Thursday, February 18, 2010

New Books Available


Let the trumpets sound, new books have arrived at the Southwestern College library. Over 140 new titles in fiction, history, health, art and the sciences are available for your reading and browsing enjoyment.
Oh one last reminder, don't forget to bring your SWC photo ID card with you to check out a new book. Items on the New Book Shelf can be checked out for 4 weeks.


Title / Call No.

Crave : why you binge eat and how to stop / 3184


Fault lines / 3185


The day after he left for Iraq : a story of love, family & reunion / 3187


Supergirls speak out : inside the secret crisis of overachieving girls / 3188


The search for meaning : a short history / B105.M4 F67 2007


The ESP enigma : the scientific case for psychic phenomena / BF311 .P67 2009


Sticks and stones : the philosophy of insults / BF463.I58 N48 2008


Handbook of attachment : theory, research, and clinical applications / BF575.A86 H36 2008


Bad faith : the danger of religious extremism / BL238 .K74 2007


Sikh religion. BL 2017.8 S54 1990


Pearls of Sikhism : [peace, justice & equality] / BL2018 .P437 2008


Writing history : a guide for students / D16 .S864 2009


The crusades, Christianity, and Islam / D157 .R536 2008


1848 : year of revolution / D387 .R36 2009


History of the world in photographs / D422 .H57 2008


World War One / D521 .S855 2009


A more unbending battle : the Harlem Hellfighters' struggle for freedom in WWI and equality at home / D570.33 369th .N456 2009


World War I : the African front / D576.G3 P35 2008


Unknown soldiers : reliving World War II in Europe / D769.31 157th .G37 2008


After the Reich : the brutal history of the Allied occupation / DD257 .M223 2007


Engaging the Muslim world / DS35.74.U6 C65 2009


Baghdad at sunrise : a Brigade Commander's war in Iraq / DS79.76 .M358 2008


India / DS407 .I4455 2008


India : the definitive history / DS436 .S23 2008


The last Indian war : the Nez Perce story / E83.877 .W47 2009


Viva la raza : a history of Chicano identity and resistance / E184.M5 A655 2008


Who speaks for Hispanics? : Hispanic interest groups in Washington / E184.S75 M382 2009


Letters from Black America / E184.6 .L49 2009


Unfinished business : racial equality in American history / E185 .K545 2007


It's bigger than hip-hop : the rise of the post-hip-hop generation / E185.61 .A725 2008


American heroes : profiles of men and women who shaped early America / E187.5 .M67 2009


Life of William Grimes, the runaway slave / E444.G85 A3 2008


Lincoln and his admirals : Abraham Lincoln, the U.S. Navy, and the Civil War / E457.2 .S94 2008


Causes won, lost, and forgotten : how Hollywood & popular art shape what we know about the Civil War / E468.9 .G35 2008


True compass : a memoir / E840.8.K35 A3 2009


Michelle Obama : Our first lady "In my own words" E901.1.O23 M42 2009


Boone : a biography / F454.B66 M67 2007


Aztec city-state capitals / F1219.76.U74 S56 2008


The course of Mexican history / F1226 .M54 2007


Fidel Castro : my life : a spoken autobiography / F1788.22.C3 A513 2008


Margaret Mead : the making of an American icon / GN21.M36 L87 2008


How women got their curves and other just-so stories : evolutionary enigmas / GN281 .B368 2009


The dress of the people : everyday fashion in eighteenth-century England / GT736 .S79 2007


Stolen bases : why American girls don't play baseball / GV880.7 .R56 2009


The necessary revolution : how individuals and organizations are working together to create a sustainable world / HC79.E5 N436 2008


Why America lost the war on poverty-- and how to win it / HC110.P6 S78 2007


Chinese economic performance in the long run / HC427 .M2213 2007


Wired to care : how companies prosper when they create widespread empathy / HD58.9 .P38 2009


Making sustainability work : best practices in managing and measuring corporate social, environmental and economic impacts / HD60 .E67 2008


Comeback moms : how to leave work, raise children, and restart your career even if you haven't worked in years / HD6053 .S23 2006


While America aged : how pension debts ruined General Motors, stopped the NYC subways, bankrupted San Diego, and loom as the next financial crisis / HD7125 .L68 2008


Immigration and illegal aliens : burden or blessing? / HD 8081 I43 2010


Over a barrel : the costs of U.S. foreign oil dependence / HD9566 .D82 2008


Factory girls : from village to city in a changing China / HD9734.C55 C53 2008


Right of the dial : the rise of Clear Channel and the fall of commercial radio / HE8698 .F64 2008


Forced to be good : why trade agreements boost human rights / HF1721 .H24 2009


Financial accounting : tools for business decision making / HF5635 .K56 2007


The social atom : why the rich get richer, cheaters get caught, and your neighbor usually looks like you / HM866 .B83 2007


How sex works : why we look, smell, taste, feel, and act the way we do / HQ21 .M67 2009


One perfect day : the selling of the American wedding / HQ745 .M43 2007


Reproductive rights and wrongs : the global politics of population control / HQ766.7 .H37 1995


Good behavior : over 1,200 sensible solutions to your child's problems from birth to age twelve / HQ769 .G259 1987


Complete book of parenting : the parents' question-and-answer book / HQ774 .C59 1991


Growing up : issues affecting America's youth / HQ792.U5 I43 2010


The triple bind : saving our teenage girls from today's pressures / HQ798 .H55 2009


Emerging adults in America : coming of age in the 21st century / HQ799.7 .E63 2006


Being single on Noah's ark / HQ800.4.U6 C36 2007


Chicana sexuality and gender : cultural refiguring in literature, oral history, and art / HQ1166 .B53 2008


Social welfare : fighting poverty and homelessness / HV95 .I43 2010


Breakfast at Sally's : one homeless man's inspirational journey / HV4506.B74 L46 2008


Animal rights / HV4708 .I43 2010


Alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drugs / HV4999.2 I43 2010


The quiet revolutionaries : seeking justice in Guatemala / HV6322.3.G9 A34 2007


Blood and rage : a cultural history of terrorism / HV6431 .B867 2009


Crime, prisons, and jails / HV8665 .I43 2010


War and liberty : an American dilemma : 1790 to the present / JC591 .S76 2007


And justice for all : the United States Commission on Civil Rights and the continuing struggle for freedom in America / JC599.U5 B45 2009


In reckless hands : Skinner v. Oklahoma and the near triumph of American eugenics / KF224.S486 N68 2008


Copyright's paradox / KF2994 .N46 2008


Out of range : why the Constitution can't end the battle over guns / KF3941 .T872 2007


The Innocence Commission : preventing wrongful convictions and restoring the criminal justice system / KFV2987 .G68 2007


Enemy of the state : the trial and execution of Saddam Hussein / KMJ41.H87 N49 2008


Educating and caring for very young children : the infant/toddler curriculum / LB1139.4 .B47 2009


Student athletes and athletics / LB2328 .N4 v. 147


Bound-for-college guidebook : a step-by-step guide to finding and applying to colleges / LB2343.32 .B88 2009


Golden age of Spain : painting, sculpture, architecture / N7105 .S8713 2008


From technological to virtual art / N7433.92 .P67 2007


Impressionism : 50 paintings you should know / ND457.5.I55 E5413 2007


The great book of French impressionism / ND 547.5 I4 K42


Adam's tongue : how humans made language, how language made humans / P106 .B4667 2009


My word! : plagiarism and college culture / PN167 .B48 2009


Out at the movies : a history of gay cinema / PN1995.9.H55 D39 2008


Pulitzer's gold : behind the prize for public service journalism / PN4798 .H37 2007


Consider the source : a critical guide to 100 prominent news and information sites on the Web / PN4833 .B76 2007


True stories of crime in modern Mexico / PQ7207.D48 T775 2009


There goes the bride : an Agatha Raisin mystery / PR6052.E196 T437 2009


The full cupboard of life / PR6063.C326 F85 2005


The China lover / PR9130.9.B87 C48 2008


The American play : 1787-2000 / PS332 .R63 2009


American hybrid : a Norton anthology of new poetry / PS617 .A54 2009


Pow Wow : charting the fault lines in the American experience : short fiction from then to now / PS647.E85 P68 2009


Hit list : the best of Latino mystery / PS648.D4 H48 2009


Mark Twain and metaphor / PS1341 .B57 2007


The last prince of the Mexican empire : a novel based on the true story / PS3563.A96389 L37 2009


City of refuge : a novel / PS3566.I23 C57 2008


Falling angels : cuentos ; Falling angels : poemas / PS3601.A733 F35 2008


A book / PZ7.G325 B6 2009


Rhymes round the world / PZ8.3.C4525 R39 2009


The imaginary garden / PZ8.3 .L2773 I52 2009


What can you do with a rebozo? / PZ8.3.T114915 W4 2008


High performance web sites : essential knowledge for frontend engineers / QA76.625 .S68 2007


Accessibility for everyone : understanding the Section 508 accessibility requirements / QA76.9.H85 M82 2003


Designing Web interfaces / QA76.9.U83 S36 2009


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


The vanishing face of gaia : a final warning / QH331 .L6885 2009


Genetics and genetic engineering / QH430 .I43 2010


Aquatic photosynthesis / QK882 .F36 2007


Ecology of phytoplankton / QK933 .R487 2006


Microbial ecology of the oceans / QR106 .M53 2008


The HPV vaccine controversy : sex, cancer, God, and politics : a guide for parents, women, men, and teenagers / QR189.5.P36 K75 2008


Administrative medical assisting / R728.8 .F64 2004


Medical assisting : administrative and clinical competencies / R728.8 .M4 2004


Poisons on our plates : the real food safety problem in the United States / RA1258 .M66 2008


Managing pain in the older adult / RB127 .M347 2008


What to expect when you have diabetes : 170 tips for living well with diabetes / RC660.4 .W455 2008


Childbirth with love : a complete guide to fertility, pregnancy, and childbirth for caring couples / RG525 .L29 1983


Your baby & child from birth to age five / RJ61 .L4 1978


Mothercare new guide to pregnancy and child care : an illustrated guide to caring for your child from pregnancy through age five / RJ131 .M667 1994


Breastfeeding rights in the United States / RJ216 .K397 2008


Childhood mental health disorders : evidence base and contextual factors for psychosocial, psychopharmacological, and combined interventions / RJ499 .C4875 2008


What we leave behind / TD175 .J445 2009


Water : no longer taken for granted / TD348 .I43 2010


Sustainable landscape construction : a guide to green building outdoors / TH380 .T46 2008


Electric power system basics : for the nonelectrical professional / TK1001 .B58 2007


Universal design for Web applications : for web applications / TK5105.888 .C45 2008


Designing Web navigation / TK5105.888 .K354 2007


50 aircraft that changed the world / TL670.3 .D53 2007


Drink : a cultural history of alcohol / TP573.A1 G38 2008


The last photographic heroes : American photographers of the sixties and seventies / TR139 .M57 2007


50 photographers you should know / TR139 .S74 2008


Easy green living : the ultimate guide to simple, eco-friendly choices for you and your home / TX324 .L68 2008


Essentials of food science / TX531 .V33 2008


Nuclear weapons : what you need to know / U264 .B453 2008


The Wikipedia revolution : how a bunch of nobodies created the world's greatest encyclopedia / ZA4482 .L54 2009