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March
2004
Nonfiction
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000
Generalities |
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None |
| 100 Philosophy and Psychology |
| 155.3 BAR |
The essential difference : the truth about the male and female brain |
Baron-Cohen, Simon |
The author presents scientific evidence to support his theory that the
male and female brains are different, with the male brain predominantly
wired for understanding and building systems, and the female for
empathy. |
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| 200
Religion |
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None |
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300
Social Sciences |
| 306 AME |
American values : opposing viewpoints |
Hurley, Jennifer ed. |
Contains over twenty essays that provide opposing viewpoints on issues
related to American values, debating what values America should uphold,
whether the country is in a moral decline, the extent of media
influence, and ways to improve American values. |
| 327.73 JOH |
Blowback : the costs and consequences of American empire |
Chalmers, J. |
Presents an account of how American policies around the world,
particularly in Asia, are creating financial crises and upstart drug
lords, planting the seeds of future political and economic disaster. |
| 364.15 GOU |
We wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with our families
: stories from Rwanda |
Gourevitch, P. |
In accounts as horrific as those of the Holocaust, we have the history
of the massacre of the minority Tutsis by the Hutu majority as ordered
by the Rwandan government. In just three months in 1994, 800,000 Tutsis
were slaughtered and it is the survivors who bring us these vivid
accounts of the atrocities that occurred. |
| 364.15 ONE |
And the dead shall rise : the murder of Mary Phagan |
Oney, Steve |
Presents an account of the case of Leo Frank, a Jewish man who moved to
Georgia in the early 1900s to run a pencil factory, discussing his trial
for the 1913 murder of a young teenage worker, the controversy over his
conviction, the governor's commutation of his death sentence, and his
lynching by a mob in 1915. |
| 373.18 NUW |
High school hazing : when rites become wrongs |
Nuwer, Hank |
Examines hazing and pledging activities in high school and college
groups and fraternities, and chronicles the history of hazing across the
United States. |
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400
Language |
| 421 BRO |
Listening to spoken English |
Brown, G. |
A linguistic text that describes how conversational English differs from
what the student learns in the English as a Second Language classroom. |
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500 Natural
Sciences & Mathematics |
| 510 LIP |
Schaum's outline of theory and problems of finite mathematics |
Lipschutz, Seymou |
A math handbook that covers a myriad of topics. See contents. |
| 599.75 KOB |
Forest cats of North America |
Kobalenko, Jerry |
A truly gorgeous book about the wild cats of North America with full
color photographs and detailed information on the lives of these
beautiful creatures. |
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600
Technology (Applied sciences) |
| 618.7 NUL |
The doctors' plague : germs, childbed fever, and the strange story of
Ignac Semmelweis |
Nuland, Sherwin |
Chronicles nineteenth-century Hungarian doctor Ignac Semmelweis's
discovery that physicians must wash their hands to prevent infection of
patients, and his losing struggle with the ingrained medical
establishment to make it change its practices. |
| 643 ELD |
The 106 common mistakes homebuyers make : (and how to avoid them) |
Eldred, G. |
Learn how to avoid the pitfalls of those who went before you when buying
a house. |
| 643 FER |
Build it right! : what to look for in your new home |
Ferguson, Myron |
When you remodel or build a house, you have what can seem like a million
options. Knobs, handles, or finger grooves in the kitchen cabinets?
Self-rimming sink or drop-in? Top vent fireplace or direct vent? Often
you're at the mercy of a contractor whose eye is on getting a bigger cut
of the eventual cost, so you can end up with the most expensive--and not
necessarily the best--choice. Myron Ferguson diagrams and describes the
options efficiently and helpfully, and straightforwardly states when and
why a certain choice is best. (Amazon) |
| 658.45 MAR |
Making your mark in business communications : be the best |
Mar, P.C. |
Some people communicate well and just seem born to fit into every
situation involving people. Others dread communicating in a room packed
with people, writing a memo, doing a presentation. Here in a compact
volume are some hints from a seasoned businessman on how to improve your
communications skills. Written by Po Chiu Mar from the ASIJ class of
1960. |
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700
Arts & Sports |
| 745.59 TAN |
Build your own inexpensive dollhouse with one sheet |
Tangerman, E.J |
Offers instructions for constructing a basic dollhouse, with design
options for the reader with no carpentry skills. |
| 796.42 GLO |
Competitive runner's handbook: the bestselling guide to running 5Ks
through marathons |
Glover, Bob |
Provides advice on training for running races of distances of five
kilometers and up, with workout schedules and a discussion of racing
techniques. |
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800
Literature & Rhetoric |
| 808.02 UEL |
If you want to write |
Ueland, B. |
This book so speaks to the contemporary writer that it is nearly
impossible to believe that it was originally published in 1938. In If
You Want to Write, Brenda Ueland sets forth not just a philosophy about
how to write or how to create, but also about how to live. Beginning
writers will certainly be encouraged by Ueland's words, but even the
most experienced have much to glean from Ueland's simple wisdom. Amazon |
| 808.3 BRO |
Self-editing for fiction writers |
Browne, R. |
Advice on how to compose a story from start to finish and turn it into a
best-selling book. |
| 812 ALB |
Ballad of the sad cafe (The) : Carson McCullers' novella adapted to the
stage |
McCullers, C. |
A gothic tale of a boy's journey toward manhood in a small southern
town. |
| 812 CAT |
Where have all the lightning bugs gone? : a play in one act |
Catron, Louise |
We watch as two young people fall in love by learning how to " touch as
people" and not as sexual beings. |
| 813.52 DRE |
Theodore Dreiser's An American tragedy |
Farrell T. (ed.) |
A collection of eight critical essays on Dreiser's novel, arranged in
chronological order of their original publication. |
| 822 FRA |
Copenhagen |
Frayn, Michael |
A play based on an actual meeting that took place between two
physicists, one of whom was involved in the development of the atomic
bomb for the Nazis. Their meeting changed the lives of the two men and
possibly history. No one will even know and the accounts of this
meeting by these two men are completely different when viewed in
perspective. Frayn's uses the scientific underpinnings of atomic
physics, from Schrödinger's famous cat to the Heisenberg uncertainty
principle, to explore how an individual's point of view renders attempts
to discover the ultimate truth of any human interaction fundamentally
impossible. |
| 823.914 COL |
The magical worlds of Harry Potter : a treasury of myths, legends, and
fascinating facts |
Colbert, David |
Looks to mythology, folklore, and literature to investigate the sources
of ideas for some of the images, characters, and themes found in J. K.
Rowling's stories of fledgling wizard Harry Potter. |
| 831 VON |
Tristan and Isolde |
Von Strassbourg, Gottfried |
Presents an English translation of Gottfied von Strassburg's medieval
romance of chivalry and adulterous love. |
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| 900
Geography & History |
| 907.2 ISL |
Islamic and european expansion: the forging of a global order |
Adas, Michael |
A collection of essays that shows history from not just the Western
view, but the view of the Muslim peoples who explored and expanded their
territories worldwide. |
| 914.6904 FRO |
Frommer's Portugal |
Porter, Darwin |
A travel guide for the country of Portugal. |
| 916.4804 KIN |
Skeletons on the Zahara : a true story of survival |
King, Dean |
Chronicles the 1815 ordeal of the captain and crew of the American cargo
ship "Commerce" after the brig wrecked off the northwest coast of
Africa. Members of the crew were sold into slavery and forced on a
torturous trek across the Sahara. |
| 954.96 ZUR |
Himalaya : life on the edge of the world |
Zurick, David |
Draws from geological records, scientific reports, official documents,
and field research and travel to examine the environmental and cultural
changes that have occurred throughout the Himalaya Mountains region over
the course of a century. |
| 973.924 STE |
1970s (cultural history of the United States through the decades)
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Stewart, Gail |
Discusses the political, economic, and cultural life of the United
States in the 1970s, including Vietnam, race relations, feminism, the
environment, fashion, music, television, and film. |
| 973.931 MOO |
Dude, where's my country |
Moore, Michael |
Michael Moore takes on President George W. Bush, corporate barons,
legislators, gun-nuts, and other men and women who seem to be destroying
the American Dream. |
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