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Medicine in the Old West: A History, 1850-1900<\/h2>\n

\"MedicineBy Jeremy Agnew \u201964<\/p>\n

The healing arts as practiced in the Old West often meant the difference between life and death for pioneers, who often had to make do until a doctor could be found. This historical overview addresses the health perils during the expansion of the American frontier, and the methods used by doctors to treat and overcome them. Appendices list commonly used drugs and typical surgical instruments from the 1850-1900 era. Agnew, a consultant in the field of biomedical electronics, has written numerous books about the Old West.<\/p>\n

ISBN: 978-0-7864-4623-0. Published by McFarland & Co., 2010.<\/p>\n

Trees and Shrubs of New Mexico<\/h2>\n

\"TreesBy Jack L. Carter, professor emeritus of biology<\/p>\n

This publication is designed for use by both interested laypersons and plant scientists. It includes more than 500 full-color photos and 450 finely detailed illustrations \u2028by Marjorie Leggitt<\/b> \u201977<\/b>) and descriptions of more than 490 naturalized and cultivated trees, shrubs and woody vines that are known to occur in New Mexico, as well as distribution maps and dichotomous keys. The guide is designed to assist the educated layperson interested in identifying New Mexico flora, says Carter, who now lives in Silver City, N.M.<\/p>\n

ISBN: 978-096584044-6. Published by Mimbres Publishing, 2012.<\/p>\n

The Honesties of Love<\/h2>\n

\"HonestiesBy Bruce Kellner \u201955<\/p>\n

In this comedy of bad manners, the ill-matched parents of too-young newlyweds Billy and Ann Richardson politely collide in a series of encounters guaranteed to insure catastrophe, when a wry college professor, a glamorous real estate agent, a randy plumber, and a frustrated housewife face off on some social and sexual battlefields. The newlyweds find themselves forced to grow up in a hurry as they begin to accept their parents as people who are as vulnerable as everyone else.<\/p>\n

ISBN: 978-1-59569-230-6. Published by Mondial Books, 2012.<\/p>\n

Injecting Dreams into Cows<\/h2>\n

\"InjectingBy Jessy Randall, archivist and curator of special collections, Tutt Library<\/p>\n

This new book features typical Randall poems \u2013 if Randall poems can be called typical. They\u2019ve been described as sassy, bold, confident, and \u201cthey always seem to get the last word,\u201d said one reviewer. An earlier collection of poems, \u201cA Day in Boyland,\u201d was a finalist for the Colorado Book Award. Randall\u2019s poems have been hung from trees, made into rock songs by garage bands, used in library advertisements, sold in gumball machines, and most recently, featured on the side of a \u201cstreet-cleansing\u201d truck in Sydney, Australia.<\/p>\n

ISBN: 978-1-59709-230-2. Published by Red Hen Press, 2012.<\/p>\n

The Man Who Turned Both Cheeks<\/h2>\n

\"ManBy Gillian Royes \u201969<\/p>\n

Picturesque and impoverished Largo Bay is the background for this novel about love and fear, the second in Royes\u2019s mystery series featuring Shad, a Jamaican bartender-detective. With the arrival of Joseph, estranged son of Eric, the bar\u2019s owner, hopes for the village\u2019s future come alive but are soon to be threatened. Janna, who has returned to the island, falls for Joseph\u2019s good looks and charm, but she isn\u2019t the only one with an eye for this mysterious man.<\/p>\n

ISBN: 978-1-4516-2743-5. Published by Simon and Schuster, 2012.<\/p>\n

A Handbook for Academic Museums: Exhibitions and Education<\/h2>\n

\"HandbookBy Jessica Hunter-Larsen \u201990, curator of CC\u2019s IDEA Space<\/p>\n

Hunter-Larsen\u2019s article, titled \u201cThe Curatorial Classroom: Creating Opportunities for Engaged Learning in the Academic Museum,\u201d is included in this collection of essays written about, by, and for the community of academic museums. Hunter-Larsen\u2019s piece highlights two recent collaborative projects between CC\u2019s Interdisciplinary Arts Program and faculty members Jane Murphy, associate professor of history, and Rebecca Tucker, professor of art history. It examines the ways in which\u00a0\u201cNigar Nazar: Freedom and Authority in Pakistan and the Middle East\u201d and\u00a0\u201cStrange Beauty: Baroque Sensibilities in Contemporary Art\u201d created learning opportunities by positioning exhibits as extensions of the classroom.<\/p>\n

ISBN-13: 978-1907697524. Published by Museums Etc., 2012.<\/p>\n

Glad to Be Dad: A Call to Fatherhood<\/h2>\n

\"GladBy Tim Myers \u201975<\/p>\n

This realistic but warm-hearted look at the realities facing American families today recently made Amazon\u2019s \u201cHot New Releases in Fatherhood\u201d list.\u00a0Packed with humor, practical insights, and honest analysis of how things are changing, not only for men but also their wives, the book\u00a0focuses on the challenges these changes bring, as well as the opportunities they present for personal growth and greater happiness. Myers\u2019s children\u2019s books have won recognition from The\u00a0New York Times<\/i>, NPR, Smithsonian Magazine<\/i>, and others.\u00a0He also won the 2012 Society of Children\u2019s Book Writers and Illustrators Magazine Merit Award for Fiction.<\/p>\n

ASIN: B008O8B05E. Published by Familius, 2012.<\/p>\n

The Generals\u2019 Wives<\/h2>\n

\"General'sBy Betty L. Alt \u201960 and Sandra K. Wells<\/p>\n

Custer, Pershing, Patton, MacArthur\u2014 many are familiar with these famous American generals, although almost no one is familiar with their wives \u2014Libbie Custer, Frances Pershing, Beatrice Patton, Jean MacArthur. These are only four of the fascinating women who followed their husbands throughout their careers and helped the generals attain their high rank. \u201cThe Generals\u2019 Wives\u201d provides brief biographies of 15 of these women, from the Revolutionary War to Vietnam.<\/p>\n

ISBN-13: 978-1457514654. Published by Dog Ear Publishing, 2012.<\/p>\n

Under Every Leaf<\/h2>\n

\"UnderBy William Beaver \u201967<\/p>\n

The book, which derives its name from a Farsi proverb that says, \u201cUnder every leaf you will find an Englishman,\u201d is the story of the shadowy intelligence division of the British War Office and its role in the formation of the Victorian Empire and imperial policy making from Asia to Africa. The book is based on portions of Beaver\u2019s D.Phil dissertation at Oxford, and draws from an encyclopedic array of primary and little-known sources. Focusing on the heady days between the Crimean War and the establishment of MI5 and MI6 in the early years of the 20th century, this book tells how Britain was well served by an extremely sophisticated secret intelligence service which few even knew existed, then or now.<\/p>\n

ISBN-13: 978-1849542197. Published by Biteback, 2012.<\/p>\n

Thoreau\u2019s Importance for Philosophy<\/h2>\n

\"Thoreau'sco-edited by Rick Anthony Furtak, associate professor of philosophy<\/p>\n

Thoreau is widely read but often misunderstood, with Furtak and others believing he deserves to be more widely appreciated as a great American philosopher. By illuminating Thoreau\u2019s work from various perspectives, the editors hope to open up paths for future philosophical work in the legacy of Thoreau. The book started as a conversation among the co-editors, and began to take shape as they reached out to other like-minded authors and scholars, believing that the potential of Thoreau\u2019s writings has only been partly brought to light, even though 150 years have passed since his death.<\/p>\n

ISBN-13: 978-0823239306. Published by Fordham University Press, 2012.<\/p>\n

Chasing the Wild<\/h2>\n

\"ChasingBy John Heninger \u201983<\/p>\n

They called Jack \u201cGolden Boy.\u201d Star high school athlete, lots of money, and a big house on the lake. No problems, no worries. Until his mom\u2019s funeral. Now his dad is in jail for running a Ponzi scheme and his little brother is dying of cancer. The doctors are pushing chemo and radiation, but his brother has only one wish\u2014to run away and find Kunik, the magical polar bear from an Inuit legend his mom used to tell. So Jack and his drifting friend, Jill, come up with a plan to sneak across the Canadian border to the Arctic Ocean. On the journey, they discover a dark secret about their legend, and why it can\u2019t be told in the North anymore.<\/p>\n

ISBN-13: 978-1469931746. Published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012.<\/p>\n

The Sexualization of Girls and Girlhood<\/h2>\n

\"Sexualizationco-edited by Tomi-Ann Roberts, professor of psychology<\/p>\n

For the past several years, child advocates, parents, and educators have expressed concern over the sexualization of girls. Has the cultural sexual objectification of girls and women increased? Are younger and younger girls sold a \u201csexed-up\u201d version of femininity, and are adult women sold a girlish sexuality? Subtitled \u201cCauses, Consequences, and Resistance,\u201d the book brings an academic voice to the conversation, and includes the empirical research, theory, and practice stemming from the report of the American Psychological Association\u2019s Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls.<\/p>\n

ISBN-13: 978-0199731657. Published by Oxford University Press, 2012.<\/p>\n

War and the Modern World<\/h2>\n

\"Warco-authored by Dennis Showalter, professor of history<\/p>\n

The fourth volume in \u201cThe Cambridge History of War\u201d series, this book offers a definitive new account of war in the most destructive period in human history. Opening with the massive conflicts that erupted in the mid-19th century in the U.S., Asia, and Europe, leading historians trace the global evolution of warfare through \u201cthe age of mass,\u201d \u201cthe age of machine,\u201d and \u201cthe age of management.\u201d The book is a comprehensive guide to every facet of modern war, from strategy and operations to its social, cultural, technological, and political contexts and legacies.<\/p>\n

ISBN-13: 978-0521875776. Published by Cambridge University Press, 2012.<\/p>\n

Genesis Reloaded: Questioning a Literal Interpretation of the Bible<\/h2>\n

\"GenesisBy Fred Galves \u201983<\/p>\n

Acclaimed law professor Galves leads readers on a provocative journey to reconcile literal interpretations of the Bible with provable fact and spiritual conjecture. Because people sometimes have difficulty believing in a literal interpretation of the Bible, they often wonder whether the Bible as written is true. Going beyond the classic debate between atheistic critics and evangelical literalists, the book blends rational thought, spiritual beliefs, and personal anecdotes to investigate the paradox between religious faith and scientific rationality. Galves does not denounce the possibility for a justified belief in God, instead forcing the reader to think deeply about assumptions made concerning the Bible.<\/p>\n

ISBN-13: 978-1457513640. Dog Ear Publishing, 2012.<\/p>\n

Cairns: Messengers in Stone<\/h2>\n

\"Cairns\"By David B. Williams \u201987<\/p>\n

Cairns, those seemingly random stacks of rock, are surprisingly rich with stories and meaning. For thousands of years, cairns have been used to connect to the landscape and communicate with others, and are an essential guide to travelers. These man-made rock piles can indicate a trail, mark a grave, serve as an altar or shrine, reveal property boundaries or sacred hunting grounds, and even predict astronomical activity. Williams, a CC geology major, weaves together the cultural and natural history of cairns from around the world.<\/p>\n

ISBN-13: 978-1594856815. Published by Mountaineers Books, 2012.<\/p>\n

The Indianization of Lewis and Clark<\/h2>\n

\"IndianizationBy Bill Swagerty \u201973<\/p>\n

Although some have attributed the success of the Lewis and Clark expedition to gunpowder and gumption, Swagerty, professor of history and director of the John Muir Center at the University of the Pacific, demonstrates in this two-volume set that adopting Indian ways of procuring, processing, and transporting food and gear was crucial to the survival of the Corps of Discovery. Swagerty started the work as a result of his training as a student with CC professors Harvey L. Carter and Dennis E. Showalter.\u00a0\u201cCarter introduced me to Western American explorers and good research methods; Showalter cultivated my interest in military history and remains my role model as teacher\/scholar.\u201d Both are acknowledged in the dedication page.<\/p>\n

ISBN-13: 978-0870624131. Published by The Arthur H. Clark Company, 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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