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To:      All Faculty and Staff ~   Biljana      Biljanic       

From:  Caryn Davis, Dean of Academic Affairs

Dante V. Ferraro, President

RE:      Titles Recently Added (or coming soon) To The Student Club Library Compatible With NorthStat Units

Date:   June 23, 2017

 

When planning NorthStar assignments, faculty and students should be sure to take a look at some of the new arrivals in the Student Club Library @ Spanish-American Institute.  You are sure to find them useful and stimulating both in and out of class.

(Titles icons have arrived.  Other titles are proposed for future acquisition).

 

You  can now search for Student Club Library book on our website at:

http://sai.nyc/FacultyMatters/Memos/RecommendedLibraryTitlesforTeachersMemo20170620_files/image001.gif    https://www.librarycat.org/lib/dvf2000,

http://sai.nyc/FacultyMatters/Memos/RecommendedLibraryTitlesforTeachersMemo20170620_files/image001.gif    https://www.librarything.com/profile/dvf2000,

http://sai.nyc/FacultyMatters/Memos/RecommendedLibraryTitlesforTeachersMemo20170620_files/image001.gif    click the links in the list below, or

*   even walk over to the bookshelves in the Special Events Center and browse the old fashioned way

 

Suggestions for future acquisitions and novel ways to utilize the collection are always encouraged.

 

Enjoy!

 


 

 

 

Table of Contents

Levels 2-3:.................................................................................................................................................. 3

Money:.................................................................................................................................................. 3

Cultures of the World:........................................................................................................................... 3

Climate Change:..................................................................................................................................... 3

Careers:.................................................................................................................................................. 3

Social Media:.......................................................................................................................................... 3

Arts:....................................................................................................................................................... 3

Heroes and Family:................................................................................................................................ 3

Health:.................................................................................................................................................... 3

Levels 4, 5 and 6:....................................................................................................................................... 3

Business:................................................................................................................................................ 3

Careers:.................................................................................................................................................. 3

Social Media:.......................................................................................................................................... 3

Computers:............................................................................................................................................ 4

Science-The Brain:................................................................................................................................. 4

Science—Animals:................................................................................................................................. 4

Space Exploration:................................................................................................................................. 4

Psychology:........................................................................................................................................... 4

Language:................................................................................................................................................ 4

Arts:....................................................................................................................................................... 4

Social Justice:......................................................................................................................................... 4

Cultures of the World/Travel:................................................................................................................ 5

Climate Change:..................................................................................................................................... 5

Overcoming Obstacles/Helping Others:................................................................................................. 5

 


 

 

Levels 2-3:

Money: 

Get a Financial Life: Personal Finance in Your Twenties and Thirties, Beth Kobliner

 

Cultures of the World:

Three Cups of Tea (young adult version), Greg Mortenson

 

Climate Change:

An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore

 

Careers:

 

Suggestions invited

Social Media:

 

Suggestions invited

Arts:

 

Suggestions invited

Heroes and Family:

 

Suggestions invited

Health:

 

Suggestions invited

 

Levels 4, 5 and 6:

Business:

   Famous Nathan: A Family Saga of Coney Island, the American Dream, and the Search for the Perfect Hot Dog by Lloyd Handwerker and Gil Reavill

 

Careers:

   How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life, Scott Adams

 

Social Media:

Social Media Mastery (Updated for 2016): 75+ Tips to Help you Expand Your Reach, Build Your Platform, and Establish Your Online authority, Tara Ross

 

Computers:

Humans Need Not Apply: A Guide to Wealth and Work in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, Gerry Kaplan

 

Science-The Brain:

The BrainŐs Way of Healing, Michael Doidge

 

Science—Animals:

Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel, Carl Safina

 

Space Exploration:

The Martian, Andy Weir

 

Psychology:

When Breath Becomes Air, Paul Kalanithi, Abraham Verghese 

 

Language:

Language and Mind, Noam Chomsky

 

Arts:

How to Be an Explorer of the World: Portable Life Museum, Keri Smith

 

Social Justice:

Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates

 

Cultures of the World/Travel:

American Born Chinese, Gene Luen Yang (graphic novel)

 

Climate Change:

This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. Climate, Naomi Klein

 

Overcoming Obstacles/Helping Others:

 Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, Laura Hillenbrand