR OF LIVING BIBLICALLY.
Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2006.

King, Stephen     DUMA KEY.
Crown Publishing, 2006.

Moning, Karen Marie      BLOODFEVER.
Delacorte Press, 2007.

Mosley, Walter        DIABLERIE.
Bloomsbury, 2008.

Paretsky, Sara     BLEEDING KANSAS.
G P  Putnam's, 2008.

Patterson, James     7TH HEAVEN.
Little, Brown & Co., 2008.

Plame, Valerie     FAIR GAME.
Simon & Schuster, 2007.

Preston, Douglas J     BLASPHEMY.
Forge, 2007.

Underwood, Blair     CASANEGRA.   
Atria, 2007.

 

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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