Real World Research Skills: An Introduction to Factual, International, Judicial, Legislative, and Regulatory Research by Peggy Garvin
ZA 5110 .G37 2007
This book provides an outline for conducting research, with a focus on government resources.
Standardized Childhood: The Political and Cultural Struggle Over Early Education by Bruce Fuller
LB 1140.23 .F85 2007
“Using the accounts of teachers, community activists, and political leaders actively shaping this debate, Standardized Childhood shows why the universal preschool movement is attracting such robust support-and strident opposition-nationwide.” — book jacket
Six Billion Plus: World Population in the Twenty-First Century by K. Bruce Newbold
HB 894.53 .N484 2007
“This balanced text offers a concise and readable introduction to world population growth and its implications for the future. With a population currently exceeding six billion and expected to reach ten billion by mid-century, the globe faces a demographic situation that is now more critical than ever before. While the developed world grapples with the problems of an aging and declining population, the developing world will contend with the opposite dilemma of explosive growth. And so the strongest factors shaping the global environment in the decades to come will include population fertility, the social and economic impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, legal and illegal immigration, and refugees. The implications are enormous as population growth exacerbates food and resource scarcities, places pressure on institutions, and promotes the potential for conflict. Drawing on a geographical perspective and using examples from around the world, this fully updated edition will be an invaluable resource for all readers concerned with the intertwined issues of population, environment, and health.” — back cover of book
The Making of Second Life: Notes from the new world by Wagner James Au
GV 1469.25 .S425 A9 2008
“The wholly virtual world known as Second Life has attracted more than a million active users, millions of dollars, and created its own - very real - economy. The Making of Second Life is the behind-the-scenes story of the Web 2.0 revolution’s most improbable enterprise: the creation of a virtual 3-D world with its own industries, culture, and social systems. Now the toast of the Internet economy, and the subject of countless news articles, profiles, and television shows, Second Life is usually known for the wealth of real-world companies (Reuters, Pontiac, IBM) that have created “virtual offices” within it, and the number of users (”avatars”) who have become wealthy through their user-created content.” – book jacket
Acting Lessons for Teachers: Using Performance Skills in the Classroom by Robert T. Tauber and Cathy Sargent Mester
LB 1732 .T38 2007
“Simply put, students are more engaged, misbehave less, and learn better from teachers who teach enthusiastically. A teacher’s enthusiasm for his or her subject matter can be contagious. Since the dynamic of the classroom is similar to that of the stage in terms of speaker/listener relationships, the acting craft offers teachers a model for skills and strategies that can be incorporated into their own work to convey more enthusiasm for the material and for the students.” — book jacket
by Muhammad Yunus
HD 60 .Y86 2007
“Now, in Creating a World Without Poverty, Yunus goes beyond microcredit to pioneer the idea of social business - a completely new way to use the creative vibrancy of business to tackle social problems from poverty and pollution to inadequate health care and lack of education.” — book jacket
by Gayle Greene
RC 547 .G75 2008
“Insomniac is at once a field guide through the hidden terrain inhabited by insomniacs, a map for navigating the reefs and shoals of sleepless nights and sleepy days, and a book of consolations for anyone who has struggled with this affliction that has long been trivialized and neglected.” — book jacket
Gay Life and Culture: A World History - edited by Robert Aldrich
HQ 76 .G329 2006
“In the years since Stonewall, the world has witnessed an outpouring of research, critical inquiry, and reinterpretation of gay life and culture. This book — the first one-volume, contemporary history of gay life and culture — draws on groundbreaking new material to present a comprehensive survey of all things gay, stretching back to ancient Sumeria and ranging to the present day.”
By: Bryan M. Jack
F 474 .S29 N437 2007
“In the aftermath of the Civil War, thousands of former slaves made their way from the South to the Kansas plains. … Bryan Jack now tells the story of this American exodus as it played out in St. Louis.” … [This book] offers an important new lens for exploring the complex racial relationships that existed within post-Reconstruction America.” –book jacket
