New Books & Materials

April 15, 2009

BF - Psychology, Parapsychology, Occult Sciences.

Title:Intelligence and how to get it : why schools and cultures count / Richard E. Nisbett.
Call Number:BF431 .N57 2009
Item_Type:New Book
Location:NSCC Basler Library Circulating Collection (2nd Floor)

D - General World History.

Title:1789 : the threshold of the modern age / David Andress.
Call Number:D308 .A63 2009
Item_Type:New Book
Location:NSCC Basler Library Circulating Collection (2nd Floor)

Title:1848, year of revolution / Mike Rapport.
Call Number:D387 .R37 2009
Item_Type:New Book
Location:NSCC Basler Library Circulating Collection (2nd Floor)

DS - Asia.

Title:India : the definitive history / D.R. SarDesai.
Call Number:DS436 .S23 2008
Item_Type:New Book
Location:NSCC Basler Library Circulating Collection (2nd Floor)

E - History: United States

Title:A great idea at the time : the rise, fall, and curious afterlife of the Great Books / Alex Beam.
Call Number:E169.12 .B333 2008
Item_Type:New Book
Location:NSCC Basler Library Circulating Collection (2nd Floor)

Title:Passing strange : a Gilded Age tale of love and deception across the color line / Martha A. Sandweiss.
Call Number:E185.625 .S255 2009
Item_Type:New Book
Location:NSCC Basler Library Circulating Collection (2nd Floor)

Title:1812 : war with America / Jon Latimer.
Call Number:E354 .L36 2007
Item_Type:New Book
Location:NSCC Basler Library Circulating Collection (2nd Floor)

Title:A slobbering love affair : the true (and pathetic) story of the torrid romance between Barack Obama and the mainstream media / by Bernard Goldberg.
Call Number:E908.3 .G65 2009
Item_Type:New Book
Location:NSCC Basler Library Circulating Collection (2nd Floor)

F - History: United States Local and Latin America

Title:The canal builders : making America's empire at the Panama Canal / Julie Greene.
Call Number:F1569.C2 G66 2009
Item_Type:New Book
Location:NSCC Basler Library Circulating Collection (2nd Floor)

Title:Nine lives : death and life in New Orleans / Dan Baum.
Call Number:F379.N553 A212 2009
Item_Type:New Book
Location:NSCC Basler Library Circulating Collection (2nd Floor)

GV - Recreation, Leisure

Title:Playing with the boys : why separate is not equal in sports / Eileen McDonagh, Laura Pappano.
Call Number:GV706.5 .M3673 2008
Item_Type:New Book
Location:NSCC Basler Library Circulating Collection (2nd Floor)

Title:But didn't we have fun? : an informal history of baseball's pioneer era, 1843-1870 / Peter Morris.
Call Number:GV863.A1 M644 2008
Item_Type:New Book
Location:NSCC Basler Library Circulating Collection (2nd Floor)

HB - Economic Theory, Demography.

Title:Meltdown : a free-market look at why the stock market collapsed, the economy tanked, and government bailouts will make things worse / Thomas E. Woods Jr.
Call Number:HB3722 .W66 2009
Item_Type:New Book
Location:NSCC Basler Library Circulating Collection (2nd Floor)

HD - Economic History and Conditions.

Title:Beyond good company : next generation corporate citizenship / Bradley K. Googins, Philip H. Mirvis, and Steven A. Rochlin.
Call Number:HD60 .G663 2007
Item_Type:New Book
Location:NSCC Basler Library Circulating Collection (2nd Floor)

Title:The big rich : the rise and fall of the greatest Texas oil fortunes / Bryan Burrough.
Call Number:HD9567.T3 B873 2009
Item_Type:New Book
Location:NSCC Basler Library Circulating Collection (2nd Floor)

HE - Transportation and Communication.

Title:Canals / Robert J. Kapsch.
Call Number:HE395.A3 K36 2004
Item_Type:New Book
Location:NSCC Basler Library Circulating Collection (2nd Floor)

HG - Finance.

Title:The foreclosure of America : the inside story of the rise and fall of Countrywide Home Loans, the mortgage crisis, and the default of the American dream / Adam Michaelson.
Call Number:HG5095 .M53 2009
Item_Type:New Book
Location:NSCC Basler Library Circulating Collection (2nd Floor)

HN - Social History, Social Problems, Social Reform.

Title:The death of the grown-up : how America's arrested development is bringing down Western civilization / Diana West.
Call Number:HN59 .W36 2007
Item_Type:New Book
Location:NSCC Basler Library Circulating Collection (2nd Floor)

HQ - The Family, Marriage, Woman.

Title:Valuing children : rethinking the economics of the family / Nancy Folbre.
Call Number:HQ536 .F65 2008
Item_Type:New Book
Location:NSCC Basler Library Circulating Collection (2nd Floor)

Title:Being single on Noah's ark / Leonard Cargan.
Call Number:HQ800.4.U6 C36 2007
Item_Type:New Book
Location:NSCC Basler Library Circulating Collection (2nd Floor)

HV - Social Pathology, Social and Public Welfare, Criminology.

Title:The accountant's story : inside the violent world of the Medellín cartel / Roberto Escobar with David Fisher.
Call Number:HV5805.E82 E828 2009
Item_Type:New Book
Location:NSCC Basler Library Circulating Collection (2nd Floor)

Title:I am murdered : George Wythe, Thomas Jefferson, and the killing that shocked a new nation / Bruce Chadwick.
Call Number:HV6555.U62 R42 2009
Item_Type:New Book
Location:NSCC Basler Library Circulating Collection (2nd Floor)

Title:Stopping identity theft : 10 easy steps to security / by Scott Mitic.
Call Number:HV6679 .M58 2009
Item_Type:New Book
Location:NSCC Basler Library Circulating Collection (2nd Floor)

JC - Political Theory, Theory of The State.

Title:The Cambridge companion to Plato's Republic / edited by G.R.F. Ferrari.
Call Number:JC71.P6 C36 2007
Item_Type:New Book
Location:NSCC Basler Library Circulating Collection (2nd Floor)

KF - United States.

Title:FDR v. the Constitution : the court-packing fight and the triumph of democracy / Burt Solomon.
Call Number:KF8742 .S585 2009
Item_Type:New Book
Location:NSCC Basler Library Circulating Collection (2nd Floor)

PA - Classical Languages and Literature.

Title:The Iliad / Homer translated by Rodney Merrill.
Call Number:PA4025.A2 M46 2007
Item_Type:New Book
Location:NSCC Basler Library Circulating Collection (3rd Floor)

PE - English.

Title:Simon & Schuster handbook for writers / Lynn Quitman Troyka, Douglas Hesse.
Call Number:PE1408 .T696 2009
Item_Type:New Book
Location:NSCC Basler Library Circulating Collection (3rd Floor)

Title:Simon & Schuster handbook for writers / Lynn Quitman Troyka, Douglas Hesse.
Call Number:PE1408 .T696 2009
Item_Type:New Book
Location:NSCC Basler Library Circulating Collection (3rd Floor)

Title:The art of the personal letter : a guide to connecting through the written word / Margaret Shepherd with Sharon Hogan.
Call Number:PE1483 .S426 2008
Item_Type:New Book
Location:NSCC Basler Library Circulating Collection (3rd Floor)

Title:Simon & Schuster handbook for writers / Lynn Quitman Troyka, Douglas Hesse.
Call Number:Ref PE1408 .T696 2009
Item_Type:Book Reference
Location:NSCC Basler Library Ready Reference

PN - Literary History and Collections.

Title:An actor's work : a student's diary / Konstantin Stanislavski translated and edited by Jean Benedetti.
Call Number:PN2062 .S7613 2008
Item_Type:New Book
Location:NSCC Basler Library Circulating Collection (3rd Floor)

Title:Casino [videorecording] / Universal Pictures and Syalis D.A. & Legende Entreprises directed by Martin Scorsese produced by Barbara de Fina screenplay by Nicholas Pileggi & Martin Scorsese.
Call Number:Popular PN1997 .C3756 VHS
Item_Type:Video VHS
Location:NSCC Basler Library Audio-Visual Room

PR - English Literature.

Title:The world of Shakespeare's sonnets : an introduction / Robert Matz.
Call Number:PR2848 .M33 2008
Item_Type:New Book
Location:NSCC Basler Library Circulating Collection (3rd Floor)

Title:The complete Aubrey/Maturin novels / Patrick O'Brian.
Call Number:PR6029.B55 A6 2004
Item_Type:New Book
Location:NSCC Basler Library Circulating Collection (3rd Floor)

Title:Agincourt / Bernard Cornwell.
Call Number:PR6053.O75 A35 2009
Item_Type:New Book
Location:NSCC Basler Library Circulating Collection (3rd Floor)

Title:In other rooms, other wonders / Daniyal Mueenuddin.
Call Number:PR9540.9.M84 I52 2009
Item_Type:New Book
Location:NSCC Basler Library Circulating Collection (3rd Floor)

PS - American Literature.

Title:Mark Twain and metaphor / John Bird.
Call Number:PS1341 .B57 2007
Item_Type:New Book
Location:NSCC Basler Library Circulating Collection (3rd Floor)

Title:Critical companion to Toni Morrison : a literary reference to her life and work / Carmen Gillespie.
Call Number:PS3563.O8749 Z653 2008
Item_Type:New Book
Location:NSCC Basler Library Circulating Collection (3rd Floor)

Title:The second opinion / Michael Palmer.
Call Number:PS3566.A539 S43 2009
Item_Type:New Book
Location:NSCC Basler Library Circulating Collection (3rd Floor)

Title:Tyrannosaur Canyon / Douglas Preston.
Call Number:PS3566.R3982 T97 2005
Item_Type:New Book
Location:NSCC Basler Library Circulating Collection (3rd Floor)

Title:Drood : a novel / Dan Simmons.
Call Number:PS3569.I47292 D76 2009
Item_Type:New Book
Location:NSCC Basler Library Circulating Collection (3rd Floor)

Title:Very Valentine : a novel / Adriana Trigiani.
Call Number:PS3570.R459 V47 2009
Item_Type:New Book
Location:NSCC Basler Library Circulating Collection (3rd Floor)

Title:Song yet sung / James McBride.
Call Number:PS3613.C28 S66 2008
Item_Type:New Book
Location:NSCC Basler Library Circulating Collection (3rd Floor)

Title:Cutting for stone : a novel / Abraham Verghese.
Call Number:PS3622.E744 C87 2009
Item_Type:New Book
Location:NSCC Basler Library Circulating Collection (3rd Floor)

PZ - Childrens' Literature.

Title:The graveyard book / Neil Gaiman with illustrations by Dave McKean.
Call Number:PZ7.G1273 Gr 2008
Item_Type:New Book
Location:NSCC Basler Library Circulating Collection (3rd Floor)

Title:The house in the night / written by Susan Marie Swanson pictures by Beth Krommes.
Call Number:PZ7.S97255 Hou 2008
Item_Type:New Book
Location:NSCC Basler Library Circulating Collection (3rd Floor)

QA - Mathematics, Computer Science.

Title:The essentials of mathematics, grades 7-12 : effective curriculum, instruction, and assessment / Kathy Checkley.
Call Number:QA135.6 .C524 2006
Item_Type:New Book
Location:NSCC Basler Library Circulating Collection (2nd Floor)

QB - Astronomy.

Title:Galileo's glassworks : the telescope and the mirror / Eileen Reeves.
Call Number:QB85.8 .R44 2008
Item_Type:New Book
Location:NSCC Basler Library Circulating Collection (2nd Floor)

QH - Natural History, Biology.

Title:Remarkable creatures : epic adventures in the search for the origins of species / Sean B. Carroll.
Call Number:QH361 .C275 2009
Item_Type:New Book
Location:NSCC Basler Library Circulating Collection (2nd Floor)

Title:Anthropology and the new genetics / Gísli Pálsson.
Call Number:QH438.7 .G52 2007
Item_Type:New Book
Location:NSCC Basler Library Circulating Collection (2nd Floor)

QP - Physiology.

Title:The longevity revolution : the benefits and challenges of living a long life / Robert N. Butler.
Call Number:QP85 .B88 2008
Item_Type:New Book
Location:NSCC Basler Library Circulating Collection (2nd Floor)

R - General Medicine.

Title:Jane Brody's Guide to the great beyond : a practical primer to help you and your loved ones prepare medically, legally, and emotionally for the end of life / Jane Brody.
Call Number:R726.2 .B76 2009
Item_Type:New Book
Location:NSCC Basler Library Circulating Collection (2nd Floor)

RB - Pathology.

Title:DNA : promise and peril / Linda L. McCabe and Edward R.B. McCabe with a foreword by Victor A. McKusick.
Call Number:RB155 .M314 2008
Item_Type:New Book
Location:NSCC Basler Library Circulating Collection (2nd Floor)

T - General Technology

Title:Future imperfect : technology and freedom in an uncertain world / David D. Friedman.
Call Number:T174 .F75 2008
Item_Type:New Book
Location:NSCC Basler Library Circulating Collection (2nd Floor)

TK - Electrical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering

Title:Unleashing Web 2.0 : from concepts to creativity / Gottfried Vossen, Stephan Hagemann.
Call Number:TK5105.875.I57 V685 2007
Item_Type:New Book
Location:NSCC Basler Library Circulating Collection (2nd Floor)