Recommended Books

CREATIVITY

(self-proclaimed Creative Center of the Universe website http://www.gocreate.com/)

*** Archimedes' Bathtub: The Art and Logic of Breathrough Thinking David Perkins WW Norton 2000 BF 441 P47 2000

Churchill's black dog, Kafka's mice, and other phenomena of the human mind / Anthony Storr.Published New York : Grove Press, 1988. Much Stacks BF423.S78 1988 Freudian?

Creating minds : an anatomy of creativity seen through the lives of Freud, Einstein, Picasso, Stravinsky, Eliot, Graham, and Gandhi / Howard Gardner. Published New York : BasicBooks, c1993. McH Stacks BF408.G33 1993

? The creative dreamer : using your dreams to unlock your creativity /Veronica Tonay

Published Berkeley, Calif. : Celestial Arts, c1995 McH Stacks BF1091 .T66 1995

**** The Creative Habit: Learn it and use it for Life: A Practical Guide. Twyla Tharp
Simon and Schuster 2003 NY           McHenry BF408 .T415 2003

The Creative Mind: Myths and Mechanisms Margaret Boden 1990 an AI approach

Creative people at work : twelve cognitive case studies / edited by Doris B. Wallace and Howard E. Gruber. New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. McH Stacks BF408.C747 1989

***? Creativity / John Brockman, editor. Published New York : Simon & Schuster, c1993.McH Stacks BF408.C7533 1993 "Leading minds in science, psychology, and education explore the sources of creativity"

**** Creativity Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi HarperCollins 1996 BF 408 c77 1996

Creativity: Beyond the Myth of Genius Robert Weisberg WH Freeman 1993

Critical Creative Processes ed Mark Runco (scholarly, but sort of understandable)

*** Defying the Crowd: Cultivating Creativity in a Culture of Conformity Robert Sternberg and Toff Lubart Free press NY 1995

Divergent Thinking Mark Runco scholarly, but looks at parental influence, TV etc BF 441 R86 1991

Fire in the Crucible: The Self-Creation of Creativity and Genius John Briggs 1990 Informed by research, examines lives of prominent folk; no explicit (or implied?) how to.

How to Think Like Leonardo da Michael J Gelb Delcorte Press UCI BF 408 G34 1998 inci Michael J Gelb. Delcorte Press UCI BF 408 G34 1998 book summary http://people.ucsc.edu/%7Epmmckerc/howleo.htm

I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was : How to Discover What You Really Want and How to Get It by Barbara Sher

The Intuitive Edge: Understanding Intuition and Applying It in Everyday Life Philip Goldberg. Tarcher Inc LA 1983 McH Stacks BD181.G64 1983 book summary http://people.ucsc.edu/%7Epmmckerc/in2it.htm

*** Lateral Thinking Edward de Bono a classic (we need a summary pls) BF 408 D4 1973

The Nature of Creativity: Contemporary Psychological Perspectives ed Robert Stermberg Cambridge 1988 (scholarly, but understandable) last chapter synthesizes. BF 408 N354

On Creativity John Tusa Methuen 2003 Edited interviews with British artists

Teaching Creativity Through Metaphor Donald and Judith Sanders LB 1062 S312 1984

Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament by Kay Redfiel Jamison. New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, c1993 ucsd RC516 .J36 1993

*** Uncommon Genius: How Great Ideas are Born Denise Shekerjiam Viking 1990. Uses interviews with winners of the MacArthur "Genius Grants" (and a bit of the creation on her own book) to explore. bf 408 S488 1990

**Writers dreaming / [interviewed by] Naomi Epel. Publisher New York : Carol Southern Books, c1993 .excerpts  CDL

HISTORY

African American Studies: A UCSC Library Research Guide http://library.ucsc.edu/ref/instruction/refguides/afam/

African Studies: A UCSC Library Research Guide http://library.ucsc.edu/ref/instruction/refguides/african/

Almost History: Close Calls, Plan B's, and Twists of Fate in America's Past ! Roger Bruns (us gov't docs) alternative history

America: History and Life (AHL) Available online to UC faculty, students, and staff. Historical coverage of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. Contains citations and abstracts for articles, book and media reviews, and dissertations http://serials.abc-clio.com/active/start?_appname=serials&initialdb=AHL

Asian American resources http://library.ucsc.edu/ref/instruction/refguides/asianam/

** The Axemaker's Gift : A Double-Edged History Of Human Culture / James Burke, Robert Ornstein McH Stacks HM221 .B84 1995

The Brendan Voyage Tim Serverin McGraw-Hill 1987

*** Botany of Desire Michael Pollin (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0375760393/qid=1073243847/sr=2-3/ref=sr_2_3/103-3319405-0738208 interview on News Hr: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/conversation/jan-june01/botany_06-29.html

Circles : 50 round trips through history, technology, science, culture / James Burke ; New York : Simon & Schuster, c2000 Library UCI UCSD UCB UCLA

Connections James Burke Little Brown 1978 T15.B76 1978 (S&E, binding?)

Connections2 (video) Film & Music VT4971 v.1 -5

Connections3 (video) Film & Music VT5325 v.1-3

Day The Universe Changed (video) Film & Music VT2112 . Book at: UC Berkeley Main Q125 .B947 1985

Don't Know Much About History Kenneth David 1990 popular best-seller, traditional POV? see also Dummies version

For Want of A Horse: Chance in History ed John Merriman 22 short and light essays by historians asking what if alternative history

From Pocahontas to Powersuits Kay Mills (0n women)

Gangs of New York : an informal history of the underworld (student rec)Asbury, Herbert, 1891-1963. [foreword by Jorge Luis Borges?!].New York : Thunder's Mouth Press ; [Emeryville, CA] : Distributed by Publishers Group West, [2001]. UCSC HV6439.U7N4 1990

The Gifts of the Jews : How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels by Thomas Cahill http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0385482493/ref=pd_bxgy_text_1/103-3319405-0738208?v=glance&s=books&st=*

**** Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies Jared Diamond WW Norton 1999 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0393317552/qid=1073242617/sr=2-2/ref=sr_2_2/103-3319405-0738208 McH Stacks HM206 .D48 1997

GGS sum http://www.familyhaven.com/books/gunsgermsandsteel.html

cynus fdr on OS and ggs: http://technetcast.ddj.com/tnc_play_stream.html?stream_id=326 audio Cygnus Solutions founder Michael Tiemann

A History of Their Own (2 vols) Bonnie Anderson and Zinsser (euro?) McH Stacks HQ1587.A53 1988

A History of Women

A History of Women In America by Carol Hymowitz And Michaele Weissman McH Stacks HQ1410.H95

*** History as Mystery, Michael Parenti 1999 City Lights, San Francisco. A very Leftist-progressive POV, but interesting in that it really explores the "Winners write history" idea. McH Stacks D13 .P35 1999

How the Irish became white / Noel Ignatiev Published New York : Routledge, 1995McH Stacks E184.I6 I36 1995

*** How the Irish Saved Civilization: the untold story of Ireland's heroic role from the fall of Rome to the rise of medieval Europe / Thomas Cahill\ Published New York : Nan A. Talese, Doubleday, c1995. McH Stacks DA930.5 .C34 1995 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0385418493/qid=1073246437/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_3/103-3319405-0738208?v=glance&s=books

*** The knowledge web : from electronic agents to Stonehenge and back--and other journeys through knowledge / James Burke. New York : Simon & Schuster, c1999. UC Berkeley Engin T15 .B763 1999

Latin American Studies: A UCSC Library Collection Resource Guide: http://library.ucsc.edu/collect/lalsgde.html

Latino Resources: http://library.ucsc.edu/ref/instruction/refguides/chicano_latino.html

Lies my Teachers Told Me : everything your American history textbook got wrong / James W. Loewen New York : New Press, c1995 McH Stacks E175.85 .L64 1995

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/156584100X/ref%3Ded%5Foe%5Fh/103-3319405-0738208

author site: http://www.uvm.edu/~jloewen/index.html he wants your help on next book!

Native American Studies: A UCSC Library Research Guide http://library.ucsc.edu/ref/instruction/refguides/nat_am/ eg Native Americans : an encyclopedia of history, culture, and peoples Ref E77 .P89 1998

Newspapers: http://library.ucsc.edu/news/ find the day you were born

North American Women's Letters and Diaries Available online. The searchable and browseable database contains the full-text of women's diaries and correspondence. Covers documents written in colonial times to 1950 http://www.alexanderstreet2.com/NWLDlive/

No small courage : a history of women in the United States / edited by Nancy F. Comatulids Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000 McH Stacks HQ1410 .N6 2000

One-Night Stands With American History: Odd, Amusing, and Little-Known Incidents by Richard Shenkman, Kurt Reiger popular

***?The pinball effect : how renaissance water gardens made the carburetor possible, and other journeys through knowledge / James Burke Boston : Little, Brown and Co., c1996 S&E Stacks T15 .B765 1996

*** People's History of the United States: McH Stacks E169.1 .Z53 1995 Leftist-progressive http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060937319/103-3319405-0738208?v=glance

A people's history of the United States [sound recording] : a lecture at Reed College / Howard Zinn. Published San Francisco, CA : AK Press Audio, c1998 Film & Music LCD3418

The twentieth century, a people's history / Howard Zinn. Published New York : Harper & Row, 1984. McH Stacks E741.Z55 1984 E741 .Z55 1998 http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0060530340/ref=sib_dp_pt/103-3319405-0738208#reader-link

The Presence of the Past by Roy Rosenzweig, David Thelen http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0231111495/qid=1073247121/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/103-3319405-0738208?v=glance&s=books

Second To None A Documentary History Of American Women edited by Ruth Barnes Moynihan, Cynthia Russett, and Laurie Crumpacker. Published Lincoln [Neb.] : University of Nebraska Press, c1993 McH Stacks HQ1410 .S43 1993 v.1

Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter by Thomas Cahill http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0385495536/ref=pd_sim_books_2/103-331940

***Twin tracks : the unexpected origins of the modern world / James Burke Published New York : Simon & Schuster, c2003 McH Stacks CB358 .B88 2003

Unsolved Mysteries of [American] History Paul Aron John Wiley NY 2000 popular

Virtual History: Alternatives and Counterfactuals by Niall Ferguson Picador, 1997; Basic Books, 1999 review/summary  McHenry D210 V57 1999 alternative history

Women's History Online - The Gerritsen Collection Available online. Searchable, full-text database of books and journal articles covering women's history and feminism. http://gerritsen.chadwyck.com/index

Other promising current popular books on history noted on Knowledge Web blog

Oral History:

Indiana http://www.indiana.edu/~cshm/techniques.html includes forms and extensive how-to

California: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ROHO/ohonline/

WWII: http://fas-history.rutgers.edu/oralhistory/orlhom.htm

Brief how to http://www.oralhistory.org.uk/advice/

Library of Congress http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/wpahome.html This searchable collection contains 2900 biographical interviews obtained during the Depression years of 1936-1940. Writers contributed to this project through an employment program of the Works Progress Administration. The writers chronicled interviews with Americans asked to recall significant events in their lives. The resulting collection offers a rich exposition of everyday life in rural and urban United States, from the end of the Civil War through the years of the Great Depression

Columbia: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/oral/ extensive but not online?

UCSC regional history http://library.ucsc.edu/reg-hist/index.html

Native American (not online?) http://www.usd.edu/iais/oralhist.cfm

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC Oral History Department and Archive http://www.ushmm.org/

Viet name vet http://lcweb.loc.gov/folklife/vets/ (you can contribute to this one)

INNOVATION/NETWORKING

***Linked : the new science of networks / Albert-László Barabási. Published
Cambridge, Mass. : Perseus Pub., c2002 S&E Stacks Q295 .B258 2002  c.2

****The Tipping Point: how little things can make a big difference / by Malcolm Gladwell . Published Boston : Little, Brown, 2000 McH Stacks HM1033 .G53 2000

Six Degrees Duncan J Watts

Small Worlds Duncan J Watts

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