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New Acquisitions -  Summer, 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.

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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

:Acocella, Alfonso STONE ARCHITECTURE : ANCIENT AND MODERN CONSTRUCTION SKILLS.
Skira, 2004. 721.0441 A185s

Anderson, Alex T THE PROBLEM OF THE HOUSE : FRENCH DOMESTIC LIFE AND THE RISE OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE. University of Washington Press, 2006. 728.0944 A545p

Anthony, Ethan THE ARCHITECTURE OF RALPH ADAMS CRAM AND HIS OFFICE. Norton, 2007.
720.92 C889a

Berkel, Ben van & Caroline Bos UNSTUDIO DESIGN MODELS ARCHITECTURE URBANISM
INFRASTRUCTURE. Rizzoli, 2006. 720.922 U54b

Brown, David P NOISE ORDERS : JAZZ, IMPROVISATION, AND ARCHITECTURE. University of Minnesota Press,
2006. 781.65117 B877n

Canizaro, Vincent B ARCHITECTURAL REGIONALISM : COLLECTED WRITINGS ON PLACE, IDENTITY,
MODERNITY, AND TRADITION. Princeton Architectural Press, 2007. 724.6 A673c

Glazer, Nathan FROM A CAUSE TO A STYLE : MODERNIST ARCHITECTURE’S ENCOUNTER
WITH THE AMERICAN CITY. Princeton University Press, 2007. 720.9730904 G553f

Goy, Richard J BUILDING RENAISSANCE VENICE : PATRONS, ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS 1430-1500.
Yale University Press, 2006. 720.94531 G724b

Hess, Alan FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT PRAIRIE HOUSES. Rizzoli, 2006. 728.37092 W949he

Holl, Steven STEVEN HOLL : ARCHITECTURE SPOKEN. Rizzoli, 2007. 720.92 H733as

HUGH NEWELL JACOBSEN ARCHITECT : WORKS FROM 1993 TO 2006. Rizzoli, 2007. 720.92 J175h

INSTABILITY. Princeton Architectural Press, 2007. 720.79 Y68a 2005-2006

Kilde, Jeanne Halgren WHEN CHURCH BECAME THEATRE : THE TRANSFORMATION OF EVANGELICAL ARCHITECTURE AND WORSHIP IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICA. Oxford University Press, 2002.
726.50973 K48w

Kohler, Sue & Pamela Scott (editors) DESIGNING THE NATION’S CAPITAL : THE 1901 PLAN FOR
WASHINGTON, DC. US Commission of Fine Arts, 2006. 711.409753 D457k

Knoblock, Philip G A TREASURY OF FINE CONSTRUCTION DESIGN.
Astragal Press, 1995 (1923 & 1925). 721.022 K72t

Krause, Jan R FIBRE CEMENT – TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN. Birkhauser, 2007. 721.04454 K91f

Julbez, Jose M Buendia THE LIFE AND WORK OF LUIS BARRAGAN. Rizzoli, 1997. 720.92 B268bu

Meier, Richard RICHARD MEIER MUSEUMS 1973/2006. Rizzoli, 2006. 727.7092 M511r

Nadarajah, M & Ann Tomoko Yamamoto (edited) URBAN CRISIS : CULTURE AND THE SUSTAINABILITY
OF CITIES. United Nations University Press, 2007. 307.1416 U72n

Olsberg, Nicholas & Ricardo L Castro ARTHUR ERICKSON CRITICAL WORKS. University Washington Press, 2006.
720.92 E68o

Richardson, Phyllis XS SMALL STRUCTURES GREEN ARCHITECTURE. Universe, 2007. 720.47 R524x

Ryan, Zoe & Jonathan Cohen-Litant (editors) CONEY ISLAND : THE PARACHUTE PAVILION
COMPETITION. Princeton Architectural Press, 2007. 725.827 C747r

Saunders, William S (editor) JUDGING ARCHITECTURAL VALUE. University of Minnesota Press, 2007. 720.1 J92s

Seybert, Thomas A STORM WATER MANAGEMENT FOR LAND DEVELOPMENT. John Wiley, 2006. 628.2 S519s

Soule, David C URBAN SPRAWL : A COMPREHENSIVE REFERENCE GUIDE. Greenwood Press, 2006.
307.760973 U72s

Tzonis, Alexander SANTIAGO CALATRAVA : THE ATHENS OLYMPICS. Rizzoli, 2005. 725.827092 C143t

Watson, Georgia Butina & Ian Bentley IDENTITY BY DESIGN. Elsevier, 2007. 307.1216 W338i

Weaving, Andrew SARASOTA MODERN. Rizzoli, 2006. 728.3709759 W363s

Weinstein, Dave SIGNATURE ARCHITECTS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA. Gibbs Smith, 2006.
728.37097946 W424s

Wilson, Donald A INTERPRETING LAND RECORDS. John Wiley & Sons, 2006. 526.9 W747i

YAD VASHEM : MOSHE SAFDIE – THE ARCHITECTURE OF MEMORY. Lars Muller, 2006.
725.9409569 Y12s

 

BUSINESS

Capparell, Stephanie THE REAL PEPSI CHALLENGE : THE INSPIRATIONAL STORY OF
BREAKING THE COLOR BARRIER IN AMERICAN BUSINESS. Wall Street Journal Books, 2007.
338.766362 C247r

ECONOMIC REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT : TRANSMITTED TO THE CONGRESS FEBRUARY 2007.
Washington, 2007. 330.973 U5872e 2007

Esty, Daniel & Andrew S Winston GREEN TO GOLD : HOW SMART COMPANIES USE ENVIRONMENTAL
STRATEGY TO INNOVATE, CREATE VALUE, AND BUILD COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE. Yale University Press,
2006. 658.4083 E82g

Holtz, Shel & Ted Demopoulos BLOGGING FOR BUSINESS. Kaplan, 2006. 658.054678 H758b

Jha, Raghbendra & K V Bhanu Murthy ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY : A CONSUMPTION APPROACH.
Routledge, 2006. 338.927 J59e

McDougall, John N DRIFTING TOGETHER : THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF CANADA-US
INTEGRATION. Broadview Press, 2006. 337.71073 M137d

Taylor, William C & Polly LaBarre MAVERICKS AT WORK : WHY THE MOST ORIGINAL MINDS IN
BUSINESS WIN. William Morrow, 2006. 658.409 T247m

Waligorski, Conrad P JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH : THE ECONOMIST AS POLITICAL THEORIST.
Rowman & Littlefield, 2006. 330.092 W176j

 

DESIGN

Barnet, Peter & Pete Dandbridge (edited) LIONS, DRAGONS, & OTHER BEASTS : AQUAMANILIA
OF THE MIDDLE AGES, VESSELS FOR CHURCH AND TABLE. Yale University Press, 2006. 739.512 L763b

Fraser, Marcus & Will Kwiatkowski INK AND GOLD : ISLAMIC CALLIGRAPHY. Museum fur Islamische Kunst,
2006. 745.619927 F842i

Guidot, Raymond INDUSTRIAL DESIGN TECHNIQUES AND MATERIALS. Flammarion, 2006. 745.2 I42g

Hagiwara, Shu ORIGINS : THE CREATIVE SPARK BEHIND JAPAN’S BEST PRODUCT DESIGNS.
Kodansha International, 2006. 745.20952 H145o

Jaen, Rafael DEVELOPING AND MAINTAINING A DESIGN-TECH PORTFOLIO : A GUIDE FOR
THEATRE, FILM, AND TV. Elsevier, 2006. 792.025023 J43d

Leimgruber, Walter (essay by) TAKE AWAY : DESIGN FOR EATING ON THE MOVE. Avedition, 2006.
688.9 T136L

Martin, Geoffrey Thorndike STELAE FROM EGYPT AND NUBIA IN THE FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM,
CAMBRIDGE, BC. 3000  BC-AD 1150. Cambridge University Press, 2005. 932.011 M381s

Morgan, Conway Lloyd STARCK. Universe Publishing, 1999. 745.2092 S795m

Sicuri, Enza (editor) IMPERIAL SAINT PETERSBURG FROM PETER THE GREAT TO CATHERINE II.
Skira, 2004. 709.4721 I34m

Tilley, Christopher & Webb Keane & Susanne Kuchler & Michael Rowlands & Patricia Spyer (edited)
HANDBOOK OF MATERIAL CULTURE. Sage, 2006. 306.46 H236t

Urquiola, Patricia (edited) THE INTERNATIONAL DESIGN YEARBOOK 21. Abbeville Press, 2007.
745.4442 I6li
 

FASHION

Apsan, Rebecca THE LINGERIE HANDBOOK. Workman Pub, 2006. 391.42 A654L

Baker, Patricia FASHIONS OF A DECADE : THE 1940S. Chelsea House, 2007. 391.009044 B168fa

Baker, Patricia FASHIONS OF A DECADE : THE 1950S. Chelsea House, 2007. 391.009045 B168f

Carnegy, Vicky FASHIONS OF A DECADE : THE 1980S. Chelsea House, 2007. 391.009048 C289fa

Connikie, Yvonne FASHIONS OF A DECADE : THE 1960S. Chelsea House, 2007. 391.009046 C752fa

Costantino, Maria FASHIONS OF A DECADE : THE 1930S. Chelsea House, 2007. 391.009043 C838fa

Herald, Jacqueline FASHIONS OF A DECADE : THE 1920S. Chelsea House, 2007. 391.009042 H531fa

Herald, Jacqueline FASHIONS OF A DECADE : THE 1970S. Chelsea House, 2007. 391.009047 H531fa

Koda, Harold & Andrew Bolton POIRET. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2007. 746.92 P753k

McEvoy, Anne FASHIONS OF A DECADE : THE 1990S. Chelsea House, 2007. 391.009049 M141f

Phillips, Clare (editor) BEJEWELED BY TIFFANY : 1837-1987. Yale University Press, 2006. 739.2709747 B423p

Rasche, Adelheid (edited by) COATS! MAX MARA, 55 YEARS OF ITALIAN FASHION. Skira, 2006. 742.920922 M463c

Walker, Myra BALENCIAGA AND HIS LEGACY : HAUTE COUTURE FROM THE TEXAS FASHION
COLLECTION. Yale University Press, 2006. 746.92092 B175w

 

FINE ART

Agee, William C & Susan C Faxon COMING OF AGE : AMERICAN ART, 1850S TO 1950S.
Yale University Press, 2006. 709.7309034 A265f

Ault, Julie (edited) FELIX BONSALEZ-TORRES. Steidl Publishers, 2006. 709.2 G643f

Bowron, Edgar Peters & Carolyn Rose Rebbert & Robert Rosenblum & William Secord BEST IN SHOW :
THE DOG IN ART FROM THE RENAISSANCE TO TODAY. Yale University Press, 2006. 704.9432 B561b

Cavallaro, Dani THE CINEMA OF MAMORU OSHII : FANTASY, TECHNOLOGY AND POLITICS.
McFarland, 2006. 791.4334092 C377c

CLAES OLDENBURG COOSJE VAN BRUGGEN : SCULPTURE BY THE WAY. Skira, 2007. 730.922 C583o

Huener, Jonathan & Francis R Nicosia (edited) THE ARTS IN NAZI GERMANY. Berghahn Books, 2006.
700.943 A792h

Hyde, Melissa & Mark Ledbury (edited) RETHINKING BOUCHER. Getty Research Institute, 2006.
759.4 B753r

LEMPICKA. Flammarion, 2006. 759.13 L561m

Meigh-Andrews, Chris A HISTORY OF VIDEO ART : THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORM AND
FUNCTION. Berg, 2006. 778.5909 M512h

Muir, Robin THE WORLD’S MOST PHOTOGRAPHED. National Portrait Gallery, 2005. 779.2 M953w

Nichols, Clive THE ART OF FLOWER & GARDEN PHOTOGRAPHY. Argentum, 2007. 778.934 N617a

Richardson, Carol M & Kim W Woods & Michael W Franklin RENAISSANCE ART RECONSIDERED :
AN ANTHOLOGY OF PRIMARY SOURCES. Blackwell Pub, 2007. 709.024 R394r

Robertson, Eric ARP : PAINTER, POET, SCULPTOR. Yale University Press, 2006. 700.92 A772r

Scott, Amy (edited) ART OF AN AMERICAN ICON : YOSEMITE. University of California Press, 2006.
709.79447 Y65s

Slowik, Theresa J AMERICA’S ART : SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM. Abrams, 2006.
708.153 S664a

Smith, Constance ART MARKETING 101. Art Network, 2007, 3rd edition. 706.8 S644a3

Stacey, Robyn & Ashley Hay HERBARIUM. Cambridge University Press, 2004. 580.740994 S775h


HISTORY

Bernstein, R B THOMAS JEFFERSON. Oxford University Press, 2003. 973.46092 B531t

Dallek, Robert LYNDON B JOHNSON : PORTRAIT OF A PRESIDENT. Oxford University Press, 2004.
973.923092 D146L

Fischer, David Hackett WASHINGTON’S CROSSING. Oxford University Press, 2004. 973.332 F529w

Greenhalgh, Elizabeth VICTORY THROUGH COALITION : BRITAIN AND FRANCE DURING THE
FIRST WORLD WAR. Cambridge University Press, 2005. 940.332 G813v

Harper, Steven Craig PROMISE LAND : PENN’S HOLY EXPERIMENT, THE WALKING PURCHASE,
AND THE DISPOSSESSION OF DELAWARES, 1600-1763. Lehigh University Press, 2006. 974.802 H295p

Hine, Darlene Clark (editor in chief) BLACK WOMEN IN AMERICA. Oxford University Press, 2005, 3 volumes.
R305.48896073 B632h2

Ichioka, Yuji BEFORE INTERNMENT : ESSAYS IN PREWAR JAPANESE AMERICAN HISTORY.
Stanford University Press, 2006. 973.04956 I16b

Kirschke, James J GOUVERNEUR MORRIS : AUTHOR, STATESMAN, AND MAN OF THE WORLD.
Thomas Dunne, 2005. 973.4092 K61g

Lenski, Noel THE AGE OF CONSTANTINE. Cambridge University Press, 2006. 937.08092 C178L

Luu, Lien Bich IMMIGRANTS AND THE INDUSTRIES OF LONDON, 1500-1700. Ashgate, 2005.
331.6209421 L975i

McGovern, Charles F SOLD AMERICAN : CONSUMPTION AND CITIZENSHIP, 1890-1945.
University of North Carolina Press, 2006. 339.470973 M146s

Mitchell, Dalia Tsuk ARCHITECT OF JUSTICE : FELIX S COHEN AND THE FOUNDING OF
AMERICAN LEGAL PLURALISM. Cornell University Press, 2007. 340.092 T882a

Munton, Don & David A Welch THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS : A CONCISE HISTORY. Oxford University Press,
2007. 973.922 M971c

Powell, Douglas Reichert CRITICAL REGIONALISM : CONNECTING POLITICS AND CULTURE IN
THE AMERICAN LANDSCAPE. University of North Carolina Press, 2007. 911.75 R351c

Raeburn, John A STAGGERING REVOLUTION : A CULTURAL HISTORY OF THIRTIES
PHOTOGRAPHY. University of Illinois Press, 2006. 770.973 R134a

Rapport, Michael NINETEENTH-CENTURY EUROPE. Palgrave, 2005. 940.28 R221n

Snodgrass, Anthony ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE EMERGENCE OF GREECE. Cornell University Press,
2006. 938.01 S673a

Sparks, Edith CAPITAL INTENTIONS : FEMALE PROPRIETORS IN SAN FRANCISCO,
1850-1920. University of North Carolina Press, 2006. 338.04082 S736c

Teel, Leonard Ray THE PUBLIC PRESS, 1900-1945 : THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN JOURNALISM.
Praeger, 2006. 071.30904 T258p

Vandewalle, Dirk A HISTORY OF MODERN LIBYA. Cambridge University Press, 2006. 961.2042 V244h


HUMANITIES

Bevington, David HOW TO READ A SHAKESPEARE PLAY . Blackwell, 2006. 822.33 B571h

Curry, Patrick ECOLOGICAL ETHICS : AN INTRODUCTION. Polity, 2006. 179.1 C976e

Greeley, Andrew & Michael Hout THE TRUTH ABOUT CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIANS.
University of Chicago Press, 2006. 277.3083 G794t

Head, Dominic (edited) THE CAMBRIDGE GUIDE TO LITERATURE IN ENGLISH.
Cambridge University Press, 2006. R820.9 C178h3

King, Andrew & John Plunkett (edited) VICTORIAN PRINT MEDIA : A READER.
Oxford University Press, 2005. 070.17094 V645k

McCalla, Arthur THE CREATIONIST DEBATE : THE ENCOUNTER BETWEEN THE BIBLE AND
THE HISTORICAL MIND. Continuum, 2006. 231.7652 M122c

Orend, Brian THE MORALITY OF WAR. Broadview Press, 2006. 172.42 O66m

Powell, Jason JACQUES DERRIDA : A BIOGRAPHY. Continuum, 2006. 194 P884j

Shaw, Miranda BUDDHIST GODDESSES OF INDIA. Princeton University Press, 2006. 294.342114 S535b

Witham, Larry A WHERE DARWIN MEETS THE BIBLE : CREATIONISTS AND EVOLUTIONISTS
IN AMERICA. Oxford University Press, 2002. 231.7652 W822w


INTERIORS

ASIA PACIFIC INTERIOR DESIGN AWARDS, VOL.1 & VOL. II. Metto International, 2005.
729.095 A832a

Currie, Elizabeth INSIDE THE RENAISSANCE HOUSE. V&A Publication, 2006. 747.25 C976i

Lewin, Susan Grant (editor) FORMICA & DESIGN : FROM THE COUNTER TOP TO HIGH ART.
Rizzoli, 2006. 745.2 F725L
 

MEDICINE

Ikiugu, Moses N PSYCHOSOCIAL CONCEPTUAL PRACTICE MODELS IN
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY. Mosby, 2007. 616.89165 I26p

Oshinsky, David M POLIO : AN AMERICAN STORY. Oxford University Press, 2005. 616.835 O82p

Stevens, Rosemary A & Charles E Rosenberg & Lawton R Burns HISTORY AND HEALTH POLICY
IN THE UNITED STATES : PUTTING THE PAST BACK IN. Rutgers University Press, 2006. 362.10973 H673s
 

PSYCHOLOGY

Baum, J Robert & Michael Frese & Robert A Baron (edited) THE PSYCHOLOGY OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP.
Lawrence Erlbaum, 2007. 338.04019 P974b

Cherki, Alice FRANTZ FANON : A PORTRAIT. Cornell University Press, 2006. 965.046092 C521f

Kaufman, James C & Robert J Sternberg (edited by) THE INTERNATIONAL HANDBOOK OF CREATIVITY. Cambridge University Press, 2006. 153.35 I61k

Stark, Evan COERCIVE CONTROL : THE ENTRAPMENT OF WOMEN IN PERSONAL LIFE. Oxford University Press,
2007. 362.8292 S795c


SCIENCE

Baldassarre, Guy A & Eric G Bolen WATERFOWL ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT. Krieger Publishing, 2006.
639.97841 B175w2

Bush, Mark B & John R Flenley TROPICAL RAINFOREST RESPONSES TO CLIMATIC CHANGE. Springer, 2007.
577.34276 T856b

Forbes, Peter THE GECKO’S FOOT : BIO-INSPIRATION : ENGINEERING NEW MATERIALS FROM NATURE.
Norton, 2005. 600 F694g

Hoyle, Rebecca B PATTERN FORMATION : AN INTRODUCTION TO METHODS. Cambridge University Press, 2006.
501.175 H868p

Lawrence, Anna & William Hawthorne PLANT IDENTIFICATION : CREATING USER-FRIENDLY FIELD
GUIDES FOR BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT. Earthscan, 2006. 580.7 L419p

Newman, William R ATOMS AND ALCHEMY : CHEMISTRY AND THE EXPERIMENTAL ORIGINS
OF THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION. University of Chicago Press, 2006. 509 N556a

Robbin, Tony SHADOWS OF REALITY : THE FOURTH DIMENSION IN RELATIVITY, CUBISM, AND
MODERN THOUGHT. Yale University Press, 2006. 530.11 R631s

Rosei, Federico & Tudor Johnston SURVIVAL SKILLS FOR SCIENTISTS. Imperial College Press, 2006.
502.3 R799s

Williamson, Mark SPACE : THE FRAGILE FRONTIER. AIAA, 2006. 629.40286 W731s

 

SOCIAL SCIENCE

Alexander, Jeffrey & Bernhard Giesen & Jason L Mast (edited) SOCIAL PERFORMANCE : SYMBOLIC ACTION,
CULTURAL PRAGMATICS, AND RITUAL. Cambridge University Press, 2006. 306.01 S678a

Anderson, Terry H THE PURSUIT OF FAIRNESS : A HISTORY OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION.
Oxford University Press, 2004. 331.133 A551p

Barry, John ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIAL THEORY. Routledge, 2007. 304.2 B279e2

Becker, Patricia C (edited) SOCIAL CHANGE IN AMERICA : THE HISTORICAL HANDBOOK 2006. Bernan Press,
2006. R306.0973 S678b

Bloemraad, Irene BECOMING A CITIZEN : INCORPORATING IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES
IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. University of California Press, 2006. 363.623 B652b

Bradley, Ian BELIEVING IN BRITAIN : THE SPIRITUAL IDENTITY OF ‘BRITISHNESS’. Tauris, 2007.
246.0941 B811b

Campbell, David E WHY WE VOTE : HOW SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES SHAPE OUR CIVIC LIFE.
Princeton University Press, 2006. 323.042 C187w

Chirot, Daniel & Clark McCauley WHY NOT KILL THEM ALL? THE LOGIC AND PREVENTION OF
MASS POLITICAL MURDER. Princeton University Press, 2006. 364.151 C541w

Cohoon, Lorinda B SERIALIZED CITIZENSHIPS : PERIODICALS, BOOKS, AND AMERICAN BOYS, 1840-1911.
Scarecrow Press, 2006. 051.083 C678s

Collins, Patricia Hill FROM BLACK POWER TO HIP HOP : RACISM, NATIONALISM, AND FEMINISM.
Temple University Press, 2006. 305.896073 H645f

Eisenman, Stephen F THE ABU GHRAIB EFFECT. Reaktion Books, 2007. 704.94936564 E36a

Fardon, Richard LELA IN BALI : HISTORY THROUGH CEREMONY IN CAMEROON. Berghahn Books, 2006.
305.89636 F221L

Greenberg, Cheryl Lynn TROUBLING THE WATERS : BLACK-JEWISH RELATIONS IN THE AMERICAN CENTURY. Princeton University Press, 2006. 973.0496073 G798t

Grendler, Paul F THE EUROPEAN RENAISSANCE IN AMERICAN LIFE. Praeger, 2006. 303.4827304 G826e

Heuman, Gad THE CARIBBEAN. Hodder Arnold, 2006. 972.9 H593c

Hutzley, Jonathan (edited) UNMASKING TERROR : A GLOBAL REVIEW OF TERRORIST ACTIVITIES.
Jamestown Foundation, 2007. 363.32 U58j

Iyob, Ruth & Gilbert M Khadiagala SUDAN : THE ELUSIVE QUEST FOR PEACE. Lynne Rienner, 2006. 962.404 I97s

Kelley, Mary LEARNING TO STAND AND SPEAK : WOMEN, EDUCATION, AND PUBLIC LIFE IN AMERICA’S REPUBLIC. University of North Carolina Press, 2006. 305.40973 K29L

Kim, Samuel S THE TWO KOREAS AND THE GREAT POWERS. Cambridge University Press, 2006. 327.519 K49t

Lombroso, Cesare CRIMINAL MAN. Duke University Press, 2006. 364.3 L844c

Martin, Philip & Michael Fix & J Edward Taylor THE NEW RURAL POVERTY : AGRICULTURE &
IMMIGRATION IN CALIFORNIA. Urban Institute Press, 2006. 331.5440973 M382n

McKiernan, Kevin THE KURDS : A PEOPLE IN SEARCH OF THEIR HOMELAND. St. Martin’s, 2006.
956.0049159 M125k

Millner, Caille THE GOLDEN ROAD : NOTES ON MY GENTRIFICATION. Penguin Press, 2007. 305.896073 M655g

Norgren, Jill & Serena Nanda AMERICAN CULTURAL PLURALISM AND LAW. Praeger, 2006. 342.73087 N839a3

Parkin, Katherine J FOOD IS LOVE : FOOD ADVERTISING AND GENDER ROLES IN MODERN AMERICA.
University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006. 659.19664 P247f

Poole, Steven UNSPEAK : HOW WORDS BECOME WEAPONS, HOW WEAPONS BECOME A
MESSAGE, AND
HOW THAT MESSAGE BECOMES REALITY. Grove Press, 2006. 306.44 P822u

PRIVATE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
Urban Institute Press, 2005. 320.8 N429p

Robertson, Lindsay G CONQUEST BY LAW : HOW THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA DISPOSSESSED
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THEIR LANDS. Oxford University Press, 2005. 346.730432 R651c

Rondilla, Joanne L & Paul Spickard IS LIGHTER BETTER? SKIN-TONE DISCRIMINATION AMONG
ASIAN AMERICANS. Rowman & Littlefield, 2007. 305.895073 R771i

Zaretsky, Natasha NO DIRECTIONS HOME : THE AMERICAN FAMILY AND THE FEAR OF
NATIONAL DECLINE,  1968 – 1980. University of North Carolina Press, 2007. 306.850973 Z36n


TEXTILES

Arnett, Paul & Joanne Cubbs & Eugene W Metcalf Jr. (edited) GEE’S BEND : THE ARCHITECTURE
OF THE QUILT.  Tinwood Books, 2006. 746.4609761 G298a

Carey, Jacqui 200 BRAIDS TO TWIST, KNOT, LOOP, OR WEAVE. Interweave Press, 2007. 746.41 C274t

Miraftab, M & A R Horrocks (edited) ECOTEXTILES : THE WAY FORWARD FOR SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT  IN TEXTILES. Woodhead Publishing, 2007. 677.00286 E19h

Schoeser, Mary SILK. Yale University Press, 2007. 746.043909 S367s

Thompson, Angela TEXTILES OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA. Crowood Press, 2006. 746.09728 T468t

Wulfhorst, Burkhard & Thomas Gries & Dieter Veit TEXTILE TECHNOLOGY. Hanser, 2006. 677 W962t

 

Recreational Reading 

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Anderson, Kurt     HEYDAY.
Random House,  2007.

Archer, Jeffrey      CAT O'NINE TALES.
St. Martin's, 2007.

Auchincloss, Louis     THE HEADMASTER'S DILEMMA.
Houghton Mifflin, 2007.

Burke, James Lee     THE TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN.
Simon & Schuster, 2007.

Chabon, Michael      THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION.
HarperCollins, 2007.

Cook, Robin      CRITICAL.
Putnam's Sons, 2007.

Coulter, Catherine      DOUBLE TAKE.
Putnam's Sons, 2007.

Cussler, Clive     THE NAVIGATOR.
Putnam's Sons, 2007.

Ellis, David     EYE OF THE BEHOLDER.
Putnam's Sons, 2007.

Evanovich, Janet      LEAN  MEAN THIRTEEN.
St. Martin's Press, 2007.

Gibson, William      SPOOK COUNTRY.
Putnam's Sons, 2007.

Hamilton, Laurell K     ANITA BLAKE, VAMPIRE HUNTER. GUILTY PLEASURES.
Marvel, 2007.

Hamilton, Laurell K      THE HARLEQUIN.
Berkley, 2007.

Howard, Linda     UP CLOSE AND DANGEROUS.
Ballantine Books, 2007.

Jackson, Lisa      ABSOLUTE FEAR.
Kennsington, 2007.

Kellerman, Faye     THE BURNT HOUSE.
William Morris, 2007.

Khoury, Raymond     THE SANCTURAY.
Dutton, 2007.

Kleypas, Lisa      SUGAR DADDY.   
St. Martin's Press,  2007.

Offley, Edward      SCORPION DOWN.
Basic Books, 2007.

Patterson, James      THE QUICKIE.
Little, Brown, 2007

Parker, Robert B    SPARE CHANGE.
Putnam's Sons, 2007.

Pearson, Ridley     KILLER WEEKEND.
Putnam's Sons, 2007.

Preston, Douglas     THE WHEEL OF DARKNESS.
Warner Books, 2007.

Reichs, Kathy      BONES TO ASHES.
Scribner, 2007.

Roberts, Nora      HIGH NOON.
Putnam's Sons, 2007.

Rowling, J K      HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS.
Arthur Levine, 2007.

Scahill, Jeremy     BLACKWATER.
Publishers Group West, 2007.

Smith, Martin Cruz      STALIN'S GHOST.
Simon & Schuster, 2007

Turtledove, Harry     SETTLING ACCOUNTS.
Ballantine Books, 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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