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New Acquisitions -  October, 2007

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

 

ARCHITECTURE

BLUEPRINT FOR GREENING AFFORDABLE HOUSING. Island Press, 2007. 728.1047 B658w

Booth, Norman K. RESIDENTIAL LANDSCAPE ACHITECTURE. Pearson Prentice Hall, 2008. 712.6 B725r5

Bucquoye, Moniek E & Alain Denis ENTHOVENASSOCIATES. Stichting Kunstboek, 2006. 745.20922 E61B

Butler-Bowdon, Caroline & Charles Pickett HOMES : APARTMENT LIVING IN AUSTRALIA
IN THE SKY. Miegunyah Press, 2007. 728.3140994 B986h

Calzi, Renata. GYPAY ARCHITECTURE. Axel Menges, 2007. 728.09498 C171g

Cannavo, Peter F. THE WORKING LANDSCAPE. The MIT Press, 2007. 333.730973 C224w

Compagno, Andrea. INTELLIGENTE GLASFASSADEN. Artemis, 1995. 690.12 C736i

Engel, Gerrit MANHATTAN NEW YORK. Schirmer, 2006. 779.47471 E57m

EW REGIONALISM. Rizzoli, 1987. 720.9730904 N532u

Eyck, Aldo Van, 1918. ALDO V. EYCK, PROJEKTEN 1962-1976. 7209492 E97ap

Germany, Lisa. HARWELL HAMILTON HARRIS. Center For the Study of American Architecture, 1985. 720.92 H314ge

Habuka, Takao MODERN JAPANESE STYLE ARCHITECTURE. Yasuo Hosokawa, 2006. 720.9520904 H116m

Hinshaw, Mark L TRUE URBANISM : LIVING IN AND NEAR THE CENTER. Planner’s Press, 2007. 307.7640973 h665t

Kibel, Paul Stanton (edited) RIVERTOWN : RETHINKING URBAN RIVERS. MIT Press, 2007. 307.341609723 R622k

Liernur, Jorge F (edited) CASE : PUERTO MADERO WATERFRONT. Prestel, 2007. 307.3416098212 C337L

MAISON BLANCHE. Birkhauser, 2007. 728.37092 L467m

MAYA LIN : SYSTEMATIC LANDSCAPES. Yale University Press, 2006. 709.2 L735m

Meerwein, Gerhard & Bettina Rodeck & Frank H Mahnke COLOR – COMMUNICATION IN
ARCHITECTURAL SPACE. Birkhauser, 2007. 729 M495c

MILANO MADE IN DESIGN : TERRITORIO UOMINI IDEE. Contrasto, 2006. 745.44945 M637o

Miles, Malcolm CITIES AND CULTURES. Routledge, 2007. 307.76 M644c

Nelson, George BUILDING A NEW EUROPE : PORTRAITS OF MODERN ARCHITECTS.
Yale University Press, 2007. 720.94 N426b

NORMAN FOSTER WORKS 3. Prestel, 2007. 720.92 F756w v.3

Samuel, Flora. LE CORBUSIER IN DETAIL. Elsevier, 2007. 720.924 L467sd

Schrenk, Lisa Diane. BUILDING A CENTURY OF PROGRESS. University of Minnesota Press, 2007.
725.9109773 S377b

Scott, Robert A THE GOTHIC ENTERPRISE : A GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING THE
MEDIEVAL CATHEDRAL. University of California Press, 2003. 726.60902 S428g

ST. PETER’S IN THE VATICAN. Cambridge University Press, 2005. 726.509456 S149t

Toker, Franklin BUILDINGS OF PITTSBURGH. University of Virginia Press, 2007. 720.974886 T646b

TOTEMS TO TURQUOISE. Abrams, 2004. 739.2708997 T717c

Tschumi, Christian MIREI SHIGEMORI – REBEL IN THE GARDEN MODERN JAPANESE
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE. Birkhauser, 2007. 712.092 T881m

Wurm, Jan. GLASS STRUCTURES. Birkhauser, 2007. 721.04496 W968g

Yee, Roger LIGHTING SPACES. Visual Reference Publications, 2007. 729.26 Y42L

 

BUSINESS

Gerber, Jurg & Eric L Jensen (edited) ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WHITE-COLLAR CRIME.
Greenwood Press, 2007. R364.168 E56g


DESIGN

Chapman, Jonathan (edited) DESIGNERS, VISIONARIES AND OTHER STORIES : A COLLECTION
OF SUSTAINABLE DESIGN ESSAYS. Earthscan, 2007. 745.2 D457c

DIGITAL ART MASTERS. Elsevier, 2007. 702.85 D574t v.2 2007

Eidelberg, Gray Hofer. A NEW LIGHT ON TIFFANY. New York Historical Society, 2007. 745.0922 E34n

Erlandson, Robert F UNIVERSAL AND ACCESSIBLE DESIGN FOR PRODUCTS, SERVICES,
AND PROCESSES. CRC Press, 2008. 745.2087 E69u

Heller, Steven (edited) THE EDUCATION OF A GRAPHIC DESIGNER. Allworth Press, 2005. 741.6071 E24h2

LISTENING TO OUR ANCESTORS. National Museum of the American Indian. 2005. 704.03970795 L773j

PACKAGE DESIGN : JPDA MEMBER’S WORK TODAY. Rikuyosha, 2006. 688.80952 P119n

Trofimova, Anna A (edited) GREEKS ON THE BLACK SEA : ANCIENT ART FROM THE
HERMITAGE. Paul Getty Museum, 2007. 709.38 G793t

Widman, Dag & Karin Winter & Nina Stritzler-Levine BRUNO MATHSSON. Yale University Press,
2004. 749.449485 M432w

 

FINE ART

Barron, Stephanie & Michel Draguet MAGRITTE AND CONTEMPORARY ART : THE
TREACHERY OF IMAGES. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2006. 759.9493 M212mo

Battistini, Matilde. SYMBOLS AND ALLEGORIES IN ART. The J. Paul Getty Museum,2005. 704.94603 B36s

BREAKING THE RULES : POSTERS FROM THE TURBULENT 1980S IN SWITZERLAND.
Lars Muller, 2007. 741.76409494 B\828j

Brettell, Richard R. MANET TO MATISSE. The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, 2007. 759.4074 B845m

De Capoa, Chiara. OLD TESTAMENT FIGURES IN ART. The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2003. 704.9482 D291o

Ebony, David EMILY MASON : THE FIFTH ELEMENT. George Braziller, 2006. 759.13 M398e

Giorgi, Rosa. ANGELS AND DEMONS IN ART. The J. Paul Getty Museum,2005.

Hurd, Mary G WOMEN DIRECTORS AND THEIR FILMS. Praeger, 2007. 791.430230922 H961w

Impelluso, Lucia. GODS AND HEROES IN ART. The J. Paul Getty Museum,2002. 700.415 I34g

Impelluso, Lucia. NATURE AND ITS SYMBOLS. The J. Paul Getty Museum,2004. 704.943 I34n

Miller, Alan S & Satoshi Kanazawa ORDER BY ACCIDENT : THE ORIGINS AND CONSEQUENCES
OF CONFORMITY IN CONTEMPORARY JAPAN. Westview, 2000. 306.0952 M647o

Philadelphia Museum of Art. ITALIAN MASTER DRAWINGS AT THE PHILADELPHIA
MUSEUM OF ART. The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2004. 741.945074 P544i

Radke, Gary M (edited) THE GATES OF PARADISE : LORENZO GHIBERTI’S RENAISSANCE
MASTERPIECE. Yale University Press, 2007. 730.924 G422ga

Rosenberg, Pierre ONLY IN AMERICA : ONE HUNDRED PAINTINGS IN AMERICAN
MUSEUMS UNMATCHED IN EUROPEAN COLLECTIONS. Skira, 2006. 708.13 R812o

Stephen, Ann & Andrew McNamara & Philip Goad MODERNISM & AUSTRALIA : DOCUMENTS ON
ART, DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE 1817-1867. Miegunyah Press, 2006. 709.94 s826m

Weiermair, Peter (curated) AMERICANS 1940-2006. Kunsthalle, 2006. 779.9973 A512w

Zuffi, Stefano 1961. GOSPEL FIGURES IN ART. The J. Paul Getty Museum,2003. 704.9484 z94g

 

HISTORY

Cramb, R A LAND AND LONGHOUSE : AGRARIAN TRANSFORMATION IN THE UPLANDS
OF SARAWAK. NiAS Press, 2007. 333.760.95954 C889L

 

HUMANITIES

Davy, Barbara Jane INTRODUCTION TO PAGAN STUDIES. Altamira, 2007. 299.94 D268i

May, Todd THE PHILOSOPHY OF FOUCAULT. McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2006. 194 M467p

Ravitch, Diane & Michael Ravitch (edited) THE ENGLISH READER : WHAT EVERY
LITERATE PERSON NEEDS TO KNOW. Oxford University Press, 2006. 820.8 E58r

 

INTERIOR DESIGN

Mazzoleni, Donatella 1943. DOMUS. The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2004. 728.80937 M477d

McCulloch, Janelle (editor) AMERICAN SPACES : AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT’S NEW.
Images Publishing, 2007. 725.097 A512m

SPECTACULAR HOMES OF OHIO & PENNSYLVANIA. Panache, 2007. 7477.21771 S741p

SPECTACULAR HOMES OF PHILADELPHIA. Panche, 2006. 747.2174611 S741p

SPECTACULAR HOMES OF THE SOUTHWEST. Panache, 2006. 747.2179 S741p

Yelavich, Susan. CONTEMPORARY WORLD INTERIORS. Phaidon Press, 2007. 747.2049 Y43c

 

SCIENCE

Goldbort, Robert WRITING FOR SCIENCE. Yale University Press, 2006. 808.0665 G618w

Magee, Judith 1952. THE ART AND SCIENCE OF WILLIAM BARTRAM. The Pennsylvania
State University Press, 2007. 508.092 M191a

Robinson, Keith SPECTROSCOPY : THE KEY TO THE STARS. Springer, 2007. 522.67 R662s


SOCIAL SCIENCE

Buschel, Bruce WALKING BROAD : LOOKING FOR THE HEART OF BROTHERLY LOVE.
Simon & Schuster, 2007. 388.4110974811 B977w

Chaplin, Sarah JAPANESE LOVE HOTELS : A CULTURAL HISTORY. Routledge, 2007. 306.70952 C464j

Dyson, Michael Erio. KNOW WHAT I MEAN? Basic Civitas Books, 2007. 782.421649 D998k

Freund, David M P COLORED PROPERTY : STATE POLICY AND WHITE RACIAL POLITICS
IN SUBURBAN AMERICA. University of Chicago Press, 2007. 305.896073 F889c

Gifford, Rob CHINA ROAD : A JOURNEY INTO THE FUTURE OF A RISING POWER.
Random House, 2007. 951.06 G458c

Hallock, Steven M EDITORIAL AND OPINION : THE DWINDLING MARKETPLACE OF
IDEAS IN TODAY’S NEWS. Praeger, 2007. 070.442 H192e

Holtzman, Jon. NUER JOURNEYS, NUER LIVES. Pearson, 2008. 305.906914 H758n2

Ray, Larry J. GLOBALIZATION AND EVERYDAY LIFE. Routledge, 2007. 303.48201 R263g

Sherry, Michael S GAY ARTISTS IN MODERN AMERICAN CULTURE. University of
North Carolina Press, 2007. 704.086640973 S553g

Short, John Rennie LIQUID CITY : MEGALOPOLIS AND THE CONTEMPORARY NORTHEAST.
Resources for the Future, 2007. 307.7640974 S559L

Street, Paul L RACIAL OPPRESSION IN THE GLOBAL METROPOLIS : A LIVING BLACK
CHICAGO HISTORY. Rowman & Littlefield, 2007. 305.8009773 S915r

Teaford, Jon C THE AMERICAN SUBURB : THE BASICS. Routledge, 2008. 307.740973 T253a

Woodward, Ian. UNDERSTANDING MATERIAL CULTURE. Sage, 2007. 306.46 W899u

Wrench, John DIVERSITY MANAGEMENT AND DISCRIMINATION : IMMIGRANTS AND
ETHICS MINORITIES IN THE EU. Ashgate, 2007. 658.30089 W945d

Zalloum, Abdulhay Y.  OIL CRUSADES. Pluto Press, 2007. 327.730174927 Z22o

 

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. 

Baldacci, David      STONE COLD.
Grand Central Pub, 2007.

Barker, Clive      MISTER B. GONE.
Harper, 2007.

Cornell, Patricia Daniels     BOOK OF THE DEAD.
G P Putnam's, 2007.

Flynn, Vince     PROTECT AND DEFEND.
Atria Books, 2007.

Follett, Ken     WORLD WITHOUT END.
Dutton, 2007.

Mosley, Walter      BLONDE FAITH.
Little, Brown, 2007.

Parker, Robert B      NOW AND THEN.
G P Putnam, 2007

Patterson, Richard North      THE RACE.
Holt, 2007.

Penzler, Otto (edited)      DEAD MAN'S HAND.
Harcourt, 2007.

Perry, Anne     A CHRISTMAS BEGINNING.
Ballantine, 2007.

Sandford, John     DARK OF THE MOON.
G P Putnam, 2007.

Sebold, Alice      THE ALMOST MOON.
Little Brown, 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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