2016 New Year

December 21, 2015

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This word cloud illustrates the most popular topics among those purchasing publications from the GPO Bookstore. What are you planning to read this year? Remember many of the books for sale may be borrowed without charge from Washington State Library and other Washington and Alaska federal depository libraries.[/caption] Celebration of the new year is the perfect occasion to build your 2016 reading list. Why not include federal publications? Here is a sampling of the best Federal publications, past and present, compiled by the GPO Bookstore. Get the full list with descriptions by following this link. Many depository libraries have these books for public use, the Washington State Library included.

Astronomical Phenomena 2017 and 2018 Defense Department. (2014)

Available at WSL! D213.8/3; D213.8/3:2018 Available online at http://aa.usno.navy.mil/publications/reports/ap17_for_web.pdf (2017 issue) Purchase it at the GPO Bookstore: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-054-00241-2 (2017 issue)

This small, useful booklet contains general interest material preprinted from The Astronomical Almanac. It is published jointly by the U.S. Naval Observatory and Her Majesty's Nautical Almanac Office two years in advance of its date. It includes such things as:

•dates for Solar equinoxes, solstices, phases of the Moon •eclipse maps •dates for various planetary phenomena •visibility and magnitudes of the planets •dates for some religious and civil holidays •chronological eras and cycles •the equation of time and declination of the Sun •sunrise/set, moonrise/set times •the position of Polaris.

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 11, Federal Elections, Revised as of January 1, 2015. (2015). National Archives and Records Administration, Office of the Federal Register.

The Code of Federal Regulations Title 11 contains the codified Federal laws and regulations that are in effect as of the date of the publication pertaining to Federal elections. This Title is composed of one volume. This volume contains Chapter I - Federal Election Commission and Chapter II - Election Assistance Commission. The contents of this volume represent all current regulations codified under this title of the CFR as of January 1, 2015.

Available at WSL! WSL - Legal Reference AE 2.106/3:11/ 2015 LIB USE ONLY Online: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collectionCfr.action?collectionCode=CFR

Public Laws 111-152 and 111-148. Health Care Act- Obamacare.

Public Law 111-148 and Public Law 111-152. H.R. 3590 and H.R. 4872. Includes the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. Sometimes referred to as "Obamacare" or "Obama Care."

Available at WSL! WSL Federal Documents AE 2.110:108-114 Purchase it through the GPO Bookstore https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/069-000-00213-7

Parent's Guide to Childhood Immunizations. (2010 03/12)

Updated in 2010 and reprinted in 2012. Available online: http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo32653/parents-guide-508.pdf Purchase it through the GPO Bookstore (Package of 10): https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/017-022-01618-4

Pocket Guide to Staying Healthy at 50+. (2015)

Available online http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/lps73048/50plus.pdf Purchase it through the GPO Bookstore https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/017-026-00168-9

Project Apollo: The tough decisions. Seamans, Robert C. (2005)

Available at WSL! Sudoc No. NAS 1.21:4537 Available online http://history.nasa.gov/monograph37.pdf Purchase it through the GPO Bookstore: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/033-000-01281-

Archaeology, anthropology, and interstellar communication. Vakoch, Douglas A. editor. (2014).

Available at WSL! NAS 1.21:2013-4413 Online at http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo49354/PDF%20version/Archaeology_Anthropology_and_Interstellar_Communication_TAGGED.pdf Purchase it through the GPO Bookstore: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/033-000-01368-0

Floods: The awesome power.

Available at WSL! Call No. C 55.102:F 65/10 Available online http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/brochures/Floodsbrochure_9_04_low.pdf Purchase it through the GPO Bookstore (25 booklets): https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/003-000-00692-1

Weather Spotter's Field Guide: A Guide to Being a SKYWARN Spotter. (2011).

Available at WSL! C 55.108:SP 6/4 Available online http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo11809/SGJune6-11.pdf Purchase it through the GPO Bookstore: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/003-017-00568-2

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