Ford Library

Here are Ford Library’s hours of operation during Thanksgiving Break.

• Wednesday, November 26th, 8am – 6pm
• Thursday, November 27th, Closed
• Friday, November 28th, Closed
• Saturday, November 29th, 12 noon – 4pm
• Sunday, November 30th, (semester/term hours resume)

Interested in Learning more about Dubai?

Additional items can be found by browsing our special feature sections at the front of the library. Click on any of the links below to check availability or place a hold.

Dubai, UAE:

• Dubai and Co.: Global Strategies for Doing Business in the Gulf States By Aamir A. Rehman
• Doing Business with the United Arab Emirates: A Guide to Investment Opportunities and Business Practice Edited by Anthony Shoult
• Understanding Arabs: A Guide for Modern Times by by Margaret K. Nydell
• How to Succeed in the Gulf: Living and Working in an Arab Culture by Patrick Macdonald
• Financial Risk Management for Islamic Banking and Finance by Ioannis Akkizidis and Sunil Kumar Khandelwal
• Dubai: The Vulnerability of Success By Christopher M. Davidson
• Dubai Encounter by Lara Dunston and Terry Carter
• Time Out Dubai, Abu Dhabi & the UAE by Time Out Guides Ltd

Dubai DVDs and Audiobooks:

• The Essentials of the Islamic Faith by M. Fethullah Gulen; read by Lee Crooks. Audiobook
• 60 minutes — Dubai, Inc. by CBS Broadcasting Inc.; Steve Kroft; produced by Harry A. Radcliffe, II. Academic DVD
• Dubai by Vista Point; distributed by Travelvideostore.com Academic DVD
• United Arab Emirates by Vista Point; distributed by Travelvideostore.com Academic DVD
• The Qur’an by Bruce Lawrence Audiobook

Have travel plans for Thanksgiving?

Ford Library has recently added a number of new audiobook titles. Check out a few to listen to during your trip. Click on a title to see if the audiobook is available. There are many more choices in our extensive audiobook section and in our special feature areas.

• When Markets Collide by Mohamed A. El-Erian
• The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness by Dave Ramsey
• Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need A Green Revolution
• The First Billion is the Hardest: Reflections on a Life of Comebacks and America’s Energy Future by David Bach
• Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism  by Kevin Phillips
• The World is Curved: Hidden Dangers to the Global Economy by David M. Smick

Are you ready for Entrepreneurship Week (Nov. 17th-23rd)?

Ford Library is here to help.

Check out these great titles on entrepreneurship and start-ups. Click on the link to check availability or to place a hold.

Entrepreneurship Guides:

• New venture management: The entrepreneur’s roadmap By Donald F. Kuratko, Jeffrey S. Hornsby
• The one minute entrepreneur By Ken Blanchard, Don Hutson,and Ethan Willis Audiobook
• The entrepreneur’s guide to writing business plans and proposals By K. Dennis Chambers
• Technology ventures: From idea to enterprise By Richard C. Dorf, Thomas H. Byers
• New venture creation: Entrepreneurship for the 21st century By Jeffry A. Timmons and Stephen Spinelli, Jr.
• How to get to the top: Business lessons learned at the dinner table By Jeffrey J. Fox Audiobook

Start-ups and New Business Ventures:

• Start your own business: The only startup book you’ll ever need By Rieva Lesonsky
• Own it: The law & business guide to launching a new business through innovation, exclusivity and relevance By Jon M. Garon
• Campus CEO: The student entrepreneur’s guide to launching a multimillion-dollar business By Randal Pinkett

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Interested in learning more about Russia?

How about the United Kingdoms or global opportunities in Europe?

Hopefully everyone took the opportunity to hear yesterday’s Distinguished Speaker, Arkady Dvorkovich, Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation. But if you missed it or you are just interested in learning more about Russia please see the list of books, audiobooks, and DVDs on Russia below.

Also included here are items for another global partnership country, the United Kingdoms.

Additional items on Russia, United Kingdom, Dubai, India, and China can be found by browsing our special feature sections at the front of the library. Click on any of the links below to check availability or place a hold.

Russia:

• Russia and the Soviet Union By Ralph Raico Audiobook
• Doing Business with Russia: A Guide to Investment Opportunities and Business Practice Edited by Dr. Marat Terterov
• Globalisation in China, India, and Russia : emergence of national groups and global strategies of firms Edited by Jean-Francois Huchet, Xavier Richet, Joel Ruet
• Russia, Land of the Tsars (Partisan Pictures for the History Channel) Academic DVD
• Commanding Heights:The Battle for the World Economy (An Invision Productions Limited production)

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This week’s movie spotlight is on titles that feature ethics-challenged characters and characters in ethically challenging situations. Enjoy and look for another movie ethics entry soon.

• The Constant Gardener–Based on a John Le Carre novel, the movie follows Justin Quayle, a diplomat trying to track down his wife’s murderer. Using false identities, Quayle travels across continents trying to piece together the circumstances leading to her death. He learns his wife had uncovered a corporate scandal with very deep roots.
• Michael Clayton–Michael Clayton’s mentor Arthur Edens, the top litigator in his law firm, turns from advocate to whistleblower in a $3-billion case with a large agricultural products conglomerate, U-North. Edens has discovered U-North engaged in a major cover-up. Once Clayton realizes the extent of the company’s malfeasance, both he and Eden’s lives are in danger.
• Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead–A dark family drama starring Philip Seymour Hoffman as an overextended broker, and Ethan Hawke as his desperate younger brother. They rob their parents’ jewelry store, but their mother ends up shot. The whole affair is further complicated when their father goes on a hunt for the culprits. Acclaimed filmmaker Sidney Lumet directs this suspense thriller.