Vol. 8. No. 4 December, 2005
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EDITORIAL:
It has been revealed that in the past three
years more than 20,000 complaints and
exam appeals have been made by British
university students as they assert their
consumer rights. Complaints were made
about erroneous exam papers, inadequate
facilities and cancelled classes.
Min Ko Naing, campaigner for democracy
in Burma.
Monash University in Australia has
defended the right of academics and
students to research terrorism after one of
its students was questioned by police
when he borrowed books on the
Palestinian conflict.
In South Africa, the Council of the
University of Pretoria has ordered that
elections to the Student Representative
Council, currently based on political
factions, be replaced by a voting system
based on constituencies. In future, its
members
will
be
elected
from
constituencies
such
as
faculty
organizations,
hostels
and
other
campuses.
The following journals are now available
on the Taylor and Francis website:-
Educational Studies
Postcolonial Studies: Culture,
Politics, Economy
For more information please visit:-
The Civil Courage Prize of US $50,000 is
awarded annually to honour civil courage
– steadfast resistance to evil at great
personal risk – rather than military
valour. This year’s (2005) winners are
Anna Polikovskaya, Russian reporter on
atrocities of the war in Chechnya in the
face of death threats and poisoning and
http://www.tandf.co.uk/sara
In this issue we feature the chronology of
black American-born female writer,
Iyanla Vanzant.
Reginald Clarke (Mr.)
Editor
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TOTAL
ACQUISITIONS for the month of
December totalled 162 TITLES in the
following subject areas: Call No.
Subject Area
AC
B-BD;
BG-BJ
BL-BX
CC
D-DP
DS
DT
E
General Information
INTERESTING TITLES for the month of
December included: -
Amount
Philosophy
Religion
Archaeology
European History
Eastern History
African History
North American
History
F
South/Central
America and
Caribbean History
L
Education
M
Music
N
Visual Arts
P
Linguistics
PA
Greek/Latin
Language and
Literature
PB, -PE
Celtic/Romanic/
Germanic Language
PG
Russian /Spanish
Language Literature
PJ-PK
Oriental Language
and Literature
PL
African Language
and Literature
PM
Creole/Indian
Language
PN
Literary Criticism,
Mass Media
PQ
French Language
and Literature
PR
English and West
Indian Literature
PS - PZ
American Literature &
European Literature
Z4- Z8387 Library Science
Z
Bibliographies
ZA
Internet
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Accounting for culture: thinking
through cultural citizenship /
edited by Caroline Andrew et al,
2005.
“A unique collection of essays from
leading Canadian and international
scholars that critically examines
cultural
citizenship,
cultural
indicators, and governance in the
context of evolving cultural practices
and cultural policy-making.”
19
21
3
4
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[Call No: F1021.2 A23 2005]
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Alejandro Garcia Caturla:
a
Cuban composer in the twentieth
century / by Charles W. White,
2003.
“This biography will be required for
anyone studying the music of Cuba
and will be of interest to musicians
and non-musicians concerned with
the history and culture of Latin
America and the Caribbean.”
2
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[Call No.: ML40. G168 W55 2003]
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5
The Chinese in the Caribbean /
edited by Andrew R. Wilson, 2004.
“Describes not merely the arrival and
early experiences of Chinese in the
Caribbean but also the ways in which
Chinese have adapted to and altered
the region.”
19
19
9
2
[Call No.: F2191. C46 C45 2004]
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 English as a global Language. 2nd ed
/ by David Crystal, 2003.
“Examines Nietzche’s views on
morality in order to assess his
contribution to moral philosophy.”
“A lively and factual account of the
rise of English as a global language
and explores the whys and wherefores
of the history, current status and
future potential of English as the
international
language
of
communication.”
[Call No.: B3318. E9 C35 2002]

“Assembles evidence from the
writings of the time to describe the
physical structure of the playhouses,
the services provided in the
auditorium, the cost of ticket etc.”
[Call No.: PE2751. C79 2003]

Ethics, tools and the engineer / by
Raymond Spier, 2001.
[Call No.: PN2596. L6 G87 2004]
“Gets to the heart of the ethical issues
that pertain to living in a rapidly
changing world where the most preeminent changes result from the
activity of engineers.”
New issues of the following JOURNALS
contain important and helpful articles: -
[Call No.: BJ59. S67 2001]
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From Dylan to Donne. Bridging
English and Music / by Brock
Dethier, 2003.

“Demonstrates that music provides an
effective way to introduce and explain
virtually everything about literature
and composition.”
How the Talmud works /
Jacob Neusner, 2002.
-
by
-
“The
foundation
document
of
Judaism, its law, theology, and
exegesis of Scripture, sets forth an
orderly world, resting on reason and
tested rationality.”
“The explosive alliance”/ by
Richard Pithouse.
“Africana phenomenology: its
philosophical implications”/
by Paget Henry.
“Frantz Fanon’s critique of the
national Bourgeoisie
revisited”/ by Matthew Quest.
[Call No.: F2121. J36 C57]
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[Call No.: BM503.6 N477 2002]

CLR James Journal: A Review of
Caribbean Ideas. Vol.II, No.1,
Summer 2005.
In this issue you will find: -
[Call No.: PE66. D48 2003]

Playgoing
in
Shakespeare’s
rd
London. 3 ed / by Andrew Gurr,
2004.
The English Historical Review.
Vol. CXX, No. 488, September
2005.
In this issue you will find: -
Nietzche and the ‘problem’ of
morality / by Frank Cameron,
2002.
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“Lord Palmerston and
religion: a re-appraisal”/ by
John Wolffe.
“Sir Keith Hancock and the
British Empire:
the pax
Britannica and the pax
Americana”/ by Wm. Roger
Louis.
-
-
“Taiwan: a periphery in
search of a narrative” / by
Robert Eskildsen.
“Governmentality and its
consequences in colonial
Taiwan: a case study of the
Ta-pa-ni incident of 1915”
[Call No.: DS1. J86 A8]
[Call No.: DA20. E6]
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The Historical Journal. Vol. 48.3,
September 2005.
In this issue you will find: -
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IYANLA VANZANT
“John
Locke,
’matters
indifferent,’
and
the
restoration of the Church of
England”/ by Jacqueline Rose.
“A Russian bourgeois’s Artic
Enlightenment’”/ by Adrian
Jones.
“Modernism and the common
writer” / by Christopher
Hillard
[Call No.: D1. H52]

International
Journal
of
American Linguistics. Vol.71,
No.2, April 2005.
In it you will find: -
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“The
southern
Cariban
languages and the Cariban
family”/ by Sergio Meira and
Bruna Franchetto.
“Reduplication in protoAlgonquian and protoCentral-Algonquian”/ by Paul
Proulx.
1961 -
[Call No.: PM101 I61 J8]
 The Journal of Asian Studies. Vol. 64,
May 2005.
In this issue you will find: 4
1954
Born in the back of a taxi in New
York City.
1956
Death of her mother at age two.
1970
Married at the age of sixteen to
an abusive husband and bore
three children.
1978
Enrolled at the Medgar’s Evers
College of the City University of
New York.
1983
Graduated Summa Cum Laude
from Medger Evers College.
Became a Yoruba Priestess.
1984
Enrolled at the CUNY
School at Queens College.
1986
Earned a Law Degree from
Queen’s College and thereafter
worked in the Philadelphia’s
Public Defender’s Office.
1988
1992
Los Angeles Mayor Thomas
Bradley named October 21st “Tapping the Power Within
Day” in honour of Vanzant and
a workshop she presented in the
city for African American
women.
1995
1996
On May 15, appeared on the
Oprah Winfrey’s Show.
2004
Performed
at
the
Power
Networking
Conference
in
Cleveland, Ohio.
2005
Presented Opening Keynote at
The African American Business
summit.
Selected Works
Earned
the
Doctorate
of
Jurisprudence and passed the
bar in the same year.
Left her job at the law firm.
1994
1998
Law
1990
1994
of the Year for her book, “Faith
in the Valley”.
BOOKS
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The Spirit of a Man: A Vision for
transformation for Black Men and
the Women who love them
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Acts of Faith: Meditation for
People of Colour
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In the Meantime: Finding Yourself
and the Love you want
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One Day My Soul Just Opened Up:
40 Days and 40 Nights towards
Named, “Alumni of the Year” by
the National Association for
Equal Opportunity in Education.
She was also presented an ‘Oni’
by the International Congress of
Black Women.
Spiritual Strength
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The Value in the Valley: A Black
Woman’s Guide through Life’s
Dilemma
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Yesterday, I Cried:
Celebrating
the Lessons of Living and Loving
Awarded the Blackboard Book
of the Year for her book, “Acts of
Faith”.
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Until Today: Daily Devotions for
Spiritual Growth and Peace of
Mind
Awarded the Blackboard Book
of the Year for her book, “Value
in the Valley”.
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Success
Gems:
Your
Personal
Motivational Success Guide
-
Awarded the Blackboard Book
Up From Here: Reclaiming the
Male
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Spirit:
A
Guide
to
Transforming
Emotions
into
3.
Power and Freedom
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Don’t Give it Away: A Workbook
of
Self
Awareness
and
Self
Affirmations for Women
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Our Relationship with the World
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Everyday I Pray: Prayers for
[Call No.: LB 2806. R365 2002]
4.
Awakening to the Grace of Inner
Communion
-
The Big Book of Faith
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Living From Your Centre: Guided
The daily disciplines of leadership:
How
to
improve
student
achievement, staff motivation and
personal organization / Douglas B.
Reeves. Jossey-Bass, 2002.
School Leadership that works: From
research to results / Robert J.
Marzano. ASCD, 2005.
[Call No.: LB 2805 M2845 2005]
Meditations for Creating Balance
5.
& Inner Strength (Inner Vision
Series)
The technology fix: The promise and
reality of computers in our schools /
William D. Pflaum. ASCD, 2004.
[Call No.: LB 1028.43 P49 2004]
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ARTICLES OF INTEREST IN
JOURNALS
1. Gang prevention / Rosario C. Pesce
and James D. Wilczynski. Principal
Leadership, 6 (3), November 2005.
Features from the
School of Education Library
This article describes a gangprevention programme that uses
community and school resources to
keep students in school and out of
gangs.
For the month of December the Library
received twenty-four (24) new books.
1.
Building school-community
partnerships: Collaboration for
student success / Mavis G. Sanders.
Corwin Press, 2006.
2. Seven practices for effective learning /
Jay Mc Tighe and Ken O’ Connor.
Educational Leadership, 63 (3),
November 2005.
[Call No.: LC 221 S26 2006]
2.
This article gives assessment and
grading practices to enhance teaching
and learning.
Building student literacy through
Sustained Silent Reading / Steve
Gardiner. ASCD, 2005.
3. The web as an information resource in
K-12 education / Els Kuper et al.
[Call No.: LB 1050.55 G37 2005]
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Review of Educational Research, 75
(3), Fall 2005.
In this review, the authors analyze
what research says about the demands
that the use of the web as an
information resource in education
makes on the support and supervision
of students’ learning processes.
WEBSITES OF INTEREST TO
TEACHERS AND EDUCATORS
WEBSITES
1.
www.getsmarter.org/mstv
This site helps high school students
to do self assessment in math and
science to improve their learning.
2.
www.tvokids.com
This site has a resource section for
parents and teachers to stimulate
and entertain young minds.
OTHERS
To highlight AIDS awareness, the Library
distributed red ribbons on World AIDS
Day, December 1, 2005.
Janet Fullerton- Rawlins
Librarian II
School of Education
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