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New Books Added July - September, 2006
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| Title | Call Number |
|---|---|
| Grant$ for arts, culture & the humanities. | 658.15 Gra 2005/2006 |
| American theocracy : the peril and politics of radical religion, oil, and borrowed money in the 21st century / Kevin Phillips. | 973.931 Phi 2006 |
| American vertigo : traveling America in the footsteps of Tocqueville / Bernard-Henri Lévy. | 917.304 Lev 2006 |
| Arguing about war / Michael Walzer. | 172.42 Wal 2005 |
| Blog! : how the newest media revolution is changing politics, business, and culture / David Kline and Dan Burstein ; | 006.7 Kli 2005 |
| Management by baseball : the official rules for winning management in any field / Jeff Angus. | 658 Ang 2006 |
| Muzzled : from T-ball to terrorism-- true stories that should be fiction / Michael Smerconish. | 306 Sme 2006 |
| Predicting the markets of tomorrow : a contrarian investment strategy for the next twenty years / James P. O'Shaughnessy. | 332.6 OSh 2006 |
| School choice and the future of American democracy / Scott Franklin Abernathy. | 379.111 Abe 2005 |
| Unsung heroines : single mothers and the American dream / Ruth Sidel. | 306.874 Sid 2006 |
| Financial intelligence : a manager's guide to knowing what the numbers really mean / Karen Berman and Joe Knight. | 658.15 Ber 2006 |
| Guide to financial markets / Marc Levinson. | 332.64 Lev 2006 |
| If Aristotle ran General Motors : the new soul of business / Tom Morris. | 658 Mor 1998 |
| If Harry Potter ran General Electric : leadership wisdom from the world of the wizards / Tom Morris. | 658 Mor 2006 |
| Imports, exports, and jobs : what does trade mean for employment and job loss? / Lori G. Kletzer. | 331.12 Kle 2002 |
| Impostor : how George W. Bush bankrupted America and betrayed the Reagan legacy / Bruce Bartlett. | 330.973 Bar 2006 |
| Job creation, job destruction, and international competition / Michael W. Klein, Scott Schuh, and Robert K. Triest. | 331.12 Kle 2003 |
| Job training that gets results : ten principles of effective employment programs / Michael Bernick. | 658.3124 Ber 2005 |
| Leverage : how to create your own "tipping points" in business and in life / by Darby Checketts. | 658.4092 Che 2006 |
| NAFTA revisited : achievements and challenges / Gary Clyde Hufbauer and Jeffrey J. Schott. | 382.917 Huf 2005 |
| Napoleon on project management : timeless lessons in planning, execution, and leadership / by Jerry Manas. | 658.404 Man 2006 |
| Policy matters / Noel Brave. | 361.6 Bra 2006 |
| The politics of attention : how government prioritizes problems / Bryan D. Jones, Frank R. Baumgartner. | 352.33 Jon 2005 |
| Stand for something : the battle for America's soul / by John Kasich. | 306.0973 Kas 2006 |
| Steal these ideas! : marketing secrets that will make you a star / Steve Cone. | 658.8 Con 2005 |
| Who leads whom? : presidents, policy, and the public / Brandice Canes-Wrone. | 352.236 Can 2006 |
| Atlas of the North American Indian / Carl Waldman. | 970.004 Wal 2000 |
| 100 words almost everyone confuses & misuses / from the editors of the American Heritage dictionaries. | 428.1 100 2004 |
| The access principle : the case for open access to research and scholarship / John Willinsky. | 070.5797 Wil 2006 |
| America : the last best hope / William J. Bennett. | 973 Ben 2006 |
| The appraisal of land / Max J. Derbes, Jr. | 333.332 Der 2005 |
| The disposable American : layoffs and their consequences / Louis Uchitelle. | 331.137 Uch 2006 |
| The first ladies fact book : the stories of the women of the White House from Martha Washington to Laura Bush / Bill Harris. | 973.099 Har 2005 |
| The Gallaudet dictionary of American Sign Language / Clayton Valli, editor in chief. | 419 Gal 2005 |
| Global values 101 : a short course / edited by Kate Holbrook ... [et al.]. | 170.973 Glo 2006 |
| Great Iowa walks : 50 strolls, rambles, hikes, and treks / Lynn L. Walters ; [edited by] Stan Stoga. | 796.51 Wal 2005 |
| Growing public : social spending and economic growth since the eighteenth century / Peter H. Lindert. | 339.522 Lin 2005 v.1 2005 |
| How to talk so people listen : connecting in today's workplace / Sonya Hamlin. | 658.452 Ham 2006 |
| Iowa : past to present : the people and the prairie / Dorothy Schwieder, Thomas Morain, Lynn Nielsen. | 977.7 Sch 2002 |
| Lockout : why America keeps getting immigration wrong when our prosperity depends on getting it right / Michele Wucker. | 325.73 Wuc 2006 |
| A nation by design : immigration policy in the fashioning of America / Aristide R. Zolberg. | 325.73 Zol 2006 |
| The origin of wealth : evolution, complexity, and the radical remaking of economics / Eric D. Beinhocker. | 338.9 Bei 2006 |
| Our underachieving colleges : a candid look at how much students learn and why they should be learning more / Derek Bok. | 378.73 Bok 2006 |
| The presidents fact book / Roger Matuz ; edited by Bill Harris. | 973.099 Mat 2004 |
| Revolutionary wealth / Alvin Toffler and Heidi Toffler. | 339 Tof 2006 |
| Right, wrong, and risky : a dictionary of today's American English usage / Mark Davidson. | 423.1 Dav 2006 |
| What would the founders do? : our questions, their answers / Richard Brookhiser. | 973.931 Bro 2006 |
| 20 questions to ask if you have a great idea or invention / Michael H. Jester. | 608 Jes 2006 |
| The 7 irrefutable rules of small business growth / Steven S. Little. | 658.022 Lit 2005 |
| The age of war : the United States confronts the world / Gabriel Kolko. | 327.73009 Kol 2006 |
| America at the crossroads : democracy, power, and the neoconservative legacy / Francis Fukuyama. | 327.73 Fuk 2006 |
| American trade politics / I.M. Destler. | 382.3 Des 2005 |
| Blacked out : government secrecy in the information age / Alasdair Roberts. | 323.445 Rob 2006 |
| Blue state blues / David R. Slavitt. | 324.7 Sla 2006 |
| Bringing your product to market-- in less than a year : fast-track approaches to cashing in on your great idea / Don Debelak. | 658.575 Deb 2005 |
| Common errors in English usage / Paul Brians. | 421.1 Bri 2003 |
| Critical lessons : what our schools should teach / Nel Noddings. | 373.11 Nod 2006 |
| Developing feeds with RSS and Atom / Ben Hammersley. | 005.72 Ham 2005 |
| Eisenhower on leadership : Ike's enduring lessons in total victory management / Alan Axelrod. | 355.33041 Axe 2006 |
| The everything inventions & patents book / Barbara Russell Pitts and Mary Russell Sarao. | 608 Pit 2006 |
| From marriage to the market : the transformation of women's lives and work / Susan Thistle. | 331.4 Thi 2006 |
| Globalization and the politics of pay : policy choices in the American states / Susan B. Hansen. | 331.21 Han 2006 |
| High tech trash : digital devices, hidden toxics, and human health / Elizabeth Grossman. | 363.7287 Gro 2006 |
| Hiking Iowa / Elizabeth Corcoran Hill. | 796.51 Hil 2005 |
| The how of WOW : a guide to giving a speech that will positively blow 'em away / Tony Carlson. | 808.51 Car 2005 |
| How to make patent drawings : a "Patent it yourself companion" / by Jack Lo and David Pressman. | 608.022 Lo 2005 |
| Inside toyland : working, shopping, and social inequality / Christine L. Williams. | 381.45 Wil 2006 |
| John Dewey and the decline of American education / Henry T. Edmondson III. | 370.1 Edm 2006 |
| The mom inventors handbook : how to turn your great idea into the next big thing / Tamara Monosoff. | 658.11 Mon 2005 |
| Naked conversations : how blogs are changing the way businesses talk with customers / Robert Scoble and Shel Israel. | 659.2 Sco 2006 |
| The new American workplace / James O'Toole, Edward E. Lawler III. | 331.1 Oto 2006 |
| The new suburban history / edited by Kevin M. Kruse and Thomas J. Sugrue. | 307.76 New 2006 |
| Open target : where America is vulnerable to attack / Clark Kent Ervin. | 363.35 Erv 2006 |
| The patent writer : how to write successful patent applications / Bob DeMatteis, Andy Gibbs, Michael Neustel. | 346.730486 DeM 2006 |
| Prisons / Jeffrey Ferro. | 365.973 Fer 2006 |
| SHAM : how the self-help movement made America helpless / Steve Salerno. | 155.2 Sal 2005 |
| Sprawl : a compact history / Robert Bruegmann. | 307.76 Bru 2005 |
| Taxes are a woman's issue : reframing the debate / Mimi Abramowitz and Sandra Morgen | 336.2 Abr 2006 |
| The torture debate in America / edited by Karen J. Greenberg. | 323.49 Tor 2006 |
| Unguarded gates : a history of America's immigration crisis / Otis L. Graham. | 325.73 Gra 2004 |
| 10 days that unexpectedly changed America / Steven M. Gillon. | 973 Gil 2006 |
| The 7 hidden reasons employees leave : how to recognize the subtle signs and act before it's too late / Leigh Branham. | 658.314 Bra 2005 |
| American mythos : why our best efforts to be a better nation fall short / Robert Wuthnow. | 303.372 Wut 2006 |
| Beyond fear : thinking sensibly about security in an uncertain world / Bruce Schneier. | 363.32 Sch 2003 |
| Blog rules : a business guide to managing policy, public relations, and legal issues / Nancy Flynn. | 659.2 Fly 2006 |
| Bubble man : Alan Greenspan & the missing 7 trillion dollars / Peter Hartcher. | 332.11 Har 2006 |
| The butterfly hunter : adventures of people who found their true calling way off the beaten path / Chris Ballard. | 650.1 Bal 2006 |
| Conversation : a history of a declining art / Stephen Miller. | 302.34 Mil 2006 |
| Democracy : a history / John Dunn. | 321.8 Dun 2005 |
| From Squaw Tit to Whorehouse Meadow : how maps name, claim, and inflame / Mark Monmonier. | 910.014 Mon 2006 |
| Guerrilla marketing research : marketing research techniques that can help any business make more money / Robert J Kaden. | 658.83 Kad 2006 |
| Identity crisis : how identification is overused and misunderstood / Jim Harper. | 323.448 Har 2006 |
| I've seen a lot of famous people naked, and they've got nothing on you / Jake Steinfeld | 658.421 Ste 2006 |
| The most democratic branch : how the courts serve America / Jeffrey Rosen. | 347.7326 Ros 2006 |
| Party wars : polarization and the politics of national policy making / Barbara Sinclair. | 324.273 Sin 2006 |
| Protecting the homeland, 2006/2007 / Michael d'Arcy ... [et al.]. | 363.32 Pro 2006 |
| The storm : what went wrong and why during hurricane Katrina / Ivor van Heerden and Mike Bryan. | 976.044 Van 2006 |
| Succeed on your own terms / Herb Greenberg, Patrick Sweeney. | 158.1 Gre 2006 |
| Synthetic worlds : the business and culture of online games / Edward Castronova. | 794.8 Cas 2005 |
| This land : the battle over sprawl and the future of America / Anthony Flint. | 307.76 Fli 2006 |
| Through their eyes : foreign correspondents in the United States / Stephen Hess. | 070.4 Hes 2005 |
| Trapped : when acting ethically is against the law / John Hasnas. | 364.168 Has 2006 |
| Treasure hunt : inside the mind of the new global consumer / Michael J. Silverstein with John Butman. | 658.834 Sil 2006 |
| The versatile leader : make the most of your strengths without overdoing it / Bob Kaplan with Rob Kaiser. | 658.4092 Kap 2006 |
| The Wal-Mart effect / Charles Fishman. | 381.14 Fis 2006 |
| Are women human? : and other international dialogues / Catharine A. MacKinnon. | 341.4858 Mac 2006 |
| Breach of faith : Hurricane Katrina and the near death of a great American city / Jed Horne. | 976.3 Hor 2006 |
| The great deluge : Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast / Douglas Brinkley. | 976.3 Bri 2006 |
| Iowa curiosities : quirky characters, roadside oddities & other offbeat stuff / Dan Coffey and Eric Jones | 917.77 Cof 2005 |
| The overachievers : the secret lives of driven kids / Alexandra Robbins. | 305.235 Rob 2006 |
| Snakes in suits : when psychopaths go to work / Paul Babiak and Robert D. Hare. | 658.315 Bab 2006 |
| Without precedent : the inside story of the 9/11 Commission / Thomas H. Kean and Lee H. Hamilton | 973.931 Kea 2006 |
| Women's lives, men's laws / Catharine A. MacKinnon. | 342.730878 Mac 2005 |
| Baptists in America / Bill J. Leonard. | 286.173 Leo 2005 |
| Conflagration : the great Spencer fire of 1931 / Julie Schmidt. | 977.7032 Sch 2006 |
| Google's PageRank and beyond : the science of search engine rankings / Amy N. Langville and Carl D. Meyer. | 004.678 Lan 2006 |
| Governors of Iowa / by Michael Kramme. | 977.7 Kra 2006 |
| The Iowa State Fair : in vintage postcards / Ron Playle. | 977.7 Pla 2006 |
| It's a long road to a tomato / Keith Stewart ; with illustrations by Flavia Bacarella. | 631.584 Ste 2006 |
| Making innovation pay : people who turn IP into shareholder value / edited by Bruce Berman. | 658.4063 Mak 2006 |
| The mighty and the Almighty : reflections on America, God, and world affairs / Madeleine Albright with Bill Woodward. | 261.87 Alb 2006 |
| Religion in America / Julia Corbett Hemeyer. | 200.973 Hem 2006 |
| Vital friends : the people you can't afford to live without / Tom Rath. | 658.3145 Rat 2006 |
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