Books to Borrowers

Summer Reading Challenge is coming

2011-05-06T12:43:00.000-07:00

Starting next week, the Summer reading challenge begins and lasts until July 31. The genre is positive literature

Allison, Jay, and Dan Gediman, Eds. This I Believe. New York: H. Holt, 2006. BD215 .T48 2006
     Roberts Reads for 2011-2012
     Anthology of personal philosophies of men and women.

Demary, Donald. Snapshots: The People Called Free Methodists. Winona Lake, Ind.: Light & Life Press, 1985. BX8412 .D45 1985

Dillard, Annie. An American Childhood. New York: Harper & Row, 1987. PS4553 .I398 Z464 1987

---. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. New York: Bantam Books, 1975. QH81.D56 1975

Hunt, Gladys M. Does Anyone Here Know God? Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 1967. BR1713 .H78

Lamott, Anne. Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith. New York: Riverhead Books, 2005.
     PS3562.A4645 Z467 2005

---. Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith. New York: Pantheon, 1999.
       PS3562.A4645 Z47 1999

Lawrence, Brother. Practice of the Presence of God. Westwood, N. J.: Revell, 1958. BX2349.H42 1958

Lucado, Max. No Wonder They Call Him the Savior. New York: Walker & Co., 1995.
     BT431.L8 1995

---. When God Whispers Your Name. Dallas, TX: Word, 1994. BV4501.2.L822 1994

Phillips, J. B. Your God is Too Small. New York: Macmillan, 1953. BT101 .P48
           A positive and challenging look at our cherished beliefs.

Price, Eugenia. Just as I Am. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1968. BV4832.2.P7

---. Unshackled: Stories of Transformed Lives. Chicago: Moody, 1953. BV4930.P7 1953

Seuss. Oh, the Places You'll Go. New York: Random House, 1990.
     Curr Center PZ8.3.G276 Og 1990
      Advice in rhyme mainly for adults written with a positive attitude about life.

Fiction

Alcorn, Randy. Safely Home. Wheaton, Il: Tyndale, 2001. PS3551.L292 S24 2001

"In this soul-stirring story, two college friends reconnect after twenty years--one who is living life apart from God in comfortable corporate America, and the other who is living for Christ under intense persecution in China. Reprint." (Worldcat)

Alexander, Hannah. Hideaway: A Novel. New York: Steeple Hill, 2003.
PS3551.L35558 H53 2003

"As an E.R. doctor, Cheyenne Allison is used to handling emergencies on a daily basis--until her own sister codes on the trauma bed. Devastated, Cheyenne retreats to an isolated farm in Hideway, Missouri. A dangerous vandal terrorizes the community, and Cheyenne finds an unexpected demand for her medical skills." (Worldcat)

---. Last Resort. New York: Steeple Hill, 2005. PS3551.L35558 L37 2005b

When her young cousin, twelve-year-old Clarissa Cooper, vanished near her home, leaving behind evidence that she has been abducted by someone close to the family, Noelle Cooper returns to her hometown to help in the search"--Cover(Worldcat)

.Arvin, Reed. The Wind in the Wheat. Nashville: T. Nelson, 1994. PS3551.R85 W56 1994

A young Kansas farmer goes to Nashville to make it big in Christian music, but he has to face the conflicts between money and ministry and what's important in God's eyes (World Cat)

Austin, Lynn. All She Ever Wanted. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 2005. PS3551.U839 A79 2005

"Lynn Austin presents a tale of family secrets, forgiveness, and reconcilation in the story of three generations of women: Kathleen, her mother, Eleanor, and her grandmother, Fiona. Each woman left home to escape her family's past and to start a new life"--Provided by publisher (WorldCat)

---. Candle in the Darkness. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 2002. PS3551.U839 C36 2002

"Lynn Austin presents a tale of family secrets, forgiveness, and reconcilation in the story of three generations of women: Kathleen, her mother, Eleanor, and her grandmother, Fiona. Each woman left home to escape her family's past and to start a new life"--Provided by publisher.(Worldcat)

---. Fire by Night. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 2003. PS3551.U839 F57 2003

One deceived by a life of wealth and ease. The other desperate to flee her true identity. In a land shattered by war, unlikely heroes test the limits of their strength and discover that love has a meaning far beyond their imagination (World Cat)

---. Until We Reach Home. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 2008. PS3551.U839 U58 2008

Life in Sweden seems like an endless winter for three sisters after their mother's and father's suicides. Ellin writes to her relatives in Chicago, pleading for help. Joining 16 million other immigrants who leave their homelands for America between 1890 and 1920, Ellin, Kirsten, and Sophia begin the long, difficult journey fraught with hardships. (Worldcat)

Bell, James Scott. Breach of Promise. Grand Rapids, Michl: Zondervan, 2004. PS3552.E5158 B74 2004

Mark Gillen has the storybook life other men dreamof, complete with a beautiful wife and an adoring five-year-old daughter. Then his wife announces she's leaving him. And taking their daughter with her (Worldcat)

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Bell, Martin. The Way of the Wolf: The Gospel in New Images. New York: Seabury, 1988. PZ7.B41154
Short stories

Bentz, Joseph. Song of Fire. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1995. PS3552. E6 S65 1995

Jeremy finds himself in a war-torn world where music is prohibited (WorldCat)

Bergren, Lisa T. The Begotten: A Novel of the Gifted. New York: Berkley Praise, 2006.
     PS3552.E71938 B44 2006
     Paul the Apostle’s life.

Bernanos, Georges. Diary of a Country Priest. New York: Carroll Graf, 1937.
     PQ2603.E5875 J63 1983

Bjorn, Thyra F. Mama's Way. New York: Rinehart, 1959. PS3552.J6 M3

Blackstock, Terri. Cape Refuge. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 2002.
      PS3552.L34285 C37 2002

After Thelma and Wayne Owens, the no-nonsense hosts of a Christian halfway home for ex-convicts and derelicts, are found murdered in their warehouse church, suspicion is cast on the Owens' daughter's husband and on two former residents (Worldcat)

.---. Evidence of Mercy. Grand Rapids, Mich: Zondervan, 1995. PS3552.L34285 E95 1995

Blackwell, Lawana. Widow of Larkspur Inn. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1998.
PS3552.L3429 W53 1998

Julia Hollis learns to depend on God for the daily challenges involved in turning an abandoned coaching inn into a lodging house for affluent people wishing to escape city life. (Worldcat)

Bly, Stephen. The Senator's Other Daughter. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 2001.
PS3552.L93 S46 2001

"Banished from Washington, D.C. by her politically ambitious father, Grace Denison now longs only for a life of peace and seclusion. She just may have found it it Lordsburg, New Mexico, a small railroad town where people hide until the world stops looking." -- Back cover (Worldcat)

Buechner, Frederick. Godric. New York: Atheneum, 1980. PS3552.U35 G6 1980
Saint Godric

---. The Son of Laughter. San Francisco: Harper, 1993. PS3552.U35 S67 1993
Jacob (Biblical Character)

---. The Storm: A Novel. San Francisco: Harper, 1998. PS3552.U35 S76 1998

This haunting novel, enriched by echoes of Shakespeare's "The Tempest", interweaves the themes of love, betrayal, and redemption as two estranged brothers confront each other after many years (Worldcat)

Bush, Beverly. Wings of a Dove. Dallas: Word, 1996. PS3569.M5114 W5 1996

Prayers and courage see Leslie through the troubles of her life and give her the strength to confront her problems and protect her loved ones (Worldcat)

Caldwell, Taylor. Dear and Glorious Physician. Garden City NY: Doubleday, 1959. PS3505.A364 D4
     St. Luke

Carlson, Melody. Becoming Me: A Novel. Sisters, OR: Multmonah Press, 2000.
     Curr Center PZ7.C216637 Di 2000

---. Fool's Gold: Color Me Consumed. Colorado Springs, CO: Think Books, 2005.
     Curr Center PZ7.C216637 Foo 2005

A daughter of missionaries from Papua New Guinea spends the summer in Los Angeles with her cousin and ends up in debt after getting caught up in the consumerism of wealthy surfer life (Worldcat)

.Carlson, Melody, comp. Storytellers' Collection. Sisters, OR: Multnomah, 2000.

     PS658.C43 S77 2000
     Short stories

Carter, Betty Smartt. I Read It in the Wordless Book: A Novel. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Books, 1996.
     PS3553.A7733 I2 1996

Crutcher, Chris. Ironman. New York: Greenwillow, 1995. Curr Center PZ7.C89 Ir 1995
     "Bo Brewster refuses to play on the football team and wants to become a triathlete."

Edgerton, Clyde. Raney. New York: Ballantine, 1997. PS3555.D47 R3 1997

RANEY is the hilarious story of the first two years, two months, and two days of a modern Southern marriage. The bride, Raney Bell, of North Carolina, and the groom, Charles Sheperd, of Atlanta, Georgia, met through their common interest in music. Can this marriage be saved? Stay tuned, for as one of the Bethel, N.C., (Worldcat)

Elliott, Elisabeth. No Graven Image: A Novel. New York: Harper & Row. PZ4.E452 No

Girzone, Joseph F. Joshua. New York: Macmillan, 1987. PS3557.I77 J6 1987

When Joshua moves to a small cabin on the edge of town, the local people are first mystified, then confused by his presence. A quiet and simple man, Joshua appears to seek nothing for himself. He supports himself solely by carpentry and woodworking; and he charges very little for his services. A statue of Moses he carves for a synagogue causes amazement and consternation (Worlcat)

---. Joshua and the Children. New York: Macmillan, 1989. PS3557.I77 J64 1989

Hatcher, Robin Lee. Catching Katie. Wheaton, Il: Tyndale, 2003. PS3558.A73574 C38 2003

Having dedicated her life to women's suffrage, Katie Jones of 1916 Idaho avoids marriage, believing that it will compromise her focus, but finds her resolve challenged by her growing feelings for childhood friend Ben Rafferty. (Worldcat)

Holmes, Marjorie. The Messiah. New York: Harper and Row, 1987. PS3515.O4457 M4 1987

Jenkins, Jerry B. Hometown Legend. New York: Warner Books, 2001. PS3560.E485 H66 2001

Athens City, Alabama, is a town that lost its heart the day the high school football team lost the state championship & suffered a tragedy. Since that night, the town that once enjoyed superstar status has fallen on hard times. Now, years later, the former coach returns to head up one final season aided by a local who tells the story with a fresh voice. Together, they fight Goliath & learn that love & reconciliation

---. Youngest Hero. New York: Warner Books, 2002. PS3560.E485 Y68 2002

In this emotional story of parental love, a single mother of a teenage baseball player who exhibits the batting eye of a professional athlete, tries to shield and protect her son from the world of over-zealous scouts, hard-nosed coaches, and money-hungry agents (Worldcat)

.Karon, Jan. At Home in Mitford. Elgin, IL: Lion, 1994. PS3561.A678 A92 1994

The first book of the Mitford series, establishes the characters and challenges they encounter with deft, humorous touches.
---. A Common Life: The Wedding Story. New York: Viking, 2001. PS3561.A678 C6 2001

Father Tim's wedding day

Keillor, Garrison. Lake Wobegon Days. New York: Viking, 1985. PS3561.E3755 L3 1985

Short stories about the town where " all the women are strong, the men are good looking and the children above average."

Kindl, Patrice. Owl in Love. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993. Curr Center PZ7.K566 Ow 1993

A fourteen-year-old girl, who can transform herself into an owl at will, discovers interesting new relationships with both humans and owls when she develops a crush on her science teacher

Lamott, Anne. Imperfect Birds. New York: Riverhead books, 2010. Leisure Reading
PS3562.A645 I67 2010

Rosie Ferguson is seventeen and ready to enjoy the summer before her senior year of high school. But as the school year draws to a close, there are disturbing signs that the life Rosie claims to be leading is a sham, and that Elizabeth's hopes for her daughter to remain immune from the pull of the darker impulses of drugs and alcohol are dashed. Now, Elizabeth is forced to confront the fact that Rosie has been lying (Worldcat)

Landorf, Joyce. I Came to Love You Late. Old Tappan, NY: Fleming H. Revell, 1977. PS3562.A77 I2

---. Joseph: A Novel. Old Tappan, N.J.: Fleming H. Refell, 1980. PS3562.A477 J6 1980
A retelling of the story of Joseph

McCusker, Paul. The Faded Flower: A Novella. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 2001.
PS3563.C533 F34 2001

"In a few short hours, Frank's in-control life has spun utterly out of control. Now unexpected changes face him, his father, and the other family members. But as one chapter of life closes for the Reynolds family, they discover that God has already been writing the next." -- Back cover. (Worldcat)

Mortimer, John. Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murder. New York: Viking, 2004.

PR6024.O7552 R785 2004

"The story of Rumpole's first client follows the fledgling barrister's participation in the trial of a man accused of murdering his father and a friend with a German pistol, a case that established Rumpole's career." (Worldcat)

Nichols, Linda. If I Gained the World. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 2003.

PS3564.I2745 I36 2003

Peterson, Tracie. Controlling Interests. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1998.
PS3556.E7717 C66 1998

The past has harbored guilt and fear for Denali Deveraux, and she's beginning to think that her attempts to understand her beginnings may be forever shrouded in mystery. Her grandfather has manipulated her life. And her aunts -- the only ones who may possess the truth -- are under the tyrant's control too. Her quest to learn the truth brings her to Dallas where her work for the family design business teams her up

---. Shadows of the Canyon. Bloomfield, MN: Bethany House, 2002. PS3566.E7717 S53 2002

Working as a Harvey Girl at a Grand Canyon luxury resort, Alexandra Keegan finds her world falling apart when a terrible truth is revealed about her father and her mother is accused of murder (Worldcat)

Price, Eugenia. Before the Darkness Falls. New York: Jove Books, 1990. PS3566.R47 B36 1990

         Set in the Civil War era.

Read, Miss. Fresh from the Country. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1961. PR6069.A2 F7

Rennison, Louis. Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging. New York: Harper Collins, 2000.
     Curr Center PZ7.R29114.An 2000
     The diary of a 14 year old girl and her observations about life

Samson, Lisa. Embrace Me. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2008. PS3569.A46673 E47 2008

Devoid of romantic prospects, Valentine enjoys a deepening friendship with a quadriplegic companion and learns the story of a scarred local with mysterious ties to a traveling circus (Worldcat)

---. Quaker Summer. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2007. PS3569.A46673 Q35 2007

Heather Curridge is coming unhinged. And people are starting to notice. What's wrong with a woman who has everything--a mansion on a lake, a loving son, a heart-surgeon husband, and soapstone countertops--yet still feels miserable inside? Yet when Heather spends the summer with two ancient Quaker sisters and a crusty nun in a downtown homeless shelter, she suddenly finds herself at a crossroads. (Worldcat)

---. Songbird. New York: Warner books, 2003. PS3569.A46673 S6 2003

Hiding her depression from her popular televangelist husband, gospel singer Charmaine Hopewell finds the mentally ill mother who abandoned her and challenges her husband to support her publicly or risk his ministry. (Worldcat)

Seuss, Dr. Horton Hatches the Egg. New York: Random House, 1968.

     Curr Center PZ10.3.G257 Ho
     A fable for our time.

Tan, Amy. The Joy Luck Club. New York: Ivy Books, 1990. PS3570.A58 J6 1990
      40 years of sharing among four Chinese mothers and their daughters in San Francisco

Thirkell, Angela. Miss Bunting. New York: A.A. Knopf, PZ3.T3486 Mi. PZ3.T3486 Mi
     Miss Bunting's final summer as a governess in England

Thomas, Rob. Rats Saw God. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1996.
     Curr Center PZ7.T36935 Rat 1996
     In order to pass English and graduate, Steve York must write a 100 page paper about his life

Thurber, James. Further Fables for Our Time. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1956. PS35439.H94 F8

---. The Great Quillow. San Diego: Harcorg Brace Jovanovich, 1994.
     Curr Center Oversize PZ8,T45 G4 1994
     At only 56 pages, this is not your usual Thurber. Who is the great Quillow and why is he so important?

Tyler, Anne. A Patchwork Planet. New York: A. A. Knopf, 1991. PS3570.Y45 P38 1991
       Although his family thinks he is a failure, Barney Gaitlin reveals a different kind of success

Wallace, Lew. Ben-Hur. New York: Harper & Bros., 1922. PS3134.B4 1922
     Counts as 2 books. You may have seen the movie, but have you read the book?

Wangerin, Walter. Book of the Dun Cow. New York: Harper & Row, 1989.
     PS3573.A477 T5 1989

---. Miz Lil and the Chronicles of Grace. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1988.
     PS3573.A477 M59 1988
     Short stories

Wodehouse, P. G. Indiscretions of Archie. New York: A. L. Burt, 1921. PR6045.O53 I5

---. The Most of P. G. Wodehouse. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1960. PR6045.O53 M63

        As a British humorist of the early 20th century, P. G. Wodehouse is still funny and his observations recall a different era and wittier slant to humor.

Wright, Harold Bell. God and the Groceryman. New York: A. L. Burt, 1927. PS3545.R45 G6
     We do not own a copy of his famous Shepherd of the Hills.

Wedding Month, February 2011

2011-03-15T11:53:00.000-07:00

You Are Cordially Invited:

February is Wedding Month

Whether you are looking for practical advice for your own wedding, interesting customs

and rites, or just a novel about weddings, these books are what you want.

Reference

Monger, George P. Marriage Customs of the World: From Henna to Honeymoons. Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO, 2004. Ref GT2690.M65 2004

Explore customs, rituals, and religious rites from around the world.

Nonfiction

Bride's Wedding Planner. Ed. rev & updated. New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1989. BJ2051.B698 1989

Cherlin, Andrew J. The Marriage-Go-Round: The State of Marriage and the Family in America Today. New York: Vintage Books, 2009. HQ535.C416 2009

Claro, Daniella. How to Have the Wedding You Want (not the One Everybody Else Wants You to Have). New York: Berkley Books, 1995. HQ745.C56 1995

Folly, Michael P. Wedding Rites: A Complete Guide to Traditional Vows, Music, Ceremonies, Blessings, and Interfaith Services. Grand Rapids, Mich.: William B. Eerdmans, 2008. BV835.F57 2008

Lalli, Cele Goldsmith. Modern Bride Wedding Celebrations: The Complete Wedding Planner for Today's Bride. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1989. BJ2051.L35 1992

Lehman, Victor D. The Pastor's Guide to Weddings & Funerals. Valley Forge, PA: Judson Press, 2001. BV199.M3 L44 2001

McFarlane, Doreen M. Weddings with Today's Families in Mind: A Handbook for Pastors. Cleveland: Pilgrim Press, 2007. BV199.M3 M34 2007

Muzzy, Ruth, and R. Kent Hughes. The Christian Wedding Planner. Wheaton, Ill: Tyndale House, 1991. BJ2051.M82 1991

Post, Elizabeth L. Emily Post's Complete Book of Wedding Etiquette. Rev. ed. New York: Harper Collins, 1991. BJ2051.P54 1991

Warner, Diane. How to Have a Big Wedding on a Small Budget: Cut Your Wedding Costs in Half--or More. 2nd ed. Cincinnati, Ohio: Writer's Digest Books, 1992. HQ745.W37 1992

Fiction

Bowen, Rhys. Royal Blood: A Royal Spyness Novel. New York: Berkley Prime Crime, 2010. Leisure Reading PR6052.O848 R679 2010

Fforde, Katie. Wedding Season: A Novel. New York: St. Martins, 2010. Leisure Reading PR6056.F54 W43

Garcia Lorca, Frederico. Blood Wedding. Oxford, UK: Oxbow Books, 2009.

PQ6613.A7634 B613 2009

Karon, Jan. A Common Life: The Wedding Story. New York: Viking, 2001.

PS3561.A678 C6 2001

Children’s Literature – Curriculum Center

English, Karen. Nadia's Hands. N.p.: Boyd Mills Press, 1999.

Curr Center PZ7.E7232 Nad 19991

Nadia is a flower girl in a Pakistani wedding.

Henkes, Kevin. Lilly's Big Day. New York: Greenwillow Books, 2006.

Curr Center PZ7.H389 Lg2006

Lilly, the mouse, is a flower girl at her teacher’s wedding.

Keyes, Frances Parkinson. Once on Esplanade: A Cycle Between Two Creole Weddings. New York: Dodd, Mead, & Co., 1947. Curr Center PZ7.K523On

My life closed twice February 2011

2011-03-15T11:52:00.001-07:00

My Life Closed Twice”: Sudden loss and Grief

The recent events in Tuscon, Arizona served as inspiration for this list.

Non Fiction

Hamman, Jaco J. When Steeples Cry: Leading Congregations Through Loss and Change. Cleveland: Pilgrim Press, 2006. BV4905.3.H37 2005

Kunhardt, Dorothy Meserve, and Philip B. Kunhardt. Twenty Days: A Narrative in Text and Pictures of the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln and the Twenty Days and Nights That Followed.. New York: Harper & Row, 1965. Oversize E457.5.K8

Lutz, Tom. Crying: The Natural and Cultural History of Tears. New York: W.W. Norton, 1999. BF575.C88 L87 1999

Smith, Harold Ivan. Griefkeeping: Learning How Long Grief Lasts. New York: Crossroad Publishing, 2004. BV4330.S676 2004

---. Grieving the Death of a Friend. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1996. BF575.G7 S59 1996

---. On Grieving the Death of a Father. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1994. BV4905.2.S59 1994

VanDuivendyk, Tim P. The Unwanted Gift of Grief: A Ministry Approach. New York: Haworth Press, 2006. BV4905.3.V38 2006

Wangerin, Walter. Mourning Into Dancing. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 1992. BV4905.2.W36 1992

Weaver, Andrew J., and Howard Stone, Eds. Reflections on Grief and Spiritual Growth. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2005. BV4905.3.R44 2005

Young, Dennis. Mourning Journey: Spiritual Guidance for Facing Grief, Death, and Loss. Billerica, Mass: Discipleship Publications International, 2003. BV4905.3.Y68 2003

Fiction

Brisson, Pat. I Remember Miss Perry. New York: Dial Books, 2006.

Curr. Center PZ7.B78046 Mi2006

A young boy’s teacher is killed in an automobile accident

McDonald, Joyce. Swallowing Stones. New York: Laurel Leaf Books, 1999.

PZ7.M478418 S2 1999

Tatlock, Ann. A Place Called Morning. Minneapolis: Bethany Press, 1998.

PS3570.A85 P58 1998

Valentine, Jenny. Broken Soup. New York: HarperCollins, 2009.

Curr Center PZ7.V25213 Br 2009

Yolen, Jane. Grandad Bill's Song. New York: Philomel Books, 1994.

Curr Center PZ8.3.Y76 G4 1994

Women's History Month March 2011

2011-03-15T11:51:00.000-07:00

Reference

Benowitz, June Melby. Encyclopedia of American Women and Religion. Ref BL2525.B45 1998

This work is one of many reference works featuring short biographies of women in history.

Non Fiction

Conway, J. Written by Herself: Autobiographies of American Women, 1992. PS647.W6 W75 1992

Flinders, Carol. Enduring Grace: Living Portraits of Seven Women Mystics. 1993. BV5095.A1 F57 1993

Goodall, Jane. 40 Years at Gombe, 1999. QL31.G58 L56 1999

Grammer, E. Some Wild Visions: Autobiographies by Female Itinerant Evangelists in the 19th Century America, 2003. BV3780.G73 2003

Johnson, Greg. Invisible Writer: A Biography of Joyce Carol Oates. 1998. PS3565.A8 Z685 1998

Margolis, J, and A. Fisher. Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing, 2002. QA76.25 .M35 2002

Stanley, A. Mothers and Daughters of Invention: Notes for a Revised History of Technology, 1995. T36.S73 1995

Wigle, Shari Lynn. Pride of America, We're with You: The Letters of Grace Anderson, U.S.Army Nurse Corps, World War I. 2007. D639.W7 W5 2007

Wilson, Dorothy. Lone Woman: The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell, the First Woman Doctor. R154.B623 W5

Winship, M. The Times and Trials of Anne Hutchinson, 2005. BX7148.M4 W55 2005

Fiction

Berry, Wendell. Hannah Coulter, 2004. PS3552.E75 H36 2004

Bloom, Amy. Away: A Novel, 1998. PS3552.L6378 A95 H68 1998

Cunningham, Michael. The Hours. PS3553.U484

Shields, Carol. The Stone Diaries, 1994. PR9199.3.S514 S76 1994

I finished another book

2010-07-29T04:51:00.000-07:00

Everyone in the book challenge is aware that this is the final week. I have managed to read 3 books that fit the challenge criteria, although they weren't the only ones I read. My final book is a First Year summer read Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom. It would be a quick read if it weren't dealing with some very tough issues. But the author handles them with sensitivity and compassion. The book purports to be about two men, but it's really about three. Even though it's short, Have a Little Faith, abounds with those themes which we have all wrestled with at one time or another and which keep popping back in our lives in different shapes and sizes even when we think we're through with them. The themes include, acceptance, forgiveness, faith, death, dying, poverty, God. In otherwords, this book will not be dated in 10 years, unlike other popular nonfiction. If you liked the author's earlier works, this book fits snugly into that pattern. At our library, you can find this book at BM 729.F3 A496 2009. Read it fast or slow, but read it.

Another book to the challenge

2010-07-23T04:35:00.001-07:00

Stairway to Empire: Lockport, the Erie Canal and the Shaping of America

Books in the reading challenge

2010-07-22T12:06:00.000-07:00

We have one week to go in the B. Thomas Golisano Library Summer Reading Challenge. What a mouthful! Here are the books people have been reading in no particular order. I hope to have people write their experiences with the reading challenge at the end as we didn't require any input from those participating

The Making of the President: Kennedy, Nixon and the 1960 Election
Vanishing Point
Finding the Cure
After OZ
Echo Park
The Abolition of Man
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night - 2 people
Hound of the Baskervilles
Confederacy of Dunces
To Kill a Mockingbird - 2 people
Rabbit Run
Rabbit Redux
Gilead
Night - 2 people
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Noah's Compass
Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
The Castle
The Man Who Was Thursday
Have a Little Faith
Breathing Lessons
Imperfect Birds
Jane Eyre
The Little Prince
America: Back on Track
Animal Farm
The Help
Liar
Night and Day
Valkyrie
The Secret
Laced
The Whole Truth
Highest Duty
Travels with My Aunt
Turn of the Screw and Daisy Miller
Tragedy of Puddn'head Wilson
Essays of E.B. White
Witness
The Aloha Quilt
Stained Glass
The Essential Niebuhr
Picking Cotton
The Shack - 2 people
Life of Pi
A Clockwork Orange
Interpreter of Maladies
Knitting
Sacred Stacks
Miz Lil and the Chronicles of Grace
The Echo Maker
The Secret Life of Josephine
Rochester History
Much Ado about Nothing

I am Impressed!. The links will be added later.

Golisano and 100 best nonfiction books of the century

2010-04-14T09:46:00.000-07:00

These are the books the library holds from the 100 best nonfiction books of the century. The call number is at the end of the title. Because this is a group of suggested books for a contest, I am withholding the link to keep to the rules. The links will be posted at the end of the contest.

Adams, Henry.       Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres DC20.A2 1936
Arendt, Hannah.      The Origins of Totalitarianism JC481.A6 1966
Banfield, Edward. The Unheavenly City HT123.B26 1970
Behe, Michael J.    Darwin's Black Box QH325.B365 1996
Berlin, Isaiah.        The Hedgehog and the Fox PB3415.H5 B4 1970
Blake, Robert.        Disraeli DA564.B3 B6 1967
Bloom, Allan.        The Closing of the American Mind E169.1.B653 1987
Buckley Jr., William F. God and Man at Yale LD6309.B8
Burnham, James.    The Machiavellians JA83.B8
Camus Albert           The Myth of Sisyphus and other Essays PQ2605.A3134 M93
Carson, Rachel.        Silent Spring SB959.C3
Chambers, Whittaker. Witness E743.C47
Chesterton, G.K.      The Everlasting Man BL48.C5 1955
Chesterton, G. K.       Orthodoxy BR121.C5
Churchill, Winston     The Second World War - 6 volumes. D743.C484
Clark, Kenneth         Civilisation CB68.C55 1970
Cohn, Norman.         The Pursuit of the Millennium BR270.C6 1970b
Collingwood, R. G. The Idea of History D13.C6
Edel, Leon.            Henry James PS2123.E35
Eliot, T. S.             Selected Essays PN511.E443
Einstein, Albert.     Relativity QC6.E5 1931a
Feynman, Richard     Lectures on Physics QC23.F47
Foot, Shelby        The Civil War E468.F7
Frank, Anne.        The Diary of a Young Girl DS135.N6F73313 1995
Friedman, Milton Capitalism and Freedom HB501.F7
Freud, Sigmund. The Interpretation of Dreams BF1078.F72 1999
Freud, Sigmund.    Three Case Histories BF173.F675
Genovese, Eugene D.     Roll, Jordan Roll E443.G46
Gilder, George        Wealth and Poverty HB501.G46
Heidder, Martin.       Being and Time B3279.H48 S43 1962
Hofstadter, Richard. The Age of Reform E743.H63
Huizinga, Johann.        The Waning of the Middle Ages DC33.2.H83 1954
Jacobs, Jane.          The Death and Life of Great American Cities NA9108.J3
Jacobs, Jane.          The Economy of Cities HT321.J32
Jarrell, Randall.       Poetry and the age PN1271.J31 1972
Johnson, Paul         Modern Times D421.J64 1985
Keynes, John Maynard. The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money HB171.K45
Kirk, Russell     The Conservative Mind B809.K57
Kuhn, Thomas S. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions Q175.K95 1970
Lewis, C. S.        The Abolition of Man LB41.L665 1947
Lewis, C.S.        Mere Christianity BR123.L484 2001
Lippmann, Walter     The Good Society JC251.L5 1943
McPherson, James M.     Battle Cry of Freedom E470.M25
Manchester, William      The Last Lion 2 vols DA566.9.C5 M26 1983
Merton, Thomas          The Seven Story Mountain BX4705.M542 Ae
Myrdal, Gunnar.       An American Dilemma 2 vol. E185.615.A6718 1996
Nabokov, Vladimir     Speak, Memory PG3476.N3 Z476 1999
Ortega y Gasset, Jose Revolt of the Masses CB103.O72 1957
Orwell, George         Collected Essays PR6029.R8 A61968
Orwell, George        Homage to Catalonia DP269.9.Oy 1980
Pannenberg, Wolfhart.    Systematic Theology 3 vol. BT75.2.P2613 1991
Parrington, Vernon Louis.    Main Currents in Amereican Thought PS88.P32
Pelikan, Jaroslav.        The Christian Tradition BT21.2.P42
Pipes, Richard           The Russian Revolution DK265.P474 1990
Popper, Karl.           The Open Society and its enemies B63 P61963
Rougement, Denis de    Love in the Western World HQ21.R86 1956
Schumpeter, Joseph A. Capitalism, Socialism, and Democrach HX86.S33 1950
Solzhenitsyn, Alexandr. The Gulag Archipelago HV9713.S6413
Sowell, Thomas.          Ethnic America E184.A1 S688
Starr, Kennety W.        The Starr Report E885.S72 1998
Trilling, Lionel            The Liberal Imagination PS3539.R56 L5 1953
Von Hayek, F. A.        The Constitution of Liberty JC585.H29
Von Hayek, F. A.       The Road to Serfdom HD82.H38 1944a
Watson, James D.     The Double Helix QD341.A2 W315
Weaver, Richard M.    Ideas have Consequences CB19.W4
West, Rebecca.          Black Lamb and Grey Falcon DR366.W4
White, E. B.             Essays PS3545.H5187 A16 1977
Wilson, Edmund.       To the Finland Station HX36.W5 1953
Wilson, Edward O.      Sociobiology QL775.W54
Wittgenstein, Ludwig.    Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus BC135.W59
Zweig, Stefan.                Balzac PQ2179.Z9

Watch for the Summer Reading Challenge

2010-04-07T12:37:00.000-07:00

Take any of our lists found here and more which will be coming and plot a course to victory for you and other people who may be on your team. Sorry--I'm getting ahead of myself. We are excited by the possibilities for everyone this summer as we read, read, read.

To the Moon and Beyond: Celebrating the Moon Landing

2009-11-04T15:45:00.001-08:00

The Cambridge Dictionary of Space Technology Ref. TL788.W54 2001

Chaiken, Andrew. A Man on the Moon. TL789.8.U6 A5244 1994
            Written for the 25th anniversary of the moon landing.

French, Francis & Colin Burgess. In the Shadow of the Moon TL789.8.U6 A5337 2007
          Explains the moon landing as part of the space race.

Harris,Robie H. Mail Harry to the Moon Curr. Center PZ7.H2436 Mai 2008
          A more humorous view of the moon’s use.

Heiken, Grant ( Ed.) Lunar Sourcebook QB581.L766 1991
             A collection of the American and Soviet missions to the moon up to 1991.

Lang, Kenneth R. The Cambridge Guide to the Solar System QB501.L24 2003

Platt, Richard. Moon Landing: Apollo 11 4oth anniversary pop-up Curr. Center TL789.8.U6 A5777
          2008
           One of the many books celebrating the 40th anniversary. Compare it to Andrew Chaiken’s

Resau, Laura What the Moon Saw Curr. Center PZ7.R2978 Wha 2006
               This is actually about immigrants.

Schyffert, Bea Uusma. The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon.
              Curr. Center TL789.85.C65 S3813 2003
            The Story of Michael Collins who stayed in the space capsule during the moon landing.

Thimmesh, Catherine. Team Moon: How 400,000 people landed Apollo 11 on the Moon
                Curr. Center 789.8.U6 A582546 2006

Time-Life To the Moon Oversize TL799.M6 T5 (1969)
          Mostly pictures of all aspects of the Lunar landing.

Verne, Jules. From the Earth to the Moon PQ2469.D3 1959
             The Jules Verne classic about space flight to the moon. Note who the astronauts are.

Willkens, H. P. The Moon : A Complete Description of the Surface of the Moon QB581.W56

Woods, W. David. How Apollo Flew to the Moon TL799.M6 W66 2008
           Discusses the technology involved in going to the moon. Compare to Jules Verne’s idea.

Yolen, Jane. Owl Moon Curr. Center PZ7.Y78 Ow 1987
          The impact of the moon and it’s influence on a young girl and her father as they go out on a snowy
          evening

September 11, 2009

2009-11-04T15:44:00.000-08:00

September 11, 2001

September 11 books added to the Golisano Collection since 2006.

Beamer, L. Let’s Roll! HV6430.B43 A3 2002

Bouman, S.P. Grace all around us: Embracing God’s promise in tragedy and loss BT736.15.B68 2007

Farber, D. What they think of us: International perceptions of the United States since 9/11 E902.W475 2007

Forever After: New York City Teachers on 9/11 HV6432.7.F667 2006

Gentile, E. God’s Democracy. American religion after September 11
BL2525.G47 2008

Griffin, D. Christian faith and the truth behind 9/11: a Call to reflection
and action. HV6432.7.G746 2006

Hauerwas, S. and Lentricchia, F. (Eds.) Dissent from the homeland: Essays
after September 11 E903.D47 2003

Mayer, J. Dark Side: The Inside story of how the war on terror turned into a war
on American ideals HV6432.M383

Who they were: Inside the World Trade Center DNA story: The unprecedented effort
to identify the missing RA1057.55.S53 2005

Wright, L. The Looming tower: Al-Qaeda and the road to 9/11 HV6432.7.W75 2008

Fiction

Foer, J. Extremely Loud and Incredibly close PS3608.E97 2005

Kalfus, K. A Disorder peculiar to the country:PS3561.A416524 D57 2006

Beyond Janette Oke

2009-11-04T15:42:00.001-08:00

This is a challenge: read a different Christian author this year other than your favorite. If you take the challenge, you have all year to read the book If you wish create an account in LibraryThing http://www.librarything.com and request to join the RWC Pageturners group where you can describe the book you read.
Here are a few examples to check

New Testament

Asch, Sholem—The Roman Trilogy
           The Nazarene—PJ 5129.A8 N29
           The Apostle—PJ 5129.A8 A66
          Mary—PJ5129.A8 M27

Mills, James R.—The Memoirs of Pontius Pilate PS3563.I42315 M46 2000

Mitchison, Naomi—Blood of the Martyrs PR6025.I86 B55

Wangerin, Walter —Paul PS3573.A477 P3 2000

12th Century

Lawhead, Stephen R.—The Celtic Crusades
           The Iron Lance PS3562.A865 I76 1998
           The Black Rood PS3562.A865 B58 2000
           The Mystic Rose PS3562.A865 M97 2001

Colonial America

Ammerman, Mark—Cross and Tomahawk
The Ransom—PS3551.M56 R36 1997
Longshot—PS3551.M56 L54 2000

18th Century

Higgs, Liz Curtis—Grace in Thine Eyes PS3558.I36235 G73 2006

Musser, Joe—The Infidel PS3563.U84 I5 2001

19th Century

Blackwell, Lawana—The Widow of Larkspur Inn PS3552.L3429 W53 1998
Williamson, Denise—The Dark Sun Rises PS3573.I45626 D37 1998

20th Century—Germany

Simon, Frank —Trial by Fire PS3569.I486 T75 1999

20th Century — United States

Belliveau, G.K.—Go Down to Silence PS3552.E533727 G6 2001

Romance

Martinusen, Cindy—The Salt Garden PS3563.A737 S25 2004

Samson, Lisa—Embrace Me PS3569.A46673 E47 2008

Tatlock, Ann.—A Place called Morning PS3570.A851 P58 1996

Williams, Susan Devore —Sunset Coast PS3573.I455614 S8 1995

Morality Tales

McCusker, Paul—The Faded Flower PS3563.C533 F34 2001

African-American

Benson, Angela.—Awakening Mercy PS3552.E5476585 2000

Foster, Sharon Ewell—Ain’t No River PS3556.O7724 A75 2001

Short Stories

Carlson, Melody—Storytellers’Collection: Tales of Faraway Places PS648.C43 S77 2000
Other authors
Alton Gansky
Robin Lee Hatcher
Catherine Palmer
Agnes Sligh Turnbull
Jamie Langston Turner
Robert Whitlow

Source:

John Mort’s book Christian Fiction: A guide to the genre Ref PN3448.C48 M67 2002 for other holdings.

Hispanic Heritage Month

2009-11-04T15:41:00.001-08:00

Nonfiction

Bacon, D. Communities without Borders: Images and Voices from the World of Migration.
HD8081.M6 B333 2006

Chong, N. & Baez, F. Latino Culture: A Dynamic Force in the Changing American
Workplace. HD8081.H7 C46 2005

Garcia, I. Dignidad: Ethics through Hispanic Eyes. BR563.H57 G37 1997

Gracie & Greiff. Hispanics/Latinos in the United States: Ethnicity, Race, and Rights.
E184.S75 H627 2000

Gutierrez, D. G. Ed. The Columbia History of Latinos in the United States since 1960.
E184.S75 C644 2004

Hellman, J.A. The World of Mexican Migrants: The Rock and The Hard Place.
E184.M5 H385 2008

Negron-Mutaner, F. Boricua Pop: Puerto Ricans and the Latinization of American Culture.
E184.P85 N44 2004

Rodriguez, R. Brown: The Last Discovery of America. E184.S75 R67 2002

Literature

Allende, I. Eva Luna. PQ8098.1.L54 E8 1995

Borges, J. L. Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings. PQ7797.B635 L3 1964

DeJesus, J.L. (ed.). Growing up Puerto Rican: 20 Puerto Rican Authors Write about Fiction
And essays About Childhood. PS508.P84 G76 1997

Garcia, C. Dreaming in Cuban. PS3513.A587 H43 1992

Garcia Lorca, F. Collected Poems: Revised Bilingual Edition PQ6613.A763 A225 2002

Hijuelos, O. The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love. PS3558.I376 M36 1992
Kanellos, N. Hispanic Literature of the United States. Ref PS153.H56 K36 2003
If you are looking for background on Hispanic authors, come here.

Children & Young Adult

Cisneros, S. Family Pictures. E184.S75 L663 2005
Cruise, R. Little Mama Forgets. PZ7.C88828 Li 2006
Dorros, A. Papa and Me. PZ7.D7294 Pap 2008
Gonzalez, M.C. My Colors, My World.PZ73.G589 2007
Jiminez,F. Reaching Out. PZ7.J57525 Rea 2008
Perez, A.I. My Diary from Here to There. PZ73.P4654 2002
Tafolla, C. What Can You Do With a Rebozo? PZ8.3.T114915 Wh 2008

Play Ball!

2009-05-12T11:30:00.000-07:00

Some of our favorite baseball books:

Reference

Shatzkin. The BallPlayers: The One & Only Book that Tells Stories Beyond the Stats. Ref GV 8654.A1 B323 1990
Gillette & Palmer. The 2006 ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia. Ref GV862.3.A14 2006

Biographies

Creamer. Babe: The Legend Comes to Life. GV865.R8 C73

Dravecky, Dave. When You can’t Come Back: A Story of Courage & Grace. BV865.D66 A4 1992

Eig. The Luckiest Man: The life and Death of Lou Gehrig. GV865.G4 E54 2006

Hershiser, Orel. Out of the Blue. GV865.H46 A3 1989

Baseball in Literature

Bing. Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888. PS3014.T3 C3 2000

Hurley. Hemingway’s Debt to Baseball in The Old Man and the Sea. PS3515.E37 O5224 1992

Kinsella. The Further Adventures of Slugger McBatt. PR9199.3.K443 F87 1988

Michelson. Across the Alley. PZ7.M681914 Acr 2006

Baseball History and Issues

Chadwick. When the Game Was Black and White: The Illustrated History of Baseball’s Negro Leagues. GV875.A1 C47 1992

Halberstam. October 1964.GV878.4.H35 1995
Tygiel. Baseball’s Great Experiment. GV865.R6 T93 1983

Zimbalist. Baseball and Billions: A Probing Look inside the Big Business of our National Pastime. GV880.Z56 1992

Coaching

Curran. Coaching Baseball Successfully. GV875.5.L67 2007
Ripken. Coaching Youth Baseball the Ripken Way. GV880.65.R56 2007

Mind over Money

2009-04-03T08:17:00.000-07:00

Money seems to be on everyone's mind this time of year, especially so in an economic downturn.
The books listed below cover a variety of money-related topics.

Faith and Money

Mosser, David. Stewardship Services BS680.T56 M67 2007
Miller, Herb. Full Disclosure: Everything the Bible Says About Financial Giving BV772.MS5 2003
Hotchkiss, Dan. Ministry and Money: A Guide for Clergy and Their Friends BV4397.H57 2002

Children and Money

Adams, Barbara Johnston. The Go-Around Dollar HG 591.A63 1992
Schwartz, David M. If You Made a Million HG179.S335 1989
Viorst, Judith. Alexander, Who Used to be Rich Last Saturday
PZ7.V816Am-2nd Floor Curriculum Center

Personal Finance

Eisenburg, Lee. The Number: A Completely Different Way to Think About the Rest of Your Life HG179.E387 2006

Dominguez, Joe & Robin, Vicki. Your Money or Your Life HG179.D624 1999

New Strategist Publications. Household Spending: Who Spends How Much on What Ref.HC110.C6 H68 2006
Switzer, Janet. Instant Income HF5437.25 2007 (Leisure Reading)

Humor

Barry, Dave. Dave Barry’s Money Secrets: Like, Why is There a Giant Eyeball on the Dollar?
PN6231.F47 B37 2006 (Leisure Reading)

Poverty

Shapiro, Thomas M. & Wolff, Edward N. Assets for the Poor: The Benefits of Spreading Asset Ownership HC 110.P6 A85 2005

Smith, Phil & Thurman, Eric. A Billion Bootstraps: Microcredit, Barefoot Banking, and the Business Solution for Ending Poverty HG178.3 .S65 2007

Special Topics

Frank, Ellen. The Raw Deal: How Myths and Misinformation About the Deficit, Inflation, and Wealth Impoverish America HG540.F73 2004

**Photo by, Thomas Hawk, www.flickr.com

Many are Called but Few are Chosen

2008-08-25T05:53:00.000-07:00

Books about the nomination, nominees, conventions, and more
These books are on display at the Reference Desk.

Reference Collection

National Party Conventions 1831-2004 JK2255.N373 2006
Elections A to Z JK 1976.M57 2008
Encyclopedia of the American Presidency 2 v0l.JK 511-E53 1994

Books to check out

Edwards, G.C. (2004) Why the Electoral College is Bad for America. JK529.E38 2004
Geer, J.G. (1989). Nominating Presidents JK 522.G44 1989
Gerth, J. & Van Natta, Jr., D. (2007). Her Way.E887.C55 G47 2007
Han, L.C. & Heldman, C. , Eds. (2007) . Rethinking Madam President: Are We Ready for a
Woman in the White House? JK616.R373 2007
Judah, C. & Smith, G.W. (1962). The Unchosen: The Presidential Nomination--and Nine
Famous American Statesman Who sought it. JK2255.J8
McCain, John. Worth The Fighting For E840.8.M467 A3 2003
Mendell, D. (2007) Obama: From Promise to Power E901.1.O23 M46 2007
Obama, B. (2006) Audacitry of Hope E901.1.O23 A3 2006
Pleasants, J.M. (2004) Hanging Chads: The Inside Story of the 2000 Presidential Recount in
Florida JK 5262000.P58 2004
Reiter, H.L. (1985). Selecting the President: The Nominating Process in Transition.
JK521.R45 1985.
Schramm, M. (1987). The Great American Video Game E839.5.S35 1987
Watson, R.A. (1980)The Presidential Contest JK524.W38

Olympics

2008-08-08T05:16:00.001-07:00

This month, instead of a printed list, check out the Shelfari on the right to see books owned by the library about the Olympics. These books and more are currently on display behind the reference desk.

Readers Advisory

2008-08-06T06:56:00.000-07:00

I have been busy working with the new upgrade of delicious and found a perfect set of links from Librarian in Black for them. My sets are here, here, and here as well as other tags. Enjoy. [via]

Women's History Month 2008

2008-06-03T09:39:00.000-07:00

8Oates, Stephen A. A Woman of Valor: Clara Barton and the Civil War E 621.024 1994

Stebner, Eleanor. The Women of Hull House: A Guide in Spirituality, Vocation, and Friendship (Jane Addams) HV 4196.C4 S74 2006

Freedman, Russell. A Voice that Challenged a Nation: Marion Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights ML 3930.A5 F73 2004

Oden, Amy. In Her Words: Women’s Writings in the History of Christian Thought (Elizabeth Cady Stanton) a collection of writings BV 639.W7 I5 1994

Brooks, Paul. The House of Life: Rachel Carson at Work QH 31.C33 B7

Groothuis, Rebecca Merrill. Women Caught in the Conflict: The culture war between traditionalism and feminism BV 639.W7 G76 1994

Schroeder, Alan. Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman E 444.T82 S37 1996

Scharf, Lois. Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady of American Liberalism E807.1.R48 S34 1987

Ward, Geoffrey C. Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. HQ 1412.W36 1999

On My Own: The Years Since the White House (Eleanor Roosevelt)
E 807.1.R424

Humez, Jean McMahon. Harriet Tubman: The Life and the Life Stories E 444.T82 H86 2003

Keiler, Allan. Marian Anderson ML 420.A6 K45 2000

Banner, Lois W. Elizabeth Cady Stanton: The Right is Ours HQ 1413.S67 S54 2007

Steinberg, Alfred. Mrs. R: The Life of Eleanor Roosevelt E 807.1.R59

Davis, Allen Freeman. American Heroine: The Life and Legend of Jane Addams HV 28.A35 D38

Nolan, Jeannette. The Story of Clara Barton of the Red Cross HV 569.B3 N6

Diliberto, Gioia. A Useful Woman: The Early Life of Jane Addams HV 40.32.A33 D56

Pryor, Elizabeth Brown. Clara Barton: Professional Angel HV 569.B3 P78 1987

Beckett, Wendy. A World of Our Own Women as Artists Since the Renaissance N8354.B67

Heller, Nancy. Women Artists N8354.H45 1993

Rosen, Randy and Catherine Coleman Brawer. Making Their Mark: Woman Artists Move into the Mainstream, 1970-85 N6512.M27 1989

Martin Luther King

2008-06-03T09:38:00.000-07:00

Works

The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
E185.97.K5 A52 1998

I Have A Dream E185.61.K53 1997

A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr.
E185.97.A25 1991

Threshold of a new Decade: January 1959-Dec 1960: The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr. E185.97.K5 A2 2005

About
Bruns, R. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A
Biography E185.97.K5 B77 2006

Burrow,R. God and Human Dignity:
The Personalism, Theology, and
Ethics of Martin Luther King,
Jr.B828.6.B 86 2006

Impact

Baldwin, L. To Make the Wounded
Whole: The Cultural Legacy of Martin
Luther King, Jr. E184.97.K5 B353
1992

Branch, T. Parting the Waters: America in
the King Years 1954-1963.
E185.61. B7914 1989

Branch, T. Pillar of Fire: America in the
King Years 1963-65 E185.61.87915
1998

Dyson, M.E. I May Not Get There With
Your: The True Martin Luther King,
Jr. E185.97.K5 D997 2000

Friedly, M. & Gallen, D. Martin Luther
King, Jr.: The FBI File
E184.97.K5 G35 1993

Garrow, D.J. Bearing the Cross:
Martin Luther King, J., and the
Southern Christian Leadership
Conference E185.97.K5 G36
1986

Ivory, L.D. Toward a Theology of
Radical Involvement: The
Theological Legacy of Martin
Luther King, Jr. BX4827.K53 I96
1997

Jackson, T.F. From Civil Rights to
Human Rights: Martin Luther
King, Jr. and the Struggle for
Economic Justice E185.97.K5
J34 2007

McKnight, G.D. The Last Crusade:
Martin Luther King, Jr., the FBI
and the Poor People’s Campaign
E185.97.K5 M38 1998

Posner, G. Killing the Dream:
James Earl Ray and the
Assassination of Martin Luther
King, Jr. E185.97.K5 P67 1998

Children’s Books

Farris, C. My Brother Martin: A
Sister Remembers Growing up
with Rev. Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. E185.97.K5 F37 2003

Websites

Nobel Prize Biography

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1964/king-bio.html

The King Center

http://www.thekingcenter.org/
Martin Luther King Research and Education Institute http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/

Time 100: Ways Martin Luther King affected history

http://www.time.com/time/time100/leaders/profile/king.html

Not in library but worth reading

Washington, James M.. Ed.I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches that Changed the World

Jazz and Poetry Month : April 2008

2008-06-03T09:34:00.000-07:00

This year marked a change in our display methods and we have been doing fewer brochures as a result.

Poetry 180
http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/
Come find a poem a day given here.

Poetry and Literacy Center
http://www.loc.gov/poetry/
The Library of Congress Site provides abundant links to information about poetry in America. Clearly poetry is alive and well.

Lyrical Legacy

http://www.loc.gov/teachers/lyrical/
While not all lyrics start out as poems, many poems are treated as lyrics.

Jazz websites

Smithsonian Jazz http://www.smithsonianjazz.org/
National Endowment for the Humanities
The Smithsonian Jazz site celebrates Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM) with features on Ramsey Lewis and Ella Fitzgerald. Information on how to celebrate JAM is also given.
Jazz Institute
of Chicago

http://www.jazzinchicago.org/presents
www.ala.org/publicprograms/jam
Founded in 1969. this site supports jazz activities in the Chicago Area

Jazz Resources at Rutgers
http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/jazz/jazz.shtml
An extensive collection of jazz resources is given here.

Jazz on the Screen
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/jots/jazzscreen-home.html
Find out how jazz influence movies.
Digital Library Jazz Collection
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/jazz
Listen and locate jazz recordings at the Library of Congress.

The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz
Ref.ML102.3.J3 N48 2001

Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz
Ref. ML103.J3 F39 1999

Fiction

Gershator, Phyllis & David. Summer is Summer PZ8.3.G3235. Sum 2006

Myers, Walter Dean. Jazz PZ8.3.M9954 Jaz 2006

Martin, Bill. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Oversize PZ8.3/M418 Ch1989.

Wilson, Karma. Frog in the Bog. PZ8.3.W6976 On 2003

Hughes, Langston. Dream Keeper and Other Poems. PS3515.U 274 D7 1994
Langston Hughes’ poems are often set to a jazz rhythm. Try reading them aloud for best effect.

Not in library

Clinton, Catherine and Alcorn, Stephen. I Too sing America: Three Centuries of African American Poetry

National Poetry Month

2008-03-14T07:46:00.000-07:00

April is fast approaching and we are going to celebrate National Poetry Month and reading poetry for fun. This blog is starting by a short quiz. I may add other questions as we go along.
Good poetry is like sandburs in that bits and pieces will stick to me long after I've finished with the poem. I find verses from the Psalms, humorous pieces and rhyming aphorisms appear unbidden like unintentional RSS feeds from my mind. Of course, committing poetry to memory doesn't hurt the process.

I need to go back through the old lists here and identify those about poetry. One is all about finding poems about trees--better than the Val Kilmer poem.
Let me know your favorite. Let's enjoy them together.

A Challenge

2008-02-27T05:46:00.000-08:00

My latest post at the In Season Christian Librarian is a response to the Book A Month Challenge's February Challenge. One of the reasons to subscribe to this site is that it emphasizes more than just current books. This site is going on the links to this page.

Happy Birthday

2007-11-29T05:52:00.000-08:00

Three writers known for their children's books were born on this day : Madeleine L'Engle, Louisa May Alcott, and C.S. Lewis. from New Morning Daybook What books have you read by any of these authors? Were any favorites of yours or were they required for a class?

D.E.A.R. list

2007-11-15T08:08:00.000-08:00

D.E.A.R stands for Drop Everything and Read! These books are award winners from the past few years.

The books on these pages represent a few of the award books we have in the library.

While on vacation have a DEAR day and read for fun!

Pulitzer Prizes
A $10,000 prize goes to the winner of the outstanding writing for the year. While most of the prizes relate to journalism, at least two are given each year to fiction and nonfiction

Applebaum, A. Gulag: A History
HV8964.S65 A67 2003

Bird, K. American Prometheus :
The Triumph and Tragedy of
J. Robert Oppenheimer
QC 16.O62 B57 2005

Coll, S. Ghost Wars DS371.2.C63
2004

Elkins, C. Imperial Reckoning:
The Untold Story of Britain’s
Gulag in Kenya
DT433.577.E45 2005

Fischer, D. Washington’s Cross
ing E263.P4 F575 2004

Hahn, S. A Nation Under Our
Feet E185.2.H15 2003

Oshinsky, D. Polio: An American
Story RC181.U6 O83 2005

Robinson, M. Gilead
PS3568.O3125 G55 2004

National Book Award
Considered one of the highest awards for literature for American Authors, it covers nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and children’s literature. Top prizes are $10,000 for each category.

Birdsall, J. The Penderwicks
PZ7.B51197 Pe 2005

Didion, J. The Year of Magical
Thinking PS3554.I33 Z63 2005

Jones, E. The Known World
PS3560.O4813 K58 2003—a
finalist

Newbery Awards
Awarded to the top national best children’s book published in America

Bartoletti, S. Hitler Youth:
Growing up in Hitler’s
Shadow DD253.5.B37 2005

Caldecott Awards

Awarded to the top national best illustrated children’s book published in America

Sidman, J. Song of the Water
Boatman and Other Pond
Poems PS3569.I295 S66
2005

Golden Kite Award
Presented for outstanding children’s writers by the Society of Children’s Book Writers and

Illustrators
Freedman, R. Children of the
Great Depression
HQ792.U5 F738 2005

Jurmain, S. Forbidden
SchoolHouse PZ2317.C73
J87 2005—honor book

Theodor Seuss Geisel Medal

Created in honor of Dr. Seuss.

Rylant, C. Henry Mudge and the Great Grandpas PZ7.R982 Hearmg 2005

Carnegie Medal
Given for outstanding books for children or youth written in English and published in the UK. The Carnegie Medal will celebrate its 70th birthday in 2007.

Chambers, A. Postcards from
No Man’s Land PZ7.C3557
PO 2002

Cooper , H. Pumpkin Soup
PZ7.C78555 Pu 1999

Doherty, B. Dear Nobody
PZ7.D56947 De 1994

Wojciechowski, S. The Christ
mas Miracle of Jonathan
Toomey PZ7.W8183 Ch
1995

Michael L. Prinz Award

A relatively new award, this medal identifies outstanding Young Adult literature

Almond, D. Skellig PZ7.A448 SK1999

Chambers, A. Postcards from No Man’s
Land PZ7.C3557 PO 2002 (Many
books receive more than one award

"Out in the West..."

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Writing about the Western United States has been a popular subject for a authors since James Fenimore Cooper — wrote about his west (New York!) We can no longer “go West” in the same manner as one hundred years ago, —except in the novels and diaries of
writers.

Fiction

Berger, T. Little Big Man PS3552.E719 L5 1985

Brouwer, S. Evening Star PS3552.R6825 E94 2000

Brouwer, S. Thunder Voice PS3552.R6825 T48 2001

Cather, W. Death Comes for the Archbishop PS3505.A87 D4 1927

Cather, W. O Pioneers! PS3505.A87 O2 1992

Crane, S. “The Blue Hotel,” and “The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky,” In His Complete Short Stories PS1449.C85 A12

Enger, L. Peace Like a River PS3555.N422 P42 2001

Grey, Z. Riders of the Purple Sage PS3513.R6545 R5 1980

Guthrie, A. B. The Big Sky PS3513.U855 B5 1982

Harte, B. The Outcasts of Poker Flat. PS1829.O9

Jones, W. Edge of Two Worlds PZ7.J735 Ed

Kingsolver, B. The Bean Trees PS3561.I496 B44 1998

Kirkpatrick, J. All Together in One Place PS3561.I712 A79 2000

L'Amour, L. The Chreokee Trail (Not in Library)

Leonard, E. The Hot Kid PS3562.E55 H66 2005

McMurtry, L. Comanche Moon PR3563.A319 C66 1997

McMurtry, L. Lonesome Dove PS3563.A319 L6 1995

McMurtry, L. Streets of Laredo PS3563.A319 S7 1993

Portis, C. True Grit PS3566.O663 T7

Reid, M.. The Boy Hunters OR Adventures in Search of a White Buffalo PZ7.R273 Boh6

Richardson, H. L. The Devil’s Eye PS3568.I3175 D48 1995

Sandoz, M. Horsecatcher (not in Library)

Schaap, J. Touches the Sky PS3569.C33 T68 2003

Schaefer, J. Shane (not in Library)

Stanley, D. & Karas, G. Saving Sweetness PZ7.S7869 Sav 1996

Swarthout, G. Bless the Beasts and Children PS3537.W3743 B5

Non Fiction

Alter, J. Extraordinary Women of the American West CT3207.A58 1999

Calvert, P. Great Lives:The American Frontier F590.5.C35 1997

Cox, C. The Forgotten Heroes: The Story of the Buffalo Soldiers E185.925 .C65 1993

DeVoto, B. The Journals of Lewis and Clark F592.4 1953

Stegner, W. The Sound of Mountain Water. F591.S84

Women Who Changed their World

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First Century BC

Abbott, J. Cleopatra DT92.7.A18

1st Century AD

Brock, A. G. Mary Magdalene, the first Apostle BS2485.B73 2003

17th Century

Dorsey, E. Pocahontas E90.P6 D7

Grant, C. Queen and Cardinal: A memoir of Anne of Austria and her relations with Cardinal Mazarin DC124.3.G7

Winship, M. The Times and Trials of Anne Hutchinson BX7148.M4 W552005

18th Century

Southan, B. C. Jane Austen.PR4037.S59 1968

19th Century

Bennett, P. Emily Dickinson:

Woman Poet PS1541.Z5 B44 1990

Gollaher, David. Voice for the Mad: the life of Dorothea Dix HV28.D6 G65 1995

Marks, E. Colette PQ2605.O28 Z73

Nightingale, Florence. Letters.
UH347.N6 N5

Tomalin, C. The Life and Death of Mary Wollstoncraft PR5841.W8 Z84

Wilson, Dorothy. Lone Woman: The story of Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman doctor R154.B623 W5

Twentieth Century

Burgess, Alan. The Small Woman. [Gladys Aylward] BV3427.A9 B8

Brooks, P. The House of Life QH31.C33 B7 [Rachel Carson]

Carson, Rachel. Under the Sea-Wind QH92.C3 1952

Chukovskaya, Lydia. The Ahkmatova Journals. PG3476.A324 Z58213 2002

Earhart, A. The Fun of It. TL540.E3 A32

Frank, Anne. The Diary of a Young Girl DS135.N6 F73313 1995

Goodall, Jane. 40 Years at Gombe QL31.G58 L56 1999

Harpaz, B. The Girls in the Van. [Hilary Clinton] E837.C55 H37 2001

Keller, Helen..Selected writings HV1624.K4 A27 2005

Kirk, C. J.K. Rowling PR6068.O93 Z739 2003

Learning, B. Katharine
Hepburn PN2287.H45 L43 1995

Lillard, A. Montessori: The Science behind the Genius LB1029.M75 L53 2005

Montessori, Maria. The
Montessori method LB775.M7613 1964a

Parks, Rosa My Story. F334.M753 P37 1992

Porter, David. Mother Teresa: the early years BX4406.5.Z8 P67 1986

Rosenstiel, L. Nadia Boulanger: A life in music ML423.B42 R7 1982

Fleming, Candace. Our
Eleanor E807.1.R48 F67 2005

Scharf, l. Eleanor Roosevelt: the first lady of American liberalism E807.1.R48S34 1987

Skaerved, M. Dietrich PN2658.D5 S54 2003

Immigrant Adventures

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The Issues and Research

Chen, H. Chinatown no More
F128.9.C5 C45 1992

Dinnerstein, L. Natives and
Strangers. 2nd ed.
E184.A1 D49 1990

Harris, N. The New Untouchables
HD6300.H37 1995

Kivisto, P. & Blanck, D. American
Immigrants and their Generations
E175.5.H3 A44 1990

Kyle, D. and Koslowski, R. Global
Human Struggling JV6201.G56
2001

Scott, F. D. , ed. World Migration in
Modern Times JV6021.S36

Toro-Morn, M. & Alicea, M.
Migration and Immigration
JV7035.M542 2004

Trueba, H. T. Healing
Multicultural America (Mexican
immigrants)
LC2687.C2H43 1993

Ungar, S.J. Fresh Blood:The New
American Immigrants.
JV6455.5.U54 1995

The following are personal
narratives. Even the fictional accounts are largely drawn on true events.
Across the Oceans

An Na A Step from Heaven
PZ7.N1243St 2001 (Korea)

Bunting, Eve. Dreaming of America
PZ7.B91527 Ds 1999
(Europe)

Conley, E.A. The Chosen Shore
JV6465.C73 2004 (Mixed)

Fadiman, A. The Spirit Catches
You and You Fall Down
RA418.5.T73 F33 1997
(Hmong)

Gallo, D. ed. First Crossing:
Stories about Teen Immigrants
PZ5.F924 2004 (Mixed)

Gundisch, K. How I became an
American
PZ7.G967 Ho 2001(Europe)

Hest, A. When Jessie Came
Across the Sea PZ7.H4375
WF 1997 (Europe)

Hyun, P. In the New World
DU624.7.K67 H983 1995
(Korea)

Nugent, W. Crossings
JV6454.N84 1992
(Europe)

Winter, J. Klara’s New World
PZ7.W754Kl 1992
(Europe)

Across the Land

Aldrich, L. Overland Route to
California F593.A38 1966

Conley, R. Mountain Wind
song
PS3553.O494 M68 1992

Harrell, B. LongWalker’s
Journey PZ7.H234Lo 1999

McGlashan, C. History of the
Donner Party. F868.N5 M28
1966

Lasky, Kathryn. Beyond the
Divide
PZ7.L3274 Be 1983

Manly, W. Death Valley in ‘49
[1849] F868.D2 M28
1966

Murphy, Jim. Across America
on an Emigrant Train
PR5495.M79 1993

Stanley, J. Hurry Freedom
F866.S813 2000

Turner, A. Red Flower Goes West
PZ7.T8535 Rf 1999
Woodruff, Elvira Dear Levi:
Letters from the Overland Trail
PZ7.W86 O6 Dc1994

If you like...

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Catherine Marshall, Janette Oke, Boede Thoene, You'll like these authors

Ammerman, M. The Ransom PS3551.M56 R36 1997
Austin, L Fire by Night PS3551.U839 F57 2003

Benson, A. Awakening Mercy
PS3552.E5476585 A95 2000
Beckett, L. A Time Before You Die PR6052.E28 T5 1999
Benry, R. Little White Lies PS3552.E54764 L57 2001
Billingsly, R. Let the Church Say Amen PS3602.I445 L47 2004

Blackstock, T. Cape Refuge PS3552.L34285 C37 2002
Blackston, R. Flabbergasted PS3602.L3255 F68 2003
Bly, S. The Senator’s Other Daughter PS3552.I93 S46 2001

Cramer, W. Levi’s Will PS3603.R37 L48 2005

Feldhahn, S. The Veritas Conflict PS3556.E4574 V4 2001
Fickett, H. Daybreak PS3556.I325 D39 1995

Gansky, A. The Prodigy PS3557.A5195 P76 2001
Glover, R. Bitter Thistle, Sweet Rose PS3557.L678 B58 1994
Groot, T. The Brother’s Keeper PS3557.R5655 B67 2003

Hall, L. Katheryn’s Secret PS3558.A3698 K38 2000
Hancock, K. Shadow Over Kiriath PS3608.A698 S537 2005
Hart, B. Grace at Low Tide PS3608.A78395 G73 2005
Hatcher, R. Catching Katie PS3558.A73574 C38 2003
Henderson, D. The Protector PS3558.E4829 P76 2001
Higgs, L. Whence Came a Prince PS3558.I36235 W48 2005

Hunt, A. The Velvet Shadow PS3558.U46747 V45 1999

Johnson, S. The Last Guardian PS3560.O3638 L37 2001

Kirkpatrick, J. No Eye Can See PS3561.I712 N6 2001
Kraus, H. Could I Have this Dance? PS3561.R2875 C68 2001
Kraus, J. The Treasure PS3561.R2876 T74 2000

McCusker, P. The Faded Flower PS3563.C3533 F34 2001
MacDonald, G The Complete Fairy Tales PR4966.K58 1999
Morren, Ruth. Wild Rose PS3613.O7553 W55 2004
Moser, N. The Seat Beside Me PS3563.O88417 S43 2002
Myers, B. Fire of Heaven PS3553.Y36 F57 1999

Musser, J. The Infidel PS3563.U84 I5 2001
Nichols, L. If I Gained the World PS3564.I2745 I36 2003

Olson, J. Oxygen PS3515.L75 O95 2001
Palmer, C. The Happy Room
PS3566.A496 H3 2002
Rivers, F. Unashamed PS580.R3 R58 2000

Samson, L. Songbird PS3569.A46673 S6 2003
Schaap, J. Touches the Sky PS3569.C33 T68 2003
Seddon, A. Red Planet Rising PS3569.E3145 C79 1995
Simon, F. Trial by Fire PS3559.I4816 T75 1999
Snelling, L. The Reaper’s Song PS3569.N39 R43 1998
Sprinkle, P. But Why Shoot the magistrate? PS3569.P687 B8 1998

Stafford, T. Sisters PS3569.T25 S57 2000
Tales of Faraway Places: The Storyteller’s Collection PS648.C43 S77 2000
Tatlock, A. Things We Once Held Dear PS3570.A85 T48 2006
Turner, J. Some Wildflower in My Heart PS3570.U717 S66 1998

Vaughan, R. Touch the Face of God PS3622.A94 T68 2002
Whitlow, R. The Sacrifice PS3573.H49837 S33 2002
Whittington, B. Living with Fred PS3623.H5872 L585 2005b

Poetry

Gowans, J. O Lord! PN6110.R4 G69
L’Engle, M. A Cry Like a Bell
PS3523,E55 C7 1987

Vacation Reads

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One of my delights every year is to peruse suggested reading lists for summer. These are from Houston, Texas for 11-12 graders, and although some of the fiction is Young Adult (teen characters and issues), the range of issues and topics merits a try for something different.
The synopses are from the list.

Fiction

Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice
PR4034.P7 1945

Baldwin, James. Go Tell It on the
Mountain. PS3552.A45 G5

Ellison, Ralph. Invisible Man
PS3555.L625 I6

Eugenides, Jeffrey. Middlesex
PS3555.U4 M53 2002
“In order to understand why she is not like other girls, Calliope must uncover a guilty family secret and the astonishing genetic history that turns Callie into Cal.”

Flinn, Alex Breathing Underwater.
PZ7.F6935 Br 2001

Frank, F. R. America PZ7.F84913 Am
2002
“The enduring love of his foster mother and a dedicated therapist are fifteen-year-old America’s only positive life forces in this disturbing, powerful story of forgiveness and “against the odds” survival.”

Heinlein, Robert. Stranger in a Strange
Land PS3515.E288 S7

Heller, Joseph. Catch-22. PS3558.E476
C17

James, Henry. Washington Square PS2116.W3 1959

Jones, Edward P. The Known World
PS3560.O4813 K58 2003
“Henry Townsend, a black farmer and former slave, is befriended by the most powerful man in antebellum Virginia’s Manchester County and becomes proprietor of his own plantation, as well as of his own slaves.”

McMurtry, Larry. Lonesome Dove
PS3563.A319 L6 1995
“Augustus McCrae and W.F. Call...face danger and hardships during a cattle drive from Texas to Montana…”

Picoult, Jodi. My Sister’s Keeper
PS3566.I372 M9 2004
“Thirteen-year-old Anna, a product of preimplantation genetic diagnosis has undergone countless surgeries, transfusions, and shots so that her older sister, Kate, can fight leukemia. She begins a legal procedure to stop her parents fro using her body to keep Kate alive.”

Roth, Philip. The Plot Against
America PS3568.O855 P58 2004

Sijie, Dai. Balzac and the Little
Chinese Seamstress PQ2664.A437
B3513 2001
“During the Chinese Cultural Revolution, two boys exiled to the countryside for “reeducation” are distracted first by a violin, then by a beautiful young seamstress and a stash of Western classics.”

Steinbeck, John. The Grapes of Wrath PS3537.T3234 G7 1939

Nonfiction

Capote, Truman. In Cold Blood
HV6533.K3 C3

Corwin, Miles. And Still We Rise:
The Trials and Triumphs of
Twelve Gifted Inner-City High
School Students LC3993.9.C678
2000
“...chronicles the incredible challenges faced by high school seniors in a South-Central Los Angeles gifted program.”

Greenblatt, Stephen. Will in the
World: How Shakespeare Became
Shakespeare PR 2894.G74 2004

Hawking, Stephen. A Brief History
of Time QB981.H377 1988

Levitt, Stevin D. & Dubner,
Stephen J. Freakonomics
HB74.P8 L479 2005

Thoreau. Walden PS3042.A7 1950

Tucker, Jonathan B. Scourge: The
Once and Future Threat of
Smallpox RC183.1.T83 2001

Wilson, Edward O. The Future of
Life QH75.W535 2002

Biography/Autobiography

Dylan, Bob. Chronicles: Volume One
ML420.D98 A3 2004 v.1

Malcolm X Autobiography
E 185.97.L5 A3

McBride, James. The Color of Water: A Black
Man’s Tribute to his White Mother F130.N4
M38 1996

Markham, Beryl. West With the Night
TL540.M345 A3 1983.
“The British Aviator first to fly west across the Atlantic Solo describes her childhood in British East Africa and her unconventional life.”

Plath, Sylvia. The Bell Jar PS3566.L27 B45

Welty, Eudora. One Writer’s Beginnings
PS3545.E6Z475 1985

from
HAISLN Recommended Reading List 2006
http://www.haisln.org/ReadingLists.htm

Short but Powerful

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To some, the essay and short story are more
preferable than the huge novels or serials.

Who can forget Thomas Paine’s stirring broadsides or “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Conner once have been read?

Enjoy the sampling of
essayists and short story authors listed here.

Non Fiction

Bellow, S. It All Adds Up: A
Nonfiction Collection
PS3503.E4488 O23 1994

Coles, R. Harvard Diary II:
Essays on the Sacred and
the Secular
BV4501.2.C6423 1997

Jacobs, A. Shaming the Devil:
Essays in Truthtelling
BD171.J23 2004

Kane, J. Touched by a Nurse:
Special Moments that
Transform Lives
RT82.K327 1999

Lewis, C. S. Of Other
Worlds: Essays and Stories
PR6023.E926 O3 1975

Schaeffer, F. Art & the

Bible BR115.A8 S3 1973

Fiction

One author

Borges, J. Collected Fictions
PQ7797.B635.A24 1998

Christie, A. Miss Marple:
The Complete Short
Stories
PR6004.H66 A6 1986

Crutcher, C. Athletic Shorts
PZ7.C89 At 1991

Lahiri, J. Interpreter of
Maladies
PS3562.A316 I58 1999.

Lardner, R. Best Short
Stories. PS3523.A7 B3

McCullers, C. The Ballad
of the Sad Café
PS3525.A1772 B3

Myers, W. 145th Street
PZ7.M992 Aae 2000

Multiple authors

Abrahams, W. Ed. Prize
Stories 1974 (O.Henry
Awards) PZ1.O11 1974

Benard, R.. Ed. All
Problems are Simple
SP648.O64 A34 1988

Booth, M. Christian Short
Stories: An Anthology
PR1309.S5 C5

Clark, A., Ed. The Probe

PZ1.C558 Ti

Coles, R. , Ed. Teaching
Stories
PS648.E33 T43 2004

Delany, S. Ed. Nebula
Winners Thirteen. PZ1.A1 N35 v.13

Echevarria, R. Ed. The
Oxford Book of Latin
American Short Stories
PQ7087.E509 1997

Garrity, D. Ed. 44 Irish
Short Stories
PR8875.G25

Kenison, K. The Best
American Short Stories
2002
PZ1.B446235 2002

LeGuin, U. Norton Book
of Science Fiction
PS648.N66 1993
Moore,L. Ed. The Best American
Short Stories
PZ1.B446236 2004

Oates, J. Ed. The Oxford Book of
American Short Stories
PS648.S5 O94 1992

Ondaatje, M. Ed. From Ink Lake:
Canadian Short Stories
PR9197.32.F76 1990

Sept. 11 Redux

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We Remember

The day our world changed : Children’s
Art of 9/11 HV6432.7.G66 2002

Dwyer, J. & Flynn, K. 102 Minutes
HV6432.y.O89 2004

Longman, J. Among the Heroes
HV6432.7.L65 2003

One nation: America Remembers
September 11, 2001 HV6432.O43 2001

September 11, 2001: A collection of
newspaper front pages selected by the
Poynter Institute. HV6432.S459 2001

We take action

Crotty, W. The Politics of Terror
E902.P65 2004

Daalder, I. H. & Lindsay, J. M. America
Unbound E902.D23 2003

Long, E.L. Facing Terrorism : Responding
As Christians BT736.15.L66 2004

We Continue

Barbash, T. On Top of the World
HG4928.5.L886 2003

Berquist, J. L. Ed. Strike Terror No More
BT736.15.S77 2002

Brill, S. After: How America
Confronted the September 12 Era
HV6432.7.B75 2003

Norbert, T. Ashes Transformed
BV227.N6664 2002
We ask why?

The 9/11 Commission Report .
HV6432.7.N39 2004b

The Attack on America: September 11,
2001 HV6432.T474 2002

Bernstein, R. Out of the Blue
HV6432.B47 2002

Burke, J. Al-Qaeda HV6431.B862 2003

Calhouhn, C.; Price, P. ; Timimer, A. Eds.
Understanding September 11
HV6432.U5 2002

Clarke, R. A. Against all Enemies
HV6432.C53 2004

Dudziak, M., Ed. September 11 in History
HV5432.7.S45 2003

Hershberg, E. & Moore, K. W. Eds. Critical
Views of September 11 HV6432.C75 2002

Hoge, J. & Rose, G. Eds. How Did this
Happen ? HV6432.H69 2001

Lincoln, B. Holy Terrors BL65.T47 2003

Meyerowitz, J. History and September 11
HV 6432.7.H57 2003

Miller, J.; Stone, M; & Mitchell, C. The Cell
HV6432.M54 2002

Pyszczynski, T. ; Solomon, S. ; Greenberg, J.
In the Wake of 9/11 HV6432.P97 2003

Talbott, S. & Chanda, N. Eds. The
Age of Terror HV6432.A43 2001

Web sites

9-11 memorial quilt http://www.911memorialquilts.com/
From Blue Mountain.com, this site allows you to make a public statement and show of support.

First person accounts

1. Digital Archive
http://911digitalarchive.org/

2. Videos
http://www.itvs.org/9.11/ Short videos made to commemorate and reflect upon the event.

3. New York Documentary
http://www.documentnewyork.com/First person accounts of that day

New York, New York

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These are stories or writings about New York or by authors who have lived or are living in New York (Many in the Rochester Area) or both.

Nonfiction
Abbott, George. Mr. Abbott
PN2287.A23 A3

Carmer, Carl. Dark Trees in the
Wind F119.C27

Carmer, Carl. The Susquehanna
F157.S8 C3

Douglass, Frederick. My Bondage
and My Freedom
E449.D738 1968

Gordon, Ann D. The Selected
papers of Elizabeth Cady
Stanton & Susan B. Anthony
HQ1410.A2525 1997

Jacobs, Harriet A. Incidents in the
life of a Slave Girl E444.J17 A3
2000

Partridge, Bellamy. Country
Lawyer. KF368.P3 P3

Matthiessen, Peter. The Birds of Heaven
QL696.G84 M372 2001

Fiction
Adams, Samuel H. Grand-father Stories
PS3501.D317 G7

Carr, Caleb. The Alienist PZ3553.A76277
A44 1995

Chabon, Michael. The Amazing
Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
PS3553.H15 A82 2000

Gardner, John. Grendel PS3557.A712 G7
1985

Gardner, John. Nickel Mountain
PS3557.A712 N5

Gardner, John. October Light PS3557.A712 O3

Howells, William Dean A Hazard of New
Fortunes PS2025.H3

Howells, William Dean. The Rise of Silas
Lapham PS2027.R5 1957

Jackson, Charles. The Lost Weekend
PS3519.A323 L6 1983

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. The
Sojourner PS3535.A845 S6

Safran Foer, Jonathan. Extremely
Loud & Incredibly Close
PS3606.O38 E97 2005

Swados, Elizabeth, Flamboyant
PS3569.W17 f57 1999

Wharton, Edith. The Age of I
nnocence
PS3545.H16 A7 1987

Wharton, Edith. The Buccaneers
PA3545.H16 b83 1993

Poetry
Ashbery, John. The Tennis Court
Oath PS3501.S475 T4

Children & Young Adult

Barron, T. A. High as a Hawk
PZ7.B27567.St 2004

Donnelly, Jennifer. A Northern
Light. PZ7.D7194 No 2003

Giff, Patricia Reilly. Pictures
of Hollis Woods
PZ7.G3626 PK 2002

Karr, Kathleen. The Boxer.
PZ7.K149 B0 2000

Lipsyte, Robert. The Brave.
PZ7.L67 Br 1993

Myers, Walter Dean. Fast Sam,
Cool Clyde, and Stuff
PZ7.M992 Fas 1988

Park, Linda Sue The Kite Fighters
PZ7.P22115 Ki 2000

Park, Linda Sue A Single Shard
PZ7.P22115 Si 2001

Sendak, Maurice. In the Night
Kitchen PZ7.S47 In

Taylor, Sydney. All-of-a-
Kind Family PZ7.T2184
A1

Williams, Garcia. Every Time a Rainbow
Dies PZ7.W6713 Ev 2001

Woodson, Jacqueline. If You Come Softly
PZ7.W868 If 1998

For more information on New York
Authors visit the New York State Literary
Website: http://www.nyslittree.org

National Poetry Month 2006

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Ashbery, John. The Tennis Court Oath Middletown, Conn., Wesleyan University Press [1962]
PS3501.S475 T4 (A native of Rochester, New York)

Basker, J. G. Amazing Grace: an anthology of poems about slavery New Haven :
Yale University Press, ©2002.
PR1195.S44 A45 2002

Crowell, G. Poems of Inspiration and Courage New York :Harper & Row [1965]
PS3505.R9456 A6 1965

Haines, J. Cicada Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press, 1977.
PS3558.A33 C5

Herrera, J. Calling the Doves. San Francisco, Calif. : Children's Book Press, 1995. PS3558.E74 Z464 1995

Kinnell, G. A New Selected Poems.Boston, Mass. : Houghton Mifflin, 2000.
PS3521.J582 A6 2000

L’Engle, M. A Cry Like a Bell. Wheaton, Ill. : H. Shaw Publishers,1987.
PS3523.E55 C7 1987

Levine, P. The Simple Truth New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1999
PS35623.E9556 1994

Williams, C. K. Repair New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999
PS3573.I4483 R46 1999

Children

Alarcon, F. Iguanas in the Snow. San Francisco : Children's Book Press/Libros para niños, 2001
PS3551.L22139 2001

Booth, P. Crossing. Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2001

PS3552.O647 C76 2001 - About railroad crossings.

Esbensen, B. Swing Around the Sun. Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, 2003
PS3555.S24 S94 2003

Longfellow, H. Paul Revere’s Ride
PS2271.P3 2003

Myers, W. Here in Harlem New York : Holiday House, 2004
PS3563.Y48 H47 2004.

Rappaport, D. Free at Last Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2004
E186.2.R27 2004

Prelutsky, J. If not for the cat New York : Greenwillow Books, ©2004
PS3566.R36 I35 2004

Schmidt, G. Ed. Robert Frost PS3511.R94A6 1994

Shange, N. Ellington was not a Street. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2004

PS3569.H3324 E45 2004

Sidman, J. Song of the Water Boatman and other Pond Poems Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2005

PS3569.I295 S66 2005

Mother's Day 2006

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Contrary to what many believe, Mother’s Day was not invented by card companies but has existed in varying forms for millennia. It became an official holiday in the United States under President Woodrow Wilson in 1914.
And while much of the essays, fiction and poetry most read for mothers is syrupy and overly romanticized, a body of literature exists which examines the state of motherhood in all its colors. Here are a few for your pleasure and
enlightenment.

Non Fiction
Bishop, Bette. The Beauty of
Motherhood: Selected writings
about the Joy of Being a Mother
PS509.M6 B5

Coll, Cynthia G., et. al. Mothering
Against the Odds: Diverse
Voices of Contemporary
Mothers HQ759.M878 1998

Ginsberg, Debra. Raising Blaze:
Bringing Up an Extraordinary
Son in an Ordinary World
HQ769.G56 2002

LamottAnne. Traveling Mercies
PS3562.A4645 Z47 1999

McBride, James. The Color of Water: A
Black Man’s Tribute to His White
Mother F130.N4 M38 1996

Minturn, Leigh. Mothers of Six Cultures:
Antecedents of Child Rearing
GN481.M6

Moore, Henry. Mother and Child
NB497.M6 M67 1987

Eckard, Paula. Maternal Body and Voice
in Toni Morrison, Bobbie Ann Mason,
and Lee Smith PS374.M547 E29 2002

Fiction

Bjorn, Thyra. Mama’s Way.
PS3552.J6 M3

Elmer, Robert The Celebrity.
PS3555.L44 C45 2006

Forbes, Kathryn Mama’s Bank
Account PS 3525.A2694 M3

Naylor, Gloria. Mama Day
PS3564.A895 M3 1989b

Phelps, William. In Tribute to
Mothers PN6110.H6 P5 1942

Styron, William. Sophie’s Choice
PS3569.T9 S6

Tan, Amy. The Joy Luck Club
PS3570.A48 J6 1990

Children & Young Adult

Barron, T. A. High as a Hawk
PZ7.B27567 St 2004

Brooks, Bruce. Midnight Hour
Encores. PZ7.B7913 Mi 1986

Childress, Alice.
Rainbow Jordan
PZ7.C4412 Rai 1982

Curtis, Christopher. Bucking
the Sarge
PZ7.C94137 BW 2004

Greene, Bette. The Drowning
of Stephan Jones
PZ7.G8263 Dr 1996

Cole, Brock. The Facts Speak
for Themselves
PZ7.C67342 Fac 1997

Danziger, Paula Amber
Brown is Green with Envy
PZ7.D2394 Ip 2003

Hurd, Tacher. Mama Don’t
Allow
PZ7.H9562 Mam 1984

Jarrell, Mary. The Knee-
Baby PZ7.J293 Kn 1988

Lowry, Lois. Rabble Starkey
PZ7.L9673 Rab 1988.

Mori, Koyoko. Shizuko’s
Daughter PZ7.M826725
Sh 1993

Say, Allen. Tree of Cranes.
PZ7.S2744 Tr 1991

Williams, Vera B. Scooter
PZ7.W6685 Sc 1993

Wood, Douglass. What Moms Can’t Do
PZ7.W84738 Whm 2001

Woodson, Jacqueline. Show Way
PZ7.W868 Sh 2005

At Your Public Library

Mayes, Francis. A Year in the World

Morris, Mary McGarry The Lost Mother.

MaComber, Debbie. Susannah’s Garden

Williams, Marjorie The Woman at the
Washington Zoo.

Under the Collar: Ministers in Literature

2007-11-15T07:48:00.000-08:00

Berryman, Jeff. Leaving
Ruin
PR3602.E767 L4 2002

Cather, Willa. Death Comes
for the Archbishop
PS3505.A87 A6 1990

Erdrich, Louise. The Last
Report on the Miracles at
Little No Horse
PS3555.R42 L37 2001

Frederic, Harold. The
Damnation of Theron
Ware PS1707.D3

Deland, Margaret. John
Ward Preacher
PS1532.J6 1967

Greene, Graham. The
Power and the Glory
PR6013.R44 P6

Gulley, Philip Home to
Harmony PS3557.U449
H66 2000

Howatch, Susan Glamorous
Powers PR6058.O912 G47
1989

Karon, Jan. In This Mountain
PS3561.A678 I5 2002

Musser, Joe. The Infidel
PS3563.U84 I5 2001

Myers, Bill. The Face of God
PS3563.Y36 F33 2002

Parker, Gary. Beyond a
Reasonable Doubt PS3566
.A6784 B48 1994

O’Connor, Flannery. The
Violent Bear It Away
PS3565.C57 1988

O’Connor, Edwin. The Edge
Of Sadness PS3565.C55
E4

Richter, Conrad. A Simple
Honorable Man
PS3535.I429 S5

Robinson, Marilynne Gilead
PS3568.O3125 G55 2004

Schmidt, Gary D. Lizzie
Bright and the
Buckminster Boy.
PZ7.S3527 Li 2004

Stowe, Harriet Beecher. The
Minister’s Wooing
PS2954.M5 1968

Street, James. The High
Calling
PS3537.T8278 H2

Trollope, A. Fromley
Parsonage PR5684.F7
1962

Turnbull, Agnes. The
Bishop’s Mantle
PS3539.U76 B5

White, Nelia Gardner.
No Trumpet Before
Him PS3545.H562 N6

Wellman, Paul I. The
Chain PS3545.E52859
C45

Non Fiction

Davies, Horton. A Mirror
of the Ministry in
Modern Novels
PS374.C55 D3

Lindvall, Michael. The
Good News from
North Haven.
PS3562.I51266 G6
1991

End of Life

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These books were compiled to complement a conference held here in 2006

Non Fiction

Biggtar, N. Aiming to Kill: The Ethics of Suicide and Euthanasia R726.B64 2004
Griffith, W. More than a parting prayerLessons in Care-giving for the Dying BV4460.6.G75 2005
Kalish, R. A. Ed. Caring Relationships R726.8.C38 1979

Fosso, K. Buried Communities
PR5892.D35 B87 2004
Jecker, N. S. Ed. Aging and Ethics HQ1061.A4555 1991
Kastenbaum, R. On Our Way: The Final Passage through Life and Death BF789.D4 K365 2004
Kubler-Ross, E. To Live Until We Say Good-bye BF789.D4 K83
Meyer, C. Surviving Death

BF789.D4 M455 1991
Mooreland, J. P. & Geisler, N. L. The Life and Death Debate HQ1073.M63 1990
Oliver, S. What the dying teach us BV4438.O57 1998
Vogt, C. Patience, Compassion, Hope BT825.V568 2004
Wangerin, W. Mourning into Dancing BF4905.2.W36 1992
Wilcock, P. Spiritual care of Dying and Bereaved People BV4460.6.W55 1996
Biography/Personal Narratives
Bernstein, J. When the Bough Breaks BF575.G5 B47 1996
O’Kelly, E. Chasing Daylight BF789.D4 O44 2006

Fiction/Literature

Coman, C. M. Many Stones PZ7.C729 Man 2000
Cooney, C.B. Driver’s Ed PZ7.C7834 Dr 1996x
dePaola, T. Nana Upstairs & Nana Downstairs PZ7.D439 Nan
Guest, J. Ordinary People PS3557.U345 O7 1982
L’Engle, M. A ring of encless light PZ7.L5385 Ri 1980
Mazer, N. F. After the Rain PZ7.M47398 Af 1987
McDonald, J. Swallowing Stones PZ7.M478418 Sw1999
Paterson, K. Bridge to Terabithia PZ7.P273 BR
Rylant, C. Missing May PZ7.R982 Mj 1992

Easter 2006

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Crucifixion

Hall, D. J. The Cross in our
Context BT453.H27 2003

Hengel, M. Crucifixion.
HV8569.H4613 1977

McDonald, H. D. New
Testament Concept of
Atonement
BT453.M385 1994

Schmidt, T. A Scandalous
Beauty. BT453.S48 2002

Resurrection

Bounds, E. M. The Ineffable
Glory: Thoughts on the
Resurrection BT871.B75
1921

McKenna, M. And Morning
Came BT483.M35

Wright, N. T. The
Resurrection of the Son of
God
BS2398.W75 1992 v.3

The Holiday in General

Bradshaw P. Passover and
EasterBV55.P2753 1999

Demaray, Loyalty to Christ
Sermons with Prayers for
The Easter Season
BX8333.D45 L6

Thatcher, F. W. The
Splendor of Easter
BV4259.T45

Shepherd, M. The Paschal
Liturgy and the
Apocalypse BV55.S5

Literature

Grimes, N. At Jerusalem’s
Gate: Poems of Easter
BT482.G75 2005

Smith, H. The Easter book
of Legends and Stories
PN6071.E2 H3

Webb, M. The Master’s
Quilt
PS3573.E1982 M3 1991

Children
French, F. Easter with
words from the King
James Bible
Oversize BT430.A3 2002

Milhous, K. The Egg
Tree PZ7.M596 Eg

Polacco, P. Chicken
Sunday (Not in Library)

Wells, R. Max’s
Chocolate Chicken PZ7.W46843 Masj 1989

Deaf History Month

2007-11-15T07:40:00.000-08:00

Reference

Turkington. The Encyclopedia
of Deafness and Hearing
Disorders
Ref .RF290.T93 2000

Non fiction

A Basic course in Manual
Communication
HV2477.B375 1973

Branson, J. Damned for
Their Difference
HV2380.B685 2002

Costello, E. Signing: How to
Speak with your Hands
HV2474.C67 1995

Edwards, E. Music Educa-
tion for the Deaf
MT1.E345 M9

The Gallaudet Survival
Guide to Signing
HV2475.L36 1987

Grayson, G. Talking with
Your Hands, Listening
with your eyes
HV2474.G73 2003

Jankowski, K. Deaf Empow-
erment: Emergence,
Struggle, and Rhetoric
HV2530.J35 1997

Monaghan, L. Many Ways to
Be Deaf
HV2395.M36 2003

Padden, C. Deaf in America
HV2545.P33 1988

Riekehof, L. The Joy of
Signing
HV2474.R53 1987
Solo, S. N. Sign Language

Interpreting
HV2474.S689

Higgins, P. C. Outsiders in
a Hearing World: A
Sociology of Deafness
HV2395.H53

Lane, H. A Journey into
the Deaf-World
HV2380.L27 1996

Biography

Biderma, B. Wired for
Sound RF305.B52 1998

Cohen, L Train Go Sorry
HV2561.N72 N35 1994

Kisor, H. What’s That
Pig Outdoors
HV2534.K57 A3 1990

Spradley, T. Deaf Like

Me HV2391.S66 1985

Fiction

Jordan, S. The Raging
Quiet
PZ7.J7684 Rag 1999

McCullers, C. The Heart
Is a Lonely Hunter
PS3525.A1772 H44

Millman, I. Moses Goes
to School
PZ7.M63954 Mp 2000

Millman, I. Moses Goes
to a Concert
PZ7.M63954 Mo 1998

Riskind, M. Apple is my
Sign PZ7.R493 Ap

Scott, V. Belonging
PZ7.S4294 B3 1986
Additional books you have

found about this subject.

2 Good 2 Put Down

2007-11-15T07:38:00.000-08:00

Don't start these books if you have an important engagement or appointment!

Non Fiction

Bryson, B. A Short history of Nearly Everything Q162.B88 2003
Cohen, L. H. Train Go Sorry:
Inside a Deaf World HV2561.N72 N35 1994

Levitt, S.D. & Dubner, S. J. Freakonomics. HB74.P8 L479 2005. Unusual answers to current events.
Fried, R. The Passionate Teacher LB1775.2.F75 1995

Kidder, T. Among Schoolchildren LB1776.K48 1989
McCrorie, K. 20 Teachers: In their own words… LB1025.2.M324 1984
Orenstein, P. Schoolgirls: Young Women, Self Esteem, and the Confidence Gap.

HQ798.O74 1994

Officer, C. & Page, J. Tales of the Earth QB631.O34 1993
Postman, J. Teaching as a Subversive Activity LA 217.P6

Postman, N. Conscientious Objections P40.8.P667 1988
Schachter, D. The Seven Sins
of Memory BF376.S33
2001. Explores ways in which our memories fail us.
Shenk, D. Data Smog: Surviving the Information Glut HM221.S515 1998
Trefil, J. Are We Unique: A scientist Explores the Unparalleled Intelligence of the Human Mind BF444.T74 1997

Fiction

Adams, D. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy PR6051.D3352 H5 1989
Atwood, M. The Handmaid’s Tale PR9199.3.A8 H3 1986

Bradbury, R. Fahrenheit 451
PS3503.R167 F3 1988

Card, O. Ender’s Game PS3553.A655 E5 1986
Coover, R. The Universal Baseball Association PS3553.O633 U6x

Delillo, D. White Noise PS3554.E4425 W48 1986

Fleischman, P. Whirligig PZ7.F599233 Wh 1998

Hersey, J. The Child BuyerPS3515.E7715.C55

Holtzman, J. Ed. Fielder’s Choice PS648.B37
Malamud, B. The Natural PS3563.A4 N27

O/Connor, E. The Edge of Sadness PS3565.C55 E4

Russell, M. The Sparrow PS3568.U76678 S63 1997.
Tyler, A. The Accidental Tourist PS3570.Y45 A23 1985
Vonnegut, K. Slaughterhouse Five PS3572.O5 S61

PRAYER

2007-08-16T05:47:00.000-07:00

Prayers
Donne, J. The Prayers of John
Donne BV245.D65

Lockyer, H. All the Prayers of the
Bible BV228.L6

McMullen, M. Hearts Aflame:
Prayers of Susanna, John, and
Charles Wesley BV245.W447
1995
Oxford Book of Prayer.
BV245.O94 1988

Prayer in history
Miller, B. Prayer Meetings that
Made History BV295.M5
The Revival of 1857-58
BR525.L56 1998

Prayer—Teaching
Bounds, E. M. Power Through
Prayer. BV210.B586 1991

Bounds, E. M. The Reality of
Prayer BV210.B63

Chambers, O. If Ye Shall Ask
B210.C53

Chambers, O. If Ye Shall Ask
B210.C53

Foster, R. Prayer. Finding the
Heart’s True Home
BV210.2.F68 1992

Gossip. A. In the Secret Place of
the Most HighBV210.G69

Lewis., C. S. Letters to Malcolm:
Chiefly on Prayer BV210.2.l44
1964
Murray, A. With Christ in the
School of Prayer. BV210.M85
1953

Rinker, R. Praying together
BV285.R55

Shoemaker. Prayer and You
BV210.S47

ShoemakerW, Power Through
Prayer Groups BV287.S47

Torrey, R. A. The Power of Prayer
BV210.T6

Wangerin, W. Whole Prayer.
BV215.W36 1998

White, J. Daring to Draw Near
BV228.L18

Prayer in the Schools

Fenwick, L. Should the Children
Pray? LC111.F44 1989

Menendez, A. School Prayer and
other religious issues in
American public Education: a
Bibliography Ref. Z 5815.U5
1985

Muir, W. Prayer in the Public
Schools KF 4162.M8

Murray, W. Let Us Pray: a plea for
prayer in our schools
KF4162.M87 1995

Smith, R. Public Prayer and the
Constitution KF4162.S63 1987

Prayer Biographies

Adams, H. Ed. “ I Cried, He
Answered: A Faithful
Record of Remarkable
Answers to Prayer.
BV220.A3

McGaw, Francis. Praying Hyde
BV3269.H8 M3

Miller, Basil. George Muller
HV247.M8 M5

Prayers in Poetry

Herbert, G. The Selected Poetry
of George Herbert
PR3507.A453

Prayers — Children’s Literature

Field, R. Prayer for a Child.
BV265.F5

Titherington, Jeanne. A
Child’s Prayer. BV265.T54
1989

Prayers in Fiction
Girzone, J. Joshua and the Children.
PS3557.I77 J64 1989

Add your favorite books about prayer.

MARY: A NAME REMEMBERED

2007-08-16T05:46:00.001-07:00

Many women named Mary have influenced history for good or ill. Here’s a mix of fiction and nonfiction about Marys.

Biblical
Bauer, F. Daughter of Nazareth
PZ3.B3255 Dau
Brock, A. Mary Magdalene: The First
Apostle BS2485.B73 2003
Johnson, E. Dangerous Memories: A
Mosaic of Mary in Scripture
BT613.J65 2004
Pelikan, J. Mary Through the Centuries
BT610.P45 1996

Missionaries

Clarke, E. Mary E. Chynoweth:
Missionary to India BV3277.C48 C5
Missionary Martyrs [Mary Louisa Ranf
and Mary E. Carpenter] BV3700.M5
Muller, G. Mary Slessor BV3625.N6 S64

Founder of a church

Gill, G. Mary Baker Eddy BX6995.G59
1998

Historical

Donaldson, G. Mary Queen of Scots
DA787.A1 D59
Edwards, F. The Dangerous Queen [Mary
Queen of Scots] DA787.A1 E3
Loades, D. Mary Tudor DA347.L579
1989
Meyer, C. Mary, Blood Mary PZ7.M568
Mar 1999
Ridley, J. Bloody Mary’s Martyrs
DA347.R47 2001
Hamilton, E. William’s Mary DA462.A3
H35 [Mary II of England]
Zweig, S. Mary Queen of Scotland and
the Isles DA787.A1 Z92

American
Brown, N. Cyclone in Calico E621.B53
[Mary Ann Bickerdyke]
Randall, R. Mary Lincoln E457.25.R3

China
Hunter, E. The Story of Mary Liu
BV3427.L58 H8 1957

Adventurers

Brown, D. Uncommon Traveler: Mary
Kingsley in Africa DT476.23.K56876
2000

Artists

Mary Frank: Encounters N6537.F735 A4
2000
Mary Cassatt: Modern Woman:
N6537.C35 A4 1998

Characters in Fiction

Lea, F. The Four Marys PS3523.E113 F68

Macdonald, G. A Daughter’s Devotion
PR4967.M37 1988

Martin, V. Mary Reilly PS3563.A7296
M37 2001

Travers, P. Mary Poppins PZ7.T589 Mar9

Educators

Holt, H. Mary McLeod Bethune
E185.97.B34 H6

Nursing
Marshall, H. Mary Adelaide Nutting
RT37.N87 M37
Wells, R. Mary on Horseback
RT37.B72 W44 1998

Medicine

Wilson, D. Take my Hands [Mary
Verghese] R608.V4 W5

Writers
Bodenheimer, R. The Real Life of
Mary Ann Evans PR4681.B57
1994
Halsband,R. The Life of Mary Wortley
Montagu DA501.M7 H3
Tomalin, C. The Life and Death of
Mary Wollstonecraft PR5841.W8
Z84

Sports and Athletes

2007-08-16T05:44:00.000-07:00

Non Fiction

Aaron, Hank. If I Had a
Hammer. GB965.A25 A3 1991

Adler, David. America’s
Champion Swimmer: Gertrude
Ederle GV838.E34 A35 2000

Ashe, Arthur R. A Hard Road to
Glory: A History of the Africa-
American Athlete 1619-1918
GV583 >A75 1988

Baker, William. Jesse Owens: An
American Life BF697.O9 B35
1986

Blount, Mel. The Cross Burns
Brightly HV9106.V532 M453

Byrd, Dennis. Rise & Walk
GV939.B97 A3 1993

Hauser, Thomas. Muhammad Ali
GV1132.A44 H38 1991

Hershiser, Oral Out of the Blue
GV865.H46 A3 1989

Hill, Terry. Batting a Thousand:
Profiles of Baseball Champions
GV865.A1 H49 1987

Jackson, Phil. More than a Game
GV884.J32 A34 2001

Mead, Chris. Champion: Joe
Louis GV1132.L6 M4 1986

Staubach, Roger. Staubach:
Firstdown Lifetime to Go.
GV 939.S733 S37

Williams, Bernard J. The Frank
Leahy Legend GV939.L4

Fiction

Bing, Christopher. Casey at the
Bat PS3014.T3 C3 2000

Coy, John. Strong to the Hoop
PZ7.C839455 St 1999

Crutcher, Chris. Athletic Shorts
PZ7.C89 At 1998

Crutcher, Chris. The Crazy Horse
Electric Game PZ7.C89 Cr1987

Crutcher, Chris. Ironman
PZ7.C89 Ir 1995

Crutcher, Chris. Running Loose
PZ7.C89 Ru 1983

Crutcher, Chris. Whale Talk
PZ7C89 Wh 2001

Deuker, Carl On the Devil’s Court
PZ7.D493 On 1991

Gutman, Dan. Honus & Me
PZ7.G9846 Ho 1997

Jenkins, A. M. Damage
PZ7 .J4125 Dam 2001

Jenkins, Jerry B. The Youngest Hero
PZ3560.E485 Y68 2002

Jenkins, Jerry B. Hometown Legend PS3560.E486 H66 2001

Johnson, Scott. Safe at
Second PZ7.J6367 Saf
1999

Lynch, Chris. Iceman
PZ7.L979739 Ic 1995

Myers, Walter Dean.
Hoops PZ7.M992 Ho
1983

Myers, Walter Dean. Slam!
PZ7.M992 Sl 1992

Rappaport, Doreen. Dirt
on Their Skirts
PZ7.R18135 Di 2000

Tunis, John R. Yea! Wild
Cats PZ7.T8236 Ye

We Remember: September 11, 2001

2007-08-16T05:43:00.000-07:00

We Remember

One nation: America Remembers
September 11, 2001 HV6432.O43 2001

September 11, 2001: A collection of newspaper front pages selected by the Poynter Institute. HV6432.S459 2001

We take action

The 9/11 Commission Report
HV6432.7.N39 2004b

Griffin, Michael. Reaping the whirl
wind: The Taliban Movement in
Afghanistan. DS371l.2.G74 2000

Rashid, Ahmed. Taliban. DS371.2. R367 2001

We ask why?

Alexander, Yohan. Usama bin Laden’s
al-Aqida: a profile of a terrorist
network. HV6431.A43 2001

The Attack on America: September 11,
2001 HV6432.T474 2002

Bergen, Peter. Holy War, Inc.: inside
the secret world of Osama bin Ladin.
HV6430.B55 B47 2001

Bernstein, R. Out of the Blue
HV6432.B47 2002

Bodansky. Yossef. Bin Laden: the man
who declared war on America
HV6430.B55 B65 1999.

Calhoun, C. Understanding September
11 HV6432.U5 2002

Halliday, F. Two Hours that shook the
World HV6432.H35 2002

Hersbherg, E. Critical Views of
September 11 HV6432.C75 2002

Hoge, J. How Did This Happen?
HV6432.H69 2001

Terrorists

Lake, Anthony. 6 nightmares. HV6432. L34 2001

Lincoln, B. Holy terrors: Thinking
about religion after September 11
BL65.T47 L56 2003

Martin, John M. & Romano, Anne T. Multinational Crime: Terrorism, espionage, drug & arms trafficking
HV6252.M37 1992

Miller, J. The Cell
HV6432.M54 2002

Pyszczynski, T. In the Wake of 9/11
HV6432.P97 2003

Randal, J. Osama
HV430.B55 R36 2004

Schweitzer. Glenn E. Superterrorism
HV6431.S375 1998

Simon, Jeffrey D. The terrorist trap. 2nd ed. HV6432 .S55 2001

Stern, Jessica. The Ultimate
terrorists. HV6431.S74 1999
Talbott, S. The Age of Terror HV6432.A43 2001

We struggle to heal

Barbash, T. On Top of the World
HG4928.5.L885 2003

Langford, J. Walking with God in a
Fragile World BL66.T47 W35 2003

Norbert, T. Ashes Transformed:
Healing from Trauma
BV227.N665 2002

We Tell the Children

Kalman, M. Fireboat: The heroic Adventurs of John J. Harvey TH9391.K35 2002

Goodman, R. The Day Our World Changed: Children’s Art of 9/11 HV6432.7.G66 2002

Science Fiction Classics

2007-07-25T08:19:00.000-07:00

First used in Science Wonder Stories in 1929, the term “Science fiction” has come to mean the literary imagination of how sciences impact society. From Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein to Jules Verne’s From the Earth to the Moon, to today’s publications, Sci Fi has shown remarkable visions of
humanity.
Sometimes writers like C. S. Lewis use it to give a deeper understanding of Christianity. Once I read the Perelandra series, I found other Sci Fi explanations of religion to be missing the point.
Here are some classics from the last hundred years for your pleasure

Collections

Science Fiction Hall of Fame PZ1.S587 Sc v.1 — vol. 2 has just been published. These include significant short stories, and novellas as well as novel length. One of my favorites is Nightfall by Isaac
Asimov.

Works by one author
Asimov, I. The Caves of Steel
PS3551.S5 C3 1983
______ Foundation PS3551.S5
F6
______ Foundation and Empire
PS3551.S5 F61

Bates, H. E. The Best of H. E.
Bates PR6003.A965 A6

Bester, A. The Stars My
Destination. PS3552.E796 .S72

Bradbury, R. Fahrenheit 451
PS3503.R167 F3 1988
______. The Martian Chronicles
PS3503.R167.M26

Brunner, J. Stand on Zanzibar
PR6052.R8 S72

Burgess, A. A Clockwork Orange.
PR6073.I4678 C54

Card, O.S. Ender’s Shadow
PS3553.A655 E58 1999

Clark, A. C. Childhood’s End
PR6005.L36 C5
______The Fountains of Paradise
PR6005.L36 F66
______Rendezvous with Rama
PR6005.L36 R4 1990

Del Rey, L. The Best of Lester
DelRey. PS3554.E445 B4

Dick, P. K. The Man in the High
Castle PS3554.I3 M3 1988.

Disch, T. 334 PS3554.I8 T5 1987

Heinlein, R. Stranger in a Strange
Land PS3515.E288 S7

Keyes, D. Flowers for Algernon
PS3561.E769 F56 1990z

Kornbluth, C. The Best of C. M.
Kornbluth. PS3561.O67 B7

LeGuin, U. The Dispossessed.
PS3562.E42 D5 1975
______The Left Hand of Darkness
PS3562.E42 L4 1976
______The Wind’s Twelve
Quarters PS3562.E42 W7

Lem, S. Solaris PG7158.L39 S613
1987
McIntyre, V. Dream Snake
PS3563.A3125 D74

Pohl, F. The Space Merchants.
PS3566.O36 S68 1987

Shute, N. On the Beach
PS6027.O54 O6 1957

Sturgeon, T. More than
Human PS3569.T875 M6
1988

Vinge, V. A Fire Upon the Deep
PS3572.I534 F57 1993

Vonnegut, K. Slaughterhouse
Five PS3572.O5 S61

Willis, C. Doomsday Book
PS3573.I45652 D66 1993

Wolfe, G. The Claw of the
Conciliator PS3573.O52
C57 1982

For a complete listing of Science fiction books and themes go to SciFan.com
http://www.scifan.com Over 5,261 books, 14,256 writers, 5,863 series & 3,343 weblinks are listed here.

Positive Fiction

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Positive fiction is defined as those books which make one feel good, and laugh a little or a lot.
While positive fiction tackles important topics such as one’s relationship to God or to other people, it does so with a gentle touch and a kindness toward the characters and toward us. And some days a light touch is greatly appreciated.

Bjorn, Thyra F. Mama’s Way PS3552.J6 M3 A story of faith and humor and prayer.

Crutcher, Chris. Ironman PZ7.C89 Ir 1995 “Bo Brewster refuses to play on the football team and wants to become a triathlete.”
Edgerton, Clyde. Raney PS3555.D47 R3 1997
Can the marriage between a small town Baptist and a liberal from Atlanta endure?
Karon, Jan. A Common Life : The Wedding Story PS3561.A678 C6 2001. This last book in the Mitford series covers Father Tim’s Wedding day
Kiellor, G. Lake Wobegon Days PS3561.E3755 L3 1985. Short stories about the town where” all the children are above average.”

Kindl, Patrice. Owl in Love PZ7.K566 Ow 1993.

Mortimer, John. Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders PR6025.O7552 R785 2004
The murder trial which started all or Rumpole’s adventures.

Read, Miss. Fresh from the
Country PR6069.A2 F7 Visit a different English Countryside with the first year og syoung teacher

Rennison, Louise. Angus, thongs, and full-frontal snogging PZ7.R29114 An2000
A diary of a 14 year old girl and her observations about life.

Salinger, J. D. Franny and Zooey PS3537.A426 F7

Tan, Amy. The Joy Luck Club PS3570.A48 J6 1990
Forty years of sharing amoung four Chinese mothers and their daughters in San Francisco.

Tashjizn, Janet. The Gospel
According to Larry PZ7.T211135Go 2001

Thirkell, Angela. Miss Bunting PZ3.T3486 Mi
Miss Bunting’s final summer as governess is a hilarious observation of class in England in 1945.

Thomas, Rob Rats Saw God PZ7.T36935 Rat 1996
In order to pass English and graduate, Steve York must write a 100 page paper about his life.

Tyler, Anne A Patchwork Planet
PS3570.Y45 P38 1991
Although his family thinks he is a failure, Barney Gaitlin reveals a different kind of success.

Wodehouse, P. G. The Most
of P.G. Wodehouse
PR6045.O53 M63 Bertie Wooster and Jeeves are two famous characters created by Wodehouse. Lots of short stories to enjoy

The Poets' Tree April 2005

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Can you identify the poem for or poet of these lines? The answers are on the back.
· I have measured out my life in coffee spoons.

· Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink

· One could do worse than be a swinger of birches

· The road was a ribbon of moonlight
Over a purple moor

· One if by land and two if by sea

· The mirror cracked from side to side

· Nevermore!

· They danced by the light of the moon

Bruchac, J. Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s
Back: A Native American Year of Moons
PS3552.R794 T47 1992

Cummings, E. E. 50 poems
PS3505.U334 F5 1940

Dickinson, E. Judge Tenderly of Me
PS541.J8 1968

DiTerlizzi, T. The Spider and the Fly.
PR4809.H2 S64 2002

Esbensen, B. Echoes for the Eye:
PS3555.S24 E83 1996

Esbensen, B. Swing Around the Sun
PS3555.S24 S94 2003

Field, E. Poems of Childhood
PS1667.P6 1932

Frost, R. Poetry for Young People
PS3511.R94A6 1994

George, K. Old Elm Speaks: Tree Poems
PS3557.E488 O4 1998

Janeczko, P. A Poke in the I: A Collection
of Concrete Poems PS593.C63 C66 2001

Kunitz, S. The Collected Poems
PS3521.U7 A17 2000

Lear, E. Poetry for Young People PR4879.L2 A6 2001

Longfellow, H. The Village Blacksmith
PS2271.V5 1885

Yolen, J. Color Me a Rhyme
PS595.N22 Y65 2000

Siebert, D. Heartland
PS3569.H4 1989

Willard, N. A Visit to William Blake’s
Inn PS3573.I444 V5

Williams, C. K. Repair PS3573.I4483 R46 1999

Sources of quotations

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, by T.
S. Eliot

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, by
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Birches, by Robert Frost

The Highwayman, by Alfred Noyes

Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, by Henry
Wadsworth Longfellow

The Lady of Shalott, by Lord Alfred
Tennyson

The Raven, by E. A. Poe

The Owl and the Pussycat, by Edward Lear

A Feast for the Eyes and Ears

2007-07-25T08:11:00.000-07:00

We are entering seasons where food, fellowship and family are paramount in our lives., and these books remind us of their importance. Indulge, for they have no calories.

Bennett, A. The Feast of St.
Friend PR6003.E6 F4

Buechner, F. Love Feast : A Novel
PS35523.L68 1984

Grace, C. 1621: A New Look at
Thanksgiving
GT4975.G72 2001

James, E. O. Seasonal Feasts and
Festivals GT3930.J3 1961

Mckissack, P. Christmas in the
Big House, Christmas in the
Quarters F 213.M36 1994

Soto, G. & Guevara, S. Chato and
the Party Animals
PZ7.S7242 Cj 2000

Wright, V. Velma Still Cooks in
Leeway PS3572.R548 V45
2000

Entrees

Merton, T. Bread in the
Wilderness
BS1430.2.M445 1997

Howard, E. Aunt Flossie’s Hats
( And Crab Cakes Later)
PZ7.H83273Au 1990

Kessler, C. My Great-
Grandmother’s Gourd
PZ7.K4824 My 2000

Soto, G and Martinez, E. Too
Many Tamales
PZ7.S7242 To 1993

Sturges, P. The Little Red Hen
(makes a pizza)
PZ8.1.S934 Li 1999

Eat Your Veggies

Sandburg, C. More Rootabagas

PZ8.S25 Mo 1993

Stevenson, J. Cornflakes
PS3569.T4557 C67 2000
Fruit

Galvin, L. Bumblebee at Apple
Tree Lane
PZ10.3.G153 Bu 2000

Rylant, C. Gooseberry Park
PZ7.R982 Go 1995

Williams, V. Cherries and Cherry
Pits PZ7.W6685 Ci 1986

Desserts

Cormier, R. The Chocolate War
PZ7.C81634 Ch

Field, E. Sister’s Cake and other
poems PS1666.S57

Horvath, P. Everything on a
Waffle PZ7.H79224 Ev 2001

Klaus, A. Blood and Chocolate
PZ7.K67815 Bl 1997

Maughm, W. Cakes and Ale
PR6025.A86 C3

Morley, C. Mince Pie
PS3525.O71 M5 1919

Gibbons, G. The
Pumpkin Book
SB347.G535 1999

Smith, L. Cakewalk
PS3569.M5376 C3 1983

Wells, R. Max’s Chocolate
Chicken
PZ7.W46843 Masj 1989

A little libation?

Jameson, S. A Cup of Tea
for Mr. Thorgill
PR6019.A67 C8

Say, A. Tea with Milk
PZ7.S2744 Te 1999

Thomas, J. Brown Honey
in Broomwheat Tea
PS3570.M565 B7 1993

Snacking Allowed

Stevenson, J. Candy Corn
PS3569.T4557 C36 1999

Stevenson, J. Popcorn
PS3569.T4557 P67 1998

Black History Month 2005

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This year the booklist is focusing on historical accounts and biographies.

Fiction

Ellison, Ralph. The Invisible Man. PS3555.L625 I6

Walker, Alice. The Color Purple. PS3573.A425 C6 1992 (10th anniversary ed.)

Wright, Richard. Uncle Tom’s Children. PS3545.R815 U6

Children’s Literature

Pinkney, Andrea and Stephen Alcorn. Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters. E185.96.P5 2000

Childress, Alice. A Hero Ain’t Nothin’ But a Sandwich. PZ7.C4412 He 2000

Medearis, Angela Shelf. Our People. E185.M383 1994

Poetry & Drama

Hansberry, Lorraine. A Raisin in the Sun. PS3515.A515 R3

Johnson, James Weldon. God’s Trombones. PS3519.02625 G6 1990

Biography

Baldwin, James. The Fire Next Time. E185.61.B195

Gregory, Dick. Nigger. PN2287.G68 A3

Cleaver, Eldridge. Soul on Fire. BV4935.C54 A34

Evers, Charles. Have no Fear. E185.97.E93 A3 1997

Harlan, Louis R. Booker T. Washington: The Making of a Black Leader. E185.97.W4 H37

Humez, Jean M. Harriet Tubman. E444.T82 H86 2003

McFeely, William S. Frederick Douglass. E449.D75 M374 1991

Malcolm X. The Autobiography of Malcolm X. BP223.Z8 L57943 1992

NonFiction

Berlin, Ira. Many Thousands Gone. E446.B69 1998

Bowser, B. Against the Odds: Scholars Who Challenged Racism in the Twentieth Century. E185.96.A465 2002

Floyd, Samuel A. The Power of Black Music. ML3556.F65 1995

Franklin, John Hope. From Slavery to Freedom. E185.F825 1967

Horton, James Oliver. Hard Road to Freedom. E185.H643 2001

Kelley, Robin. To Make Our World Anew. E185.T68 2000

Klinkner, P. The Unsteady March. E185.K55 1999

McWhorter, Diane. Carry Me Home: Birmingham Alabama. F334.B69 N449 2001

Miller, Albert G. Elevating the Race. E185.97.S83 M55 2003

Sernett. Milton C. North Star Country: Upstate New York and the Crusade for African American Freedom. E445.N56 S47 2002

Strickland, Arvarh E. & Weems, Robert E., ed. The African American Experience. E184.65 .A37 2001

Thomas-El, Salome. I Choose To Stay. LB1776.5.T496 2003

Towns, W. Stuart. “We Want Our Freedom.” E185.61.W34 2002

Williams, Harry L. No Easy Walk: The Dramatic Journey of African Americans. E185.W75 1998

Williams, Juan. This Far by Faith : Stories from the African American Religious Experience. BR563.N4 W513 2003

Wilson, Bobby M. Race and Place in Birmingham. F334.B69 N477 2000

How I Spent My Summer Vacation

2007-07-17T15:37:00.000-07:00

Baker, J. A. The Hill of Summer QH B1
B24 1969b Essays describing summer in
England.

Brashares, A. The Sisterhood of the Trav
eling Pants PZ7.B653 Sis 2001. A pair
of “magic” jeans changes the summer of
four friends.

Buell, F. Full Summer PS3552.U37 F8
A collection of poems, one of which is the
name of the book.

Byars, Betsy The Summer of the Swans.
PZ7.B98396 Su “A teenage girl gains new
insight into herself and her family when
her mentally retarded brother gets lost.”

Callaghan. M. That Summer in Paris.
PS3505.A4342 Z52 True account of a
summer in Paris with Hemingway, Fitger-
ald, and other literati

Cormier, Robert. Frenchtown Summer.
PZ7.C81634 Fr 1999. A young boy
describes his the summer of his first paper
route.

Enright, E. Thimble Summer PZ7.E724
Th A summer spent on a Wisconsin farm

Gift, P. Lily’s Crossing PZ7.G3626 Li
1997. Summer at Rockaway Beach 1944.

Godden, Rumer. The Greengage Sum
mer. PR6013.O2 G7 1996
Summer adventure and romance in
France.

Greene, Bette. Summer of My German
Soldier PZ7.G8283 Su 1999.
Set in World War II in Arkansas, this tale
deals with an encounter between a young
girl and a German POW.

Haas, B. The Troubled Summer PZ7
H1122 Tr

Hesse, H. Klingsor’s Last Summer
PT2617.E85 K55 1974
Three short stories by one of the great
European writers of the Twentieth Century

Holt, K. When Zachary Beaver came to
Town. PZ7.R7402 Wh 1999. Compare
this book to One Fat Summer

LaMarche, J. The Raft PZ7.L15957 Raf
2000. What could be a more American
summer than a raft, a boy, and a river?

L’Engle, M. A Ring of Endless Light.
PZ7.L5385 Ri 1980.

L’Engle,M. The Summer of the Great
Grandmother. PS3523.E55 Z52 1995.
The true story of the author’s mother just
before she developed senility.

Larsen Summer of the Gods KF224.S3
L37 1997. The Story of the Scopes Trial,
often called the Trial of the Century.

Lipsyte, Robert One Fat Summer. PZ7.
L67 On 1991 Bobby hates summer be
cause he can no longer hide his 200
pounds. This summer proves to be different.

O’Neal, Zibby. In Summer Light. PZ7.
O552 In1986 “With the help of an attra-
ctive graduate student, Kate endures a
summer with her overpowering artist father
and gains the courage to pursue her own
artistic goals.”

Paulsen, Gary. The Beet Fields. PS3557.
A834 Z4633 2000. When he was sixteen,
the author ran away from home and worked
as a migrant laborer and in a carnival

Paulsen, Gary. Harris and Me PS3556.
A834.H37 1993. Sent to spend a summer
on his Uncle’s farm, a young boy meets his
cousin, Harris, and discovers adventure in
places he never dreamed, including an 800
lb pig, an electric fence, and an angry bob
cat.

Rylant, C. Missing May. PZ7.R982 Mj
1992 Summer is the main character who
must come to grips with the death of her
mother May.

Sabatini, R. Saint Martin’s Summer.
PR6037.A2 S2 Sabatini is known for
his action-adventury novels set in
France.

Soto, G. Pacific Crossing PZ7.S7242
Pac 1992
A young Mexican American spends
the summer with a family in Japan.

Teal, Edwin Way. Journey into Sum-
mer. QH104.T39
A journey across the United States in
Summer by a naturalist.

Warren,C. My Summer in a Garden.
PS3152.M6 1885 Essays about gar
dening and nature.

White, Ruth. Memories of Summer.
PZ7.W58446 Me 2000
Summer is the sister of the narrator
who chronicles her mental illness.

Shorts

2007-07-17T15:34:00.000-07:00

As a genre short stories provide enormous entertainment. They are an excellent avenue to become acquainted with a previously undiscovered author.
Here are some anthologies of short stories for your consideration. Perfect reading for busy lives.

Around the World
PZ7.B46173Th 1990. Begby, James A Thief in the Village and other Stories of Jamaica.

PT2621.A26 A258 1993. Kafka, Franz.
The Metamorphosis and other stories.
These stories by one of the great German authors are
classics.

PL984.E8 L36 1993 Land of Exile: Contemporary Korean Fiction.
Twelve short stories from Korea.

PS648.C45 S77 2000 The Story Teller’s Collection. : Tales of Faraway Places.
Travel to a different part of the world with each
story

PL865.O7138 K5813 1994 Yoshmoto, Banana. Kitchen.
Two short novels by a young Japanese writer.

At Home
PS653.A8 American short stories of the nineteenth century.
Includes both male and female American writers of
the short story such as Henry James and Sara Orne
Jewett.

PZ1.B446235 2001 The Best American Short Stories.
This is an annual publication. The library’s collec
tion goes back to 1916, and is a collection of sto
ries previously published in magazines.

PZ1.G794 Go12 The Golden Argosy: a collection of the most celebrated short stories in the English language.
Includes “The Gift of the Magi,” “ The Lady or
the Tiger,” and “The Man who would be
King.”

PS648.S5 O94 1992. The Oxford book of American short stories.
Something for everyone., from Washington Irving to
Amy Tan and E.A. Poe to William Carlos Williams

PZ1.O11 1974 Prize Stories 1974
The O. Henry Award Winners.

PS659 .H57 Ten Years of Holiday.
Short stories published in Holiday Magazine

Ethnic America

PS647.A35 C35 1992 Calling the Wind: Twentieth-century African-American Short Stories.
An historical collection of African-American short
story from the earliest stories to present.

PS647.A35 C5 1995 Children of the Night:
Best short stories by Black Writers 1967 to the
present.

PS647.H58 G76 1993. Growing up Latina: Memoirs and stories.
Covers a variety of Hispanic experiences in America.

PZ1.M992 Aae 2000 Meyers, Walter Dean. 145th Street: Short stories.
Stories of life in New York City

PZ7.S7242 Bas 1990 Soto Gary, Baseball in April and other Stories.
Eleven short stories about Young Hispanics in
California.

One Author

PZ7.A2695 Ne 3 Aiken, Joan A Necklace of Raindrops.
8 short stories by renowned children’s author

PZ7.C89 At 1991. Crutcher, Chris. Athletic shorts.
Six short stories exploring social andpsychological
problems of young adults.

PZ8.D37 Tal 4 De La Mare, Walter. Tales told again.
Retelling of many familiar folktales

PS2110.F82 James, Hemry. The Complete Tales.
A master of the short story, this multivolume collec
tion includes such favorietes as Turn of the Screw,
The Beast in the Jungle, and Daisy Miller.

PZ8.S25 Ros 1988 Sandburg, Carl. Rootabaga Stories
Carl Sandburg wrote these stories for his children.

PS3539.H94 F8 Thurber, James. Further fables for our time.
If you like to laugh, don’t miss Thurber’s
inimitable style and characterizations.

Genres

PS648.B4 1980. The Edgar winners
An anthology published by the Mystery Writers
of America

PS657.W6 H5 1985 Hidden Hands: An anthology of Women writers.

PS648.S3 The Road to Science Fiction:
Most of Science Fiction’s evolution is traced
through short stories. Each volume covers differ
ent periods of history.

PZ5.S619 1965. Sixteen: Short stories by outstanding writers for Young adults.

PS648.S3 M36 1990 Vintage Science fiction: Short novels of the 1960’s.
Ten short novels are included, among them Poul
Anderson and Isaac Asimov

Single Subject

PS648.C64 A34 1966 All Problems are simple. And other nineteen views of the college years.

PS648.F36 F3 1990 Fathers and Daughters: Portraits in Fiction
Twenty-three stories are given here whose theme focuses on
fathers and daughters.

PS648.B37 Fielder’s choices. A collection of short stories about baseball.

PZ8.V55Ru 2000 Velde, Vivian Vande. The Rumplestiltskin Problem.
A series of short stories suggesting answers to the fairy tale
Rumplestiltskin.

PS647.W6 W66 1991 Women’s Friendships: a collection of short stories.

READING BY PROFESSION

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Stories about Medicine, Nurses,
Physicians, and Hospitals

Avi. The Barn PZ7.A953 Bar 1994

The Best of Nursing Humor
RT61.B47 1999

Corey, G. In a Mirror Dimly
PS3553.O6465 I5 1998

Cormier, R. The Bumblebee Flies
Anyway. PZ7.C81634 B8 1993x

Crichton, M. Five Patients
RA982.B7 M35 1970

Goodall, J. Dr. White. PZ7.G6107
Dr 1999

Kane, J.Touched by a nurse: Special
moments that transform lives
RT82.K327 1999

Lotan, Y Samir and Yotan. PZ7.
C21723 Sam 2000

Martin, V. Mary Reilly. PS3563.A7295 M37 2001

Morris, G. Edge of Honor: A novel PS3563.O8742 E34 2000

Orr, W. Peeling the Onion PZ7.O746 Pf 1997

Rey, H. Curious George goes to the hospital. PZ7.R3302.Cu

Roueche, B. The Orange Man
RC66.R66

Slaughter, F. Epidemic!
PS3537.L38 E6

Williams, W. The Doctor Stories.
PS3545.I544 A6 1984

Stories about the Clergy

Erdrich, Louise Last report on the
miracles at Little No Horse
PS3555.R42 L37 2001

Frederic, H. The Damnation of
Theron Ware. PS1707.D3

Gully, P. Home to Harmony
PS3557.U449 H66 2000

Gully, P. Just Shy of Harmony
PS3557.U449 J87 2002

Karon, J. A New Song. PS3561.A678 N49 1999.

Musser, J. Infidel. A novel based on
the life of John Newton.
PS3563.U84 2001

Myers, B. The Face of God
PS3563.Y36 F33 2002

Parker, G. Beyond a Reasonable
Doubt PS3566.A6785 B48
1994.

Wangerin, W. The Orphean
Passages PS3573.A477 O7 1996

Stories about Teachers and Schools

Ashton-Warner, S. Spearpoint
LA2317.A8 A3

Ashton-Warner, S. Teacher
LC3501.M3 A8

Braithwaite, E. To Sir with
Love. LA639.L8 B7c

Codell, E. Educating Esme
LB2844.1.N4 C63 1999

Flake, S. The skin I’m in.
PX7.F59826 Sk 1998

Henkes, K Lilly’s Purple Plastic
Purse PZ7.H389 Li 1996

Hilton, J. Goodbye, Mr. Chips
PR6015.I53 G6

Kaufman, B. Up the down
staircase PZ4.K2125 Up

Kramer, R. Maria Montessori.
LB775.M8 K7 1976

Stuart, J. The Tread that runs so true
PS3537.T92516 Z5

Washington, Booker T. Up from Slavery.
E185.97.W3 1928

A PLACE AND TIME : Summer 2003

2007-07-13T06:29:00.000-07:00

The setting of a book sometimes serves as merely a backdrop for the story, but in other books, the setting and time become as important as the plot and characters. Here are some worthy considerations.

We can’t travel in time nor can we often visit places, but the magic of stories enables us to
savor those places and times. And best of all, we don’t need a passport, a car, plane, boat or a time machine.

Berry, Wendell. Jayber Crow. PS3552.E75 J39 2000 (Kentucky Mid 20th century)

Buechner, Frederick. The Storm. PS3552.U35 S76 1998. (Florida)

Cather, Willa. O Pioneers! PS3505.A87 O2 1992 (Nebraska 19th Century)

De Angeli, Marguerite. The Door in the Wall. PZ7.D35 Do (England. Middle Ages)

De La Roche, Mazo. Jalna. PR6007.E34 M65. (Ontario Canada.19th century. This is one of a series of books)

Dellilo, Don. Libra. PS3554.E4425 L43 1988 (United States 1960’s)

Dillard, Annie. The Living. PS3554.I398 L5 1992 (Pacific Northwest 1850’s.)

Doctorow, E. L. Ragtime. PS3554.O3 R3. (New York 1920's)

Duggan, Alfred. My life is for my sheep. DA209.T4 D78 1957. (England Twelfth Century)

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. PS3511.I9 G7. (United States. 1920’s)
Flagg, Fannie. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café. PS3556.L26 F7 1988 (Alabama 1980’s)

Frazier, Charles. Cold Mountain. PS3556.R3599 C6 1998. (American South. Post Civil War)

Gaines, Ernest J. A Lesson Before Dying. PS3557.A355 L47 1994. (Louisiana 1940’s.)

George, Margaret. Mary Queen of Scotland and the Isles. PS3557.E49 M37 1992. (England and Scotland. 16th Century)

Hoeg, Peter. Smilla’s Sense of Snow. PT8176.18.O335 F7613. (Denmark. 20th century.)

Karon, Jan At Home in Mitford PS3562. A678 A92 1994. (North Carolina Late 20th century.)

McMurtry, Larry. Lonesome Dove. PS3563.A319 L6 1995. (American West. 19th Century)

Michener, James. Caravans. PS3525.I19
C3. (Afghanistan)

Michener often takes a geographic
location and explores it from prehis-
tory to the twentieth century. Hawaii
is his most well known work.

Pears, Iain. An Instance of the Finger
post.PR6066.E167 I57 1998
(Restoration England, 1660s)

Peters, Ellis. The Summer of the Danes.
PR6031.A49 S8 1992 & The Potter’s
Field. PR6031.A49 P66 1991
(England. Twelfth Century)

Renault, Mary. The Persian Boy. PR6035.
C55 P5. (Ancient Near East)

Rolvaag, Ole. Giants in the Earth.
(North Dakota 19th century)

Santmyer, Helen. And Ladies of the Club.
PS3537.A775 A82 1985. (Ohio 1860-
1920’s)

Shaara, Michael. The Killer Angels.
PS3584.H2 K5 1987. (Gettysburg,
Pa. Civil War)

Smiley, Jane. A Thousand Acres.
PS3589.M39 T47 1991. (Iowa 1979)

Tyler, Anne. Saint Maybe. PS3570.Y45
S25 1991. (Baltimore. 1965)

Wharton, Edith. Ethan Frome PS3545.
H16 E7 1939. (New England)

Wilder, Laura Ingalls. Little House on the
Prairie PZ7.W6461 Lit2. (Kansas
1867.)

Walker, Margaret. Winter Wheat.
PS3545.A524 W5 (Montana,
1940s)

Willis, Connie. The Doomsday Book
PS3573.I4562 D66 1993.
(England. Black Death)

Wolfe, Tom The Bonfire of the
Vanities. PS3573.O526 B6 1988.
(New York City Twentieth Cen-
tury)

Additional lists for similar works:
“Zeitgeist Novels.” http://www.webrary.org/rs/flbklists/Zeitgeist.html.

“A Sense of Place”
http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/readers/lists/adult/place.htm.

HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH

2007-07-13T06:28:00.000-07:00

According to Information Please Almanac, over 35 million people in America identify themselves as Hispanic. Hispanic Heritage month Starts on Sept. 15 when 5 countries Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, and Nicaragua, in South America received their independence.

Non Fiction

Conley, D. Honky. HQ792.U5 C66 2000

Flores, J. From Bomba to Hip-Hop: Puerto Rican Culture and Latino identity E184.P85 F58 2000

Garcia, E. Hispanic education in the United States LC2669.G37 2001

Gonzalez, Jan. Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America. E184.S75 S655 2000

Gracia, J., ed. Hispanics/Latinos in the United States: Ethnicity, Race, and Rights. E184.S75 H627 2000

Koss-Chino, J. Working with Latino Youth. RC451.5.H57 K67 1999

Nieto, S. Puerto Rican Students in U. S. Schools LC2692.P82 2000

Mohr, N. Nilda PZ7.M7276 Ni 1986

Rodrigues, R. Days of obligation: an argument with my father F879.M5 $6 1992.

Valdes, G. Learning and not learning English. PE1129.S8 V26 2001

Biography

Ariana, M. American Chica: Two Worlds, One Childhood PN4874.A867 A3 2001

Rodrigues, R. Hunger of Memory: An Autobiography F870.M5 R62 1988

Thomas, P. Down These Mean Streets F128.9.P85 T48 1997

Fiction

Allende, I. Daughter of Fortune
PQ8098.7 .K54 G5513 2999

Allende, I. The House of the Spirits PQ8099.1.L54 G313 1986

Anaya, R. Bless Me, Ultima PS3551.N27 B58 1994
Augenbraum, H. ed. Growing Up Latino: Memories and Stories PS647.H58 G75 1993

Borges, J. Collected fictions PQ7797.B635 A24 1996

Borges, J. Labyrinths PQ7797.B635.L3 1964

Borges, J. A Personal Anthology PQ7797.B635 A25

Cisneros, S. The House on Mango Street PS3553.I78 H6 1991

Garcia, C. Dreaming in Cuban. PS3513.A587 H43 1992

Hijuelos, O. The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love PS3558.I376 M36 1992

Martinez, V. Parrot in the Oven. PZ7.M367718 Par 1996

Children’s Literature

DeJesus, J. Growing up Puerto Rican PS508.P84 G76 1997

Herrera, J. Calling the Doves
PS3558.E74 Z464 1995

Mora, P. Tomas and the library Lady PZ7.S78819 To 1997

Soto, G. Baseball in April OZ7.S7242 Bas 1990.

Soto, G. Buried Onions PZ7.S7242 Bu 1997.

Soto, G. Chato and the Party Animals. PZ7.S7242 Cj 2000

Soto, G. Chato’s Kitchen.
PZ7.S7242 Ch 1995

Soto, G. Too Many Tamales PZ7.S7242 To 1993

BOOKS 2 MOVIES I

2007-07-13T06:23:00.000-07:00

Bradbury, R. Fahrenheit 451.
PS3503.R167F3 1988

Burnford, S. The Incredible Journey
PZ10.3.B935In

Carter, F. The Education of Little
Tree. PS3553.A777 E38 2991

Cooper, J. F. The Last of the Mohi-
cans. PS1408.A1 1951

Crichton, M. The Andromeda
Strain. PS3553.R48 A57

Dahl, R. Matilda.
PZ1.D1515 Mat 1988

Dickens, C. A Christmas Carol.
PR4572.C5 1958

Doctorow, E. L. Billy Bathgate.
PS3554.O3 B55 1990

Dostoyevsky, F. Crime and Punish-
ment. PG3325.P7 G37 1965

Flagg, F. Fried Green Tomatoes at
the Whistle Stop Café PS3556.
L26 F7 1988

Fleming, I. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
PZ7.F5997 Ch

Fitzhugh, L. Harriet the Spy .
PZ7.I5768 Har

Forster, E. M. Howards End.
PR6011.D58 H6

Hemingway, E. For Whom the Bell
Tolls PS3515.E37 F6

Holland, I. The Man Without a
Face PZ7.H7083 Man

James, H. The Turn of the Screw
PS2116.T8 1954

King, S. Carrie .
PS3561.I483 C37 2000

Michener, J. The Bridges of Toko-Ri
PS3525.I 19 B7

McCullers, C. Member of the Wed
ding. PS3525.A1772 M5 1951

Sachar, L. Holes.
PZ7.S1185.Ho 1998

Seuss. How the Grinch Stole Christ
mas PZ8.3.B326 Ho

Shakespeare, W. The Taming of the
Shrew PR2832.A2 O4 1998

Sijie, D. Balzac and the Little
Chinese Seamstress
PQ2664.A437 B3513 2001

Simon, N. Barefoot in the Park in
The Comedy of Neil Simon
PS3537.I663 A6 1973

Tan, Amy. The Joy Luck Club.
PS3570.A48 J6 1990

Travers, P. L. Mary Poppins
PZ7.T689 Ma49

Walker, A. The Color Purple.
PS3573.A425 C6 1992

Wharton, E. The Buccaneers.
PS3545.H16 B83 1993

Wharton, E. The House of
Mirth PS3545.H16 H6

Woolf, V. Mrs. Dalloway
PR6045.O72 M7 1985

Movies from True Stories

Bowden, M. Black Hawk Down.
DT407.4.B69 2000

Burrough, B. & Helyar, J. Bar-
barians at the Gate.
HD2796.R57 B87 1990

Capote, T. In Cold Blood.
HV6533.K3 C3

Gilbreth, F. Cheaper by the
Dozen T40.G5 G5

Graham, R. Dove.
G530.G599713 1991x

Lash, J. Eleanor and Franklin.
E807.1.R572

May, E. & Zelikow, P. The Kennedy Tapes
E941.K4655 1997

PreJean, H. Dead Man Walking.
HB8699.U5 P74 1994

Thanks to Morton Grove Public Library for the Idea

I AM WOMAN:WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH 2004

2007-07-12T06:29:00.000-07:00

This list celebrates the ways women have impacted every segment of society.

The Arts
Alexander, Jane. Command
Performance: An actress in the
Theater of Politics NX768.A43 A3
2000
Edwards, A. Vivien Leigh.
PN2598.L46 E3

Business
Drachman, V. Enterprising Women: 250
years of American Business
HC102.5.D73 2002
Epstein, R. A Shop of One’s Own
HF5429.S527 2002

Literature
Gilbert, S. & Gubar, S. The Norton
Anthology Literature by Women
PS508.W7 N65 1996
Inge, T. Southern Women Writers: The New
Generation PS261.S58 1990
Kenney,C. The Remarkable Case of Dorothy
L. Sayers PR6037.A95 Z74 1990
Kilcup, K. ed. Nineteenth-Century American
Women Writers PS508.W7 N56 1997

Military
Breuer, W. War and American Women:
Heroism, Deeds, and Controversy
UB418.W65 1997

Journalism
Beasley, M. & Gibbons, S. Taking Their
Place: A Documentary History of Women
and Journalism PN4888.W65 B45 1993
Hosley, D. & Yamada G. Hard News:
Women in Broadcast Journalism
PN4888.B74 H67 1987

Politics
Harpaz, B. The Girls in the Van [politics]
E887.C55 H37 2001.

Christianity
Becker, C. Leading Women: How Church
Women Can avoid Leadership Traps and
Negotiate the Gender Maze
BV652.3.B38 1996.
Chaves, M. Ordaining Women: Culture and
Conflict in Religious Organizations
BV676.C46 1997
Cunningham, L. & Hamilton, D. Why
Not Women? BV4415.C86 2000
Grammer, E. Some Wild visions:
Autobiographies by female Itinerant
evangelists in 19th century America
BV3780.G73 2003
Kung, Hans. Women in Christianity
BT704.K86 2001
Mitchell, E. Ed. Women: To Preach or not
to Preach BV676.W585 1991
Tucker, R. & Liefeld, W. Daughters of
the Church. BV639.W7 T83 1987

Agriculture
Sachs, C. Gendered Fields. Rural
Women, Agriculture and Environment
HQ1240.S28 1996

Activists/Feminists

Diamonstein, B. Open Secrets: Ninety-four
women in Touch with our Time
HQ1420.D54
Watson, M. Lives of their Own:
Rhetorical dimensions in
Autobiographies of Women Activists
CT25.W28 1999

Social Work
Ginzberg, L. Women and the Work of
Benevolence HQ1418.G56 1990
Parker, J. Women and Welfare: Ten
Victorian Women in Public Social Service
HV541.P37 1989.

Women in History
Conway, J. Written by Herself:
Autobiographies of American Women
PS647.W6 W75 1992
Hufton, O. The Prospect before Her: A
History of Women in Western Europe,
1500-1800 HQ1587.H84 1996

Science & Technology
Ambrose, S. Journeys of women in
Science and Engineering
Q130.J681997
Howes, E. Connecting Girls and Science
Q130.H69 2002
Margolis, J. & Fisher, A. Unlocking the
Clubhouse: Women in Computing
QA76.26.M36 2002
Stanley, A. Mothers and Daughters of
Invention: Notes for a Revised
History of Technology T36.S73 1995
Wyer, M. ed. Women, Science, and
Technology: A Reader in feminist
science studies Q130.W678 2001

Mathematics
Henrion, C. Women in Mathematics:
The Addition of Difference
QA27.5.H46 1997
Parker, M. ed. She Does Math! Real-Life
Problems from Women on the Job
QA27.5.S53 1995

Medicine
Scrivener, L. & Barnes, J. A
Biographical Dictionary of Women
Healers: Midwives, Nurses, and
Physicians. Ref. R 692.S38 2002

Education
Titone, C. & Maloney, K. Women’s
Philosophies of Education: Thinking
Through our Mothers LC1752.T46
1999

A SPRING BOUQUET OF BOOKS

2007-07-12T06:27:00.000-07:00

Flowers have often had a role in books, and they are often the subject of books as well. Here are some for your enjoyment..

Non Fiction

Dictionary of the Flowering
plants and ferns
Ref. QK11.W53 1966

Ford, Gertrude. A Rose
by any name. PR2947.
O9 F58

Gibson, William. Eye Spy: Afield with
nature among flowers and animate things.
QH81.G41

Holmes, Anita Flowers for you: Blooms for
every month. SB419.2.H65 1993

Schories, Pat. Over under in the garden: An
alphabet book. SB406.5.S34 1996

St. Bonaventure. The little flowers of St.
Francis BX4700.F61 S5

Toedt. Iris McClellan. Tiger lilies, toad
stools and Thunderbolts : engaging K-
8 students with poetry.
LB1575.T54 2002

Urban, Emil Nolde. Flowers and animals
ND1964.N6 U713 1966

Fiction

Barney, Helen C. Green Rose of
Furley. PZ4.B259 Gr

Barrett, William. The lilies of the
field. PS3503..A62873 L5

Buck, Pearl. Peony. PS3503.U198 P4

Cleaver, Vera & Bill. Where the lilies
bloom. PZ7.C57926 Wh 1974

Costain, Thomas. The Black Rose.
PS3505.O818.B5

De Lorris, Guilluame and de Meun, Jean
The Romance of the Rose. PQ1528.A46

Eco, Umberto. The Name of the Rose.
PQ4865.C6 N615 1984

Greene, Graham. Travels with my aunt
PR6013.R44 T63. (Dahlias play a part in
the story)

Kerr, Jean. Please don’t eat the daisies.
PS3521.E744 Z53

Keyes, Daniel. Flowers for Algernon PS3561.E769 F56 1990z

Leguin, Ursula. The Compass Rose .
PS3562.E42 Co 1982.

Mathis, Sharon Bell. Teacup full of Roses
PZ7.M4284 Te 1987

Miller, Vassar. Onions and Roses.
PS3525.I5635 O5

Thomas, Joyce Carol, ed. A Gathering of
flowers: stories about being young in Amer
ica PZ6.O3165 1992.

Turner, Ann. Red Flower goes West.
PZ7.T8535 Rf 1995

Turner, Jamie Langston. A Garden to
keep. PS3570.U717 G3 2001

Washington, Mary Elen. Black-eyed
Susans/midnight birds. Stories by and
about black women PS647.A35 B57 1990

Yolen, Jane. Briar Rose.
PS3575.O43 B75 2002

Biography
Keyes, Francis Parkinson. The Rose
and the Lily: the lives and times of
two South American saints.
BX4700.R6 K4

Other “bouquet books” in other libraries.

Alcott, Louisa May. Under the Lilacs.

Burnett, Frances Hodgson. The Secret Garden

Greenaway, Kate. The Language of Flowers

Lisle, Janet. The Lost Flower Children

Lobel, Arnold. The Rose in my Garden

Oliveira, Carmen L. Rare and common
place flowers: the story of Elizabeth
Bishop and Lota de Macedo Soares
PQ9698.25.L4816 F513 2002.

Thomson, David. Rosebud. The story
of Orson Welles. PN1998.3.W45 56
1995

Black History Month 2004

2007-07-12T06:24:00.000-07:00

Many African Americans have contributed to the Literary Arts and to the Historical Record of the United States. Here are but few of them.
African American Male Authors
Baldwin, James. If Beale Street Could Talk
PS3552.A45 I41

_____. No Name in the Street E185.615.B28

Ellison, Ralph. Living with Music ML3507.E45 2001
Gaines, Ernest J. The Autobiography of Miss Jane
Pittman, PS3557.A355 A8

Gaines, Ernest. In My Father’s House PS3557.A355 I5 1992.
Gaines, Ernest. A Lesson Before Dying PS3557.A355 L47
1994.

Haley, Alex. The Autobiography of Malcolm X
BP223.Z8 L597943 1992

Hughes, Langston. The Big Sea. PS315.U274 2001

______.Not without Laughter and Tambourines to
Glory PS3515.U274 2000 v.4
Johnson, Charles. Middle Passage: A Novel: PS3560
.O3735

Major, Clarence. Swallowing the Lake PS3563.A39
S9

Murray, Albert. South to A Very Old Place F216.2
.M87

Wideman, John E. Brothers and Keepers. HV6245
.W733 1985

Sent for You Yesterday PS3573.I26 S4 1983.

Wright, Richard. Lawd Today PS3545.R815 L3

Yerby, Frank. The Foxes of Harrow. PS3547.E65
F6

African American Women Authors

Butler, Octavia . Parable of the Talents PS3552
.U827 P38 2001

Cliff, Michelle. Abeng. PR9265.9 .C55 A64 1995

Foster, Sharon. Ain’t No River. PS3556.O7724 A74 2001

Hurston, Zora Neale. Dust Tracks on a Road.
PS3515.U789 Z5 1991

______. Every Tongue Got to Confess. GR111.A47
H83 2001

_____Novels & Stories PS3515.U789 Z6 1995

McMillan, Terry. Disappearing Acts. PS3563
.C3868 D57 1993

______. Waiting to Exhale. PS3563.C3868 W35
1993.

Morrison, Toni. Beloved. PS3563.O8749 B4 1987

_____. Sula PS3563.O8749 S8 1982

_____. Tar Baby PS3563.O8749 T37 1982

Naylor,Gloria. Bailey’s Café. PS3564.A895 B3 1992

______. Mama Day PS3564.A895 M3 1989b

Walker, Alice. In Love & Trouble: Stories of Black
women PS3573.A425 I54

_______. The Third Life of Grange Copeland
PS3573.A425 T38 2000

Children’s Literature

Guy, Rosa. The Disappearance PZ7.G987 Di 1992.
______. The Friends PZ7.G987 Fr 1983.
Kincaid, Jamaica. Annie John PS3561.I425 A55 1985
McKissack, Patricia Goin’ Someplace Special. PZ7.M478693 Go 2001.
______. Sojourner Truth: A voice for Freedom E185.97.T8 M37 2002.

Collected Works

Hughes, Langston. The Best Short Stories by Negro Writers: an anthology from 1899 to the Present
PZ1.H849 Be

Major, Clarence. Calling the Wind: Twentieth-Century African American Short Stories
PS647.A35 C35 1992.

Major, Clarence. The Garden Thrives: Twentieth-Century African-American Poetry
PS591.n4 G37 1996.

McMillan, Terry. Breaking Ice: An anthology of Contemporary African-American Fiction
PS647.A35 B58 1990

Naylor, Gloria. Children of the Night: the Best Short stories by Black Writers 1967 to the Present
PS647.A35 C5 1995

FOR THE LOVE OF BOOKS & READING

2007-07-12T06:22:00.000-07:00

A bibliophile is a lover of books; a bibliomaniac is one who enjoys collecting books; and a book worm is a person who enjoys reading.
This list celebrates all three people.
Non Fiction
Atlas, J. The Book Wars.
Z1039.C65 A75 1990

Barr, S. Voices that endured: The
great books and the active life
CB151.B295

Bikerts, S. The Gutenberg
Elegies: the Fate of Reading in
an Electronic Age. Z1003.B57
1994

Bloom, H. The Western
Canon: The Books and Schools
of the Ages PN81.B545 1993

Bradley.V. The New Gold in your
Attic. Ref. Z1000.B78 1968

Coles, R. The Call of Stories
PS3553.O47456.Z463 1989

Davies, R. A Voice from the
Attic. PR6007.A814 V6

Denby, D. Great Books.
CB245.C44 1996

Donoghue, D. The Practice of
Reading PR21.D66 1998

Downs, R. Books that Changed
the World. CB151.D62

Hirschberg, C. The Priceless Gift.
Z1003.H57

Jackson, H. J. Marginalia:
Readers Writing in Books Z1003.
J12 2001

Kay-Smith, S. All the Books
of my Life. PR6021.A8 A7

McKenna, D. How to Read a
Christian Book. Z1039.C47
M45 2001

Powell, L. A Passion for Books
Z992.P65

Sire, James How to Read Slowly:
A Christian Guide to Reading
with the Mind. Z1003.S597

Stefferud, Alfred, ed. The
Wonderful World of Books.
Z1003.S83

Weldon, Fay. Letters to Alice on
First Reading Jane Austen
PR4037.W45 1990

Children

Bauer, Caroline F. Read for the Fun of
It. Z718.1.B38 1992

Bodart, J. Booktalk! 4. Z716.3.B637
1992
Moss, Joyce. Books for Children to Read
Alone. Ref. Z1037.W748 1988

Roser, Nancy. Children’s Choices.
Z1037.C54454 1983

Savage, John F. For the love of
Literature: Children & Books in the
Elementary years LB1575.S28 2000

Fiction

Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451.
PS3503.R167 F3

Brookner, Anita. Hotel du Lac.
PR6052.R5816 H66 1986

De Leeuw, Adele. With a High Heart
PS3507.E453 W5

Eco, Umberto. The Name of the
Rose. PQ4865.C6 N613 1984

Galsworthy, John. The End of the
Chapter. PR6013.A5 E5

Many popular fiction books center on reading. If you are interested try these authors at your local public library
Block, Lawrence. The Burgler who
liked to quote Kipling
Cross, Amanda. The James Joyce
Murders
Cooley, Martha. The Archivist
Goldsmith, Olivia. The Bestseller
Hart, Carolyn A Little Class on
Murder
Vine, Barbara The Chimney
Sweeper’s Boy

Children’s Fiction

Bradley, M. More than anything else. PZ7.B7175
Mo 1995. The story of Booker T. Washing
ton as a young boy.

Caseley, J. Sophie and Sammy’s Library Sleep
over. PZ7.C2677 So 1993 A brother and
sister explore books.

Colon, R. Tomas and the Library Lady PZ7.
N78819 To 1997 How a librarian helped a
young migrant worker explore reading.

Stewart, Sarah. The Library PZ8.3.S855 Li 1995

You can find the following books at your local Public Library.
Mann, Pamela. The Frog Princess
Pinkwater, Daniel. Aunt Lulu
Thaler, M. The Librarian from the Black
Lagoon

National Poetry Month 2003

2007-07-05T16:33:00.000-07:00

Traditional Verses

Beowulf : an imitative translation. PR1573. K37 1878.

Anthologies

The Crystal Cabinet: An invitation to poetry. PR1175.G72.

The Faber book of love Poems. PR6119.G67 1987.

The Country of the Risen King: an anthology of Christian Poetry. PS595.C47 C6

The New Oxford Book of Christian Verse. PR1195.C48 N4.

Thompson, Francis: The Hound of Heaven. PR5650.H6 L4 1923.

The Widening Light: Poems of the Incarnation. PS595.I53 W53 1984.

Separation

Your absence has gone through me
Like thread through a needle.
Everything I do is stitched with its color.

One poet

Dickey, James. The Whole Motion: Collected Poems. PS3554.I32 A17 1992.

Fleischman, Paul. Joyful Noise: Poems for two voices. PS3556.L42268 J69 1988.

Frost, Robert. A Masque of Reason. PS3511.R94 M3.

Stern Gerald. This Time: New and Selected Poems ( A National Book Winner.) PS3559.T3885
T47 1998.

Children’s poetry

Beerman, M. The Enduring beast. PS595.A5 B4.

Field, Eugene. Poems of childhood. PS1667.P6 1932.

The Oxford illustrated book of American Children’s poems. PS586.3.O95 1999.

My America: A poetry atlas of the United States. PS595. U5 M95 2000.

Sing a song of popcorn: Every child’s book of poems. PN6109.97.S36 1988.

The Place my words are looking for: What poets say about and through their work. PS586.3.P6 1990.

A Poke in the I: A collection of concrete poems. PS583.C83 C66 2001.

Prelutsky, Jack. It’s raining pigs and noodles. PS3666.R36 I828 2000.

Prelutsky, Jack. The New Kid on the Block. PS3566.R346 N4 1984.

Carroll, Lewis. Poetry for Young People. PS3511.R94A6 1994.

Stevenson, James. Just around the Corner. PS3669.T4557 J87 2001.

Stevenson, James. Candy Corn. PS3569.T4557 C36 1999.

Stevenson, James. Cornflakes. PS3569.T4557 C87 2000.

Stevenson, James. Popcorn. PS3569.T4557 P67 1998.

Yolen, Jane. Color me a rhyme: Nature poems for young people. PS595.N22Y65 2000.

I never saw a purple cow
I never hope to see one
But I can tell you anyhow
I’d rather see than be one

Ah yes I wrote “The purple cow.”
I’m sorry now I wrote it.
But I can tell you anyhow,
I’ll Kill you if you quote it!

Both poems written by Frank Gelett Burgess, The first in 1896 and the second in 1914, for obvious reasons.

DON’T DO THE CRIME: CRIMINAL FICTION

2007-07-05T16:31:00.000-07:00

Fiction

American

Bauer, Susan Though the Darkness Hid Thee
PS3552. A83638 T48 1998.
A church, a feud, and murder.

Benrey, Ron. Little White Lies.
PS3552.E54764 L57 2001
The mysterious death of a corporate headhunter.

Blackstock, Terri. Cape Refuge.
PS3552.L34285 C37 2002.

Brouwer, Sigmund. Blood Ties.
PS3552.R6825 B58 1996

Bunn, T. Davis. Promises to Keep
PS3552.U4718 P76 1991.

Carr, Caleb The Alienist.
PS3553.A76277.A44 1995
The hunt is on for a serial killer—in the 19th century.

Carter, Stephen L. The Emperor Of Ocean Park.
PS3603.A78 E4 2002
A legal thriller.

Hall, Linda. Margaret’s Peace.
PS3668.A3698.M37 1998
A mystery set in Maine.

Kraus, Harry Lee. The Stain.
PS3561,R2875 S7 1997
Is the doctor a murderer or a saint?

Macmillan, Ann. Civil Blood.
PS3563.C38657 C5 2001
Someone is spreading smallpox among the Union Soldiers in Richmond.

Parker, Gary. Beyond a Reasonable Doubt.
PS3566.A6785 B48 1994

Richardson, H. L. The Devil’s Eye
PS3568.I3175 D48 1995
A Western and a mystery!

British Authors

Christie, Agatha. Miss Marple: Complete short stories
PR6004.H66 A6 1986

James, P. D. A Certain Justice.
PR6060.A487 C45 1997

Ondaatje, Michael Anil’s Ghost.
PS9199.3.O5 A84 2000.
Set in Sri Lanka and features a forensic anthropologist

Sayers, Dorothy Lord Peter.
PR6037.A95 L66
A collection of stories featuring Lord Peter Wimsey.

Peters, Ellis. The Confession of Brother Haluin. & the Potter’s Field.
PS6031.A49 C66 1989 and
PR6031.A49 P66 1991.
Brother Cadfael at work again.

Vine, Barbara No Night is Too Long.
PR6068

Children’s Literature

Cameron, The Court of the Stone Children.
PZ7.C143 Co
A mystery since Napoleon’s time is solved.

Duncan, Lois. Killing Mr. Griffin.
PZ7.D9117 Ki 1990
A cruel trick leads to a death. Was it intentional?

Guy. The Disappearance.
PZ7.G987 Di 1992
Did the foster son kidnap the daughter of the family he is living with?

Peck, Richard. Are You in the House Alone?
PZ7.P338 Ar 2000

Pullman, Philip The Ruby in the Smoke
PZ7.P968 Ru 2000.
An orphan is involved in the search for a Ruby.

Raskin, Ellen The Westing Game.
PZ7.R1817 We 1978.
The heirs of a millionaire must uncover the circumstances of his death before they can inherit.

Vande Velde. Never Trust a Dead Man.
PZ7.V2665117Ne 1999.
Selwyn must prove his innocence before the killer strikes again.

Werlin, Nancy. The Killer’s cousin
PZ7.W4713 Ki 1998

Bibliomysteries

Barron, Stephanie. Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor
PS3563.A8357 J36 1996. (Jane Austen)

King, Laurie. The Moor
PR3561 .I4813 M67 1998. (Sherlock Holmes)

Hill, Carol. Henry James Midnight Song.
PS3558.I3846 H46 1999

Soares, Jo A Samba for Sherlock
PQ9698.29 O177X3613 1997

BOOKS 2 MOVIES II

2007-07-05T16:28:00.000-07:00

Have you seen any of these?

Bagnold, E. National Velvet PZ7.B14 Na

Byatt, A. S. Possession PR6052.Y2 P6 1990

Camus, A The Plague PQ2605.A3734 P4 1948j

Conrad, J. Nostromo PR6005.4 N58 1960.

Conrad, J. The Secret Agent PR6005.O4 1928 v.13

Dickens, C. Nicholas Nickleby PR4565.A1 1968

Dickens, C. The Old Curiosity Shop PR4566.A1 1967

Dickens, C. Oliver Twist PR4567.A2 J6

Douglas, L. The Robe PS3507.7573 R62

Dreiser, T. An American Tragedy PS3507.R55 A63

Farrell, J. Studs Lonigan PS3511.A738 S78

Gipson, F. Old Yeller PZ7.G4393 01

Hinton, S. E. The Outsiders PZ7.H5976 Ou

Hinton, S. E. Rumblefish PZ7.H5976 Ru 1989

Hulme, The Nun’s Story PS3515.U374 N8

Ishiguro, K. The Remains of the day PR6059.R46 1989

James, H. The Portrait of a Lady PS2116.P6 1963

James, H. The Turn of the Screw PS2116.T8 1962

James, P. D. Shroud for a Nightingale PR6060.A467 S5 1987

MacLachlan, P. Skylark PZ7.M2225 Sk 1994

Orwell, G. Nineteen Eighty-four PR6029.R8 N5

Pushkin. Eugene Onegin. PG3347.E8 A7

Shakespeare, W. Romeo and Juliet PR2831.A2 E94 1984

All of Shakespeare’s plays have either been produced as screen plays for the theater or television.

Steinbeck, J. Of Mice and Men PS3537.T3234 O4

Steinbeck, J. The Red Pony PS3537.T3234 R4

Styron, W. Sophie’s Choice PS3569.T9 S6

Wallant, E. The Pawnbroker.PS3573.A434 P38 1978

West, M. The Shoes of the Fisherman PR6045.E77 S56

Wharton, E. The Age of Innocence PS3545.H16 A7 1987

White, E. B. Stuart Little PZ7.W58277.St4

Wilder, T. The Matchmaker (Hello Dolly) and Our Town PS3454.I345 A19 1970

Wolf, T. This Boy’s Life: a Memoir PS3573.O558 Z477 1999

Woolf, V. Orlando PR6045.O72 O7

Woolrich, C. Rear Window PS3515.O6455 A6 1994

Black History Month 2003

2007-06-28T06:01:00.000-07:00

Many African Americans have contributed to the Literary Arts and to the Historical Record of the United States. Here are but few of them.

Fiction

Baldwin, James. Blues for Mr. Charlie. PS3552.A45 B5

Baldwin, James. Go Tell it on the Mountain. PS3552.A45 G5

Baldwin, James. Just above My Head. PS3552.A45 J87 1990

Ellison, Ralph. The Invisible Man. PS3555.L625 I6

Foster, Sharon. Ain’t No River. PS3556.O7724 A74 2001

Foster, Sharon. Passing By Samaria. PS3556.O7724 P37 2000

Hughes, Langston. Simple’s Uncle Sam. PS3515. U274 S6

Hurston, Zora Neal. Folklore, Memoirs, and other Writings. GR55.H86 A3 1995

Hurston, Zora Neal. Moses, Man of the Mountain. PS3515.U789 M67

Morrison, Toni. Beloved. PS3563.O8749 B4 1987 .

Morrison, Toni. Jazz. PS3563.(8749 J38 1992

Walker, Alice. The Color Purple. PS3573.A425 C6 1992 (10th anniversary ed.)

Walker, Alice. In Love & Trouble: Stories of Black Women. PS3573.A425 I54

Walker, Alice. The Third Life of Grange Copeland. PS3573.A425 T38 2000

Wright, Richard. Uncle Tom’s Children. PS3545.R815 V6

Children’s Literature

Banks, Jacqueline Turner. Egg-drop blues. PZ7.B22593 Eg 1995

Bridges, Ruby. Through My eyes. F379.N59 N435 1999

Christie, R. Rock of Ages PS3552.O6828 R63 2001

Farmer, Nancy. A Girl Named Disaster. PZ7.F23814.Gi 1996.

Hamilton, Virginia. The House of Dies Drear. PZ7.H1828.H0 1966

Hamilton, Virginia. The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl. PZ7.H1828 Maj 1998

McKissack, Patricia. Run Away Home. Pz7.M478693 Ru 1997

Miller, William. Richard Wright and the Library Card. Pz7.M63915Ri 1997

Myers, Walter Dean. Fast Sam, Cool Clyde & Stuff. PZ7.M992 Fas 1966

Myers, Walter. Slam! PZ7.M992 S1 1996

Thomas, Joyce. I have Heard of a Land. PZ7.T36696 Iae 1998

Poetry & Drama

Angelou, Maya. I shall not be moved. PS3551.N464 I17 1990

Cullen, Countee. My Soul’s High Song. PS3505.U287 A6 1991.

Dove, Rita. The Darker Face of the Earth: A verse play in fourteen scenes. PS3554.O884 D68 1994

Major, Clarence, Ed. The Garden Thrives: Twentieth Century African American Poetry.
PS591.N4 G37 1996

Nelson, Marilyn. Carver: A Life in Poems. PS3573.A4795 C37 2001

NonFiction

Angelou, Maya. Wouldn’t Take Nothing For My Journey Now. PS3551.N464 W68 1993

Baldwin, James. Nobody Knows My Name. E185.61.B197

Leeming, David Adams. James Baldwin: A Biography. PS3552.A45 Z77 1994

Weatherby, W. James Baldwin: Artist on Fire. PS3552.A45 Z94

Dash, Leon. Rosa Lee: A Mother and her Family in Urban America. E185.86.D37 1996

Douglass, Frederick. My Bondage and My Freedom. E449.D738 1968

Foner, Philip S. Lift Every Voice. African American Oratory, 1787-1900. E185.18.L54 1998

Harris, Frederick. Something Within: Religion in African-American Political Activism. BR563.N4 H368 1999

Hughes, Langston. The Big Sea: An Autobiog raphy. PS3515.U274 Z5 1963.

Jacobs, Harriet A. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. E444.J17 A3 1987

Kelly, Robin. To Make Our World Anew. E185.T68 2000

Hurston, Zora Neal. Dust Tracks on a Road: An autobiography. PS3515.U789 Z5 1991.

Morrison, Toni. Playing in the Dark: Witness and the literary imagination. PS173.N4 M67 1993

Taylor-Guthrie, Kathleen Danille.Conversations with Toni Morrison. PS3563.08749 Z464 1994

Weill, Susan. In a Madhouse’s Din: Civil Rights Coverage by Mississippi’s Daily Press. 1948-1968. E185.93.M6 2002

Winchell, Donna Haisty. Alice Walker. PS3573.A425 Z94 1992

Books to Read on Vacation 2002

2007-06-21T06:48:00.000-07:00

This is the season for trips, leisurely walks on the beach, softball, and picnics. In other words: vacation. These books are either good reading for those idle days or books about people traveling either in imaginary spaces or real adventurers. While some of the books are not available at the Sprague Library (*), they are definitely “summer stock.”

Philip, N. & Moxley, S. The Arabian Nights. PZ8.A8525

If you like short exotic stories, try these favorite tales from the Near East. Includes Aladdin and Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.

Adams, Douglas. The Hitch-hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. PR6051.D3352 H5 1989

A humorous account of traveling throughout the galaxy with Arthur Dent and Ford Perfect to the Restaurant at the End of the Universe.

Cahill, Thomas:

The Hinges of History. BM165 .C25 1998
How the Irish saved civilization. DA930.5 .C34 1996
The Gifts of the Jews. BM165.C25 1998
These three books give a picture of some great and small events which changed the course of history.

Capote, Truman. In Cold Blood. HV6533. K3 C3
Set in Kansas this docudrama chronicles the murder of the Clutter family and the investigation and capture of the murderers. This is the forerunner of the true crime stories now dominating television.

*Collins, Wilkie. The Moonstone.
Travel back to a “First.” Written in the 19th century, this novel is considered to be the first great mystery novel, and it set the standard for those to follow. A fabulous diamond has disappeared. No one is who they seem and nothing can be taken for granted in this classic who dunit.

Flagg, Fannie. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café. PS3556.L26 F7 1988. Yes, people really do eat fried green tomatoes. Whistle Stop Alabama isn’t the only place to serve them, but no one else has the story of four women, two in the 1980’s and two in the1930’s with a little murder tossed in for a piquant flavor.

Gallico, Paul. Coronation. PS3513.A413 C6
Travel to London in 1952 to see the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth with the Claggs.

Girzone, Joseph F.:

Joshua. PS3557.I77 J6 1986
Joshua and the children. PS3557.I77 J64 1989
Two parables about a stranger who changes all around him.

Karon, Jan:

At Home in Mitford. PS3562.A678 A92 1994
A New Song. PS3561.A678 N49 1999
*In This Mountain.
Out to Canaan. PS3561.A678 O78 1997

Perhaps North Carolina is your favorite spot. Jan Karon has created a town people really believe exists and often take trips to the area looking for it. Meet Father Tim and his neighbors and friends in these light hearted books and learn about the prayer that never fails.

Lewis, C. S. The Chronicles of Narnia series in reading order:
The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. PZ7.L58474 Li 1994
Prince Caspian. PZ7.L58474 Pr1994

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. PZ7.L58474 Vo 1994

The Silver Chair. PZ7.L58474 Si 1994

The Horse and His Boy. PZ7. L58474 Ho1994
The Magician’s Nephew. PZ7. L58474 Mag 1994
The Last Battle. PZ7.L58474 Las 1994
Narnia is an intriguing kingdom to explore alone or with a child in tow.

Manguel, Alberto. The Dictionary of Imaginary Places. Ref.GR650.M36 1999.

This reference work is a travel guide to those places conceived and developed in literature.

Sandburg, Carl. Rootabaga Stories and More Rootabaga Stories. PZ8.S25 Ros 1988.

A collection of fairy tales with such villages as Liver-and-Onions and Cream Puffs.

Santmyer, Helen. "---And Ladies of the Club." PS3537.A775 A82 1985.

This is a “thick book” perfect for lazy days. It chronicles the lives of ladies in WaynesBoro Women’s Club in Waynesboro,Ohio from the post Civil War Days to the 50’s, and in particular, the Evans and Tucker families.

Sleator, William. Interstellar Pig. PZ7.S6313 ik 1995.

How Barney spent his summer vacation and saved the universe.

*Smith, Dodie. I Capture the Castle.

A funny coming of age story about a young girl in England and her rather eccentric family who has lost everything and must move to a “castle.”

Tolkien, J. R.R. The Hobbit. PZ7. T5744 Ho 1984

Always great summer reading. A good series to read again since the books have been turned in to motion pictures. Travel to Middle Earth and reacquaint yourselves with Bilbo Baggins and Gollum.

*Wells, Rebecca. Divine Secrets of the Ya—Ya Sisterhood.

Travel to Louisiana and the close friendship of four women in mid-century.

Willis, Connie:

Doomsday Book. PS3573.I4562 D66 1993.
To Say Nothing of the Dog. PS3673. J45652 T6 1998x
Travel back in time to another world set in England.

New Year's Resolutions 2003

2007-05-18T11:47:00.000-07:00

If your desire is to read more this year, the following bibliography, a mix of books from faculty, staff, students and Internet reading groups, will give you a good start!

Fiction:

Atwood, Margaret. Cats Eye. PR9199.3.A8 C38 1989.
A book about friendships among women.

Buechner, Frederick. The Storm. PS3552.U35 S76 1998.
“Set on wealthy Plantation Island in South Florida, The Storm is the story of a family and the interconnections that tie their past to the present.”

Coetzee, Jim. Disgrace. PR9369.3.C58 D5 2000.
“A heartbreaking novel about a man and his daughter, Disgrace is a portrait of the new South Africa that is ultimately about grace and love.”

Cunningham, Michael. The Hours. PS3553.U484 H68 1998.
The Hours intertwines the lives of three women around the party one of them is planning for a friend.

Lowry, Lois. The Giver. PZ7.L9673 Gi 1993.
How does one live in a perfect world?

Martz, Sandra. When I am an Old Woman I shall Wear Purple. PS509.W6 W47 1991.
An anthology on the topic of aging and women told with insight and much humor.

Munro, Alice. The Love of a Good Woman. PR9199.3.M8 L68 1998.
“In these eight stories, a master of the form extends and magnifies her great themes — the vagaries of love, the passion that leads down unexpected paths, the chaos hovering just under the surface of things, and the strange, often comical desires of the human heart.”

Oke, Janette. A Quiet Strength. PR9199.3.O38 Q54 1999.

Oke, Janette. A Searching Heart. PR9199.3.O38 S43 1998.

Orcutt, Jane. The Living Stone. PS3568.R37 L58 2000.

Price, Reynolds. A Whole new life. PS3566.R542 A477 1994.
“A Whole New Life is an extraordinary chronicle of illness and transformation, an eloquent and moving account of the author’s long struggle to withstand and recover from severe cancer of the spine.”

Power, Susan. Grass Dancer. PS3566.O83578 G73 1995.
A story about the Sioux in North Dakota.

Rivers, Francine. As sure as the Dawn. PS3569.I83165 A9 1995.

Rivers, Francine. An Echo in the Darkness. PS3568.I83165 E24 1994.

Rivers, Francine. A Voice in the Wind. PS3568.I83165 V65 1993.

Tan, Amy. The Joy Luck Club. PS3570.A48 J6 1990.
The story of Chinese women in America who relate their secrets through their club.

Non Fiction:

Bernall, Misty. She Said Yes. HV6250.4.S78 B47 1999.
The Columbine High School martyr.

Chaleff, Ira. The Courageous Follower. HM131.C65 1998.
The ability to follow a leader is as important as the ability to lead.

Fadiman, Anne. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down. RA518.5.T73 F33 1997.

Kozol, Jonathan. Amazing Grace: The lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation. HV875.57.N47 K69.

Lott, Deborah A. In Session: The Bond Between Women and Their Therapists. RC480.8.L68 1999.

McBride, James. Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother. F130.N4 M38 1996.

McCourt, Frank. Angela’s Ashes. E184.I6 M117 1999.

Ridley, Matt. Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 chapters. QH431.R475 1999
Anyone interested in health and medicine should read this!

Norris, Kathleen. A Cloister Walk. BX2435.N57 1996.

Nuland, Sherwin B. How We die: Reflections on Life’s Final Chapter. BD444.N85 1994

Biography:

Dillard, Annie. An American Childhood. PS3554.I398 Z464 1987.

Frank, Anne. Diary of a Young Girl. DS135.N6 F73313 1995.

MacDonald, Michael P. All Souls: A family Story from Southie. F73.68.S7 M33 1999.
How one family’s life chronicles the violent issues of the late 20th century.

Williams, Donna. Nobody Nowhere. RC553 A88 W55 1992.
The autobiography of an autistic person.

Websites for good reading suggestions:
http://www.readersclub.org/default.asp
http://www.readinggroupchoices.com/

College Stories and More

2007-05-14T06:22:00.000-07:00

Attending College is an experience which has proven a fertile field for novelists and other writers for decades.

Great novelists, such as F. Scott Fitzgerald, have viewed this as a rite of passage. Others have focused on the faculty and the institution, often with satiric effect.

Nonfiction writers have also attempted to help students cope with the challenges facing them.
We hope you find something of interest as you peruse this list.

Fiction
*Indicates a book not in the ORA Collection.

Bellow, Saul. Ravelstein. PS3503.E4488 R38 2000
Abe Ravelstein, a professor in a Midwestern university, writes a book and as a result becomes a millionaire.

Bellow, Saul. Herzog. PS3503.E4488

Bellow, Saul. The Dean’s December. PS3503.E4488 D4 1982

Benard, Robert. All problems are simple and other stories: nineteen views of the college years. PS648.C64 1988
19 short stories by writers such as Stephen King, Alice Walker, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and John Updike.

Cadigan, Robert J. Stories of School and College Life; September to June. PZ1.C117 Se
23 short stories about students in high school and college.

Cather, Willa. The Professor’s House. PS3505.A87 A6 1990

DeLillo, Don. White Noise. PS3554.E4425 W48 1986
Jack Glading is the Teacher of Hitler Studies at a liberal arts college in middle America.

Firzgerald, F. Scott. This Side of Paradise. PS3511.I9 T5
The story of Amory Blaine during his college years. Fitzgerald’s first major work.

* Hassler, Jon. The Dean’s List.
The academic life starring professor Leland Edwards, a man in his fifties, who lives with his mother.

McCarthy, Mary. The Groves of Academe. PS3525.A1435 G77
A satire about the dismissal of a professor at a small experimental college and his efforts to keep his job.

Nelson, Shirley. The Last Year of the War. PS3564.E476 L27
Set in a fundamentalist Bible College in the Midwest, this story covers the first year of a young convert at the institution.

Oates, Joyce Carol. Unholy Loves. PS3565.A8 U6

Russo ,Richard. Straight Man. PS3568.O812 S77 1997
A Comedy on university downsizing.

Sire, James W. Chris Chrisman Goes to College. PS3569.I65 O47 1993
Sire explores the issues Christians face at secular colleges and universities.

Smiley, Jane. Moo. PS3569.M39
“A satire on university life, describing the rackets and the intellectual dishonesty that goes on.”

Webster, Jean. Daddy-Long-Legs. PS3543.E365 D3
The oldest and cutest of a group of rebellious orphans, Judy Abbott is provided funds for her education and well-being by a mysterious benefactor whom she christens “Daddy-Long-Legs."

Non Fiction

Anderson, K. What they don’t always teach you at a Christian College. BV4531.2.A4 1995 Explores the issues a college student thought about in the 1990’s. Are they still current?

Boyer, Ernest. College: the undergraduate experience in America. LA227.3.B678 1987

Garber, Steven. The fabric of faithfulness. BV4531.2.G37 1998
Garber instructs students how to connect what they believe with how they live.

Hughes, Richard. How Christian faith can sustain the life of the mind. LC383.H84 2001 Discusses the relationship of the Christian life to the colleg experience.

Kreeft, Peter. The Best Things of Life. BJ1661.K68 1984
Pretend Socrates is alive and asking questions about college education and student life, values, passion, and pleasure.

Neusner, J. How to grade your professors, and other unexpected advice. LA227.3.N38 1984
Essays and advice about success in college.

Others

Colleges have also proven a good backdrop for mystery writers. Since most of these are not in the college collection, you might want to investigate them at your local public library.

Cross, Amanda
Hall, Patricia
McInerny, Ralph
Parker, Robert B.

Holiday Reading Christmas 2002

2007-05-09T06:25:00.000-07:00

Whether it’s an old favorite or a new discovery, books and Christmas are intertwined. Each book is like a little present from an author to you which you can open and enjoy.

Traditions

Auld, William. Christmas Traditions. GT4985.A8 1968.

Brady, Agnes Marie. Christmastide. GT4985.B67.

Gardner, Horace John. Let’s Celebrate Christmas. GT4985.G3.

Kidger, Mark. The Star of Bethlehem. QB806.K525 1999.

Krueger, Caryl Waller. 101 Ideas for the Best Ever Christmas GT4985.K64 1992.

Krythe, Mayme Richardson. All About Christmas. GT4985.K68.

McKissack, Patricia. Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters. F213.M36 1994.

Restad, Penne L. Christmas in America: a History. GT4986.A1 R47 1995.

Watts, Franklin. The Complete Christmas Book. GR4985.W413.

Music

Ehret, Walter, et al. The International Book of Christmas Carols. M2065.E4 I6.

Keyte, Hugh. The New Oxford Book of Carols. M2065.N48 1998.

Robbins, Russell Hope. Ed. Early English Christmas Carols. M2085.R538 E2.

Wheeler, Opal. Sing for Christmas. M2065.W49 S5.

Fiction: Collected Stories

Crawford, E. A. A Christmas Sampler: Classic stories of the Season from Twain to Cheever. PS648.C45 C457 1992.

Hadfield, John. Ed. The Christmas Companion. PN6071.C6 H3.

Irving, Washington. The Old English Christmas. PS2069.C4.

Posselt, Eric, ed. A Merry, Merry Christmas Book. PN6071.C6 P49.

Posselt, Eric, ed. The World’s greatest Christmas Stories. PN6071.C6 P6 1950.

Schauffler, Robert. Christmas. PN6071.C6 S3.
Includes many of the traditional poems and stories of the Season.

Wagenknecht, Edward. A Fireside Book of Christmas Stories. PN6071.C6 W2.

Wagenknecht, Edward, ed. The Fireside Book of Yuletide Tales. PN6071.C6 W22.

Fiction: Single stories

Bennett, Arnold. The Feast of St. Friend. PR6003.E6 F4.

Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol PR4572.C5.

Fabry, Chris. Away with the Manger. PS3556.A26 A9 1996.

Gunnarsson, Gunnar. The Good Shepherd. PT8176.G9 A4.

Van Dyke, Henry. “Even Unto Bethlehem.”PS3117.E8 1928.

Essays

The Chrysostom Society. Stories for the Christian Year PS638.C43S74 1992.

Children’s Stories

Bailey, Temple. The Crystal Bowl. PS3503.A514 C79.

Briggs, Raymond. Father Christmas. PZ7.B7646 Fa T3.

Burch, Robert. Renfro’s Christmas. PZ7.B91585 Re.

Ets, Marie Hall. Nine Days to Christmas Oversize PZ7.E855 Ni.

Hamilton, Virginia. The Bells of Christmas. PZ7.H1828 Be 1989.

Houston, Gloria. The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree. PZ7.H8184 Ye 1988.

Howard, Elizabeth F. Chita’s Christmas Tree. PZ7.H83273 Ch 1989.

Moeri, Louise. Star Mother’s Youngest Child. PZ7.M7214 St.

Nash, Ogden. The Christmas that Almost Wasn’t PZ8.3.N3 Ch.

Robbins, Ruth. Baboushka and the Three Kings. PZ8.1.R5 Bab.

Say, Allen. Tree of Cranes. Oversize PZ7.S2744 T4 1991.

Seuss, Dr. How the Grinch Stole Christmas. PZ8.3.G325 Ho.

Soto, Gary. Too Many Tamales. Oversize PZ7.S7424.

Stevenson, James. The Night after Christmas. PZ8.9.S773 Ni.

Tolkien, J. R.R. The Father Christmas Letters. PZ7. T6 Fa.

Van Allsburg, Chris. The Polar Express. Oversize. PZ7. V266 Po 1985.

Wojchiechowski, Susan. The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey. PZ7.W8183 Ch 1995.

They Might be Giants 2001

2007-05-08T05:50:00.000-07:00

Whether told in fiction, play, or non-fiction, other people’s lives can encourage, inspire, and instruct us.

The person for whom the biography was written is listed first in Bold face followed by the citation.

Bray, Rosemary. Unafraid of the Dark. : a Memoir F548.9.N4 B73 1998.

Cather, Willa. Stout, Janis P. Willa Cather : The Writer and Her World PS3505.A87 Z863 2000.

Chesterton, G. K. Dale, Alzina . The Outline of Sanity. PR4453.C4 Z588 1982.

Curie, Marie. Curie, Eve. Madame Curie: A Biography. QD22.C8 C85 1937.

Dix, Dorothea. Brown, Thomas J. Dorothea Dix: New England Reformer. HV28.D6 B75 1998.

Eastman, George. Brayer, Elizabeth. George Eastman: a Biography. TR140.E3 B73 1996.

Elizabeth I. Weir, Alison. The Life of Elizabeth I. DA355.W36 1998.

Evers, Charles. Have No Fear. E195.97.E93 A3 1993.

Fisher, Welthy Honsinga. To Light a Candle. BV3705.F5 A3.

King jr., Martin Luther. Dyson, Michael. I May Not Get There With You E185.97.K5 D97 2000.

Lewis. C. S. Griffin, William. Clive Staples Lewis: A Dramatic life. PR6023.E926 Z666 1986.

Lincoln, Mary Todd. Graff., Polly Ann. Mr. Lincoln’s Wife. PZ7.G75484 Mi.

Polacheck, Hilda Satt. Epstein, Dena J. I Came a stranger. F548.9.J5 P65 1989.

Roosevelt, Eleanor. Autobiography. E807.1.R35.

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano. Adamic, Louis. Dinner at the White House E807.A7.

Stanton, Elizabeh Cady. Ward, Geoffrey C. Not for Ourselves Alone. HQ1412.W36 1999.

Collected Biographies:

Calvert. Great Lives of the American Frontier. F 5905.C35 1997.

Rowse, A. L. The Churchills: the Story of a Family. DA28.35.C45 F96 1966.

Tucker, Ruth A. From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya: A Biographical History of Christian Missionaries BV3700.T83 1983.

Resolved: Read a Good Book January 2002

2007-05-08T05:47:00.000-07:00

Long before Oprah Winfrey started promoting books, writers and illustrators were receiving acknowledgement from peers and other groups. Here are some you may not know about.

Kate Greenaway Medal

(Honors a children’s illustrator)

Hest, Amy. When Jessie Came Across the Sea. PZ.H4375Wf 1997 (1997 medal)

Ardizzone, Edward. Tim All Alone. PZ7.A682Tc (1956 medal)

Golden Kite Award
(Presented by fellow authors and artists)

Hopkinson, Deborah. A Band of Angels. PZ7.H779125Br1999

Fleischman, Paul. The Borning Room. PZ7.F599233bo1991

Hyman, T. Little Red Ridding Hood. PZ8.H994Li 1983

Lowry, Lois. Rabble Starkey. PZ7.L9673 Rab 1988

Willard, Nancy. A Visit to William Blake’s Inn. PS3573.I444 V5

Wolf, Virginia Euwer. Make Lemonade. PZ7.W82129mak 1993

Jane Addams Book Award

(Significant work to promote the cause of peace, social justice, and world understanding)

Underwood, Betty. The Tamarack Tree. PZ3.B7545Tam (1972)

Bridges, Ruby. Through My Eyes. F379.N59 N435 1999 (2000 award)

Erdrich, L. The Birchbark House. PZ7.E72554Bi 1999

Hopkinson, D. A Band of Angels. PZ7.H78125Br 1999

Notable Books / Booklist /RUSA chosen by Librarians

Almond, D. Skellig. PZ7.A448sk 1999

Anderson, F. Crucible of War. E199.A58 2000

Armstrong, K. The Battle for God. BL238.A16 2000

Berlin, I. The Roots of Romanticism. NX5623.6.R64 B47 1999

Berlinski, D. The advent of the Algorithm. QA9.58.G47 2000

Berry, W. Jayber Crow. PS3562.E75 J39 2000

Busch, F. Don’t Tell Anyone. PS3552.U814 D66 2000

Carter, S. God’s Name In Vain. BL65.P7 C37 2000

Chabon, M. The amazing adventures of Kavalier and Clay. PS3553.H15 A82 2000

Coetzee. Disgrace. PR93693.C68 D5 2000

Crace, J. Being Dead. PR6053.R228 B45 2001

Cunningham, M. The Hours. PS3553.U484.H68 1998

Damasio, A. Feeling of What Happens. BF311.D33 1999

Drury, J. Painting the Word. ND1432.E85 D79 1999

Gass, W. Reading Rilke. PT2635.I65Z72 1999

Hirsch, Edward. How to read a poem and fall in love with poetry. PN1042.H48 1999

King, T. Truth & Bright Water. PR9199.3.K4422 T78 1999

Kozol, J. Ordinary Resurrections. HQ792.U5 K69 2000

Lewis. The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story. HD969663.U62 C585 2000

Melnick, J. A Right To Sing the Blues. ML3477.M45 1999

Nelson, A. Living to Tell. PS3564.E428 L58 2000

Nuland, S. The Mysteries Within: a Surgeon Reflects on Medical Myths. R133.N77 2000

Nasdijj. The Blood Runs Like a River Through My Dreams. E99.N3N26 2000

Ricley, M. Genome: the Autobiography of a Species in 23 chapters. QH431.R475 1999

Booker Prize
(Top fiction award from Great Britain)

Atwood, M. Blind Assassin. PR9199.3.A8 B55 2000

Whitbread Book of the Year
(Top award by a British publisher)

Kneale, M. English Passengers. PR6061.N37 E54 2000

Smith, Z. White Teeth. PR6069.M59 W47 2000

National Book Award

(Presented by the National Book Foundation)

Jin, Ha. Waiting. PS3560.I6 W34 1999

Sontag, S. In America: a novel. PS3504.O6457 F2000

Hugo/ Nebula Awards

(Top prizes for best science fiction)

McIntyre, V. Dreamsnake. PS3573.A3125 D74

Willis, C. Doomsday Book. PS3573.I45652 D66 1993

Wolfe, G. The Claw of the Conciliator. PS3573.O52 C57 1982

Holiday Readings December 2001

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Whether it’s an old favorite or a new discovery, books and Christmas are intertwined. Each book is like a little present of an author to you which you can open and enjoy. Here are a few factual books and some collections of stories for just that purpose.

Traditions

Auld, William. Christmas Traditions. GT4985.A8 1968.

Brady, Agnes Marie. Christmas tide. GT4985.B67.

Gardner, Horace John. Let’s Celebrate Christmas. GT4985.G3.

Krueger, Caryl Waller. 101 Ideas for the Best Ever Christmas GT4985.K64 1992.

Krythe, Mayme Richardson. All About Christmas. GT4985.K68.

Restad, Penne L. Christmas in America: a History. GT4986.A1 R47 1995.

Watts, Franklin. The Complete Christmas Book. GR4985.W413.

Music

Ehret, Walter, et al. The International Book of Christmas Carols. M2065.E4 I6.

Keyte, Hugh. The New Oxford Book of Carols. M2065.N48 1998.

Fiction—Collected Stories

A Christmas Anthology: Carols and Poems Old and New. PN6110.C5 C4.

Crawford, E. A. A Christmas Sampler: Classic stories of the Season from Twain to Cheever. PS648.C45 C457 1992.

Irving, Washington. The Old English Christmas. PS2069.C4.

Posselt, Eric, ed. A Merry, Merry Christ mas Book. PN6071.C6 P49.

Posselt, Eric, ed. The World’s greatest Christmas Stories. PN6071.C6 P6 1950.

Schauffler, Robert. Christmas. PN6071.C6 S3.

Wagenknecht, Edward. A Fireside Book of Christmas Stories. PN6071.C6 W2.

Wagenknecht, Edward, ed. The Fireside Book of Yuletide Tales. PN6071.C6 W22.

Fiction: Single stories

Bennett, Arnold. The Feast of St. Friend. PR6003.E6 F4.

Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol: the Original Manuscript. PR4572.C5 1971.

Fabry, Chris. Away with the Manger. PS3556.A26 A9 1996.

Gunnarsson, Gunnar. The Good Shep herd. PT8176.G9 A4.

Van Dyke, Henry. “Even Unto Bethle- hem.”PS3117.E8 1928.

Children’s Stories

Ets, Marie Hall. Nine Days to Christmas PZ7.E855 Ni.

Hamilton, Virginia. The Bells of Christ mas. PZ7.H1828 Be 1989.

Houston, Gloria. The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree. PZ7.H8184 Ye 1988.

Howard, Elizabeth F. Chita’s Christmas Tree. PZ7.H83273 Ch 1989.

Moeri, Louise. Star Mother’s Youngest Child. PZ7.M7214 St.

Robbins, Ruth. Baboushka and the Three Kings. PZ8.1.R5 Bab.

Say, Allen. Tree of Cranes. Oversize PZ7. S2744 T4 1991.

Soto, Gary. Too Many Tamales. Oversize PZ7.S7424 To 1991.

Tolkien, J. R.R. The Father Christmas Letters. PZ7.T6 Fa.

Van Allsburg, Chris. The Polar Express. Oversize. PZ7.V266 Po 1985.

Wojchiechowski, Susan. The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey. PZ7.W8183 Ch 1995.

BEYOND OPRAH!

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From 2001
Long before Oprah Winfrey started promoting books, writers and illustrators were receiving acknowledgement from peers and other groups. Here are some you may not know about.

Kate Greenaway Medal
(Honors a children’s illustrator)
Hest, Amy. When Jessie Came Across the Sea PZ.H4375Wf 1997. (1997 medal)
Ardizzone, Edward. Tim All Alone PZ7.A682tc (1956 medal)

Golden Kite Award
(Presented by fellow authors and artists)
Hopkinson, Deborah A Band of Angels PZ7.H779125Br1999
Fleischman, Paul. The Borning Room. PZ7.F599233bo1991
Hyman, T. Little Red Ridding Hood. PZ8.H994Li 1983.
Lowry, Lois Rabble Starkey PZ7.L9673 Rab 1988
Willard, Nancy A Visit to William Blake’s Inn PS3573.I444 V5
Wolf, Virginia Euwer Make Lemonade PZ7.W82129mak 1993

Jane Addams Book Award— Significant work to promote the cause of peace, social justice, and world understanding
Underwood, Betty The Tamarack Tree PZ3.B7545tam (1972)

Bridges, Ruby. Through My Eyes F379.N59 N435 1999. (2000 award)
Erdrich,L The Birchbark House PZ7.E72554Bi 1999
Hopkinson,D. A Band of Angels. PZ7.H78125Br 1999

Notable Books / Booklist /RUSA chosen by Librarians
Almond, S. Skellig PZ7.A448sk 1999
Anderson,F. Crucible of War E199.A58 2000
Armstrong, K. The Battle for God BL238.A16 2000
Berlin, I. The Roots of Romanticism. NX5623.6.R64 B47 1999
Berlinski,D The advent of the Algorithm QA9.58.G47 2000
Berry,W. Jayber Crow. PS3562.E75 J39 2000.
Busch, F. Don’t Tell Anyone PS3552.U814 D66 2000
Carter, S. God’s Name In Vain. BL65.P7 C37 2000
Chabon, M. The amazing adventures of Kavalier and Clay. PS3553.H15 A82 2000
Coetzee. Disgrace PR93693.C68 D5 2000
Crace, J. Being Dead PR6053.R228 B45 2001
Cunningham, M. The Hours PS3553.U484.H68 1998

Damasio,A. Feeling of What Happens BF311.D33 1999
Drury,J. Painting the Word ND1432.E85 D79 1999
Gass. W. Reading Rilke PT2635.I65Z72 1999
Hirsch, Edward. How to read a poem and fall in love with poetry PN1042.H48 1999
King, T. Truth & Bright Water PR9199.3.K4422 T78 1999
Kozol, J. Ordinary Resurrections. HQ792.U5 K69 2000
Lewis. The New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story. HD969663.U62 C585 2000
Melnick, J. A Right To Sing the Blues. ML3477.M45 1999.
Nelson, A. Living to Tell PS3564.E428 L58 2000
Nuland, S. The Mysteries Within: a Surgeon Reflects on Medical Myths R133.N77 2000
Nasdijj The Blood Runs Like a River Through My Dreams E99.N3N26 2000
Ricley, M. Genome: the Autobiography of a Species in 23 chapters QH431.R475 1999

Women Who Changed the World

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Women's History Month 2007

These titles were entered in chronological order instead of alphabetical.

Abbott, J. Cleopatra. DT92.7.A18

Brock, A. G. Mary Magdalene, the first Apostle. BS2485.B73 2003

Dorsey, E. Pocahontas. E90.P6 D7

Grant, C. Queen and Cardinal: A memoir of Anne of Austria and her relations with Cardinal Mazarin. DC124.3.G7

Winship, M. The Times and Trials of Anne Hutchinson. BX7148.M4 W552005

Southan, B. C. Jane Austen: the critical heritage. PR4037.S59 1968

Bennett, P. Emily Dickinson: Woman Poet. PS1541.Z5 B44 1990

Gollaher, David. Voice for the Mad: the life of Dorothea Dix. HV28.D6 G65 1995

Marks, E. Colette. PQ2605.O28 Z73

Nightingale, Florence. Letters of Florence Nightingale. UH347.N6 A4 1974

Wilson, Dorothy. Lone Woman: The story of Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman doctor. R154.B623 W5

Tomalin, C. The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft. PR5841.W8 Z84

Burgess, Alan. The Small Woman. [Gladys Aylward] BV3427.A9 B8

Brooks, P. The House of Life. QH31.C33 B7 [Rachel Carson]

Carson, Rachel. Under the Sea-Wind. QH92.C3 1952

Chukovskaya, Lydia. The Ahkmatova Journals. PG3476.A324 Z58213 2002

Earhart, A. The Fun of It. TL540.E3 A32

Frank, Anne. The Diary of a Young Girl. DS135.N6 F73313 1995

Goodall, Jane. 40 Years at Gombe. QL31.G58 L56 1999

Harpaz, B. The Girls in the Van. [Hilary Clinton] E837.C55 H37 2001

Learning, B. Katharine Hepburn. PN2287.H45 L43 1995

Lillard, A. Montessori: The Science behind the Genius. LB1029.M75 L53 2005

Montessori, Maria. The Montessori method. LB775.M7613 1964a

Parks, Rosa. My Story. F334.M753 P37 1992

Porter, David. Mother Teresa: the early years. BX4406.5.Z8 P67 1986

Rosenstiel, L. Nadia Boulanger: A life in music. ML423.B42 R7 1982

Fleming, Candace. Our Eleanor. E807.1.R48 F67 2005

Scharf, l. Eleanor Roosevelt: the first lady of American liberalism. E807.1.R48S34 1987

Skaerved, M. Dietrich. PN2658.D5 S54 2003

Kirk, C. J.K. Rowling. PR6068.O93 Z739 2003