Thursday, September 20, 2012

Streaming Videos

Did you know that we have several thousand streaming videos accessible directly from our library catalog?  Many of these titles come from the Films on Demand service.  We have a subscription to the Master Academic collection, giving us access to over 8,000 full-length video programs and 74,000 video segments. Collections cover the humanities & social sciences, business & economics, science & mathematics, and health & medicine. Producers of films include: Films for the Humanities & Sciences, NBC, CNBC, ABC, PBS, BBC, National Geographic, and many more.

Today, they announced the release of around 50 more selections from California Newsreel films, the oldest non-profit, social issue documentary film center in the United States.

To access these films, either search in Our Library Catalog (it will be a few days before the latest titles are added), or go directly to Films on Demand.




Monday, September 10, 2012

New Titles Added in July & August


Here are recent additions to the collection:

Philosophy and Psychology

Lehrer, Jonah.
Imagine : how creativity works / Jonah Lehrer.
153.35 L524i. 

Ariely, Dan, author.
The (honest) truth about dishonesty : how we lie to everyone---especially 
ourselves / Dan Ariely.
177.3 A698h. 
 

Religion

Queer religion / Donald L. Boisvert and Jay Emerson Johnson, editors.
200.8664 Q3. 

Dempsey, Corinne G.
Bringing the sacred down to earth : adventures in comparative religion / Corinne
G. Dempsey.
201.5 D389b. 

Kaminsky, Joel S., 1960-
The Torah : a beginner's guide / Joel S. Kaminsky and Joel N. Lohr.
222.1061 K15t. 

Greenwood, Andrea, 1961-
An introduction to the Unitarian and Universalist traditions / Andrea Greenwood,
Mark W. Harris.
230.9132 G816i. 

Douthat, Ross Gregory, 1979-
Bad religion : how we became a nation of heretics / Ross Douthat.
277.3083 D741. 
 
Buddhism in Chinese society : an economic history from the fifth to the tenth 
centuries / Jacques Gernet ; translated by Franciscus Verellen.
294.30951 G376. 

Dharma rain : sources of Buddhist environmentalism / edited by Stephanie Kaza 
and Kenneth Kraft.
294.3378362 D5334. 

Dzogchen : heart essence of the great perfection / His Holiness the Dalai Lama ;
translated by Geshe Thupten Jinpa ; edited by Patrick Gaffney.
294.342 B916d. 

Aitken, Robert, 1917-2010.
The gateless barrier : the Wu-men kuan (Mumonkan) / translated and with a 
commentary by Robert Aitken ; illustrations by Sengai.
294.3443 H899wYa. 

Analayo, 1962-
Satipatthana : the direct path to realization / An{229}alayo.
294.34435 A532s. 

Mahamudra, the moonlight quintessence of mind and meditation / Dakpo Tashi namgyal ; translated and annotated by Lobsang P. Lhalungpa.
294.34435 N174m. 

Shankman, Richard.
The experience of samadhi : an in-depth exploration of Buddhist meditation 
/ Richard Shankman.
294.34435 S528e. 

The great treatise on the stages of the path to enlightenment / by Tsong-kha-pa; translated by the Lamrim Chenmo translation committee.
294.3444 T882. 

Contemporary Buddhist ethics / edited by Damien Keown.
294.35 C761. 

Cooper, David E. (David Edward), 1942-
Buddhism, virtue and environment / David E. Cooper, Simon P. James.
294.35691 C776b. 

The long discourses of the Buddha : a translation of the Digha Nikaya 
/ translated from the Pali by Maurice Walshe.
294.3823 L848. 

Harding, Sarah, 1951-
Niguma, lady of illusion / Sarah Harding.
294.385 H263. 

Shingon : Japanese esoteric Buddhism / Taiko Yamasaki ; translated and adapted by Richard and Cynthia Peterson ; edited by Yasuyoshi Morimoto and David
Kidd ; [foreword by Carmen Blacker].
294.392 Y19s. 

Transforming the mind : teachings on generating compassion / His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama ; translated by Geshe Thupten Jinpa ; edited by Dominique Side 
and Geshe Thupten Jinpa.
294.3923 B916t. 
 
The life of Milarepa / Tsangnyon Heruka ; translated by Andrew Quintman ; 
introduction by Donald S. Lopez Jr.
294.3923092 M637h. 

Zhang, Shengyan.
Hoofprint of the ox : principles of the Chan Buddhist path as taught by a modern Chinese Master / Master Sheng-Yen with Dan Stevenson.
294.3927 S546h. 

Yoga in practice / edited by David Gordon White.
294.5436 Y54. 

Batnitzky, Leora Faye, 1966-
How Judaism became a religion : an introduction to modern Jewish thought / Leora Batnitzky.
296.09 B333h. 

Ahmed, Leila.
A quiet revolution : the veil's resurgence, from the Middle East to America / 
Leila Ahmed.
297.576 A286q. 

Schattschneider, Ellen.
Immortal wishes : labor and transcendence on a Japanese sacred mountain / Ellen Schattschneider.
299.561 S312i. 

Social Sciences

Beckett, Charlie.
Wikileaks : news in the networked era / Charlie Beckett with James Ball.
302.23 B396w. 

Lareau, Annette.
Unequal childhoods : class, race, and family life / Annette Lareau.
305.2308996 L321u. 

Coming of age in America : the transition to adulthood in the twenty-first century / edited by Mary C. Waters ... [et al.].
305.2350973 C733. 

Hamer, Jennifer.
Abandoned in the heartland : work, family, and living in East St. Louis / 
Jennifer F. Hamer.
305.5620977 H214a. 

Kolker, Claudia.
The immigrant advantage : what we can learn from newcomers to America about health, happiness, and hope / Claudia Kolker.
305.906912 K81i. 

Families : traditional and new structures / edited by Paul McCaffrey.
306.850973 F198. 

Hadiz, Vedi R., 1964-
Localising power in post-authoritarian Indonesia : a Southeast Asia perspective 
/ Vedi R. Hadiz.
320.8 H129L. 

Pegram, Thomas R., 1955-
One hundred percent American : the rebirth and decline of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s / Thomas R. Pegram.
322.420973 P376o. 

State of the world 2012 : moving toward sustainable prosperity : a Worldwatch Institute report on progress toward a sustainable society / Erik Assadourian and
Michael Renner, project directors ; Linda Starke, editor.
330.9 S797 2012. 

Ribble, Rufus.
West Virginia coalfield photography 1900-2005 : panoramic photography / by Rufus "Red" Ribble, George A. Bragg, and Morgan G. Bragg ; written by Melody Bragg.
331.7622 R483w. 

Grossman, Mark.
U.S. land and natural resources policy : a public issues handbook / Mark Grossman and Gary C. Bryner.
333.10973 U58. 

Newfont, Kathryn.
Blue Ridge commons : environmental activism and forest history in western North Carolina / Kathryn Newfont.
333.75160975 N547b. 

Gabriel, Mary, 1955-
Love and capital : Karl and Jennie Marx and the birth of a revolution / Mary Gabriel.
335.4092 M392Yg. 

Domestic tourism in Asia : diversity and divergence / edited by Shalini Singh.
338.47915 D668. 

Scott, Shirley V.
International law in world politics : an introduction / Shirley V. Scott.
341 S429i. 

Exploring international human rights : essential readings / edited by Rhonda L. Callaway, Julie Harrelson-Stephens.
341.48 E96. 

The Guantanamo effect : exposing the consequences of U.S. detention and interrogation practices / Laurel E. Fletcher +  Eric Stover ; Stephen Paul Smith
.. [et al.] ; foreword by Patricia M.  Wald.
355.71 F613g. 

Bourgois, Philippe I., 1956-
In search of respect : selling crack in El Barrio / Philippe Bourgois.
363.45097471 B773i 2003. 

McMillan, Tracie.
The American way of eating : undercover at Walmart, Applebee's, farm fields, and
the dinner table / Tracie McMillan.
394.120973 M167a. 
 

Language

Thurman, Susan (Susan Sommers). 
The only grammar book you'll ever need : a one-stop source for every writing assignment / Susan Thurman ; edited by Larry Shea.
428.2 T539o. 

Cushman, Ellen, 1967-
The Cherokee syllabary : writing the people's perseverance / Ellen Cushman.
497.557 C986c. 
 

Mathematics and Natural Sciences 

Williams, Terry Tempest.
When women were birds : fifty-four variations on voice / Terry Tempest Williams.
508.0922 W727w. 

Kirby, David, 1960-
Death at SeaWorld : Shamu and the dark side of killer whales in captivity / 
David Kirby.
599.536 K58d. 
 

Technology and Applied Sciences

Berger, Lauren.
All work, no pay : finding an internship, building your resume, making connections, and gaining job experience / Lauren Berger.
650.14 B496.
 

The Arts

Dupler, Steven.
Legends of jazz with Ramsey Lewis. Season one / [photography, Bill Richert ; 
text, Steven Dupler].
781.65 L511. 

Rowell, Galen A.
In the throne room of the mountain gods / by Galen Rowell.
796.522 R881i. 

Shapton, Leanne.
Swimming studies / Leanne Shapton.
797.21092 S529s. 
 

Literature and Rhetoric 

Clark, Roy Peter.
Writing tools : 50 essential strategies for every writer / Roy Peter Clark.
808.042 C594w. 

Fogarty, Mignon.
Grammar Girl's quick and dirty tips for better writing / Mignon Fogarty.
808.042 F655g. 

Hale, Constance.
Sin and syntax : how to craft wickedly effective prose / Constance Hale ; 
foreword by Karen Elizabeth Gordon.
808.042 H161s. 

Casagrande, June.
It was the best of sentences, it was the worst of sentences : a writer's guide to crafting killer sentences / June Casagrande.
808.042076 C334i. 

Generations : poems between fathers, mothers, daughters, sons / edited by 
Melanie Hart and James Loader.
808.819355 G326. 

Malone, Jacquelyn.
All waters run to Lethe : poems / by Jacquelyn Malone.
811.6 M257a. 

Kitchen, Judith.
Half in shade : family, photography, and fate / Judith Kitchen.
813.54 K62h. 

Yuknavitch, Lidia.
The chronology of water : a memoir / Lidia Yuknavitch ; introduction by Chelsea Cain.
813.54 Y94c. 

Fletcher, Harrison Candelaria, 1962-
Descanso for my father : fragments of a life / Harrison Candelaria Fletcher.
814.6 F593d. 

Wade, Julie Marie.
Small fires : essays / Julie Marie Wade.
814.6 W119s. 

Alvarez, Julia.
A wedding in Haiti : the story of a friendship / Julia Alvarez.
818.5403 A473w. 
 

Geography and History

Kline, Naomi Reed.
Maps of medieval thought : the Hereford paradigm / Naomi Reed Kline.
912.094 K65m. 

Telford, John, 1944-
Coyote's canyon / photographs by John Telford ; stories by Terry Tempest 
Williams.
917.92 T271c. 

Strayed, Cheryl, 1968-
Wild : from lost to found on the Pacific Crest Trail / Cheryl Strayed.
917.95 S913w. 

Stevenson, D. (David), 1954-
With our backs to the wall : victory and defeat in 1918 / David Stevenson.
940.434 S847w. 

Reid, Anna.
Leningrad : the epic siege of World War II, 1941-1944 / Anna Reid.
940.5421721 R353L. 

Finkel, Andrew, 1953-
Turkey : what everyone needs to know / Andrew Finkel.
956.1 F499t. 

O'Dowd, John.
The amazing story of the Kony 2012 phenomenon / [by John O'Dowd].
967.6104 O26a. 

Hunter, Doug, 1959-
The race to the New World / Douglas Hunter.
970.015 C726h. 

Yates, Donald N., 1950-
Old world roots of the Cherokee : how DNA, ancient alphabets and religion explain the origins of America's largest Indian nation / Donald N. Yates ; 
foreword by Richard Mack Bettis.
973.0049755 Y31o. 

Thomas, William G., 1964-
The iron way : railroads, the Civil War, and the making of modern America / 
William G. Thomas.
973.71 T463i. 

Millard, Candice.
Destiny of the republic : a tale of madness, medicine and the murder of a president / Candice Millard.
973.84092 M845d. 

The insecure American : how we got here and what we should do about it / edited by Hugh Gusterson and Catherine Besteman ; foreword by Barbara Ehrenreich.
973.93 I59. 

Contemporary lithic analysis in the Southeast : problems, solutions, and interpretations / edited by Philip J. Carr, Andrew P. Bradbury, and Sarah E. 
Price.
975.01 C761. 

Muir, John, 1838-1914.
The Yosemite : the original John Muir text / illustrated with photographs by Galen Rowell ; each photograph accompanied by an excerpt from the works of John 
Muir and an annotation by Galen Rowell ; introduction by the photographer.
979.447 M953y. 
 

Audiovisuals 

Death [videorecording] : a love story / a Harken Production, a film by Michelle LeBrun ; produced/directed/written by Michell LeBrun.
A/V DVD 155.937 D285. 

How to start a revolution [videorecording] / a Big Indy production in association with Lion Television ; a film by Ruaridh Arrow ; directed [and 
written] by Ruaridh Arrow ; produced by Richard Shaw.
A/V DVD 303.61 H847. 

Farmingville [videorecording] / a film by Carlos Sandoval and Catherine Tambini ; directed by Catherine Tambini and Carlos Sandoval ; produced by Carlos 
Sandoval and Catherine Tambini ; written by Carlos Sandoval ; produced by Camino
Bluff Productions, Inc.
A/V DVD 305.868073 F234. 

The other side of immigration [videorecording] / a film by Roy Germano ; written
and directed by Roy Germano ; produced by Roy Germano.
A/V DVD 331.6272073 O87. 

Better this world [videorecording] / Loteria Films presents ; in associaton with Picturebox ; in association with Motto Pictures and Passion Pictures ; a film by
Katie Galloway and Kelly Duane de la Vega ; the Independent Television Service 
(ITVS) ; directed by Katie Galloway and Kelly Duane de la Vega ; produced by 
Katie Galloway, Kelly Duane de la Vega, and Mike Nicholson ; co-producer, David 
Layton.
A/V DVD 363.325 B565. 

If a tree falls [videorecording] : a story of the Earth Liberation Front / A film by Marshall Curry ; a co-production of Marshall Curry Productions, LLC and 
the Independent Television Service (ITVS), with funding provided by the 
Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) ; in association with Lucky Hat 
Entertainment, American Documentary (POV), and the BBC ; directed and produced 
by Marshall Curry ; co-directed and produced by Sam Cullman ; written and edited
by Matthew Hamachek, Marshall Curry.
A/V DVD 363.70525 I23. 

Wal*Mart [videorecording] : the high cost of low price / Brave New Films ; 
produced and directed by Robert Greenwald ; produced by Jim Gilliam, Devin 
Smith.
A/V DVD 381.149 W216. 

Being caribou [videorecording] / National Film Board of Canada ; directed and 
written by Leanne Allison & Diana Wilson ; Tracey Friesen, producer.
A/V DVD 599.658 B422. 

Guseinova, Aida Neimat gyzy.
Music and culture of Azerbaijan [videorecording] / Aida Huseynova, Mary Goetze &
Jay Fern.
A/V DVD 780.94754 M987. 

Mailybekova, Munara.
Music and culture of Kyrgyzstan [videorecording] : DVD and resource guide / 
Munara Mailybekova and Aida Huseynova.
A/V DVD 780.95843 M987. 

The Mountain Music Project [videorecording] : a musical odyssey from Appalachia 
to Himalaya / produced and directed by Jacob Penchansky ; written by Tara 
Linhardt, Danny Knicely, Jacob Penchansky.
A/V DVD 781.62 M928. 

Legends of jazz with Ramsey Lewis. Season one [videorecording].
A/V DVD 781.65 L511. 

The hunger games [videorecording (DVD)] / directed by Gary Ross ; screenplay by Gary Ross and Suzanne Collins and Billy Ray ; produced by Nina Jacobson, Jon 
Kilik ; a Lionsgate presentation ; a Color Force/Lionsgate production ; a Gary 
Ross film.
A/V DVD F H936. 

Des hommes et des dieux [videorecording] = Of gods and men / [written and directed by Xavier Beauvois] ; Why Not Productions, Armada Films, France 3 
Cin{226}ema.
A/V DVD French F H768b. 

Legends of jazz with Ramsey Lewis. Season one [sound recording].
Circ. Desk AUDIO CD L511. 

Relix.
Circ. Desk AUDIO CD R382. 
  

Fiction

Capur, Aneesha.
Stealing karma / Aneesha Capur.
F C255s. 

Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924.
Prozess. English. 
The trial / Franz Kafka ; translated by Mike Mitchell ; with an introduction and
notes by Ritchie Robertson.
F K11t. 

Winterson, Jeanette, 1959-
Why be happy when you could be normal? / Jeanette Winterson.
F W7885Yw. 

LaMotte, David.
White flour / written by David LaMotte ; illustrated by Jenn Hales.
JF L235w. 

Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud), 1874-1942.
Anne of Green Gables / L. M. Montgomery.
JF M787a. 
 

Leisure Reading

Brooks, Terry. 
The Sword of Shannara. 
 



Reference

The Europa world year book.
R 314 E89 2012. 

Peterson's 4 year colleges / Peterson's Thomson learning.
R 378.73 P485. 

The encyclopedia of country music : the ultimate guide to the music / compiled by the staff of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum ; edited by Paul Kingsbury, Michael McCall, and John W. Rumble ; with the assistance of Michael 
Gray and Jay Orr.
R 781.64203 E56 2012.