Worse Than We Knew

Holocaust Remembrance events will be taking place this week of April 7th to14th, and media coverage is highlighting new information emerging about this darkest of eras.  For six decades historians have been documenting the memories and the details of the European Holocaust and most of us are familiar with the calculated numbers and the horrors that took place. Some of us even remember the more infamous names: Auschwitz, Birekenau, Buchenwald, Mengele, and the most well known of victims, Anne Frank. But for the last 13 years historians and researchers at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum have been carefully piecing together the location of ghettos, execution sites and camps that existed during the war. The results are appalling, as the previously known numbers have increased exponentially. The research team uncovered 30,000 slave camps, 1,150 Jewish ghettos, 1,000 prisoner-of-war camps.

The greatest number of any single group were Jews, but millions of others died in the camps and ghettos, many as political prisoners, POWs, sex slaves and forced labor, as well as those murdered at execution sites all over Europe. Below are listed are many of the groups that were the victims of the SS system of camps and ghettos. 42,500 sites have now been documented stretching across Europe from the Netherlands to the state of Russian Georgia. The actual number of victims may be forever unknown.  

To read more about this study visit the New York Times link below, featuring maps of identified locations and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, which tracks current events that reveal cases, and potential cases of genocide in all parts of the world. ~Laurie

Genocide Victims: 

Jews

Poles

Gypsies

Czechs

The Physically disabled

The Mentally Ill and Disabled
Gays, Lesbians and Transexuals

Political Prisoners Free Masons Pacifists  Roman Catholics (mostly in Poland)
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Esperantists
Forced Labor

Sex Slaves

Prisoners of War
African-European Citizens
Citizens with criminal records

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum:

http://www.ushmm.org/

The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/03/sunday-review/the-holocaust-just-got-more-shocking.html?pagewanted=1&_r=3&

Good day all you avid readers!

It’s been a while since the last posting of the newest titles, and my apologies for the delay. We have over thirty new Lease Books (courtesy of the Brandon SGA!) and the genre is mixed for every taste. And for those of you who love the weird and wonderful Florida of Tim Dorsey's wild imagination, The Riptide Ultra-Glide should be just what you've been waiting for. Hopefully something will tempt you to stop by and pick up a rainy day read. ~Laurie

Until the End of Time by Danielle Steel

The Fifth Assassin by Brad Meltzer

The Riptide Ultra-Glide by Tim Dorsey

The Woman from Paris by Santa Montefiore

The Night Ranger by Alex Berenson

A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy

Hit Me by Lawrence Block

The Dinner by Herman Koch; translated from the Dutch by Sam Garrett

The Lawgiver by Herman Wouk

 See Now Then by Jamaica Kincaid

 Here I Go Again by Jen Lancaster

 Alex Cross, Run by James Patterson

Calling me Home by Julie Kibler

Farside by Ben Bova

 The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult

 Private Berlin by James Patterson & Mark Sullivan

 Ever After by Kim Harrison

The Striker: An Isaac Bell Adventure by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott

Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker by Jennifer Chiaverini

 The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis

 Bad Blood by Dana Stabenow

 Breaking Point by C.J. Box

 Supervolcano: All Fall Down by Harry Turtledove

 Bloodfire Quest by Terry Brooks

 Fever by Mary Beth Keane

 Six Years by Harlan Coben

Family Pictures by Jane Green

The Accursed by Joyce Carol Oates

The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout

The Andalucian Friend by Alexander Söderberg

A Memory of Light by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson

 Tapestry of Fortunes by Elizabeth Berg

 Calculated in Death by J.D. Robb

New Books!

Since the winter break ended a great selection of new books has arrived in the LRC.  Many of the authors are the best in their genre and the selection is great whatever your taste. Tom Wolfe, Patricia Cornwell, John Grisham, Nelson DeMille, Barbara Kingsolver, Dennis Lehane, Dave Barry and Salman Rushdie are just a few with new fiction to offer.  Below is a list of the new titles for your reading pleasure. Laurie ~

The Richest Woman in America: The Life and Times of Hetty Green by Janet Wallach

The Bone Bed by Patricia Cornwell

 Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness

The Round House by Louise Erdrich

 A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin

 No Easy Day: The Autobiography of a Navy SEAL: The Firsthand Account of the Mission that Killed Osama Bin Laden by Mark Owen with Kevin Maurer

 Back to Blood by Tom Wolfe

 The Giving Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini

 The Sins of the Mother by Danielle Steel

The Racketeer by John Grisham

The Panther by Nelson DeMille

Collateral by Ellen Hopkins

Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver

 Joseph Anton: A Memoir by Salman Rushdie

A Wanted Man by Lee Child

The Truth About Style by Stacy London

A Dangerous Inheritance: A Novel of Tudor Rivals and the Secret of the Tower by Alison Weir

Fair Game by Patricia Briggs

Mad River by John Sandford

 Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan

Winter of the World: Book Two of the Century Trilogy by Jen Follett

 Notorious Nineteen by Janet Evanovich

 The Cassandra Project by Jack McDevitt and Mike Resnick

 Dying on the Vine by Aaron Elkins

Shadow Woman by Linda Howard

Collateral Damage by Stuart Woods

 Dream Eyes by Jayne Ann Krentz

Standing in Another Man's Grave by Ian Rankin

 Suspect by Robert Crais

Live by Night by Dennis Lehane

The Kashmir Shawl by Rosie Thomas

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

The Forgotten by David Baldacci

Insane City by Dave Barry
The Lease Book Collection is provided by The Brandon Student Government Assocoiation

New Fiction and Non-Fiction

September's new selection of Lease Books and Non-Fiction provide a look into the very different worlds of a woman living in Afghansitan, from the Soviet invasion to the present, the life of Orcas in the 'bathtub' existance of the training tank, and for all of us, a look at how one man made his living helping college students cheat!  For those in serach of escape, we have the newest in bestsellers from Norah Roberts (aka J. D. Robb), a foray into mystery by J.K. Rowling and plenty more on history, food and current events.  So, please stop by the LRC and find a good read for your weekend. Laurie~

NEW LEASE BOOKS:

        Friends Forever by Danielle Steel

        You are the Love of my Life by Susan Richards Shreve

Garment of Shadows by Laurie R. King

       Delusion in Death by J.D. Robb

Robert B. Parker's Fool me Twice by Michael Brandman

Road Rage by Joe Hill, Stephen King, and Richard Matheson

Death at SeaWorld: Shamu and the Dark side of Killer Whales in Captivity by David Kirby

The Shadow Scholar: How I made a Living Helping College Kids Cheat by Dave Tomar

Dick Francis's Bloodline by Felix Francis

The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling

The Lease Collection is Sponsored by Brandon SGA

NEW NON-FICTION:

In My Father’s Country, by Saima Wahab

Francis of Assisi, a new Biography,  by Augustine Thomas

Private Empire, Exxon  & American Power by Steve Coll

Trapped in the War on Terror by Ian Lusteck

City, a Guidebook for the Urban Age by P. D. Smith

High Voltage the Fast Track to Plug in the Auto Industry by Jim Motavalli

The Rise of Rome, the Making of the World’s Greatest Empire by Anthony Everitt

Born with a Junk Food Deficiency by Martha Rosenberg

Vegetable, a Biography by Evelyn Bloch Dano

May 27th through June 2nd is Hurricane Preparedness Week:

Amelia Island

An average, to below average Hurricane Season

is predicted for 2012, but that does not mean that the storms we may have won’t be intense. As explained in the Huffington Post: “One of the large-scale factors that has contributed to a greater intensity of hurricane seasons in recent years is a warm phase of the Atlantic multidecadal oscillation.  The multidecadal oscillation is a scientific term that simply means that the sea-surface temperatures of the Atlantic go through warm and cool cycles that last for decades at a time. The current warm cycle began in 1995. With warm water being the fuel for hurricanes, the warm phase of the oscillation produces …more intense hurricanes.”  However, there are some positives to this kind of hurricane season.

"The big changes that occur in barrier islands often occur during hurricanes," said Orrin H. Pilkey, James B. Duke Professor Emeritus of Geology at the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences at Duke. "Barrier islands need hurricanes for their survival, especially at times of rising sea levels, such as now. It's during hurricanes that islands get higher and wider,"  A. Brad Murray, assistant professor of geomorphology at the Nicholas School, points out: "If you don't let this periodic over wash happen, the island gets skinnier and skinnier" and might disappear beneath rising sea levels.”

We’ve come a long way since the days when a transistor radio may have been the only warning system available to residents here in Florida. Now all we have to worry about is losing our satellite connection! Fortunately the ability to predict and warn has advanced greatly and we can plan ahead.

Easy, Practical Hurricane Guide: http://www.publix.com/managed_pdfs/hurricane_guide1270.017004732751261873413.pdf

To watch developments you can access storm information at The HCC Brandon Weather Station: http://content.hccfl.edu/br/weather/

Or NOAA: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/?atlc

Hurricane Preparedness Week: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/prepare/


Resources:
Huffington Post April 28, 2012

Duke Today September 13, 2004 http://today.duke.edu/

New Fiction!

The new fiction has been arriving and with it come some of the award winning heavyweights. For those who have been following Stephen King's Dark Tower Series, the latest installent, The Wind in the Keyhole, has arrived. Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winner, Toni Morrison's new novel Home tells the story of a Korean War veterarn's return to the racist south of the 1950's. And love him, or hate him, John Irving takes on another "sexual suspect" (a term he coined in The World According to Garp), in Billy, the bisexual narrator of In One Person. As one reviewer stated, "From the beginning of his career, Irving has always cherished our peculiarities—in a fierce, not a saccharine, way." Irving never shies away. 

The beach reads await you. Come by the BLRC, we display the latest releases at the circulation desk.

Breaking News by Fern Michaels
The Proposal by Mary Balogh
Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris
Victims by Jonathan Kellerman
Born of Silence by Sherrilyn Kenyon
The Road to Grace by Richard Paul Evans
Home by Toni Morrison
Beach House Memories by Mary Alice Monroe
Stolen Prey by John Sandford
In One Person by John Irving
The Wind Through the Keyhole by Stephen King


The Lease Book Collection is made possible by the generosity of the HCC Brandon SGA.

New books! New look!

The LRC has a new look! Over the winter break the library received a paint job and we are now bright and welcoming with the school blue and fresh walls! The New Lease Book titles are in, and Stephen King keeps you on the edge of your seat as he tries to prevent the Kennedy assasination. Bill Cosby wants to make you laugh, Patricia Cornwell wants to puzzle you, and Umberto Eco....well he would like to creep you out and confuse you all at once...... in a cemetary. So, come by and take a look, Ooooo and Awwww over our face lift, and pick out one of the new reads! Laurie~

"V" is for Vengeance by Sue Grafton
A Dark and Lonely Place by Edna Buchanan
11/22/63 by Stephen King
Micro by Michael Crichton and Richard Preston
Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich
The Prague Cemetery by Umberto Eco; translated from the Italian by Richard Dixon
Red Mist by Patricia Cornwell
I Didn't Ask to be Born (But I'm Glad I was) by Bill Cosby; illustrations by George Booth
The Affair: A Reacher Novel by Lee Child
Love in a Nutshell by Janet Evanovich & Dorien Kelly
Breakdown by Sara Paretsky
D.C. Dead by Stuart Woods
Foreign Influence by Brad Thor
The Last Nude by Ellis Avery

The Lease Book Collection is made possible by the generosity of the Brandon SGA.

New Fiction!

New titles have arrived in the SGA sponsored best sellers collection and long time favorites like Danielle Steele and Sharon Kay Penman are now on the shelf. We also have the latest offering, The Litigators, for you John Grisham fans. Many of you may recall the literary praise given to Charles Frazier, who wrote the beautiful Cold Mountain, and he is on the list with a new tale from North Carolina, titled Nightwoods. A story of suspense and love featuring two children who haven't spoken since their mother's death. The Washinton Post called it: "an Appalachian Gothic with a low-level fever that runs alternately warm and chilling.”

New York to Dallas by J.D. Robb
The Vault by Ruth Rendell
Flash and Bones by Kathy Reichs
Room by Emma Donoghue
Quicksilver by Amanda Quick
Lethal by Sandra Brown
The Secret Mistress by Mary Balogh
A Stolen Life: A Memoir by Jaycee Dugard
Prince of Ravenscar by Catherine Coulter
Iron House by John Hart
Zero Day by David Baldacci
The Litigators by John Grisham
Hotel Vendome by Danielle Steel
Lionheart by Sharon Kay Penman
Nightwoods by Charles Frazier
Pirate King by Laurie R. King

~Laurie

Ecosystems, Economics, and Education

Whether you're involved in sustainability issues or just passionate about being part of positive change for ecosystems, economics and education, the Brandon Learning Resource Center encourages your interest and attendance at this important conference in November.

Presenting the 36th Annual Conference
Ecosystems, Economics, and Education

November 3 - 4, 2011 John R. Trinkle Conference Center
Hillsborough Community College, Plant City Campus




To register, please go to the Registration page.

We look forward to seeing you there

BLRC Link:
GOING MOBILE: http://libguides.hccfl.edu/goingmobile
http://hccfl.edu/departments/ifs/conference.aspx

Mes de la Herencia Hispana

A month for Celebrating Hispanic Culture:

The Spain we know today was originally settled by groups from across the ancient world. From 1100 BC onward the Phoenicians, the Greeks, and the Carthaginians established settlements where they found people known as the Iberians from northern Africa. Phoenicians and Greeks were later followed by the Carthaginians and Romans. With the dissolution of Rome came the Visigoths from northern Europe and later, Celts, who came from every region of Europe and settled from Hungary to Northern Scotland. Now consider the impact of these historical events: The Moors invade from northern Africa and bring Islamic culture to Europe and are later driven out by Isabella of Castile. Under her commission, Columbus searched for a new route to India and becomes the first European explorer to see our part of the Americas. The defeat of the mighty Spanish Armada would establish British dominance in Europe, while Spain held onto her western territories. Portugal, Mexico, Central and South America are settled by Spain. Spanish Cession in 1819 and Mexican Cession in 1848 bring Arizona, California, one third of Colorado, Florida, one half of New Mexico, Nevada, Texas, and Utah into the Union of the United States. A survey of Spanish culture reveals more than a template of world history as so many nations and peoples have melded into new civilizations. It also provides a contrast to limited contemporary perceptions of ‘Hispanic’, as the history of Hispanic culture is a macrocosm of our known world. ~Laurie

Explore more in BLRC books:
The Norton Anthology of Latino literature
The rise and fall of the Spanish Empire
Eyes Wide Open Exploring Today’s South America
Mexicanos: a history of Mexicans in the United States
Latin American politics and development

Image: Priestess of Ancient Iberia, 5th century onward.
Spanish films to watch for: http://www.filmmovement.com/filmcatalog/index.asp?FINDBY=Genre&GenreID=29&gclid=CJLov5aN_6oCFdgS2godZ2k90Q&
Sources: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/266944/Hispania
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/557573/Spain/70269/The-Romans