New_Acquisitions_March 2010

LIBRARY SERVICES

GERMANNA LIBRARIES "NEW TITLES" LIST (MARCH - MAY 2010)
GERMANNA LIBRARIES "NEW TITLES" LIST (MARCH - MAY 2010)
TITLE		AUTHOR	CALL #

C AUXILIARY SCIENCES OF HISTORY

Giving It All Away: The Doris Buffett Story		Zitz, Michael	CT275 .B78483Z58 2010

	Zitz, a journalist befriended by Buffet, lets the dynamic philanthropist-who he describes as "a combination of Gandhi, Santa Claus and Lucille Ball"-tell the majority of her own story, making this more an oral history than a conventional biography, and a lively, inspirational read for fellow philanthropists and those who depend on them.

E-F U.S. HISTORY

Indians in Contemporary Society		Bailey, Garrick	E77 .H25 2008 (REF)

	This book explores how Indians and Arctic peoples maintain their Native identity in contemporary societies, including their responses to the social forces around them. The major sections include The Issues in the United States, The Issues in Canada, Demographic and Ethnic Issues, and Social and Cultural Revitalization.

H SOCIAL SCIENCES

Big River: A King Corn Companion (Video)			HD9049 .C8U65 2009

	Following up on their Peabody winning documentary, the King Corn boys are back. For Big River, best friends Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis have returned to Iowa with a new mission: to investigate the environmental impact their acre of corn has sent to the people and places downstream.

Fugitive Denim		Snyder, Rachel	HD9940 .A2S618 2009

	In a disarming and humorous voice, Snyder ponders questions of equity, sweatshops, and corporate social responsibility through narratives of individual people, making an often academic subject accessible and compelling.

Occupational Outlook Handbook		U.S. Dept. of Labor	HF5381 .U62 2008 (REF)

	This publication provides comprehensive, up-to-date, and reliable labor market information. The Handbook is useful for looking up information on particular occupations or just browsing through possible careers, it profiles nearly 300 occupations that provide most of the jobs in the economy.

Consuming Kids: Commercialization of Childhood (Video)		Barbaro, Adriana	HF5415.32 .C6 2008

	Consuming Kids throws desperately needed light on the practices of a relentless multi-billion dollar marketing machine that now sells kids and their parents everything from junk food and violent video games to bogus educational products and the family car. Drawing on the insights of health care professionals, children's advocates, and industry insiders, the film focuses on the explosive growth of child marketing in the wake of deregulation, showing how youth marketers have used the latest advances in psychology, anthropology, and neuroscience to transform American children into one of the most powerful and profitable consumer demographics in the world.

You May Ask Yourself		Conley, Dalton	HM511 .C664 2009

	Rather than bombarding students with lots of statistics, You May Ask Yourself emphasizes the "big ideas" of sociology and encourages students to ask meaningful questions. Faculty love Conley's "non-textbook" strategy of explaining complex concepts through personal examples and storytelling. Conley integrates quotes from the interviews throughout the book to make the new edition even more lively and to reinforce how sociologists use contemporary research methods to question conventional wisdom.

More Than Just Race		Wilson, William	HN90 .S6W55 2010

	In this timely and provocative contribution to the American discourse on race, William Julius Wilson applies an exciting new analytic framework to three politically fraught social problems: the persistence of the inner-city ghetto, the plight of low-skilled black males, and the fragmentation of the African American family.

When Sex Goes to School		Luker, Kristin	HQ57.5 .A3L84 2007

	This book explores the ideas and values behind the fight over sex education through the lives of parents, its most passionate participants. Distinguished sociologist Kristin Luker spent over twenty years talking to people in ordinary communities about sex and how, if at all, it should be taught. She traces sex education from its birth in 1913 to its more politicized modern incarnation, examining in detail the marriage-minded 1950s and the sexual and gender revolutions of the 1960s. She explores how our parents' sexual attitudes have influenced us and, in turn, how our sexual choices affect the way we teach our children about sex. Her conclusions are unexpected, and after reading this book it is impossible to look at the intersection of the intimate and the political in the same way.

J POLITICAL SCIENCE

Official Congressional Directory 2009-2010		United States Congress	JK1011 .U59 2009 (REF)

	This authoritative and comprehensive reference source, designed for quick, easy access, is organized alphabetically by State Congressional Districts, Committee, and Federal agency. It presents short biographies of each member of the Senate and House, listed by state or district, and additional data, such as committee memberships, terms of service, administrative assistants and/or secretaries, and room and telephone numbers. It also lists officials of the courts, military establishments, and other Federal departments and agencies, including D.C. government officials, governors of states and territories, foreign diplomats, and members of the press, radio, and television galleries.

K LAW

The Law of Higher Education		Kaplin, William	KF4225 .K36 2006 (REF)

	This fourth edition of the indispensable guide to the laws that bear on the conduct of higher education provides a revised and up-to-date reference, research source, and guide for administrators, attorneys, and researchers. The book is also widely used as a text for graduate courses on higher education law in programs preparing higher education administrators for leadership roles.

L EDUCATION

Digest of Education Statistics 2008		Snyder, Thomas	LB2846 .D48 2008 (REF)

	This book is a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from kindergarten through graduate school. It includes data from both governmental & private sources and contains information on a variety of subjects, including the number of schools & colleges, teachers, enrollments, graduates, educational attainment, finances, federal funds for education, employment & income of recent graduates, libraries, & international education. There is also, information on population trends, attitudes, characteristics, use of telecommunications technologies in public schools, etc.

P LANGUAGE / LITERATURE

Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism: 222, 223, 224, 225		Gale Research Company

	Each print volume in this long-standing series profiles approximately four to eight literary figures who died between 1800 and 1899 by providing full-text or excerpted criticism taken from books, magazines, literary reviews, newspapers and scholarly journals.

Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism: 230,231, 232, 233, 234, 235		Gale Research Company	PN771 .G27

	This highly useful series presents substantial excerpts from the best criticism on the major literary figures and nonfiction writers, including novelists, poets, playwrights and literary theorists, of 1900 to 1999 -- the era most frequently studied in high schools.

Q SCIENCE

Algebra: Introductory and Intermediate		Aufmann, Richard N.	QA152.2 .A838 2007

	With all the support of the renowned Aufmann approach, this popular combination text helps students prepare to master college algebra and to apply algebra in the real world.

R MEDICINE

PDQ Evidence-based Principles and Practice		McKibbon, Ann	R723.7 .M35 2009

	This widely-used quick reference provides librarians, information scientists, physicians, medical and nursing students and health professionals with a concise overview of evidence based health care principles and theory. This book addresses the concepts of evidence based health care in a gentle, non-technical manner. One of its two major purposes is to provide a background to understand health care research and how best to evaluate and apply new research findings in health.

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers		Roach, Mary	R853 .H8R635 2003

	Stiff is an oddly compelling, often hilarious exploration of the strange lives of our bodies postmortem. For two thousand years, cadavers -- some willingly, some unwittingly -- have been involved in science's boldest strides and weirdest undertakings. In this fascinating, ennobling account, Mary Roach visits the good deeds of cadavers over the centuries and, in so doing, tells the engrossing story of our bodies when we are no longer with them.