Judie’s Virtual Reading Room! Volume 1, Issue 1 April 23, 2012

Welcome to my Virtual Reading Room. Today in my first issue of the VRR, I will share with you some details about a few new additions to the J. Ardis Bell Library’s book collections which I enjoyed browsing and reading. I encourage you to check them out as well. To help facilitate your browsing experience I have included a link that takes you to the TCCD Libraries’ Catalog for virtual browsing. For those folks who prefer to browse content with the book in hand, I have included the Library of Congress subject heading call number ( i.e. the book’s home address in the stacks) aka LC#, and the International Standard Book Number aka ISBN # or in some cases the International Standard Serial Number aka ISNN #. 

The Jefferson Bible: The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Extracted Textually From the Gospels in Greek, Latin, and French & English by Thomas Jefferson with Essays by Harry R Rubenstein, Barbara Clark Smith & Janice Stagnitto Ellis, 2011. Six years before his death in 1826 Thomas Jefferson completed a project that he had worked on privately for many years, this book in which he cut out, assembled, then pasted parts of four gospels of the New Testament in four different languages to create this book. He arranged them in chronological order to tell of the life story, and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. He included maps pullout maps of the journey and a table of the texts and the order of the arrangement as well.
TCCD Libraries Catalog link.
LC#: BT304.95 .J44 2011
ISBN: 9781588343123

The FBI: A Centennial History, 1908-2008 by The United States Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigations complied by the U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI, 2008. The content of this book while brief in details provides an enlightening glimpse into workings of the FBI and its mission including many photographs historically significant artifacts and events from a photo of the 1^st Wanted Poster to photos of the Patty Hearst kidnapping.
TCCD Libraries Catalog link.
LC#: HV8144.F43 F23 2008
ISBN: 9780160809545

Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Barack Obama vol 1, by Barack Obama 2009. With the Forward written by the President it contains all the public papers from his first six months in office including Inaugural Address, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act of 2009 Public Law No: 111-2 which was the first bill he signed and a Photographic Portfolio of the first six months of his presidency.
TCCD Libraries Catalog link
LC#: J80 .A283 2009 vol.1
ISNN:0079-7626

The Devil on Trial: Witches, Anarchists, Atheists, Communist and Terrorist in America’s Courtrooms by Phillip Margulies & Maxine Rosaler, 2008. The book takes an in-depth look at five court trials: the Salem witch trials (1692), the Haymarket bomb trial (1886), the Scopes monkey trial (1925), the Alger Hiss trial (1949-1950) and the Zacarias Moussaoui trial (2006) and the American justice system. It explores the social aspects of the time, place and events and how those factors impacted the trials.
TCCD Libraries Catalog link
LC#: KF220 .M27 2008
ISBN: 9780618717170

Tocqueville and His America: a Darker Horizon by Arthur Kaledin, 2011. The author has blended together in his original work a character study, a biography of Alexis de Tocqueville and an informative analysis of the 1835 work Democracy in America, and how it may have some relevance in America today.
TCCD Libraries Catalog Link
LC#: JC229.T8 K35 2011
ISBN:9780300119312

Until next time …. happy reading!

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This post was written by JUDIE SMITH