[bksvol-discuss] New Books (23) for 07-19
- From: John Immarino <johni2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 11:09:11 -0700
=====FICTION, 2
GHOST AT WORK (BAILEY RUTH MYSTERIES #1), BY CAROLYN HART
After dying, Bailey Ruth Raeburn wants to help people back on Earth. The
ghost-turned-sleuth is assigned a murder case in her hometown of
Adelaide, Oklahoma.
Excellent Quality, 423 Pages
Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/91992/
PROSPERO'S CHILDREN (FERN CAPEL NOVELS #1), BY JAN SIEGEL
In this novel written with poetic energy, an emotionally complex girl is
plunged into adventure when she tries to solve the mystery of her
family's connection with the sea and the fall of Atlantis.
Excellent Quality, 356 Pages
Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/99696/
=====NONFICTION, 11
ADOLF HITLER: A BIOGRAPHICAL COMPANION, BY DAVID NICHOLLS
An encyclopedia of topics relating to the German leader such as his most
important collaborators and opponents, his domestic and foreign
policies, the use of propaganda and the forging of the Hitler cult,
racial persecution and the Holocaust, and Hitler as a war leader.
Excellent Quality, 369 Pages
History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/99751/
BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO PLAYING CHESS, BY SUSAN CALDWELL
Learn how to play chess, including naming the pieces, the squares of the
board, how to start off, how to capture, attack, defend and win. Learn
some ideas for first moves, planning moves and how to checkmate your
opponent.
Excellent Quality, 65 Pages
Entertainment, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/94225/
CHEMISTRY OF SPACE, BY DAVID E. NEWTON
Chemistry of Space provides an overview of the latest information about
the solar system, comets, and meteors, and other features of the
universe made available as a result of space exploration and research in
astrochemistry.
Excellent Quality, 246 Pages
Nonfiction, Science
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/99735/
COSMOLOGY: A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION, BY PETER COLES
Written in simple and accessible language, this non-technical
introduction to cosmology, or the creation and development of the
universe, explains the discipline, covers its history, details the
latest developments, and explains what is known, what is believed, and
what is purely speculative.
Excellent Quality, 143 Pages
Nonfiction, Science
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/99740/
HUMAN SERVICES: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES AND TRENDS (3RD EDITION), BY
FRANKLYN ROTHER AND DAVID C. MALONEY AND HOWARD S. HARRIS
The third edition of this college textbook features articles on human
services theory and application written by 40-plus well-known scholars
in the field.
Excellent Quality, 437 Pages
Textbooks and Educational Materials, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/99806/
LOGIC: A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION, BY GRAHAM PRIEST
This book is an introduction to logic, as contemporary logicians now
understand the subject. It does not attempt to be a textbook, however.
The point of this one is to explore the roots of logic, which sink deep
into philosophy. Some formal logic will be explained along the way.
Excellent Quality, 128 Pages
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/99724/
THE BEST TEACHERS' TEST PREPARATION FOR THE CALIFORNIA CSET: ENGLISH
SUBTESTS I-IV, BY JEAN O. CHARNEY AND DAVID M. ROSEN
REA's new test preparation guide will help teacher candidates succeed on
the California CSET in the subject area of English Subtests I through IV.
Excellent Quality, 245 Pages
Textbooks and Educational Materials, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/99738/
THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT: PEOPLE, PROCESS, AND
POLITICS, BY GARY P. GERSHMAN
Part of ABC-Clio's About Federal Government series, this book by
Gershman (history and legal studies, Nova Southeastern U.) introduces
the history and current realities of the US Congress to a general
readership.
Excellent Quality, 514 Pages
History, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/99768/
THE UNITED NATIONS: A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION, BY JUSSI M. HANHIMäKI
The United Nations has been called everything from "the best hope of
mankind" to "irrelevant" and "obsolete.
Excellent Quality, 174 Pages
History, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/99741/
WARRIOR MARKS, BY PRATIBHA PARMAR AND ALICE WALKER
How the film "Warrior Marks" was made, which is about female genital
mutilation and the sexual blinding of women in Africa.
Excellent Quality, 373 Pages
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/99747/
WORLD MUSIC: A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION, BY PHILIP V. BOHLMAN
World Music draws readers into a remarkable range of historical
encounters, in which music had the power to evoke the exotic and to give
voice to the voiceless.
Excellent Quality, 180 Pages
Entertainment, History, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/99748/
=====TEENS & CHILDREN, 10
D-DAY (CORNERSTONES OF FREEDOM, 2ND SERIES), BY TOM MCGOWEN
Discusses the events leading up to the Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944.
Excellent Quality, 48 Pages
Children's Books, History, Military, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/99773/
FAIRIES AND ELVES (THE ENCHANTED WORLD SERIES), BY TIME-LIFE BOOKS
Describes folklore about fairies and elves from around the world.
Excellent Quality, 144 Pages
Children's Books, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/99794/
JANE ADDAMS AND HULL HOUSE (CORNERSTONES OF FREEDOM), BY DEBORAH KENT
A biography of the social worker who defended the oppressed, promoted
education for the poor, worked for world peace, and founded Hull Houses,
a settlement house in the industrial slums of Chicago.
Excellent Quality, 32 Pages
Children's Books, History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/99734/
MY SENATOR AND ME: A DOG'S-EYE VIEW OF WASHINGTON, D.C., BY EDWARD M.
KENNEDY
Senator Edward M. Kennedy's dog, Champion Amigo's Seventh Wave, or
Splash, introduces readers to Washington, D.C., as he follows the
senator around for a day.
Excellent Quality, 57 Pages
Children's Books, Nonfiction, Animals
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/98558/
THE ZACK FILES #16: EVIL QUEEN TUT AND THE GREAT ANT PYRAMIDS, BY DAN
GREENBURG
Uh-oh! Thanks to a heaping helping of a new dietetic sugar substitute,
Zack shrinks down to the size of a bug. It's not all that bad--until he
discovers an army of ants who are building an ant pyramid for their
despotic pharaoh-queen!
Excellent Quality, 60 Pages
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/100174/
THE WHITE HOUSE (CORNERSTONES OF FREEDOM), BY DEBORAH KENT
The history of the White House, the residence of the President of the
United States.
Excellent Quality, 32 Pages
Children's Books, History, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/99733/
THE ZACK FILES #12: NOW YOU SEE ME.... NOW YOU DON'T, BY DAN GREENBURG
When Zack accidentally drinks the invisible ink that is one of Spencer's
experiments, he worries about missing his only chance to get his picture
in the paper, if the new flavor he and Spencer invented wins the local
Len and Larry's Ice Cream contest.
Excellent Quality, 58 Pages
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/100020/
THE ZACK FILES #13: THE MISFORTUNE COOKIE, BY DAN GREENBURG
What would happen if the fortunes in fortune cookies started coming
true? Confucius says something very weird is going on! Could his
thirteenth adventure be Zack's unlikely number?
Excellent Quality, 58 Pages
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/100021/
THE ZACK FILES #14: ELVIS THE TURNIP... AND ME, BY DAN GREENBURG
Late one night when ten-year-old Zack hears strains of "Heartbreak
Hotel" coming from the refrigerator, he discovers the possibility that
Elvis lives on as a turnip.
Excellent Quality, 57 Pages
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/100076/
THE ZACK FILES #15: HANG A LEFT AT VENUS, BY DAN GREENBURG
When Zack and his dad come upon an alien whose spacecraft is running on
empty in Central Park, it's easy enough to find more fuel (mayonnaise!),
but retrieving the craft from the NYPD is quite a different story!
Excellent Quality, 56 Pages
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/100155/
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