[bookshare-discuss] New Books (47) for 09-26
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=====FICTION, 7
CLAN GROUND (THE NAMED #2), BY CLARE BELL
Ratha, leader of her clan of wildcats, fears and respects the
stranger-cat who wanders into her domain, hoping to move with the clan.
Putting her doubts aside, she welcomes the stranger but wonders about
his intentions.
Excellent Quality, 258 Pages
Copyright 1984
Animals, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118987/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0440912873/
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (SIMPLIFIED AND ABRIDGED), BY MANJU SAMBHUNATH SEN
AND JANE AUSTEN
The book is narrated in free indirect speech following the main
character Elizabeth Bennet as she deals with matters of upbringing,
marriage, moral rightness and education in her aristocratic society.
Excellent Quality, 122 Pages
Copyright 2007
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/116733/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/8125032495/
REVOLUTION ON CANVAS: VOLUME 2, BY RICH BALLING
Stories and poetry from the stars of today's indie rock scene.
Publisher Quality
Copyright 2007
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/89587/
ROMANCE (87TH PRECINCT #47), BY ED MCBAIN
Mystery surrounding the death of an actress. See long synopsis.
Publisher Quality
Copyright 1995
Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/87495/
SPOCK'S WORLD (STAR TREK), BY DIANE DUANE
Reveals the truth about "Star Trek"'s Mr Spock and his home planet
Vulcan. Set in the 23rd century, a crisis has summoned the "USS
Enterprise" to bring Vulcan's most famous son home in its hour of need.
Excellent Quality, 310 Pages
Copyright 1988
Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114192/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/067166851X/
THE ARCTIC EVENT (COVERT-ONE #7), BY JAMES COBB AND ROBERT LUDLUM
On a remote island in the Canadian Arctic, researchers discover the
wreckage of a mysterious World War II-era aircraft, a discovery that
forces the Russian Federation into a shocking admission.
Publisher Quality, 54 Pages
Copyright 2007
Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/88791/
THE BOURNE BETRAYAL (BOURNE #5), BY ERIC VAN LUSTBADER
Bourne is shattered by a report that his last friend in the world,
Martin Lindros, has gone missing. See long synopsis.
Publisher Quality, 45 Pages
Copyright 2007
Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/87176/
=====NONFICTION, 13
AGAINST THE LAW, BY CHING KWAN LEE
This study opens a critical perspective on the slow death of socialism
and the rebirth of capitalism in the world's most dynamic and populous
country.
Excellent Quality, 326 Pages
Copyright 2007
Textbooks and Educational Materials, History, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/117519/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0520250974/
COLLEGE WRITING SKILLS WITH READINGS (7TH EDITION), BY JOHN LANGAN
John Langan's College Writing Skills with Readings, Seventh Edition,
focuses on the essay using Langan's renowned clear writing style, as
well as his wide range of writing assignments and activities that
reinforce the four bases of effective writing: unity, support,
coherence, and sentence skills.
Excellent Quality, 798 Pages
Copyright 2008
Textbooks and Educational Materials, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/119250/
RICH DAD'S OPM: OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY, BY MICHAEL A. LECHTER
An internationally recognized expert in the field of intellectual
property, Michael has been the architect of strategies for building
business using both conventional sources of Other People's Money-as well
as Other People's Resources. His experience in representing venture
capitalists in evaluating potential investment companies and
representing start-up and emerging businesses enables him to bring a
unique perspective to the subject of building a business using Other
People's Money.
Publisher Quality
Copyright 2005
Nonfiction, Self-Help, Business and Finance
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/87564/
RISE, LET US BE ON OUR WAY, BY JOHN PAUL II II
With recollections on his life as well as his thoughts on the issues
facing the world now, Pope John Paul II offers words of wisdom in this
book that will appeal to people of any faith looking to strengthen their
spirituality.
Publisher Quality, 29 Pages
Copyright 2004
Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Religion and Spirituality
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/87747/
SEDUCTION AND BETRAYAL: WOMEN AND LITERATURE, BY ELIZABETH HARDWICK
Essays on women in literature from Ibsen's heroines and Dorothy
Wordsworth to the Bronte sisters, Virginia Woolf and Sylvia Plath.
Excellent Quality, 208 Pages
Copyright 1974
Textbooks and Educational Materials, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/117653/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/039449069X/
SIGHT-READINGS: AMERICAN FICTIONS, BY ELIZABETH HARDWICK
Newness and rootedness are the twin poles of "Sight-Readings", Elizabeth
Hardwick's brilliant new collection of essays. Hardwick's focus here is
on American writers, at home and abroad, and especially women, as
writers and as characters.
Excellent Quality, 290 Pages
Copyright 1998
Textbooks and Educational Materials, History, Nonfiction, Biographies
and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/117691/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0375501274/
THE ABC'S OF REAL ESTATE INVESTING:THE SECRETS OF FINDING HIDDEN PROFITS
MOST INVESTORS MISS (RICH DAD'S ADVISORS SERIES), BY KEN MCELROY
More financial advice from the author of Rich Dad Poor Dad.
Publisher Quality
Copyright 2004
Self-Help, Business and Finance
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/88514/
THE HUMANITIES: CULTURE, CONTINUITY & CHANGE, BY HENRY M. SAYRE
The Humanities by Henry M. Sayre helps the reader see the context and
make the connections across the humanities by tying together the entire
cultural experience through a narrative storytelling approach.
Excellent Quality, 281 Pages
Copyright 2008
Textbooks and Educational Materials, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/119248/
THE ROLLING STONE INTERVIEWS, BY JANN WENNER
The very best interviews from the magazine's remarkable 40-year history
have been collectedin a single volume. All of the biggest and most
important musicians, writers, political figures, and directors are
here--completely unafraid to bare theirsouls and comment candidly on the
issues of their day.
Publisher Quality, 41 Pages
Copyright 2007
Entertainment, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/89083/
TROPHIES: DISTANT VOYAGES: GRADE 5, BY DOROTHY S. STRICKLAND AND ROGER
C. FARR AND ISABEL L. BECK
A Harcourt Reading/Language Arts textbook.
Excellent Quality, 754 Pages
Copyright 2007
Textbooks and Educational Materials, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118693/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0153397888/
VIOLENCE IN THE BLACK IMAGINATION: ESSAYS AND DOCUMENTS, BY RONALD T. TAKAKI
In "Violence in the Black Imagination", Ronald T. Takaki presents three
short novels by major African-American leaders in the nineteenth century
and explores the common theme of their works -- the issue of black
revolutionary violence in antebellum America.
Excellent Quality, 346 Pages
Copyright 1972
Textbooks and Educational Materials, History, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118976/
WHEN ATHEISM BECOMES RELIGION: AMERICA'S NEW FUNDAMENTALISTS, BY CHRIS
HEDGES
Originally titled "I Don't Believe in Atheists". From the New York Times
bestselling author of "American Fascists" and the NBCC finalist for "War
Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning" comes this timely and compelling work
about new atheists: those who attack religion to advance the worst of
global capitalism, intolerance and imperial projects.
Excellent Quality, 224 Pages
Copyright 2008
Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118931/
WHITE TEACHER, BY VIVIAN GUSSIN PALEY
Vivian Paley presents a moving personal account of her experiences
teaching kindergarten in an integrated school within a predominantly
white, middle-class neighborhood.
Excellent Quality, 148 Pages
Copyright 2000
Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/119290/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0674002733/
=====UNCATEGORIZED, 1
ROLE OF A LIFETIME: REFLECTIONS ON FAITH, FAMILY, AND SIGNIFICANT
LIVING, BY TONY DUNGY AND NATHAN WHITAKER AND JAMES BROWN
We live in a world that all too often operates under the overriding
template of self-promotion, embracing a "hooray for me" attitude, and
which measures success in increasingly small timeframes dotted with
markers of temporal value.
Publisher Quality
Copyright 2009
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/119267/
=====TEENS & CHILDREN, 26
ALL EYES ON FIRST PRIZE (FRANK AND JOE HARDY: THE CLUES BROTHERS #14),
BY FRANKLIN W. DIXON
Bill Magee, the new kid in Frank's class, gets blamed for wrecking two
science fair exhibits because he's big and clumsy. When it turns out
that Mike Mendez' project--a burglar detector with a camera--took a
photograph of the hand and jacket sleeve of the real culprit, the Hardys
spring into action.
Excellent Quality, 78 Pages
Copyright 1999
Teens, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/119126/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0671032534/
COMEDY GIRL, BY ELLEN SCHREIBER
Shy, seventeen-year-old Trixie Shapiro, who dreams of being a
professional comic, gets a big break after her friend signs her up to do
a stand-up routine at their school's Talent Night.
Excellent Quality, 278 Pages
Copyright 2004
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118941/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0060093382/
DADDY SAYS, BY NTOZAKE SHANGE
Twelve-year-old Lucie-Marie and her older sister Annie Sharon attempt to
deal with the death of their mother in a rodeo accident, while hoping to
follow in her footsteps as championship riders.
Excellent Quality, 183 Pages
Copyright 2003
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118924/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0689830815/
DON'T LOOK BACK (NANCY DREW ON CAMPUS #3), BY CAROLYN KEENE
Nancy's finding college life offers a large variety of social
activities, but she still has to put in her time at the school paper.
Her editor assigns her to interview her new suitemate, popular sitcom
star Casey Fontaine.
Excellent Quality, 180 Pages
Copyright 1995
Teens, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/119081/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0671527444/
EYE CANDY, BY R. L. STINE
Lindy Sampson is a twenty-three-year-old New Yorker with a problem:
She's too beautiful. Guys are intimidated by her. Her roommate suggests
Internet dating and writes a Personal ad for Lindy, calling her "Eye
Candy." The responses pour in.
Excellent Quality, 310 Pages
Copyright 2004
Romance, Teens, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114721/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0345466934/
FOUR MILES TO PINECONE, BY JON HASSLER
Tom Barry's summer starts off bad and only gets worse. He not only has
to write a paper during the summer, but he sees his best friend rob a store.
Excellent Quality, 117 Pages
Copyright 1977
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/119273/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0449703231/
GOING HOME (NANCY DREW ON CAMPUS #16), BY CAROLYN KEENE
Sometimes it's hard to know the real deal if you're not hanging with the
right crowd. Exams are finally over, and Nancy and George have big plans
for the long weekend.
Excellent Quality, 189 Pages
Copyright 1996
Teens, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/119083/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0671568051/
HARD TO GET (NANCY DREW ON CAMPUS #14), BY CAROLYN KEENE
It's time to party, and everyone on campus is playing games. What's with
Emmet, anyway? Eileen just can't seem to figure the guy out.
Great-looking, fun to be with, but just when the going is good, he's
sure to say or do something guaranteed to kill the mood.
Excellent Quality, 180 Pages
Copyright 1996
Teens, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/119086/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0671568035/
JEALOUS FEELINGS (NANCY DREW ON CAMPUS #20), BY CAROLYN KEENE
In the geometry of love, everyone has a different angle. The heat is on
between Nancy and Jake. But it's not romance-- or is it? Maybe it's time
for Nancy to cool it with Jake, like George is cooling it with Will.
Excellent Quality, 188 Pages
Copyright 1997
Romance, Teens, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/119087/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0671002120/
JUMP SHOT DETECTIVES (FRANK AND JOE HARDY: THE CLUES BROTHERS #4), BY
FRANKLIN W. DIXON
When Frank tries out for the basketball team, it's Joe's job to
videotape the tryouts for the coach. But somebody takes the tape and
steals the whole show! So what's Frank and Joe's game plan? First, send
out a dog to sniff for clues. Second, put a gob of green goop in Chet's
hair. Then eat lots of pizza. Dogs? Goop? Pizza? Sometimes detective
work is even better than basketball.
Excellent Quality, 80 Pages
Copyright 1998
Teens, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/119137/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0671004050/
JUST THE TWO OF US (NANCY DREW ON CAMPUS # 12), BY CAROLYN KEENE
Doing the right thing -- it can be the toughest test of all. Making
choices. That's what college is all about. True or false? A, B, C, or
none of the above. But sometimes you can't find the answer in a book.
You have to search your heart.
Excellent Quality, 182 Pages
Copyright 1996
Teens, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/119076/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0671527649/
LOVING AND LOSING (NANCY DREW ON CAMPUS #15), BY CAROLYN KEENE
Sure, love hurts. But speed kills. At Wilder, the pain is hitting home.
A big-time cosmetics company is on campus looking for fresh faces to use
in their ads, and both Pam and Reva are taking a shot.
Excellent Quality, 184 Pages
Copyright 1996
Teens, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/119104/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0671568043/
NEW BEGINNINGS (NANCY DREW ON CAMPUS #17), BY CAROLYN KEENE
Even when your hopes are sky-high, the past can break your heart... Bess
has returned to Wilder, but she's far from her old self. Behind her
brave smile, the tragic accident is still taking a secret toll.
Excellent Quality, 188 Pages
Copyright 1997
Romance, Teens, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/119110/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/067156806X/
NEW LIVES, NEW LOVES (NANCY DREW ON CAMPUS #1), BY CAROLYN KEENE
Nancy, Bess and George have set off on their greatest adventure-- life
in a coed dorm in their first semester at Wilder University. It's a
world of new friends and new feelings, new hopes and new heartbreaks-- a
world away from River Heights.
Excellent Quality, 184 Pages
Copyright 1995
Romance, Teens, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/119111/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0671527371/
ON HER OWN (NANCY DREW ON CAMPUS #2), BY CAROLYN KEENE
Nancy's breaking the story... and it's sure to break some hearts. Life
at Wilder University is proving to be full of surprises and scandals.
Bess is beginning to think that Brian Daglian is different from all the
guys she's gone out with before...
Excellent Quality, 182 Pages
Copyright 1995
Romance, Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/119118/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/067152741X/
SECRET RULES (NANCY DREW ON CAMPUS #5), BY CAROLYN KEENE
At Wilder Times, Nancy is working on a story about a frat prank, but
it's reporter Jake Collins who's giving Nancy plenty to think about. The
problem is, she can't be sure if the guy is good news or bad news-- or
just a passing feature.
Excellent Quality, 188 Pages
Copyright 1996
Romance, Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/119119/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0671527460/
SNOWBOUND (NANCY DREW ON CAMPUS #25), BY CAROLYN KEENE
Nancy's out in the cold when a snowstorm hits Wilder U., except she has
company-- her costar and rival Michael. Investigating an investment
scheme that may be a scam, they get a hot lead that takes them off
campus and directly into the path of the blizzard.
Excellent Quality, 188 Pages
Copyright 1998
Romance, Teens, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/119120/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0671007793/
TELL ME THE TRUTH (NANCY DREW ON CAMPUS #4), BY CAROLYN KEENE
Nancy's full of questions. Her budding romance with Peter Goodwin may
shrivel if he doesn't tell the truth about his past. And someone has
stolen a bio exam. If Nancy doesn't find out who, it could be Bess who
faces failure. Nancy has her work cut out for her, but she's not about
to fail the test.
Excellent Quality, 186 Pages
Copyright 1995
Romance, Teens, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/119124/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0671527452/
THE AFTERLIFE, BY GARY SOTO
You'd think a knife in the ribs would be the end of things, but for
Chuy, that's when his life at last gets interesting. He finally sees
that people love him, faces the consequences of his actions, finds in
himself compassion and bravery ...
Excellent Quality, 162 Pages
Copyright 2003
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/119289/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0152047743/
THROUGH THE TUNNEL, BY DORIS LESSING
Vacationing at the seashore, a young boy's endurance is tested to the
limit when he tries to swim through an underwater tunnel.
Excellent Quality, 32 Pages
Copyright 1993
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/119287/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0886823463/
BABE: OOPS, PIG!, BY SHANA COREY
Babe the pig gets into mischief when he tries to help out with chores on
the farm.
Excellent Quality, 32 Pages
Copyright 1998
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/119213/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0679889671/
BARACK OBAMA: OUT OF MANY, ONE, BY SHANA COREY
This is the story of a skinny little boy with a funny name and how he
became part of America's history.
Excellent Quality, 48 Pages
Copyright 2009
Children's Books, History, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118898/
BUBBLE HOMES AND FISH FARTS, BY FIONA BAYROCK
A book that takes a look at the many ways different animals, from
dolphins to spittlebugs to water shrews, use bubbles.
Excellent Quality, 42 Pages
Copyright 2009
Children's Books, Nonfiction, Animals
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/118899/
PAUL REVERE'S RIDE, BY SHANA COREY
The Redcoats are coming! The Redcoats are coming! Every second counts as
patriot Paul Revere rides into the night to warn the colonists. Will he
make it?
Excellent Quality, 48 Pages
Copyright 2004
Children's Books, History, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/119262/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0375828362/
RIVER OF ICE, BY LINDA BAXTER
Sasha stared into the woman's dark, granite eyes. He suddenly felt very
cold again. A shiver crawled up his back. His hope faded. The woman
said, "I am Carina Mikalonova. I have not met you before, Doctor Bausch.
However, it looks as though you have applied to leave Russia many times.
Why is that?"
Excellent Quality, 104 Pages
Copyright 2001
Children's Books, History, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/119299/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0789153920/
THE RING BEARER, BY NORIK DILANCHYAN AND KATHLEEN BUCKLEY AND KATHY THOMAS
Children's book. No synopsis available.
Publisher Quality
Copyright 2003
Children's Books
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/89639/
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