New Resources

June 2002

The following titles were received during May.

Fiction  (Graphic Novels)  |  Story Collections |  Nonfiction  |  Biography  |  Career Resources  |  Reference
Multimedia  |  Professional Resources




Fiction (F)

These books are either displayed on the tables or in the display cases, or are at home on the fiction shelves.  Look on the shelves under the author's last name (F GRI).

Andrews, V.C.
    Cat (Wildflowers, book 4)
Banks, Lynne Reid
    Indian in the cupboard
Bellow, Saul
    The Adventures of Augie March
    Henderson the rain king
Burnette Frances Hodgson
    The Secret Garden
Cunningham, Michael
    The Hours
Faulkner, William
    A Fable
    The Reivers
Grau, Shirley Ann
    The Keepers of the house
Grimes, Martha
    Rainbow's end
Hansen, Joyce
    I thought my soul would rise and fly : diary of Patsy, a freed girl
Kennedy, William
    Ironweed
Kirkpatrick, Katherine
    Trouble's daughter: the story of Susanna Hutchinson, Indian
   captive
Koja, Kathe
    Straydog
Lahiri, Jhumpa
    Interpreter of maladies
Lasky, Kathryn
    Elizabeth I, red rose of the House of Tudor (Royal diaries series)
Mailer, Norman
    The Executioner's song
Malmud, Bernard
    The Fixer
Michener, James A.
    Tales of the South Pacific
Millhauser, Stever
    Martin Dressler : the tale of an American dreamer
Momaday, N. Scott
    House made of dawn
Murphy, Pay
    There and Back Again
    Nadya
Powell, Randy
    Three Clams and an oyster
Proulx, E. Annie
    The Shipping news
Roth, Philip
    American pastoral
Shields, Carol
    Stone Diaries
Smiley, Jane
    A Thousand acres
Styron, William
    The Confessions of Nat Turner
Toole, John Kennedy
    A Confederacy of dunces
Tyler, Anne
    Breathing lessons (2)
Updike, John
    Rabbit at rest
    Rabbit is Rich
Walker, Alice
    The Color Purple (2)
Welty, Eudora
    The Optimist's daughter
 

Graphic Novels

Check in the Spectrum catalog using the keywords "graphic novel" for a total listing of GN holdings at WHS.

Eisner, Will
    Contract with God and other tenement stories
    To the Heart of the storm
Gaimen, Neal
    Books of magic
Millionaire, Tony
    Adventures of Sock Monkey
Thompson, Craig
    Good-bye Chunky Rice
Ranma 1.2, vol 6
Dragon Ball, vol. 2
Dragon Ball Z, vol. 6
Dragon Ball Z, vol 8
Gundam Wing: Ground zero
Gundam Wing: blind target
Gundam Wing : episode zero
Neon Genesis Evangelion : vol 5.
Oh my goddess: sympathy for the Devil
Oh my goddess: Queen of Vengence
Oh my goddess:  childhood's end
Blade of the Immortal : dreamsong
Blade of the immortal: on silend wings I
Blade of the immortal: blood of a thousand
Lone Wolf and cub: vol 5
Lone Wolf and cub: vol 6
Lone Wolf and cub: vol 7
Akira, vol 4
Akira, vol 5
Akira, vol 6
9-11 : Emergency relief
Sailor MoonSuper s, vol. 4
Sailor Moon, vol, 3
Sailor Moon, vol, 4
Harlem Bean, vol 5
Harlem Beat, vol. 6
 

Story Collections (SC)


McPherson, James Alan
    Elbow Room
Stafford, Jean
    The Collected stories of Jean Stafford
Salisbury, Graham
    Island boyz : short stories

Biography

This land was made for you and me : the life of Woody Guthrie - B GUT

Nonfiction

 

 
 
 

Career Resources

Enter Here Career Video Collection*

Jobs are organized in 10 career clusters and feature information on duties related to the job as well as advancement opportunities.  Following is a title alphabetical listing.

Account coordinator.
Advertising creator.
Aerobics instructor.
Agricultural laboratory technician.
Animal caretaker.
Apprentice carpenter.
Apprentice mechanic.
Apprentice operating engineer.
Apprentice photographer.
Apprentice plumber.
Assistant engineer.
Assistant forms coordinator.
Assistant purchasing agent.
Baker.
Blood donor technician.
Bus driver.
Camera technician.
Car rental agent.
Catering assistant.
Central sterile services technician.
Cheesemaker.
Commercial collector.
Conveyor assembler.
Cook.
Customer service representative.
Dental assistant.
Dietary assistant.
Direct sales representative.
Dispatcher.
Distribution center associate.
Dog groomer.
Education aide.
EKG technician.
Electronic production artist.
Electronics technician.
Emergency medical technician.
Equipment mechanic.
Extra list clerk.
Film processing technician.
Firefighter.
Fleet service clerk.
Flight attendant.
Food preparer.
Food service manager.
Forestry technician.
Forklift operator.
Greenhouse production assistant.
Hatchery technician.
Home health aide.
Host.
Insurance underwriting clerk.
Interior plant technician.
Jeweler.
Leasing agent.
Legal secretary.
Letter carrier.
Library assistant.
Member Services clerk.
Merchandise distributor.
Merchandise distributor.
Meter reader.
Numerical-control machine-tool operator.
Office clerk of the court.
Official court reporter.
Oil and gas gauger.
Opthalmic [sic] technician.
Order taker.
Patrol officer.
Pest control technician.
Pharmacy technician.
Printing press feeder.
Product assembler.
Production agent.
Production assistant.
Production operator.
Production scientist.
Ranch hand.
Receiving clerk.
Receptionist.
Recreation specialist.
Recycler.
Remittance processing clerk.
Reservations clerk.
Respiratory care aide.
Robotics technician.
Sales associate.
Security systems installer.
Seed lab technician.
Soil conservation technician.
Stock associate.
Surveying technician.
Systems operator.
Technical site representative.
Theme park supervisor.
Tool and die maker.
Truck driver.
Utility worker.
Visitor services representative.
Visual coordinator.
Water treatment plant operator.
Youth Division aide.

*This video library was purchased with funds from the Region II School-to-Careers Mini-Grant.  They are located on the video display stand in the Career Resources Center.
 

Reference

 

Multimedia (AV)

Videotapes

See Career Resources above.
All Quiet on the Western Front - AV VHS 791.43 ALL
Designer Babies - AV VHS 616.692 DES
Test Tube Babies - AV VHS 618.178 TES
Romeo and Juliet (add'tl. copy) - AV VHS 822.3 SHA
 
 

Professional Resources

Enter here : a video-based encyclopedia of job opportunities - PROF 331.702 ENT
Navigating through geometry in grades 9-12 - PROF 516 LIT
Mathematics Assessment - PROF 510 MAT
 
 

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