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New Books List June 2001

Greetings from the Cerritos College Library. Listed below are the 496 books cataloged during the month of May. These are titles selected by faculty, staff and students. Monthly lists will be published throughout the year from October through July. If you are interested in checking out any of the following titles, they are available in the library. If you are interested in requesting specific titles or requesting books in a particular subject area, please contact the Collection Development Librarian in LC59, lsampson@cerritos.edu, or Ext. 2417.

Fiction (Fic)

  Alcala, Kathleen.  Treasures in heaven : a novel.  San Francisco :            
    Chronicle Books, c2000.                                                     
                                                         
  Alurista.  As our barrio turns : who the yoke b on?  San Diego : Calaca       
    Press, 2000.                                                                
                                                                                                                                                       
  Andahazi, Federico.  The anatomist.  1st ed.  New York : Doubleday, 1998.     
                                                                                
  Argueta, Manlio.  A place called Milagro de la Paz.  Willimantic, CT :        
    Curbstone Press, 2000.                                                      
                                    
  Bencastro, Mario.  Odyssey to the north.  Houston, Tex. : Arte Publico        
    Press, c1998.                                                               
                           
  Boyle, T. Coraghessan.  The road to Wellville.  1st Viking ed.  New York :    
    Viking, 1993.                                                               
                                    
  Candelaria, Nash.  Leonor Park.  Tempe, Ariz. : Bilingual Press/Editorial     
    Bilingue, c1991.                                                            
                                           
  Cornwell, Patricia Daniels.  Body of evidence.  New York : Scribner ;         
    Maxwell Macmillan International ; Toronto : Collier Macmillan Canada,       
    c1991.                                                                      
                                            
  Cornwell, Patricia Daniels.  Cruel & unusual : a novel.  New York :           
    Scribner's ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell        
    Macmillan International, c1993.                                             
                                                 
  Due, Tananarive.  The living blood.  New York : Pocket Books, c2001.          
                                                
  Eysturoy, Annie O.  Daughters of self-creation : the contemporary Chicana     
    novel.  1st ed.  Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c1996.       
                                                
  Fernandez, Carole Fragoza.  Sleep of the innocents.  Houston, Tex. : Arte     
    Publico Press, 1991.                                                        
                        
  Fernandez, Roberto G.  Holy radishes!  Houston, Tex. : Arte Publico Press,    
    1995.                                                                       
                                   
  Fonseca, Rubem.  Vast emotions and imperfect thoughts.  1st ed.  Hopewell,N.  
    J. : Ecco Press, 1998.                                                      
    
  Gallegos, Sallie.  Stone horses / Sallie Gallegos.  1st ed.  Albuquerque :    
    University of New Mexico Press, c1996.                                      
                     
  Garcia-Aguilera, Carolina.  A miracle in paradise : a Lupe Solano mystery.    
    1st ed.  New York : Avon Twilight, c1999. 

  Gaspar, Frank.  Leaving Pico : a novel.  Hanover, NH : University Press of    
    New England, c1999.                                            
               
  George, Elizabeth.  In pursuit of the proper sinner.  New York : Bantam       
    Books, c1999.                                                               
                        
  Goytisolo, Juan.  The virtues of the solitary bird.  London : Serpent's       
    Tail, 1991.                                                                 
            
  Islas, Arturo.  La Mollie and the king of tears : a novel.  Albuquerque :     
    University of New Mexico Press, c1996.                                      
                 
  Jackson-Opoku, Sandra.  Hot Johnny (and the women who loved him).  1st ed.    
    New York : Ballantine Books, 2001.                                          
           
  Limon, Graciela.  The memories of Ana Calderon : a novel.  Houston, Tex. :    
    Arte Publico Press, 1994.                                                   
                  
  Martinez, Al.  The last city room.  1st ed.  New York : Thomas Dunne Books,   
    2000.                                                                       
            
  Martinez, Max.  Layover.  Houston, Tex. : Arte Publico Press, 1997.           
              
  Martinez, Max.  White Leg.  Houston, Tex. : Arte Publico Press, 1996.         
                      
  Martinez, Tomas Eloy.  Santa Evita.  1st American ed.  New York : Knopf ;     
    c1996.                                                                      
 
  Morales, Alejandro.  Barrio on the edge = Caras viejas y vino nuevo.  Tempe,  
    Ariz. : Bilingual Press, c1998.                                             
           
  Morales, Alejandro.  Death of an anglo.  Tempe, Ariz. : Bilingual Press,      
    c1988.                                                                      
                       
  Morales, Alejandro.  The rag doll plagues.  Houston, Tex. : Arte Publico      
    Press, 1992.                                                                
          
  Mutis, Alvaro.  The adventures of Maqroll : four novellas.  1st Harper        
    Perennial ed.  New York : HarperPerennial, 1996, c1995.                     
                        
  Okri, Ben.  The famished road.  1st Anchor Books ed.  New York : Anchor       
    Books, 1993.                                                                
            
  Onetti, Juan Carlos.  A brief life.  London : Serpent's Tail, 1993, c1976.    
                  
  Parker, Robert B.  Night passage.  New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c1997.      
                               
  Perez, Loida Maritza.  Geographies of home: a novel.  New York, N.Y. :        
    Viking, 1999. 

  Perez-Reverte, Arturo.  The Club Dumas.  1st ed.  New York : Harcourt Brace,  
    c1996.                                                                                                                                    
                        
  Roby, Kimberla Lawson.  It's a thin line.  New York : Kensington Publishing   
    Corp., 2001.                                                                
                        
  Sepulveda, Luis.  The name of a bullfighter.  1st Harvest ed.  San Diego :    
    Harcourt Brace, 1997, c1996.                                                
                          
  Shorris, Earl.  In the Yucatan : a novel.  1st ed.  New York : W.W. Norton    
    & Co., c2000.                                                               
                       
  Soto, Gary.  Nickel and dime.  1st ed.  Albuquerque : University of New       
    Mexico Press, c2000.                                                        
                     
  Stowe, Harriet Beecher.  Uncle Tom's cabin, or, Life among the lowly.         
    Modern Library pbk. ed.  New York : Modern Library, 2001.                   
           
  Suarez, Virgil.  Havana Thursdays : a novel.  Houston : Arte Publico Press,   
    1995.                                                                       
                
  Tademy, Lalita.  Cane River.  New York : Warner Books, c2001.                 
                       
  Taibo, Paco Ignacio.  Return to the same city.  New York : Mysterious Press,  
    c1996.                                                                      
                   
  Vazquez Montalban, Manuel.  Murder in the Central Committee.  London ; New    
    York : Serpent's Tail, 1996, c1984.                                         
         
  Vea, Alfredo.  The silver cloud cafe.  New York, N.Y. : Plume, 1997, c1996.   
              
  Wilde, Oscar.  The picture of Dorian Gray.  Cleveland : World, 1945.   

       
Short Stories (SC)

 Clark, Mary Higgins.  The Anastasia syndrome, and other stories.  New York    
    : Simon and Schuster, c1989.                                                
                                                                                
  Gilb, Dagoberto.  Woodcuts of women.  1st ed.  New York : Grove Press,c2001.  

  Kincaid, Jamaica.  Talk stories.  1st ed.  New York : Farrar, Straus and      
    Giroux, 2001.   
                                                                                
  Mohr, Nicholasa.  A Matter of pride and other stories.  Houston, Tex. :       
    Arte Publico Press, 1997.                                                   
                                                                                
  Rivera, Beatriz.  African passions and other stories.  Houston, Tex. : Arte   
    Publico Press, 1995.                                                        
                                                                                
  Ulibarri, Sabine R.  The best of Sabine R. Ulibarri : selected stories.       
    1st ed.  Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c1993.              

    Whispers from the cotton tree root : Caribbean fabulist fiction.  1st ed.     
    Montpelier, Vt. : Invisible Cities Press, c2000. 

 

A (General Works)

AC1 .G7                                                                         
  Great books of the Western World.  Chicago : W. Benton : Encyclopaedia        
    Britannica, c1952.                                                          
                                                                                
REF AG5 .C725 2000                                                                  
  The Columbia encyclopedia.  6th ed.  New York : Columbia University Press :   
    Sold and distributed by Gale Group, c2000.  

REF AG5 .D647 2000                                                                  
  DK world desk reference.  3rd ed., rev.  New York : Dorling Kindersley,2000.  
                                                                                
REF AY67.N5 N48 2001                                                                     
  The New York times ... almanac.  New York : Penguin Group, 1997-   

 

B   Philosophy and Religion           
                                                                                
B812 .P77 1999                                                                  
  Prokhovnik, Raia.  Rational woman : a feminist critique of dichotomy.         
    London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.                                        
                                                                                
BD21 .S616 2001                                                                 
  Soccio, Douglas J.  Archetypes of wisdom : an introduction to philosophy.     
    4th ed.  Australia ; Belmont, CA : Wadsworth, c2001.                        
                                                                                
BF76.7 .P83 1994                                                                
  Publication manual of the American Psychological Association.  4th ed.        
    Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, c1994.                 
                                                                                
BF335 .W423 2000                                                                
  Weiten, Wayne.  Psychology applied to modern life : adjustment at the turn    
    of the century.  6th ed.  Australia ; Belmont, CA : Wadsworth/Thomson       
    Learning, c2000.                                                            
                                                                                
BF575.F2 H36 1996                                                               
  Hanthorn, Lynette.  Fear & anger : slay the dragons that hold you back!       
    Shawnee Mission, Kan. : National Press Publications, c1996.                 
                                                                                
BF575.G7 D37 2000                                                               
  Davidman, Lynn.  Motherloss.  Berkeley, Calif. : University of California     
    Press, c2000.                                                               
                                                                                
BF575.L8 L49 2000                                                               
  Lewis, Thomas.  A general theory of love.  New York : Random House, c2000.    
                                                                                
BF637.C45 V47 1995                                                              
  Verderber, Rudolph F.  Inter-act : using interpersonal communication skills.  
    7th ed.  Belmont, Calif. : Wadsworth, c1995.                                
                                                                                
BF637.S8 G683 2001                                                              
  Graham, Stedman.  Build your own life brand! : a powerful strategy to         
    maximize your potential and enhance your value for ultimate achievement.    
    New York : Free Press, c2001.                                               
                                                                                
BF1573 .S23 2001                                                                
  Saari, Peggy.  Witchcraft in America.  Detroit : U.X.L., c2001.               
                                                                                
BF1581 .H88 2001                                                                 
  Hutton, Ronald.  The triumph of the moon : a history of modern pagan          
    witchcraft.  Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001.                        
                                                                                
REF BF2050 .B35 2000                                                                
  Baker, Alan.  The encyclopedia of alien encounters.  New York : Facts on      
    File, c2000.                                                                
                                                                                
BJ1521 .I77 2000                                                                
  It's all in the frijoles : 100 famous Latinos share real-life stories, time-  
    tested dichos, favorite folktales, and inspiring words of wisdom.  New      
    York : Fireside, c2000.                                                     
                                                                                
REF BL311 .M97 2000                                                                 
  Myths and legends of the world.  New York : Macmillan Reference USA, c2000.   
                                                                                
REF BM50 .R43 2000                                                                  
  Reader's guide to Judaism.  Chicago ; London : Fitzroy Dearborn, 2000.        
                                                                                
REF BM660 .O43 2000                                                                 
  Olitzky, Kerry M.  An encyclopedia of American synagogue ritual.  Westport,   
    Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2000.                                              
                                                                                
BP64.A1 H62 2000                                                                
  The History of Islam in Africa.  Athens : Ohio University Press, 2000.        
                                                                                
REF BR95 .D486 2000                                                                 
  Dictionary of Third World theologies.  Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books, c2000.  
                                                                                
REF BS425 .S84 1996                                                                 
  Strong, James.  The new Strong's exhaustive concordance of the Bible : easy-  
    to-read print, words of Christ emphasized, fan-tap thumb-index reference    
    system, Greek and Hebrew dictionaries, Strong's numbering system.           
    Nashville, Tenn. : T. Nelson Publishers, c1996.                             
                                                                                
REF BS537 .W54 2000                                                                 
  Wiersbe, Warren W.  Index of biblical images : similes, metaphors, and        
    symbols in scripture : based on the text of the New International Version   
    of the Bible.  Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Books, c2000.                    
                                                                                
BS575 .W593 2000                                                                
  Women in scripture : a dictionary of named and unnamed women in the Hebrew    
    Bible, the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical books, and the New Testament.        
    Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2000.                                            
                                                                                
BT102 .S387 1993                                                                
  Seiden, Jerry.  Divine or distorted? : God as we understand God.  1st ed.     
    San Diego : Recovery Publications, c1993.                                   
                                                                                
BV4501.2 .M58548 1995                                                           
  Morley, Patrick M.  The seven seasons of a man's life : examining the         
    unique challenges men face.  Nashville : Thomas Nelson Publishers, c1995.   
                                                                                
REF BX9765 .D84 2000                                                                
  Duffield, Holley Gene.  Historical dictionary of the Shakers.  Lanham, Md.:   
    Scarecrow Press, 2000.   

 

C   History of Civilization and Culture                                                   
                                                                                
REF CC70 .K56 2000                                                                  
  Kipfer, Barbara Ann.  Encyclopedic dictionary of archaeology.  New York :     
    Kluwer Academic/Plenum, c2000.                                              
                                                                                
REF CR101 .F398 1998                                                                
  Flags : the visual guide to more than 300 flags from around the world.  St.   
    Leonards, N.S.W. : Dorling Kindersley, 1998.                                
                                                                                
REF CT103 .E56 1998                                                                 
  Encyclopedia of world biography.  2nd ed.  Detroit : Gale Research, c1998-    
    .                                                                 
                                                                                
CT3235 .W36 2000                                                                
  Ware, Susan.  Letter to the world : seven women who shaped the American       
    century.  1st Harvard University Press ed.  Cambridge, Mass.  : Harvard     
    University Press, 2000.        
                                             

 

D   World History

REFD422 .C53 2000                                                                  
  20th century day by day : [100 years of news from January 1,1900 to           
    December 31, 1999].  American ed. 2000.  New "York, NY. : Dorling           
    Kindersley Publishing ; c2000.                                              
                                                                                
D810.S7 C36 1975                                                                
  Brown, Anthony Cave.  Bodyguard of lies.  1st ed.  New York : Harper & Row,   
    [1975]                                                                      
                                                                                
D973.A2 L7                                                                      
  Ludwig, Emil.  The Mediterranean, saga of a sea.  New York, London,           
    Whittlesey House, McGraw-Hill Book Company [1942]                           
                                                                                
DA427 .M38 2000                                                                 
  McMains, H. F.  The death of Oliver Cromwell.  Lexington, Ky. : University    
    Press of Kentucky, c2000.                                                   
                                                                                
DA677 .I63 1998                                                                 
  Inwood, Stephen.  A history of London.  New York : Carroll & Graf             
    Publishers, c1998.                                                          
                                                                                
DB 925 .H677 2000                                                               
  Horvath, Michael J.  Hungarian civilization : a short history.  5th ed.       
    College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2000.                           
                                                                                
DD283 .F85 1997                                                                 
  Fulbrook, Mary.  Anatomy of a dictatorship : inside the GDR, 1949-1989.       
    Pbk. ed.  New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.                         
                                                                                
DS37.7 .S56 1999                                                                
  Sindi, Abdulla Mohammed.  The Arabs and the West : the contributions and      
    the inflictions.  1st ed.  Placentia, CA : Daring Press, c1999.             
                                                                                
DS515 .H57 2000                                                                 
  Historical perspectives on contemporary East Asia.  Cambridge, Mass. :        
    Harvard University Press, 2000.                                             
                                                                                
DS559.8.M44 C66 2000                                                            
  Conboy, Kenneth J.  Spies and commandos : how America lost the secret war     
    in North Vietnam.  Lawrence, KS : University Press of Kansas, c2000.        
                                                                                
DS935.65 .S69  1999                                                             
  Snyder, Scott.  Negotiating on the edge : North Korean negotiating behavior.  
    Washington, D.C. : United States Institute of Peace Press, 1999.            
                                                                                
DT73.B33 H38 2000                                                               
  Hawass, Zahi A.  Valley of the golden mummies.  New York, N.Y. : Harry N.     
    Abrams, 2000.                                                               
                                                                                
DT73.T3 H5813 2000                                                              
  Hodel-Hoenes, Sigrid.  Life and death in ancient Egypt : scenes from          
    private tombs in new kingdom Thebes.  Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University     
    Press, 2000.                                                                
                                                                                
DT115 .L82 1939                                                                 
  Ludwig, Emil.  The Nile : the life-story of a river.  De Luxe ed.  New York   
    : Garden City Pub. Co., 1939, c1937.                                        
                                                                                
DT1974 .S26 1999                                                                
  Sampson, Anthony.  Mandela : the authorized biography.  1st American ed.      
    New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random Ho
use, 1999. 

 

E - F   History and Geography of the Americas                     
                                                                                
E29.N3 R42 1999                                                                 
  Reef, Catherine.  Africans in America : the spread of people and culture.     
    New York : Facts on File, 1999.                                             
                                                                                
REF E77 .N62 2000                                                                   
  The Cambridge history of the native peoples of the Americas.  Cambridge,      
    England ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1996-2000.                 
                                                                                
E78.S7 D74 1980                                                                 
  Drinking behavior among southwestern Indians : an anthropological             
    perspective.  Tucson : University of Arizona Press, c1980.                  
                                                                                
E78.U55 S45 2000                                                                
  Slifer, Dennis.  Guide to rock art of the Utah region : sites with public     
    access.  Santa Fe, N.M. : Ancient City Press, c2000.                        
                                                                                
E83.88 .B5 1986                                                                 
  Bigelow, John.  On the bloody trail of Geronimo.  Tucson, Ariz. :             
    Westernlore Press, 1986.                                                    
                                                                                
E99.A6 G3242 1993                                                               
  Faulk, Odie B.  The Geronimo campaign.  New York : Oxford University Press,   
    1993.                                                                       
                                                                                
E99.H7 J27                                                                      
  James, Harry Clebourne.  Pages from Hopi history.  Tucson : University of     
    Arizona Press, [1974]                                                       
                                                                                
E159 .P746 2000                                                                 
  Preserving cultural landscapes in America.  Baltimore : Johns Hopkins         
    University Press, 2000.                                                     
                                                                                
REF E169.04 .A34 2000                                                               
  America : a celebration of the United States.  [Skokie, Ill.] : Rand          
    McNally, c2000.                                                             
                                                                                
REF E179 .N53 2001                                                                  
  The new encyclopedia of American scandal.  New York : Checkmark Books,c2001.  
                                                                                
REF E184.M5 M458 2000                                                               
  Meier, Matt S.  Encyclopedia of the Mexican American civil rights movement.   
    Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2000.                                    
                                                                                
E184.S75 M365 2000                                                              
  Las mamis : favorite Latino authors remember their mothers.  1st ed.  New     
    York : Knopf, 2000.                                                         
                                                                                
E185 .O43 2001                                                                  
  Olson, Lynne.  Freedom's daughters : the unsung heroines of the civil         
    rights movement from 1830 to 1970.  New York : Scribner, c2001.             
                                                                                
E185.615 .W43 1994                                                              
  West, Cornel.  Race matters.  1st Vintage Books ed.  New York : Vintage       
    Books, 1994.                                                                
                                                                                
E185.86 .B96 2001                                                               
  Byrd, Ayana D.  Hair story : untangling the roots of Black hair in America.   
    1st ed.  New York : St. Martin's Press, 2001.                               
                                                                                
E185.86 .H739 2001                                                              
  Hooks, Bell.  Salvation : Black people and love.  1st ed.  New York :         
    William Morrow, c2001.                                                      
                                                                                
E185.86 .S633 2001                                                              
  Smiley, Tavis.  How to make Black America better : leading African            
    Americans speak out.  1st ed.  New York : Doubleday, 2001.                  
                                                                                
E185.96 .B94 2001                                                               
  Burroughs, Tony.  Black roots : a beginner's guide to tracing the African     
    American family tree.  New York : Fireside Book, c2001.                     
                                                                                
E185.97.D73 L48 1994                                                            
  Lewis, David L.  W.E.B. DuBois--biography of a race, 1868-1919.  1st Owl      
    book ed.  New York : H. Holt, 1994, c1993.                                  
                                                                                
E185.97.D73 L485 2000                                                           
  Lewis, David L.  W.E.B. DuBois--the fight for equality and the American       
    century, 1919-1963.  1st ed.  New York : H. Holt, 2000.                     
                                                                                
E185.97.H46 H46 2001                                                            
  Henry, Neil.  Pearl's secret : a Black man's search for his white family.     
    Berkeley : University of California Press, c2001.                           
                                                                                
REF E185.97.K5 A2 1992                                                              
  King, Martin Luther, Jr.  The papers of Martin Luther King, Jr.  Berkeley :   
    University of California Press, c1992- .                           
                                                                                
E185.97.R63 .R58 2001                                                           
  Robeson, Paul.  The undiscovered Paul Robeson : an artist's journey, 1898-    
    1939.  New York : Wiley, c2001.                                             
                                                                                
E185.98.A1 D44 2000                                                             
  Deep in our hearts : nine white women in the Freedom Movement.  Athens, GA    
    : University of Georgia Press, c2000.