Introducing Bestsellers!

The library has just put a new collection on the shelf – current bestsellers! This month’s selection of ten titles (including Andrew Ferguson’s Crazy U, Tina Fey’s Bossypants, and Paula McLain’s The Paris Wife) will grow by five each month until next spring, when we will begin rotating this year’s books out and introduce new ones. These will be popular fiction and non-fiction works, generally leisure reading that we wouldn’t necessarily add to the permanent collection. We hope they’ll appeal to a wide slice of the Milligan community.

Bestsellers are available to all patrons (Milligan students, faculty, staff and alumni, Emmanuel students, and community borrowers). The check-out period for all is 14 days, with one (14 day) renewal allowed. They’re located on the “New Books” shelves, in the Reference Area.

Is there a title you’d like to see? Contact Meredith Sommers (mksommers@milligan.edu/461.8902)[slideshow]

New Books and Media Received (April 2011)

The following Books, Musical Scores, and DVDs (181 items) were received into the Library collection through the Acquisitions Budget during April 2011. Check availability of new titles in the Milligan Online Catalog, or come into the Library and browse the New Books Shelf.

Across Spoon River; an autobiography. New York, Farrar & Rinehart, [c1936].

The age of innocence / Edith Wharton ; introduction by Louis Auchincloss. New York : Modern Library, 1999.

The agony and the ecstasy [videorecording] / Twentieth Century Fox ; International Classics ; producer/director, Carol Reed ; screen story and screenplay, Philip Dunne. Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, c2005.

Aida / Giuseppe Verdi. New York : Dover, 1989.

Algae : anatomy, biochemistry, and biotechnology / by Paolo Gualtieri and Laura Barsanti. Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis, 2006.

Allah : a Christian response / Miroslav Volf. New York : HarperOne, c2011.

Allegro non troppo [videorecording] / Italtoons Corporation ; una produzione Bruno Bozzetto film ; soggetto e sceneggiattura, Bruno Bozzetto, Guido Manuli, Maurizio Nichetti ; regia, Bruno Bozzetto. [Chicago] : Home Vision Entertainment, 2004.

Ann Vickers / by Sinclair Lewis ; introduction to the Bison Book edition by Nan Bauer Maglin. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [1994].

Another country / James Baldwin. New York : Vintage Books, 1993.

Apollo 13 [videorecording] / Imagine Entertainment presents a Brian Grazer production ; a Universal picture ; screenplay by William Broyles, Jr. & Al Reinert ; produced by Brian Grazer ; directed by Ron Howard. Universal City, CA : Universal Home Video, [1999].

The Apu trilogy [videorecording] / Satyajit Ray Productions ; scripts and direction by Satyajit Ray. [South Korea] : PD Entertainment, 2008.

Aquatic photosynthesis / Paul G. Falkowski and John A. Raven. Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2007.

Babbitt / Sinclair Lewis ; edited with an introduction and notes by Gordon Hutner. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Babette’s feast [videorecording] / a film by Gabriel Axel. Santa Monica, CA. : MGM Home Entertainment, 2001,c1987.

Babies without borders : adoption and migration across the Americas / Karen Dubinsky. New York, NY : New York University Press, [2010].

Baby, we were meant for each other : in praise of adoption / Scott Simon. New York : Random House, c2010.

A backward glance / by Edith Wharton. New York : Simon & Schuster, 1998, c1964.

Big girls don’t cry : the election that changed everything for American women / Rebecca Traister. New York : Free Press, 2010.

The Big O [videorecording] : complete collection / a production of Bandai Visual Co., Ltd. and Sunrise, Inc. ; created by Hajime Yatate ; director, Kazuyoshi Katayama ; producers, Tsutomu Sugita, Eiji Sashida, and Ohashi Chie ; written by Chiaki Konaka … [et al.] ; English adaptation by Bandai Entertainment, Inc. in association with ZRO Limit Productions and Animaze, Inc. ; producers, Charles McCarter, Yutaka Maseba, and Haruyo Kanesaku ; translation, David Fleming ; ADR director, Quint Lancaster ; ADR script writer, Lia Sargent. Cypress, CA : Distributed by Bandai Entertainment, 2007.

The Big O II [videorecording] : complete collection / produced by Sunrise Inc. and Bandai Visual Co. Ltd. ; co-produced by Cartoon Network ; created by Hajime Yatate ; director, Kazuyoshi Katayama ; producers, Tsutomu Sugita, Eiji Sashida, and Ohashi Chie ; written by Chiaki J. Konaka … [et al.] ; English adaptation by Sunrise Inc. in association with ZRO Limit Productions and Animaze, Inc. ; producers, Charles McCarter, Yutaka Maseba, and Haruyo Kanesaku ; translation, David Fleming ; ADR director, Quint Lancaster ; ADR script writer, Lia Sargent. Cypress, CA : Bandai Entertainment, [2007], c2003.

The big thirst : the secret life and turbulent future of water, / Charles Fishman. New York : Free Press, 2011.

Blue submarine No. 6 [videorecording]. [Cypress, Calif.] : Bandai Entertainment, c2003.

The bridge of San Luis Rey / Thornton Wilder. New York : Perennial, [2003], c2002.

The cabala ; and, The woman of Andros / Thornton Wilder ; foreword by Penelope Niven. New York : Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006.

The Cambridge companion to Moliere / edited by David Bradby, Andrew Calder. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

The canon : a whirligig tour of the beautiful basics of science / Natalie Angier. Boston : Mariner Books, 2008, c2007.

The cantos of Ezra Pound. [New York, New Directions Pub. Corp.], 1993,c1934.

Carmen / Georges Bizet. New York : Dover Publications, 1989.

Cavalleria rusticana. German & Italian. Cavalleria rusticana / Pietro Mascagni ; [libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci based on the story and play by Giovanni Verga]. New York : Dover, 1993.

Change by design : how design thinking transforms organizations and inspires innovation / Tim Brown ; with Barry Katz. [New York] : Harper Business, c2009.

Chasing Manet / by Tina Howe. New York : Samuel French, 2011.

Child of the fire : Mary Edmonia Lewis and the problem of art history’s Black and Indian subject / Kirsten Pai Buick. Durham, NC : Duke University Press, c2010.

Christendom at the crossroads : the medieval era / J.A. Sheppard. Louisville, Ky. : Westminster John Knox Press, c2005.

The Clinton 12 [videorecording] : a documentary film / written and directed by Keith McDaniel.[Oak Ridge, TN] : Secret City Films, c2007.

Collected plays, 1944-1961 / Arthur Miller. New York : Library of America : Distributed to the trade in the United States by Penguin Putnam, c2006.

The collected plays of Neil Simon / with an introduction by Neil Simon. New York : New American Library, [1986]-

The collected plays of Neil Simon. Volume IV / by Neil Simon ; [with an introduction by Neil Simon]. New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2005.

The collected poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar / edited and with an introduction by Joanne M. Braxton. Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia,1993.

The collected short plays of Thornton Wilder / edited by Donald Gallup and A. Tappan Wilder ; with additional material by F.J. O’Neil. New York : Theatre Communications Group, 1997-c1998.

Complete poems, 1904-1962 / E.E. Cummings ; edited by George J. Firmage. New York : Liveright, c1991.

Complete stories and poems of Edgar Allan Poe.Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, c1966.

Conversations with catalogers in the 21st century / Elaine R. Sanchez, editor ; foreword by Michael Gorman.Santa Barbara, California : Libraries Unlimited, 2011.

The creative life : true tales of inspiration / Julia Cameron. New York : Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, c2010.

Danse macabre and other works for solo piano / Camille Saint-Saens ; selected and with an introduction by Victor Rangel-Ribeiro. Mineola, N.Y. : Dover, 1999.

Design th!nking / Gavin Ambrose, Paul Harris.Lausanne : AVA Academia ; La Vergne, TN : Distributed in the USA & Canada by Ingram Publisher Services, c2010.

Design thinking : integrating innovation, customer experience and brand value / edited by Thomas Lockwood. New York, NY : Allworth Press, c2010.

The diatoms : biology & morphology of the genera / F.E. Round, R.M. Crawford, D.G. Mann. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

The Didache : a window on the earliest Christians / Thomas O’Loughlin. Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Academic, c2010.

Dreamers of a new day : women who invented the twentieth century / Sheila Rowbotham. London ; New York : Verso, 2010.

Dreaming a world : Korean birth mothers tell their stories. Yeong & Yeong Book Company : Seoul.

Easter oratorio : BWV 249 / Johann Sebastian Bach ; from the Bach-Gesellschaft edition edited by Wilhelm Rust. Mineola, NY : Dover Publications, 2001.

The eighth day / Thornton Wilder ; foreword by John Updike.New York : Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006.

Eleven great cantatas : in full vocal and instrumental score : from the Bach-Gesellschaft edition / Johann Sebastian Bach. New York : Dover Publications, 1976.

Elias. English & German. Elijah : from the critical complete works edition / Felix Mendelssohn ; edited by Julius Rietz. New York : Dover, c1995.

Emily Dickinson: an interpretive biography. Cambridge, Mass., Belknap Press, 1955.

Evidence-based review of interventions used in occupational therapy for children with autism spectrum disorder. AOTA: The American Occupational Therapy Association.

The evolution and emergence of RNA viruses / Edward C. Holmes. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

The evolution of plants / K.J. Willis, J.C. McElwain.New York : Oxford University Press, c2002.

Exodus / by Leon Uris.New York : Gramercy Books, 2000.

Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis and other works for orchestra / Ralph Vaughan Williams. Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications, 1999.

A farewell to arms / Ernest Hemingway.New York : Scribner, 2003, 1929.

The fathers of the church : a comprehensive introduction / Hubertus R. Drobner ; translated by Siegfried S. Schatzmann ; with bibliographies updated and expanded for the English edition by William Harmless and Hubertus R. Drobner. Peabody, Mass. : Hendrickson Publishers, c2007.

Fiddler on the roof [videorecording] / the Mirisch Production Company presents a Norman Jewison film ; produced by Norman Jewison ; screenplay by Joseph Stein ; directed by Norman Jewison. Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, c2001, c1971.

Final entries, 1945 : the diaries of Joseph Goebbels / edited, introduced, and annotated by Hugh Trevor-Roper ; translated from the German by Richard Barry. Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2007.

The flying Dutchman / Richard Wagner ; edited by Felix Weingartner. New York : Dover, 1988.

For whom the bell tolls / Ernest Hemingway. New York : Scribner, 1996.

Froken Julie [videorecording] = Miss Julie / Janus Films ; Sandrew Produktion visar [presents] ; produktionsledning, Rune Waldekranz ; manus och regi [screenplay written by/directed by], Alf Sjoberg.[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, c2007.

Ghost in the shell. S.A.C. 2nd gig [videorecording] / Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex Committee, Production I.G., Magna Entertainment, Shirow Masamune-Production ; producers, Yuichiro Matsuka, Hisanori Kunizaki ; chief writer, Kenji Kamiyama ; director, Kenji Kamiyama. [United States] : Bandai Entertainment, c2009.

Ghost in the shell. Stand alone complex complete collection [videorecording] / Bandai Entertainment, Inc.[United States] : Bandai Entertainment, Inc., 2008.

Going to meet the man / by James Baldwin. New York : Vintage Books, 1995.

Good morning, Vietnam [videorecording] / [presented by] Touchstone Pictures in association with Silver Screen Partners III . Dead Poets Society / [presented by] Touchstone Pictures in association with Silver Screen Partners IV. Burbank, CA : Touchstone Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2006.

Great soul : Mahatma Gandhi and his struggle with India / Joseph Lelyveld. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.

The great waltzes / Johann Strauss, Jr.New York : Dover Publications, Inc., 1989.

Hansel und Gretel. Hansel and Gretel / Engelbert Humperdinck. New York : Dover, 1995.

The help / Kathryn Stockett.New York, N.Y. : Berkley Books, 2011, c2009.

Higher education in the Internet age : libraries creating a strategic edge / Patricia Senn Breivik and E. Gordon Gee.Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2006.

Hillary Clinton’s race for the White House : gender politics and the media on the campaign trail / Regina G. Lawrence, Melody Rose. Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2010.

His girl Friday [videorecording] / Columbia Pictures Corporation ; screen play by Charles Lederer ; directed by Howard Hawks. Culver City, Ca. : Columbia TriStar Home Video, [c2000].

A history of the monks of Syria / by Theodoret of Cyrrhus ; translated with an introduction and notes by R.M. Price. Kalamazoo, Mich. : Cistercian Publications, 1985.

The Holy Bible : King James version. Peabody, MA : Hendrickson Bibles, 2007.

In his steps, Charles M. Sheldon. Grand Rapids, Mich., Zondervan Pub. House [1970, c1967].

In the year of the pig [videorecording] / produced and directed by Emile de Antonio.[United States] : Home Vision Entertainment, [2005].

International adoption : global inequalities and the circulation of children / edited by Diana Marre and Laura Briggs.New York : New York University Press, c2009.

The invisible enemy : a natural history of viruses / Dorothy H. Crawford. Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2002.

King Lear [videorecording] / by William Shakespeare ; directed by Michael Elliott ; [adapted by Laurence Olivier] ; produced by Fraser Peacock Associates on behalf of Granada Video. West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur, 2000.

The king’s speech [videorecording] / [screenplay, David Seidler] ; director, Tom Hooper. [United States] : Anchor Bay Entertainment, 2011.

Last exile. The complete series [videorecording] / Gonzo/Victor Entertainment. [Texas] : FUNimation Entertainment, [2009].

Lichen biology / edited by Thomas H. Nash III. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Lichens / William Purvis.Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press in association with the Natural History Museum, London, c2000.

Life is beautiful [videorecording] / Miramax Films ; Cecchi Gori Group ; Mario and Vittorio Cecchi Gori present a Melampo Cinematografica production ; directed by Roberto Benigni. [New York, N.Y.] : Miramax Home Entertainment ; Burbank, Calif. : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Video, [2002].

The Literary Ladies’ Guide to the Writing Life : inspiration and advice from celebrated women authors who paved the way / by Nava Atlas. South Portland, Maine : Sellers Publishers, ; c2011.

Look homeward, angel : a story of the buried life / Thomas Wolfe ; with an introduction by Robert Morgan and an introduction by Maxwell E. Perkins.New York : Scribner, 2006, c2000.

Lost mountain : a year in the vanishing wilderness : radical strip mining and the devastation of Appalachia / Erik Reece ; foreword by Wendell Berry ; photographs by John J. Cox.New York : Riverhead Books, 2007, c2006.

Love Wins : A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived / Rob Bell. New York, NY : HarperOne, 2011.

Madama Butterfly. German & Italian. Madama Butterfly / Giacomo Puccini. New York : Dover, 1990.

The magic never ends [videorecording] : the life & work of C.S. Lewis / a production of Crouse Entertainment Group & the Duncan Group and Chicago’s WTTW-TV. [Chicago, IL] : Crouse Entertainment Group/Duncan Group, 2005,c2001.

Choral music. Selections. Magnificat in D ; and, the six motets / Johann Sebastian Bach ; from the Bach-Gesellschaft edition. New York : Dover, 1995.

Main Street / Sinclair Lewis ; with an introduction and notes by Brooke Allen ; George Stade, consulting editorial director. New York : Barnes & Noble Classics, 2008, c2003.

Major orchestral works : from the Breitkopf & Hartel complete works ed. / Felix Mendelssohn ; edited by Julius Rietz.New York : Dover Publications, 1975.

Mending a tattered faith : devotions with Dickinson / Susan VanZanten. Eugene, Or. : Cascade Books, c2011.

Millennium actress [videorecording] / the Klock Worx presents ; Go Fish Pictures presents a Chiyoko Committee production, Genco Inc. ; production, Millennium Actress Committee ; screenplay, Sadayuki Murai, Satoshi Kon ; animation directors, Takeshi Honda … [et al.] ; executive producer, Taro Maki ; director, Satoshi Kon.Universal City, CA : DreamWorks Home Entertainment, [2003].

Mobile web design for dummies / by Janine Warner and David LaFontaine. Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley ; Chichester : John Wiley [distributor], 2010.

New destinations : Mexican immigration in the United States / Victor Zuniga and Ruben Hernandez-Leon, editors. New York : Russell Sage Foundation, c2005.

Noch na Lysoi gore (1880); arr. A night on Bald Mountain : fantasy for orchestra / Modest Moussorgsky ; completed and orchestrated by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov. Mineola, N.Y. : Dover, 1999.

The noble revolt : the overthrow of Charles I / John Adamson. London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2007.

Novels and stories : The lottery, The haunting of Hill House, We have always lived in the castle, other stories and sketches / Shirley Jackson. New York, N.Y. : Library of America ; Distributed in the United States by Penguin Putnam, c2010.

Shchelkunchik. Suite. Nutcracker suite / Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky. New York : Dover, c1987.

“O” [videorecording] / a Chickie the Cop production in association with Daniel Fried Productions and Rhulen Entertainment ; a film by Tim Blake Nelson ; producers, Eric Gitter, Daniel L. Fried, Anthony Rhulen ; screenplay writer, Brad Kaaya ; director, Tim Blake Nelson.[United States] : Trimark Home Video : Lions Gate Home Entertainment, [2002].

Obchod na korze [videorecording] / Ceskoslovensky filmovyustav ; Filmove studio Barrandor ; natocili reziseri, Jan Kadar a Elmar Klos ; scenar napsali, Ladislav Grosman, J. Kadar, E. Klos. [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, c2001.

The old maid : the fifties / Edith Wharton ; introduction by Roxana Robinson ; notes by Jennifer Mooney. New York : Modern Library, 2003.

Olivier’s Shakespeare [videorecording] : 3 films / by Laurence Olivier. [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2006].

O’Neill and his plays, four decades of criticism, edited by Oscar Cargill, N. Bryllion Fagin [and] William J. Fisher.[New York] New York University Press, 1961.

Origin. Spirits of the past [videorecording] / Shochiku ; Gonzo ; produced by Gonzo ; screenplay by Nana Shiina, Naoko Kakimoto ; directed by Keiichi Sugiyama. [Fort Worth, Tex.?] : FUNimation Entertainment, 2007.

Otello : in full score / Giuseppe Verdi. New York : Dover, 1986.

Othello [videorecording] / by William Shakespeare ; Warner Bros. Pictures presents ; a B.H.E. production from The National Theatre of Great Britain ; National Theatre production directed by John Dexter ; produced by Anthony Havelock-Allan [and] John Brabourne ; directed by Stuart Burge. Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, c2007.

Overtures and preludes in full score / Richard Wagner. Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications, c1996.

Overtures “in the Italian style” and other works / Franz Schubert. Mineola, N.Y. : Dover, 2002.

Pagliacci / Ruggiero Leoncavallo. New York : Dover, 1992.

The pearl / John Steinbeck. New York : Penguin Books, 2002.

Periodic tales : a cultural history of the elements, from Arsenic to Zinc / Hugh Aldersey-Williams. New York, NY : HaperCollins Publishers, c2011.

Phycology / Robert Edward Lee. Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Piano concertos nos. 7-10 : with Mozart’s cadenzas for nos. 9 and 10 : from the Breitkopf & Hartel complete works edition / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; introduction by Susan Kagan. Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications, c2000.

The poems of Henry Van Dyke. Amsterdam, The Netherlands : Fredonia Books, c2004, 1921.

Pregnancy, childbirth, and the newborn : the complete guide / Penny Simkin … [et al.]. Minnetonka, Minn. : Meadowbrook Press ; New York : Distributed by Simon & Schuster, c2010.

The president’s lady : a novel about Rachel and Andrew Jackson / Irving Stone. Nashville, Tenn. : Rutledge Hill Press, [1996], c1951.

Prophets and gravestones : an imaginative history of Montanists and other early Christians / William Tabbernee. Peabody, Mass. : Hendrickson Publishers, c2009.

Pulp fiction [videorecording] / Miramax Films presents a Band Apart and Jersey Films production ; a film by Quentin Tarantino ; co-executive producers, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Richard N. Gladstein ; executive producers, Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher ; stories by Quentin Tarantino & Roger Avary ; produced by Lawrence Bender ; written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. [S.l.] : Miramax Home Entertainment ; Burbank, CA : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2002].

The recognition of Nathaniel Hawthorne; selected criticism since 1828. Edited by B. Bernard Cohen. Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press [1969].

The red thread : a novel / Ann Hood. New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2010.

Religion and the body / edited by Sarah Coakley.Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997.

Grande Messe des morts. Requiem / Hector Berlioz. Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications, 2006.

Rigoletto / Giuseppe Verdi. New York : Dover, 1992.

Robert Indiana / Simon Salama-Caro … [et al.]. New York : Rizzoli, 2006.

Romeo et Juliette (Fantasy-overture). Romeo and Juliet overture ; and, Capriccio italien / Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky. New York : Dover, 1986.

The S word : a short history of an American tradition… socialism / John Nichols. Brooklyn, NY : Verso, 2011.

Sabotage [videorecording] / Gaumont-British Picture Corporation Ltd. presents ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock ; screen play, Charles Bennett ; dialogue, Ian Hay, Helen Simpson.[United States] : Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2008].

Le salaire de la peur [videorecording] / Filmsonor Societe Anonyme presente ; un film de Henri-Georges Clouzot ; adaptation et dialogues de H.G. Clouzot & Jerome Geronimi ; une co-production Franco-Italienne, C.I.C.C. … [et al.]. [S.l.] : Criterion Collection, c2005.

Scheherazade / by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov.New York : Dover, 1984.

Serenades, string orchestra, op. 22, E major. Serenade no. 1, op. 22 ; and Serenade no. 2, op. 44 : in full score / Antonin Dvorak. Mineola, NY : Dover Publications, 2001.

Seven great sacred cantatas : in full score : from the Bach-Gesellschaft edition / Johann Sebastian Bach. New York : Dover, 1985.

Shakespeare in love [videorecording] / Miramax Films and Universal Pictures and the Bedford Falls Company present ; directed by John Madden ; written by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard ; produced by David Parfitt, Donna Gigliotti, Harvey Weinstein ; produced by Edward Zwick, Marc Norman. Burbank, Calif. : Miramax Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [1999].

The Shawshank redemption [videorecording] / Castle Rock Entertainment  ; screenplay by Frank Darabont ; produced by Niki Marvin ; directed by Frank Darabont.Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2007].

Six Masses / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.New York : Dover, 1992.

Smiles of a summer night [videorecording] / a film by Ingmar Berman ; director/screenplay, Ingmar Bergman ; producer, Allan Ekelund.[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection ; [United States] : Distributed by Home Vision Entertainment, [2004].

The sorcerer’s apprentice / Paul Dukas. And, Espana / Emmanuel Chabrier. Mineola, N.Y. : Dover, 1997.

South Sea tales / Jack London ; introduction by Tony Horwitz ; edited, with a preface and notes, by Christopher Gair. New York : Modern Library, 2002.

The stock exchange [videorecording] / written and produced by Terry Fitzpatrick ; producer, Bruce Nash ; Actuality Productions, Inc. for the History Channel ; a presentation of Hearst Entertainment ; A & E Home Video. New York : A&E Television Networks ; Marketed and distributed in the U.S. by New Video, 2005.

The stranger [videorecording] / Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; an Independent Releasing Corp. production ; International Pictures, Inc. presents ; screen play by Anthony Veiller ; adaptation by Victor Trivas and Decla Dunning ; produced by S.P. Eagle ; directed by Orson Welles. [Los Angeles, CA] : MGM Home Entertainment, 2007.

Swan Lake ; and, the Sleeping Beauty : suites from the ballets / Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky. Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications, 1997.

Symphonic dances : op. 64 / Edvard Grieg. Mineola, N.Y. : Dover, c2003.

Symphonies, D. 82, D major. Symphonies nos. 1 and 2 in full score / Franz Schubert. Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications, 2009.

Symphonies nos. 3, 4 and 5 : from the Breitkopf & Hartel complete works edition / Felix Mendelssohn. Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications, 2007.

Symphonies, no. 6, op. 60, D major. Symphonies nos. 6 and 7 / Antonin Dvorak. New York : Dover, 1994.

Symphony in C / Georges Bizet. Mineola, N.Y. : Dover, 2005.

Symphony in D minor : in full score / by Cesar Franck. New York : Dover, 1987.

Tales and sketches: including Twice-told tales, Mosses from an old Manse, and the snow-image ; A wonder book for girls and boys ; Tanglewood tales for girls and boys, being a second Wonder book / Nathaniel Hawthorne. New York: Literary Classics of the United States: Distributed by Penguin Books, c1982.

The ten faces of innovation : IDEO’s strategies for beating the devil’s advocate & driving creativity throughout your organization / Tom Kelley with Jonathan Littman. New York : Currency/Doubleday, c2005.

Tenku no Esukafurone [videorecording] = The vision of Escaflowne / Sunrise ; directed by Kazuki Akane ; original story by Hajime Yadate, Shoji Kawamori ; written by Shoji Kawamori … [et al.]. [Cypress, Calif.] : Bandai Entertainment, [2006].

Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse [videorecording] / ein Fritz Lang Film ; der Nero ; [director, Fritz Lang ; producer, Seymour Nebenzal ; screenplay, Fritz Lang, Thea von Harbou]. [United States] : Criterion Collection, c2004.

The theology of Thomas Aquinas / edited by Rik Van Nieuwenhove and Joseph Wawrykow. Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, c2005.

Time and eternity : uncollected writings, 1933-1983 / Malcolm Muggeridge ; foreword by Mother Teresa; edited with an introduction by Nicholas Flynn. Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books, 2011.

The time of man : a novel / Elizabeth Madox Roberts ; with introductions by Wade Hall and Robert Penn Warren and illustrations by Clare Leighton. Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, c2000.

Top gun [videorecording] / Paramount Pictures ; produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer ; written by Jim Cash & Jack Epps Jr. ; directed by Tony Scott. Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount, 2004, c1986.

Trigun [videorecording] : the complete series / Japanese version produced by Mad House Animation ; English version produced by Geneon Entertainment ; producer, Massao Morosawa ; directed by Satoshi Nishimura. [United States] : FUNimation, [2010].

Twilight sleep / Edith Wharton. New York : Simon & Schuster, 1997.

Unbearable weight : feminism, Western culture, and the body / Susan Bordo ; new preface by the author ; new foreword by Leslie Heywood. Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 2003.

La valse / Maurice Ravel. Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications, 1997.

Virology : principles and applications / John B. Carter and Venetia A. Saunders. Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, c2007.

Voiceovers : everything you need to know about how to make money with your voice / Terri Apple. Studio City, CA : Michael Wiese Productions, 2011.

Watching with the Simpsons : television, parody, and intertextuality / Jonathan Gray. New York : Routledge, 2006.

Watership Down / Richard Adams. New York : Scribner, 2005, c2000.

The web and the rock / Thomas Wolfe.Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 1999.

What to expect when you’re expecting / by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel ; foreword by Charles J. Lockwood. New York : Workman Pub., c2008.

Who should be first? : feminists speak out on the 2008 presidential campaign / edited by Beverly Guy-Sheftall and Johnnetta Betsch Cole. Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, c2010.

William Shakespeare’s As you like it [videorecording] / Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation ; a Paul Czinner production for Inter-Allied Film Producers, Ltd. ; produced and directed by Paul Czinner.Chatsworth, CA : Image Entertainment [distributor, 1999].

The winter of our discontent / John Steinbeck ; introduction and notes by Susan Shillinglaw. New York : Penguin Books, 2008, c1961.

The wonderful, horrible life of Leni Riefenstahl [videorecording] / Kino International ; [presented by] Omega Film, Nomad Films ; written and directed by Ray Muller ; a co-production of Omega Films … [et al. ; produced by Hans-Jurgen Panitz, Jacques de Clercq & Dimitri de Clercq]. New York, NY : Kino on Video, [1998].

World upside down : reading Acts in the Graeco-Roman age / C. Kavin Rowe. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.

The Yemassee : a romance of Carolina / John Caldwell Guilds, editor. Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 1994.

Yojimbo [videorecording] ; Sanjuro / [two samurai films directed by Akira-Kurosawa]. Irvington, N.Y. : The Criterion Collection ; Chatsworth, Calif. : Distributed by Image Entertainment, [2006].

Your creative brain : seven steps to maximize imagination, productivity, and innovation in your life / Shelley Carson. San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2010.

The following Books (3 items) were received into the Library collection as Gift Donations during April 2011

At home in Mitford / Jan Karon. New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin Books, 1996.

The collected writings of Zelda Fitzgerald / edited by Matthew J. Bruccoli ; with an introduction by Mary Gordon. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 1997.

A light in the window / Jan Karon. New York : Penguin Books, 1996.


Coming attractions: Ebook improvements!

Everyone who works in the Milligan College Library has had the following experience. A student asks for help finding a book, we go over with them to the catalog to search their subject. When scanning the results list, the student finds an item they like. We mention that it is an electronic book. The student sighs and asks if we have a “real” version of the book. By “real” they mean, “Do we have the book in print?” We sigh and try to explain the strong points of an electronic book. But we know in our hearts why students are reluctant to use our collection of electronic books (which now exceeds 73,000 titles–approaching 50% of our entire book collection in all formats!). The interfaces are clunky, require too much clicking, and on-screen readability is poor.

Libraries have been purchasing electronic versions of books for over a decade. While many librarians were aware of user reluctance to use them, libraries continued to buy ebooks because of convenience and other advantages, including attractive pricing. And because libraries continued to purchase ebooks, vendors often felt little pressure to improve their products. NetLibrary, the largest source of ebooks in the Milligan Library collection, has done little to improve their interface in the past 10 years.

The original Kindle ereader from Amazon.com

In 2007 Amazon.com released the Kindle for $399, and the ereader/ebook world as we knew it began to change. This was not the first attempt at an ereader. I remember seeing some Sony products at a library conference over 10 years ago. But they were too expensive, had too few book choices, and were unwieldy. They never caught on. It seems Amazon did their homework and figured out what features people really wanted in an ereader, and the types of books people wanted to read. They had the ability to deliver on both by leveraging their well-developed online book distribution system and massive purchasing power to negotiate Kindle-compatible editions with publishers. Kindles have also continued to drop in price. Amazon just released an ad-supported Kindle for $114, a price that will likely fall to under $100 by Christmas. Amazon has also extended its reach by providing Kindle book reading software applications that work on various computer, smartphone, and tablet devices. I’m not necessarily promoting the Kindle. Its proprietary (closed) file format is especially problematic for use in a library context. But Amazon has probably been the most successful to date in raising the profile of ebooks to the general public by releasing a viable, easy to use, and relatively inexpensive reading device into its hugely popular online marketplace.

Now that an increasing number of library users have experienced the wonders of ereaders, they are even more frustrated by the limitations of ebooks available from academic libraries. They want user-friendly interfaces that work on their ereaders and other mobile devices (e.g., smartphones and tablet computers). In short, they want the “Kindle experience” when accessing ebooks from the library.

That experience may be getting closer to reality. About a year ago, NetLibrary was purchased by EBSCO. You may already be familiar with this company through the use of its popular library-provided EBSCOhost journal databases—ATLAS, CINAHL, Education Research Complete, Humanities International Complete, PsycINFO, and others. When Milligan librarians learned that NetLibrary was purchased by EBSCO we were hopeful that they would work to make the product more attractive for our users.

Last summer EBSCO began surveying all NetLibrary libraries asking for feedback on ways to improve the interface. Based on the questions EBSCO was asking, the library staff was cautiously optimistic that NetLibrary would finally be getting a much-needed makeover in the right way. We were not disappointed. A new NetLibrary interface will be rolled out over the summer utilizing the EBSCOhost database platform. We have seen previews and demos. While not absolutely perfect, the interface is much improved and easier to navigate. There is built-in note taking, dictionary look-up, citation creation and export, and enhanced printing.

Most exciting, we have learned that EBSCO is developing an app for iPhone/iPad and Android mobile devices that will, via a personal Adobe Digital Editions account, enable NetLibrary ebooks to be downloaded (essentially “checked out”) on to your device for a specified period of time! To accompany these changes, EBSCO is retiring the NetLibrary moniker, and is simply calling the service eBooks on EBSCOhost.

Watch this blog for further updates as this story continues to unfold!

New Books and Media Received (March 2011)

Much Ado About (Practically) NothingThis month we’d like to feature Much Ado About (Practically) Nothing: A History of the Noble Gases, David E. Fisher. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Fisher, a novelist and a scientist, write engagingly and informatively about the noble gases, and their myriad uses in a variety of scientific fields.

The following Books, Musical Scores, and DVDs (259 items) were received into the Library collection through the Acquisitions Budget during March 2011. Check availability of new titles in the Milligan Online Catalog, or come into the Library and browse the New Books Shelf.


1 & 2 Timothy and Titus : 12 studies for individuals and groups / N.T. Wright with Phyllis J. Le Peau. Downers Grove, IL : IVP Connect, 2009. 

1 Corinthians : 13 studies for individuals and groups / N.T. Wright with Dale & Sandy Larsen. Downers Grove, IL : IVP Connect, 2009.

10 lies men believe : the truth about God, women, sex, money, power, and real manhood / by J. Lee Grady. Lake Mary, Fla. : Charisma House, 2011.

A. Jean Ayres : the pioneer behind sensory integration [videorecording]. Torrance, Calif. : Pediatric Therapy Network, 2010.

Abigail Adams / Woody Holton. New York : Free Press, 2009.

Academically adrift : limited learning on college campuses / Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011.

Actions speak louder / Bari Rolfe.Garden Bay, BC : Charlemagne Press, c2010.

Adversus haereses. English. Selections. Irenaeus on the Christian faith : a condensation of Against heresies / James R. Payton Jr. Eugene, Or. : Pickwick Publications, c2011.

The Africana Bible : reading Israel’s Scriptures from Africa and the African diaspora / Hugh R. Page, Jr., general editor ; Randall C. Bailey … [et al.], associate editors. Minneapolis, MN : Fortress Press, c2010.

Algae / Linda E. Graham, James M. Graham, Lee W. Wilcox. San Francisco : Benjamin Cummings, c2009.

All in the timing : fourteen plays / David Ives. New York : Vintage Books, c1995.

Alone together : how marriage in America is changing / Paul R. Amato … [et al.]. Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 2009.

The American sign language phrase book / Lou Fant and Barbara Bernstein Fant ; illustrations by Betty G. Miller. New York : McGraw-Hill, c2008.

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New Books and Media Received (February 2011)

The following Books, Musical Scores, and DVDs (174 items) were received into the Library collection through the Acquisitions Budget during February 2011. Check availability of new titles in the Milligan Online Catalog, or come into the Library and browse the New Books Shelf.

1 Corinthians / Alan F. Johnson. Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, c2004.

3 uses of the knife : on the nature and purpose of drama / David Mamet. New York : Vintage Books, 2000.

1688 : the first modern revolution / Steve Pincus. New Haven : Yale University Press, c2009.

Accidental empires : how the boys of Silicon Valley make their millions, battle foreign competition, and still can’t get a date / Robert X. Cringely. New York : HarperBusiness, c1996.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson / edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom. New York : Bloom’s Literary Criticism, c2010.

Alfred’s basic piano library, Level 2 (3 Volumes) / Willard A. Palmer, Morton Manus, Amanda Vick Lethco. [Van Nuys, CA] : Alfred Pub., 1993-2000.

Alfred’s Basic Piano Prep Course : for the young beginner (3 Volumes) / Willard A. Palmer, Morton manus, Amanda Vick Lethco. Van Nuys, CA : Alfred Pub Co, 1988-

Alfred’s premier piano course : 1A (5 Volumes) / Dennis Alexander,[ et al..]. Van Nuys : Alfred Publishing, c2005-2008.

Alfred’s premier piano course. 1B (4 Volumes) / Dennis Alexander … [ et al.]. Van Nuys, CA : Alfred Pub. Co., c2005-2009.

Alfred’s premier piano course. 2A (4 Volumes) / Dennis Alexander … [ et al.]. Van Nuys : Alfred Pub. Co., c2006.

Apocalypse and allegiance : worship, politics, and devotion in the book of Revelation / J. Nelson Kraybill. Grand Rapids, Mich. : Brazos Press, c2010.

The artist & the scientists : bringing prehistory to life / Peter Trusler, Patricia Vickers-Rich, Thomas H. Rich. Port Melbourne, Vic. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Augustine and the Jews : a Christian defense of Jews and Judaism / Paula Fredriksen. New York : Doubleday, c2008.

Autobahn : a short-play cycle / by Neil LaBute. New York : Faber and Faber, 2005.

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