[bksvol-discuss] New Books (17) for 09-22
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=====FICTION, 9
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT, BY ERICH MARIA REMARQUE
Paul Baumer enlisted with his classmates in the German army of World War
I. Youthful, enthusiastic, they become soldiers. But despite what they
have learned, they break into pieces under the first bombardment in the
trenches.
Excellent Quality, 302 Pages
Copyright 1958
Military, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/116580/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0449213943/
A CLASH OF KINGS, BY GEORGE R. R. MARTIN
In this sequel to A Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin has created a
work of unsurpassed vision, power, and imagination. A Clash of Kings
transports us to a world of revelry and revenge, wizardry and warfare
unlike any you have ever experienced.
Excellent Quality, 1,030 Pages
Copyright 1996
Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/116719/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0553579908/
GATES OF FIRE (AN EPIC NOVEL OF THE BATTLE OF THERMOPYLAE), BY STEVEN
PRESSFIELD
The national bestseller! At Thermopylae, a rocky mountain pass in
northern Greece, the feared and admired Spartan soldiers stood three
hundred strong. Theirs was a suicide mission, to hold the pass against
the invading millions of the mighty Persian army.
Excellent Quality, 472 Pages
Copyright 1998
History, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/116595/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0553580531/
HAYDUKE LIVES!, BY EDWARD ABBEY
"Hayduke", an ex-Green Beret and 'wilderness avenger,' was last seen
hanging from a cliff, under fire from both a helicopter and a posse. Now
he's back, fighting against the despoilers of the earth.
Excellent Quality, 306 Pages
Copyright 1990
Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/117959/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0316004111/
HOW TO WRITE POETRY SCHOLASTIC GUIDES, BY PAUL B. JANECZKO
From getting started to the finished product, How to Write Poetry is an
essential book for every young poet to own. Paul B.
Excellent Quality, 117 Pages
Copyright 2000
Poetry, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/117860/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0590100785/
INDEPENDENCE! (WAGONS WEST, VOLUME 1), BY DANA FULLER ROSS
It is 1893 and the President of the United States, Andrew Jackson, is
calling in favors. He is in a race with the British and Russians to
claim Oregon Territory.
Excellent Quality, 434 Pages
Copyright 1979
Westerns, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/116767/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0553268228/
LANDING, BY EMMA DONOGHUE
A delightful, old-fashioned love story with a uniquely
twenty-first-century twist, Landing is a romantic comedy that explores
the pleasures and sorrows of long-distance relationships the kind
millions of us now maintain mostly by plane, phone, and Internet.
Excellent Quality, 333 Pages
Copyright 2007
Romance, Literature and Fiction, Gay and Lesbian
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/116597/
SAY YOU'RE ONE OF THEM, BY UWEM AKPAN
Uwem Akpan's stunning stories humanize the perils of poverty and
violence so piercingly that few readers will feel they've ever
encountered Africa so immediately. Selected to be in Oprah's Book Club
for 2009.
Excellent Quality, 357 Pages
Copyright 2008
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/117825/
THE PRICE, BY JOAN JOHNSTON
Joan Johnston presents the thrilling saga of two dynastic families, the
Blackthornes and the Creeds, with this powerful New York Times
bestseller -- a novel of intrigue, passion, ambition, and love set amid
Houston's towering skyscrapers and the majestic plains of South Texas
ranch country.
Excellent Quality, 422 Pages
Copyright 2004
Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/116610/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0743454375/
=====NONFICTION, 4
FRANCIS BACON AND THE MODERN DILEMMA, BY LOREN C. EISELEY
A critical examination of Francis Bacon, the scientist and educator who
founded the scientific method that is used even today to deduce the
answer to a given problem.
Excellent Quality, 106 Pages
Copyright 1962
History, Nonfiction, Science, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/117808/
GUS GRISSOM, BY CARMEN BREDESON
Fills the need for high-interest biographies on astronauts, inspiring
manned spaceflights, and planets. Answers the call for books in the
space curriculum.
Excellent Quality, 48 Pages
Copyright 1998
Nonfiction, Science
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/117858/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0894909746/
PUBLIC SPEAKING (8TH EDITION), BY RANDALL OSBORN AND SUZANNE OSBORN
AND MICHAEL OSBORN
Centered around three core objectives helping readers develop vital
communication skills, encouraging speaker adaptability to diverse
audiences, and sensitizing speakers to the ethical impact of their words
Public Speaking offers both practical advice and an understanding of why
such advice works.
Excellent Quality, 522 Pages
Copyright 2009
Textbooks and Educational Materials, Nonfiction, Professional and
Technical
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/117909/
THE NATURE OF MASS POVERTY, BY JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH
Originally given as a series of lectures now reformatted in to
novelization, "The Nature of Mass Poverty" discusses the weighty subject
of mass hunger as well as the nature of poverty and its derivations.
Excellent Quality, 150 Pages
Copyright 1979
History, Nonfiction, Business and Finance
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/117815/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0674605330/
=====TEENS & CHILDREN, 4
FROZEN FIRE, BY TIM BOWLER
Fifteen-year-old Dusty gets a mysterious call from a boy who says he is
going to kill himself, and while he claims to have called her randomly,
he seems to know her intimately.
Excellent Quality, 328 Pages
Copyright 2008
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/117537/
SHARK GIRL, BY KELLY BINGHAM
After a shark attack causes the amputation of her right arm,
fifteen-year-old Jane, an aspiring artist, struggles to come to terms
with her loss and the changes it imposes on her day-to-day life and her
plans for the future.
Excellent Quality, 281 Pages
Copyright 2007
Teens, Disability-Related, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/117853/
CANADA GEESE QUILT, BY HARCOURT SCHOOL PUBLISHERS STAFF
Ariel is expecting a new baby sister! To welcome the baby, Ariel and her
grandmother decide to make a beautiful quilt. When Ariel's grandmother
gets sick Ariel must finish the quilt all by herself.
Excellent Quality, 64 Pages
Copyright 1989
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/117864/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0153075414/
THE HAWK BANDITS OF TARKOOM, BY TIM JESSELL AND TONY ABBOTT
When Neal's dog Snorky slips into the magical closet, the kids have no
choice but send him to Droon.
Excellent Quality, 128 Pages
Copyright 2004
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/117863/
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