NEW ACQUISITIONS – APRIL 2012
FEATURED WEBSITES
History of Nursing
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Ojibwe-English Dictionary
http://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu
World Literature Collection
http://www.learner.org/courses/worldlit/
--written and audio explanations of 13 literary works – Epic of Gilgamesh, My Name is Red, The Odyssey, The Bacchae, The Bhagavad Gita, The Tale of Genji, Journey to the West, Popul Vuh, Candide, Things Fall Apart, 100 Years of Solitude, The God of Small Things, Thousand and One Nights
BOOKS
AFRICA
Warfare in Independent Africa
ANTHROPOLOGY/ARCHAEOLOGY
Cultural Anthropology: Tribes, States, and the Global System
Explorations in Culture Anthropology
Introducing Medical Anthropology: a Discipline in Action
Sacred Games, Death, and Renewal in the Ancient Eastern Woodlands: the Ohio Hopewell System of Cult Sodality Heterarchies
Telling Stories in the Face of Danger: Language Renewal in Native American Communities
Upside Down: Arctic Realities
ART
The House of the Governor: a Maya Palace of Uxmal, Yucatan, Mexico
Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity
BEST SELLERS
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman, by Robert K. Massie
The Lost Years, by Mary Higgins Clark
BIOGRAPHY
Alix and Nicky: the Passion of the Last Tsar and Tsarina
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman, by Robert K. Massie
Heart Matters: a Memoir of a Female Heart Surgeon
Paper Dollhouse: a Memoir, by Dr. Lisa Masterson
Rez Life: An Indian's Journey Through Reservation Life, by David Treuer
BUSINESS
The Ball Game Biz: an Introduction to the Economics of Professional Team Sports
Beyond the Scoreboard: the Insider’s Guide to the Business of Sport
Big-Time Sports in American Universities
The Business of Sports
Fit to Bust: How Great Companies Fail
Managing Sport Business: an Introduction
Managing Sport Finance
Practical Ethics in Sport Management
Start Your Own Vending Business
CAREERS
Bound-for-Career Guidebook: a Student Guide to Career Exploration, Decision Making, and the Job Search
Careers in Sport, Fitness, and Exercise
CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
A Ball for Daisy, by Christopher Raschka (2012 Caldecott Medal)
Bookspeak!: Poems About Books, by Laura Purdie Salas (2012 Minnesota Book Award Winner)
Breaking Stalin’s Nose, by Eugene Yelchin (2012 Newbery Honor)
Dead End in Norvelt, by Jack Gantos (2012 Newbery Winner)
Diego Rivera: His World and Ours, by Duncan Tonatiuh (2012 Pura Belpre Illustrator Award Winner)
Friends: True Stories of Extraordinary Animal Friendships, by Catherine Thimmesh (2012 Minnesota Book Award Finalist)
Grandpa Green, by Lane Smith (2012 Caldecott Honor)
The Great Migration: Journey to the North, by Eloise Greenfield (2012 Coretta Scott King Honor)
Heart and Soul: the Story of America and African Americans, by Kadir Nelson (2012 Coretta Scott King Award)
I Want My Hat Back, by Jon Klassen (2012 Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor)
Me…Jane, by Patrick McDonnell (2012 Caldecott Honor)
Never Forgotten, by Patricia C. McKissack (2012 Coretta Scott King Honor)
Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy, Bil Wright (2012 Stonewall Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children’s & Young Adult Literature Award)
Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature, by Joyce Sidman, pictures by Beth Kriommes (2012 Minnesota Book Award Finalist)
Tales for Very Picky Eaters, by Josh Schneider (2012 Theodor Seuss Geisel Medal Winner)
Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom, by Shane W. Evans, (2012 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award)Wonderstruck, by Brian Selznick (2012 Schneider Family Award)
COMPUTER SCIENCE
The Book of CSS3: a Developer’s Guide to the Future of Web Design
ECONOMICS
The Ball Game Biz: an Introduction to the Economics of Professional Team Sports
Health Policy: the Decade Ahead
Manias, Panics, and Crashes: a History of Financial Crises
Somebody in Charge: a Solution to Recessions?
EDUCATION
Academic Writing: a Handbook for International Students
Big-Time Sports in American Universities
Crash Course for the ACT
Creating Campus Cultures: Fostering Success Among Racially Diverse Student Populations
Hip-Hop Culture in College Students’ Lives: Elements, Embodiment, and Higher Edutainment
Music Therapy in Schools: Working with Children of All Ages in Mainstream and Special Education
The Psychology of Teen Violence and Victimization, Volume 1: From Bullying to Cyberstalking to Assault and Sexual Violation; Volume 2: Prevention Strategies for Families and Schools
FILM/TV
American Idol: the Untold Story
Desilu: the Story of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz
House, M.D. vs. Reality: Fact and Fiction in the Hit Television Series
FRENCH
French Theatre Today
GEOGRAPHY
A Companion to Social Geography
Making Political Geography
The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Human Geography
HEALTH, PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND RECREATION
The Art of Scouting: How the Hockey Experts Really Watch the Game and Decide Who Makes It
The Ball Game Biz: an Introduction to the Economics of Professional Team Sports
Beyond the Scoreboard: the Insider’s Guide to the Business of Sport
Big-Time Sports in American Universities
The Body Sculpting Bible for Men
The Body Sculpting Bible for Women
The Business of Sports
Careers in Sport, Fitness, and Exercise
Diet and Nutrition Sourcebook
The Ethics of Sports Coaching
Fighting the Good Fight: Why On-Ice Violence is Killing Hockey
The Food Revolution: How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and Our World
Health Policy: the Decade Ahead
Lunch Wars: How to Start a School Food Revolution and Win the Battle for Our Children’s Health
Maintaining a Healthy Diet
Managing Sport Business: an Introduction
Managing Sport Finance
A Man’s Guide to Muscle and Strength
Medical Marijuana and Marijuana Use
Practical Ethics in Sport Management
Raw Combat: the Underground World of Mixed Martial Arts
Run Like a Girl: How Strong Women Make Happy Lives
Soccer Skills: Way to Play
Sports Law
Stronger Legs & Lower Body
Weight Training: Steps to Success
When Food is Family: a Loving Approach to Heal Eating Disorders
HISTORY
Between Empires: Arabs, Romans, and Sasanians in Late Antiquity
Carthage Must Be Destroyed: the Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman, by Robert K. Massie
Coins, Trade, and the State: Economic Growth in Early Medieval Japan
The Culture of Democracy: Britain in Europe, c. 1750-1830
The French Republic: History, Values, Debates
The Gibraltar Crusade: Castile and the Battle for the Strait
The Great War in Russian Memory
Henry VIII and Francis I: the Final Conflict, 1540-1547
A History of Finland
A History of the Popes
Ireland, 1815-1870: Emancipation, Famine and Religion
Mapping Mongolia: Situating Mongolia in the World from Geologic Time to the Present
Oliver Cromwell: God’s Warrior and the English Revolution
The Politics of National Celebrations in the Arab Middle East
Rez Life: An Indian's Journey Through Reservation Life, by David Treuer
Roman Historiography: an Introduction to its Basic Aspects and Development
Science and Technology in 19th Century Ireland
Sisterhood of War: Minnesota Women in Vietnam
Vikings in the Attic, by Eric Dregni (2012 Minnesota Book Award Finalist for General Nonfiction)
Warfare in Independent Africa
INTEGRATIVE HEALTH AND HEALING
Shiatsu Theory & Practice
Tibetan Yogas of Body, Speech, and Mind
LAW
Sports Law
LITERATURE
Black Like us: a Century of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual African American Fiction
Bodies of Light: Poems, by Athena Kildegaard (2012 Minnesota Book Award Finalist)
Cell Traffic: New and Selected Poems, by Heid E. Erdrich
Crossbones, by Nuruddin Farah
Invisible Strings: Poems, by Jim Moore (2012 Minnesota Book Award Finalist and ARCC Visiting Writer, Spring 2012)
Knots: a Novel, by Nuruddin Farah
T.S. Eliot: a Short Biography
Whorled: Poems, by Ed Bok Lee, Assistant Professor at Metropolitan State University (2012 Minnesota Book Award Winner)
MATHEMATICS
Viewpoints: Mathematical Perspective and Fractal Geometry in Art
MUSIC
American Idol: the Untold Story
The Complete David Bowie
Healing at the Speed of Sound: How What We Hear Transforms Our Brains and Our Lives
Hip-Hop Culture in College Students’ Lives: Elements, Embodiment, and Higher Edutainment
Music Therapy in Schools: Working with Children of All Ages in Mainstream and Special Education
Therapeutic Uses of Rap and Hip-Hop
NURSING
Asthma Sourcebook
Diet and Nutrition Sourcebook
Healing Painful Sex: a Woman’s Guide to Confronting, Diagnosing, and Treating Sexual Pain
Health Policy: the Decade Ahead
House, M.D. vs. Reality: Fact and Fiction in the Hit Television Series
Outsmarting Mother Nature: a Woman’s Complete Guide to Plastic Surgery
Oxford American Handbook of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Rheumatoid Arthritis
PHYSICAL THERAPIST ASSISTANT
Introduction to Pathology for the Physical Therapist Assistant
Oxford American Handbook of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Patient Education and Wellness: a Handbook for Manual Therapists
POLITICAL SCIENCE
American Democracy Now (donation)
Empire of Humanity: a History of Humanitarianism
Making Political Geography
Radical Islam in America: Salafism’s Journey from Arabia to the West
Symbiotic Antagonisms: Competing Nationalisms in Turkey
PSYCHOLOGY
The Accidental Teacher: Life Lessons from my Silent Son: an Autism Memoir
Making Sense of People: Decoding the Mysteries of Personality
Music Therapy in Schools: Working with Children of All Ages in Mainstream and Special Education
Parenting Mentally Ill Children: Faith, Caring, Support, and Surviving the System
Play-Based Interventions for Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum DisordersPlay Therapy: the Art of the Relationship
The Psychology of Teen Violence and Victimization, Volume 1: From Bullying to Cyberstalking to Assault and Sexual Violation; Volume 2: Prevention Strategies for Families and Schools
Psychotherapy for Children with Bipolar and Depressive Disorders
Rush: Why You Need and Love the Rat Race
Therapeutic Uses of Rap and Hip-Hop
When Food is Family: a Loving Approach to Heal Eating Disorders
RELIGION
A History of the Popes
SCIENCE
Avian Architecture: How Birds Design, Engineer & Build
BIOS Instant Notes in Microbiology
Cosmic Challenge: the Ultimate Observing List for Amateurs
Energy, the Environment and Climate Change
Fool Me Twice: Fighting the Assault on Science in America (2012 Minnesota Book Award Winner for General Nonfiction)
For Love of Lakes, by Darby Nelson (Retired ARCC Faculty and 2012 Minnesota Book Award Finalist for Memoir & Creative Nonfiction)
A History of Earth in 100 Groundbreaking Discoveries
Moving toward Sustainable Prosperity (State of the World series)
Napoleon’s Buttons: 17 Molecules that Changed History
A Student’s Guide to Geophysical Equations
SOCIOLOGY
The Googlization of Everything and Why We Should Worry
Handbook of Children and the Media
The Inequality Reader: Contemporary and Foundational Readings in Race, Class, and Gender
Inside This Place, Not of It: Narratives from Women’s Prisons
Lesbian and Gay Couples: Lives, Issues, and Practice
The Social Dynamics of Family Violence
Understanding Diversity: an Introduction to Class, Race, Gender, Sexual Orientation & Disability
What You Really Really Want: the Smart Girl’s Shame-Free Guide to Sex and Safety
THEATRE
French Theatre Today
Theatre, Community and Civic Engagement in Jacobean London
WOMEN’S STUDIES
Against the Tide: Pro-Feminist Men in the United States, 1776-1990: a Documentary History
Sisterhood of War: Minnesota Women in Vietnam
Women and the Animal Rights Movement