New Books: Odds and Ends 62

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New Books, Odds and Ends

From time to time, when we get a collection of related books into the library we like to share a list on a particular topic, but lately we’ve had some books  come in that are too good not to share, even if they don’t fit with a particular theme. These titles are housed in Cedar Rapids, but you can request them to be delivered to any of the other centers at any time.

1001 Ways to Pay for College (9th ed) by Gen and Kelly Tanabe, Call Number: 378.38 T161o

ADHD in the Schools: Assessment and Intervention Strategies by George J. DuPaul and Gary Stoner, Call Number: 371.93 D931a

AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order by Kai-Fu Lee, Call Number: 338.4 L478a

Billion-Dollar Ball: A Journey Through the Big-Money Culture of College Football by Gilbert M. Gaul, Call Number: 796.332 G269b

The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World by Mason Funk, Call Number: 306.76 F982b

A Brief Introduction to Buddhism, Edited by Christopher Partridge and Tim Dowley, Call Number: 294.3 P853b

Can Science Make Sense of Life? by Shelia Jasanoff, Call Number: 501 J391c

Chihulty by Andreas Blühm, Ann-Sophie Lehmann, and Suzanne Rus, Call Number: 748.092 C534r

Commuter Spouses: New Families in a Changing World by Danielle J. Lindemann, Call Number: 306.36 L743c

The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It Every Time by Maria Konnikova, Call Number: 364.16 K825c

Critical Perspectives on Hazing in Colleges and Universities: A Guide to Disrupting Hazing Culture, Edited by Cristobal Salinas, Jr. and michelle l. Boettcher, Call Number: 378.198 C934

Cyber Smart: Five Habits to Protect Your Family, Money, and Identity from Cyber Criminals by Bart R. McDonough, Call Number: 005.8 M478c

Design for How People Learn (2nd ed) by Julie Dirksen, Call Number: 370.152 D599d 2016

Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, OWL LD, and Dyscalculia: Lessons from Science and Teaching (2nd ed), Call Number: 371.9 B528d

The English Civil Wars, 1640-1660 by Blair Worden, Call Number: 942.062 W924e

Fed Up: Emotional Labor, Women, and the Way Forward by Gemma Hartley, Call Number: 155.33 H332f

Fem-i-nism: A Brief Introduction to the Ideas, Debates, and Politics of the Movement by Deborah Cameron, Call Number: 305.42C182f

The Financial Diaries: How American Families Cope in a World of Uncertainty by Jonathan Morduch and Rachel Schneider, Call Number: 332.024 M834f

A Guide to Effective Studying and Learning: Practical Strategies From the Science of Learning by Matthew G. Rodes, Anne M. Cleary, and Edward L. DeLosh, Call Number: 371.302 R477g

A History of Iowa Wine: Vines on the Prairie by John N. Peragine, Call Number: 634.809 P426h

How the Special Needs Brain Learns (3rd ed) by David A. Sousa, Call Number: 371.9 S725h

How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life by Scott Adams, Call Number: 741.569 A217h
NOTE: Cartoonist Scott Adams of Dilbert fame talks about everything he had to overcome to reach success.

Inclusion Strategies That Work!: Research-Based Methods for the Classroom (3rd ed) by Toby J. Karten, Call Number: 371.9 K189i

Michael Jordan: The Life by Roland Lazenby, Call Number: 796.323 J824L

Sexploitation: Helping Kids Develop Healthy Sexuality in a Porn-Driven World by Cindy Pierce, Call Number: 176 P615a

Travel with Purpose: A Field Guide to Voluntourism by Jeff Blumenfeld, Call Number: 361.37 B658t

Working in the Gig Economy: How to Thrive and Succeed When You Choose to Work for Yourself by Thomas Oppong, Call Number: 650.1 O623w

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What to Read Over Break 2019

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New Books, Winter Break

In what has become an annual holiday tradition, we offer once again a list of suggestions of what to read over break this year from Kirkwood Library Services. Find lists from previous years, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, and 2018.

Some books have a copy at both Iowa City and Cedar Rapids, others are only at one or the other. A few we don’t own copies of, but you should be able to find them at a local public library. Check with a librarian if you have questions and remember you can get most Kirkwood library books delivered to you at any of the centers.

Between semesters is a golden time to do what you don’t have time for during the regular semester, read something that YOU pick! Stumped over what that should be? Check out our selections below.

God Land: A Story of Faith, Loss and Renewal in Middle America by Lyz Lenz
This book is about a personal journey as well as an examination of the intersection of politics, religion and economics in Midwestern states.  Lyz is currently a columnist for The Gazette newspaper of Cedar Rapids.
~Arron Wings, Library Dean

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Emily of New Moon by L.M. Montgomery
Montgomery is best known for her Anne of Green Gables series, but she wrote many other books. This one is the start of a trilogy with a little girl who inspires to someday write novels as the star. I must admit, unlike most of Montgomery’s books I didn’t like Emily when the book started, but she grows up a lot of the course of the book and by the end I saw why so many of my friends love her. This was the first time I read an Emily book and I did it because I took part in the L.M. Montgomery readalong. You should check it out.
~Sarah S. Uthoff, Reference Librarian

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The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
The Great Believers takes place in two timelines.  One is set in Chicago during the AIDS crisis of the mid-1980s and the other follows a mother’s search for her estranged daughter in Paris in 2015. The two stories are connected as they explore the effects of senseless loss and the efforts to overcome it. Makkai’s portrait of a group of friends, most of them gay men, conveys the terrors and tragedies of the epidemic’s early years and follows its repercussions over decades.  This book has won several awards including The Stonewall Book Award and it has been optioned by Amy Poehler.
~Julie Petersen, Reference Librarian

Circe by Madeline Miller
Like her debut novel, Song of Achilles, Miller gives us an account of ancient Greek mythology through 21st century eyes. This time focusing on the minor character Circe from Homer’s The Odyssey. Here, Miller expertly crafts a tale of the immortal title character attempting to navigate a world of gods and men. Along the way she meets several characters from various Greek myths, including Daedalus, Medea and Odysseus. A fascinating reimagining of classic literature.
~ Ryan Strempke-Durgin, Collection Services Librarian

Dune by Frank Herbert
This epic tale, the winner of the 1966 Nebula Award for Best Novel, and the 1966 Hugo Award for Best Novel, is foundational of science fiction literature. The intergalactic setting defies the limits of space. Human kind’s achievements have transcended the barriers of nature; where control of the mind and body is the final frontier. Several behemoth organizations, royal planetary rulers, and darker factions maneuver politically to achieve dominance, for to control Arrakis, Dune, and the most valuable commodity ever known, spice mélange, is the key to ultimate wealth and power. Leviathan sandworms are the greatest challenge to the safety of the harvest, but the constant threat of subterfuge, ambush, and conspiracy by the enemies of House Atreides are always lurking. If you’ve ever wondered how derivative George Lucas and Star Wars is, check out the Dune series!
~Joseph McKinley, Reference Librarian

Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident​ by Donnie Eichar
“An unsolved mystery of a tragic hiking accident in Russia 60 years ago has intrigued the author of this book in a quest to find a reasonable explanation to the events of that fateful day. Gathering now de-classified reports, visiting familiars of the missing group and even taking the same hiking trip, you will feel deeply invested in the missing crew history, and the writer’s quest for answers”
~Andreas Calvopina, Library Assistant

Sail by James Patterson & Howard Roughan
A tale about greed, evil and deceit. But at the end, evil gets his dues and karma does her job.
~Yolanda Hasler, Library Assistant

The Porpoise by Mark Haddon
The Porpoise is a dark, beautiful, and tragic novel that intertwines two story lines from different times and places, connected through the rich inner life of the girl at the center of the book. Be prepared to cry!
~Kate Hess, Digital Librarian

Becoming by Michelle Obama
I would like to recommend Michelle Obama’s memoir, Becoming. As the first African American woman to serve as First Lady of the United States, I found her story to be fascinating. Growing up on the South Side of Chicago, who would have thought her life’s journey would take her to Harvard and ultimately the White House. Whether or not you agree with her politics, I think you will relate to her honesty and authenticity.
~Sue Miller, Access Services Librarian

Sarah Uthoff is a reference library at Kirkwood Community College. LIKE the Kirkwood Community College Library on Facebook and find links to Sarah all over the web at her About Me Profile.

New Books: Odds and Ends 61

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New Books, Odds and Ends

From time to time, when we get a collection of related books into the library we like to share a list on a particular topic, but lately we’ve had some books  come in that are too good not to share, even if they don’t fit with a particular theme. These titles are housed in Cedar Rapids, but you can request them to be delivered to any of the other centers at any time.

The Feelings Book: The Care and Keeping of Your Emotions by Dr. Lynda Madison, Call Number: CL 155.433 M182f

The Rabbit Listened by Cori Doerrfeld, Call Number: CL Easy Reading 813.6 D652r

Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses by Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa, Call Number: 378.19 A793a

American Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West by Nate Blakeslee, Call Number: 599.773 B637a

Anne of Green Gables, My Daughter, and Me: What My Favorite Book Taught Me about Grace, Belonging and the Orphan in Us All by Lorilee Craker, Call Number: 362.734 C888a

Antibiotics: What Everyone Needs to Know by Mary E. Wilson, Call Number: 615.329 W751a 2019

The Automatic Millionaire: A Powerful One-Step Plan to Live and Finish Rich (Expanded and Updated) by David Bach, Call Number: 332.024 B118a 2016

Been There Should’ve Done That: 995 Tips for Making the Most of College by Suzette Tyler, Call Number: 378.198 T984b

The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis, Call Number: CL 813.54 E472b

China Smart: What You Don’t Know, What You Need to Know, A Past and Present Guide to History, Culture, Society, and Language by Larry Herzberg, Call Number: 651 H582c

The College Girl’s Survival Guide by Hanna Seymour, Call Number: 248.833 S521c

College Rules! How to Study, Survive, and Succeed in College by Sherrie Nist-Olejnik and Jodi Patrick Holschuh, Call Number: 378.198 N727c

Crash Course for the ACT (6th ed) by Jonathan Chiu, Call Number: 378.166 D673c

Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident by Donnie Eichar, Call Number: 914.743 E341d

Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston, Call Number: 940.54 h843f
NOTE: A brand new copy of the classic story of life inside a Japanese American internment camp.

Fast Girl: A Life Spent Running From Madness by Suzy Favor Hamilton, Call Number: 796.42 F275f
NOTE: Hamilton was a natural athlete who was driven to win and became a track and field sweetheart. However, her undiagnosed mental illness led her to stage a fall and she later developed a double life before she found help.

Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen, Call Number: 616.89 K236g
NOTE: In 1967, Susanna Kaysen was committed to a mental institution against her will. This is her story.

Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest by Hanif Abdurraqib, Call Number: 782.421 W734g
NOTE: About the groundbreaking Hip Hop group.

Graduate from College Debt-Free: Get Your Degree With Money in the Bank by Bart Astor, Call Number: 378.8 A858g

Great Plains Weather by Kenneth F. Dewey, Call Number: 551.55 D519g

The Her Campus Guide to College Life: How to Manage Relationships, Stay Safe and Healthy, Handle Stress, and Have the Best Years of Your Life! (Updated and Expanded ed.) by Stephanie Kaplan Lewis, Annie Chandler Wang, and Windsor Hanger Western, Call Number: 378.198 L676h

How to Survive Your Freshman Year (6th ed.), Edited by Alison Leigh Cowan, Call Number: 378.198 H847h

Intern: A Doctor’s Initiation by Sandeep Jauhar, Call Number: 610.92 J412i

The Joy of Missing Out: The Art of Self-Restraint in an Age of Excess by Svend Brinkmann, Call Number: 179.9 B858i
NOTE: FOMO – Fear of Missing Out – has become an obsession in our culture, but self-restraint and moderation will lead to a better life according to Brinkmann.

The Last Season by Eric Blehm, Call Number: 333.78 M851b
NOTE: Randy Morgenson was legendary for finding people missing in the High Sierra. Then one day he went missing himself.

The Left Behind: Decline and Rage in Small-Town America by Robert Wuthnow, Call Number: 307.72 W973L

Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur, Call Number: 811.6 K217m

The Naked Roommate: And 107 Other Issues You Might Run Into in College by Harlan Cohen, Call Number: 378.198 C678n 2017

The Natural Superiority of Women (New and Revised) by Ashley Montagu, Call Number: 305.42 M758n

Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture, Edited by Roxane Gay, Call Number: 305.42 G295n

The Opioid Epidemic: What Everyone Needs to Know by Yngvild Olsen and Joshua M. Sharfstein, Call Number: 362.293 O5240

The Psychology of Social Media by Ciaran Mc Mahon, Call Number: 302.231 M167p

A Stolen Life: A Memoir by Jaycee Dugard, Call Number: 364.15 D866s
NOTE: Dugard was kidnapped, held captive, and repeated raped for 18 years.

The Secrets of College Success: Over 800 Tips, Techniques, and Strategies Revealed (3rd) by Lynn F. Jacobs and Jeremy S. Hyman, Call Number: 378.19 J174s

Taking Care of Your “Girls”: A Breast Health Guide for Girls, Teens, and In-Betweens by Marissa C. Weiss and Isabel Friedman, Call Number: 618.19 W431t

You Can’t Know It All: Leading in the Age of Deep Expertise by Wanda T. Wallace, Call Number: 658.409 W195y

The War That Forged A Nation: Why the Civil War Still Matters by James McPherson, Call Number: 973.71 M172w

Sarah Uthoff is a reference library at Kirkwood Community College. LIKE the Kirkwood Community College Library on Facebook and find links to Sarah all over the web at her About Me Profile.

New Books: Odds and Ends 60

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New Books, Odds and Ends

From time to time, when we get a collection of related books into the library we like to share a list on a particular topic, but lately we’ve had some books  come in that are too good not to share, even if they don’t fit with a particular theme. These titles are housed in Cedar Rapids, but you can request them to be delivered to any of the other centers at any time.

100 of the Worst Ideas in History: Humanity’s Thundering Brainstorms Turned Blundering Brain Farts, Call Number: 909 S655o

Academic Leadership: A Practical Guide to Chairing the Department (2nd ed.) by Deryl R. Leaming, Call Number: 378.1 L436a

The All-American Cowboy Cookbook: Home Cooking on the Range – Over 300 Recipes from the World’s Greatest Cowboys by Ken Beck and Jim Clark, Call Number: 641.597 B393a

American Journal: Fifty Poems for Our Time by Tracy K. Smith, Call Number: 811.6 A512j

Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do by Jennifer L. Eberhardt, Call Number: 303.3 E162b

Blood, Bones, and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef by Gabrielle Hamilton, Call Number: 641.509 H218b

College Cookbook: An Alternative Plan to the Meal Plan, 200 Quick, Cheap, Nutritious Recipes (Updated edition) by Geri Harrington, Call Number: 641.5 H299c

Emergency Doctor by Edward Ziegler in cooperation with Lewis A. Goldfrank, Call Number: 362.18 Z662e

Founding Finance: How Debt, Speculation, Foreclosures, Protests, and Crackdowns Made Us a Nation by William Hogeland, Call Number: 336.73 H715f

A History of Modern Italy: Transformation and Continuity, 1796 to the Present by Anthony L. Cardoza, Call Number: 945.09 C268h

How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler by Ryan North, Call Number: 609 N866h

Immigrant America: A Portrait (4th ed. Revised, Updated, and Expanded) by Alejandro Portes and Ruben G. Rumbaut, Call Number: 304.873 P849i

In Search of Deeper Learning: The Quest to Remake the American High School by Jal Mehta and Sarah Fine, Call Number: 373 M498i

Mandela: His Essential Life by Peter Hain, Call Number: 968.065 M271h

A Nation by Design: Immigration Policy in the Fashioning of America by Aristide R. Zolberg. Call Number: 325.73 Z86n

Neither Wolf Nor Dog: On Forgotten Roads With an Indian Elder by Kent Nerburn, Call Number: 978.004 N443n

The New Childhood: Raising Kids to Thrive in a Connected World by Jordan Shapiro, Call Number: 302.231 S529n

Outsiders: Five Women Writers Who Changed the World (Mary Shelley, Emily Bronte, Virginia Woolf, George Eliot, Olive Schreiner) by Lyndall Gordon, Call Number: 820.992 G663o

Parkland: Birth of a Movement by Dave Cullen, Call Number: 371.782 C967p

Parkland Speaks: Survivors From Majory Stoneman Douglas Share Their Stories, Edited by Sarah Lerner, Call Number: CL 371.782 M344p

The Plot To Destroy Democracy: How Putin and His Spies Are Undermining America and Dismantling the West by Malcolm Nance, 324.973 N176

Social Skills: Developing Effective Interpersonal Communication by Alex Kelly, Call Number: 302 K295s

Topgun: An American Story by Dan Pedersen, Call Number: 358.4 P371t
NOTE: The story of the founder of the Topgun Program. Find out about being a naval aviator.

When the Body Says No: Exploring the Stress-Disease Connection by Gabor Mate, Call Number: 616.08 M425w 2011

Sarah Uthoff is a reference library at Kirkwood Community College. LIKE the Kirkwood Community College Library on Facebook and find links to Sarah all over the web at her About Me Profile.

Let’s All Read – Binti

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New Books, Popular Reading, Reading Groups, Recreational Reading

This year the Kirkwood Library has chosen the book Binti by Nnedi Okorafor as our book to get people reading and talking. We’ve purchased multiple copies of this book, so come in to the Cedar Rapids campus library and check out a copy for our normal 3-week checkout period.  

The Kirkwood student reading club, Reader’s Haven, will be meeting to discuss the book on Thursday, October 24 at 11:15. The club is open to all students so if you would like to join in this discussion please stop in!

Nnedi Okorafor is a Nigerian American author of African-based science fiction, fantasy and magical realism for both children and adults and a professor at the University at Buffalo, New York. Her works include Who Fears Death, the Binti novella trilogy, the Book of Phoenix, the Akata books and Lagoon. She is the winner of Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Awards and her debut novel Zahrah the Windseeker won the prestigious Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature.

About Binti Her name is Binti, and she is the first of the Himba people ever to be offered a place at Oomza University, the finest institution of higher learning in the galaxy. But to accept the offer will mean giving up her place in her family to travel between the stars among strangers who do not share her ways or respect her customs.

If Binti hopes to survive the legacy of a war not of her making, she will need both the gifts of her people and the wisdom enshrined within the University, itself – but first she has to make it there, alive.

Let us know! Have you read this book? What did you think of it?

Hot New Debate Topics 2019

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Debate Books, Debate Topics, New Books, Persuasive Paper, Persuasive Speech

Persuasive speeches/papers are a common assignment. It’s always good when students can stretch beyond the perennial favorites (like abortion and the death penalty) and find something that reflects current events. We recently refreshed our debate books section. Take a scan through and look for topics. Or check out our last list.

Most of these titles are in our Debate collection. (Learn a little bit more about how to use the Debate Collection). In Cedar Rapids these titles NOW check out, but can also be used in the library and can be photocopied. The books in the Opposing Viewpoints series below can be found by the individual chapter as Viewpoints within our Opposing Viewpoints database. Also find subjects with pro/con debates in CQ Researcher.

The rest of the titles are in our circulating collection on the second floor, but are on popular topics. If there is a topic you’d like to see information on that isn’t covered, please let us know.

Aging in the Family by George E. Dickinson and Brenda S. Sanders, Call Number: 305.26 D553a

America’s Infrastructure: At Issue by Lisa Idzikowski, Call Number: DEBATE 363.609 A512

Athletes, Ethics, and Morality: Opposing Viewpoints, Edited by Martin Gitlin, Call Number: DEBATE 796.01 A871

Campaign Finance: Opposing Viewpoints, Edited by Kathryn Roberts, Call Number: DEBATE 324.78 C186c

Charter Schools and School Vouchers: Opposing Viewpoints, Edited by Pete Schauer, Call Number: DEBATE 379.1 C486

Classified Intelligence and Leaks:Opposing Viewpoints, Edited by Lisa Idzikowski, Call Number: DEBATE 327.127 H498c

Commercial Space Exploration: Opposing Viewpoints, Edited by M.M. Eboch, Call Number: DEBATE 338.099 C734

Debating Genocide by Lisa Pine, Call Number: 304.663 P649d

Eating Disorders in America: Contemporary World Issues by David E. Newton, Call Number: 362.196 N562e

The Economics of Clean Energy: Current Controversies, Edited by Kathryn Roberts, Call Number: DEBATE 333.79 E197e

Ethical Pet Ownership: Puppy Mills, Rescue Pets, and Exotic Animal Trade: At Issue by Lisa Idzikowski, Call Number: DEBATE 636.088 E842

Gentrification and the Housing Crisis: Opposing Viewpoints, Edited by Marcia Amidon Lusted, Call Number: DEBATE 307.34 G339

Globalization: Current Controversies, Edited by Yea Jee Bae, Call Number: DEBATE 303.48 G562

Harm Reduction: Public Health Strategies: Opposing Viewpoints, Edited by Barbara Krasner, Call Number: 362.29 H287

The Harm in Hate Speech by Jeremy Waldron, Call Number: 345.73 W167h

Hate: Why We Should Resist It with Free Speech, Not Censorship by Nadine Strossen Call Number: 342.73 S924h

Homeschooling: The History and Philosophy of a Controversial Practice by James G. Dwyer and Shawn F. Peters, Call Number: 371.042 D993h

Interference in Elections: Current Controversies, Edited by Kristina Lyn Heitkamp, Call Number: 324.973 I611

Learned Helplessness, Welfare, and the Poverty Cycle: Current Controversies, Edited by Kristina Lyn Heitkamp, Call Number: 362.509 L438

Masculinity in the Twenty-First Century: Opposing Viewpoints, Edited by M.M. Eboch, Call Number: 305.31 M395

Meat Planet: Artificial Flesh and the Future of Food by Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft, Call Number: 664.929 W967m

Migrant Crossings: Witnessing Human Trafficking in the U.S. by Annie Isabel, Fukushima, Call Number: 306.362

The NFL National Anthem Protests by Margaret Haerens, Call Number; 796.332 H136n

Pesticides and GMOs: Opposing Viewpoints by Yea Jee Bae, Call Number: 628.5 P476

Politics and Journalism in a Post-Truth World: Opposing Viewpoints by Martin Gitlin, Call Number: 070.4 P769

The Role of Religion in Public Policy: At Issue by Eamon Doyle, Call Number: Debate 322.109 R745r

School Shootings and the Never Again Movement: 21st Century Turning Points by Laurie Collier Hillstrom, Call Number: 371.782 H655s

Self-Driving Cars: Opposing Viewpoints, Edited by Lisa Idzikowski and Pete Schauer, Call Number: DEBATE 388.342 S465

Sex and Gender in the 2016 Presidential Election by Caroline Heldman, Meredith Conroy, and Alissa R. Ackerman, Call Number: 324.973 H474s

Troll Factories: Russia’s Web Brigades: At Issue by Andrew Karpan, Call Number:  DEBATE 005.8 T846t

The Two-Party System in the United States, Edited by Barbara Kasner, Call Number: DEBATE 324.273 T974t

Vegetarianism and Veganism: Contemporary World Issues by David E. Newton, Call Number: 613.262 n562v

Violence Against Women: Global Viewpoints, Edited by Kathryn Roberts, Call Number: DEBATE 362.88 V795a

We the People: The 500-Year Battle Over Who is American by Ben Railton, Call Number: 305.8 R152w

Sarah Uthoff is a reference library at Kirkwood Community College. LIKE the Kirkwood Community College Library on Facebook and find links to Sarah all over the web at her About Me Profile.

New Books Student Life Part 6

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New Books, Student Life

Check out this collection of new books addressing the particular interests and issues of students. Check out our past lists from 2015,  2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019. Today we add some more titles to the list and if you hear of a book or think of a particular topic you think we should add to the collection, please let us know. 🙂

There are more books on these topics available in the circulating collection at the same call numbers. These titles are housed in Cedar Rapids, but you can request them to be delivered to any of the other centers at any time.

1001 Ways to Pay for College (9th ed) by Gen and Kelly Tanabe, Call Number: 378.38 T161o

Been There Should’ve Done That: 995 Tips for Making the Most of College by Suzette Tyler, Call Number: 378.198 T984b

College Cookbook: An Alternative Plan to the Meal Plan, 200 Quick, Cheap, Nutritious Recipes (Updated edition) by Geri Harrington, Call Number: 641.5 H299c

The College Girl’s Survival Guide by Hanna Seymour, Call Number: 248.833 S521c

College Rules! How to Study, Survive, and Succeed in College by Sherrie Nist-Olejnik and Jodi Patrick Holschuh, Call Number: 378.198 N727c

Cyber Smart: Five Habits to Protect Your Family, Money, and Identity from Cyber Criminals by Bart R. McDonough, Call Number: 005.8 M478c

The Freshman Survival Guide: Soulful Advice for Studying, Socializing, and Everything in Between (Completely Revised and Updated) by Nora Bradbury-Haehl, Call Number: 378.198 B798f 2016

Graduate from College Debt-Free: Get Your Degree With Money in the Bank by Bart Astor, Call Number: 378.8 A858g

A Guide to Effective Studying and Learning: Practical Strategies From the Science of Learning by Matthew G. Rodes, Anne M. Cleary, and Edward L. DeLosh, Call Number: 371.302 R477g

Hazing: Destroying Young Lives, Edited by Hank Nuwer, Call Number: 371.58 H429

The Her Campus Guide to College Life: How to Manage Relationships, Stay Safe and Healthy, Handle Stress, and Have the Best Years of Your Life! (Updated and Expanded ed.) by Stephanie Kaplan Lewis, Annie Chandler Wang, and Windsor Hanger Western, Call Number: 378.198 L676h

How to be a Successful Student: 20 Study Habits Based on the Science of Learning by Richard E. Mayer, Call Number: 371.302 M468h

How to Graduate Debt Free: The Best Strategies to Pay for College #NOTGOINGBROKE by Kristina Ellis, Call Number: 378.38 E474h

How to Survive Your Freshman Year (6th ed.), Edited by Alison Leigh Cowan, Call Number: 378.198 H847h

How to Write a Winning Scholarship Essay (7th ed.) by Gen and Kelly Tanabe, Call Number: 378.34 T161

The Naked Roommate: And 107 Other Issues You Might Run Into in College by Harlan Cohen, Call Number: 378.198 C678n 2017

Now What, Grad?: Your Path to Success After College (2nd ed) by Chris Palmer, Call Number: 650.1 P273n

Sarah Uthoff is a reference library at Kirkwood Community College. LIKE the Kirkwood Community College Library on Facebook and find links to Sarah all over the web at her About Me Profile.

New Books: Some Classic Mysteries

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Mysteries, New Books

Summer is winding up, but you still have a little reading time. Why don’t you grab an easy classic mystery to end up the summer? Descriptions come from the publisher via Amazon.

These titles are housed in Cedar Rapids, but you can request them to be delivered to any of the other centers at any time.

Skin Tight by Carl Hiaasen, Call Number: PB Hia

After dispatching a pistol-packing intruder from his home with the help of a stuffed Marlin head, Mick Stranahan can’t deny that someone is out to get him. His now-deceased intruder carries no I.D., and as a former Florida state investigator, Stranahan knows there are plenty of potential culprits. His long list of enemies includes an off point hit man, a personal injury lawyer of billboard fame, a notoriously irritating TV journalist, and a fumbling plastic surgeon.

Cotton Comes to Harlem by Chester Himes, Call Number: 813.54 H657c

Flim-flam man Deke O’Hara is no sooner out of Atlanta’s state penitentiary than he’s back on the streets working the scam of a lifetime. As sponsor of the Back-to-Africa movement, he’s counting on a big Harlem rally to produce a massive collection—for his own private charity. But the take is hijacked by white gunmen and hidden in a bale of cotton that suddenly everyone wants to get his hands on.

The Looking Glass War by John LeCarre, Call Number: 823.914 L456L

It would have been an easy job for the Circus: a can of film couriered from Helsinki to London. In the past the Circus handled all things political, while the Department dealt with matters military. But the Department has been moribund since the War, its resources siphoned away. Now, one of their agents is dead, and vital evidence verifying the presence of Soviet missiles near the West German border is gone. John Avery is the Department’s younger member and its last hope.

The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammet, Call Number: 813.52 h224m

A treasure worth killing for. Sam Spade, a slightly shopworn private eye with his own solitary code of ethics. A perfumed grafter named Joel Cairo, a fat man name Gutman, and Brigid O’Shaughnessy, a beautiful and treacherous woman whose loyalties shift at the drop of a dime.

Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene, Call Number: 823.912 G799o

MI6’s man in Havana is Wormold, a former vacuum-cleaner salesman turned reluctant secret agent out of economic necessity. To keep his job, he files bogus reports based on Charles Lamb’s Tales from Shakespeare and dreams up military installations from vacuum-cleaner designs. Then his stories start coming disturbingly true…

The Spy Who Came In From the Cold by John LeCarre, Call Number: 823.914 L456s

In the shadow of the newly erected Berlin Wall, Alec Leamas watches as his last agent is shot dead by East German sentries. For Leamas, the head of Berlin Station, the Cold War is over. As he faces the prospect of retirement or worse—a desk job—Control offers him a unique opportunity for revenge. Assuming the guise of an embittered and dissolute ex-agent, Leamas is set up to trap Mundt, the deputy director of the East German Intelligence Service—with himself as the bait. In the background is George Smiley, ready to make the game play out just as Control wants.

Strong Poison by Dorothy Sayers, Call Number: 823.912 S274s

Lord Peter Wimsey comes to the trial of Harriet Vane for a glimpse at one of the most engaging murder cases London has seen in years. Unfortunately for the detective, the crime’s details are distractingly salacious, and there is little doubt that the woman will be found guilty. A slightly popular mystery novelist, she stands accused of poisoning her fiancé, a literary author and well-known advocate of free love. Over the course of a few weeks, she bought strychnine, prussic acid, and arsenic, and when her lover died the police found enough poison in his veins to kill a horse. But as Lord Peter watches Harriet in the dock, he begins to doubt her guilt—and to fall in love.

Sarah Uthoff is a reference library at Kirkwood Community College. LIKE the Kirkwood Community College Library on Facebook and find links to Sarah all over the web at her About Me Profile.

National Book Award Winners

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National Book Award, New Books

Looking for something to make your summer more interesting? Check out this selection of National Book Award winners in our collection. The descriptions are taken and lightly edited from the publisher descriptions.

These titles are housed in Cedar Rapids, but you can request them to be delivered to any of the other centers at any time.

The Blood of Emmett Till by Timothy B. Tyson, Call Number: 364.134 T994b
NOTE: But what actually happened to Emmett Till—not the icon of injustice, but the flesh-and-blood boy? Part detective story, part political history, The Blood of Emmett Till “unfolds like a movie” (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution), drawing on a wealth of new evidence, including a shocking admission of Till’s innocence from the woman in whose name he was killed.

Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarist, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News by Kevin Young, Call Number: 001.95 Y737b
NOTE: Bunk traces the history of the hoax as a peculiarly American phenomenon, examining what motivates hucksters and makes the rest of us so gullible. Disturbingly, Young finds that fakery is woven from stereotype and suspicion. He chronicles how Barnum came to fame by displaying figures like Joice Heth, a black woman whom he pretended was the 161-year-old nursemaid to George Washington, and What Is It?, an African American man Barnum professed was a newly discovered missing link in evolution. Bunk then turns to the hoaxing of history and the ways that forgers, plagiarists, and journalistic fakers invent backstories and falsehoods to sell us lies about themselves and about the world in our own time, from pretend Native Americans Grey Owl and Nasdijj to the deadly imposture of Clark Rockefeller, from the made-up memoirs of James Frey to the identity theft of Rachel Dolezal.

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein, Call Number: 305.8 R847c
NOTE: The Color of Law offers “the most forceful argument ever published on how federal, state, and local governments gave rise to and reinforced neighborhood segregation” (William Julius Wilson). Exploding the myth of de facto segregation arising from private prejudice or the unintended consequences of economic forces, Rothstein describes how the American government systematically imposed residential segregation: with undisguised racial zoning; public housing that purposefully segregated previously mixed communities; subsidies for builders to create whites-only suburbs; tax exemptions for institutions that enforced segregation; and support for violent resistance to African Americans in white neighborhoods.

The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America by Frances FitzGerald, Call Number: 277.3 F553e
NOTE: Evangelicals have in many ways defined the nation. They have shaped our culture and our politics. Frances FitGerald’s narrative of this distinctively American movement is a major work of history, piecing together the centuries-long story for the first time. Evangelicals now constitute twenty-five percent of the American population, but they are no longer monolithic in their politics. They range from Tea Party supporters to social reformers. Still, with the decline of religious faith generally, FitzGerald suggests that evangelical churches must embrace ethnic minorities if they are to survive.

The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia by Masha Gessen, Call Number: 947.086 G392f
NOTE: Gessen follows the lives of four people born at what promised to be the dawn of democracy. Each of them came of age with unprecedented expectations, some as the children and grandchildren of the very architects of the new Russia, each with newfound aspirations of their own–as entrepreneurs, activists, thinkers, and writers, sexual and social beings. Gessen charts their paths against the machinations of the regime that would crush them all, and against the war it waged on understanding itself, which ensured the unobstructed reemergence of the old Soviet order in the form of today’s terrifying and seemingly unstoppable mafia state.

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann, Call Number: PB GRA
NOTE: In the 1920s, the Osage found themselves in a unique position among Native Americans tribes. As other tribal lands were parceled out in an effort by the government to encourage dissolution and assimilation of both lands and culture, the Osage negotiated to maintain the mineral rights for their corner of Oklahoma, creating a kind of “underground reservation.” It proved a savvy move; soon countless oil rigs punctured the dusty landscape, making the Osage very rich. And that’s when they started dying.

Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America by James Forman, Call 364.973 F724L
NOTE: Forman shows us that the first substantial cohort of black mayors, judges, and police chiefs took office amid a surge in crime and drug addiction. Many prominent black officials, including Washington, D.C. mayor Marion Barry and federal prosecutor Eric Holder, feared that the gains of the civil rights movement were being undermined by lawlessness―and thus embraced tough-on-crime measures, including longer sentences and aggressive police tactics. In the face of skyrocketing murder rates and the proliferation of open-air drug markets, they believed they had no choice. But the policies they adopted would have devastating consequences for residents of poor black neighborhoods.

Never Caught: The Washingtons’ Relentless Pursuit of their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge by Erica Armstrong Dunbar, Call Number: 306.362 D898n
NOTE: When George Washington was elected president, he reluctantly left his beloved Mount Vernon to serve in Philadelphia, the temporary seat of the nation’s capital. In setting up his household he took Tobias Lear, his celebrated secretary and eight slaves, including Ona Judge, about whom little has been written. As he grew accustomed to Northern ways, there was one change he couldn’t get his arms around: Pennsylvania law required enslaved people be set free after six months of residency in the state. Rather than comply, Washington decided to circumvent the law. Every six months he sent the slaves back down south just as the clock was about to expire. Though Ona Judge lived a life of relative comfort, the few pleasantries she was afforded were nothing compared to freedom, a glimpse of which she encountered first-hand in Philadelphia. So, when the opportunity presented itself, Judge left everything she knew to escape to New England. Yet freedom would not come without its costs. At just twenty-two-years-old, Ona became the subject of an intense manhunt led by George Washington, who used his political and personal contacts to recapture his property.

Sarah Uthoff is a reference library at Kirkwood Community College. LIKE the Kirkwood Community College Library on Facebook and find links to Sarah all over the web at her About Me Profile.

 

Amazon Best History Books List 2018

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history, New Books

We’ve added some of books from Amazon’s list of best history books of 2018. Is there one that interests you?

These titles are housed in Cedar Rapids, but you can request them to be delivered to any of the other centers at any time.

An America Family: A Memoir of Hope and Sacrifice by Khizer Khan, Call Number: 305.891 K453a

American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road by Nick Bilton, Call Number: 364.16 B599a

Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon by Jeffrey Kluger, Call Number: 629.45 K667a

A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Human Story Retold Through Our Genes by Adam Rutherford, Call Number 611 R975b

Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery by Scott Kelly, Call Number: 629.45 K298e

Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan’s Disaster Zone by Richard Lloyd Parry, Call Number: 952.05 P265g

Grant by Ron Chernow, Call Number: 973.8 G763c

Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah, Call Number: 303.49 H254h

Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam by Mark Bowden, Call Number: 959.704 B784h

The Jersey Brothers: a Missing Naval Officer in the Pacific and his Family’s Quest to Bring Him Home by Sally Mott Freeman, Call Number: 940.54 F855j

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann, Call Number: PB GRA

Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson, Call Number: 709.2 L581w

The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story by Douglas Preston, Call Number: PB PRE

The Ranger Force: Darby’s Rangers in World War II by Col. Robert W. Black, Call Number: 940.54 B627r

Ranger Games: A Story of Soldiers, Family and an Inexplicable Crime by Ben Blume, Call Number: 364.15 B658r

Red Famine: Stalin’s War on Ukraine by Anne Applebaum, Call Number: 947.708 A648r

The Retreat of Western Liberalism by Edward Luce, Call Number: 320.51 L935r

The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple by Jeff Guinn, Call Number: 289.9 J776g

Sticky Fingers: The Life and Times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone Magazine by Joe Hagan, Call Number: 070.5 H141s

Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History by Katy Tur, Call Number: 324.973 G798u

We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehisi Coates, Call Number: 305.896 C652w

Sarah Uthoff is a reference library at Kirkwood Community College. LIKE the Kirkwood Community College Library on Facebook and find links to Sarah all over the web at her About Me Profile.