Assisted Suicide/Euthanasia

Library titles related to the latest headlines…Week of April 26, 2010

Assisted Suicide/Euthanasia

In the News: Al Pacino plays the title character in the new HBO film You Don’t Know Jack: The Life and Deaths of Dr. Jack Kevorkian. Although he had been tried numerous times for his roles in other suicides, Kevorkian was eventually convicted in 1999 and served eight years in prison on a second-degree murder conviction. Upon his release, he agreed not to assist in future suicides.

Aiming to Kill: The Ethics of Suicide and Euthanasia
By Nigel Biggar. Pilgrim Press, 2004
Call Number: R726 .B54 2004

Assisted Suicide and the Right to Die: The Interface of Social Science, Public Policy, and Medical Ethics
By Barry Rosenfeld. American Psychological Association, 2004
Call Number: R726 .R64 2004

Between the Dying and the Dead: Dr. Jack Kevorkian’s Life and the Battle to Legalize Euthanasia
By Neal Nicol and Harry Wylie. University of Wisconsin Press/Terrace Books, 2006
Call Number: R726 .N53 2006 (At Treasure Coast)

Women and the Catholic Church/Oklahoma City Bombing, 1995

Library titles related to the latest headlines…Week of April 19, 2010

Women and the Catholic Church / Oklahoma City Bombing, 1995

In the News: A recent Newsweek cover story focuses on “how women can save the Catholic Church from its sins.” This week, we offer titles about the sex abuse scandals that have plagued the Church and the role women play in Catholicism overall.

Also In the News: April 19 marks the 15^th anniversary of the Oklahoma City, bombing.

THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

Agony in the Garden: Sex, Lies, and Redemption from the Troubled Heart of the American Catholic Church
By John van der Zee. Thunder’s Mouth Press/Nation Books, 2002
Call Number: BX1912.9 .V36 2002

Catholic and Feminist: The Surprising History of the American Catholic Feminist Movement
By Mary J. Henold. University of North Carolina Press, 2008
Call Number: BX1406.3 .H46 2008

The Catholic Church and the Sex Problem: the Stupidity, Futility, and Insolence of its Ethic
By Joseph McCabe. See Sharp Press, 1986
Call Number: BX1765 .M25 1986

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Pulitzer Prize-Winning Titles & New Fiction

The FAU Libraries has the following 2010 Pulitzer Prize-winning titles in the collection. Find reviews of these books and others at Book Review Digest Plus.

FICTION – Tinkers, by Paul Harding – (Currently shelved on the New Fiction shelf) PS3608 .A72535 T56 2009 (At Boca)

HISTORY – Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World, by Liaquat Ahamed – HG172 .A2 A43 2009 (At Jupiter)

BIOGRAPHY – The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt, by T. J. Stiles – PN1993.5 .U6 M188 1987 (At Boca)

POETRY – Versed, by Rae Armantrout – PS3551 .R455 V47 2009 (At Boca)

Also find a select number of fiction titles published in 2009 and 2010 (reviewed in the NY Times Book Review, Library Journal, NY Review of Books, mentioned on NPR or in the blogosphere, etc.) on the New Books Shelf in the lobby of the S. E. Wimberly Library. Enjoy!

Coal Mines / Mankiller

Library titles related to the latest headlines…

Week of April 12, 2010

Coal Mines / Wilma Mankiller (1945-2010)

In the News: At least 25 people were killed in an explosion at the Upper Big Branch coal mine in Raleigh County, West Virginia. Massey Energy owns the mine and, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, had been cited over 400 times for safety violations in 2009.

Also In the News: Also In the News: Wilma Mankiller, the first female chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1985 to 1995, has died at the age of 64.

COAL MINES

African American Miners and Migrants: the Eastern Kentucky Social Club
By Thomas E. Wagner and Phillip J. Obermiller. University of Illinois Press, 2004
Call Number: E185.5 .W34 2004

Another Civil War: Labor, Capital, and the State in the Anthracite Regions of Pennsylvania, 1840-68
By Grace Palladino. University Illinois Press, 1990
Call Number: HD8039 .M62 U6493 1990 (Also available online via NetLibrary)

Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America’s Energy Future
By Jeff Goodell. Houghton Mifflin Co., 2006
Call Number: TN805 .A5 G685 2006

Bullying / Militias

Library titles related to the latest headlines…

Week of April 5, 2010

Bullying / Militia Movements

In the News: Prosecutors in Massachusetts, as well as the high school classmates of Phoebe Prince, believe that the bullying actions of nine South Hadley students brought on the suicide of the fifteen-year-old Prince this past January. The nine students were charged last week.

Also In the News: Nine members of the Hutaree militia group were indicted on charges of seditious conspiracy and weapons possession. Authorities say the group was plotting to kill an unnamed law enforcement officer, then later attack that officer’s funeral procession with Improvised Explosive Devises as a way of inciting violence against the U.S. government.

BULLYING

Anti and Pro-Social Communication: Theories, Methods, and Applications
Edited by Terry A. Kinney & Maili Pörhölä. Peter Lang, 2009
Call Number: HM1206 .A58 2009

Behaving Badly: Aversive Behaviors in Interpersonal Relationships
Edited by Robin M. Kowalski. American Psychological Association, 2001
Call Number: HM1106 .B45 2001

The Breakfast Club (VHS)
Directed by John Hughes. MCA Home Video, 1990 (released 1985)
Call Number: VH 3721 (Boca Raton Media Center)

Building a Culture of Respect: Managing Bullying at Work
Edited by Noreen Tehrani. Taylor & Francis, 2003
Call Number: Available online via NetLibrary

The iPad & Digital Culture

Week of March 29, 2010

In the News: Apple, the company that, decades ago, brought you the Apple II C, recently unveiled its latest creation. Apple’s iPad, which starts at $499, will be available in early April. Weighing less than two pounds, this tablet computer is destined to become a competitor to Amazon’s Kindle, the Sony Reader, and Barnes and Noble’s Nook, not to mention the many netbooks that are on the market. As it becomes yet another high-tech gadget in our overly-saturated digital world, will the iPad be THE ONE that everyone has to have? What will be next?

Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Tablet PCs
By Craig F. Mathews. Que, 2004
Call Number: Available online via NetLibrary

Against the Machine: Being Human in the Age of the Electronic Mob
By Lee Siegel. Spiegel & Grau, 2008
Call Number: HM851 .S5484 2008 (At Jupiter)

Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age
By Steve Knopper. Free Press, 2009
Call Number: ML3790 .K57 2009

Women’s History Month – Women’s Health

Week of March 22, 2010

In the News: Women’s History Month at FAU concludes with the Women’s Leadership Forum on Friday, March 26: “Issues in Women’s Health: Research, Public Health Policy and Advocacy” https://fauf.fau.edu/women.

Abortion in the United States: A Reference Handbook
By Dorothy E. McBride. ABC-CLIO, 2008
Call Number: HQ767.5.U5 M3727 2008

All My Babies: A Midwife’s Own Story
Directed by Othello C. Wilson. Image Entertainment, 2007
Call Number: RG950 .A45 2007

African American Women’s Health and Social Issues
Edited by Catherine Fisher Collins. Praeger Publishers, 2006
Call Number: RA448.5.N4 A445 2006

Women’s History Month – Women Film Directors

Week of March 1, 2010 (updated version)

In the News: To kick off Women’s History Month, we offer titles on women film directors. Kathryn Bigelow, the first woman to receive the Director’s Guild of America Award for Best Feature Film, is one of the nominees for this year’s Oscar for Best Director (The Hurt Locker, 2009). She is only the fourth woman to be nominated in this category and, this Sunday, could become the first ever winner.

Black Women Film and Video Artists
Edited by Jacqueline Bobo. Routledge, 1998
Call Number: PN1998.2 .B57 1998

Calling the Shots
Produced and Directed by Janis Cole and Holly Dale. Direct Cinema, 1989
Call Number: VH 967

Calling the Shots: Profiles of Women Filmmakers
By Janis Cole and Holly Dale. Quarry Press, 1993
Call Number: PN1995.9.W6 C64 1993

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Women’s History Month – Videos on Women and Feminism

Week of March 15, 2010

In the News: Week 3 of Women’s History Month: Featuring powerful, controversial, timeless, and moving documentaries and narrative films on women and feminism. All are housed in the Boca Raton Media Center, first floor, west wing.

10 (Also known as Ten on Ten) (DVD)
Directed by Abbas Kiarostami. Zeitgeist Video, 2004
Call Number: PN1997.2 .A122 2004

Abused (DVD)
Braverman Productions, 2007
Call Number: KF224 .G74 A28 2007

Āfsāīd: Offside (DVD)
Directed by Jafar Panahi. Sony Pictures, 2006
Call Number: PN1977.2 .A3373 2007

Women’s History Month – Books

Week of March 8, 2010

In the News: It’s Women’s History Month! This week: Newly-acquired books related to women and feminist studies.

Also In the News: FAU has a new President (a woman!) Mary Jane Saunders, PhD, was recently named as the University’s sixth president.

Advice from the Top: What Minority Women Say about their Career Success
By Valencia Campbell. Praeger Publishers, 2009.
Call Number: HD6054.3 .C36 2009

African American Women Voters: Racializing Religiosity, Political Consciousness, and Progressive Political Action in U.S. Presidential Elections from 1964 through 2008.
By: Lisa Nikol Nealy. University Press of America, 2009.
Call Number: JK1924 .N43 2009

The Aftermath of Feminism: Gender, Culture and Social Change
By Angela McRobbie. Sage, 2009
Call Number: HQ1155 .M37 2009

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