What the Dog Saw

A collection of New Yorker articles by the brainy author of The Tipping Point, Outliers and Blink.

What the Dog Saw
by Malcolm Gladwell
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What to Read When

An extensive collection of reading suggestions for children organized by age and category, such as adoption and spirituality.

What to Read When
by Pam Allyn
Find it in the Library at call number LB1139.5 .R43A45 2009

Bright Wings

Scores of classic and contemporary poems related to birds set alongside striking illustrations of the birds at hand.

Bright Wings
edited by Billy Collins
Find it in the Library at call number PR1195 .B5B75 2010

Medicine for the Outdoors

A comprehensive first aid guide for wilderness situations, this updated fifth edition includes information on a host of medical issues and a handy index for locating what you're looking for.

Medicine for the Outdoors
by Paul S. Auerbach, MD
Find it in the Library at call number RC88.9 .O95A94 2009

Mind and Life

A collection of conversations between the Dalai Lama and scientists collected during one of a series of Mind and Life conferences held in McLoed Ganj, India.

Mind and Life
edited by Pier Luigi Luisi
Find it in the Library at call number BQ4570 .M37L85 2009

A Question of Command

A broad history of counterinsurgencies from our own Civil War through to contemporary Iraq and Afghanistan. This text differentiates itself from others by arguing that the focus in addressing counterinsurgencies should be leadership, not the traditional areas of 'hearts and minds' efforts.

A Question of Command
by Mark Moyar
Find it in the Library at call number U241 .M69 2009

A New Literary History of America

From campaign speeches to Steamboat Willy and Ernest Hemingway, this volume includes hundreds of pieces that shaped our country's sense of literature.

A New Literary History of America
edited by Greil Marcus and Werner Sollors
Find it in the Library at call number PS92 .N39 2009

Hope for the Hopeless

The 2008 album by folk singer-songwriter and Stanislaus County native Brett Dennen. We also have his 2006 album So Much More.

Hope for the Hopeless
by Brett Dennen
Find it in our Audio Collection at call number MPF D428 .H66 2008

Beautiful Losers

An independent documentary about an artsy, DIY-ish group of folks connected through a gallery in New York City.

Beautiful Losers
directed by Aaron Rose
Find it in our Video collection at call number N6536 .B438 2009