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!

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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 /