Rarely does one encounter anything but outrage, sadness, and pain when reading about the exploitation of child soldiers, but Beah's account also offers hope, humility, bravery, and, yes, peace. Beah was 13 years old when rebels attacked nearby villages in his native Sierra Leone. He was separated from his family (he learned later that they perished) and was on the run from both the rebels and the Sierra Leone Military Forces for over a year. Eventually captured by the
military, which could behave as horrendously as the rebels, the boy was forced to join the army, carrying guns or grenade launchers. Like the thousands of other children traumatized by these events, Beah needed rehabilitation when his "tour of duty" was over. A former juvenile center turned counseling house afforded him a safe haven. After being chosen to speak at a UN conference in New York, he began the long process of relocating to the United States. The brutality of war is brought out early in this narrative, and just to have survived is amazing. Beah writes with frankness and honesty about his experiences but also with other people in mind; his account of the healing process after the horrors he saw is remarkable. ~ James Thorsen, Library Journal.

Situated at the intersection of Europe, Asia, and Africa, the Mediterranean Sea has been for millenia the place where religions, economies, and political systems met, clashed, influenced and absorbed one another. David Abulafia offers a fresh perspective by focusing on the sea itself: its practical importance for transport and sustenance; its dynamic role in the rise and fall of empires; and the remarkable cast of characters--sailors, merchants, migrants, pirates, pilgrims--who have crossed and recrossed it. Ranging from prehistory to the 21st century, The Great Sea is above all the history of human interaction across a region that has brought together many of the great civilizations of antiquity as well as the rival empires of medieval and modern times. Interweaving major political and naval developments with the ebb and flow of trade, Abulafia explores how commercial competition in the Mediterranean created both rivalries and partnerships, with merchants acting as intermediaries between cultures, trading goods that were as exotic on one side of the sea as they were commonplace on the other. He stresses the remarkable ability of Mediterranean cultures to uphold the civilizing ideal of convivencia, "living together," exemplified in medieval Spain, where Christian theologians studied Arabic texts with the help of Jewish and Muslim scholars, and traceable throughout the history of the region. Covering everything from the Trojan War, the history of piracy, and the great naval battles between Carthage and Rome to the Jewish Diaspora into Hellenistic worlds, the rise of Islam, the Grand Tours of the 19th century, and mass tourism of the 20th, The Great Sea is a magnum opus, the definitive account of perhaps
the most vibrant theater of human interaction in history.

In September 1971 the inmates of Attica prison in upstate New York revolted, took hostages, and
forced the authorities into four days of desperate negotiation. At the outset the rebels demanded--and were granted--the presence of a group of observers to act as unofficial mediators. Tom Wicker, then the associate editor of The New York Times, was one of those summoned. In four crucial days, he learned more, saw more, and felt more than in most of the rest of his life. In the end, a police attack was launched, and as a result dozens of prisoners, as well as prison employees, were killed. Tom Wicker, a former reporter, Washington bureau chief, and columnist for The New York Times, and one of postwar America's most distinguished journalists, died in November of 2011 at the age of 85. 

"["A Time to Die"'s] lessons about the racist underpinnings of mass incarceration, about the cynical politics that determine life-or-death decisions, and about the conditions that deny prisoners their basic humanity--are as relevant today as when it was first published."--Liliana Segura, associate editor, The Nation.

Becoming Dickens tells the story of how an ambitious young Londoner became England’s greatest novelist. In following the twists and turns of Charles Dickens’s early career, Robert Douglas-Fairhurst examines a remarkable double transformation: in reinventing himself Dickens reinvented the form of the novel. It was a high-stakes gamble, and Dickens never forgot how differently things could have turned out. Like the hero of Dombey and Son, he remained haunted by “what might have been, and what was not.”  In his own lifetime, Dickens was without rivals. He styled himself simply “The Inimitable.” But he was not always confident about his standing in the
world. From his traumatized childhood to the suicide of his first collaborator and the sudden death of the woman who had a good claim to being the love of his life, Dickens faced powerful obstacles. Before settling on the profession of novelist, he tried his hand at the law and journalism, considered a career in acting, and even contemplated emigrating to the West Indies. Yet with The
Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist, and a groundbreaking series of plays, sketches, and articles, he succeeded in turning every potential breakdown into a breakthrough.  Douglas-Fairhurst’s provocative new biography, focused on the 1830s, portrays a restless and uncertain Dickens who could not decide on the career path he should take and would never feel secure in his considerable achievements.

Effective communication is key for providing patients with the high quality of care they deserve. For healthcare providers working in North America that often entails communicating with Spanish-speaking patients and their families.  A valuable resource for physicians, nurses, hospital technicians, physical therapists, and medical administrators with little or no Spanish-language experience,  McGraw-Hill's Spanish for Healthcare Providers features:

• A Comprehensive Course Book--Using sample dialogues, numerous
  exercises, and more than 200 expert illustrations, the book introduces a
  vocabulary of 2,500 general and medical terms, builds familiarity with typical
  medical situations, and develops a greater awareness of Latino culture and its
  impact on healthcare issues. A bilingual glossary features 1,000 of the most
  useful medical Spanish terms for easy reference.
• Audio CDs--Featuring a variety of native speakers, the first two CDs
  contain vocabulary, phrases, and dialogues that reflect a wide range of common
  medical situations--everything from the first interview to medication
  instructions and follow-up--while the third zeros in on situations typically
  encountered by physicians, nurses, physician assistants, technicians, and other
  healthcare providers. An accompanying booklet contains the full scripts and
  English translations of the dialogues.
• Continuing Medical Education Tests for CME credit--The ten CME tests
  contained in this booklet have been approved for a maximum of thirty hours in
  category 1 credit toward the American Medical Association Physician's
  Recognition Award. Test accreditation is sponsored by the University of Arizona
  College of Medicine at the Arizona Health Sciences Center.

Joanna Ríos, Ph.D., and José Fernández Torres have been teaching medical Spanish for more than fifteen years. Their workshops are accredited by the American Medical Association, the American College of Emergency Physicians, the American Association of Family Physicians, and the
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.

From the bestselling high-tech series, How to Do Everything: iPad offers easy-to-follow coverage of all the powerful and fun features the iPad has to offer. Quickly master the basics, including customization, using the Multi-Touch screen, navigating the Web, sending/receiving email, reading ebooks and newspapers, and managing contacts and calendars. Chapters progress to more complex tasks such as taking/sending images and video, downloading and installing apps, getting content from the App Store and iTunes, GPS mapping, wireless access, synching data with other
computers, adding accessories, and more.   This book shows you how to master the cutting-edge Multi-Touch screen that displays in any orientation, details the revolutionary, full-color e-book reader functionality which takes advantage of the iPad’s high-resolution, LED-backlit screen, covers App Store apps, iTunes content, and a variety of third-party applications, discusses wireless connection options, computing functions, videoconferencing, and other features.  A definitive guide to the iPad.

America has a huge problem. It faces four major challenges, on which its future depends, and it is failing to meet them. In That Used to Be Us, Thomas L. Friedman, one of our most influential columnists, and Michael Mandelbaum, one of our leading foreign policy thinkers, analyze those challenges—globalization, the revolution in information technology, the nation’s chronic deficits, and its pattern of energy consumption—and spell out what we need to do now to rediscover America and rise to this moment.  They explain how the end of the cold war blinded the nation to the need to address these issues. They show how our history, when properly understood, provides the key to addressing them, and explain how the paralysis of our political system and the erosion of key American values have made it impossible for us to carry out the policies the country needs. They offer a way out of the trap into which the country has fallen, which includes the rediscovery of some of our most valuable traditions and the creation of a new, third-party movement. That Used to Be Us is both a searching exploration of the American condition today and a rousing
manifesto for American renewal.

In The Informant, historian Gary May reveals the untold story of the murder of civil rights worker Viola Liuzzo, shot to death by members of the violent Birmingham Ku Klux Klan at the end of Martin Luther King’s historic Voting Rights March in 1965. The case drew national attention and was solved almost instantly, because one of the Klansmen present during the shooting was Gary Thomas Rowe, an undercover FBI informant. At the time, Rowe’s information and subsequent testimony were heralded as a triumph of law enforcement. But as Gary May reveals in this provocative and powerful book, Rowe’s history of collaboration with both the Klan and the FBI was far more complex. A tale of a renegade informant and an intelligence system ill prepared to deal with threats from within, The Informant offers a dramatic and cautionary tale about what can happen when secret police power goes unchecked. - From publisher

Bernard Mergen’s new book illuminates our inevitable obsession with weather - as both physical reality and evocative metaphor - in all of its myriad forms, focusing on the ways in which it is perceived, feared, embraced, managed, and even marketed. From the roaring winds atop Mount Washington to the reflective calm of the poet’s lair, he takes a long-overdue look at public response to weather in art, literature, and the media. In the process, he reveals the cross-pollination of ideas and perceptions about weather across many fields, including science, government, education, and consumer culture. - From publisher

"Ninety-five days, and then I'll be safe. I wonder whether the procedure will hurt. I want to get it over with. It's hard to be patient. It's hard not to be afraid while I'm still uncured, though so far the deliria hasn't touched me yet. Still, I worry. They say that in the old days, love drove people to madness. The deadliest of all deadly things: It kills you both when you have it and when you don't."

Lauren Oliver astonished readers with her stunning debut, Before I Fall. In a starred review, Publishers Weekly called it "raw, emotional, and, at times, beautiful. An end as brave as it is heartbreaking." Her much-awaited second novel fulfills her promise as an exceptionally talented and versatile writer. - From publisher

A personal look from the soldiers’ point of view of the war in Iraq. Shot firsthand by the soldiers of Lima Company, the hardest hit combat unit in Iraq.

For most Americans, habeas corpus is the cornerstone of our legal system: the principal constitutional check on arbitrary government power, allowing an arrested person to challenge the legality of his detention. In a study that could not be more timely, Justin Wert reexamines this essential individual right and shows that habeas corpus is not necessarily the check that we’ve assumed. Habeas corpus, it emerges, is as much a tool of politics as it is of law. In this first study of habeas corpus in an American political context, Wert shifts our collective emphasis from the judicial to the political - toward the changes in the writ influenced by Congress, the president, political parties, state governments, legal academics, and even interest groups. By doing so, he reveals how political regimes have used habeas corpus both to undo the legacies of their predecessors and to establish and enforce their own vision of constitutional governance.

The Cayuga College Library is now offering LibGuides, customized Research Guides by Topic. Each Research Guide is created by a Cayuga librarian to meet the research needs for a particular topic, class or assignment. Examples of current guide topics include Nursing, Criminal Justice, History and Psychology.

LibGuides are also available for assistance with library research across the disciplines. Examples include Citation & Documentation, Evaluating Resources, Logging Into Computer Resources and Online Students.

Faculty who would like to request a LibGuide for their discipline or course should contact Margaret Devereaux at deverema@cayuga-cc.edu.

Cayuga Community College's Library Gallery @ 197 announces the opening of an exhibition of photographs by CCC's 2012 Brunell Visiting Scholar, Samite.  Please join us on Wednesday, February 8th at 2:00 pm for the opening reception.  Samite, a world-renowned photographer, musician and humanitarian, will speak about his photographs, and light refreshments will be served.  The exhibit can be viewed during regular library hours in the Library Gallery @ 197, in the Norman F. Bourke Memorial Library on the Auburn campus. 

The Cayuga Community College's Library Gallery @ 197 announces the opening of "The Heart Gallery," a New York State Office of Children and Family Services exhibition of 20 portraits of youth awaiting adoption. The exhibition runs through Thursday, December 15 at the Norman F. Bourke Memorial Library on the Cayuga Community College Auburn campus during regular library hours.

"As you tour the exhibit and learn about the hopes, dreams and interests of these children, may you be inspired to open your heart and your home to a child through mentoring, fostering, or adoption," said NYS Office of Children and Family Services Commissioner Gladys Carrión, Esq.

The exhibition is a collaboration involving the New York State Office of Children and Family Services' Syracuse Regional Office, local departments of social services, voluntary agencies, and talented photographers from the Professional Photographers' Society of Central New York. These photographers have donated their time and talents to help children find families.

The exhibition was inspired by the original Heart Gallery held in New Mexico in 2001. "Heart Gallery" exhibitions introduce some of the waiting children through the artistic inspiration of talented photographers and have been featured throughout New York State.

Currently, there are more than 1,400 children in New York State who are waiting for a permanent home. Most children available for adoption in the state are in foster care. For more information about the exhibition, call the NYS OCFS Syracuse Regional Office at 315-423-1200. For more information on adopting, visit the NYS Adoption Service web site at www.ocfs.state.ny.us/adopt or call 1-800-345-KIDS (5437).

An exhibition of photographs submitted by entrants to the 2011 Cayuga Reads Photography Contest will be installed in the Library Gallery @ 197, Norman F. Bourke Memorial Library, Auburn campus, from Thursday, October 20th through Sunday, November 20th.   Students and community members are encouraged to participate in the photography contest as part of the 2011 Cayuga Reads community reading project.  The theme for the photography contest is "Life in the 1950's."  For more information about the contest, see: http://seymourpubliclibrary.typepad.com/cayuga_reads/cayuga-reads-photography-contest.html

An opening reception for the Library's fall exhibition, "Look Who’s Reading," will be held in the Library Gallery @ 197 on Friday, September 16, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.  The Gallery is on the Main Floor of the Norman F. Bourke Memorial Library, Auburn campus. 

Please join us for a unique view of some campus personalities and their preferred reading.  Light refreshments will be served.