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New Acquisitions -  October, 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.

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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

  Adams, Nicky GLASS HOUSE: BUILDINGS FOR OPEN LIVING. The Vendome Press, 2008. 721.04496 A216g

Allaback, Sarah THE FIRST AMERICAN WOMEN ARCHITECTS. University of Illinois Press, 2008. 720.82 A416f

Appleton, Ian BUILDINGS FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: A DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT GUIDE. Elsevier, 2008. 725.83 A649b2

Archtectural Design NEW URBAN CHINA. Wiley, September/October, 2008. 307.760951 N532L

Arnold, Dana & Joanna Sofaer (edited) BIOGRAPHIES AND SPACE: PLACING THE SUBJECT IN ART AND ARCHITECTURE.
Routledge, 2008. 701.03 B615a

Bahamon, Alajandro & Patricia Perez & Alex Campello INSPIRED BY NATURE: PLANTS. W.W. Norton, 2008. 720.108 B151i

Bechthold, Martin INNOVATIVE SURFACE STRUCTURES- TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS. Taylor & Francis, 2008. 624.1771 B392i

Behrens-Abouseif, Doris CAIRO OF THE MAMULKS: A HISTORY OF THE ARCHITECTURE AND ITS CULTURE. I B Tauris,
2007.720.96216 B421c

Bergdoll, Barry & Peter Christensen HOME DELIVERY: FABRICATING THE MODERN DWELLING. The Museum of Modern Art, 2008.
728.1 H765b

Burry, Mark GAUDI UNSEEN: COMPLETING THE SAGRADA FAMILIA. Jovis,2007. 726.5092 G267g

Busch, Jane C. & Mark Edward Braun & Brenda Kayzar HOMES THROUGH AMERICAN HISTORY. Greenwood Press, 2008.
728.0973 G816p V.4

Cormeir, Leslie Humm & Neal V. Hitch HOMES THROUGH AMERICAN HISTORY. Greenwood Press, 2008. 728.0973 G816p V.3

Chalcraft, Anna & Judith Viscardi  STRAWBERRY HILLS: HORACE WALPOLE’S GOTHIC CASTLE. Francis Lincoln Limited, 2007.
728.809421 C436s

Coffin, David R. MAGNIFICENT BUILDINGS, SPLENDID GARDENS. Princeton University Press, 2008. 724.12 C675m

Crowley, David & Jane Pavitt (edited) COLD WAR MODERN: DESIGN 1945-1970. V7APublishing, 2008. 745.444 C688c

Curtis, Penelope PATIO & PAVILION: THE PLACE OF SCULPTURE IN MODERN ARCHITECTURE. The Ridinghouse, 2008.
729.09045 C981p

Demissie, Fassil (edited) POST COLONIAL AFRICAN CITIES: IMPERIAL LEGACIES AND POST COLONIAL PREDICAMENTS.
Routledge, 2007. 307.76096 p857d

Dodson, Aidan & Salima Ikram THE TOMB IN ANCIENT EGYPT. Thames & Hudson, 2008. 726.80932 D647t

Drew, Philip NEW TENT ARCHITECTURE. Thames & Hudson, 2008. 721.04498 D776n

Duffes, Melissa Wells & William Burns & Olivia Graf  HOMES THROUGH AMERICAN HISTORY. Greenwood Press, 2008.
728.0973 G816p V.1

Dunnett, Nigel & Noel Kingsbury PLANTING GREEN ROOFS AND LIVING WALLS. Timber Press, 2008. 717 D923p2

Eekhout, Mick & Fons Verheijen & Ronald Eisser (edited) CARDBOARD ARCHITECTURE. IOS Press, 2008. 721.04498 C266e

Ferrara, Luigi & Emily Visser CANADA INNOVATES: SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS. School of Design, 2008. 720.470971 C212f

Fisher, Thomas ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN AND ETHICS: TOOLS FOR SURVIVAL. Elsevier, 2008. 174.972 E 536a

Gannon, Todd (edited) EISENMAN ARCHITECTS: UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX STADIUM FOR THE ARIZONA CARDINALS.
Princeton Architectural Press, 2008. 725.82709791 E36e

Girardet, Herbert CITIES PEOPLE PLANET: URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE. Second Ed. Wiley, 2008.
307.1216 G519c2

Gisolfi, Peter FINDING THE PLACE OF ARCHITECTURE IN THE LANDSCAPE. Images Publishing, 2008. 720.92 G535p

Giuffre, Maria THE BAROQUE ARCHITECTURE OF SICILY. Thames & Hudson, 2007. 724.16 G537b

GREEN BELT: MODERN LANDSCAPE DESIGN. Page One,2007. 712.0905 S388g

Haas, Tigran (edited) NEW URBANISM AND BEYOND: DESIGNING CITIES FOR THE FUTURE. Rizzole, 2008. 711.4 N532h

Haselbach, Liv THE ENGINEERING GUIDE TO LEED- NEW CONSTRUCTION. McGraw-Hill, 2008. 690.0286 H347e

Height, Christopher ARCHITECTURAL PRINCIPLES IN THE AGE OF CYBERNETICS. Routledge, 2008. 720.1 H638a

Holl, Steven WORLD OF WINELOISIUM. Hantje Cantz, 2007. 728.50943 H376s

Isenstadt, Sandy & Kishwar Rizvi (edited) MODERNISM AND THE MIDDLE EAST: ARCHITECTURE AND POLITICS IN
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. University of Washington Press, 2008. 720.9560904 M689r

Jenkins, David (edited) THE STRANGE DEATH OF ARCHITECTURAL CRITICISM: MARTIN PAWLEY COLLECTED WRITINGS.
Black Dog Publishing, 2007. 724.6 P339s

Kaiser, Harvey H. THE NATIONAL PARK ARCHITECTURE SOURCEBOOK. Princeton Architectural Press, 2008. 725.7 K13n

Kennedy, Alicia , Theresa Morrow and Sheri Olson THE BEST OF CUTLER ANDERSON ARCHITECTS. Rockport, 2008. 720.922 C989k

Krygiel, Eddy & Bradley Nies GREEN BIM: SUCCESSFUL SUSTAINABLE DESIGN WITH BUILDING INFORMATION
MODELING. Wiley, 2008. 720.47 K94g

Kubba, Sam A.A. ARCHITECTURAL FORENSICS McGraw Hill, 2008. 690.21 K95a

Leydecker, Sylvia NANO MATERIALS IN ARCHITECTURE, INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN. Birkhauser, 2008. 620.11 L683n

Manzini, Ezio, Stuart Walker & Barry Wylant (edited) ENABLING SOLUTIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVING: A WORKSHOP. University of Calgary Press, 2008. 307.1214 E56m

Marshall, Bruce BUILDING LONDON: THE MAKING OF MODERN METROPOLIS. Universe Publishing, 2008. 720.9421 M367b

Maynard, W. Barksdale BUILDINGS OF DELAWARE. University of Virginia Press, 2008. 720.9751 M471b

Mennel, Timothy & Jo Steffens & Christopher Klemek (edited) BLOCK BY BLOCK: JANE JACOBS AND THE FUTURE OF
NEW YORK. Princeton Architectural Press, 2007. 307. 1216 09747 B651m

Messina, John ALAMOS, SONORA: ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM IN THE DRY TROPICS. The University of Arizona Press, 2008.
720.97217 M585a

Mingus, Nancy Blumstalk & Thomas W. Paradis & Elizabeth B. Greene HOMES THROUGH AMERICAN HISTORY. Greenwood Press, 2008.
728.0973 G816p V.2

Moskow, Keith SUSTAINABLE FACILITIES: GREEN DESIGN , CONSTRUCTION, AND OPERATIONS. McGraw-Hill, 2008. 720.47 M987s

Napoleone, Caterina (EDITED) VILLA MADAMA: RAPHAEL’S DREAM. Umberto Allemandi, 2007. 728.809456 V712n

Nelson, Arthur C., Barbara L. allen & David L. Trauger (edited) TOWARDS A RESILIENT METROPOLIS: THE ROLE OF STATE
AND LAND GRANT UNIVERSITIES IN THE 21ST CENTURY. MI Press, 2006. 387.103 T737n

Olsberg, Nicholas BETWEEN EARTH AND HEAVEN: THE ARCHITECTURE OF JOHN LAUTNER. Rizzoli, 2008. 720.92 L389c

Overy, Paul LIGHT, AIR AND OPENNESS: MODERN ARCHITECTURE BETWEEN THE WARS. Thames & Hudson, 2007. 724.6 096L

Parsons, Jim & David Bush HOUSTON DECO: MODERNISTIC ARCHITECTURE OF THE TEXAS COAST. Bright Sky Press, 2008.
720.97641411 P268h

Perren, Claudia & Kristien Ring (edited) LIVING THE MODERN AUSTRALIAN ARCHITECTURE. Hantje Cantz, 2007. 728.0994 L785p

Preston, Diana & Michael Preston TAJ MAHAL: PASSION AND GENIUS AT THE HEART OF THE MOGHUL EMPIRE.
Walker & Company, 2007. 726.809542 P937t

Pridmore, Jay SHANGHAI: THE ARCHITECTURE OF CHINA’S GREAT URBAN CENTER. Abrams, 2008. 720.95113 P947s

Prudon, Theodore H.M. PRESERVATION OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE. Wiley, 2008. 724.60288 P971p

Puglisi, Luigi Prestinenza NEW DIRECTIONS IN CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE" EVOLUTIONS AND REVOLUTIONS IN
BUILDING DESIGN SINCE 1988. Wiley, 2008. 724.7 P936n

R.M.KLIMENT & FRAGRANCE HASLBAND ARCHITECTS: THE MASTER ARCHITECT SERIES REVISITED. Images Publishing,
2008. 720.973 R111kL

Riera, Pere INVENTARIS D’ARQUITECTURA. COAC, 2007. 720.92 R558p

Richardson, AVANT GARDENERS. Thames & Hudson, 2008. 712.0905 R525a

Robson, David BEYOND BAWA:MODERN MASTERWORKS OF MONSOON ASIA. Thames & Hudson, 2007. 720.92 B354r

Saint, Andrew ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER: A STUDY IN SIBLING RIVALRY. Yale University Press, 2008. 720 S133a

Saunders, William S. NATURE, LANDSCAPE AND BUILDING FOR SUSTAINABILITY. University of Minnesota Press, 2008. 712.01 N285s

Sbriglio, Jacques  LE CORBUSIER THE VILLA SAVOYE. Birkhauser, 2008. 728.8092 L467vs

Schwarcz, Vera PLACE AND MEMORY IN THE SINGING CREANE GARDEN. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008. 712.60951 S399p

Scheer, Thorsten (edited) JOSEF PAUL KLEIHUES: WORKS 1966-1980. VOLUME 1. Hantje Cantz, 2008. 720.92 K63j v.1

Sites RIEPL RIEPL ARCHITEKTEN. SpringerWien NewYork, 2008. 720.922 R558r

Somer, Kees THE FUNCTIONAL CITY: THE CIAM AND CORNELIS VAN EESTEREN, 1928-1960. Nai Publishers, 2007. 720.6 E26s

Steinberg, Phil & Rob shields (edited) WHAT IS A CITY?: RETHINKING THE URBAN AFTER HURRICANE KATRINA.
The University of Georgia Press, 2008. 307.760973 W555s

Temple, Nicholas & Soumyen Bandyopadhyay (edited) THINKING PRACTICE: REFLECTIONS ON ARCHITECTURAL RESEARCH
AND BUILDING WORK. Black Dog Publishing, 2007. 720.68 T443t

Ueyama, Ryoko LANDSCAPE DESIGN. Kentaro Oshita, 2007. 712.092 U22L

Vidler, Anthony HISTORIES OF THE IMMEDIATE PRESENT: INVENTING ARCHITECTURAL MODERNISM.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008. 720.722 V653h

Vidler, Anthony (edited) ARCHITECTURE BETWEEN SPECTACLE AND USE. Yale University Pres, 2008. 724.7 C592a

VOA ASSOCIATES INCORPORATED: THE MASTER ARCHITECT SERIES. Images Publishing, 2008. 720.922 V872v

Warr, Anne SHANGHAI ARCHITECTURE. The Watermark Press, 2007. 720.95113 W253s

Wingardh, Gert & Rasmus Waern (edited) CRUCIAL WORDS: CONDITIONS FOR CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE.
Birkhauser, 2008. 720.1 C955w

Yeang, Ken (editor) THE MUTIARA MASTER PLAN. Image Pblishing, 2007. 720.79595 M992y

 

BUSINESS

Berkman, Robert THE ART OF STRATEGIC LISTENING: FINDING MARKET INTELLIGENCE THROUGH BLOGS AND OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA. PMP, 2008. 658.83 B513a

Cunningham, Jane & Philippa Roberts INSIDE HER PRETTY LITTLE HEAD. Marshall Cavendish, 2006. 658.834082 C973i

Simpson, Ruth & Patricia Lewis VOICE, VISIBILITY AND THE GENDERING OF ORGANIZATIONS. Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. 306.3615 S613v

 

COMPUTERS

Chow, Garrick ADOBE DREAM WEAVER CS3. Lynda.com, 2008. 005.72 D771c

Dilbert, Ronald & John Palfrey & Rafal Rohozinski & Jonathon Zittrain (edited) ACCESS DENIED: THE PRACTICE AND
POLICY OF GLOBAL INTERNET FILTERING. The MIT Press, 2008. 384.33 A169d

Hetland, Magnus Lei, BEGINNING PYTHON: FROM NOVICE TO PROFESSIONAL. Apress, 2008. 005. 133 P999h2

McFarland, David Sawyer DREAMWEAVER CS3. O’Reilly, 2007. 005.72 D771m

Nakamura, Lisa DIGITIZING RACE: VISUAL CULTURES OF THE INTERNET. University of Minnesota Press, 2008. 303. 4833 N163d

 

DESIGN

Crowley, David POSTERS OF THE COLD WAR. V&A, 2008. 741.6740905 c953P

Erlhoff, Michael & Tim Marshall (edited) DESIGN DICTIONARY: PERSPECTIVES ON DESIGN TERMINOLOGY.
Birkhauser, 2008. R745.403 D457e

Gura, Judith SOURCEBOOK OF SCANDINAVIAN FURNITURE: DESIGNS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY. W. W. Norton, 2007.
749.280904 G978s

Highmore, Ben (edited) THE DESIGN CULTURE READER. Routledge, 2009. 745.4 D457hb

Hudson, Noel THE BRAND NAME BOOK. The Boston Mills Press, 2008. 782. 42166 H886b

Stoltzedesign 1000 MUSIC GRAPHICS. Rockport, 2008. 741.66 058s

Temkin, Ann COLOR CHART: REINVENTING COLOR, 1950 TO TODAY. The Museum Of Modern Art, 2008. 701.85 T279c

Top, Peleg DESIGN FOR SPECIAL EVENTS. Rockport, 2008. 741.67 D457t

 

ECONOMICS

Harris, Richard L. & Jorge Nef (edited) CAPITAL, POWER, AND INEQUALITY IN LATIN AMERICA
AND THE CARIBBEAN. Rowman & Littlefield, 2008. 330.9804 C244h

Noland, Marcus & Howard Pack THE ARAB ECONOMIES IN A CHANGING WORLD. Peterson Institute For
International Economics, 2007. 330.956 N789a

Sergeant, Adrian & Walter Wymer (edited) THE ROUTLEDGE COMPANION TO NONPROFIT MARKETING.
Routledge, 2008. 658.8 R869s

Telotte, J.P. THE MOUSE MACHINE: DISNEY AND TECHNOLOGY. University of Illinois Press, 2008. 384.809794 T277m

 

EDUCATION

 

FASHION

Aldrich, Winfred METRIC PATTERN CUTTING FOR WOMEN’S WEAR. Blackwell, 2008. 646.4072 A365mw5

Dawber, Martin NEW FASHION PRINT. Batsford, 2008. 746.62 D269n

Drake, Alicia THE BEAUTIFUL FALL: LAGERFELD, SAINT LAURENT, AND GLORIOUS EXCESS IN 1970 PARIS.
Little, Brown, & Company, 2006. 746.92092 D761b

Drudi, Elisabetta & Tiziana Paci FIGURE DRAWING FOR FASHION DESIGN. The Peppin Press, 2007. 741.672 D794f

Golbin, Pamela VALENTINO: THEMES AND VARIATIONS. Rizzoli, 2008. 746.92092 V161g

Mitchell, Louise STEPPING OUT: THREE CENTURIES OF SHOES. Powerhouse Publishing, 2008. 391. 41309 M681s

Riegelman, Nancy COLORS FOR MODERN FASHION: DRAWING FASHION WITH COLORED MARKERS.
Nine Heads Media, 2006. 741.672 R554c

Salzar, Ligaya (edited) FASHION V SPORT . V&A, 2008. 746.92 F248s

Sanders, Clinton R. & D. Angus Vail CUSTOMIZING THE BODY: THE ART AND CULTURE OF TATTOOING.
Temple University Press, 2008. 391.65 S215c

 

FINE ART

Bandyopadhyay, Soumyen & Ian Jackson THE COLLECTION, THE RUIN AND THE THEATRE: ARCHITECTURE,
SCULPTURE AND LANDSCAPE IN NEK CHAND’S ROCK GARDEN, CHANDIGARH. Liverpool University Press, 2007. 712.50954 B214c

 

HISTORY

Baez, Fernando A UNIVERSAL HISTORY OF THE DESTRUCTION OF BOOKS: FROM ANCIENT
SUMER TO MODERN IRAQ. Atlas & CO., 2004. 027.009 B142u

Brady, Patricia MARTHA WASHINGTON: AN AMERICAN LIFE. Penguin, 2005. 973.41 B812m

Collins, Billie Jean THE HITTITES AND THEIR WORLD. The Society of Biblical Literature, 2007. 939.3 C712h

Dixon, Wheeler Winston & Gwendolyn Audrey Foster A SHORT HISTORY OF FILM. Rutgers University of Press, 2008. 791.437 D621s

Friedlander, Saul NAZI GERMANY AND THE JEWS: THE YEARS OF PERSECUTION 1933 – 1939. Harper Collins, 1998.
940.5318 F911n V.1

Friedlander, Saul NAZI GERMANY AND THE JEWS 1939 – 1945: THE YEARS OF EXTERMINATION. Harper Collins, 2007.
940.5318 F911n V.2

Fritz, Chritian G. AMERICAN SOVEREIGNS. Cambridge, 2008. 342.73029 F 919a

Glenny, Misha THE BALKANS: NATIONALISM, WAR, AND THE GREAT POWERS, 1804-1999. Penguin, 2000. 949.6 G558b

Goldman, Emma  LIVING MY LIFE, Penguin, 2006. 335.83092 G619L

Gordon, Leonard H.D. CONFRONTATION OVER TAIWAN: NINETEENTH CENTURY CHINA AND THE POWERS.
Lexington Books, 2007. 951.24903 G663c

Jackson, Anna EXPO: INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITIONS: 1851-2010. V&A Publishing, 2008. 907.4 J12e

Kaplan, Justin WHEN THE ASTOR'S OWNED NEW YORK. Penguin, 2006. 647.94747 K17w

Mackie, J.D. A HISTORY OF SCOTLAND. Penguin, 1991. 941.1 M158h2

Madison, James, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay THE FEDERALIST PAPERS. Penguin, 1987. 342.73029 M 182f

Tyler-McGraw, Marie AN AFRICAN REPUBLIC: BLACK AND WHITE VIRGINIANS IN THE MAKING OF LIBERIA.
University of North Carolina Press, 2007. 966.62 T985a

Williams. Jean A BEAUTIFUL GAME: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON WOMEN’S FOOTBALL. Berg, 2007. 796. 334082 W724b

Wolfinger, James PHILADELPHIA DIVIDED: RACE AND POLITICS IN THE CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE.
The University of North Carolina Press, 2007. 305.8009748 W859p
 

HUMANITIES

Griswold, Charles L. FORGIVENESS: A PHILOSOPHICAL EXPLORATION. Cambridge, 2007. 155.92 G871f

Neu, Jerome STICKS AND STONES: THE PHILOSOPHY OF INSULTS. Oxford, 2008. 158.2 N477s

Powers, John INTRODUCTION TO TIBETAN BUDDHISM. Snow Lion, 2007. 294.3923 P888i2

Prado, C.G. CHOOSING TO DIE: ELECTIVE DEATH AND MULTICULTURALISM. Cambridge, 2008. 179.7 P896c

 

INTERIORS

Avroko BEST UGLY: RESTAURANT CONCEPTS AND ARCHITECTURE. Harper Collins, 2007. 725.710922 B561a

Borras, Montse HOTEL SPACES. LOFT Publications, 2008. 728.5 B737h

Brule, Tyler, Stefano Mirti & Stefano Tonchi SPACE MORPHING. 5 CONTINENTS, 2007. 720.922 m634S

Kliment, Stephen A. (edited) BUILDING TYPE BASICS FOR HEALTHCARE FACILITIES. Wiley, 2008. 725.51 B932k2

Mitman, Gregg BREATHING SPACE: How Allergies Shape Our Lives And Landscapes. Yale University Press, 2007. 616.97 M684b

Robertson, Cheryl THE DOMESTIC SCENE ( 1897-1927): GEORGE M. NIEDECKEN, INTERIOR ARCHITECT. Milwaukee Art Museum, 2008. 729.092 N666r2

SPA-DE SPACE & DESIGN – INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF INTERIOR DESIGN: WORLD SPATIAL DESIGN FOREFRONT FEATURE: GREENERY LANDSCAPE. VOL.7. Fareast Design Editors, 2007. 729.09051 S732m V.7

SPA-DE SPACE & DESIGN – INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF INTERIOR DESIGN: WORLD SPATIAL DESIGN FOREFRONT FEATURE: STYLISTIC AND DECORATIVE TENDENCIES. VOL.8. Fareast Design Editors, 2007. 729.09051 S732m V.8

 

MEDICINE/HEALTH SCIENCES

Brownlee, Shannon OVERTREATED: WHY TOO MUCH MEDICINE IS MAKING US SICK AND POORER.
Bloomsbury, 2007. 362.10973 B885o

Ericksen, Julia A. TAKING CHARGE OF BREAST CANCER. University of California Press, 2008. 362.196994 E68t

Finkelstein, Stan & Peter Temin REASONABLE Rx: SOLVING THE DRUG PRICE CRISIS. FT Press, 2008. 338.436151 F499r

 

PSYCHOLOGY

 

SCIENCE

Bainbridge, David A. A GUIDE FOR DESERT AND DRYLAND RESTORATION: NEW HOPE FOR ARID LANDS.
Island Press, 2007. 631.609154 B162g

Dorcas, Mike & Whit Gibbons FROGS & TOADS OF THE SOUTHEAST. The University of Georgia Press, 2008. 597.8 D693f

Hunt, R.W.G. THE REPRODUCTION OF COLOUR. Wiley, 2004. 778.6 H942r6

Tucker, Richard P. INSATIABLE APPETITE: THE UNITED STATES AND THE ECOLOGICAL DEGRADATION
OF THE TROPICAL WORLD. Rowman & Littlefield, 2007. 333.70913 T893in

 

SOCIAL SCIENCES

Blain, Jenny & Robert Wallis SACRED SITES: CONTESTED RITES/ RIGHTS. Sussex Academic Press, 2007. 291. 350942 B634s

Campanella, Thomas J. THE CONCRETE DRAGON: CHINA’S URBAN REVOLUTION AND WHAT IT
MEANS FOR THE WORLD. Princeton Architectural Press, 2008. 307.760951 C186c

Drakulik, Slavenka CAFÉ EUROPA: LIFE AFTER COMMUNISM. Penguin, 1999. 947.009 D763c

Dzur, Albert W. DEMOCRATIC PROFESSIONALISM. The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2008. 361.8 D999d

Ferriter, Diarmaid THE TRANSFORMATION OF IRELAND. Woodstock,2004. 941. 5082 F 394t

Foerstel, Herbert N. THE PATRIOT ACT: A DOCUMENTARY AND REFERENCE GUIDE. Greenwood Press, 2008. 345. 7302 F654p

Gomez, Laura E. MANIFEST DESTINIES: THE MAKING OF THE MEXICAN AMERICAN RACE. New York University Press, 2007.
305.868073 G633m

Graff, Harvey J. THE DALLAS MYTH: THE MAKING AND UNMAKING OF AN AMERICAN CITY. University of Minnesota Press, 2008.
307.7609764 G736d

Hartjen, Clayton A. YOUTH, CRIME & JUSTICE: A GLOBAL INQUIRY. Rutgers University Press, 2008. 364.36 H 329y

Honig, Jan Willem & Norbert Both SREBRENICA: RECORD OF A WAR CRIME. Penguin, 1997. 949.703 H773s

Husak, Douglas OVERCRIMINALIZATION: THE LIMITS OF THE CRIMINAL LAW. Oxford, 2008. 345.73 H968o

Kepel, Gilles & Jean- Pierre Milelli (edited) AL QAEDA IN ITS OWN WORDS. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2008.
303.625 A316k

Lynch, Michael J. BIG PRISONS BIG DREAMS: CRIME AND THE FAILURE OF AMERICA’S PENAL SYSTEM.
Rutgers University Press, 2007. 365.973 L987b

Loyd, Anthony MY WAR GONE BY, I MISS IT SO. Penguin,2001. 949.703 L793m

Marwell, Nicole P. BARGAINING FOR BROOKLYN: COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS IN THE ENTREPRENEURIAL CITY.
The University of Chicago Press, 2007. 307. 3416097472 M391b

McCabe, Kimberley A. THE TRAFFICKING OF PERSONS: NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL RESPONSES. Peter Lang, 2008.
325.1 M121t

McDermott, Rose PRESIDENTIAL LEADERSHIP, ILLNESS AND DECISION MAKING. Cambridge, 2008. 353.03 M134p

Moss, Kenneth B. UNDECLARED WAR AND THE FUTURE OF U.S. FOREIGN POLICY. The Johns Hopkins University Press,
2008. 342.73062 M913u

O’Brien Martin A CRISIS OF WASTE: UNDERSTANDING THE RUBBISH SOCIETY. ROUTLEDGE, 2008.363. 728 o13c

Schultz, James H. & Robert H. Binstock AGING NATION: THE ECONOMICS AND POLITICS OF GROWING OLDER IN AMERICA.
Praeger, 2006. 331. 398 S 388a

Shehadeh, Raja STRANGERS IN THE HOUSE: COMING OF AGE IN OCCUPIED PALESTINE. Penguin, 2002. 956.953044 S542s

Shin, Michael e. & John A. Agnew BERLUSCONI’S ITALY: MAPPING CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN POLITICS. Temple University Press, 2008. 945.0929 S556b

Silber, Laura & Allan Little YUGOSLAVIA: DEATH OF A NATION. Penguin, 1997. 949.703 S582y

Strolovitch, Dara Z. AFFIRMATIVE ADVOCACY: RACE, CLASS, AND GENDER IN INTEREST GROUP POLITICS.
The University of Chicago Press, 2007. 322.40973 S921a

Sutton, Michael FRANCE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF EUROPE, 1944- 2007: THE GEOPOLITICAL IMPERATIVE. Berghahn Books, 2007. 327.440409 S967f

 

TEXTILES

Field, Jacquelike & Marjoire Senechal & Madelyn Shaw AMERICAN SILK: 1830-1930. Texas Tech University Press, 2007.
338.4767739 F 454a

Hu, Jinlian (edited) FABRIC TESTING. CRC Press, 2008. 677.0287 F126h

Morphy, Howard BECOMING ART: EXPLORING CROSS - CULTURAL CATEGORIES. Berg, 2007. 704. 039915 M 871b

 

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     DIVINE JUSTICE.
Grand Central, 2008.

Belzer, Richard     I AM NOT A COP.
Simon & Schuster, 2008.

Butcher, Jim      JIM BUTCHER'S THE DRESDEN FILES.
Del Rey/Ballantine, 2008.

Demille, Nelson      THE GATE HOUSE.
Grand Centeral Pub, 2008.

Flynn, Vince     EXTREME MEASURES.
Atria Books, 2008.

Johnson, Diane     LULU IN MARRAKECH.
Dutton, 2008.

Kellerman, jonathan     BONES.
Ballantine, 2008.

Le Carre, John     A MOST WANTED MAN.
Scribner, 2008.

Menger-Anderson, Kirsten      DOCTOR OLAF VAN SCHULER'S BRAIN.
Algonquin Books, 2008.

Parker, Robert B      ROUGH WEATHER.
Putnam's Sons, 2008.

Shaffer, Mary Ann    THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY.
Dial Press, 2008.

Spillane, Mickey      THE GOLIATH BONE.
Harcourt, 2008.

Updike, John     THE WIDOWS OF EASTWICK.
Knopf, 2008.

Vernon, John      LUCKY BILLY.
Houghton Mifflin, 2008.

 

 

 

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 #51 HARMONY

 
 
         
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