[bksvol-discuss] New Books (137) for 08-30
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=====FICTION, 44
A DOG TO TRUST: THE SAGA OF A SEEING-EYE DOG, BY JOSEPH E. CHIPPERFIELD
Tells the story of Arno, an Alsatian dog bred in the moors of England,
who was trained to be the eyes of a painter.
Excellent Quality, 184 Pages
Animals, Disability-Related, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/110447/
BARGAINED INTO HER BOSS'S BED (HUDSONS OF BEVERLY HILLS #4), BY EMILIE ROSE
In the fast-paced, cutthroat world of Hollywood filmmaking, producer Max
Hudson was a master at getting it done. With a movie deadline breathing
down his neck, he wouldn't let anyone get in his way, especially not his
longtime assistant, Dana Fallon.
Excellent Quality, 176 Pages
Romance
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/92704/
HIS WICKED WAYS, BY SAMANTHA JAMES
A sinfully delicious classic story from James is reissued.
Excellent Quality, 357 Pages
Romance
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107475/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0380805863/
INHERENT VICE, BY THOMAS PYNCHON
Experimental writer Pynchon turns to detective fiction in Inherent Vice.
Taking place in the '60s, his protagonist, "Doc" is a drug-using,
sexually active hippie licensed private investigator.
Excellent Quality, 372 Pages
Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111604/
JACK AND THE PRINCESS, BY RAYE MORGAN
Cracking the security system at the Roseanova estate seemed like a
surefire way for Jack to prove to the royal family that he was the only
candidate for the chief-of-security position. But he hadn't counted on
waking up a golden-haired princess.
Excellent Quality, 183 Pages
Romance
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/56447/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0373196555/
MEN AFTER MIDNIGHT, BY MARIANNE LACROIX
2 stories: Eternal Embrace, and Descendants of Darkness. Both are parts
of the Descendants of Darkness series.
Excellent Quality, 218 Pages
Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/101942/
NIGHT FREIGHT, BY BILL PRONZINI
Collected here for the first time are twenty-six terrifying stories by
Bill Pronzini, a master of dark suspense and horror.
Excellent Quality, 352 Pages
Horror, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111430/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0843947063/
OPENWORK: A NOVEL, BY ADRIA BERNARDI
In hauntingly evocative prose, Adria Bernardi creates a finely stitched
fabric depicting the intertwined lives of three generations of closely
related Italian families.
Excellent Quality, 342 Pages
Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111334/
OUR LADY OF THE ARTICHOKES AND OTHER PORTUGUESE-AMERICAN STORIES, BY
KATHERINE VAZ
The stories in this prize-winning collection evoke a complete world; a
Portuguese-American world, redolent of incense and spices, resonant with
ritual and prayer, immersed in the California culture of freeway and
commerce.
Excellent Quality, 154 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111212/
OUR STORY BEGINS: NEW AND SELECTED STORIES, BY TOBIAS WOLFF
This collection of stories -- twenty-one classics followed by ten potent
new stories -- displays Tobias Wolff's exquisite gifts over a quarter
century.
Excellent Quality, 384 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111453/
OUT LOUD, BY ANTHONY VARALLO
WINNER OF THE 2008 DRUE HEINZ LITERATURE PRIZE -- "Out Loud" tells of
longings for meaningful expression and the complexities and escapism of
human interactions that keep us from these truths.
Excellent Quality, 172 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111195/
PARALLELITIES, BY ALAN DEAN FOSTER
"It seems you have acquired about you a field that affects the links
between multiple parallel worlds, causing objects and individuals from
these worlds to slip into yours... or you to slip into theirs..."
Excellent Quality, 310 Pages
Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111307/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1568659482/
PHILADELPHIA FIRE: A NOVEL, BY JOHN EDGAR WIDEMAN
Wideman's novel is inspired by the 1985 police bombing of a West
Philadelphia row house owned by the back-to-nature, Afrocentric cult
known as "Move". The bombing killed eleven people and started a fire
that destroyed sixty other houses.
Excellent Quality, 200 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111265/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/061850964X/
PINOCCHIO IN VENICE, BY ROBERT COOVER
Internationally renowned author Robert Coover returns with a major new
novel set in Venice and featuring one of its most famous citizens,
Pinocchio.
Excellent Quality, 330 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111413/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0802134858/
POSTCARDS, BY ANNIE PROULX
From the bestselling author of "The Shipping News" comes "Postcards",
the tale of the Blood family, New England farmers who must confront the
twentieth century -- and their own extinction.
Excellent Quality, 310 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111336/
PRICKSONGS AND DESCANTS: FICTIONS, BY ROBERT COOVER
"Pricksongs & Descants", originally published in 1969, is a virtuoso
performance that established its author -- already a William Faulkner
Award winner for his first novel -- as a writer of enduring power and
unquestionable brilliance; a promise he has fulfilled over a stellar career.
Excellent Quality, 256 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111314/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0802136672/
PUBLIC BURNING, BY ROBERT COOVER
"The Public Burning" is the first major work of contemporary fiction
ever to use living historical figures as characters. The novel
re-imagines the three fateful days in 1953 that culminated with the
execution of alleged atomic spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
Excellent Quality, 552 Pages
History, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111425/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0802135277/
REINVENTING THE ENEMY'S LANGUAGE: CONTEMPORARY NATIVE WOMEN'S WRITINGS
OF NORTH AMERICA, BY JOY HARJO AND GLORIA BIRD AND PATRICIA BLANCO
AND BETH CUTHAND AND VALERIE MARTíNEZ
This anthology celebrates the experience of Native American women and is
at once an important contribution to our literature and an historical
document. It is the most comprehensive anthology of its kind to collect
poetry, fiction, prayer, and memoir from Native American women.
Excellent Quality, 576 Pages
Poetry, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111423/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0393318281/
RIVER GOD, BY WILBUR SMITH
Exploding with all the passion and rage of a bygone time, "River God" is
a masterpiece of historical writing. A legend shattered by greed. Now
the Valley of Kings lies ravaged by war, drained of its lifeblood, as
weak men inherit the cherished crown.
Excellent Quality, 664 Pages
History, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111424/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0312954468/
SEAVIEW: A NOVEL, BY TOBY OLSON
The action of Toby Olson's PEN/Faulkner Award-winning novel "Seaview"
sweeps eastward, following three men and two women across a wasted
American continent to an apocalyptic confrontation on Cape Cod.
Excellent Quality, 312 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111312/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0976631164/
SMALL G: A SUMMER IDYLL, BY PATRICIA HIGHSMITH
Completed just months before Patricia Highsmith's death in 1995, "Small
g" explores the labyrinthine intricacies of passion, sexuality, and
jealousy in a kinky, charming tale of love misdirected, written in a
style and form few knew were part of Highsmith's range.
Excellent Quality, 304 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111337/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0393059235/
SOLDIERS IN HIDING, BY RICHARD WILEY
Teddy Maki is a Japanese-American jazz musician trapped in Tokyo and
drafted into the Japanese army after the bombing in Pearl Harbor. Thirty
years later, he's a big star on Japanese TV, wrestling with the guilt
he's been carrying since the war.
Excellent Quality, 199 Pages
Military, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111268/
STOP AT A WINNER, BY R. F. DELDERFIELD
A humorous tale of the Pascoe family's tribulations and Pedlar Padcoe's
journey in to the midst of the action of World War Two.
Excellent Quality, 284 Pages
History, Military, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111309/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0671242296/
TAMPICO: A NOVEL, BY TOBY OLSON
Four old men -- John, Gino, Larry, and Frank -- have been warehoused at
"the Manor," a long-eroded home for the forgotten. The men take turns
telling stories, stalling death as they relive pivotal parts of their pasts.
Excellent Quality, 232 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111282/
THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC, BY JANE MCCAFFERTY
Linked by the theme of music, this collection of short stories is a
follow-up to "One Heart", McCafferty's critically acclaimed debut novel.
Excellent Quality, 224 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111229/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0060564539/
THEIRS WAS THE KINGDOM, BY R. F. DELDERFIELD
A brilliantly woven tapestry of history and adventure, this imposing
novel continues the saga of the Victorian giant of commerce Adam Swann
and his tough-minded wife.
Excellent Quality, 798 Pages
History, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111432/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0786706376/
THE DEATH OF ARTEMIO CRUZ, BY ALFRED MACADAM AND CARLOS FUENTES
Fuentes's masterpiece, "The Death of Artemio Cruz" is a haunting voyage
into the soul of modern Mexico. As the novel opens, Artemio Cruz, the
all-powerful newspaper magnate and land baron, lies confined to his bed
and, in dreamlike flashes, recalls the pivotal episodes of his life.
Excellent Quality, 312 Pages
History, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111339/
THE GRAVE OF GOD'S DAUGHTER, BY BRETT ELLEN BLOCK
Set in a 1940s Pennsylvania mining town, Block's haunting debut novel is
the coming-of-age tale of a 12-year-old girl who, in desperation for her
mother's approval, sets out to replace her most prized possession -- and
unknowingly uncovers her family's darkest secret.
Excellent Quality, 290 Pages
History, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111296/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/006052507X/
THE GREEN GAUNTLET (A HORSEMAN RIDING BY #3), BY R. F. DELDERFIELD
"The Green Gauntlet" distills the essence of three decades of modern
English life -- bringing to a magnificent close a vast and thrilling
panorama that has already won the hearts of so many readers.
Excellent Quality, 438 Pages
History, Military, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111420/
THE HONEY THIEF, BY ELIZABETH GRAVER
With her second novel, Graver proves herself to be a major voice in
American fiction. The summer that eleven-year-old Eva is caught
shoplifting -- her fourth time -- her mother, Miriam, decides the only
solution is to move out of the city to a quiet town in upstate New York.
Excellent Quality, 264 Pages
Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111332/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0156013908/
THE JEW OF HOME DEPOT AND OTHER STORIES, BY MAX APPLE
This is the first collection to appear in twenty years from one of
America's best short story writers. His thirteen stories are marvelous
-- funny, heartbreaking, and wise by turns, and on occasion all three at
once.
Excellent Quality, 182 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111220/
THE NIGHT IN QUESTION: STORIES, BY TOBIAS WOLFF
An anthology of fifteen stories that deliver small, exquisite shocks
that leave us feeling invigorated and intensely alive. And everywhere in
"The Night in Question", we are reminded that truth is deceptive,
volatile, and often the last thing we want to know.
Excellent Quality, 224 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111439/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0679402187/
THE TREE BRIDE, BY BHARATI MUKHERJEE
In piecing together her ancestor's transformation from a docile Bengali
Brahmin girl-child into an impassioned organizer of resistance against
the British Raj, the contemporary narrator discovers and lays claim to
unacknowledged elements in her "American" identity.
Excellent Quality, 294 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111306/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1401300588/
THE TRIGGERMAN'S DANCE, BY T. JEFFERSON PARKER
When Rebecca Harris is senselessly murdered--the victim of a bullet
meant for someone else--she leaves behind an emotional mystery.
Excellent Quality, 350 Pages
Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107020/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0786861428/
THE UNTAMED SHEIK, BY TESSA RADLEY
Mr. April: Prince Shafir Al Dhahar, desert sheik. His Creed: Family...
first, last, always. His Challenge: One obstinate foreign beauty. The
wedding would go on. Prince Shafir would not let Megan Saxon steal away
his cousin's groom-to-be.
Excellent Quality, 178 Pages
Romance
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/92739/
THE WHITE QUEEN, BY PHILIPPA GREGORY
Philippa Gregory, "the queen of royal fiction" (USA Today) presents the
first of a new series set amid the deadly feuds of England known as the
Wars of the Roses.
Excellent Quality, 422 Pages
History, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111623/
THE YEAR OF THE ZINC PENNY, BY RICK DEMARINIS
"The Year of the Zinc Penny" is a contemporary classic. Trygve Soren
Napoli is a 10-year-old just beginning to realize that he is alone in
the world. He must replace missing life pieces with what material is at
hand.
Excellent Quality, 162 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111216/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1583226389/
TOO FEW FOR DRUMS, BY R. F. DELDERFIELD
This tale of the Peninsular campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars offers
unforgettable adventure. In the lead is young ensign Keith Graham,
trying desperately to elude capture and certain death.
Excellent Quality, 256 Pages
History, Military, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111266/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/093552696X/
TWO CITIES, BY JOHN EDGAR WIDEMAN
"Two Cities" is a simple love story, but it is also about the survival
of an endangered black urban community and the ways that people discover
for redeeming themselves in a society that is failing them.
Excellent Quality, 242 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111247/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0395857309/
UNLEAVING, BY JILL PATON WALSH
This sequel to the much-acclaimed "Goldengrove", centers on two summers
at the seaside in the life of Madge Fielding -- one as a teenager and
another many years later as a grandmother.
Excellent Quality, 145 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111518/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0374380422/
VARANGER, BY CECELIA HOLLAND
Two Norse adventurers, a warrior and a psychic, join an expedition that
travels to Byzantium where they get caught up in the wars.
Excellent Quality, 304 Pages
Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/101420/
VOICES FROM THE BLUE HOTEL, BY MAYA SONENBERG
An anthology of ten short fiction stories as told by a different
troubled narrator. Stories of love, hate, family, relationships -- all
the emotional ties that bind us to our fellow man and which ultimately
tear us apart!
Excellent Quality, 148 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111228/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0978549945/
WILL YOU PLEASE BE QUIET, PLEASE? THE STORIES OF RAYMOND CARVER, BY
RAYMOND CARVER
With this, his first collection of stories, Raymond Carver breathed new
life into the American short story. Carver shows us the humor and
tragedy that dwell in the hearts of ordinary people; his stories are the
classics of our time.
Excellent Quality, 263 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111257/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0679735690/
WRITE LETTER TO BILLY: A NOVEL, BY TOBY OLSON
A wonderful story of what family means, of the flesh-level pain of
sibling rivalry, and the discovery of love. It is a fantastic and
beautiful tapestry of some of the most imaginative and precise prose
writing going on in America today.
Excellent Quality, 406 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111340/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1566891035/
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AAUP POLICY DOCUMENTS AND REPORTS (9TH EDITION), BY B. ROBERT KREISER
For eighty-five years the American Association of University Professors
(AAUP) has been engaged in developing standards for sound academic
practice and in working for the acceptance of these standards by the
community of higher education.
Excellent Quality, 328 Pages
Textbooks and Educational Materials, Nonfiction, Professional and
Technical
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111086/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0964954818/
ANOTHER DAY IN THE FRONTAL LOBE: A BRAIN SURGEON EXPOSES LIFE ON THE
INSIDE, BY KATRINA FIRLIK
Katrina is a neurosurgeon, one of only two hundred or so women among the
alpha males who dominate this high-pressure, high-prestige medical
specialty. She is also a superbly gifted writer witty, insightful, at
once deeply humane and refreshingly wry.
Excellent Quality, 275 Pages
Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Health, Mind and Body
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111139/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1400063205/
A BRIEF HISTORY OF NEOLIBERALISM, BY DAVID HARVEY
Neoliberalism - the doctrine that market exchange is an ethic in itself,
capable of acting as a guide for all human action - has become dominant
in both thought and practice throughout much of the world since 1970 or so.
Excellent Quality, 247 Pages
History, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111066/
A CENTURY OF AMBIVALENCE: THE JEWS OF RUSSIA AND THE SOVIET UNION, 1881
TO THE PRESENT, BY ZVI GITELMAN
A richly illustrated survey of the Jewish historical experience in the
Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, and the post-Soviet era.
Excellent Quality, 303 Pages
History, Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111067/
A GUIDE TO ORCHESTRAL MUSIC, BY ETHAN MORDDEN
Relaxed and accessible in style, this authoritative guide is the first
symphony handbook for non-musicians. The book begins with a general
introduction to the symphony and short pieces on the orchestra and
musical styles.
Excellent Quality, 579 Pages
Entertainment, Nonfiction, Reference
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111119/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0195040414/
BEYOND THESE WALLS: THE TRUE STORY OF A LOST CHILD'S JOURNEY TO A WHOLE
LIFE, BY HANNA GABRIELE AND RACHEL GUNNER
Beyond These Walls is the story of a client living with Dissociative
Identity Disorder, (DID), and her painful journey to a whole life.
Excellent Quality, 231 Pages
Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Health, Mind and Body
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/102978/
BIOLOGY: THE STUDY OF LIFE, BY HERBERT J. STOLTZE AND WILLIAM D. SCHRAER
Biology textbook.
Excellent Quality, 942 Pages
Textbooks and Educational Materials, Nonfiction, Science, Outdoors
and Nature
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111062/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0134350863/
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON: THE WIZARD OF TUSKEGEE, 1901-1915, BY LOUIS R. HARLAN
Booker T. Washington was the most powerful black American of his time,
and here he is captured at his zenith. Harlan reveals Washington's
complex personality--in sharp contrast to his public demeanor, he was a
ruthless power broker.
Excellent Quality, 548 Pages
History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111402/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0195042298/
CLOSE TO HOME, BY ELLEN GOODMAN
The pieces collected in this book represent several years of Goodman
telling people what she thinks. They also represent two of the main
qualifications for the journalism business: nerve and endurance.
Excellent Quality, 254 Pages
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111585/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0449243516/
DEAR BUNNY, DEAR VOLODYA: THE NABOKOV-WILSON LETTERS, 1940-1971 (REVISED
AND EXPANDED), BY SIMON KARLINSKY AND EDMUND WILSON AND VLADIMIR NABOKOV
Tracing in detail two decades of close friendship between Vladimir
Nabokov and Edmund Wilson, this collection has been expanded to include
59 letters discovered subsequent to the book's original publication in 1979.
Excellent Quality, 388 Pages
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111058/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0520220803/
DESCRIPTIONARY (3RD EDITION), BY MARC MCCUTCHEON
Are you exerting your corrugator overmuch trying to remember what to
call more than one ferret?
Excellent Quality, 644 Pages
Nonfiction, Reference
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111138/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0816059268/
EARTH SCIENCE, NEW YORK EDITION, BY SAMUEL N. NAMOWITZ AND NANCY E.
SPAULDING
Earth Science textbook.
Excellent Quality, 778 Pages
Textbooks and Educational Materials, Nonfiction, Science, Outdoors
and Nature
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111194/
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS, SLOGANS, ISSUES, AND PLATFORMS,
BY SCOTT J. HAMMOND AND ROBERT NORTH ROBERTS
Aimed at college undergraduates and high school students, this reference
covers the political history of presidential rhetoric and campaigns.
Excellent Quality, 405 Pages
History, Nonfiction, Reference
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111087/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0313319731/
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ASIAN AMERICAN LITERATURE, BY SEIWOONG OH
This encyclopedia, meant for high school and college students, contains
337 entries on Asian-American writers and their major literary works,
with an emphasis on fiction, poetry, and drama. Oh (English, Rider U.
Excellent Quality, 384 Pages
Textbooks and Educational Materials
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111142/
FORTUNATE SON: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF LEWIS B. PULLER, JR., BY LEWIS B. PULLER
Lewis Puller, the most decorated Marine ever, is a Vietnam vet who lost
both legs and parts of both hands in the war. Here is his story.
Excellent Quality, 389 Pages
History, Nonfiction, Disability-Related, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111408/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0802112188/
GRANT: A BIOGRAPHY, BY WILLIAM S. MCFEELY
From his boyhood in Ohio to the battlefields of the Civil War and his
presidency during the Reconstruction, this Pulitzer Prize-winning
biography traces the entire arc of Ulysses S. Grant's life.
Excellent Quality, 599 Pages
History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111135/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0393300463/
HOW TO USE THE LIBRARY: A REFERENCE AND ASSIGNMENT GUIDE FOR STUDENTS,
BY NOLAN LUSHINGTON AND FRANK FERRO
Addressing secondary school students, Ferro (Connecticut Public Library)
and Lushington (library science, Southern Connecticut State U.) overview
how a library is organized, how to locate materials and conduct research
using electronic as well as traditional media.
Excellent Quality, 334 Pages
Textbooks and Educational Materials, Nonfiction, Reference
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111095/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0313301077/
INDOOR POLLUTION, BY RUBY M. MILLER AND E. WILLARD MILLER
The presence of polluted air in the home from heating and cooking food
is as old as civilization itself. In modern times the general public
only became aware of the health hazards when the number of household
chemicals increased dramatically in the twentieth century.
Excellent Quality, 339 Pages
Nonfiction, Health, Mind and Body, Home and Garden
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111151/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0874368952/
ISLAND: MARTINIQUE, BY JOHN EDGAR WIDEMAN
In this compelling travel memoir, the celebrated novelist explores
Martinique's seductive natural beauty and culture, as well as its vexed
history of colonial violence and racism.
Excellent Quality, 206 Pages
History, Nonfiction, Travel, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111233/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0792265335/
LOST DISCOVERIES: THE ANCIENT ROOTS OF MODERN SCIENCE--FROM THE
BABYLONIANS TO THE MAYA, BY DICK TERESI
In the tradition of Daniel Boorstin, the cofounder of "Omni" delivers an
original work of history that demonstrates why modern science rests on a
foundation built by ancient and medieval non-European societies.
Excellent Quality, 454 Pages
History, Nonfiction, Science
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111063/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0684837188/
NAKED ECONOMICS: UNDRESSING THE DISMAL SCIENCE, BY CHARLES WHEELAN
Naked Economics makes up for all of those Econ 101 lectures you slept
through (or avoided) in college, demystifying key concepts, laying bare
the truths behind the numbers, and answering those questions you have
always been too embarrassed to ask.
Excellent Quality, 260 Pages
Textbooks and Educational Materials, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111400/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0393324869/
NAPOLEON IN LOVE , BY R. F. DELDERFIELD
A biographical account of the infamous Napoleon I, the French Emperor --
and his relationships with the women in his life.
Excellent Quality, 285 Pages
History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111301/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0671240412/
OPEN ICE: REFLECTIONS AND CONFESSIONS OF A HOCKEY LIFER, BY JACK FALLA
In this new collection of exquisitely crafted essays, veteran sports
writer Jack Falla writes about hockey as he has seen and experienced it
over the past fifty years.
Excellent Quality, 256 Pages
History, Nonfiction, Sports
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111273/
PASSIONS AND IMPRESSIONS, BY MARGARET SAYERS PEDEN AND PABLO NERUDA
"Passions and Impressions" is both a sequel to and an enlargement of
Neruda's "Memoirs", recording a lifetime of travel, of friendships and
enmities, of exile and homecoming, of loss and discovery, and of history
both public and personal.
Excellent Quality, 396 Pages
History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111414/
RENTERS' RIGHTS: THE BASICS (3RD EDITION), BY MARCIA STEWART AND JANET
PORTMAN
Renters fed up with difficult roommates, absent landlords and
thoughtless neighbors have a new place to turn. This Legal Basics book,
bursting with legal and practical advice, covers tenants' rights in all
50 states.
Excellent Quality, 286 Pages
Nonfiction, Business and Finance
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111162/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0873377842/
ROUND THE WORLD WITH FAMOUS AUTHORS, BY LOWELL THOMAS
"Round the World With Famous Authors" presents another format for a
travel book -- a circumnavigation of the world through the eyes of
famous writers.
Excellent Quality, 192 Pages
Nonfiction, Travel
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111302/
SEA AND SARDINIA, BY D. H. LAWRENCE
In January 1921, D. H. Lawrence and his wife Frieda visited Sardinia.
Although the trip lasted only nine days, Lawrence wrote an intriguing
account of Sardinian life that not only evokes the place, people and
local customs but is also deeply revealing about the writer himself.
Excellent Quality, 227 Pages
History, Nonfiction, Travel
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111303/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0760765839/
SUMMER FOR THE GODS: THE SCOPES TRIAL AND AMERICA'S CONTINUING DEBATE
OVER SCIENCE AND RELIGION, BY EDWARD J. LARSON
Tennessee became the location of the most contentious courtroom drama:
the Scopes trial pitting William Jennings Bryan and the anti-Darwinists
against Clarence Darrow and the ACLU in a timeless battle over science,
religion, and their place in public education.
Excellent Quality, 318 Pages
History, Nonfiction, Science, Religion and Spirituality
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111146/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0465075096/
TEACH YOURSELF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE, BY CHRISTINE WILDING
Understanding emotional intelligence and applying it to your life.
Excellent Quality, 224 Pages
Nonfiction, Self-Help, Health, Mind and Body
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111059/
THE AMERICAN ORCHESTRA AND THEODORE THOMAS, BY CHARLES EDWARD RUSSELL
The history of the American orchestra.
Excellent Quality, 344 Pages
Entertainment, History, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111150/
THE ART AND CRAFT OF THE SHORT STORY, BY RICK DEMARINIS
"The Art & Craft of the Short Story" explores every key element of short
fiction, including: the generation of ideas, story structure and form,
creative believable characters, how to begin and where to end.
Excellent Quality, 232 Pages
Textbooks and Educational Materials, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111308/
THE BOOK OF LIFE, BY STEPHEN JAY GOULD
An overview of the origin of life, and evolution. This book is aiming to
high school students as well as general readers.
Excellent Quality, 251 Pages
History, Nonfiction, Science
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111065/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0091777496/
THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF UNSOLVED CRIMES, BY MICHAEL NEWTON
Amateur sleuths, mystery lovers, and reality show buffs will find much
to contemplate in this encyclopedia of unsolved crimes committed around
the world in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Excellent Quality, 340 Pages
Nonfiction, Reference
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111145/
THE GOOD HOUSEKEEPING HOUSEHOLD ENCYCLOPEDIA, BY GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
How to manage a household, with a variety of tips and techniques.
Excellent Quality, 336 Pages
Nonfiction, Home and Garden
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111103/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0688120369/
THE GREEK WAY TO WESTERN CIVILIZATION, BY EDITH HAMILTON
In centuries long past, which reached their summit in the few years of
the Great Age of Pericles, literature, science, philosophy, art,
democracy, religion -- the main achievements of the modern world --
developed almost overnight, full blown in many cases and as perfect as
they could ever be.
Excellent Quality, 256 Pages
History, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111338/
THE HP WAY: HOW BILL HEWLETT AND I BUILT OUR COMPANY, BY DAVID PACKARD
"The HP Way"... in this book, David Packard tells the simple yet
extraordinary story of his life's work and of the truly exceptional
company that he and Bill Hewlett started in a garage 55 years ago.
Excellent Quality, 212 Pages
History, Nonfiction, Business and Finance
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111279/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0887307477/
THE MIDDLE OF EVERYWHERE: THE WORLD'S REFUGEES COME TO OUR TOWN, BY MARY
PIPHER
Lost Boys from Sudan, survivors from Kosovo, families fleeing
Afghanistan and Vietnam: they come with nothing but the desire to
experience the American dream.
Excellent Quality, 386 Pages
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111410/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0156027372/
THE OXFORD GUIDE TO ARTHURIAN LITERATURE AND LEGEND, BY ALAN LUPACK
The Oxford Guide to Arthurian Literature and Legend is both a critical
history of the Arthurian tradition and a reference guide to Arthurian
works, names, and symbols.
Excellent Quality, 504 Pages
History, Nonfiction, Reference
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111625/
THE POLITICS OF MYTH: A STUDY OF C. G. JUNG, MIRCEA ELIADE, AND JOSEPH
CAMPBELL, BY ROBERT ELLWOOD
Ellwood (Religion, U. of Southern California) delves into the political
views implicit in the mythological theories of probably the three
best-known popularizers of myth in the 20th century.
Excellent Quality, 208 Pages
History, Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111317/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0791443051/
THE RACE BEAT: THE PRESS, THE CIVIL RIGHTS STRUGGLE, AND THE AWAKENING
OF A NATION, BY HANK KLIBANOFF AND GENE ROBERTS
This is the story of how the nation's press corps, after decades of
ignoring the problem, came to recognize the importance of the civil
rights struggle and turn it into the most significant domestic news
event of the twentieth century.
Excellent Quality, 519 Pages
History, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111143/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0679403817/
THE REBEL: AN ESSAY ON MAN IN REVOLT, BY ALBERT CAMUS
"The Rebel" resonates as an ardent, eloquent, and supremely rational
voice of conscience for our tumultuous times. By one of the most
profoundly influential thinkers of our century, it is a classic essay on
revolution.
Excellent Quality, 316 Pages
History, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111335/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0679733841/
THE ROUGH GUIDE TO THE UNIVERSE (2ND EDITION), BY JOHN SCALZI
Whether you're a novice or a more experienced astronomer, The Rough
Guide to The Universe is indispensable.
Excellent Quality, 401 Pages
Nonfiction, Science, Outdoors and Nature
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111061/
THE SACRED AND THE PROFANE: THE NATURE OF RELIGION, BY MIRCEA ELIADE
A noted historian of religion traces manifestations of the sacred from
primitive to modern times, in terms of space, time, nature and the
cosmos, and life itself.
Excellent Quality, 256 Pages
History, Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111313/
THE SORROWS OF FAT CITY: A SELECTION OF LITERARY ESSAYS AND REVIEWS, BY
GEORGE P. GARRETT
"The Sorrows of Fat City" is a representative sampling of critical
literary essays written by George Garrett and published between 1957 and
1990.
Excellent Quality, 332 Pages
History, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111419/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0872497887/
THE THIRTEEN AMERICAN ARGUMENTS: ENDURING DEBATES THAT DEFINE AND
INSPIRE OUR COUNTRY, BY HOWARD FINEMAN
Howard Fineman, one of our most trusted political journalists, shows
that every debate, from our nation's founding to the present day, is
rooted in one of thirteen arguments that -- thankfully -- defy resolution.
Excellent Quality, 332 Pages
History, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111428/
THE UNSETTLING OF AMERICA: CULTURE AND AGRICULTURE, BY WENDELL BERRY
In "The Unsettling of America" Wendell Berry argues that good farming is
a cultural development and spiritual discipline. Today's agribusiness,
however, takes farming out of its cultural context and away from
families, and as a nation we are thus more estranged from the land.
Excellent Quality, 234 Pages
Nonfiction, Outdoors and Nature
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111324/
THE WOMAN WHO WATCHES OVER THE WORLD: A NATIVE MEMOIR, BY LINDA HOGAN
Hogan, a Chicksaw poet, novelist, essayist, and author of ten previous
books, recounts the development of her American Indian identity, her
difficult childhood as the daughter of an army sergeant, her love affair
at the age of 12 with an older man, and the troubled history of the two
daughters she adopted.
Excellent Quality, 208 Pages
History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111215/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0393050181/
THE YANGTZE VALLEY AND BEYOND: AN ACCOUNT OF JOURNEYS IN CHINA, CHIEFLY
IN THE PROVINCE OF SZE CHUAN AND AMONG THE MAN-TZE OF THE SOMO
TERRITORY, BY ISABELLA LUCY BIRD
Isabella Bird was one of the greatest travelers and travel writers of
all time, and this is her last major book, a sympathetic look at inland
China and beyond into Tibet at the end of the 19th century.
Excellent Quality, 566 Pages
History, Nonfiction, Travel
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111436/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0807070173/
THREE PLUS ONE EQUALS BILLIONS: THE BENDIX-MARTIN MARIETTA WAR, BY ALLAN
SLOAN
An analysis of the Bendix-Martin Marietta war, and the ups and downs
experienced by the staff of the two companies during the war.
Excellent Quality, 270 Pages
Nonfiction, Business and Finance
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111305/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0877955042/
VERA (MRS. VLADIMIR NABOKOV): PORTRAIT OF A MARRIAGE, BY STACY SCHIFF
Vera brings to life one of the greatest literary love stories of our
time. Vladimir Nabokov--the author of Lolita; Pale Fire; and Speak,
Memory--wrote his books first for himself, second for his wife, Vera,
and third for no one at all.
Excellent Quality, 459 Pages
History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111155/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0375755349/
WHAT AMERICAN WOMEN DID, 1789-1920: A YEAR-BY-YEAR REFERENCE, BY LINDA
MILES COPPENS
A reference chronicling women's lives and accomplishments year-by-year
from the emergence of the republic in 1789 through the passage of the
19th Amendment in 1920.
Excellent Quality, 259 Pages
History, Nonfiction, Reference
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111097/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0786408995/
WHEELCHAIR WARRIOR: GANGS, DISABILITY, AND BASKETBALL, BY RONALD BERGER
AND MELVIN JUETTE
The true story of a Chicago gang member who was shot and paralyzed, and
became a world-class wheelchair athlete.
Excellent Quality, 182 Pages
Nonfiction, Sports, Disability-Related, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111401/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1592134742/
YES WE CAN: A BIOGRAPHY OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA, BY GAREN THOMAS
THIS IS OUR MOMENT. This is our time--to put people back to work and
open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and
promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American dream and reaffirm
that fundamental truth--that out of many, we are one.
Excellent Quality, 255 Pages
History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111158/
=====TEENS & CHILDREN, 40
25 WACKY AND WONDERFUL STORIES THAT BOOST VOCABULARY, BY DAN GREENBERG
No more ho-hum, forgettable vocabulary lessons! These reproducible,
funny stories will grab your students' attention and help them remember
the prefixes, suffixes, and roots they need to know so they can become
better readers and writers.
Excellent Quality, 66 Pages
Textbooks and Educational Materials, Nonfiction, Teens
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103346/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/043915586X/
A CHANCE CHILD, BY JILL PATON WALSH
Creep accidentally travels back in time to the British Industrial
Revolution, while, in the present, his half brother is anxiously
searching for him.
Excellent Quality, 184 Pages
History, Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111533/
CELINE, BY BROCK COLE
Before Celine, a sixteen-year-old artist, can take a promised trip to
Europe, she must show a little maturity, finish an overdue term paper
and support her seven-year-old neighbor during his parent's separation.
Excellent Quality, 224 Pages
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111536/
DARK WHISPERS (THE UNICORN CHRONICLES #3), BY BRUCE COVILLE
Seeking to unravel the secret of the long enmity between, unicorns and
delvers, Cara travels through a strange underground world to the court
of the centaur king, while on Earth, her hunters make final plans to
jump to the fantasy land of Luster.
Excellent Quality, 462 Pages
Teens, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111409/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0590459511/
ESCAPE OF THE HE-BEAST (GHOSTS OF FEAR STREET #31), BY R. L. STINE AND
PAGE MCBRIER
He is Hecula the He-Beast -- one of the coolest monsters in comic book
history. And Jamie Kolker is his #1 fan. Jamie loves the He-Beast's
horns and teeth. But especially the way he hunts his prey.
Excellent Quality, 124 Pages
Horror, Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/109528/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0307249042/
FALLOUT (THE WESSEX PAPERS #2), BY DANIEL PARKER
Dear Charles, I regret to inform you that I have expelled your son,
Noah. This was not a decision that I made lightly. Indeed, it is
particularly vexing to me, as you and your family have faithfully
supported the Wessex Academy for so many years.
Excellent Quality, 254 Pages
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111403/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0064408078/
FIX, BY LESLIE MARGOLIS
It hurts to be beautiful. Pretty, blond, popular Cameron Beekman has it
all -- lots of girlfriends, a hot boyfriend, and a successful family.
She's perfection. Gone are her days as the outcast, huge-nosed "Beakface."
Excellent Quality, 243 Pages
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111404/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1416924566/
LOVESTRUCK (SWEET VALLEY HIGH #27), BY FRANCINE PASCAL AND KATE WILLIAM
No one at Sweet Valley High can believe that football star Ken Matthews
has fallen in love math super-sophisticated Suzanne Hanlon. Two people
couldn't be more different. Can anyone help Ken come to his senses
before he gets hurt?
Excellent Quality, 154 Pages
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/109529/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0553254715/
OLIVIA KIDNEY AND THE EXIT ACADEMY, BY ELLEN POTTER
Twelve-year-old Olivia Kidney and her father move into a Manhattan
brownstone that has a lagoon in the living room, hosts visiting
strangers in the middle of the night, and is mysteriously close to the
spirit world.
Excellent Quality, 264 Pages
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111144/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0399241620/
OUT LAW: WHAT LGBT YOUTH SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THEIR LEGAL RIGHTS, BY LISA KEEN
Out Law lays out the basics about federal, state, and local laws that
frequently impact LGBT youth and explains how legal authority and
responsibility is often vested in local officials, such as school
principals.
Excellent Quality, 158 Pages
Nonfiction, Teens, Gay and Lesbian
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111405/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0807079669/
REGENERATION, BY BARBARA COLLINS AND MAX ALLAN
Fired from her job, baby boomer Joyce Lackey needs her youth back and is
willing to do anything to get it. But she discovers a new identity comes
with a very high price.
Excellent Quality, 320 Pages
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111329/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0843946156/
THE EMPEROR'S WINDING SHEET, BY JILL PATON WALSH
In this winner of the Whitbread Children's Book Award, Walsh brings a
meticulous eye for detail and storyteller's skill to this tale of the
fall of Constantinople in 1453 and the siege that marked the end of the
Byzantine Empire.
Excellent Quality, 274 Pages
History, Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111560/
THIS DAY IN HISTORY, BY ANTHONY VARALLO
On the verge of maturity -- where parents are distant or absent,
friendships are often more accidental than deliberate, and restless
angst is common -- Anthony Varallo's adolescent protagonists dissect the
world, and their place in it, with keen perception.
Excellent Quality, 168 Pages
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111235/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0877459517/
TRAPPED! CAGES OF MIND AND BODY, BY LOIS DUNCAN EDITOR
A collection of stories by different writers and in various genres in
each of which a young protagonist is trapped in some way, whether
emotionally, physically, or mentally.
Excellent Quality, 228 Pages
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111232/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/068981335X/
ALICIA'S TREASURE, BY DIANE GONZALES BERTRAND
When ten-year-old Alicia accompanies her brother and his girl friend to
the beach, she experiences many things for the first time and gains new
insights into herself.
Excellent Quality, 125 Pages
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111165/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1558850864/
DWYANE WADE, BY JEFF SAVAGE
A biography about Dwyane Wade, his life and basketball career.
Excellent Quality, 32 Pages
Children's Books, Nonfiction, Sports, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111057/
HEMLOCK HILL HIDEAWAY (WHISPERING BROOK SERIES #4), BY CARRIE BENDER
When the elder Petersheims buy a farm for young Omar, his sister comes
to keep house for him, and together they make a new home for the
mischievous Dannie.
Excellent Quality, 168 Pages
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111149/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0836191285/
IT'S OUR WORLD TOO! YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE: HOW THEY
DO IT--HOW YOU CAN, TOO!, BY PHILLIP HOOSE
This invaluable companion to the award-winning We Were There, Too! gives
young readers the tools to bring about change.
Excellent Quality, 166 Pages
Children's Books, Nonfiction, Teens
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111154/
JACK AND CHUG, BY JENNY GILES
Chug the tractor sees some boys damaging his park at night and figures
out how to alert his friend Jack.
Excellent Quality, 17 Pages
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111622/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0763519529/
JESSICA'S SNOBBY CLUB (SWEET VALLEY KIDS #26), BY MOLLY MIA STEWART AND
FRANCINE PASCAL
Jessica was stubborn but the fact is, Jessica likes Elizabeth. It was
cute how they make up with their friends. Jessica makes the Orchid club
with her friends. But Elizabeth doesn't want to belong to the Orchid club.
Excellent Quality, 71 Pages
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/80897/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0553159224/
JESSICA, THE ROCK STAR (SWEET VALLEY TWINS #34), BY FRANCINE PASCAL AND
JAMIE SUZANNE
Bruce Patman has chosen Jessica to be the lead singer in his rock and
roll band. But Elizabeth discovers that he is only using Jessica because
the band needs a place to rehearse and must decide whether to tell her
sister the truth.
Excellent Quality, 106 Pages
Children's Books, Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/109527/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0553157663/
KAREN'S BIG CITY MYSTERY (BABY-SITTERS LITTLE SISTER #99), BY ANN M. MARTIN
During Karen's month-long stay with her little-house family in Chicago,
she teams up with a new friend to nab an art thief.
Excellent Quality, 106 Pages
Children's Books, Teens, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/66844/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/059049760X/
KAREN'S BIG FIGHT (BABY-SITTERS LITTLE SISTER #79), BY ANN M. MARTIN
When Thanksgiving nears, family discussions about thankfulness move
Karen to put aside her anger for her brother, and help him adjust to his
new school.
Excellent Quality, 104 Pages
Children's Books, Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/66845/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0590691872/
KEEPERS OF THE EARTH: NATIVE AMERICAN STORIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL
ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN, BY JOSEPH BRUCHAC AND MICHAEL J. CADUTO
This book, featuring the complete, unabridged stories from "Keepers of
the Earth" & "Native American Stories," represents the art of
traditional Native American storytelling at its best.
Excellent Quality, 211 Pages
Children's Books, History, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111096/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1555910270/
LILAC BLOSSOM TIME (DORA'S DIARY #2), BY CARRIE BENDER
Dora returns to her parents in Pennsylvania and serves as a companion
for Mrs. Worthington. She hears tales of the Underground Railroad and of
pioneers in the West. With Worthington, Dora visits in California and
sees Matthew over Valentine's Day!
Excellent Quality, 174 Pages
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111163/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0836191374/
MEMORIES (SWEET VALLEY HIGH #24), BY FRANCINE PASCAL AND KATE WILLIAM
Torn apart by love... The Wakefield twins' older brother, Steven, hasn't
dated anyone since his girlfriend died of leukemia. He can't even look
at another girl without thinking of his beloved Tricia. But Steven is
drawn to Cara Walker.
Excellent Quality, 154 Pages
Children's Books, Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/110544/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0553266845/
MYSTERY OF THE SECRET MARKS (MONSTER HUNTERS CASE #3), BY NANCY GARDEN
Something odd is afoot at the exclusive Fox Ridge School for Girls in
Maryland -- and it seems directed at Darcy's timid roommate, Ro.
Excellent Quality, 226 Pages
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111219/
RAGS TO RICHES (SWEET VALLEY HIGH #16), BY FRANCINE PASCAL AND KATE WILLIAM
Roger strikes it rich... No one would have guessed that Roger Barrett,
the poorest boy in Sweet Valley, was really one of the Patmans, the
wealthiest family in town. Immediately Jessica Wakefield sets her sights
on Roger and his new found wealth.
Excellent Quality, 154 Pages
Children's Books, Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/110218/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0553274317/
SHADRACH'S CROSSING, BY AVI
Living on a poor island in 1932, a young boy determines, despite his
family's bitter opposition, to identify and somehow bring to justice the
liquor smugglers who have been terrorizing the island.
Excellent Quality, 179 Pages
Children's Books, History, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111521/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0394858166/
SQUIDS (NATURE'S CHILDREN), BY JAMES KINCHEN
Introduces the physical features, habits and natural environment of
squids and their relatives.
Excellent Quality, 48 Pages
Children's Books, Nonfiction, Animals, Outdoors and Nature
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111385/
STANLEY, FLAT AGAIN! (FLAT STANLEY #5), BY JEFF BROWN
After Stanley Lambchop goes flat once again, he uses his flatness to
help win a sailboat race and to rescue a classmate from a collapsed
building.
Excellent Quality, 90 Pages
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/110453/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0060095512/
STARRING THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB! (BABY-SITTERS CLUB SUPER SPECIAL #9), BY
ANN M. MARTIN
Everybody wants to do something in the Stoneybrook Middle School
production of Peter Pan ... especially the Baby-Sitters.
Excellent Quality, 244 Pages
Children's Books, Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/83726/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/059045661X/
STAR LIGHT, BY SANDRA BYRD
Tess Thomas and her Secret Sister, Erin, have planned for horseback
riding, a field trip, and fitting in at her new church. But Erin's horse
is injured and Tess's mother starts going to the doctor after
experiencing strange symptoms.
Excellent Quality, 112 Pages
Children's Books, Animals, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111141/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1578560179/
SUMMERVILLE DAYS (WHISPERING BROOK SERIES #2), BY CARRIE BENDER
When twelve-year-old Mary spends a summer working on her sister's farm
in an Amish community, she learns that there is more than one kind of
housekeeping.
Excellent Quality, 224 Pages
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111137/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0836190408/
THE GREEN BOOK, BY JILL PATON WALSH
Pattie and her family are among the last refugees to flee a dying Earth
in an old spaceship. And when the group finally lands on the distant
planet which is to be their new home, it would seem that the four-year
journey has been a success.
Excellent Quality, 75 Pages
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111524/
THE CLOCK, BY JAMES LINCOLN COLLIER
We accept them into our lives without thought. As far as we're
concerned, they've always been there. Books to expand our minds, clothes
to keep us warm, clocks to tell us we're late.... End of story! Or is it?
Excellent Quality, 126 Pages
Children's Books, History, Nonfiction, Science
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111056/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0761415386/
THE GREAT EGG BUST, BY JANICE HARRELL
Paul is determined to win the fourth grade science Olympiad with a
protector that will keep an egg from breaking no matter how far it is
dropped. Unfortunately, he'll have to beat bratty Tiffany first.
Excellent Quality, 107 Pages
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111160/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/067172861X/
TIFFANY, THE DISASTER, BY JANICE HARRELL
Since Paul and Tiffany are both adopted, they are expected to be
friends, but Paul can't see how anyone can like a person like Tiffany
until one day when she disappears.
Excellent Quality, 105 Pages
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111159/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0671728601/
TURTLES (NATURE'S CHILDREN), BY MERIDETH SWITZER
Describes the physical features, habits and natural environments for a
variety of turtles, tortoises, and terrapins.
Excellent Quality, 48 Pages
Children's Books, Nonfiction, Animals, Outdoors and Nature
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111390/
WHISPERING BROOK FARM (WHISPERING BROOK SERIES #1), BY CARRIE BENDER
Depicts the life of the Petersheims, a large, close-knit Amish family
living on a farm in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Excellent Quality, 220 Pages
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111120/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0836190114/
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