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Book Displays: Honors Program 7/25

A historical file on books on display at the Monroe University Libraries - and the occasion for which they were displayed

Honors Program Books - Summer 2025

Books at Dr. Simon Memorial Library (BX)

Latin American and Caribbean Art

The catalogue of an exhibition highlighting artworks selected from New York's El Museo del Barrio presents over 100 paintings, drawings, sculptures, prints, and illustrated books produced by artists from Latin America and the Caribbean, selected from MoMA, with introductory texts from the curators providing analyses of the collection within the broader context of modern art in Latin America

Britain under Thatcher

This concise, accessible, and balanced historical analysis of the Thatcher years and their consequences analyzes many controversial aspects of Margaret Thatcher's premiership, including the Falklands War, the miner's strike, bitter relations with Europe and the ill-fated poll tax.

#futuregen

The story of how one small nation responded to global climate issues by radically rethinking public policy for future generations In #futuregen, Jane Davidson explains how, she proposed the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015. Unparalleled in its scope and vision, the Act connects environmental and social health and looks to solve complex issues such as poverty, education and unemployment. Davidson reveals how and why such groundbreaking legislation was forged in Wales--and explores how the shift from economic growth to sustainable growth is creating new opportunities for communities and governments all over the world

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2020

A collection of the best science and nature writing published in North America. "Scientists and science writers have a monumental task: making science exciting to the average person, so that they care," writes renowned physicist Michio Kaku. "If we fail in this endeavor, then we must face dire consequences." From the startlingly human abilities of AI, to the devastating accounts of California's forest fires, to the impending traffic jam on the moon, the selections in this year's Best American Science and Nature Writing explore the latest mysteries and marvels occurring in our labs and in nature.

The Ethics of Business

In a field dominated by books that focus exclusively on the perspective of business in large corporations or that assume that business has a moral deficiency in need of reform, Gini and Marcoux offers students and business people alike a concise guide to what everyone ought to do when doing business. Where other books are organized topically, they look at the moral features of business that recur across topical areas, stressing the considerations that bear on business people whether they be corporate functionaries, principals in family businesses, or solo entrepreneurs.

Hacking Planet Earth

In Hacking Planet Earth, New York Times bestselling author Thomas Kostigen takes readers to the frontlines of geoengineering projects that scientists, entrepreneurs, engineers, and other visionaries around the world are developing to solve the problems associated with climate change. From giant parasols hovering above the Earth to shield us from an unforgiving sun, to lasers shooting up into clouds to coax out much-needed water, Kostigen introduces readers to this inspiring work and the people who are spearheading it.

African Art

The art of the Fang, the BaTeke, the BaKota, and other African peoples is extraordinarily vigorous and shows a brilliant sense of form. The substantial aesthetic impact that their works have had on the development of twentieth-century Western art--on Picasso, Derain, Braque, and Modigliani, among others. This classic study reveals the astonishing variety and expressive power of the art of a continent that contains more distinct peoples and cultures than any other.

Washington

Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of our nation and the first president of the United States. With a breadth and depth matched by no other one volume biography of George Washington, this narrative carries the reader through his adventurous early years, his heroic exploits with the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, his presiding over the Constitutional Convention, and his magnificent performance as America's first president. In this groundbreaking work, based on massive research, Chernow shatters forever the stereotype of George Washington as a stolid, unemotional figure and brings to vivid life a passionate man of fiery opinions and many moods.

Landmarks

One of the most distinguishing features on the University of Texas campus, the public art program shapes impressions of the university and offers a distinctive setting for memorable experiences. The collection not only enhances the beauty of the landscape but also supports scholarship and learning by demonstrating significant art historical trends from the past six decades. Free and accessible to all, it enriches the lives of students and visitors alike.

Breaking Ground Breaking Silence

How can we learn about the lives of African slaves in Colonial America? Often forbidden to read or write, they left few written records. But in 1991 scientists rediscovered New York's long-ignored African Burial Ground, which opened an exciting new window into the past. To scientists, each of these burials has much to tell us about African slaves in America. "Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence "shows how archaeologists and anthropologists have learned to read life stories in shattered bones, tiny beads, and the faint traces left by coffin lids in ancient soil.

Unearthing Gotham

"Under the teeming metropolis that is present-day NYC lie the buried remains of long-lost worlds. The remnants of 19th century New York reveal much about its inhabitants and neighborhoods, from fashionable Washington Square to the notorious Five Points. Underneath are traces of the Dutch & English colonists who arrived in the area in the 17th century, as well as of the Africans they enslaved. And beneath all these layers is the land that Native Americans occupied for hundreds of years from their first arrival. Now two distinguished archaeologists draw on the results of more than a century of excavations to relate the interconnected stories of these different peoples"

A Short and Remarkable History of New York City

New Yorkers love to watch the building of a new skyscraper--particularly the digging of a foundation--through small holes cut into a wooden construction fence. It's one of the great lunch-hour pastimes. Over the years the ubiquitous observer has watched the City grown and change--sometimes with disapproval, sometimes with elation, always with a fond curiosity. This short book, with its events and anecdotes, is a peephole for spying on the history of the City from its foundations up to the present.

Books at New Rochelle Campus Library

Downtown : My Manhattan

- Introduction Part 1: Legislation and formal adjudication procedures - The Construction Act - ICE Adudication Procedure - JCT Adjudication Procedure - GC/Works Adjudication Procedure - CIC Model Adjudication Procedure - The Scheme - Draft Proposed Possible Scheme Amendments Part 2: The conduct of an adjudication - Adjudicator appointments - Jurisdiction - Procedural fairness - Conduct of the adjudication - The Decision Part 3.

Tales of Gaslight New York

This collection of illustrated turn-of-the-century articles from Harper's Magazine form the text of this exciting look back at early New York City.

Bioethics Beyond the Headlines

Bioethics asks fundamental questions. 'Who lives? Who dies? Who decides?' These questions are relevant to us all. Too often, the general public's sole encounter with these weighty questions is through sound bites fed to us by the media-where complex, difficult matters are typically presented in superficial and inaccurate terms. Here, renowned bioethicist Albert R. Jonsen equips readers with the tools and background to navigate the fascinating and complex landscape of bioethics.

The Human Embryonic Stem Cell Debate

Human embryonic stem cells can divide indefinitely and have the potential to develop into many types of tissue. Research on these cells is essential to one of the most intriguing medical frontiers, regenerative medicine. It also raises a host of difficult ethical issues and has sparked great public interest & controversy. This book offers a foundation for thinking about the many issues involved in human embryonic stem cell research. It considers questions about the nature of human life, the limits of intervention into human cells & tissues, and the meaning of our  existence.

The Chrysler Building

The Chrysler Building is surely the jewel of New York City's skyline. Completed in 1930, the Art Deco skyscraper--the tallest in the world at the time it was finished--quickly became the symbol of big city glamour and style. Its cloud-piercing spire and gleaming, steel-clad ornament depicting gargoyles, hubcaps, and the winged helmets of Mercury came to represent the thrill of the Machine Age at its most exuberant. David Stravitz discovered a box of negatives on the floor of a defunct photo company, days before they were to be shipped off. The never-before-seen photographs, reproduced in this book, illustrate the day-by-day construction of this American icon.

Twentieth-Century Art of Latin America

The 20th century art of Latin America is art in the western tradition, and its leading figures - Wilfredo Lam, Roberto Matta, Diego Rivera, Joaquin Torres-Garcia, to name only a few - have achieved international stature. Yet much of the writing about this art has offered either a victimised view of what Latin American art should be. This pathfinding book, by contrast, seeks not to invent Latin American art but to look at it from the points of view of its own artists and critics.

Art

Art - A Crash Course is designed for the armchair aficionado with artistic longings, those of us who know what we like but can't put a name on it. It's a briskly written fact-packed history of Western art, techniques explained in foolproof terms, and a handy timeline. Read this and you will never again confuse your impressionists with your expressionists, your fresco with your mural, or your Millais with your Millet. And you can open your mouth with confidence, as it contains a unique pronunciation guide.

Rise of the Robots

What are the jobs of the future? And who will have them? We might imagine--and hope--that today's industrial revolution will unfold like the last: even as some jobs are eliminated, more will be created to deal with the new innovations. InRise of the Robots, Martin Ford argues that this is absolutely not the case. As technology continues to accelerate and machines begin taking care of themselves, fewer people will be necessary. The result could well be massive unemployment and inequality as well as the implosion of the consumer economy. Ford details what machine intelligence & robotics can accomplish, & implores employers, scholars, & policy makers to face the implications.

The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars

The ongoing assault on climate science in the U.S has never been more aggressive, or more widely publicized than in the case of the Hockey Stick graph--a clear visual presentation of scientific data, put together by Michael Mann, demonstrating that global temperatures have risen in conjunction with the increase in industrialization and the use of fossil fuels. Here was an easy-to-understand graph that, in a glance, posed a threat to major corporate energy interests. The Hockey Stick achieved prominence in a 2001 UN report on climate change. The issue has never been the graph's data but rather its implied threat to those who oppose governmental regulation to protect the environment and planet.

James Madison and the Making of America

InJames Madison and the Making of America, historian Kevin Gutzman looks beyond the way James Madison is traditionally seen -- as "The Father of the Constitution" -- to find a more complex and sometimes contradictory portrait of this influential Founding Father and the ways in which he influenced the spirit of today's United States. Instead of an idealized portrait of Madison, Gutzman treats readers to the flesh-and-blood story of a man who often performed his founding deeds in spite of himself: