Month: November 2010

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Harry Potter / Airport Security

Library titles related to the latest headlines…

November 29, 2010

Harry Potter / Airport Security

In the News: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1, was the box office winner over the Thanksgiving holiday. The film, based on the seventh novel by J. K. Rowling, has been broken into two parts. Fans are counting down the days until the final Harry Potter movie (Part 2) is released in July 2011.

Also In the News: Holiday air travel has only just begun…and with it come new airport security regulations. Many travelers have questioned the efficacy of the enhanced scanners and believe they are invasive, violate basic privacy rights, and could present unknown radiation risks. Others argue that the scanners are necessary to keep everyone safe from would-be terrorists.

HARRY POTTER

Critical Perspectives on Harry Potter
Edited by Elizabeth E. Heilman. Routledge, 2009
Call Number: PR6068 .O93 Z73 2009 (Also available online via NetLibrary)

Exploring Harry Potter
By Elizabeth D. Schafer. Beacham Pub. Corp., 2000
Call Number: PR830 .Y68 S38 2000 (At Treasure Coast)

Females and Harry Potter: Not All That Empowering
By Ruthann Mayes-Elma. Rowman & Littlefield, 2006
Call Number: PR6068 .O93 Z765 2006

A Guide to the Harry Potter Novels
By Julia Eccleshare. Continuum, 2002
Call Number: PR6068 .O93 Z59 2002

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Psycho

November 15, 2010

Psycho

In the News: Living Room Theatres opens on November 19 on FAU’s Boca Raton Campus. One of the first films scheduled to be screened is Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho which was celebrates its 50th anniversary.

After Hitchcock: Influence, Imitation, and Intertextuality
Edited by David Boyd and R. Barton Palmer. University of Texas Press, 2006
Call Number: PN1998.3 .H58 A68 2006

Alfred Hitchcock
By Nicholas Haeffner. Pearson Longman, 2005
Call Number: PN1998.3 .H58 H34 2005

Alfred Hitchcock: The Legacy of Victorianism
By Paula Marantz Cohen. University Press of Kentucky, 1995
Call Number: PN1998.3 .H58 M27 1995

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George W. Bush et al.

November 8, 2010

George W. Bush et al.

In the News: Decision Points, the memoirs of George W. Bush, will be released this week. A family memoir by Condoleezza Rice, PhD, former Secretary of State and National Security Advisor under the Bush Administration, was published in October. (The Boca Raton Campus of the FAU Libraries has ordered copies of both titles for its collection.) Before these arrive, you can take a look at what we currently have on the forty-third president and Dr. Rice, as well as George H. W. Bush, Laura Bush, Barbara Bush, Jeb Bush, and, of course, Vice President Dick Cheney.

All the Best, George Bush: My Life in Letters and Other Writings
By George Bush. Scribner, 1999
Call Number: E838.5 .B872 1999

Ambition and Division: Legacies of the George W. Bush Presidency
Edited by Steven E. Schier. University of Pittsburgh Press, 2009
Call Number: E902 .A455 2009

American Wife: A Novel
By Curtis Sittenfeld. Random House, 2008
Call Number: PS3619 .I94 A8 2008
Disclaimer: Loosely based on the life of Laura Bush.

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Midterm Elections: Part 2

November 1, 2010

Midterm Elections: Part 2

In the News: Elections taking place throughout the country on November 2 could bring about a change to the balance of power in Congress if Republicans succeed in gaining a majority of seats in the Senate and House. Pick up one of these titles and learn more about the Legislative branch of government as well as some our past and present elected senators and representatives.

Beyond Ideology: Politics, Principles, and Partisanship in the U.S. Senate
By Frances E. Lee. The University of Chicago Press, 2009
Call Number: JK1161 .L428 2009

Blacklisted by History: The Untold Story of Senator Joe McCarthy and His Fight Against America’s Enemies
By M. Stanton Evans. Crown Forum, 2007
Call Number: E748 .M143 E83 2007
Joseph McCarthy (1908-1957), R-WI, Former Representative (Served 1949-1958) Former Senator (Served 1947-1957)

Congressional Representation & Constituents: The Case for Increasing the U.S. House of Representatives
By Brian Frederick. Routledge, 2010
Call Number: JK1319 .F74 2010

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