Recent Acquisitions

November 2004

Non-Fiction:

025.32 Lipson, Charles Doing honest work in college
027.6 Ambrosini, Maria Luisa The secret archives of the Vatican (Gift: Steve Bartlett)
031 Jacobs, A.J. The know-it-all: one man's humble quest to become the smartest person in the world
070.18 O'Connell, P.J. Robert Drew and the development of cinema verite in America (Gift: Scott Langley, Jr.)
153.6 Smith, David Livingstone Why we lie: the evolutionary roots of deception and the unconscious mind
232.9 Schweitzer, Albert The quest for the historical Jesus: a critical study of its progress from Reimarus to Wiede
302 Gladwell, Malcolm The tipping point: how little things can make a big difference
302.2244 Shlain, Leonard The alphabet versus the goddess: the conflict between word and image
305.8 Stoller, Paul The cinematic Griot: the ethnography of Jean Rouch (Gift: Scott Langley, Jr.)
363.7 Weyler, Rex Greenpeace: how a group of journalists, ecologists and visionaries changed the world
383.143 Corbett, Christopher Orphans preferred: the twisted truth and lasting legacy of the Pony Express
428.2 Truss, Lynne Eats, shoots, and leaves: the zero tolerance approach to punctuation
510.79 Olson, Steve Countdown: six kids vie for glory at the world's toughest math competition
511.33 Edwards, AWF Cogwheels of the mind: the story of Venn Diagrams
523.1 Tyson, Neil DeGrasse Origins: fourteen billion years of cosmic evolution
551.5 Buckley, Bruce Weather: a visual guide
530.12 Ford, Kenneth W The quantum world: quantum physics for everyone
615.78 Jeffreys, Diarmuid Aspirin: the remarkable story of a wonder drug
623.45 Goodchild, Peter Edward Teller: the real Dr. Strangelove
629.89 Perkowitz, Sidney Digital people: from bionic humans to androids
640 Ettus, Samantha et al. The experts' guide to 100 things everyone should know how to do
650.14 Mackay, Harvey We got fired!...and it's the best thing that ever happened to us.
741.59   The complete cartoons of the New Yorker. (oversized collection)
741.59 Shanower, Eric A thousand ships
741.59 Shanower, Eric Sacrifice
741.59 Spiegelman, Art In the shadow of no towers (oversized collection)
791.0233 Chown, Jeffrey Hollywood auteur: Francis Coppola (Gift: Scott Langley, Jr)
791.4353   The documentary conscience: a casebook in film making (Gift: Scott Langley, Jr)
791.4353   New challenges for documentary (Gift: Scott Langley, Jr)
791.4353   "Show us life": toward a history and aesthetics of the committed documentary (Gift: Scott Langley, Jr)
791.43652 Worth, Sol and John Adair Through Navajo eyes: an exploration in film communication and anthropology (Gift: Scott Langley, Jr)
791.437 Solinas, Franco Gillo Pontecorvo's The Battle of Algiers (Gift: Scott Langley, Jr.)
791.4353   New challenges for documentary. Edited by Alan Rosenthal (Gift: Scott Langley, Jr.)
796.332 McDonell, Chris The football game I'll never forget: 100 NFL stars' stories
796.332 St. John, Warren Rammer jammer yellow hammer: a journey into the heart of fan mania
796.357 Ross, Ken A mathematician at the ballpark: odds and probabilities for baseball fans
861.62 Neruda, Pablo The poetry of Pablo Neruda.
940.53 Crowe, David M Oskar Schindler: the untold account of his life, wartime activities, and the true story behind the List
940.53 Greene, Bob Once upon a town: the miracle of North Platte Canteen (Gift: Scott Langley, Jr.0
942.05 Whitfield, Peter Sir Francis Drake
956.01 Asbridge, Thomas The first Crusade: a new history
973.3 Raphael, Ray Founding myths: stories that hide our patriotic past
973.41 Ellis, Joseph His excellency George Washington
973.82 Bunting, Josiah Ulysses S. Grant
978 Dary, David The Sante Fe Trail

Fiction:

Atkinson, Kate. Case histories

Chappell, Henry. Blood kin

Guthrie, AB. The Way West

Singer, Randy. Dying Declaration

Reference:

American Medical Association Family Medical Guide. 4th ed. REF 613

Laser discs, DVDs Videos:

371.102 The First year.

Audio Books:

Homer. The Odyssey (883.01)

Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World (FIC)

Shakespeare, William. Macbeth (822.33T5)