Research Guides: New Books in the Library 2016: Week of November 14

NEW TITLES: RELIGION

The Hindus: An Alternative History
Call Number: BL1151.3 .D66 2010

An engrossing and definitive narrative account of history and myth that offers a new way of understanding one of the world's oldest major religions, The Hindus elucidates the relationship between recorded history and imaginary worlds.

Hinduism: A Very Short Introduction
Call Number: BL1202 .K564 2016

Hinduism is practised by nearly eighty per cent of India's population, and by some seventy million people outside India. The author offers a succinct and authoritative overview of this major religion, and analyses the challenges facing it in the twenty-first century.

The Handy Islam Answer Book
Call Number: BP161.3 .R465 2015

This engaging primer is a resource for reliable information about Islam and Muslims and it brings an understanding of the shared humanity that joins Muslims and non-Muslims far more deeply than cultural or religious differences separate them.

POPULAR MUSIC

The Pop, Rock, and Soul Reader by David Brackett
Call Number: ML3477 .B68 2014

Featuring over 100 readings from a wide range of sources and writers, The Pop, Rock, and Soul Reader, Third Edition, provides a rich and engaging introduction to the development of American popular music and the important social and cultural issues raised by its study. The third edition brings together a vast array of selections from sources that include mainstream and specialized magazines, newspapers, scholarly journals, interviews, and autobiographies of musicians and other music industry insiders...

Zika Virus

Zika: The Emerging Epidemic by Donald G. McNeil
Call Number: RA644.Z56 M36 2016

Right now, at least 298 million people in the Americas live in areas "conducive to Zika transmission," according to a recent study. Over the next year, more than 5 million babies will be born. In Zika: The Emerging Epidemic, Donald G. McNeil Jr. sets the facts straight in a fascinating exploration of Zika's origins, how it's spreading, the race for a cure, and what we can do to protect ourselves now.

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We the People: The Modern-Day Figures Who Have Reshaped and Affirmed the Founding Fathers' Vision of America
Call Number: E169.12 .W535 2016

Life in the United States today is vastly different from anything the original Founders could have imagined in the late 1700s. Williams examines the lives of the men and women in the 20th century who have extended the Founding Fathers' original vision of the country and reshaped what America is.
The Silk Roads: A New History of the World
Call Number: D21.3 .F73 2016

It was on the Silk Roads that East and West first encountered each other through trade and conquest, leading to the spread of ideas, cultures and religions. From the rise and fall of empires to the spread of Buddhism and the advent of Christianity and Islam, right up to the great wars of the twentieth century--this book shows how the fate of the West has always been inextricably linked to the East.
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide
Call Number: E185.61 .A5438 2016

Historian Carol Anderson pulls back the veil that has long covered actions made in the name of protecting democracy, fiscal responsibility, or protection against fraud, rendering visible the long lineage of white rage. Compelling and dramatic in the unimpeachable history it relates, White Rage will add an important new dimension to the national conversation about race in America.
Listening to Killers: Lessons Learned from My Twenty Years as a Psychological Expert Witness in Murder Cases
Call Number: HV6529 .G37 2015

Listening to Killers offers an inside look at twenty years' worth of murder files from Dr. James Garbarino, a leading expert psychological witness who listens to killers so that he can testify in court. The author offers detailed accounts of how killers travel a path that leads from childhood innocence to lethal violence in adolescence or adulthood.
Watch My Baby Grow
Call Number: HQ774 .B49 2015

Lots of books tell you about child development and a baby's first year, but Watch My Baby Grow shows you everything that happens in the first year of life in step-by-step pictures with detailed explanations. Every milestone of baby development, from gurgles to coos to first words, is documented and explained.
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Call Number: PS3551.L35774 A27 2007

Heartbreaking, funny, and beautifully written, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, which is based on the author's own experiences, coupled with poignant drawings by Ellen Forney that reflect the character's art, chronicles the contemporary adolescence of one Native American boy as he attempts to break away from the life he was destined to live.
Concepts of Pattern Grading
Call Number: TT520 .M757 2015

This step-by-step introduction to grading combines the theory of pattern grading with its practical applications. After presenting the x, y orientation to familiarize readers with the concepts of computer grading and using the Cartesian graph, the text takes a holistic approach, integrating anthropometry, size specifications, and grade guides into the grading process for women's garments with emphasis on maintaining fit and style sense.
The Handy Nutrition Answer Book
Call Number: TX355 .B365 2015

Your fitness, health, and well-being depend on food and proper nutrition. This handy reference examines, explains, and traces the basics of nutrition, the value of vitamins, minerals, fats, proteins, the science behind food-processing and the modern food industry.
No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission that Killed Osama Bin Laden
Call Number: VG87 .O94 2014

A first-person account of the planning and execution of the Bin Laden raid from a Navy Seal who confronted the terrorist mastermind and witnessed his final moments. Writing under a pseudonym to protect his anonymity, a member of the elite SEAL Team Six provides a behind-the-scenes, first-person account of all his dangerous assignments around the globe, including the training, planning, and execution of his most important mission, the killing of Osama bin Laden.

New Books in the Library 2016: Week of November 14

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NEW TITLES: RELIGION

POPULAR MUSIC

Zika Virus

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