[bksvol-discuss] New Books (180) for 09-24
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=====FICTION, 44
A CURSE DARK AS GOLD, BY ELIZABETH C. BUNCE
Charlotte Miller has always scoffed at talk of a curse on her family's
woolen mill, which holds her beloved town together. But after her
father's death, the bad luck piles up. Then a stranger named Jack
Spinner makes a tempting offer: he can turn straw into gold.
Excellent Quality, 396 Pages
Copyright 2008
Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/117741/
A MUMMER'S WIFE, BY GEORGE MOORE
Moore's experiments with a species of plain language that always leaves
his reader unbalanced and at the height of anticipation.
Excellent Quality, 354 Pages
Copyright 1966
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118203/
CASUAL HEX (THE HEX SERIES, BOOK 3), BY VICKI LEWIS THOMPSON
Gwen Dubois lives in Indiana, but her heart is in France with Marc
Chevalier, a man she met online. Now he's come to Big Knob to show Gwen
the meaning of amour and spirit her back to Paris.
Excellent Quality, 325 Pages
Copyright 2009
Romance, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/109092/
CHARLIE'S ANGELS: FULL THROTTLE, BY DAVID LEVITHAN
Brilliant, and beautiful,...and they work for Charlie. Dylan: The wild
child Natalie: The girl next door Alex: The class act The case: Unmask a
rogue FBI agent, and protect HALO: The Hidden Alias List Objective --
the witness protection program.
Excellent Quality, 104 Pages
Copyright 2003
Entertainment, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/117534/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0689860056/
CONFESSIONS OF AN UGLY STEPSISTER, BY GREGORY MAGUIRE
Is this new land a place where magics really happen? From Gregory
Maguire, the acclaimed author of Wicked, comes his much-anticipated
second novel, a brilliant and provocative retelling of the timeless
Cinderella tale.
Excellent Quality, 372 Pages
Copyright 2000
Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118515/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0060987529/
FOOL FOR LOVE AND OTHER PLAYS, BY ROSS WETZSTEON AND SAM SHEPARD
Here are eight of Pulitzer-prize winning Sam Shepard's most stunning plays.
Excellent Quality, 307 Pages
Copyright 1984
Entertainment, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118518/
GROSS INDECENCY: THE THREE TRIALS OF OSCAR WILDE, BY MOISES KAUFMAN
A well-researched theatrical depiction of the Oscar Wilde trials that
took place in the late 1800s.
Excellent Quality, 159 Pages
Copyright 1998
History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Gay and Lesbian
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118509/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0375702326/
HIS ARCH ENEMY'S DAUGHTER, BY CRYSTAL GREEN
Ashlyn Spencer made high jinks a habit to undermine her clan's crippling
tyranny. Which meant Kane's Crossing's new sheriff Sam Reno had his
hands full with his fiercest foe's wayward daughter. Although the Fates
were against them, virginal Ashlyn relished keeping Sheriff Sam on his toes.
Excellent Quality, 253 Pages
Copyright 2002
Romance
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/115768/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/037324455X/
INSATIABLE: THE RISE OF A PORN STAR, BY MICHELLE VALENTINE AND HEATHER
HUNTER
In a rare glimpse into the real life of a porn star, Heather Hunter
shares a fictional account of her own emergence and stunning rise in the
adult film industry with the story of Simone Young.
Excellent Quality, 344 Pages
Copyright 2007
Literature and Fiction, Gay and Lesbian
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/98811/
KICKING A DEAD HORSE, BY STEPHEN REA AND SAM SHEPARD
A solitary man digs a hole in the ground, near a dead horse. Amidst the
clutter of food and equipment stands Hobart Struther, who has ridden all
the way out to the middle of nowhere on a holy mission.
Excellent Quality, 80 Pages
Copyright 2007
Entertainment, Art and Architecture, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118512/
LOVE FINDS YOU IN BETHLEHEM, NEW HAMPSHIRE, BY LAURALEE BLISS
Sara McGee is not what Tom Haskins expected.
Excellent Quality, 286 Pages
Copyright 2009
Romance, Literature and Fiction, Religion and Spirituality
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118059/
MELTDOWN (TASK FORCE VALOR SERIES #3), BY CHUCK HOLTON
The global war on terror has reached catastrophic proportions, leading
the U.S. Special Operations team Task Force Valor to Chernobyl, where
ghosts of past disasters are nothing compared to the nuclear nightmare
about to unfold.
Excellent Quality, 322 Pages
Copyright 2009
Military, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers, Religion and
Spirituality
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114481/
MISS UNDERSTANDING, BY STEPHANIE LESSING
Zoe is determined to understand why women treat each other the way they
do, and so, with the help of a women's magazine, she sets out on a quest
to do just that.
Excellent Quality, 343 Pages
Copyright 2006
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/117211/
MOTHER EARTH, FATHER SKY, BY SUE HARRISON
In the tradition of Jean Auel's Clan of the Cave Bear, Harrison tells
the story of an Aleutian woman living around 7000 BC.
Excellent Quality, 318 Pages
Copyright 1990
History, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/62159/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0385411596/
NATHAN COULTER, BY WENDELL BERRY
This, the first title in the Port William series, introduces the rural
section of Kentucky with which novelist Wendell Berry has had a lifelong
fascination.
Excellent Quality, 180 Pages
Copyright 1985
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118194/
NONE TO ACCOMPANY ME, BY NADINE GORDIMER
A story of two couples, one white, one black, whose relationships evolve
as their homeland -- South Africa -- heads toward majority rule. Vera
Stark is a woman whose internal world reflects the changing political
landscape of her country. This is a complex portrait of a society and
its people in transition.
Excellent Quality, 324 Pages
Copyright 1994
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/117757/
NOVEMBER, BY DAVID MAMET
David Mamet's new Oval Office satire depicts one day in the life of a
beleaguered American commander-in-chief. It's November in a Presidential
election year, and incumbent Charles Smith's chances for reelection are
looking grim.
Excellent Quality, 120 Pages
Copyright 2008
Entertainment, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118530/
ONE BETTER, BY ROSALYN MCMILLAN
Fiction about successful African American restaurateur Spice Witherspoon
and her two adult daughters. One daughter is an airline pilot and the
other is hooked on drugs and bad men.
Publisher Quality
Copyright 1997
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/89156/
ONE HUNGRY MONSTER: A COUNTING BOOK IN RHYME, BY SUSAN HEYBOER O'KEEFE
A hilarious romp through the house as a young boy tries to control his
naughty but loveable guests, whose high jinks get wilder as the numbers
get higher.
Publisher Quality
Copyright 1989
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/87905/
OUTER DARK, BY CORMAC MCCARTHY
"Outer Dark" is a novel at once fabulous and starkly evocative, set is
an unspecified place in Appalachia, sometime around the turn of the century.
Excellent Quality, 242 Pages
Copyright 1968
History, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118428/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0679728732/
PAINTED MOON, BY KARIN KALLMAKER
"...a delicious romance with just a hint of intrigue...an uncommonly
realistic romance, one that surmounts class, race, and closets".
Excellent Quality, 212 Pages
Copyright 1994
Romance, Literature and Fiction, Gay and Lesbian
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/49217/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1931513538/
PANDORA'S STAR (COMMONWEALTH SAGA, BOOK 1), BY PETER F. HAMILTON
An astronomer observes a star vanish. A starship is sent to investigate.
The crew find an impenetrable barrier around the entire solar system.
But only a few days after their arrival, the barrier vanishes, releasing
xenophobic inhabitants. But there may be another more dangerous threat
to humanity working from within.
Excellent Quality, 758 Pages
Copyright 2004
Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/84838/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0345461622/
PENTHOUSE UNCENSORED VI: ULTIMATE EROTICA, BY PENTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL
Three classic volumes of erotica.
Publisher Quality, 105 Pages
Copyright 1990
Romance, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/88251/
POSED FOR MURDER, BY MEREDITH COLE
Lydia McKenzie is an artist whose medium is the camera. She's having her
first one-woman show. It is a series that ties to actual murders
committed in the city's past.
Excellent Quality, 245 Pages
Copyright 2009
Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/77730/
REMEMBERING, BY WENDELL BERRY
"Remembering" takes place in a single day in 1976. Andy Catlett, at the
bottom of a deep dark depression since losing his hand in a farming
accident, is alone in San Francisco, and takes a long walk through the
walking street of the city.
Excellent Quality, 132 Pages
Copyright 1988
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118187/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0865473315/
RUSSIAN NIGHTS, BY VLADIMIR FEDOROVICH ODOEVSKY
"Russian Nights", Vladimir Fedorovich Odoevsky's major work, is of great
importance in Russian intellectual history. "Russian Nights" is a
mixture of genres - a series of romantic and society tales framed by
Odoevsky's musings on the main strands of Russian thought of the 1820s
and 1830s.
Excellent Quality, 255 Pages
Copyright 1965
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118202/
SHAKESPEARE AT WORK: 1592-1603, BY G. B. HARRISON
Reviews and critiques the work of Shakespeare during that period.
Excellent Quality, 323 Pages
Copyright 1958
Nonfiction, Poetry, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/88506/
SILVERHAND, BY MICHAEL SCOTT AND MORGAN LLYWELYN
The three volumes of The Arcana tell of the desperate quest to
rediscover the ancient tools of creation and restore a world that lives
only in memory. The lost world at the outermost limit of human desire.
Excellent Quality, 422 Pages
Copyright 1996
Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118556/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0671877143/
STRANGER IN PARADISE, BY BARBARA BRETTON
Three "USA Today" bestselling authors present four new, captivating
novels in the Century of American Dreams series that celebrate the hopes
and dreams of changing relationships in America over the 20th century.
Reissue.
Excellent Quality, 246 Pages
Copyright 1990
Romance
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/115791/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/037316369X/
THE CONSOLATION OF PHILOSOPHY, BY TRANSLATOR) AND NOTES BY AND RICHARD
H. GREEN (INTRODUCTION BY AND BOETHIUS
One of the most popular books in Western Europe from the time it
appeared in Latin in 524 until the end of the Renaissance, its subject
is achieving happiness amidst suffering.
Excellent Quality, 128 Pages
Copyright 2002
Poetry, Health, Mind and Body, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118549/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0486421635/
THE COMPLETE SHORT STORIES II: THE WORLD OVER, BY W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM
Collection of 30 short stories. The first was written in 1919 and the
last in 1931.
Excellent Quality, 694 Pages
Copyright 1952
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118204/
THE COMPLETE SHORT STORIES I: EAST AND WEST, BY W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM
Collection of 30 short stories. The first was written in 1919 and the
last in 1931.
Excellent Quality, 976 Pages
Copyright 1934
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118205/
THE DEW BREAKER, BY EDWIDGE DANTICAT
"The Dew Breaker" -- or torturer -- is an unforgettable story of love,
remorse, and hope; of personal and political rebellions; and of the
compromises we make to move beyond the most intimate brushes with history.
Excellent Quality, 252 Pages
Copyright 2004
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118449/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1400034299/
THE EMPRESS OF MARS, BY KAGE BAKER
When the corporations find that terraforming Mars yields no profits,
they abandon the project, leaving behind to carry on a fringe society of
cowboys, invalids, eccentrics, and dreamers.
Excellent Quality, 305 Pages
Copyright 2009
Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/96903/
THE OASIS, BY MARY MCCARTHY
"Oasis" is a satirical account of a failed Utopian experiment set in New
York.
Excellent Quality, 130 Pages
Copyright 2000
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118279/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1583483926/
THE ORCHARD KEEPER, BY CORMAC MCCARTHY
An American classic, "The Orchard Keeper" is the first novel by one of
America's finest, most celebrated novelists.
Excellent Quality, 256 Pages
Copyright 1965
History, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118445/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0679728724/
THE SECRET LIFE OF JOSEPHINE: NAPOLEON'S BIRD OF PARADISE, BY CAROLLY
ERICKSON
The bestselling author of "The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette" and
"The Last Wife of Henry VIII" returns with an enchanting novel about one
of the most seductive women in history -- Josephine Bonaparte, first
wife of Napoleon.
Excellent Quality, 346 Pages
Copyright 2007
History, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/117729/
THE TANK LORDS, BY DAVID DRAKE
When a planetary government faces destruction, they do the only thing
that might save them--they hire Hammer's Slammers, the toughest, meanest
bunch of mercs who ever wrecked a world for pay.
Excellent Quality, 392 Pages
Copyright 1997
Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118120/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0671877941/
THE TENDER STRANGER, BY CAROLYN DAVIDSON
Her society marriage had proved a sham. Now widowed and pregnant, she
wanted only to escape the memories. But fate, in the form of Quinn
Yarborough, had followed her to her mountain hideaway to resurrect the
past-- and offer her a future...
Excellent Quality, 299 Pages
Copyright 1999
Romance
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/113922/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/037329056X/
THREE, BY SALLY FITZGERALD AND FLANNERY O'CONNOR
The quintessential Southern writer, O'Connor wrote fiercely comic,
powerful fiction. This anthology includes the masterpieces "Wise Blood",
"The Violent Bear it Away", and "Everything that Rises Must Converge".
Excellent Quality, 460 Pages
Copyright 1965
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118177/
TRICKY BUSINESS, BY DAVE BARRY
Dave Barry follows his acclaimed debut novel, "Big Trouble", with a book
that leads readers into a crazy complexity of money laundering, drug
dealing, murder, sex, violence, hijacking, and undercover work.
Excellent Quality, 334 Pages
Copyright 2002
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/117730/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0399149244/
UNDEAD AND UNEASY (QUEEN BETSY #6), BY MARYJANICE DAVIDSON
Weddings are never easy. But when you're Vampire Queen Betsy Taylor,
they can become downright deadly... In the days leading up to The Big
Day, Vampire Queen Betsy Taylor seems to have a full house and the
wedding guests have yet to arrive.
Excellent Quality, 272 Pages
Copyright 2007
Romance, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/113684/
UNDERWORLD, BY DON DELILLO
Our lives, our half century. Nick Shay and Klara Sax knew each other
once, intimately, and they meet again in the American desert.
Excellent Quality, 825 Pages
Copyright 1997
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/117862/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0684842696/
YESTERDAY'S CHILD, BY BARBARA WOOD
This novel portrays two lovers separated by deadly secrets and trapped
in the fateful hourglass of time.
Excellent Quality, 201 Pages
Copyright 1979
Romance, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106032/
=====NONFICTION, 44
A CONTRACT WITH THE EARTH, BY TERRY MAPLE AND NEWT GINGRICH
Former Republican Speaker of the House Gingrich, teaming up with Maple
(conservation & behavior, Georgia Institute of Tech.), addresses
environmental issues by rhetorically reprising his signature Contract
with America legislative agenda of the 1900s.
Excellent Quality, 240 Pages
Copyright 2007
History, Nonfiction, Outdoors and Nature
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/96671/
A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES, VOLUME III: THE AGE OF
REVOLUTION, BY WINSTON CHURCHILL
English history from 1688 to 1815 by the Nobel Prize winning author.
Excellent Quality, 398 Pages
Copyright 1957
History, Military, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/76008/
BAD BOY: A MEMOIR, BY WALTER DEAN MYERS
In his own words... As a boy, Walter Dean Myers was quick-tempered and
physically strong, always ready for a fight. He also read
voraciously--he would check out books from the library and carry them
home, hidden in brown paper bags in order to avoid other boys' teasing.
Excellent Quality, 214 Pages
Copyright 2001
Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118499/
BELLONA ISLAND BELIEFS AND RITUALS, BY TORBEN MONBERG
Bellona Island is a Polynesian outlier in the Solomon Islands where
Christianity did not supplant indigenous religion until 1938.
Excellent Quality, 459 Pages
Copyright 1991
History, Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118526/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/082481147X/
BRIGHT LIGHTS, DARK SHADOWS: THE REAL STORY OF ABBA, BY MAGNUS PALM
Detailed account of the Swedish group ABBA's personal lives, careers,
and their lives after the group disbanded.
Excellent Quality, 604 Pages
Copyright 2008
Entertainment, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/113915/
BROOKLYN IS -- SOUTHEAST OF THE ISLAND: TRAVEL NOTES, BY JONATHAN LETHEM
AND JAMES AGEE
In 1939, James Agee was working for Fortune magazine. Commissioned to
write an article on Brooklyn for a special issue on New York, Agee moved
to the Flatbush neighborhood for two months, later producing "Southeast
of the Island: Travel Notes".
Excellent Quality, 62 Pages
Copyright 2005
Nonfiction, Travel
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118453/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0823224929/
CAPITALISM, COMMUNISM AND COEXISTENCE: FROM THE BITTER PAST TO A BETTER
PROSPECT, BY STANISLAV MENSHIKOV AND JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH
A medley of essays deliberating on socialism and communism and the
question of whether a mutual coexistence of the two is in fact possible.
Excellent Quality, 227 Pages
Copyright 1988
History, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118172/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0395473160/
DAMN! A BOOK OF CALUMNY, BY H. L. MENCKEN
"Damn! A Book of Calumny" contains some of Mencken's wittier turns in
its forty-nine short essays.
Excellent Quality, 68 Pages
Copyright 2008
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118594/
DAYS OF OBLIGATION: AN ARGUMENT WITH MY MEXICAN FATHER, BY RICHARD RODRIGUEZ
A series of intelligent and candid essays, through which Rodriguez
ranges over five centuries to consider the moral and spiritual
landscapes of Mexico and the US and their impact on his soul.
Excellent Quality, 252 Pages
Copyright 1992
History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/117690/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0670813966/
DEEP DRIVE: A LONG JOURNEY TO FINDING THE CHAMPION WITHIN, BY ROB
BRADFORD AND MIKE LOWELL
An inspiring memoir from a Red Sox hero and MVP of the 2007 World Series.
Excellent Quality, 275 Pages
Copyright 2008
Nonfiction, Sports, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/71245/
ECONOMICS AND THE PUBLIC PURPOSE, BY JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH
The third and most important of Galbraith's major works brings
completely into focus his model of our modern economic society.
Excellent Quality, 344 Pages
Copyright 1973
History, Nonfiction, Business and Finance
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118180/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0395172063/
ECONOMICS, PEACE AND LAUGHTER, BY ANDREA D. WILLIAMS AND JOHN KENNETH
GALBRAITH
An anthology of essays on economics, finance, and a variety of other
subjects.
Excellent Quality, 389 Pages
Copyright 1971
Nonfiction, Business and Finance
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118167/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0395120950/
EXPERIENCE, STRENGTH AND HOPE: STORIES FROM THE FIRST THREE EDITIONS OF
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, BY ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
A book detailing the ideologies and beliefs that have made the
Alcoholics Anonymous what it is today -- a haven of "Experience,
Strength and Hope" for many people dealing with alcoholism.
Excellent Quality, 448 Pages
Copyright 2003
Nonfiction, Self-Help, Health, Mind and Body
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/117807/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1893007308/
GOD GAVE US THE RIGHT: CONSERVATIVE CATHOLIC, EVANGELICAL PROTESTANT,
AND ORTHODOX JEWISH WOMEN GRAPPLE WITH FEMINISM, BY CHRISTEL J. MANNING
Drawing on two years of ethnographic research in Catholic, Evangelical
Protestant, and Jewish communities, the author explores the diversity of
views among women who have returned to tradition.
Excellent Quality, 288 Pages
Copyright 1999
Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/98764/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0813525993/
GOING TO THE DANCE, BY ARLENE CROCE
A collection of essays from Arlene Croce about the experiences she
garnered from watching dance performances, and the intensity of feeling
inspired by these performances.
Excellent Quality, 428 Pages
Copyright 1982
Entertainment, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118169/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0394524411/
IMPROV WISDOM, BY PATRICIA RYAN MADSON
In an irresistible invitation to lighten up, look around, and live an
unscripted life, a master of the art of improvisation explains how to
adopt the attitudes and techniques used by generations of musicians and
actors.
Excellent Quality, 159 Pages
Copyright 2005
Nonfiction, Self-Help
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118510/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1400081882/
JUST DOING MY JOB: STORIES OF SERVICE FROM WORLD WAR II, BY JONNA
DOOLITTLE HOPPES
Preserving the personal histories of civilians and soldiers who united
to defend America during the Second World War, this oral history tells
the stories of ordinary citizens who left jobs and families behind to
contribute to the war effort.
Excellent Quality, 344 Pages
Copyright 2009
History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114710/
KILLER B'S: THE 237 BEST MOVIES ON VIDEO YOU'VE (PROBABLY) NEVER SEEN,
BY D. SCOTT APEL
Video columnist Scott Apel compiles a list of the best B movies as a
helpful guide for frequent movie renters.
Excellent Quality, 324 Pages
Copyright 1997
Entertainment, Nonfiction, Reference
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118531/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1886404011/
LITERATURE AND WESTERN MAN, BY J. B. PRIESTLEY
A study of the recorded writing of western man, covering not only the
Americas, but Russia and much of Asia as well.
Excellent Quality, 526 Pages
Copyright 1960
Textbooks and Educational Materials, History, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/117548/
MACHIAVELLI, BY THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY
One hypothesis is that Machiavelli intended to practice on the young
Lorenzo de' Medici a fraud similar to that which Sunderland is said to
have employed against James II.
Excellent Quality, 64 Pages
Copyright 2003
History, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118589/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1410207374/
MAGIC, SCIENCE, AND CIVILIZATION, BY JACOB BRONOWSKI
A compilation of a series of lectures detailing such varied topics as
nature, magic and human civilization.
Excellent Quality, 88 Pages
Copyright 1978
Textbooks and Educational Materials, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/117811/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0231044844/
MALE AND FEMALE, BY MARGARET MEAD
Mead's study of American society.
Excellent Quality, 464 Pages
Copyright 1967
History, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118210/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0060934964/
NOBODY'S ANGELS: MIDDLE-CLASS WOMEN AND DOMESTIC IDEOLOGY IN VICTORIAN
CULTURE, BY ELIZABETH LANGLAND
Victoria's accession to the throne in 1837 coincided with the birth of a
now notorious gender stereotype-- the Angel in the House. Comparing the
position of real women-- from the Queen of England to middle-class
housewives-- with their status as household angels, Elizabeth Langland
explores a complex image of femininity in Victorian culture.
Excellent Quality, 267 Pages
Copyright 1995
History, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/82778/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0801482208/
NO JESUS, NO PEACE-- KNOW JESUS, KNOW PEACE: TIMELESS WISDOM FORLIVING A
LIFE THAT MATTERS, BY TWO SEEKERS
By combining pithy insight with practical how-to examples, the authors
demonstrate -- even to committed skeptics -- whysaying "no" to Jesus'
teachings could be saying "no" to the kind of self-knowledge that
enables one to change not only his or her own life but those ofothers.
Publisher Quality
Copyright 2002
Nonfiction, Self-Help, Religion and Spirituality
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/89500/
NO MORE COLD CALLING(TM): THE BREAKTHROUGH SYSTEM THAT WILL LEAVE YOUR
COMPETITION IN THE DUST, BY JOANNE S. BLACK
Black offers a tutorial on how to differentiate your business from your
competitors, make favorable impressions on current clients so they'll
refer their acquaintances, and set a "hook" that will leave them wanting
more.
Publisher Quality
Copyright 2006
Nonfiction, Business and Finance
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/88550/
ON PARADISE DRIVE: HOW WE LIVE NOW (AND ALWAYS HAVE) IN THE FUTURE
TENSE, BY DAVID BROOKS
"On Paradise Drive", at once serious and comic, describes the distinct
American future-mindedness that shapes our personalities and underlies
our beliefs, and how America's suburban civilization will shape the
world's future.
Excellent Quality, 306 Pages
Copyright 2004
Textbooks and Educational Materials, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/117758/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0743227387/
RACHEL CARSON: THE WONDER OF NATURE, BY CATHERINE REEF
Follows the life of the biologist and conservationist, known for her
writing on the environment.
Excellent Quality, 66 Pages
Copyright 1992
History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Outdoors and Nature
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118132/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/094147738X/
SIGHT LINES, BY ARLENE CROCE
A collection of dance reviews previously published in the New Yorker.
Excellent Quality, 375 Pages
Copyright 1987
Entertainment, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118165/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0394561643/
SPECIAL EDUCATION: RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES, BY PROTECTION ADVOCACY
AND COMMUNITY ALLIANCE FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION
This manual is an excellent source for parents and advocates of children
in special education. Includes California law.
Excellent Quality, 508 Pages
Copyright 2005
Textbooks and Educational Materials, Nonfiction, Disability-Related,
Professional and Technical
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/45476/
STANDING BY WORDS: ESSAYS, BY WENDELL BERRY
Six essays on the degeneration of language that is manifest throughout
our culture.
Excellent Quality, 212 Pages
Copyright 1983
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118198/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0865471223/
ST. GEORGE AND THE GODFATHER, BY JOHN LEONARD AND NORMAN MAILER
An analysis of American politics which pits George McGovern against
Richard Nixon in an examination of his policies and persona.
Excellent Quality, 227 Pages
Copyright 1972
History, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/117821/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0877955638/
THE ANATOMY OF POWER, BY JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH
For more years than I like to think, I have been involved with the
subject of power-- with the ideas and, in some degree, the practice.
During World War II, as the person in charge of price control, I was
thought to be at the center of power, a location that conveyed an
impression of greater authority to others than it did to me.
Excellent Quality, 206 Pages
Copyright 1983
History, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/117947/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/039534400X/
THE ART OF LEARNING: AN INNER JOURNEY TO OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE, BY JOSH
WAITZKIN
Josh Waitzkin was a public figure since winning his first National Chess
Championship at the age of nine. Waitzkin was catapulted into a media
whirlwind as a teenager when his father's book Searching for Bobby
Fischer was made into a major motion picture.
Excellent Quality, 272 Pages
Copyright 2008
Nonfiction, Self-Help, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/110755/
THE FIGHT, BY NORMAN MAILER
Norman Mailer's account of the remarkable boxing match between boxing
greats Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in 1975.
Excellent Quality, 234 Pages
Copyright 1975
Nonfiction, Sports
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/117817/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0375700382/
THE FLIGHT OF THE IGUANA: A SIDELONG VIEW OF SCIENCE AND NATURE, BY
DAVID QUAMMEN
Quammen examines everything from species survival on islands to
vegetarian piranhas.
Excellent Quality, 318 Pages
Copyright 1988
Nonfiction, Science, Animals, Outdoors and Nature
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118199/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0385263279/
THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN PROGRESSIVISM: AN INITIATIVE FOR POLITICAL AND
ECONOMIC REFORM, BY CORNEL WEST AND ROBERTO M. UNGER
Seizing the quintessentially American idea that everything is possible,
Unger and West argue that we can stimulate economic growth and guarantee
opportunity and sufficient resources for all citizens.
Excellent Quality, 98 Pages
Copyright 1998
Nonfiction, Business and Finance
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118591/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0807043265/
THE LIBERAL PAPERS, BY JAMES ROOSEVELT
"The Liberal Papers" is a book of foreign policy essays that grew out of
discussions and papers prepared for the 86th Congress, 1959-60.
Excellent Quality, 360 Pages
Copyright 1962
Textbooks and Educational Materials, History, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/117595/
THE SIXTIES: THE LAST JOURNAL, 1960-1972, BY EDMUND O. WILSON AND LEWIS
M. DABNEY
"The Sixties", the last of Edmund Wilson's posthumously published
journals, is a personal history that is also brilliant social comedy and
an anatomy of the times.
Excellent Quality, 987 Pages
Copyright 1993
History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118173/
THE WORLD ECONOMY SINCE THE WARS, BY JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH
This far-reaching analysis by one of the world's leading contemporary
economists traces the economic history of the century. In particular it
shows how the world economy is taking shape today.
Excellent Quality, 286 Pages
Copyright 1994
History, Nonfiction, Business and Finance
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/117948/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1856194159/
TRADE STRATEGIES FOR A NEW ERA: ENSURING U.S. LEADERSHIP IN A GLOBAL
ECONOMY, BY BRUCE STOKES AND GEZA FEKETEKUTY
The book provides a comprehensive review of the issues confronting U.S.
trade policymakers and outlines a strategy to deal with them.
Excellent Quality, 401 Pages
Copyright 1998
History, Nonfiction, Professional and Technical, Business and Finance
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/117552/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0876092091/
TREASURY OF PHILOSOPHY, BY DAGOBERT D. RUNES
"Treasury of Philosophy" is a catalog of famous and not so well-known
philosophers the world over.
Excellent Quality, 1,299 Pages
Copyright 1955
Nonfiction, Reference
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118208/
VINTAGE JESUS: TIMELESS ANSWERS TO TIMELY QUESTIONS, BY GERRY BRESHEARS
AND MARK DRISCOLL
Some two thousand years after he walked the earth, Jesus Christ is still
a hot topic.
Excellent Quality, 251 Pages
Copyright 2008
History, Self-Help, Biographies and Memoirs, Religion and Spirituality
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/115491/
WE TALK, YOU LISTEN: NEW TRIBES, NEW TURF, BY VINE DELORIA
"We Talk, You Listen" is strong, boldly unconventional medicine. Here
the witty and insightful Indian spokesman turns his penetrating vision
toward the disintegrating core of American society.
Excellent Quality, 236 Pages
Copyright 2007
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118442/
YENTL'S REVENGE: THE NEXT WAVE OF JEWISH FEMINISM, BY DANYA RUTTENBERG
A diverse group of young women--from witches to rabbis--explore the new
Judaism.
Excellent Quality, 226 Pages
Copyright 2001
Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/110991/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1580050573/
=====TEENS & CHILDREN, 92
21 PROMS, BY DANIEL EHRENHAFT AND DAVID LEVITHAN
It's a full prom spectrum, with outsiders, insiders, good dates, bad
dates, unexpected dates, and a whole lot more in these twenty-one
stories from today's best selling and up-and-coming YA authors.
Excellent Quality, 298 Pages
Copyright 2007
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/117526/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0439890292/
ABARAT: DAYS OF MAGIC, NIGHTS OF WAR, BY CLIVE BARKER
All things in their time . . . Candy Quackenbush's adventures in the
Abarat are getting stranger by the hour. Why has the Lord of Midnight
sent his henchman after her? Why can she suddenly speak words of magic?
Why is this world familiar?
Excellent Quality, 557 Pages
Copyright 2004
Teens, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118525/
ACTION AT THIRD, BY R. G. EMERY
A young baseball player becomes a manager and uses unorthodox techniques
for his team.
Excellent Quality, 198 Pages
Copyright 1957
Sports, Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/116707/
AFTER THE TRAIN, BY GLORIA WHELAN
Ten years after the end of the WWII, the town of Rolfen, West Germany,
looks just as peaceful and beautiful as ever, until young Peter Liebig
discovers a secret about his past that leads him to question everything,
including the town's calm facade and his own sense of belonging.
Excellent Quality, 152 Pages
Copyright 2009
History, Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118284/
ALBERT EINSTEIN: SCIENTIST OF THE 20TH CENTURY, BY CATHERINE REEF
A biography of physicist Albert Einstein, the man who put forth the
general theory of relativity.
Excellent Quality, 64 Pages
Copyright 1991
Nonfiction, Science, Teens, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118129/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0875184871/
A TIME TO KEEP SILENT, BY GLORIA WHELAN
When thirteen-year-old Clair's relationship with her minister father
changes after her mother's death, she stops speaking, and the subsequent
events change both their lives.
Excellent Quality, 131 Pages
Copyright 1994
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118265/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0802852556/
BABY BE-BOP, BY FRANCESCA LIA BLOCK
Dirk MacDonald, a sixteen-year-old boy living in Los Angeles, comes to
terms with being gay after he receives surreal storytelling visitations
from his dead father and great-grandmother.
Excellent Quality, 105 Pages
Copyright 1995
Teens, Literature and Fiction, Gay and Lesbian
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/92725/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0060248793/
BULIMIA (DANGER ZONE: DIETING AND EATING DISORDERS), BY STEPHANIE WATSON
An informational book about the eating disorder bulimia nervosa.
Excellent Quality, 64 Pages
Copyright 2007
Nonfiction, Teens, Health, Mind and Body
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118130/
CALICO CAPTIVE, BY W. T. MARS AND ELIZABETH GEORGE SPEARE
Early one morning in the year 1754 the stillness of Charlestown, New
Hampshire, was shattered by shrill war whoops and the terror of an
Indian raid.
Excellent Quality, 274 Pages
Copyright 1957
History, Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118441/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0440411564/
CHERRY AMES, SENIOR NURSE (BOOK 2), BY HELEN WELLS
It is Cherry's senior year, new classes new experiences and new
troubles. What shall Cherry do after she graduates? What is wrong with
the new doctor Lex? And what is going on in Dr. Fortune's lab late at night?
Excellent Quality, 220 Pages
Copyright 1944
Teens, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/116082/
DANIEL'S STORY, BY CAROL MATAS
A young Jewish boy recalls life in Hitler's Germany. First his family is
forced out of their home in Frankfurt and sent on a long journey to the
Lodz ghetto in Poland, and then to Auschwitz -- the Nazi death camp.
Excellent Quality, 134 Pages
Copyright 1993
History, Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118186/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0590465880/
DON'T TELL ZOEY (MAKING OUT, BOOK 13), BY K. A. APPLEGATE
The teen couples aren't together for Valentine's Day. Christopher's in
the Army and angry at Aisha, Ben and Lucas don't seem interested in
making out, Claire is getting along fine with Aaron, but he's far away
and a pretty new girl has moved on to the island. Everything's going wrong!
Excellent Quality, 168 Pages
Copyright 1996
Romance, Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/100395/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0380808692/
DON'T CALL ME KATIE ROSE (KATIE ROSE, BOOK 1), BY LENORA MATTINGLY WEBER
A young girl starts a new life in a new high school and decides a new
name would be apropos of this beginning.
Excellent Quality, 303 Pages
Copyright 1964
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114755/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0690242417/
DOUBLE OR NOTHING, BY DENNIS FOON
Kip is a teenager, trying to catch the Buzz. It is not drugs or alcohol
that are going to get him there, but the pure adrenaline rush that hits
when you are playing for stakes: the risks, the thrill - throw in some
money and the fun really begins.
Excellent Quality, 168 Pages
Copyright 2000
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/117871/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1550376276/
DR. FRANKLIN'S ISLAND, BY ANN HALAM
Semi, Miranda, and Arnie are part of a group of 50 British Young
Conservationists on their way to a wildlife conservation station deep in
the rain forests of Ecuador.
Excellent Quality, 264 Pages
Copyright 2002
Horror, Teens, Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118505/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0440237815/
EAT THE RIGHT STUFF: FOOD FACTS (GOOD HEALTH GUIDELINES) , BY CATHERINE REEF
Describes good nutrition and its benefits and suggests ways for young
people to improve their diet and control their weight.
Excellent Quality, 64 Pages
Copyright 1993
Nonfiction, Teens, Health, Mind and Body
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118131/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0805024425/
FAREWELL TO THE ISLAND (THE ISLAND TRILOGY #2), BY GLORIA WHELAN
In 1816, sixteen-year-old Mary O'Shea accepts her married sister's
invitation to visit her in London and experiences much of the world
beyond her beloved family farm on Mackinac Island.
Excellent Quality, 200 Pages
Copyright 1998
History, Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118347/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1882376927/
FORGIVE THE RIVER, FORGIVE THE SKY, BY GLORIA WHELAN
After her father dies in the river they both love, twelve-year-old Lily
struggles to come to terms with her loss, and in so doing, she helps a
mysterious stranger who is struggling as well.
Excellent Quality, 85 Pages
Copyright 1998
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118231/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0802852564/
GREEN ANGEL, BY ALICE HOFFMAN
Left on her own when her family dies in a terrible disaster,
fifteen-year-old Green is haunted by loss and by the past.
Excellent Quality, 116 Pages
Copyright 2003
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118181/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0439443857/
MARLY’S GHOST: A REMIX OF CHARLES DICKENS’S A CHRISTMAS CAROL , BY DAVID
LEVITHAN
The spirit of Ben's girlfriend Marly returns with three other ghosts to
haunt him with a painful journey though Valentine's Days past, present,
and future.
Excellent Quality, 167 Pages
Copyright 2006
Teens, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/117535/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0803730632/
MEMOIRS OF A TEENAGE AMNESIAC, BY GABRIELLE ZEVIN
After a nasty fall, Naomi realizes that she has no memory of the last
four years and finds herself reassessing every aspect of her life.
Excellent Quality, 295 Pages
Copyright 2007
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118242/
MIRANDA'S LAST STAND, BY GLORIA WHELAN
Because the Sioux had killed her papa at the Battle of Little Bighorn,
eleven-year-old Miranda struggles with her mama's prejudice and her own
experiences with Indians in the Wild West Show.
Excellent Quality, 134 Pages
Copyright 1999
Teens, Westerns, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118251/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0060282517/
ONCE ON THIS ISLAND (THE ISLAND TRILOGY #1), BY GLORIA WHELAN
Twelve-year-old Mary and her older brother and sister tend the family
farm on Michigan's Mackinac Island while their father is away fighting
the British in the War of 1812.
Excellent Quality, 186 Pages
Copyright 1995
History, Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118326/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0060262486/
RETURN TO THE ISLAND (THE ISLAND TRILOGY #3), BY GLORIA WHELAN
In 1818 Mary O'Shea must decide whether to remain on Michilimackinac
Island and marry her dear Indian friend White Hawk or to accept the
proposal of James, an English nobleman, and to go with him to London.
Excellent Quality, 185 Pages
Copyright 2000
History, Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118293/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0060282533/
SIZZLE AND SPLAT, BY RONALD KIDD
Two teenagers in a youth orchestra try to solve the mysterious
kidnapping of their sponsor.
Excellent Quality, 122 Pages
Copyright 1983
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118229/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0440479703/
SLEEPING FRESHMEN NEVER LIE, BY DAVID LUBAR
While navigating his first year of high school and awaiting the birth of
his new baby brother, Scott loses old friends and gains some unlikely
new ones as he hones his skills as a writer.
Excellent Quality, 280 Pages
Copyright 2005
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118243/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0525473114/
SOME BODY, BY NANCY SPRINGER
A girl who has spent most of her life moving around the country with her
father and brother, filling the emptiness inside her with chocolate,
remembers her real name, Sherica, and searches the Internet to learn
about her mother and her own past.
Excellent Quality, 117 Pages
Copyright 2009
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118240/
STEPHEN FAIR, BY TIM WYNNE-JONES
At the age of fifteen Stephen begins having nightmares like the ones
that drove his older brother away from home, and eventually the dreams
lead to a discovery that is shocking but that ultimately allows his
family to come back together.
Excellent Quality, 246 Pages
Copyright 1998
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118250/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/006447206X/
STORM CATCHERS, BY TIM BOWLER
Filled with guilt over his younger sister's kidnapping, teenaged Fin
tries to rescue her and in the process learns about a dark family secret.
Excellent Quality, 200 Pages
Copyright 2003
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118228/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0689845731/
STORY OF A GIRL, BY SARA ZARR
When she is caught in the backseat of a car with her older brother's
best friend - Deanna Lambert's teenage life is changed forever.
Excellent Quality, 194 Pages
Copyright 2006
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118248/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0316014532/
SUMMER BOYS, BY HAILEY ABBOTT
From the creators of "Gossip Girl" comes a fresh, edgy take on
summertime romance.
Excellent Quality, 220 Pages
Copyright 2004
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118196/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0439540208/
TEN CENTS A DANCE, BY CHRISTINE FLETCHER
With her mother ill, it's up to fifteen-year-old Ruby Jacinski to
support her family.
Excellent Quality, 362 Pages
Copyright 2008
History, Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/117721/
THE BLUE DOOR (QUILT TRILOGY #1), BY ANN RINALDI
Amanda Videau had no idea what adventures she'd find on the journey
North. But she never expected this. After witnessing a crime, she goes
into hiding, disguising herself as a worker in her great-grandfather's
textile mill.
Excellent Quality, 273 Pages
Copyright 1996
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118195/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0590460528/
THE COLOR OF FIRE, BY ANN RINALDI
Someone is setting fires in New York City. It is 1741 and, as a colony
of Britain, America is at war with Spain. The people in New York City
are on a heightened state of alert, living in fear of Catholics acting
as Spanish secret agents.
Excellent Quality, 168 Pages
Copyright 2005
History, Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118563/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0786809388/
THE COFFIN QUILT, BY ANN RINALDI
Fanny McCoy has lived in fear and anger ever since that day in 1878 when
a dispute with the Hatfields over the ownership of a few pigs set her
family on a path of hatred and revenge.
Excellent Quality, 228 Pages
Copyright 1999
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118564/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0439220297/
THE DISAPPEARED, BY GLORIA WHELAN
Teenaged Silvia tries to save her brother, Eduardo, after he is captured
by the military government in 1970s Argentina.
Excellent Quality, 142 Pages
Copyright 2008
History, Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118278/
THE EVOLUTION OF CALPURNIA TATE, BY JACQUELINE KELLY
In 1899, eleven-year-old Callie Vee Tate is instructed to be a lady by
her mother, learns about love from the older three of her six brothers,
and studies the natural world with her grandfather, the latter of which
leads to an important discovery.
Excellent Quality, 340 Pages
Copyright 2009
History, Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118232/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0805088415/
THE LOCKED GARDEN, BY GLORIA WHELAN
A National Book Award-winning author weaves a sensational piece of
historical fiction set on the beautiful and ominous grounds of an asylum
for the mentally ill in 1900.
Excellent Quality, 168 Pages
Copyright 2009
History, Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118286/
THE RELUCTANT GOD, BY PAMELA F. SERVICE
Lorna doesn't fit in at her English boarding school, and she looks
forward to the times when she can help her father on one of his digs in
Egypt.
Excellent Quality, 182 Pages
Copyright 1988
History, Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/110743/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0449703398/
THE RED NECKLACE: A STORY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, BY SALLY GARDNER
In the late eighteenth century, Sido, the twelve-year-old daughter of a
self-indulgent marquis, and Yann, a fourteen-year-old Gypsy orphan
raised to perform in a magic show, face a common enemy at the start of
the French Revolution.
Excellent Quality, 378 Pages
Copyright 2007
History, Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/117693/
THE SECRET CIRCLE: THE INITIATION AND THE CAPTIVE, PART I, BY L. J. SMITH
The circle's power has lured her home Forced to move from sunny
California to gloomy New England, Cassie longs for her old life. Even
so, she feels a strange kinship to a terrifying group of teens who seem
to rule her school.
Excellent Quality, 393 Pages
Copyright 1992
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/117877/
THE STONE KEY (THE OBERNEWTYN CHRONICLES, BOOK 6), BY ISOBELLE CARMODY
Friend becomes foe and trust is a thing of the past when the Misfits'
most relentless enemy turns Elspeth's world upside down.
Excellent Quality, 497 Pages
Copyright 2008
Teens, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/113476/
THE UNINVITED, BY TIM WYNNE-JONES
After a disturbing freshman year at New York University, Mimi is happy
to get away to her father's remote Canadian cottage only to discover a
stranger living there who has never heard of her or her father.
Excellent Quality, 355 Pages
Copyright 2009
Teens, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118566/
THE WANIGAN: A LIFE ON THE RIVER, BY GLORIA WHELAN
In a novel of rugged river adventure and evocative nature writing,
Gloria Whelan brings 19th-century history--and one girl's summer river
journey--to life for young readers.
Excellent Quality, 136 Pages
Copyright 2002
History, Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118241/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0440418828/
THE YEAR OF THE BOMB, BY RONALD KIDD
In 1955 California, as Invasion of the Body Snatchers is filmed in their
hometown, Paul discovers a real enemy when he and three friends go
against a young government agent determined to find communists at a
nearby university or on the movie set.
Excellent Quality, 202 Pages
Copyright 2009
History, Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/117873/
WILD AND HEXY (THE HEX SERIES, BOOK 2), BY VICKI LEWIS THOMPSON
After gaining twenty pounds, former Dairy Festival Queen Annie Winston
dreads going back to Big Knob, Indiana. But Annie hasn't changed half as
much as her home town ever since Dorcas and Ambrose Lowell moved in.
Excellent Quality, 328 Pages
Copyright 2008
Romance, Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/79430/
WIZARDS OF THE GAME, BY DAVID LUBAR
Eighth-grader Mercer, whose passion is the fantasy role-playing game
Wizards of the Warrior World, hopes to use a fund-raiser to bring a
gaming convention to his middle school.
Excellent Quality, 166 Pages
Copyright 2003
Teens, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118572/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0399237062/
AMY ELIZABETH EXPLORES BLOOMINGDALE'S, BY E. L. KONIGSBURG
The many sights of New York provide daily distractions for Amy Elizabeth
and Grandma as they attempt to find the time to go see Bloomingdale's.
Excellent Quality, 32 Pages
Copyright 1992
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118134/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0689317662/
A BEASTY STORY, BY BILL MARTIN
In a dark, dark house, in a dark, dark wood lurks a creepy, beasty . . .
BEAST! But fear not--this beast may not be so beastly after all.
Excellent Quality, 34 Pages
Copyright 1999
Children's Books
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118535/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/015201683X/
A IS FOR ANGRY, BY SANDRA BOYNTON
"Because you can't stand another apple, ball, or cup," Sandra Boynton
presents an alphabet book of animals and adjectives.
Excellent Quality, 45 Pages
Copyright 1998
Children's Books, Animals
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118498/
A. LINCOLN AND ME, BY LOUISE W. BORDEN
A young boy shares a birthday with Abe Lincoln. The narrator finds other
ways to relate to his role model, and these shared attributes help the
boy gain confidence and hope for the future.
Excellent Quality, 30 Pages
Copyright 1999
Children's Books, Poetry
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118550/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0590457152/
BLUEBERRIES FOR THE QUEEN, BY KATHERINE PATERSON
In the summer of 1942, when Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands lives
down the road from his family's house in Massachusetts, young William
decides to take her some of the blueberries he has picked.
Excellent Quality, 32 Pages
Copyright 2004
Children's Books, History, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118135/
CELIA AND THE SWEET, SWEET WATER, BY KATHERINE PATERSON
While journeying to find a remedy for her mother's illness, Celia and
her grumpy dog Brumble encounter strange and threatening characters who
have never known kindness.
Excellent Quality, 31 Pages
Copyright 1998
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118137/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0395913241/
COUNTRY BEAR'S GOOD NEIGHBOR, BY LARRY DANE BRIMNER
Country Bear borrows all the ingredients for a cake from his neighbor
and then gives her the cake as a present. Includes a recipe for apple cake.
Excellent Quality, 30 Pages
Copyright 1988
Children's Books, Animals, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118151/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0531057089/
DAHLIA, BY BARBARA MCCLINTOCK
Looks can be deceiving! When Charlotte gets a delicate doll from her
aunt Edme, she is not too happy. She tells the doll that she and Bruno,
her bear, "like digging in dirt and climbing trees. No tea parties, no
being pushed around in frilly prams. You'll just have to get used to the
way we do things."
Excellent Quality, 32 Pages
Copyright 2002
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118500/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0374316783/
DIARY OF A WORM, BY HARRY BLISS AND DOREEN CRONIN
This is the diary . . . of a worm. Surprisingly, a worm not that
different from you or me. Except he eats his homework. Oh, and his head
looks a lot like his rear end.
Excellent Quality, 35 Pages
Copyright 2003
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118501/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0060001518/
DOGTEAM, BY GARY PAULSEN
On a moonlit winter night, a team of dogs pulls a sled, taking the
narrator and readers on a wondrous ride through the snow, into and out
of the woods. It is a ride you'll wish would never end.
Excellent Quality, 32 Pages
Copyright 1993
Children's Books, Animals, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118139/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0440411300/
FAT CHANCE!, BY LADY BORTON
Marty Louise finds a blind stray cat and worries that her mother will
not let her keep him.
Excellent Quality, 32 Pages
Copyright 1993
Children's Books, Disability-Related, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118141/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0399219633/
FISH EYES: A BOOK YOU CAN COUNT ON, BY LOIS EHLERT
Brightly colored fish introduce young children to counting and basic
addition in this fun and simple concept book.
Excellent Quality, 36 Pages
Copyright 1990
Children's Books, Poetry
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118537/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0152280510/
GEORGE WASHINGTON'S TEETH, BY BROCK COLE AND MADELEINE COMORA AND
DEBORAH CHANDRA
The creators of George Washington's Teeth unhinge the jaws of history to
examine the mouth of America's first president, tracking the poor man's
dental woes as he gallops to war, crosses the Delaware, and, with only
two teeth left, takes his place as leader of the country.
Excellent Quality, 40 Pages
Copyright 2003
Children's Books, History, Biographies and Memoirs, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118506/
GEORGIA, BY VYVYAN LYNN
KidHaven's "Seeds of a Nation series provides an understanding of the
people, events, and ideas that influenced the creation of each state.
Excellent Quality, 48 Pages
Copyright 2003
Children's Books, History, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118507/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0737710187/
GIGGLE, GIGGLE, QUACK, BY DOREEN CRONIN
Farmer Brown goes on vacation and the barnyard animals are responsible
for looking after Duck the troublemaker.
Excellent Quality, 32 Pages
Copyright 2002
Children's Books, Animals
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118519/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/043952153X/
HELLO OCEAN, BY PAM MUñOZ RYAN
Spend a day at the beach, and take in the ocean through the senses of
sight, hearing, feeling, taste, and smell in this romp through sand and
waves.
Excellent Quality, 32 Pages
Copyright 2001
Children's Books, Outdoors and Nature
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118143/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0439403170/
INDIANA, BY STUART A. KALLEN AND P. M. BOEKHOFF
The Hoosier state was once part of the vast Northwest Territory
inhabited by the Miami and other native tribes. With the coming of the
French and English fur traders the region was changed forever.
Excellent Quality, 48 Pages
Copyright 2002
Children's Books, History, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118527/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0737706635/
JABUTI THE TORTOISE, BY GERALD MCDERMOTT
Of all the animals in the rain forest, Jabuti was the favorite. His
shell was smooth and shiny, and the songs he played on his flute were
sweet. But his music was a reminder, too, of the mischievous pranks
Jabuti sometimes played.
Excellent Quality, 32 Pages
Copyright 2001
Children's Books, Animals, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118551/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0152004963/
KANSAS, BY PATRICIA D. NETZLEY
KidHaven's "Seeds of a Nation series provides an understanding of the
people, events, and ideas that influenced the creation of each state.
Excellent Quality, 48 Pages
Copyright 2003
Children's Books, History, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118528/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0737710195/
KENTUCKY, BY SHEILA WYBORNY
Kentucky provided rich hunting grounds for many Native American groups,
and with the arrival of the Europeans on American soil, they too were
attracted to Kentucky for its abundant wildlife.
Excellent Quality, 48 Pages
Copyright 2004
Children's Books, History, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118511/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0737714468/
LYDIA JANE AND THE BABY-SITTER EXCHANGE, BY NATALIE HONEYCUTT
The baby-sitter has so many rules to keep eight-year-old Lydia Jane and
her little sister safe that all they can do is sit around, eat snacks
and watch TV. Lydia likes mud, science experiments, animals, the woods,
skating and going places. What she needs is a new baby-sitter!
Excellent Quality, 119 Pages
Copyright 1993
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/99703/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0027443620/
MERRY CHRISTMAS, OLD ARMADILLO, BY LARRY DANE BRIMNER
Thinking his friends have forgotten him at Christmas, Old Armadillo goes
to sleep, but he awakens to find that his friends have decorated his
house and a tree for the holiday.
Excellent Quality, 32 Pages
Copyright 1995
Children's Books, Animals, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118146/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1563973545/
MICE AND BEANS, BY PAM MUñOZ RYAN
Rosa Maria is preparing a birthday celebration for her granddaughter,
Catalina. But each day she discovers that her mousetrap has disappeared
along with something else, like her spoon or one of her candles.
Excellent Quality, 32 Pages
Copyright 2001
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118147/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0439183030/
MINNESOTA, BY STUART A. KALLEN
KidHaven's "Seeds of a Nation series provides an understanding of the
people, events, and ideas that influenced the creation of each state.
Excellent Quality, 48 Pages
Copyright 2002
Children's Books, History, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118513/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0737710217/
MUD IS CAKE, BY PAM MUñOZ RYAN
A brother and sister find that when they use their imagination mud can
become cake and they themselves can become almost anything.
Excellent Quality, 32 Pages
Copyright 2002
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118148/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0786805013/
MY HORSE OF THE NORTH, BY HARCOURT SCHOOL PUBLISHERS STAFF
Nine-year-old Margaret spends the entire summer riding her pony, Perla.
They practice herding the geese and cows nearby in preparation for the
fall's sheep roundup competition.
Excellent Quality, 32 Pages
Copyright 1997
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118552/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0153143193/
MY ROWS AND PILES OF COINS, BY TOLOLWA M. MOLLEL
"I emptied my secret money box, arranged the coins in piles and the
piles in rows . . ." The market is full of wonderful things, but Saruni
is saving his precious coins for a red and blue bicycle.
Excellent Quality, 32 Pages
Copyright 1999
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118539/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0395751861/
NEVADA, BY BOB ANDERSON
A wild, desolate land peopled by prehistoric native peoples, Nevada was
first claimed by and made part of Mexico, then became part of the Utah
territory of the United States.
Excellent Quality, 48 Pages
Copyright 2003
Children's Books, History, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118553/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0737715642/
NEW YORK, BY P. M. BOEKHOFF AND STUART A. KALLEN
Even before it became a state in 1788, New York was a multicultural
region populated by Native Americans, Africans, Dutch, Germans, English,
and others.
Excellent Quality, 48 Pages
Copyright 2001
Children's Books, History, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118554/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0737707593/
OLIVER BUTTON IS A SISSY, BY TOMIE DEPAOLA
A little boy must come to terms with being teased and ostracized because
he'd rather read books, paint pictures, and tap-dance than participate
in sports.
Excellent Quality, 46 Pages
Copyright 1979
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118555/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0152578528/
OLIVIA KIDNEY, BY PETER REYNOLDS AND ELLEN POTTER
Twelve-year-old Olivia explores her new apartment building and finds a
psychic, talking lizards, a shrunken ex-pirate, an exiled princess,
ghosts, and other unusual characters.
Excellent Quality, 155 Pages
Copyright 2003
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118283/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0399238506/
ONE LEAF RIDES THE WIND, BY CELESTE MANNIS
A young girl makes her way slowly through a Japanese garden where she
spots one leaf, two carved temple dogs, three miniature bonsai, and four
startled birds.
Excellent Quality, 26 Pages
Copyright 2002
Children's Books, Poetry
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118540/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0670035254/
PANDA BEAR, PANDA BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?, BY ERIC CARLE AND BILL MARTIN
Thirty-five years after their first groundbreaking collaboration, the
creators of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? and Polar Bear,
Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? reunite to address the important topic of
animal conservation.
Excellent Quality, 26 Pages
Copyright 2003
Children's Books, Animals
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118504/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0805017585/
TEENAGE MERMAID, BY ELLEN SCHREIBER
Fifteen-year-old Spencer falls in love with Lilly, a mermaid who rescues
him from drowning and who returns to land to find him.
Excellent Quality, 152 Pages
Copyright 2003
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118280/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0439671965/
TEN QUEENS, BY MILTON MELTZER
Powerful female rulers interpreted in striking words.From the courage
and beauty of Esther to the reforming spirit of Catherine the Great.
Excellent Quality, 144 Pages
Copyright 1998
Children's Books, History, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118514/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0525456430/
THE BALLOT BOX BATTLE, BY EMILY ARNOLD MCCULLY
Just in time for the presidential election comes Caldecott medalist
Emily Arnold McCully's stirring tale of a young girl's act of bravery
inspired by the great Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Excellent Quality, 32 Pages
Copyright 1996
Children's Books, History, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118544/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0679979387/
THE BABY BEEBEE BIRD, BY DIANE REDFIELD MASSIE
'Hooray for the return of the baby beebee bird' - Kirkus Reviews. It's
night time at the zoo, and all the animals are wide awake. The new baby
beebee bird is keeping everyone up with his happy night song. Will they
ever get some sleep?
Excellent Quality, 33 Pages
Copyright 2000
Children's Books, Animals
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118520/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0060517840/
THE BANDIT OF ASHLEY DOWNS (TRAILBLAZER BOOKS #7), BY NETA JACKSON AND
DAVE JACKSON
With God's love, Curly, a young nineteenth-century English boy convicted
of armed robbery, reforms his ways after being sent to one of George
Müller's orphan homes.
Excellent Quality, 138 Pages
Copyright 1993
Children's Books, Teens, Literature and Fiction, Religion and Spirituality
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/113934/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1556612702/
THE CLOUD BOOK, BY TOMIE DEPAOLA
This fun-filled, interesting book introduces readers to the 10 most
common types of clouds, myths that have been inspired by their shapes,
and what they can tell about coming weather changes.
Excellent Quality, 32 Pages
Copyright 1075
Children's Books, Nonfiction, Outdoors and Nature
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118557/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0823402592/
THE HONEST-TO-GOODNESS TRUTH, BY PATRICIA C. MCKISSACK
"Tell the truth and shame the devil," Libby's mama has told her. So
whatever is Libby doing wrong? Ever since she started telling only the
truth, the whole world seems to be mad at her.
Excellent Quality, 33 Pages
Copyright 2000
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118547/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0689826680/
THE LAMP, THE ICE, AND THE BOAT CALLED FISH, BY BETH KROMMES AND
JACQUELINE BRIGGS MARTIN
In 1913, a boat named Karluk, Aleutian for "fish," part of the Canadian
Arctic Expedition, became stuck in the Arctic ice.
Excellent Quality, 48 Pages
Copyright 2001
Children's Books, History, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118502/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/061800341X/
THE PAPER CRANE, BY MOLLY GARRETT BANG
A mysterious man enters a restaurant and pays for his dinner with a
paper crane that magically comes alive and dances.
Excellent Quality, 32 Pages
Copyright 1985
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118521/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0688041094/
THE STORY OF THE THREE KINGDOMS, BY WALTER DEAN MYERS
Long ago, Elephant ruled the forest, Shark ruled the sea, and Hawk ruled
the sky, until People discovered a unique power that enabled them to
dominate the other creatures.
Excellent Quality, 32 Pages
Copyright 1995
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118150/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0060242868/
THE SUN AND MOON, BY LISA DESIMINI
Told in simple and moving prose, this is the story of two lonely giants
who are destined to find each other.
Excellent Quality, 32 Pages
Copyright 1999
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118542/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0590187201/
TO MARKET TO MARKET, BY ANNE MIRANDA
To market, to market, to buy a fat pig . . . What's a poor shopper to do
when her groceries have a mind of their own?
Excellent Quality, 36 Pages
Copyright 1997
Children's Books, Poetry
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118522/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0152000356/
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