In the News – The Nobel Prizes

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Week of October 12, 2009

News Item: The Nobel Committee announced that President Barack Obama would receive the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway on December 10. Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, and Literature, and the Prize in Economics will be awarded in Stockholm, Sweden later this year.

The Art of Peace: Nobel Peace Laureates Discuss Human Rights, Conflict and Reconciliation
By Jose Ramos-Horta et al. Snow Lion Publications, 2000
Call Number: JZ5538 .A78 2000

Banker to the Poor: The Autobiography of Muhammad Yunus, Founder of Grameen Bank
By Muhammad Yunus and Alan Jolis. Oxford University Press, 2001
Call Number: HG3290.6.A3 Y869 2001

A Century of Nobel Prizes Recipients: Chemistry, Physics, and Medicine
Edited by Francis Leroy. Marcel Kedder, 2003
Call Number: Q141 .C252 2003

In the News: The Wizard of Oz

Week of October 5, 2009

News Item: The Wizard of Oz, a 1939 MGM classic based on the book by L. Frank Baum, recently turned 70. Here are titles related to the culture of Oz.

The Age of William A. Dunning: The Realm of Myth Meets the Yellow Brick Road (FAU Dissertation)
By Kathleen P. Barsalou. Florida Atlantic University, 2008
Call Number: NX001.5 .B377 2008 (Also available online)

The American Musical and the Performance of Personal Identity
By Raymond Knapp. Princeton University Press, 2006
Call NUmber: ML2054 .K6 2006

The Annotated Wizard of Oz: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
By L. Frank Baum. Edited by Michael Patrick Hearn. Norton, 2000
Call Number: PS3503 .A723 W59 2000

ScienceDirect – October Database of the Month

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In the News: Muammar el-Qaddafi

Week of September 28, 2009

News Item: De facto Libyan leader Colonel Muammar el-Quaddafi (sometimes spelled “Muammar al-Gadaffi”) recently made headlines when he spoke during a United Nations General Assembly session for 90 minutes, at least 75 minutes longer than his allotted time. The speech covered a wide variety of topics including swine flu (H1N1 Flu), the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Taliban. Quaddafi has been in power for 40 years and, according to Western intelligence, was involved in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.

The American Bombing of Libya: A study of the Force of Miscalculation in Reagan Foreign Policy
By Nicholas Laham. McFarland & Co., 2008
Call Number: E183.8 .L75 L34 2008

The Boy Who Fell Out of the Sky: A True Story
By Ken Dornstein. Random House, 2006
Call Number: HV6431 .D665 2006

El Dorado Canyon: Reagan’s Undeclared War with Qaddafi
By Joseph T. Stanik. Naval Institute Press, 2003
Call Number: E183.8 .L75 S726 2003

In the News: Fashion

Week of September 21, 2009

Fashion, Fashion Everywhere

News Items:

The September Issue, a documentary released in late-August, highlights the work of editor-in-chief Anna Wintour and her staff at Vogue as they prepare for the largest-ever 2007 fall issue (which eventually weighed over four pounds.)
Despite the bleak economy, buyers, celebrities, and the press recently came out for New York Fashion Week, a time when fashion designers, hair stylists, and make-up artists showcased the latest runway trends.

60 Civil War-Era Fashion Patterns
By Kristina Seleshanko. Dover, 2007
Call Number: GT610 .S39 2007

Appearance and Identity: Fashioning the Body in Postmodernity
By Llewellyn Negrin. Palgrave Macmillan, 2008
Call Number: GT521 .N44 2008

Art Deco Fashion
By Suzanne Lussier. Bulfinch Press, 2003
Call Number: N6494 .A7 L87 2003

Classical Scores & Music References Online

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In the News: Hispanic/Latino Heritage Month

Week of September 14, 2009

News Item: September 15 through October 15 is Hispanic/Latino Heritage Month. This week In the News looks at titles published since 2000 that relate to Latino, Chicano, and Hispanic cultures.

Atlas of Hispanic-American History
By George Ochoa and Carter Smith. Facts on File, 2009
Call Number: E184 .S75 O287 2009 (Boca Raton Reference – Non-Circulating)

Building the Latino Future: Success Stories for the Next Generation
By Frank Carbajal and Humberto Medina. Wiley, 2008
Call Number: E184 .S75 C367 2008

Changing Race: Latinos, The Census, and the History of Ethnicity in the United States
By Clara E. Rodriguez. New York University Press, 2000
Call Number: E1884 .S75 R64 2000 (Also available online via NetLibrary)

In the News: After 9/11

Week of September 8, 2009

News Item: This week, we list titles that focus specifically on the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States. Some of the subject areas include literature, commerce, sociology, political science, music, history, and criminology.

110 Stories: New York Writes After September 11
Edited by Ulrich Baer. New York University Press, 2002
Call Number: PS549 .N5 A13 2002

9-11: Aftershocks of the Attack
By Jeremy D. Mayer. Thomson Wadsworth, 2006
Call Number: HV6432.7 .M35 2006 (At Treasure Coast)

9/11: The Culture of Commemoration
By David Simpson. University of Chicago Press, 2006
Call Number: HV6432.7 .S557 2006

In the News: Senator Edward M. Kennedy (1932-2009)

Week of August 31, 2009

News Item: Nicknamed the “Lion of the Senate,” Edward “Ted” Kennedy, the youngest son of the famed Kennedy family, died at the age of 77 after a fifteen month battle with brain cancer. (This comes a few weeks after the death of one of his sisters, Eunice Kennedy Shriver.) He is known by many for his work on immigration, civil rights, and public services legislation, health care reform, and in getting President George W. Bush’s No Child Left Behind Act passed by Congress. Some of the darker moments of his life include the assassinations of his two brothers, his near-death plane crash in 1964, and the Chappaquiddick Island incident. Listed here are titles on the Kennedy family.

The Bridge at Chappaquiddick
By Jack Olsen. Little, Brown, 1970
Call Number: E840.8 .K35 O4

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to the Kennedys
By Steven D. Strauss. Marie Butler-Knight, 2000
Call Number: Available online via NetLibrary

Death at Chappaquiddick
By Thomas L. Tedrow and Richard L. Tedrow. Green Hill Publishers, 1976
Call Number: E840.8 .K35 T43

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