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ABDUL HAMEED SHOMAN PUBLIC LIBRARY
MONTHLY ACQUISITIONS LIST
Foreign books
August 2017
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Table of Contents
Africa history ___________________________________________________________________3
Biographies and Genealogy _______________________________________________________3
Business management ___________________________________________________________3
Christianity _____________________________________________________________________4
Computers _____________________________________________________________________4
Economics______________________________________________________________________4
Europe history __________________________________________________________________5
Fiction _________________________________________________________________________5
Geography ____________________________________________________________________11
Home economics _______________________________________________________________11
Journalism and publishing _______________________________________________________11
North America history __________________________________________________________11
Palestine history _______________________________________________________________11
Political science ________________________________________________________________12
Psychology ____________________________________________________________________12
Public administration ___________________________________________________________12
Recreational and performing arts _________________________________________________13
Social problems and services _____________________________________________________13
Sociology _____________________________________________________________________13
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Africa history Another day of life / Ryszard Kapuscinski ; William R. Brand ; Katarzyna Mroczkowska-brand ; Klara Glowczewska.- New York : Vintage, 2001._ 144p. 967.304/K17
Biographies and Genealogy Mayada, daughter of Iraq : one woman's survival under Saddam Hussein's torture jail / Jean Sasson.- London : Doubleday, 2003._ xxi, 304p. :portraits. 920.72/S252 Personal history/ Katharine Graham.- New York, NY : Vintage Books, 1998._ 642p. : ill. 920.5/G741 Riding the bull : my year inside the madness at Merrill Lynch / Paul Stiles.- New York, NY : Times Business, 1998._ 323p. 923.3262/S856 Surely you're joking Mr. Feynman ! : adventures of a curious character as told to Ralph Leighton / Richard P. Feynman ; Edward Hutchings.- London : Vintage, 1992._ 350p.925.3/F435 The veiled kingdom / Carmen Bin Ladin.- London : Virago, 2004._ 209p. : portraits. 920.72/B612 William shakespeare : a life / Garry O'Connor.- London : Hodder and Stoughton, 1991._ 337p. 928.2/O18 Work in progress / Michael D. Eisner ; Tony Schwartz.- New York, NY : Hyperion, 1999._ 450p. : portraits. 923.848/E36
Business management On becoming a leader / Warren Bennis.- Wilmington, MA : Ferseus Books, 1994._ 226p. 658.4092/B469 Operations research / A. P. Verma.- New Delhi : S. K. Kataria, 2016._ 1184p. : ill. 658.4034/V522
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The upstarts : how Uber, Airbnb, and the killer companies of the new Silicon Valley are changing the world / Brad Stone.- London : Bantam Press, 2017._ 372p. : col. ill. 658.1144/S877
Christianity And the angels were silent / Max Lucado.- Oregon : Multnomah, 1992._ 261p. 232.96/L931
Computers Computer organization and architecture : designing for performance / William Stallings ; Peter Zeno ; Chris Jesshope.- Boston : Pearson Education, 2016._ 857p. : ill. 004.22 /S782
Economics Among the bankers : a journey into the heart of finance / Joris Luyendijk.- London : Melville House, 2015._ 246p. 332.109421/L978 Maestro : Greenspan's Fed and the American boom / Bob Woodward.- New York, NY : Simon and Schuster, 2000._ 270p. : ill. 332.120973/W899 The critics of Keynesian economics / Henry Hazlitt.- New York, NY : Arlington House, 1977._ 427p. 330.156/H431 The death of economics / Paul Ormerod.- London : Faber and Faber, 1994._ 230p. : ill. 330.09/O73 The lexus and the olive tree / Thomas L. Friedman.- New York, NY : Anchor Books, 2000._ 490p. 337/F911 The return of depression economics / Paul Krugman.- London : W. W. Norton, 1999._ 176p. 338.542/K94 The smartest guys in the room : the amazing rise and scandalous fall of Enron / Bethany Mclean ; Peter Elkind.- New York, NY : Penguin Books, 2004._ 440p. : ill. 333.790973/M245
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The Third river : aspects of oil in the Middle East, 1887-1979 / Michael Quentin Morton.- Abu Dhabi : National Archives, 2014._ 425p. : ill. 338.2728209563/M891 The wall street self-defense manual : a consumer's guide to intelligent investing / Henry Blodget.- New York, NY : Atlas, 2007._ 256p. 332.64273/B652
Europe history Dynasty : the turbulent saga of the royal family from Victoria to Diana / Donald Spoto.- London : Pocket, 1996._ 474p. 941.08/S765 Months in the country / Brian Redhead.- London : Ebury Press, 1992._ 112p. : ill. 942.009734/R312
Fiction 31 Dream street / Lisa Jewell.- London : Penguin Books, 2008._ 460p. F/J59/T A painted house / John Grisham.- New York, NY : Dell, 2001._ 465p. 465p. F/G869/P A touch of dead : sookie stackhouse : the complete stories / Charlaine Harris.- London : Gollancz, 2010._ 192p. : ill. F/H313/T Admit to murder / Margaret Yorke.- New York, NY : Penguin Books, 1991._ 267p. F/Y65/A Alibi junior high / Greg Logsted.- New York, NY : Aladdin, 2011._ 244p. F/L831/A All dressed in white / Mary Higgins Clark.- Alafair Burke.- New York, NY : Pocket, 2015._ 373p. F/C594/D All the bright places / Jennifer Niven.- New York : Ember, 2015._ 388p. F/N734/A
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Alphabet weekends / Elizabeth Noble.- London : Hodder And Stoughton, 2006._ 425p. F/N747/A Blindsighted / Karin Slaughter.- New Yourk, NY : Harper, 2008._ 452p. F/S631/B Blossoming flowers : selected short and very short stories for Jordanian women writers / Sa'eed S. Al-Khawajah.- Amman : Dar Albayrooni For Publishing And Distribution, 2017._ 199p. F/B656 Blow fly / Patricia Cornwell.- New York, NY : Berkley, 2004._ 467p. F/C821/B Bookends / Jane Green.- London : Penguin, 2000._ 393p. F/G795/B Boys don't cry / Malorie Blackman.- London : Doubleday, 2010._ 301p. F/B629/B Brick lane : a novel / Monica Ali.- New York, NY : Scribner, 2003._ 415p. F/A398/B Bridget Jones : the edge of reason / Helen Fielding.- London : Picador, 2000._ 422p. F/F459/B Caddy ever after / Hilary Mckay.- London : Hodder Children's Books, 2006._ 213p. : ill. F/M235/C City of bones / Cassandra Clare.- New York, NY : Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2007._ 485p. F/C591/C City of saints and thieves / Natalie C. Anderson.- New York, NY : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2017._ 401p. F/A548/C Fear nothing / Dean Koontz.- London : Headline, 2005._ 501p. F/K82
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Fiela's child / Dalene Matthee.- Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 1992._ 350p. F/M436 Frankenstein / Mary Shelley.- New York : Book Essentials Promotions, 1994._ 249p. F/S545 From the speaking womb of the desert : short stories from Jordan / Rula Quawas.- Amman : Azminah for Publishing and Distribution, 2013._ 197p. F/S741 Getting rid of Mathew / Jane Fallon.- New York, NY : Penguin Books, 2007._ 409p. F/F196/G Going home / Harriet Evans.- London : HarperCollins, 2006._ 438p. F/E92/G Honeymoon / James Patterson.- Howard Roughan.- London : Headline, 2005._ 404p. F/P317/H I Remember you / Harriet Evans.- London : HarperCollins, 2009._ 504p. F/E92/R Jack and Jill / James Patterson.- London : HarperCollins, 2013._ 432p. F/P317/J Jennie / Douglas Preston.- New York, NY : Penguin Books, 1996._ 335p. F/P937/D Just listen / Sarah Dessen.- London : Penguin, 2007._ 390p. F/D475/J L. A. confidential / James Ellroy.- London : Arrow, 1994._ 480p. F/E44/L Living dangerously / Katie Fforde.- London : Arrow Books, 2009._ 404p. F/F437/L lloyd : what happened : a novel / Stanley Bing.- New York : Vintage, 1998._ 398p. : ill. F/B613/L
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Looking for Alaska / John Green.- London : HarperCollins Children's Books, 2011._ 271p. F/G811/L Love lies / Adele Parks.- London : Penguin Books, 2009._ 503p. F/P252/L Maurice / E. M. Forster ; P. N. Furbank.- London : Penguin Books, 1972._ 221p. F/F734/M Meena : heroine of Afghanistan : the martyr who founded RAWA, the revolutionary association of the women of Afghanistan / Melody Ermachild Chavis ; Alice Walker.- London : Bantam, 2004._ 281p. F/C512/M Middlesex / Jeffrey Eugenides.- New York, NY : Picador, 2002._ 529p. F/E87/M Misery / Stephen King.- New York, NY : Signet, 1988._ 338p. F/K52/M Monster high / Lisi Harrison.- London : Little, Brown, 2010._ 255p. F/H318/M Monster high : the ghoul next door / Lisi Harrison.- New York, NY : Little, Brown, 2011._ 241p. F/H318/M My name is Salma / Fadia Faqir.- London : Black Swan, 2008._ 326p. F/F111/M My sister's keeper / Bernardine Kennedy.- London : Headline Book, 2001._ 439p. F/K35/M Nighttime is my time : A novel / Mary Higgins Clark.- London : Pocket, 2004._ 434p. F/C594/N Nothing to lose / Christina Jones.- London : HarperCollins, 2001._ 421p. F/J66/N One hundred years of solitude / Gabriel Garcia Marquez ; Gregory Rabassa.- New York, NY : Harper Perennial, 2006._ 417p. F/M357/O
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Parliament of Rooks : Haunting Bronte Country / Karen Perkins.- London : Lionhe Art, 2017._ 337p. F/P448/P Remember me ? : a novel / Sophie Kinsella.- New York : Dell, 2009._ 430p. F/K56/R Remembering babylon / David Malouf.- London : Chatto and Windus, 1993._ 202p. F/M258/R Sense and sensibility / Jane Austen.- New York, NY : Harpper Teen, 2011._ 441p. F/A933/S Silent scream / Karen Rose.- London : Headline, 2010._ 551p. F/R797/S The Alchemyst : the secrets of the immortal Nicholas Flamel / Michael Scott.- New York : Delacorte, 2007._ 375p. F/S428/A The amateurs / David Halberstam.- New York : Fawcett, 1996._ 221p. F/H157/A The book of a thousand days / Shannan Hale.- London : Bloomsbury, 2008._ 305p. F/H164/B The camomile lawn / Mary Wesley.- London : Black Swan, 1985._ 335p. F/W513/C The cinderella murder : an under suspicion novel / Mary Higgins Clark ; Alafair Burke.- New York, NY : Pocket, 2015._ 365p. F/C594/C The cradle Snatcher / Tess Stimson.- London : Pan, 2009._ 345p. F/S858/C The Godfather / Mario Puzo.- London : Pan, 1969._ 447p. F/P994/G The guardian / Nicholas Sparks.- New York, NY : Warner, 2004._ 494p. F/S736/G
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The history of things to come : the mind of a genius can hold the darkest of secrets / Duncan Simpson.- London : Whitefort, 2015._ 292p. F/S588/H The house on coliseum street / Shirley Ann Grau.- Greenwich, Conn : Fawcett Crest, 1961._ 191p. F/G774/H The iron knight / Julie Kagawa.- Richmond, Surrey : Mira Ink, 2013._ 394p. F/K11/I The klone and I / Danielle Steel.- London : Bantam Press, 1999._ 301p. F/S813/K The lemonade war / Jacqueline Davies.- Boston, MA : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2007._ 173p. F/D256/L The liar / Stephen Fry.- London : Mandarin, 1991._ 366p. F/F946/L The lost years / Mary Higgins Clark.- London : Simon and Schuster, 2012._ viii, 383p. F/C594/L The one and only / Sophie McKenzie.- London : Simon and Schuster, 2009._ 216p. F/M235/O The patron saint of liars / Ann Patchett.- New York, NY : Harper, 2003._ 336p. F/P294/P The Perks of being a wallflower / Stephen Chbosky.- London : Simon & Schuster, 2012._ 232p. F/C513/P The second time around / Mary Higgins Clark.- New York, NY : Pocket, 2003._ 373p. F/C594/S The time traveling fashionista at the place of Marie Antonette / Bianca Turetsky.- New York, NY : Little, Brown, 2013._ 254p. : col. ill. F/T934/T Thirteen reasons why / Jay Asher.- London : Penguin Books, 2007._ 288p. F/A825/T
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West end girls / Jenny Colgan.- London : Sphere, 2006._ 306p. F/C691/W Whitethorn woods / Maeve Binchy.- New York : Anchor, 2007._ 446p. F/B612/W Wild magic / Cat Weatherill.- New York, NY : Walker, 2010._ 278p. F/W361/W
Geography The adventures of Ibn Battuta : a Muslim traveler of the 14th century / Ross E. Dunn.- London : University of California Press, 1989._ 357p. :ill. 910.4/D923
Home economics At home : a history of private life/ Bill Bryson.- London : Doubleday, 2010._ 536p. : ill. 643.1/B915 We need to talk / Robert Barnes.- Rosemary Barnes.- London : Word, 1994._ 224p. 646.78/B261
Journalism and publishing Paper dreams / Stephen Glover.- London : Jonathan Cape, 1993._ 328p. : ill. 072.1/G566
North America history Locked in the cabinet / Robert B. Reich.- New York : Vintage Books, 1998._ 348p. 973.929/R348
Palestine history La mosaique eclatee : une histoire du mouvement natonal Palestinien 1993-2016 / Nicolas Dot-Pouilard.- Beyrouth : Institut des Etudes Palestiniennes, 2016._ 255p. 956.4/D725
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Let me create a paradise, God said to himself : a journey of conscience from Johannesburg to Jerusalem / Hirsh Goodman.- New York, NY : Public Affairs, 2005._ 288p. : portraits. 956.4/G653 The process : 1,100 days that changed the Middle East / Uri Savir.- New York : Vintage, 1998._ 336p. :ill. 956.4/S267
Political science Iraq after seven years of occupation : facts and figures / [s.l.] : Ikraam Center for Human Rights, 2010._ [20p]. 320.9563/I65 Unrwa experience in GBV programming : lessons from the first five years / [s.l.] : UNRWA, 2015._ 52p. : col. ill. 325.210956/U54
Psychology A whole new mind : why right - brainers will rule the future / Daniel H. Pink.- New York, NY : Riverhead Books, 2012._ 286p. : ill. 158.1/P655 Originals : how non-conformists change the world / Adam Grant.- London : WH Allen, 2016._ 322p. 153.35/G761 The 8th habit : from effectiveness to greatness / Stephen R. Covey.- London : Simon And Schuster, 2006._ 409p. 158.1/C873
Public administration Rural development policies with institutional performance perspective : the case of South Korea and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan / Sameer Mohamad AlWahedy.- Seoul : Kookmin University, 2016._ 186p. R/352.17/W136
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Recreational and performing arts Captain at Kiawah / Bernard Gallacher ; Renton Laidlaw ; Sean Connery.- London : Chapmans, 1991._ 200p. : col. ill. 796.35266/G212
Social problems and services No way out : battered women who killed / Hilary Kingsley ; Geoff Tibballs.- London : Headline, 1994._ 344p. : ill. 364.1523082/K55
Sociology Irresistible : why we can't stop checking, scrolling, clicking and watching / Adam Alter.- London : Bodley Head, 2017._ 354p. 303.4833/A466 Strengths based leadership : great leaders, teams, and why people follow / Tom Rath ; Barry Conchie.- New York, NY : Gallup Press, 2008._ 266p. 303.34/R234 The idea of culture / Terry Eagleton.- Oxford : Blackwell, 2000._ 156p. 306/E11 Vital voices : the power of women leading change around the world / Alyse Nelson ; Hillary Clinton.- San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, 2012._ 272p. : portraits. 305.42/N424