The Bloodless Revolution: A Cultural History of Vegetarianism from 1600 to Modern Times

by Tristram Stuart

Call Number: TX392 .S86 2007

Hailed by critics on both sides of the Atlantic, The Bloodless Revolution is a pioneering history of puritanical revolutionaries, European Hinduphiles, and visionary scientists who embraced radical ideas from the East and conspired to overthrow Western society’s voracious hunger for meat. At the heart of this compelling history are the stories of John Zephaniah Holwell, survivor of the Black Hole of Calcutta, and John Stewart and John Oswald, who traveled to India in the eighteenth century, converted to the animal-friendly tenets of Hinduism, and returned to Europe to spread the word. Leading figures of the Enlightenment—among them Rousseau, Voltaire, and Benjamin Franklin—gave intellectual backing to the vegetarians, sowing the seeds for everything from Victorian soup kitchens to contemporary animal rights and environmentalism.

Spanning across three centuries with reverberations to our current world, The Bloodless Revolution is a stunning debut from a young historian with enormous talent and promise, “draw[ing] the different strands of the subject together in a way that has never been done before” (Keith Thomas, author of Man and the Natural World). 24 pages of illustrations. (Description by BarnesandNobles.com)

Building a PC for Dummies: For Gaming, Multimedia, the Office or the Family, 5th Edition

by Mark L. Chambers

Call Number: TK9969 .C43 2006

• Shows tech hobbyists how to build the perfect PC, whether they want to create the ultimate gaming machine or combine new and recycled parts to construct an inexpensive computer for a child

• The do-it-yourself craze is sweeping through the tech community, and this guide is now significantly revised and updated to cover the wide array of new hardware and accessories available

• Step-by-step instructions and dozens of photos walk first-time computer builders through the entire process, from building the foundation, and adding a processor and RAM, to installing a video card, configuring a hard drive, hooking up CD and DVD drives, adding a modem, and troubleshooting problems

(Description by BarnesandNobles.com)

iPod & iTunes VISUAL Quick Tips

by Kate Shoup

Call Number: ML74.4 .I48 S56 2007

Would you like to discover the best ways to find cool stuff on iTunes, download it all to your iPod, and get the very most out of both these hot technologies from Apple? Then this Visual Quick Tips book is for you. This book will increase your productivity by providing you with shortcuts, tricks, and tips to help you work smarter and faster. Learn how to smoothly integrate iTunes with your iPod, manage your iTunes library, and use your iPod for more than music. (Description by BarnesandNobles.com)

National Plumbing and HVAC Estimator

by James A. Thomson

Call Number: TH6235 .T46 2007

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No Biting: Policy and Practice for Toddler Programs

by Gretchen Kinnell

Call Number: HQ774.5 .K56 2008

Biting is a problem that runs more than skin-deep. It can affect any toddler in any setting and can have developmental, emotional, or environmental causes. An “unfortunately not unexpected” occurrence among toddlers, biting is not just a physical act. It is a serious, complicated issue that brings frustration to the biter, the one who was bitten, parents, and child care providers. This book offers technique-building advice for approaching biting in ways that work effectively for everyone involved.

The second edition of No Biting is expanded and updated with chapters that provide information on why toddlers bite, how to respond when it happens, and how to handle ongoing incidents, instruction on how to develop biting policies, recommended articles to learn more about biting, sample letters to parents, policy statements, and incident reports, new material on how language development and spatial awareness can lead to biting, additional guidance for working with parents.

Perhaps no other concern in toddler programs challenges teachers and parents as much as biting does. This how-to handbook helps you work through biting with successful strategies and trusted guidance. (Description by BarnesandNobles.com)

Audel Welding Pocket Reference

by James E. Brumbaugh

Call Number: TS227 .B848 2007

Featuring updated charts dealing with the most common situations welding workers face on the job , this comprehensive, pocket-sized reference is based on recommendations from working professionals and covers welding symbols and definitions, types of joints and welds, typical welding station configurations, oxygen cylinders, arc-welding charts, U.S metric measures, and more. (Description by BarnesandNobles.com)

Gates of Injustice: The Crisis in America’s Prisons

by Alan Elsner

Call Number: HV9471 .E37 2006

In this new edition, updated after the Abu Ghraib scandal, Elsner uses a conversational tone in recounting the aspects of day-to-day life for American inmates: drug and alcohol abuse, rampant disease, rape, murder and racism. Prisons, Elsner writes, are fertile ground where the worst aspects of society take root and blossom, and the majority of his book, drawing on data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, court cases and interviews with current and former inmates, paints a stark picture of a seedy world where guards rape inmates without fear of recourse and inmates can be left in lockdown for weeks as a budget cutting initiative. Instances of the sadistic creativity exhibited by inmates (generally with the aim of violating prison regulations) and guards (to punish inmates who have creatively violated prison regulations) pepper Elsner’s sobering reportage, much of which concerns itself with figures and statistics so staggering that Elsner, clearly an advocate of prison reform, hesitates to even hint at solutions until the final chapter, when he outlines three elements of prison reform: reducing the number of new inmates, lowering recidivism rates and eradicating the “worst abuses within the system.” An unflinching account of an uncomfortable subject, the book provides a window into an overlooked-and growing-segment of society and will appeal to readers interested in issues of justice and human rights. (Description by Publishers Weekly)

2008 PDR Nurse’s Drug Handbook

by George R. Spratto and Adrienne L. Woods

Call Number: RM125 .S668 2008

With over 1,000 of the latest and most common FDA-approved drugs, the 2008 PDR® Nurse’s Drug Handbook continues to be an essential resource for the most important drug information. Each entry provides a wealth of facts concerning drug action, dosage, interactions, and contraindications. Clear guidelines are also provided for administration of drugs, communication with clients, and nursing considerations. The PDR® Nurse’s Drug Handbook highlights prevention of medication errors and clinical accountability like no other drug resource, making it a trusted product for nursing students, practicing nurses, and other health care professionals. (Description by BarnesandNobles.com)

Emergency Management: A Reference Handbook

by Jeffrey B. Bumgarner

Call Number: HV551.3 .B85 2008

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Political Scandals

by Randy Scherer

Call Number: JK2249 .P647 2008

Greenhaven Press’s At Issue series provides a wide range of opinions on individual social issues. Each volume focuses on a specific issue and offers a variety of perspectives - eyewitness accounts, governmental views, scientific analysis, newspaper and magazine accounts, and many more - to illuminate the issue. Extensive bibliographies and annotated lists of relevant organizations point to sources for further research. Enhancing critical thinking skills, each At Issue volume is an excellent research tool to help readers understand current social issues and prepare reports. (Description by BarnesandNobles.com)