Recommended Reading January 2019 – Mental Health & Wellness

The Library’s Recommended Reading theme for January 2019 is Mental Health and Wellness.

As the winter sets in and gray skies can trigger the winter blues, it is a good time to engage with caring for our minds. It can be difficult to talk about our mental health for many reasons: sigma, need for privacy, and lack of support. These resources will help inform you about different aspects of mental illness, help you reflect on your own needs, and find stories to comfort an entertain you this winter.

Find some suggested titles, as well as online resources and local support for mental health on our Recommended Reading Guide.

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Need someone to talk to? Don’t wait. Visit the Highline College Counseling Center. Confidential and open to all Highline faculty, staff, and students.

Building 6, Upper Floor | Phone: (206) 592-3353 | Email: counseling@highline.edu

If you or someone you know is experiencing an acute mental health crisis, you can call the King County Crisis Connections 24 hour hotline at 866-427-4747. Over 400 trained volunteers and experienced staff provide support, resources, and training to people in King County.

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Sample Reading List:

The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der KolkPublication Date: 2014-09-25

In The Body Keeps the Score, Bessel van der Kolk transforms our understanding of traumatic stress, revealing how it literally rearranges the brain’s wiring;specifically areas dedicated to pleasure, engagement, control, and trust. He shows how these areas can be reactivated through innovative treatments including neurofeedback, mindfulness techniques, play, yoga, and other therapies. Based on Dr. van der Kolk’s own research and that of other leading specialists, The Body Keeps the Score offers proven alternatives to drugs and talk therapy;and a way to reclaim lives.

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Borderline Personality Disorder by Alexander L. Chapman; Kim L. Gratz

Publication Date: 2013-10-01

This easy-to-read book offers an introduction to BPD for those who have recently been diagnosed, outlines the most common complications of the illness and the most effective treatments available, and provides readers with practical strategies for staying on the path to recovery.

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Every Body Yoga by Jessamyn Stanley

Publication Date: 2017-04-04

Jessamyn Stanley, a yogi who breaks all the stereotypes, has built a life as an internationally recognized yoga teacher and award-winning Instagram star by combining a deep understanding for yoga with a willingness to share her personal struggles in a way that touches everyone who comes to know her. Now she brings her body-positive, emotionally uplifting approach to yoga in a book that will help every reader discover the power of yoga and how to weave it seamlessly into his or her life.

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The Parents’ Guide to Psychological First Aid by Gerald Koocher; Annette La Greca

Publication Date: 2010-11-12

Compiled by two seasoned clinical psychologists, The Parents’ Guide to Psychological First Aid brings together articles by recognized experts who provide you with the information you need to help your child navigate the many trying problems that typically afflict young people.

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Willow Weep for Me by Meri Nana-Ama Danquah

Publication Date: 1998-02-17

Meri Danquah, a “working-class broke,” twenty-two-year-old single mother, began to suffer from a variety of depressive symptoms after she gave birth to her daughter, which led her to suspect that she might be going crazy. Understanding the importance of strength in a world that often undervalues black women’s lives, she shrouded herself and her illness in silence and denial. She moves back to the city of her childhood where she befriends two black women who are also suffering from depression. With their support she confronts the traumatic childhood events–sexual abuse, neglect, and loss–that lie beneath her grief. This is not simply a memoir about depression, it is a powerful meditation on courage and a litany for survival.

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Winter Blues, Fourth Edition by Norman E. Rosenthal

Publication Date: 2012-09-04

When the dark days of winter approach, do you feel sluggish and slow? Is it a struggle to get out of bed each morning? Do you have difficulty focusing at work or in relationships, feel down in the dumps, or, worse still, get really depressed? Does it get harder than ever to stick to a healthy diet and control your weight? If you answered yes to one or more of these questions, you may be one of the millions of people who suffer from seasonal affective disorder (SAD). Picking up this book is the first step toward feeling more energized, productive, and alive–all year long.

Unholy Ghost by Nell Casey

Publication Date: 2002-01-08

Unholy Ghost is a unique collection of essays about depression that, in the spirit of William Styron’s Darkness Visible, finds vivid expression for an elusive illness suffered by more than one in five Americans today. Unlike any other memoir of depression, however, Unholy Ghost includes many voices and depicts the most complete portrait of the illness. With an introduction by Kay Redfield Jamison, Unholy Ghost allows the bewildering experience of depression to be adequately and beautifully rendered. The twenty-two stories that make up this book will offer solace and enlightenment to all readers.

November 2018 Recommended Reading: Hunger and Homelessness

The Library’s Recommended Reading theme for November 2018 is Hunger and Homelessness.

 

Here are ways you can explore this topic and learn more:

• Recommended Reading Display on the second floor of the library (Building 25) by the circulation desk
• Recommended Reading LibGuide
• Highline Reference Librarians Facebook
• Highline Library Twitter or @HighlineLibrary

Sample reading list:

Breaking Night by Liz Murray

Call Number:  362.74092 M982b 2010

ISBN: 9780786868919

Publication Date: 2010-09-07

This is a stunning memoir of a young woman who at age fifteen was living on the streets, and who eventually made it into Harvard. Liz Murray was born to loving but drug-addicted parents in the Bronx. In school she was taunted for her dirty clothing and lice-infested hair, eventually skipping so many classes that she was put into a girls’ home. At age fifteen, Liz found herself on the streets when her family finally unraveled. When Liz’s mother died of AIDS, she decided to take control of her own destiny and go back to high school, often completing her assignments in the hallways and subway stations where she slept. Liz squeezed four years of high school into two, while homeless; won a New York Times scholarship; and made it into the Ivy League.

Dear America by Jose Vargas

ISBN: 9780062851352

Publication Date: 2018-09-18

This book–at its core–is not about immigration at all. This book is about homelessness, not in a traditional sense, but in the unsettled, unmoored psychological state that undocumented immigrants like myself find ourselves in. This book is about lying and being forced to lie to get by; about passing as an American and as a contributing citizen; about families, keeping them together, and having to make new ones when you can’t. This book is about constantly hiding from the government and, in the process, hiding from ourselves. This book is about what it means to not have a home.

The Divide by Matt Taibbi; Molly Crabapple (Illustrator)

Call Number: 339.2 T129d 2014

ISBN: 9780812983630

Publication Date: 2014-10-21

Over the last two decades, America has been falling deeper and deeper into a statistical mystery: Poverty goes up. Crime goes down. The prison population doubles. Fraud by the rich wipes out 40 percent of the world’s wealth. The rich get massively richer. No one goes to jail. In search of a solution, journalist Matt Taibbi discovered the Divide, the seam in American life where our two most troubling trends–growing wealth inequality and mass incarceration–come together, driven by a dramatic shift in American citizenship: Our basic rights are now determined by our wealth or poverty.

Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich; Frances Fox Piven

ISBN: 9780805088380

Publication Date: 2008-06-24

The bestselling, landmark work of undercover reportage. Funny, poignant, and passionate, this firsthand account of life in low-wage America–the story of Barbara Ehrenreich’s attempts to eke out a living while working as a waitress, hotel maid, house cleaner, nursing-home aide, and Wal-Mart associate–has become an essential part of the nation’s political discourse.

No Room of Her Own by Desiree Hellegers

Call Number: 362.5092 H477n 2011

ISBN: 9780230116573

Publication Date: 2011-10-20

This oral history collection brings together extended interviews with fifteen women, illuminating the part that gender roles play in ensnaring women in cycles of domestic abuse and homelessness and highlighting the physical stresses. It also challenges liberal myths about homeless people, and homeless women in particular.

One Billion Hungry by Gordon Conway; Katy Wilson; Rajiv Shah (Foreword by)

Call Number: 338.19 C767o 2012

ISBN: 9780801451331

Publication Date: 2012-10-16

This book explains the many interrelated issues critical to our global food supply from the science of agricultural advances to the politics of food security, emphasizing the essential combination of increased food production, environmental stability, and poverty reduction necessary to end endemic hunger on our planet. Conway addresses a series of urgent questions about global hunger, and succeeds in sharing his informed optimism about our collective ability to address these fundamental challenges if we use technology paired with sustainable practices and strategic planning.

The Open Door by Carol L. M. Caton

Call Number:  362.20973 C366o 2017

ISBN: 9780190463380

Publication Date: 2017-04-25

This book explains how and why homelessness among the mentally ill has persisted over the past 35 years, despite policy and program initiatives to end it. This ten-chapter book chronicles the unintended rise of homelessness in the wake of far-reaching post-World War II mental health care reforms, and highlights the key role of advocacy in spurring a governmental response to homelessness.

10/8/18 Recommended Reading List – LGBTTQIA History Month!

The library’s recommended reading theme for this month is LGBTTQIA History Month.

This October for LGBTTQIA History month, we celebrate and remember the history of the gay rights movement and look to the present and futures of queer and trans politics. This month’s library display and following libguide highlight resources and stories of past and present LGBTTQIA artists, thinkers, and activists from around the world! Libguide with more media and resources found HERE

Peak some of the featured media and books below!

Paris is Burning

Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution

Gender Outlaws: the next generation

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: a resource for the transgender community

Exile and Pride: disability, queerness, and liberation

Transcendent: the year’s best transgender speculative fiction

Juliet Takes a Breath 

 

See the full list in the Recommended Reading Libguide

 

August 2018 Recommended Reading: Summer in the Wild

The Library’s Recommended Reading theme for August 2018 is “Summer in the Wild”.

Great things can happen when you explore. Don’t let summer pass without trying a little or a lot of adventure outside.

Here are some ideas:

1. Try a short walk around your neighborhood during a summer evening, a picnic at a city park, or a day hike on one of the local urban trails.
2. Want a local adventure outside the city? Try backpacking or camping at a state or national park.
3. Finally, the United States, North America, and the world are full of places to explore. Talk to a librarian to learn more!

TEDSalon Video: Why bother leaving the house? 

Speaker: Ben Saunders at TEDSalon London Fall 2012.

Video description:

Explorer Ben Saunders wants you to go outside! Not because it’s always pleasant and happy, but because that’s where the meat of life is, “the juice that we can suck out of our hours and days.” Saunders’ next outdoor excursion? To try to be the first in the world to walk from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back again.

Get more information about our August theme from the following locations and follow us on social media.

• Recommended Reading Display on the second floor of the library (Building 25) by the circulation desk
• Recommended Reading LibGuide
• Highline Reference Librarians Facebook
• Highline Library Twitter or @HighlineLibrary

Get ready for an outdoor adventure, or read about adventures and environmental activism with these books.

July 2018 Recommended Reading: Independence Day

On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress unanimously adopted the Declaration of Independence, announcing the colonies’ separation from Great Britain. Philadelphians marked the first anniversary of American independence with a spontaneous celebration.

By the 1870s, the Fourth of July was the most important secular holiday on the calendar. Congress passed a law making Independence Day a federal holiday on June 28, 1870 (Library of Congress).

To celebrate Independence Day-the Fourth of July, Highline College Library presents the recommended reading list. For more information on this theme, check out the resources below.

• Recommended Reading Display on the second floor of the library (Building 25) by the circulation desk
• Recommended Reading LibGuide
• Highline Reference Librarians Facebook
• Highline Library Twitter or @HighlineLibrary

Source: Wikimedia (open source)

 

National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month 2016

Library Guide for National American and Alaska Native Heritage Month 2016

http://libguides.highline.edu/recommendedreadamericanindianheritagemonth

November is Native American Heritage Month, or as it is commonly referred to, American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month.

The month is a time to celebrate rich and diverse cultures, traditions, and histories and to acknowledge the important contributions of Native people. Heritage Month is also an opportune time to educate the general public about tribes, to raise a general awareness about the unique challenges Native people have faced both historically and in the present, and the ways in which tribal citizens have worked to conquer these challenges.

http://www.ncai.org/initiatives/native-american-heritage-month

Tanya Powers: Highline Voices

https://www.highline.edu/fwm-tanya-powers/

Tribal Sovereignty in Washington State Curriculum

http://www.indian-ed.org/

Today’s Native American Topic Guide from King County Library

https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/list/share/209743155_kcls_librarians_diversity/594598538

Northwest Coast American Indian Tribes List

• Alsea
• Bella Bella
• Bella Coola
• Chehalis
• Chinook
• Clatskanie
• Comox
• Cowlitz
• Haida
• Haisla
• Heiltsuk
• Klallam
• Kwakiutl
• Makah
• Nisga-Gitksan
• Nooksack
• Nootka
• Pentlatch
• Puget Sound Salish
• Quileute
• Quinault
• Siuslaw
• Straits Salish
• Takelma
• Tillamook
• Tlingit
• Tsimshian
• Tututni
• Twana
• Umpqua

Indigenous Environmental Network

http://www.ienearth.org/

Standing Rock

http://standingrock.org/

Native News ONLINE.Net

MSNBC’S O’Donnell and Standing Rock Video

http://nativenewsonline.net/currents/msnbcs-odonnell-telling-like-standing-rock/

History of Native American Indian and Alaska American Heritage Month by the U.S. Department Of The Interior Indian Affairs

http://www.ncai.org/initiatives/native-american-heritage-month

National Museum of the American Indian

http://www.nmai.si.edu/

Indian Country Today

http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/

The Free Thought Project

http://thefreethoughtproject.com/police-killing-native-americans-higher-rate-race-talking/

Media Resources

Sociological Images – Pocahontas Meets Adriel Luis (Spoken Word)

https://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2010/08/18/pocahontas-meets-adriel-luis-slip-of-the-tongue/

NEXTGEN Native Speakers at TED TALKS

http://nextgennative.com/native-american-speakers-at-ted-talks/

Matika Wilbar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2bs1TTc4gk

Sherman Alexie on “Living Outside Borders” with Bill Moyers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_F_jl3BE-k

Hip Hop Artists:

Rez Life/ Blue Flamez

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skIWuRkfx3A

N8ve Narrow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXjd0xJhqzk

Pacific NW Artists

http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2016/06/17/3-native-artists-shaking-seattle-164829

President’s Day Monday 15th, February 2016 Recommended Reads

http://libguides.highline.edu/recommendedreadingguide

The History of President’s Day

Presidents’ Day is an American holiday celebrated on the third Monday in February. Originally established in 1885 in recognition of President George Washington, it is still officially called “Washington’s Birthday” by the federal government. Traditionally celebrated on February 22—Washington’s actual day of birth—the holiday became popularly known as Presidents’ Day after it was moved as part of 1971’s Uniform Monday Holiday Act, an attempt to create more three-day weekends for the nation’s workers. While several states still have individual holidays honoring the birthdays of Washington, Abraham Lincoln and other figures, Presidents’ Day is now popularly viewed as a day to celebrate all U.S. presidents past and present.

 

January’s E-Resource of the Month Academic Video Online brought to you by LibraryLive!

Highline Library

January’s E-Resource of the Month: Academic Video Online (Alexander Street Press)

Academic Video Online (Alexander Street Press) contains more than 48,000 titles.

Academic Video Online (Alexander Street Press) covers all disciplines and subject areas, with specific strengths in:

·        Science ·        Anthropology ·        Counseling & Therapy ·        Fashion ·        Business & Economics ·        Nursing

·        Diversity Studies ·        Education ·        Documentary Film ·        Feature Film ·        Allied Health ·        Engineering

·        History ·        Music & Dance ·        News & Current Events ·        Theater & Drama ·        Criminal Justice ·        and more!

Learning and Search Tools
In addition to breadth and depth of content, Academic Video Online offers a wide range of platform tools for learning, research, and teaching, including:

·        Learning segments. More than 14,000 learning segments make it easy for instructors to find and integrate specific video content into the classroom and help users get to the right content faster. Each segment is fully searchable and includes an abstract, making user selection even easier.

·        Transcripts. Users view searchable, scrolling transcripts alongside more than 95% of titles.

·        Clipping functionality. Users can easily create, annotate, and share video clips and playlists, and can embed them in third-party sites.

·        Permanent URLs. All videos, clips, and playlists can be cited at permanent URLs, making integration with any learning management system easy.

·        HD-quality player. A video player with a 16:9 aspect ratio that streams up to 2.5 mbps allows for optimized high-definition viewing.

·        Comprehensive permissions. The platform enables in-class, on-campus, and remote viewing.

The videos can easily be embedded in Canvas, contact refhelp@highline.edu for specifics on how to do this.

1.      To access Academic Video Online go to the Library homepage http://library.highline.edu/, click on “Search databases” under Find Information.

2.      Then on the Search Databases page click “Databases A to Z”, the second tab.

Please share this wonderful resource with your students and embed a streaming video(s) into Canvas.

Questions about Academic Video Online or other library resources email us at refhelp@highline.edu.

Recommended Reading/Viewing: December

Recommended Reading/Viewing for December 2015: If you liked the movie you’ll love the book!

If you liked the movie you’ll love the book!

Books inspire people in many different ways, and for some, books provide an inspiration for film.  For the month of December read the books that inspired some wonderful movies and watch those films that were influenced by books.

Below is a sample of the resources on our Recommended Reading/Viewing List

For the complete list, please visit our Recommended Reading Library Guide

 

Recommended Reading/Viewing for October/November 2015: Disability Awareness Month

Disability Awareness Month
Suggested Reading for October, 2015

Here is a sample of the resources on our Recommended Reading/Viewing List

For the complete list, please visit our Recommended Reading Library Guide.

Books:

Disability and the media : prescriptions for change / Charles A. Riley II.
302.23087 R573d 2005

Secret girl / Molly Bruce Jacobs.
362.1968588 J17s 2007

Short bus : a journey beyond normal / Jonathan Mooney.
362.1968588 M818s 2008

Joey / Joseph John Deacon
362.21092 D278j 1974

Mary Fran and Mo / Maureen Lynch. 1979
362.3092 L987L

 

E-Books:
Asperger syndrome and employment [electronic resource] : what people with Asperger syndrome really really want / Sarah Hendrickx ; foreword by John Biddulph.
Electronic Book 2009

 

Faces of intellectual disability [electronic resource] : philosophical reflections / Licia Carlson.

Electronic Book 616.8588 2010

 

Writers on the spectrum [electronic resource] : how autism and Asperger syndrome have influenced literary writing / Julie Brown.
Electronic Book 820.9/3527 2010

 

Rain man / United Artists
Media Collection, 791.4372 R154 2004 DVD

ADHD Rush Hour [electronic resource] / Lorand Entertainment Inc.
Online Videos – Films on Demand Collection, 2012

 

Alice project [electronic resource] : creative arts therapy in action / Herbison, Philip.
Online Videos – Films on Demand Collection 2007

 

Body of war [electronic resource] / Public Affairs Television (Firm)
Online Videos – Films on Demand Collection 2008

 

Oops, Wrong Planet [electronic resource] : Understanding Asperger’s Syndrome / Beyond Entertainment Ltd.
Online Videos – Films on Demand Collection 2010

 

Podcasts:

Ouch! Disability Talk Show
Razor sharp talk from the BBC’s disability site, Ouch! Presented by comedians Mat Fraser and Liz Carr. Featuring interviews, quizzes, discussions, chat and plenty of humour. A new episode appears every two weeks.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/ouch

Blind Cool Tech (past episodes)
http://www.blindcooltech.com/index.html
…assistive technology blind people can use.