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American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau
As America and the world grapple with the consequences of global environmental change, the author, a writer and activist offers this anthology gathering the best and most significant American environmental writing from the last two centuries- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9781598530209
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American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in the New
Growing up a ninety-pound weakling tormented by bullies, Matthew Polly dreamed of one day journeying to the Shaolin Temple in China to become a fighter like in his favorite 1970s TV series, Kung Fu- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009, Alex Awards 2008
- ISBN: 9781592402625
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The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash Course in Art History from Prehistoric to Post-Modern
Like music, art is a universal language. Although looking at works of art is a pleasurable enough experience, to appreciate them fully requires certain skills and knowledge- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9780836280050
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Another Day in the Frontal Lobe: A Brian Surgeon Exposes Life on the Inside
An autobiographical account of the life and career of Katrina Firik, a neurosurgeon.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9781400063208
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Art That Changed the World
This beautiful and extensive collection examines the history of art. Organized chronologically, the combination of visuals and informative text is both approachable and easy to grasp.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9781465414359
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At Home: A Short History of Private Life
Bill Bryson turns his eye for intriguing connections to exploring the history of the structure of the house from ancient times to recent innovations.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9780767919388
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Bad Science: Hacks, Quacks, and Big Pharma Flacks
Goldacre is on a crusade to raise scientific literacy so people can stop being duped by dubious wording, studies, statistics, and the next big health fad.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9780007240197
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Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey through His Son's Addiction
From as early as grade school, the world seemed to be on Nic Sheff's string. Bright and athletic, he excelled in any setting and appeared destined for greatness. Yet as childhood exuberance faded into teenage angst, the precocious boy found himself going down a much different path.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9780618683352
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
Connect with the residents of Annawadi, a makeshift settlement on the outskirts of the Mumbai airport, as they confront global change and inequality in modern India with hope and imagination.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9781400067558
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The Big House: Image and Reality of the American Prison
A history of large prisons, why they were designed and built as they were, and the stark reality of the prisoners who inhabit them.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9780300124194
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The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters
Why does poop matter? Sanitation is a huge public health issue and has massive implications for economics, growth and development, the environment, agriculture, and even education. -
Biopunk: DIY Scientists Hack the Software of Life
Can the cure for cancer be found in your kitchen? In Biopunk, Wohlsen sheds light on a new community of DIY scientists working outside the walls of corporations and universities to solve the world's biggest problems and to “open source” the basic code of life.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9781617230028
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Bitterly Divided: The South's Inner Civil War
From the author of the celebrated A People's History of the Civil War, a new account of the Confederacy's collapse from wit- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9781595581082
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The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
Everyone knows The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo, but few realize the inspiration for these action-packed tales was Dumas's own real-life hero: his father, a mixed-race soldier who rose to become a general in Napoleon's army.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9780307382467
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Blankets
Loosely based on the author's life, chronicles Craig's journey from childhood to adulthood, exploring the people, experiences, and beliefs that he encountered along the way- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9781891830433
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Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
The author shares the stories of his years in stand-up comedy in a humorous memoir that recalls a first job selling guidebooks at Disneyland, his early magic and comedy act, his years of honing his craft, and the sacrifice, discipline, and originality it took to take him to the top.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9781416553656
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Bossypants
How did one of the funniest women in the world get to where she is? In Fey's own words, “you have to go down the chute.”- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9781609419691
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The Botany of Desire: A Plant's Eye View of the World
An Idaho farmer cultivates Russet Burbank potatoes so that a customer at a McDonald's half a world away can enjoy a long, golden french fry. A gardener plants tulip bulbs in the fall and, come spring, has a riotous patch of color to admire.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9780375501296
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The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Building to the suspense of a race won by seconds, this tale follows the nine young men who traveled from Seattle to Berlin to compete in crew at the spectacular and infamous Nazi Olympics.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9780670025817
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Brilliant Blunders: From Darwin to Einstein—Colossal Mistakes from Great Scientists that Changed Our Understanding of Life and the Universe
Even the greatest scientists had bad days. In this book, Livio explores how some of the world's greatest scientific minds missed the mark, but led to greater discoveries.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9781439192368
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The Butterfly Mosque
Taking an Islamic Studies course changes Wilson's life forever when she converts and moves to Cairo to teach English, submerging herself in her new culture. When she meets and falls in love with Omar, she's forced to question and strengthen her position as a woman embracing both Western and Eastern identities.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9780802118875
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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Talks about the mysterious collapse of past civilizations - and what this means for the future.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9780143117001
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Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges
Profiles of forty colleges that offer something different- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9780143122302
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The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale
Combined for the first time here are Maus I: A Survivor's Tale and Maus II - the complete story of Vladek Spiegelman and his wife, living and surviving in Hitler's Europe.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9781559406505
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The Complete Persepolis
This is the tale of Marjane Satrapi growing up during the extremist Islamic revolution in Iran during the 1970s/1980s, her move to Austria in early adolescence, and her time moving back to Iran, before finally settling in Europe again as a young woman.
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A Continent for the Taking: The Tragedy and the Hope of Africa
To put it mildly, colonialism has not been kind to Africa. From rubber and diamonds to oil and coltan, it is a continent of fabulous natural resources that continues to be the focus of greed and exploitation. Part journalistic voyage, part memoir, this is an exploration of colonialism's ongoing legacy.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9781400030279
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Damned Lies and Statistics: Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists
Offers advice on how to understand social statistics and how to recognize bad statistics that are sometimes put out by the media, or special interest groups; and presents analyses of a selection of bad statistics- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9780520219786
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
Two men, each handsome and unusually adept at his chosen work, embodied an element of the great dynamic that characterized America2s rush toward the twentieth century.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9780609608449
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The Devil's Highway: A True Story
Describes the attempt of twenty-six men to cross the Mexican border into the desert of southern Arizona, a region known as the Devil's Highway, detailing their harrowing ordeal and battle for survival against impossible odds. Only 12 men came back out.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9780316746717
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The Devil's Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks
Journalist Casey first saw the great white sharks of the Farallon Islands, some longer than twenty feet, swirling around a small motorboat in a documentary- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9780805075816
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The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Table of Periodic Elements
Elements are more than just protons and electron shells; they are the sources of practical jokes and obsessions, bitter disputes and great adventures. From hydrogen to ununoctium, Kean explains the elemental joys of the building blocks of chemistry with humor and verve.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9780316051637
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Dressed: A Century of Hollywood Costume Design
In Dressed: A Century of Hollywood Costume Design, Academy Award-nominated costume designer Deborah Nadoolman Landis showcases one hundred years of Hollywood's most tantalizing costumes- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9780060816506
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E=mc2: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation
Everyone is familiar with Einstein's formula, but Bodanis reveals the history and the scientists whose work was the foundation for this famous equation.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9780425181645
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Eagle Blue: A Team, a Tribe, and a High School Basketball Season in Arctic Alaska
Follows the Fort Yukon Eagles, winners of six regional championships in a row, through the course of an entire 28game season, from their first day of practice in late November to the Alaska State Championship- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009, Alex Awards 2007
- ISBN: 9781582346236
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The Economics Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
Anything and everything you ever wanted to know about economics in one handy, colorful, and easy-to-browse book.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9780756698270
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The Elements of Library Research: What Every Student Needs to Know
This short, practical book introduces students to the important components of the information-seeking process- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9780691131504
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Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China
A compelling and eye-opening look at young women in China who make up a growing migrant population in the country's largest cities.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9780385520171
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Feynman
Get to know perhaps the most famous personality of nuclear physics: the bongo-playing, safe-cracking, defiantly curious Nobel Prize winner Richard Feynman in this meticulously researched graphic biography.
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First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
From a childhood survivor of Cambodia's brutal Pol Pot regime comes an unforgettable narrative of war crimes and desperate actions, the unnerving strength of a small girl and her family, and their triumph of spirit.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9780060193324
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Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death at a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina changed the way people understand the politics of rescue and the overwhelming nature of catastrophe. Fink incisively unpacks the troubling decisions that led to the deaths of seven patients at Baptist Memorial during the storm, raising vital questions about medical ethics and disaster relief.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9780307718969
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The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food
Mixing travel with social and food history, readers gain a better understanding of the Chinese-American experience and a better appreciation of their next meal at a Chinese restaurant.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9780446580076
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Frida: Viva la Vida! Long Live Life!
Biographical poems about the life and work of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9780761453369
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From Clueless to Class Act: Manners for the Modern Man
To make a favourable impression in his social and professional circles, a man has to have panache, style and excellent etiquette.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9781402739750
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Gay America: Struggle for Equality
This work provides a chronological overview of public attitudes toward homosexuality throughout American history, as well as the experience of gay people during these prescriptive, restrictive, and even dangerous periods. -
The Genomics Age: How DNA Technology is Transforming the Way We Live and Who We Are
Gina Smith provides an accessible introduction to the technology and people enabling the business and research developments- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9780814408438
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The Ghost with Trembling Wings: Science, Wishful Thinking, and the Search for Lost Species
Approximately 30,000 species of animals and plants go extinct every year. Follow Weidensaul around the globe to places such as Madagascar, Indonesia, and Peru, as he pursues stories of extinction and, surprisingly, resurrection.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9780865476684
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Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon - And the Journey of a Generation
Girls Like Us is a groundbreaking and irresistible biography of three of America's most important musical artists--Carly Simon, Carole King, and Joni Mitchell--and offers an epic treatment of these mid-century women who dared to break tradition.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9780743491471
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The Glass Castle: A Memoir
This empowering memoir recounts the strength and creativity of the Walls children as they overcome the poverty and social challenges their parents brought upon them.
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Gods Like Us: On Movie Stardom and Modern Fame
Why do we obsess about Hollywood and its stars? Burr's history of cinema and acting illuminates why we love—and sometimes love to hate—the idea of celebrity.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9780307377661
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Greasy Rider: Two Dudes, One Fry-Oil-Powered Car, and a Cross-Country Search for a Greener Future
Describes the cross-country odyssey of a freelance journalist and his college buddy in a dilapidated 1985 Mercedes diesel station wagon powered on vegetable oil.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9781565125957