[bksvol-discuss] New Books (55) for 07-21
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=====FICTION, 18
AFTERGLOW, BY IRENE B. BRAND
Christian romance set in a small town at the turn of the 20th century.
Mystery and intrique figure in this novel.
Excellent Quality, 170 Pages
Romance, Religion and Spirituality
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/96838/
AZUL , BY RUBéN DARíO
El poeta nicaragüense fue, sin duda alguna, uno de los poetas
hispanoamericanos que más decididamente cambió el rumbo de las letras
hispánicas.
Excellent Quality, 1 Pages
Poetry, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/26996/
A MUTUAL FAVOR, BY ANN JACOBS
Two good friends, two thorny problems. Kurt needs a wife to convince a
judge he can provide a stable home for his son. Shelly wants a baby to
love. She's had a crush on him for years. He's never thought of her as
anything more than his best buddy.
Excellent Quality, 183 Pages
Romance, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/100421/
BRUISED HIBISCUS, BY ELIZABETH NUNEZ
The year is 1954. A white woman's body, stuffed in a coconut bag, has
washed ashore in Otatiti, Trinidad, and the British colony is rife with
rumors.
Excellent Quality, 291 Pages
Horror, Literature and Fiction, Religion and Spirituality
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/100639/
BUNNY LAKE IS MISSING, BY EVELYN PIPER
Blanche Lake's frantic efforts to find her daughter Bunny run into
trouble when authorities believe that the child does not exist.
Excellent Quality, 230 Pages
Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/95085/
CUENTOS COMPLETOS 2, BY JULIO CORTáZAR
Segundo tomo de la recopilación de los cuentos del gran escritor
argentino, Julio Cortázar.
Excellent Quality, 115 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/100648/
CUENTOS COMPLETOS, BY JULIO CORTáZAR
Cuentos 1945 a 1967
Excellent Quality, 55 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/100642/
CUSTER DIED FOR YOUR SINS: AN INDIAN MANIFESTO, BY VINE DELORIA
Deloria writes with ironic, mordant wit and in the process, he
resolutely destroys the stereotypes and myths that white society has
built up about the Indian.
Excellent Quality, 278 Pages
History, Nonfiction, Westerns
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/100669/
EPISODE, BY ROBERT GARNER MCBREARTY
A collection of fourteen short stories that explore the weird and
unexpected moments of ordinary life.
Excellent Quality, 138 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/98121/
EXPOUNDING THE DOUBTFUL POINTS, BY WING T. LUM
This collection of poems discusses the author's Chinese-American heritage.
Excellent Quality, 107 Pages
Poetry, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/100645/
GENOCIDE OF THE MIND, BY MARIJO MOORE
In this compelling collection of literary nonfiction, Native Americans
describe their struggle to preserve their heritage in contemporary urban
America.
Excellent Quality, 352 Pages
History, Nonfiction, Westerns
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/100664/
IN THE HEART OF THE COUNTRY, BY J. M. COETZEE
Set in colonial South Africa, Coetzee tells the story of a lonley sheep
farmer who spends time with a black concubine. Meanwhile, the farmer's
daughter dreams of revenge.
Excellent Quality, 140 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/100882/
ITALIAN STORIES, BY JOSEPH PAPALEO
"Italian Stories pays homage to the Italian-American experience,
celebrating an Italian neighborhood in the Bronx during the 1930s and
'40s, and mourning the loss of this ethnic identity with the migration
of subsequent generations to the suburbs.
Excellent Quality, 298 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/100649/
JUNTACADáVERES, BY JUAN CARLOS ONETTI
Juntacadáveres se centra en la figura de Larsen, el proxeneta
sentimental, para narrar, en un ambiente grisáceo de burdel pueblerino,
una historia desesperanzada, pero irónica en las implicaciones de su
planteamiento.
Excellent Quality, 36 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/100636/
LEGENDS FROM CAMP, BY LAWSON FUSAO INADA
Inada talks about life in Japanese internment camps, jazz, and living in
Fresno, CA.
Excellent Quality, 177 Pages
Poetry, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/100650/
PARA UNA TUMBA SIN NOMBRE, BY JUAN CARLOS ONETTI
Jorge Malabia está a punto de atravesar la difícil frontera que separa
la juventud del mundo adulto.
Excellent Quality, 11 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/100638/
THE DRAGON CHARMER (FERN CAPEL NOVELS #2), BY JAN SIEGEL
Ten years after the events of Prospero's Children, Fern, wishing to
straighten out her life, returns with her husband to the cottage by the
sea to renew her connections with her Atlantean sources.
Excellent Quality, 375 Pages
Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/99699/
THE POETRY OF PIETY: AN ANNOTATED ANTHOLOGY OF CHRISTIAN POETRY, BY
CHRISTOPHER MEAD ARMITAGE AND BEN WITHERINGTON
Poetry has always been an elegant, effective means of expression and
reflection. With this in mind, Witherington and Armitage have produced
this innovative annotated anthology of Christian poetry from the 16th
century to the present.
Excellent Quality, 175 Pages
History, Poetry, Literature and Fiction, Religion and Spirituality
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/96713/
=====NONFICTION, 11
BONES THAT FLOAT, A STORY OF ADOPTING CAMBODIA, BY KARI GRADY GROSSMAN
On March 24, 2001, American writer Kari Grady Grossman entered a crowded
orphanage outside Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and met her 8-month-old son. Her
1st question was "How did he get here?" This book answers that question.
Excellent Quality, 251 Pages
Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Parenting and Family
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/96715/
CONFESSIONS OF A KNIFE, BY RICHARD SELZER
Merging art and religion with science, these essays delve deeply into
the emotional territory of medicine commonly avoided by writers. Never
hesitant to admit his own frailties, Selzer draws on his experiences as
a surgeon with integrity and wit.
Excellent Quality, 222 Pages
Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Health, Mind and Body
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/100667/
CULTURE AND RESISTANCE: CONVERSATIONS WITH EDWARD W. SAID, BY DAVID
BARSAMIAN AND EDWARD W. SAID
Edward W. Said discusses the centrality of popular resistance to his
understanding of culture, history, and social change. He reveals his
latest thoughts on the war on terrorism, the war in Afghanistan, and the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Excellent Quality, 233 Pages
History, Military, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/100666/
CULT OF POWER: SEX DISCRIMINATION IN CORPORATE AMERICA AND WHAT CAN BE
DONE ABOUT IT, BY MARTHA BURK
In 2002, Dr. Martha Burk, chair of the National Council of Women's Org.,
wrote to the Augusta National Golf Club, host of the prestigious Masters
tournament, expressing concern over the club's all-male membership
policy and urging it to change.
Excellent Quality, 262 Pages
Nonfiction, Business and Finance
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/100665/
JACKIE ROBINSON: A BIOGRAPHY, BY ARNOLD RAMPERSAD
The extraordinary life of Jackie Robinson is illuminated as never before
in this full-scale biography by Arnold Rampersad, who was chosen by
Jack's widow, Rachel, to tell her husband's story, and was given
unprecedented access to his private papers.
Excellent Quality, 909 Pages
Nonfiction, Sports, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/100677/
MEDICAL MYTHS THAT CAN KILL YOU: AND THE 101 TRUTHS THAT WILL SAVE,
EXTEND, AND IMPROVE YOUR LIFE, BY NANCY L. SNYDERMAN
"Do you know what's really good for you?" In this age of countless
miracle cures, it's vital to separate the myths that endanger your
health from the medical truths you need. TRUTH: Unfiltered coffee can
clog your arteries.
Excellent Quality, 287 Pages
Reference, Disability-Related, Health, Mind and Body, Parenting and
Family
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/100635/
TEACHING WITH LOVE AND LOGIC: TAKING CONTROL OF THE CLASSROOM, BY DAVID
FUNK AND JIM FAY
Love and Logic is an approach to working with students that: Puts
teachers in control, Teaches kids to think for themselves, Raises the
level of student responsibility, Prepares kids to function effectively
in a society filled with temptations, decisions, and consequences.
Excellent Quality, 406 Pages
Textbooks and Educational Materials, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/38948/
TEACH YOURSELF WEATHER, BY PETER INNESS
Teach Yourself Weather shows you how to interpret the nightly weather
report and even make your own predictions. It examines climate change
and its effect on the weather.
Excellent Quality, 261 Pages
Nonfiction, Outdoors and Nature
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/100620/
THE FLAMINGO'S SMILE: REFLECTIONS IN NATURAL HISTORY, BY STEPHEN JAY GOULD
This is Gould's fourth volume of essays reprinted, with postscripts,
from Natural History. Gould's monthly columns seem to take on new
meaning in these collections; each becomes a piece in a mosaic pattern
of thought.
Excellent Quality, 476 Pages
History, Nonfiction, Science, Outdoors and Nature
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/100622/
THE GOD OF ALL COMFORT, BY HANNAH WHITALL SMITH
This precious volume illuminates the true meaning and message of God,
particularly in this age of so much doubt and fear: Become closer to
God, believe what He has promised, and your troubled hearts will be
filled with joy, for He will supply your needs, He will provide deep and
lasting peace and comfort.
Excellent Quality, 249 Pages
Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/77388/
THE NEW COCKATIEL HANDBOOK, BY MATTHEW M. VRIENDS
Barron's Pet Handbooks provide information on health care, proper
feeding and housing, training and other animal-care details of interest
to pet owners. All books are filled with handsome full-color photos, and
instructive line art. Cockatiels - parrot-related birds that originated
in Australia - come in a variety of color mutations. This handbook gives
detailed purchase advice, considerations related to caging, proper
nutrition, grooming, health care, and keeping the bird safe from
household hazards.
Excellent Quality, 144 Pages
Nonfiction, Animals
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/100655/
=====TEENS & CHILDREN, 26
BIG FISH: A NOVEL OF MYTHIC PROPORTIONS, BY DANIEL WALLACE
Edward Bloom is dying, and his son William still doesn't know him. He
knows some things about his father: Edward never missed school, even in
the worst snowstorms. He could outrun anybody. He was generous. He had a
way with animals.
Excellent Quality, 190 Pages
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/100826/
BREAKING POINT, BY ALEX FLINN
"We may need to plant a bomb in Old Lady Zaller's classroom."These
simple words will change Paul Richmond's life forever. Paul is new to
Gate, a school whose rich students make life miserable for anyone not
like them.
Excellent Quality, 245 Pages
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/100874/
FINANCIAL BASICS: A MONEY-MANAGEMENT GUIDE FOR STUDENTS, BY SUSAN KNOX
Jason is typical of today's college students, who are assuming
unprecedented debt burdens because of relaxed limits on student loans
and easily obtained credit cards. Many on college campuses are calling
it a fiscal crisis.
Excellent Quality, 163 Pages
Nonfiction, Teens, Business and Finance
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/100616/
FRANCIE, BY KAREN ENGLISH
A distinctive new voice in children's fiction Francie lives with her
mother and younger brother, Prez, in rural Alabama, where all three work
and wait. Francie's father is trying to get settled in Chicago so he can
move his family up North.
Excellent Quality, 199 Pages
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/100879/
GINGERBREAD, BY RACHEL COHN
"I have promised to be a model citizen daughter....I have confined my
Shrimp time to making out with him in the Java the Hut supply closet and
quick feels on the cold hard sand at the beach during our breaks, but
enough is enough...."
Excellent Quality, 174 Pages
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/100880/
THAT SUMMER, BY SARAH DESSEN
For fifteen-year-old Haven, life is changing too quickly. She's nearly
six feet tall, her father is getting remarried, and her sister--the
always perfect Ashley--is planning a wedding of her own.
Excellent Quality, 198 Pages
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/100873/
¡BéISBOL! PIONEROS Y LEYENDAS DEL BéISBOL LATINO, BY ENRIQUE DEL RISCO
AND JONAH WINTER
Béisbol es muy popular en América Latina y muchos de los mejores
jugadores del deporte crecían sur de la frontera. Este libro hace
reseñas biográficas de catorce de estas gran estrellas quienes jugaban
desde 1900 a las 1960s.
Excellent Quality, 18 Pages
Children's Books, Nonfiction, Sports, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/56911/
CHALICE, BY ROBIN MCKINLEY
The author of the Newbery Medal winner "The Hero and the Crown" is back
with a masterful new novel--a captivating tale that reveals the healing
power of duty and honor, love and honey.
Excellent Quality, 265 Pages
Children's Books, Teens, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and
Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/92931/
EL úLTIMO DINOSAURIO, BY ALMA MARITANO
Una historia de ciencia ficción, con un planeta lejano de habitantes
dominados por el temor al último dinosaurio.
Excellent Quality, 107 Pages
Children's Books
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/100631/
EL MONTE ERA UNA FIESTA, BY GUSTAVO ROLDáN
Cuentos donde los protagonistas son animales del monte del Chaco Argentino
Excellent Quality, 10 Pages
Children's Books, Animals
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/100623/
FAREWELL TO EARTH, BY BRUCE COVILLE
All things must come to an end -- even sixth grade. But not all things
end happily, and it looks as if Pleskit Meenom's year as a sixth grade
alien is about to end in catastrophe as Earth is swept by rumors that
something has happened at the embassy.
Excellent Quality, 184 Pages
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/100674/
GOBLINS IN THE CASTLE, BY BRUCE COVILLE
What moans at midnight in Toad-in-a-Cage Castle? Toad-in-a-Cage Castle
was filled with secrets -- secrets such as the hidden passages that led
to every room, the long stairway down to the dungeon, and the weird
creature named Igor who lived there.
Excellent Quality, 165 Pages
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/100672/
HERE IS THE ARCTIC WINTER, BY MADELEINE DUNPHY
The Arctic winter is cold, snowy, and dark. The barren landscape is
covered by a layer of snow that stretches to the horizon, with nothing
to disrupt it but jagged rocks. There are only a few plants and no sunlight.
Excellent Quality, 32 Pages
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/100865/
INVADERS, BY ROB HALE
Fifth grade reading series about invasive species.
Excellent Quality, 25 Pages
Children's Books, Nonfiction, Science, Outdoors and Nature
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/97008/
I LEFT MY SNEAKERS IN DIMENSION X, BY BRUCE COVILLE
When Rod's cousin Elspeth arrived for a visit the day after school let
out for the summer, Rod thought his vacation was ruined. When they are
kidnapped to Dimension X by a monster named Flinders, Rod realizes that
Elspeth is the least of his problems.
Excellent Quality, 180 Pages
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/100671/
I LOST MY GRANDFATHER'S BRAIN, BY BRUCE COVILLE
Some kids lose their math book, or their sneakers, or their lunch.
Pleskit Meenom, first alien kid to go to school on Earth, has a bigger
problem: He's lost his grandfather's brain!
Excellent Quality, 163 Pages
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/100670/
JAVIER VILLAFAñE, BY EL CABALLO CELOSO
Un caballo decide conocer la ciudad y allí se enamora de una niña a la
que tratará de conquistar
Excellent Quality, 8 Pages
Children's Books
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/100628/
KRISTY'S MYSTERY ADMIRER (BABY-SITTERS CLUB #38), BY ANN M. MARTIN
Someone is sending anonymous love letters to Kristy. Is it a practical
joke or do the letters mean something more?
Excellent Quality, 151 Pages
Children's Books
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/100621/
LA TRAVESíA DE MANUELA, BY ANA ALVARADO
Una niña se cae y a partir de ese momento puede convertir lo que dice en
realidad. Esto le producirá diferentes problemas y pasará por grandes
peripecias
Excellent Quality, 69 Pages
Children's Books
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/100633/
LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD: A NEWFANGLED PRAIRIE TALE, BY LISA CAMPBELL ERNST
A twist on the old tale. In this version, grandma drives a tractor and
is not scared of hungry predators. Her granddaughter, Little Red Riding
Hood, is nicknamed for her scarlet sweatshirt.
Excellent Quality, 37 Pages
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/100866/
MR. WOLF'S PANCAKES, BY JAN FEARNLEY
Mr Wolf cannot stop thinking about pancakes. He has a problem because he
does not know how to make them, and he has trouble reading the recipe
from his Wolf It Down recipe book.
Excellent Quality, 32 Pages
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/100868/
PET REPTILES (NATURE'S CHILDREN), BY DANIEL NOONAN
Describes the physical characteristics, natural habitat, behavior, diet,
world distribution, domestic types, and care required of these animals
sometimes used as pets.
Excellent Quality, 48 Pages
Children's Books, Nonfiction, Animals
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/100185/
POSSUM MAGIC, BY MEM FOX
Grandma Poss uses her best bush magic to make Hush invisible. But when
Hush longs to be able to see herself again, the two possums must make
their way across Australia to find the magic food that will make Hush
visible once more.
Excellent Quality, 32 Pages
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/100871/
THE ZACK FILES #17: YIKES! GRANDMA'S A TEENAGER, BY DAN GREENBURG
A trip to New York City to celebrate her 89th birthday--and participate
in a Rockettes reunion at Radio City Music Hall--leaves Zack's Grandma
Leah feeling younger than springtime.
Excellent Quality, 60 Pages
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/100675/
THREE JOVIAL HUNTSMEN, BY SUSAN JEFFERS
Despite the many animals in the forest, three hunters see only a ship, a
house, and a pincushion and find nothing to shoot.
Excellent Quality, 32 Pages
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/100878/
TODOS LOS JUEGOS EL JUEGO, BY GUSTAVO ROLDáN
Cuentos relacionados con diferentes juegos infantiles
Excellent Quality, 73 Pages
Children's Books
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/100627/
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