NEW ACQUISITIONS
DECEMBER 2018/JANUARY 2019
COON RAPIDS
FEATURED WEBSITES
The Loft’s Wordplay: Minnesota’s Largest Celebration of Readers, Writers, and Great Books
https://loft.org/wordplay/about-wordplay
-May 11-12 with registration opening in March
-featuring Stephen King, Jamaica Kincaid, Mitch Albom, Amy Tan, Dave Barry, Bill McKibben, Tommy Orange, Jared Diamond, and more
Biointeractive’s Virtual Lab
https://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/explore-virtual-labs
-from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, it features free anatomy, bacterial identification and neurophysiology labs.
-“designed to practice the skills & techniques of scientific research”
PRINT BOOKS
AFRICA
African Development: Making Sense of the Issues and Actors
Africa’s Business Revolution: How to Succeed in the World’s Next Big Growth Market
ART
Foundations of Classical Oil Painting: How to Paint Realistic People, Landscapes and Still Life
Great Stained Glass Projects for Beginners
BUSINESS
500 Social Media Marketing Tips
Africa’s Business Revolution: How to Succeed in the World’s Next Big Growth Market
Diversity in Multinational Corporations
Driven to the Brink: Why Corporate Governance, Board Leadership and Culture Matter
Executive Employment Law: A Handbook for Minnesota Executives
The Gift of Global Talent: How Migration Shapes Business, Economy & Society
Harvard Business Review Entrepreneur’s Handbook: Everything You Need to Launch and Grow Your New Business
Integrated Marketing Communication: Creative Strategy from Idea to Implementation
On the Origin of Products: the Evolution of Product Innovation and Design
COMPUTER SCIENCE
Cybersecurity Essentials
ECONOMICS
Biofuels, Food Security, and Developing Economies
Unmaking the Global Sweatshop: Health and Safety of the World’s Garment Workers
EDUCATION
The Chicago Manual of Style, 17h Edition
A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, 9th Edition, Kate Turabian
McGraw-Hill Education ACT 2019
ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING
English Grammar for ESL Learners
FRENCH
Complete French All-in-One Total Language Study Program
French Grammar
GEOGRAPHY
Environmental Geography: People and the Environment
HEALTH AND WELLNESS
The Business of Personal Training
Dynamic Human Anatomy
The Eating Instinct: Food Culture, Body Image, and Guilt in America
Management Strategies in Athletic Training
The Medical Marijuana Guide: Cannabis and Your Health
Organizational Behavior in Sport Management
HISTORY
Afghanistan: A History from 1260 to the Present
The Death of Hitler: the Final Word on the Ultimate Cold Case: the Search for Hitler’s Body
The Edge of Anarchy: the Railroad Barons, the Gilded Age, and the Greatest Labor Uprising in America
The Eternal City: A History of Rome
Fragile Nation, Shattered Land: the Modern History of Syria
Presidents of War, by Michael Beschloss
Understanding Contemporary Russia
Women and the American Labor Movement: From the First Trade Unions to the Present
LITERATURE
American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin, by Terrance Hayes (2018 National Book Award Finalist for Poetry)
The Book with No Pictures, by B.J. Novak
Boy Erased: a Memoir, by Garrard Conley
Brown Girl Dreaming, by Jacqueline Woodson
The Friend: A Novel, by Sigrid Nunez (2018 National Book Award Winner for Fiction)
Summer Bird Blue, by Akemi Dawn Bowman
The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle, by Leslie Connor (2018 National Book Award Finalist for Young People’s Literature)
MATHEMATICS
Statistics 101
MEDIA
Breaking News: The Remaking of Journalism and Why it Matters Now
MUSIC
The History of Gangster Rap, from Schoolly D to Kendrick Lamar: The Rise of a Great American Art Form
The History of Rock & Roll, Volume One, 1920-1963
NURSING
Dynamic Human Anatomy
Genetics 101
Handbook of Obesity Treatment
The Medical Marijuana Guide: Cannabis and Your Health
Mosby’s Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing & Health Professions
Nephrology: Innovations in Clinical Practice (Nursing Clinics of North America series)
Nursing Fundamentals Demystified
PHILOSOPHY
The Lies that Bind: Rethinking Identity, by Kwame Anthony Appiah
PHYSICAL THERAPIST ASSISTANT
Dynamic Human Anatomy
Soft Tissue and Trigger Point Release
POLITICAL SCIENCE
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics
Islamophobia, Race, and Global Politics
PSYCHOLOGY
The Eating Instinct: Food Culture, Body Image, and Guilt in America
Handbook of Child and Adolescent Aggression
Invisible Girls: Speaking the Truth about Sexual Abuse
RELIGION
Atlas of World Religions
Islamophobia, Race, and Global Politics
Muhammad: Prophet of Peace Amid the Clash of Empires
SCIENCE
Beyond Weird: Why Everything You thought You Knew about Quantum Physics is Different
Designing Climate Solutions: A Policy Guide for Low-Carbon Energy
Dynamic Human Anatomy
The End of Animal Farming: How Scientists, Entrepreneurs, and Activists are Building an Animal-Free Food System
Environmental Geography: People and the Environment
The Food Sharing Revolution: How Start-Ups, Pop-Ups, and Co-Ops are Changing the Way We Eat
Genetics 101
On the Origin of Products: The Evolution of Product Innovation and Design
The Story of Chemistry: From the Periodic Table to Nanotechnology
Wildly Successful Farming: Sustainability and the New Agricultural Land Ethic, by Brian DeVore, editor with the Land Stewardship Project in Minnesota
SOCIOLOGY
Beyond these Walls: Rethinking Crime and Punishment in the United States
Contemporary Feminist Research from Theory to Practice
What We Talk About When We Talk About Rape, by Sohaila Abdulali
SUSTAINABILITY
Designing Climate Solutions: A Policy Guide for Low-Carbon energy
The End of Animal Farming: How Scientists, Entrepreneurs, and Activists are Building an Animal-Free Food System
The Food Sharing Revolution: How Start-Ups, Pop-Ups, and Co-Ops are Changing the Way We Eat
Nourished Planet: Sustainability in the Global Food System
Wildly Successful Farming: Sustainability and the New Agricultural Land Ethic, by Brian DeVore, editor with the Land Stewardship Project in Minnesota
THEATRE
The Business of Acting: How to Build a Career in a Changing Landscape
WOMEN’S STUDIES
Contemporary Feminist Research from Theory to Practice
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics
Women and the American Labor Movement: From the First Trade Unions to the Present
CAMBRIDGE
Reference
Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life
CQ Researcher 2017
Occupational Outlook Handbook 2018
Lehne’s Pharmacology for Nursing Care 2019
Philosophy, Psychology, Religion
Please Stop Laughing at Me
Endure: The Power of Spiritual Assets for Resilience to Trauma & Stress
History
Modern Finland
America’s War for the Greater Middle East
Funny in Farsi
Islamophobia and Racism in America
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How our Government Segregated America
Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House
Geography, Anthropology, Recreation
Eat, Pray, Love
Bit by Bit: How Video Games Transformed Our World
Social Sciences
Flames of Discontent: The 1916 Minnesota Iron Ore Strike
An Intelligent Career: Taking Ownership of Your Work and Your Life
Naked Money: A Revealing look at What it is and Why it Matters
Giving Voice: Mobile Communication, Disability, and Inequality
Tweaked: A Crystal Meth Memoir
Political Science
Social Media and Politics: A New Way to Participate in the Political Process
Law
Tainted Witness: Why We Doubt What Women Say About Their Lives
Education
It Won’t be Easy: An Exceedingly Honest (and Slightly Unprofessional) Love Letter to Teaching
Confessions of a Scholarship Winner
College Board Scholarship Handbook 2018
The Ultimate Scholarship Book 2018
I am Malala
Fine Arts
Modern Watercolor
Language and Literature
The Writer’s Market 2018
Running with Scissors
Hole in My Life
Push
Milkweed
Autopsy
The Sympathizer
Nothing Stays Buried
Split
The Fault in Our Stars
Uglies
Science
When Ideology Trumps Science
Stars & Planets
The Death and Life of the Great Lakes
DNA Technology
Marine Mammal Welfare
Wild by Nature
Medicine
Understanding Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
ADHD Medications
Ordinarily Well: The Case for Antidepressants
Mosby’s Massage Therapy Review
Medical-Surgical Nursing 2018
Healing Touch
Technology
Adobe Illustrator CS5
Adobe Fireworks CS5
Photoshop CS5 Bible
Photoshop CS5
Simple Physics of Energy Use
