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Philosophy, Psychology, and Religion

B818.W665 2007
Evolution for everyone: how Darwin's theory can change the way we think about our lives David Sloan Wilson.

B3312.E5R53 2005
The Anti-Christ, Ecce homo, Twilight of the idols, and other writings Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Aaron Ridley and Judith Norman.

BF109.F74K73 2006

Freud: inventor of the modern mind Peter D. Kramer.

BF633.S87 2007

Brainwash: the secret history of mind control Dominic Streatfeild.

BF717.E397 2007
The power of play: how spontaneous, imaginative activities lead to happier, healthier children David Elkind.

BF717.L56 2008
The case for make believe: saving play in a commercialized world Susan Linn.

BJ21.R28 2007
The legacy of Socrates: essays in moral philosophy James Rachels and Stuart Rachels.

BL240.3.W49 2004
Why intelligent design fails: a scientific critique of the new creationism Matt Young and Taner Edis.

BL2747.4.H63 2006
The faiths of the founding fathers David Lynn Holmes.

BP67.U6B37 2007

American Islam: the struggle for the soul of a religion Paul Barrett.

BR115.P7S83 2007

The holy vote: the politics of faith in America Ray Suarez.

BR555.N782M236 2005

Old time religion in the Southern Appalachians Larry G. Morgan.

BS651.I82 2007
The counter-creationism handbook Mark Isaak.

BS2825.52.K57 2007
A history of the end of the world: how the most controversial book in the Bible changed the course of Western civilization Jonathan Kirsch.

BT82.25.G65 2006
Kingdom coming: the rise of Christian nationalism Michelle Goldberg.

BX9695.J47A3 2007

Escape Carolyn Jessop and Laura Palmer.

History of Civilization, Archaeology and Biography

CB245.O775 2006b
Civilization: a new history of the Western world Roger Osborne.

CT275.W5652A3 2003
Tales from sacred wind: coming of age in Appalachia: the Cratis Williams chronicles Cratis D. Williams.

History: General and Old World

D25.B25 2007
Battlefield: decisive conflicts in history Richard Holmes and Martin Marix Evans.

D723.R43 2008
The world on fire: 1919 and the battle with Bolshevism Anthony Read.

D744.7.U6R67 2008
Myth and the greatest generation: a social history of Americans in World War II Kenneth D. Rose.

D804.3.F753 2007
The years of extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945 Saul Friedlander.

DA506.A2B53 2006
George III: America's last king Jeremy Black.

DK4140.L85 2006
A concise history of Poland Jerzy Lukowski and W. H. Zawadzki.

DS125.K7313 2008
A history of Palestine: from the Ottoman conquest to the founding of the state of Israel Gudrun Kramer.

DS126.5.S45193 2008
A history of modern Israel Colin Shindler.

DS392.2.H3L35 2006
Finding forgotten cities: how the Indus civilization was discovered Nayanjot Lahiri.

DS481.G3P3483 2006
Gandhi's philosophy and the quest for harmony Anthony Parel.

DS779.4.B768 2007
Struggling giant: China in the 21st century Kerry Brown.

DS907.P73 2006
Everlasting flower: a history of Korea Keith L. Pratt.

DT352.3.C66 2001
African civilizations: an archaeological perspective Graham Connah.

History: United States

E99.O3C72163 2006
Crazy Horse: a Lakota life Kingsley M. Bray.

E169.Z83J33 2008
The age of American unreason Susan Jacoby.

E183.8.I55A598 2006
Confronting Iran: the failure of American foreign policy and the next great crisis in the Middle East Ali M. Ansari.

E183.8.P18L48 2007
Deception: Pakistan, the United States, and the secret trade in nuclear weapons Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Clark.

E184.A1B5527 2008
The big sort: why the clustering of like-minded America is tearing us apart Bill Bishop and Robert G. Cushing.

E185.61.A543 2003
Eyes off the prize: The United Nations and the African American Struggle for Human Rights, 1944-1955 Carol Anderson.

E185.61.J37 2007
Buried in the bitter waters: the hidden history of racial cleansing in America Elliot Jaspin.

E185.61.N879 2005
The house I live in: race in the American century Robert J. Norrell.

E302.6.B9I84 2007
Fallen founder: the life of Aaron Burr Nancy Isenberg.

E404.W44 2007
Invading Mexico: America's continental dream and the Mexican War, 1846-1848 Joseph Wheelan.

E433.E83 2004
Bleeding Kansas: contested liberty in the Civil War era Nicole Etcheson.

E487.R18 1994
The Confederate republic: a revolution against politics George C. Rable.

E840.8.R68M66 2007
The architect: Karl Rove and the dream of absolute power James Moore and Wayne Slater.

E882.W53 2004
George Herbert Walker Bush Tom Wicker.

E887.C55T76 2006
Hillary Rodham Clinton: polarizing first lady Gil Troy


History: U.S. State and Local, Canada, South and Central America  

F106.D73 2001
A history of Appalachia Richard B. Drake.

F106.H18 1998
Appalachian ABCs Francie Hall and Kent Oehm.

F217.A65D38 2006
Homeplace geography: essays for Appalachia Donald Edward Davis.

F217.A65G755 2007
An Appalachian farmer's story: portrait of an extraordinary common man Diane Asseo Griliches and Roy Anderson.

F232.S3C66 2003
Gathering up memories: a collection of Appalachian stories Ann Goode Cooper.

F454.B66M67 2007
Boone: a biography Robert Morgan.

F1226.H36 2006
A concise history of Mexico Brian R. Hamnett.


Geography, Anthropology and Recreation

GC211.2.S65 2006
Extreme waves Craig B. Smith.

GN281.W55 2007
The evolution of modern humans in Africa: a comprehensive guide Pamela R. Willoughby.

GT4975.H55 2008
The Thanksgiving book: a companion to the holiday covering its history, lore, traditions, foods, and symbols, including primary sources, poems, prayers, songs, hymns, and recipes: supplemented by a chronology, bibliography with web sites, and index Laurie Collier Hillstrom.

GV863.A1M654 2006
A game of inches: the stories behind the innovations that shaped baseball: the game behind the scenes Peter Morris.

Social Sciences and Business

HB161.S65 1994
An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations Adam Smith and Edwin Cannan.

HC21.C63 2007
A farewell to alms: a brief economic history of the world Gregory Clark.

HD1382.A55 2007
How to become a million dollar real estate agent in your first year: what smart agents need to know explained simply Susan Smith Alvis.

HD6490.O72U652 2006
L.A. story: immigrant workers and the future of the U.S. Labor Movement Ruth Milkman.

HD9199.U54S733 2007
Starbucked: a double tall tale of caffeine, commerce, and culture Taylor Clark.

HD9623.U46A645 2007
Glass towns: industry, labor and political economy in Appalachia, 1890-1930s Ken Fones-Wolf.

HE356.U55D43 2007
Hip to the trip: a cultural history of Route 66 Peter B. Dedek.

HE8700.4.T39 2007
Career opportunities in television and cable T. Allan Taylor and James Robert Parish.

HF5616.U5G39 2006
Careers in accounting Gloria L. Gaylord and Glenda E. Ried.

HF6161.L46P46 2007
Advertising sin and sickness: the politics of alcohol and tobacco marketing, 1950-1990 Pamela E. Pennock.

HM1263.R68 2008
Superclass: the global power elite and the world they are making David J. Rothkopf.

HN110.5.A8L383 2006
Latin America after neoliberalism: turning the tide in the 21st century? Eric Hershberg, Fred Rosen and North American Congress on Latin America.

HN110.5.A8W485 2006
Latin America: cultures in conflict Robert Clifford Williamson.

HQ801.H3193 2008
Are you there vodka? It's me, Chelsea Chelsea Handler.

HQ1236.5.U6F746 2008
We will be heard: women's struggles for political power in the United States Jo Freeman.

HT690.U6F73 2007
Falling behind: how rising inequality harms the middle class Robert H. Frank.

HT1507.L345 2008
Drawing the global colour line: white men's countries and the international challenge of racial equality Marilyn Lake and Henry Reynolds.

HV98.A58A66 2005
Appalachian cultural competency: a guide for medical, mental health, and social service professionals Susan E. Keefe.

HV5831.C2S54 2008
Beautiful boy: a father's journey through his son's addiction David Sheff.


Political Science

JA94.W6G54 2006
Leonard Woolf: a biography Victoria Glendinning.

JQ1809.A15M67 2006
The new Turkey: the quiet revolution on the edge of Europe Chris Morris.

JZ1480.A54T65 2008
America, the EU and strategic culture: renegotiating the transatlantic bargain Asle Toje.


Law

KF538.P65 2008
Beyond straight and gay marriage: valuing all families under the law Nancy D. Polikoff.

KF4772.F56 2007
From the Palmer Raids to the Patriot Act: a history of the fight for free speech in America Christopher M. Finan.

KF4891.L358 2007
Free at last to vote: the Alabama origins of the 1965 Voting Rights Act Brian K. Landsberg.

KF5060.B35 2007
Bush, the detainees, and the Constitution: the battle over presidential power in the War on Terror Howard Ball.

KF8700.M354 2007
The judges: a penetrating exploration of American courts and of the new decisions--hard decisions--they must make for a new millennium Martin Mayer.

KF8742.R65 2006
The myth of judicial activism: making sense of Supreme Court decisions Kermit Roosevelt.


Education

LB1027.23.T65 2008
Cultivating the learner-centered classroom: from theory to practice Kaia Tollefson and Monica K. Osborn.

LB2353.68.O44 2007
CLEP: official study guide College Entrance Examination Board .

LC212.42.T37 2007
Can we talk about race?: and other conversations in an era of school resegregation Beverly Daniel Tatum.


Music

ML410.C4B76 2007
Tchaikovsky: the man and his music David Brown.

Visual Arts

N6559.K34A4 2008
Frida Kahlo: 1907.2007 Frida Kahlo, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes and Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes .

NC730 .D4 1970
How to draw what you see Rudy De Reyna.

NC730.M294413 2006
Light and shadow in drawing Gabriel Martin i Roig and Eric A. Bye.

NC730.S54 2006
Drawing in 10 steps Ian Sidaway.

ND623.C26W58 2007
Caravaggio Felix Witting.

Languages and Literature

PA6807.A5F25 2006
The Aeneid Virgil and Robert Fagles.

PE1629.C68 2006
Merriam-Webster's visual dictionary Jean Claude Corbeil and Ariane Archambault.

PN1994.C34345 2005
Contemporary world cinema: Europe, the Middle East, East Asia and South Asia Shohini Chaudhuri.

PN1995.9.M67W54 1995
Hillbillyland: what the movies did to the mountains and what the mountains did to the movies J. W. Williamson.

PN1998.3.R54T7513 2007
Leni Riefenstahl: a life Jurgen Trimborn.

PN2287.B4379A3 2008
Losing it: and gaining my life back one pound at a time Valerie Bertinelli.

PN2598.A65A3 2008
Home: a memoir of my early years Julie Andrews.

PN3385.S88 2006
How to read a novel: a user's guide John Sutherland.

PN4781.T45 2007
Telling true stories: a nonfiction writers' guide from the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University Mark Kramer, Wendy Call and Harvard University.

PN4833.B76 2007
Consider the source: a critical guide to 100 prominent news and information sites on the Web James F. Broderick and Darren W. Miller.

PN4841.A85B74 2007
Breaking news: how the Associated Press has covered war, peace, and everything else Anonymous

PN4874.W285A3 2008
Audition: a memoir Barbara Walters.

PN4888.U5O88 2006
People's movements, people's press: the journalism of social justice movements Bob Ostertag.

PN4888.W66L88 2006
Front page girls: women journalists in American culture and fiction, 1880-1930 Jean Marie Lutes.

PR4076.C54 2006
Hide-and-seek with angels: a life of J.M. Barrie Lisa Chaney.

PR6051.R285P66 2008
A prisoner of birth Jeffrey Archer.

PR6063.C326M53 2008
The miracle at Speedy Motors Alexander McCall Smith.

PR6063.C4O6 2007
On Chesil Beach Ian McEwan.

PR6073.I246R46 2008
Remember me? Sophie Kinsella.

PR9199.3.O5D58 2007
Divisadero Michael Ondaatje.

PS508.H57L46 2006
Lengua fresca: Latinos writing on the edge Harold Augenbraum and Ilan Stavans.

PS647.E85M59 2006
Mixed: an anthology of short fiction on the multiracial experience Chandra Prasad.

PS2081.B87 2007
The original knickerbocker: the life of Washington Irving Andrew Burstein.

PS2281.I76 2006
Longfellow redux Christoph Irmscher.

PS3515.A9363A6 1984
Collected prose Robert Earl Hayden and Frederick Glaysher.

PS3553.L287W53 2008
Where are you now? Mary Higgins Clark.

PS3553.L45Z75 2006
Lucille Clifton: her life and letters Mary Jane Lupton.

PS3553.O225H65 2008
Hold tight Harlan Coben.

PS3554.E4425F36 2007
Falling man: a novel Don DeLillo.

PS3557.R5355A86 2008
The appeal John Grisham.

PS3562.A316U53 2008
Unaccustomed earth Jhumpa Lahiri.

PS3566.I372C47 2008
Change of heart: a novel Jodi Picoult.

PS3568.I265C5 2008b
Christ the Lord: the road to Cana: a novel Anne Rice.

PS3568.O243S77 2008
Strangers in death J. D. Robb.

PS3569.T33828H66 2008
Honor thyself Danielle Steel.

PS3573.E3935C47 2008
Certain girls: a novel Jennifer Weiner.

PZ7.D78325Cop 2006
Copper sun Sharon M. Draper.

PZ7.H12Bi 1976
The big snow Berta Hader and Elmer Hader.

PZ7.K7835Lib 2006
Library lion Michelle Knudsen and Kevin Hawkes.

PZ8.3.S858Ap 1998
An Appalachian Mother Goose James Still and Paul Brett Johnson.

Sciences: Life, Physical, Math, and Computers

QA76.6.V462 2007
Concise prelude to programming: concepts & design Stewart Venit, Elizabeth Drake and Stewart Venit.

QA76.76.H94F74 2006
Head first HTML with CSS & XHTML Elisabeth Freeman and Eric Freeman.

Q175.2.M66 2002
How to make your science project scientific Thomas Moorman.

QB43.3.B37 2007
Fundamentals of astronomy Cesare Barbieri.

QC981.8.G56B69 2008
Censoring science: inside the political attack on Dr. James Hansen and the truth of global warming Mark Bowen.

QH327.B446 2008
Beyond UFOs: the search for extraterrestrial life and its astonishing implications for our future Jeffrey O. Bennett.

QH365.O8B76 2006
Darwin's Origin of species: a biography E. J. Browne.

QH367.S395 2005
Evolution vs. creationism: an introduction Eugenie Carol Scott.

QL756.G57 2007
Animal architects: building and the evolution of intelligence James L. Gould and Carol Grant Gould.


Sciences: Medical, Health, and Nursing

R149.M49 2007
Happy accidents: serendipity in modern medical breakthroughs Morton A. Meyers.

R727.3.R68 2006
Doctors talking with patientspatients talking with doctors: improving communication in medical visits Debra Roter and Judith A. Hall.

RA566.27.G57 2006
What's toxic, what's not Gary Ginsberg and Brian Toal.

RA643.83.A35 2003
African American women and HIVAIDS: critical responses Dorie J. Gilbert and Ednita M. Wright.

RA643.86.A35I43 2006
The African AIDS epidemic: a history John Iliffe.

RC137.C43 2008
Dengue fever and other hemorrhagic viruses Tirtha Chakraborty and Hilary Babcock.

RC185.G85 2008
Tetanus Patrick Guilfoile and Hilary Babcock.

RC954.E23 2008
Toward healthy aging: human needs & nursing response Priscilla Ebersole.

RC1045.P78M57 2008
Mistaken identity: two families, one survivor, unwavering hope Don Van Ryn.

RG133.5.M86 2007
Everything conceivable: how assisted reproduction is changing men, women, and the world Liza Mundy.

RJ496.T68C45 2007
Children with Tourette syndrome: a parents' guide Tracy Lynne Marsh.

RJ506.H9Z45 2006
Teenagers with ADD and ADHD: a guide for parents and professionals Chris A. Zeigler Dendy and Chris A. Zeigler Dendy.

RM301.15.L5 2006
Laughing gas, Viagra, and Lipitor: the human stories behind the drugs we use Jie Jack Li.

SB433.5.C683 2006
Bonsai master class Craig Coussins.


Technology, Home Economics, and Photography

TA351.H5 2004
Engineering mechanics R. C. Hibbeler.

TJ807.9.U6E34 2007
Feeding the fire: the lost history and uncertain future of mankind's energy addiction Mark E. Eberhart.

TK5105.875.I57H463 2008
The hidden web: finding quality information on the net Maureen Henninger.

TK7868.D5A37 1997
Introduction to applied fuzzy electronics Ahmad M. Ibrahim.

TL515.K45 2006
Airplanes: the life story of a technology Jeremy R. Kinney and National Air and Space Museum.

TR15.R67 2007
A world history of photography Naomi Rosenblum.

TR820.L517 2006
Platinum anniversary collection: 70 years of extraordinary photography Life Books .

TT920.V36 2006
Wheel-thrown pottery Bill Van Gilder and Cara Biasucci.

Military Science

UB416.B74 2004
Young soldiers: why they choose to fight Rachel Brett and Irma Specht.


Publishing, Library Science, and Word Processing

Z678.C35 2007
Library 2.0: a guide to participatory library service Michael E. Casey and Laura C. Savastinuk.

Z711.2.V46 2006
Creating the one-shot library workshop: a step-by-step guide Jerilyn R. Veldof.

 
 

 

   

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