The library has purchased many new books so far this new year.  You can view a handful here or click here to see the full listing.  These books are on display in the lobby of the library’s lobby.

 

book1Title:   Access 2013 : the missing manual

Author:  MacDonald, Matthew.

Unlock the secrets of Access 2013 and discover how to use your data in creative ways. With this book’s easy step-by-step instructions, you’ll learn how to build and maintain a full-featured database and even turn it into a web app.

 

 

 

 

book2

Title:  Adoption : a brief social and cultural history

Author:  Conn, Peter J.

Combining advocacy and memoir with social and cultural history, this book offers a comparative, cross-cultural survey of the whole history of adoption that is grounded in the author’s personal experience.

 

 

 

 

book3Title:  American Buddhism as a way of life

Author:  Storhoff, Gary, 1947-

 

Explores a range of Buddhist perspectives in a distinctly American context.

 

 

 

 

 

book4Title:  The big trip : [your ultimate guide to gap years and overseas adventures]

Author:  Lonely Planet Publications (Firm)

 

This comprehensive companion, now in its third edition, provides essential pretrip planning advice, regional overviews with maps and itineraries, and practical resources for finding work abroad. Now in full colour packed with inspirational images.

 

 

 

book5Title:  The color of food : stories of race, resilience and farming

Author:  Bowens, Natasha

 

Imagine the typical American farmer. Many people visualize sun-roughened skin, faded overalls, and calloused hands-hands that are usually white. While there’s no doubt the growing trend of organic farming and homesteading is changing how the farmer is portrayed in mainstream media, farmers of color are still largely left out of the picture.

 

 

book6Title:  Forensic science : an introduction to scientific and investigative techniques

Author:  James, Stuart H.

 

Covering a range of fundamental topics essential to modern forensic investigation, the fourth edition of the landmark text Forensic Science: An Introduction to Scientific and Investigative Techniques presents contributions from experts in the field who discuss case studies from their own personal files.

 

 

book7Title:  Furiously happy : a funny book about horrible things

Author:  Lawson, Jenny, 1979-

 

In Furiously Happy , #1 New York Times bestselling author Jenny Lawson explores her lifelong battle with mental illness. A hysterical, ridiculous book about crippling depression and anxiety? That sounds like a terrible idea. But terrible ideas are what Jenny does best.

 

 

 

 

book8Title:  Guns in American society : an encyclopedia of history, politics, culture, and the law

Author:  Carter, Gregg Lee, 1951-

 

Thoroughly updated and greatly expanded from its original edition, this three-volume set is the go-to comprehensive resource on the legal, social, psychological, political, and public health aspects of guns in American life.

 

 

 

book9Title:  Modern romance

Author:  Ansari, Aziz

 

Now a New York Times Bestseller A hilarious, thoughtful, and in-depth exploration of the pleasures and perils of modern romance from one of this generation’s sharpest comedic voices At some point, every one of us embarks on a journey to find love.

 

 

 

book10Title:  The place that inhabits us : poems of the San Francisco Bay Watershed

Author:  Sixteen Rivers Press.

 

Poetry. California Studies. Foreword by Robert Hass. The poems in this anthology embody what it’s like to live in the astonishing weave of cities and towns, landscape and language, climate and history that make up the greater San Francisco Bay Area.

 

 

 

book11Title:  SEAL target Geronimo : the inside story of the mission to kill Osama Bin Laden

Author:  Pfarrer, Chuck.

 

The true story of the killing of bin Laden by author and former U.S. Navy SEAL Chuck Pfarrer On May 2, 2011, at 1:03 a.m. a satellite uplink was sent from Pakistan crackling into the situation room of the White House: “Geronimo, Echo, KIA.” These words, spoken by a Navy SEAL, ended Osama bin Laden’s reign of terror.