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The 100 Best African American Poems
This anthology, edited by award-winning poet Nikki Giovanni, contains more than one hundred poems by classic and contemporary African-American poets. Also included with the text is an audio CD with some selections of poetry read aloud.- Poetry
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9781402221118
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17 and Gone
Lauren keeps meeting girls who went missing at age 17, but her experiences with them might not be ghostly encounters. They might be signs of a more troubling illness inside her.- Mystery, Crime
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9780525423409
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Born with water on the brain, Arnold Spirit, aka Junior, transfers to an all-white school off his reservation. He knows he won't easily fit in, but with self-determination and a solid personal identity, he has the chance to succeed. -
Alif the Unseen
In an unnamed Middle Eastern country, computer hacker Alif falls for the wrong girl and runs afoul of her fiancé, the vicious head of state security. The bigger problem is there is only one ally who can save him: a deadly world-weary jinni.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9780802120205
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All Our Pretty Songs
A modern retelling of the Orpheus myth where music and art mix with an undeniably loyal pair of best friends.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9781250027085
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Almost Perfect
Logan's friendship with Sage, the new girl at school, begins to evolve into more until she reveals her secret. This story of acceptance is not just about how we love, but the surprise of who we love.- Realistic Fiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9780385736640
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American Born Chinese
Jin Wang just wants to fit in.
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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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The Ask and the Answer
When Todd and Viola are forced to leave everything familiar behind, their flight across their newly settled planet triggers a long-simmering conflict. Ness explores xenophobia, colonialism, war, reconciliation, and control of access to technology in this gripping trilogy.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9781406310269
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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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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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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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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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Boy 21
When Finley's basketball coach asks him to look out for new kid Russ, he has no idea what's in store. Finley might be used to the racial conflict in his town and the pressures of basketball, but he is totally unprepared for Russ's strange request to be called “Boy21.” -
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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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
A self-proclaimed “ghetto nerd,” outcast and animé-loving Oscar Wao is the latest in a long line of doomed generations to suffer the dreaded fuku curse of his native Dominican Republic. With only humor and talent as his weapons, he perseveres, knowing “you can never run away. Not ever. The only way out is in.” -
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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Chasing Shadows
Corey, Holly, and Savitri act as one until a random act of violence destroys their group. Holly and Savitri must find their own way to deal with the tragedy without becoming undone. -
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
Months before the landmark 1955 Montgomery bus boycott began, one fifteen-year-old girl refused to give up her seat and became a key part of the legal battle to overturn segregation. -
Code Name Verity
Oct. 11th, 1943-A British spy plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France. Its pilot and passenger are best friends. One of the girls has a chance at survival. The other has lost the game before it's barely begun. -
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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The Curiosities: A Collection of Stories
Three young adult authors challenged each other to write a piece of short fiction every week. The Curiosities is a collection of their stories, with comments from each author about their writing.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9780761375272
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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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The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
Sophomore Frankie starts dating senior Matthew Livingston, but when he refuses to talk about the all-male secret society that he and his friends belong to, Frankie infiltrates the society in order to enliven their mediocre pranks.
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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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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 Eyre Affair
The first in a series set in a zany alternative Swindon, Thursday Next (Special Ops—Literary Division) is on the case when characters are kidnapped from their original manuscripts—potentially changing literature forever.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9780142001806
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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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Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm: A New English Version
Ever wonder about the classic fairy tales you heard as a child? Pullman retells and traces the history of some of the most well known—and some obscure—stories of our time.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9780670024971
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Fangirl
As a college freshman, Cath struggles to find her place as she tries to balance her chaotic home life, her fan-fiction writing, and school, while discovering what life is like without her twin sister. -
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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Finnikin of the Rock
Ten years after the royal family of Lumatere is brutally murdered, nineteen-year-old Finnikin sets out on a journey to discover whether or not the rumors of a surviving heir are true.
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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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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 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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Girl in Translation
Caught between the pressure to succeed in America, her duty to their family, and her own personal desires, Kimberly Chang, an immigrant girl from Hong Kong, learns to constantly translate not just her language but herself back and forth between the worlds she straddles -
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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Going Bovine
When Cameron is diagnosed with Mad Cow Disease, he sets out on an adventure with a video game obsessed dwarf and a Viking god trapped in a yard gnome in the hopes of finding a cure.
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The Good Braider
The long, hard, and ultimately hopeful journey of a young Sudanese refugee from a country terrorized by war to Portland, Maine, where cultural differences present a continuing struggle. -
Good Poems
Selected from Keillor's radio show, The Writer's Almanac, this anthology of both contemporary and classic poetry is the first in a set of three. Poems range from quirky to quaint and everyone is sure to find at least one favorite in this accessible collection. -
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
From the brutality of human trafficking to heartbreaking maternal death rates, this work brings to light these atrocities through women's personal stories and provides guidance on how we can all take part in the opportunity to change the conditions of women's lives across the globe.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9780307267146
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The Holy or the Broken: Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, and the Unlikely Ascent of “Hallelujah.”
What happens when artists perform their own version of a song? Follow the evolution of the song “Hallelujah” from its original version by Leonard Cohen to being featured in the movie Shrek to being performed on American Idol as a perennial audition song.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9781451657869
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How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming
Brown always wanted to discover a planet, but what he actually discovered helped radically change the way we view the solar system. His straightforward account of his life, work, and Pluto's demotion also explains how and why scientists currently study and debate the skies.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9780385531085
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Imaginary Girls
Chloe adores her big sister Ruby, and lives to win Ruby's approval. In fact, Ruby seems to have this effect on everyone in their little town. But just what is the power that Ruby holds over them? The author's use of language may keep us from seeing the truth in this eerily compelling story.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9780525423386