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A People's History of the United States 1492-Present
A comprehensive history of the United States, from the impact of Columbus's and others' arrival in the New World through modern times. This is the history that is usually not told, about America's misuses of African Americans, Native Americans, and other traditionally disenfranchised groups. The history covered is from 1492-2001.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9780060838652
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Philosophy: A Discovery in Comics
What is thinking? Who are we? Find out some theories in this fun graphic novel introduction to basic principles of philosophy and history of philosophers.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9781561636983
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Photography: An Illustrated History
Presents the history of photography from the daguerreotypes of the mid-1800s to its acceptance as an art form and more.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9780195126082
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Pillars of the Earth
Set in twelfth-century England, this epic of kings and peasants juxtaposes the building of a magnificent church with the violence and treachery that often characterized the Middle Ages.- Realistic Fiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9780688046590
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Please Ignore Vera Dietz
When her best friend, whom she secretly loves, betrays her and then dies under mysterious circumstances, high school senior Vera Dietz struggles with secrets that could help clear his name. -
The Plot Against America
When the renowned aviation hero and rabid isolationist Charles A. Lindbergh defeated Franklin Roosevelt by a landslide in the 1940 presidential election, fear invaded every Jewish household in America- Realistic Fiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9780618509287
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Pluto (Series)
A re-entry into the world of Osamu Tezuka's legendary 1964 classic Astro Boy, Pluto follows the clever, conflicted investigator Gesicht as he tracks down the terrorist who has sent an invincible robot to execute the seven best robots in the world. -
The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Fancisco Manzano
Juan Francisco Manzano was born in 1797 into the household of wealthy slave owners in Cuba.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9780805077063
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The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
In Prohibition New York, hundreds of people died from poison in everything from unregulated health tonics to the pie at the local diner. The Head Coroner and dedicated Chief of the forensics lab were the first in the country to insist to the police, to politicians, and to the public that science could make or break a case.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9781594202438
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The Power of Myth
Conversations between Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers, a television journalist, discussing mythology and our ties to the past.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9780385247740
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Private: Bradley Manning, WikiLeaks, and the Biggest Exposure of Official Secrets in American History
The story of Bradley Manning, the military intelligence analyst who leaked thousands of classified documents to the public through WikiLeaks. Nicks reveals the story of a young misfit, who leaked the documents because of dissatisfaction with serving in the military and the anticipated notoriety that would follow.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9781613740682
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Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea
A westerner's visit into North Korea, told in the form of a graphic novel. Famously referred to as one of the "Axis of Evil" countries, North Korea remains one of the most secretive and mysterious nations in the world today.- Realistic Fiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9781896597898
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Quiet: the Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
It takes all types to make things happen. A fascinating look at how introverts have contributed to society and how it can be a good thing to be “quiet.”- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9780307352149
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The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation
This is the story of how America awakened to its race problem, of how a nation that longed for unity after World War II came instead to see, hear, and learn about the shocking indignities and injustices of racial segregation in the South.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9780679403814
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The Race to Save the Lord God Bird
Tells the story of the ivory-billed woodpecker's extinction in the United States, describing the encounters between this species and humans, and discussing what these encounters have taught us about preserving endangered creatures- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9780374361730
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The Radioactive Boy Scout: The True Story of a Boy and His Backyard Nuclear Reactor
Traces a young boy's obsessive fascination with science and nuclear physics, which eventually compelled him to misrepresent himself to the government and build a breeder reactor in his back yard, causing an environmental catastrophe in his quiet Detroit neighborhood.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9780375503511
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The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II
China has endured much hardship in its history, as Iris Chang shows in her ably researched The Rape of Nanking, a book that recounts the horrible events in that eastern Chinese city under Japanese occupation in the late 1930s. -
Rapture Practice: A True Story About Growing Up Gay in an Evangelical Family
How do you accept yourself and your beliefs when they differ from your family's? Hartzler's memoir of growing up gay in a house where his parents believed the Rapture could happen any moment is funny, honest, and respectful of the idea that being yourself doesn't mean disrespecting or undermining others.
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A Rare Breed of Love: The True Story of Baby and the Mission She Inspired to Help Dogs Everywhere
Shares the story of a three-legged poodle whose rescue from a puppy mill sparked the author's cross-country rallies to raise awareness and call for reforms to animal protection laws, in a volume complemented by photos of celebrities and their animal companions.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9781416564034
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Ready for a Brand New Beat: How “Dancing in the Street” Became an Anthem for a Changing America
Kurlansky follows the creation and recording of the Motown record “Dancing in the Street” against the tumultuous period of racial integration and American politics.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9781594487224
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The Red Tent: A Novel
The story of Dinah, a tragic character from the Bible whose great love, a prince, is killed by her brother, leaving her alone and pregnant- Realistic Fiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9780312169787
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Relish: My Life in the Kitchen
Knisley's life has revolved around food in all its manifestations. This graphic memoir is perfect for those who live to eat or those who simply eat to live. -
The Road
In this postapocalyptic novel, a father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9780307265432
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Rookie Yearbook One
A thoughtful and provocative collection of the year's best writing from the feminist online magazine, Rookie. -
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead
Hamlet as told from the worm's-eye view of the bewildered Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, two minor characters in Shakespeare's play- Realistic Fiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9780802132758
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Rotten English: A Literary Anthology
An oveview of the best non-standard English writing of the past two centuries, with a focus on the most recent decades- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9780393329605
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The Round House
After his tribal specialist mother is brutally attacked, fourteen-year-old Joe Coutz sets off with his three friends to find out who is responsible. -
Salt: A World History
War. Empire. Revolution. Currency. Table salt? Explore the history of the world through this surprisingly complex condiment that has enabled exploration, caused wars, and driven empires.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9780142001615
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Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood
In late 1960's New Mexico, Sammy struggles with love, school, and everyday relationships while trying to figure out where he's headed in life as his friends get drafted, succumb to drugs, and fight the establishment.- Historical Fiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9780938317814
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A Sand County Almanac
Nature writings of Aldo Leopold, one of the foremost conservationist of our century- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9780195053050
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Scoreboard Baby: A Story of College Football, Crime, and Complicity
Rape, attempted murder, and drug charges fill the rap sheets of a many members of a college football team. Why isn't the media or the community talking or doing anything about it?- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9780803228108
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The Scorpio Races
Every November, the beaches of Thisby come alive with the Scorpio Races. The water horses are vicious, the terrain is treacherous, and death is likely, but the reward can be beyond anything you could imagine. Puck Connolly is racing for her family, Sean Kendrick for his passion—but only one can win The Scorpio Races. -
The Secret Life of Bees
Set in South Carolina in 1964, [this book] tells the story of Lily Owens, whose life has been shaped around the blurred memory of the afternoon her mother was killed. When Lily's fierce-hearted "stand-in mother," Rosaleen, insults three of the town's fiercest racists, Lily decides they should both escape to Tiburon, South Carolina--a town that holds the secret to her mother's past.- Realistic Fiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9780670032372
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Shakespeare: The Illustrated and Updated Edition
Bryson hits the mark with his characteristic wit as he explores the world of Shakespeare and the mystery surrounding the man and his plays.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9780061965326
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Shakespeare: The World as Stage
William Shakespeare, the most celebrated poet in the English language, left behind nearly a million words of text, but his biography has long been a thicket of supposition arranged around scant facts.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9780007197903
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She's Got Next: A Story of Getting In, Staying Open, and Taking a Shot
A memoir of a life in basketball chronicles the journey of a woman who plays the game and coaches it, presenting the sport through the lens of gender, sexual politics, race, class, and above all, humor- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9780618264568
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Shooting Under Fire: The World of the War Photographer
Shooting Under Fire is the candid testimony and stunning photography of the men and women who go into battle armed only with a camera to show warfare as it is and where it is.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9781579652159
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
In this book Bill Bryson explores the most intriguing and consequential questions that science seeks to answer and attempts to understand everything that has transpired from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9780767908177
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The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail—But Some Don't
Who will win the Super Bowl? Will the stock market rise or fall? Explore the world of prediction science and learn to turn information into knowledge you can use to successfully plan for the future.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9781594204111
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Smarter Than You Think: How Technology is Changing Our Minds for the Better
Technology doesn't own us; we own technology. Thompson delves into how we use technology to better ourselves, our memories, and our society more broadly.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9781594204456
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The Smartest Kids in the World: and How They Got that Way
A literary journalist followed three teenagers who spent a school year living in Finland, South Korea, and Poland. Each country's different educational styles bring up the question of which teaching style gets the best results.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9781451654424
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Sold
Thirteen-year-old Lakshmi leaves her poor mountain home in Nepal thinking that she is to work in the city as a maid only to find that she has been sold into the sex slave trade in India and that there is no hope of escape. -
Someday This Pain Will be Useful to You
Eighteen-year-old James living in New York City with his older sister and divorced mother struggles to find a direction for his life- Realistic Fiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9780374309893
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Something Like Normal
Travis, a young Marine, deals with life at home after his best friend is killed in Afghanistan. -
Song of Achilles
Achilles and Patroclus have been through many tough situations as they've grown up together. The battle at Troy may be their final challenge. This beautiful retelling of their story brings the Iliad to life.- Historical Fiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9781408816035
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Spell it Out: The Curious, Enthralling, and Extraordinary History of English Spelling
A fascinating and entertaining history of English spelling that also examines the evolution of writing, printing, and the language itself.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9781250003478
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Spillover
Viruses are everywhere—mutating, hiding, waiting. When they cross over from animals to humans, they can cause some of the scariest—and most lethal—diseases (AIDS, Spanish flu, rabies, Ebola). Follow viral detectives as they try to solve these infectious mysteries and prevent the next human pandemic.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9780393066807
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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of
When three-month-old Lia Lee arrived at the county hospital emergency room in Merced, California, a chain of events was set in motion from which neither she nor her parents nor her doctors would ever recover.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9780374267810
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Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Ever Told You About Being Creative
Creativity is for everyone, and everyone can be creative—and this guide to the process should keep you inspired.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9780761169253
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Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different
Equally reviled and revered--often by the same people--Steve Jobs, the man who operated from his own "reality distortion field," was an extraordinary "tweaker" who transcended the visionary to perfect the simple and transform the world as we know it.