Research Guides: New Books in the Library 2017: Week of October 9

GENERAL COLLECTION Call # B - H

Co-Sleeping: Parents, Children, and Musical Beds
Call Number: BF723.S45 S74 2017
Co-sleeping - parents and children sharing a bed - can be a fraught topic for parents. Some experts recommend parents never bring children into bed with them, while other experts extol the benefits of parents and children sharing a sleep space. Given the importance of sleep to our well-being, the topic can generate such strong feelings...
The Making of Asian America: A History
Call Number: E184.A75 L43 2016
A "comprehensive...fascinating" (The New York Times Book Review) history of Asian Americans and their role in American life, by one of the nation's preeminent scholars on the subject. In the past fifty years, Asian Americans have helped change the face of America and are now the fastest growing group in the United States.
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
Call Number: HD7287.96.U6 D47 2017
In Evicted, Harvard sociologist and MacArthur "Genius" Matthew Desmond follows eight families in Milwaukee as they each struggle to keep a roof over their heads ... Evicted transforms our understanding of poverty and economic exploitation while providing fresh ideas for solving one of twenty-first-century America's most devastating problems.
I Am Not a Slut: Slut-Shaming in the Age of the Internet
Call Number: HM1096 .T36 2015
The author of the groundbreaking work Slut! explores the phenomenon of slut-shaming in the age of sexting, tweeting, and "liking." She shows that the sexual double standard is more dangerous than ever before and offers wisdom and strategies for alleviating its destructive effects on young women's lives.
The Velvet Rage: Overcoming the Pain of Growing Up Gay in a Straight Man's World
Call Number: HQ76 .D69 2012
Updated to reflect the effects of the many recent social, cultural, and political changes, The Velvet Rage is an empowering book that has already changed the public discourse on gay culture and helped shape the identity of an entire generation of gay men. Now it also features three new chapters, including one devoted to developing practical skills to live your best, healthiest, and most rewarding life.
Forensic Analysis and DNA in Criminal Investigations: Including Cold Cases Solved
Call Number: HV8073 .P37 2015
With its clear explanations, this book is intended as an introductory guide and reference to forensic techniques for front-line police officers, criminal attorneys, journalists, mystery fans, arm chair sleuths, and crime authors. This encyclopedic book is a must read for any true crime aficionado.
Exploring and Understanding Careers in Criminal Justice
Call Number: HV9950 .S545 2016
This book explores the criminal justice career landscape by providing a glimpse into the different criminal justice careers and provides advice as to how to prepare to enter those career fields. This book includes personal profiles that exemplify real work in the criminal justice profession; these have been written by current employees, some retired and some by exemplary leaders in the field.

GENERAL COLLECTION Call # P - R

Thank You for Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us about the Art of Persuasion
Call Number: P301.5.P47 H45 2013
The time-tested secrets this book discloses include Cicero's three-step strategy for moving an audience to action—as well as Honest Abe's Shameless Trick of lowering an audience's expectations by pretending to be unpolished. But it's also replete with contemporary techniques such as politicians' use of “code” language to appeal to specific groups and an eye-opening assortment of popular-culture dodges—including The Yoda Technique, The Belushi Paradigm, and The Eddie Haskell Ploy.
The Iliad of Homer
Call Number: PA4025.A2 L35 2011
This long-awaited new edition of Lattimore's Iliad is designed to bring the book into the twenty-first century--while leaving the poem as firmly rooted in ancient Greece as ever...classicist Richard Martin has added a wealth of supplementary materials designed to aid new generations of readers.
Calculations in Chemistry
Call Number: QD39.3.M3 D346 2017
Calculations in Chemistry uses the latest cognitive research to systematically teach beginning chemistry students the calculations they need for success in first-year chemistry.
Silent Spring (50th Anniversary Ed.)
Call Number: QH545.P4 C38 2012
"Rarely does a single book alter the course of history, but Rachel Carson's Silent Spring did exactly that. The outcry that followed its publication in 1962 forced the banning of DDT and spurred revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air, land, and water. Carson's passionate concern for the future of our planet reverberated powerfully throughout the world, and her eloquent book was instrumental in launching the environmental movement. It is without question one of the landmark books of the twentieth century.
Food Forensics: The Hidden Toxins Lurking in Your Food and How You Can Avoid Them for Lifelong Health
Call Number: RA784 .A33 2016
Through incredible high-resolution microscope images, Food Forensics shows us what we can't see on our own and test levels of lead, arsenic, cadmium, mercury, and more in common foods and additives, from cereals, soups, and other pre-packaged meals to fast food and medicinal herbs. Adams's tests reveal the differences between organic and non-organic foods, GMO and non-GMO certified foods, and more...
This Is Your Brain on Parasites
Call Number: RC346 .M36 2017
Based on a wildly popular Atlantic article: an astonishing investigation into the world of microbes, and the myriad ways they control how other creatures -- including humans -- act, feel, and think. As we are now discovering, parasites -- microbes that cannot thrive and reproduce without another organism as a host -- are shockingly sophisticated and extraordinarily powerful.
Unlatched: The Evolution of Breastfeeding and the Making of a Controversy
Call Number: RJ216 .G687 2016
Since the rise of artificial formula, we have turned a biological process into a never-ending controversy: A mother breastfeeding her three-year-old son on the cover of Time magazine sets off a firestorm...Unlatched uncovers astonishing cultural, corporate, political, and technological factors at the heart of our contemporary breastfeeding disconnection.

New Books in the Library 2017: Week of October 9

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