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April 2008

 

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000's General Knowledge
100's Psychology and Philosophy
200's Religions and Mythology
300's Social Sciences, Education, and Folklore
400's Languages and Grammar
500's Math and Science
600's Medicine and Technology
700's Arts and Recreation
800's Literature
900's Geography and History
B Biographies
F Fiction
AV Audiovisuals

 


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000's General Knowledge

 

5087 trivia questions & answers / by Marsha Kranes, Fred Worth and Steve Tamerius ; edited by Michael Driscoll. New York : Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers ; distributed by Workman Pub. c1998.

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100's Psychology and Philosophy

 

Consciousness and mental life / Daniel N. Robinson. New York : Columbia University Press, 2008.

The head trip : adventures on the wheel of consciousness / written and illustrated by Jeff Warren. New York : Random House, c2007.

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200's Religions and Mythology

 

Biblica : the Bible atlas ; a social and historical journey through the lands of the Bible / chief consultant, Professor Barry J. Beitzel. Hauppage, NY : Barron's Educational Series, 2007, c2006.

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300's Social Sciences, Education, and Folklore

 

Cannibals and kings : the origins of cultures / Marvin Harris. New York : Vintage Books, c1991.

Taking sides : clashing views in mass media and society / edited, selected, and with introductions by Alison Alexander and Jarice Hanson. New York : McGraw-Hill, 2009.

Taking sides : clashing views in lifespan development / selected, edited, and with introductions by Andrew M. Guest. Boston, MA : McGraw-Hill, c2009.

Grassroots rules : how the Iowa Caucus helps elect American presidents / Christopher C. Hull. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Law and Politics, c2008.

Occupational outlook handbook / U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Lanham, MD. : Bernan, c2008.

King of the club : Richard Grasso and the survival of the New York Stock Exchange / Charles Gasparino. New York : Collins, c2007.

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Hedge hunters : hedge fund masters on the rewards, the risk, and the reckoning / Katherine Burton. New York : Bloomberg Press, c2007.

Marx's Das Kapital : a biography / Francis Wheen. New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2006.

The Nuremberg legacy : how the Nazi war crimes trials changed the course of history / Norbert Ehrenfreund. New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

One world or none : a report to the public on the full meaning of the atomic bomb / edited by Dexter Masters and Katharine Way ; preface by Richard Rhodes ; foreword by Niels Bohr ; introduction by Arthur H. Compton. New York : New Press : Distributed by W. W. Norton & Co., 2007.

Her last death : a memoir / Susanna Sonnenberg. New York : Scribner, 2008.

Covert : my years infiltrating the Mob / Bob Delaney, with Dave Scheiber ; foreword by Bill Walton. New York, NY : Union Square Press, A Division of Sterling Pub. Co., 2008.

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Criminal justice : a brief introduction / Frank Schmallenger. Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Prentice Hall, c2008.

Taking sides : clashing views on educational issues / selected, edited, and with introductions by James Wm. Noll. New York : McGraw-Hill, c2009.

Taking science to school : learning and teaching science in grades K-8 / Committee on Science Learning, Kindergarten Through Eighth Grade ; Richard A. Duschl, Heidi A. Schweingruber, and Andrew W. Shouse, editors ; Board on Science Education, Center for Education, Division of Behavioural and Social Sciences and Education. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2007.

Silenced! : academic freedom, scientific inquiry, and the First Amendment under siege in America / Bruce E. Johansen ; foreword by Matthew Rothschild. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2007.

Assessing student learning in general education : good practice case studies / Marilee J. Bresciani, editor. Bolton, Mass. : Anker Pub. Co., c2007.

Millennials go to college : strategies for a new generation on campus: recruiting and admissions, campus life, and the classroom / by Neil Howe & William Strauss. [Washington, D.C.] : LifeCourse Associates, c2007.

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The complete costume history from ancient times to the 19th century = Vollständige kostümgeschichte : vom altertum bis zum 19. jahrhundert = Le costume historique : du monde antique au XIXe sièle / Auguste Racinet ; [introduction by Françoise Tétart-Vittu]. Köln : Taschen, c2006.

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400's Languages and Grammar


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500's Math and Science

 

The living cosmos : our search for life in the universe / Chris Impey. New York : Random House, c2007.

Thrillcraft : the environmental consequences of motorized recreation / edited by George Wuerthner. White River Junction, Vt. : Chelsea Green Pub. Co., 2007.

A reef in time : the Great Barrier Reef from beginning to end / J.E.N. (John Edward Norwood) Veron. Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2008.

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600's Medicine and Technology

 

Taking sides : clashing views in abnormal psychology / selected, edited, and with introductions by Richard P. Halgin. Boston, MA : McGraw-Hill, c2009.

The autoimmune epidemic : bodies gone haywire in a world out of balance and the cutting edge science that promises hope / by Donna Jackson Nakazawa. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2008.

American cars : past to present / [Matt DeLorenzo]. Vercelli, Italy : Edizoni Whte Star, c2007.

Space 50 / Piers Bizony. New York, NY : Smithsonian Books in association with HarperCollins Publishers, c2006.

Love + sex with robots : the evolution of human-robot relations / David Levy. New York : HarperCollins, c2007.

It's not about the coffee : leadership principles from a life at Starbucks / Howard Behar with Janet Goldstein. New York, N.Y. : Portfolio, 2007.

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The big five for life : leadership's greatest secret / John P. Strelecky. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2008.

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700's Arts and Recreation

 

Conceptual art / Daniel Marzona ; Uta Grosenick, ed. Koln ; Los Angeles : Taschen, 2006.

Leonardo Da Vinci : experience, experiment and design / Martin Kemp. Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2006.

1001 paintings of the Louvre : from antiquity to the nineteenth century / edited by Vincent Pomarède, Delphine Trébosc ; photographs, Erich Lessing. Paris : Musée du Louvre Éditions ; Milan : 5 Continents, c2005.

The life and art of Lucas Johnson / preface by Walter Hopps ; essay by Edmund P. Pillsbury ; chronology by Patricia Covo Johnson. [Houston, TX.] : Houston Artists Fund ; Austin, TX : Distributed by University of Texas Press, 2006.

David Plowden : vanishing point : fifty years of photography / foreword by Richard Snow ; introduction by Steve Edwards. New York : W.W. Norton, c2007.

The ultimate field guide to digital video / Richard Olsenius. Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, 2007.

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High crimes : the fate of Everest in an age of greed / Michael Kodas. New York : Hyperion, c2008.

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800's Literature

 

The journals of Scheherazade : poems / by Sheryl St. Germain. Denton : University of North Texas Press, 1996.

Bloom's how to write about Toni Morrison / Zisca Burton ; introduction by Harold Bloom. New York : Chelsea House, 200.

Portraits and observations : the essays of Truman Capote. New York : Random House, c2007.

Homer's The Iliad and The Odyssey : a biography / Alberto Manguel. New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2007.

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900's Geography and History

 

History : the definitive visual guide : from the dawn of civilization to the present day / editorial consultant, Adam Hart-Davis. New York : DK Pub., 2007.

The complete Pompeii / Joanne Berry. New York : Thames & Hudson, 2007.

Absolute war : Soviet Russia in the Second World War / Chris Bellamy. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.

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Biographies

 

Bill Mauldin : a life up front / Todd DePastino. New York : W.W. Norton, 2008.

Swamp songs : the making of an unruly woman / Sheryl St. Germain. Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, c2003.

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Fiction

 

Mudbound : a novel / by Hillary Jordan. Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2008.

My revolutions / by Hari Kunzru. New York : Dutton, 2008.

Ellington Boulevard : a novel in a-flat / Adam Langer. New York : Spiegel & Grau, 2008.

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Audiovisuals

 

Border war [videorecording] : the battle over illegal immigration / written and directed by Kevin Knoblock. Santa Monica, CA : Genius Products, 2006.

With God on our side [videorecording] : George W. Bush and the rise of the religious right / produced by Ali Pomeroy, Calvin Skaggs, David Van Taylor ; [directed by Calvin Skaggs, David Van Taylor] ; A Lumiere Production for Channel 4. New York, NY : First-Run Features, 2004.

Unconstitutional [videorecording] : the war on our civil liberties / Robert Greenwald presents a Public Interest Pictures Production in association with Pyedog Production ; written, produced, and directed by Nonny de la Pena. New York, NY : Disinformation, [2004].

Planet Earth : as you've never seen it before and The Blue planet : seas of life [videorecording] / BBC Worldwide Ltd. London : BBC Worldwide Ltd ; CA : Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video, c2007.

Physics. Program 6 [videorecording] : work & energy / [producer, Barry Rubenstein ; writer, Stacy Ison ; director, Jonathan M. Reich]. [Falls Church, Va.] : Cerebellum Corp., c2004.

Life processes of plants [videorecording] / a Cambridge Educational Production. Princeton, NJ : Cambridge Educational : [Distributed by] Films Media Group, 2007, c2005.

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The Kazdin method for parenting the defiant child [videorecording] / by Alan E. Kazdin. [Cambridge, MA] : Vida Health Communications, 2008.

Michael Caine [videorecording] : acting in film / Michael Caine with Simon Cutter ... [ et al.] ; a BBC TV Production in association with Dramatis Personae Ltc. ; director, David G. Croft ; producers, Maria Aitken, David G. Croft. New York, NY : Working Arts, c2007.

Sweet tornado [videorecording] : Margo Jones and the American theater / produced, written and directed by Kay Cattarulla and Rob Tranchin ; national co-production of KERA Dallas/Fort Worth. Dallas, TX : North Texas Public Broadcasting, KERA : Kay Cattarulla, c2006.

Brian Cox [videorecording] : acting in tragedy / Brian Cox with Alan Cox ... [ et al.] ; a BBC TV Production in association with Dramatis Personae Ltc. ; director, David G. Croft ; producers, Maria Aitken, David G. Croft. New York, NY : Working Arts, c2007.

Maria Aitken [videorecording] : acting in high comedy / Maria Aiken with Jane Campion ... [et al.] ; a BBC TV Production in association with Dramatis Personae Ltc. ; director, David G. Croft ; producers, Maria Aitken, David G. Croft. New York, NY : Working Arts, c2007.

Simon Callow [videorecording] : acting in restoration comedy / Simon Callow with Gail McFarlane ... [et al.] ; a BBC TV Production in association with Dramatis Personae Ltc. ; director, David G. Croft ; producers, Maria Aitken, David G. Croft. New York, NY : Working Arts, c2007.

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Jonathan Miller [videorecording] : acting in opera / Jonathan Miller with Susan Bullock [et al.] ; a BBC TV Production in association with Dramatis Personae Ltc. ; director, David G. Croft ; producers, Maria Aitken, David G. Croft. New York, NY : Working Arts, c2007.

Finding the future [videorecording] : a science fiction conversation / Anomalous Entertainment ; produced by Joseph Formichella, Charles Moore, Michael R. Pryor ; directed by Casey Moore. [United States] : Anomalous Entertainment, c2006.

Poetry and its relevance [videorecording] : an experiment / [directed by Brian L. Perkins ; produced by Brian L. Perkins, Jason Blaylock for Litquake]. Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities, c2005.

A jury of her peers [videorecording] / a film by Sally Heckel. New York, N.Y. : Texture Films, : [distributed by] Women make movies, 1980.

Kurt Vonnegut [videorecording] : so it goes / producer: Alan Yentob ; director: Nigel Finch ; A BBC TV Production in association with RM Arts. Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities and Sciences, c2002.

Janet Suzman [videorecording] : acting in Shakespearean comedy / Janet Suzman with Ewen Cummins...[et al.] ; a BBC TV Production in association with Dramatis Personae Ltc. ; director, David G. Croft ; producers, Maria Aitken, David G. Croft. New York, NY : Working Arts, c2007.

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Signing the body poetic [videorecording] : video clips / Dawn Sign Press. [San Diego, CA] : Dawn Sign Press, c2006.

9/12 [videorecording] : from chaos to community / directed by Susanna Styron ; produced by Jacki Ochs and Susanna Styron ; an Eleventh Hour Films Production. [s.l.] : Eleventh Hour Films, c2006.

The history of ancient Rome [sound recording] / The Teaching Company. Springfield, VA : The Company, c1999.

Ancient Greek civilization [sound recording] / The Teaching Company. Springfield, VA : The Company, c1998.

Medieval Europe [sound recording] : crisis and renewal / The Teaching Company. Springfield, VA : The Company, c1996.

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