Tuesday, March 16, 2010

New Books Available


Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. A quote from Irish writer and politician Sir Richard Steele (bap. March 12, 1672 - September 1, 1729). Here's your chance to exercise your mind with a new book from our list of new book titles at Southwestern College library.

Don't forget to bring your SWC photo ID card with you to check out a new book. Think of it as your gym membership card for your mind. Items on the New Book Shelf can be checked out for 4 weeks.

Title / Call No.
Franny and Zooey / 2994

A glass of water / 3190

How infants know minds / BF720.S63 R43 2008

The red leather diary : reclaiming a life through the pages of a lost journal / CT275.H65675 .K677 2008

Barbarians to angels : the Dark Ages reconsidered / D117 .W45 2008

The making of modern Israel, 1948-1967 / DS126.5 .S74 2009

Afghanistan / DS371.4 .C87 2010

Is there a new Cold War? / E183.8.R9 A74 2010

Ain't I a woman : Black women and feminism / E185.86 .H73 1991

The librarian spies : Philip and Mary Jane Keeney and Cold War espionage / E743.5.K34 M37 2009

Global catastrophic risks / GB5014 .G547 2008

Lucy's legacy : the quest for human origins / GN283.25 .J64 2009

The Neanderthals / GN285 .S58 2009

Cave paintings and the human spirit : the origin of creativity and belief / GN803 .W495 2009

Gladiators : violence and spectacle in ancient Rome / GV35 .D86 2008

Hiking & backpacking : a complete illustrated guide / GV199.5 .T54 2009

Crooked : a history of cheating in sports / GV706.3 .Z56 2009

Are athletes good role models? / GV706.8 .A74 2010

Canoeing : outdoor adventures / GV783 .C36 2008

Kayaking / GV783 K39 2009

Red and me : my coach, my lifelong friend / GV884.A8 R87 2009

Soccer in a football world : the story of America's forgotten game / GV944.U5 W36 2008

Golf in America / GV981 .K57 2009

Dancing across borders : the American fascination with exotic dance forms / GV1588.6 .S56 2008

Dance composition : an interrelated arts approach / GV1589 .P67 2009

A very short, fairly interesting and reasonably cheap book about international business / HD62.4 .C35 2008

Should the federal government bail out private industry? / HD3616.U47 A74 2010

Running a side business : how to create a second income / HD5854.5 .S75 2009

World on fire : how exporting free market democracy breeds ethnic hatred and global instability / HF1359 .C524 2004

Plugged in : the Generation Y guide to thriving at work / HF5381 .E585 2008

Web marketing for dummies / HF 5415.1265 Z45 2009

Business loans from family & friends : how to ask, make it legal & make it work / HG4027.7 .A348 2009

Across generations : immigrant families in America / HQ536 .F656 2009

Making links : a collaborative approach to planning and practice in early childhood programs / HQ778.5 .G66 2008

Women of Afghanistan in the post-Taliban era : how lives have changed and where they stand today / HQ1735.6 .S385 2008

Life skills 101 : a practical guide to leaving home and living on your own / HQ2037 .P47 2009

Piracy on the high seas / HV6433.785 .A74 2010

Lynching and spectacle : witnessing racial violence in America, 1890-1940 / HV6457 .W66 2009

The age of empires / JC359 A34 2007

Political campaigns / JK2281 .O55 2010

White but not equal : Mexican Americans, jury discrimination, and the Supreme Court / KF224.H468 G37 2009

Legal research : how to find & understand the law / KF242.A1 E432 2009

Nolo's essential guide to divorce / KF535.Z9 D67 2008

The mom's guide to wills & estate planning / KF750.Z9 H3273 2009

A question of intent : a great American battle with a deadly industry / KF3894.T63 K47 2001

Amendment XIX : granting women the right to vote / KF4895 .A954 2009

Six weeks to a brain-compatible classroom : using brain research to enhance & energize instruction / LB1060 .Z33 2008

Jumpstart! science : games and activities for ages 5-11 / LB1585.5.G7 F43 2009

Contemporary issues in institutional ethics / LB2328 .N4 v. 148

On course : a week-by-week guide to your first semester of college teaching / LB2331 .L245 2008

Peterson's Master the GED, 2010 / LB3060.33.G45 K37 2009

Mozart's operas : a companion / ML410.M9 H895 2008

Highway 61 revisited : Bob Dylan's road from Minnesota to the world / ML420.D98 H54 2009

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

Digging : the Afro-American soul of American classical music / ML3556 .B1612 2009

Writing the Broadway musical / ML 3790 F78

Fit as a fiddle : the musician's guide to playing healthy / ML3820 .D38 2008

Classical guitar for dummies / MT588 .P4155 2009

The complete idiot's guide to playing the harmonica / MT682.8 .M347 2006

Get the callback : the art of auditioning for musical theatre / MT956 .F56 2009

The prose of life : Russian women writers from Khrushchev to Putin / PG2997 .S88 2009

Bigger than blockbusters : movies that defined America / PN1993.5.U6 R64 2009

The actor at work / PN 2061 B39

Seeming, being, and becoming : acting in our century. PN2061 .B394

Respect for acting PN 2061 H28

Voice and the actor. PN4197 .B46 1973

The elegance of the hedgehog / PQ2662.A6523 E4413 2008

G. B. Shaw; a collection of critical essays, PR 5366 K28

The gathering / PR6055.N73 G38 2007

Little women / PS1017 .L5 2000

The autobiography of an ex-coloured man. PS 3519 O2625 A9

This boy's life: a memoir. PS 3573 O558 Z477 1989

Duck! Rabbit! / PZ7.R719445 D82 2009

Button up! : wrinkled rhymes / PZ7.3437 B87 2009

Galileo goes to jail : and other myths about science and religion / Q126.8 .G35 2009

Lies, damned lies, and science : how to sort through the noise around global warming, the latest health claims, and other scientific controversies / Q223 .S33 2009

HTML, XHTML, and CSS all-in-one desk reference for dummies / QA76.76.H94 H377 2008

HTML, XHTML, and CSS bible / QA76.76.H94 S2524 2008

The numbers game : the commonsense guide to understanding numbers in the news, in politics, and in life / QA141.15 .B535 2009

Math and art : an introduction to visual mathematics / QA445 .K32 2008

Euler's gem : the polyhedron formula and the birth of topology / QA611.A3 R53 2008

The cosmic connection : how astronomical events impact life on Earth / QB52 .K26 2009

An introduction to space weather / QB505 .M598 2008

Clocks in the sky : the story of pulsars / QB843.P8 M34 2008

The atom and the apple : twelve tales from contemporary physics / QC24.5 .B3513 2008

Dinosaurs : a concise natural history / QE861.4 .F27 2009

Enclosed experimental ecosystems and scale : tools for understanding and managing coastal ecosystems / QH541.5.C65 E53 2009

Wicked plants : the weed that killed Lincoln's mother & other botanical atrocities / QK100.A1 S74 2009

Poseidon's steed : the story of seahorses, from myth to reality / QL638.S9 S23 2009

The frogs and toads of North America : a comprehensive guide to their identification, behavior, and calls / QL668.E2 E585 2009

Watching giants : the secret lives of whales / QL737.C4 K434 2009

Women's strength training anatomy / QM151 .D4513 2003

Strength training anatomy / QM151 .D454 2006

The end of overeating : taking control of the insatiable American appetite / QP141 .E467 2009

The root of thought : unlocking glia--the brain cell that will help us sharpen our wits, heal injury, and treat brain disease / QP363.2 .K66 2009

Your brain and your self : what you need to know / QP376 .N437 2009

The Cambridge world history of medical ethics / R724 .C3274 2009

Wellbeing : a cultural history of healthy living / RA776.9 .B468 2008

Hospital-based emergency care : at the breaking point / RA975.5.E5 H64 2007

Truth machine : the contentious history of DNA fingerprinting / RA1057.55 .L96 2008

Healthy employees, healthy business : easy, affordable ways to promote workplace wellness / RC969.H43 B73 2009

Planning parenthood : strategies for success in fertility assistance, adoption, and surrogacy / RG133.5 .P618 2009

Building your future / RG556.5 .C35 2010

Bonsai, saikei, and bonkei; Japanese dwarf trees and tray landscapes. SB433.5 .B4 1969

A short history of the honey bee : humans, flowers, and bees in the eternal chase for honey / SF523.7 .I45 2009

Managing water : avoiding crisis in California / TD224.C3 G74 2007

The new world of wireless : how to compete in the 4G revolution / TK5103.2 .S657 2010

Access by design : a guide to universal usability for Web designers / TK5105.888 .H658 2006

William Eggleston : democratic camera, photographs and video, 1961-2008 / TR647 .E27 2008

Nan Goldin / TR680 .C66 2005

Annie Leibovitz at work / TR680 .L376 2008

Witness for justice : the documentary photographs of Alan Pogue / TR820.5 .P64 2007

Uncle Sam's shame : inside our broken Veterans Administration / UB369 .K33 2008

Thursday, March 4, 2010

New Books Available

Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, but you can always start your day with a brand new book. Take a look at our list of 114 new book titles.

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.

Eat, pray, love : one woman's search for everything across Italy, India, and Indonesia / 3116

The Zookeeper's wife : a war story / 3179

The working mother's guide to life : strategies, secrets, and solutions / 3186

Derrida : for beginners. B2430.D482 P69 1997

Handbook of emotions / BF561 .H35 2008

Buddy system : understanding male friendships / BF575.F66 G735 2009

A case for the existence of God / BL240.3 .O93 2009

Mainline Christians and U.S. public policy : a reference handbook / BR515 .U88 2007

Church and state in America : the first two centuries / BR516 .H7825 2008

Catholics and politics : the dynamic tension between faith and power / BX1407.P63 C37 2008

Farewell to Manzanar : a true story of Japanese American experience during and after the World War II internment / D769.8.A6 H68 2007

World War II and Mexican American civil rights / D769.8.F7 M48 2008

Three victories and a defeat : the rise and fall of the first British Empire, 1714-1783 / DA16 .S53 2009

Justinian's flea : the first great plague, and the end of the Roman Empire / DF556 .R67 2008

Crossing the continent, 1527-1540 : the story of the first African-American explorer of the American South / E125.E8 G66 2008

The archaeology of race and racialization in historic America / E159.5 .O77 2007

Next of kin : the family in Chicano/a cultural politics / E184.M5 R588 2009

Just like us : the true story of four Mexican girls coming of age in America / F784.D49 M58 2009

Massacre at Mountain Meadows / F826 .W23 2008

Golden dreams : California in an age of abundance, 1950-1963 / F866.2 .S733 2009

Oceans : exploring the hidden depths of the underwater world / GC21 .R59 2008

The book of muscle : the world's most authoritative guide to building your body / GV546.5 .K52 2003

Girls and sports / GV709 .O55 2010

Business / HC29 .L63 2008

Green your work : boost your bottom line while reducing your carbon footprint / HD30.255 .C37 2009

America's food : what you don't know about what you eat / HD9005 .B628 2008

The green-collar economy : how one solution can fix our two biggest problems / HD9502.U52 J66 2008

Women & money : owning the power to control your destiny / HG181 .O75 2007

Teens and credit / HG3755.8.U6 A74 2010

Debt / HG3756.U54 O55 2010

Chain of blame : how Wall Street caused the mortgage and credit crisis / HG5095 .M86 2008

YouTube : online video and participatory culture / HM851 .B87 2009

Zero comments : blogging and critical Internet culture / HM851 .L689 2008

The social psychology of gender : how power and intimacy shape gender relations / HM1106 .R83 2008

Volunteer vacations : short-term adventures that will benefit you and others / HN49.V64 M35 2009

Do abstinence programs work? / HQ27 .A74 2010

Romance and sex in adolescence and emerging adulthood : risks and opportunities / HQ27 .R65 2006

The truth about sexual behavior and unplanned pregnancy / HQ35 .T78 2005

Human trafficking / HQ281 .C87 2010

Against machismo : young adult voices in Mexico City / HQ1090.7.M6 R36 2008

The culture of beauty / HQ1219 .O55 2010

What motivates suicide bombers? / HV6431 .A47 2010

Going down to the barrio : homeboys and homegirls in change. HV6439.U5 M66 1991

Political participation in the Middle East / JQ1758.A91 P65 2008

Is gun ownership a right? / KF3941 .A74 2010

Motivation and learning strategies for college success : a self-management approach / LB2343.3 .D46 2008

Cheating in school : what we know and what we can do / LB3609 .D38 2009

The trouble with boys : a surprising report card on our sons, their problems at school, and what parents and educators must do / LC1397 .T97 2008

Classical music : the great composers and their masterworks / ML160 .S82 2005

To stretch our ears : a documentary history of America's music / ML200 .T67 2002

Mendelssohn in performance / ML410.M5 M58 2008

Origins of Cuban music and dance : changüí / ML3486.C82 L37 2008

Discovering country music / ML3524 .C87 2008

Lift every voice : the history of African American music / ML3556 .P45 2009

Music production : a manual for producers, composers, arrangers, and students / ML3795 .Z14 2006

Le Corbusier : a life / NA1053.J4 W39 2008

Drawn to life : 20 golden years of Disney master classes / NC1765 .S73 2009

Drawn to life : 20 golden years of Disney master classes / NC1765 .S73 2009

Booher's rules of business grammar : 101 fast and easy ways to correct the most common errors / PE1115 .B626 2009

The practical stylist with readings and handbook / PE1408 .B287 1998

Writing poetry : where poems come from and how to write them. PN 1059 A9 K57 1989

Acting in television commercials for fun and profit / PN1992.8.A3 F7 2009

The soul of screenwriting : on writing, dramatic truth, and knowing yourself / PN1996 .C828 2008

Stage makeup / PN2068 .C65 1986

Losing the news : the future of the news that feeds democracy / PN4888.P6 J66 2009

The world of Shakespeare's sonnets : an introduction / PR2848 .M33 2008

The goat, or, Who is Sylvia? : (notes toward a definition of tragedy) / PS3551.L25 G63 2005

Disclosure : a novel. PS3553.R48 D57 1994

Unaccustomed earth / PS3562.A316 U53 2008

Rough weather / Robert B. Parker. PS 3566 .A686 R68 2009

Science : a four thousand year history / Q125 .F27 2009

Newton and the counterfeiter : the unknown detective career of the world's greatest scientist / Q143.N495 L48 2009

CISSP for dummies / QA76.3 .M566 2007

Practical database programming with Visual Basic.NET / QA76.73.B3 B335 2008

Mathematics for elementary teachers / QA135.6 .B43 2008

Activities to accompany Mathematics for elementary teachers, second edition / QA135.6 .B433 2008

The manga guide to statistics / QA276 .T228 2009

Three steps to the universe : from the sun to black holes to the mystery of dark matter / QB521 .G29 2008

Mars : from myth and mystery to recent discoveries / QB641 .H68 2008

Parallel worlds : a journey through creation, higher dimensions, and the future of the cosmos / QB981 .K134 2005

Facts and speculations in cosmology / QB981 .N28 2008

Force and motion : an illustrated guide to Newton's laws / QC133 .Z56 2009

Chemistry for dummies / QD31.3 .M66 2003

Organic Chemistry I for dummies / QD257 .W56 2005

The concise geologic time scale / QE508 .O34 2008

Feathered dinosaurs : the origin of birds / QE862.D5 L582 2008

How life began : evolution's three geneses / QH325 .M36 2008

Future bioethics : overcoming taboos, myths, and dogmas / QH332 .L56 2008

Physical biology of the cell / QH505 .P455 2009

Methods in stream ecology / QH541.5.S7 M47 2007

An orchard invisible : a natural history of seeds / QK661 .S558 2009

Smithsonian field guide to the birds of North America / QL681 .F56 2008

National Geographic field guide to the birds of western North America / QL683.W4 N38 2008

The smartest animals on the planet / QL785 .B69 2009

Biochemistry for dummies / QP514.2 .M68 2008

Revenge of the microbes : how bacterial resistance is undermining the antibiotic miracle / QR177 .S26 2005

Food alert! : the ultimate sourcebook for food safety / RA601.5 .S28 2008

Deadly companions : how microbes shaped our history / RA649 .C73 2007

Surgical technology for the surgical technologist : a positive care approach / RD32.3 .S866 2008

Reproductive technologies / RG133.5 .A74 2010

The working woman's pregnancy book / RG525 .G7293 2008

Nursing assistant : a nursing process approach / RT84 .H45 2008

The Tao of network security monitoring : beyond intrusion detection / TK5105.59 .B44 2005

Txtng : the Gr8 Db8 / TK5105.73 .C79 2008

Web accessibility : web standards and regulatory compliance / TK5105.888 .W3676 2006

Dreamweaver CS4 all-in-one for dummies / TK 5105.8885.D74 J46 2009

The essential guide to Dreamweaver CS3 with CSS, Ajax, and PHP / TK5105.8885.D74 P69 2007

The essential guide to Dreamweaver CS4 With CSS, Ajax, and PHP / TK5105.8885.D74 P962 2009

Rocket men : the epic story of the first men on the moon / TL789.8.U6 A559 2009

Paul Outerbridge : command performance / TR647 .O94 2009

Annie Leibovitz - A photographer's life : 1990 - 2005 / TR680 L344 2006

A universal history of the destruction of books : from ancient Sumer to modern Iraq / Z659 .B3413 2008