[bksvol-discuss] New Books (14) for 08-17
- From: John Immarino <johni2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:15:16 -0700
=====FICTION, 11
ANGEL CHILD, DRAGON CHILD, BY MICHELE M. SURAT
Ut comes to America from Vietnam, but her mother must stay behind due to
a shortage of funds. Ut's struggle to adjust to her new life is worsened
by insensitive classmates.
Excellent Quality, 37 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/108231/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0590422715/
A GATHERING OF OLD MEN, BY ERNEST J. GAINES
Set on a Louisiana sugarcane plantation in the 1970s, A Gathering of Old
Men is a powerful depiction of racial tensions arising over the death of
a Cajun farmer at the hands of a black man.
Excellent Quality, 223 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/108229/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0679738908/
DIARY OF A MADMAN AND OTHER STORIES, BY NIKOLAI GOGOL
Opening a door to a bizarre world of broad comedy, fantasy, and social
commentary, the title story offers an unforgettable depiction of a
lunatic civil servant and his struggles to be noticed by the woman he loves.
Excellent Quality, 92 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/108240/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0486452352/
FOLKS CALL ME APPLESEED JOHN, BY ANDREW GLASS
A fictionalized account describing how John Chapman was joined in the
western Pennsylvania wilderness by his half-brother Nathaniel, who was
unprepared for John's spartan lifestyle and unusual ways.
Excellent Quality, 44 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/108241/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0385320450/
OCEAN OF WORDS, BY HA JIN
Winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award The place is the chilly border between
Russia and China. The time is the early 1970s when the two giants were
poised on the brink of war.
Excellent Quality, 206 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/108211/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0375702067/
SOLDIER BOYS, BY DEAN HUGHES
Spencer Morgan And Dieter Hedrick, one American, one German, are both
young and eager to get into action in the war. Dieter, a shining member
of the Hitler Youth movement, has actually met the Führerhimself and was
praised for his hard work.
Excellent Quality, 230 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/108216/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0689817487/
SPUNK, BY ZORA NEALE HURSTON
Spunk is a collection of eight short stories by Zora Neale
Hurston--stories about love, family, and black life in the American south.
Excellent Quality, 107 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/108218/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0913666793/
THE AFRICAN QUEEN, BY C. S. FORESTER
First published in 1935, The African Queen is the story of Charlie
Allnutt and Rose Sayer, a disheveled trader and an English spinster
missionary, who are thrown together when World War I reaches the heart
of the African jungle.
Excellent Quality, 308 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/108023/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0316289108/
THE LANGUAGE OF THE NIGHT: ESSAYS ON FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION, BY
URSULA K. LE GUIN
"In these conversational, feisty essays, an energizing mind trip for SF
fans, she dissects her own fiction, discusses technique and explores the
potential of SF and fantasy, which she considers different branches of
the same form of writing."--from "Publisher's Weekly"
Excellent Quality, 270 Pages
Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/108223/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0399504826/
THE LONG JOURNEY HOME, BY JULIUS LESTER
Meet Rambler, a runaway slave roaming the countryside with a guitar, who
knows the only way to stay free is to keep moving. Louis is another
runaway, fleeing the plantation where he was raised, because he is about
to be sold.
Excellent Quality, 160 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/108224/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0140389814/
THE OWL'S SONG, BY JANET CAMPBELL HALE
Billy White Hawk leaves his Idaho reservation in search of a better life
in California, where instead he encounters hatred and hostility that are
increasingly difficult to cope with.
Excellent Quality, 153 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/108228/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/006097642X/
=====NONFICTION, 1
THE FAMILY: THE SECRET FUNDAMENTALISM AT THE HEART OF AMERICAN POWER, BY
JEFF SHARLET
They insist they are just a group of friends, yet they funnel millions
of dollars through tax-free corporations.
Excellent Quality, 454 Pages
Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/108027/
=====TEENS & CHILDREN, 2
BUGS! BUGS! BUGS!, BY BOB BARNER
"Aspiring entomologists will develop a friendly, appreciative attitude
toward the bugs they're most likely to encounter, and Barner's playful
use of colors, shapes and words may even convert bug foes."--from
Publisher's Weekly
Excellent Quality, 31 Pages
Children's Books
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/108235/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/043917208X/
THE KOREAN CINDERELLA, BY SHIRLEY CLIMO
Everyone knows the story of Cinderella, but not everyone knows the story
of how Pear Blossom, the Korean Cinderella, is treated like a slave by
her jealous stepmother and forced to perform three impossible tasks.
Excellent Quality, 48 Pages
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/108221/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/006020432X/
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