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		Joan Ball The Peter J. Tobin College of Business, Marketing Flirting with Faith: My Spiritual Journey from Atheism to a Faith-Filled Life 2011 As a 37-year-old, highly skeptical, deeply rational woman, Joan had it all: loving family, extravagant home, a high-profile career, even personal contentment. So she was more surprised than anyone when she was relieved in an instant from what she refers to as the ''luxury of spiritual doubt'' and is compelled to realign her life around practices of faith - about which she was a novice. With an unexplainable desire to pursue whatever God had for her at whatever cost, she left her high-salary profession, sold her home and embarked on an unlikely adventure toward God.

		Frank A. Barile College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Pharmaceutical Sciences Clinical Toxicology: Principles and Mechanisms 2004 The book examines the complex interactions associated with clinical toxicological events as a result of therapeutic drug administration or deliberate or inadvertent chemical exposure. Special emphasis is placed on signs and symptoms of syndromes and pathology caused by chemical exposure and administration of clinical drugs. Source, pharmacological and toxicological mechanism of action, toxicokinetics, medicinal chemistry, clinical management of toxicity, and detection and identification of the drug or chemical in body fluids, are discussed.

		Principles of Toxicology Testing 2008 Principles of Toxicology Testing juxtaposes the principles of animal toxicology testing with In vitro alternative methods to highlight the importance of each for determining the significance and relevance of the other. Divided into three sections, the book begins with the fundamentals of toxicology, toxicokinetics and human risk assessment and emphasizes universal applications of the field as a science. Focusing on study design, the second section details toxicology testing in animals and describes acute, subchronic and chronic studies. Section 3 presents the advantages and disadvantages of In vitro alternative testing such as cellular methods for acute systemic toxicity, target organ toxicity and local toxicity.

		Clinical Toxicology: Principles and Mechanisms, 2nd Edition 2010 The second edition of Clinical Toxicology: Principles and Mechanisms highlights new and updated approaches to treatment modalities for toxic exposure while maintaining the understanding of the mechanisms of toxicity, medicinal chemistry and toxicokinetics.

		John Barrett *School of Law* That Man: An Insider’s Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt by Robert H. Jackson 2004 Robert H. Jackson was one of the giants of the Roosevelt era: an Attorney General, a still revered Supreme Court Justice and, not least important, one of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s close friends and advisers. His intimate memoir of FDR, written in the early 1950s before Jackson’s untimely death, has remained unpublished for 50 years. Here is that newly discovered memoir.

		Nancy J. Becker, and Elizabeth B. Pollicino with Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M. *St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Library and Information Science* Challenges in Librarianship: A Casebook for Educators and Professionals 2004 This compilation of cases is designed to support the deeper integration of the case method in library and information science education and professional development. Beginning chapters present a rationale for the case method and show how to use cases as a tool for teaching and for professional development. A collection of 20 case studies on current challenges facing the profession follows.

		Edward Beckenstein, Ed. *St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Mathematics, Computer Science, and Natural Sciences* Proceedings: Dr. George Bachman Memorial Conference 2009 Dr. Bachman had 92 Ph.D. students at Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (now NYUPOLY due to merger). His students and colleagues will hold a conference each year at St. John’s honoring his memory. Papers will consist largely of mathematical research but also will have some papers on scientific work of value that is not mathematical by those who went into nonmathematical areas. This is an entire issue of a mathematical journal that will be published each year.

		Second Annual conference proceedings dedicated to George Bachman 2010 Papers delivered at a conference held at the NY campus of St. John’s University during the June 6, 2009, weekend. Papers delivered in math and, or science by students of George as well as people interested in his work. Papers were referred.

		Co-Author: Lawrence Narici *St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Mathematics and Computer Science* Topological Vector Spaces 2011 The first edition was published by Marcel Dekker (New York) in 1985. This one updates the original and presents many new results available only in the literature before. As the subject began in the early 20th century, we can place the most important things in their historical context and discuss many of the people who first developed them. A non-technical description of the content is that it is the study of very curvy infinite-dimensional spaces.

		Co-Editor: Charles Traina *St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Mathematics and Computer Science* Proceedings Second Dr. George Bachman Memorial Conference Indian Journal of Mathematics Allahabad 2011 The book is dedicated to my thesis advisor who supervised 62 thesis students in a tremendous diversity of areas. George could advise a solid thesis in anything a student needed an advisor to supervise. His students decided to run a conference each year at St. John's Manhattan campus in his honor. Papers are diverse, refereed and selected for consideration by the organizers. Each issue is meant to include a core of papers on ''Functional Analysis.'' This was George's core area and the subject of his research and for many but far from all of his students.

		Judith L. Beizer with Todd P. Semla, Martin D. Higbee *College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Clinical Pharmacy Practice* Geriatric Dosage Handbook, 10th Anniversary Edition 2005 This book is designed to be a practical and convenient guide to the dosing and usage of medications in the geriatric population. As the percentage of the population over the age of 65 increases, most health care professionals will be faced with the challenge of knowing the appropriate use of medications in older adults. The objective in producing this handbook is to provide the reader with specific considerations when using medications in older adults. With each new edition, newly approved medications that are used in the geriatric population are added.

		Ninah Beliavsky, Clyde Coreil, Robert Lake, Claudia Ferradas Moi, Monker Yadar, Ed.S. *St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Languages and Literatures* Imagination, Cognition and Language Acquisition: A Unified Approach to Theory and Practice 2008 At the end of 2007, New Jersey City University published Imagination, Cognition and Language Acquisition, an anthology that deals with the nature of imagination and its relationship to education. Dr. Clyde Coreil, Editor-in-Chief of this book, explains that “this book is closely related to Multiple Intelligences, Howard Gardner and New Methods of College Teaching, published by the University in 2003. St. John’s University is among a limited number of colleges and universities that were thought to have a keen interest in this topic.

		Angela Belli, Ed. *St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, English* Ancient Greek Myths and Modern Drama: A Study in Continuity 1969 The object of this study is to identify a neo-classical trend in contemporary drama, analyzing the fusion of timeless mythical images with modern means of interpretation. The book investigates the motives, which prompted modern dramatists to reinterpret the ancient legends, the methods used in creating new plays, and the ways in which the different treatments vary from their source and from one another.

		Co-editor: Jack Coulehan Blood and Bone: Poems by Physicians 1998 This is an anthology of poems written by physicians. The poems represent the everyday drama of the experience of being a physician. The personal lives as well as the professional lives of the authors are open to view. There are stories and facts in this collection that have an impact on all readers..

		Primary Care: More Poems By Physicians 2007 Primary Care: More Poems by Physicians is a second anthology of physician poems, international in scope, which proves that the poetry movement in medicine continues to flourish. One hundred poems in the collection explore medical practice, interpersonal relationships and the modern world. With immense and kind-hearted sympathy for and empathy with those who are suffering, the poets recognize that everyone’s life is diminished by the trauma of illness and death.

		Bodies & Barriers: Dramas of Dis-Ease 2009 Bodies & Barriers offers a collection of dramas written in our time that provide a dramatic perspective from which we view today’s vital health issues. With each play exploring a different medical crisis, the collection covers a range of issues common to a diverse population, regardless of gender or race. Included are works examining how individuals confront the challenges posed by physical disability, aging and terminal illness.

		Brett Elizabeth Blake *The School of Education, Childhood and Adolescent Education* A Culture of Refusal: The Lives and Literacies of Out-of-School Adolescents 2004 A Culture of Refusal is a unique attempt at representing a set of what William Ayers calls “multiplymarginalized” adolescents, situating the voices of migrant and incarcerated youth within out-of-school contexts—in the fields and the streets, ultimately, in the jails—where these youth live and develop their own cultures of refusal. By exploring and analyzing these environments, this book searches for the ways in which a pragmatic, pro-active response to societal and institutional racism and violence may be nurtured through the adolescents’ own lives and literacies.

		with Robert W. Blake *The School of Education, Childhood and Adolescent Education* The Literacy Primer 2005 The Literacy Primer is devoted to the most recent topics in literacy studies, such as the meanings of literacy, the invention of alphabetic writing, a history of reading, the consequences of literacy and literacy for diverse learners. This book is written in a refreshingly straightforward style that is inviting to undergraduate students who might otherwise have difficulty learning about the subject.

		Co-author, Robert W. Blake, Jr. Ph.D. Towson University *The School of Education, Curriculum and Instruction* Becoming a teacher: Using narrative as Reflective Practice. A Cross-disciplinary Approach 2012 "Becoming a teacher" revisits the concept of "Teacher Lore" (Schubert and Ayers, 1992) by linking elements of narrative theory to aspects of teaching. In teaching, therefore, narrative not only can become a conceptual lens through which a discipline may be (re) constructed, but also serves as a reminder to those in education that the very mandates that control so much of our curricula, testing, and publishing can also be (re) constructed to reflect what we know is good teaching.

		Mauricio Borrero with Frank J. Coppa, Ed. *St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, History* Russia: A Reference Guide from the Renaissance to the Present 2005 A comprehensive reference guide to the world’s largest country. The book contains a narrative history of Russia, chronology, A-Z entries of influential individuals, significant places and major events. The book devotes special attention to Russian popular culture and youth culture.

		Frank Brady *College of Professional Studies, Mass Communications* ENDGAME 2011 A comprehensive biography of Bobby Fischer, the only American to win the World Chess Championship. ''Mesmerizing, intimate, fascinating, rapt.'' The New York Times.

		Barrett Brenton *St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Sociology & Anthropology* HIV/AIDS and Food Insecurity in Sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges and Solutions 2011 In resource-poor countries affected by the HIV/AIDS pandemic, there is a great need to support traditional HIV/AIDS prevention strategies, access to treatment, and mechanisms to enhance livelihoods and coping strategies. At the same time, policies and programs must be developed as solutions that are focused on reducing stigmatization, decreasing vertical transmission, improving food and nutrition security, and reducing barriers to basic healthcare. The co-occurrence of HIV/AIDS and food insecurity underscores the challenges and role that structural inequalities and poverty play in the spread of infectious diseases. This collection of 14 chapters brings together a wide array of applied anthropologists, other social scientists, and practitioners to detail the ways in which public health measures can be effectively integrated with HIV/AIDS prevention, anti-retroviral treatment, and food security efforts in sub-Saharan Africa.

		Elizabeth Brondolo and Xavier Amador *St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Psychology* Break the Bipolar Cycle: A day-to-day guide to living with bipolar disorder 2008 This is a book written for patients and families to provide up-to-date information on bipolar spectrum disorders and their treatment. The book uses case examples to illustrate different cognitive-behavioral and psychoeducational strategies to help manage bipolar disorder. The goal is to help individuals with bipolar spectrum disorders to communicate more effectively with their families, health care providers and friends and employers.

		Lee Ann Brown *St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, English* Polyverse 2000 Poetry. POLYVERSE is just that: a verse of many forms and possibilities. Taking its cue from a wide range of modern and postmodern poetics- Gertrude Stein's multiple formal innovations, Emily Dickinson's condensations, the improvisation of Whitman and the Beat poets, the New York School s intertwining poles of "the everyday," and the wild peripatetic leaps and innovations of "Language" writing - Brown's work enacts an exciting and suggestive poetry of possibility. Winner of the 1996 New American Poetry Competition, selected by Charles Bernstein.

		The Sleep That Changed Everything 2003 Playful, sexy poems illuminate a rich multiplicity of experiences. Offering both subtle and immediate pleasures, Lee Ann Brown’s generous new book extends her unmistakable, original voice, every bit as Southern as it is avant-garde, gracious without being naive. Abounding in a playfulness of style, including songs and ballads, the poems in The Sleep That Changed Everything are by turns funny, serious, insightful and moving. Botanical and scientific language are used here as collage elements to chart cycles of desire and emotional transformation. Brown is committed to Whitman’s idea that we all have many selves; thus her work embraces the immediacy of the New York School, the personal and literary wildness of the Beats, the word play and political astuteness of Language poetry and an eroticism all her own. In poems that are both highly literate and plain-spoken, Brown makes the life of the soul directly available in all its renegade garb.

		with Laynie Brown Nascent Toolbox 2005 Nascent Toolbox is a poetry collaboration with poet Laynie Browne, published in The Owl Press’ new chapbook series; cover art by Emilie Clarke.

		Tisa Bryant, Ed. *St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Institute for Writing Studies* The Encyclopedia Project, Vol. 1 A-E 2007 The Encyclopedia Project, edited by Tisa Bryant, Miranda F. Mellis, and Kate Schatz, is an annual hardcover publication that explores narrative forms and possibilities by combining the format of the reference book with the content of the literary journal and the visual allure of the artist’s catalogue. The first of five, Volume 1 A-E features fiction, prose, paintings, e-mails, scholarly articles and cross-genre works from a wide variety of writers, activists, scholars, artists, musicians and performers, and includes a 34 – page color artists portfolio. Through its unique cross-referencing system, each volume of the Encyclopedia Project connects the aesthetic concerns, ideas and practices of seemingly disparate artists, and in doing so, expands our sense of literary community while deepening our understanding of narrative and knowledge in the arts.

		Unexplained Presence 2008 By remixing stories from novels and films to zoom in on the black presences within them, Tisa Bryant ruminates on the sublime power of history to shape culture in the subconscious of both the artist and the reader/viewer. Moving from interrogations of works such as François Ozon’s film 8 Femmes and Virginia Woolf’s novel, Orlando to the machinations of the BBC’s “Regency House Party” reality TV show, Unexplained Presence weaves threads of myth, fact and fiction into previously unexplored narratives lurking in our collective imagination.

		Northrup Buechner *The Peter J. Tobin College of Business, Economics and Finance* Objective Economics 2011 Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism is applied to the science of economics resulting in a complete rewriting of economic theory and particularly of the theory of price.

		Raymond F. Bulman and Frederick J. Parrella, Eds. *St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Theology/Religious Studies* From Trent to Vatican II Historical and Theological Investigations 2008 The second Vatican council was convened by Pope John XXIII between 1962 and 1965. It marked a fundamental shift toward the modern church and its far-reaching innovations replaced or radically changed many of the practices, rules and attitudes that had dominated Catholic life and culture since the Council of Trent in the sixteenth century. This book offers an impartial investigation of the relationship between Vatican II and Trent by examining such issues as Eucharistic theology, liturgical change, clerical reform, the laity, the role of women, marriage, confession, devotion to Mary and interfaith understanding.

		Roderick D. Bush *St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Sociology and Anthropology* The End of White World Supremacy: Black Internationalism and the Problem of the Color Line 2009 Enhances our understanding of the structural, ideological and systemic tensions between the white world and the dark world as conceptualized by intellectuals of African descent such as W. E. B. Du Bois, Richard Wright, George Padmore, C. L. R. James, Kwame Nkrumah, Paul Robeson, Malcolm X., Martin Luther King, Jr., Ella Baker, Fran Beal, Linda Burnham, Patricia Hill Collins, Rose Brewer and Angela Davis. It also asks the meaning of the long struggle for social equality for people of African descent within who we are as a nation.

		Melissa Buzzeo *St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Institute for Writing Studies* What Began Us 2008 In this groundbreaking first book, the desire “To reabsorb, To make to reabsorb” calls for text to be like skin. Through radical disorganization of the order of things — where “the salt is unreadable,” where “you try to slip the smudge to sing to the smudge,” where the thing we normally enter turns out to be the surface we are standing on — Melissa Buzzeo attempts a new moment of writing. The before, the between, the un-times. What Began Us is a story of portraiture, a philosophy of the book and most powerfully, a “marked retrieval” of a 15-year-old girl from the ruins of an unnamed (unnamable) event.

		William Byrne *St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Government and Politics* Edmund Burke for Our Time: Moral Imagination, Meaning and Politics 2011 This highly readable book offers a contemporary interpretation of the political thought of Edmund Burke, drawing on his experiences to illuminate and address fundamental questions of politics and society. For Burke, one’s imaginative context provides meaning and is central to judgment. Burke’s thought is shown to offer much of contemporary value regarding the sources of order and meaning and the potential for a modern crisis if those sources are weakened or obscured. In addition to providing a re-interpretation of Burke’s response to a number of historical situations “including problems of imperial policy with regard to India, Ireland, and America, “ Byrne looks at the relationship between emotion and reason, and the role of culture in shaping political, social, and personal behaviors.

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