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Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy
Bazelon digs into and defines bullying culture, from the classroom to the internet.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9780812992809
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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
A look inside the world of forensics examines the use of human cadavers in a wide range of endeavors, including research into new surgical procedures, space exploration, and a Tennessee human decay research facility- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009, Alex Awards 2004
- ISBN: 9780393050936
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Sunrise Over Fallujah
Robin Perry, from Harlem, is sent to Iraq in 2003 as a member of the Civilian Affairs Battalion, and his time there profoundly changes him.- Realistic Fiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9780439916240
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Super Crunchers: Why Thinking-By-Numbers is the New Way to Be Smart
Gone are the days of solely relying on intuition to make decisions. Today, number crunching affects your life in ways you might never imagine.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9780553805406
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The Taste of Sweet: Our Comlicated Love Affair With Our Favorite Treats
A scientific look at the human love affair with sweets examines our complicated, often conflicted relationship with sweet foods from a historical, socieconomic, technological, and cultural perspective.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9780307351906
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Terror in the Name of God: Why Religious Militants Kill
For four years, the author interviewed extremist members of three religions around the world: Christians, Jews, and Muslims.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9780060505325
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Theater Geek: The Real-Life Drama of a Summer at Stagedoor Manor, the Famous Performing Arts Camp
Rapkin follows the summer of three high school attendees of Stagedoor Manor—a renowned performing arts camp—as they prepare for various parts in Sondheim musicals.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9781439145777
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This Land Was Made for You and Me: The Life and Songs of Woody Guthrie
A biography of Woody Guthrie, a singer who wrote over 3,000 folk songs and ballads as he traveled around the United States, including "This Land is Your Land" and "So Long It's Been Good to Know Yuh."- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9780670035359
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This Machine Kills Secrets: How WikiLeakers, Cypherpunks and Hacktivists Aim to Free the World's Information
From the Pentagon Papers of the seventies to WikiLeaks, Greenberg helps illuminate how these whistleblowers and technology have helped bring these secrets to light.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9780525953203
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Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace...One School at a Time
One man's campaign to build schools in the most dangerous, remote, and anti-American reaches of Asia- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9780670034826
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Thrice Told Tales: Three Mice Full of Writing Advice
One nursery rhyme is used to explain nearly one hundred elements of literature and writing in a fun, clever way.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9781442460768
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The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
New Yorker writer Malcolm Gladwell looks at why major changes in our society so often happen suddenly and unexpectedly- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9780316316965
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The Toaster Project: or A Heroic Attempt to Build a Simple Electric Appliance from Scratch
How hard do you think it is to smelt iron? Make plastic? Create wiring? Thwaites's simple goal—to make himself a cheap mechanical toaster—ends up a frequently frustrating and hilarious look at just how far we are from being able to manufacture the everyday items we take for granted.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9781568989976
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Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms
A poignant and delicate look at the lingering effects during the weeks, years, and decades after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.- Historical Fiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9781435228641
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Triangle: The Fire that Changed America
In 1911 New York, a fire in a shirtwaist factory staffed mostly by women trapped and killed 123 working there. Von Drehle uses this disaster as the focal point for a history of the rise of unions in the U.S. during this era.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9780802141514
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Tuesdays with Morrie: an Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher. Someone older who understood you when you were young and searching, who helped you see the world as a more profound place, and gave you advice to help you make your way through it.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9780385484510
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Turn Me Loose: The Unghosting of Medgar Evers
The tragedy of Evers's death is revealed through poems in the voice of his widow, brother, the wives of his killer, and the killer himself.- Poetry
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9780820345413
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Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines
The author details his immersion in a world of hardcore drugs, revealing the mental and physical depths of addiction, and the violent relapse one summer in California that forever changed his life, leading him down the road to recovery.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9781416913627
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Under the Mesquite
When Lupita's mother is diagnosed with cancer, it falls to Lupita to care for the rest of her Mexican-American family. In this free-verse novel, Lupita comes of age and finds strength in sharing her thoughts and opinions -
The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest University
Kevin Roose was a student at ultra-liberal Brown University when he decided to take a semester off to infiltrate a dorm at very conservative Liberty University to find out what really makes born-again Christians tick. He approached his task with an open mind, and what he learned was quite surprising.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9780446178433
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The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights
In the mid-1930s, Marian Anderson was a famed vocalist who had been applauded by European royalty and welcomed at the White House. But, because of her race, she was denied the right to sing at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9780618159765
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A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World
An irresistible blend of history, myth, and misadventure, A Voyage Long and Strange captures the wonder and drama of first contact.- Realistic Fiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9780805076035
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War Brothers: The Graphic Novel
This moving graphic novel discusses the kidnapping and training of child soldiers in Uganda. These children not only face the harsh reality of war, but also the rehabilitation to normal life after seeing such horrors.
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The Watch that Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic
Experience this fateful historic event from the point-of-view of twenty-four passengers who couldn't have imagined that their “unsinkable” ship would collide with an iceberg. -
Water for Elephants
Suddenly orphaned and penniless during the Depression, a veterinary student jumps a third-rate circus train and finds romance, danger, and a bond with a special elephant named Rosie.- Romance
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009, Alex Awards 2007
- ISBN: 9781565124998
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The Way We Work: Getting to Know the Amazing Human Body
Many of us spend most of our lives oblivious to even basic information about the most amazing thing we'll ever take for granted-our own bodies.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9780618233786
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We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
At first glance the Cooke family seems normal in every way, but Rosemary keeps secrets too painful to acknowledge, even to herself. Karen Joy Fowler's work questions our depiction of family, memory, and even humanity itself.- Mystery, Crime
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9780399162091
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The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth
Sometime this century the day will arrive when the human influence on the climate will overwhelm all other natural factors- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9780871139351
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Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History
The historian to whom this oft-quoted maxim is attributed provides intriguing examples of women's contributions to history.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9781400041596
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What Color Is Your Parachute? 2009: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers
What Color Is Your Parachute is deservedly the world's most popular job hunting book- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9781580087957
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What is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng: A Novel
A biographical novel traces the story of Valentino Achak Deng, who as a boy of seven was separated from his family when his village in southern Sudan was attacked by government helicopters.- Realistic Fiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9781932416640
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Wheelchair Warrior: Gangs, Disability, and Basketball
The victim of a gang-related shooting, Melvin Juette shares his poignant memoir of transformation from sixteen-year-old African American gang member to star athlete of the U.S. National Wheelchair Basketball Team- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9781592134748
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Who the Hell is Pansy O'Hara?: The Fascinating Stories Behind of the World's Best-Loved Books
From Stephen King's childhood fascination with gruesome comics to the famous family name behind Peter Benchley, book-lovers and first time authors Bond and Sheedy light up some intriguing angles on many popular authors.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9780143113645
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Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
A fable for adults on the subject of destiny and free will by a writer of children's books. It tells the story of Elphaba before she became the Wicked Witch of the West in the land of Oz- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9780060391447
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The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring
Hidden away in foggy, uncharted rain forest valleys in Northern California are the tallest organisms the world has ever sustained--the coast redwood trees.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9781400064892
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World Religions: The Great Faiths Explored and Explained
This comprehensive and lavishly illustrated work introduces the reader to faiths of the world through religious artifacts, paintings, architecture, and annotations of sacred texts. It includes timelines comparing significant events and people. -
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
The dust storms that terrorized America's High Plains in the darkest years of the Depression were like nothing ever seen before or since, and the stories of the people that held on have never been fully told.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9780618346974
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The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
In this layered account of the great dust bowl, Egan shares incredible eyewitness accounts and explores the convergence of failed agricultural practices, ill-fated government policies, and the costs of “get rich quick” schemes.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9780618773473
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The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible
Raised in a secular family but interested in the relevance of faith in our modern world, A.J. Jacobs decides to attempt to obey the Bible as literally as possible for one full year.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9780743291477
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Yoko Ono: Collector of Skies
Despite years of sexism, racism, and criticism in the public eye, Yoko Ono continues to create groundbreaking art and music. -
Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath
The author interprets the people, events, influences and art that made up the brief life of Sylvia Plath
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