[bookshare-discuss] New Books (62) for April 15
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- Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:00:10 -0700
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CONNECTED MATHEMATICS 2: MOVING STRAIGHT AHEAD, LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS, BY
WILLIAM M. FITZGERALD AND JAMES T. FEY AND GLENDA LAPPAN
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Brief Synopsis:
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Book Quality: Publisher Quality
Book Size: 104 Pages
Categories:
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EVERYDAY MATHEMATICS GRADE 3, STUDENT MATH JOURNAL VOLUME 2, BY DIANA
BARRIE AND AMY DILLARD AND ANDY ISAACS AND MAX BELL
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Brief Synopsis:
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Book Quality: Publisher Quality
Book Size: 127 Pages
Categories:
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ARTHUR'S CHICKEN POX, BY MARC BROWN
Brief Synopsis:
This adventure revolves around whether or not Arthur will get over his
chicken pox in time to go to the circus with his family.
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 32 Pages
Categories: Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
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BIG AL, BY ANDREW CLEMENTS
Brief Synopsis:
In an age of such obsession with appearance, this simple tale of a big,
gentle fish and the qualities that make friendship real will touch
children and encourage them to look again.
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 29 Pages
Categories: Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
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CHRYSANTHEMUM, BY KEVIN HENKES
Brief Synopsis:
She was a perfect baby, and she had a perfect name. Chrysanthemum.
Chrysanthemum loved her name--until she started school.
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 32 Pages
Categories: Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
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DRAWING LESSONS FROM A BEAR, BY DAVID M. MCPHAIL
Brief Synopsis:
"You can't be a bear, you know, but you can be an artist. Are you an
artist? Then say so. Say it softly to yourself, or say it loudly for the
whole world to hear: I AM AN ARTIST! There. Now you are an artist. For
all time and forever.
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 32 Pages
Categories: Children's Books, Art and Architecture
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DUGONGS (NATURE'S CHILDREN), BY GEOFF MILLER
Brief Synopsis:
Describes the physical features, habits and natural habitat of this
gentle giant of the sea, commonly known as a sea cow.
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 48 Pages
Categories: Children's Books, Nonfiction, Animals
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HENRY CLIMBS A MOUNTAIN, BY D. B. JOHNSON
Brief Synopsis:
Henry the bear wants to climb a mountain, but is put in jail for refusing
to pay taxes to a state that allows slavery. Even in his cell, Henry's
imagination allows him to roam free.
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 32 Pages
Categories: Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
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KUNG FU PANDA: THE SECRET OF THE SCROLL, BY J. E. BRIGHT
Brief Synopsis:
Po is a clumsy, lazy panda. And, oh yeah, he has dreams of becoming a
kung fu master instead of working in his family's noodle shop! Po's life
gets turned upside down when he is chosen to enter the disciplined world
of kung fu.
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 60 Pages
Categories: Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
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MUFFIE MOUSE AND THE BUSY BIRTHDAY, BY JOAN LOWERY NIXON
Brief Synopsis:
Muffie displays her imagination in four episodes that take place on her
mother's birthday.
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 46 Pages
Categories: Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
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MY PRAIRIE CHRISTMAS, BY BRETT HARVEY
Brief Synopsis:
Elenore's first Christmas on the prairie is very different from Christmas
back in Maine. There are no relatives to help celebrate. The ornaments
are still in Maine, and there's no cranberries to string for the tree.
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 32 Pages
Categories: Children's Books, Westerns, Literature and Fiction
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ONCE I ATE A PIE, BY PATRICIA MACLACHLAN
Brief Synopsis:
When the farmer says he's too old to play the Easter Bunny, Minnie and
Moo decide someone has to wear a bunny outfit for the children on Easter
morning. But Elvis the rooster isn't interested.
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 36 Pages
Categories: Children's Books, Animals, Literature and Fiction
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THE SUNSETS OF THE WEST, BY TONY JOHNSTON
Brief Synopsis:
Pa and his family pack up their belongings and undertake the difficult
journey to a new life in the West.
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 35 Pages
Categories: Children's Books, Westerns, Literature and Fiction
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THE VERY NOISY NIGHT, BY DIANA HENDRY
Brief Synopsis:
Little Mouse keeps Big Mouse awake with his worries about nighttime
noises. Big Mouse offers him earmuffs, but the quiet only makes Little
Mouse feel lonely. By morning, both mice are sound asleep in Big Mouse's
bed.
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 28 Pages
Categories: Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
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TUNJUR! TUNJUR! TUNJUR! A PALESTINIAN FOLKTALE, BY MARGARET READ MACDONALD
Brief Synopsis:
A childless woman's prayers are answered by the arrival of a talking pot,
but the new mother knows that Little Pot must learn right from wrong just
like any child.
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 32 Pages
Categories: Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
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WHO'S THERE? BUSY BEE, BY MARTA BEROWSKA
Brief Synopsis:
Who's got his paws in the honey while the busy bees are hard at work?
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 8 Pages
Categories: Children's Books, Animals, Literature and Fiction
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HOLLYWOOD: THE MOVIE LOVER’S GUIDE: THE ULTIMATE INSIDER TOUR OF MOVIE
L.A. , BY RICHARD ALLEMAN
Brief Synopsis:
The classic guide to who-did-what-where in Los Angeles, on- and
off-screen, the Hollywood Hills house where Barbara seduced Fred in
Double Indemnity, the funky apartment building where William Holden lived
in Sunset Boulevard, and much more.
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 496 Pages
Categories: Entertainment, Nonfiction, Reference
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THE ROUGH GUIDE TO BRITISH CULT COMEDY, BY JULIAN HALL
Brief Synopsis:
The British Cult Comedy is the guide to live and television comedy in
Britain from the 1980s to the present day. From Ben Elton to Alan Carr,
this book profiles fifty of the influential cult comedy icons and
discovers how they became household names.
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 277 Pages
Categories: Entertainment, Nonfiction, Reference
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THE ROUGH GUIDE TO CHICK FLICKS, BY SAMATHA COOK
Brief Synopsis:
This covers everything, from the history of cinema and the different
films made around the world, to the stars, the directors, people behind
the scenes, details on costume design and many film reviews.
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 284 Pages
Categories: Entertainment, Nonfiction, Reference
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ANGEL CREEK AND A LADY OF THE WEST, BY
Brief Synopsis:
Desire and danger blaze like wildfire across the bold American West... in
these two novels, Angel Creek, and A Lady of the West.
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 573 Pages
Categories: History, Romance, Westerns, Literature and Fiction
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ANN'S STORY, 1747, BY JOAN LOWERY NIXON
Brief Synopsis:
Ann McKenzie loves living in Williamsburg. All of her family and friends
are nearby, and there's always something exciting happening in the
colonial capital.
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 150 Pages
Categories: History, Teens, Literature and Fiction
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CORNHUSK, SILK, AND WISHBONES: A BOOK OF DOLLS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, BY
MICHELLE MARKELL
Brief Synopsis:
With haunting photographs and a text that speaks poignantly of the time
when children must leave their dolls behind, this book captures the
uncanny and enduring comfort of dolls.
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 48 Pages
Categories: History, Nonfiction, Teens
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NEW YORK BURNING: LIBERTY, SLAVERY, AND CONSPIRACY IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY
MANHATTAN, BY JILL LEPORE
Brief Synopsis:
A tale of investigation of a mysterious, and largely forgotten,
eighteenth-century slave plot to destroy New York City. A study of the
ways in which slavery both damaged and created American politics.
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 325 Pages
Categories: History, Nonfiction
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PRAIRIE DREAMS, BY TERESA WARFIELD
Brief Synopsis:
Two hearts bound by memories of the past - and hopes for the future ...
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 340 Pages
Categories: History, Romance, Westerns
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THE ACCOUNT OF FRAY JUAN POBRE'S RESIDENCE IN THE MARíANAS 1602, BY
MARJORIE G. DRIVER
Brief Synopsis:
It was not whim or impulse that prompted the Franciscan Fray Juan Pobre
de Zamora to jump ship in the Ladrones, or Maríana Islands, in 1602.
Though not yet colonized, the islands had been known to the western world
from the time of Ferdinand Magellan's visit in 1521, and they had been
claimed for Spain by Miguel Lopez de Legaspi during his stopover at Guam
while en route to the Philippines in 1565.
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 33 Pages
Categories: History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs
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IN THE FOREST OF HARM, BY SALLIE BISSELL
Brief Synopsis:
Newcomer Sallie Bissell ushers you into a labyrinth of psychological
terror in an electrifying debut, a novel of survival and friendship as
three women embark on a hellish journey through a treacherous wilderness.
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 320 Pages
Categories: Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
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MY REVOLUTIONS, BY HARI KUNZRU
Brief Synopsis:
Chris Carver is living a lie. His wife, their teenage daughter, and
everyone in their circle know him as Michael Frame, suburban dad. They
have no idea that as a radical student in the sixties he briefly became a
terrorist--protesting the Vietnam War by setting bombs around London.
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 280 Pages
Categories: Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
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POINTS OF VIEW: AN ANTHOLOGY OF SHORT STORIES (REVISED EDITION), BY
KENNETH R. MCELHENY AND JAMES MOFFETT
Brief Synopsis:
Superb short stories from dozens of major writers, old and new.
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 606 Pages
Categories: Literature and Fiction
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SOMEPLACE TO BE FLYING, BY CHARLES DE LINT
Brief Synopsis:
The animal people walk among us. Native Americans call them the First
People, but they have never left, and they claim the city for their own.
Not only have Hank and Lily stumbled onto a secret, they've stumbled into
a war. And in this battle for the city's soul, nothing is quite as it
appears.
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 380 Pages
Categories: Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
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STELLAR SCIENCE FICTION STORIES, NO. 7, BY JUDY-LYNN DEL REY
Brief Synopsis:
This book is a collection of 9 science fiction stories by 9 great writers
of the 1970s.
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 214 Pages
Categories: Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
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THE LUNATIC CAFE (ANITA BLAKE VAMPIRE HUNTER #4), BY LAURELL K. HAMILTON
Brief Synopsis:
Anita Blake has fallen for the leader of a local pack of werewolves.
She's survived a lot, but this love affair may kill her yet.
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 370 Pages
Categories: Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
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ULTIMATUM, BY MATTHEW GLASS
Brief Synopsis:
November 2032. Joe Benton has just been elected the forty-eighth
president of the United States.
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 438 Pages
Categories: Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
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CULTURE SHOCK! LONDON, BY ORIN HARGRAVES
Brief Synopsis:
Culture Shock! London is the all-essential guide designed to immerse you
in the real London. Full of practical information and settling-in tips,
this book will help make your stay in this vibrant city as smooth as
possible.
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 294 Pages
Categories: Nonfiction, Travel
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FABULOSITY: WHAT IT IS AND HOW TO GET IT, BY KIMORA LEE SIMMONS
Brief Synopsis:
Fabulosity (n): 1: a state of everything that is fabulous 2: a quality
ascribed to that which expresses glamor, style, charisma, power, and
heart. Kimora Lee Simmons knows what it means to have fabulosity -- and
she wants to tell you how to get it.
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 264 Pages
Categories: Nonfiction, Self-Help
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HE'S GONNA TOOT AND I'M GONNA SCOOT: WAITING FOR GABRIEL’S HORN, BY
BARBARA JOHNSON
Brief Synopsis:
Barbara Johnson shows from real-life examples, how to put life's path
into a blissful Christian perspective. She gives a different perspective
to view the world, which often seems thorny and difficult.
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 164 Pages
Categories: Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality
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SHAPE SHIFTING: SHAMANIC TECHNIQUES FOR GLOBAL AND PERSONAL
TRANSFORMATION, BY JOHN PERKINS
Brief Synopsis:
An exploration of the shamanic practice of shape shifting and the story
of the author's transformation from a corporate executive to an
environmental activist by practicing these techniques.
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 173 Pages
Categories: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Religion and Spirituality
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THE YEAR WE DISAPPEARED: A FATHER-DAUGHTER MEMOIR, BY JOHN BUSBY AND
CYLIN BUSBY
Brief Synopsis:
This is an account of a shooting and its aftermath, even as it shows a
young girl trying to make sense of the unthinkable, and the triumph of a
family's bravery in the face of crisis.
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 339 Pages
Categories: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs
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ALWAYS A RECKONING AND OTHER POEMS, BY JIMMY CARTER
Brief Synopsis:
The first collection of poetry by former President Jimmy Carter, about
his childhood, his family and political life. Always a Reckoning sets a
precedent since no other president has published a book of poetry.
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 129 Pages
Categories: Poetry
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DANGER IN A RED DRESS, BY CHRISTINA DODD
Brief Synopsis:
Home care nurse Hannah Grey is dedicated to her patient, an aging widow
still tainted by the financial scandal her late husband perpetrated.
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 390 Pages
Categories: Romance, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
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HOME SONG, BY LAVYRLE SPENCER
Brief Synopsis:
Bestselling author LaVyrle Spencer explores the fragile bonds that exist
between family members, the strength it takes to hold them together, and
the true meaning of unconditional love in this powerful New York Times
bestseller.
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 382 Pages
Categories: Romance, Literature and Fiction
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MARRIED BY MISTAKE, BY ABBY GAINES
Brief Synopsis:
Do not adjust your set. That really was Casey Greene being jilted by her
fiancé on live TV! And that really was Memphis's most eligible bachelor
who stepped in to marry her instead.
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 352 Pages
Categories: Romance
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TAKE ONE (ABOVE THE LINE #1) , BY KAREN KINGSBURY
Brief Synopsis:
In the high-powered world of film making, two unknown producers struggle
to make a name for themselves. With millions of investors' dollars on the
line, everything starts to fall apart and they realize they may be in
over their heads.
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 352 Pages
Categories: Romance, Literature and Fiction, Religion and Spirituality
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TEMPTATION RIDGE (VIRGIN RIVER #6), BY ROBYN CARR
Brief Synopsis:
At twenty-five, after five years as her mother's caregiver, it's time for
Shelby to experience freedom and adventure. Time for travel, college and
romance.
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 442 Pages
Categories: Romance, Literature and Fiction
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A DEADLY PROMISE, BY JOAN LOWERY NIXON
Brief Synopsis:
Sarah risks her life to clear her murdered father's name and expose
big-time criminal activity in the lawless mining town of Leadville.
Sequel to "High Trail to Danger."
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 170 Pages
Categories: Teens, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
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BIG BAD BEANS, BY BEVERLY LEWIS
Brief Synopsis:
Jason Birchall is saving all his money for a super mountain bike. He's
been working hard and counting every penny. He's even storing his money
in a secret place that no one can find.
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 80 Pages
Categories: Teens, Literature and Fiction, Religion and Spirituality
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GIRL OVERBOARD, BY AIMEE FERRIS
Brief Synopsis:
Marina joins a group of international teens for a semester at sea in the
Caribbean, learning about marine life and resolving some issues about her
relationships and her future.
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 208 Pages
Categories: Teens, Literature and Fiction
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MARIA'S STORY, 1773, BY JOAN LOWERY NIXON
Brief Synopsis:
In Virginia, two years before the start of the American Revolution, Maria
worries that her mother will lose her contract to publish official
reports of the British government because she prints anti-British
articles in their family-run newspaper.
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 168 Pages
Categories: Teens, Literature and Fiction
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MICK HARTE WAS HERE, BY BARBARA PARK
Brief Synopsis:
How could someone like Phoebe's brother die? Mick Harte was one of the
coolest kids you'd ever want to meet. Mick was also the kid who would
still be alive now--if he'd only worn his bicycle helmet. . . .
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 90 Pages
Categories: Teens, Literature and Fiction
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SHADOWMAKER, BY JOAN LOWERY NIXON
Brief Synopsis:
Soon after she and her mother come to the small Texas town of Kluney and
experience a series of menacing events, Katie begins to suspect that
there is something sinister going on.
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 199 Pages
Categories: Teens, Literature and Fiction
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STAR BABY (HOLLYWOOD DAUGHTERS: A FAMILY TRILOGY) , BY JOAN LOWERY NIXON
Brief Synopsis:
Despite her interfering stage mother, seventeen-year-old Abby, a former
child movie star, pursues her dream of becoming an actress in Hollywood
during World War II.
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 180 Pages
Categories: Teens, Literature and Fiction
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THE LOST FLOWER CHILDREN, BY JANET TAYLOR LISLE
Brief Synopsis:
After their mother's death, Olivia and Nellie go to live with their great
aunt, where they slowly bring her overgrown and weedy old garden back to
life, enabling them to adjust to a new life as well.
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 122 Pages
Categories: Teens, Literature and Fiction
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TIME STOPS FOR NO MOUSE: A HERMUX TANTAMOQ ADVENTURE, BY MICHAEL HOEYE
Brief Synopsis:
When Linka Perflinger, a jaunty mouse, brings a watch into his shop to be
repaired and then disappears, Hermux Tantamoq is caught up in a world of
dangerous search for eternal youth as he tries to find out what happened
to her.
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 250 Pages
Categories: Teens, Literature and Fiction
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A RUMOR OF WAR, BY PHILIP CAPUTO
Brief Synopsis:
In March of 1965, Marine Lieutenent Philip J. Caputo landed at Da Nang
with the first ground combat unit deployed to Vietnam.
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 369 Pages
Categories: Textbooks and Educational Materials, Military
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AN INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN MOVEMENT, BY DAVID L. WRIGHT AND CHARLES H. SHEA
Brief Synopsis:
This new book is designed for the newly developing curriculum emerging in
the field of Physical Education Exercise Science. Today, there is a
renewed interest and dedication to the scientific study of human movement.
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 457 Pages
Categories: Textbooks and Educational Materials, Health, Mind and Body
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DIRE PREDICTIONS, BY LEE R. KUMP AND MICHAEL MANN
Brief Synopsis:
Information on global climate change drawn from the Fourth Assessment
Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 202 Pages
Categories: Textbooks and Educational Materials, Science, Outdoors and
Nature
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GEOGRAPHY OF TEXAS, BY ERIK PROUT
Brief Synopsis:
Part One is organized into two distinct chapters: Texas and geography.
Chapter One is an initial survey of and discussion about Texas. Chapter
Two is a condensed introduction to geography, so the reader can better
understand the author. The second chapter includes the purpose of
regional geography, some foundational geographical ideas, and a primer on
maps, which is an important tool for geographers and an essential skill
in geography.
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 232 Pages
Categories: Textbooks and Educational Materials, History
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MEDIA EVENTS, BY DANIEL DAYAN
Brief Synopsis:
An ethnography of how such media events as the Olympic Games, the moon
landing, Kennedy's funeral, and the royal wedding, are scripted,
negotiated, performed, celebrated, shamanized, and reviewed.
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 310 Pages
Categories: Textbooks and Educational Materials, History
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OUT OF THIS FURNACE, BY THOMAS BELL
Brief Synopsis:
A novel of immigrant labor in America.
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 427 Pages
Categories: Textbooks and Educational Materials, Literature and Fiction
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THE SAVAGE MIND, BY CLAUDE LEVI-STRAUSS
Brief Synopsis:
Levi-Strauss' comparison of the Bricoleur and Engineer.
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 295 Pages
Categories: Textbooks and Educational Materials, Literature and Fiction
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THE SPECTRAL TARSIER, BY SHARON L. GURSKY
Brief Synopsis:
Part of Prentice Hall's Primate Field Studies series.The Spectral Tarier
shares the results of long-term field study by Sharon L. Gursky with a
broad audience.
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 245 Pages
Categories: Textbooks and Educational Materials, Animals
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UNDERSTANDING SOCIETY, BY HOWARD F. TAYLOR AND MARGARET L. ANDERSEN AND
KIM A. LOGIO
Brief Synopsis:
Strongly rooted in research, the 70 papers in this supplemental textbook
explore different sociological perspectives on culture, deviance and
crime, global stratification, race, gender, family, religion, education,
work, health care and more.
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 586 Pages
Categories: Textbooks and Educational Materials
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URBAN STUDIES, BY SUJATA PATEL AND KUSHAL DEB
Brief Synopsis:
This is a sociological study of the Indian city and urbanism. It draws
from some of the most influential studies conducted on Indian cities and
includes conceptual pieces on the making of the urban life in India and a
thematic treatment of city life.
Book Quality: Excellent
Book Size: 486 Pages
Categories: Textbooks and Educational Materials, Nonfiction
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