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Over 90 new books are on display in the New Book Area!

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Leisure Reading
3132
Three cups of tea : one man's mission to promote peace -- one school at a time (2 copies)
Mortenson, Greg

3133
Ridiculous/hilarious/terrible/cool : a year in an American high school
Cooper, Elisha

3134
Amá, your story is mine : walking out of the shadows of abuse
Cedeño, Ercenia

3135
If I'd known then : women in their 20s and 30s write letters to their younger selves
edited by Ellyn Spragins

3136
Have you found her : a memoir
Erlbaum, Janice

3137
Child 44
Smith, Tom Rob

3138
The calling
Wolfe, Inger Ash

Stacks
B105.C477 R63 2008
Consciousness and mental life

BF456.N7 B94 2007
How mathematicians think : using ambiguity, contradiction, and paradox to create mathematics

BF717 .E397 2007
The power of play : how spontaneous, imaginative activities lead to happier, healthier children

BF717 .L56 2008
The case for make believe : saving play in a commercialized world

BF724 .S23 2007
When no one understands : letters to a teenager on life, loss, and the hard road to adulthood

BL53 .N49 2006
Why we believe what we believe : uncovering our biological need for meaning, spirituality, and truth

BL312 .A76 2005
A short history of myth

BL1202 .R55 2006
Essential Hinduism

BP603 .D38 2006
The visionary state : a journey through California's spiritual landscape

DP53.I2 A75
The Iberians

DP66 .V513
Approaches to the history of Spain

DS79.76 .H3758 2006
Insurgency and counter-insurgency in Iraq

DS318.84.A36 N35 2008
Ahmadinejad : the secret history of Iran's radical leader

E83.876 .D66 2008
A terrible glory : Custer and the Little Bighorn-- the last great battle of the American West

E184.M88 M38 2006
Transnational Muslims in American society

E185.61 .N478 2004
The civil rights movement

E902 .L557 2007
Controversies of the George W. Bush presidency : pro and con documents

F220.A1 S65 2006
There goes my everything : white Southerners in the age of civil rights, 1945-1975

F1210 .S699 2006
A companion to Mexican studies

F1219.1.B3 P74 2006
The prehistory of Baja California : advances in the archaeology of the forgotten peninsula

F3429 .S22413 2007
The history of the Incas

G860 .C66 2007
Antarctica : the global warning (+DVD)

GR111.M49 H47 2006
Chicano folklore : a handbook

GT2845 .A84 2007
The dirt on clean : an unsanitized history

GV452 .M35 2004
Purposeful play : early childhood movement activities on a budget

GV706.3 .R67 2007
The erosion of the American sporting ethos : shifting attitudes toward competition

GV859 .8 P693 2008
Skateboarding skills : the rider's guide

GV863.A1 W445 2008
Far from home : Latino baseball players in America

GV1005 .S46 1997
Winning table tennis

GV1017.H7 M58 2005
Field hockey techniques & tactics

GV1111 .M383 2007
Self-defense : steps to survival

GV1111 .T69 2006
Self-defense for peaceable people

GV1195 P752 2005
The ultimate guide to weight training for wrestling

GV1196.3 .K45 1990
Successful wrestling : coaches' guide for teaching basic to advanced skills

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

HC435.3 .M47 2007
The elephant and the dragon : the rise of India and China and what it means for all of us

HD9666.5 .P415 2008
Our daily meds : how the pharmaceutical companies transformed themselves into slick marketing machines and hooked the nation on prescription drugs

HE8689.8 .K625 2007
Fighting for air : the battle to control America's media

HG540 .K37 2008
Biography of the dollar : how the mighty buck conquered the world and why it's under siege

HM851 .S25 2007
The Internet and society : a reference handbook

HM1051 .M85 2006
Everyone is NOT doing it : abstinence and personal identity

HQ784.V53 A53 2007
Violent video game effects on children and adolescents : theory, research, and public policy

HQ814 .C55 2006
Divorce : causes and consequences

HQ1418 .M36 2008
Seneca Falls and the origins of the women's rights movement

HV5831.C2 S54 2006
Beautiful boy : a father's journey through his son's meth addiction

HV9305.C2 D53 2006
Chicana lives and criminal justice : voices from el barrio

HV9471 .G67 2006
The prison and the gallows : the politics of mass incarceration in America

JK275 .R45 2007
Supercapitalism : the transformation of business, democracy, and everyday life

KF390.A96 E925 2006
Copyright companion for writers (+CD-ROM)

KF4291 .S28 2005
Legal aspects of the music industry : an insider's view

LB1028.3 .U849 2007
Using technology with classroom instruction that works

LB1044.87 C272 2007
An educator's guide to: Google Apps for education

LB2343.32 .A76 2005
Assessing conditions to enhance educational effectiveness : the inventory for student engagement and success

LC212.52 .T37 2007
Can we talk about race? : and other conversations in an era of school resegregation

LC2781 .C54 2007
Closing the African American achievement gap in higher education

NC1766.U52 D5375 2006
Walt Disney : the triumph of the American imagination

PN49 .K8613 2006
The curtain : an essay in seven parts

PN1995.63.K36 B87 2007
Banned in Kansas : motion picture censorship, 1915-1966

PN1995.9.S45 P437 2007
The history of sex in American film

PN2062 .S7613 2008
An actor's work : a student's diary

PN4888.W37 C66 2007
Reporting the war : freedom of the press from the American revolution to the War on terrorism

PS647.A35 A346 2006
African American literature beyond race : an alternative reader

PZ7.T117 B482 2008
Blue Goose

PZ73.G589 M8 2007
Mis colores, mi mundo = My colors, my world

QA22 .M3735 2007
The mathematics of Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, India, and Islam : a sourcebook

QA76.76.O63 H34349 2000
Red Hat Linux for dummies (+ 2 CD-ROMs)

QA76.76.O63 R434 1999
Red Hat Linux 6.1 : the official Red Hat Linux reference guide

QA174.7.S96 D8 2008
Symmetry : a journey into the patterns of nature

QB461.3 .I55 2007
Astrophysics is easy! : a complete introduction for amateur astronomers

QC16.N7 A48 2006
Newton

QC981.8.C5 S5 2005
Shattered consensus : the true state of global warming

QH366.2 .S35 2008
Science, evolution, and creationism

QH541.15.B56 B557 2008
Biodiversity

QM181 .P48 2007
The heart

QP355.2 .B42 2007
Neuroscience : exploring the brain (+CD-ROM)

QP398 .A53 2005
The creating brain : the neuroscience of genius

R118 .P47 2007
Straight talk about cosmetic surgery

RA566.27 .G57 2006
What's toxic, what's not

RA644.C3 H46 2007
The strange case of the Broad Street pump : John Snow and the mystery of cholera

RC553.A88 G75 2007
Unstrange minds : remapping the world of autism

TD171.7 .Y373 2008
How to reduce your carbon footprint : 365 simple ways to save energy, resources, and money

TJ163.25.U6 B79 2008
Gusher of lies : the dangerous delusions of "energy independence"

TK6570.M6 F433 2007
Mobile persuasion : 20 perspectives on the future of behavior change

TK7888.3 .N57 2005
The elements of computing systems : building a modern computer from first principles

TK9969 .H36 2008
Do-it-yourself PC upgrade projects : 24 cool things you didn't know you could do!

New Reference Books Available

New reference books are shelved in the Reference Collection and are for in-library use only. Photocopying is available for 10 cents/page.

BF637.N66 S24 2006
The SAGE handbook of nonverbal communication

CT 120 C8 2007
Current biography yearbook, 2007

E184.S75 F543 2007
Latino chronology : chronologies of the American mosaic

G70.212 .E53 2008
Encyclopedia of geographic information science

G1035 .B6 2007
An atlas of world affairs

G1046.E4 A7 2007
Atlas of the world's religions

G1526.S1 H39 2007
Historical atlas of California : with original maps

GE195 .P36 2007
Historical dictionary of the green movement

GF504.P33 S69 2007
United States West Coast : an environmental history

GR105 .W38 2007
Encyclopedia of American folklore

GV436 .F53 2007
Fitness and exercise sourcebook

GV697.A1 F696 2007
Latino athletes

GV950 .B69 2007
Fifty years of college football : a modern history of America's most colorful sport

H 62 E35 2007
CQ Researcher, 2007

HA 202 A36 2007
County and city data book, 2007

HA 202 A387 2008
Statistical abstract of the United States, 2008

HA 202 A4 2008
Almanac of the 50 states : basic data profiles with comparative tables, 2008

HD8066 .R44 2000
Working in America : an eyewitness history

HE 6361 N3 2008
National zip code directory, 2008 (2 vols.)

HE8700.4 .T39 2007
Career opportunities in television and cable

HF 5381 A1 O36 2008-09
Occupational outlook handbook, 2008-09

HF5382.5.U5 A716 2006
Top 300 careers : your complete guidebook to major jobs in every field

HF5382.5.U5 F374 2007
Top 100 careers for college graduates : your complete guidebook to major jobs in many fields

HF5382.65 .F46 2006
Ferguson career resource guide for women and minorities (2 vols.)

HM425 .C36 2006
The Cambridge dictionary of sociology

HQ1236.5.U6 E52 2008
Encyclopedia of women and American politics

HV4045 .R44 2007
Poverty in America

HV6431 .G735 2007
The Greenhaven encyclopedia of terrorism

HV6432.7 .S44 2007
September 11, 2001

JK 1 C14 2008
The CQ guide to current American Government, Spring 2008

JS 451 C25 H6 2008
California cities, towns, & counties : basic data profiles for all municipalities & counties

JV6465 .I4754 2006
Immigration in America today : an encyclopedia

JX 236 2007
Treaties in force ; a list of treaties and other international agreements of the United States, 2007

KF8742.A35 S8 2007
The Supreme Court A to Z

KFC345.A3 C35 2007
California's Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 2008 : summary and analysis of the act's major provisions

KFC1047.A65 2008
California jury instructions, civil. (BAJI & CACI) (3 vols.)

L 112 N377 2007
The condition of education

L 901 C685 2008
The College blue book (6 vols.)

L903.C2 S23 2006-07
San Diego County School and Community College districts directory

LB17 .U54 2007
Encyclopedia of American education (3 vols.)

LB2337.4 .F47 2007
Ferguson career resource guide to grants, scholarships, and other financial resources (2 vols.)

LB 2338 G6 2008-09
The A's & B's of academic scholarships

ML102.W67 W67 2006
The Rough guide to world music

ML199 .M858 v. 2
Music in Latin America and the Caribbean : an encyclopedic history

ML394 .I26 2007 v.2
Icons of hip hop : an encyclopedia of the movement, music, and culture

ML394 .I26 2007 v.1
Icons of hip hop : an encyclopedia of the movement, music, and culture

NX512.3.H57 O83 2007
Latinos in the arts

PC4832 .L37 2006
Larousse diccionario práctico

PL585 .C66 1989
The Complete Japanese verb guide

PN 466 C6 vols. 260-264
Contemporary authors; the international bio-bibliographical guide to current authors and their works.

PN 466 C616 vols. 166-169
Contemporary authors : New Revision series ; a bio-bibliographical guide to current writers in fiction, general nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures, television, and other fields.

PN 771 C59 vols. 242 -249
Contemporary literary criticism

PN1111.6 .P64 vols. 80-84
Poetry criticism : excerpts from criticism of the works of the most significant and widely studied poets of world literature.

PN1625 .D72 v.28
Drama criticism : criticism of the most significant and widely studied dramatic works from all the world's literatures.

PN1995.9.F54 M39 2007
Encyclopedia of film noir

PN 6014 S5 G3 vols. 105-108
Short story criticism : excerpts from criticism of the works of short fiction writers.

Q141 .N46 2007
Latinos in science, math, and professions

QB 8 U1 2009
Astronomical almanac for the year 2009

QH541.5.S35 E53 2007
Encyclopedia of tidepools and rocky shores

R690 .W565 2005
Top 100 health-care careers : your complete guidebook to training and jobs in allied health, nursing, medicine, and more

TP9 .M94 2007
The 100 most important chemical compounds : a reference guide

Z6941.K2 2007
Magazines for libraries : for the general reader and school, junior college, college, university, and public libraries.