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New Materials in Support of the Art Curriculum

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	The cat in art Zuffi, Stefano, 1961- 704.94 Z94CA Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Museum : behind the scenes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Danziger, Danny. 708.14 D22MU A unique oral portrait of the Met, drawing on interviews with everyone from the director to the security guards The Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the greatest museums in the world. It is an enormous place that takes up five city blocks and has more than two million square feet of space, filled with treasures everywhere the eye can see. There are exquisite vases, jewelry, tapestry, baseball cards, Egyptian mummies, sculptures, and furniture, and many of the most famous and recognized paintings in the world, from Van Gogh to Rembrandt, Monet, and El Greco. But this famous institution, which attracts four million visitors a year, is not just about objects. This is a place that is supported and maintained by people, which is what this wonderful book celebrates. In the fifty-two interviews in Museum, we meet some of the people who have given their lives to making the Met the success that it is. We are introduced to curators with endless knowledge who look after the collections; as well as cleaners; florists; police and security staff who maintain and secure the building; plus the philanthropists and millionaires who donate their money for new and wonderful art works, including well-known people like Henry Kravis and Annette de la Renta. Danziger has a rare touch for getting just the right detail, and these interviews are informative, moving, and compulsively readable. Oral history at its best, Museum will appeal not only to the millions who visit the Met every year, but also to anyone with an interest in museums and art.-- publisher. Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	The power of art Schama, Simon. 709 SCH15P Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Building Victorian Boston : the architecture of Gridley J.F. Bryant Reed, Roger G., 1950- 720.92 B74BU Much of Boston's rich heritage of Victorian buildings dates from the mid-nineteenth century when Gridley James Fox Bryant (1816-1899) dominated the profession of architecture in the city. At that time, Boston was undergoing a transformation from a quaint post-colonial town to a rapidly expanding Victorian metropolis. Bryant led this transformation, providing an important link between the earlier architecture of Charles Bulfinch and Alexander Parris and the later work of such practitioners as H. H. Richardson and Peabody & Stearns. In Building Victorian Boston, Roger Reed focuses on representative projects by Bryant, presenting them in a chronological narrative that both illuminates the trajectory of his career and creates a portrait of the profession of architecture during a defining period of New England history. Bryant designed more major buildings in Boston from 1840 to 1880 than any other architect. He also undertook commissions throughout New England, especially in towns linked to Boston by newly constructed railroad lines. In many ways, his practice presaged aspects of modern architectural firms. His ability to work with a variety of designers, his expertise in construction management, and his exceptional talent for self-promotion all contributed to his success. Although by the time of his death his work was no longer fashionable, newspaper accounts noted the passing of the "Famed Bostonian" and "Great Builder" whose career had had such a dramatic impact on the face of the city. For this volume, Reed has tracked down hundreds of Bryant's drawings as well as specifications, letters, newspaper articles, published renderings, and historical photographs. These materials are amply represented in this book, the definitive study of a quintessential Victorian architect. Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Walt Disney : the triumph of the American imagination Gabler, Neal. 741.5 D63G From Neal Gabler, the definitive portrait of one of the most important figures in twentieth-century American entertainment and cultural history. Seven years in the making and meticulously researched--Gabler is the first writer to be given complete access to the Disney archives--this is the full story of a man whose work left an ineradicable brand on our culture but whose life has largely been enshrouded in myth. Gabler shows us the young Walt Disney breaking free of a heartland childhood of discipline and deprivation and making his way to Hollywood. We see the visionary, whose desire for escape honed an innate sense of what people wanted to see on the screen and, when combined with iron determination and obsessive perfectionism, led him to the reinvention of animation. It was Disney, first with Mickey Mouse and then with his feature films--most notably Snow White, Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo, and Bambi--who transformed animation from a novelty based on movement to an art form that presented an illusion of life. We see him reimagine the amusement park with Disneyland, prompting critics to coin the word Disneyfication to describe the process by which reality can be modified to fit one's personal desires. At the same time, he provided a new way to connect with American history through his live-action films and purveyed a view of the country so coherent that even today one can speak meaningfully of "Walt Disney's America." We see how the True-Life Adventure nature documentaries he produced helped create the environmental movement by sensitizing the general public to issues of conservation. And we see how he reshaped the entertainment industry by building a synergistic empire that combined film, television, theme parks, music, book publishing, and merchandise in a way that was unprecedented and was later widely imitated. Gabler also reveals a wounded, lonely, and often disappointed man, who, despite worldwide success, was plagued with financial problems much of his life, suffered a nervous breakdown, and at times retreated into pitiable seclusion in his workshop making model trains. Gabler explores accusations that Disney was a red- baiter, an anti-Semite, an embittered alcoholic. But whatever the characterizations of Disney's personal life, he appealed to the nation by demonstrating the power of wish fulfillment and the triumph of the American imagination. Walt Disney showed how one could impose one's will on the world. This is a masterly biography, a revelation of both the work and the man--of both the remarkable accomplishment and the hidden life.--publisher. Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	The Chinese calligraphy bible : the essential illustrated guide to over 300 beautiful characters Ho, Yat-Ming Cathy. 745.6 H62CH Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Georgia O'Keeffe Museum collections Lynes, Barbara Buhler, 1942- 759.1 OK2L Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Inside the photograph : writings on twentieth-century photography Bunnell, Peter C. 770.9 B86IN Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Bare witness : photographs Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006. 770.92 P23BA Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Walker Evans : lyric documentary Evans, Walker, 1903-1975. 779.092 EV16LY Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title

New Materials in Support of the Athletics Curriculum

	Can I keep my jersey? : 11 teams, 5 countries, and 4 years in my life as a basketball vagabond Shirley, Paul, 1977- 796.323 SH44CA Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	The real all Americans : the team that changed a game, a people, a nation Jenkins, Sally. 796.332 J45RE Journalist/author Jenkins revives a forgotten piece of history and craftsan inspirational story about a Native American football team that is as much about football as Lance Armstrong's book was about a bike. If you guessed that Yale or Harvard ruled the college gridiron in 1911 and 1912, you'd be wrong. The most popular team belonged to an institution called the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. Its story begins with Lt. Col. Richard Henry Pratt, a fierce abolitionist who believed that Native Americans deserved a place in American society. In 1879, Pratt made a dangerous journey to the Dakota Territory to recruit Carlisle's first students. Years later, three students approached Pratt with the notion of forming a football team. Pratt liked the idea, and in less than twenty years the Carlisle football team was defeating their Ivy League opponents and in the process changing the way the game was played.--From publisher description. Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Charging the net : a history of Blacks in tennis from Althea Gibson and Arthur Ashe to the Williams sisters Harris, Cecil, 1960- 796.342 H37CH Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Nazi games : the Olympics of 1936 Large, David Clay. 796.48 L34NA Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title

New Materials in Support of the Economics Curriculum

	More sex is safer sex : the unconventional wisdom of economics Landsburg, Steven E., 1954- 330 L37MO Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	The Chicago School : how the University of Chicago assembled the thinkers who revolutionized economics and business Overtveldt, Johan van. 330.15 OV35CH "In-depth history of the Chicago School of Economics, from its beginningsat the University of Chicago to its global impact on business and economics"-- Provided by publisher. Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Trade unions and the state : the construction of industrial relations institutions in Britain, 1890-2000 Howell, Chris, 1962- 331.09 H62T Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	"If the workers took a notion" : the right to strike and American political development Lambert, Josiah Bartlett, 1954- 331.8 L22IF Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Race and labor matters in the new U.S. economy 331.8 R22M Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Cesar Chavez and la causa La Botz, Dan. 331.88 L12CE Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	The Bread and Roses strike of 1912 Baker, Julie, 1967- 331.89 B23BR Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Global imbalances and the lessons of Bretton Woods Eichengreen, Barry J. 332.04 EI29G Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	International monetary power 332.04 IN74 Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	The markets and the media : business news and stock market movements Schuster, Thomas, 1965- 332.63 SCH92M Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Pop! : why bubbles are great for the economy Gross, Daniel, 1966- 332.9 G79PO In this entertaining and fast paced book--you'll laugh as much as you cry--Daniel Gross convincingly argues that every bubble has a golden lining. From the 19th century mania for the telegraph to the current craze in alternative energy, from railroads to real estate, Gross takes us on a whirlwind tour of reckless investors and pie-in-the-sky promoters, detailing the mania they created, but also the lasting good they left behind. In one of the great ironies of history, Gross shows how bubbles once generally seen as disastrous have actually helped build the commercial infrastructures that have jump-started American growth. If there is a secret to the perennial resilience and exuberance of the American economy, Gross may just have found it in our peculiar capacity to blow financial bubbles--and successfully clean up the mess. Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Comrades! : a history of world communism Service, Robert, 1947- 335.4 SE75CO Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	China's rise and the balance of influence in Asia 337.51 C44H Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Monetary policy and price stability Labonte, Marc. 339.5 L33MO Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title

New Materials in Support of the English Curriculum

	UPI style book & guide to newswriting REF 808 C83UP Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	UPI style book & guide to newswriting REF 808 C83UP Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Influencing through argument Huber, Robert B. 808 H92IN Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	8 X 8 Eight School Association. 810.8 EI43 Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	American speeches 815 AM34 Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	American speeches 815 AM34 Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Peeling the onion Grass, Gunter, 1927- 838 G76P Nobel Prize-winning author Gunter Grass remembers his early life, from his boyhood in a cramped two-room apartment in Danzig through the late 1950s, when The Tin Drum was published. During the Second World War, Grass volunteered for the submarine corps at the age of fifteen but was rejected; two years later, in 1944, he was instead drafted into the Waffen-SS. Taken prisoner by American forces as he was recovering from shrapnel wounds, he spent the final weeks of the war in an American POW camp. After the war, Grass resolved to become an artist and moved with his first wife to Paris, where he began to write the novel that would make him famous. Full of the bravado of youth, the rubble of postwar Germany, the thrill of wild love affairs, and the exhilaration of Paris in the early fifties, this book reveals Grass at his most intimate.--From publisher description. Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	The complete plays Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904. 891.72 C41CO Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Confessions : an innocent life in Communist China Kang, Zhengguo. 895.1 Z47CO This memoir of human resilience in the face of nightmarish power draws usinto the intersections of everyday life and Communist power from the first days of "Liberation" in 1949 through the Tiananmen Square protests and after. The son of a professional family, Kang is a free spirit, drawn to literature. In Mao's China, these innocuous circumstances expose him at the age of twenty to a fierce struggle session, expulsion from university, and a four-year term of hard labor in Xi'an's Number Two Brickyard. So begins his long stay in the prison-camp system, a story of hardship and poignance, of warmth and humor in the face of cruelty. He finally escapes by forfeiting his identity: at age twenty-eight he is adopted by an aging bachelor in a peasant village, enabling him to start a new life. Rehabilitated after Mao's death, Kang finds himself still subject to the recurring nightmare of party authority.--From publisher description. NOTE = Contains primary source material. Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Influencing through argument Huber, Robert B. 808 H92IN Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	UPI style book & guide to newswriting REF 808 C83UP Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	UPI style book & guide to newswriting REF 808 C83UP Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title

New Materials in Support of the History and Social Sciences Curriculum

	Fair and balanced, my ass! : an unbridled look at the bizarre reality of Fox News Amann, Joseph Minton. 302.23 AM14F Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Viewer discretion advised : taking control of mass media influences McCall, Jeffrey M. (Jeffrey Michael), 1954- 302.25 M35VI Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	The world without us Weisman, Alan. 304.3 W32WO Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Cradle of liberty : race, the child, and national belonging from Thomas Jefferson to W. E. B. Du Bois Levander, Caroline Field, 1964- 305.23 L57CR Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	The Arab human development report 2005 : towards the rise of women in the Arab world 305.48 UN44AR The rise of women in Arab countries goes beyond redressing historical injustices against them and ensuring their equitable treatment - notwithstanding that both are due obligations for Arab societies. Indeed, the advancement of women is a pre-requisite for a comprehensive Arab renaissance. Arab countries have undoubtedly attained significant achievements in the advancement of women, but the ultimate objectives of this endeavour, as conceptualised in the Arab Human Development Reports, require further effort. Much more remains to be accomplished by way of enabling the equitable acquisition and utilisation of human capabilities and the exercise of human rights, before women's advancement can be complete. Since the status of women in the Arab world is a culmination of the complex - and often problematic - interaction of cultural, social, economic and political factors, there are many impediments to this process in the region. Nevertheless, Arab women have managed to attain outstanding achievements in diverse fields of human activity. Societal reform aimed at enabling the rise of women, in line with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), is envisioned as one of the two wings of the bird symbolising the rise of women in the Arab world. A bird, however, needs two wings to fly. The other wing would be a wide-ranging and effective movement in Arab civil society that engages both women and their male supporters in steadily extending and consolidating targeted societal reform initiatives on the one hand, and on the other, empowering women - and the society at large - to benefit from them. In particular, the report calls for the adoption of time- bound affirmative action, tailored to the specificities of each Arab society, in order to expand the participation of women in all fields of human activity. This is considered imperative to dismantle the structures of centuries of discrimination. Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	The economics of poverty and discrimination Schiller, Bradley R., 1943- 305.5 SCH45E Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Harriet Tubman : imagining a life Lowry, Beverly. 305.56092 T79L Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Encyclopedia of American race riots REF 305.8 EN191 Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Encyclopedia of American race riots REF 305.8 EN191 Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	The age of abundance : how prosperity transformed America's politics and culture Lindsey, Brink. 306.3 L64AG Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Slavery in the United States : a social, political, and historical encyclopedia REF 306.3 SL15R Contains primary source material. Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Slavery in the United States : a social, political, and historical encyclopedia REF 306.3 SL15R Contains primary source material. Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Hijas Americanas : beauty, body image, and growing up Latina Molinary, Rosie. 306.4 M62H Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	The Black urban community : from dusk till dawn 307.76 B52T Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Who belongs in America? : presidents, rhetoric, and immigration 325.73 W52B Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Legacy of ashes : the history of the CIA Weiner, Tim. 327.1 W44LE Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	The dragon and the foreign devils : China and the world, 1100 B.C. to the present Gelber, Harry Gregor. 327.51 G35DR Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Twice as good : Condoleezza Rice and her path to power Mabry, Marcus, 1967- 327.73 M115T Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Statecraft : and how to restore America's standing in the world Ross, Dennis. 327.73 R725ST Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	America's founding charters : primary documents of Colonial and Revolutionary era governance REF 342.73 AM33 Contains primary source material. Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	America's founding charters : primary documents of Colonial and Revolutionary era governance REF 342.73 AM33 Contains primary source material. Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	America's founding charters : primary documents of Colonial and Revolutionary era governance REF 342.73 AM33 Contains primary source material. Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Out law : what LGBT youth should know about their legal rights Keen, Lisa. 342.73 K27OU Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Sacco and Vanzetti : the men, the murders, and the judgment of mankind Watson, Bruce, 1953- 343.1 SA1ZW Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	We're all journalists now : the transformation of the press and reshaping of the law in the Internet age Gant, Scott E. 343.73 G36WE Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Illegal immigration 353.008 IL6 2007 Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	A book of five rings Miyamoto, Musashi, 1584-1645. 355 M61BO To learn a Japanese martial art is to learn Zen, and although you can't do so simply by reading a book, it sure does help--especially if that book is The Book of Five Rings. One of Japan's great samurai sword masters penned in decisive, unfaltering terms this certain path to victory, and like Sun Tzu's The Art of War it is applicable not only on the battlefield but also in all forms of competition. Always observant, creating confusion, striking at vulnerabilities-- these are some of the basic principles. Going deeper, we find suki, the interval of vulnerability, of indecisiveness, of rest, the briefest but most vital moment to strike. In succinct detail, Miyamoto records ideal postures, blows, and psychological tactics to put the enemy off guard and open the way for attack. Most important of all is Miyamoto's concept of rhythm, how all things are in harmony, and that by working with the rhythm of a situation we can turn it to our advantage with little effort. But like Zen, this requires one task above all else, putting the book down and going out to practice. Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	The art of war Sunzi, 6th cent. B.C. 355 SU59AR Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	A right to housing : foundation for a new social agenda 363.5 R43B Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Multiethnic moments : the politics of urban education reform 370.1 C56MU Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Restless virgins : love, sex, and survival at a New England prep school Jones, Abigail. 373.2 J66RE Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Choosing the right college, 2008-2009 : the whole truth about America's top schools REF 378.73 C456 Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Ireland DK Publishing, Inc. 914.5 D44IR Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Polar world : the unique vision of Sir Wally Herbert Herbert, Wally 1934-2007. 919.8 H38PO Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Fateful choices : ten decisions that changed the world, 1940-1941 Kershaw, Ian. 940.53 K43FA A spellbinding re-creation of a dramatic sequence of ten decisions made by leaders of the world's six major powers--Hitler, Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, Mussolini and Tojo--in the nineteen months between May 1940 and December 1941 that reshaped human destiny. Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	The years of extermination : Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945 Friedlander, Saul, 1932- 940.531 F91Y Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	I want to live : the diary of a young girl in Stalin's Russia Lugovskaia, Nina, 1918-1993. 947.084 L94I Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Twice a stranger : the mass expulsions that forged modern Greece and Turkey Clark, Bruce, 1958- 949.5 C59TW Contains primary source material. Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	An American dream : the life of an African American soldier and POW who spent twelve years in communist China Adams, Clarence, 1929-1999. 951 AD17AM Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Living with reform : China since 1989 Cheek, Timothy. 951 C364LI Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	China : contemporary political, economic, and international affairs 951 C437K Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	The Long March : the true history of Communist China's founding myth Sun, Shuyun. 951 SH97LO The Long March is Communist China's founding myth. Seventy years afterwards, Sun Shuyun set out to retrace its steps and discovered the true history behind the legend. The facts: in 1934, in the midst of civil war, the Communist party and its 200,000 soldiers were forced from their bases by the Nationalists. After that, truth and legend begin to blur: led by Mao Zedong, the Communists set off on a strategic retreat to the distant barren north of China, thousands of miles away. Only one in five reached their destination, where, the legend goes, they gathered strength and returned to launch the new China in the heat of revolution. Sun journeys to remote villages along the route, interviews aged survivors and visits local archives. She uncovers shocking stories of starvation, disease, and desertion, of ruthless purges, of thousands of futile deaths. Many who survived the March report that their suffering continued long after the "triumph" of the revolution, culminating in the horrific years of the Cultural Revolution.--From publisher description. NOTE = Contains primary source material. Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	India after Gandhi : the history of the world's largest democracy Guha, Ramachandra. 954.04 G93IN Born in privation and civil war, divided by caste, class, language and religion, independent India emerged, somehow, as a united and democratic country. This remarkable book tells the full story--the pain and the struggle, the humiliations and the glories--of the world's largest and least likely democracy. Social historian Guha writes of the protests and conflicts that have peppered the history of free India, but also of the factors and processes that have kept the country together (and kept it democratic), defying numerous prophets of doom who believed that it would break up or come under autocratic rule. This story of modern India is peopled with extraordinary characters: Guha gives fresh insights on the lives and public careers of the long-serving prime ministers, but also writes with feeling and sensitivity about the major provincial leaders and other lesser known (though not necessarily less important) Indians--peasants, tribals, women, workers and musicians.--From publisher description. NOTE = Includes sections on Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah, agriculture, B.R. Ambedkar, Pradesh Andhra, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), China, Morarji Desai, Indian Elections, Indira Gandhi, Mohandas K. Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, Great Britain, Hinduism, Jana Sangh, Kashmir, Muslims, Jawaharlal Nehru, Pakistan, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Sikhs, United States. Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	1967 : Israel, the war, and the year that transformed the Middle East Segev, Tom, 1945- 956.04 SE47NI Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Timbuktu : the Sahara's fabled city of gold De Villiers, Marq. 966.2 D33T Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Conquest of the Americas Eakin, Marshall C. (Marshall Craig), 1952- 970.01 EA48CO Professor Marshall C. Eakin of Vanderbilt University delivers twenty-fourlectures examining both the unity and diversity in the early history of the Americas. He discusses how Christopher Columbus's voyage to the Americas in 1492 created a collision between three distinct peoples and cultures, European, African, and Native-American, and gave birth to the distinctive identity of the Americas today. Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Conquest of the Americas Eakin, Marshall C. (Marshall Craig), 1952- 970.01 EA48CO Professor Marshall C. Eakin of Vanderbilt University delivers twenty-fourlectures examining both the unity and diversity in the early history of the Americas. He discusses how Christopher Columbus's voyage to the Americas in 1492 created a collision between three distinct peoples and cultures, European, African, and Native-American, and gave birth to the distinctive identity of the Americas today. Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	The American reader : words that moved a nation 973 AM355 2000 Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Latino chronology : chronologies of the American mosaic Figueredo, D. H., 1951- 973.04 F44LA Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	The fabric of America : how our borders and boundaries shaped the country and forged our national identity Linklater, Andro. 973.2 L62FA Historian Linklater relates how the borders and boundaries that formed states and a nation inspired the sense of identity that has ever since been central to the American experiment. Linklater opens with America's greatest surveyor, Andrew Ellicott, measuring the contentious boundary between Pennsylvania and Virginia in the summer of 1784; and he ends standing at the yellow line dividing the United States and Mexico at Tijuana. In between, he chronicles the evolving shape of the nation, physically and psychologically. As Americans pushed westward in the course of the nineteenth century, the borders and boundaries established by surveyors like Ellicott created property, uniting people in a desire for the government and laws that would protect it. Challenging Frederick Jackson Turner's famed frontier thesis, Linklater argues that we are defined not by open spaces but by boundaries.--From publisher description. Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Encyclopedia of the Reconstruction era REF 973.8 EN25Z Contains primary source material. Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Encyclopedia of the Reconstruction era REF 973.8 EN25Z Contains primary source material. Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	The populist vision Postel, Charles. 973.8 P845P Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Dark days in the newsroom : McCarthyism aimed at the press Alwood, Edward. 973.921 AL88DA Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	A matter of justice : Eisenhower and the beginning of the civil rights revolution Nichols, David A. (David Allen), 1939- 973.921 N45MA Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Public papers of the Presidents of the United States, George W. Bush : 2001- United States. President (2001- : Bush). 973.931 B963 2003 Check Amazon by Title
	Violence over the land : Indians and empires in the early American West Blackhawk, Ned. 979 B56VI Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Driven out : the hidden war against Chinese America Pfaelzer, Jean. 979.4 P45DR Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	The years of extermination : Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945 Friedlander, Saul, 1932- 940.531 F91Y Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title

New Materials in Support of the Math Curriculum

Poincare's prize : the hundred-year quest to solve one of math's greatest puzzles Szpiro, George, 1950- 510.76 SZ59PO This book describes the history of the Poincare Conjecture--one of the "seven greatest math problems of our time" as well as its unlikely solution by a Russian recluse named Grigory Perelman in 2004. Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title

New Materials in Support of the Music Curriculum

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New Materials in Support of the Philosophy and Religious Studies Curriculum

	Why animals matter : the case for animal protection Williams, Erin E. 179.3 W54WH Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Reading Judas : the Gospel of Judas and the shaping of Christianity Pagels, Elaine H., 1943- 229.8 P14R Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Intelligent design and fundamentalist opposition to evolution Gunn, Angus M. (Angus Macleod), 1920- 231.7 G94IN "This book analyzes fundamentalists' scientific and political attempts toadvance creationism over evolution. The first chapter discusses the development of evolution from Darwin's original work to its standing as a supported tenet of modern science. Subsequent chapters trace the history of fundamentalism. The final chapters examine conflicting biblical interpretations and the Bible's historical accuracy. "--Provided by publisher. Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title

New Materials in Support of the Psychology Curriculum

Five minds for the future Gardner, Howard. 158.2 G32FI Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title

Stumbling on happiness Gilbert, Daniel Todd. 158.2 G47ST Why are lovers quicker to forgive their partners for infidelity than for leaving dirty dishes in the sink? Why do patients remember long medical procedures as less painful than short ones? Why do home sellers demand prices they wouldn't dream of paying if they were home buyers? Why does the line at the grocery store always slow down when we join it? In this book, Harvard psychologist Gilbert describes the foibles of imagination and illusions of foresight that cause each of us to misconceive our tomorrows and misestimate our satisfactions. Using the latest research in psychology, cognitive neuroscience, philosophy, and behavioral economics, Gilbert reveals what we have discovered about the uniquely human ability to imagine the future, our capacity to predict how much we will like it when we get there, and why we seem to know so little about the hearts and minds of the people we are about to become.--From publisher description. Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title

New Materials in Support of the Natural Sciences Curriculum

	Useless arithmetic : why environmental scientists can't predict the future Pilkey, Orrin H., 1934- 363.7 P55US Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Storm world : hurricanes, politics, and the battle over global warming Mooney, Chris (Chris C.). 363.73 M77ST Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Pollution 363.73 P76 2007 Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Faust in Copenhagen : a struggle for the soul of physics Segre, Gino. 530 SE35F Known to physicists as the "miracle year," 1932 saw the discovery of the neutron and the first artificially induced nuclear transmutation. However, while physicists celebrated these momentous discoveries--which presaged the era of big science and nuclear bombs--Europe was moving inexorably toward totalitarianism and war. In April of that year, about forty of the world's leading physicists-- including Werner Heisenberg, Lise Meitner, and Paul Dirac--came to Niels Bohr's Copenhagen Institute for their annual informal meeting about the frontiers of physics. Physicist Gino Segre brings to life this historic gathering, which ended with a humorous skit based on Goethe's Faust--little knowing the Faustian bargains they would face in the near future. Capturing the interplay between the great scientists as well as the discoveries they discussed and debated, Segre evokes the moment when physics--and the world--was about to lose its innocence.- -From publisher description. Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	The edge of evolution : the search for Darwinism's limits Behe, Michael J., 1952- 576.8 B44ED Draws on new findings in genetics to pose an argument for intelligent design that refutes Darwinian beliefs about evolution while offering alternative analyses of such factors as disease, random mutations, and the human struggle for survival. Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Scientists confront intelligent design and creationism 576.8 SC48P With the pseudoscience of creationism rising again under the guise of "intelligent design," this powerful collection reveals the pervasive and insidious threat posed to genuine science by ID proponents. The sixteen original essays by leading scientists, lawyers, and educators address two key issues: the overwhelming scientific evidence for evolution gathered over 150 years and the dubious underpinnings of creationism; and how society can mount better educational and legal policies to prevent a theological takeover of our public and scientific institutions. The book includes powerful voices in the modern culture war against ID. With creationist arguments forever morphing and reappearing under new aliases, this new confrontation is a must-read for teachers, students, and general readers, and a lasting refutation of creationism's fraudulent claims.--From publisher description. Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	A complete guide to Arctic wildlife Sale, Richard, 1946- REF 591.75 SA45C In addition to the hundreds of entries on individual animals, this book includes sections on the habitat, adaptations, and climate of this unique environment. The entries for each animal include information on identification, distribution, diet, breeding, and taxonomy. NOTE = Chiefly a field guide to Arctic birds and mammals. Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Body of work : meditations on mortality from the human anatomy lab Montross, Christine. 611 M64BO Told with humor and emotion, this fascinating book chronicles a first year students experiences at medical school. Starting with her first encounter with a cadaver, the author weaves a story documenting the need to be clinical and detached while literally putting your hands inside someones body. . Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Best of the brain from Scientific American : mind, matter, and tomorrow's brain 612.8 B34B Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	Rethinking thin : the new science of weight loss--and the myths and realities of dieting Kolata, Gina Bari, 1948- 613.2 K63RE Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	The art of learning : a journey in the pursuit of excellence Waitzkin, Josh. 613.7 W22AR Check Amazon by ISBN | Check Amazon by Title
	First person plural : my life as a multiple West, Cameron, 1955-