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FIC ADA Adams The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Just before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is grabbed by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
FIC ADA Adams Life, The Universe and Everything
The unhappy inhabitants of planet Krikkit are sick of looking at the night sky above their heads, so they plan to destroy it. The universe, that is. Now only five individuals stand between the white killer robots of Krikkit and their goal of total annihilation.
FIC BUN Bunting The Presence
While visiting her grandmother in California, seventeen-year-old Catherine comes in contact with a mysterious stranger who says he can help her contact a friend who died in a car crash for which Catherine feels responsible. Summer Reading 2005.
FIC CAL Caletti Honey, Baby, Sweetheart
In the summer of her junior year, sixteen-year-old Ruby McQueen and her mother, both nursing broken hearts, set out on a journey to reunite an elderly woman with her long-lost love and in the process learn many things about the realities that bind people to one another.
FIC CHA Chandler The Long Goodbye
Marlowe befriends a down-on-his-luck war veteran with the scars to prove it. Then he finds out that Terry Lenox has a wealthy nymphomaniac wife, who he’s divorced and remarried and who ends up dead. Now Lennox is on the lam and the cops and a gangster are after Marlowe.
FIC COR Cornwell Trace
Deprived of assistance from colleagues, Scarpetta is faced with investigating the death of a fourteen-year-old girl, working with the smallest pieces of evidence, traces that only the most thorough hunters can identify. She must follow the twisting leads and track the strange details in order to make the dead speak, and to reveal the sad truth that may be more than even she can bear.
FIC DAL Dallas The Persian Pickle Club
1930 with hard times in Kansas, Queenie Bean, a young farm wife's highlights the weekly gathering of Persian Pickle Club, a group of local ladies. They work on improving their minds, exchanging gossip, and quilting. When a new member stirs up a dark secret, they must band together to support and protect.
FIC DAR Darrow The Painters of Lexieville
Seventeen-year-old Pert Lexie does not think things could get much worse in her small, impoverished community, but when her uncle's advances go too far, everything, including her determination to leave as soon as possible, suddenly changes.
FIC FLA Flagg A Redbird Christmas
Oswald T. Campbell leaves the cold and damp of
the Chicago to spend what he believes will be his last Christmas in Lost River,
a small town in Louisiana.
FIC FUN Funke The Thief Lord
Unabridged audiotape version. Set in Venice, Italy. After escaping from their cruel aunt and uncle, orphans Prosper and Bo meet a mysterious boy who calls himself the "Thief Lord." The Thief Lord leads a band of street children. Suddenly, Prosper and Bo find themselves on a fantastic journey to a forgotten place and make a discovery that will change their destiny. Summer Reading 2005.
FIC GIF Giff Pictures of Hollis Woods
Hollis Woods is a twelve-year-old girl who is an artist and has been in many foster homes. She is finally sent to stay with Josie, an elderly, eccentric artist. Hollis doesn't want anyone to separate them even though she draws pictures of one family, the Regans, that was so special to her. The book stresses the importance of family, creativity, and artistic vision. Summer Reading 2005.
FIC GRI Grisham The Rainmaker (audio version)
4 cassettes. In his final semester of law school, Rudy Baylor finds himself taking on one of the most powerful, corrupt, and ruthless companies in America, and exposing a complex, multibillion dollar insurance scam.
FIC HAD Haddix Among the Barons
Book four in the Shadow Children sequence. Sequel to Among the Betrayed. Luke Garner, an illegal third child, spent his first twelve years in hiding. Luke has for four months lived among the others with the identity of Lee Grant. Now Luke's little brother starts school. Luke finds himself caught in a tangle of lies, and wonders if he can trust Smits to keep his secret.
FIC HER Herrick Love, Ghosts, & Facial Hair
The companion to A Place Like This. A story related in free verse. Jack has many things on his mind: girls, his mother’s ghost, and facial hair. He meets beautiful, smart Annabel and suddenly love makes sense, and the future looks bright.
FIC HER Herrick A Place Like This
The companion to Love, Ghosts, & Facial Hair. A story related in free verse. Jack and Annabel have put off school and drive around the country. They stop to earn money at George's apple orchard. All is well, except that Jack recognizes something in George's family that his own family suffered from.
FIC HRD Hrdlitschka Kat’s Fall
When fifteen-year-old Darcy's mother is released from prison, he finds it is harder to love than to hate, until he too is accused of a horrific crime.
FIC JOH Johansen Dead Aim
Alex Graham, a photojournalist, has recorded some of the world's tragic and heartbreaking stories. Her latest assignment is dangerous. At a dam collapse in Colorado, she witnesses a conspiracy and knows that the dam collapse was not an accident. Her enemy never misses, never forgives, and never gives up.
FIC JOH Johansen Firestorm
For Kerry Murphy, the inferno is never far away. The flames of that long-ago night still burn in her nightmares. Now Kerry works as an arson investigator with her evidence-sniffing dog, Sam, and now her life is about to change. From out of the ashes a stranger, Silver, appears. Kerry and Silver may not have a chance against a psychopath as coldhearted as his method is red-hot. To save themselves and the innocent lives at stake, Kerry will have to do what she hoped she'd never have to do: fight fire with fire.
FIC KOJ Koja The Blue Mirror
Seventeen-year-old loner Maggy Klass, who frequently seeks a refuge from her alcoholic mother's apartment by sitting and drawing in a local cafe, becomes involved in a destructive relationship with a charismatic homeless youth named Cole.
FIC LEW Lewis The Crossroad
Sequel to The Postcard. After his discovery of a long-lost postcard, Philip Bradley simply cannot forget the Amish people he met while on assignment in Pennsylvania - particularly Rachel Yoder and her daughter, Annie. Philip's newfound knowledge of the true reason for Rachel's loss of sight spurs him on to uncover what he can about the possibility for a cure. Rachel has her own ideas about the way her vision might be restored, but as the memories of the trauma she suffered begin to resurface, Rachel questions whether she can bear the agonizing road to recovery, now that the memories of the trauma reoccur.
FIC MCC McCaughreab The Kite Rider
In thirteenth-century China, after trying to save his widowed mother from a horrendous second marriage, twelve-year-old Haoyou has life-changing adventures when he takes to the sky as a circus kite rider and ends up meeting the great Mongol ruler Kublai Khan. Summer Reading 2005.
FIC McW McWilliams Doormat
Fourteen-old Jamie has always been a doormat, but her diary reveals how getting the lead in a school play, finding her first boyfriend, discovering her dream, and helping her best friend cope with being pregnant transform her life.
FIC MON Monre God Still Don’t Like Ugly
The sequel to God Don't Like Ugly. Annette Goode is an overweight adult who has a lot of emotional baggage leftover from a horrible childhood. For 10 years, she was molested by a pedophile in her own home and made to feel inferior to other people because of her looks and weight. She has returned to her old home to resolve some of the things that she ran away from and mostly to confront Rhoda, her childhood friend that not only killed her molester Mr. BoatWright, but 4 others that she admitted to.
FIC MON Monroe Gonna Lay Down My Burdens
At 30, Carmen has spent her whole life in Belle Helene, Alabama, shouldering enough sadness and guilt to make her feel like an old woman. There are friends who have been lost in accidents, friends in destructive relationships, and her fiance, Burl, who has ended up in a wheelchair. To top it all off, Carmen has been in love with the unattainable Chester since she was a little girl. Luck finally shines down on her, and she spends one magical night with the man of her dreams, but guilt forces her to accept that she must stand by Burl whether she loves him or not.
FIC PIC Picoult Perfect Match
Assistant district attorney Nina Forst prosecutes child molesters. But when her own five-year-old son, Nathaniel, is traumatized by a sexual assault, Nina and her husband, Caleb, are ripped apart by a sense of helplessness. Nina's convictions are upset, and she exacts her own justice..
FIC PIC Picoult Songs of the Humpback Whale: A Novel in Five Voices
Jane Jones has lived in the shadow of her husband, oceanographer Oliver Jones. During an argument, Jane turns on him, and then leaves with their teenage daughter, Rebecca. The journey is charted by letters from her brother Joley, guiding them to his Massachusetts apple farm, where surprising self-discoveries await. Now Oliver will search for his wife across a continent, and find a new way to see the world, his family, and himself: through her eyes.
FIC PLU Plum-Ucci The SHE
Fourteen-year-old Lincoln Mendoza, an aspiring basketball player, must come to terms with his divided loyalties when he moves from the Hispanic inner city to a white suburban neighborhood.
FIC ROB Robbins Another Roadside Attraction
A former college football player, banished from organized football after a carnal episode with his coach's wife, is hiking through the wet wilderness of Olympic National Park. He comes upon a murdered Catholic monk with a letter of introduction. Stealing the monk's clothes and assuming his identity, he continues on the path until he arrives at what was to be the monk's destination: a completely unknown monastery that serves as a training ground for the Vatican hit squad. Passing himself off as the murdered monk, he soon finds himself transferred to duty at the Vatican where, after some time, he is able to use the confusion created by a rather severe earthquake to sneak his way into the lowest, off-limits section of the Vatican catacombs. Whose body does find, and what happens after that?
FIC ROB Robbins Skinny Legs and All
A painter's struggle with her art, a restaurant opened as an experiment in brotherhood, the journey of several inanimate objects to Jerusalem, a preacher's scheme to hasten Armageddon, and a performance of a legendary dance. In this book, the author’s primary concern is Middle Eastern politics, supplemented along the way with observations on art, religion, sex, and money.
FIC ROB Robbins Still Life With Woodpecker
A sort of love story that takes place inside a pack of Camel cigarettes. It reveals the purpose of the moon, explains the difference between criminals and outlaws, examines the conflict between social activism and romantic individualism, and paints a portrait of contemporary society that includes Arabs, exiled royalty and pregnant cheerleaders. It also deals with the problem of redheads.
FIC ROS Rossner Looking for Mr.Goodbar
Theresa is a lonely single girl, teaching underprivileged kids during the day and cruising the bar scene looking for love after dark. She’s looking in all the wrong places, and finds more than she bargains for.
FIC SHE Shelley Robert Andrew Parker’s Illustrated Frankenstein
The monster was supposed to be man's benefactor, but scorned for his ugliness, he swears revenge on his creator and the human race. Text by Mary Shelley.
FIC SOT Soto Taking Sides
Fourteen-year-old Lincoln Mendoza, an aspiring basketball player, must come to terms with his divided loyalties when he moves from the Hispanic inner city to a white suburban neighborhood. Summer Reading 2005.
FIC TRU Trueman Inside Out
A sixteen-year-old with schizophrenia is caught up in the events surrounding an attempted robbery by two other teens that eventually hold him hostage.
FIC VON Vonnegut God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
A man filled with love for humanity does random acts of kindness, and his wealthy family’s attorneys try to prove that he is insane.
FIC VON Vonnegut Mother Night
The author makes fun of sex, sin, and motherhood; of war and peace of the FBI and Communists; and the Nazis too.
FIC VON Vonnegut Player Piano
Based on the needs of today, is the story of life in Ilium, New York, where people have been replaced by machines. Dr. Paul Proteus revolts against the new electronic age.
FIC VON Vonnegut Sirens of Titan
Why should the richest depraved man in America blast off in his private space ship for parts unknown with one of the most beautiful woman capable of resisting him? What bizarre design lay behind the Martian’s strange invasion of Earth?
B ADDAMS BER Jane Addams: A Biography
Jane Addams, founder of Hull House. This is a chronicle of her childhood, her education constrained by notions of appropriate roles for females, and her success at bettering the lives of urban immigrants and social reform.
B CASTRO LEO Leonard Fidel Castro: A Biography
Describes Castro's life and career, including childhood, family, education, political endeavors, rise to political power, Cuban missile crisis, Bay of Pigs invasion and a timeline.
277.3 HAN Hankins Second Great Awakening and the Transcendentalists
Hankins details the wider impact the Second Great Awakening and Transcendentalism had on America’s social, political, racial, and gender matters.
299.514 LAO Laozi The Way of Life Lao Tzu
Translation of the eighty-one poems constituting an Eastern classic, the mystical and moral teachings which have influenced the scriptures of many religions.
333.72 ARE Are the World’s Coral Reefs Threatened?
A range of opinions on controversial issues using both primary and secondary sources. At Issue series.
335.6 BLU Blum The Rise of Fascism in Europe
A reference guide to the rise of fascism and the forces that brought about World War II.
363.192 FAS Fast Food
A range of opinions on controversial issues using both primary and secondary sources. At Issue series.
363.192 PRI Pringle Food, Inc.: Mendel to Monsanto, The Promise and Perils of the Biotech Harvest
Makes sense of the increasing complex food revolution in which production of a new miracle wheat is halted in the United States, skittish Europeans open their doors to a transgenic corn, and the developing world is left wondering what, if anything is in it for them.
385 STR Streissguth The Transcontinental Railroad
The stories behind the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad including the human endeavor with the scientific and technological principles required.
378.1 FUL Fuller The Missing Link: What You Really Need to Know to Maximize Your ACT or SAT Score!
How to be emotionally prepared to take ACT or SAT tests.
520 NAR Nardo The Trial of Galileo: Science versus the Inquisition
Summary of the trial of Galileo. Addresses the issue of why his trial remains memorable.
608 COO Cooper Patently Absurd: The Most ridiculous Devices Ever Invented
Shows designs of eccentric inventions.
613.7 GRE Greene Get With the Program: Getting Real About Your Weight, Health, and Emotional Well-Being
Keys to losing weight, keeping it off, and staying fit for a lifetime.
614.4 PET Peters Black Death
Describes the 1347-1351 outbreak of plague in Europe, known as the Black Death, which killed one out of three people and change the course of European history.
614.49 PET Peters The 1918 Influenza Pandemic
Describes the 1918 influenza pandemic, from how World War I soldiers spread the disease to recent scientific efforts to understand the virus that took between twenty and forty million lives worldwide.
614.5 PET Peters Cholera: Curse of the Nineteenth Century
The history of cholera, the epidemics of 1831-1834, 1839, and 1854; and the strides made to eliminate it.
614.512 PET Peters Smallpox in the New World
Describes the history of smallpox in the Americas, covering the arrival of the Spanish as carriers, its spread throughout the New World, the development of the smallpox vaccine, the elimination of the disease, and its potential use as a terrorist weapon.
614.549 PET Peters The Battle Against Polio
The history of polio, examines the efforts of those in polio research, treatment, and prevention. It reports the global fight against the disease.
641.56 ING Inagram Vegetarian and Vegetable Cooking: The definitive encyclopedia of healthy vegetarian food
Features ideas for nutritious vegetarian recipes.
641.5972 BAY Bayless Authentic Mexican: Regional Cooking from the heart of Mexico
641.5972 BET Betty Crocker’s Mexican Cookbook
641.8653 BER Bernbaum Cake Bible
Many recipes for cakes, frostings, fillings, and toppings. Tips to making a really easy and good cake.
629.4 WOL Wolfe The Right Stuff
The first Americans in space were battling the Russians for control of the heavens by putting their lives on the line. It's the quality beyond bravery, beyond courage. It's men like Chuck Yeager, the greatest test pilot of all and the fastest man on earth. Pete Conrad, who almost laughed himself out of the running. Gus Grissom, who almost lost it when his capsule sank. John Glenn, the only space traveler whose apple-pie image wasn't a lie.
690.5 DOU Douglas Skyscrapers: A Social History in America
The history of skyscrapers examines how these tall buildings affected the cityscape and the people who worked in, lived in, and visited them. Focus is also on the architects, the steelworkers, the financiers, and the daredevils who attempt to conquer them. This book relates the impact of the skyscraper on popular culture, particularly film and literature.
726.6 LAC Lace The Medieval Cathedral
The story behind the building of the cathedrals in Europe including the stories of human endeavor, the scientific and technological principles required.
746.43 BAS Basic Knitting: All the Skills and Tools You Need to Get Started
Teaches the skills need to knit and gives patterns for ten projects.
746.43 JEN Jensen Hooked on Crochet : 20 Sassy Projects
Teaches the crochet stitches and gives instructions for twenty projects.
759.4 BAI Bailey Renoir’s Portraits: Impressions of an Age
This sumptuously illustrated book is the first devoted exclusively to Renoir’s portraiture, and in it are gathered the finest examples of the portraits he painted during each period of his prolific career.
759.4 DIS Distel Gustave Caillebotte: Urban Impressionist
Caillebotte's vivid representations of Parisian life bridged the gap between Realism and Impressionism during the 1870s and early 1880s. His Paris Street: Rainy Day and Floorscrapers, each the subject of a fascinating, extensively illustrated analysis in this book, have become icons of the Impressionists' devotion to scenes of modern urban life.
759.4 STU Stuckey Claude Monet: 1840-1926
Discover the genius of Claude Monet through this highly informative guide, which tells the fascinating story of the life and work of one of the most famous figures in the history of art.
759.4 TUC Tucker Monet in the ‘90s: The Series Paintings
A comprehensive exhibition of the series of Monet.
782.1 SON Sondheim A Little Night Music
Romantic comedy.
795.43 GIB Gibson Hoyle’s Encyclopedia of Card Games: Rules of all the Basic Games and
Popular Variations
Explains the rules of all the most popular card games. List the games alphabetically. Definition of terms is also included.
796.325 SCA Scates Complete Conditioning for Volleyball
Critical training information used by UCLA teams for conditioning for volleyball.
796.357 BRA Bradford Chasing Steinbrenner: Pursuing the Pennant in Boston and Toronto
The young general managers of the Boston Red Sox and the Toronto Blue Jays baseball teams challenge the New York Yankee dynasty for the World Series, 2004. Summer Reading 2005.
796.357 LEW Lewis Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
A narrative about the secret of success in baseball. The author follows the low-budget Oakland A's, visionary general manager Billy Beane, and the brotherhood of amateur baseball theorists. All are in search of new baseball knowledge that will give the little guy the edge over big money.
796.81 MYS Mysnyk Winning Wrestling Moves
Complete wrestling techniques book including action photos with complete descriptions.
808.83 HIT Hitchcock in Prime Time
20 chilling tales of suspense from the number one mystery show of television’s golden age.
812 ONE O’Neill The Iceman Cometh
The last of Eugene O'Neill's plays. The setting is Harry Hope's bar on the West Side of New York. The time frame is salesman Hickey's birthday celebration, two days during the summer of 1912, a time when all tomorrows are forced abruptly to become today.
812 SIM Simon The Collected Plays of Neil Simon volume II
Eight plays of Neil Simon including Little Me; The Gingerbread Lady; The Prisoner of Second Avenue; The Sunshine Boys; The Good Doctor; God's Favorite; California Suite; Chapter Two.
817 BAR Barry Dave Barry Slept Here
Dave lampoons and distorts major events in American history.
821 BLA Blake Selected Poems
Collection of William Blake's poems.
822 PLA Playboy of the Western World and Two Other Irish Plays
Three Irish plays. The Countess Cathleen by W. B. Yeats; The Playboy of the Western World by J. M. Synge; Cock-a-doodle Dandy by Sean O'Casey;
909 MIL Millennium Year by Year
Tells the historical events of the world from the beginning of the second millennium to 1999.
909.81 NIN 1800-1820: The Nineteenth Century
Events that Changed the World Series. Anthologies creating a running time line of historical events that highlight major turning points in world history.
909.81 NIN 1820-1840: The Nineteenth Century
909.81 NIN 1860-1880: The Nineteenth Century.
909.81 NIN 1880-1900: The Nineteenth Century
909.82 NIN 1900-1920: The Twentieth Century
909.82 NIN 1920-1940: The Twentieth Century
909.82 NIN 1940-1960: The Twentieth Century
909.82 NIN 1960-1980: The Twentieth Century
909.82 NIN 1980-2000: The Twentieth Century
914.43 GER Germany DK Eyewitness travel guides
914.436 AUS Austria DK Eyewitness travel guides
914.44 FRA France DK Eyewitness travel guides
914.45 ITA Italy DK Eyewitness travel guides
914.469 POR Portugal DK Eyewitness travel guides
914.492 HOL Holland DK Eyewitness travel guides
914.494 CZU Czuptyn Switzerland DK Eyewitness travel guides
940.1 KON Konstam Atlas of Medieval Europe
Medieval Europe was a time of development, with endemic warfare, plague, poor sanitation, and primitive medical knowledge; life expectancy was short. At this time some of the most impressive religious structures established a political system that stood the test of time.
940.21 THO Thomson Women of the Renaissance
Women in History series.
Examines the contributions of women during the Renaissance. Includes peasants,
women of nobility, religious women, scholars, scientists, writers, and artists.
949.7 ROG Rogel The Breakup of Yugoslavia and its aftermath
Information to understand the collapse of Tito's Yugoslavia, the causes and effects of the war and aftermath of the conflicts. Included is a timeline of events, biographical sketches of Yugoslav leaders and Western diplomats, and primary documents.
951.93 MIL Miller North Korea
Examines the history of North Korea from its creation during the Cold War to the present, the challenges faced by the country following the collapse of communism, its development of nuclear weapons, and North Korea's place in the world today.
951 LAN Lane Genghis Khan and Mongol Rule
A narrative history, thematic essays, biographical portraits of key figures, and primary documents presents the legacy of Mongolia and Genghis Khan.
954.91 SIN Sinker Pakistan
Examines the history of Pakistan from its creation, its development, and its place in the world today.
955 CLA Clark Iran
Examines the history of Iran from ancient times to the present, life before and after the Islamic Revolution, the current state of affairs, and Iran's place in the world today.
956 MID The Middle East: volume 1: Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt
Discovering World Cultures series. Information on each nation's people, groups, natural resources, geography, economy, and religion. Bahrain has a booming economy due to development of oil; Cyprus struggles for peace where the citizens are torn between cultural and political identities of its mother countries, Turkey and Greece; Egypt has a rich culture of art and music.
956 MID The Middle East: volume 2: Iran, Iraq, Israel
Discovering World Cultures series. Information on each nation's people, groups, natural resources, geography, economy, and religion. Iran has undergone cultural change since the overthrow of the Shah and under a strict Muslim government. Iraq since the war of 2003 is developing a democratic government impacting the traditional Muslim way of life. Israel contains different cultures: Christian, Jewish, and Muslim, each with its own culture, traditions, religions and holidays.
956 MID The Middle East: volume 3: Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman
Discovering World Cultures series. Information on each nation's people, groups, natural resources, geography, economy, and religion. Jordan and Kuwait are two of the more liberal Muslim countries and they blend their cultures with modern economies and technologies. Women have more freedom. Lebanon, mostly Muslim, has some Christians that influence its identity. Oman is stricter Muslim where men and women retain their traditional roles.
956 MID The Middle East: volume 4: Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria
Discovering World Cultures series. Information on each nation's people, groups, natural resources, geography, economy, and religion. Qatar's traditional culture is being influenced by the growth of its oil-based economy. Saudi Arabia's citizens practice Islam, Washbasin which requires women to wear black dress in public. Syria's culture is thousands of years old and balances traditional Islamic practices with modern technologies.
Discovering World Cultures series. Information on each nation's people, groups, natural resources, geography, economy, and religion. Turkey's culture has changed with the rule of Kemal Ataturk, who tried to replace the country's religious identity. Religious clothing and practices have been banned for years but now are returning. The United Arab Emirates practices a traditional Muslim culture as does Yemen.
956.94 ALG Alger The Palestinians and Disputed Territories
Context and insight into Palestine and its territories. It is an anthology of documents that provides historical background and contemporary analysis on the conflicts.
970.01 McN McNeil Visitors to Ancient America: The Evidence for European and Asian Presence in America Prior to Columbus
Many discoveries in American anthropology and archaeology point to the conclusion that America was visited by Europeans and Asians well before the time of Christopher Columbus.
972 STA Standish Culture and Customs of Mexico
An understanding of Mexico's dynamism, history, institutions, religion, cultural output, leisure, and social customs.
973 ASG Asgedom Of Beetles & Angels: A Boy’s Remarkable Journey From a Refugee Camp to Harvard
The true story of a young boy's journey from civil war in east Africa to a refugee camp in Sudan, to a childhood on welfare in an affluent American suburb, and eventually to a full-tuition scholarship at Harvard University, following his father's advice to treat all people, even the most unsightly beetles, as though they were angels sent from heaven. Summer Reading 2005
973 FER Fernandez-Shaw Hispanic Presence in North America
Examines the influence Spain had on the United States from 1492.
973.5 HOW Howes War of 1812
A comprehensive overview of the War of 1812 accompanied by fifteen biographies of individuals associated with the war.
973.62 HOW Mexican-American War
A comprehensive overview of the Mexican-American War, including biographies and full or excerpted memoirs, speeches, and other source documents.
973.8 BRA Brannen Spanish-American War
A comprehensive overview of the Spanish-American War, including biographies and full or excerpted memories, speeches, and other sources documents.
973.8 TUR Turkel Heroes of the American Reconstruction: profiles of sixteen educators, politicians and activities
Sixteen biographical sketches of diverse men and women whose efforts helped in Reconstruction of the South.
973.9 NIN The 1960s: Arts and Entertainment
A historical perspective and comprehensive picture of the arts and entertainment of the 1960s.
973.9 NIN The 1960s: Life on the Front Lines: The Fight for Civil Rights
A historical perspective and comprehensive picture of Vietnam and the Cold War.
973.9 NIN The 1960s: The Great Society: The War on Poverty
A historical perspective and comprehensive picture of the War on Poverty.
973.9 NIN The 1960s: War Within a War: Vietnam and the Cold War
A historical perspective and comprehensive picture of Vietnam and the Cold War.
973.91 USC Uschan The 1910’s
Discusses the political, economic, and cultural life of the United States in the first decade of the twentieth century, including daily life, labor relations, the conservation movement, and transportation.
973.91 WOO Woog The 1900’s
Discusses the political, economic, and cultural life of the United States in the first decade of the twentieth century, including daily life, labor relations, the conservation movement, and transportation.
R 031 ENC Encyclopedia American
Thirty-volume set of general knowledge information. Copyright 2005.
R 304.2 PIT Pitzl Encyclopedia of Human Geography
The culture, population, economic activity, spatial behavior, political activity, urbanization, perception of place, and the varied way in which humans interact with one another.
R 909.82 GRO Grossman Encyclopedia of the Interwar Years: From 1919 to 1939
A guide to understanding the historical events and forces that have driven the changes of the 20th century. This was the time between two world wars, artistic achievement, economic enterprise, intellectual commentary and analysis, and political wrangling.
R 920.7 SCH Schneider First Ladies: A Biographical Dictionary
Profiles the lives of each president's wife and her contributions to the White House and the nation.
R 940.27 POP Pope Dictionary of the Napoleonic Wars
Offers global coverage of history's first true world war.
R 970 PUR Purcell Encyclopedia of Battles in North America, 1517-1916
Lists of battles in chronological order by the war during which they were fought and lists battle sites, arranged alphabetically and regionally.
R 973.09 HAM Hamilton Presidents: A Biographical Dictionary
Examines the hopes and disappointments, the victories and defeats, and the integrity and weaknesses of the men who have held the office of President of United States.
R 973.09 PUR Purcell Vice Presidents
Narrates and explains the lives and careers of America's 46 vice-presidents.
R 973.092 HAL Hall Supreme Court Justices: A Biographical Dictionary
Insight into the lives and careers of the Supreme Court Justices.
FIC GRI Grisham The Rainmaker
4 cassettes. In his final semester of law school, Rudy Baylor finds himself taking on one of the most powerful, corrupt, and ruthless companies in America, and exposing a complex, multibillion dollar insurance scam.
VIDEO 1828 Changing Nature: Population and Environment at a Crossroads
Population concerns in 3rd world countries and its impact on the world. Purchased for the Science department 4/05.
VIDEO 1829 Attenborough Song of the Ear
The biological evolution of music. Purchased for the Science department 4/05.