Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Good Books to Read During Winter Break

Before leaving for the holidays, check out one of our new books titles. Browse our new title list below and don't forget to bring your Southwestern College ID card with you to the library, new titles can be borrowed for 4 weeks.

Title / Call Number


Watchmen / 3178


The Zookeeper's wife : a war story / 3179


How patients should think : 10 questions to ask your doctor about drugs, tests, and treatment / 3180


The human side of history; man's manners, morals, and games / AC 5 L78 1970


Body panic : gender, health, and the selling of fitness / BF697.5.B63 D86 2009


Play : how it shapes the brain, opens the imagination, and invigorates the soul / BF717 .B76 2009


The sharing solution : how to save money, simplify your life & build community/ BJ1533.G4 O77 2009


Women in Greek myth / BL795.W65 L44 2007


Eleanor of Aquitaine : queen of France, queen of England / DA209.E6 T87 2009


Caesar : life of a colossus / DG261 .G584 2006


Lies my teacher told me : everything your American history textbook got wrong / E175.85 .L64 2008


The essential Lincoln : speeches and correspondence / E457.92 2009


Hijos del pueblo : gender, family, and community in rural Mexico, 1730-1850 / F1219.1.T626 K36 2008


Mexico since 1980 / F1236 .M482 2008


Dangerous waters : modern piracy and terror on the high seas / G535 .B87 2002


The invisible hook : the hidden economics of pirates / G535 .L44 2009


Living off the grid : a simple guide to creating and maintaining a self-reliant supply of energy, water, shelter, and more / GF78 .B57 2008


An intimate affair : women, lingerie, and sexuality / GT2073 .F54 2007


Methods of group exercise instruction / GV481 .K416 2005


Panic : the story of modern financial insanity / HB3722 .P36 2009


Free market madness : why human nature is at odds with economics--and why it matters / HB95 .U24 2009


Race and the war on poverty : from Watts to East L.A. / HC108.L55 B38 2008


Selling your house in a tough market : 10 strategies that work / HD259 .B73 2009


Beyond the fields : Cesar Chavez, the UFW, and the struggle for justice in the 21st century / HD6515.A292 U548 2008


Where we live now : immigration and race in the United States / HD7288.72.U5 I34 2009


Stealing MySpace : the battle to control the most popular website in America / HD9696.8.U64 M973 2009


Flat broke in the free market : how globalization fleeced working people / HF1713 .J48 2009


Your call is (not that) important to us : customer service and what it reveals about our world and our lives / HF5415.5 .Y47 2009


The Wall Street journal guide to starting your financial life / HG179 .B56634 2009


Origins of American health insurance : a history of industrial sickness funds / HG9396 .M87 2007


The lonely American : drifting apart in the twenty-first century / HM1131 .O43 2009


The meaning of sociology : a reader / HM585 .M43 2005


Going to extremes : how like minds unite and divide / HN90.R3 S848 2009


Women in the Middle East : tradition and change / HQ1726.5 .H37 2003


Women in the Middle East : past and present / HQ1726.5 .K43 2007


Ethics and sex / HQ32 .P75 1999


Devil's sanctuary : an eyewitness history of Mississippi hate crimes / HV6773.53.M7 A47 2009


The treatment of criminal offenders : a history / HV9304 .B866 2007


Bilingual dictionary of criminal justice terms (English/Spanish) / KF9617 .B46 1991


Rethinking juvenile justice / KF9779 .S36 2008


How to form a nonprofit corporation in California / KFC342 .M36 2009


From student to scholar : a candid guide to becoming a professor / LB1778 .C26 2008


Book of rhymes : the poetics of hip hop / ML3531 .B73 2009


Story behind the protest song : a reference guide to the 50 songs that changed the 20th century / ML3551.5 .P58 2008


Critical thinking and composition: English 116 / PE1127 .C55 C44 2008


Present tense : contemporary themes for writers / PE1431 .B39 2010


Speaking with a purpose / PN4129.15 .K63 2004


20,000 leagues under the sea / PQ2469 .V513 2006


The little stranger / PR6073.A828 L58 2009


Maya Angelou / PS3551.N464 Z76 2009


Taken for granted / PS3619.E97 T35 2002Little Beauty / PZ7 .B81984 L47 2008


College algebra : graphs and models / QA154.2 .C643 2006


EMF : Eclipse Modeling Framework / QA76.76.D47 E55 2009


Cosmos : an illustrated history of astronomy and cosmology / QB15 .N668 2008


Unmasking Europa : the search for life on Jupiter's ocean moon / QB404 .G688 2008


The universe in a mirror : the saga of the Hubble Telescope and the visionaries who built it / QB500.268 .Z56 2008


Our undiscovered universe : introducing null physics : the science of uniform and unconditional reality / QB991.Q36 W58 2007


An inconvenient truth : the planetary emergency of global warming and what we can do about it / QC981.8.G56 G67 2006


Unstoppable global warming : every 1,500 years / QC981.8.G56 S553 2008


Animal diversity / QL47.2 .H527 2007


Thousand mile song : whale music in a sea of sound / QL737.C4 R63 2008


Human : the science behind what makes us unique / QP360.5 .G395 2008


Medical terminology complete! / R123 .W527 2009


Stuffed : an insider's look at who's (really) making America fat / RA645.O23 C31 2009


Healing spaces : the science of place and well-being / RA770 .S74 2009


Understanding your health / RA777.3 .P39 2005


Stop the insanity! / RA778 .P8836 1993


Betty Crocker's living with cancer cookbook / RC271.D52 C76 2002


Crazy sexy cancer tips / RC281.W65 C374 2007


Between XX and XY : intersexuality and the myth of two sexes / RC883 .C35 2009


Outpatient weight-loss surgery : safe and successful weight loss with modern bariatric surgery : a Sasse guide / RD605 .S27 2009


Dr. Miriam Stoppard's new pregnancy and birth book / RG525 .S7525 2009


Maximize your body potential : lifetime skills for successful weight management / RM222.2 .N3718 2003


Clinical exercise specialist manual : ACE's source for training special populations / RM725 .C675 1999


Bonsai : the art of growing and keeping miniature trees / SB433.5 .C4 1992


Principles of electric circuits : electron flow version / TK454 .F57 2009


Zen cart : e-commerce application development / TK5105.888 S37 2008


The Web collection revealed : Adobe Flash CS4, Dreamweaver CS4, & Photoshop CS4 / TK5105.8883 .B56 2010


Electronics fundamentals : circuits, devices, and applications / TK7816 .F57 2010


Introdution to Multisim for the Dc/Ac Course / TK7867 S592 2009


Seeing Mexico photographed : the work of Horne, Casasola, Modotti, and Álvarez Bravo / TR820.5 .F645 2008


Chanel and her world / TT505.C45 C4713 1981


The culture of war / U21.5 .C74 2008


Float your boat! : the evolution and science of sailing / VK543 .D45 2009

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Check It Out


Body Panic: Gender, Health, and the Selling of Fitness
by Shari L. Dworkin and Faye Linda Wachs
Call Number: New Book Shelf
BF697.5.B63 D86 2009

Are you ripped? Do you need to work on your abs? Do you know your ideal body weight? Your body fat index? Increasingly, Americans are being sold on a fitness ideal, not just thin but toned, not just muscular but cut, that is harder and harder to reach. In Body Panic, authors Shari L. Dworkin and Faye Linda Wachs ask why. How did these particular body types come to be fit? And how is it that having an unfit body gets melded with being a bad citizen?

While women and body image are often studied together, Body Panic considers both women's and men's bodies side-by-side and over time in order to offer a more in-depth understanding of this pervasive cultural trend.

Check out Body Panic: Gender, Health, and the Selling of Fitness today, available on the library's New Book Shelf.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

New Books Get'em While They're Hot

There is nothing like cracking open and reading a brand new book. Browse the list below of our new titles , I bet you can't read just one. Don't forget to bring your Southwestern College ID card with you to check out a new title for 4 weeks.

Title / Call Number

Watchmen / 3178

The Zookeeper's wife : a war story / 3179

How patients should think : 10 questions to ask your doctor about drugs, tests, and treatment / 3180

The human side of history; man's manners, morals, and games / AC 5 L78 1970

Body panic : gender, health, and the selling of fitness / BF697.5.B63 D86 2009

Play : how it shapes the brain, opens the imagination, and invigorates the soul / BF717 .B76 2009

The sharing solution : how to save money, simplify your life & build community/ BJ1533.G4 O77 2009

Women in Greek myth / BL795.W65 L44 2007

Eleanor of Aquitaine : queen of France, queen of England / DA209.E6 T87 2009

Caesar : life of a colossus / DG261 .G584 2006

Lies my teacher told me : everything your American history textbook got wrong / E175.85 .L64 2008

The essential Lincoln : speeches and correspondence / E457.92 2009

Hijos del pueblo : gender, family, and community in rural Mexico, 1730-1850 / F1219.1.T626 K36 2008

Mexico since 1980 / F1236 .M482 2008

Dangerous waters : modern piracy and terror on the high seas / G535 .B87 2002

The invisible hook : the hidden economics of pirates / G535 .L44 2009

Living off the grid : a simple guide to creating and maintaining a self-reliant supply of energy, water, shelter, and more / GF78 .B57 2008

An intimate affair : women, lingerie, and sexuality / GT2073 .F54 2007

Methods of group exercise instruction / GV481 .K416 2005

Panic : the story of modern financial insanity / HB3722 .P36 2009

Free market madness : why human nature is at odds with economics--and why it matters / HB95 .U24 2009

Race and the war on poverty : from Watts to East L.A. / HC108.L55 B38 2008

Selling your house in a tough market : 10 strategies that work / HD259 .B73 2009

Beyond the fields : Cesar Chavez, the UFW, and the struggle for justice in the 21st century / HD6515.A292 U548 2008

Where we live now : immigration and race in the United States / HD7288.72.U5 I34 2009

Stealing MySpace : the battle to control the most popular website in America / HD9696.8.U64 M973 2009

Flat broke in the free market : how globalization fleeced working people / HF1713 .J48 2009

Your call is (not that) important to us : customer service and what it reveals about our world and our lives / HF5415.5 .Y47 2009

The Wall Street journal guide to starting your financial life / HG179 .B56634 2009

Origins of American health insurance : a history of industrial sickness funds / HG9396 .M87 2007

The lonely American : drifting apart in the twenty-first century / HM1131 .O43 2009

The meaning of sociology : a reader / HM585 .M43 2005

Going to extremes : how like minds unite and divide / HN90.R3 S848 2009

Women in the Middle East : tradition and change / HQ1726.5 .H37 2003

Women in the Middle East : past and present / HQ1726.5 .K43 2007

Ethics and sex / HQ32 .P75 1999

Devil's sanctuary : an eyewitness history of Mississippi hate crimes / HV6773.53.M7 A47 2009

The treatment of criminal offenders : a history / HV9304 .B866 2007

Bilingual dictionary of criminal justice terms (English/Spanish) / KF9617 .B46 1991

Rethinking juvenile justice / KF9779 .S36 2008

How to form a nonprofit corporation in California / KFC342 .M36 2009

From student to scholar : a candid guide to becoming a professor / LB1778 .C26 2008

Book of rhymes : the poetics of hip hop / ML3531 .B73 2009

Story behind the protest song : a reference guide to the 50 songs that changed the 20th century / ML3551.5 .P58 2008

Critical thinking and composition: English 116 / PE1127 .C55 C44 2008

Present tense : contemporary themes for writers / PE1431 .B39 2010

Speaking with a purpose / PN4129.15 .K63 2004

20,000 leagues under the sea / PQ2469 .V513 2006

The little stranger / PR6073.A828 L58 2009

Maya Angelou / PS3551.N464 Z76 2009

Taken for granted / PS3619.E97 T35 2002

Little Beauty / PZ7 .B81984 L47 2008

College algebra : graphs and models / QA154.2 .C643 2006

EMF : Eclipse Modeling Framework / QA76.76.D47 E55 2009

Cosmos : an illustrated history of astronomy and cosmology / QB15 .N668 2008

Unmasking Europa : the search for life on Jupiter's ocean moon / QB404 .G688 2008

The universe in a mirror : the saga of the Hubble Telescope and the visionaries who built it / QB500.268 .Z56 2008

Our undiscovered universe : introducing null physics : the science of uniform and unconditional reality / QB991.Q36 W58 2007

An inconvenient truth : the planetary emergency of global warming and what we can do about it / QC981.8.G56 G67 2006

Unstoppable global warming : every 1,500 years / QC981.8.G56 S553 2008

Animal diversity / QL47.2 .H527 2007

Thousand mile song : whale music in a sea of sound / QL737.C4 R63 2008

Human : the science behind what makes us unique / QP360.5 .G395 2008

Medical terminology complete! / R123 .W527 2009

Stuffed : an insider's look at who's (really) making America fat / RA645.O23 C31 2009

Healing spaces : the science of place and well-being / RA770 .S74 2009

Understanding your health / RA777.3 .P39 2005

Stop the insanity! / RA778 .P8836 1993

Betty Crocker's living with cancer cookbook / RC271.D52 C76 2002

Crazy sexy cancer tips / RC281.W65 C374 2007

Between XX and XY : intersexuality and the myth of two sexes / RC883 .C35 2009

Outpatient weight-loss surgery : safe and successful weight loss with modern bariatric surgery : a Sasse guide / RD605 .S27 2009

Dr. Miriam Stoppard's new pregnancy and birth book / RG525 .S7525 2009

Maximize your body potential : lifetime skills for successful weight management / RM222.2 .N3718 2003

Clinical exercise specialist manual : ACE's source for training special populations / RM725 .C675 1999

Bonsai : the art of growing and keeping miniature trees / SB433.5 .C4 1992

Principles of electric circuits : electron flow version / TK454 .F57 2009

Zen cart : e-commerce application development / TK5105.888 S37 2008

The Web collection revealed : Adobe Flash CS4, Dreamweaver CS4, & Photoshop CS4 / TK5105.8883 .B56 2010

Electronics fundamentals : circuits, devices, and applications / TK7816 .F57 2010

Introdution to Multisim for the Dc/Ac Course / TK7867 S592 2009

Seeing Mexico photographed : the work of Horne, Casasola, Modotti, and Álvarez Bravo / TR820.5 .F645 2008

Chanel and her world / TT505.C45 C4713 1981

The culture of war / U21.5 .C74 2008

Float your boat! : the evolution and science of sailing / VK543 .D45 2009