Departmental Acquisitions: 0-1 http://www.yoursite.com/http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=455503Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=455503http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454232Description: Journalist Starobin mixes fresh reportage with rigorous historical analysis to envision a world in which the United States is no longer the dominant superpower. The American Century has passed, argues Starobin, due in large part to America's military overreach in the Middle East; resurgent nationalism and economic expansion in Russia, China, and India; the tarnished American model of free-market capitalism; and the growth of transnational institutions. Following an insightful analysis of America's global ascendancy, Starobin explores five possible scenarios: an age of chaos like the one following the collapse of the Roman Empire; a multipolar order of nations in which America would be one great power among others; China becoming the dominant superpower; an age of global city-states; or a form of world government. A concluding section explores how California--the eighth largest economy in the world and among the most sophisticated spots on the planet--is already starting to move beyond the American Century.--From publisher description.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454232http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454231Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454231http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=458508Description: Essayist Siegel is known for passionately arguing contrarian points of view, which is why he's the perfect person to write a critical book about the Web that has almost nothing to do with technology and everything to do with what it's doing to the people who use it. Siegel forces readers to radically rethink a familiar medium, arguing that the Web and complementary developments--from reality television to the emergence of business prophets like Malcolm Gladwell--are giving rise to a new and malevolent mass culture, an "electronic mob," that threatens to overwhelm long-held concepts of humanity, democracy, and the individual. In making this argument, Siegel offers up startling insights about all aspects of culture--from American Idol to futurism, film techniques to Internet dating--that reveal hidden connections and dilemmas, providing a fresh and provocative vision of how our world is changing.--From publisher description.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=458508http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454230Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454230http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=488169Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=488169http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503436Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503436http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=488120Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=488120http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=455504Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=455504http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491193Description: In 1960, the FDA approved the contraceptive commonly known as "the pill." Advocates, developers, and manufacturers believed that the convenient new drug would put an end to unwanted pregnancy, ensure happy marriages, and even eradicate poverty. But as renowned historian Elaine Tyler May reveals in America and the Pill, it was women who embraced it and created change. They used the pill to challenge the authority of doctors, pharmaceutical companies, and lawmakers. They demonstrated that the pill was about much more than family planning--it offered women control over their bodies and their lives. From little-known accounts of the early years to personal testimonies from young women today, May illuminates what the pill did and did not achieve during its half century on the market.--Publisher description.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491193http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491192Description: Examines the impact of religion on American life and how that impact has changed in the last half-century.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491192http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507302Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507302http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=478693Description: "American Swastika takes readers through hidden enclaves of hate in America, exploring how White Supremacy movements thrive nationwide, even as the country on the surface advocates racial equality. The authors explain the difference between movements such as the KKK, the Aryan Nation, and Skinheads, among others, then discuss the various ways White Supremacists cultivate, maintain, and spread their beliefs, largely under the radar of most Americans." "Authors Pete Simi and Robert Futrell draw on over a decade of research and interviews, from the infamous Hayden Lake Aryan compound in Northern Idaho, to private homes in L.A., to hate music concerts around the country. Through descriptive case studies, the authors look at hate in the home, talking with parents who aim to raise "little Hitler" and discussing the impact home schooling and cultural isolation can have on children. The authors also describe Aryan crash pads, Bible studies, and rituals, take readers through the hate music scene from underground bars to massive rallies, and examine how the Internet has shaped communication and created disturbing new virtual communities."--BOOK JACKET.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=478693http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454229Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454229http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496013Description: On January 3, 1961, nuclear reactor SL-1 exploded in rural Idaho, spreading radioactive contamination over thousands of acres and killing three men. The army blamed "human error" and a sordid love triangle. Though overshadowed by Three Mile Island, SL-1 remains the only fatal nuclear reactor incident in American history.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496013http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=475660Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=475660http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=455505Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=455505http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=488119Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=488119http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454228Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454228http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=453578Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=453578http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=455506Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=455506http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454227Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454227http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=488167Description: "The African American journey from slavery to racial equality and social justice in America has been, and continues to be, a long and arduous struggle. No barrier - whether embedded in law, rooted in social or economic custom, or enforced by racial terror - has ever been able to hold firm against the powerful and unwavering commitment of a determined, authentic black leadership. Yet there now exists an obstruction more subtle than past oppressions ... and one that threatens to impede any future progress." "On almost every measure of academic performance - be it the SAT, ACT, or state-mandated examinations - African American student performance trails, by large margins, that of their white peers. And while this achievement gap was first identified long ago and has since been the subject of countless studies and surveys, little public outcry has erupted - and no truly concerted effort has been made to combat it." "In The Black-White Achievement Gap, renowned former U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige and Elaine Witty provide a wake-up call to black leaders and communities, urging the kind of action that is essential if this blight on African American achievement is ever to be defeated. They trace the history of the achievement gap, discuss its relevance to racial equality and social justice, examine popular explanations, and offer strong suggestions for the type of committed leadership and community involvement that are needed to close it."--BOOK JACKET.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=488167http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=488166Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=488166http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454226Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454226http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454225Description: Explores the violent, poignant, and darkly comic world of illegal immigration. Johnny Rico set out to cross the Mexican border as the natives do--over the fence and through the desert.--From publisher description.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454225http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507698Description: "The only comprehensive history available of suicide bombing from its origins in Imperial Russia to the current day, The Business of Martyrdom examines the bombers, their societies, and the organizations that train and sponsor them. Writing for a broad audience, Lewis draws on the history and philosophy of technology in order to explain the evolution and diffusion of suicide bombing across time and from region to region. Lewis presents a model for suicide bombing that integrates individual psychology, organizational motivations, and social support. He argues that suicide bombing is a technology that has been invented and re-invented at different times in different areas, but always for the same purpose: resolving a mismatch in military capabilities between antagonists by utilizing the available cultural and human resources. To explain inconsistencies in the use of suicide bombing by different groups, he examines suicide bombing as a technological system that is flexible enough to be adapted to specific local conditions. He views suicide bombers as components within a much larger system that has been shaped by a host of social, cultural, and operational constraints throughout its existence. Incorporating insights from the historical analysis of other technological systems with current thinking on suicide bombing, the book helps readers develop a full appreciation of the unified yet diverse phenomenon. His explanations of the global decline in suicide bombing and the success of some countries in reducing the threat of it add significantly to a better understanding of the subject."--book jacket.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507698http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454224Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454224http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491191Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491191http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=456104Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=456104http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454223Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454223http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=475655Description: Collects particular moments in the authors' lives when they realized they were feminists.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=475655http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454222Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454222http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507310Description: In this book the author Identifies vulnerabilities in today's parenting models for women, arguing that current recommendations are imposing 1950s era limitations at the expense of women's health, fatherhood, and child independence. Progressive modern motherhood is seen as a threat to women's freedom. The author names a reactionary shift that is intensely felt but has not been clearly articulated until now, a shift that America has pioneered. She reserves special ire for the orthodoxy of the La Leche League, an offshoot of conservative Evangelicalism, showing how on demand breastfeeding, with all its limitations, curtails women's choices. Moreover, the pressure to provide children with 24/7 availability and empathy has produced a generation of overwhelmed and guilt laden mothers, one cause of the West's alarming decline in birthrate. The author has for decades been in the vanguard of the European fight for women's equality. In this book she points her finger at a most unlikely force undermining the status of women: liberal motherhood, in thrall to all that is "natural." Attachment parenting, co-sleeping, baby-wearing, and especially breast-feeding, these hallmarks of contemporary motherhood have succeeded in tethering women to the home and family to an extent not seen since the 1950s. She argues that the taboos now surrounding epidurals, formula, disposable diapers, cribs, and anything that distracts a mother's attention from her offspring have turned childrearing into a singularly regressive force. This work is a scathing indictment of a stealthy zealotry that cheats women of their full potential.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507310http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=478108Description: In this penetrating narrative account, Hessler investigates China's lurch into modernity as he survives the advent of the nation's uniquely terrifying car culture, probes the transformation of village life, and explores China's frantic industrialization.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=478108http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=478692Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=478692http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=488118Description: Drawing on the latest research in neuroscience and psychology, Cordelia Fine debunks the myth of hardwired differences between men's and women's brains, unraveling the evidence behind such claims as men's brains aren't wired for empathy and women's brains aren't made to fix cars. She then goes one step further, offering a very different explanation of the dissimilarities between men's and women's behavior. Instead of a "male brain" and a "female brain," Fine gives us a glimpse of plastic, mutable minds that are continuously influenced by cultural assumptions about gender.--From publisher description.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=488118http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503438Description: Social networks and online communities are reshaping the way people communicate, both in their personal and professional lives. What makes some succeed and others fail? What draws a user in? What makes them join? What keeps them coming back? Entrepreneurs and businesses are turning to user experience practitioners to figure this out. Though they are well-equipped to evaluate and create a variety of interfaces, social networks require a different set of design principles and ways of thinking about the user in order to be successful. Design to Thrive presents tried and tested design methodologies, based on the author's decades of research, to ensure successful and sustainable online communities -- whether a wiki for employees to share procedures and best practices or for the next Facebook. The book describes four criteria, called "RIBS," which are necessary to the design of a successful and sustainable online community. These concepts provide designers with the tools they need to generate informed creative and productive design ideas, to think proactively about the communities they are building or maintaining, and to design communities that encourage users to actively contribute. Provides essential tools to create thriving social networks, helping designers to avoid common pitfalls, avoid costly mistakes, and to ensure that communities meet client needs Contains real world stories from popular, well known communities to illustrate how the concepts work Features a companion online network that employs the techniques outlined in the book.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503438http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=456103Description: "This book defines a conceptual framework for understanding social changes produced by digital media and creates a framework within which digital literacy acts as a tool to assist younger generations to interact critically with digital media and their culture, providing scholars, educators, researchers, and practitioners a technological and sociological approach to this cutting-edge topic from an educational perspective"--Provided by publisher.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=456103http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=479649Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=479649http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454221Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454221http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=479648Description: Synopsis: Tom Bissell is a prizewinning writer who published three widely acclaimed books before the age of thirty-four. He is also an obsessive gamer who has spent untold hours in front of his various video game consoles, playing titles such as Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, BioShock, and Oblivion for, literally, days. If you are reading this flap copy, the same thing can probably be said of you, or of someone you know. Until recently, Bissell was somewhat reluctant to admit to his passion for games. In this, he is not alone. Millions of adults spend hours every week playing video games, and the industry itself now reliably out earns Hollywood. But the wider culture seems to regard video games as, at best, well designed if mindless entertainment. Extra Lives is an impassioned defense of this assailed and misunderstood art form. Bissell argues that we are in a golden age of gaming-but he also believes games could be even better. He offers a fascinating and often hilarious critique of the ways video games dazzle and, just as often, frustrate. Along the way, we get firsthand portraits of some of the best minds (Jonathan Blow, Clint Hocking, Cliff Bleszinski, Peter Molyneux) at work in video game design today, as well as a shattering and deeply moving final chapter that describes, in searing detail, Bissell's descent into the world of Grand Theft Auto IV, a game whose themes mirror his own increasingly self-destructive compulsions. Blending memoir, criticism, and first-rate reportage, Extra Lives is like no other book on the subject ever published. Whether you love video games, loathe video games, or are merely curious about why they are becoming the dominant popular art form of our time, Extra Lives is required reading.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=479648http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491188Description: Condoleezza Rice has excelled as a diplomat, political scientist, and concert pianist. Her achievements run the gamut from helping to oversee the collapse of communism in Europe and the decline of the Soviet Union, to working to protect the country in the aftermath of 9-11, to becoming only the second woman - and the first black woman ever -- to serve as Secretary of State. But until she was 25 she never learned to swim. Not because she wouldn't have loved to, but because when she was a little girl in Birmingham, Alabama, Commissioner of Public Safety Bull Connor decided he'd rather shut down the city's pools than give black citizens access. Throughout the 1950's, Birmingham's black middle class largely succeeded in insulating their children from the most corrosive effects of racism, providing multiple support systems to ensure the next generation would live better than the last. But by 1963, when Rice was applying herself to her fourth grader's lessons, the situation had grown intolerable. Birmingham was an environment where blacks were expected to keep their head down and do what they were told -- or face violent consequences. That spring two bombs exploded in Rice's neighborhood amid a series of chilling Klu Klux Klan attacks. Months later, four young girls lost their lives in a particularly vicious bombing. So how was Rice able to achieve what she ultimately did? Her father, John, a minister and educator, instilled a love of sports and politics. Her mother, a teacher, developed Condoleezza's passion for piano and exposed her to the fine arts. From both, Rice learned the value of faith in the face of hardship and the importance of giving back to the community. Her parents' fierce unwillingness to set limits propelled her to the venerable halls of Stanford University, where she quickly rose through the ranks to become the university's second-in-command. An expert in Soviet and Eastern European Affairs, she played a leading role in U.S. policy as the Iron Curtain fell and the Soviet Union disintegrated. Less than a decade later, at the apex of the hotly contested 2000 presidential election, she received the exciting news -- just shortly before her father's death -- that she would go on to the White House as the first female National Security Advisor. As comfortable describing lighthearted family moments as she is recalling the poignancy of her mother's cancer battle and the heady challenge of going toe-to-toe with Soviet leaders, Rice holds nothing back in this remarkably candid telling. This is the story of Condoleezza Rice that has never been told, not that of an ultra-accomplished world leader, but of a little girl -- and a young woman -- trying to find her place in a sometimes hostile world and of two exceptional parents, and an extended family and community, that made all the difference. -- Book jacket.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491188http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=457911Description: The definitive story of the Civil Rights era (1954-1965) from the point of view of the ordinary men and women whose extraordinary actions launched a movement that changed the fabric of American life, and embodied a struggle whose reverberations are felt today.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=457911http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454220Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454220http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=488117Description: "We've all heard that a father's involvement enriches the lives of children. But how much have we heard about how having a child affects a father's life? As Peter Gray and Kermyt Anderson reveal, fatherhood actually alters a man's sexuality, rewires his brain, and changes his hormonal profile. His very health may suffer - in the short run - and improve in the long. These are just a few aspects of the scientific side of fatherhood explored in this book, which deciphers the findings of myriad studies and makes them accessible to the interested general reader." "Since the mid-1990s Anderson and Gray, themselves fathers of young children, have been studying paternal behavior in places as diverse as Boston, Albuquerque, Cape Town, Kenya, and Jamaica. Their work combines the insights of evolutionary and comparative biology, cross-cultural analysis, and neural physiology to deepen and expand our understanding of fatherhood - from the intense involvement in childcare seen in male hunter-gatherers, to the prodigality of a Genghis Khan leaving millions of descendants, to the anonymous sperm donor in a fertility clinic." "Looking at every kind of fatherhood - being a father in and out of marriage, fathering from a distance, stepfathering, and parenting by gay males - this book presents a uniquely detailed picture of how being a parent fits with men's broader social and work lives, how fatherhood evolved, and how it differs across cultures and through time."--BOOK JACKET.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=488117http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491187Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491187http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491047Description: Offers an assessment of the successes, misconceptions, and future implications involved in the rapidly growing gaming industry as it continues to influence the world.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491047http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=475651Description: Girls are cutting themselves with razors. Girls are convinced they're fat, and starve themselves to prove it. Other girls are so anxious about grades they can't sleep at night--at eleven years of age. What's going on? Here, family psychologist Dr. Leonard Sax provides the answers. He shares stories of girls who look confident and strong on the outside, but are fragile within. He shows why a growing proportion of teen and tween girls are confused about their sexual identity, or are obsessed with grades or Facebook. Dr. Sax provides parents with tools to help girls become confident women, along with practical tips on helping your daughter choose a sport, nurturing her spirit through female-centered activities, and more.--From publisher description.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=475651http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=456102Description: A look at how individual endeavors can save lives and solve problems, offering compelling examples of both citizen and corporate activism at work in the world today. "Almost everyone--regardless of income, available time, age, and skills--can do something useful for others and, in the process, strengthen the fabric of our shared humanity." Inspiring stories of people and organizations--some famous, as well as many private citizens whom readers will be hearing about for the first time--show that the act of giving takes many forms; that offerings of time, skills, objects, and ideas can be just as important as contributions of money; and that the lives of those who give are changed as well.--From publisher description.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=456102http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=457932Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=457932http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=456101Description: A revealing, forward-looking examination of the outsize influence Google has had on the changing media landscape, telling the story of how it formed and crashed into traditional media businesses--from newspapers to books, to television, to movies, to telephones, to advertising, to Microsoft.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=456101http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=493224Description: "On January 12, 2010 a massive earthquake laid waste to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, killing hundreds of thousands of people. Within three days, Dr. Paul Farmer arrived in the Haitian capital, along with a team of volunteers, to lend his services to the injured. In this vivid narrative, Farmer describes the incredible suffering--and resilience--that he encountered in Haiti. Having worked in the country for nearly thirty years, he skillfully explores the social issues that made Haiti so vulnerable to the earthquake--the very issues that make it an "unnatural disaster." Complementing his account are stories from other doctors, volunteers, and earthquake survivors. Haiti after the earthquake will both inform and inspire readers to stand with the Haitian people against the profound economic and social injustices that formed the fault line for this disaster"--Provided by publisher.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=493224http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454219Description: "New York Times"-bestselling author Reid shows how all the other industrialized democracies have achieved something the U.S. can't seem to do: provide health care for everybody at a reasonable cost.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454219http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=456789Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=456789http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491186Description: Intertwining philosophy and historical narrative, Appiah has created a remarkably dramatic work, which demonstrates that honor is the driving force in the struggle against man's inhumanity to man--and the foundation of democratic movements such as the emancipation of women, slaves, and the oppressed.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491186http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=455507Description: Relates the story of the author's grandparents, an interracial couple in early twentieth-century Alabama who were able to build a strong family and establish a unique cultural and racial identity in spite of Jim Crow laws.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=455507http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=499019Description: "Contributions from 101 of the most prestigious thinkers, writers, public figures, and other luminaries on a wide range of topics fill the pages of this meditation on how to make the world a better place. Focusing on the large problems of the world as well as the little challenges people face, How to Achieve a Heaven on Earth tackles the momentous question of what each of us can do to improve our community, our country, and our world, one step at a time"--Cover, p. 4.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=499019http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477313Description: Award-winning Washington Post retirement columnist Stan Hinden's bestselling How to Retire Happy helps readers decide if they can retire now, or whether they have to stay on the job for a few more years. --from publisher descriptionhttp://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477313http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=456788Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=456788http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=478690Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=478690http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=475966Description: Playwright Eve Ensler writes fictional monologues and stories inspired by girls around the globe. Moving through a world of topics and emotions, these voices are fierce, alive, tender, complicated, imaginative, and smart. Girls today often find themselves in a struggle between remaining strong and true to themselves and conforming to society's expectations in an attempt to please. They are taught not to be too intense, too passionate, too smart, too caring, too open. They are encouraged to shut down their instincts, their outrage, their desires and their dreams, to be polite, to obey the rules. This book is a celebration of the authentic voice inside every girl and an inspiring call to action for girls everywhere to speak up, follow their dreams, and become the women they were always meant to be.--From publisher description.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=475966http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=488113Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=488113http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=475965Description: Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer, yet her cells--taken without her knowledge--became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first "immortal" human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer and viruses; helped lead to in vitro fertilization, cloning, and gene mapping; and have been bought and sold by the billions. Yet Henrietta Lacks is buried in an unmarked grave. Her family did not learn of her "immortality" until more than twenty years after her death, when scientists began using her husband and children in research without informed consent. The story of the Lacks family is inextricably connected to the dark history of experimentation on African Americans, the birth of bioethics, and the legal battles over whether we control the stuff we are made of--From publisher description.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=475965http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=456100Description: For generations of migrant workers, Imperial County--the California desert region where the U.S. borders Mexico--has held the promise of paradise and the reality of hell. Award-winning writer Vollmann takes readers deep into the heart of this haunted region.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=456100http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=455508Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=455508http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=455509Description: "This is a record of the men and events, team by team, during the Major Leagues integration. It focuses on the owners, executives and managers who were the heroes, villains or spectators of integration, and it sheds new light on the unheralded champions of integration and on those whose harmful acts have so far been overlooked"--Provided by publisher.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=455509http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496017Description: In this book, the author, an Emmy award winning broadcaster chronicles the influence of television on the baby boomer generation. Spellbound by Howdy Doody and The Ed Sullivan Show, those children often acted out their favorite programs, purchased the merchandise promoted by performers, and were fascinated by the personalities they saw on screen, often emulating their behavior. It was the first generation raised by TV, and the author looks at both the promise of broadcasting as espoused by the inventors and how that promise was both redefined and lost by the corporations who helped spread this revolutionary technology. -- From Book jacket..http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496017http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454218Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454218http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477715Description: Investigates the emotional entanglements, financial arrangements, and complex logistics coparents must resolve for the smooth, equitable management of joint custody.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477715http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=479646Description: "Examines American identity as influenced by its founding and history and the diverse Muslim experience in America, as well as the experience of other religious groups, and how each has affected the other"--Provided by publisher.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=479646http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=488244Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=488244http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496018Description: "Graduating high school and moving on to further education or the workplace brings with it a whole new set of challenges, and this is especially true for students with disabilities. The authors describe the legal landscape as it applies to students with disabilities in the USA, and how to obtain the proper disability documentation to ensure that the student receives the right support and accommodations in college. Focussing specifically on the issues that affect students with disabilities, they offer advice on everything from dealing with college entrance exams and the college application process, to selecting the right college, visiting the campus, and achieving medical and financial independence away from home."--From publisher's description.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496018http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=478689Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=478689http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454217Description: From the Publisher: The election of America's first biracial president brings the question dramatically to the fore. What does it mean to be biracial or tri-racial in the United States today? Anthropologist Stephanie Bird takes us into a world where people are struggling to be heard, recognized, and celebrated for the racial diversity one would think is the epitome of America's melting pot persona. But being biracial or tri-racial brings unique challenges-challenges including prejudice, racism and, from within racial groups, colorism. Yet America is now experiencing a multiracial baby boom, with at least three states logging more multiracial baby births than any other race aside from Caucasians. As the Columbia Journalism Review reported, American demographics are no longer black and white. In truth, they are a blended, difficult-to-define shade of brown. Bird shows us the history of biracial and tri-racial people in the United States, and in European families and events. She presents the personal traumas and victories of those who struggle for recognition and acceptance in light of their racial backgrounds, including celebrities such as golf expert Tiger Woods, who eventually quit trying to describe himself as Cablanasin, a mix including Asian and African American. Bird examines current events, including the National Mixed Race Student Conference, and the push to dub this Generation MIX. And she examines how American demographics, government, and society are changing overall as a result. This work includes a guide to tracing your own racial roots. This volume explores the history, challenges, and psychological issues for-as well as prejudice against-people who have a mixed ancestry leaving them at neither end of the polar spectrum, neither Black nor White, but biracial or tri-racial.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454217http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=455510Description: This is how wars are fought now: by children, hopped-up on drugs and wielding AK-47s. Children have become soldiers of choice. In the more than fifty conflicts going on worldwide, it is estimated that there are some 300,000 child soldiers. Child soldiers have been profiled by journalists, and novelists have struggled to imagine their lives. But until now, there has not been a first-person account from someone who came through this hell and survived. Ishmael Beah, now 25 years old, tells how at the age of twelve, he fled attacking rebels and wandered a land rendered unrecognizable by violence. By thirteen, he'd been picked up by the government army, and Beah, at heart a gentle boy, found that he was capable of truly terrible acts.--From publisher description.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=455510http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=479645Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=479645http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=456099Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=456099http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=488110Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=488110http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454216Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454216http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=493226Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=493226http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454215Description: From one of the nation's leading experts on the American family, a book that explores the state of marriage in America today; its evolution culturally; and with regard to religion and the law, how and why the present state of marriage--a merry-go-round of partnerships--developed, and the implications for parents and children. --From publisher description.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454215http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=456098Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=456098http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490702Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490702http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491185Description: "Seeking the truth about UFOs in America, Mark Pilkington and his friend John Lundberg uncover a sixty-year-old stranger than any conspiracy thriller. Through the fascinating account of their quest, Pilkington reveals the long history of UFOria and its parallels in little-known tales from the murky worlds of espionage, psychological warfare, and advanced military technology. Along the way, he discovers that the truth about flying saucers is stranger and more complex than either theufologists or debunkers would have us believe. As he crosses America meeting intelligence agents, disinformation specialists, and UFO hunters, Pilkington is confronted with a dizzying array of ever more outrageous claims and counterclaims. As a result, he begins to suspect that, instead of covering up stories of crashed flying saucers, alien contacts, and secret underground bases, the U.S. intelligence agencies have actually been promoting them all along"--Cover, p. 2.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491185http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=479643Description: "In the early twentieth-century United States, to speak of "mother love" was to invoke an idea of motherhood that served as an all-encompassing identity, rooted in notions of self-sacrifice and infused with powerful social and political meanings. Sixty years later, mainstream views of motherhood had been transformed, and Mother found herself blamed for a wide array of social and psychological ills. In Mom, Rebecca Jo Plant traces this important shift through several key moments in American history and popular culture." "Exploring such topics as maternal caregiving, childbirth, and women's political roles, Mom vividly brings to life the varied groups that challenged older ideals of motherhood, including male critics who railed against female moral authority, psychological experts who hoped to expand their influence, and women who wished to be defined as more than wives and mothers. In her careful analysis of how motherhood came to be viewed as a more private and partial component of modern female identity, Plant ultimately shows how women's maternal role has shaped their place in American civic, social, and familial life."--BOOK JACKET.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=479643http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496019Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496019http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=455511Description: The founder of one of the world's leading private intelligence companies offers an analysis of current trends and events, as well as historical and geopolitical patterns, to speculate about the changes that will unfold over the course of the next century.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=455511http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=453705Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=453705http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=488107Description: "In a book of deep and telling ironies, Peter Schrag provides essential background for understanding the fractious debate over immigration. Covering the earliest days of the Republic to current events, Schrag sets the modern immigration controversy within the context of three centuries of debate over the same questions about who exactly is fit for citizenship. He finds that nativism has long colored our national history, with the fear - and loathing - of newcomers that provides one of the faultlines of American cultural and political life. Schrag describes the eerie similarities between the race-based arguments for restricting Irish, German, Slav, Italian, Jewish, and Chinese immigrants in the past and the arguments for restricting Latinos and others today. He links the terrible history of eugenic "science" to ideas, individuals, and groups now at the forefront of the fight against rational immigration policies. Not Fit for Our Society makes a powerful case for understanding the complex, often paradoxical history of immigration restriction as we work through the issues that inform, and often distort, the debate over who can become a citizen, who decides, and on what basis." -- Publisher's description.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=488107http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=488106Description: Why are 20-somethings delaying adulthood? The media have flooded us with negative headlines about this generation, from their sense of entitlement to their immaturity. Drawing on almost a decade of cutting-edge research and nearly five hundred interviews with young people, Richard Settersten, Ph.D., and Barbara E. Ray shatter these stereotypes, revealing an unexpected truth.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=488106http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454210Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454210http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=488105Description: Two kids with the same name were born blocks apart in the same decaying city within a few years of each other. One grew up to be a Rhodes Scholar, army officer, White House Fellow, and business leader. The other is serving a life sentence in prison. Here is the story of two boys and the journey of a generation.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=488105http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507323Description: In a climate of culture wars and tremendous economic uncertainty, the media have often reduced America to a simplistic schism between red states and blue states. In response to that oversimplification, journalist Dante Chinni teamed up with political geographer James Gimpel to launch the Patchwork Nation project, using on-the-ground reporting and statistical analysis to get past generalizations and probe American communities in depth. The result is Our Patchwork Nation, a refreshing, sometimes startling, look at how America's diversities often defy conventional wisdom.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507323http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=455512Description: The best-selling author of Blink identifies the qualities of successful people, posing theories about the cultural, family, and idiosyncratic factors that shape high achievers, in a resource that covers such topics as the secrets of software billionaires, why certain cultures are associated with better academic performance, and why the Beatles earned their fame.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=455512http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454213Description: Presents a variety of perspectives about serious issues such as violence, smoking, drunk driving, to help make these complex issues less intimidating.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454213http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=455513Description: [Explores] the epic human drama behind the making of the five movies nominated for Best Picture in 1967-Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, The Graduate, In the Heat of the Night, Doctor Doolittle, and Bonnie and Clyde-and through them, the larger story of the cultural revolution that transformed Hollywood, and America, forever.--From publisher description.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=455513http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=488158Description: "As a young journalist covering black life at large, author Ytasha L. Womack found herself straddling her culture's rarely acknowledged generation gaps and cultural divides. Traditional images show blacks unified culturally, politically, and socially, united by race at venues such as churches and community meetings. But in the "post black" era, individuals do not necessarily define themselves by tradition as much as by personal interests, points of view, and lifestyle. Although grateful to generations that have paved the way, many cannot relate to the rhetoric of pundits who speak as ambassadors of black life any more than they see themselves in exaggerated hip-hop images." "In Post Black: How a New Generation Is Redefining African American Identity, Womack takes a fresh look at the dynamics shaping the lives of contemporary African Americans. Combining interviews, opinions of experts, and extensive research, Post Black will open the eyes of some, validate the lives of others, and provide a realistic picture of the expanding community."--BOOK JACKET.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=488158http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454212Description: From the Publisher: A true American original is brought to life in this rich and lively portrait of Pete Seeger, who, with his musical grace and inextinguishable passion for social justice, transformed folk singing into a high form of peaceful protest in the second half of the twentieth century. Drawing on his extensive talks with Seeger, New Yorker writer Alec Wilkinson lets us experience the man's unique blend of independence and commitment, charm, courage, energy, and belief in human equality and American democracy. We see Seeger instilled with a love of music by his parents, both classically trained musicians; as a teenager, hearing real folk music for the first time; and as a young man, singing with Woody Guthrie and with the Weavers. We learn of his harassment by the government for his political beliefs and his testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1949. And we follow his engagement with civil rights, the peace movement, and the environment-especially his work saving the Hudson River and building the ship Clearwater. He talks ardently about his own music and that of others, and about the power of music to connect people and bind them to a cause. Finally, we meet Toshi, his wife of nearly sixty years, and members of his family, at the house he built on a mountainside in upstate New York. The Protest Singer is as spirited and captivating as its subject-an American icon, celebrating his ninetieth birthday.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454212http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=478684Description: This book offers an eye opening conversation about questions, facts and fears, relative to sexual orientation. The book is framed around a series of nine sets of "queer questions," including, who is queer and who is not? how do we interpret and use sacred scriptures to control behavior and set public policy? what lessons can we learn from history and psychology? and what is the homosexual agenda? The author, himself a gay man and prominent academic, combines cross disciplinary research and personal anecdotes in his intriguing search for answers to questions that are central to ongoing cultural and political debates. In discussing each set of questions, he examines perspectives and arguments from across the political spectrum. The clear, articulate, and wholly candid answers he offers will help readers get beyond the headlines and the sound bites to better understand many important arguments about homosexuality and human rights.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=478684http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=455002Description: Describes the research methods used in the social sciences and the steps used to apply the scientific method. Ethical research methods are also discussed.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=455002http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=475647Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=475647http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=458500Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=458500http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490699Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490699http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454211Description: On the ground with the talent, the townspeople, and his handpicked crew, Woodstock organizer Lang had a unique and panoramic perspective of the festival which became legendary. Enhanced by interviews with others who were central to the making of the festival, this book tells the story from inspiration to celebration, capturing all the magic, mayhem, and mud in between.--From publisher description.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454211http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=488104Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=488104http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=408177Description: "In March 1931, two white women stepped from a boxcar in Paint Rock, Alabama to make a shocking accusation: they had been raped by nine black teenagers on the train. So began one of the most significant legal fights of the twentieth century. The trials of the nine young men would draw North and South into their sharpest conflict since the Civil War, yield two momentous Supreme Court decisions and give birth to the civil rights movement."--Container.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=408177http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=455514Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=455514http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=475962Description: A renowned forensic scientist and an acclaimed mystery writer explore five notorious cases, including the Phil Spector murder trial, genocide in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the murder of a nun in Ohio, and the shooting of a Connecticut state trooper.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=475962http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=455515Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=455515http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491183Description: In development circles, there is now widespread consensus that social entrepreneurs represent a far better mechanism to respond to needs than we have ever had before, a decentralized and emergent force that remains our best hope for solutions that can keep pace with our problems and create a more peaceful world. The author's book on social entrepreneurship, How to Change the World, was hailed by Nicholas Kristof in The New York Times as "a bible in the field" and published in more than twenty countries. Now, he shifts the focus from the profiles of successful social innovators in that book, and teams with Susan Davis, a founding board member of the Grameen Foundation, to offer the first general overview of social entrepreneurship. In a Q & A format allowing readers to go directly to the information they need, the authors map out social entrepreneurship in its broadest terms as well as in its particulars. They explain what social entrepreneurs are, how their organizations function, and what challenges they face. The book will give readers an understanding of what differentiates social entrepreneurship from standard business ventures and how it differs from traditional grant based non profit work. Unlike the typical top down, model based approach to solving problems employed by the World Bank and other large institutions, social entrepreneurs work through a process of iterative learning, learning by doing, working with communities to find unique, local solutions to unique, local problems. Most importantly, the book shows readers exactly how they can get involved. 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