Use this Blog to find out about some of the new books just added to the WOK LRC. I've included quotes from the 'Blurb' on the back of the books to give you some idea as to content. Some will be useful for your studies, some I hope you'll try just for pleasure.
Happy reading!
The WOK Librarian
Monday, 26 January 2015
New Books - January 2015
'Why You? 101 Interview Questions You'll Never Fear Again' by James Read
" From classic interview questions like 'tell me about yourself' and 'what are your greatest weaknesses?' to puzzles like 'sell me this pen' and 'how many traffic lights are there in London?', James Read reveals what interviewers are really asking."
(Available in the Careers Area)
'Fight the Power! A Visual History of Protest among the English-Speaking Peoples' by Sean Michael Wilson and Benjamin Dickson
"Throughout history, ordinary people have risen up against oppression and injustice. From the Luddites of the early 19th century to the Occupy movement today and from the United States to Australia."
'Vivian Versus the Apocalypse' by Katie Coyle
" Vivian Apple never believed in the Church of America - unlike her fanatical parents. And as for the so-called impending 'Rapture', she knew she'd believe that when she saw it. But then Vivian wakes one day to a New World, and all that's left of her parents are two empty spaces."
" From classic interview questions like 'tell me about yourself' and 'what are your greatest weaknesses?' to puzzles like 'sell me this pen' and 'how many traffic lights are there in London?', James Read reveals what interviewers are really asking."
(Available in the Careers Area)
'Fight the Power! A Visual History of Protest among the English-Speaking Peoples' by Sean Michael Wilson and Benjamin Dickson
"Throughout history, ordinary people have risen up against oppression and injustice. From the Luddites of the early 19th century to the Occupy movement today and from the United States to Australia."
'Vivian Versus the Apocalypse' by Katie Coyle
" Vivian Apple never believed in the Church of America - unlike her fanatical parents. And as for the so-called impending 'Rapture', she knew she'd believe that when she saw it. But then Vivian wakes one day to a New World, and all that's left of her parents are two empty spaces."
Monday, 24 November 2014
New Books - November 2014
'Music Marketing: Press, Promotion, Distribution and Retail' by Mike King
"Sell more music! Learn the most effective marketing strategies available to musicians..."
'In Defence of History' by Richard J. Evans
"Richard J. Evans mounts a brilliant and compellingly effective defence of the historian's capacity to reach genuine insights about past events."
'We the Media: Grassroots Journalism By The People, For The People' by Dan Gillmor
"Big Media has lost its monopoly on the news, thanks to the internet. Now that it's possible to publish in real time to a worldwide audience, a new breed of grassroots journalists is taking the news into their own hands."
'Sashenka' by Simon Sebag Montefiore
"Winter, 1916, St Petersburg. Snow is falling on a country in turmoil. Beautiful and idealistic, Sashenka Zeitlin grows up in a privileged world careening towards self destruction."
'Sweet Tooth' by Ian McEwan
"Serena is sent on a secret mission - operation Sweet Tooth...Can she maintain the fiction of her undercover life? And who is inventing whom? To answer these questions, Serena must abandon the first rule of espionage - trust no one."
"Sell more music! Learn the most effective marketing strategies available to musicians..."
'In Defence of History' by Richard J. Evans
"Richard J. Evans mounts a brilliant and compellingly effective defence of the historian's capacity to reach genuine insights about past events."
'We the Media: Grassroots Journalism By The People, For The People' by Dan Gillmor
"Big Media has lost its monopoly on the news, thanks to the internet. Now that it's possible to publish in real time to a worldwide audience, a new breed of grassroots journalists is taking the news into their own hands."
'Sashenka' by Simon Sebag Montefiore
"Winter, 1916, St Petersburg. Snow is falling on a country in turmoil. Beautiful and idealistic, Sashenka Zeitlin grows up in a privileged world careening towards self destruction."
'Sweet Tooth' by Ian McEwan
"Serena is sent on a secret mission - operation Sweet Tooth...Can she maintain the fiction of her undercover life? And who is inventing whom? To answer these questions, Serena must abandon the first rule of espionage - trust no one."
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