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New Acquisitions -  September, 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

AMERICA’S TOP-RATED CITIES: A STATISTICAL HANDBOOK. Grey House Publishing, 2008, 4 volumes. R307.760973 A512t 2008

Bloom, Nicholas Dagen  PUBLIC HOUSING THAT WORKED : NEW YORK IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. University of Penna. Press, 2008. 363.585097471 B655p

CENTER CITY PHILADELPHIA IN THE 19TH CENTURY. Arcadia, 2006. 974.81103 C397L

Conan, Michel & W. John Kress (edited) BOTANICAL PROGRESS, HORTICULTURAL INNOVATIONS AND CULTURAL CHANGES. Harvard University Press, 2007. 581.63 D887b

Ehrlich, Chuck (editor) INTELLIGENT BUILDING DICTIONARY : TERMINOLOGY FOR SMART, INTEGRATED, GREEN BUILDING DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND MANAGEMENT. Hands-On-Guide, 2007. 690.0285 I61e

Ewing, Reid & Keith Bartholomew & Steve Winkelman & Jerry Walters & Don Chen

GROWING COOLER : THE EVIDENCE ON URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE. Urban Land Institute, 2008. 388.4 G884e

Giannetto, Raffaella Fabiani MEDICI GARDENS : FROM MAKING TO DESIGN. University of Penna. Press, 2008. 712.6094551 F118m

Gordon, Colin MAPPING DECLINE : ST. LOUIS AND THE FATE OF THE AMERICAN CITY. University of Penna. Press, 2008. 307.7609778 G662m

Jackson, Mandi Isaacs MODEL CITY BLUES: URBAN SPACE AND ORGANIZED RESISTANCE IN NEW HAVEN. Temple university Press, 2008. 307.341609746 J13m

Lewis, Paul & Marc Tsurumaki & David J Lewis LEWIS. TSURUMAKI. LEWIS : OPPORTUNISTIC ARCHITECTURE. Princeton Architectural Press, 2008. 720.922 L673L

Pearce, Fred  EARTH THEN AND NOW : AMAZING IMAGES OF OUR CHANGING WORLD. Firefly Books, 2008. 508 P359e

PHILADELPHIA ROWHOUSE MANUAL: A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR HOMEOWNERS. National Trust for Historic Preservation, 2008. 720.28809747811 S292p

Ristine, James D PHILADELPHIA’S FAIRMOUNT PARK. Arcadia, 2005. 974.811 R597p

Spector, Gus CENTER CITY PHILADELPHIA. Arcadia, 2007. 974.9811 S741c

Spector, Gus PHILADELPHIA : HISTORIC EXTERIORS AND INTERIORS. Arcadia, 2006. 720.974811 S741p

Thomas, Bethan & Daniel Dorling IDENTITY IN BRITAIN: A CRADLE-TO-GRAVE ATLAS. PolicyPRess, 2007. R304.60941 T454i

Vyzoviti, Sophia SUPERSURFACES : FOLDING AS A METHOD OF GENERATING FORMS FOR ARCHITECTURE, PRODUCTS AND FASHION. Gingko Press, 2006. 721.01 V998s

 

BUSINESS

Asacker, Tom A CLEAR EYE FOR BRANDING : STRAIGHT TALK ON TODAY’S MOST POWERFUL BUSINESS CONCEPT. PMP, 2005. 658.827 A798c

Aspray, William & Paul E Ceruzzi (edited) THE INTERNET AND AMERICAN BUSINESS. MIT Press, 2008. 338.47004678 I61a

Bruner, Robert F & Mark R Eaker & R Edward Freeman & Robert E Spekman & Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg & S Venkataraman. THE PORTABLE MBA. John Wiley, 4th edition, 2003. 658 P833b4

Lindsey, Brink THE AGE OF ABUNDANCE : HOW PROSPERITY TRANSFORMED AMERICA’S POLITICS AND CULTURE. Collins, 2008. 330.973091 L752a

Stronge, William B THE SUNSHINE ECONOMY : AN ECONOMIC HISTORY OF FLORIDA SINCE THE CIVIL WAR. University Press of Florida, 2008. 330.9759 S924s

Thompson, Maria M & Donald H Price WAWA. Arcadia, 2004. 381.147 T474w

Wiley, James THE BANANA : EMPIRES, TRADE WARS, AND GLOBALIZATION. University of Nebraska Press, 2008. 338.174772 W676b

 

COMPUTERS

Axelson, Jan  USB COMPLETE: THIRD EDITION. Lakeview Research LLC,2005. 004.64 A969u3

Axelson, Jan   USB MASS STORAGE. Lakeview Research LLC,2006. 004.64 a969US

 

EDUCATION

Arvidson, P Sven TEACHING NONMAJORS : ADVICE FOR LIBERAL ARTS PROFESSORS. State University of New York Press, 2008. 378.12 A795t

Garner, J Bradley A BRIEF GUIDE FOR TEACHING MILLENNIAL LEARNERS. Triangle Publishers, 2007. 378.125 G234b

Pausch, Randy with Jeffrey Zaslow THE LAST LECTURE. Hyperion, 2008. 155.937 P934L

Williams, Bard EDUCATOR’S PODCAST GUIDE. International Society for Technology in Education, 2007. 371.3344678 W721e

 

DESIGN

Dawson, Barry STREET GRAPHICS CUBA. Thames & Hudson, 2001. 741.6097291 D272s

Earnest, Russell & Corinne Earnest & Edward L Rosenberry FLYING LEAVES AND ONE-SHEETS : PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN BROADSIDES, FRAKTUR AND THEIR PRINTERS. Oak Knoll Books, 2005. 686.209748 E12f

Ellis, Anita J. & Susan Labry Meyn ROCKWOOD AND THE AMERICAN INDIAN. Ohio University Press, 2007. 738.309771 E47ro

Harding, Deborah & Laura Fisher HOME SWEET HOME : THE HOUSE IN AMERICAN FOLK ART. Rizzoli, 2001. 745.0973 H263h

JUXTAPOZ ILLUSTRATION. Gingko Press, 2008. 741.60905 J98j

Mena, Juan Carlos with Oscar Reyes SENSACIONAL ! MEXICAN STREET GRAPHICS. Princeton Architectural Press, 2002. 741.60972 M534s

PURPLE ANTHOLOGY : 1992-2006. Rizzoli, 2008. 746.9205 P985z

Romain, Hippolyte TIBET STYLE. Flammarion, 2006. 391.009515 R757t

Skinn, Dez COMIC ART NOW. Collins Design, 2008. 741.59 S628c

Villegas, Marcelo TROPICAL BAMBOO : BAMBUSA GUADUA. Villegas Editores, 2001. 721.0449 V732t3

 

FASHION

Abler, Thomas S HINTERLAND WARRIORS AND MILITARY DRESS : EUROPEAN EMPIRES AND EXOTIC UNIFORMS. Berg, 1999. 355.14094 A152h

Angeletti, Norberto & Alberto Oliva IN VOGUE : THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE WORLD’S MOST FAMOUS FASHION MAGAZINE. Rizzoli, 2007.391.005 A581i

Banks, Jeffrey & Doria de la Chapelle TARTAN : ROMANCING THE PLAID. Rizzoli, 2007. 746.1409411 B218t

Black, Alexandra THE PARTY DRESS. Rizzoli,2007. 391.209 B627p

Bonds, Alexandra B BEIJING OPERA COSTUMES : THE VISUAL COMMUNICATION OF CHARACTER AND CULTURE. University of Hawai’i Press, 2008. 782.10951 B711b

Bott, Daniele CHANEL : COLLECTIONS AND CREATIONS. Thames & Hudson, 2007. 746.92092 C456bo

Caratozzolo, Vittoria Caterina IRENE BRIN : ITALIAN STYLE IN FASHION. Marsilio, 2006. 746.920945 C262i

Caratozzolo, Vittoria Caterina & Judith Clark & Maria Luisa Frisa SIMONETTA: THE FIRST LADY OF ITALIAN FASHION. Marsilio, 2008. 746.92092 C719s

Cornell, Kari & Jean Lampe (editors) RETRO KNITS : COOL VINTAGE PATTERNS FOR MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN FROM THE 1900S THROUGH THE 1970S. Voyageur Press, 2008. 746.432041 R438c

Hethorn, Janet & Connie Ulasewicz SUSTAINABLE FASHION : WHY NOW? A CONVERSATION ABOUT ISSUES, PRACTICES, AND POSSIBILITIES. Fairchild Books, 2008. 746.92 S964h

Kremer, Roberta S BROKEN THREADS : THE DESTRUCTION OF THE JEWISH FASHION INDUSTRY IN GERMANY AND AUSTRIA. Berg, 2007. 746.920943 B867k

Lauren, Ralph RALPH LAUREN. Rizzoli, 2007. 746.92092 L378r

Manlow, Veronica DESIGNING CLOTHES : CULTURE AND ORGANIZATION OF THE FASHION INDUSTRY. Transaction Pub, 2007. 338.47687 M279d

Marion, Jonathan S BALLROOM : CULTURE AND COSTUME IN COMPETITIVE DANCE. Berg, 2008. 793.33 M341b

Miglietti, Francesca Alfano FASHION STATEMENTS : INTERVIEWS WITH FASHION DESIGNERS. Skira, 2006. 746.920922 A385f

Mower, Sarah STYLIST : THE INTERPRETERS OF FASHION. Rizzoli, 2007. 746.920922 S938m

PARIS 1962 – YVES SAINT LAURENT AND CHRISTIAN DIOR : THE EARLY COLLECTIONS. Rizzoli, 2008. 779.974692 S312p

Sciama, Linda D & Joanne B Eicher (edited) BEADS AND BEAD MAKERS : GENDER, MATERIAL CULTURE AND MEANING. Berg, 2001. 746.5 B365s

Sherwood, James THE LONDON CUT : SAVILE ROW BESPOKE TAILORING. Marsilio Mode, 2007. 391.109421 S554L

Spilker, Kaye Durland & Sharon Sadako Takeda BREAKING THE MODE : CONTEMPORARY FASHION FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM. Skira, 2007. 746.9209049 S756b

STREET : THE NYLON BOOK OF GLOBAL STYLE. Universe Publishing, 2006. 391.009 S915h

Vaccari, Alessandra WIG WAG : THE FLAGS OF FASHION. Marsilio, 2005. 391. V114w

Watson, Linda VOGUE FASHION. Firefly Books, 2008. R391.00904 W339f

Welters, Linda & Abby Lillethun (edited) THE FASHION READER. Berg, 2007. 391.001 F248w

 

FINE ART

AFGHANISTAN : HIDDEN TREASURES FROM THE NATIONAL MUSEUM, KABUL. National Geographic Society, 2008. 709.581074 A257h

ART NOUVEAU DURING THE REIGN OF THE LAST TSARS. Lund Humphries, 2007. 709.0349 A784b

Barrett, May Lee (edited) NEW SONGS OF ANCIENT TUNES: 19TH-20TH CENTURY CHINESE PAINTINGS AND CALLIGRAPHY FROM THE RICHARD FABIAN COLLECTION. Honolulu Academy of Arts, 2007. 759.95109 L778n

Breazeale, William & Susan Anderson & Christine Giviskos & Christiane Anderson THE LANGUAGE OF THE NUDE : FOUR CENTURIES OF DRAWING THE HUMAN BODY. Lund Humphries, 2008. 743.4094 L287b

Cohen, Aaron J IMAGINING THE UNIMAGINABLE : WORLD WAR, MODERN ART AND THE POLITICS OF PUBLIC CULTURE IN RUSSIA, 1914-1917. University of Nebraska Press, 2008. 709.4709041 C678i

Coppel, Stephen AMERICAN PRINTS FROM HOPPER TO POLLOCK. Lund Humphries, 2008. 769.973 C785a

Kramer, Jane WHOSE ART IS IT? Duke University Press, 1994. 730.92 K89w

IMPRESSIONIST INTERIORS. National Gallery of Ireland, 2008. 759.054 I34n

Moore, Ronald NATURAL BEAUTY : A THEORY OF AESTHETICS BEYOND THE ARTS. Broadview Press, 2008. 111.85 M823n

O’Kane, Bernard TREASURES OF ISLAM : ARTISTIC GLORIES OF THE MUSLIM WORLD. Duncan Baird, 2007. 709.17671 O41t

Smith, Kerry L ENCYCLOPEDIA OF INDIE ROCK. Greenwood Press, 2008. 781.6603 S649e

Zafran, Eric (editor) FANTASY AND FAITH : THE ART OF GUSTAVE DORE. Yale University Press, 2007. 769.92 D693af

 

HISTORY

Avary, Burjor INDIA: THE ANCIENT PAST. Routledge, 2007. 934 A946i

Bergero, Adriana J INTERSECTING TANGO : CULTURAL GEOGRAPHIES OF BUENOS AIRES, 1900-1930. University of Pittsburgh Press, 2008. 982.11 B496i

Brown, Henry Box NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF HENRY BOX BROWN. Oxford University Press, 2002. 973.7115 B878n

Burch, Susan & Hannah Joyner UNSPEAKABLE: THE STORY OF JUNIUS WILSON. The University of North Carolina Press, 2007. 305.9082 B847u

Dolan, Francis X EASTERN STATE PENITENTIARY. Arcadia, 2007. 365.974811 D659e

Findling, John E & Kimberly D Pelle (edited) ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WORLD’S FAIRS AND EXPOSITIONS. McFarland & Co, 2008. R907.4 E56f

Harris, Brian H FRANKFORD. Arcadia, 2005. 974.811 H313f

Hoffman, Sharon G with Amanda M Mott MOORE COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN. Arcadia Publishing, 2008. 707.1174811 H711m

Hunt, Lynn INVENTING HUMAN RIGHTS : A HISTORY. Norton, 2007. 323.09 H941i

LaMonica, Jeffrey LASALLE UNIVERSITY. Arcadia, 2005. 378.74811 L234L

Lyons, James & John Plunkett (edited) MULTIMEDIA HISTORIES. University of Exeter Press, 2007. 302.2309 M961L

Osborn, Geraint HADRIAN’S WALL AND ITS PEOPLE. Phoenix Press, 2006. 936.104 O81h

Scott, Donald CAMP WILLIAM PENN. Arcadia Publishing, 2008. 974.81103 S425c

Segrave, Kerry OBESITY IN AMERICA, 1850-1939 : A HISTORY OF SOCIAL ATTITUDES AND TREATMENT. McFaland, 2008. 362.196398 S455o

Seymour, Joseph FIRST TROOP PHILADELPHIA CITY CAVALRY. Arcadia Publishing, 2008. 355.3709748 S521f

Skaler, Robert Morris & Thomas H Keels PHILADELPHIA’S RITTENHOUSE SQUARE. Arcadia Publishing, 2008. 974.811 S626pr

Wenqian, Gao ZHOU EN LAI: THE LAST PERFECT REVOLUTIONARY. PublicAffairs, 2007. 951.05092 G211z

 

HUMANITIES

Benson, Stephen (edited) CONTEMPORARY FICTION AND THE FAIRY TALE. Wayne State University Press, 2008. 823.91409 C761b

Kurien, Prema A. A PLACE AT THE MULTICULTURAL TABLE. Rutgers University Press, 2007. 294.50973 K96p

Orlando, Emily J EDITH WHARTON AND THE VISUAL ARTS. University of Alabama Press, 2007. 813.5126 O71e

Petry, Alice Hall (edited) ON HARPER LEE : ESSAYS AND REFLECTIONS. University of Tennessee Press, 2007. 813.5431 O58L

Rogerson, J.W. ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES? Equinox Publication, 2007. 220.09 R731a

Schodt, Frederik L THE ASTRO BOY ESSAYS : OSAMU TEZUKA, MIGHTY ATOM, AND THE MANGA/ANIME REVOLUTION. Stone Bridge Press, 2007. 741.5952 S363a

Wolk, Douglas READING COMICS : HOW GRAPHIC NOVELS WORK AND WHAT THEY MEAN. Da Capo Press, 2007. 741.5 W862r

 

MEDICINE/HEALTH SCIENCES

Cowan, Ruth Schwartz HEREDITY AND HOPE : THE CASE FOR GENETIC SCREENING. Harvard University Press, 2008. 616.042 C874h

Goan, Melanie Beals MARY BRECKINRIDGE : THE FRONTIER NURSING SERVICE & RURAL HEALTH IN APPALACHIA. University of North Carolina Press, 2008. 610.730692 G573m

Largent, Mark A. BREEDING CONTEMPT. Rutgers University Press, 2008. 363.97 L322b

Offit, Paul A. VACCINATED: ONE MAN’S QUEST TO DEFEAT THE WORLD’S DEADLIEST DISEASES. HarperCollins, 2007. 615.372 O32v

Sloarn, Frank A & Hirschel Kasper (edited) INCENTIVES AND CHOICE IN HEALTH CARE. MIT Press, 2008. 338.473621 I37s

 

PSYCHOLOGY

Johnson, Donald Clay & Helen Bradley Foster (edited) DRESS SENSE : EMOTIONAL AND SENSORY EXPERIENCES OF THE BODY AND CLOTHES. Berg, 2007. 391.0019 D773j

Spivey, Michael THE CONTINUITY OF MIND. Oxford University Press, 2007. 153 S761c

 

SCIENCE

Anastopoulos, Charis PARTICLE OR WAVE : THE EVOLUTION OF THE CONCEPT OF MATTER IN MODERN PHYSICS. Princeton University Press, 2008. 530 A534p

CHANGING THE FACE OF THE WATERS: THE PROMISE AND CHALLENGE OF SUSTAINABLE AQUACULTURE. The World Bank, 2007. 338.3718 C456w

Cline, William R. GLOBAL WARMING AND AGRICULTURE: IMPACT ESTIMATES BY COUNTRY. Center for Global Development, 2007. 630.2 C641g

Lee, David NATURE’S PALETTE : THE SCIENCE OF PLANT COLOR. University of Chicago Press, 2007. 580 L477n

Moriarty, Gene THE ENGINEERING PROJECT : ITS NATURE, ETHICS, AND PROMISE. Penna. State Univ. Press, 2008. 620 M854e

Watson, J Throck & O David Sparkman INTRODUCTION TO MASS SPECTROMETRY. John Wiley, 4th edition, 2007. 539.65 W342i4

 

SOCIAL SCIENCES

Alao, Abiodun NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE CONFLICT IN AFRICA : THE TRAGEDY OF ENDOWMENT. University of Rochester Press, 2007. 303.6096 A319n

Anderson, Elijah (edited) AGAINST THE WALL : POOR, YOUNG, BLACK, AND MALE. University of Penna. Press, 2008. 305.38896073 A259a

Battin Et Al DRUGS AND JUSTICE: SEEKING A CONSISTENT, COHERENT, COMPREHENSIVE VIEW. Oxford University Press, 2008. 364.1770973 D794b

Bageant, Joe DEER HUNTING WITH JESUS : DISPATCHES FROM AMERICA’S CLASS WAR. Three River Press, 2007. 305.50973 B144d

Banet-Weiser, Sarah & Cynthia Chris & Anthony Freitas CABLE VISIONS – TELEVISION BEYOND BROADCASTING. New York University Press, 2007. 384.5550973 C115b

Becker, Howard S TELLING ABOUT SOCIETY. University of Chicago Press, 2007. 301.01 B395t

Bennett, W. Lance, Regina G. Lawrence & Steven Livingston WHEN THE PRESS FAILS: POLITICAL POWER AND THE NEWS MEDIA FROM IRAQ TO KATRINA. The University of Chicago Press, 2007. 071.30905 B472w

Boellstorff, Tom COMING OF AGE IN SECOND LIFE : AN ANTHROPOLOGIST EXPLORES THE VIRTUALLY HUMAN. Princeton University Press, 2008. 303.483 B671c

Brettschneider, Corey DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS: THE SUBSTANCE OF SELF – GOVERNMENT. Princeton University Press, 2007. 321.8 B845d

Brown, Bridget THEY KNOW US BETTER THAN WE KNOW OURSELVES: THE HISTORY AND POLITICS OF ALIEN ABDUCTION. New York University Press, 2007. 001.942 B877t

Burgos Jr., Adrian PLAYING AMERICA'S GAME: BASE BALL, LATINOS, AND THE COLOR LINE. University of California Press, 2007. 796.357 B957p

Cohen, Jeffrey E THE PRESIDENCY IN THE ERA OF 24-HOUR NEWS. Princeton University Press, 2008. 353.032 C678p

Curtis, Glenn E. & Eric Hooglund (edited) IRAN: A COUNTRY STUDY. Federal Research division, 2008. 955 I65c5

Dauvbergne, Catherine MAKING PEOPLE ILLEGAL : WHAT GLOBALIZATION MEANS FOR MIGRATION AND LAW. Cambridge University Press, 2008. 342.082 D244m

Davidson, Christopher M DUBAI : THE VULNERABILITY OF SUCCESS. Columbia University Press, 2008. 953.57 D252d

Delfino, Michelangelo & Mary E Day DEATH PENALTY USA 2005-2006. MoBeta Publishing, 2008. 345.730773 D349d

Dembour, Marie-Benedicte & Tobias Kelly PATHS TO INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE : SOCIAL AND LEGAL PERSPECTIVES. Cambridge University Press, 2007. 341 P297d

Di Giacomo, Donna J ITALIANS OF PHILADELPHIA. Arcadia, 2007. 974.81100451 D536i

Durham, M Gigi THE LOLITA EFFECT : THE MEDIA SEXUALIZATION OF YOUNG GIRLS AND WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT. Overlook Press, 2008. 305.23082 D961L

Freyer, Tony A. LITTLE ROCK ON TRIAL: COOPER V. AARON AND SCHOOL DESEGREGATION. University Press of Kansas, 2007. 344.730798 F 893L

Gopal, Sangita & Sujata Moorti (editors) GLOBAL BOLLYWOOD : TRAVELS OF HINDI SONG AND DANCE. University of Minnesota Press, 2008. 791.430954 G562g

Gunewardena, Nanadini & Ann Kingsolver THE GENDER OF GLOBALIZATION: WOMEN NAVIGATING CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC MARGINALITITES. School for Advanced Research Press, 2007. 305.4896942 G325g

Hall, Kathleen D LIVES IN TRANSLATION : SIKH YOUTH AS BRITISH CITIZENS. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002. 305.235088 H177L

Hellman, Deborah WHEN IS DISCRIMINATION WRONG? Harvard University Press, 2008. 305 H476w

Hellman, Judith Adler THE WORLD OF MEXICAN MIGRANTS : THE ROCK AND THE HARD PLACE. New Press, 2008. 325.2720973 H477w

Heyman, Steven J FREE SPEECH AND HUMAN DIGNITY. Yale University Press, 2008. 342.730853 H618f

Huscroft, Grant (edited) EXPOUNDING THE CONSTITUTION : ESSAYS IN CONSTITUTIONAL THEORY. Cambridge University Press, 2008. 347.012 E96h

Hutchinson, Earl Ofari THE LATINO CHALLENGE TO BLACK AMERICA. Middle Passage Press, 2007. 305.868073 H975L

Levin, Joel TORT WARS. Cambridge University Press, 2008. 346.03 L665t

Levine, Susan SCHOOL LUNCH POLITICS : THE SURPRISING HISTORY OF AMERICA’S FAVORITE WELFARE PROGRAM. Princeton University Press, 2008. 371.716 L665s

Lewis, Philip YOUNG, BRITISH AND MUSLIM. Continuum,2007. 305.6970941 L675y

Lukalo, Fibian Kavulani EXTENDED HANDSHAKE OR WRESTLING MATCH? YOUTH AND URBAN CULTURE CELEBRATING POLITICS IN KENYA. Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 2006. 305.235096762 L954e

Lushnycky, Alexander UKRAINIANS OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA. Arcadia, 2007. 974.800491791 L969uk

Lyson, Thomas A & G W Stevenson & Rick Welsh (edited) FOOD AND THE MID-LEVEL FARM : RENEWING AN AGRICULTURE OF THE MIDDLE. MIT Press, 2008. 3389.16 F686L

McBride, Keally PUNISHMENT AND POLITICAL ORDER. University of Michigan, 2007. 364.601 M119p

Meyers, Allen JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN’S SERVICE OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA. Arcadia, 2006. 362.70974811 M613j

Moss, Kirby THE COLOR OF CLASS : POOR WHITES AND THE PARADOX OF PRIVILEGE. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2003. 305.56908909 M913c

Nordhaus, William A QUESTION OF BALANCE : WEIGHTING THE OPTIONS ON GLOBAL WARMING POLICIES. Yale University Press, 2008. 363.73874 N832q

Perlstein, Rick NIXONLAND : THE RISE OF A PRESIDENT AND THE FRACTURING OF AMERICA. Scribner, 2008. 973.924 P451n

Pfiffner, James P POWER PLAY : THE BUSH PRESIDENCY AND THE CONSTITUTION. Brookings Institution Press, 2008. 973.931 P529p

Reid, Michael FORGOTTEN CONTINENT: THE BATTLE FOR LATIN AMERICA’S SOUL. Yale University Press, 2007. 980.038 R357f

Roach, Catherine M STRIPPING, SEX AND POPULAR CULTURE. Berg, 2007. 306.77 R628s

Sarroub, Loukia K ALL AMERICAN YEMENI GIRLS : BEING MUSLIM IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005. 305.2352 S427a

Sideris, Lisa H & Kathleen Dean Moore (edited) RACHEL CARSON : LEGACY AND CHALLENGE. State University of New York Press, 2008. 574.0924 R119s

Skinner, E Benjamin A CRIME SO MONSTROUS : FACE-TO-FACE WITH MODERN-DAY SLAVERY. Free Press, 2008. 306.362 S628c

Swan, Richelle S. & Kristin A. Bates THROUGH THE EYES OF KATRINA: SOCIAL JUSTICE IN THE UNITED STATES. Carolina Academic Press, 2007. 363.348 T531b

Trenin, Dmitri V. GETTING RUSSIA RIGHT. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2007. 327.73047 T794g

Vanderbilt, Tom  TRAFFIC : WHY WE DRIVE THE WAY WE DO (AND WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT US). Alfred A Knopf, 2008. 363.1251 V228t

Vileisis, Ann KITCHEN LITERACY : HOW WE LOST KNOWLEDGE OF WHERE FOOD COMES FROM AND WHY WE NEED TO GET IT BACK. Island Press, 2008. 641.3 V699k

Wolf, Tom  ARTHUR CARHART : WILDERNESS PROPHET. University Press of Colorado, 2008. 333.712092 W853a

Zheng, Yognian TECHNOLOGICAL EMPOWERMENT: THE INTERNET, STATE, AND SOCIETY IN CHINA. Stanford University Press,2008. 303.48330951 z63t

 

TEXTILES

Bjerregaard, Lena (edited) CHACHAPOYA TEXTILES : THE LAGUNA DE LOS CONDORES TEXTILES IN THE MUSEO LEYMEBAMBA, CHACHAPOYAS, PERU. Museum Tusculanum Press, 2007. 746.08968 C431b

Boeger, Lexi INTERTWINED : THE ART OF HANDSPUN YARN, MODERN PATTERNS, AND CREATIVE SPINNING. Quarry Books, 2008. 746.12 B669i

Crabtree, Caroline & Christine Shaw QUILTING, PATCHWORK & APPLIQUE : A WORLD GUIDE. Thames & Hudson, 2007. 746.46 C883q

Deopura, B L & R Alagirusamy & M Joshi & B Gupta POLYESTERS AND POLYAMIDES. Woodhead Publishing, 2008. 677.473 P781d

Moseley, William G & Leslie C Gray (edited) HANGING BY A THREAD : COTTON, GLOBALIZATION, AND POVERTY IN AFRICA. Ohio University Press, 2008. 338.17351096 H239m

 

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. 

Barry, Brunonia     THE LACE READER.
William Morrow, 2008.

Bushnell, Candace    ONE FIFTH AVENUE.
Hyperion, 2008.

Denning, Troy     INVINCIBLE.
LucasBooks, 2008.

Gardner, John     NO HUMAN ENEMY.
Thomas Dunne Books, 2008.

George, Elizabeth     CARELESS IN RED.
Harper, 2008.

Gerritsen, Tess     THE KEEPSAKE.
Ballantine Books, 2008.

Keillor, Garrison     LIBERTY.
Viking, 2008.

Lindsey, Johanna     NO CHOICE BUT SEDUCTION.
Pocket Books, 2008.

Moning, Karen Marie     FAEFEVER.
Delacorte Press, 2008.

Niven, Larry     JUGGLER OF WORLDS.
Tor, 2008.

Palahniuk, Chuck     SNUFF.
Doubleday, 2008.

Rollins, James     THE LAST ORACLE.
William Morrow, 2008.

Roth, Philip     INDIGNATION.
Houghton Mifflin Co, 2008.

Sanford, John     HEAT LIGHTING.
G.P. Putnam, 2008.

Stephenson, Neal     ANATHEM.
William Morrow, 2008.

Wambaugh, Joseph     HOLLYWOOD CROWS.
Little Brown, 2008.

Weisberger, Lauren     CHASING HARRY WINSTON.
Simon & Schuster, 2008.

Wroblewski, David     THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE.
Ecco, 2008.


 

 

 

 

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: 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 #50 ARTIST TOYS

 
 
         
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