UDM Libraries Book of the Week

Edited by Anne P. Mintz For all its amazing benefits, the worldwide social media phenomenon—epitomized by such sites as Facebook, Myspace, eBay, Twitter, and craigslist—has provided manipulative people and organizations with the tools (and human targets) that allow hoaxes and con games to be perpetrated on a vast scale. In this eye-opening follow-up to her popular 2002 book, Web of Deception, Anne P. Mintz brings together a team of expert researchers, journalists, and subject experts to explain how misinformation is...

by Gregory K. Moffatt Rather than addressing what goes wrong when people are traumatized, Survivors: What We Can Learn from How They Cope with Horrific Tragedy takes a positivist approach. Filled with stories of people who overcame seemingly unbearable events, the book examines the details of their traumas to explain what combination of factors enabled them to thrive despite their experiences. Survivors studies men and women, adults and children, Americans and those from other lands. It encompasses victims of the...

by Scott Melzer Nothing conjures up images of the American frontier and a pick-yourself-up-by-the-bootstraps view of freedom and independence quite like guns. Gun Crusaders is a fascinating inside look at how the four-million member National Rifle Association and its committed members come to see each and every gun control threat as a step down the path towards gun confiscation, and eventually socialism. Enlivened by a rich analysis of NRA materials, meetings, leader speeches, and unique in-depth interviews with NRA members,...

T.D. Jakes Presents: Follow the Star A who’s who of gospel and mainstream artists lend their extraordinary talent on this must see DVD Christmas compilation; T.D. Jakes Presents: Follow The Star. Over 90 minutes of Christmas celebrations featuring the incomparable Vickie Winans and Gospel Sensation Smokie Norful as co-hosts for the BET Broadcast. A stellar line-up of A-list performances include Grammy Award winners Blind Boys of Alabama, Aaron Neville, Mary Mary, El Trio De Hoy, The Potters House Mass Choir,...