Thursday, November 15, 2007

End of Life

Thursday, November 15, 2007
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

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

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
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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

Thursday, August 16, 2007

PRAYER

Thursday, August 16, 2007
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

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

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
 
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