Constitution Day - 2008

The library is proud to present both a display and an accompanying web-site (http://www.western.edu/lib/govdocs/constitutionday.html) for this year's Constitution Day observance. Our topic this year is on voting and the U.S. Constitution. Check-out the accompanying wiki page for a photo of Lara's display and the chance for you to participate in the discussion surrounding this year's topic.

New Books

The Twelve Olympians. By Charles Seltman. 1962.
Myths and Legends of All Nations. By Herbert Spencer Robinson and Knox Wilson. 1961.
Charlemagne. By Richard Winston. 1960.
The Oldest Stories in the World. By Theodor H. Gaster. 1958.
America's Ancient Civilizations. By A. Hyatt Verrill and Ruth Verrill. 1967.
The Outcasts of Poker Flat and Other Tales. By Bret Harte. 1961.
Brutal Journey. By Paul Schneider. 2006.
The Taming of the Salt. By the Salt River Project. 1979.
The Incas. Edited by Alain Gheerbrant. 1971.
The Age of the Reformation. By Roland H. Bainton. 1956.
The Crusades. By Henry Treece. 1964.
The Story of Ancient History. By James T. Shotwell. 1961.
The Mustangs. By J. Frank Dobie. 1952.
The Travels of Marco Polo. By Milton Rugoff. 1961.
Ancient Semitic Civilizations. By Sabatino Moscati. 1960.
A Military History of The Western World. By Major General J.F.C. Fuller. Vol. 1-3. 1967.
Sleepwalking Through History. By Haynes Johnson. 1992.
Incredible Era, The Life and Times of Warren Gamaliel Harding. By Samuel Hopkins Adams. 1964.
The Prince. By Niccolo Machiavelli. 1952.

New Books

The Holy Roman Empire. By James Bryce. 1961.
The Centennial Years. By Fred A. Shannon. 1967.
Plan of Attack. By Bob Woodward. 2004.
The One Percent Doctrine. By Ron Suskind. 2006.
The First American. By H.W. Brands. 2002.
Against All Enemies. By Richard A. Clarke. 2004.
Walt Disney. By Neal Gabler. 2006.
My Life. By Bill Clinton. 2004.
The Family. By Kitty Kelley. 2004.
Reflections on the Just. By Paul Ricoeur. 2007.
Doctrine and Difference. By Michael J. Colacurcio. 1997.
Staying Alive. By Vandana Shiva. 1989.
Kant. By Paul Guyer. 2006.
One West, Two Myths. Edited by Carol Higham and Robert Thacker. 2004.
Awakening Warrior. By Timothy L. Challans. 2007.
The Dictators. By Richard Overy. 2004.
Transforming Tradition. Edited by Neil V. Rosenberg. 1993.
Feminism Without Borders. By Chandra Talpade Mohanty. 2003.
Abraham's Children. By Norman Solomon, Richard Harries and Tim Winter. 2005.
The Blackwell Companion to the Study of Religion. Edited by Robert A. Segal. 2006.

New Films and Books

Motion Pictures.

Children of the Century. Directed by Diane Kurys. 2003.
The Constant Gardener. Directed by Fernando Meirelles. 2005.
Persepolis. Directed by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud. 2007.

Books.

Becoming Justice Blackmun. By Linda Greenhouse. 2005.
Disney War. By James B. Stewart. 2005.
The Informant. By Kurt Eichenwald. 2000.
Pioneer Doctor. By Mari Grana. 2005.
House of Bush, House of Saud. By Craig Unger. 2004.
Madam Secretary. By Madeleine Albright. 2003.
The People vs. Big Tobacco. By Carrick Mollenkamp, Adam Levy, Joseph Menn and Jeffrey Rothfeder. 1998.
Imperial Hubris. Anonymous. 2004.
Theodore Rex. By Edmund Morris. 2002.
From Time Immemorial. By Joan Peters. 1993.
Damages. By Barry Werth. 1998.
President Reagan. By Lou Cannon. 2000.
The Defense is Ready. By Lesli Abramson with Richard Flaste. 1997.
Courtroom 302. By Steve Bogira. 2006.
Washington. By Meg Greenfield. 2001.
The Smartest Guys in the Room. By Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind. 2004.
The House of Morgan. By Ron Chernow. 1990.
The Supreme Court. By Jeffrey Rosen. 2007.
State of Denial. By Bob Woodward. 2006.
The Shock Doctrine. By Naomi Klein. 2007.
John Brown, Abolitionist. By David S. Reynolds. 2005.
Prescott, The Conquest of Mexico, The Conquest of Peru, and Other Selections. Edited Hugh R. Trevor-Roper. 1966.
The Pelican History of Greece. By A.R. Burn. 1966.
The General Who Marched to Hell. Earl Schenck Miers. 1965.
The Ancient Kingdoms of the Nile and the Doomed Monuments of Nubia. By Walter A. Fairservis, Jr. 1962.
The Farmer's Last Frontier: Agriculture, 1860-1897. By Fred A. Shannon. 1968.
The Real Majority. By Richard M. Scammon and Ben J. Wattenberg. 1971.
The Lords of Creation. By Frederich Lewis Allen. 1966.
North American Discovery. Edited by David B. Quinn. 1971.
Our Country. By Michael Barone. 1992.

New books

Global Feminism. Edited by Myra Marx Ferree and Aili Mari Tripp. 2006.
Breakdown and Reconstitution. By Abu Bakarr Bah. 2005.
Finding the Real Me. Edited by Tracie O'Keefe and Katrina Fox. 2003.
Multimedia Histories. Edited by James Lyons and John Plunkett. 2007.

More New Books.

Portraits of Women in the American West. Edited by Dee Garceau-Hagen. 2005.
Empires of the Sea. By Roger Crowley. 2008.
True Selves. By Milred L. Brown and Chloe Ann Rounsley. 1996.
Featuring Females. Edited by Ellen Cole and Jessica Henderson Daniel. 2005.
The Periodic Table. By Eric R. Scerri. 2007.
The Business of Sports. Volumes 1-3. Edited by Brad R. Humphreys and Dennis R. Howard. 2008.
Playing With God. By William J. Baker. 2007.
Arab American Literary Fictions, Cultures, and Politics. By Steven Salaita. 2007.
Upward Mobiliy and the Common Good. By bruce Robbins. 2007.
Arthur Miller A Playwright's Life and Works. By Enoch Brater. 2005.
A History of Feminist Literary Criticism. Edited by Gill Plain and Susan Sellers. 2007.

New Books

The Victorian Woman Question in Contemporary Feminist Fiction. By Jeannette King. 2005.
Traveling Economies. By Jennifer Bernhardt Steadman. 2007.
Poetry, Politics, and Culture. By Harold Kaplan. 2006.
Comparative Literature in an Age of Globalization. Edited by Haun Saussy. 2006.
Trading Roles. By Jane E. Mangan. 2005.
The Sex of Class. Edited by Dorothy Sue Cobble. 2007.
Shades of the Planet. Edited by Wai Chee Dimock and Lawrence Buell. 2007.
Sciences From Below. By Sandra Harding. 2008.
Haunted by Empire. Edited by Ann Laura Stoler. 2006.
The Future of Gender. Edited by Jude Browne. 2007.
Media and Minorities. By Stephanie Greco Larson. 2006.
Jamaica Kincaid. By J. Brooks Bouson. 2005.
American Voices. Edited by Bernard K. Duffy and Richard W. Leeman. 2005.
An Introduction to Women's Studies. By Inderpal Grewal and Caren Kaplan. 2006.
Gentlemem Callers. By Michael Paller. 2005.
The Cambridge Companion to Edward Albee. Edited by Stephen Bottoms. 2005.
The Chemical Element. By Andrew Ede. 2006.
Our Sister's Keeper. Edited by Jill Bergman and Debra Bernardi. 2005.
A Companion to Narrative Theory. Edited by James Phelan and Peter J. Rabinowitz.