Research Guides: New Books in the Library 2016: Week of September 6

GENERAL COLLECTION

Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War
Call Number: DT407.4 .B69 2010
Black Hawk Down is Mark Bowden's brilliant account of the longest sustained firefight involving American troops since the Vietnam War. On October 3, 1993, about a hundred elite U.S. soldiers were dropped by helicopter into the teeming market in the heart of Mogadishu, Somalia. Their mission was to abduct two top lieutenants of a Somali warlord and return to base. It was supposed to take an hour. Instead, they found themselves pinned down through a long and terrible night fighting against thousands of heavily armed Somalis.
Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds
Call Number: HF5718.22 .G353 2015
Ideas are the currency of the twenty-first century. In order to succeed, you need to be able to sell your ideas persuasively. These are the presentations that set the world on fire, and the techniques that top TED speakers use will make any presentation more dynamic, fire up any team, and give anyone the confidence to overcome their fear of public speaking.
The Biting Solution: The Expert's No-Biting Guide for Parents, Caregivers, and Early Childhood Educators
Call Number: HQ769 .P7864 2013
For early childhood educators, caregivers, nannies, and parents dealing with a child who bites other children and/or adults, this practical guide provides proven and realistic advice
Kitty Genovese: The Murder, the Bystanders, the Crime That Changed America
Call Number: HV6534.N5 C67 2015
New York City, 1964. A young woman is stabbed to death on her front stoop―a murder the New York Times called “a frozen moment of dramatic, disturbing social change.” The victim, Catherine “Kitty” Genovese, became an urban martyr, butchered by a sociopathic killer in plain sight of thirty-eight neighbors who “didn’t want to get involved.” Her sensational case provoked an anxious outcry and launched a sociological theory known as the “Bystander Effect.” Drawing on a trove of long-lost documents, plus new interviews with her lover and other key figures, Cook explores the enduring legacy of the case.
The Handy English Grammar Answer Book
Call Number: PE1112 .H845 2016
For speakers and writers of all ages and skill levels, The Handy English Grammar Answer Book brings you straightforward explanations, tips on avoiding and fixing grammatical mistakes, as well as numerous examples of good writing. This helpful book includes an appendix of model papers, letters and sample writing for every occasion-from business or social communications to academic papers or Internet forums.
Childhood's End
Call Number: PR6005.L36 C45 1990
[Science Fiction] Without warning, giant silver ships from deep space appear in the skies above every major city on Earth. Manned by the Overlords, in fifty years, they eliminate ignorance, disease, and poverty. Then this golden age ends--and then the age of Mankind begins....
The Book Thief (Anniversary Edition) by Markus Zusak
Call Number: PR9619.4.Z87 B66 2016
Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie
Call Number: PS3551.L35774 L66 2013
In his darkly comic short story collection, the author brilliantly weaves memory, fantasy, and stark realism to paint a complex, grimly ironic portrait of life in and around the Spokane Indian Reservation. These twenty-four interlinked tales are narrated by characters raised on humiliation and government-issue cheese, yet filled with passion and affection, myth and dream.
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues by Tom Robbins
Call Number: PS3568.O233 E9 2003
Sissy Hankshaw--flawlessly beautiful, almost. A small-town girl with big-time dreams. Follow Follow Sissy's amazing odyssey hitchhiking from Virginia to Manhattan to the Dakota Badlands, where FBI agents, cowgirls and ecstatic whooping cranes explode in a deliciously drawn-out climax.
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Call Number: PS3572.O5 S6 2009
Slaughterhouse-Five, an American classic, is one of the world's great antiwar books. Centering on the infamous firebombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim's odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we fear most.
The Martian by Andy Weir
Call Number: PS3623.E446 M37 2014b
Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he's alive...
Holes by Louis Sachar
Call Number: PZ7.S1185 Ho 2015
Winner of the Newbery Medal and the National Book Award. This #1 New York Times bestselling, modern classic in which boys are forced to dig holes day in and day out is now available with a splashy new look.
Awakenings by Oliver Sacks
Call Number: RC382 .S23 1999
Awakenings--which inspired the major motion picture--is the remarkable story of a group of patients who contracted sleeping-sickness during the great epidemic just after World War I.
The Language of Fashion Design by Laura Volpintesta
Call Number: TT507 .V64 2014
This book provides students and fashion designers with the basic elements of fashion design, divided into twenty-six easy-to-comprehend chapters. This visual reference includes an introductory, historical view of the elements, as well as an overview of how these elements can and have been used across multiple design disciplines.
The Complete Photo Guide to Clothing Construction by Christine Haynes
Call Number: TT705 .H391 2014
Master all of the techniques needed to sew clothes--including tops, dresses, pants, skirts, and even outerwear. This technique-driven book follows the entire process of clothing construction, including a section on the sewing machine and other tools/materials used, information on working with patterns and fitting, laying out the pattern pieces, cutting and marking, and on through every step of construction to the final button.
Area 51 - Black Jets by Bill Yenne
Call Number: UG634.5.A74 Y46 2014
In Area 51 - Black Jets, author and military historian Bill Yenne offers the first fully illustrated chronology of Area 51's most famous aircraft projects, including Lockheed's U-2 "Dragon Lady" and SR-71 "Blackbird" reconnaissance planes, drones ranging from the early Lockheed D-21 to the modern-day General Atomics MQ-1 Predator, and the famous F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter produced by the Have Blue program during the 1970s.

HAWAII PACIFIC COLLECTION

An Aura of Greatness: A Reflection on My Gradfather Governor John A. Burns by Brendan Burns
Call Number: DU627.83.B87 B87 2014
This book explains the core principles that defined John A. Burns throughout his life and career, written from the perspective of a family member - his grandson, Brendan P. Burns.
Hilo [Images of America series]
Call Number: DU629.H5 V35 2014
Hilo (pronounced "Hee-low") is the second largest city in Hawai'i and the seat of government for the Big Island of Hawai'i. Giant trees shade its avenues, and a string of picturesque beach parks line the crescent-shaped shoreline of Hilo Bay...
Hawaii's Scenic Roads by Dawn E. Duensing
Call Number: HE356.H3 D84 2015
The largest and most extensive public works project of its time in Hawaiʻi, the H-3 freeway drew more protest and opposition than any other project in the islands before it or since. Ē Luku Wale Ē is a lament, in words and images, for what has been lost in the wake of the construction of the massive freeway on the island of Oʻahu.
Bamboo Ridge No. 108
Call Number: PS571.H3 B35 no. 108
Magazine. Poetry. Fiction. Art. Asian & Asian American Studies. Hawai'i Interest. This is the latest anthology from the oldest and longest running independent literary small press in Hawaii.

The Ender Quintet by ORSON SCOTT CARD (Science Fiction)

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Call Number: PS3553.A655 E5 1994
Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards. Child-hero Ender Wiggin must fight a desperate battle against a deadly alien race if mankind is to survive.

Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
Call Number: PS3553.A655 S67 1994
Ender Wiggin, the young military genius, discovers that a second alien war is inevitable and that he must dismiss his fears to make peace with humanity's strange new brothers.

Xenocide by Orson Scott Card
Call Number: PS3553.A655 X46 1992
The Starways Congress decides that the deadly virus on Lusitania must be wiped out and sends a fleet to destroy it. After the fleet disappears, Gloriously Bright, the most brilliant mind in a world of people bred for superintelligence, is selected to solve the mystery.

Children of the Mind by Orson Scott Card
Call Number: PS3553.A655 C48 1997
The planet Lusitania is threatened with destruction by Starways Congress. With the help of the computer intelligence Jane, Ender must save the planet and its three species.

New Books in the Library 2016: Week of September 6

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GENERAL COLLECTION

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The Ender Quintet by ORSON SCOTT CARD (Science Fiction)