Wednesday, May 23, 2012

New Books at the Golisano Library

Title Brandwashed:  Tricks Companies Use to Manipulate Our Minds and Persuade Us to Buy
Author Martin Lindstrom
Publisher Crown
Call No. HF5415.32.L557 2011
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Title Nobody's Burden: Lessons From the Great Depression on the Struggle for Old-Age Security
Author Ruth E. Ray & Toni Calasanti, Eds.
Publisher Lexington Books
Call No. HV1461.N63 2011
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Title Servant Leadership for Higher Education: Principles and Practices
Author Daniel Wheeler
Publisher Jossey-Bass
Call No.LB2341.W464 2012
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Title  The Great Builders
Author Kenneth Powell, Ed.
Publisher Thames & Hudson
Call No. NA40.G74 2011
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Title How We Do Harm: A Doctor Breaks Ranks about Being Sick in America
Author Otis Webb Brawley with Paul Goldbert
Publisher St. Martin's Press
Call No. RA395.A3 B72 2012
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Title Carly's Voice: Breaking Through Autism
Author Arthur Fleischmann with Carly Fleischmann
Publisher Simon & Schuster
Call No. RJ506.A9 F587 2012
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Saturday, May 12, 2012

New Library Books to Fit the A-Z Challenge # 1

Looking for a book to read?  Don't want fiction?  Try these  which fit the letters A-D
It's not to late to start!

Title:  Another Fine Mess: A History of American Film Comedy
Author: Saul Austerlitz
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Call No. : PN1995.9.C55 A97 2010

These are easy to read chapters about various comedians incuding Harold Lloyd, Jean Author, and Albert Brooks. You don't have to read in page order to enjoy this work.

Title:  Beethoven in America
Author: Michael Broyles
Publisher Indiana University Press
Call No.: ML410.B4 B869 2011

The book examines the ways Beethoven and his music have influenced American culture.

Title:  Capitalist Revolutionary: John Maynard Keynes
Author: Roger E. Backhouse & Bradkley W. Bateman
Publisher:  Harvard University
Call No.: HB103.K47 B25 2011

At less than 200 pages, this work focuses on a narrow but important part of Keyne's life.

Title:  Disposable People: New Slavery in the Golbal Economy
Author:  Kevin Bales
Publisher California
Call No.  HT867.B35 2004

This revised edition looks at the growth of slavery in Thailand, Brazil, Pakistan, and India and offers suggestions to end the practise.