NEW ACQUISITIONS

MARCH 2007

 

BIO                 5O Cent.  From Pieces to Weight: Once Upon a Time in Southside

50CENT                     Queens.  New York: MTV-Pocket Books, 2005.

 

FIC                  Allende, Isabel.  Ines of My Soul.  Translated from the Spanish by

ALL                            Margaret Sayers Peden.  New York: HarperCollins, 2006.

 

FIC                  Alvarez, Julia.  Saving the World: a novel.  A Shannon Ravenel Book.

ALV                            Chapel Hill, NC:  Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill-Workman

                                    Publishing, 2006.

 

FIC                  Anderson, M.T.  The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing:

AND                           Traitor to the Nation.  Vol. 1: The Pox Party.  Taken from

                                    accounts by his own hand and other sundry sources.  Collected

                                    by Mr. M.T. Anderson of Boston.  Cambridge, MA: Candlewick

                                    Press, 2006.    

 

REF                Animal and Plant Anatomy.  11 Vol.  Tarrytown, NY:

571.3                           Marshall Cavendish, 2007.

ANI

 

200.9               Armstrong, Karen.  The Great Transformation: the beginnings

ARM                          of our religious traditions.  New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006.

 

BIO                 Asgedom, Mawi.  Of  Beetles & Angels: a boy’s remarkable journey from

ASG                            a refugee camp to Harvard. Edited by Dave Berger.  New York:

                                     Megan Tingley Books-Little, Brown and Company, 2002(2001).

 

920                  Axelrod, Alan.  Profiles in Audacity: great decisions and how they were

AXE                            made.  Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 2006.

 

344.7305         Axelrod-Contrada, Joan.  Reno v. ACLU: Internet Censorship.

AXE                            Tarrytown, NY: Marshall Cavendish, 2007.

 

658.4               Badaracco, Joseph.  Questions of Character: illuminating the heart of

BAD                            leadership through literature.  Boston: Harvard Business School

                                    Press, 2006.

 

305.235           Baskin, Julia, Lindsey Newman, Sophie Pollitt-Cohen and Courtney

BAS                            Toombs.  The Notebook Girls.   New York: Warner Books, 2006.

 

791.5               Blumenthal, Eileen.  Puppetry: a world history.  New York: Abrams,

BLU                            2005.

 

 

612.8               Brizendine, Louann.  The Female Brain.  New York: Morgan Road

BRI                             Books, 2006.                                                                                                                                                                                                   

 

BIO                 Brookhiser, Richard.  Alexander Hamilton, American.  New York:

HAM                          Touchstone-Simon & Schuster, 1999.

 

BIO                 Brookhiser, Richard.  Founding Father: rediscovering George

WAS                           Washington.  New York: Free Press Paperbacks-Simon &

                                    Schuster, 1997(1996)

 

241                  Brotherton, Marcus.  Heat.  Sisters, OR: Multnomah Publishers, 2006.

BRO

 

614.5               Byrne, Joseph.  Daily Life During the Black Death.  Daily Life

BYR                            Through History series.   Westport, CN: Greenwood Press,

                                    2006.

 

629.409           Cadbury, Deborah.  Space Race: the epic battle between America and the

CAD                            Soviet Union for dominion of space.  New York: HarperCollins,

                                    2006.

 

364.106           Capeci, Jerry and Gene Mustain.  Gotti: Rise and Fall.   New York:

CAP                            Onyx-Penguin, 1996

 

BIO                 Carlo, Philip.  The Ice Man: Confessions of a Mafia Contract Killer. 

KUK                           New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2006.

 

BIO                 Chang, Jung.  Mao: the unknown story.  New York: Anchor-Random

MAO                          House, 2006.

 

FIC                  Chang, Lan Samantha.  Inheritance.  New York: W.W. Norton,

CHA                            2005.

 

FIC                  Clark, Clare.  The Great Stink: a novel of corruption and murder
CLA                            beneath the streets of Victorian London.  Orlando, FL:

                                    Harvest-Harcourt, c2005.                                

 

133.4               Coelho, Paulo.  The Pilgrimage: a contemporary quest for ancient

COE                            wisdom.  New York: HarperPerennial, 1998(1987).

 

                       

 

                        Countries of the World.  Washington, D.C.: National Geographic,

                                    2007.

                        This series contains the following titles:

                        China                          Mexico

                        Italy

 

158.0835         Covey, Sean.  The 6 Most Important Decisions You’ll Ever Make:

COV                            a guide for teens.  New York: Fireside- Simon & Schuster, 2006.

 

BIO                 Crittle, Simon.  The Last Godfather: the rise and fall of Joey Massino.

MAS                           Foreword by Donnie Brasco, aka Joseph D. Pistone.  New York:

                                    Berkley Books, 2006.

 

                        Cultures of the World.  New York: Marshall Cavendish-Benchmark,                                                

                         2006.

                        This series contains the following countries:

                        Benin                                                  Mozambique

                        Botswana                                            Rwanda

                        Chad                                                   Sierra Leone

 

REF                Deal, William E.  Handbook to Life in Medieval & Early Modern Japan.

952                              New York: Facts on File, 2006.

DEA

 

FIC                  Defoe, Gideon.  The Pirates! In an Adventure With Scientists:

DEF                            a novel.  New York: Pantheon Books, 2004.

 

PB                   Desai, Kiran.  The Inheritance of Loss.  New York: Grove Press, 2006

FIC

DES

 

BIO                 Ditchfield, Christin.  Condoleeza Rice: America’s Leading

RIC                             Stateswoman.  Revised edition.  Great Life Stories series.

                                    New York: Franklin Watts, 2007.

 

PB                   Doctorow, E.L.  The March: a novel.  New York: Random House,

FIC                              2006(2005).

DOC

 

REF                Encyclopedia of Conflicts Since World War II.  2nd Edition.           

909.82                         Edited by James Ciment. Armonk, NY: Sharpe Reference, 2007.

ENC

 

 

 

 

362.76             Feuereisen, Patti.  Invisible Girls: the truth about sexual abuse.  A book

FEU                             for teen girls, young women, and everyone who cares about them.

                                    With Caroline Pincus.  Emeryville, CA: Seal Press-Avalon

                                    Publishing, 2005.

 

373.12             Fine, Michelle.  Framing Dropouts: notes on the politics of an urban

FIN                             public high school.  Teacher Empowerment and School Reform

                                    Series.  New York:  State University of New York Press, 1991.

 

787.87             Fleming, Tom.  The Complete Guitar Course: learn to play in 20

FLE                             easy-to-follow lessons.  Pleasantville, NY: Reader’s Digest-Amber

                                    Books, 2006.

 

812                  Fleischman, Paul.  Zap: a play.  Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press,

FLE                             2006(2005).

 

PB                   Foer, Jonathan Safran.  Everything Is Illuminated:  a novel.  New York:

FIC                              HarperPerennial, 2003(2002)

FOE

 

345.73             Fridell, Ron.  Gideon v. Wainwright: The Right to Free Counsel. 

FRI                             Supreme Court Milestones Series.  Tarrytown, NY: Marshall   

                                    Cavendish, 2007.

 

322.4               Gerges, Fawaz A.  Journey of the Jihadist: Inside Muslim Militancy.

GER                            Orlando, FL: Harcourt , Inc., 2006.

 

796.93             Gifford, Clive.  Snowboarding: learn to snowboard like a pro!

GIF                             New York: DK Publishing, 2007.

 

342.7308         Gold, Susan Dudley.  New York Times Co. v. Sullivan: Freedom of the

GOL                           Press or Libel?  Supreme Court Milestones Series.  Tarrytown,

                                    NY: Marshall Cavendish, 2007.

 

342.7308         Gold, Susan Dudley.  Tinker v. De Moines: Free Speech For Students.

GOL                            Tarrytown, NY:  Marshall Cavendish, 2007.

 

343.73             Gold, Susan Dudley.  United States v. Amistad: Slave Ship Mutiny.

GOL                            Tarrytown, NY: Marshall Cavendish, 2007.

 

614.5               Grady, Denise.  Deadly Invaders: virus outbreaks around the world, from

GRA                           Marburg fever to Avian flu.  Boston: Kingfisher, 2006.

 

FIC                  Gregory, Phillipa.  The Boleyn Inheritance.  New York: Touchstone

GRE                            Book-Simon & Schuster, 2006.

 

PB                   Groot, Tracy.  Madman.  New York: Moody Publishers, 2006.

FIC

GRO

 

363.72             Grossman, Elizabeth.  High Tech Trash: digital devises, hidden toxics,

GRO                           and human health.  Washington, DC: Island Press-Shearwater,

                                    2006.

 

BIO                 Hager, Thomas.  The Demon Under the Microscope: from battlefield

DOM                          hospitals to Nazi labs, one doctor’s heroic search for the

                                    World’s first miracle drug.  New York: Harmony Books 2006.

 

811                  Hahn, Kimiko.  The Narrow Road to the Interior: Poems.  New York:

HAH                           W.W. Norton, 2006.

 

BIO                 Hansen, James R.  First Man: the life of Neal A. Armstrong. 

ARM                          New York, Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2006(2005).

 

FIC                  Harris, Robert.  Imperium: A Novel of Ancient Rome.  New York:

HAR                           Simon & Schuster, 2006.

 

016.813009     Herald, Diana Tixier.  Genreflecting: a guide to popular readings

HER                            interests.  Edited by Wayne A. Wiegand.  6th edition.

                                    Westport, CN: Libraries Unlimited, 2006.

 

305.4209         Hirshman, Linda R.  Get To Work: a manifest for women of the world.

HIR                             New York: Viking, 2006.

 

FIC                  Hoffman, Alice.  Incantation.  New York: Little, Brown and Company,

HOF                            2006.

 

976.3               Horne, Jed.  Breach of Faith: Hurrican Katina and the near death of a

HOR                           great American city.  New York: Random House, 2006.

 

305.242           Imagining Ourselves: global voices from a new generation of women.

IMA                            Edited by Paula Goldman.  Foreward by Isabel Allende.

                                    Novato, CA: New World Library, 2006.

                                    Published in association  with the International Museum of                                                         

                                    Women

 

PB                   Jin, Ha.  Waiting.  New York: Vintage-Random House: 2000(1999).

FIC

JIN

 

 

 

614. 5              Johnson, Steven.  The Ghost Map: the story of London’s most terrifying

JOH                            epidemic – and how it changed science, cities, and the modern world. New York:

                                    Riverhead Books-Penguin, 2006.

 

BIO                 Jordan, Michael.  Driven From Within.  Edited by Mark Vancil.

JOR                            New York: Atria Books, 2005.

 

BIO                 Joseph, Jamal.  Tupac Shakur Legacy.  Gloria Cox and Molly Monjauze,

SHA                            story consultants.  New York: Atria Books, 2006.

 

759.409           The Judgment of Paris: the revolutionary decade that gave the world

KIN                             impressionism.  New York: Walker & Company, 2006

 

BIO                 Kaiso!  Writing by and about Katherine Dunham.  Edited by VeVe

DUN                           A. Clark & Sara E. Johnson.  Madison, WI: University of

                                    Wisconsin Press, 2005.

 

BIO                 Knapp, Caroline.  Drinking: a love story.  New York: Dial Press-

KNA                           Bantam Dell-Random House, 2005(1996).

 

342.7308         Labunski, Richard.  James Madison and the Struggle for Bill of Rights. 

LAB                          Pivotal Moments in American History.  Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006

 

609.2               Leonardo’s Machines: Da Vinci’s Inventions Revealed.  Edited by

LEO                            Mario Taddei and Edoardo Zanon.  Text by Domenico Laurenza. 

                                    Cincinnati, OH: David et Charles Ltd, 2006.

 

781                  Levitin, Daniel.  This is Your Brain on Music: the science of human

LEV                            obsession.  New York: Dutton-Penguin, 2006.

 

BIO                 Lewis, Michael.  The Blind Side: evolution of a game.  New York:

OHE                            W.W. Norton, 2006.

                       

551.609           Linden, Eugene.  The Winds of Change: climate, weather, and the

LIN                             destruction of civilizations.  New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006.

         

FIC                  Malkani, Gautam.  Londonstani: a novel.  New York: Penguin

MAL                           Press, 2006.

 

624.5               McCullough, David.  The Great Bridge: the epic story of the Brooklyn

McC                            Bridge.  New York: Simon & Schuster, 1972.

 

741.5973         McGruder, Aaron.  A Right to be Hostile: the Boondocks

McG                           Treasury.  Foreword by Michael Moore.  New York: Three Rivers                                              Press, 2003.

 

BIO                 Mendelsohn, Daniel.  The Lost: a search for six of six million. 

MEN                           Photographs by Matt Mendelsohn.  New York: HarperCollins,

                                    2006.

 

BIO                 Moore, Judith.  Fat Girl: a true story.  New York: Plume-Penguin,2005.

MOO

 

FIC                  Munro, Alice.  The View From Castle Rock: Stories.  New York:

MUN                          Alfred Knopf, 2006.

 

BIO                 Nissel, Angela.  Mixed: my life in black and white.  New York:

NIS                             Villard, 2006.

 

614.5               Oshinsky, David M.  Polio: An American Story.  New York:

OSH                            Oxford University Press, 2006(2005).  Winner of the

                                    2006 Pulitzer Prize in History.

 

942.1               Picard, Liza.  Victorian London: The Tale of a City 1840-1847.

PIC                              New York: St Martin’s Press, 2005.

 

BIO                 Pileggi, Nicholas.  Wise Guy: Life in a Mafia Family.  New York:

PIL                              Pocket Books, 1987(1985)

 

BIO                 Pistone, Joseph D.  Donnie Brasco : My Undercover Life in the

PIS                              Mafia.  With Richard Wooley.  New York: Signet, 1989(1987).

 

394.1               Pollan, Michael.  Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four

POL                            Meals.  New York: The Penguin Press, 2006.

 

613.8               Rebman, Renee C.  Addictions and Risky Behavior: cutting, binging,

REB                            snorting and other dangers.  Issues In Focus Series.  Berkeley                                       Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishers, 2006.

 

FIC                  Rennison, Nick.  Sherlock Holmes: the unauthorized biography.

REN                            New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2005.

 

808                  Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. 

PUB                            5th edition.  Washington, D.C.: American Psychological

                                    Association, 2003(2001). 

 

PB                   Rankin, Robert.  The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse.

FIC                              London: Gollancz-Orion, 2003(2002).

RAN

 

 

BIO                 Reagan, Nancy.  I Love You, Ronnie: the letters of Ronald Reagan to

REA                            Nancy Reagan.  New York: Random House, 2000.

 

372.1               Research Ate My Brain: the panic-proof guide to surviving homework.

REA                            Toronto Public Library.  Art by Martha Newbigging.  Toronto:

                                    Annick Press Ltd., 2005.

 

REF                Renaissance and Reformation. Edited by James A. Patrick. 6 Vol.

940.2                           Tarrytown, NY: Marshall Cavendish, 2007.

REN

 

BIO                 Rodriguez, Luis J.  Always Running. La Vida Loca: Gang Days in

ROD                           L.A.  New York: Touchstone Book-Simon & Schuster, 2005(1993)

 

811                  Rose, Jennifer.  Hometown For An Hour: Poems.  Athens, OH: Ohio

ROS                            University Press, 2006.

 

BIO                 Runyon, Brent.  The Burn Journals.  New York: Vintage-Random

RUN                           House, 2004

 

PB                   SA, Shan.  The Girl Who Played Go: a novel.  Translated from the

FIC                              French by Adriana Hunter.  New York: Vintage-Random

SHA                            House, 2004(2001).

 

FIC                  Sansom, Ian.  The Case of the Missing Books: A Mobile Library

SAN                            Mystery.  New York: Harper, 2005.

 

BIO                 Sartor, Margaret.  Miss American Pie: a dairy of love, secrets, and

SAR                            growing up in the 1970’s.  New York: Bloomsbury, 2006.

 

326.0973         Schama, Simon.  Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the

SCH                            American Revolution.  New York: HarperCollins, 2006(2005).

 

BIO                 Shields, Charles J.  Mockingbird: a portrait of Harper Lee.  Detroit:

SHI                             Thorndike Press-Thomson Gale, 2006.

 

FIC                  Shteyngart, Gary.  Absurdistan: a novel.  New York: Random House,

SHT                            2006.

 

796.357           Sultans of Swat: The Four Great Sluggers of the New York Yankees.           

SUL                             As originally reported by The New York Times. With an                                                          

                                     introduction by Yogi Berra.  New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2006.

 

BIO                 Teachout, Terry.  All in the Dances: a brief life of George Balanchine.

BAL                            Orlando, FL:

 

SS                    Thriller: stories to keep you up all night.  Edited by James Patterson. 

THR                            New York: MIRA, 2006.

 

PB                   Toomer, Jean.  Cane.  A Norton Critical Edition.  New York:

FIC

TOO

 

616.07             Sherrow, Victoria.  Medical Imaging.  Great Inventions series. 

SHE                            New York:  Marshall  Cavendish-Benchmark, 2007.

 

FIC                  Sheth, Kashmira.  Koyal Dark, Mango Sweet.  New York: Hyperion,

SHE                            2006.

 

977                  Textor, John.  Phoenix: The Fateful Journey. Tragedy, survival and

TEX                            heroism.  Sheboygan, WI:  Sanderling Press, 2006.

 

811                  Turner, Ann.  Learning to Swim: a memoir.  New York:

TUR                            Point-Scholastic, 2002(2000).

 

812                  Under 30: Plays For a New Generation.  Edited by Eric Lane and

UND                           Nina Shengold.  New York: Vintage-Random House, 2004.

 

PB                   Unsworth, Barry.  Morality Play.  New York: W.W. Norton,

FIC                              c1996(1995).

UNS

 

FIC                  Unsworth, Barry.  The Ruby in Her Navel: a novel of love and intrigue

UNS                            in the Twelfth century.  New York: Doubleday, 2006.

 

BIO                 Vona, Abigail.  Bad Girl:  confessions of a teenage delinquent. 

VON                           New York: Rugged Land, 2005(2004).

 

940                  Wells, Colin.  Sailing From Byzantium: how a lost empire shaped the

WEL                           world.  New York: Delacorte Press, 2006.

 

646.7               Whyte, Daniel, III.  Letters To Young Black Men: advise and 

WHY                           encouragement for a difficult journey.  Atlanta, GA: Torch

                                    Legacy Publications, 2006.

 

305.420973     The Women’s Movement.  American Voices From series.  Tarrytown,

SCH                            NY: Marshall Cavendish, 2007.

 

BIO                 Woog, Adam.  Ray Charles and the Birth of Soul.  Lucent Library

CHA                            of Black History.  Detroit: Thomson Gale, 2006.

 

REF                World and Its People.  Middle East, Western Asia and Northern

909                              Africa. 11 Vol. Tarrytown, NY: Marshall Cavendish, 2007.

MID

 

940.53             Wyman, David.  The Abandonment of the Jews: America and the

WYM                          Holocaust, 1941-1945.  With and introduction by Elie

                                    Wiesel and a new afterword by the author.  New York:

                                    The New Press, c1998(1984).

 

 

 

 

MEDIA

 

DVD               Amadeus: Director’s Cut.  Burbank, CA: Warner Home Video, 2002.

700                              Includes 20 minutes of never-before-seen footage.  Digitally

AMA                           restored and remastered picture and sound. 

                                    DVD  COLOR  180 min.  2 Discs.

 

                        The Eyes of Nye.  Elk Grove Park, IL: Disney Educational Productions.

                                    DVD  COLOR  25 min.

                                    This series includes the following titles;

                                    Astrobiology                           Global Climate Change

                                    Antibiotics                              Population

                                    Genetic Diversity                   Nuclear Energy

                                     

DVD               The Fall of Communisim.  An MPI Home Video presentation

900                              of an ABC News production.  ABC News, 2002(1990).

FAL                             DVD  COLOR   80 min.

 

DVD                 Flags of Our Fathers. Universal City, California: Dream Works LLC & 900                            

                                  Warner  Bros Entertainment, Inc., 2006

FLA                           DVD COLOR 132min.

 

DVD               The History of Rock N’ Roll. 5 Volumes. Burbank, California: 1995.

700                              Time-Life Video&Television & Warner Bros. Entertainment

HIS                             Inc.

                                    DVD COLOR 578 min.

 

CD                  Innocent Voices: The Verse of Terezin’s Children.  Composed

900                              and conducted by John Federico.  Jefferson Valley, NY:

INN                             Lost Planet Records, Inc., 1996

 

 VIDEO           Justice Factory.  New York: Ambrose Video Publishing, Inc.

300                                                            1997.

JUS                             This series contains the following titles:

                                    Vol .9   -  Lawyers Who Rarely Go to Court

                                    Vol. 10 -  Unsung Heroes of the Courtroom

                                    Vol. 11 -  Mock Trials

 

DVD               No Direction Home: Bob Dylan.  A Martin Scorsese picture.

700                              Hollywood, CA: Paramount Pictures, 2005.

NO                              DVD  COLOR  207 min.  2 Discs.

 

CD                  Return to Life: the Story of the Holocaust Survivors. 

900                              The International School for Holocaust Studies. Yad Vashem,

RET                            1997.

                                    A unique multimedia program which follows the story of                                                           

                                    Holocaust survivors, from their liberation onwards – a story

                                    whose traces are still evident today. Includes dozens of interviews,

                                    maps, time-line and lexicon.

 

DVD               Standing in the Shadows of Motown.  Santa Monica, CA: Artisan

700                              Home Entertainment, 2003.

STA

 

VHS                Terrorism: A World in the Shadows. Vol 5 Genocide: The Ultimate

300                              Terrorism. New York: New York: Ambrose Video Publishing,

FER                           Inc.

                                    VHS COLOR 46min.

 

DVD               Without a Trace: Toxicology.  Medical Detectives: Explorations in

600                              Forensic Science.  Princeton, NJ: Films For the Humanities &

WIT                            Sciences, 2004.

                                    DVD COLOR  56min.

 

 

 

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