Showing posts with label History. Show all posts
Showing posts with label History. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

September 11, 2009

Wednesday, November 4, 2009
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

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Play Ball!

Tuesday, May 12, 2009
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
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

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


Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Women's History Month 2008

Tuesday, June 3, 2008
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

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

Thursday, November 15, 2007

Women Who Changed their World

Thursday, November 15, 2007
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

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

Sept. 11 Redux

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

Easter 2006

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

Thursday, August 16, 2007

MARY: A NAME REMEMBERED

Thursday, August 16, 2007
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

We Remember: September 11, 2001

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

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Black History Month 2005

Tuesday, July 17, 2007
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

Friday, July 13, 2007

HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH

Friday, July 13, 2007
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

Thursday, July 12, 2007

I AM WOMAN:WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH 2004

Thursday, July 12, 2007
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

Black History Month 2004

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 CafĂ©. 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

Thursday, June 28, 2007

Black History Month 2003

Thursday, June 28, 2007
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
 
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