New Books Available!

Find a new book to take home over winter break. You may browse the current titles in person, via the library catalog, or with the list below. Remember to bring your SWC photo ID card with you to check out a book for 4 weeks.

3159
My father's paradise : a son's search for his Jewish past in Kurdish Iraq /

3160
Just in case : how to be self-sufficient when the unexpected happens /

3161
The indie band survival guide : the complete manual for the do-it-yourself musician /

3162
Dewey : the small-town library cat who touched the world /

3163
Face to face : how to reclaim the personal touch in a digital world /

DS793.G67 M36 2008
The Great Wall : [the extraordinary story of China's wonder of the world] /

EZ 5189
Goosebumps : Monster blood II

EZ 5465
The big wander

EZ 5466
Return to Howliday Inn

EZ 5495
Here come the Bridesmaids!: The Baby-sitters Club.

EZ 9350
The Aztecs

F787 .S36 2008
Migrant imaginaries : Latino cultural politics in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands /

GN281 .T375 2007
The world from beginnings to 4000 BCE /

GT3405 .M67 2004
How to start a home-based event planning business /

GV811 E824 2008
The practical gude to keelboat sailing : learn all the essential skills with 230 step-by-step expert photographs and diagrams /

HD8081.M6 B333 2006
Communities without borders : images and voices from the world of migration /

HT867 .B35 2004
Disposable people : new slavery in the global economy /

HV6626 .N5 2004
Getting free : you can end abuse and take back your life /

HV8079.H6 C67 1997
The killing season : a summer inside an LAPD homicide division.

HV8699.U5 G47 2007
The top ten death penalty myths : the politics of crime control /

LB1576 .S457 2008
Storytime : young children's literary understanding in the classroom /

LB2806.22 .M87 2008
Real education : four simple truths for bringing America's schools back to reality /

LB2831.5 .C33 1986
The personnel function in educational administration /

LB3051 .P33 1974
The assessment of learning : cognitive and affective /

ML111.5 .P46 2007
The Penguin guide to recorded classical music 2008 /

ML3477 .Y683 2008
Music of the World War II era /

ML3506 .M34 2008
Moving to higher ground : how jazz can change your life /

NA31 .H32 1993
Dictionary of architecture & construction /

P116 .T66 2008
Origins of human communication /

PE1128 .S924 2000
Master the TOEFL test /

PL528 .A17 1993
250 essential kanji for everyday use. Volume one /

PL528 .A17 1998
250 essential kanji for everyday use. Volume two = Seikatsu no naka no kanji /

PL1495 .M32 2005
Reading & writing Chinese : a comprehensive guide to the Chinese writing system /

PL2658.E1 C64 2007
The Columbia anthology of modern Chinese literature /

PN1655 .W57 1998
The theater experience /

PN 1655 W57 2001
The theater experience.

PN1657.W57 1993
Theater : the lively art /

PN1995.9.P7 R26 1997
Directing : film techniques and aesthetics.

PN2061 .C85 1983
Acting, in person and in style /

PN3035 .E67 2001
The haunted smile : the story of Jewish comedians in America /

PN3355 .N68 1995
Fiction writer's workshop /

PN6162 .R633 1984
Pieces of my mind /

PQ7070 .C66 2007
A companion to US Latino literatures /

PS3515.A515 Z57 1991
Hansberry's drama : commitment amid complexity.

PS3569.P363.A89 2005
At first sight.

PZ 1 B94 An
An anthology of famous American stories.

Q180.55.S7 C87 2005
Essential mathematics and statistics for science /

QA76.76.T48 P495 2008
Software testing and analysis : process, principles, and techniques /

QA273 .M63 2008
The Drunkard's walk : how randomness rules our lives /

QB280.5 .G37 2008
Flat earth : the history of an infamous idea /

QB638.8 .P53 2008
Death from the skies! : these are the ways the world will end-- /

QC72 .S46 2008
Forces in physics : a historical perspective /

QC171.2 .W55 2008
The lightness of being : mass, ether, and the unification of forces /

QC173.98 .P43 2008
The quantum revolution : a historical perspective /

QC176.8.T8 N56 2008
Zero time space : how quantum tunneling broke the light speed barrier /

QC981.8.C5 B738 2008
Fixing climate : what past climate changes reveal about the current threat--and how to counter it /

QD253.2 .K37 2006
The nuts and bolts of organic chemistry : a student's guide to success /

QD256 .K542 2008
Organic chemistry I as a second language /

QD256 .K543 2006
Organic chemistry II as a second language /

QD261 .Z83 2008
The organic chem lab survival manual : a student's guide to techniques /

QD291 .H3913 2001
Systematic nomenclature in organic chemistry : a directory to comprehension and application of its basic principles /

QD415 .S725 2006
Natural product chemistry at a glance / Stephen P. Stanforth.

QH541.15.F66 F66 2008
Food webs and the dynamics of marine reefs /

QL751 .D374 2007
Observing animal behaviour : design and analysis of quantitative data /

RA410 .J32 1980
The economics of health and medical care : an introduction /

RA567 .G46 2008
The big necessity : the unmentionable world of human waste and why it matters /

RB155 .M314 2008
DNA : promise and peril /

RJ103 .U553 2007
The state of the world's children 2008 /

T385 .M3778 2008
AutoCAD 2009 and AutoCAD LT 2009 : no experience required /

TK7895.E42 P73 2008
A practical guide to trusted computing /

TP248.2 .F737 2008
Career opportunities in biotechnology and drug development /

TR882 .K54 2008
Inventing the movies : Hollywood's epic battle between innovation and the status quo, from Thomas Edison to Steve Jobs /

New Books Available!

Lower your taxes


Get a job in the movies



Are genetically modified foods safe?



Read about these topics and many other interesting ones in the latest batch of New Books. Browse the current titles in person, via the library catalog, or with the list below.

Remember to bring your SWC photo ID card with you to check out a book for 4 weeks.

2979
An anthology of graphic fiction, cartoons, & true stories /

BL625.47 .R43 2007
Forbidden fruit : sex & religion in the lives of American teenagers /

E184.A1 I43 2009
Minorities : race and ethnicity in America /

E184.M5 H437 2008
Metropolitan migrants : the migration of urban Mexicans to the United States /

E184.S75 O275 2008
The racial middle : Latinos and Asian Americans living beyond the racial divide /

E185.9 .S95 2008
Sweet land of liberty : the forgotten struggle for civil rights in the North /

F787 .D36 2008
The border : exploring the U.S.-Mexican divide /

GT3150 .A74 2009
Disposal of the dead /

GV721.5 .A74 2009
The Olympics /

GV734.5 .R667 2008
Next question : an NFL super agent's proven game plan for business success /

HC79.P6 I43 2009
World poverty /

HD7287.8 .B73 2008
The essential guide for first-time homeowners : maximize your investment & enjoy your new home /

HF1456.5.C6 A74 2009
Should the U.S. do business with China? /

HF5382.5.U5 I43 2009
Careers and occupations : looking to the future /

HN80.L7 D37 1998
Ecology of fear : Los Angeles and the imagination of disaster.

HQ766.15 .O55 2009
Birth control /

HQ1426 D84 2009
Through women's eyes : an American history with documents /

HQ1462 .H47 2008
Imagining la chica moderna : women, nation, and visual culture in Mexico, 1917-1936 /

HV6432.4 .C87 2009
Homeland security /

HV6626 .O55 2009
Domestic violence /

KF697.F6 E43 2008
The foreclosure survival guide : keep your house or walk away with money in your pocket /

KF6297.Z9 .F67 2008
Easy ways to lower your taxes : simple strategies every taxpayer should know /

LA217.2 .O55 2009
Education /

LB1047 .B76 2007
Schoolyard-enhanced learning : using the outdoors as an instructional tool, K-8 /

LB1050.5 .S88 2007
Study skills for dyslexic students /

LB1140.5.L3 M64 2007
Developing literacy in preschool /

LB1766.C74 R33 2008
CSET : California Subject Examination for Teachers /

LB1775.2 .V35 2007
Hot-button issues for teachers : what every educator needs to know about leadership, testing, textbooks, vouchers, and more /

ML1380 .L28 2007
Understanding the art of sound organization /

ML3790 .A74 2009
What is the future of the music industry? /

P91.6 .G74 2007
Careers in media and film : the essential guide /

P96.V5 .O55 2009
Media violence /

PE1128.A2 L533 2008
Literacy instruction for English language learners, Pre-K-2 /

PL782.E1 T73 2007
Traditional Japanese literature : an anthology, beginnings to 1600 /

PN4756 .C87 2009
Media ethics /

PS3551.A4667 C66 2007
Contázar : cuentos = Dedmontonians : short stories /

PS3561.A678 A92 1996
At home in Mitford /

PS3561.A678 C6 2002
A common life : the wedding story /

PS3561.A678 L54 1996
A light in the window /

PS3561.A678 N49 1999
A new song /

PS3561.A678 O78 1998
Out to Canaan /

PS3561.A678 T48 1997
These high, green hills /

PS3604.O563 T43 2007
The tea rose /

PZ7 .G534 1971
Go ask Alice.

PZ7.G7516 H58 2008
How to heal a broken wing /

Q147 .B56 2008
The Chicago guide to your career in science : a toolkit for students and postdocs /

QA11.2 .H367 2007
Hands on history : a resource for teaching mathematics /

QA 76.9.K48 V243 2006
Keyboarding and word processing /

QA93 .E34 2006
The edge of the universe : celebrating 10 years of Math horizons /

QB14 .M553 2007
Cambridge illustrated dictionary of astronomy /

QB44.3 .A94 2008
People and the sky : our ancestors and the cosmos /

QC981.8.G56 B69 2008
Censoring science : inside the political attack on Dr. James Hansen and the truth of global warming /

QC981.8.G56 M365 2008
Dire predictions : understanding global warming /

QD455.3.M3 M385 2008
Mathematics for physical chemistry /

QE534.3 .K87 2008
Earthquakes : plate tectonics and earthquake hazards /

QE721.2.E87 N83 2008
Fossil ecosystems of North America : a guide to the sites and their extraordinary biotas /

QH76 I43 2009
Endangered species : protecting biodiversity /

QH390 .F35 2007
Relics of Eden : the powerful evidence of evolution in human DNA /

QH431 .S34 2008
A short guide to the human genome /

QH447.8.S45 B87 2006
Genes in conflict : the biology of selfish genetic elements /

QH541.13 .S64 2008
Ecology for nonecologists /

QH545.A43 T47 2007
Thrillcraft : the environmental consequences of motorized recreation /

QK669 .L44 2007
Nature's palette : the science of plant color /

QL458.4 .H554 2008
The private life of spiders /

QL638.S35 E45 2008
Tuna : a love story /

QL737.C27 K39 2008
The last polar bear : facing the truth of a warming world /

R726 I43 2009
Death and dying : end-of-life controversies /

R733 .C87 2009
Alternative therapies /

RA407.3 I43 2009
Health and wellness : illness among Americans /

RM222.2 I43 2009
Weight in America : obesity, eating disorders, and other health risks /

TL798.8.U5 I43 2009
Space exploration : triumphs and tragedies /

TP248.65.F66 .A74 2009
Genetically modified food /

New Books Available!

Thanksgiving weekend is right around the corner. Come to the Library to pick out a new book to read over the break.

Bring your SWC photo ID card with you to check out a book for 4 weeks.

For more information about each book, see the Library Catalog.

3154
The ancient ship /

3155
The smart one and the pretty one /

3156
Traffic : why we drive the way we do (and what it says about us) /

3157
The United States Constitution : a graphic adaptation /

3158
The loveliest woman in America : a tragic actress, her lost diaries, and her granddaughter's search for home /

BF441 .B725 2008
Sway : the irresistible pull of irrational behavior /

BF575.L7 C23 2008
Loneliness : human nature and the need for social connection /

CB245 .A324 2006
Exploring the humanities : creativity and culture in the West /

CS1129 .B552 2008
The Bin Ladens : an Arabian family in the American century /

D21 E17 2008
The earth and its peoples. Volume A, To 1200 a global history /

D57 E75 2004
The human venture /

D209 S762 2008
Ways of the World A Brief Global History.

D804.3 .H355 2008
Why we watched : Europe, America, and the Holocaust /

DS135.G5 L336 1996
Four perfect pebbles : a Holocaust story /

DS254.5 .I732 2008
Iran : a country study /

E185 .F8266 2000
From slavery to freedom : a history of African Americans /

E332.74 .G67 2008
The Hemingses of Monticello : an American family /

E404 .C44 2007
The U.S. War with Mexico : a brief history with documents /

E467.1.S9 W47 2008
Cavalryman of the lost cause : a biography of J.E.B. Stuart /

F800 .D45 2008
War of a thousand deserts : Indian raids and the U.S.-Mexican War /

G530 .P4135 2006
Seaworthy : adrift with William Willis in the golden age of rafting /

GT3050.5.G3 A4513 2008
The Hitler salute : on the meaning of a gesture /

GV199.92.H3235 A3 2008
Dead lucky : life after death on Mount Everest /

GV721.5 .W25 2008
The complete book of the Olympics /

GV841.5 .W26 2005
The complete book of the Winter Olympics /

GV850.G56 G67 1996
My Sergei : a love story /

HC79.E5 S6652 2008
The bridge at the edge of the world : capitalism, the environment, and crossing from crisis to sustainability /

HD62.5 .E559 2007
Start your own business : the only startup book you'll ever need /

HD2358.5.U6 F35 2008
Race and entrepreneurial success : Black-, Asian-, and white-owned businesses in the United States /

HD8038.A1 W93 2008
Good is not enough : and other unwritten rules for minority professionals /

HD8072.5 .G74 2008
The big squeeze : tough times for the American worker /

HM831 .J66 2007
The better world handbook : small changes that make a big difference /

HQ536 .H96 2006
Marriage and caste in America : separate and unequal families in a post-marital age /

HQ799.2.M35 D98 2008
The Lolita effect : the media sexualization of young girls and what we can do about it /

HV4805.A3 S54 2008
For the love of animals : the rise of the animal protection movement /

KF4755 .G76 2008
What blood won't tell : a history of race on trial in america /

KF8742.Z9 H64 2007
The Supreme Court : an essential history /

LC3981 .G5 2007
American special education : a history of early political advocacy /

ML420.M3313 W5 2006
Catch a fire : the life of Bob Marley /

ML1380 .C36 2007
The Cambridge companion to electronic music /

ML3795 .W26 2008
This business of urban music : a practical guide to achieving success in the industry, from gospel to funk to R&B to hip-hop /

ML3795 .W26 2008
This business of urban music : a practical guide to achieving success in the industry, from gospel to funk to R&B to hip-hop /

MT1 .H838 2008
Kodály today : a cognitive approach to elementary music education /

MT6.M459 C66 2005
The complete idiot's guide to music theory /

MT7.S87 A44 2004
Alfred's essentials of music theory : a complete self-study course for all musicians /

NC 1800 G7
Poster annual.

NX512.3.M4 G66 2008
Phantom sightings : art after the Chicano movement /

PR111 .W66 1980
Virginia Woolf, women and writing /

PR6045.O72 A6 1981
Books and portraits : some further selections from the literary and biographical writings of Virginia Woolf ; edited and with a pref. by Mary Lyon.

PR 6045 O72 F5 1976
Flush,

PR6052.I7728 T37 1999
Tara Road.

PR6057.R3443 L54 2006
Swapping lives /

PR6102.R63 S59 2004
The sixth lamentation : a novel /

PR6116.U77 R87 2006
The Russian concubine /

PS3554.E43 B437 2001
Blessed child /

PS3555.D942 M46 2006
The memory keeper's daughter /

PS3555.R42 P35 2006
The painted drum /

PS3561.O55 O3 2008
Odd hours /

PS3566 .I372 S66 1992
Songs of the humpback whale : a novel in five voices /

PS3568.O243 V5 2001
The villa /

PS3569.T33828 B86 2007
Bungalow 2 /

PS3569.T33828 H68 2000
The house on Hope Street /

PS3569.T33828 M57 1998
Mirror image /

PS3569.T33828 T68 2005
Toxic bachelors /

PS3601.S74 A75 2007
Aria /

QA76.9.D26 L54 2007
Physical database design : the database professional's guide to exploiting indexes, views, storage, and more /

QA76.9.D26 S5393 2007
Data Modeling : theory and Practice /

QC981.8.G56 L657 2007
Cool it : the skeptical environmentalist's guide to global warming /

QE566.G7 V47 2008
A reef in time : the Great Barrier Reef from beginning to end /

QE882.P8 L57 2007
Mammoths : giants of the ice age /

QH305 .R43 2008
Rebels, mavericks, and heretics in biology /

QP81.5 .S484 2008
Sex differences in the brain : from genes to behavior /

RC394.M46 H35 2008
Can't remember what I forgot : the good news from the front lines of memory research /

TD193 .B43 2009
Environmental chemistry in society /

TK5105.6 .S62 2008
Small tech : the culture of digital tools /

U408.5 .O88 2008
ASVAB : the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery.

Z480.C48 M37 2008
Minders of make-believe : idealists, entrepreneurs, and the shaping of American children's literature /

New Books Available!

Check out the latest batch of new books. Bring your SWC photo ID card with you to check out a book for 4 weeks.

3153
So long at the fair : a novel /

BJ1533.C8 B57 2004
Face your fear : living with courage in an age of caution /

BP189 .E86 1997
Essential sufism /

BQ4302 .N43 2002
No death, no fear : comforting wisdom for life /

CT3235 .R67 1993
The Norton book of women's lives /

D839.5 .S84 2008
Women in power : the personalities and leadership styles of Indira Gandhi, Golda Meir, and Margaret Thatcher /

DT87.4 .S55 2006
Akhenaten and Tutankhamun : revolution and restoration /

E169.12 .S375 2001
The seventies : the great shift in American culture, society, and politics.

E185 .K55 1999
The unsteady march : the rise and decline of racial equality in America.

E741 .G475 2001
American crucible : race and nation in the twentieth century /

E841 .I87 2000
America divided : the civil war of the 1960s /

E895 .D64 2009
Does the world hate the U.S.? /

F866.2 .D35 2000
The right moment : Ronald Reagan's first victory and the decisive turning point in American politics /

GV943 .L3973 2006
Soccer skills & drills /

GV943.4 .O33 2008
The official rules of soccer : US.

HC79.E5 B759 2008
Plan B 3.0 : mobilizing to save civilization /

HD62.6 .M367 2008
Nonprofit meetings, minutes & records : how to run your nonprofit corporation so you don't run into trouble /

HF1713 .F7353 2009
Free trade /

HF5718.P475 2008
The art and science of communication : tools for effective communication in the workplace/

HV4711 .R54 2009
The rights of animals /

HV4915 .C37 2004
What animals want : expertise and advocacy in laboratory animal welfare policy /

HV4915 .C66 2008
The animal research war /

HV7436 .K37 1997
The great American gun debate : essays on firearms & violence /

HV9950 .A335 2002
Hard time blues /

KF2995 .F53 2008
The copyright handbook : what every writer needs to know /

L901 .P58 2006
Colleges that change lives : 40 schools that will change the way you think about colleges /

LB1028.5 .S77 1999
High-tech heretic : why computers don't belong in the classroom and other reflections by a computer contrarian /

LB2328 .N4 v.143
Student tracking in the community college /

LB2343.32 .O82 2008
The college solution : a guide for everyone looking for the right school at the right price /

NA440 .F683 1963
Gothic architecture.

PC2127.H5 D39 1966
L'heritage français; lectures de civilisation française

PE1408 L3182 2005
English Skills With Readings.

PN 4305 M6 M598 1992
Moving parts : monologues from contemporary plays.

PN4307 .B395 1991
The Best women's stage monologues of 1990.

PQ2469 T852 1971
Veinte mil leguas de viaje submarino /

PR 6003 O6757 A15 1981
The collected stories of Elizabeth Bowen /

PR9199.3.G7915 L37 2000
The last great dance on Earth /

PR9369.3.H65 M94 2008
My mother's lovers.

PS151 .B46 1987
Women of the Left Bank : Paris, 1900-1940 /

PS 634 B45
The Best plays of 2006-2007 and the Year book of the drama in America

PS3556.E66 O54 1998
One thousand white women : the journals of May Dodd /

PS3561.I4813 K46 2004
Keeping watch /

PS3569.A516 P53 2008
Phantom prey /

PS3569.M5377 R67 1997
Rose /

PT8951.16.O735 E4713 2007
The Indian bride /

PZ1 .B446 2008
The best American short stories 2008 /

PZ7.A1594 G5 2000
Go and come back /

QA76.76.O63 M8444 2009
Upgrading and repairing Microsoft Windows /

QE508 .M27 2008
Nature's clocks : how scientists measure the age of almost everything /

QH344 .R67 2008
The carbon age : how life's core element has become civilization's greatest threat /

QH349 .H36 2004
The handy biology answer book /

QL737.P96 B39 2008
Beautiful minds : the parallel lives of great apes and dolphins /

QL758 .S746 2008
Where the wild things were : life, death, and ecological wreckage in a land of vanishing predators /

QM23.2 .B62 2008
The handy anatomy answer book /

R726 .P492 2009
Assisted suicide /

RT82.8 .F35 2008
Making room in the clinic : nurse practitioners and the evolution of modern health care /

TD885.5.G73 G769 2009
Greenhouse gases /

TJ808.2 .R44 2009
Renewable energy /

New Books Available!

Check out the latest batch of new books. Bring your SWC photo ID card with you to check out a book for 4 weeks.

BF698 .R65 2008
The normal personality : a new way of thinking about people /

DA950 .B76 1972
The politics of Irish literature; from Thomas Davis to W.B. Yeats,

E184.S75 C348 2008
Sueños Americanos : barrio youth negotiating social and cultural identities /

E840.8.A37 A3 2003
Madam Secretary /

GF13 .E47 2008
The dominant animal : human evolution and the environment /

GV1853.3 .C22 W247 2008
Walt Disney's legends of imagineering : and the genesis of the Disney theme park /

HC59.15 .S7333 2008
State of the world 2008 : innovations for a sustainable economy /

HE7583.U6 I57 2008
The Internet and American business /

HM1126 .C648 2008
Conflict resolution /

HQ981 .P646 2009
Polygamy /

HQ1121 .F74 2008
From eve to dawn : a history of women /

HV95 .W467 2008
Welfare /

HV5805.K42 A3 2008
Chasing the high : a firsthand account of one young person's experience with substance abuse /

HV7428 .H28 2007
Handbook of forensic mental health with victims and offenders : assessment, treatment, and research /

LB2844.1.N4 M24 2007
Untenured, uncensored : how to survive the first years of teaching /

LC225.3 .G47 2007
Home, school, and community relations /

LC2672.4 .T43 2007
Teaching writing with Latino/a students : lessons learned at Hispanic- serving institutions /

ML420.M3313 S74 2009
Bob Marley : a life /

ML3918.R37 R38 2008
Rap music and culture /

PB1424 .D8 1981
An Duanaire, 1600-1900 : poems of the dispossessed /

PN167 .G35 2008
Don't steal copyrighted stuff! : avoiding plagiarism and illegal Internet downloading /

PN2061 .P59 1990
The monologue workshop : from search to discovery in audition and performance /

PN2111 .W3 1971
Waldman on theater.

PQ2613.E53 P33 1987
The screens : a play in seventeen scenes /

QC355.3 .C54 2008
Light years : an exploration of mankind's enduring fascination with light /

QC358 .B44 2008
Patterns of light : chasing the spectrum from Aristotle to LEDs /

QC926.32 .G59 2007
Global outlook for ice & snow /

QC981.8.C5 J39 2007
Climate change /

QE721.2.E85 P76 2007
Evolution : what the fossils say and why it matters /

QH107 .C67 2007
Coral reefs of the southern Gulf of Mexico /

QH333 .L66 2008
Life as it is : biology for the public sphere /

QH375 .B44 2008
Selection : the mechanism of evolution /

QK495.C11 I64 2008
Cacti, agaves, and yuccas of California and Nevada /

QM603 .D68 2008
Your developing baby, conception to birth /

RA440.5 .D38 2008
The healthy skeptic : cutting through the hype about your health /

RA643.8 .C45 2006
The AIDS pandemic : the collision of epidemiology with political correctness /

RA997 .B323 2007
Old age in a new age : the promise of transformative nursing homes /

RB155.65 .C69 2008
Heredity and hope : the case for genetic screening /

RC564 .E67 2007
The science of addiction : from neurobiology to treatment /

RM301.15 .P735 2008
Prescription drugs /

TD799.85 .W43 2009
What is the impact of e-waste? /

TJ211 .L38 2008
Robots in space : technology, evolution, and interplanetary travel /

Z711.45 .V576 2008
Virtual reference service : from competencies to assessment /

New Books Available!

• Why does a curve ball curve?
• What are some career paths in video games and multimedia?
• Why was molecular biologist Elizabeth Blackburn named one of Time magazine’s 100 “Most Influential People in the World” in 2007?

Find out the answer to these questions and more in the latest batch of New Books. Bring your SWC photo ID card with you to check out a book for 4 weeks.

BD638 .C67 2007
Time and the shape of history

BJ2137 .M33 2007
Going Dutch in Beijing : how to behave properly when far away from home /

BL410 .K37 2007
Peace be upon you : the story of Muslim, Christian, and Jewish coexistence /

CT3260 .H88 2007
Leading ladies : American trailblazers /

D117 .L48 2008
God's crucible : Islam and the making of Europe, 570 to 1215 /

D769.348 506th .M35 2008
Easy Company soldier : the legendary battles of a sergeant from World War II's "Band of Brothers" /

DS79.76 .H68 2008
How should the U.S. proceed in Iraq? /

DS272 .A94 2008
A history of Iran : empire of the mind /

E77.H25
Handbook of North American Indians /

E78.C15 L46 2007
First families : a photographic history of California Indians /

E125.C4 26 2008
Bartolome de las Casas in history : toward an understanding of the man and his work /

E184.M5 C247 2002
Chicana traditions : continuity and change /

E184.M5 H385 2008
The world of Mexican migrants : the rock and the hard place /

E449.D75 O15 2007
The radical and the Republican : Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and the triumph of antislavery politics /

E476.69 .T78 2008
Southern storm : Sherman's march to the sea /

F1230 .L45 2008
Conquistador : Hernán Cortés, King Montezuma, and the last stand of the Aztecs /

F1234 .S33 2008
Palace politics : how the ruling party brought crisis to Mexico /

F2235.3 .L97 2007
Simón Bolívar : a life /

GE180 .K59 2008
American environmental policy, 1990-2006 : beyond gridlock /

GF41 .D42 2009
The power of place : geography, destiny, and globalization's rough landscape /

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Neolithic /

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Why a curveball curves : the incredible science of sports /

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Rome 1960 : the Olympics that changed the world /

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Fall of the big top : the vanishing American circus /

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The wage gap /

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Destinies of the disadvantaged : the politics of teenage childbearing /

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Careers in child care /

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Grand theft childhood : the surprising truth about violent video games and what parents can do /

HQ1154 .M5 2000
Sexual politics /

HQ1229 .O77 2008
Girls gone skank : the sexualization of girls in American culture /

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Pearls, politics, & power : how women can win and lead /

HQ1236.5.U6 W64 2003
Women and American politics : new questions, new directions /

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JF1001 .V69 2008
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KF1375.Z9 C55 2008
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The Bill of Rights in modern America /

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U.S. immigration made easy /

MT930 .B67 2007
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P107 .A87 2003
The atlas of languages : the origin and development of languages throughout the world /

PK6480.E5 M6 1984
Open secret : versions of Rumi.

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Martin Scorsese : a biography /

PS647.H58 G76 1993
Growing up Latino : memoirs and stories /

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Einstein and Oppenheimer : the meaning of genius /

QE33.2.R4 O97 2007
Our changing planet : the view from space /

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Coming to life : how genes drive development /

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Elizabeth Blackburn and the story of telomeres : deciphering the ends of DNA /

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Microcosm : E. coli and the new science of life /

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Worried sick : a prescription for health in an overtreated America /

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Head cases : stories of brain injury and its aftermath /

RC443 .T67 2008
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Head games : football's concussion crisis from the NFL to youth leagues /

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Obesity surgery : stories of altered lives /

RG51 .B76 2008
The control of childbirth : women versus medicine through the ages /

RG525 .H42 1995
Pregnant fathers : entering parenthood together /

RG525 .W64 1980
Practical pregnancy : all that's different in life because you're pregnant /

RG558 .B35 2001
Making babies : the science of pregnancy /

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On speed : the many lives of amphetamine /

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Career opportunities in the Internet, video games, and multimedia /

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The impact of the Internet on our moral lives /

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Black wings : courageous stories of African Americans in aviation and space history /

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The saucier's apprentice : one long strange trip through the great cooking schools of Europe /

UA927 .N385 2008
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Train go sorry : inside a deaf world

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Prison state : the challenge of mass incarceration

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The European Union

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Should cameras be allowed in courtrooms?

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Educator's podcast guide

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Edward Gordon Craig, 1872-1966

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To infinity and beyond! : the story of Pixar Animation Studios

NC1766.U52 P75 2008
The Pixar touch : the making of a company

ND793.J594 A4 2002
Lars Jonsson : birds and light

P91.25 .M464 1991
Messages : the Washington Post media companion

P96.A86 H88 1986
Writing for mass communication

PE1128 .F425 1998
NorthStar. Focus on listening and speaking, high intermediate

PN153 .H43 1984
The Freelancer : a writer's guide to success

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The actor and the camera

PN1995 .D57 1984
On screen acting : an introduction to the art of acting for the screen

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The actor's choice : the transition from stage to screen

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The film director : a practical guide to motion picture and television techniques

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Directing actors : creating memorable performances for film and television

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Empire of dreams : the science fiction and fantasy films of Steven Spielberg

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No acting, please

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Combat mime : a non-violent approach to stage violence

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Stage fright--health and safety in the theater

PN2071.P78 S66 1996
The actor speaks : twenty-four actors talk about process and technique

PN2071.S65 H64 1986
Teach yourself transatlantic : theatre speech for actors

PN2277.N5 L5 1971
The playmakers

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Beginning broadcast newswriting : a self-instructional learning experience

PN4784.B75 W82 1995
Radio-TV newswriting : a workbook

PN4784.T4 C37 1997
Writing news for television : style and format

PN4784.T4 H48 1988
Air words : writing for broadcast news

PN4788 .M38 1996
Winds of change : challenges confronting journalism education

PN4874.W285 A3 2008
Audition : a memoir

PN4888.P6 E58 1989
Democracy without citizens : media and the decay of American politics

PN6112 .H28 2004
The Wadsworth anthology of drama

PN6112 .P5 1975
A treasury of drama : classical through modern

PN6112 .P57 2004
Plays for the theatre : a drama anthology

PN6112 .S687 1981
Stages of drama : classical to contemporary theater

PQ7798.18.E73 R67 2001
Ropa de fuego

PR2995 .B782 1976
Shakespeare aloud : a guide to his verse on stage

PR3091 .T87 1997
Improvising Shakespeare : reading for the stage

PS3613.U69 F34 2007
The faith healer of Olive Avenue

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PHP 6 and MySQL 5 for dynamic Web sites

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The motion paradox : the 2,500-year-old puzzle behind all the mysteries of time and space

QC311 .O47 2008
General thermodynamics

QE720 .P65 2008
What bugged the dinosaurs? : insects, disease, and death in the Cretaceous

QH541.15.B56 S96 2008
Sustaining life : how human health depends on biodiversity

QL696.S8 P44 2007
Field guide to owls of California and the West

QL737.C27 B78 2007
Bears : a brief history

QP353 .M367 1998
Discoveries in the human brain : neuroscience prehistory, brain structure, and function

QP601 .B64 2006
Enzymes : what the experts know! : your journey to health and longevity starts here

RA777.25 .I76 2002
Teen beauty secrets : fresh, simple & sassy tips for your perfect look

T11 .S52 1990
Modern technical writing

TA330 .B79 2008
How round is your circle? : where engineering and mathematics meet

TK5103.12 .B37 2004
Cabling : the complete guide to network wiring

TK5105.5 .O344 2006
Upgrading and repairing networks

TK5105.5 .T64 2007
Guide to networking essentials

TK5105.78 .F56 2008
Voice over WLANs : the complete guide

TK7887 .G68 2008
Troubleshooting your PC for dummies

TK7887 .M835 2006
Upgrading and repairing laptops

TL236.28 .L47 2008
The physics of NASCAR : how to make steel + gas + rubber = speed

TX553.V5 B53 2008
Vitamins and minerals demystified

TX749.5.B43 O94 2008
The hamburger : a history

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Do veterans receive adequate health care?

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1434 : the year a magnificent Chinese fleet sailed to Italy and ignited the Renaissance

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Skulls to the living, bread to the dead [the day of the dead in Mexico and beyond]

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Olympic dreams : China and sports, 1895-2008

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HD9349.M542 R69 2008
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HD9566 .F67 2008
Foreign oil dependence

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Senior citizens and driving

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How does advertising impact teen behavior?

HT371 .U73 2008
Urban sprawl

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Should the legal drinking age be lowered?

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Erased : missing women, murdered wives

HV6545 .S814 2008
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Domestic violence : a reference handbook

HV7436 .B87 2006
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Spycraft : the secret history of the CIA's spytechs from Communism to Al-Qaeda

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Picture perfect : life in the age of the photo op

JV6021 .D8413 2008
Diasporas

JV6450 .L46 2006
Guarding the gates : immigration and national security

JV6450 .W43 2008
Immigration

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Hell hath no fury : true profiles of women at war from antiquity to Iraq

KF9670 .D66 2008
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Should juveniles be tried as adults?

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Teaching in America

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The sandbox investment : the preschool movement and kids-first politics

LB2322.2 .B65 2008
Our underachieving colleges : a candid look at how much students learn and why they should be learning more

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Gendered perspectives on community college

LB2361.5 .S327 2008
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Latino dropouts in rural America : realities and possibilities

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Everyday antiracism : getting real about race in school

LC213.2 .F47 2007
Toward excellence with equity : an emerging vision for closing the achievement gap

ML195 .R68 1997
The classical style : Haydn, Mozart, Beethoveen

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W.A. Mozart

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NC730 .W6 1990
BBC drawing course

NC735 .G68
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NC892 .H87 1986
Colored pencil drawing techniques : 22 colored pencil projects, illustrated step-by-step with advice on materials and techniques

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The TV writer's workbook : a creative approach to television scripts

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Reality TV

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Hollywood's censor : Joseph I. Breen & the Production Code Administration

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The nature of narrative

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Media bias : finding it, fixing it

PQ7384 .C54 2007
Che in verse

PR56 .B34 2006
A research guide for undergraduate students : English and American literature

PS591.H58 W56 2007
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QA273.25 .N34 2008
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QB64 .M267 2007
Lights in the sky : identifying and understanding astronomical and meteorological phenomena

QB405 .L675 2008
Titan unveiled : Saturn's mysterious moon explored

QB982 .K53 2007
Cosmological enigmas : pulsars, quasars & other deep-space questions

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Liquids and gases : principles of fluid mechanics

QC173 .M335 2008
Atoms, molecules, and compounds

QC173.16 .F54 2002
Matter and energy : principles of matter and thermodynamics

QC178 .C29 2008
Gravity, black holes, and the very early universe : an introduction to general relativity and cosmology

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Cohesion : a scientific history of intermolecular forces

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Global warming

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Stoichiometry

QD461 .G537 2001
Chemical bonding and molecular geometry : from Lewis to electron densities

QD461 .G718 1994
Chemical bonds : an introduction to atomic and molecular structure

QD471 .D43 1989
Chemical structure and bonding

QD474 .R52 2008
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QD502 .P54 1995
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QD571 .C65 1996
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QD571 .F615 1996
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QH327 .B446 2008
Beyond UFOs : the search for extraterrestrial life and its astonishing implications for our future

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Should drilling be permitted in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge?

QL568.F7 T235 1998
The world of the harvester ants

QP279 .S56 2008
Should parents be allowed to choose the gender of their children?

QP514.2 .C48 2008
Biochemistry

RA395.A3 H399 2008
Health care

RA445 .S55 2007
Silent victories : the history and practice of public health in twentieth-century America

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HV9275 .T56 2008
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Millennial makeover : MySpace

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Legal guide for starting & running a small business

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A history of American classical music

ML200 .S34 2007
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Bill Evans : how my heart sings

ML417.P73 P413 1998
Dance of the infidels : a portrait of Bud Powell

P94.6 .W95 2005
The media and body image : if looks could kill

PA4037 .M318 2007
Homer's the Iliad and the Odyssey : a biography

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Same time

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Guilty : Hollywood's verdict on Arabs after 9/11

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221 one-minute monologues for men

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A happy death

PS153.N5 H267 2007
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PS153.N5 H267 2007
Harlem speaks : a living history of the Harlem Renaissance

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The San Diego poetry annual

PS1018 .M34 2007
Eden's outcasts : the story of Louisa May Alcott and her father

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The brethren

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PS3561.I483 R44 1996
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PS3561.I483 R67 1995
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The best test preparation for the ELM California State University Entry Level Mathematics exam

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Beyond the nanoworld : quarks

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Unstoppable global warming : every 1,500 years

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QD415.3 .S4 1976
Biochemical calculations : how to solve mathematical problems in general biochemistry

QD462 .M4 2008
Quantum chemistry

QD474 .M379 2007
Integrated approach to coordination chemistry : an inorganic laboratory guide

QD601.3 .L68 2006
Modern nuclear chemistry

QE203.B34 J64 2002
Discovering the geology of Baja California : six hikes on the southern gulf coast

QE993 .T67 2007
Paleopalynology

QH541.5.P7 C35 2007
California grasslands : ecology and management

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Bonk : the curious coupling of science and sex

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RA644.A25 S48 2007
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RC489.B4 C584 2008
Clinical handbook of psychological disorders : a step-by-step treatment manual

RJ253.5 G89 2008
Baby at risk : the uncertain legacies of medical miracles for babies

RM666.P35 B83 2007
Penicillin : triumph and tragedy

TJ163.4.U6 K78 2008
Earth

TK5105.8868.M87 K15 2008
MySpace music profit monster : easy online strategies for getting more fans fast

TR15 .R67 2007
A world history of photography

TR820.5 .E892 1997
Walker Evans

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Books on fire : the destruction of libraries throughout history

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DS12 .C57 1991
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DS79.72 .M44 1991
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E184.A1 M569 2004
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A history of the World Cup : 1930-2006

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Games magazine big book of games II

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