New Sports Books

Now available in the Library:

• Fitness on a Plate: Anita Bean’s Guide to Healthy Living, Anita Bean
• 101 Fun Warm-Up and Cool-Down Games, John Byl
• Sport First Aid: A Coach’s Guide to Preventing and Responding to Injuries (3rd edition), Melinda J. Flegel
• Research Methods for Sport Studies, Chris Gratton and Ian Jones
• Advanced PE and Sport A Level (3rd edition), John Honeybourne, Michael Hill and Helen Moors
• Managing Sport Facilities and Major Events, Hans Westerbeek, Aaron Smith, Paul Turner, Paul Emery, Christine Green and Linda van Leeuwen
• Applying Psychology to Sport, Barbara Woods

 

New Motor Vehicles Books

 Available in the Library now:

• Gasoline-Engine Management (3rd ed.), Robert Bosch GmbH
• Automotive Air-Conditioning and Climate Control Systems, Steven Daly 
• Automobile Electrical and Electronic Systems (3rd ed.), Tom Denton
• Motor Vehicle Engineering Level 2 (2nd ed.), Tom Denton
• I-CAR Professional Automotive Collision Repair (2nd ed.), James E. Duffy
• Advanced Vehicle Technology (2nd ed.), Heinz Heisler
• Advanced Engine Technology (2nd ed.), Heinz Heisler
• Hillier’s Fundamentals of Motor Vehicle Technology Book 1 (5th ed.), V. A. W. Hillier and Peter Coombes
• Hillier’s Fundamentals of Motor Vehicle Technology Book 2: Powertrain Electronics (5th ed.), V. A. W. Hillier, Peter Coombes and David R. Rogers
• Hillier’s Fundamentals of Motor Vehicle Technology Book 3: Chassis and Body Electronics (5th ed.), V. A. W. Hillier and David R. Rogers
• Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Level 3: Engines, Electronics and Related Systems (3rd ed.), Jack Hirst
• Heavy Vehicle Technology, D.J. Leeming and R. Hartley
• The Repair of Vehicle Bodies (5th ed.), W. A. Livesey and A. Robinson
• Light and Heavy Vehicle Technology (4th ed.), M. J. Nunney

New Counselling Titles

New in the Library this month:

• Transcultural Counselling in Action (2nd edition), Patricia D’Ardenne and Aruna Mahtani
• Counselling in a Nutshell Series, Windy Dryden (ed.)
  • Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy, Michael Neenan and Windy Dryden
  • Psychodynamic Counselling, Susan Howard
  • Cognitive Therapy, Michael Neenan and Windy Dryden
  • Counselling, Windy Dryden
  • Person-Centred Counselling, Roger Casemore
• The SAGE Handbook of Counselling and Therapy (2nd edition), Colin Feltham and Ian Horton (eds.)
• Counselling Skills and Theory (2nd edition), Margaret Hough
• Person-Centred Counselling in Action (3rd edition), Dave Mearns and Brian Thorne
• Counselling: The BAC Counselling Reader Volume 2, Pat Milner and Stephen Palmer (eds.)
• Six Key Approaches to Counselling and Therapy, Richard Nelson-Jones
• Practical Counselling and Helping Skills (5th edition), Richard Nelson-Jones
• Theory and Practice of Counselling and Therapy (4th edition), Richard Nelson-Jones
• Counselling: The BAC Counselling Reader Volume 1, Stephen Palmer, Sheila Dainow and Pat Milner (eds.)
• An A-Z of Counselling Theory and Practice (4th edition), William Stewart
• Counselling and the Life Course, Leonie Sugarman
• Counselling for Alcohol Problems (2nd edition), Richard Velleman

Why not come along and check out the display?

New Books

New books now available in the Library:

Computing

• Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Windows XP Professional: MCSA/MCSE Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-270), 2nd edition, by Walter Glenn and Tony Northrup
• Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment: MCSA/MCSE Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-290), 2nd edition, by Dan Holme and Orin Thomas
• Networking Basics: CCNA 1 Companion Guide by Wendell Odom and Tom Knott
• Network Fundamentals: CCNA Exploration Companion Guide by Mark A. Dye, Rick McDonald and Antoon W. Rufi
• Networking for Home and Small Businesses: CCNA Discovery Learning Guide by Allan Reid and Jim Lorenz
• Oracle Database 10g: A Beginner’s Guide by Ian Abramson, Michael Abbey and Michael Corey
• Oracle Database 10g: SQL by Jason PriceOracle Database 10g: PL/SQL Programming by Scott Urman, Ron Hardman and Michael McLaughlin

Education

• Developing Language and Literacy with Young Children, 3rd edition, by Marian Whitehead
• Language and Literacy in the Early Years, 3rd edition, by Marian R. Whitehead

Health

• The Food Doctor: Healing Foods for Mind and Body, Revised edition, by Ian Marber and Vicki Edgson

Social Care

• The Domestic Violence Sourcebook by Dawn Bradley Berry
• Living with Drugs by Michael Gossop
• Domestic Abuse Recorded by the Police in Scotland, 2006-07: Statistical Bulletin (Criminal Justice Series), The Scottish Government

Social Sciences

• The Road to Southend Pier: One Man’s Struggle Against the Surveillance Society by Ross Clark
• The Glass Consumer by Susanne Lace (ed.)
• Surveillance as Social Sorting: Privacy, Risk and Digital Discrimination by David Lyon (ed.)
• Surveillance Society: Monitoring Everyday Life by David Lyon
• Loving Big Brother: Performance, Privacy and Surveillance Space by John E. McGrath

New Books

Now available in the Fiction section of the Library:

A Tale Etched in Blood and Hard Black Pencil by Christopher Brookmyre

Under the Skin by Michel Faber

The His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman

• Northern Lights
• The Subtle Knife
• The Amber Spyglass

The Fanatic by James Robertson

Evening Opening Hours

Please be aware of changes to the library’s opening hours.  The library will now close at 7.30 pm, Monday to Thursday, and 4.45 pm on Friday.  A book return box is located outside the library to allow the return of library materials outwith opening hours.

Opening Hours 7th-11th January 2008

There will be no evening opening this week.  Opening hours are 9 am - 4.45 pm, Monday to Friday.  Evening opening hours will resume next week.

Seasons Greetings

As of Friday 21st December, the Library will be closed for the holiday period.  We will re-open at 9 am on Monday 7th January.

We would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Reading Group Returns!

The first meetings of the reading groups in the new college begin this month.  Group 1 will meet tonight at 5pm in Room 108.  Group 2 will meet next Thursday.  If you enjoy reading and want to explore a variety of authors and genres in an informal setting, come along and join us! 

New Staff Development Books

New titles now available from the LRC:

• Training to Teach in Further and Adult Education (2nd edition), David Gray, Colin Griffin and Tony Nasta
• Creating an Outstanding College, Sir Bernard O’Connell
• Evidence Based Teaching: A Practical Approach, Geoff Petty
• Teaching Today: A Practical Guide (3rd edition), Geoff Petty
• Teaching and Learning in Further and Adult Education (2nd edition), L. Walklin