Thursday, November 5, 2009

Books and Films Relating to Veterans' Issues

Veterans Appreciation Week at Century is November 9-13. The Century Library has many resources relating to veterans' issues. The following is a selected list. Stop by the library and browse!

Books

Armstrong, Keith (Keith Robert) : Courage after fire : coping strategies for troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan and their families / Keith Armstrong, Suzanne Best, Paula Domenici ; foreword by Bob Dole. Berkeley, CA : Ulysses : Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2006.
Century Library General Collection RC550 .A74 2006

Bissell, Tom, 1974- : The father of all things : a Marine, his son, and the legacy of Vietnam / Tom Bissell. New York : Pantheon Books, c2007.
Century Library General Collection DS557 .B57 2007

Cantrell, Bridget C. : Down range : to Iraq and back / Bridget C. Cantrell & Chuck Dean. Seattle, WA : WordSmith Publishing, c2005.
Century Library General Collection RC552.P67 C36 2005

Coleman, Penny. : Flashback : posttraumatic stress disorder, suicide, and the lessons of war / Penny Coleman ; [foreword by Jonathan Shay]. Boston : Beacon Press, c2006.
Century Library General Collection RC552.P67 C65 2006

Creating a veteran-friendly campus : strategies for transition and success / Robert Ackerman, David DiRamio, editors. San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 2009.
Century Library (CTL) Center for Teaching and Learning Collection LB2343 .N48 no.126

Federal benefits for veterans and dependents. / Department of Veterans Affairs. Washington, D.C. : The Department : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., [2007]
Century Library Pamphlet Collection-- Filing Cabinets VETERANS

Forever a soldier : unforgettable stories of wartime service / [edited] by Tom Wiener. Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, c2005.
Century Library General Collection U52 .W54 2005

Gaytan, Peter S. : For service to your country : the insider's guide to veterans' benefits / Peter S. Gaytan and Marian Edelman Borden ; foreword by Bob Dole. New York, NY : Kensington Pub. Corp., c2008.
Century Library General Collection UB357 .G39 2008

Humes, Edward. : Over here : how the G.I. Bill transformed the American dream / Edward Humes. Orlando : Harcourt, c2006.
Century Library General Collection UB357 .H76 2006

Lifton, Robert Jay, 1926- : Home from the war : learning from Vietnam veterans : with a new preface by the author on the War in Iraq / Robert Jay Lifton. New York : Other Press, c2005.
Century Library General Collection DS559.73.U6 L54 2005

Nadelson, Theodore, 1930-2003. : Trained to kill : soldiers at war / Theodore Nadelson. Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005.
Century Library General Collection U21.5 .N33 2005

Paulson, Daryl S., 1947- : Haunted by combat : understanding PTSD in war veterans including women, reservists, and those coming back from Iraq / Daryl S. Paulson and Stanley Krippner ; introduction by Jeffrey Kirkwood. Westport, Conn. : Praeger Security International, 2007.
Century Library General Collection RC552.P67 P38 2007

Philpott, Don. : The wounded warrior handbook : a resource guide for returning veterans / Don Philpott and Janelle Hill. Lanham, Md. : Government Institutes, 2009.
Century Library General Collection UB363 .P55 2009

Savino, Carl S., 1955- : Military resumes and cover letters / Carl S. Savino, Ronald L. Krannich. Manasas Park, VA : Impact Publications, c2004.
Century Library General Collection UB357 .S28 2004

Slone, Laurie B. : After the war zone : a practical guide for returning troops and their families / Laurie B. Slone and Matthew J. Friedman. Cambridge, Mass. : Da Capo Lifelong, c2008.
Century Library General Collection RC550 .S548 2008

Tick, Edward. : War and the soul : healing our nation's veterans from post-traumatic stress disorder / Edward Tick. Wheaton, Ill. : Quest Books, 2005.
Century Library General Collection RC552.P67 T53 2005

Trudeau, G. B., 1948- : The long road home : one step at a time / by G.B. Trudeau. Kansas City : Andrews McMeel, c2005.
Century Library General Collection PN6728.D65 T735 2005

We were there : voices of African American veterans from World War II to the war in Iraq / [compiled by] Yvonne Latty with photographs by Ron Tarver. New York : Amistad, 2005, c2004.
Century Library General Collection E185.63 .W4 2004

Westling, Lester Leon, 1930- : When Johnny/Joanie comes marching home : reuniting military families following deployment / the Reverend Dr. Lester L. Westling, Jr., Chaplain, Captain, United States Navy (Ret.). Gainesville, GA : Praxis Press, c2005.
Century Library General Collection UB403 .W47 2005

Videos

Dawn of the eye. Inventing television news, 1946-1959 [videorecording] / a production of CBC Television in co-production with BBC and in association with the History Channel ; written, produced and directed by Alan Mendelsohn. Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2005.
Century Library DVD/Video Collection--Circulation Desk PN4784 .D39 2005

Dear America videorecording : letters home from Vietnam / the Couturie Co., Inc. New York : HBO Video, c1988.
Century Library DVD/Video Collection--Circulation Desk DS557.73 .D285 1988

Gran Torino [videorecording] / Warner Bros. Pictures presents ; in association with Village Roadshow Pictures, a Double Nickel Entertainment ; a Malpaso Production ; directed and produced by Clint Eastwood ; screenplay by Nick Schenk ; story by David Johannson & Nick Schenk ; produced by Robert Lorenz, Bill Gerber. Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2009]
Century Library Popular Films Collection PN1997.2 .G73 2009

Hearts and minds [videorecording] / Janus Films ; Touchstone-Audjeff Production for BBS ; a Howard Zuker/Henry Jaglom Rainbow Pictures presentation ; producers, Bert Schneider, Peter Davis ; director, Peter Davis. [New York] : Criterion Collection, c2002.
Century Library DVD/Video Collection--Circulation Desk DS558 .H43 2002

In country videorecording / Warner Bros. Inc. Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c1990.
Century Library Video Collection--Circulation Desk PN1997 .I35 1990

Music within [videorecording] / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures presents an Articulus Entertainment and Quorum Entertainment production ; produced by Brett Donowho, Steven Sawalich ; written by Bret McKinney & Mark Andrew Olsen and Kelly Kennemer ; directed Steven Sawalich. Culver City, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2008]
Century Library DVD/Video Collection--Circulation Desk PN1995.9.C55 M8753 2008

The new patriots [videorecording] / a Richter Productions film. [S.l.] : Richter Productions ; Washington, D.C. : SOA Watch [distributor], c2002.
Century Library DVD/Video Collection--Circulation Desk U 428 N532 2002 DVD

No country for old men [videorecording] / Miramax Films and Paramount Vantage present ; written for the screen and directed by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen ; produced by Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen ; a Scott Rudin/Mike Zoss production. Burbank, Calif. : Miramax Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2008]
Century Library Popular Films Collection PN1995.9.S87 N6 2008

PTSD [videorecording] / producer & writer, Barbara Boyden ; director, Dan Robinson ; created by Peter Keefe & Edward Shorter ; produced by Sleeping Giant Productions, Ltd. [Seattle, WA] : Unapix Entertainment ; Trouble in Mind Productions, c1999.
Century Library Video Collection--Circulation Desk RC552.P67 P857t 1999

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