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New Arrivals at the American Center Korea

The U.S. Embassy / American Center Korea (ACK) offers a monthly list of newly acquired titles, listed below. The titles are arranged by Dewey Decimal Classification (DCC). To see a bibliographic record, please click on titles. Those interested in reading these titles may visit us for details. You can also search our holdings with our online catalog at http://seoul.usembassy.gov/ack_opac.html 

(Last Updated: February 12, 2012)

Books: International Relations and Security

  • Trafficking in Persons Report
    Trafficking in Persons Report

    [U.S. Department of State, June 2011] The Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report is the U.S. Government’s principal diplomatic tool to engage foreign governments on human trafficking. It is also the world’s most comprehensive resource of governmental anti-human trafficking efforts and reflects the U.S. Government’s commitment to global leadership on this key human rights and law enforcement issue. It represents an updated, global look at the nature and scope of trafficking in persons and the broad range of government actions to confront and eliminate it. 

  • The Promise, President Obama, Year One
    The Promise, President Obama, Year One

    [Jonathan Alter, 2010] In The Promise: President Obama, Year One, Jonathan Alter, one of the country’s most respected journalists and historians, uses his unique access to the White House to produce the first inside look at Obama’s difficult debut.  

  • American Dreams: The United States Since 1945
    American Dreams: The United States Since 1945

    [H. W. Brands, 2010] From bestselling historian H. W. Brands, an incisive chronicle of the events and trends that guided-and sometimes misguided-our nation from the A-bomb to the iPhone.  

  • Renegade: The Making of a President
    Renegade: The Making of a President

    [Richard Wolffe , 2009] Before the White House and Air Force One, before the TV ads and the enormous rallies, there was the real Barack Obama: a man wrestling with the momentous decision to run for the presidency, feeling torn about leaving behind a young family, and figuring out how to win the biggest prize in politics. 

Books: Economics and Trade Issues

Books: U.S. Politics, Education, and Social Processes

  • Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation
    Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation

    [Cokie Roberts, 2009] In Founding Mothers, Cokie Roberts paid homage to the heroic women whose patriotism and sacrifice helped create a new nation. Now the number one New York Times bestselling author and renowned political commentator—praised in USA Today as a "custodian of time-honored values"—continues the story of early America's influential women with Ladies of Liberty. In her "delightfully intimate and confiding" style (Publishers Weekly), Roberts presents a colorful blend of biographical portraits and behind-the-scenes vignettes chronicling women's public roles and private responsibilities. 

  • The ABC's of bullying prevention: a comprehensive schoolwide approach.
    The ABC's of bullying prevention: a comprehensive schoolwide approach.

    • [Kenneth Shore, 2006] This book provides an innovative approach to addressing the often devastating societal problem of bullying in our schools. It presents the necessary information, training and guidance needed by the stakeholder groups - Administrators & Pupil Service Staff, Teachers, Paraprofessionals, and Parents of the school community. By partnering in a comprehensive school-wide community approach, each adult can be equipped with valuable strategies to accomplish the goals of bullying prevention and intervention. 

  • And the Pursuit of Happiness
    And the Pursuit of Happiness

    [Maira Kalman, 2010] And the Pursuit of Happiness is beloved artist and author Maira Kalman's yearlong investigation of democracy and how it works. Energized and inspired by the 2008 elections, on inauguration day Kalman traveled to Washington, D.C., launching a national tour that would take her from a town hall meeting in Newfane, Vermont, to the inner chambers of the Supreme Court. 

  • The Heritage Guide to the Constitution / Edition 1
    The Heritage Guide to the Constitution / Edition 1

    [Edwin Meese, David F. Forte, Matthew Spalding, 2006] This guide is the first of its kind, and presents the U.S. Constitution as never before, including a clause-by-clause analysis of the document, each amendment and relevant court case, and the documents that serve as the foundation of the Constitution. 

Books: Arts and Literature

Books: America in Color – Coffee Table Books

  • I.M. Pei : complete works.
    I.M. Pei : complete works.

    [Rizzoli 2008] When I. M. Pei was awarded the Pritzker Prize in 1983, the jury said he had "given this century some of its most beautiful interior spaces and exterior forms." I. M. Pei: Complete Works, the first and definitive survey of the master architect, attests to this statement by showcasing Pei’s transcendent, sculptural forms in over fifty projects and more than 300 illustrations, culminating in the last works he is currently completing. Often working in a spare geometry with a palette of stone, concrete, glass, and steel, Pei—who began his career pioneering public housing projects in New York City—has taken his vision of modern architecture across the globe with commissions in locations as diverse as Quatar, China, Luxembourg, Japan, and Germany. Meanwhile, major projects such as the JFK Library in Boston and the East Building of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., have made him a household name in the United States. 

  • These United States
    These United States

    [Rizzoli International Publications 2008] Hailed by Entertainment Weekly as "the next best thing to a road trip," These United States is a celebration of the magnificence of the United States of America and a tribute to all that makes it great. Inspired by the deluxe limited edition, Rizzoli is proud to present These United States in a slightly smaller format. It showcases breathtaking panoramic photos from the East to the West Coasts; from the wilderness of the frontier to the cities; and from the earliest American historical landmarks to images of America post-9/11. These United States grandly exhibits the diverse elements comprising the heart and soul of America. 

  • Spectacular Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks.
    Spectacular Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks.

    [Hugh Lauter Levin Associates 2007] Spectacular Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks captures the breathtaking landscape and wildlife of one of America’s most renowned regions. More than 275 photographs—from some of the country's best nature photographers—recreate the adventure and grandeur of this area that combines the world's greatest collection of geothermal features, some of the West's most spectacular mountains and its best wildlife viewing areas. 

DVDs: Fiction – Action, Children, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

DVDs: Non-Fiction – Art, Science, History, Culture, Sports, Travel ..

  • America: The Story of Us
    America: The Story of Us

    [History-552 Minutes on 3 discs, DVD HIS STO] The series also is a story of conflict, with Native American peoples, slavery, the Revolutionary War that birthed the nation, the Civil War that divided it, and the great world war that shaped its future. 미국이란 나라가 어떻게 만들어졌는지 또한 미국 원주민, 노예제도, 독립전쟁으로 인한 나라의 탄생, 남북전쟁으로 인한 분리, 그리고 미래의 모양을 갖추게한 세계대전으로 인한 갈등을 담았다. 

  • The 60`s
    The 60`s

    [Literature-1,714 Minutes on 14 discs, DVD LIT 60S] Was the 1960s the most astounding decade in American history, as many believe? From the glamorous years of the Kennedy administration at the beginning of the decade to the triumph of the first moonwalk at the end, this comprehensive collection escorts you through the period's world-changing events. 많은 사람들의 생각처럼 미국의 역사상 1960년대가 가장 놀라웠던 때가 아닌가. 케네디 집권기부터 시작해서 최초의 달착륙까지60년대 아름다운 세월을 담았다. 

  • San Diego
    San Diego

    [Travel-26 minutes, DVD TRA SAN] San Diego, a coastal city with a wonderful climate, is California’s southernmost city. It is not quite as predictable as other U.S. metropolises and even the skyline promises something different. Palm trees, colorful flowerbeds and wonderful sandy beaches are typical of Southern California and are an open invitation to surfing and relaxation. San Diego is an unforgettable city that is a very special kind of tourist metropolis. 온화한 기후를 가진 미국의 해안도시인 산 디에고는 화려한 자연경관과 멋진 모래해변을 가진다. 이는 관광객들에게 아주 특별하고 잊지 못할 도시로 다가올 것이다.  

  • Los Angeles & Southern California
    Los Angeles & Southern California

    [Travel-45 minutes, DVD TRA LOS] This features highlights of greater Los Angeles. Fast- paced mini tours provide quick overviews of family attractions, shopping, historic sites, and other thematic categories. Also it provides special tips section on local hotels, restaurants, and transportation options.로스 앤젤레스의 관광명소, 쇼핑, 역사 유적지 등의 주제별 카테고리의 개요를 제공하고 또한 현지 호텔, 레스토랑, 운송에 대한 정보를 제공한다.  

  • 7 Days Arizona
    7 Days Arizona

    [Travel-52 minutes, DVD TRA ARI] Arizona is the land of cowboys and Indians and Wild West towns! Among its many wonders, the all persuasive color red is displayed by the awe-inspiring rock formations of its mighty canyons. A thousand years ago the highly- cultured Anasazi and Hohokam Indians lived here, planting maize and vegetables in the meager valleys and building walled towns into the cliffs of the canyons. They used the natural environment, protected caves in natural rock walls, which were accessible only by simple wooden ladders. 카우보이, 인디언과 서부 야생의 도시로 알려진 미국 애리조나 주에 대한 역사적인 배경과 그로 인한 놀라운 자연경관 등에 대한 소개에 관한 것이다.  

English Teaching

  • Teaching English to Young Learners, An Illustrated Guide for EFL Teacher Development (with Audio CD)

    [Compass Publishing 2007] Teaching English to Young Learners is targeted at developing the potential of English language classroom teachers working with children. The Teacher Development Book presents a collection of twenty modules focusing on different aspects of teaching young learners. Each module consists of an instructional model in the form of a picture story accompanied by captions and speech bubbles. A Key Vocabulary list summarizes the verbs, nouns, and other content words that appear in the story. Specific mention is also made of specialized or unusual usages. 

  • CLIL: Content and Language Integrated Learning
    CLIL: Content and Language Integrated Learning

    [Cambridge University Press 2010] CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) has emerged since the millennium as a major trend in education. Written by Do Coyle, Philip Hood and David Marsh and drawing on their experience of CLIL in secondary schools, primary schools and English language schools across Europe, this book gives a comprehensive overview of CLIL. It summarises the theory which underpins the teaching of a content subject through another language and discusses its practical application, outlining the key directions for the development of research and practice. 

  • How to Teach Listening
    How to Teach Listening

    [Pearson Longman 2008] How to Teach Listening is a practical guide to the theory of listening in the language classroom. It includes key topics such as authenticity, testing, and using technology for listening, practical ideas for conducting an effective listening lesson, strategies to ensure the long term development of students' listening skills, an audio CD of stress samples, sound bites and lesson ideas. 

  • How to Teach Grammar
    How to Teach Grammar

    [Pearson Longman 2011] Here you will find a host of ways to develop or enhance your grammar teaching skills. How to Teach Grammar demonstrates methods for practicing a variety of grammar topics, dealing with errors, and integrating grammar instruction into general methodologies such as task-based learning. 

 

Books: International Relations and Security

  • The Making of Northeast Asia (Studies in Asian Security)
    The Making of Northeast Asia (Studies in Asian Security)

    [Kent Calder, Min Ye, Stanford University Press, 2010 ] Northeast Asia, where the interests of three major nuclear powers and the world's two largest economies converge around the unstable pivot of the Korean peninsula, is a region rife with political-economic paradox. It ranks today among the most dangerous areas on earth, plagued by security problems of global importance, including nuclear and missile proliferation.  

  • Stephen Roach on the Next Asia: Opportunities and Challenges for a New Globalization
    Stephen Roach on the Next Asia: Opportunities and Challenges for a New Globalization

    [Stephen S. Roach, John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2010] "Morgan Stanley’s Asia Chairman offers his views on investment opportunities in Asia As Morgan Stanley’s chief Asia specialist, getting Asia right is Stephen Roach’s personal obsession, and this in-depth compilation represents more than 50 of Roach’s key research efforts not just on Asia, but also on how the region fits into the broad context of increasingly globalized financial markets.  

  • Asia, America, and the Transformation of Geopoliticsa
    Asia, America, and the Transformation of Geopoliticsa

    [William H. Overholt, Cambridge University Press, 2007] American security and prosperity now depend on Asia. William H. Overholt offers an iconoclastic analysis of developments in each major Asian country, Asian international relations, and US foreign policy. Drawing on decades of political and business experience, he argues that obsolete Cold War attitudes tie the US increasingly to an otherwise isolated Japan and obscure the reality that a US-Chinese bicondominium now manages most Asian issues.  

  • China, the United States, and Global Order
    China, the United States, and Global Order

    [Rosemary Foot, Cambridge University Press, 2007] The United States and China are the two most important states in the international system and are crucial to the evolution of global order. Both recognize each other as vital players in a range of issues of global significance, including the use of force, macroeconomic policy, nonproliferation of nuclear weapons, climate change and financial regulation.  

  • Read My Pins
    Read My Pins

    [Madeleine Albright , Harper Collins Publishers, 2009] New from New York Times bestselling author and former secretary of state Madeleine Albright, Read My Pins is a story and celebration of how one woman’s jewelry collection was used to make diplomatic history.  

Books: Economics and Trade Issues

  • From Asian to Global Financial Crisis: An Asian Regulator's View of Unfettered Finance in the 1990s and 2000s
    From Asian to Global Financial Crisis: An Asian Regulator's View of Unfettered Finance in the 1990s and 2000s

    [Andrew Sheng, Cambridge, 2009] This book shows how the Japanese zero interest rate policy to fight deflation helped create the carry trade that generated bubbles in Asia whose effects brought Asian economies down. 

  • The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook
    The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook

    [Ben Mezrich, Anchor Books, 2010] Best friends Eduardo Saverin and Mark Zuckerberg had spent many lonely nights looking for a way to stand out among Harvard University’s elite, comptetitive, and accomplished student body. Then, in 2003, Zuckerberg hacked into Harvard’s computers, crashed the campus network, almost got himself expelled, and was inspired to create Facebook, the social networking site that has since revolutionized communication around the world. 

  • Socialnomics: How Social Media Transforms the Way We Live and Do Business
    Socialnomics: How Social Media Transforms the Way We Live and Do Business

    [Erik Qualman, Wiley, 2011] Welcome to the world of Socialnomics—where consumers and the societies they create online have profound effects on our economy and the businesses that operate within it. Online word of mouth, social search, social commerce, and the influence of peer groups are making traditional marketing strategies obsolete. As a result, we no longer have a choice on whether we do social media; the question is how well we do it.  

Books: Environment, Science, Technology and Health

  • Food Rules: An Eater's Manual
    Food Rules: An Eater's Manual

    [Michael Pollan, Penguin Books, 2009] This brilliant pairing is rooted in Pollan's and Kalman's shared appreciation for eating's pleasures, and their understanding that eating doesn't have to be so complicated.  

  • Fragile Web: What Next for Nature?
    Fragile Web: What Next for Nature?

    [Jonathan Silvertown, University of Chicago Press, 2010] This book is a timely snapshot of the state of life on Earth. From the plant and animal products that make up our breakfast to the ecosystems that help to produce clean water, our very survival depends upon the variety of plant and animal life on our planet. 

  • In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
    In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto

    [Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, 2008] This book shows us how to change the American way of eating, one meal at a time. Pollan proposes a new answer to the question of what we should eat that comes down to seven simple but liberating words: "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants."  

  • Profiting from Clean Energy: A Complete Guide to Trading Green in Solar, Wind, Ethanol, Fuel Cell, Carbon Credit Industries, and More
    Profiting from Clean Energy: A Complete Guide to Trading Green in Solar, Wind, Ethanol, Fuel Cell, Carbon Credit Industries, and More

    [Richard W. Asplund, Wiley, 2008] With Profiting from Clean Energy, respected investment analyst Richard Asplund provides an in-depth explanation of the technology and industry structure behind various sectors of this field and in the process identifies more than 150 stocks related to clean energy.  

  • American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau
    American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau

    [Bill McKibben and Al Gore, Library of America, 2008] Thought-provoking essays on overpopulation, consumerism, energy policy, and the nature of “nature” join ecologists’ memoirs and intimate sketches of the habitats of endangered species. The anthology includes a detailed chronology of the environmental movement and American environmental history, as well as an 80-page color portfolio of illustrations. 

Books: U.S. Politics, Education, and Social Processes

  • American Education - 15th Edition
    American Education - 15th Edition

    [Joel Spring , McGrawHill, 2011] Clear, concise, and authoritative compact and affordable, too with scholarship that is often cited as a primary source, American Education brings up-to-date information and challenging perspectives to teacher educators’ classrooms. Revised every two years, American Education provides a fresh, concise, and up-to-date introduction to the historical, political, social, and legal foundations of education and to the profession of teaching in the United States. 

  • Supreme Power: Franklin Roosevelt vs. the Supreme Court
    Supreme Power: Franklin Roosevelt vs. the Supreme Court

    [Jeff Shesol, WW Norton & Company, 2010] In the years before World War II, Franklin Roosevelt's fiercest, most unyielding opponent was neither a foreign power nor "fear itself." It was the U.S. Supreme Court. Beginning in 1935, in a series of devastating decisions, the Supreme Court's conservative majority left much of FDR's agenda in ruins.  

  • New and Collected Poems
    New and Collected Poems

    [Richard Wilbur, Harcourt, 1989] This volume represents virtually all of Wilbur’s published poetry to date, including his six earlier collections, twenty-seven new poems, and a cantata. Winner of the 1989 Pulitzer Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Award for Poetry. -- Provided by publisher.  

  • Ironweed
    Ironweed

    [William J. Kennedy, Penguin Group, 1984] Ironweed, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, is the best-known of William Kennedy's three Albany-based novels.  

  • American Woman
    American Woman

    [Susan Choi , Perennial, 2004] A thought-provoking meditation on themes of race, identity, and class, American Woman explores the psychology of the young radicals, the intensity of their isolated existence, and the paranoia and fear that undermine their ideals.  

Books: Arts and Literature

Books: America in Color – Coffee Table Books

  • The Harley-Davidson Motor Co. archive collection.
    The Harley-Davidson Motor Co. archive collection.

    [Leffingwell, Randy, Motorbooks, 2008] On the eve of the opening of the historic Harley-Davidson Museum, this book gives motorcycle enthusiasts an opportunity to pore over the bikes in the collection, and to linger over every detail that made Harley-Davidson such an icon of American open-road power and performance. 

  • Pop art: contemporary perspectives: Princeton University Art Museum. Pop art: contemporary perspectives: Princeton University Art Museum.
    Pop art: contemporary perspectives: Princeton University Art Museum.

    [Wilmerding, John, Princeton University Art Museum, 2007] Princeton University Art Museum Monographs is a new series of in-depth explorations of the museum's rich collections. Beautifully designed and produced, these books by leading and emerging scholars offer new insights and perspectives on a single work or group of works from Princeton's distinguished permanent collection. 

  • Adventures in modern art: the Charles K. Williams II collection.
    Adventures in modern art: the Charles K. Williams II collection.

    [Shoemaker, Innis Howe , Philadelphia Museum of Art Pub., 2009] This fully illustrated catalogue features entries on more than one hundred significant works by artists including Stieglitz Circle painters Georgia O’Keeffe, John Marin, Marsden Hartley, and Arthur Dove; Precisionists Charles Demuth, Ralston Crawford, George Ault, and Charles Sheeler. 

  • The Chicagoan: a lost magazine of the jazz age.
    The Chicagoan: a lost magazine of the jazz age.

    [Harris, Neil, University of Chicago Press, 2008] This book is about noted historian Neil Harris who made a surprising discovery: a group of nine plainly bound volumes whose unassuming spines bore the name the Chicagoan. Here Harris brings this lost magazine of the Jazz Age back to life. In its own words, the Chicagoan claimed to represent “a cultural, civilized, and vibrant” city “which needs make no obeisance to Park Avenue, Mayfair, or the Champs Elysees.” 

  • Kantha: the embroidered quilts of Bengal from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz collection and the Stella Kramrisch collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
    Kantha: the embroidered quilts of Bengal from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz collection and the Stella Kramrisch collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

    [Mason, Darielle ed., Philadelphia Museum of Art, Yale University Press, 2009] This first book-length study on Kanthas published outside of South Asia focuses on two premier collections, one assembled by the legendary historian of Indian art, Dr. Stella Kramrisch, the other by Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz, leading proponents of self-taught art. 

  • Keywords in American landscape design.
    Keywords in American landscape design.

    [O’Malley, Therese, Yale University Press, 2010] This illustrated historical dictionary of landscape design vocabulary used in North America defines a selection of one hundred terms and concepts used in garden planning and landscape architecture. The broad geographic scope of the texts reveals patterns of regional usage, while the chronological range provides evidence of changing design practice and landscape vocabulary over time. 

  • The New York times complete Civil War, 1861-1865
    The New York times complete Civil War, 1861-1865

    [Clinton, Bill foreword, Black Dog & Leventhal, 2010] The Civil War as you have never experienced it before, through original, first-hand reportage of The New York Times, the country's newspaper of record. Available for the first time in a unique book/DVD package. The Complete Civil War collects every article written about the war from 1861 to 1865, plus select pieces before and after the war and is filled with the action, politics, and personal stories of this monumental event. 

  • With strings attached: the art and beauty of vintage guitars
    With strings attached: the art and beauty of vintage guitars

    [Kellerman, Jonathan, Ballantine Books, 2008] Kellerman takes us on a fascinating guided tour through his collection, complete with rich personal histories of his favorite instruments and of the brilliant, often eccentric craftsmen and musicians who brought them to life. It is a record of one man’s lifelong love affair with the guitar . . . and it is much, much more. 

DVDs: Fiction – Action, Children, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

  • The Elia Kazan Collection selected by Martin Scorsese
    The Elia Kazan Collection selected by Martin Scorsese

    [Title: The Elia Kazan Collection selected by Martin Scorsese||Running Time: 1,805 minutes on 18 discs||Item No: DVD DRA ELI]From classic film noir to timeless period pieces, Kazan made a singular impact on the art of the motion picture, while evoking milestone performances from Hollywood's very best, including Marlon Brando, James Dean, Warren Beatty, Natalie Wood and Walter Matthau. Also included in this extraordinary set is A Letter to Elia, the new, full-length documentary on Kazan's life, produced and presented by Scorsese himself. 

  • The West Wing 7PK
    The West Wing 7PK

    [Title: The West Wing 7PK||Running Time: 6,730 minutes on 45 discs||Item No: DVD DRA WES]The West Wing ventured where no other TV series had gone before: an extraordinarily intimate look at an American President and the inner workings of the White House. Experience all the crises, triumphs, lofty idealism and hard realities of the acclaimed series in this complete seven-season DVD set. 

DVDs: Non-Fiction – Art, Science, History, Culture, Sports, Travel ..

  • nedys: An American Family 8PK
    Kennedys: An American Family 8PK

    [Title: Kennedys: An American Family 8PK||Running Time: 1,400 minutes on 10 discs||Item No: DVD POL KEN] Often called America's royal family, the name Kennedy has become synonymous with astounding political highs and devastating personal lows. This definitive collection examines the lives of the three brothers who scaled political and societal heights, triumphant and tragic, and reflects on the lasting, distinctive imprint they have made on the political and cultural landscape. 

  • Nutrition Super Pack
    Nutrition Super Pack

    [Title: Nutrition Super Pack||Running Time: 172 minutes on 11 discs||Item No: DVD ESTH NUT] Beef-up your nutrition lessons with these fun and educational programs. These 11 Modules are the perfect way to teach students the importance of food and human nutrition. 

  • Great American Authors since 1650 4PK
    Great American Authors since 1650 4PK

    [Title: Great American Authors since 1650 4PK||Running Time: 240 minutes on 4 discs||Item No: DVD LIT GRE] Presented by Jane Kaczmarek, Great American Authors: 1650 to Present presents the rich, literary tradition of American storytelling.. No country has produced a more impressive group of writers in a shorter period of time than America. It has been an incredible journey of finding the nation's voice, beginning with the first colonists in the 17th century to a small cadre of brilliant, 19th century, New England writers who defined the unique American experience and soul, to the whole country speaking out in the 20th Century against war, poverty, racism and alienation.