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Suggested Titles: April, 2014 For Library Collection Development (arranged alphabetically by subject) 1 Suggested Titles List April, 2014 Table of Contents Accounting .............................................................................................................................................................................. 2 Art ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Biology ................................................................................................................................................................................... 15 Business Administration ....................................................................................................................................................... 26 Child Study ............................................................................................................................................................................ 31 Computer Information Science & Mathematics ................................................................................................................... 41 Criminal Justice ..................................................................................................................................................................... 52 Economics ............................................................................................................................................................................. 61 Education .............................................................................................................................................................................. 68 English ................................................................................................................................................................................... 78 Health Administration ........................................................................................................................................................... 92 History ................................................................................................................................................................................. 107 Hospitality & Tourism Management ................................................................................................................................... 118 Human Services ................................................................................................................................................................... 124 Journalism & New Media Studies ....................................................................................................................................... 130 Modern Languages.............................................................................................................................................................. 136 Music ................................................................................................................................................................................... 138 Natural Sciences: Chemistry/Physics .................................................................................................................................. 142 Nursing ................................................................................................................................................................................ 148 Organizational Management .............................................................................................................................................. 156 Philosophy ........................................................................................................................................................................... 161 Political Science ................................................................................................................................................................... 167 Psychology .......................................................................................................................................................................... 182 Recreation ........................................................................................................................................................................... 186 Religious Studies ................................................................................................................................................................. 189 Sociology, Human Relations & Anthropology ..................................................................................................................... 194 Speech & Communication ................................................................................................................................................... 206 Theater ................................................................................................................................................................................ 208 Writer’s Foundry ................................................................................................................................................................. 210 2 Suggested Titles List April, 2014 Accounting Faculty Member: Clikeman, Paul M. Called to account: financial frauds that shaped the accounting profession. Click here to enter text. 2nd ed. Routledge, 2013. 371p bibl index afp ISBN 9780415630245, $200.00; ISBN 9780415630252 pbk, $60.70; ISBN 9780203097946 ebook, contact publisher for price ☐ Required If one were to write a history of the accounting profession in the US, a historian might compile a chronological record of key events, persons, legislation, and the like. Some within ☐ Recommended the profession might relate it to the economic history of the country, as Gary John Previts and Barbara Dubis Merino did with A History of Accounting in America (CH, Nov'98, 36-1669). Most modern accountants, however, perceive the evolution of the profession, at least in part, in light of its difficulties and failures. Clikeman has done a superb job of presenting this evolution through the masterfully told accounts of 16 of the most famous financial frauds. Starting with the Ivar Kreuger matchstick fraud of the early 20th century, Clikeman takes the reader through the major eras of the profession's history, revealing how specific financial scandals provided the stimulus for many key professional, legislative, and regulatory developments. This second edition (1st ed., CH, Aug'09, 46-6897) includes a new section dealing with recent events, including Parmalat, Satyam, and the recession. The book is extensively documented and includes suggested discussion questions and a full index. Summing Up: Essential. Accounting collections, upper-division undergraduate through professional. Faculty Member: Stone, Brad. The everything store: Jeff Bezos and the age of Amazon. Little, Brown, 2013. Click here to enter text. 372p index ISBN 9780316219266, $28.00 ☐ Required Arguably, there are three great stories that have emerged from the current age of technological innovation: Steve Jobs, the "Google fellows," and Jeff Bezos. Bloomberg ☐ Recommended Businessweek writer Stone employs a historian's approach in presenting Amazon in relentless detail flowing from the personality and focus of founder Jeff Bezos. This can lead to insights as well as mind-numbing detail: "Christopher Smith, a twenty-three-year-old warehouse temp with tattoos of Chinese characters on his forearms...." Amazon is presented as a triumph of small things done well in creating a global organization that is potentially on the threshold of even more exponential growth. Bezos is presented as a driven, detailed-oriented innovator focused on improving the customer experience at Amazon, which has grown as a function of Bezos's personality. Neither Steve Jobs, as presented by Walter Isaacson in Steve Jobs (CH, Apr'12, 49-4500), nor Bezos comes off as an average nice guy. How could they? The real lesson is that the "heroic entrepreneur" is captive to his/her vision and that most other things are secondary. Anyone wanting to learn about Jeff Bezos's remarkable development of Amazon and his ambition to make it "the everything store" will want to read this book. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All readership levels and collections. Faculty Member: DeLong, David. Graduate to a great job: make your college degree pay off in today's market. Click here to enter text. Longstone Press, 2013. 271p bibl index ISBN 9780988868601 pbk, $15.00 ☐ Required DeLong, whose experience includes being a career-planning researcher at Harvard Business School, has produced an outstanding overview of the process of securing employment as a ☐ Recommended recent or soon-to-be graduate. The author showcases tactics and advice from recent college grads who found success in their own job search strategies. DeLong's writing style carries a casual yet wise tone that works well for a young generation of educated readers facing the incredible challenges of landing their first professional jobs. Chapters are brief, but references to current sources offering in-depth guidance appear throughout the book. "Checklists for Action" are provided to assist job seekers in incorporating specific tasks into their job search. Networking is a