Recent Additions to the library are shelved in the Slaughter Reading Room (under the superhero posters).Sorted by Call Number / Author.
Bartlett, Jamie. The dark net : inside the digital underworld.
Beyond the familiar online world that most of us inhabit--a world of Google, Facebook, and Twitter--lies a vast and often hidden network of sites, communities, and cultures where freedom is pushed to its limits, and where people can be anyone, or do anything, they want. This is the world of Bitcoin and Silk Road, of radicalism and pornography. This is the Dark Net. In this important and revealing book, Jamie Bartlett takes us deep into the digital underworld and presents an extraordinary look at the internet we don't know. Beginning with the rise of the internet and the conflicts and battles that defined its early years, Bartlett reports on trolls, pornographers, drug dealers, hackers, political extremists, Bitcoin programmers, and vigilantes--and puts a human face on those who have many reasons to stay anonymous. Rich with historical research and revelatory reporting, The Dark Net is an unprecedented, eye-opening look at a world that doesn't want to be known"--.
Franklin, Stuart, 1956- author. The documentary impulse.
Award-winning photographer Stuart Franklin's exploration of how we, as humans, are driven to visually document our experiences and the world around us. Stuart Franklin took one of the most powerful photographs of the twentieth century - the 'tank man' in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, 1989. From his insightful position as a photographer, Franklin explores why we are driven to visually document our experiences and the world around us. He focuses on photography but traces this universal need through art, literature and science. Looking at photojournalism, war photography and work recording our culture, Franklin identifies some of its driving impulses: curiosity, outrage, reform and ritual; the search for evidence, for beauty, for therapy; and the immortalization of memory. As our understanding of 'documentary' continues to expand, Franklin considers photographic staging - where, perhaps, the future of the genre may lie: in search of truth over fact. "This book traces what I shall call the documentary impulse. Here I mean the passion to record, with fidelity, the moments we experience and wish to preserve, the things we witness and might want to reform; or simply the people, places or things we find remarkable...Photography (and journalism) practised respectfully has the power to educate us all towards a greater understanding and empathy towards others." Stuart Franklin--Provided by publisher.
Tavi Gevinson. Rookie Yearbook One. New York, NY : Razorbill, 2014.
Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970. A history of western philosophy. New York : Simon and Schuster, c1945.
Menjivar, Mark. The Luck Archive : Exploring belief, superstition, and tradition. San Antonio, TX : Trinity University Press, 2015.
Cox, Gary, 1964-. How to be an existentialist, or, How to get real, get a grip and stop making excuses.
Gary Cox offers a witty and concise introduction to existentialism which is, at the same time, a genuine self-help book offering clear advice on how to live according to the principles of existentialism.
Lenoir, Frederic. Happiness : a philosopher's guide. First edition.
A huge bestseller in Europe, Frederic Lenoir's Happiness is an exciting journey that examines how history's greatest philosophers and religious figures have answered life's most fundamental question: What is happiness and how do I achieve it? From the ancient Greeks on--from Aristotle, Plato, and Chuang Tzu to the Buddha, Jesus, and Muhammad; from Voltaire, Spinoza, and Schopenhauer to Kant, Freud, and even modern neuroscientists--Lenoir considers the idea that true and lasting happiness is indeed possible.
Kurzweil, Ray. The singularity is near : when humans transcend biology. New York : Penguin, 2006.
The law of accelerating returns revisited. For over three decades, Ray Kurzweil has been one of the most respected and provocative advocates of the role of technology in our future. In his classic The Age of Spiritual Machines, he argued that computers would soon rival the full range of human intelligence at its best. Now he examines the next step in this inexorable evolutionary process: the union of human and machine, in which the knowledge and skills embedded in our brains will be combined with the vastly greater capacity, speed, and knowledge-sharing ability of our creations.
Malik, Kenan, 1960- author. The quest for a moral compass : a global history of ethics.
This book explores the history of moral thought as it has developed over three millennia, from Homer's Greece to Mao's China, from ancient India to modern America. It tells the stories of the great philosophers, and breathes life into their ideas, while also challenging many of our most cherished moral beliefs. Engaging and provocative, This book confronts some of humanity's deepest questions. Where do values come from? Is God necessary for moral guidance? Are there absolute moral truths? It also brings morality down to earth, showing how, throughout history, social needs and political desires have shaped moral thinking. It is a history of the world told through the history of moral thought, and a history of moral thought that casts new light on global history. At a time of great social turbulence and moral uncertainty, there will be few histories more important than this.
Ariely, Dan, author. The (honest) truth about dishonesty : how we lie to everyone--especially ourselves. First edition.
Explores the question of dishonesty from Washington to Wall Street, and the classroom to the workplace, to examine why cheating is so prevalent and what can be done to prevent it.
Dewey, John, 1859-1952. Experience and nature. New York, : Dover Publications, [1958].
Hildebrand, David L., 1964-. Dewey : a beginner's guide.
Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900, author. The Anti-Christ. Las Vegas, NV: : Alba and Tromm, 2010.
Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900. The will to power. New York, : Vintage Books, [1968, c1967].
Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970. Why I am not a Christian : and other essays on religion and related subjects. New York : Simon and Schuster, c1957.
"I am as firmly convinced that religions do harm as I am that they are untrue"
Catholic Church. Pope (2013- : Francis), issuing body. Encyclical on climate change & inequality : on care for our common home.
"In the "Encyclical on Climate Change and Inequality," the beloved Pope exhorts the world to combat environmental degradation and its impact on the poor. In a stirring, clarion call that is not merely aimed at Catholic readers but rather at a wide, lay audience, the Pope cites the overwhelming scientific evidence of climate change, and does not hesitate to detail how it is the result of a historic level of unequal distribution of wealth."
Vidler, Alexander Roper, 1899-1991. The Church in an age of revolution : 1789 to the present day. London ; : Penguin Books, 1990, c1974.
Horgan, John, 1953-. The end of war. San Francisco, CA : McSweeneys Books, c2012.
Molander, Per. The Anatomy of Inequality : its social and economic origins-- and solutions. Brooklyn, NY : Melvillle House, 2014.
Rookie yearbook two. 1st pbk. ed. [Montreal, Quebec] : Drawn & Quarterly, 2013.
A collection of articles, interviews, photo editorials, and illustrations from the highly praised and hugely popular online magazine RookieMag.com.
Schab, Lisa M. Self-esteem for Teens : six principles for creating the life you want. Oakland, CA : Instant Help Books, 2016.
Kimmerer, Robin Wall, author. Braiding sweetgrass. First paperback edition.
"As a leading researcher in the field of biology, Robin Wall Kimmerer understands the delicate state of our world. But as an active member of the Potawatomi nation, she senses and relates to the world through a way of knowing far older than any science. In Braiding Sweetgrass, she intertwines these two modes of awareness--the analytic and the emotional, the scientific and the cultural--to ultimately reveal a path toward healing the rift that grows between people and nature. The woven essays that construct this book bring people back into conversation with all that is green and growing; a universe that never stopped speaking to us, even when we forgot how to listen"
The fire this time : a new generation speaks about race. First Scribner hardcover edition.
National Book Award-winner Jesmyn Ward takes James Baldwin's 1963 examination of race in America, The Fire Next Time, as a jumping off point for this groundbreaking collection of essays and poems about race from the most important voices of her generation and our time. In light of recent tragedies and widespread protests across the nation, The Progressive magazine republished one of its most famous pieces: James Baldwin's 1962 "Letter to My Nephew," which was later published in his landmark book, The Fire Next Time. Addressing his fifteen-year-old namesake on the one hundredth anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, Baldwin wrote: "You know and I know, that the country is celebrating one hundred years of freedom one hundred years too soon." Award-winning author Jesmyn Ward knows that Baldwin's words ring as true as ever today. In response, she has gathered short essays, memoir, and a few essential poems to engage the question of race in the United States. And she has turned to some of her generation's most original thinkers and writers to give voice to their concerns. The Fire This Time is divided into three parts that shine a light on the darkest corners of our history, wrestle with our current predicament, and envision a better future. Of the eighteen pieces, ten were written specifically for this volume. In the fifty-odd years since Baldwin's essay was published, entire generations have dared everything and made significant progress. But the idea that we are living in the post-Civil Rights era, that we are a "post-racial" society is an inaccurate and harmful reflection of a truth the country must confront. Baldwin's "fire next time" is now upon us, and it needs to be talked about. Contributors include Carol Anderson, Jericho Brown, Garnette Cadogan, Edwidge Danticat, Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah, Mitchell S. Jackson, Honoree Jeffers, Kima Jones, Kiese Laymon, Daniel Jose Older, Emily Raboteau, Claudia Rankine, Clint Smith, Natasha Trethewey, Wendy S. Walters, Isabel Wilkerson, and Kevin Young.
Politics in the American states : a comparative analysis. 10th ed. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : CQ Press/SAGE, c2013.
McCarthy, Nolan. Polarized America : The dance of ideology and unequal riches. Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, 2006.
Schwartz, Barry, 1946- author. Why we work. First TED Books hardcover edition.
An analysis of the purpose of work in people's lives demonstrates how work operates in American culture and how everyday people can find happiness in the workplace, explaining the importance of career goals.
Burkett, Larry. Money Matters for Teens : workbook: age 15-18 edition. Chicago, IL : Moody Publishers, 1998.
Holmberg, Joshua. The Teen's Guide to Personal Finance : Basic concepts in personal finance that every teen should know. Bloomington, IN : iUniverse, 2008.
Kobliner, Beth, 1965-. Get a financial life : personal finance in your twenties and thirties. 3rd ed. New York : Simon & Schuster, c2009.
Presents a comprehensive guide to finance for young people in their twenties and thirties, providing easy-to-understand explanations of such financial basics as mutual funds, credit cards, medical insurance, debt, and housing.
Siegel, Cary, author. Why didn't they teach me this in school? : 99 personal money management principles to live by.
This book includes eight important lessons focusing on 99 principles that will quickly and memorably enhance any individual's money management acumen. Unlike many of the personal money management books out there, this book is a quick, easily digested read that focuses more on the qualitative side than the quantitative side of personal money management. The principles are not from a textbook. Rather, they are practical principles learned by the author as he navigated through his financial life. Many are unorthodox in order to be memorable and provoke deeper thought by the reader.
Tycho Press. Personal Finance Simplified : The step-by-step guide for smart money management. Berkeley, CA : Tycho Press, 2014.
Gardner, David, 1966-. The Motley Fool investment guide for teens : eight steps to having more money than your parents ever dreamed of. New York : Fireside, c2002.
A guide to becoming financially independent with tips on saving and investing.
Graham, Benjamin, 1894-1976. The intelligent investor. Rev. ed. New York : HarperBusiness Essentials, c2003.
United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Intelligence, author. The Senate Intelligence Committee report on torture : committee study of the Central Intelligence Agency's Detention and Interrogation Program.
The complete official summary report of the Senate Intelligence Committee Investigation of the Central Intelligence Agency's interrogation and detention program launched in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. Based on more than six million internal CIA documents, the report details secret prisons, prisoner deaths, interrogation practices, and cooperation with other foreign and domestic agencies. It also examines charges that the CIA deceived elected officials and governmental overseers about the extent and legality of its operations.
Simpson, Carol, 1949-. Copyright for schools : a practical guide. 5th ed. Santa Barbara, Calif. : Linworth, c2010.
Explains copyright law in relation to schools, providing medium-by-medium coverage of print, software, music, video, multimedia, and more, and discussing advancing technologies and their common uses in classrooms and libraries.
Doctorow, Cory, author. Information doesn't want to be free : laws for the Internet age.
Kennedy, Anthony M., 1936- author. The U.S. Supreme Court decision on marriage equality.
Larson, Erik. The devil in the white city : murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed America. 1st Vintage Books ed. New York : Vintage Books, 2004, c2003.
Tells the parallel stories of Daniel Burnham, the main architect of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, and serial killer Henry H. Holmes, discussing the challenges Burnham faced in creating the hugely successful White City, and looking at how Holmes used the opportunities afforded by the fair to lure victims to their deaths.
Dewey, John, 1859-1952. The school and society ; and, The child and the curriculum. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c1990.
Noddings, Nel. The challenge to care in schools : an alternative approach to education. 2nd ed. New York : Teachers College Press, c2005.
Noddings once again envisions a school system built on the idea that different people have different strengths, and that these strengths should be cultivated in an environment of caring, not of competition. She suggests that if we make the responsiveness characteristic of caring more basic than accountability, we can accommodate both traditional and progressive preferences in one school system to the benefit of all . . . especially the children. Chapters address the practical and theoretical questions involved in organizing traditional and nontraditional areas of study around themes of care. Introductory chapters focus on caring in general and on the problems of liberal education, while the final chapter offers sound advice for implementing a caring curriculum in our schools.
Tough, Paul, author. How children succeed : grit, curiosity, and the hidden power of character.
In this book the author reverses three decades of thinking about what creates successful children, solving the mysteries of why some succeed and others fail, and of how to move individual children toward their full potential for success. The story we usually tell about childhood and success is the one about intelligence: success comes to those who score highest on tests, from preschool admissions to SATs. But in this book the author argues that the qualities that matter most have more to do with character: skills like perserverance, curiosity, conscientiousness, optimism, and self-control. He uncovers the surprising ways in which parents do, and do not, prepare their children for adulthood. And he provides us with new insights into how to help children growing up in poverty. Early adversity, scientists have come to understand, can not only affect the conditions of children's lives, it can alter the physical development of their brains as well. But now educators and doctors around the country are using that knowledge to develop innovative interventions that allow children to overcome the constraints of poverty. And with the help of these new strategies, children who grow up in the most painful circumstances can go on to achieve amazing things. This book has the potential to change how we raise our children, how we run our schools, how we construct our social safety net, and also how to change our understanding of childhood itself.
Ravitch, Diane. The death and life of the great American school system : how testing and choice are undermining education. Rev. and expanded ed. New York : Basic Books, 2011.
Discusses how school choice, misapplied standards of accountability, the No Child Left Behind mandate, and the use of a corporate model have all led to a decline in public education and argues for a return to strong neighborhood schools and quality teaching.
McDowell, Colin, author. The anatomy of fashion : why we dress the way we do.
Why do we dress the way we do? Why has fashion changed and evolved over the centuries? How did the 3-piece suit come about? What is a ruff? Why have hemlines risen and fallen over time? Why did a suntan replace the pale, peaches-and-cream face as the sign of a high-class woman? In this book, fashion specialist Colin McDowell goes beyond standard fashion histories and narrative surveys to answer all these questions and more. Fashion is both functional and expressive we wear clothes to keep warm or for protection but they also articulate the way we feel and are often used to impress. Fashion trends are influenced by history and their social context. For example, the waistcoat is often believed to have been introduced as part of the Victorian 3-piece suit. In fact, it was brought to England by Charles II in 1666 after his restoration and return from exile at the French court. Samuel Pepys, diarist and civil servant, wrote: 'The King hath yesterday in council declared his resolution of setting a fashion for clothes which he will never alter. It will be a vest, I know not well how.' Charles wanted the new garment to be part of a restrained national dress for gentlemen and the vest flourished throughout Georgian times as a show-off garment made of rich silks and heavily embroidered, often in silver and gold. Fashion.
En español! Evanston, Ill. : McDougal Littell, c2000.
"En español is a multi-level Spanish program for high school that provides a balanced approach to proficiency and grammar along with interdisciplinary features and projects to build confident communicators.".
Minkova, Milena. Latin for the new millennium. Wauconda, Ill. : Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 2008-.
The colors of nature : culture, identity, and the natural world. Rev. ed. Minneapolis, Minn. : Milkweed Editions, c2011.
"From African American to Asian American, indigenous to immigrant, "multiracial" to "mixedblood," the diversity of cultures in today's world is reflected in our richly various stories-- stories of creation and destruction, displacement and heartbreak, hope and mystery. For centuries, this richness has been widely overlooked by readers of environmental literature. Including work from more than thirty contributors of widely diverse backgrounds, this collection works against the grain of this traditional blind spot by exploring the relationship between culture and place, emphasizing the lasting value of cultural heritage, and revealing how this wealth of perspectives is essential to building a livable future"--P. [4] of cover.
Precalculus : graphical, numerical, algebraic. 8th ed. Boston : Addison Wesley, c2011.
Petranek, Stephen L., author. How we'll live on Mars. First TED Books hardcover edition.
It sounds like science fiction, but Stephen Petranek considers it fact: Within twenty years, humans will live on Mars. We'll need to. In this book that mixes business, science, and human reporting, Petranek makes the case that living on Mars is an essential back-up plan for humanity and explains in detail just how it will happen. The race is on. Private companies, driven by entrepreneurs, such as Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Paul Allen, and Sir Richard Branson; Dutch reality show and space mission Mars One; NASA; and the Chinese government are among the many groups competing to plant the first stake on Mars and open the door for human habitation. Why go to Mars? Life on Mars has potential life-saving possibilities for everyone on earth. Depleting water supplies, overwhelming climate change, and a host of other disasters -- from terrorist attacks to meteor strikes -- all loom large. We must become a space-faring species to survive. We have the technology not only to get humans to Mars, but to convert Mars into another habitable planet. It will likely take 300 years to "terraform" Mars, as the jargon goes, but we can turn it into a veritable second Garden of Eden. And we can live there, in specially designed habitations, within the next twenty years. In this chronicle, Petranek introduces the circus of characters all engaged in an effort to be the first to settle the Red Planet. How We'll Live on Mars brings firsthand reporting, interviews with key participants, and extensive research to bear on the question of how we can expect to see life on Mars within the next twenty years.
Hewitt, Paul G. Conceptual physics. 10 ed., media update. San Francisco : Pearson Addison Wesley, c2009.
Rovelli, Carlo, 1956- author. Seven brief lessons on physics.
An introduction to modern physics by a founder of the loop quantum gravity theory shares seven succinct lessons on topics ranging from general relativity and quantum mechanics to elementary particles and black holes.
Jahren, Hope. Lab girl. First edition.
Jahren has built three laboratories in which she's studied trees, flowers, seeds, and soil. She tells about her childhood in rural Minnesota with an uncompromising mother and a father who encouraged hours of play in his classroom and labs; about how she found a sanctuary in science, and the disappointments, triumphs and exhilarating discoveries of scientific work. Yet at the core of this book is the story of a relationship Jahren forged with Bill, who becomes her lab partner and best friend. Their sometimes rogue adventures in science take them over the Atlantic to the ever-light skies of the North Pole and to tropical Hawaii, where she and her lab currently make their home.
Mukherjee, Siddhartha, author. The gene : an intimate history. First Scribner hardcover edition.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author draws on his scientific knowledge and research to describe the magisterial history of a scientific idea, the quest to decipher the master-code of instructions that makes and defines humans; that governs our form, function, and fate; and that determines the future of our children. The story of the gene begins in earnest in an obscure Augustinian abbey in Moravia in 1856 where Gregor Mendel, a monk working with pea plants, stumbles on the idea of a "unit of heredity." It intersects with Darwin's theory of evolution, and collides with the horrors of Nazi eugenics in the 1940s. The gene transforms postwar biology. It invades discourses concerning race and identity and provides startling answers to some of the most potent questions coursing through our political and cultural realms. It reorganizes our understanding of sexuality, gender identity, sexual orientation, temperament, choice, and free will, thus raising the most urgent questions affecting our personal realms. Above all, the story of the gene is driven by human ingenuity and obsessive minds--from Mendel and Darwin to Francis Crick, James Watson, and Rosalind Franklin to the thousands of scientists working today to understand the code of codes. Woven through the book is the story of Mukherjee's own family and its recurring pattern of schizophrenia, a haunting reminder that the science of genetics is not confined to the laboratory but is vitally relevant to everyday lives. The moral complexity of genetics reverberates even more urgently today as we learn to "read" and "write" the human genome--unleashing the potential to change the fates and identities of our children and our children's children.
Dean, Blanche Evans. Wildflowers of Alabama and adjoining States,. University, : University of Alabama Press, [c1973].
Waal, F. B. M. de (Frans B. M.), 1948- author. Are we smart enough to know how smart animals are? First edition.
What separates your mind from that of an animal? Is it the ability to design tools; a sense of self; or the grasp of past and future? In recent decades these claims have eroded, or even been disproven outright, by a revolution in the study of animal cognition. Waal explores both the scope and the depth of animal intelligence, offering a firsthand account of how science has stood traditional behaviorism on its head by revealing how smart animals really are, and how we've underestimated their abilities for too long.
O'Connor, M. R., 1982-. Resurrection science : conservation, de-extinction and the precarious future of wild things.
A tour of current advances in biology and ethics demonstrates how humans are increasingly in control of evolution, exploring how as the scientific community endeavors to save near-extinct species, the creatures being saved become less wild and more dependent.
Mukherjee, Siddhartha, author. The laws of medicine : field notes from an uncertain science. First TED books hardcover edition.
One of the world's premiere cancer researchers reveals an urgent philosophy on the little-known principles that govern medicine--and how understanding these principles can empower everyone.
Stipp, David. The Youth Pill : Scientists at the brink of an anti-aging revolution. New York, NY : Penguin, 2010.
Kalb, Claudia, author. Andy Warhol was a hoarder : inside the minds of history's great personalities.
"Was Andy Warhol a hoarder? Did Einstein have autism? In this surprising and inventive look at the evolution of mental health, respected journalist Claudia Kalb gives readers a glimpse into the lives of high-profile historic figures through the lens of modern psychology, weaving groundbreaking research into biographical narratives that are deeply embedded in our culture. From Marilyn Monroe's borderline personality disorder to Charles Darwin's anxiety, Kalb provides compelling insight into a broad range of maladies, using historical records and interviews with leading mental health experts, biographers, sociologists, and other specialists. Packed with fascinating revelations, this smart narrative brings a new perspective to one of the hottest new topics in today's cultural conversation"--.
Kaysen, Susanna, 1948-. Girl, interrupted. 1st Vintage Books ed. New York : Vintage Books, 1994, c1993.
The author describes her two-year stay at a psychiatric hospital renowned for its famous clientele and for its progressive methods of treatment.
Monks of New Skete. The art of raising a puppy. 2nd ed. New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2011, 1991.
"For more than thirty years the Monks of New Skete have been among America's most trusted authorities on dog training, canine behavior, and the animal/human bond. In their two now-classic bestsellers, How to be Your Dog's Best Friend and THE ART OF RAISING A PUPPY, the Monks draw on their experience as long-time breeders of German shepherds and as trainers of dogs of all breeds to provide--brilliantly distilled--the indispensable information and advice that every dog owner needs. This new edition of THE ART OF RAISING A PUPPY features new photographs throughout, along with updated chapters on play, crating, adopting dogs from shelters and rescue organizations, raising dogs in an urban environment, and the latest developments in canine health and canine behavioral theory"--.
Alliata, Enrico. The Duke's Table : The Complete Book of Vegetarian Italian Cooking. Brooklyn, NY : Melville House, 2013.
Miller, Adrian, author. Soul food : the surprising story of an American cuisine, one plate at a time.
In this insightful and eclectic history, Adrian Miller delves into the influences, ingredients, and innovations that make up the soul food tradition. Focusing each chapter on the culinary and social history of one dish--such as fried chicken, chitlins, yams, greens, and "red drinks"--Miller uncovers how it got on the soul food plate and what it means for African American culture and identity. Miller argues that the story is more complex and surprising than commonly thought. Four centuries in the making, and fusing European, Native American, and West African cuisines, soul food--in all its fried, pork-infused, and sugary glory--is but one aspect of African American culinary heritage. Miller discusses how soul food has become incorporated into American culture and explores its connections to identity politics, bad health raps, and healthier alternatives. This refreshing look at one of America's most celebrated, mythologized, and maligned cuisines is enriched by spirited sidebars, photographs, and 22 recipes.
American trademark designs : a survey with 732 marks, logos, and corporate-identity symbols. New York : Dover Publications, 1976.
Staniszewski, Mary Anne. Believing is seeing : creating the culture of art. New York : Penguin, 1995.
Why are the paleolithic Venus of Willendorf, Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel frescoes, and Marcel Duchamp's ready-made urinal all considered works of art? Why, strictly speaking, is a Cindy Sherman photograph more "art-like" than a Da Vinci portrait? How did the painters and sculptors of the Renaissance see their creations? And who decides what art is today? In the tradition of Marshall McLuhan and John Berger, this learned and deliciously subversive book gives us a new way of seeing our artistic heritage. Believing Is Seeing is a work of multicultural scope and glittering intelligence that bridges the gulf between classical Japanese painting and the films of Spike Lee, between high theory and pop culture. Probing beyond the rhetorical surface of standard art histories and drawing on a panoramic array of illustrative material, Mary Anne Staniszewski throws a fresh light on individual works and the often mystifying criteria by which they are valued.
Dewey, John, 1859-1952. Art as experience. New York, : Capricorn Books, [1959, c1934].
McQuiston, Liz, author. Visual impact : creative dissent in the 21st century.
An accessible and richly illustrated exploration of how art and design have driven major social and political change in the 21st century. Features the work of over 200 artists, from the famous such as Ai Weiwei and Shepard Fairey, to the anonymous influencers working through social media. Richly illustrated with over 400 images, this is a visual guide to the most influential and highly politicised imagery of the digital age. Explores themes and issues such as popular uprisings (the Arab Spring, the London Riots) social activism (marriage equality), and environmental crises (Hurricane Katrina), as well as the recent Je Suis Charlie protests Global in outlook, it features exciting work from emerging economies such as Brazil, Russia, China and the Middle East, as well as the US and Europe. Complements Phaidon titles 'Graphic agitation' and 'Graphic agitation 2' by providing insight to the art and design shaping today's global political landscape.
Heartney, Eleanor, 1954-. Art & today. London ; : Phaidon Press, 2013.
Art & Today is an innovative and extensive survey of international contemporary art from the 1980s to the present. Over four hundred of the most significant contemporary artists from around the world are represented in this comprehensive overview-some emerging, some mid-career, and others long established.
Land and environmental art.
This text fully documents the 1960s Land Art movement as well as surveying later examples of the environmental art to the present day. It includes photographs, sketches & project notes.
Phillips, Sam. --Isms : understanding modern art. New York : Universe Pub., 2013.
This is a handy guide to the art 'isms' of the modern day. From Impressionism and the birth of modern art to street art and Internationalism of the 21st century, it gives a practical introduction to all the significant isms that have shaped modern art history. For each ism, there is a clear definition, an introduction to the topic, lists of key artists, key words, and key works from the movement, as well as references to other isms that the reader might be interested in.
Vergo, Peter, author. Art in Vienna 1898-1918 : Klimt, Kokoschka, Schiele and their contemporaries. Fourth edition (updated and expanded).
The artistic stagnation of Vienna at the end of the 19th century was rudely shaken by the artists of the Vienna Secession. Their work shocked a conservative public, but their successive exhibitions, their magazine Ver Sacrum, and their application to the applied arts and architecture soon brought them an enthusiastic following and wealthy patronage. Art in Vienna, 1898-1918: Klimt, Kokoschka, Schiele and their Contemporaries, now published in its 4th edition, brilliantly traces the course of this development. Klimt, Kokoschka and Schiele were the leading figures in the fine arts; Wagner, Olbrich, Loos and Hoffmann in architecture and the applied arts. In other fields, Mahler, Freud and Schnitzler were influencing the avant-garde. The book includes eye-witness accounts of exhibitions, the opening of the Secession building and other events, and the result is a fascinating documentary study of the members of an artistic movement which is much admired today. Some 150 colour images and 75 black-and-white archival illustrations make this a sumptuous and historically engrossing study of a period when Vienna was the centre of the European art world.
Kushner, Marc, author. The future of architecture in 100 buildings. First TED Books hardcover edition.
The founder of Architizer.com and practicing architect draws on his unique position at the crossroads of architecture and social media to highlight 100 important buildings that embody the future of architecture.
Roke, Rebecca, author. Nanotecture : tiny built things.
Borges, Sofia. The Tale of Tomorrow : Utopian Architecture in the Modernist Realm. Berlin : Gestalten, 2016.
The retro-futuristic epoch is one of the most visually spectacular in architecture's history. The utopian buildings of the 1960s and 1970s never go out of style. This book compiles radical ideas and visionary structures. The notion of utopia proves as diverse as it does universal. From exuberant master plans to singular architectural expressions, the rise of the utopian architectural movement in the 1960s and 1970s represents a critical shift in ideology away from mid-century traditionalism. This period shakes off the conformity and conventions of the 1950s in favor of a more experimental post-war agenda. Marked by groundbreaking reinterpretations of both the single family house as well as more large scale developments, the embrace of utopian and generally progressive thinking mirrored the cultural revolution of the times. These daring, charming, futuristic, and hopeful designs were not isolated to a particular part of the world. Visionary voices longing for a fresh approach to architecture began appearing across France, Japan, the United States, and beyond. The Tale of Tomorrow documents this prolific era in architecture--a time when anything felt possible as architects began to think further and further outside the box. The Tale of Tomorrow focuses exclusively on built manifestations of utopian ideas. Rather than mixing together abstract theorists with practitioners, this book focuses on the tangible embodiments of such forward thinking. Highlighting well-known projects as well as the more obscure and offbeat, the collection of utopian approaches compiled here maintain their visual power and infectious optimism nearly half a century later. These experimental structures, both large and small, appear in everyday places in stark contrast to their far-from-utopian contexts. In addition to featuring a range of whimsical architectural gestures, The Tale of Tomorrow also explores more brutalist styles of utopian thinking. This bold and iconic class of projects not only inspires a sense of awe and reverence towards one's surroundings but also demonstrates the broad spectrum of deeply personal solutions at play as each architect began to craft their ideal world. Whether an organically shaped residence or a towering sculptural complex, the projects in this book stand as poignant suggestions of what might have been and, perhaps what could still be.
George, Herbert, 1940- author. The elements of sculpture : a viewer's guide.
Compelling and jargon-free, The Elements of Sculpture discovers and isolates the attributes - from the most physical to the most ephemeral - that make up an essential three-dimensional visual language; the very elements that form the tools sculptors use to create their art: Material, Place, Surface, Edge, Texture, Colour, Scale, Mass, Centre of Gravity, Volume, Space, Movement, Light and Memory. By teaching us how to look at and experience sculpture in the same way that sculptors think about sculpture, Herbert George provides us with the tools for understanding and appreciating the three-dimensional object, and demonstrates how we can begin to communicate using the language of sculpture.
Phaidon Press. Vitamin 3-D : New Perspectives in Sculpture and Installation. New York, NY : Phaidon Press, 2010.
Collins, Judith, 1946-, author. Sculpture today.
Sculpture Today is a survey of the astonishing changes that the art of sculpture has undergone from the 1960s onwards. Written from a global perspective and generously illustrated with almost 500 images, this book takes the reader on a journey through a story of evolving and often revolutionary attitudes to materials, methods and ideas. The result of these explorations is a vast diversity of contemporary art in three dimensions. As the heyday of Modernism drew to a close in the second half of the twentieth century, artists and critics began to see sculpture as a more vital discipline than painting because of its physical presence and immediacy. Consequently, sculptors journeyed into new realms - encompassing such varied topics as the human body, politics, identity, clothing, architecture, memory, anthropology and creating elaborate environments. Others addressed more traditional subjects - including nature, scale, surface and colour - while nevertheless taking them to unconventional ends.
Edwards, Betty, 1926-. Drawing on the right side of the brain. Definitive, 4th ed. New York : Tarcher/Penguin, 2012.
This book is designed to help the reader gain access to right-brain functions, which affect artistic and creative abilities, by teaching drawing through unusual exercises designed to increase visual skills. It includes updates based on recent research about the brain's plasticity and the emerging significance of right-brain functioning. It offers new tools for identifying and solving life problems with the visual-thinking skills acquired through drawing. It shows how new emphasis on how the ability to use the strengths of the brain's right hemisphere can serve as an antidote to the increasing left-brain emphasis in American life, the worship of all that is linear, analytic, and digital.
Edwards, Betty, 1926-. The new drawing on the right side of the brain workbook : guided practice in the five basic skills of drawing. New York : Jeremy P. Tarcher, c2002.
Gregory, Danny, 1960-. Art before breakfast : a zillion ways to be more creative no matter how busy you are.
"Packed with the signature can-do attitude that makes beloved artist Danny Gregory a creativity guru to thousands across the globe, this unique guide serves up a hearty helping of inspiration. For aspiring artists who want to draw and paint but just can't seem to find time in the day, Gregory offers 5- to 10-minute exercises for every skill level that fit into any schedule--whether on a plane, in a meeting, or at the breakfast table--along with practical instruction on techniques and materials, plus strategies for making work that's exciting, unintimidating, and fulfilling. Filled with Gregory's encouraging words and motivating illustrations, Art Before Breakfast teaches readers how to develop a creative habit and lead a richer life through making art."--Amazon.com.
Bechdel, Alison, 1960-. Are you my mother? : a comic drama. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, c2012.
The ordinary devoted mother -- Transitional objects -- True and false self -- Mind -- Hate -- Mirror -- The use of an object.
Carey, Mike, 1959-. The unwritten : dead man's knock. New York : DC Comics/Vertigo, c2011.
Carey, Mike, 1959-. The unwritten : inside man. New York : Vertigo, c2010.
Tom Taylor's life was screwed from the word go. His father created the mega-popular Tommy Taylor boy-wizard fantasy novels. But dad modeled the fictional epic so closely to Tom that fans constantly compare him to his counterpart, turning him into a lame, Z-level celebrity. When a scandal hints that Tom might really be the boy-wizard made flesh, Tom comes into contact with a mysterious, deadly group that's secretly kept tabs on him all his life. Now, to protect his life and discover the truth behind his origins, Tom will travel the world, to all the places in world history where fictions have shaped reality. "Tom Taylor has spent his entire life a prisoner of his father's literary legacy-- and the famous, fictional boy wizard, Tommy Taylor, whose name he shares. But now he's a prisoner of an entirely different kind. Framed for the murder of a houseful of famous authors by forces he's only beginning to comprehend, Tom finds himself behind bars in a foreign land. Prison walls may keep him inside, but they won't keep out his powerful enemies-- who want him as dead as his supposed victims. Tom's about to discover that his father's escapist stories may be his only hope of escaping. But as the wall between fact and fiction become weaker, woe to those who find themselves in the way when it collapses. After all, not every story has a happy ending--"--P. [4] of cover.
Carey, Mike, 1959-. The unwritten : Tommy Taylor and the bogus identity. New York : Vertigo, 2010.
"Tom Taylor's life was screwed from the word go. His father created the mega-popular Tommy Taylor boy-wizard fantasy novels. But dad modeled the fictional epic so closely to Tom that fans constantly compare him to his counterpart, turning him into a lame, Z-level celebrity. When a scandal hints that Tom might really be the boy-wizard made flesh, Tom comes into contact with a mysterious, deadly group that's secretly kept tabs on him all his life. Now, to protect his life and discover the truth behind his origins, Tom will travel the world, to all the places in world history where fictions have shaped reality" -- from publisher's web site.
Coelho, Paulo. The Alchemist: A Graphic Novel (an illustrated interpretation of The Alchemist).
Gregory, Danny, 1960-. Everyday matters : a New York diary. New York : Princeton Architectural Press, 2003.
Knisley, Lucy. French milk. 1st Touchstone trade pbk ed. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2008, ℗♭2007.
A lighthearted travelogue--rendered in the form of a graphic novel--about a mother and daughter's life-changing six-week trip to Paris is comprised of the graphic artist daughter's illustrations of the sights and scenes they visited while each was facing a milestone birthday.
Lewis, John, 1940 February 21-. March : Book One.
This graphic novel is a first-hand account of Congressman John Lewis' lifelong struggle for civil and human rights, meditating in the modern age on the distance traveled since the days of Jim Crow and segregation. Rooted in Lewis' personal story, it also reflects on the highs and lows of the broader civil rights movement. Book one spans Lewis' youth in rural Alabama, his life-changing meeting with Martin Luther King, Jr., the birth of the Nashville Student Movement, and their battle to tear down segregation through nonviolent lunch counter sit-ins, building to a stunning climax on the steps of City Hall. HIs commitment to justice and nonviolence has taken him from an Alabama sharecropper's farm to the halls of Congress, from a segregated schoolroom to the 1963 March on Washington D.C., and from receiving beatings from state troopers, to receiving the Medal of Freedom awarded to him by Baraka Obama, the first African-American president -- From cover flaps.
Lewis, John, 1940 February 21- author. March.
Welcome to the stunning conclusion of the award-winning and best-selling MARCH trilogy. Congressman John Lewis, an American icon and one of the key figures of the civil rights movement, joins co-writer Andrew Aydin and artist Nate Powell to bring the lessons of history to vivid life for a new generation, urgently relevant for today's world.
Lewis, John, 1940 February 21- author. March.
"After the success of the Nashville sit-in campaign, John Lewis is more committed than ever to changing the world through nonviolence -- but as he and his fellow Freedom Riders board a bus into the vicious heart of the deep south, they will be tested like never before."--page 3 of cover.
Liu, Marjorie. Monstress. Berkeley, CA : Image Comics.
Set in an alternate matriarchal 1900's Asia, in a richly imagined world of art deco-inflected steam punk, MONSTRESS tells the story of a teenage girl who is struggling to survive the trauma of war, and who shares a mysterious psychic link with a monster of tremendous power, a connection that will transform them both and make them the target of both human and otherworldly powers.
Love, Jeremy. Bayou. New York : DC Comics, 2009.
Lee Wagstaff is the daughter of a black sharecropper in the depression-era town of Charon, Mississippi. When Lily Westmoreland, her white playmate, is snatched by agents of an evil creature known as Bog, Lee's father is accused of kidnapping. Lee's only hope is to follow Lily's trail into this fantastic and frightening alternate world. Along the way she enlists the help of a benevolent, blues singing, swamp monster called Bayou. Together, Lee and Bayou trek across a hauntingly familiar Southern Neverland, confronting creatures both benign and malevolent, in an effort to rescue Lily and save Lee's father from being lynched.
Satrapi, Marjane, 1969-. The complete Persepolis. New York : Pantheon Books, c2003.
A MEMOIR OF GROWING UP AS A GIL IN REVOLUTIONARY IRAN, PERSEPOLISE PRIVIDES A UNIQUEGLIMPLSE INTO A NEARLY UNKNOWN AND UNREACHABLE WAY OF LIFE.
Stevenson, Noelle. Lumberjanes : A Terrible Plan. Los Angeles, CA : Boom!, 2016.
Stevenson, Noelle, author, creator. Lumberjanes.
"Friendship to the max! At Miss Quinzella Thiskwin Penniquiqul Thistle Crumpet's camp for hardcore lady-types, things are not what they seem. Three-eyed foxes. Secret caves. Anagrams. Luckily, Jo, April, Mal, Molly and Ripley are five rad, butt-kicking best pals determined to have an awesome summer together-- and they're not gonna let a magical quest or an array of supernatural critters get in their way!" --.
Stevenson, Noelle, author, creator. Lumberjanes.
Five girls become instant best friends when they go to camp and discover there is a lot more to the summer than learning to how to paddle a canoe. Miss Qiunzella Thiskwin Penniquiqul Thistle Crumpet's Camp for Hardcore Lady Types is not your average summer camp and Jo, April, Mal, Molly, and Ripley are not your average campers. Between the river monsters, magic, and myths, this summer is only just beginning!.
Stevenson, Noelle, author, artist. Nimona. First edition.
Nimona is an impulsive young shapeshifter with a knack for villainy. Lord Ballister Blackheart is a villain with a vendetta. As sidekick and supervillain, Nimona and Lord Blackheart are about to wreak some serious havoc. Their mission: prove to the kingdom that Sir Ambrosius Goldenloin and his buddies at the Institution of Law Enforcement and Heroics aren't the heroes everyone thinks they are. But as small acts of mischief escalate into a vicious battle, Lord Blackheart realizes that Nimona's powers are as murky and mysterious as her past. And her unpredictable wild side might be more dangerous than he is willing to admit.
Vaughan, Brian K., author. Saga. Berkeley, Calif. : Image Comics, [2014-2016].
"The sweeping tale of one young family fighting to find their place in the universe. When two soldiers from opposite sides of a never-ending galactic war fall in love, they risk everything to bring a fragile new life into a dangerous old world"--Page 4 of cover (v. 1).
Vaughan, Brian K., author. Saga.
"While Gwendolyn and Lying Cat risk everything to find a cure for The Will, Marko makes an uneasy alliance with Prince Robot IV to find their missing children, who are trapped on a strange world with terrifying new enemies"--Page 4 of cover.
Vaughan, Brian K., author. Saga.
"Saga is the sweeping tale of one young family fighting to find their place in the universe. As they visit a strange new world and encounter even more adversaries, baby Hazel finally becomes a toddler, while her star-crossed parents Marko and Alana struggle to stay on their feet"--Back cover.
Mollerup, Per, 1942-. Marks of excellence : the history and taxonomy of trademarks. Second edition (revised, expanded and updated).
The core of this book is a full classification of hundreds of trade marks: covering pictures, names and abbreviations. The author analyses and describes the history of trademarks and shows how they have transcended barriers of language and time.
Kurlansky, Mark. Paper : Paging through history. New York, NY : W.W. Norton, 2016.
Editors of Phaidon Press. The Fashion Book. New York, NY : Phaidon Press, 2014.
Pattern : 100 fashion designers, 10 curators.
PATTERN is the follow-up to the 2005 Phaidon success SAMPLE, presenting 100 of the most creative fashion designers who have recently emerged internationally. Selected by 10 of the most respected figures in the field - a mixture of leading designers, stylists, editors, educators, bloggers and writers - it is a must-see catwalk in a book.
Edwards, Betty, 1926-. Color : a course in mastering the art of mixing colors. New York : Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, c2004.
Using your color knowledge. You will learn to -- see what is really there rather than what you "know" in your mind about colored objects -- perceive how light affects color, and how colors affect one another -- manipulate hue, value, and intensity of color and transform colors into their opposites -- balance color in still-life, landscape, figure, and portrait painting -- understand the psychology of color -- harmonize color in your surroundings.
Clottes, Jean. Cave art. London ; : Phaidon Press, 2008.
This comprehensive guide to prehistoric art explores the origins of human artistic endeavor. Clottes takes the reader on a guided tour of 85 caves and rock shelters, mostly in western Europe, but also in Africa, Asia, the Americans, and Australia, to reveal the extraordinary beauty of the works of art found within them.
Costa, Guido. Nan Goldin. London : Phaidon, 2010.
Bannon, Anthony. Steve McCurry. New York, NY : Phaidon Press, 2015.
Durden, Mark. Dorothea Lange. London ; : Phaidon Press, 2011.
Gingeras, Alison M. Guy Bourdin. London : Phaidon, 2011.
Nishii, Kazuo. Daido Moriyama. New York, NY : Phaidon Press, 2012.
Westerbeck, Colin, author. Joel Meyerowitz.
An introduction to the major themes and the key images of American photographer Joel Meyerowitz, illustrated with 55 chronologically presented images that offer a fresh insight into his career.
Felton, Nicholas, 1977-. Photoviz : visualizing information through photography.
Miller, Hugh Milton, 1908-. History of Western music. 5th ed. New York, N.Y. : HarperPerennial, c1991.
Jones, George Thaddeus. Music theory. New York, : Barnes & Noble Books, [1974].
Hopper, Jessica. The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic. Chicago, IL : Featherproof Books, 2015.
McNeil, Legs, author. Please kill me : the uncensored oral history of punk. Tenth anniversary edition.
"Please Kill Me brings the sound of the punk generation to life. Iggy Pop, Danny Fields, Dee Dee and Joey Ramone, Nico, Patti Smith, and scores of other famous and infamous punk figures lend their voices to this definitive account of that outrageous, explosive era. From its origins in the twilight years of Andy Warhol's New York reign to its last gasps as eighties corporate rock, the phenomenon that was known as punk is scrutinized, eulogized, and idealized by the people who were there and who made it happen."
Stubbs, David. Future Days : Krautrock and the Birth of a Revolutionary New Music. Brooklyn, NY : Melville House, 2014.
The riot grrrl collection.
Selection of riot grrrl zines collected by New York University's Fales Library.
Fricke, Jim. Yes yes y'all : the Experience Music Project oral history of hip-hop's first decade. Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, c2002.
An account of the origins of hip-hop music as presented by its founders and stars traces the work of such performers as DJ Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash, and DMC.
Bénoliel, Bernard. Clint Eastwood. Rev. English ed. Paris : Cahiers du cinéma Sarl, c2010.
Cohen, Cl©♭lia. Steven Spielberg. Rev. English ed. Paris : Cahiers du cin©♭ma, c2010.
Delorme, St©♭phane. Francis Ford Coppola. Rev. English ed. Paris : Cahiers du cin©♭ma Sarl, c2010.
Ehrenstein, David. Roman Polanski. Paris : Cahiers du cinema Sarl, 2012.
Krohn, Bill. Alfred Hitchcock : Masters of Cinema. New York, NY : Phaidon Press, 2010.
Krohn, Bill. Stanley Kubrick. Rev. English ed. Paris : Cahiers du cin©♭ma Sari, c2010.
Longworth, Karina, 1980-. George Lucas. 1st ed. Paris : Cahiers du cinema Sarl, 2012.
Mereghetti, Paolo. Orson Welles. Rev. English ed. Paris : Cahiers du cin©♭ma Sarl, c2011.
Orson Welles was a complete auteur, a brilliant director and scriptwriter, a prodigious actor of memorable physique and a figure of legend.
Quintana, Angel, 1960-. Federico Fellini. Rev. ed. Paris : Cahiers du cin©♭ma Sarl, c2011.
Presents an in-depth analysis of the films of the Italian director, discussing their plot, characters, dialogue, cinematography, major themes, and influence. Presents an in-depth analysis of the films of the Italian director, discussing their plot, characters, dialogue, cinematography, major themes, and influence.
Simsolo, No©±l. Billy Wilder. Rev. ed. Paris : Cahiers du cin©♭ma Sarl, c2011.
Presents an in-depth analysis of the films of the prominent director and screenwriter, discussing their plots, characters, dialogue, cinematography, and major themes.
Sotinel, Thomas. Pedro Almodóvar. Rev. English ed. Paris : Cahiers du cinéma Sarl, c2010.
Boleslavski, Richard. Acting, the first six lessons. Mansfield Centre, CT : Martino Publishing, 2013.
Catron, Louis E. The Director's Vision : play direction from analysis to production. Second Edition. Long Grove, IL : Waveland Press, Inc, 2016.
Miranda, Lin-Manuel, 1980- author. Hamilton : the revolution : being the complete libretto of the Broadway musical, with a true account of its creation, and concise remarks on hip-hop, the power of stories, and the new America. First edition.
Offers a behind-the-scenes view of Hamilton the musical, detailing the many dramatic episodes in Alexander Hamilton's life.
Cohen, Robert, 1938-. Acting one. 5th ed. Boston : McGraw Hill, c2008.
Parkin, Simon, author. Death by video game : danger, pleasure, and obsession on the virtual frontline.
The finest book on video games yet. Simon Parkin thinks like a critic, conjures like a novelist, and writes like an artist at the height of his powers--which, in fact, he is."--Tom Bissell, author of Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter On January 31, 2012, in an internet cafe on the outskirts of New Taipei City, Taiwan, 23-year-old student Chen Rong-yu was found dead at his keyboard while the video game he had been playing for three days straight continued to flash on the screen in front of his corpse. As Simon Parkin reconstructs what happened that night, he begins a journey that takes him around the world in search of answers: What is it about video games that inspires such tremendous acts of endurance and obsession? Why do we lose our sense of time and reality within this medium, arguably more than any other? And what is it about video games that often proves compelling, comforting and irresistible to the human mind? In Death by Video Game, Simon Parkin meets the players and game developers at the frontline of virtual extremism, including the New York surgeon attempting to break the Donkey Kong world record; the Minecraft player three years into an epic journey toward the edge of the game's vast virtual world, and the German hacker who risked prison to discover the secrets behind Half-Life 2. A riveting and wildly entertaining look at the impact of video games on our lives, Death by Video Game will change the way we think about our virtual playgrounds.
Foster, Thomas C., author. How to read literature like a professor : for kids. First edition.
Selected by a master storyteller and beloved New York Times best-selling author, the 16 stories in this menagerie will introduce teen readers to a host of strange, wondrous beings that have never existed anyplace but in the richness of the imagination.
Heard, Stephen B. author. The scientist's guide to writing : how to write more easily and effectively throughout your scientific career. Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2016.
The Norton introduction to poetry. 8th ed. New York : W.W. Norton, c2002.
The Jerusalem anthology : a literary guide. 1st ed., JPS Jerusalem collection deluxe ed. Philadelphia, PA : Jewish Publication Society, 1995.
The strangest of theatres : poets writing across borders. San Francisco : McSweeneys Books, c2013.
Ray, Douglas. Learning Through Writing : Essays and poem from the Indian Springs School Class of 2016. Indian Springs, AL : Indian Springs School, 2016.
The Ecopoetry Anthology.
"An anthology of American poetry about nature and the environment, divided into a historical section with poetry written from roughly the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century and a contemporary section with over 300 poems written since 1960 by a diverse group of more than 170 poets. Introduction by Robert Hass"
Dlugos, Tim. A fast life : the collected poems of Tim Dlugos. Callicoon, N.Y. : Nightboat Books ;, c2011.
Ahmed, Zubair, 1988-. City of rivers.
Caples, Garrett. Power Ballads : poems. Seattle, WA : Wave Books, 2016.
Compton, Shanna. Bound : The First Array. New Jersey : Bloof Books, 2015.
Hastings, Katherine. Nighthawks.
Karl, Steven. Sister : poems. Las Cruces, New Mexico : Noemi Press, 2016.
Nguyen, Hoa. Violet Energy Ingots : poems. Seattle, WA : Wave Books, 2016.
Nutter, Geoffrey. Cities at Dawn. Seattle, WA : Wave Books, 2016.
Pafunda, Danielle. The Dead Girls Speak in Unison : poems. Atlanta, GA : Coconut Books, 2014.
Ruefle, Mary. My Private Property. Seattle, WA : Wave Books, 2016.
Schapira, Kate. Handbook for Hands That Alter as We Hold Them Out : poems. Grand Rapids, MI : Horse Less Press, 2016.
Smith, Danez. Black Movie : poems. Minneapolis, MN : Button Poetry, 2015.
Yu, Timothy (Professor of literature), author. 100 Chinese silences. First edition.
Coming of age in the 21st century : growing up in America today. New York : New Press :, 2008.
The best of McSweeney's.
"A comprehensive collection of some of the magazine's most remarkable work."--Dust jacket.
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. Ernest Hemingway on writing. 1st Touchstone ed. New York : Simon & Schuster, 1999, c1984.
Gaiman, Neil. View from the cheap seats : a collection of introductions, essays, and assorted writings. [Place of publication not identified] : William Morrow, 2015.
"An enthralling collection of nonfiction essays on a myriad of topics--from art and artists to dreams, myths, and memories--observed in #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman's probing, amusing, and distinctive style. An inquisitive observer, thoughtful commentator, and assiduous craftsman, Neil Gaiman has long been celebrated for the sharp intellect and startling imagination that informs his bestselling fiction. Now, The View from the Cheap Seats brings together for the first time ever more than sixty pieces of his outstanding nonfiction. Analytical yet playful, erudite yet accessible, this cornucopia explores a broad range of interests and topics, including (but not limited to): authors past and present; music; storytelling; comics; bookshops; travel; fairy tales; America; inspiration; libraries; ghosts; and the title piece, at turns touching and self-deprecating, which recounts the author's experiences at the 2010 Academy Awards in Hollywood. Insightful, incisive, witty, and wise, The View from the Cheap Seats explores the issues and subjects that matter most to Neil Gaiman--offering a glimpse into the head and heart of one of the most acclaimed, beloved, and influential artists of our time"--.
Bryson, Bill. A walk in the woods : rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail. 1st trade pbk. ed. New York : Broadway Books, 1999, c1998.
Stretching from Georgia to Maine, the Appalachian Trail offers some of America's most breathtaking scenery. It also offers an irresistible, amusingly ill-conceived adventure to Bryson & his out-of-shape walking companion, Stephen Katz. Mile by arduous mile, these unlikely pioneers walk the Appalachian Trail, along the way surviving the threat of bear attacks, cravings for hot showers & cream sodas, the loss of key provisions, & everything else this rugged territory can throw at them. But Bryson's account also vividly conjures a backdrop of silent forests & sparkling lakes - America's astonishing but fragile landscape. Both a hilarious comedy & a tribute to one of our country's last great wildernesses, A Walk in the Woods is a modern classic of travel literature.
Rapport, Michael. Nineteenth-century Europe. Basingstoke [England] ; : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Hersey, John, 1914-1993. Hiroshima. 1st Vintage books ed. New York, NY : Vintage Books, 1989.
On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atom bomb ever dropped on a city. This book, John Hersey's journalistic masterpiece, tells what happened on that day. Told through the memories of survivors, this timeless, powerful and compassionate document has become a classic "that stirs the conscience of humanity" (The New York Times). Almost four decades after the original publication of this celebrated book, John Hersey went back to Hiroshima in search of the people whose stories he had told. His account of what he discovered about them is now the eloquent and moving final chapter of Hiroshima.
Garrels, Anne, 1951-. Putin country : a journey into the real Russia. First edition.
"Portrait of the mid-size city of Chelyabinsk and how it is faring in the new Russia"--.
Nebenzahl, Kenneth. Mapping the Silk Road and Beyond : 2,000 years exploring the past. New York, NY : Phaidon Press, 2004.
Mandelbaum, Jacques, 1958-. Ingmar Bergman. Rev. ed. Paris : Cahiers du cin©♭ma, c2011.
Cole, Teju, 1975. Known and Strange Things : Essays. New York, NY : Random House, 2016.
July, Miranda. It Chooses You. Brooklyn, NY : McSweeney's, 2011.
Essinger, James, 1957-. Ada's algorithm : how Lord Byron's daughter Ada Lovelace launched the digital age.
"The world's first computer programmer and daughter of Lord Byron finally gets credit for her research in this gossipy short biography Over 150 years after her death, a widely-used scientific computer program was named "Ada," after Ada Lovelace, the only legitimate daughter of the eighteenth century's version of a rock star, Lord Byron. Why? Because, after computer pioneers such as Alan Turing began to rediscover her, it slowly became apparent that she had been a key but overlooked figure in the invention of the computer. In Ada Lovelace, James Essinger makes the case that the computer age could have started two centuries ago if Lovelace's contemporaries had recognized her research and fully grasped its implications. It's a remarkable tale, starting with the outrageous behavior of her father, which made Ada instantly famous upon birth. Ada would go on to overcome numerous obstacles to obtain a level of education typically forbidden to women of her day. She would eventually join forces with Charles Babbage, generally credited with inventing the computer, although as Essinger makes clear, Babbage couldn't have done it without Lovelace. Indeed, Lovelace wrote what is today considered the world's first computer program--despite opposition that the principles of science were "beyond the strength of a woman's physical power of application." Based on ten years of research and filled with fascinating characters and observations of the period, not to mention numerous illustrations, Essinger tells Ada's fascinating story in unprecedented detail to absorbing and inspiring effect"--.
Andy Warhol "giant" size. London : Phaidon, 2009.
The lord of the rings: The fellowship of the ring. Widescreen. [Burbank, Calif.] : New Line Home Entertainment, 2002.
In the land of Middle Earth, young Hobbit Frodo Baggins is entrusted with the One Ring of the Dark Lord Sauron and with a fellowship of eight others, embarks on a quest to destroy it.
Star wars.
As Kylo Ren and the sinister First Order rise from the ashes of the Empire, Luke Skywalker is missing when the galaxy needs him most. It's up to Rey, a desert scavenger, and Finn, a defecting stormtrooper, to join forces with Han Solo and Chewbacca in a desperate search for the one hope of restoring peace to the galaxy.
Atwood, Margaret Eleanor, 1939-. The blind assassin. 1st Anchor Books ed. New York : Anchor Books, 2001, c2000.
A story within a story in which the memoir of World War II era button heiress Iris Chase alternates with a science fiction romance about a blind killer who falls in love with a mute virgin.
Cass, Kiera, author. The crown. First edition.
Events at the palace force Eadlyn to make an important--and impossible--choice, knowing that her Selection might not lead her to the fairytale ending her parents found.
Coleman, Steve. The Navigator : A perilous passage, evasion at sea. Birmingham, AL, : 2012.
Eggers, David. The Wild Things : Adapted by the illustrated book "Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak. San Francisco, CA : McSweeney's, 2009.
Fowles, John, 1926-2005. The French lieutenant's woman. 1st Back Bay pbk. ed. New York : Back Bay Books, 1998, c1969.
Charles Smithson, a nineteenth-century English gentleman of traditional values, is engaged to a wealthy, proper young woman but finds himself haunted by the independent and destitute Sarah Woodruff.
Gladman, Renee. Calamities. Seattle, WA : Wave Books, 2016.
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. A farewell to arms : the Hemingway Library edition. 1st Scribner hardcover ed. New York : Scribner, 2012.
When a wounded American volunteer ambulance driver on the Italian front in World War I falls in love with an English nurse they try to find some sanctuary in a world gone mad with war.
Hesse, Hermann. Steppenwolf : a novel. New York, NY : PIcador, 2015.
Kesey, Ken. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. New York : A Signet Book, 1962.
King, Stephen, 1947- author. End of watch : a novel. First Scribner hardcover edition.
"The spectacular finale to the New York Times bestselling trilogy that began with Mr. Mercedes (winner of the Edgar Award) and Finders Keepers--In End of Watch, the diabolical "Mercedes Killer" drives his enemies to suicide, and if Bill Hodges and Holly Gibney don't figure out a way to stop him, they'll be victims themselves. In Room 217 of the Lakes Region Traumatic Brain Injury Clinic, something has awakened. Something evil. Brady Hartsfield, perpetrator of the Mercedes Massacre, where eight people were killed and many more were badly injured, has been in the clinic for five years, in a vegetative state. According to his doctors, anything approaching a complete recovery is unlikely. But behind the drool and stare, Brady is awake, and in possession of deadly new powers that allow him to wreak unimaginable havoc without ever leaving his hospital room. Retired police detective Bill Hodges, the unlikely hero of Mr. Mercedes and Finders Keepers, now runs an investigation agency with his partner, Holly Gibney--the woman who delivered the blow to Hartsfield's head that put him on the brain injury ward. When Bill and Holly are called to a suicide scene with ties to the Mercedes Massacre, they find themselves pulled into their most dangerous case yet, one that will put their lives at risk, as well as those of Bill's heroic young friend Jerome Robinson and his teenage sister, Barbara. Brady Hartsfield is back, and planning revenge not just on Hodges and his friends, but on an entire city. In End of Watch, Stephen King brings the Hodges trilogy to a sublimely terrifying conclusion, combining the detective fiction of Mr. Mercedes and Finders Keepers with the heart-pounding, supernatural suspense that has been his bestselling trademark. The result is an unnerving look at human vulnerability and chilling suspense. No one does it better than King"--. "A fabulously suspenseful closing volume--Brady Hartsfield, the Mercedes killer Stephen King introduced in his Edgar award winning first book in the trilogy, returns to diabolically drive his victims to suicide in this last, masterful installment starring the ever more winning Bill Hodges and Holly Gibney"--.
Kingsolver, Barbara. Animal Dreams. HarperCollins : New York, NY, 2013.
O'Brien, Tim, 1946-. In the Lake of the Woods. 1st Mariner Books ed. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2006.
O'Connor, Flannery. The complete stories. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [1971].
Thirty one short stories that offer a picture of the Deep South.
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Puig, Manuel. Kiss of the spider woman. 1st Vintage International ed. New York : Vintage Books, 1991.
Sometimes they talk all night long. In the still darkness of their cell, Molina re-weaves the glittering and fragile stories of the film he loves, and the cynical Valentin listens. Valentin believes in the just cause which makes all suffering bearable; Molina believes in the magic of love which makes all else endurable. Each has always been alone, and always - especially now - in danger of betrayal. But in cell, each surrenders to the other something of himself that he has never surrendered before.
Rowell, Rainbow. Attachments. New York : Penguin Group, [2012].
"'Hi, I'm the guy who reads your e-mail, and also, I love you...' Beth Fremont and Jennifer Scribner-Snyder know that somebody is monitoring their work e-mail. (Everybody in the newsroom knows. It's company policy.) But they can't quite bring themselves to take it seriously. They go on sending each other endless and endlessly hilarious e-mails, discussing every aspect of their personal lives. Meanwhile, Lincoln O'Neill can't believe this is his job now--reading other people's e-mail. When he applied to be 'internet security officer,' he pictured himself building firewalls and crushing hackers--not writing up a report every time a sports reporter forwards a dirty joke. When Lincoln comes across Beth's and Jennifer's messages, he knows he should turn them in. But he can't help being entertained-and captivated-by their stories. By the time Lincoln realizes he's falling for Beth, it's way too late to introduce himself. What would he say . . . ?".
Rowell, Rainbow, author. Carry on : the rise and fall of Simon Snow. First U.S. Edition.
Simon Snow just wants to relax and savour his last year at the Watford School of Magicks, but no one will let him. His girlfriend broke up with him, his best friend is a pest and his mentor keeps trying to hide him away in the mountains where maybe he'll be safe. Simon can't even enjoy the fact that his room-mate and longtime nemesis is missing, because he can't stop worrying about the evil git. Plus there are ghosts. And vampires. And actual evil things trying to shut Simon down. When you're the most powerful magician the world has ever known, you never get to relax and savour anything.
Rowell, Rainbow. Fangirl. First edition.
Cath struggles to survive on her own in her first year of college while avoiding a surly roommate, bonding with a handsome classmate who only wants to talk about words, and worrying about her fragile father.
Rowell, Rainbow. Landline. First edition.
"In New York Times bestselling author Rainbow Rowell's Landline, Georgie McCool knows her marriage is in trouble. That it's been in trouble for a long time. She still loves her husband, Neal, and Neal still loves her, deeply -- but that almost seems besides the point now.Maybe that was always besides the point.Two days before they're supposed to visit Neal's family in Omaha for Christmas, Georgie tells Neal that she can't go. She's a TV writer, and something's come up on her show; she has to stay in Los Angeles. She knows that Neal will be upset with her -- Neal is always a little upset with Georgie -- but she doesn't expect to him to pack up the kids and go home without her.When her husband and the kids leave for the airport, Georgie wonders if she's finally done it. If she's ruined everything.That night, Georgie discovers a way to communicate with Neal in the past. It's not time travel, not exactly, but she feels like she's been given an opportunity to fix her marriage before it starts.Is that what she's supposed to do?Or would Georgie and Neal be better off if their marriage never happened?"--.
Seay, Martin, author. The mirror thief : a novel.
In sixteenth century Venice, the famed makers of Venetian glass faced death if they tried to leave the island... but one man schemes to outwit the enforcers of the edict. In 1958 Venice Beach, California, and in today's Venetian casino in Las Vegas, other schemers launch similarly dangerous plans to get away with a secret. As the three stories weave together through time and space, the reader is drawn into a world of violence, and obsession.
Stiefvater, Maggie, 1981-. The Raven King. First edition.
Not believing in true love, Blue never thought the warning that she will cause her true love's death would be a problem, but as her life is entangled in the world of the Raven Boys, she's not so sure anymore.
Thorne, Jack, author. Harry Potter and the cursed child : parts one and two. Special rehearsal edition.
Harry Potter, now an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic and father of three, watches as his youngest son struggles with the family legacy. But together they must face the fact that sometimes darkness comes from unexpected places.
Unferth, Deb Olin. Vacation. San Francisco : McSweeneys, 2008.
Verne, Jules, 1828-1905. 20,000 leagues under the sea.
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Whitehead, Colson, 1969- author. The underground railroad : a novel. First edition.
A magnificent tour de force chronicling a young slave's adventures as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South. Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. When Caesar, a recent arrival from Virginia, tells her about the Underground Railroad, they decide to take a terrifying risk and escape. Though they manage to find a station and head north, they are being hunted. Their first stop is South Carolina, in a city that initially seems like a haven. But the city's placid surface masks an insidious scheme designed for its black denizens. And even worse: Ridgeway, the relentless slave catcher, is close on their heels.
Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941. Mrs. Dalloway. Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, [1981], c1925.
Depicts the events, thoughts, and actions of a single day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway.
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Vox compact Spanish and English dictionary. 3rd ed. New York : McGraw-Hill, c2008.
Lewis, Charlton Thomas, 1834-1904. An elementary Latin dictionary : with brief helps for Latin readers. Oxford ; : Oxford University Press, [2002].
Alphabetically arranged entries provide the Latin translations and pronunciations of thousands of words and phrases.
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Kurbegov, Eliane. AP French Literature and Culture : Barron's. Hauppauge, NY : Barron's Educational Series, Inc.
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