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New books this week!

New books processed this week in the Library. These are just a few items, if you'd like to see more new items OR need a particular title, stop by the Reference Desk and the staff will be happy to help you!

• Econopower : how a new generation of economists is transforming the world, by Mark Skousen. 330 S628e
• Everyday Greens : home cooking from Greens, the celebrated vegetarian restaurant, by Annie Somerville. 641.5 S696e
• Gary Vaynerchuk's 101 wines : 2008 : wines guaranteed to inspire, delight, and bring thunder to your world, by Gary Vaynerchuk. R 641.22 V392g
• "Higher law" Background of American constitutional law, by Edward S. Corwin. 342.7302 C832h
• I dissent : great opposing opinions in landmark Supreme Court cases, edited by Mark Tushnet. 347.73 I11
• Importance of being honest : how lying, secrecy, and hypocrisy collide with truth in law / Steven Lubet. 174.3 L928i
• Meat : a love story, by Susan Bourette. 641.36 B768m
• One hundred & one beautiful small towns in Italy, by Paolo Lazzarin. 914.5049 L432o
• Simply organic : a cookbook for sustainable, seasonal, and local ingredients, by Jesse Ziff Cool ; photographs by France Ruffenach. 641.563 C774s
• Truth : new rules for marketing in a skeptical world, by Lynn Upshaw. 658.802 U69t
  

More information on each title can be found in the catalog.

Another Award Winner in the Collection

David Ezra Stein, the author and illustrator of Leaves, won the Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award. Given to an outstanding new writer of picture books, the award is presented by the New York Public Library and the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation. Leaves is a picture book about the seasons, and it is a recent addition to the Early Childhood Education collection. The library also has some books written and illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats, the children's book author for whom the Ezra Jack Keats award is named. Please feel free to check out Leaves or any of Mr. Keats' titles at the library.

Title Information

Leaves by David Ezra Stein; JF S

Books by Ezra Jack Keats

Over in the Meadow; JF K
The Snowy Day; JF K
Whistle for Willie; JF K

Memorial Day

The Library will be closed Monday, May 26th in observance of Memorial Day.
Image from National Archives, Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer.
Depicts a bugler blowing taps at the close of Memorial Day service at the American Military Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands, where lie thousands of American heroes of World War II.
April 30, 1945.

Award-Winning Titles in Your Library

Did you know that the library subscribes to three journals that won awards at this year's National Magazine Awards, given by the American Society of Magazine Editors on May 1, 2008?
The winning journals (highlighted in bold) and their respective awards are:

Gourmet
Photography

National Geographic
General Excellence for Journals with over 2 million in Circulation
Photojournalism
Reporting

Wired
Design

You may browse through the current issues of these titles by visiting the Sullivan University Library and Learning Resource Center. If you need assistance with any older issues or any of the other journals, please don't hesitate to ask one of the librarians.

Issues in the news : 2008 Presidential Election

Its difficult to pick up a newspaper, turn on the TV or browse news on the internet without finding many articles discussing the upcoming Presidential Election. How does a person make sense of it all? Sometimes starting at the beginning is the best route--

The political parties - Democrats / Republicans - have web pages advertising the candidates as well as information about what each group believes. The candidates have pages: McCain, Clinton, Obama.

Since the Democratic nomination is to be determined, delegates and super-delegates are part of every discussion. The DNC web site also has information on how to become a delegate -- there may still be time!

And news sources all have coverage~ CNN, the Atlantic, Wall Street Journal, Yahoo, New York Times, Google News, and of course Wikipedia. The Wikipedia entry contains an election timeline that helps to track important dates for both past and upcoming events.

And finally, library books. The Lexington Campus library has the following books that would provide informative reading:

• Inside the presidential debates : their improbable past and promising future. By Newton N. Minow and Craig L. LaMay. 324.7 M666i
• Media spectacle and the crisis of democracy : terrorism, war, and election battles. By Douglas Kellner. 302.23 K29m
• Presidential election process. 324.6 P933 2008
• Presidential facts : topical lists, comparisons, and statistics. By Edward S. Skinner. R 973.099 S628p

Some of the newest books--

New books processed this week in the Library. These are just a few items, if you'd like to see more new items OR need a particular title, stop by the Reference Desk and the staff will be happy to help you!

• Breakthrough Imperative : How the best managers get outstanding results. By Mark Gottfredson and Steve Schaubert with John Case and Katharine Tsakalakis. 658.409 G685b
• Crunch : Why do I feel so squeezed? (And Other Unsolved Economic Mysteries). By Jared Bernstein. 330.973 B531c
• Food 2.0 : Secrets from the Chef Who Fed Google. By Charle Ayers, with Karen Alexander and Carolyn Humphries. 641.5 A977f
• Invisible Bar : The Woman Lawyer in America, 1638 to the Present. By Karen Berger Morello. 340.023 M842i
• Is there a right to remain silent? : Coercive Interrogation and the Fifth Amendment after 9/11. By Alan M. Dershowitz. 345.73 D438i
• Luxury Brand Management : A World of Privilege. By Michel Chevalier and Gerald Mazzalovo. 658.827 C527l
• Splendid Table's How to eat supper : Recipes, Stories, and Opinions from Public Radio's Award-winning Food Show. By Lynne Rossetto Kasper and Sally Swift. 641.53 K19s
• Value Creation : The Power of Brand Equity. By William Neal and Ron Strauss. 658.827 N344v
• What Does China Think? By Mark Leonard. 951.06 L581w
• Weird Kentucky : Your Travel Guide to Kentucky's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets. By Jeffrey Scott Holland. 917.69 H735w

More information on each title can be found in the catalog.

Free Comix!

We all know Saturday is Derby Day -- but did you know it is also Free Comic Book Day?

An annual event, it is the one day a year when-

-participating comic book shops across North America and around the world give away comic books absolutely free to anyone who comes into their stores.

Participating stores can be found at the website as well as a list of comics available for 2008. Mark your calendars now!

National Library Week

This week's new books~

New books processed this week in the Library. These are just a few items, if you'd like to see more new items OR need a particular title, stop by the Reference Desk and the staff will be happy to help you!

• Accidental Branding : How ordinary people build extraordinary brands, by David Vinjamuri. 658.827 V785a
• Bon Appetit, y'all : stories and recipes from three generations of Southern cooking, by Virginia Willis. 641.5975 W734b
• Chef's Story: Colicchio, Trotter, Cora, Bayless & Bourdain. Hosted by Dorothy Hamilton, Soho Culinary Productions. DVD 641.5092 C515
• Compassionate Carnivore : or how to keep animals happy, save Old Macdonald's Farm, reduce your hoofprint, and still eat meat, by Catherine Friend. 641.36 F911c
• Fat : It's not what you think, by Connie Leas. 612.397 L438f
• Freedom of Religion, the First Amendment, and the Supreme Court : how the Court flunked history, by Barry Adamson. 342.7308 A221f
• the Kids are Alright : how the gamer generation is changing the workplace, by John Beck and Mitchell Wade. 658 B393k
• Peace : Biography of a symbol, by Ken Kolsbun with Mike Sweeney.
• Presence : Exploring profound change in people, organizations, and society, by Peter Senge.

More information on each title can be found in the catalog.

Looking for Something Great to Read?

Harvest: A Year in the Life of an Organic Farm by Nicola Smith

While working on a library project, I discovered the book, Harvest: A Year in the Life of an Organic Farm, which featured the life of a couple managing their organic farm in Vermont. Having traveled to New England a few years ago and having taken somewhat of an interest in organic food, I thought I would enjoy reading about the Fat Rooster Farm in Royalton, Vermont. Not only did I enjoy the well-crafted narrative that Smith penned, I learned more about life in Vermont, life on a farm, and the organic food industry.

After an introduction about the inspiration for writing this book, Smith begins her story of Jennifer Megyesi and Kyle Jones, owners of the Fat Rooster Farm, with the search for an animal that has been killing their chickens and turkeys. Finally, after nights of waiting for the culprit to make itself known, Jennifer and Kyle trap the raccoon that has wreaked havoc on their farm. The story continues with their personal histories interwoven with the day to day activities of the farm. I learn of the hardships the couple faces early in the farm’s life when their son Brad suffers from an illness that nearly blinds him. I also realize the struggles Jennifer and Kyle have balancing their work on the farm with the jobs they perform off-site. Smith does not shy away from the graphic details either, especially when she relays what happens in the slaughterhouse or recounts a sheep’s labor. The author concludes with a reflection on Fat Rooster Farm’s history and the mark that Jennifer, Kyle, and Brad have made there.

Each detail, from the descriptions of the bartering system the couple has with their neighbors and associates to the remarks about the blustery winter weather, makes the story of Fat Rooster Farm and its owners more personal. Smith creates for me a sense that I am also waking up nearly every hour during lambing season or smelling the sweet maple syrup boiling in the sugaring house.

I appreciate Jennifer's and Kyle’s willingness to let their story be told and Nicola Smith for telling it. Their story endears me to the farmers in my family’s past too, my grandparents and great-grandparents. I recommend Harvest: A Year in the Life of an Organic Farm to anyone who has an interest in learning about another way of life, food and animal production, or organic farms.

Reviewed by Hilary Writt

Be all you can be?

What do you think of when you hear the slogan - be all you can be? U.S. Army recruiting - right? But that slogan hasn't always belonged to the Army -- in 1968 it was the theme for the American Library Association's National Library Week commemoration. In those years, l-o-n-g before e-mail, advertising was sometimes done on mailed items by using customized metering stamp on envelopes:

April 2008 marks the 50th Anniversary of National Library Week celebrations in the U.S. -- watch this space for more information about activities happening in your library!

New books, week of April 7-11

New books processed this week in the Library. These are just a few items, if you'd like to see more new items OR need a particular title, stop by the Reference Desk and the staff will be happy to help you!

• Back of the napkin : solving problems and selling ideas with pictures, by Dan Roam. 658.403 R628b
• Bridge at the edge of the world : capitalism, the environment, and crossing from crisis to sustainability, by James Gustave Speth. 333.7 S752b
• Decoding Ferran Adriá, hosted by Anthony Bourdain, produced and directed by Christopher B. Collins, Lydia Tenaglia. DVD 641.5946 D296
• Dinner at Mr. Jefferson's : three men, five great wines, and the evening that changed America, by Charles Cerami. 973.41 C411d
• Kitchen culture in America : popular representations of food, gender, and race, edited by Sherrie A. Inness. 641.3 K62
• Leading teams : setting the stage for great performances, by J. Richard Hackman. 658.4 H123l
• Open innovation : the new imperative for creating and profiting from technology, by Henry W. Chesbrough. 658.514 C524o
• Ramen noodles, rent and resumes : an after-college guide to life, by Kristen Fisher. 331.7 F534r
• Scholarship in the digital age : information, infrastructure, and the Internet, by Christine L. Borgman. 001.2 B733s
• Where does the money go? : your guided tour to the federal budget crisis, by Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson. 336.73 B624w

More information on each title can be found in the catalog.

Tutoring Schedule, Spring 2008

What if you need assistance in a subject that is not listed?

Please see your instructor, the department chair, or other full-time instructor in the department during their office hours or on Plus Fridays for assistance. Office hours and Plus Friday hours are posted on the bulletin board in the faculty office suite near room 146.

Money Money

Confused about the current economy? If you get as confused as I do when you read the endless articles and editorials about the declining value of the dollar, one of our new books might give you some help.

Inflation is the change in prices paid by consumer for goods and services. Or more simply - a dollar doesn't buy what it used to. The change in the dollar's value over the years is easily seen by looking at the Department of Labor's Inflation Calculator.

Want to trace how the price has gone up? A nice way to compare costs is the reference book Value of a Dollar : Prices and Incomes in the United States, 1860-2004 (R 338.5 V215 2004). This will track the cost of specific items such as milk and potatoes over the years.

Still confused? What about the Federal Reserve? Almost all economic articles refer to raising and/or lowering the interest rate but most seem to assume we all know what this means. This book might help - The ABC of the Federal Reserve System : Why the Federal Reserve System was called into being, the Main features of its organization, and How it works, by Edwin Walter Kemmerer (332.1 K31a). Sometimes it is easier to see rather than read - the DVD - Inside the world's mightiest bank (DVD 332.11 I57) - explains how, as the world's largest bank, the Federal Reserve sets interest rates and decides when to print more money. The ability to print money, who wouldn't love that job!

Other useful titles:

• Demise of the Dollar- and Why it's Great for your Investments, by Addison Wiggin. 338.542 W655d
• Economics of Money, Banking, and Financial Markets, by Frederic S. Mishkin. 332 M678e
• Financial System and the Economy : Principles of Money & Banking, by Maureen Burton and Ray Lombra. 332.12 B974f
• Inflation and the Theory of Money, by R.J. Ball. 332.41 B187i
• Secrets of Money : A Guide for Everyone on Practical Financial Literacy, by Braun Mincher. 332.4 M663s
• Wall Street Lingo : Thousands of Investment Terms explained Simply, by Nora Peterson. R 332.603 P442w

Ask the Librarian to find more titles or research a different topic!