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October 25, 2010
Midterm Elections: Part 1
In the News: Many in the political world are counting down the days until the midterm elections on November 2. Democrats currently control both houses of Congress, but Republicans and other conservatives, outraged by the “Obama Agenda,” are earnestly working to end that. This week we share more newly acquired titles on the Republican Party, neoconservatism, and conservatism in general.
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The following are on order. Look for them in the very near future!
The Backlash: Right-Wing Radicals, High-Def Hucksters, and Paranoid Politics in the Age of Obama
By Will Bunch. Harper Collins, August 2010
Mad as Hell: How the Tea Party Movement is Fundamentally Remaking Our Two-Party System
By Scott W. Rasmussen. Harper, September 2010
No Right Turn: Conservative Politics in a Liberal America
By David T. Courtwright. Harvard University Press, October 2010
Proud to Be Right: Voices of the Next Conservative Generation
By Jonah Goldberg. Harper Collins, October 2010
Why Conservatives Tell Stories & Liberals Don’t: Rhetoric, Faith, and Vision on the American Right
By David M. Ricci. Paradigm Publishers, September 2010
Young Guns: A New Generation of Conservative Leaders
By Eric Cantor, Paul Ryan, and Kevin McCarthy. Simon & Schuster, September 2010
These are currently available:
Black Conservative Intellectuals in Modern America
By Michael L. Ondaatje. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2010
Call Number: E189 .I56 O53 2010
C Street: The Fundamentalist Threat to American Democracy
By Jeff Sharlet. Little, Brown & Co, 2010
Call Number: BR526 .S52 2010
The Christian Right in Republican State Politics
By Kimberly H. Conger. Palgrave Macmillan, 2009
Call Number: JK2356 .C65 2009
Library titles related to the latest headlines…
Week of October 18, 2010
Chile / Karaoke
In the News: All eyes were on Chile this past week as the 33 men who had been trapped nearly half a mile underground were rescued more than two months following the August 5 accident at a gold and copper mine in northern Chile.
Also In the News: The Karaoke World Championships, an annual event since 2003, were held last month in Russia.
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The Changing Faces of Chilean Poetry: A Translation of Avant-Garde, Women’s, and Protest Poetry
By Sandra E. Aravena de Herron. Edwin Mellen Press, 2008
Call Number: PQ8063 .E5 A73 2008
Communal Feminisms: Chicanas, Chilenas, and Cultural Exile: Theorizing the Space of Exile, Class, and Identity
By Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs. Lexington Books, 2007
Call Number: PS153 .M4 G885 2007
Copper Workers, International Business, and Domestic Politics in Cold War Chile
By Angela Vergara. Pennsylvania State University Press, 2008
Call Number: F3099 .V38 2008
October 7, 2010 – October 17, 2010
Hispanic Latino Heritage Month – Part 2
In the News: FAU continues to celebrate Hispanic Latino Heritage Month. (September 15-October 15, 2010) Our first post for this celebration focused on book titles. Now, we feature some DVDs on this subject that are available from the Boca Raton Media Center.
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El Beso que Me Diste
Directed by Sonia Fritz. Vanguard Cinema, 2002 (released 2000)
Call Number: PN1997. B44173 2002
Bitter Cane
Directed by Jacques Arcelin. Cinema Guild, 1983
Call Number: F1921 .B47 1983
Bread & Roses
Directed by Ken Loach. Lions Gate, 2001 (released 2000)
Call Number: PN1997. B73 2001
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