Research Guides: New Books in the Library ARCHIVE: Week of March 31, 2014

FEATURED BOOKS

The Narcissism Epidemic by Jean M. Twenge; W. Keith Campbell
Call Number: BF575.N35 T84 2013
Narcissism--an inflated view of the self--is everywhere. Parents teach it by dressing children in T-shirts that say "Princess." Teenagers and young adults hone it on Facebook, and celebrity newsmakers have elevated it to an art form. And it's making people depressed, lonely, and buried under piles of debt.

Citing a rise in such factors as cosmetic surgery, status-related debt, and misrepresented Facebook profiles, a cautionary report on the increase of unhealthy ego-related behaviors examines its actual cost to families, organizations, and societies.
The Digital Divide: Arguments for and Against Facebook, Google, Texting, and the Age of Social Networking by Mark Bauerlein
Call Number: HM851 .D524 2011
Twitter, Facebook, e-publishing, blogs, distance-learning and other social media raise some of the most divisive cultural questions of our time. Some see the technological breakthroughs we live with as hopeful and democratic new steps in education, information gathering, and human progress. But others are deeply concerned by the eroding of civility online, declining reading habits, withering attention spans, and the treacherous effects of 24/7 peer pressure on our young.

This definitive work on the perils and promise of the social media revolution collects writings by today's best thinkers and cultural commentators.

New Books: Circulating Collection

Books are in call number order

Multiethnicity and Multiethnic Families: Development, Identity, and Resilience
Call Number: HQ536 .M88 2010
Guided by the increasing number of cross-cultural adoptions, interracial marriages and the resulting multiethnic families and children, social and behavioral scientists provide both scientific documentation and insights about and into these emerging family systems.
Grandparents As Parents, Second Edition by Sylvie de Toledo; Deborah Edler Brown
Call Number: HQ759.9 .D423 2013
Wise, honest, moving stories show how numerous other grandparents are surviving and thriving in their new roles. Updated throughout, and reflecting current laws and policies affecting families, the second edition features new discussions of kids' technology use and other timely issues.
Resilient Grandparent Caregivers by Bert Hayslip, Jr. & Gregory C. Smith (Editors)
Call Number: HQ759.9 .R475 2013
The study of grandparents raising grandchildren, now almost two decades old, has tended to have a negative bias, emphasizing the difficulties such people face and the negative impact that grandparent caregiving has on them physically, socially, and emotionally. This edited book seeks to reverse this trend by taking a positive approach to understanding grandparent caregivers, focusing on their resilience and resourcefulness.
Focus on Single-Parent Families: Past, Present, and Future by Annice D. Yarber & Paul M. Sharp (Editors)
Call Number: HQ759.915 .F63 2010
This book provides a range of cutting-edge research articles and essays on what has become the most dynamic change in family structure in U.S. history. Throughout, the book gauges the impact of the increasing number of single-parent families on the nation as a whole, particularly in regard to policies concerning family welfare, children's services and health care, schools, and other essential social institutions.
Surviving and Thriving in Stepfamily Relationships by Patricia L. Papernow
Call Number: HQ759.92 .P353 2013
This book draws on current research, a wide variety of clinical modalities, and thirty years of clinical work with stepfamily members to describe the special challenges stepfamilies face.
Understanding Families: Supportive Approaches to Diversity, Disability, and Risk by Marci J. Hanson; Eleanor W. Lynch
Call Number: HV697 .H35 2013
This updated bestselling text, weaves in cutting-edge research on social, demographic, and economic changes and connects the research to best practices in family-centered care. With a strong emphasis on family resilience, this book gets pre-service and in-service professionals ready to work with a broad range of families with diverse structures, backgrounds, and circumstances.
Graduate Schools, Universities, Professional Training Colleges and Japanese Language Schools in Japan Guide
Call Number: L901 .J37 (Reference)
Barron's SAT, 26th Edition by Ira K. Wolf; Sharon Weiner Green M.A.
Call Number: LB2353.57 .G737 2012
A guide to the SAT that features a test overview, study and test-taking strategies, full-length practice tests, a diagnostic test, vocabulary flash cards, subject reviews in critical reading, grammar, and mathematics, and other helpful resources.
Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene, 6th ed.
Call Number: RC967 .F85 2013
Anticipate, recognize, evaluate and control physical, chemical, ergonomic, and biological hazards within your workplace.
Rethinking Nutrition: Connecting Science and Practice in Early Childhood Settings
Call Number: RJ206 .R48 2010
Written by a team of academic researchers and early childhood program practitioners, Rethinking Nutrition provides science- and practice-based information to meet young children’s nutritional and developmental needs and establish healthy patterns with food.
Techniques of Safety Management: A Systems Approach by Dan Petersen
Call Number: T55 .P37 200
As the title suggests, this book provides the techniques managers can use to create an effective behavior-based safety program as well as measuring its effectiveness. The author also discusses how to prepare the written plans required by OSHA. He approaches the change necessary to implement a behavior-based progam in terms of proactive and reactive system elements. The key proactive elements are defined as: changing behavior; changing physical conditions; changing the management system, and using ergonomic principles to design a healthier and more productive work environment.
Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook-General by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Staff
Call Number: TL671.9 .A94 2013
This handbook is designed for use by instructors and applicants preparing for the FAA Knowledge and Practical Exams for obtaining an FAA Aviation Maintenance Technician (AMT) certificate, also known as an A&P license, with Airframe and/or Powerplant ratings.
Aviation Mechanic Practical Test Standards for General, Airframe and Powerplant by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Staff
Call Number: TL671.9 .A95 2008

Early Childhood Education

Knowing and Serving Diverse Families by Verna Hildebrand
Call Number: HV699 .K59 1996
Power of Observation for Birth Through Eight by Jablon; Dombro; Dichtelmiller
Call Number: LB1027.28 .J33 2007
Preparing Educators to Engage Families by Kreider; Lopez; Chatman; Weiss
Call Number: LB1048.5 .P74 2010
Experimenting with the World by Harriet Cuffaro
Call Number: LB1139.23 .C84 1995
Handbook of Early Literacy Research, Volume 1 by Neuman; Dickinson
Call Number: LB1139.5.L35 H37 2003
Make Way for Literacy! by Gretchen Owocki
Call Number: LB1139.5.L35 O87 2001
Helping Young Children Learn Language and Literacy by Vukelich; Christie; Enz
Call Number: LB1140.5.L3 V85 2012
Much More than the ABCs by Judith A. Schickedanz
Call Number: LB1140.5.R4 S278 1999
A Handbook of Arts and Crafts by Wigg; Wankelman; Hasselschwert
Call Number: LB1537 .W3 2001
Children, Language, and Literacy by Celia Genishi; Anne Haas Dyson
Call Number: LB1576 .G374 2009
Building Literacy with Love by Marilyn M. Segal; Betty S. Bardige
Call Number: LC149 .B264 2005

Filipino Americans

Common Destiny: Filipino American Generations by Juanita Tamayo Lott
Call Number: E184.F4 L68 2006
Filipino Americans, like many ethnic groups in America, are complex and heterogeneous. This book documents how Filipino Americans have grown within the context of political forces, the prevailing social order, rights and responsibilities of individuals, economic success, and the American Dream.

Japan & Japanese Literature

Handbook to Life in Medieval and Early Modern Japan by William E. Deal
Call Number: DS822.2 .D33 2007 (Reference)
Organized thematically, the text covers: History; Land, Environment, and Population; Government; Society and Economy; Warriors and Warfare; Religion; Philosophy, Education, and Science; Language and Literature; Performing Arts; Art and Architecture; Travel and Communication; Daily Life.
Japanese Tales by Royall Tyler
Call Number: GR340 .J33 1987
This selection of over two hundred tales from medieval Japan includes stories of miracles, visions of hell, jokes, fables, and legends from history.
A String of Flowers, Untied... Love Poems from the Tale of Genji by Jane Reichhold (Translator); Murasaki Shikibu
Call Number: PL788.4.G42 A27 2003
The love poetry of the Tale of Genji by Lady Murasaki comes alive in an all-new translation.
A Woman's Weapon: Spirit Possession in the Tale of Genji by Doris G. Bargen
Call Number: PL788.4.G43 B37 1997
In this subtle and highly original reading of Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari), the author explores the role of possessing spirits (mono no ke) from a female viewpoint. In several key episodes of the Genji, Heian noblewomen (or their mediums) tremble, speak in strange voices, and tear their hair and clothing while under the spell of mono no ke.
The Gossamer Years: The Diary of a Noblewoman of Heian, Japan by Edward G. Seidensticker (Translator)
Call Number: PL789.F8 K313 1964
This frank autobiographical diary reveals two tempestuous decades of the author's unhappy marriage and her growing indignation at rival wives and mistresses. A classic work of early Japanese prose.
As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams: Recollections of a Woman in Eleventh-century Japan by Lady Sarashina; Ivan Morris
Call Number: PL789.S8 S2513 1975
A unique autobiography in which the anonymous writer known as Lady Sarashina intersperses personal reflections, anecdotes and lyrical poems with accounts of her travels and evocative descriptions of the Japanese countryside.

Hawaii Pacific

Memoirs of Henry Obookiah by Edwin Dwight
Call Number: BV3680.H4 O33 2012 (Hawaii Pacific)
This memoir details the amazing story of a uniquely able, adaptable, alert, curious, educable, hard-working, unusually intelligent and very remarkable nineteenth century young Hawaiian. Opukaha'ia bridged the idol worship of the Pacific with the Christianity of the Atlantic. It is a story of suffering, pain and death. But it is also a story of healing, renewal and joyous faith. Opukaha'ia's amazing story is an important part of Hawaiian and American history.
People and Cultures of Hawaii by John F. McDermott (Editor); Wen-Shing Tseng (Editor); Thomas W. Maretzki (Editor)
Call Number: BF698.9.C8 P46
Publication Date: 1980