Women's History for April

Abbott, Karen, 1973-. Liar, temptress, soldier, spy : four women undercover in the Civil War. 1st ed. New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2014].

Adams, Carol J. The bedside, bathtub & armchair companion to Jane Austen. New York : Continuum, 2008.

Adamson, Lynda G. Notable women in American history : a guide to recommended biographies and autobiographies. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, c1999.


Albright, Madeleine Korbel. Madam Secretary. New York, N.Y. : Miramax Books, c2003.

Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888. Work : a story of experience. Thorndike, Me. : G.K. Hall, 2001.

Successful women in chemistry : corporate America's contribution to science. Washington, DC : American Chemical Society :, c2005.

Ammer, Christine. The new A to Z of women's health : a concise encyclopedia. 4th ed. New York, NY : Facts On File, c2000.

Anderson, Bonnie S. A history of their own : women in Europe from prehistory to the present. 1st ed. New York : Harper & Row, c1988.

Feminism and world religions. Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, c1999.

Bendis, Brian Michael. Jessica Jones : Alias. New York, NY : Marvel Worldwide, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, LLC, [2015].

Bernstein, Carl, 1944-. A woman in charge : the life of Hillary Rodham Clinton. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.

Borzello, Frances. A world of our own : women as artists since the Renaissance. New York : Watson-Guptill Publications, 2000.

Books to Read with Your Valentine

Groff, Lauren. Fates and furies. New York : Riverhead Books, 2015.

Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928. Far from the madding crowd. 1st Vintage Clasics ed., April 2015. New York : Vintage Books, 2015

Moyes, Jojo, 1969-. Me before you. New York, N.Y. : Peguin Books, 2016.

Vaughan, Brian K., author. Saga. Volume two. Berkeley, Calif. : Image Comics, c2012-.

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817. Pride and prejudice. New York : The Modern Library, 1995.

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817. Sense and sensibility. New York : Knopf :, [1992].

Carpenter, Christine F. Family of love : An inspirational true story of faith and determination.

Chapman, Gary D., 1938-. The 5 love languages : the secret to love that lasts. Chicago : Northfield Pub., [2015].

Ellis, Leanna. Plain fear : forsaken. Naperville, Ill. : Sourcebooks Landmark, c2011.

Green, John, 1977-. The fault in our stars. 1st ed. New York : Dutton Books, c2012.

Gruen, Sara. Water for elephants : a novel. 1st ed. Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books, 2006.

Morgenstern, Erin. The night circus : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Doubleday, c2011.

Grab a movie...old favorites, new releases

Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. Universal, 2000. Film.

Allegiant. Lionsgate/Summit Entertainment. Film.

American graffiti. Universal Studios, 2003. Film.

A beautiful mind. Universal, 2002. Film.

Crash. Lions Gate Entertainment, 2006. Film.

The Dark Knight. Warner Home Video, 2008. Film.

Dead Poets Society. Touchstone Home Video, 1998. Film.

Divergent. ℗♭2014. Film.

The Divergent series. Insurgent. Summit Entertainment, ℗♭2015. Film.

Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind. Universal Studios Home Video, 2004. Film.

Friday the 13th. Paramount, 1999. Film.

Game of thrones. The complete fifth season. Home Box Office, Inc., ℗♭2016. Film.

Game of thrones. The Complete fourth Season. 2015. Film.

Game of thrones. The complete second season. Warner Home Video, 2013. Film.

Game of thrones. The complete third season. Home Box Office, Inc., ℗♭2014. Film.

Gone girl. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC, ℗♭2014. Film.

The great Gatsby. Distributed by Warner Home Video, 2013. Film.

Guardians of the galaxy. Marvel, ℗♭2014. Film.

The Help. Touchstone Home Entertainment, 2011. Film.

The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey. Warner Home Video, 2013. Film.

The hunger games. Lionsgate, 2012. Film.

Invasion of the body snatchers. Republic Entertainment, 2002. Film.

Jaws. Universal, 2005. Film.

The lord of the rings, the fellowship of the ring. New Line Home Entertainment, 2002. Film.

A nightmare on Elm Street. New Line Home Entertainment, 2006. Film.

Outlander. Season one, volume two. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Inc. Film.

Outlander. Season two. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Film.

Pulp fiction. Miramax Home Entertainment, 1994. Film.

Rosemary's baby. Paramount Pictures, 2006. Film.

Se7en. New Line Home Video, 2001. Film.

Selma. Paramount. Film.

Seven samurai. Janus Films, 2006. Film.

Spartacus. Universal, 1998. Film.

Suffragette. Universal Studios Home Entertainment. Film.

The treasure of the Sierra Madre. Turner Entertainment Co., 2010. Film.

The Wizard of Oz. Warner Home Video, 2009. Film.



Books to scare!

Here are some books to make your October a little more scary and a little more fun!  All these are available in the PHCC Library.

Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. Universal, 2000. Film.

Blatty, William P. The exorcist. New York: Harper, 2011. Print.

Bradbury, Ray. Something wicked this way comes. New York: Avon Books, 1998. Print.

Clare, Cassandra. City of heavenly fire. New York: Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2014. Print.

Dougherty, Michael. Krampus : Shadow of Saint Nicholas. Burbank, CA: Legendary Comics LLC. Print.

Graf, compiled B.H. Stories of terror and the supernatural. New York: Skyhorse Pub., 2013. Print.

King, Stephen. Carrie. New York: Anchor Books, 2011. Print.

---. End of watch : a novel. New York: Scribner, 2016. Print.

---. It. New York: Signet, 1987. Print.

---. Pet sematary. New York: Pocket Books, 2002. Print.

---. 'Salem's Lot. New York: Anchor Books a division of Random House LLC, 2013. Print.

---. The stand. New York: Anchor Books, 2011. Print.

Kirkman, Robert. The walking dead. Book one. Berkeley, Calif.: Image Comics, 2006. Print.

---. The walking dead. Book twelve. Berkeley, Calif.: Image Comics, Inc., 2015. Print.

Meyer, Stephenie. Eclipse. New York: Little, Brown, 2007. Print.

Mignola, Michael, and John Byrne. Hellboy. Volume 1. Milwaukie, OR: Dark Horse Books, 2008. Print.

Poe, Edgar A. Edgar Allan Poe : stories & poems. Beverly, MA: Rockport Publishers. Print.

Shelley, Mary W., Susan J. Wolfson, and Ronald Levao. The annotated Frankenstein. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2012. Print.

Stine, R L. The curse of the mummy's tomb. New York: Apple Paperbacks, 1993. Print.

Resources to Help with Writing a Paper

Alred, Gerald J., Charles T. Brusaw, and Walter E. Oliu. Handbook of technical writing. New York: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2009. Print.

American Psychological Association. Concise rules of APA style. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2010. Print.

---. Publication manual of the American Psychological Association. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2010. Print.

Blake, Gary, and Robert W. Bly. The elements of technical writing. New York: Longman, 1993. Print.

Brusaw, Charles T., Gerald J. Alred, and Walter E. Oliu. Handbook of technical writing. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997. Print.

Day, Robert A. Scientific English : a guide for scientists and other professionals. Phoenix, Ariz.: Oryx Press, 1995. Print.

Ellison, Carol. McGraw-Hill's concise guide to writing research papers. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2010. Print.

Flaherty, Francis. The elements of story : field notes on nonfiction writing. New York, NY: Harper, 2009. Print.

Gibaldi, Joseph, and Modern Language Association of America. MLA handbook for writers of research papers. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 2009. Print.

Graff, Gerald. They say / I say : the moves that matter in academic writing. New York: W.W. Norton & Company. Print.

Hacker, Diana. A writer's reference. 2015. Print.

Keene, Michael L., and Katherine H. Adams. Easy access : the pocket handbook for writers. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2006. Print.

Lester, James D., and James D. Lester. Writing style and grammar. Glenview, Ill.: GoodYearBooks, 1994. Print.

Lutz, Gary, and Diane Stevenson. Writer's Digest grammar desk reference : the definitive source for clear and correct writing. Cincinnati, Ohio: Writers Digest Books, 2010. Print.

Modern Language Association of America. MLA handbook. New York: The Modern Language Association of America, 2016. Print.

Turabian, Kate L. A manual for writers of research papers, theses, and dissertations : Chicago style for students and researchers. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007. Print.

 

Check out our Poetry...April is National Poetry Month

Academy of American Poets. Fifty years of American poetry : anniversary volume for the Academy of American Poets. New York, N.Y.: Dell Pub., 1995. Print.

Adams, Michael. Slang : the people's poetry. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. Print.

American poetry : The nineteenth century. New York: Library of America :, 1993. Print.

Angelou, Maya. The complete collected poems of Maya Angelou. New York: Random House, 1994. Print.

Campbell, Matthew. Rhythm and will in Victorian poetry. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1999. Print.

Charara, Hayan. Inclined to speak : an anthology of contemporary Arab American poetry. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 2008. Print.

Cheney, Patrick G. The Cambridge companion to Shakespeare's poetry. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2007. Print.

Duhamel, Denise. The best American poetry 2013. New York: Scribner Poetry, 2013. Print.

Fishman, Charles A. Blood to remember : American poets on the Holocaust. St. Louis, Mo.: Time Being Books, 2007. Print.

Fleischman, Paul. Joyful noise : poems for two voices. New York: HarperCollins, 1988. Print.

Frost, Robert. The poetry of Robert Frost. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1979. Print.

Frost, Robert, and Mark Richardson. The collected prose of Robert Frost. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2007. Print.

A garden of Roman verse. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 1998. Print.

Hallmark Cards, Inc. Poetry for pleasure; the Hallmark book of poetry. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1960. Print.

Hirsch, Edward, and Duke University. How to read a poem : and fall in love with poetry. New York: Harcourt Brace & Co., 1999. Print.

Jordan, June. Soulscript; Afro-American poetry. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1970. Print.

Martin, Robert K. The homosexual tradition in American poetry. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1998. Print.

Paschen, Elise, Rebekah P. Mosby, and Charles Osgood. Poetry speaks : hear great poets read their work from Tennyson to Plath. Naperville, Ill.: Sourcebooks MediaFusion, 2001. Print.

Peacock, Molly. How to read a poem-- and start a poetry circle. New York: Riverhead Books, 1999. Print.

The poetry lounge. 3 the power of performance. Choices Inc., 2007. Film.

Randall, Dudley. Black poetry; a supplement to anthologies which exclude Black poets. Detroit, Mich.: Broadside Press, 1969. Print.

Ratiner, Steven. Giving their word : conversations with contemporary poets. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2002. Print.

Robertson, Ritchie. Mock-epic poetry from Pope to Heine. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. Print.

Schirmer, Gregory A. Out of what began : a history of Irish poetry in English. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1998. Print.

Shelley, Percy B., Donald H. Reiman, and Neil Fraistat. The complete poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley. Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000. Print.

Stevenson, Robert L. A child's garden of verses. New York: Harper, 2011. Print.

Swenson, May, and R R. Knudson. American sports poems. New York: Orchard Books, 1988. Print.

Webb, Charles H. Stand Up poetry : an expanded anthology. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2002. Print.

Williams, Emmett. An anthology of concrete poetry. New York: Something Else Press, 1967. Print.

ʿĀrif, Ifti̲k̲hār, and Waqas A. Khwaja. Modern poetry of Pakistan. Champaign [Ill.: Dalkey Archive Press, 2010. Print.

Celebrate March as Women's History Month

The library has over 345 items dedicated to Women's History...check some out!

Brakeman, Lynne. Chronology of women worldwide : people, places & events that shaped women's history. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1996. Print.

Butler, Elizabeth B. Women and the trades : Pittsburgh, 1907-1908. Pittsburgh, Pa.: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1984. Print.

Faulkner, Carol. Women in American history to 1880 : a documentary reader. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. Print.

Felder, Deborah G. A century of women : the most influential events in twentieth-century women's history. Secaucus, N.J.: Carol Pub. Group, 1999. Print.

Haase, Donald. Fairy tales and feminism : new approaches. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2004. Print.

Hogshead-Makar, Nancy, and Andrew S. Zimbalist. Equal play : Title IX and social change. Philadelphia, Pa.: Temple University Press, 2007. Print.

Housego, Molly, and Neil R. Storey. The women's suffrage movement. Oxford: Shire Publications, 2012. Print.

Kaufman, Polly W. National parks and the woman's voice : a history. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2006. Print.

Macy, Gary. The hidden history of women's ordination : female clergy in the medieval West. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. Print.

Mance, Ajuan M. Inventing black women : African American women poets and self-representation, 1877-2000. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2007. Print.

McMillen, Sally G. Seneca Falls and the origins of the women's rights movement. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. Print.

Norton, Mary B., and Ruth M. Alexander. Major problems in American women's history : documents and essays. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2003. Print.

Patton, Venetria K. Women in chains : the legacy of slavery in Black women's fiction. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2000. Print.

Roberts, Cokie. Founding mothers : the women who raised our nation. New York: William Morrow, 2004. Print.

---. Ladies of liberty : the women who shaped our nation. New York: William Morrow, 2008. Print.

Rowland, Debran. The boundaries of her body : the troubling history of women's rights in America. Naperville, Ill.: Sphinx Pub., 2004. Print.

Schmedlen, Jeanne H., and Pennsylvania. History of women in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives 1923-2001 : the suffrage movement, biographies, history of statewide women's organizatio. Harrisburg, Pa.: Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 2001. Print.

Taylor, Carole A. The tragedy and comedy of resistance : reading modernity through Black women's fiction. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000. Print.

Ulrich, Laurel. Well-behaved women seldom make history. New York: Vintage Books, 2008. Print.

Ward, Jennifer C. Women in England in the Middle Ages. London: Hambledon Continuum, 2006. Print.