What’s New @ SCC Library?

Non-fiction

Automotive Wiring and Electrical Systems by Tony Candela

TL272 .C36 2009

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Behind Closed Doors: At Home in Georgian England by Amanda Vickery

HQ615. V53 2009

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Carmen: An Urban Adaption of Bizet’s Opera by Walter Dean Myers

PS3563. Y48 C37 2011

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Decision Point by George W. Bush

E903. A3 2010

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Finding the Answers to Legal Questions: A How-To-Do-It Manual by Virginia Tucker and Marc Lampson

KF240 .T83 2011

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The Pruning Book: Completely Revised and Updated by Lee Reich

SB125. R38 2010

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Punishment and Democracy: Three Strikes and You’re Out in California 

by Franklin E. Zimring, Gordon Hawkins, and Sam Kamin

HV9305. C2 Z58 2001

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Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

PQ2246. M2 E5 2010

Summary: Madame Bovary was published in 1857 by Gustave Flaubert. Lydia Davis translated this literary classic in 2010. Emma Bovary is the heroine. On the outside, Emma has the perfect life (doctor’s wife, middle class lifestyle, and mother) but behind closed doors Emma is a desperate housewife. Lydia Davis provides an introduction and notes that give readers additional knowledge about Gustave Flaubert. This masterpiece could be a good discussion topic about French Families in rural 1840s.

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Knock at a Star: A Child’s Introduction to Poetry

by X.J. Kennedy and Dorothy M. Kennedy

Summary: Knock at a Star is a revised anthology of poetry for children (grades third to six). This anthology also contains “special kinds of poetry” (Limericks, Songs, Takeoffs, and Haiku). The book is illustrated by Karen Lee Baker. The illustrations are black ink and relates to the poems. I enjoyed reading “Learning” by Judith Viorst (page 5). “Learning” is a poem about a boy trying to learn how not to be a slob. The authors included several indexes (authors, titles, and first lines) and a “Do It Yourself” chapter to encourage children to write their own poetry.

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Justice in Blue and Gray: A Legal History of the Civil War

by Stephen C. Neff

KF5060. N44 2010

Summary:       The author explores the legal issues that arose from the American Civil War and still are debatable today. Legal issues like property ownership and military trials after the war. The author also explains how the American Civil War affected behaviors in military events now. This book is written in an easy t understood format. Book’s index is an effective search tool for looking up key people and events. Stephen Neff is a Reader in Public International Law at Edinburgh Law School.   

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The CAFO Reader: The Tragedy of Industrial Animal Factories

Edited by Daniel Imhoff

SF140. L58 C34 2010

Summary: CAFO stands for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation which is the agriculture industry’s term for factory farm. This book contains 30 essays by food and agriculture excerpts. The essays are shining a bright light on factory farms. Several of the issues include treatment of animals, employee rights, and deregulation of the industrial food industry. Daniel Imhoff is the editor of The CAFO Reader. Daniel provides several reference tools for readers (consumer guides for example “Know Where Your Food Comes From”, information about contributors, list of resources to government and non-profit agencies, a glossary of CAFO terms, and bibliography, notes, and index).

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.

Black History Month – Embrace the Present

Celebrate Black History Month @ the SCC Libraries…..

Non-Fiction Collection

The Billion Dollar BET: Robert Johnson and the

Inside Story of Black Entertainment Television

by Brett Pulley  HE8700.8 .P85 2004

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Ida: A Sword among Lions; Ida B. Wells and the

Campaign against Lynching

by Paula Giddings  E185.97 .W55 G53 2008

Journalist, Ida B. Wells, not always celebrated by

contemporaries because of her difficult personality,

crusaded against lynching, not least by revealing the

connection between racism and sexuality.

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Come on, People!: on the Path from Victims to Victors

by Bill Cosby  E185.625 .C75 2007

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Twice as Good: Condoleezza Rice and Her Path to

Power by Marcus Mabry  E840.8 .R48 M33 2007

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Letter to My Daughter

by Maya Angelou PS3551. N464 Z468 2008

Maya Angelou dedicated this book to the daughter she never had but sees all around her. This book reveals Maya Angelou’s path to living  a meaningful life. This book transcends genres and categories (guidebook, poetry, and memior).

Fiction Collection

A Mercy by Toni Morrison

This novel reveals what lies beneath the surface of slavery. This is a disturbing story of a mother who abandons her daughter in order to save her from a life of slavery.

Women’s History Month 2009

Join us for a Women’s Resource Fair on March 23rd (11 am to 2 pm) at SCC Central Campus (Student Services Dining Room).  After the Women’s History Celebration, come by the library and check out some Women’s History books.

Cool Women by Dawn Chipman

HQ1121 .C455 2001

Women’s Right: Changing Attitudes 1900-2000 by Kaye Stearman

HQ1236 .S734 2000

In the Company of Educated Women by Barbara M. Solomon

LC1752 .S65 1985

They Shall be Heard: Susan B. Anthony & Elizbeth Cady Stanton by Kate Connell

HQ1412 .C65 1993

Remember the Ladies by Norma Johnston

HQ1418 .J65 1995

Women Business Leaders by Robert B. Pile

HD6054.4 .U6

Black History Month – Respect the Past

Celebrate Black History Month @ the SCC Libraries……….

Non-Fiction Collection

Before the Mayflower: a History of Black America

by Lerone Bennett     E185 .B4 2007

This book contents the entire historical timeline of African American history from the colonial period through the civil rights period.

 

Up Against the Wall: violence in the Making and Unmaking of the Black Panther Party

by Curtis Austin    E185.615 .A88 2006

Curtis Austin interviewed a number of Black Panther Party’s members to achieve a helpful resource about the BPP. 

Inhuman Bondage: the Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World

by David Davis     E441 .D2495 2006

Slavery is not a pleasant subject to discuss, but it is an important part of American History. This book allows every reader to acquire a broad understanding of this historical story.

 

The Voice that Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle to Equal Rights.

by Russell Freedman       ML3930 .A5 F73 2004

This book is a biography of Marian Anderson, African American vocalist. Anderson symbolized the civil rights movement with dignity and grace; she was the first African-American to be named a permanent member of Metropolitan Opera Company and was a frequent performer at the White House.

August’s Booklist @ SCC Library

If you enjoyed “Who Moved My Cheese” by Spencer Johnson, M.D. try ………. 

Fish! For Life: a Remarkalbe Way to Achieve Your Dreams

By, Stephen C. Lundin

BJ1597 .L86 2004

 

Life Strategies: Doing What Works, Doing What Matters

By, Phillip McGraw, Ph. D.

BF637. C4 M34 1999

 

All I Really Need to Know, I Learned in Kindergarten

By, Robert Fulghum

BD 431. F85 2004

 

Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff…And It’s All Small Stuff

By, Richard Carlson

BF637. B4 C35 1997