NEW TITLES ON OUR DISPLAY TABLES --- APRIL 2006

THE MOMMY BRAIN

How Motherhood Makes You Smarter

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Katherine Ellison is a Pulitzer Prize winner for investigative reporting and the mother of two children. It may be important to note that, despite this book's title, she won the Pulitzers before her children were born. Her contention is that motherhood bestows unexpected mental advantages such as improved perception, efficiency, resilience, motivation, and emotional intelligence. Dare we suggest that fatherhood may do the same?

MY OFFICE IS KILLING ME

The Sick Building Survival Guide

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A step-by-step approach to identifying, controlling, and eliminating indoor air pollutants and allergens. The author explains how a building 'works,' what materials are used in constructing it, how the air circulates, and what kind of indoor contaminants we are likely to inhale.

10 THINGS EMPLOYERS WANT YOU TO LEARN IN COLLEGE

The Know-How You Need to Succeed

THIS BOOK SHOULD BE READ

BY EVERY

WESTERN STUDENT.

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Here's a list of the "10 Things:"

1. Establishing a Work Ethic

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2. Developing Physical Skills

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3. Communicating Verbally

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4. Communicating in Writing

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5. Working Directly with People

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6. Influencing People

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7. Gathering Information

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8. Using Quantitative Tools

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9. Asking and Answering the Right Questions

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10.Solving Problems

Part 1 introduces and explains the ten know-how skills. Part 2 tells how to boost your know-how abilities. Part 3 advises how to plan for your success.

Global Climate Change

Given recent information, it is becoming more and more difficult for scientifically vacuous elected officials (personal gratuitous editorial comment) to ignore and refute global warming. As Paul McCaffrey writes in his preface, "the debate over whether climate change exists is essentially political and philosophical in nature -- that is, the scientific debate has largely been settled. The broad concensus is that the Earth is warming and that human fossil-fuel consumption is one of the prime culprits."

MEETING EXCELLENCE

33 Tools to Lead Meetings
that Get Results

Tips and tools on how to ---

Create an action-focused meeting agenda
Ensure that everyone participates in discussion
Deal with disruption and innattention
Creat and deliver effective presentations
Stay on track and achieve goals
Clearly communicate during multicultural meetings
Liven up dreary and unproductive meetings
Evaluate effectiveness
Choose web-based meeting tools
Close with an upbeat and positive note

DON'T BLOW THE INTERVIEW

How to Prepare

What to Expect

How to React

The interview is the single most crucial step in the successful job search. Ralph Ferrone's book is the most recent addition to Western Library's large collection of material for helping students perform well in the stressful interview situation.

SO YOU WANT TO BE A CHEF?

Your Guide to Culinary Careers

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How to have a culinary career in:

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Restaurants

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Hotels

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Cruise Lines

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Clubs

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Catering

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Supermarkets

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Business and Industry

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Universities and Schools

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Healthcare

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The Armed Forces

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Education

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Research and Development

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Private and Personal Services

GREENE & GREENE

The Photographs of Marvin Rand

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Charles and Henry Greene, brothers and architects from California, designed houses in the Craftsman style. Marvin Rand, a pre-eminent architectural photographer documents those structures in 250 exquisite images.

TALKING WITH

COLLEGE STUDENTS
ABOUT ALCOHOL

Motivational Strategies for Reducing Abuse

THE PERSONAL PROTECTION HANDBOOK

A Comprehensive Training Manual for Handgun, Shotgun and Rifle

(Including lesson plans, courses of fire, and handouts)

BASIC ONE- and TWO-DIMENSIONAL NMR SPECTROSCOPY

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This 4th edition has added polymer solid state NMR, analysis of biopolymers, and applications of Magnetic Resonance Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

LIFE AND DEATH OF SMALLPOX
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This is the story of how Smallpox became the only human illness, thus far, to be totally eradicated.

TEEN LIFE IN EUROPE

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A lot of Western students have moved beyond their teen years but still have fresh memories of their youthful selves. Anyone wondering about typical days, family life, school, society, and culture of his or her European contemporaries from Denmark and Italy to Portugal and Turkey and several other countries will find this a revelatory read.

ADOBE INDESIGN CS2

Classroom in a Book

The Offical Training Workbook from Adobe Systems

ETHICAL VIRTUOSITY

Seven Steps to Help You Discover and Do the Right Thing at the Right Time

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The Seven Steps:

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Become Self-Aware

Seek Ethical Knowledge

Develop an Ethical Belief System

Practice Emotional Discipline

Conciously Exercise Your Free Will

Demonstrate Moral Courage and Personal Accountability

Immediately Act on Your Personal Commitment to Become Ethically Virtuous

ADOBE

PREMIERE PRO 2 BIBLE

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Build a video project clip by clip in the Timeline
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Mix sound while viewing video with the Audio Mixer
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Create precision edits using Source, Program, and Trim monitors
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Create rolling, scrolling, or drop-shadow titles
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Integrate Illustrator, Photoshop, and other files
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Create interactive DVDs
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Edit multi-camera shoots

TALIBAN

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Published in 2000, before the attack on the World Trade towers, this book is almost ancient history; but, when it was written, it was the only authoritative English language account of the Taliban and explained their rise to power and their impact on Afghanistan and the surrounding region, including their role in oil and gas business decision-making.

INVASION

How America Still Welcomes Terrorists, Criminals, and Other Foreign Menaces to Our Shores

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Sean Hannity of Fox News calls this book a stunning indictment that shows how our government knowingly allows terrorists, torturers, and murderers into the United States.

COOL STUFF

And How It Works

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Didja know they now make a Swiss Army Knife with a flash stick (USB) in it?!? Incredible!!! And this book shows how it works.

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Scientists in Germany have created an electroencephalograph headset that allows players to control computer games with only their thoughts!!!
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Actually, the explanations in this lavishly-illustrated book are rather superficial; but the astonishing revelations about bionic limbs, laboratory-grown skin for burn victims, fireworks, radio ID tags, doppler radar, MRI scans, sneaker construction, soccer balls, airplane black boxes, and dozens of other subjects make absorbing reading.

HOW TO BECOME A

WINNING CREW CHIEF

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Whether at the Nextel Cup or the La Crosse Fairgrounds, crew chiefs need not only superior mechanical ability but also organizational, motivational, teaching, and interpersonal skills.

MOSBY'S

TOUR GUIDE TO NURSING SCHOOL

A Student's Road Survival Kit

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Developed in collaboration with the National Student Nurses Association, this practical resource offers humorous and informative guidance to the often difficult and sometimes stressful educational road to a career in nursing.

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

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Discusses basic chemical concepts and their relationship to hazardous materials handling. Intended for firefighters, law enforcement officers, and EMS personnel; this book helps them respond efficiently and make safe, informed decisions.

CLINICAL DRUG THERAPY

Rationales for Nursing Practice

The accompanying CD-ROM has animations, a video on administering medications, drug monographs, a review of dosage calculations, and some sample NCLEX-style questions.

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Section headings:

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Foundations of Drug Therapy

Drugs Affecting the Central Nervous System

Drugs Affecting the Autonomic Nervous System

Drugs Affecting the Endocrine System

Drugs Used to Treat Infections

Drugs Affecting Hematopoiesis and the Immune System

Drugs Affecting the Respiratory System

Drugs Affecting the Cardiovascular System

Drugs Affecting the Digestive System

Drugs Used in Special Conditions