LibGuides: Library Displays: 2015

University Press Week 2015

This exhibit was displayed in Fall 2015. Dates: November 2015 - January
2016

The Cattle-Trailing Industry by Jimmy M. Skaggs
Call Number: HD9433.U5 T377 1973
ISBN: 0700601015
Publication Date: 1973-01-01
The harsh business realities of driving cattle are separated in this book from the mythology and folklore of the cattle-trailing era. Jimmy M. Skaggs focuses on the transportation agents who contracted the delivery of cattle for Texas ranchers and drove the animals northward for sale. He reveals them as shrewd "hip-pocket" businessmen.
The End of Indian Kansas by Craig Miner; William E. Unrau
Call Number: E78.K16 M56
ISBN: 9780700604746
Publication Date: 1977-12-27
When Kansas became a U.S. territory in 1854 literally all of its land area was guaranteed by treaty to Indians. More than 10,000 Kickapoos, Delawares, Sacs, Foxes, Shawnees, Potawatomis, Kansas, Ottawas, Wyandots, and Osages, not to mention a number of smaller tribes, inhabited Kansas. By 1875 there were only a couple of bands left. The forced removal of thousands of Indians from eastern Kansas between 1854 and 1871 affected more Indians and occupied more government time than the celebrated exploits of the military against the more warlike western tribes. In this volume Miner and Unrau show Kansas at mid-century to be a moral testing ground where the drama of Indian disinheritance was played out.
For Courageous Fighting and Confident Dying by Warren B. Armstrong
Call Number: E635 .A75 1998
ISBN: 0700609121
Publication Date: 1998-10-23
When soldiers in the Civil War called on their religious beliefs in order to cope with the horrors of battle, many looked to the regimental chaplain for guidance and understanding. Clergy were always present to address the spiritual needs of the common soldier and administer to the wounded and dying. But as Warren Armstrong shows, military chaplains provided more than comfort. In a country profoundly shaped by religion, each side adapted its version of Christianity to support its political views. This book documents the role played by Union chaplains in making better soldiers and supporting the North's military efforts.
Harvesting the High Plains by Craig Miner
Call Number: S417.K748 M55 1998
ISBN: 0700608745
Publication Date: 1998-02-18
The semiarid plains of western Kansas and eastern Colorado are hardly the setting for an agricultural empire, but it was here that former field hand John Kriss managed G-K Farms for Wichita entrepreneur Ray Garvey. Their enterprise became one of the largest wheat operations on the plains and yielded Kriss a one million bushel crop. Harvesting the High Plains is the rags-to-riches story of how Kriss applied hard work and common sense to make large-scale farming work under the most adverse conditions.
Hoover's FBI and the Fourth Estate by Matthew Cecil
Call Number: HV8144.F43 C426 2014
ISBN: 9780700619467
Publication Date: 2014-01-23
The Federal Bureau of Investigation was an agency devoted to American ideals, professionalism, and scientific methods, directed by a sage and selfless leader—and anyone who said otherwise was a no-good subversive, bent on discrediting the American way of life. That was the official story, and how J. Edgar Hoover made it stick—running roughshod over those same American ideals—is the story this book tells in full for the first time.
Indians, Alcohol, and the Roads to Taos and Santa Fe by William E. Unrau
Call Number: E78.W5 U565 2013
ISBN: 9780700619146
Publication Date: 2013-03-20
In the culture of the American West, images abound of Indians drunk on the white man's firewater, a historical stereotype William Unrau has explored in two previous books. His latest study focuses on how federally-developed roads from Missouri to northern New Mexico facilitated the diffusion of both spirits and habits of over-drinking within Native American cultures. Unrau investigates how it came about that distilled alcohol, designated illegal under penalty of federal fines and imprisonment as a trade item for Indian people, was nevertheless easily obtainable by most Indians along the Taos and Santa Fe roads after 1821.
John Brown to Bob Dole by Virgil W. Dean
Call Number: F680 .J64 2006
ISBN: 9780700617234
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
Presents portraits of twenty-seven notable men and women, including radical abolitionist John Brown; wheat king Theodore C Henry; women's rights activist Clarina Nichols; William Allen White, the Sage of Emporia; President Dwight D Eisenhower; Esther Brown, who challenged segregation in public schools; political icon Bob Dole; and, Gordon Parks.
Kansas by Craig Miner
Call Number: F681 .M54 2002
ISBN: 0700612157
Publication Date: 2002-10-21
Kansas is not only the Sunflower State, it's the very heart of America's heartland. It is a place of extremes in politics as well as climate, where ambitious and energetic people have attempted to put ideals into practice-a state that has come a long way since being identified primarily with John Brown and his exploits. Craig Miner has written a complete and balanced history of Kansas, capturing the state's colorful past and dynamic present as he depicts the persistence of contrasting images of and attitudes toward the state throughout its 150 years.
Kansas Fishes by Mark E. Eberle (Editor); David Edds (Editor); Kansas Fishes Committee; Joseph R. Tomelleri (Artist)
Call Number: QL628.K3 K36 2014
ISBN: 9780700619610
Publication Date: 2014-07-15
A guide and a first-rate reference for the angler, scientist, and amateur naturalist alike, this comprehensive volume profiles each of the 144 fish species inhabiting the waterways of Kansas—as well as 27 others that might make their way to the state from nearby river basins. With 121 maps and 184 full-color drawings by Joseph Tomelleri, arguably the best illustrator of North American fishes, Kansas Fishes is an incomparable resource.
The Kansas Legislature by Marvin Andrew Harder; Carolyn Rampey; American Political Science Association, State Legislative Service Program Staff (Contribution by)
Call Number: JK6866 .H37
ISBN: 0700600930
Publication Date: 1972-01-01
No other state legislature in the country has been analyzed so thoroughly and from as many different perspectives in a single volume. Unlike studies that are confined to the narrow limits of the legislature itself, this book examines the larger scope of the legislative process, including executive agencies, the governor's office, interest groups, the press, political parties and elections. What emerges is a picture of the institution functioning as a part of a larger political totality.
Mixed-Bloods and Tribal Dissolution by William E. Unrau
Call Number: E99 .K2 C878 1989
ISBN: 0700603956
Publication Date: 1989-06-27
This book shows that without the cooperation of the"mixed-bloods," or part-Indians, dispossession of Indian lands by the U.S. government in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries would have been much more difficult to accomplish. The relationship between the Métis and the loss of Indian lands, never before fully explored, is revealed in Unrau's study of Charles Curtis, a mixed-blood member of the Kansa-Kaws. Curtis is best remembered as Herbert Hoover's vice-president, but he also served in Congress for more than 30 years.
Most Magnificent Machine by Craig Miner
Call Number: HE2751 .M56 2010
ISBN: 9780700617555
Publication Date: 2010-10-14
Just as the railroad transformed America's economic landscape, it profoundly transfigured its citizens as well. But while there have been many histories of railroads, few have examined the subject as a social and cultural phenomenon. Informed especially by rich research in the nation's newspaper archives, Craig Miner now traces the growth of railroads from their origins in the 1820s to the onset of the Civil War. In this first social history of the early railroads, Miner reveals how ordinary Americans experienced this innovation at the grass roots, from boosters' dreams of get-rich schemes to naysayers' fears of soulless corporations.
Next Year Country by Craig Miner
Call Number: F686 .M55 2006
ISBN: 0700614761
Publication Date: 2006-09-06
West of Highway 81, there lies another Kansas. While it accounts for two-thirds of the state's land area, it is sparsely populated and nearly desert dry. Before 1940, it was still distinctly rural-a place that some residents called the "Edge of the World." Several generations of the Miner family have lived and farmed in Ness County, providing Craig Miner with a rich and very personal backdrop for this heartfelt and compelling portrait of western Kansas. In Next Year Country he recounts the resilience of his fellow Kansans through two depressions and the Dust Bowl, showing how the region changed dramatically over fifty years.
Rise and Fall of Indian Country, 1825-1855 by William E. Unrau
Call Number: E93 .U9985 2007
ISBN: 9780700615117
Publication Date: 2007-05-02
The Indian Trade and Intercourse Act of 1834 represented what many considered the ongoing benevolence of the United States toward Native Americans, establishing a congressionally designated refuge for displaced Indians to protect them from exploitation by white men. Others came to see it as a legally sanctioned way to swindle them out of their land. This first book-length study of "Indian country" focuses on Section 1 of the 1834 Act—which established its boundaries—to show that this legislation was ineffectual from the beginning.
Seeding Civil War by Craig Miner
Call Number: F685 .M666 2008
ISBN: 9780700616121
Publication Date: 2008-09-03
Following the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, Kansas Territory was a national issue that dominated America's press, not to mention three sessions of Congress. Hundreds of thousands of articles and editorials—4,500 in the New York Herald alone—were published about Bleeding Kansas during those four tumultuous years leading up to the Lecompton Constitution. Craig Miner now offers the first in-depth study of national media coverage devoted to the beleaguered territory, unearthing new examples of what Americans were saying about Kansas and showing how those words affected the course of national events.
St. Louis-San Francisco Transcontinental Railroad by H. Craig Miner
Call Number: HE2791.S23074 M5
ISBN: 0700600817
Publication Date: 1972-02-01
Scholarly history of the St. Louis-San Francisco Railroad, describing the multi-generational effort to build the road west. The author details the effort to build a snow-free route to the Coast and how it ruined five railroad companies. The book covers the construction of what were originally the Missouri and Central Divisions of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, the takeover by the Santa Fe, and the emergence of the independent Frisco.
West of Wichita by Craig Miner
Call Number: F686 .M56 1986
ISBN: 9780700603640
Publication Date: 1986-05-12
This volume, which presents a "slice-of-life" on the Plains during its early settlement, adds rich detail to our understanding of the struggle for survival in a harsh landscape that tested the hardiest pioneer. Miner concentrates not only on the major economic events of the period—railroad building, Indian raids, the grasshopper invasion of 1874, the blizzard of 1886—but also on the more personal experiences equally important: building sod houses, choosing crops, filing of claims, fighting varmints, and dealing with the deaths of children on the prairie.
White Man's Wicked Water by William E. Unrau
Call Number: E78.W5 U57 1996
ISBN: 070060779X
Publication Date: 1996-06-28
"The inordinate indulgence of Indians in spiritous liquors is one of the most deplorable consequences which has resulted from their intercourse with civilized man."—Governor Lewis Cass, Michigan Territory, 1827 "Often I have been compelled to ask myself, 'Who is the civilized and who is the savage?' Their principal vices are emphatically our vices. If they get drunk it is upon our whiskey. . . . [A]nd yet we claim to be 'civilized' and freely deal out to them the epithet 'savage.'"—The Reverend William H. Goode, reflecting on his early 19th-century sojourn in Indian Country. In White Man's Wicked Water, Unrau tells the compelling story of how an alcohol-sodden society introduced drink to the Indians.
The Worst Tax? by Glen Fisher
Call Number: HJ4120 .F57 1996
ISBN: 0700607536
Publication Date: 1996-03-01
Noted tax economist Frederick C. Stocker has observed that the property tax "resembles a structure designed by a mad architect, erected on a shaky foundation by an incompetent builder, and made worse by the well-intentioned repair work of hordes of amateur tinkerers." While that may still be a popular view, Glenn Fisher suggests that the actual history of this much-maligned tax should make us less inclined to such easy ridicule. This text provides a history of property tax in America, revealing the fundamental difficulties confronting all past attempts at designing an equitable and efficient system of property taxation during the past two centuries.
Yvon Delbos at the Quai D'Orsay by John E. Dreifort
Call Number: DC373.D383 D73
ISBN: 0700600949
Publication Date: 1973-03-01
This book describes French Foreign Policy during the Popular Front, from 1936-1938. Although the author focuses on the foreign minister of the Popular Front, this book is especially useful for understanding Blum’s ideas on the formulation and practice of foreign policy.
University Press of Kansas: New Books for Fall & Winter 2015 by University Press of Kansas
Publication Date: 2015
This catalog is a comprehensive listing of all books newly published by the University Press of Kansas for Fall & Winter 2015.

Halloween 2015

Everyone loves a good scary story... and what better time to showcase the
   library's horror collections than Halloween? In this annual exhibit, we've put
   together some of Ablah Library's most popular horror books and movies -
   everything from scholarly research on the genre to popular movies and
   fiction.

This exhibit was displayed in Fall 2015. Dates: September - November 2015

The Secret of Terror Castle by Robert Arthur; Alfred Hitchcock
Call Number: PZ5 823 .A787a
ISBN: 9780394837666
Publication Date: 1978-05-12
Finding a genuine haunted house for a movie set sounds like fun -- and a great way to generate publicity for the Three Investigators' new detective agency. But when the boys arrive for an overnight visit at Terror Castle -- home of a deceased horror-movie actor -- they soon find out how the place got its name!
Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho by Alfred Hitchcock (director)
Call Number: PN1995.9.S87 P78 1999
ISBN: 0783225849
Publication Date: 1999
Phoenix secretary Marion Crane (Janet Leigh), on the lam after stealing $40,000 from her employer in order to run away with her boyfriend, Sam Loomis (John Gavin), is overcome by exhaustion during a heavy rainstorm. Traveling on the back roads to avoid the police, she stops for the night at the ramshackle Bates Motel and meets the polite but highly strung proprietor Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins), a young man with an interest in taxidermy and a difficult relationship with his mother.
Black Hole by Charles Burns
Call Number: PN6727.B87 B53 2005
ISBN: 037542380X
Publication Date: 2005-10-18
Suburban Seattle, the mid-1970s. We learn from the out-set that a strange plague has descended upon the area’s teenagers, transmitted by sexual contact. The disease is manifested in any number of ways — from the hideously grotesque to the subtle (and concealable) — but once you’ve got it, that’s it. There’s no turning back. As we inhabit the heads of several key characters — some kids who have it, some who don’t, some who are about to get it — what unfolds isn’t the expected battle to fight the plague, or bring heightened awareness to it , or even to treat it. What we become witness to instead is a fascinating and eerie portrait of the nature of high school alienation itself — the savagery, the cruelty, the relentless anxiety and ennui, the longing for escape.
Black House by Stephen King; Peter Straub
Call Number: PS3561.I483 B57 2001
ISBN: 0375504397
Publication Date: 2001-09-15
Twenty years ago, a boy named Jack Sawyer travelled to a parallel universe called The Territories to save his mother and her Territories "twinner" from a premature and agonizing death that would have brought cataclysm to the other world. Now Jack is a retired Los Angeles homicide detective living in the nearly nonexistent hamlet of Tamarack, WI. He has no recollection of his adventures in the Territories and was compelled to leave the police force when an odd, happenstance event threatened to awaken those memories. When a series of gruesome murders occur in western Wisconsin that are reminiscent of those committed several decades earlier by a real-life madman named Albert Fish, the killer is dubbed "The Fisherman" and Jack's buddy, the local chief of police, begs Jack to help his inexperienced force find him.
Caligari's Heirs by Steffen Hantke (Editor)
Call Number: PN1995.9.H6 C37 2007
ISBN: 0810858789
Publication Date: 2006-12-25
Most critical work on the horror film in Germany has been devoted to the period of the Weimar Republic and the classics it has produced, including Robert Wiene's The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) and F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu (1922). Postwar German horror film, however, has received little critical attention. Caligari's Heirs: The German Cinema of Fear after 1945 is a collection of essays that corrects this oversight by providing intelligent critical analyses of a variety of German horror films from the early postwar years to the present day.
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward by I. N. J. Culbard (Illustrator); H. P. Lovecraft
Call Number: PN6727.C85 C37 2012
ISBN: 9781906838355
Publication Date: 2013-04-09
With creepy, spooky art, and sinister, suspenseful text, I. N. J. Culbard brings new life--and death--to H. P. Lovecraft’s psychological mystery of forbidden knowledge and pursuits. Young Charles Dexter Ward is fascinated by the history of Joseph Curwen, his wizard ancestor of the 17th century. Curwen was notorious for haunting graveyards, practicing alchemy, and never aging! Ward can’t help his fixation: He himself looks just like Curwen. In an attempt to duplicate his ancestor’s cabbalistic feats, he resurrects the fearsome Curwen . . . and then the true horror begins!
Dark Romance by David J. Hogan
Call Number: PN1995.9.H6 H59 1986
ISBN: 0899501907
Publication Date: 1986-12-01
Sexual values as interpreted by the horror film (silent era to present day): the erotic allure of the vampire, the taboo of beauty and the beast, slasher films, women as victims, etc. Separate chapters on Alfred Hitchcock, Barbara Steele, David Cronenberg.
Dracula: the Legacy Collection
Call Number: PN1995.9.D64 D73 2004
ISBN: 078328814X
Publication Date: 2004
For the first time ever, the original Dracula film comes to DVD in this extraordinary Legacy Collection. Included in the collection is the original classic, starring the renowned Bela Lugosi, and three timeless sequels, featuring such legendary actors as Lon Chaney Jr., John Carradine and others. These are the landmark films that inspired an entire genre of movies and continue to be major influences on motion pictures to this day.
Dracula Was a Woman by R. T. McNally
Call Number: HQ79.B35 M36 1983
ISBN: 0070456712
Publication Date: 1983-01-01
An investigation in the life of Elizabeth Bathory, a Hungarian countess who also was a serial killer of young peasant and noble women. This book highlights court documents translated for the first time into English. The second half is a general interest exposition on vampires, werewolves, and necrophiles.
The Dread of Difference by Barry K. Grant (Editor)
Call Number: PN1995.9.H6 D74 1996
ISBN: 0292727933
Publication Date: 1996-01-01
An undying procession of sons of Dracula and daughters of darkness has animated the horror film genre from the beginning. Indeed, in this pioneering exploration of the cinema of fear, Barry Keith Grant and twenty other film critics posit that horror is always rooted in gender, particularly in anxieties about sexual difference and gender politics.The book opens with the influential theoretical works of Linda Williams, Carol J. Clover, and Barbara Creed. Subsequent essays explore the history of the genre, from classic horror such as King Kong and Bride of Frankenstein to the more recent Fatal Attraction and Bram Stoker's Dracula.
The Evil Image by Patricia L. Skarda
Call Number: PR1111.G67 E9
ISBN: 0452005493
Publication Date: 1981-06-18
Offers a selection from over two hundred years of Gothic short stories and poems, and includes works by Defoe, Keats, Dickens, Hawthorne, Crane, Hardy, Faulkner, and King.
Evil Librarian by Michelle Knudsen
Call Number: PZ5 823 K7486e9
ISBN: 0763660388
Publication Date: 2014-09-09
He’s young. He’s hot. He’s also evil. He’s the librarian. When Cynthia Rothschild’s best friend, Annie, falls head over heels for the new high-school librarian, Cyn can totally see why. He’s really young and super cute and thinks Annie would make an excellent library monitor. But after meeting Mr. Gabriel, Cyn realizes something isn’t quite right. Maybe it’s the creepy look in the librarian’s eyes, or the weird feeling Cyn gets whenever she’s around him. Before long Cyn realizes that Mr. Gabriel is, in fact a demon. Now, in addition to saving the school musical from technical disaster and trying not to make a fool of herself with her own hopeless crush, Cyn has to save her best friend from the clutches of the evil librarian, who also seems to be slowly sucking the life force out of the entire student body!
The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty; William Friedkin (director)
Call Number: PN1997 .E967 1998
ISBN: 079073804X
Publication Date: 1998
One of the most profitable horror movies ever made, this tale of an exorcism is based loosely on actual events. When young Regan (Linda Blair) starts acting odd -- levitating, speaking in tongues -- her worried mother (Ellen Burstyn) seeks medical help, only to hit a dead end. A local priest (Jason Miller), however, thinks the girl may be seized by the devil. The priest makes a request to perform an exorcism, and the church sends in an expert (Max von Sydow) to help with the difficult job.
The Ghouls by Peter Haining
Call Number: PN6071.H727 H3x
ISBN: 0813813650
Publication Date: 1971
Collection of stories on which eighteen of the very best horror films were based.
Hannibal by Thomas Harris
Call Number: PS3558.A6558 H36 1999
ISBN: 038529929X
Publication Date: 1999-06-08
Invite Hannibal Lecter into the palace of your mind and be invited into his mind palace in turn. Note the similarities in yours and his, the high vaulted chambers of your dreams, the shadowed halls, the locked storerooms where you dare not go, the scrap of half-forgotten music, the muffled cries from behind a wall. In one of the most eagerly anticipated literary events of the decade, Thomas Harris takes us once again into the mind of a killer, crafting a chilling portrait of insidiously evolving evil—a tour de force of psychological suspense.
House of Psychotic Women by Kier-La Janisse
Call Number: PN1995.9.H6 J375 2012
ISBN: 9781903254691
Publication Date: 2012-10-15
Cinema is full of neurotic personalities, but few things are more transfixing than a woman losing her mind onscreen. Unlike her male counterpart, the female neurotic lives a shamed existence, making these films rare places where her destructive emotions get to play. House of Psychotic Women is an examination of these characters through a daringly autobiographical lens. Anecdotes and memories interweave with film history, criticism, trivia and confrontational imagery to create a personal history and a celebration of female madness, onscreen and off.
The Invention of Murder by Judith Flanders
Call Number: HV6535.G4 F43 2013
ISBN: 9781250024879
Publication Date: 2013-07-23
In this fascinating exploration of murder in nineteenth century England, Judith Flanders examines some of the most gripping cases that captivated the Victorians and gave rise to the first detective fiction. Murder in the nineteenth century was rare. But murder as sensation and entertainment became ubiquitous, with cold-blooded killings transformed into novels, broadsides, ballads, opera, and melodrama-even into puppet shows and performing dog-acts. Detective fiction and the new police force developed in parallel, each imitating the other-the founders of Scotland Yard gave rise to Dickens's Inspector Bucket, the first fictional police detective, who in turn influenced Sherlock Holmes and, ultimately, even P.D. James and Patricia Cornwell.
Men, Women, and Chain Saws by Carol J. Clover
Call Number: PN1995.9.H6 C53 1993
ISBN: 9780691006208
Publication Date: 1993-04-11
Do the pleasures of horror movies really begin and end in sadism? So the public discussion of film assumes, and so film theory claims. Carol Clover argues, however, that these films work mainly to engage the viewer in the plight of the victim-hero, who suffers fright but rises to vanquish the forces of oppression.
Real-Life Monsters by Stephen J. Giannangelo
Call Number: HV6515 .G53 2012
ISBN: 9780313397844
Publication Date: 2012-07-01
This book presents an in-depth psychological analysis of the development of the serial killer personality that will fascinate all readers, from the experienced criminology student to the casual true-crime reader. * Includes eight case studies of fascinating serial criminals, including recently convicted media stars Rodney Alcala and Anthony Sowell
Stained by Karen Lam
Call Number: PN1997.2 .S725 2010
ISBN: 9786314397821
Publication Date: 2010
Isabelle struggles to hold her loveless existence, and her sanity together as loneliness continue to mount. When her former lover "James" suddenly appear in her shop, she decides to chance another romantic relationship. As the twists and turns of Isabelle's present reveal and resurrect her history, paranoia sets in. To whom does Isabelle's romance pose the greatest threat?
Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street by John Logan; Tim Burton (director)
Call Number: PN1995.9.S554 S9 2008
ISBN: 1415738920
Publication Date: 2008
Evil Judge Turpin (Alan Rickman) lusts for the beautiful wife of a London barber (Johnny Depp) and transports him to Australia for a crime he did not commit. Returning after 15 years and calling himself Sweeney Todd, the now-mad man vows revenge, applying his razor to unlucky customers and shuttling the bodies down to Mrs. Lovett (Helena Bonham Carter), who uses them in her meat-pie shop. Though many fall to his blade, he will not be satisfied until he slits Turpin's throat.
Team Human by Justine Larbalestier; Sarah Rees Brennan
Call Number: PZ5 823 L3187t3
ISBN: 9780062089649
Publication Date: 2012-07-03
Readers who love vampire romances will be thrilled to devour Team Human by Justine Larbalestier and Sarah Rees Brennan. Team Human celebrates and parodies the Twilight books, as well as other classics in the paranormal romance genre. Mel is horrified when Francis Duvarney, arrogant, gorgeous, and undead, starts at her high school. Mel’s best friend, Cathy, immediately falls for the vampire. Cathy is determined to be with him forever, even if having him turn her could inadvertently make her a zombie. And Mel is equally determined to prove to her BFF that Francis is no good, braving the city’s vampire district and kissing a cute boy raised by vampires as she searches evidence in this touching and comic novel.
Videodrome by David Cronenberg
Call Number: PN1997 .V484 1998
ISBN: 0783228457
Publication Date: 1998
As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn (James Woods) is desperate for new programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon "Videodrome," a TV show dedicated to gratuitous torture and punishment, Max sees a potential hit and broadcasts the show on his channel. However, after his girlfriend (Deborah Harry) auditions for the show and never returns, Max investigates the truth behind Videodrome and discovers that the graphic violence may not be as fake as he thought.
The Witches by Roald Dahl; Quentin Blake (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ5 823 D131w5
ISBN: 9780374384593
Publication Date: 2013-08-27
When the young hero of Roald Dahl's story is orphaned in an automobile accident, he is left in the care of his aged grandmother--a formidable cigar-smoking lady who happens to be a retired expert on dealing with witches. In spite of her warnings about how to spot these horrific creatures, her grandson accidentally wanders into the annual convocation of the witches of England--and overhears the horrifying plans in store for every child in the country. But before he can escape to reveal the witches' plot, he is captured and turned into a mouse. However, he is no ordinary mouse and this is no ordinary tale. Along with a new introduction--in which James Patterson guarantees this book will "get kids addicted to reading!"--this thirtieth-anniversary edition includes photographs, reproductions of original manuscript pages, and a fascinating and funny reminiscence by editor Stephen Roxburgh on working with Roald Dahl.
Witches by Rosalyn Schanzer
Call Number: PZ5 973.3 S29958w4
ISBN: 9781426308697
Publication Date: 2011-09-13
The riveting, true story of the victims, accused witches, crooked officials, and mass hysteria that turned a mysterious illness affecting two children into a witch hunt that took over a dozen people’s lives and ruined hundreds more unfolds in chilling, novelistic detail—complete with stylized black-white-and-red scratchboard illustrations of young girls having wild fits in the courtroom, witches flying overhead, and the Devil and his servants terrorizing the Puritans— in this young adult book by award-winning author and illustrator Rosalyn Schanzer.
Zombie in the Library by Michael Dahl; Bradford Kendall (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ5 823 D1315z6
ISBN: 9781434221452
Publication Date: 2010-09-01
A zombie, made of unread and discarded books, comes to life during a lighting storm. A young boy makes the mistake of visiting the library after hours, and comes face to face with the hungry creature!
The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks; Ibraim Roberson
Call Number: PN6727.B7564 Z66 2009
ISBN: 9780307405777
Publication Date: 2009-10-06
Those who don't learn from history are condemned to repeat it. From the Stone Age to the information age, the undead have threatened to engulf the human race. They' re coming. They're hungry. Don't wait for them to come to you! This is the graphic novel the fans demanded: major zombie attacks from the dawn of humanity. On the African savannas, against the legions of ancient Rome, on the high seas with Francis Drake . . . every civilization has faced them. Here are the grisly and heroic stories-complete with eye-popping artwork that pulsates with the hideous faces of the undead. Organize before they rise! Scripted by the world's leading zombie authority, Max Brooks, Recorded Attacks reveals how other eras and cultures have dealt with-and survived- the ancient viral plague. By immersing ourselves in past horror we may yet prevail over the coming outbreak in our time.
Halloween
Call Number: PN1995.9.H6 H3556 1999
Publication Date: 1978
On a cold Halloween night in 1963, six year old Michael Myers brutally murdered his 17-year-old sister, Judith. He was sentenced and locked away for 15 years. But on October 30, 1978, while being transferred for a court date, a 21-year-old Michael Myers steals a car and escapes Smith's Grove. He returns to his quiet hometown of Haddonfield, Illinois, where he looks for his next victims.
Hellraiser by Clive Barker
Call Number: PN1995.9.H6 H4557 2000
Publication Date: 2000
From horror master Clive Barker comes this chilling nightmare featuring the first appearance of the hideous, demonic Pinhead. When Kirsty Cotton's family moves into their ancestral home, they are terrorized by the resurrected corpse of her uncle, who requires the flesh of murdered innocent victims in order to become whole and alive again.
The Haunted Looking-Glass by Edward Gorey (editor)
Call Number: PN6071.G45 G6x
Publication Date: 1959
The Haunted Looking Glass is the late Edward Gorey's selection of his favorite tales of ghosts, ghouls, and grisly goings-on. It includes stories by Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, M. R. James, W. W. Jacobs, and L. P. Hartley, among other masters of the fine art of making the flesh creep, all accompanied by Gorey's inimitable illustrations.
The Omen by David Seltzer; Richard Donner (director)
Call Number: PN1995.9.H6 O43 2000
Publication Date: 2000
American diplomat Robert (Gregory Peck) adopts Damien (Harvey Stephens) when his wife, Katherine (Lee Remick), delivers a stillborn child. After Damien's first nanny hangs herself, Father Brennan (Patrick Troughton) warns Robert that Damien will kill Katherine's unborn child. Shortly thereafter, Brennan dies and Katherine miscarries when Damien pushes her off a balcony. As more people around Damien die, Robert investigates Damien's background and realizes his adopted son may be the Antichrist.
Rosemary's Baby: a novel by Ira Levin
Call Number: PS3523.E7993 R6x
Publication Date: 1967
Rosemary Woodhouse and her struggling actor husband Guy move into the Bramford, an old New York City apartment building with an ominous reputation and mostly elderly residents. Neighbors Roman and Minnie Castavet soon come nosing around to welcome the Woodhouses to the building, and despite Rosemary's reservations about their eccentricity and the weird noises that she keeps hearing, her husband takes a special shine to them. Shortly after Guy lands a plum Broadway role, Rosemary becomes pregnant, and the Castavets start taking a special interest in her welfare. As the sickened Rosemary becomes increasingly isolated, she begins to suspect that the Castavets' circle is not what it seems...
White Zombie by Garnett Weston; Victor Halperin (director)
Call Number: PN1997 .W5338 2013
Publication Date: 2013
A young man turns to a witch doctor to lure the woman he loves away from her fiance, but instead turns her into a zombie slave.
The Woman in Black by Jane Goldman; James Watkins (director)
Call Number: PN1997.2 .W66 2012
Publication Date: 2012
A young lawyer is ordered to travel to a remote village and sort out a recently deceased client's papers. While he works alone in the client's isolated house, he discovers the vengeful ghost of a scorned woman who is terrorizing the locals. This leads him on a desperate race against time when he discovers her true intent.
The X Files: I Want to Believe by Frank Spotnitz and Chris Carter
Call Number: PN1997.2 .X55 2008
Publication Date: 2008
A group of women are mysteriously abducted. The best team for the job is ex-agents Fox Mulder and Dr. Dana Scully, who have no desire to revisit their dark past. Still, the truth of these horrific crimes is out there somewhere.

Sports in America 2015

This exhibit was displayed June - September 2015

This exhibit was created by Angie Locke.

Complete Triathlon Guide by USA Triathlon Staff (Contribution by)
Call Number: GV1060.73 .C64 2012
ISBN: 9781450412605
Publication Date: 2012-04-24
Triathletes, rejoice! For the first time, USA Triathlon, its elite athletes, and the nation's most respected coaches share their secrets, strategies, and advice for every stage, every event, and every aspect of the world's most demanding sport. From training to technique, fueling to recovery, if it's essential to the sport, it is covered in "Complete Triathlon Guide. " Whether you're gearing up for your first race or you're a hard-core competitor looking to stay ahead of the pack, "Complete Triathlon Guide" is the one book you should not be without.
The Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes by Richard Sowers
Call Number: SF335.U5 S7 2014
ISBN: 9780786476985
Publication Date: 2014-02-25
This is the definitive history of thoroughbred racing's three premier events, which have never before been explored in such detail. This book gives the history of America's classic races from the inaugural Belmont Stakes in 1867 through 2013, identifying which equine participants were truly worthy of lasting acclaim and which were one-hit wonders. Perhaps even more compelling are the stories of the men and women who rode, trained, owned, or bred classic winners, including their exploits on the turf and their triumphs and failures in arenas far removed from horse racing.
Rudy by David Anspaugh (Director)
Call Number: PN1997 .R839 2000
ISBN: 0767848861
Publication Date: 1993
Although people have told Rudy all his life he's not good enough, smart enough or big enough, nothing can stop his impossible dream of playing football for Notre Dame.
200 Years of Sport in America by Wells Twombly
Call Number: GV583 .T84
ISBN: 0070656401
Publication Date: 1976-01-01
A beautiful rendition of all sports in the US from Baseball to Football to Boxing and more.
Remember the Titans by Boaz Yakin (Director)
Call Number: PN1995.9.S67 R46 2001
ISBN: 0788826859
Publication Date: 2000
A drama of forced high school integration in Alexandria, Virginia in 1971. After leading his team to fifteen winning seasons, white football coach Bill Yoast is demoted and replaced by African-American Herman Boone, tough, opinionated and as different from Yoast as could be. The two men overcome their differences and turn a group of hostile young men into champions. A rousing celebration of how a town torn apart by resentment, friction and mistrust comes together in triumphant harmony.
College Football and American Culture in the Cold War Era by Kurt Edward Kemper
Call Number: GV951 .K46 2009
ISBN: 9780252034664
Publication Date: 2009-07-08
The Cold War era spawned a host of anxieties in American society, and in response, Americans sought cultural institutions that reinforced their sense of national identity and held at bay their nagging insecurities. They saw football as a broad, though varied, embodiment of national values. In this book, Kurt Kemper charts the steadily increasing investment of American national ideals in the presentation and interpretation of college football, as society positioned the game as a cultural force that embodied toughness, discipline, self-deprivation, and other values deemed crucial to confront the Soviet challenge.
Football and American Identity by Gerhard Falk
Call Number: GV951 .F25 2005
ISBN: 0789025264
Publication Date: 2005-04-28
Falk explores the social conditions and cultural implications of American football, and discovers that football is the essence of the American spirit which has made the United States the leader of the world. He examines football as a game, as a business, and as a reflection of the diversity in American life.
Still Kicking by Katie Hnida
Call Number: GV939 .H54 2006
ISBN: 0743289773
Publication Date: 2006-11-28
It took just 1.28 seconds to make history. On August 30, 2003, Katie Hnida became the first woman ever to play and score in NCAA Division I football. The struggle to get to that groundbreaking moment took eight long years, a journey filled with dogged commitment, horrifying setbacks, and finally, remarkable triumph.
Blind Side by John Lee Hancock
Call Number: PN1997.2 .B55 2010
ISBN: 1419885995
Publication Date: 2009
Michael Oher is a homeless African-American teenager who is from a broken home. Mike is taken in by the Touhys, a well-to-do white family who help him fulfill his potential. At the same time, Oher's presence in the Touhys' lives leads them to some insightful self-discoveries of their own. Living in his new environment, Mike faces a completely different set of challenges to overcome-- as both a football player and student. Mike works hard and, with the help of his coaches and adopted family, becomes an All-American offensive left tackle.
Smashing Barriers by Richard Lapchick
Call Number: GV706.32 .L36 2001
ISBN: 1568331770
Publication Date: 2001-09-25
Filled with stories about sports figures like Muhammad Ali, Roberto Clemente, Tony Elliot, Tiger Woods, and Venus and Serena Williams, this new edition describes the changing face of diversity in sport (the growing numbers of Latino and female college and professional athletes). He addresses the value of youth athletic programs; the dangers of new racial stereotypes; and the importance of educating athletes to better balance sports and education fame and social responsibility.
Golf in America by George B. Kirsch
Call Number: GV981 .K57 2009
ISBN: 9780252032929
Publication Date: 2008-12-23
In this concise social history of golf in the United States from the 1880s to the present, George B. Kirsch tracks the surprising growth of golf as a popular, mainstream sport, in contrast to the stereotype of golf as a pastime enjoyed only by the rich elite. Illustrated with nearly two dozen photographs, this book shows that golf in America has always reflected a democratic spirit, evolving into a sport that now rivals baseball for the honor of being acclaimed "America's national pastime."
The Legend of Bagger Vance by Robert Redford (Director)
Call Number: PN1995.9.S67 L43 2001
ISBN: 0783245394
Publication Date: 2000
The protagonist of this metaphysical fable is Rannulph Junah, Southern aristocrat and World War I hero. In a tournament in Savannah, he defeats two golf pros by following the teachings of his guru, Bagger Vance, a black mystic serving as his caddie.
Icons of Women's Sport by Kelly Boyer Sagert; Steven J. Overman
Call Number: GV697.A1 O987 2012
ISBN: 9780313385483
Publication Date: 2012-02-01
This collection of fascinating biographies of outstanding women athletes past and present including superstars such as Nadia Comaneci, Mia Hamm, Jackie-Joyner Kersee, Danica Patrick, and Serena and Venus Williams.
The Eight by Susan Saint Sing
Call Number: GV807.H3 S34 2010
ISBN: 9780312539238
Publication Date: 2010-03-16
A fascinating look at the 2008 Harvard Varsity Crew Team and the university's legendary history of accomplished rowers. The Eight is a thrilling, behind-the-scenes look at a group of young men who have given up nearly everything to transform themselves into the best team possible at arguably the world's most venerable rowing institution, Harvard crew. Through a blend of journalistic writing and historical narrative, Saint Sing highlights their struggles and triumphs as she follows them through the spring season of 2008. This exclusive, competitive world is illuminated as never before as the athletes race for the collegiate national championship and one former member achieves a historic first for Harvard: a gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games.
The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
Call Number: GV796 .B76 2013b
ISBN: 9780670025817
Publication Date: 2013-06-04
Daniel James Brown's robust book tells the story of the University of Washington's 1936 eight-oar crew and their epic quest for an Olympic gold medal, a team that transformed the sport and grabbed the attention of millions of Americans. The sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the boys defeated elite rivals first from eastern and British universities and finally the German crew rowing for Adolf Hitler in the Olympic games in Berlin, 1936.
Game, Set, Match by Susan Ware
Call Number: GV994.K56 W37 2011
ISBN: 9780807834541
Publication Date: 2011-03-01
When Billie Jean King trounced Bobby Riggs in tennis's "Battle of the Sexes" in 1973, she placed sports squarely at the center of a national debate about gender equity. In this winning combination of biography and history, Susan Ware argues that King's challenge to sexism, the supportive climate of second-wave feminism, and the legislative clout of Title IX sparked a women's sports revolution in the 1970s that fundamentally reshaped American society. By linking the stories of King and Title IX, Ware explains why women's sports took off in the 1970s and demonstrates how giving women a sporting chance has permanently changed American life on and off the playing field.
Historical Dictionary of Tennis by John Grasso
Call Number: GV990 .G73 2011
ISBN: 9780810872370
Publication Date: 2011-08-22
The Historical Dictionary of Tennis presents a comprehensive history of the game through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, photos, and over 500 cross-referenced dictionary entries on places, teams, terminology, and people, including Arthur Ashe, Bjorn Borg, Don Budge, Chris Evert, Roger Federer, Billie Jean King, Rod Laver, Suzanne Lenglen, John McEnroe, Rafael Nadal, Martina Navratilova, and Bill Tilden. Appendixes of the members of the International Tennis Hall of Fame, the Major Championships of Tennis, and the Olympic games are included. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about tennis.
Race, Sport and the American Dream by Earl Smith
Call Number: GV706.32 .S65 2013
ISBN: 9781611634877
Publication Date: 2013-11-27
Race, Sport and the American Dream reports the main findings of a long term research project investigating the scope and consequences of the deepening relationship between African American males and the institution of sport. While there is some scholarly literature on the topic, author Earl Smith tries to understand through this project how sport has changed the nature of African American Civil Society and has come to be a major influence on economic opportunities, schooling and the shaping of African American family life.
Field of Dreams by Phil Alden Robinson (Director)
Call Number: PN1997 .F53 1998
ISBN: 0783225881
Publication Date: 1989
Ray Kinsella hears a voice, followed by a brief vision of a baseball field. He believes that if he builds a baseball diamond in his cornfield, Shoeless Joe Jackson from the infamous 1919 Chicago "Black" Sox will return to play baseball. By being willing to take a chance, Ray gets a second time up at bat in life.
A League of Their Own by Penny Marshall (Director)
Call Number: PN1997 .L434 1997
ISBN: 0800177258
Publication Date: 1992
In 1943, a washed-up ballplayer is hired to coach in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League while the male pros are at war. Reluctant at first, he finds himself drawn back into the game by the heart and heroics of his team. Based on a true story.
The Dimaggios by Tom Clavin
Call Number: GV865.A1 C53 2013
ISBN: 9780062183774
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
More than 350 sets of brothers have played in the major leagues since the 1870s. But few have had the skill, the charisma, or the success of the DiMaggio brothers. In this book, journalist Tom Clavin draws on a wealth of source materials, interviews with family members and teammates, and in-depth reporting to reveal how three kids from an immigrant family of eleven found their way to the upper echelons of American sports and popular culture. A vivid portrait of a family and the ways in which their shifting fortunes and status shaped their relationships, it is also a transporting exploration of an era and a culture, using baseball as a lens to view and understand American society in the twentieth century.
Two Pioneers by Robert C. Cottrell
Call Number: GV865.A1 C67 2012
ISBN: 9781597978422
Publication Date: 2012-04-01
As the first great Jewish player in the major leagues and the first African American to play major-league baseball during the twentieth century, respectively, Hank Greenberg and Jackie Robinson are forever linked because of the barriers they encountered, the discrimination they endured, the athletic gifts they exhibited, and especially the courage and dignity they displayed. Robert Cottrell's well-researched work shows how two baseball superstars became important figures in the civil rights crusade to ensure that all Americans, no matter their religion or race, are given equal opportunity.
Cooperstown Confidential by Zev Chafets
Call Number: GV865.A1 C37 2009
ISBN: 1596915455
Publication Date: 2009-07-01
The National Baseball Hall of Fame is the holiest institution in American sports. It's not just a place to honor great athletes. It's where America's pastime announces to the world what it is and what it wants to be. It's not just a sports museum; it's a mirror of American culture. For the first time, this book shows the inner workings of the Hall: the politics, the players, and the people who own and preserve it. From the history of the founding Clark family to a day on the town with the newly inducted Goose Gossage, from the battle over steroids to the economics of induction and secret campaigns by aspiring players, this is a highly irreverent and highly entertaining tour through the life of an American institution. For anyone who cares about baseball, this is essential reading.
Complete Conditioning for Soccer by Greg Gatz
Call Number: GV943.9.T7 G38 2009
ISBN: 9780736077132
Publication Date: 2009-04-17
Increase strength to dribble through traffic. Pack more power into shots on goal. Improve quickness and agility to find open passing lanes and evade opponents. Complete Conditioning for Soccer shows you how to achieve all of these performance goals and more. Soccer players are faster and stronger than ever before. In book, renowned soccer strength and conditioning coach Greg Gatz provides a comprehensive training approach that builds players' physical abilities as well as the soccer-specific skills required for dribbling, tackling, passing, heading, shooting, and goalkeeping.
The U. S. Women's Soccer Team by Clemente A. Lisi
Call Number: GV944.5 .L57 2010
ISBN: 9780810874152
Publication Date: 2010-04-26
Although the United States has lagged far behind other countries in regard to men's soccer, it has been at the forefront when it comes to women's soccer. In The U.S. Women's Soccer Team: An American Success Story, Clemente A. Lisi examines how the sport has gained popularity over the past few decades. While other books have focused solely on the World Cup win on U.S. soil, Lisi looks beyond this event, detailing the program's infancy and how it steadily became a model for women's teams around the globe. Beginning with the start of the U.S. program in 1985, Lisi recounts the development of the team, highlighting their two first-place finishes in the Women's World Cups and three Olympic gold medals.
The Fighter by David O. Russell (Director)
Call Number: PN1997.2 .F54 2011
ISBN: 1415758409
Publication Date: 2010
31-year-old Micky is an unassuming nice guy, long regarded as little more than a stepping-stone for rising fighters, but with undeniable potential. Between his controlling mom Alice, who manages his career, his crack head trainer brother, and a Greek chorus of seven sisters, Micky doesn't have a chance until his tough-chick bartender girlfriend Charlene gives him the confidence and support to consider a different course. But his success comes at a cost--as he must leave his family behind in the process.
Boxing by Kasia Boddy
Call Number: GV1136.8 .B63 2008
ISBN: 9781861893697
Publication Date: 2008-05-15
In her encyclopaedic investigation, Kasia Boddy sheds new light on an elemental sports and struggle for dominance whose weapons are nothing more than fists. Boddy examines the shifting social, political and cultural resonances of this most visceral of sports, and shows how from Daniel Mendoza to Mike Tyson, boxers have embodied and enacted our anxieties about race, ethnicity, gender and sexuality. Looking afresh at everything from neoclassical sculpture to hip-hop lyrics, Boxing explores the way in which the history of boxing has intersected with the history of mass media, from cinema to radio to pay-per-view.
Raging Bull by Martin Scorsese (Director)
Call Number: PN1997 .R35 2006
Publication Date: 1980
Robert De Niro won a Best Actor Oscar in this acclaimed masterpiece as Jake LaMotta, the controversial 1940s prize fighter whose brutality transcended beyond the ring.
Sports in American History by Gerald R. Gems; Linda J. Borish; Gertrud Pfister
Call Number: GV583 .G46 2008
ISBN: 9780736056212
Publication Date: 2008-08-07
Sports in American History: From Colonization to Globalization journeys from the early American past to the present to give students a compelling grasp of the historical evolution of American sporting practices. This text provides students with insights that will allow them to develop new and alternative perspectives, examine sport as a social and cultural phenomenon, generate a better understanding of current sport practices, and consider future developments in sport in American life.
Sports Matters by John Bloom (Editor); Michael Nevin Willard (Editor)
Call Number: GV706.32 .S75 2002
ISBN: 0814798810
Publication Date: 2002-09-01
Sports Matters brings critical attention to the centrality of race within the politics and pleasures of the massive sports culture that developed in the U.S. during the past century and a half. The contributors collected here address such issues as popular representations of blacks in sports. They consider baseball--from Nisei players in Oregon to Mexican-Americans in Los Angeles. And they look at the use of warrior imagery in representations of Native American athletes and the evolution of black expressive style within basketball. Sports Matters challenges our presumptions about sports, illuminating in the process the complexities of race and gender as they relate to popular culture.
Power Skating by Laura Stamm
Call Number: GV848.3 .S7 2010
ISBN: 9780736076203
Publication Date: 2009-09-18
Develop explosive acceleration, speed, and agility and dominate the ice! Laura Stamm's Power Skating presents the skating system used by thousands of the sport's top players and teams to move with maximum efficiency on the ice. From starts and stops to turns and transitions, Laura Stamm's Power Skating covers all of the critical components of explosive skating.
50 Most Dynamic Duos in Sports History by Robert W. Cohen
Call Number: GV583 .C62 2013
ISBN: 9780810885561
Publication Date: 2012-11-15
Who comprised the most productive pairs in the history of professional team sports? Using various selection criteria including longevity, level of statistical compilation, impact on one's team, and overall place in history, The 50 Most Dynamic Duos in Sports History attempts to ascertain which twosome truly established itself as the most dominant tandem in the history of the four major professional team sports: baseball, basketball, football, and hockey.
Lacrosse by David G. Pietramala; Neil A. Grauer; James T. Van Rensselaer (Photographer)
Call Number: GV989 .S36 2006
ISBN: 0801883717
Publication Date: 2006-05-17
For thirty years Bob Scott's Lacrosse has been the ultimate guide to the "fastest game on two feet," explaining the men's game at its highest level and promoting the Johns Hopkins philosophy, which has become synonymous with lacrosse excellence. In this long-awaited updated edition, Coach Dave Pietramala, whose Blue Jays won the 2007 and 2005 NCAA men's lacrosse championships, and Neil Grauer, a Hopkins graduate and veteran writer on lacrosse, among other subjects, have reworked every chapter, modernizing sections on rules, equipment, preparation, and tactics.
Why She Plays by Christine A. Baker; Becky Hammon (Foreword by)
Call Number: GV886 .B29 2008
ISBN: 9780803216334
Publication Date: 2008-12-01
Why does she play basketball? Since the enactment of Title IX in 1972, that question has come to be asked of more girls and women and answered in more ways than ever before. Christine A. Baker, herself an avid player and an assistant coach, pursues an answer through the ranks of the sport from youth basketball to the WNBA. Baker sets the stage with a quick look at current statistics and trends in women's basketball nationwide, noting the profound changes in the last thirty-five years. A series of exclusive interviews then takes us into the heart and soul of the sport.
Hoosiers by David Anspaugh (Director)
Call Number: PN1995.9.S67 H66 2006
Publication Date: 1986
A classic tale of redemption, this film features a volatile coach and a former star player-turned alcoholic leading a small-town basketball team on an improbable run to the Indiana high school championship game.
American Hoops by Carson Cunningham
Call Number: GV883 .C86 2009
ISBN: 9780803222939
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
In this fascinating history of Olympic basketball on the world stage and behind the scenes, Carson Cunningham presents a kaleidoscopic picture of the evolution into the twenty-first century of one of America’s most popular sports. From clashes between celebrated egos and thrilling action on the court to the intense rivalries of the Cold War and technological advances in everything from television to sports equipment off the court, American Hoops follows the fortunes of Olympic basketball, in the United States and internationally, as it developed and emerged as one of the most challenging and entertaining sports in the world.
The Fighter's Mind by Sam Sheridan
Call Number: GV1113 .S54 2010
ISBN: 9780802119353
Publication Date: 2010-02-02
In The Fighter’s Mind, Sheridan does for the brain what his first book did for the body. To uncover the secrets of mental strength and success, Sheridan interviewed dozens of the world’s most fascinating and dangerous men, including celebrated trainers Freddie Roach and Greg Jackson; champion fighters Randy Couture, Frank Shamrock, and Marcelo Garcia; ultrarunner David Horton; legendary wrestler Dan Gable, and many more. What are their secrets? How do they stay committed through years of training, craft a game plan, and adjust to the realities of the ring? How do they project strength when weak, and remain mentally tough despite incredible physical pain? A fascinating book, bursting at the seams with incredible stories and insight, The Fighter’s Mind answers these questions and many more.
Soccer by Joseph A. Luxbacher
Call Number: GV943 .L87 1996
ISBN: 0873227638
Publication Date: 1996-02-01
Offers 10 steps designed to help players learn key essentials, plus 94 drills that develop offensive and defensive skills.

Last Nomads of the World 2015

This exhibit was displayed in Spring 2015. Dates: April - June 2015

It was accompanied by a panel exhibit.

Kurdish Culture and Society by Lokman I. Meho (Editor); Kelly L. Maglaughlin (Editor)
Call Number: Z3014.K85 M43 2001
ISBN: 0313315434
Publication Date: 2001-02-28
Unique, timely, and up-to-date, this volume is the first comprehensive bibliography on Kurdish culture and society. Compiled to help students, educators, researchers, and policy makers find relevant information with ease, the book includes more than 930 items in four major languages--Arabic, English, French, and German. This work covers the fields of anthropology, archaeology, art, communication, demography, travel, economy, education, ethnicity, health, journalism, language, literature, migration, music, religion, social structure, urbanization, and women's studies. The volume includes books and book chapters, journal articles, Ph.D. dissertations, conference papers, articles in dictionaries and encyclopedias, and important Web sites. Essays provide an overview of Kurdish society as well as surveys of Kurdish life in Syria, the former Soviet Union, Europe, and Lebanon.
State and Kurds in Turkey by Metin Heper; Metin Ayse Heper
Call Number: DR435.K87 H46 2007
ISBN: 9780333646281
Publication Date: 2007-12-15
The current literature on the Kurds in Turkey is based on the assumption that since the 19th century the State has attempted to assimilate the Kurds and that this has been the cause of the intermittent "troubles" in Turkey. Metin Heper argues that this theory does not stand up to scrutiny given the many centuries of amicable relations between the State and the Kurds. He suggests that a theory of acculturation rather than assimilation better captures the real nature of State-Kurd interaction in Turkey, by not leaving any part of that interaction unaccounted for.
The Kurdish Question and Turkey by Kemal Kirisci; Gareth M. Winrow
Call Number: DR435.K87 K57 1997
ISBN: 0714647462
Publication Date: 1997-06-01
This volume examines the Kurdish question in Turkey, tracing its developments from the end of the Ottoman Empire to the present day. The authors develop their argument by defining and making use of terms such as nation, ethnic group, civic nationalism, ethnic nationalism, minority rights and self-determination. Many commentators agree that ethnic conflict should be resolved by a political rather than a military solution; but what would a political solution to the Kurdish question in Turkey actually entail?
Kurdish Culture and Identity by Christine Allison (Editor); Philip Kreyenbroek (Editor)
Call Number: DS59.K86 K85434 1996
ISBN: 1856493296
Publication Date: 1996-02-15
The more than 20 million Kurds in the Middle East are the largest nation in the world without their own independent state. Their struggles for international recognition may ultimately depend on their ability to convince the world that they have their own valid and mature identity. This survey of Kurdish culture describes the differences that exist in a community that is spread across four countries in the region - Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Syria - and recognizes that Kurdish culture is changing. Successive chapters deal with Kurdistan's written literature and oral tradition, the development of book publishing and other modern media, the range of Islamic and other religious beliefs that have shaped Kurdish identity, and Kurdish material culture including costumes, carpets and the everyday objects of village life.
Historical Dictionary of the Kurds by Michael M. Gunter
Call Number: DS59.K86 G86 2004
ISBN: 0810848708
Publication Date: 2003-12-27
This dictionary covers the largest nation on Earth that does not have its own independent state. Scholars, government officials who are dealing with the Middle East and the Kurds, the news media, as well as the general reader will find this an accessible historical account about a people who are becoming increasingly important for the future of the geostrategic Middle East. Maps, a chronology of Kurdish history, an introductory essay on the Kurds, a dictionary containing several hundred entries on various aspects of the Kurdish experience, and an extensive bibliography comprise this volume.
The Kurds by Mehrdad Izady
Call Number: DS59.K86 I93 1992
ISBN: 0844817295
Publication Date: 1992-10-01
Traces the history of the Kurds, looks at the geography, climate, and resources of their lands, and discusses Kurdish religion, language, literature, politics, and economy. First Published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
A Modern History of the Kurds by David McDowall; David Mcdowall; Mcdowall David
Call Number: DS51.K7 M347 2000
ISBN: 1860645356
Publication Date: 2001-01-06
This comprehensive chronicle of Kurdistan and its people is a revised and updated edition of David McDowall's acclaimed exploration of recent events in Iran, Iraq and Turkey, and it includes developments in Western Europe following the capture of Abdullah Ocalan. The division of Kurdistan among three modern nation states--Iraq, Turkey and Iran--and the struggle of the Kurdish people for national rights have never been as pressing as they are today.
The Archaeology of Mobility by Hans Barnard (Editor); Willeke Wendrich (Editor)
Call Number: GN387 .A73 2008
ISBN: 9781931745499
Publication Date: 2008-07-01
There have been edited books on the archaeology of nomadism in various regions, and there have been individual archaeological and anthropological monographs, but nothing with the kind of coverage provided in this volume. Its strength and importance lies in the fact that it brings together a worldwide collection of studies of the archaeology of mobility. This book provides a ready-made reference to this worldwide phenomenon and is unique in that it tries to redefine pastoralism within a larger context by the term mobility. It presents many new ideas and thoughtful approaches, especially in the Central Asian region.
Pastoralists by Philip Carl Salzman
Call Number: GN387 .S24 2004
ISBN: 0813341086
Publication Date: 2004-04-01
Drawing upon the author's extensive field research among pastoral peoples in the Middle East, India, and the Mediterranean, and on more than 30 years of comparative study of pastoralists around the world, Pastoralists is an authoritative synthesis of the varieties of pastoral life. At an ethnographic level, the concise volume provides detailed analyses of divergent types of pastoral societies, including segmentary tribes, tribal chiefdoms, and peasant pastoralists. At the same time, it addresses a set of substantive theoretical issues: ecological and cultural variation, equality and inequality, hierarchy and the basis of power, and state power and resistance. The book validates "pastoralists" as a conceptual category even as it reveals the diversity of societies, subsistence strategies, and power arrangements subsumed by that term.
Nomads and the Outside World by Anotoly M. Khazanov; Julia Crookenden (Translator); Ernest Gellner (Translator)
Call Number: GN387 .K4513 1984
ISBN: 0521238137
Publication Date: 1984-02-23
This is the first paperback edition of Anatoly M. Khazanov's famous comparative study of pastoral nomadism. Hailed by reviewers as "majestic and magisterial," "Nomads and the Outside World" was first published in English in 1984. With the author's new introduction and an updated bibliography, this classic is now available in an edition accessible to students.
Displacement and Dispossession in the Modern Middle East by Dawn Chatty
Call Number: HV640.4.M628 C53 2010
ISBN: 9780521521048
Publication Date: 2010-03-08
Dawn Chatty's book traces the history of those who, as a reconstructed Middle East emerged at the beginning of the twentieth century, found themselves cut off from their homelands, refugees in a new world, with borders created out of the ashes of war and the fall of the Ottoman Empire. As an anthropologist, the author is particularly sensitive to individual experience and how these experiences have impacted on society as a whole from the political, social, and environmental perspectives. Through personal stories and interviews within different communities, she shows how some minorities, such as the Armenian and Circassian communities, have succeeded in integrating and creating new identities, whereas others, such as the Palestinians and the Kurds, have been left homeless within impermanent landscapes.
Nomads in the Sedentary World by Anatoly M. Khazanov; Andre Wink
Call Number: GN387 .N66 2001
ISBN: 0700713697
Publication Date: 2001-06-08
Studies the role played by nomads in the political, linguistic, socio-economic and cultural development of the sedentary world around them. Spans regions from Hungary to Africa, India and China, and periods from the first millennium BC to early modern times.
Nomads in Archaeology by Roger Cribb; Wendy Ashmore (Contribution by); Clive Gamble (Contribution by); John O'Shea (Contribution by); Colin Renfrew (Contribution by)
Call Number: DR434 .C75 1991
ISBN: 0521328810
Publication Date: 1991-03-29
Nomads in Archaeology addresses the problem of how to study mobile peoples using archaeological techniques. It therefore deals not only with the prehistory and archaeology of nomads but also with current issues in theory and methodology, particularly the concept of 'site structure'. This is the first volume to be devoted exclusively to nomad archaeology. It includes sections on the history and origins of pastoral nomad societies, the economics of pastoralism, social organisation of pastoral communities and the 'visibility threshold' of nomad material culture. Examples and case studies are drawn from field work and published sources primarily in Turkey and Iran.
Nomad by Lois Beck
Call Number: DS269.K3 B42 1991
ISBN: 0520070038
Publication Date: 1991-12-19
Borzu Qermezi was the headman and political leader of a group of nomadic pastoralists who were part of the Qashqa'i confederacy of southwest Iran. Proud, complex, strong-willed, witty, and cunning, Borzu successfully led his people on their annual migrations for many years. He regulated their travel; mediated conflicts; intervened in (and sometimes exacerbated) tense situations between his people and other nomads; and dealt with the government police agency. Structuring the account around the four seasons, Lois Beck recounts the day-to-day activities of Borzu during the year she spent traveling with his people. She describes the rigors of nomadic life and the consequences of decisions made in haste.
The Bedouin of Cyrenaica by Emrys L. Peters; Jack Goody (Editor, Contribution by); Emanuel Marx (Editor); Meyer Fortes (Contribution by); Edmund Leach (Contribution by); Stanley Tambiah (Contribution by)
Call Number: DT238.C8 P47 1990
ISBN: 052138561X
Publication Date: 1991-02-22
Emrys Peters studied the Bedouin of Libya for more than thirty years. The handful of articles published during his lifetime were widely admired and are still essential reading for anthropologists. He left further significant papers unpublished at his death, and the editors have drawn on these for half of this collection, which brings together his major writings on the Bedouin. These seminal essays are not only of ethnographic interest. All Peters' work is informed by a rigorous theoretical intelligence, and his analysis of power in Bedouin society has fascinated many discerning social scientists.
Black Tents of Baluchistan by Philip C. Salzman
Call Number: DS269.B33 S37 2000
ISBN: 156098810X
Publication Date: 2000-11-17
A study of the nomadic Baluch of the highland Sarhad region of southeastern Iran and how they respond to the unpredictability of their physical, political, and economic environments. Drawing upon twenty-seven months spent among the Yarahmadzai tribe of Iranian Baluchistan, Philip Carl Salzman relates the details of the group's life—from tent living and the division of daily labor to kinship ties, lineage organization, and religion.
Tuareg Society Within a Globalized World by Anja Fischer (Editor); Ines Kohl (Editor)
Call Number: DT346.T7 T83 2010
ISBN: 9781848853706
Publication Date: 2010-12-15
The Tuareg are an ancient nomadic people who follow Islam and have inhabited the Sahara for millennia. In what ways have the lives of the Tuareg changed, and what roles do they have, in a modern and increasingly globalized world? Here, leading scholars explore the many facets of contemporary Tuareg existence: from transnational identity to international politics, from economy to social structure, from music to beauty, from mobility to slavery. A tribe able to move freely across national borders, the Tuareg face the risk of marginalization by national and international politics, and are left without nationality or citizenship. At the same time, the Tuareg are seen as a link between the Arab and African worlds, and their familiarity with the Sahara makes them a port of call for African migrants traversing the desert to reach Europe.
Frontier Nomads of Iran by Richard Tapper; Contributions by: Julia A. Clancy-Smith, Israel Gershoni, Roger Owen, Yezid Sayigh, Charles Tripp, Judith E. Tucker
Call Number: DS269.S53 T34 1997
ISBN: 0521583365
Publication Date: 1997-08-28
Based on three decades of ethnographic fieldwork and documentary research, this book traces the political and social history of the Shahsevan, one of the major nomadic peoples of Iran. It is a dramatic story, recounting the mythical origins of the tribes, their unification as a confederacy and their eventual decline. In its synthesis of anthropology and history, the book will make a major contribution to the study of the Middle East and Central Asia, and also to current debates on tribe-state relations and the relationship between identity and history.
Network Analysis and Ethnographic Problems by Douglas R. White; Ulla C. Johansen
Call Number: GN635.T82 W45 2005
ISBN: 9780739108963
Publication Date: 2004-12-10
Using network visualization and the study of the dynamics of marriage choices, Network Analysis and Ethnographic Problems expands the theory of social practice to show how changes in the structure of a society's kinship network affect the development of social cohesion over time. Using the genealogical networks of a Turkish nomad clan, authors Douglas White and Ulla Johansen explore how changes in network cohesion are revealed to be indicative of key processes of social change. This approach alters in fundamental ways the anthropological concepts of social structure, organizational dynamics, social cohesion, marriage strategies, as well as the study of community politics within the dynamics of ongoing personal interaction.
Impacts of Climate Change and Variability on Pastoralist Women in Sub-Saharan Africa by Munyae M. Mulinge (Editor); Melese Getu (Editor)
Call Number: QC903.2.A35 I47 2013
ISBN: 9789970252367
Publication Date: 2013-08-01
The term climate change is used to denote any significant but extended change in the measures of climate. It has been proved that the African continent is warming up faster, all year-round, than the global average; a trend that is likely to continue. To tackle the phenomenon of climate change effectively, human societies have put in place a combination of mitigation and adaptation mechanisms and strategies. This volume offers insights and knowledge that pastoralist women developed on climate change adaptation through their experiences in their households and communities.
Modernity and Malaysia by Alberto Gomes
Call Number: GN635.M4 G66 2007
ISBN: 0415422531
Publication Date: 2007-06-22
Descendents of hunter-gatherers who have inhabited Southeast Asia for about 40,000 years, the Menraq (also known as Semang or Negritos) were nomadic foragers until they were resettled in a Malaysian government-mandated settlement in 1972. Modernity and Malaysia begins with the ‘Jeli Incident’ in which several Menraq were alleged to have killed three Malays, members of the dominant ethnic group in the country. Alberto Gomes links this uncharacteristic violence to Menraq experiences of Malaysian-style modernity that have left them displaced, depressed, discontented, and disillusioned. Tracing the transformation of the lives of Menraq resulting from resettlement, development, and various ‘civilizing projects’, this book examines how the encounter with modernity has led the subsistence-oriented, relatively autonomous Menraq into a life of dependence on the state and the market.
Pastoralism and Development in Africa by Andy Catley (Editor); Jeremy Lind (Editor); Ian Scoones (Editor)
Call Number: GN650 .P39 2013
ISBN: 9780415540711
Publication Date: 2012-09-12
This text argues that, while we should not ignore the profound difficulties of creating secure livelihoods in the Greater Horn of Africa, there is much to be learned from development successes, large and small.
Disappearing Peoples? by Barbara Brower (Editor); Barbara Rose Johnston (Editor)
Call Number: GN635.S57 D57 2007
ISBN: 9781598741209
Publication Date: 2007-09-15
South and Central Asia is a region of extraordinary cultural and environmental diversity and home to nearly one-quarter of the earth's population. Among these diverse peoples are some whose ways of life are threatened by the accelerating assault of forces of change including environmental degradation, population growth, land loss, warfare, disease, and the penetration of global markets. This volume examines twelve Asian groups whose way of life is endangered. Some are "indigenous" peoples, some are not; each group represents a unique answer to the question of how to survive and thrive on the planet earth, and illustrates both the threats and the responses of peoples caught up in the struggle to sustain cultural meaning, identity, and autonomy.
Changing Nomads in a Changing World by Joseph Ginat (Editor); Anatoly M. Khazanov (Editor)
Call Number: GN387 .C49 1998
ISBN: 1898723443
Publication Date: 1998-04-01
This volume brings together leading anthropologists who discuss how pastoralists are coping and changing as the societies they inhabit change at an unprecedented pace. The different issues pertaining to the different geographic areas covered are united by a general theme: socioeconomic and cultural changes in contemporary pastoralist societies and groups. These changes are far from being spontaneous. They result from the painful adaptation of the mobile and extensive pastoralists to the modern world, in which pastoralists occupy only a marginal and inferior economic and social position. Discussion focuses on the worldwide deterioration of the socio-political and economic standing of the pastoralist, the historical factors of colonization/de-colonization, and how modernizing sedentary society (with its technological inventions, modern infrastructure, and national requirements of taxation and education) impacts on change in nomadic societies.
The End of Nomadism? by Caroline Humphrey; David Andrews Sneath; Andrew Johnson (Contribution by)
Call Number: GN635.S64 H85 1999
ISBN: 0822321076
Publication Date: 1999-02-01
In The End of Nomadism? Caroline Humphrey and David Sneath confront the romantic, ahistorical myth of the wandering nomad by revealing the complex lives and the significant impact on Asian culture of these modern "mobile pastoralists." Using extensive and detailed case studies comparing pastoralism in Siberian Russia, Mongolia, and Northwest China, Humphrey and Sneath explore the different paths taken by nomads in these countries in reaction to a changing world. In examining how each culture is facing not only different prospects for sustainability but also different environmental problems, the authors come to the surprising conclusion that mobility can, in fact, be compatible with a modern and urbanized world.
Turkana Herders of the Dry Savanna by Michael A. Little (Editor); Paul W. Leslie (Editor)
Call Number: DT433.545.T87 T87 1999
ISBN: 0198549210
Publication Date: 1999-04-29
The Turkana people live in the savanna of northwestern Kenya, a dry grassland where they herd livestock, spending at least part of the year on migration in search of grazing pasture. Their herds provide them with food, as well as being an essential source of wealth and resources to be sold and exchanged. This unique, multidisciplinary study of the Turkana integrates findings about the ways in which their social and cultural organization, health, biology,demography, and economic practices enable them to survive in a difficult and uncertain environment. At a time when the Turkana find their way of life increasingly under threat from political and business interests seeking to develop their lands, this book is an important analytical record of their lifestyleand ecology.
Ariaal Pastoralists of Kenya by Elliot Fratkin
Call Number: DT433.545.A75 F72 1998
ISBN: 0205269974
Publication Date: 1997-07-11
The Ariaal's determination to maintain their pastoral lifestyles while taking advantage of new health, employment, marketing, and education opportunities offered in growing Kenyan towns provides a fascinating study of the dynamics of cultural change and the threat to cultural survival among East African pastoralists. This is the story of how one society of livestock herders in northern Kenya have adapted to and survived both natural and human-induced disasters of recent times, including drought and famine, interpastoralist warfare, and the wide scale intervention of international development and relief organizations.
Laibon by Elliot M. Fratkin
Call Number: GN21.F37 A3 2011
ISBN: 9780759120679
Publication Date: 2011-09-29
Elliot Fratkin shares the story of his early anthropological fieldwork in Kenya in the 1970s. Using his fieldnotes and letters home to bring to life the voices of those he met, Fratkin invites the reader to experience his cross-cultural friendships with the enigmatic laibon (a diviner and healer of the Samburu and Maasai peoples) Lonyoki, his family, and the people of the nomadic community of Lukumai. Fratkin participated in the daily lives of the Ariaal livestock herders and accompanied the laibon as he performed divination and healing rituals throughout Marsabit and Samburu Districts. After Fratkin reunited Lonyoki with his son and wife, Lonyoki adopted Fratkin into his family, and Fratkin continues his close friendship with Lonyoki's son Lembalen today.
The Bush Is Sweet by Kristín Loftsdóttir
Call Number: DT547.45.B67 L66 2008
ISBN: 9789171066176
Publication Date: 2008-12-01
In this book, Kristín Loftsdóttir gives the reader a highly personal insight into the lives of the Wodaabe nomads of Niger, who are striving to make a living between the bush and the city. She spent nearly two years as a Wodaabe, living within a Wodaabe extended family and alternating between the nomadic setting of the bush and the urbanized life-style of the capital, Niamey. Loftsdóttir was thus in a unique position to observe the effects that increasing urbanization and globalization, together with the modern tourist industry's preconceptions and demands, have had on the identity and power relations of the Wodaabe. Interwoven with the abstract scientific observations are the more personal reflections and analyses of a young white woman on living within, and sharing all aspects of, the everyday lives of the Wodaabe with the broad spectrum of reactions which this entails.
Endangered Peoples of Africa and the Middle East by Robert K. Hitchcock (Editor); Alan J. Osborn (Editor)
Call Number: GN635.N42 E53 2002
ISBN: 0313304378
Publication Date: 2002-08-30
Africa and the Middle East are undergoing dramatic environmental, demographic, economic, and political transformations. This volume turns the spotlight on 14 endangered cultures as examples of how diverse peoples are coping with these radical evolutions in the 21st century. Little-known groups such as the Ogoni of Nigeria, who face environmental degradation from multinational exploitation of oil resources and government collusion, are presented alongside well-known groups like the Kurds, some of whom have been displaced as a result of civil war and live beneath a repressive Iraqi regime.
Ecology of African Pastoralist Societies by Katherine Homewood
Call Number: GN645 .H66 2008
ISBN: 9780852559918
Publication Date: 2008-07-31
This is an important and informative work by one of the acknowledged leaders in the field. It will be widely read and used by scholars and practitioners concerned with Africa's livestock keeping people. It draws on some of the most current literature on pastoralist societies in Africa - highlighting both the similarities and differences between them.
The Sámi Peoples of the North by Neil Kent
Call Number: DL42.L36 K46 2014
ISBN: 9781849042574
Publication Date: 2014-08-15
There is no single volume that encompasses an integrated social and cultural history of the Sámi people from the Nordic countries and northwestern Russia. Neil Kent's book fills this lacuna. In the first instance, he considers how the Sámi homeland is defined: its geography, climate, and early contact with other peoples. He then moves on to its early chronicles and the onset of colonisation, which changed Sámi life profoundly over the last millennium. Thereafter, the nature of Sámi ethnicity is examined, in the context of the peoples among whom the Sámi increasingly lived, as well as the growing intrusions of the states who claimed sovereignty over them.
Nomads of the Borneo Rainforest by Bernard Sellato; Stephanie Morgan (Translator); Georges Condominas (Foreword by)
Call Number: DS646.32.P85 S4513 1994
ISBN: 0824815661
Publication Date: 1994-01-01
The Punan societies of Borneo, traditionally nomadic rainforest hunters and gatherers, have undergone a transformation over the past centuries. As downriver farming peoples expanded upstream and their cultures and technologies diffused, the Punan gradually abandoned their nomadic existence for a more sedentary life of trade-related activities and subsistence agriculture. But the culture that has emerged from these changes is still based on the enduring ideological premises of nomadism. This study, historical in perspective, examines the many factors - ecological, economic, commercial, political, social, cultural, and ideological - that have played a part in this continuing transformation.
Greener Pastures by Arun Agrawal
Call Number: DS432.R13 A37 1999
ISBN: 0822322331
Publication Date: 1999-03-23
Social scientists theorizing about political economy and the allocation of resources have usually omitted migrant communities from their studies. In Greener Pastures Arun Agrawal uses the story of the Raikas, a little-known group of migrant shepherds in western India, to reexamine current scholarship on markets and exchange, local and state politics, and community and hierarchy. The Raikas are virtually invisible in the regions through which they travel, as well as to the wider Indian society, yet they must operate as part of these larger spheres for their economic survival.
China's Last Nomads by Linda Benson; Ingvar Svanberg
Call Number: DS731.K38 B46 1998
ISBN: 156324781X
Publication Date: 1997-06-30
This study, based on Chinese publications and archival materials as well as on recent fieldwork, provides an up-to-date treatment of Kazak history and culture, emphasizing the Kazaks in 20th-century China and, in particular, their status today as one of China's minority nationalities.
Precious Steppe by Ole Bruun
Call Number: GN635.M65 B78 2006
ISBN: 0739111159
Publication Date: 2006-03-30
Ole Bruun focuses on a community of nomadic livestock herders in present-day Mongolia. He depicts their transition from a contained, Soviet-era collective to modern times and addresses the most essential conditions for their continued survival and prosperity in the age of the market: the adaptability of their own culture and working strategies, government policy, and international attention. In a vast territory such as Mongolia, infrastructure, social benefits, and other means of state support are crucial to prevent herders from sliding into a subsistence orientation, eventually leading to poverty.
Indonesian Sea Nomads by Cynthia Chou
Call Number: DS632.B24 C56 2003
ISBN: 0700717242
Publication Date: 2003-04-04
The Orang Suku Laut consider themselves indigenous Malays. Yet their interaction with others who call themselves Malays is characterised on both sides by fear of harmful magic and witchcraft. The nomadic Orang Suku Laut believe that the Qur'an contains elements of black magic, while the settled Malays consider the nomads dangerous, dirty and backward. At the centre of this study, based on first-hand anthropological data, is the symbolism of money and the powerful influence it has on social relationships within the Riau archipelago. The first major publication on these maritime nomadic communities, the book also adds fresh perspectives on anthropological debates on exchange systems, tribality and hierarchy. It also characterises the different ways of being Malay in the region and challenges the prevailing tendency to equate Malay identity with the Islamic faith.
Nomads and farmers: a study of the Yörük of southeastern Turkey by Daniel G. Bates
Call Number: GN2 .M5 no.52
Publication Date: 1971
Bates’ valuable study, Nomads and Farmers, is a quantitatively documented account of the Yoruk of southeastern Turkey as they were in the late 1960s. More than a descriptive ethnography, it is a theoretical and methodological contribution to the ecological, political, and especially economic anthropology, primarily through its use of sophisticated analysis of extensive and detailed survey data.

Women in Horror Month 2015

Women in Horror Month (WiHM) is an international, grassroots initiative,
   which encourages supporters to learn about and showcase the
   underrepresented work of women in the horror industries. Whether they are
   on the screen, behind the scenes, or contributing in their other various
   artistic ways, it is clear that women love, appreciate, and contribute to the
   horror genre.

WiHM celebrates these contributions to horror throughout the year via the
   official WiHM blog, Ax Wound, The Ax Wound Film Festival, and with the
   official WiHM event/project database in February. This database—in
   conjunction with the WiHM social media fan base—actively promotes do-it-
   yourself annual film screenings, blogs/articles, podcasts, and any other
   form of creative media with the ultimate goal of helping works by and featuring women reach a wider audience.This inclusive and positive movement is open to everyone, just as we believe the horror genre should be.

For more information, check out the Women in Horror Month LibGuide or the Women in Horror Month website.

This exhibit was displayed in Spring 2015. Dates: February- April 2015

This exhibit was created by Lizzy Walker.

Recreational Terror by Isabel Cristina Pinedo
Call Number: PN1995.9.H6 P46 1997
ISBN: 0791434419
Publication Date: 1997-07-17
Challenges the conventional wisdom that violent horror films can only degrade women and incite violence.
American Mary by Jen & Sylvia Soska
Call Number: PN1997.2 .A475 2013
Publication Date: 2013
Disillusioned with her chosen profession and perpetually broke, medical student Mary Mason finds herself drawn into a shady world of underground surgery and body modification.
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
Call Number: PS3519.A392 L6x 1972
Publication Date: 1949
The Lottery, one of the most terrifying stories written in this century, created a sensation when it was first published in The New Yorker. "Power and haunting," and "nights of unrest" were typical reader responses. This collection, the only one to appear during Shirley Jackson's lifetime, unites "The Lottery:" with twenty-four equally unusual stories. Together they demonstrate Jack son's remarkable range--from the hilarious to the truly horrible--and power as a storyteller.
The Dread of Difference by Barry K. Grant (Editor)
Call Number: PN1995.9.H6 D74 1996
ISBN: 0292727933
Publication Date: 1996-01-01
An undying procession of sons of Dracula and daughters of darkness has animated the horror film genre from the beginning. Indeed, in this pioneering exploration of the cinema of fear, Barry Keith Grant and twenty other film critics posit that horror is always rooted in gender, particularly in anxieties about sexual difference and gender politics. Writing across a full range of critical methods from classic psychoanalysis to feminism and postmodernism, they balance theoretical generalizations with close readings of films and discussions of figures associated with the genre. The Dread of Difference demonstrates that horror is hardly a uniformly masculine discourse. As these essays persuasively show, not only are horror movies about patriarchy and its fear of the feminine, but they also offer feminist critique and pleasure.
Family Demons by Ursula Dabrowsky
Call Number: PN1997.2 .F367 2012
Publication Date: 2012
An abused teenage girl murders her alcoholic mother after years of being a virtual prisoner in her own home. But soon after burying her mother's body in the backyard it becomes clear that a very evil and vengeful spirit remains. As in life, Mother still does not wish for her daughter to leave and is hell bent on denying her freedom.
Dexter (Season 1) by James Manos, Jr. (Developed by)
Call Number: PN1992.77 .D49847 2007
Publication Date: 2007
Dexter Morgan is a Miami police forensics expert who moonlights as a serial killer of criminals who he believes have escaped justice.
House of Psychotic Women by Kier-La Janisse
Call Number: PN1995.9.H6 J375 2012
ISBN: 9781903254691
Publication Date: 2012-10-15
Cinema is full of neurotic personalities, but few things are more transfixing than a woman losing her mind onscreen. Unlike her male counterpart, the female neurotic lives a shamed existence, making these films rare places where her destructive emotions get to play. House of Psychotic Women is an examination of these characters through a daringly autobiographical lens. Anecdotes and memories interweave with film history, criticism, trivia and confrontational imagery to create a personal history and a celebration of female madness, onscreen and off.
American Horror Story: Asylum (Season 2) by Ryan Murphy & Brad Falchuk (Creators)
Call Number: PN1992.77 .A448 2013
Publication Date: 2013
Step inside a madhouse of horror and experience the chilling new incarnation of TV's most daringly provocative series. The sins of the past haunt the present at the notorious Briarcliff home for the criminally insane, ruled with an iron fist by Sister Jude. Forbidden desire and terrifying evil lurk around every corner, from alien abduction to demonic possession to a skin-wearing psychopath known as 'Bloody Face.'
Near Dark by Kathryn Bigelow
Call Number: PN1997 .N4273 2002
Publication Date: 1987
Cowboy Caleb Colton meets gorgeous Mae at a bar, and the two have an immediate attraction. But when Mae turns out to be a vampire and bites Caleb on the neck, their relationship gets complicated. Wracked with a craving for human blood, Caleb is forced to leave his family and ride with Mae and her gang of vampires, including the evil Severen. Along the way Caleb must decide between his new love of Mae and the love of his family.
Shirley Jackson's American Gothic by Darryl Hattenhauer
Call Number: PS3519.A392 Z7 2003
ISBN: 0791456072
Publication Date: 2003-01-16
Best known for her short story The Lottery and her novel The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson produced a body of work that is more varied and complex than critics have realized. In fact, as Darryl Hattenhauer argues here, Jackson was one of the few writers to anticipate the transition from modernism to postmodernism, and therefore ranks among the most significant writers of her time. The first comprehensive study of all of Jackson s fiction, Shirley Jackson s American Gothic offers readers the chance not only to rediscover her work, but also to see how and why a major American writer was passed over for inclusion in the canon of American literature.
Ravenous by Antonia Bird (Director)
Call Number: PN1997 .R354 2005
Publication Date: 2005
Captain John Boyd's promotion stations him at a fort where a rescued man tells a disturbing tale of cannibalism: the story of a handful of U.S. soldiers isolated in the snowy Sierra Nevadas in the mid-1800's and a psychopath, who's tasted human flesh before, who tempts them to soothe their hunger pains by feasting on each other.
Sisters of Gore by John Franceschina (Editor)
Call Number: PR830.T3 S57 1997
ISBN: 0815317816
Publication Date: 1996-11-01
A collection of seven stage plays, plus a two-act play, by 19th-century women playwrights, of interest to theater students and enthusiasts as well as those in women's studies. The plays feature spirited heroines and villainnesses. Includes a glossary and a list of plays by many women of the era.
The Annotated Frankenstein by Mary Shelley; Susan J. Wolfson (Intro and Notes by); Ronald Levao (Intro and Notes by)
Call Number: PR5397 .F7 2012
ISBN: 9780674055520
Publication Date: 2012-10-31
First published in 1818, Frankenstein has spellbound, disturbed, and fascinated readers for generations. One of the most haunting and enduring works ever written in English, it has inspired numerous retellings and sequels in virtually every medium, making the Frankenstein myth familiar even to those who have never read a word of Mary Shelley's remarkable novel. Now, this freshly annotated, illustrated edition illuminates the novel and its electrifying afterlife with unmatched detail and vitality, delighting readers while deepening their understanding of Mary Shelley's novel and the Romantic era in which it was created.
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson; Laura Miller (Introduction by)
Call Number: PS3519.A392 H3x 1967
ISBN: 9780143039983
Publication Date: 2006-11-28
The classic supernatural thriller by an author who helped define the genre First published in 1959, Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House has been hailed as a perfect work of unnerving terror. It is the story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly pile called Hill House: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of a "haunting"; Theodora, his lighthearted assistant; Eleanor, a friendless, fragile young woman well acquainted with poltergeists; and Luke, the future heir of Hill House. At first, their stay seems destined to be merely a spooky encounter with inexplicable phenomena. But Hill House is gathering its powers--and soon it will choose one of them to make its own.
Stained by Karen Lam
Call Number: PN1997.2 .S725 2010
Publication Date: 2010
Isabelle struggles to hold her loveless existence, and her sanity together as loneliness continue to mount. When her former lover "James" suddenly appear in her shop, she decides to chance another romantic relationship. As the twists and turns of Isabelle's present reveal and resurrect her history, paranoia sets in. To whom does Isabelle's romance pose the greatest threat?
This Is Not a Test by Courtney Summers
Call Number: PZ5 823 S95534t3
ISBN: 9780312656744
Publication Date: 2012-06-19
It's the end of the world. Six students have taken cover in Cortege High but shelter is little comfort when the dead outside won't stop pounding on the doors. One bite is all it takes to kill a person and bring them back as a monstrous version of their former self. To Sloane Price, that doesn't sound so bad. Six months ago, her world collapsed and since then, she's failed to find a reason to keep going. Now seems like the perfect time to give up. As Sloane eagerly waits for the barricades to fall, she's forced to witness the apocalypse through the eyes of five people who actually want to live. But as the days crawl by, the motivations for survival change in startling ways and soon the group's fate is determined less and less by what's happening outside and more and more by the unpredictable and violent bids for life and death inside. When everything is gone, what do you hold on to?
American Psycho by Mary Harron
Call Number: PN1995.9.H6 A44 2005
Publication Date: 2005
Patrick Bateman is a Wall Street yuppie, obsessed with success, status and style, with a stunning fiancée. He is also a psychotic killer who rapes, murders and dismembers both strangers and acquaintances without provocation or purpose.
Men, Women, and Chain Saws by Carol J. Clover
Call Number: PN1995.9.H6 C53 1993
ISBN: 9780691006208
Publication Date: 1993-04-11
Do the pleasures of horror movies really begin and end in sadism? So the public discussion of film assumes, and so film theory claims. Carol Clover argues, however, that these films work mainly to engage the viewer in the plight of the victim-hero, who suffers fright but rises to vanquish the forces of oppression. Clover argues that these films are designed to align spectators not with the male tormentor, but with the female tormented--with the suffering, pain, and anguish that the "final girl," as Clover calls the victim-hero, endures before rising, finally, to vanquish her oppressor. The book has found an avid readership from students of film theory to major Hollywood filmmakers, and the figure of the final girl has been taken up by a wide range of artists, inspiring not just filmmakers but also musicians and poets.
The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe; Bonamy Dobrée (Editor); Terry Castle (Introduction by, Notes by); Frederick Garber
Call Number: PR5202 .M8 1998
ISBN: 0192825232
Publication Date: 1998-09-10
A best-seller in its day and a potent influence on Sade, Poe, and other purveyors of eighteenth and nineteenth-century Gothic horror, The Mysteries of Udolpho remains one of the most important works in the history of European fiction. After Emily St. Aubuert is imprisoned by her evil guardian, Count Montoni, in his gloomy medieval fortress in the Appenines, terror becomes the order of the day. With its dream-like plot and hallucinatory rendering of its characters' psychological states, The Mysteries of Udolpho is a fascinating challenge to contemporary readers.
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Call Number: PR4172 .W73 1958z
Publication Date: 2002
Emily Brontë's only novel, Wuthering Heights remains one of literature's most disturbing explorations into the dark side of romantic passion. Heathcliff and Cathy believe they're destined to love each other forever, but when cruelty and snobbery separate them, their untamed emotions literally consume them.
Dans Ma Peau by Marina de Van
Call Number: PN1997 .I5178 2004
Publication Date: 2002
Esther suffers deep gashes on her legs from an accidental fall. She begins to become preoccupied with her body and skin, especially her wounds. At first she merely traces the cuts on her legs, but it isn't long before she is carving wounds directly and aggressively into her own body. Her boyfriend becomes concerned and angry, but his inability to understand forces Esther into reclusion to explore her new found passion.
The Mummy or Ramses the Damned by Anne Rice
Call Number: PS3568.I265 M94 1989
ISBN: 0345360001
Publication Date: 1989-05-06
Ramses the Great has awakened in Edwardian London. Having drunk the elixir of life, he is now Ramses the Damned, doomed forever to wander the earth, desperate to quell hungers that can never be satisfied. Although he pursues voluptuous aristocrat Julie Stratford, the woman for whom he desperately longs is Cleopatra. And his intense longing for her, undiminished over the centuries, will force him to commit an act that will place everyone around him in the gravest danger....
Chained by Jennifer Chambers Lynch
Call Number: PN1997.2 .C395 2012
Publication Date: 2011
When he was 9 years old, Tim and his mother were abducted by taxi-driving serial killer Bob. Tim's mother was murdered. Tim was kept as a chained slave, forced to bury the bodies of young women Bob drags home and keep scrapbooks of the crimes. Now a teenager, Tim and Bob share a depraved father/son/protege relationship. But who will ultimately sever the bond between 'family' and unimaginable horror?
Jennifer's Body by Diablo Cody
Call Number: PN1997.2 .J466 2009
Publication Date: 2009
Needy is a reserved bookworm. Her best friend is Jennifer, a conceited cheerleader. The two share little in common. They share even less in common when Jennifer mysteriously gains an appetite for human blood after a disastrous fire at a local bar. Soon, Needy's male classmates are steadily killed off in gruesome attacks and she must uncover the truth behind her friend's transformation and find a way to stop the bloodthirsty rampage before it reaches her own boyfriend.
The Walking Dead (Season 3) by Frank Darabont (Developed by)
Call Number: PN1992.77 .W356 2013
Publication Date: 2013
Police officer Rick Grimes leads a group of survivors in a world overrun by zombies. The series explores how the living are changed by the realization that those who survive can be far more dangerous than the walking dead.
A Long Fatal Love Chase by Louisa May Alcott
Call Number: PS1017 .L66 1995
ISBN: 0679445102
Publication Date: 1995-08-15
Written in 1866, this heretofore undiscovered gem by the author of Little Women tells the story of Rosamund Vivian, an intelligent, strong-willed, 18-year-old young woman who longs for adventure. But when she marries a wealthy, jaded young man, and is swept off to Europe, Rosamund too soon learns that her new husband is not as he had presented himself. First serial to Ladies' Home Journal.
Stephen King's Pet Sematary by Mary Lambert (Director)
Call Number: PN1995.9.H6 S747446 2006
ISBN: 9781415724668
Publication Date: 1989
After moving to an idyllic home in the countryside, life seems perfect for the Creed family ... but not for long. Louis and Rachel Creed and their two young children settle into a house that sits next door to a pet cemetery--built on an ancient Indian burial ground. Their mysterious new neighbor, Jud Crandall, hides the cemetery's darkest secret ... until a family tragedy brings the secret to life. Now, an unthinkable evil is about to be resurrected.
Scare Tactics by Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock
Call Number: PS374.W6 W38 2008
ISBN: 9780823229857
Publication Date: 2008-09-15
Between the end of the Civil War and roughly 1930, hundreds of uncanny tales were published by women. These include stories by familiar figures such as Edith Wharton, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman, as well as by authors almost wholly unknown to twenty-firstcenturyreaders, such as Josephine Dodge Bacon, Alice Brown, Emma Frances Dawson, and Harriet Prescott Spofford. Scare Tactics analyzes this overlooked tradition of supernatural writing by American women as an essentially feminist enterprise. These authors repeatedly used Gothic conventions to express discontentment with circumscribed roles for women and to imagine alternative possibilities. Therefore, thisbody of literature proves to be a type of political intervention connected to the broader sphere of women's rights activism.
Hellraiser: Bloodline by Nancy Rae Stone (Producer)
Call Number: PN1995.9.H6 H455735747 2002
ISBN: 0788824201
Publication Date: 1996
Pinhead is back -- And he's out for more blood. The fourth terrifying chapter of the wildly popular Hellraiser series chronicles the struggle of one family who unknowingly created the puzzle box that opened the door of Hell.