What’s New @ SCC Library

SCC Library (Central Campus) will post a monthly update of new materials to the library’s collection.

Non-Fiction Books

Islam: The Religion and the People by Bernard Lewis and Buntzie Ellis Churchill

BP161.3 .L482 2009

Life Without Oil: Why We must Shift to a New Energy Future by Steve Hallett and John Wright

HD9502.A2 H2425 2011

The Twenty-Four Hour Mind: The Role of Sleep and Dreaming in Our Emotional Lives  by Roseland D. Cartwright

RA786 .C37 2010

Summary: A sleepwalker killed his wife in their backyard. The Twenty-Four Hour Mind is based on research about bizarre sleep disorders. The book is written for a general reading audience.  The author (Rosalind D. Cartwright) is a Professor Emeritus of Rush University Medical Center’s Graduate College Neuroscience Division. She also founded the first Sleep Disorder Service and Research Center in the state of Illinois.

Heat Wave: The Life and Career of Ethel Waters by Donald Bogle

ML420. W24 B64 2011

Summary: Heat Wave highlights the seven decade career of Ethel Waters (blues and pop singer). Ethel began her music career in Black Vaudeville and reached new heights in the nightclubs of 1920s Harlem. The author (Donald Bogle) also explores Ethel’s personal issues (racism and religious conversions). The author teaches at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and at the University of Pennsylvania.

History in Blue: 160 Years of Women Police, Sheriffs, Detectives, and State Troopers by Allan T. Duffin

HV8023. D84 2010

Summary: America women began working in law enforcement in the 1840’s. History in Blue highlights the women who paved the way for current policewomen. This book contains photos of police matrons working with young offenders and simulated police uniforms. The author (Allan Duffin) is a former officer in the US Air Force and a historian.

Fiction Books

Mixing It by Rosemary Hayes

PR6058 .A947 M59 2007

Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi

PS3602. A3447 S55 2010

Summary: Ship Breaker is a Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature. Ship Breaker is the author’s first science fiction novel for young adult readers. The Gulf Coast region is a beautiful tourist place for visitors but for Nailer, a teenage boy, the Gulf Coast region a hard place to live. Nailer is ship breaker. He collects copper wiring from grounded oil tankers for a living.