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Thinking, Fast and Slow By Daniel Kahneman Named one of the Ten Best Books of 2011 by the New York Times Call Number:  BF 441 .K238 2011 Publisher's Description :  Daniel Kahneman, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his seminal work in psychology that challenged the rational model of judgment and decision making, is one of our most important thinkers. His ideas have had a profound and widely regarded impact on many fields—including economics, medicine, and politics—but until now, he has never brought together his many years of research and thinking in one book. In the highly anticipated Thinking, Fast and Slow , Kahneman takes us on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two systems that drive the way we think. System 1 is fast, intuitive, and emotional; System 2 is slower, more deliberative, and more logical. Kahneman exposes the extraordinary capabilities—and also the faults and biases—of fast thinking, and reveals the per...

On Monday, the University Library held the prize drawing for participants of the University Library Website Survey. Sara Miller, pictured at left, is the grand prize winner! She's now the proud owner of a Kindle Fire. Sara is a first year undergraduate student here at UWSP. Other prize winners include Mick Veum from the Physics and Astronomy department, Maggie Watson from the School of Comunicative Disorders, Lorry Walters from Career Services, Hannah Brillowski from Dining Services and Jason Davis, a UWSP student. Congratulations to all the prize winners, and thank you to everyone who took the time to complete the survey. The Library is currently analyzing the results, and will post these publicly when available. If you have any questions about the survey, please contact Laura Schmidli .

We now have access to the Gale Virtual Reference Library. A collection of specialized reference sources. From the Library homepage, go to "Find Article Databases" and search "Gale" or the letter G. Titles (with multiple volumes) include: American Decades, American Decades Primary Sources, Dynamics of Family Business: The Chinese Way, Encyclopaedia Judaica, Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Social Issues, Encyclopedia of European Social History, Encyclopedia of Religion, Food Cultures of the World Encyclopedia, Forestry in China, The Gale Encyclopedia of Diets: A Guide to Health and Nutrition, The Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia, Guide to Islamist Movements, Higher Education in China, Human Diseases and Conditions, A Pictorial Record of the Qing Dynasty, Public Relations in Asia: An Anthology, Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices, Social History of the United States, St...

It's All About the Bike:  The Pursuit of  Happiness on Two Wheels By Robert Penn Call Number:  TL 410 .P46 2011 Review from the New York Times Publisher's Description: Robert Penn has saddled up nearly every day of his adult life. In his late twenties, he pedaled 25,000 miles around the world. Today he rides to get to work, sometimes for work, to bathe in air and sunshine, to travel, to go shopping, to stay sane, and to skip bath time with his kids. He's no Sunday pedal pusher. So when the time came for a new bike, he decided to pull out all the stops. He would build his dream bike, the bike he would ride for the rest of his life; a customized machine that reflects the joy of cycling. It's All About the Bike follows Penn's journey, but this book is more than the story of his hunt for two-wheel perfection. En route, Penn brilliantly explores the culture, science, and history of the bicycle. From artisanal frame shops in the United Kingdom to Ca...

Why Read Moby Dick? By Nathaniel Philbrick Call Number:  PS 2384 .M62 P55 2011 New York Times Review Publisher's Description :  Moby-Dick is perhaps the greatest of the Great American Novels, yet its length and esoteric subject matter create an aura of difficulty that too often keeps readers at bay. Fortunately, one unabashed fan wants passionately to give Melville's masterpiece the broad contemporary audience it deserves. In his National Book Award- winning bestseller, In the Heart of the Sea, Nathaniel Philbrick captivatingly unpacked the story of the wreck of the whaleship Essex, the real-life incident that inspired Melville to write Moby- Dick . Now, he sets his sights on the fiction itself, offering a cabin master's tour of a spellbinding novel rich with adventure and history. Philbrick skillfully navigates Melville's world and illuminates the book's humor and unforgettable characters-finding the thread that binds Ishmael and Ahab to our own time a...