Well Reviewed Books on Abraham Lincoln

There have been many books published on Abraham Lincoln recently, and here are some new additions to our collection that were rated highly in numerous reviews: "Lincoln: a Biography" by Ronald White, Jr. shelved at E457.W597 2009; "Looking for Lincoln: the Making of an American Icon" by Phillip Kunhardt shelved at E457.2.K86 2008; "Lincoln and Booth: More Light on the Conspiracy" by H. Donald Winkler and shelved at E457.5.W77 2003.

New Business Monographs

Here is a selection of Business books we have added in February: "Business without Bosses: How Self-Managing Teams are Building High Performing Companies" by Charles Manz and shelved at HD66.M363 1993; "Innovation Corrupted: the Origins and Legacy of Enron's Collapse" by Malcolm Salter and shelved at HD9502.U54 E579225 2008; "The King of Madison Avenue: David Ogilvy and the Making of Modern Advertising" by Kenneth Roman and shelved at HF5810.O34 A3 2009; "How to Negotiate Anything with Anyone Anywhere in the World" by Frank Acuff and shelved at HD58.6.A27 2008.

New History Monograhs

This month we have added the following books on European history: "Armageddon Averted: the Soviet Collapse and the Rise of East Central Europe" by Stephen Kotkin and shelved at DK274.K635 2001; "Warfare in the Dark Ages" by John France at D128.B77 2007; "Album of the Damned: Snapshots from the Third Reich" by Paul Garson at DD253.G37 2008.

New Best Sellers

We sometimes buy (or receive as gifts) best selling fiction titles, and this month we have added John Grisham's "The Broker" at call number PS3557.R5355 B76 2005b; "Dewey: a Small-Town Library Cat who Touched the World" by Vicki Myron at SF445.5.M97 2008; and "The Christmas Sweater" by Glenn Beck at PS3602.E2685 C57 2008. Look for all three of these titles in our Browsing section on the first floor of the library.

Personal research help

Are you hassled with lots of papers due for your courses this semester? DeSales librarians are here to help! We can save you time and point you in the right direction. Call x1266 for an appointment to work one-on-one with a Public Services Librarian and ask for Loretta Ulincy.

A New Acquisition!

Check out one of the library’s latest acquisitions. Literally! Trexler Library is the proud owner of the Black Dog Opera Library, a collection of 13 book & compact disc sets designed to introduce readers to an understanding and appreciation of opera. Each book includes the complete opera on two compact discs, the complete libretto with annotations, a critical historical commentary, and brief biographical information on the performers. The set includes La Traviata, The Flying Dutchman, Aida, La Boheme, Carmen, Cavalleria Rusticana, Fidelio, Madame Butterfly, Magic Flute, The Marriage of Figaro, Rigoletto, Tosca and La Traviata. The sets are shelved in the General Collection and can be checked out for a three-week period.

New DVD's in Trexler Library

Each month the library purchases new DVD titles to add to our collection. The titles this month include:


Facing the Giants - A high school football coach with a history of losing games faces not only the pressures from a group of fathers wanting him fired, but also the possibility that his wife can never have children. When he turns to God, will his prayers be answered?
PN1995.9 .M45 F33564 2006 DVD

Farmingville - Documentary film about the next group of immigrants, the Mexicans, that are following in our long history of immigration. It looks at the people of Farmingville, New York, and at how they are dealing with the influx of about 1,500 Mexican worker
F128.9.M4 F37 2004 DVD

Flywheel - A dishonest used car salesman turns his life around, after he is caught deceiving customers and must return their money. PN1997.2 .F5994445 2007 DVD

Godfathers collection: the True history of of the Mafia - HV6441 .G63 2004 DVD Vols. 1-2

Night Gallery - Sci-fi series from the 1960's - PN1992.77 .N54 2008 DVD

Walkout - Honor student organizes a multi-school walkout to protest unfair treatment of Mexican Americans by the East Los Angeles public school system. PN1997.2 .W355 2006 DVD

Shadowlands - Based on the true story of C.S. Lewis, a world-renowned writer and professor who remains untouched by any great passion until he meets and falls in love with Joy Gresham, a feisty, abrasive New York divorcee PN1995.9.L6 S533 1998 DVD

World Without Us -"This documentary debates the implications and consequences of U.S. military involvement in the world today. Future scenarios in the absence of the U.S. intervention are well debated and substantiated by experts and ordinary citizens whose lives have been affected by the American presence in different regions. E 895 .W672 2008 DVD

To look at a listing of all our DVD's use our Subject search on our online catalog and type in DVD. This will bring up an alphabetical listing of all our titles. DVD's can be checked out for only a week and a maximum of 5 items may be taken out.

Trexler Library's Food for Fines Program. Beginning on March 16, 2009 we will reduce your library fines by $2 for each canned good you donate. The food will be donated to a local homeless shelter. Help yourself and your community at the same time!