BOOK RECENTLY ADDED (SUM 2007)

- Administration of Justice

- Controversial Topics

- Law & Paralegal Studies

- African-American Studies

- Economics

- Math & Physical Sciences

- American History

- Education

- Music

- Anthropology

- Environmental Science

- Political Sci & American Gov & Politics

- Art, Architecture, Graphics

- Health & Physical Ed

- Psychology, Alcohol & Drug Studies

- Aviation

- Hispanic American Studies

- Religion

- Broadcasting, Film & Theater

- International Politics

- Social Sciences, Sociology

- Business Management & Econ

- Language Arts

- World History

- Child Development

    Composition

 

- Computer Science

    Fiction, Drama, Poetry

 

       Literary Criticism...  

 

 

Administration of Justice       

                  

Jacobson, Michael           Downsizing Prisons: How to Reduce Crime

                                      and End Mass Incarceration.

                                      HV9471.J317 2005

 

Rathbone, Cristina           A World Apart: Women, Prison, and Life Behind Bars.

                                      HV9475M42M387 2005

 

Simpson, Colton, and     Inside the Crips: Life Inside L.A.’s Most

Ann Pearlman                 Notorious Gang.

                                     HV6439.U7L775 2005

 

Travis, Jeremy                 Bur They All Come Back: Facing the Challenges of Prisoner Reentry.

                                      HV9304.T68 2005

 

 

 

African-American Studies        

 

Berry, Mary Frances                 My Face Is Black Is True: Callie House and

                                                the Struggle for Ex-Slave Reparations.

                                                E185.97.H825B47 2005

 

Dyson, Michael Eric                  Is Bill Cosby Right? : Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind?

                                                E185.86D945 2005

 

Flamming, Douglas                   Bound for Freedom: Black Los Angeles in Jim Crow America.

                                                F869.L89N4 2005

 

Ceaser, James W., and              Red Over Blue: The 2004 Elections

Andrew E. Busch                      and American Politics.

                                                JK526 2004.C43 2005

 

Horton, James Oliver,                Slavery and the Making of America.

and Lois E. Horton                    E44.H73 2005

 

Kotz, Nick                                Judgment Days: Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Laws That Changed America.

                                                E847.2.K67 2005

 

McMillan, James                       The Final Victims: Foreign Slave Trade

                                                To North America, 1783-1810

                                                HT1049.M35 2004

 

Mincy, Ronald B., ed.               Black Males Left Behind.

                                                HD8081.A65B53 2006

 

 

Ogbar, Jeffrey O.G.                  Black Power: Radical Politics and

                                                African American Identity.

                                                E185.615.034 2004

 

Reid, Mark A.                           Black Lenses, Black Voices: African

                                                American Film Now.

                                                PN 1995.9N4R43 2005

 

Schama, Simon                         Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the

                                                American Revolution.

                                                E269.N3S33 2006

 

 

 

American History           

 

Baldwin, Neil                   The American Revelation: The Ideas That Shaped Our Country from the

                                      Puritans to the Cold War.

                                      E169.1B217 2005

 

Campbell, Tracy             Deliver the Vote: A History of Election Fraud,

                                      an American Political Tradition-1742-2004.

                                      JK 1994.C36 2005

 

Ceaser, James W., and    Red Over Blue: The 2004 Elections and American

Andrew E. Busch            Politics.

                                      JK526 2004.C432005

 

Cesari, Joselyne              When Islam and Democracy Meet: Muslims

                                      in Europe and in the United States.

                                      D1056.2M87C47 2004

 

Clark, Wesley K.             Winning Modern Wars: Iraq, Terrorism, and the

                                      American Empire.

                                      DS79.76C58 2003

 

Diamond, Larry               Squandered Victory: The American Occupation

                                     and the Bungled Effort to Bring Democracy

                                      to Iraq.

                                      DS79.76.D53 2005

 

Dreyfuss, Robert             Devil’s Game: How the United States Helped Unleash Fundamentalist Islam.

                                      DS35.74.U6D76 2005

 

Flamming, Douglas          Bound for Freedom: Black Los Angeles in Jim Crow America.

                                      F869.L89N4 2005

  

Goodwin, Doris Kearns   Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln.

                                      E457.45G66 2005

 

Gumbel, Andrew             Steal This Vote: Dirty Elections and the Rotten History of Democracy in America.

                                      JK 1994.G87 2005

 

Hayes-Bautista,               La Nueva California: Latinos in the Golden State.

David E.                         F870.S75H385 2004

 

Horton, James Oliver,      Slavery and the Making of America.

and Lois E. Horton          E44.H73 2005

 

Keck, Thomas M.           The Most Activist Supreme Court in History: The

                                      Road to Modern Judicial Conservatism.

                                      KF8748.K43 2004

 

Kotz, Nick                      Judgment Days: Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Laws That Changed America.

                                      E847.2.K67 2005

 

Matlock, Jack F. Jr.         Reagan and Gorbachev: How the Cold War Ended.

                                      E183.8.S65M3724 2004

 

MacLean, Nancy             Freedom Is Not Enough: The Opening of the American Workplace.

                                      HD4903.5.U58M33 2006

 

Nash, Gary B.                 The Unknown American Revolution: The Unruly

                                      Birth of Democracy and the Struggle to Create

                                      America.

                                      E208.N33 2005

 

Ogbar, Jeffrey O.G.        Black Power: Radical Politics and

                                      African American Identity.

                                      E185.615.034 2004

 

 Rarick, Ethan                  California Rising: The Life and

                                      Times of Pat Brown.

                                      F866.4.B75R37 2005

 

Reimers, David M.          Other Immigrants: The Global Origins of the

                                      American People.

                                      E184.A1R4435 2005

 

Small, Melvin                  At the Water’s Edge: American Politics and the

                                      Vietnam War.

                                      DS558.S55 2005

 

Starr, Kevin                     California: A History.

                                      F861.S83 2005

 

Watson, Bruce                Bread and Roses: Mills, Migrants, and the Struggle for the American Dream.

                                      HD5325.T4 1912B73 2006

 

 

 

Anthropology                              

 

De La Torre, Miguel A.             Santeria: The Beliefs and Rituals of a Growing Religion in America.

                                                BL2532S3D4 2004

 

Hayslip, Bert Jr. and                  Cultural Changes in Attitudes Toward Death

Cynthia A. Peveto                     Dying, and Bereavement.

                                                GT3150.H38 2005

 

 

 

Broadcasting, Film & Theater          

 

Habell-Pallan, Michelle              Loca Motion: The Travels of Chicana and    

                                                   Latina Popular Culture.

                                                PS153.H56H33 2005

 

 

 

Business Management & Economics   

 

Chong, Nilda, and                     Latino Culture: A Dynamic Force in the

Francia Baez                             Changing American Workplace.

                                                HD8081H7C462005

 

Eichenwald, Kurt                      Conspiracy of Fools: A True Story.

                                                HD9502.U54E5736 2005

 

Gitlow, Abraham L.                  Corruption in Corporate America: Who is

                                                Responsible? Who Will Protect the Public Interest?

                                                HF5387.G58 2005

 

Kaniss, Phyllis, ed.                    The Annals of the American Academy of

                                                Political and Social Science Vol.610 March

                                                2007. NAFTA and Beyond: Alternative

                                                Perspectives in the Study of Global Trade

                                                and Development.

                                                H1.A4 V.610

 

Vogel, David                            The Market forVirtue: The Potential and

                                                Limits of Corporate Social Responsibility.

                                                HD60.V64 2005

 

 

Child Development

 

Clarke, Stewart, Allison,            What We Know About Childcare.

and Virginia D. Allhusen            HQ778.63.C583 2005

 

Dunn, Judy                               Children’s Friendships: The Beginnings of

                                                Intimacy.

                                                HQ784F7D86 2004

 

Wurm, Julianne                         Working in the Reggio Way: A Beginner’s Guide for American Teachers.

                                                LB1140.25I8W87 2005

 

 

 

Computer Science

 

Battelle, John                   The Search: How Google and Its Rivals

                                      Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed

                                      Our Culture.

                                      HD9696.8U64 G663 2005

 

 

 

Controversial Topics

 

Berry, Mary Frances                 My Face Is Black Is True: Callie House and

                                                the Struggle for Ex-Slave Reparations.

                                                E185.97H825B47 2005

 

Brecher, Jeremy, Jill Cutler,       In the Name of Democracy: American War

and Brendan Smith, eds.           Crimes in Iraq and Beyond.

                                                KZ6795.I73I5 2005

 

Burke, Thomas F                      Lawyers, Lawsuits, and Legal Rights: The

                                                Battle over Litigation in American Society.

                                                KF380B87 2002

 

Cambridge, Vibert C.                Immigration, Diversity, and Broadcasting in

                                                the United States, 1990-2001.

                                                PN1990.9E74C36 2005

 

Cesari, Joselyne                        When Islam and Democracy Meet: Muslims

                                                in Europe and in the United States.

                                                D1056.2M87C47 2004

 

Kochan, Thomas A.                  Restoring the American Dream: A Working

                                                Families Agenda for America.

                                                BV3773B67 2001

 

Cone, Marla                              Silent Snow: The Slow Poisoning of the

                                                Arctic.

                                                TD190.5C66 2005

 

Downs, Donald Alexander         Restoring Free Speech and Liberty on

                                                Campus.

                                                LC72.2D69 2005

 

Durand, Jorge,                          Crossing the Border: Research from the

and Douglas S. Massey, eds.     Mexican Migration Project.

                                                E184.M5C78 2004

 

Dyson, Michael Eric                  Is Bill Cosby Right? : Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind?

                                                E185.86D945 2005

 

\Ehrenreich, Barbara                  Bait and Switch : The (Futile) Pursuit of the

                                                American Dream.

                                                HD5708.55.U6E47 2005

 

Eichenwald, Kurt                      Conspiracy of Fools: A True Story.

                                                HD9502.U54E5736 2005

 

Fawzia, Afzal-Khan, ed.            Shattering the Stereotypes: Muslim

                                                Women Speak Out.

                                                HQ1170.S463 2005A

 

Feldman, Leonard C.                Citizens Without Shelter: Homelessness, Democracy, and Political Exclusion.

                                                HV4505.F45 2004

 

Gitlow, Abraham L.                  Corruption in Corporate America: Who is

                                                Responsible? Who Will Protect the Public Interest?

                                                HF5387.G58 2005

 

Greenawalt, Kent                      Does God Belong in Public Schools?

                                                LC111.G68 2005

 

Greenfeld, Karl Taro                 China Syndrome: The True Story of the 21st

                                                Century’s First Great Epidemic.

                                                RA644.S17G74 2006

 

Gumbel, Andrew                      Steal This Vote: Dirty Elections and the Rotten History of Democracy in America.

                                                JK 1994.G87 2005

 

Heaberlin, Scott W.                  A Case for Nuclear-Generated Electricity,                                                                                 or, Why I Think Nuclear Power is Cool and

                                                Why It Is Important that you Think So Too.

                                                TK9146.H43 2004

 

Holbert, Steve, and                   The Color of Guilt and Innocence: Racial

Lisa, Rose                                Profiling and Police Practices in America.

                                                HV7936.R3H65 2004

 

Jacobson, Michael                    Downsizing Prisons: How to Reduce Crime

                                                and End Mass Incarceration.

                                                HV9471.J317 2005

 

Kay, Jane Holtz                         Asphalt Nation: How the Automobile Took

                                                Over America, and How We Can Take It

                                                Back.

                                                HE5623.K36 1997

 

Katz, Jackson                           The Macho Paradox: Why Some Men Hurt Women and How All Men Can Help.

                                                HV6250.4W65K39 2006

 

Kozol, Jonathan                        The Shame of the Nation.

                                                LC212.62K69 2005

 

Laird, Bob                                The Case for Affirmative Action in University Admissions.

                                                LC212.42.L35 2005

 

Mello, Michael                          Legalizing Gay Marriage.

                                                HQ1034.U5M45 2004

 

Mincy, Ronald B., ed.               Black Males Left Behind.

                                                HD8081.A65B53 2006

 

O’Harrow, Robert Jr.                No Place to Hide.

                                                HM85104 2005

 

Quadagno, Jill                           One Nation Uninsured: Why the U.S. Has

                                                No National Health Insurance.

                                                RA412.2Q33 2005

 

Ross, Robert J.S.                     Slaves to Fashion: Poverty and Abuse in

                                                the New Sweatshops.

                                                HD2337R67 2004

 

Sachs, Jeffrey D.                      The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities

                                                for Our Time.

                                                HC59.72.P6S225 2005

 

Simpson, Colton, and               Inside the Crips: Life Inside L.A.’s Most

Ann Pearlman                           Notorious Gang.

                                                HV6439.U7L775 2005

 

Sered, Susan Starr,                   Uninsured in America:

and Rushika Fernandopulle       Life and Death in the Land of

                                                Opportunity.

                                                RA413.7U53S47 2007

 

Uchitelle, Louis                         The Disposable American: Layoffs and Their Consequences.

                                                HD5708.55.U6U34 2006

 

Vogel, David                            The Market for Virtue: The Potential and

                                                Limits of Corporate Social Responsibility.

                                                HD60.V64 2005

 

 

Education

 

Kozol, Jonathan                        The Shame of the Nation.

                                                LC212.62K69 2005

 

Nadeau, Kathleen G.                 Survival Guide for College Students With

                                                ADHD Or LD.

                                                LC4818.5N33 2006

 

Wurm, Julianne                         Working in the Reggio Way: A Beginner’s

                                                Guide for American Teachers.

                                                LB1140.25I8W87 2005

 

 

Environmental Science

 

Cesari, Joselyne                        When Islam and Democracy Meet: Muslims

                                                in Europe and in the United States.

                                                D1056.2M87C47 2004

 

Cone, Marla                              Silent Snow: The Slow Poisoning of the

                                                Arctic.

                                                TD190.5C66 2005

 

Heaberlin, Scott W.                  A Case for Nuclear-Generated Electricity:

                                                Or Why I Think Nuclear Power is Cool and

                                                Why It Is Important that you Think So Too.

                                                TK9146.H43 2004

 

Pahl, Greg                                Biodiesel: Growing a New Energy Economy.

                                                TP359B46P34 2005

 

 

Health and Physical Education

 

Dash, Paul, and                         Alzheimer’s Disease.

Nicole Villemarette-Pittman        RC523.2D37 1005

 

Grilo, Carlos M.                       Eating and Weight Disorders.

                                                RC552E18G75 2006

 

Greenfeld, Karl Taro                 China Syndrome: The True Story of the 21st

                                                Century’s First Great Epidemic.

                                                RA644.S17G74 2006

 

Kaufman, Francine Ratner         Diabesity: A Doctor and Her Patients on the

                                                Front Lines of the Obesity-Diabetes

                                                Epidemic.

                                                RA645O23K38 2006

 

Minkin, Mary Jane , and            A Women’s Guide to Sexual Health.

Carol V.Wright                         RA788M667 2005

 

Rachman, S.                             Anxiety. 2nd ed.

                                                RC531.R334 2004

 

 

Hispanic American Studies   

 

Chong, Nilda,                    Latino Culture: A Dynamic Force in the

and Francia Baez               Changing American Workplace.

                                       HD8081H7C462005

 

De La Torre, Miguel A.   Santeria: The Beliefs and Rituals of a Growing

                                      Religion in America.

                                      Bl2532S3D4 2004

 

Hayes-Bautista,                La Nueva California: Latinos in the Golden State.

David E.                         F870.S75H385 2004

 

Habell-Pallan, Michelle     Loca Motion: The Travels of Chicana and

                                      Latina Popular Culture.

                                      PS153.H56H33 2005

 

Pardo, Mary S.                 Mexican American Women Activists: Identity

                                         and Resistance in Two Los Angeles Communities.

                                         HN80M66P37 1998

 

Rodrigues, Luis J.           My Nature is Hunger: New and Selected Poems

                                      1989-2004

                                      PS3568034879M9 2005

 

Rodriguez, Richard         Brown: The Last Discovery of America.

                                      E184.S75R67 2003

 

Tobar, Hector                 Translation Nation: Defining a New American

                                      Identity in the Spanish-Speaking United States.

                                      E184.S75T63 2005

 

Villa, Raul Homero          Barrio-Logos: Space and Place in Urban

                                      Chicano Literature and Culture.

                                      PS153.M4V55 2000

 

International Politics

 

Clark, Wesley K.             Winning Modern Wars: Iraq, Terrorism, and the

                                      American Empire.

                                      DS79.76C58 2003

 

Diamond, Larry               Squandered Victory: The American Occupation and the Bungled Effort to Bring Democracy

                                      to Iraq.

                                      DS79.76.D53 2005

 

Dreyfuss, Robert             Devil’s Game: How the United States Helped Unleash Fundamentalist Islam.

                                      DS35.74.U6D76 2005

 

Gaddis, John Lewis         The Cold War: A New History.

                                      D843G22 2005

 

Rabasa , Angel M, et al.   The Muslim World After 9/11.  

                                      DS35.74U6M875 2004

 

Language Arts

 

Fiction, Drama, Poetry

 

Castillo, Ana                   Watercolor Women, Opaque Men: A Novel in

                                      Verse.

                                      PS3553A8135W38 2005

 

Frey, James                     My Friend Leonard.

                                      HV5805F73A3 2005

 

Rodrigues, Luis J.           My Nature is Hunger: New and Selected Poems

                                      1989-2004

                                      PS3568034879M9 2005

 

Literary Criticism and Theory, Biography, Memoirs

 

Dobson, Michael, ed.      The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare.

                                      Ref.PR2892.094 2001

 

Habell-Pallan, Michelle     Loca Motion: The Travels of Chicana and

                                      Latina Popular Culture.

                                      PS153.H56H33 2005

 

Kermode, Frank              The Age of Shakespeare.

                                      PR3095K466 2004

 

Pinciss, Gerald M.           Why Shakespeare: An Introduction to the

                                      Playwright’s Art.

                                      PR2995P56 2005

 

Snodgrass, Mary Ellen     August Wilson: A Literary Companion.

                                      PS3573I45677Z89 2004

 

Soyinka, Wole                You Must Set Forth at Dawn.

                                      PR9387.9.S6Z477 2006

 

Villa, Raul Homero          Barrio-Logos: Space and Place in Urban

                                      Chicano Literature and Culture.

                                      PS153.M4V55 2000

 

 

 

 

Law and Paralegal Studies

 

Burke, Thomas F                      Lawyers, Lawsuits, and Legal Rights: The

                                                Battle over Litigation in American Society.

                                                KF380B87 2002

 

 

 

Math and the Physical Sciences

 

Blakemore, Colin,                     The Oxford Companion to The Body.

and Sheila Jennet                       Ref. QM7.096 2001

 

Hawking, Stephen                     A Brief History of Time. Updated and Expanded 10th Anniversary Edition.

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