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Thursday, May 27, 2010

Recently Added Business Titles

  • Accounting Workbook for Dummies by John Tracy
  • Benchmarking in the Public and Nonprofit Sectors by Patrick Keehley
  • Big Book of Brain Building Games by Edward Scannell
  • Crisis of Capitalist Democracy by Richard Posner
  • Governing Nonprofit Organizations by Marion Fremont-Smith
  • Governmental Accounting Made Easy by Warren Ruppel
  • How to Incorporate: A Handbook for Entrepreneurs by Michael Diamond
  • How to Land a Top Paying Federal Job by Lily Whiteman
  • Microsoft Office Project 2007 for Dummies by Nancy Nuir
  • Microsoft Project 2007 Bible by Elaine Marmel
  • Microsoft Project 2007: The Missing Manual by Bonnie Biafore
  • Negotiation Analysis by Howard Raiffa
  • Nonprofit Law and Governance for Dummies by Jill Welytok
  • Outsourcing America by Ron Hira
  • Practical Idealists by Alissa Wilson
  • Project Management for Dummies by Stanely Portny
  • Project Management Tool Kit by Tom Kendrick
  • Social Entrepreneurship for Dummies by Mark Durieux
  • What Executives Need to Know About Project Management
  • World Class IT by Peter High
  • World Is Open by Curtis Bonk
  • Worst Case Scenarios by Cass Sunstein
  • 101 Sample Write-Ups for Documenting Employees by Paul Falcone

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Recently Added Liberal Arts Titles

  • Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man by Steve Harvey
  • Aging In America (3 Volume Set) by John C. and Christine Cavanaugh
  • All the President's Men by Warner Brothers
  • Audacity to Win by David Plouffe
  • Ben Bernanke's Fed by Ethan Harris
  • Benign Bigotry by Kristin J.
  • Big Short by Michael Lewis
  • Black-White Achievement Gap by Rod Paige and Elaine Witty
  • Book of Cool by Marianne Taylor
  • Catching Out by Dick Reavis
  • Creating Equal by Ward Connerly
  • Crisis of Islam by Bernard Lewis
  • Eating Animals by Jonathan Foer
  • Elsewhere, U.S.A. by Dalton Conley
  • Emperor's New Clothes: Exposing the Truth from Watergate to 9/11 by Richard Ben-Veniste
  • Encyclopedia of Case Study Research by Albert Mills, Gabrielle Durepos and Elden Wiebe
  • Food Inc. by Karl Weber
  • Football: An Encyclopedia of Popular Culture by Edward Rielly
  • Freefall by Joseph Stiglitz
  • Focus on Single-Parent Families by Paul Sharp
  • Gender and Violence in the Middle East by David Ghanim
  • God and Gold by Walter Russell Mead
  • Going Rogue by Sarah Palin
  • Googled: The End of the World As We Know It by Ken Auletta
  • Green Collar Jobs by Scott Deitche
  • Greenspan's Bubbles by William Fleckenstein and Frederick Sheehan
  • He's Just Not That Into You by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo
  • His Change of Life by Chris Meletis and Sara Wood
  • History of Smoking by Count Corti
  • Intelligence and How to Get It by Richard Nisbett
  • Keynes: The Return of the Master by by Robert Skidelsky
  • King, Kaiser, Tsar: Three Royal Cousins That Led the World to War by Catherine Clay
  • King's Dream by Hric Sundquist
  • Lift Every Voice by Patricia Sullivan
  • Making of African America by Ira Berlin
  • Making of Americans by E.D. Hirsch
  • Marriage-Go-Round: The State of Marriage and Family in America by Andrew Cherlin
  • More Prefect Unions by Rebecca Davis
  • Natural Born Celebrities: Serial Killers in American Culture by David Schmid
  • Negro with a Hat by Colin Grant
  • New Korea by Myung Oak Kim
  • No Enchanted Palace by Mark Mazower
  • No-Nonsense Guide to Menopause by Barbra Seaman and Laura Eldridge
  • Normal at Any Cost by Susan Cohen and Christine Cosgrove
  • Open by Andre Agassi
  • Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton
  • Politician: An Insider's Account of Edward's Pursuit of the Presidency and the Scandal that Brought Him Down by Andrew Young
  • Prophets of Protest by Timothy McCarthy and John Stauffer
  • Pursuit of Happiness by Darrin McMahon
  • Race, Incarceration, and American Values by Glenn Loury
  • Real Role Models by Joah Spearman and Louis Harrison
  • Reflections on the Revolution in Europe Immigration, Islam, and the West by Christopher Caldwell
  • Russia and the Arabs by Yevgeny Primakov
  • Science, Evolution and Creationism by The National Academy of Science
  • Serial Killers and Sadistic Murders by Jack Levin
  • Sexism In America by Barbra Berg
  • Shifting Superpowers by Martin Sieff
  • Soft Power by Mingjiang Li
  • Superfreakonomics by Steven Levitt and Steohen Dubner
  • Taking Charge of Breast Cancer by Julia Ericksen
  • Teen Pregnancy by Heidi Williams
  • Three Trillion Dollar War by Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes
  • Too Big to Fail by Andrew Ross Sorkin
  • Trillion Dollar Meltdown by Charles Morris
  • Trouble with Boys by Peg Tyre
  • Waxman Report by Henry Waxman
  • What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures by Malcolm Gladwell
  • What Works in Development? by Jessica Cohen
  • When Everything Changed by Gail Collins
  • When the Game Was Ours by Larry Bird and Earvin Johnson with Jackie Macmullen
  • Whistling Vivaldi: Claude Steele
  • Why Boys Fail by Richard Whitmire
  • Working in the Shadows: A Year of Doing the Jobs Most Americans Won't Do by Thompson Gabriel
  • You Were Always Mom's Favorite! by Deborah Tannen
  • Your Brain: A User's Guide by Time
  • You've Come a Long Way, Maybe by Leslie Sanchez
  • 1989: The Year That Defined Today's World by Time
  • 9-11 by Noam Chomsky

Tuesday, March 02, 2010

Recently Added Psychology and History Titles @ Your Library

  • 1989: The Year That Defined Today's World by TIME
  • Why Him? Why her?: Finding Real Love by Understanding Your Personality Type by Helen Fisher
  • Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely
  • The Pursuit of Happiness by Darrin McMahon
  • Influencer by Patterson, Grenny, Maxfield, McMillan, and Switzler
  • Sex, Lies, and Handwriting: A Top Expert Reveals the Secrets Hidden in Your Handwriting by Michelle Dresbold with James Kwalwasser
  • Uncommon by Tony Dungy with Nathan Whitaker
  • The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family In The American Century by Steve Coll
  • A History of Modern Sudan by Robert O. Collins
  • Benazir Bhutto by Reconciliation
  • The War Within by Bob Woodward
  • The Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of The Iraq conflict by Stiglitz, Bilmes.
  • The Sixties Unplugged: A Kaleidoscopic History Of A Disorderly Decade by Gerard J. DeGroot
  • Inside The Revolution: How the Followers of Jihad, Jefferson, Jesus are transforming... World by Joel C. Rosenberg
  • Curve ball: Spies, Lies, and Con Man Who Caused a War by Bob Drogin
  • Unintended Consequences: How War in Iraq Strengthened America's Enemies by Peter W. Galbraith
  • The Break Through: Politics and Race in the age of Obama by Gwen Ifill
  • 1864: Lincoln at the Gates of History by Charles Flood
  • Open: An Autobiography by Andre Agassi
  • King's Dream by Eric J. Sundquist
  • Creating Equal: My Fight Against Race Preferences by Ward Connerly
  • Real Role Models by Spearman, Harrison J.R.
  • Lift Every Voice: The NAACP and the making of the Civil Rights Movement by Patricia Sullivan
  • The Making of African America: The Four Great Migrations by Ira Berlin
  • Shifting Superpowers: The New and Emerging Relationship between the United States, China, and India by Martin Sieff
  • God and Gold: Britain, America, and the Making of the Modern World by Walter Russell Mead
  • Russia and the Arabs by Yevgeny Primakov
  • King Kaiser Tsar by Catrine Clay
  • Reflections on the Revolution in Europe by Christopher Caldwell
  • Tried By War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief by James M. McPherson
  • Renegade: The Making of a President by Richard Wolffe
  • American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House by Jon Meacham

Tuesday, May 05, 2009

Recently Added Business Titles

  • Absolute Beginner's Guide to Project Management by Horine, Greg
  • Accounting Control Best Practices by Bragg, Steven M.
  • Advanced Project Portfolio Management and the Pmo : Multiplying Roi at Warp Speed by Kendall, Gerald I.; Rollins, Steven C.
  • Annual Editions Marketing 09/10 by Richardson, John E. (EDT)
  • Authenticity : What Consumers Really Want by Gilmore, James H.; Pine, B. Joseph, II
  • Balanced Scorecards & Operational Dashboards With Microsoft Excel by Person, Ron
  • The Black Swan : The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Taleb, Nassim Nicholas
  • Bringing The PMBOK Guide To Life : A Companion for the Practicing Project Manager by Saladis, Frank P.; Kerzner, Harold
  • Clintonomics : How Bill Clinton Reengineered the Reagan Revolution by Godwin, Jack
  • Computer Forensics For Dummies by Volonino, Linda, Ph.D.; Anzaldua, Reynaldo
  • Corporate Director's Guidebook
  • Crisis Management in Today's Business Environment : HR's Strategic Role by Lockwood, Nancy R.
  • Digital Engagement : Internet Marketing That Captures Customers and Builds Intense Brand Loyalty by Harden, Leland; Heyman, Bob
  • Doing Business Globally by Harvard Business School Press (COR)
  • Financial Statements Demystified : A Self-Teaching Guide by Kramer, Bonita K.; Johnson, Christie W.
  • From the Bureau to the Boardroom : 30 Management Lessons from the FBI by Carrison, Dan
  • Getting Results from Software Development Teams by Peters, Lawrence J.
  • Group Genius : The Creative Power of Collaboration by Sawyer, Keith
  • The Handbook of Project-Based Management : Leading Strategic Change in Organizations by Turner, J. Rodney; Nalco Company (COR)
  • Harvard Business Review on Emerging Markets by Harvard Business Review Press (COR)
  • Harvard Business Review on Manufacturing Excellence at Toyota by Harvard Business School Press (COR)
  • Hiring an Employee : Expert Solutions to Everyday Challenges by Harvard Business Press
  • How To Write A Business Plan by Mckeever, Mike
  • Identifying and Managing Project Risk : Essential Tools for Failure-Proofing Your Project by Kendrick, Tom
  • The Illusions of Entrepreneurship : The Coslty Myths That Entrepreneurs, Investors and Policy Makers Live by by Shane, Scott Andrew
  • Information Technology Project Management : Providing Measurable Organization Value by Marchewka, Jack T.
  • LLC OR Corporation? : How to Choose the Right Form for Your Business by Mancuso, Anthony
  • Making Decisions : Expert Solutions to Everyday Challenges by Harvard Business Press (COR)
  • Managing Conflict by Harvard Business School Press
  • Managing Difficult Interactions : Expert Solutions to Everyday Challenges by Harvard Business School Press (COR)
  • Managing Diversity : Expert Solutions to Everyday Challenges by Harvard Business Press (COR)
  • Mastering the Hype Cycle : How to Choose the Right Innovation at the Right Time by Fenn, Jackie; Raskino, Mark
  • Nolo's Essential Guide to Buying Your First Home by Bray, Ilona; Schroeder, Alayna; Stewart, Marcia
  • Nolo's Quick LLC by Mancuso, Anthony
  • On Competition by Porter, Michael E.
  • Power Referrals : The Ambassador Method for Empowering Others to Promote Your Business and Do the Selling for You by Sittig-rolf, Andrea
  • Preparing a Budget : Expert Solutions to Everyday Challenges by Harvard Business School Press (EDT)
  • Project Management Case Studies by Kerzner, Harold
  • A Project Manager's Book of Forms : A Companion to the PMBOK Guide by Stackpole, Cynthia Snyder
  • Project Quality Management : Why, What And How by Rose, Kenneth H.
  • The ROI of Human Capital : Measuring the Economic Value of Employee Performance by Fitz-Enz, Jac
  • Shaping Your Career : Expert Solutions to Everyday Challenges by Harvard Business School Press (COR)
  • Solving the Compensation Puzzle : Putting Together a Complete Pay and Performance System by Koss, Sharon K.
  • Starting & Building a Nonprofit : A Practical Guide by Pakroo, Peri H.
  • Stay Rich For Life! : Growing & Protecting Your Money in Turbulent Times by Slott, Ed
  • Stopping Identity Theft : 10 Easy Steps to Security by Mitic, Scott
  • Successful Business Research : Straight to the Numbers You Need - Fast! by Abrams, Rhonda
  • Successful Marketing Secrets & Strategies by Abrams, Rhonda; Vallone, Julie (CON)
  • Super Crunchers : Why Thinking-by-Numbers Is the New Way to Be Smart by Ayres, Ian
  • Tax Smarts for Small Business by Parker, James O.
  • The Ugly Truth About Managing People : 50 Must-Get-Right Management Challenges and How to Really Handle Them by King, Ruth
  • Understanding Workplace Violence : A Guide for Managers And Employees by Paludi, Michele A.; Nydegger, Rudy V.; Paludi, Carmen A.
  • Whistle-Blowing in Organizations by Miceli, Marcia P. (EDT); Near, Janet P. (EDT); Dworkin, Terry Morehead (EDT)
  • Who's Buying Executive Summary of Household Spending : Executive Summary of Household Spending by New Strategist Pubns Inc. (COR)
  • Why GM Matters : Inside the Race to Transform an American Icon by Holstein, William J.Wiley
  • GAAP 2009 : Interpretation and Application of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles by Epstein, Barry J.; Nach, Ralph; Bragg, Steven M.
  • Winning Presentation in a Day : Get It Done Right, Get It Done Fast! by Abrams, Rhonda; Vallone, Julie
  • Working for Yourself : Law & Taxes for Independent Contractors, Freelancers & Consultants by Fishman, Stephen

Wednesday, April 01, 2009

Recently Added Engineering and Information Sciences Titles

  • The Best of Make by Frauenfelder, Mark
  • CCDA Official Exam Certification Guide by Bruno, Anthony; Jordan, Steve
  • CCIE Professional Development Routing TCP/IP by Doyle, Jeff; Carroll, Jennifer
  • CCNP Official Exam Certification Library
  • The Hungry Scientist Handbook : Electric Birthday Cakes, Edible Origami, and Other DIY Projects for Techies, Tinkerers, and by Buckley, Patrick; Binns, Lily
  • Mike Meyers' Passport A+ Certification by Meyers, Mike; Jernigan, Scott
  • Upgrading And Repairing Networks by Ogletree, Terry William; Soper, Mark Edward
  • 3ds Max 2009 Bible by Murdock, Kelly L.
  • 3ds Max Modeling for Games : Insider's Guide to Game Character, Vehicle, and Environment Modeling by Gahan, Andrew
  • ActionScript 3.0 for Adobe Flash CS4 Professional by Florio, Chris
  • Adobe Flash CS4 Professional Classroom in a Book by Adobe Creative Team (COR)
  • Advanced 2D Game Development by Harbour, Jonathan S.
  • AJAX, Rich Internet Applications, and Web Development for Programmers by Deitel, Harvey M.; Deitel, Paul J.
  • Ajax : The Complete Reference by Powell, Thomas A.
  • Beginning Java 6 Game Programming by Harbour, Jonathan S.
  • Beginning Scripting Through Game Creation by Meyer, Jeanine
  • Beginning Web Development, Silverlight, and ASP.NET AJAX : From Novice to Professional by Moroney, Laurence
  • Best of Game Programming Gems by Deloura, Mark (EDT)
  • Build Your Own Web Site the Right Way Using HTML & CSS by Lloyd, Ian
  • Building a Web 2.0 Portal With Asp.net 3.5 by Al Zabir, Omar
  • Creating a Web Site With Flash Cs4 : Visual Quickproject Guide by Morris, David
  • Creating Flash Widgets with CS4 and ActionScript 3.0 by Arana, John
  • Dreamweaver CS4 : The Missing Manual by McFarland, David Sawyer
  • Enhancing a Dreamweaver CS3 Web Site with Flash Video : Visual Quickproject Guide by Karlins, David
  • Flash and PHP Bible by Keefe, Matthew
  • Flash CS4 Professional Bible by Reinhardt, Robert; Dowd, Snow
  • Flash CS4 : The Missing Manual by Grover, Chris; Vander Veer, Emily A. (CON)
  • Flexible Web Design : Creating Liquid and Elastic Layouts With CSS by Gillenwater, Zoe Mickley
  • Fundamentals of Network Game Development by Lecky-Thompson, Guy W.; Hiquet, Stacy L. (CON); Panella, Sarah (CON); McNavich, Jessica (CON); Casey, Jordan
  • Game Character Development by Ward, Antony
  • Game Graphics Programming by Sherrod, Allen
  • Teach Yourself Visually Flash CS4 Professional by Butters, Keith

Recently Added Liberal Arts and Sciences Titles

  • Prevention of Cancer: Pointers from Epidemiology by Doll, Richard
  • Outliers: The Story of Success by Gladwell, Malcolm
  • Gandhi: An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth by Gandhi, Mahatma
  • Why Immigrants Come to America: Braceros, Indocumentados, & the Migra by Stout, Robert Joe
  • Reinventing the Melting Pot: The New Immigrants & What It Means to Be America by Jacoby, Tamar
  • Immigrants and Boomers: Forging a New Social Contract for the Future of America by Myers, Dowell
  • Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives by Palfrey, John by Urs Gasser
  • Breast Cancer: The Complete Guide by Hirshaut, Yashar by Peter Pressman
  • Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big by Canseco, Jose
  • Mirror to America: The Autobiography of John Hope Franklin by Franklin, John Hope
  • Flawed Giant: Lyndon Johnson and His Times, 1961-1973 by Dallek, Robert
  • Unintended Consequences: How War In Iraq Strengthened America's Enemies by Galbraith, Peter W.
  • Comma Sense: A Fundamental Guide to Punctuation. **John Shore by James Mclean, (Illustrations) by Lederer, Richard
  • Thousand Splendid Suns by Hosseini, Khaled
  • Cancer Treatment Revolution: How Smart Drugs and Other Therapies Are Renewing Our Hope and Chaning the Face of Medicine by Nathan, David G.
  • Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy, and the West by Bhutto, Benazir
  • Real Pepsi Challenge: The Inspirational Story of Breaking the Color Barrier In American Business by Capparell, Stephanie
  • Travels with Barley: A Journey Through Beer Culture In America by Wells, Ken
  • American Lion: Andrew Jackson In the White House by Meacham, Jon
  • Breakthrough: Politics and Race In the Age of Obama by Ifill, Gwen
  • Edgar Allan Poe Collected Tales & Poems by Poe, Edgar Allan
  • Complete Tales & Poems by Poe, Edgar Allan by Wilbur S. Scott, (Introduction)
  • Seven Military Classics of Ancient China by Sawyer, Ralph D. by Translation And Commentary By by With Mei-Chun Sawyer
  • Health Care Reform Now!: a Prescription for Change by Halvorson, George
  • Putting Our House In Order: A Guide to Social Security and Health Care Reform by Shultz, George P. by John B. Shoven
  • Complete Guide to Colorectal Cancer by American Cancer Society
  • Total Cancer Wellness Guide: Reclaiming Your Life After Diagnosis by Thiboldeaux, Kim by Mitch Golant
  • Weapons of Mass Instruction: A Schoolteacher's Journey Through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling by Gatto, John Taylor
  • Our Own Devices: The Past and Future of Body Technology by Tenner, Edward
  • Hotel: An American History by Sandoval-Strausz, A.K. This Book Recounts The Enthralling History Of The Hotel In America - A Saga In Which Politicians And Prostitutes, Tourists And Tramps, Conventioneers And Confidence Men, Vcelebrities And Salesmen All Rub Elbows
  • Cruel & Unusual: The Culture of Punishment In America by Cusac, Anne-Marie
  • Myth of American Exceptionalism by Hodgson, Godfrey
  • Bagel: The Surprising History of a Modest Bread by Balinska, Maria
  • India: The Rise of an Asian Giant by Rothermund, Dietmar
  • Problem Solving 101: A Simple Book for Smart People by Watanabe, Ken
  • Quirkology: How We Discover the Big Truths In Small Things by Wiseman, Richard
  • I Am Innocent!: a Comprehensive *C by Nash, Jay Robert
  • Your Inner Fish: A Journey Into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body by Shubin, Neil
  • Curveball: Spies, Lies, and the Con Man Who Caused a War by Drogin, Bob
  • History of Modern Sudan by Collins, Robert O.
  • Qaddafi's Libya In World Politics by Ronen, Yehudit
  • Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln As Commander In Chief by McPherson, James M.
  • 1864: Lincoln At the Gates of History by Flood, Charles Bracelen
  • Looks: Why They Matter More Than You Ever Imagined by Patzer, Gordon L.
  • Stem Cell Century: Law and Policy for a Breakthrough Technology by Korobkin, Russell by Stephen R. Munzer
  • Controversies In Science and (V.2) Technology: From Climate to Chromosomes by Kleinman, Daniel by Karen A. Cloud-Hansen by Christina Matta by Jo Handelsman
  • Nuclear Waste Research: Siting, Technology, and Treatment by Lattefer, Arnold
  • Viruses and Nanotechnology by Manchester, Marianne, (Editors) by Nicole F. Steinmetz
  • Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery by Kara, Siddharth
  • Elsewhere, U.S.A: How We Got from the Company Man, Family Dinner, and the Affluent Society to the Home Office, Blackberry Moms, and Economic Anxiety by Conley, Dalton
  • American Families In Crisis: A Reference Handbook by Turner, Jeffrey S.
  • House Lust: America's Obsession with Our Homes by McGinn, Daniel
  • Faith In the Halls of Power: How Evangelicals Joined the American Elite by Lindsay, D. Michael
  • Colors of Poverty: Why Racial and Ethnic Disparities Persist by Lin, Ann Chih, by David R. Harris (Editors).This Is A Volume In The National Poverty Center Series On Poverty And Public Policy
  • Mop Men: Inside the World of Crime Scene Cleaners by Emmins, Alan
  • Corporate Crime: A Reference Handbook by Hartley, Richard D.
  • Science Vs. Crime by Hauck, Max M.
  • Darfur and the Crime of Genocide by Hagan, John by Wenona Rymond-Richmond
  • Gomorrah: A Personal Journey Into the Violent International Empire of Naples' Organized Crime System by Saviano, Robert by Virginia Jewiss, (Translation From The Italian)
  • Bioviolence: Preventing Biological Terror and Crime by Kellman, Barry
  • Beyond the Body Farm: A Legendary Bone Detective Explores Murders, Mysteries, and the Revolution In Forensic Science by Bass, Bill by Jeff Jefferson

Monday, January 26, 2009

FORA TV

http://fora.tv
Aptly described, "the brilliant ideas network for video discourse and debate" (fora.tv), this site offers taped lectures, interviews, debates, and discussions by authors and experts, offering multiple points of view on current topics.

Friday, August 22, 2008

Chronicle of Higher Education's List of New Scholarly Publications

Click on the link below for new Scholarly publications published in the Chronicle of Higher Ed. http://chronicle.com/weekly/books/bookmain.php