New Materials Received December 2011

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Nonfiction

Call Number	Author	Title	Notes
020 L53		Librarian's book of quotes
070.4 W35	Wallis, David	Killed cartoons : casualties from the war on free expression	A collection of nearly one hundred editorial cartoons that were banned from publication, with cartoons featuring pedophile priests, the death penalty, President Bush, celebrities, and more.
110 A33	Adams, Scott	God's debris : a thought experiment	A deliveryman delivers a package to an old man who seems to know everything and learns the meaning of life.
215 S37	Schroeder, Gerald	Hidden face of God : science reveals the ultimate truth	Argues that science bears out the existence of God rather than disproves it, discussing physics, DNA, cellular life, meiosis and mitosis, nerves, muscles, the brain, and consciousness.
292.13 H36	Hamby, Zachary	Greek mythology for teens	Introduces teens to Greek mythology, with interactive activities, retellings of classic myths, an overview of the gods and goddesses, and questions to help them realize how the myths apply to modern life.
304.8 U77	Urrea, Louis	Devil's highway : a true story	Chronicles the true story of twenty-six men who attempted to cross the Mexican border into the southern Arizona desert known as the Devil's Highway, describing how the men struggled to survive the desert's harsh conditions.
305.4 S65	Smith, Merril	Women's roles in seventeenth-century America	Examines the lives of women and girls in the North American colonies during the seventeenth century, looking at their roles in relation to the family, law, immigration, work, religion, war, education, literature, and recreation.
320.51 H84	Huebert, Jacob	Libertarianism today	Provides an introduction to the libertarian movement, discussing its ideas; leaders; position on the economy, health care, drugs, and other related topics; and more.
327.1273 W45	Weiner, Tim	Legacy of ashes : the history of the CIA	aces the history of the CIA, drawing on thousands of documents to explore how the agency was created, why it has so often failed in its missions, how it is viewed by Americans and the rest of the world, and other related topics.
342.73 F54	Fife, Brian	Reforming the electoral process in America : toward more democracy in the 21st century	"a blueprint for reform that includes national same-day voter registration, elimination of punch card and mechanical voting machines, reconsideration of felons' voting rights, regional primaries, and the abolition of the Electoral College."
345.73 G43	Geary, Rick	The lives of Sacco and Vanzetti : the crime, the evidence, a global cause	Graphic novel account of Italian immigrants and anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, accused of murder in Massachusetts, in 1920, tried, convicted, and executed, in a case that caused an uproar around the world.
363.72 G46	George, Rose	Big necessity : the unmentionable world of human waste and why it matters	Describes how worldwide societies deal (or don’t) with human waste. Covers sewers of Paris, London, & NYC; examines public toilets in India, China's biogas digesters, 3rd world sanitation movements, the U.S. military laser elimination methods, etc.
364.15 S43	Sebold, Alice	Lucky	The author tells the story of her violent rape at the age of eighteen.
398.20981 D43	deAlmeida, Livia	Brazilian folktales	A collection of over forty traditional Brazilian folktales representing the cultures of both African and European descent including creation stories and enchanted animals.
468.2421 M86	Munday, Pilar	30 days to great Spanish
509.3 T47	Teresi, Dick	Lost discoveries	Lost discoveries : the ancient roots of modern science--from the Babylonians to the Maya
576.5 S65	Smith, Gina	Genomics age : how DNA technology is transforming the way we live and who we are	Examines the history and technology behind recent advances in genetics and explores the ethical and political issues those advances have led to.
629.45 J66	Jones, Chris	Out of orbit : the true story of how three astronauts found themselves hundreds of miles above the earth with no way home	Rescue efforts to bring U.S. astronauts Donald Pettit and Kenneth Bowersox and Russian flight engineer Nikolai Burdarin back to Earth after their space shuttle "Columbia" disintegrated during reentry in 2003.
641 C54	Chen, Joanne	Taste of sweet : our complicated love affair with our favorite treats	nalyzes sweet tasting treats, and discusses the cultural and social views, dispels commonplace mythology, and describes the history of sweet from the banquet tables of emperors through the twenty-first century.
641.594 D39	Day, Ivan	Cooking in Europe: 1650-1850	Almost 200 recipes--soups, salads, poultry, seafood, vegetables, sauces, pastas, desserts, drinks, etc.--organized by the Baroque and Rococo Era, the Reign of Louis XV through the Revolution, and Napoleon to the Victorian Era.
796.323 K56	King, Melissa	She's got next : a story of getting in, staying open, and taking a shot	Melissa King recounts how her passion for basketball helped her survive life in inner-city Chicago, taught her about race, class, gender, religion, and love, and helped her learn who she really was.
808.06 B48	Beutel, Roger	Writing about issues	Middle School Nonfiction.
808.5 R69	Roy, Jennifer	Sharpen your debate and speech writing skills	Middle School Nonfiction.
820.8 R68		Rotten English	A collection of non-standard English writing from the past two hundred years, that includes pieces written in slang, creole, patois, pidgin, and other forms of "rotten English".
820.9 B66	Bond, Jenny	Who the hell is Pansy O'Hara? : the fascinating stories behind 50 of the world's best-loved books	Discusses the backstories of fifty books in the English language, including information about the authors and quirky details relating to characters, settings, and influences on books such as "War and Peace," "The Hobbit," and "In Cold Blood."
861.5 E54	Engle, Margarita	Poet slave of Cuba : a biography of Juan Francisco Manzano	A portrait in poems of Juan Francisco Manzano, the poet who was born a slave in Cuba in 1797.
956.7044 C53	Chandrasekaran, Rajiv	Green zone (Other title: Imperial life in the emerald city : inside Iraq's green zone)	The fullest, most intimate account of life in the Green Zone, the sheltered bubble where idealistic Americans planned the occupation while Iraq fell apart.
973.3 M33	McCullough, David	1776	Based upon both American and British historical documents, the author presents a comprehensive history of the American Revolution during 1776, George Washington, and those who followed him.
973.713 W55	Williams, David	Bitterly divided : the South's inner Civil War	Examines conflicts within the Confederacy during the Civil War, identifying groups opposed to secession and the war for various reasons, and looking at the efforts of plain folks, Native Americans, and slaves who brought the Confederacy to its knees.
978 Z56	Zimmerman, Dwight	Saga of the Sioux : an adaptation of Dee Brown's Bury my heart at Wounded Knee	An adaptation of Dee Brown's documented account of the systematic plunder of Native Americans during the second half of the nineteenth century, featuring photographs and maps.
B Kah	Bernier-Grand, Carmen	Frida : viva la vida! = long live life!	A collection of biographical poems about the life and work of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, accompanied by reproductions of her paintings.
B Lon	Fleming, Ann Marie	Magical life of Long Tack Sam	Chronicles the life of the world renowned magician, acrobat, and vaudeville performer Long Tack Sam. Presented in graphic novel format with photographs.
B Mar	Martin, Steve	Born standing up : a comic's life	Martin reflects on his early career as a stand-up comic, how he walked away from it to become a writer for "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour," his mentors and complex relationship with his parents and sister, and more.
B Sha	Bryson, Bill	Shakespeare: the world as stage	The slim facts known about the life of William Shakespeare, some of the more unusual speculations about the great playwright and poet, and theories of people who have sought to debunk Shakespeare's authorship.
B Wal	Walls, Jeannette	Glass castle	The author recalls her life growing up in a dysfunctional family with an alcoholic father and distant mother and describes how she and her siblings had to fend for themselves until they finally found the resources and will to leave home.
DVD 843 Ame		Amelie	When Amelie falls in love herself, she realizes that making neat solutions is not as easy as it seems.

Pro 011.62 S46 2011		Senior high core collection, 18th ed.	Professional collection.
Ref 200 B69	Bowker, John	World religions	Illustrated explorations of Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Chinese and Japanese religions, native religions, and ancient religions, covering their origins, deities, sacred texts, major concepts & beliefs.
Ref 791.43 R66	Roman, James	Bigger than blockbusters : movies that defined America	Profiles one hundred motion pictures from the twentieth century that influenced American culture, arranged chronologically, and provides synopsis, critic reviews, awards, availability, and other related topics.

Fiction

Call Number	Author	Title	Notes
F Kha	Khadra, Yasmina	Dead man's share	Brahim Llob, a superintendent with the Algiers's police, finds a quick solution to his boredom when Lieutenant Lino is arrested for the attempted murder of Haj Thobane, the wealthy man whom the love of Lino's life is currently dating.
F Mag	Maguire, Gregory	Out of Oz : the final volume in the Wicked years	Elphaba's granddaughter, Rain, having come of age amid chaos, must take up her legacy and save the Land of Oz from social unrest.
F Mur	Murakami, Haruki	Kafka on the shore	Fifteen-year-old Kafka Tamura runs away from home to escape his father and find his long-lost sister and mother, drifting toward the parallel odyssey of an elderly Tokyo man named Nakata.
F Pic	Picoult, Jodi	Nineteen minutes	The people of Sterling, New Hampshire, are forever changed after a shooting at the high school leaves ten people dead, and the judge presiding over the trial tries to remain unbiased, even though her daughter witnessed the events.
J-F Bei	Beil, Michael	Red Blazer Girls : the mistaken masterpiece	Red Blazer Girls Sophie, Margaret, Becca, and Leigh Ann are hired by Father Julian who wants them to authenticate a painting, while Sophie faces off with her arch-rival and takes care of movie-star Nate Etan's dog.
J-F Cha	Chantler, Scott	Sign of the black rock	Seeking shelter from a storm, the three fugitives stop at a roadside inn where a greedy innkeeper plots to turn them in to the queen for a reward, and things get worse when the queen's Dragons arrive.
J-F Das	Dashner, James	Blade of Shattered Hope	Mistress Jane has tapped into the universe's darkest secret to create the Blade of Shattered Hope, and in her quest to attain a utopian reality for the future of mankind she is ready to risk billions of lives to set her plan in motion.
J-F Job	Jobling, Curtis	Wereworld: rise of the wolf	Drew flees his farm after he transforms into a werewolf, but, while hiding out, Drew is captured by Lord Bergan's men and forced to battle with other creatures as he tries to prove he is not the enemy.
J-F Lup	Lupica, Mike	Underdogs	Small but fast twelve-year-old Will Tyler, an avid football player in the down-and-out town of Forbes, Pennsylvania, takes matters into his own hands to try and finance the city's football team, giving the whole community hope in the process.
J-F Mor	Morris, Gerald	Legend of the king	Sir Dinadan and his friend Sir Palomides, Sir Gaheris, Sir Terence, and other knights of the Round Table and their associates try to stop Mordred and his White Horsemen from ending King Arthur's rule of Great Britain.
J-F Ree	Reeve, Philip	Web of air	In Mayda, a post-apocalyptic city off the coast of Portugal, a brilliant young engineer and a mysterious recluse race to build a flying machine, unaware that powerful enemies will kill to possess--or destroy--their new technology.
J-F Ten	TenNapel, Doug	Bad island	Reese, forced to go on vacation with his family, finds himself shipwrecked with them on a strange island full of weird plants and animals, and pursued by an unknown entity on the hunt.

YA-F Alb	Albert, Lisa	Mercy Lily	Lily, a veterinary assistant, struggles after her mother is diagnosed with MS, but after she begins to administer a bee sting therapy when traditional treatments fail, Lily comes to recognize her mother no longer wants to live.
YA-F Dix	Dixon, Heather	Entwined	Confined to their dreary castle while mourning their mother's death, Princess Azalea and her eleven sisters join The Keeper, who is trapped in a magic passageway, in a nightly dance that soon becomes nightmarish.
YA-F Dog	Dogar, Sharon	Annexed	A fictional account of life with Anne Frank hidden in the secret annex from Peter's point-of-view, following as he becomes closer with Anne, begins to question his own religion, and is forced to suppress his own desires to join the fight.
YA-F Joh	Johnson, Maureen	Last little blue envelope	Ginny travels to London when she receives a message from an unknown man telling her he has the letters that were stolen just before she completed a series of mysterious tasks assigned by her now dead aunt, an artist.
YA-F Myr	Myracle, Lauren	Bliss	Having grown up in a CA commune, Bliss sees her aloof grandmother's Atlanta world as a foreign country, but wants to be nice as a freshman, which makes her the perfect target for Sandy, a girl obsessed with the occult.
YA-F San	Sanchez, Alex	Boyfriends with girlfriends	When Lance begins to date Sergio, who is bisexual, he is not sure that it will work out, and when his best friend Allie, who has a boyfriend, meets Sergio's lesbian friend, she has unexpected feelings which she struggles to understand.
YA-F Sid	Siddell, Thomas	Gunnerkrigg Court v.3: Reason	Antimony Carver's end of the second year at Gunnerkrigg Court, a British boarding school full of robots, body-snatching demons, forest gods, and other strange creatures, finds her and her friend Kat involved in investigating the Court's history.
YA-F Sil	Silvey, Craig	Jasper Jones	In small-town Australia, teens Jasper and Charlie form an unlikely friendship when one asks the other to help him cover up a murder until they can prove who is responsible.
YA-F Wol	Wolf, Allan	Watch that ends the night : voices from the Titanic	Recreates the 1912 sinking of the Titanic as observed by millionaire John Jacob Astor, a beautiful young Lebanese refugee finding first love, "Unsinkable" Molly Brown, Captain Smith, and others including the iceberg itself.
YA-F Yan	Yancey, Rick	Curse of the wendigo	In 1888, Will chronicles his apprenticeship with Dr. Warthrop, a scientist who hunts and studies real-life monsters, as they discover and attempt to destroy the Wendigo, a creature that starves even as it gorges itself on human flesh.

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