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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 /

GN775 .M35 2007
Neolithic /

GV558 .P67 2008
Why a curveball curves : the incredible science of sports /

GV722 1960 .M37 2008
Rome 1960 : the Olympics that changed the world /

GV838.74 .B848 2003
Open water lifesaving : the United States Lifesaving Association manual /

GV1803 .H35 2008
Fall of the big top : the vanishing American circus /

HC110.P6 P63 2008
Poverty /

HD58.9 .G68 2008
The breakthrough imperative : how the best managers get outstanding results /

HD4975 .W29 2008
The wage gap /

HD5325.S2572 1968 M465 2007
Going down Jericho Road : the Memphis strike, Martin Luther King's last campaign /

HF5381 .V58 2007
Career wisdom for college students : insights you won't get in class, on the Internet, or from
your parents /

HF5478 .S75 2008
eBay business start-up kit : with 100s of live links to all the information & tools you need /

HF5478 .S75 2008
eBay business start-up kit : with 100s of live links to all the information & tools you need /

HN79.A13 G54 2008
Defying Dixie : the radical roots of civil rights, 1919-1950 /

HQ755.8 .S43 1996
Parenting the fussy baby and high-need child : everything you need to know-- from birth to age five /

HQ759.4 .F865 2007
Destinies of the disadvantaged : the politics of teenage childbearing /

HQ778.5 .E24 2008
Careers in child care /

HQ784.V53 K88 2008
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 /

HQ1236.5.U6 K86 2008
Pearls, politics, & power : how women can win and lead /

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

HV6556 .S45 2008
Sexual violence /

HV7436 .G8772 2008
Guns and crime /

JF1001 .V69 2008
Voting rights /

KF1375.Z9 C55 2008
Form a partnership : the complete legal guide /

KF1375.Z9 C55 2008
Form a partnership : the complete legal guide /

KF4550.A2 B49 2008
The Bill of Rights in modern America /

KF4819.6 .C36 2007
U.S. immigration made easy /

MT930 .B67 2007
Inside the music classroom : teaching the art with heart /

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.

PN1998.3.S39 L63 2008
Martin Scorsese : a biography /

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

QB501 .B84 2008
Ice, rock, and beauty : a visual tour of the new Solar System /

QC16.E5 S3285 2008
Einstein and Oppenheimer : the meaning of genius /

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

QH453 .N8713 2006
Coming to life : how genes drive development /

QP511.8.B53 B73 2007
Elizabeth Blackburn and the story of telomeres : deciphering the ends of DNA /

QR82.E6 Z56 2008
Microcosm : E. coli and the new science of life /

RA395.A3 H332 2008
Worried sick : a prescription for health in an overtreated America /

RC387.5 .M377 2008
Head cases : stories of brain injury and its aftermath /

RC443 .T67 2008
The insanity offense : how America's failure to treat the seriously mentally ill endangers its citizens /

RC1220.F6 N68 2007
Head games : football's concussion crisis from the NFL to youth leagues /

RD540 .M432 2008
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 /

RM666.A493 R37 2008
On speed : the many lives of amphetamine /

TK5105.875.I57 T376 2007
Career opportunities in the Internet, video games, and multimedia /

TK5105.878 .C38 2005
The impact of the Internet on our moral lives /

TL539 .H285 2008
Black wings : courageous stories of African Americans in aviation and space history /

TX641 .S72 2008
The saucier's apprentice : one long strange trip through the great cooking schools of Europe /

UA927 .N385 2008
National security /

UB337 .H45 2007
Career opportunities in the Armed Forces /

New Books Available!

Over 90 new books are available in the New Book Area of the Library. Bring your SWC photo ID with you if you'd like to check books out for 4 weeks.

3149
How to be bad

3150
The Kalahari typing school for men

3151
Happy birthday or whatever : track suits, Kim Chee, and other family disasters

BF1031 .P27 2008
Paranormal phenomena

BL2747.2 .A33 2007
The agnostic reader

E183.8.S65 L44 2007
For the soul of mankind : the United States, the Soviet Union, and the Cold War

E184.M5 T45 2008
Generations of exclusion : Mexican Americans, assimilation, and race

E185.61 .C63 2008
On the road to freedom : a guided tour of the civil rights trail

F788 D298 2008
Grand Canyon, river at risk

GN316 D375 2007
Light at the edge of the world : a journey through the realm of vanishing cultures

GV546.5 .S383 1998
The new encyclopedia of modern bodybuilding

GV551 .B87 1976
Circus techniques : juggling, equilibristics, (+) vaulting

GV783 M384 2008
Paddle your own kayak : an illustrated guide to the art of kayaking

GV838.74 .E45 2007
International lifeguard training program

HD30.385 .W43 1998
Small business networking for dummies

HD5724 .F88 2008
A future of good jobs? : America's challenge in the global economy

HD9502.5.A433 U54486 2007
Sustainable ethanol : biofuels, biorefineries, cellulosic biomass, flex-fuel vehicles, and sustainable farming for energy independence

HE152 .T68 2008
Transportation

HE5620.J8 T438 2008
Teen driving

HF3837 .W55 2007
China for businesswomen : a strategic guide to travel, negotiating, and cultural differences

HQ35.2 .B65 2008
Hooking up : sex, dating, and relationships on campus

HQ151.T84 K44 2008
Lydia's open door : inside Mexico's most modern brothel

HQ767.9 .T835 2008
The everyday lives of young children : culture, class, and child rearing in diverse societies

HQ799.2.I5 S56 2008
Should social networking web sites be banned?

HV875.55 .A74 2008
Are adoption policies fair?

HV2537 .L36 1993
The mask of benevolence : disabling the deaf community

HV2561.N72 N35 1995
Train go sorry : inside a deaf world

HV5809.5 .G38 2008
Gateway drugs

HV6432 .S546 2008
Should governments negotiate with terrorists?

HV9469 .U83 2008
Prison state : the challenge of mass incarceration

JN30 .E94116 2008
The European Union

KF3457.Z9 S74 2008
Hiring your first employee : a step-by-step guide

KF8726 .H53 2008
Should cameras be allowed in courtrooms?

LB1044.87 .W53 2007
Educator's podcast guide

N1150 .A752 1967
Edward Gordon Craig, 1872-1966

NA2542.36 .E26 2008
Eco-architecture

NC1766.U52 P5837 2007
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

PN1992.8.A3 T39 1994
The actor and the camera

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

PN1995.9.A26 B23 1996
The actor's choice : the transition from stage to screen

PN1995.9.P7 B3 1973
The film director : a practical guide to motion picture and television techniques

PN1995.9.P7 W45 1996
Directing actors : creating memorable performances for film and television

PN1998.3.S65 G67 2008
Empire of dreams : the science fiction and fantasy films of Steven Spielberg

PN2061 .M631 1979
No acting, please

PN2071.F5 M3 1982
Combat mime : a non-violent approach to stage violence

PN2071.P78 R67 1986
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

PN4748.B75 W8 1993
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

QA76.73.P224 U4198 2008
PHP 6 and MySQL 5 for dynamic Web sites

QC133 .M39 2007
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

UB369 .D6 2008
Do veterans receive adequate health care?