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By David Lamb. 1991
After covering bloody events in Middle East war zones, a foreign correspondent returns to America determined to take time off.…
Lamb, also hoping to renew his boyhood enthusiasm for baseball, spends a summer observing sights, sounds, players, and fans in ballparks. This account chronicles his journey across the country and into the recesses of his memory. Some strong language. c1991.By John Farrell. 2011
By Liv Montgomery. 2012
Imagine if you could instantly build your foreign language skills and have fun at the same time. Now you can.…
The Spanish in Minutes Instant Language series takes a fun, entertaining, and scientific approach to learning Spanish. With the award-winning Liv Montgomery as your verbal tour guide, you'll learn how to study Spanish with special speed-learning techniques designed to engage multiple senses for increased retention by 35 percent. 2012.By James Risen. 2006
New York Times reporter recounts anecdotes, often from anonymous sources, concerning CIA efforts to thwart terrorists since September 11, 2001.…
Discusses the National Security Agency's domestic wiretapping program, the search for weapons of mass destruction, and the return of Afghanistan's opium trade. Posits that the CIA mission failed. Bestseller. 2006.Chilling and absorbing account of a week spent by the author at the famed Livermore nuclear lab in California. Describes…
the young scientists absorbed in making futuristic space weapons with lasers, particle beams, and microwaves. 1985.By Jeffrey Simpson. 2000
While Canadians habitually measure themselves and their country against the United States, they also continue to move across the border…
- about 600,000 Canadians are thought to live there. In talking to some of these people, Simpson provides a mix of anecdote, analysis and commentary that reveals surprising new perspectives on Canada's current and past relationship with America. He also looks sharply at the so-called "brain drain" and explodes some longstanding myths and stereotypes we hold about Americans. 2000.By Carle A Rigby. 1979
By Lynn Henry, Rita Joe. 1996
Mi'kmaq poet Rita Joe reflects on the tumultuous events of her life. Raised in foster homes and educated in an…
Indian residential school, she endured prejudice, sexism, and poverty. She began to write poetry, and soon discovered the voice through which she could reclaim her Aboriginal heritage. 1996.By Howard White, Jim Spilsbury. 1987
Spilsbury's Coast is the inside passage between the Fraser River and the top of Vancouver Island. Jim Spilsbury spent 10…
of his early years in a tent on the beach. He went on to start Canada's largest domestic airline. c1987.By Torey L Hayden. 1999
Four problem children were put in Torey Hayden's class because no one else knew what to do with them. Together,…
with the help of a remarkable teacher who cared too much to ever give up, they became almost a family, able to give each other the love and understanding they had found nowhere else. 1999.By Edwin Campion Vaughan. 1988
The journal of eight months in the life of a 19-year-old British officer during 1917. Vaughan's description of the Battle…
of Ypres tells of costly struggles for pillboxes, brief friendships that developed between enemies, and the wounded drowning in shell holes. 1980.By Candice DeLong, Elisa Petrini. 2001
Memoir by a retired female agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation detailing her training, work environment, and cases. DeLong…
says her experience as a psychiatric nurse served her well in profiling suspects and during the Tylenol poisoning and Unabomber investigations. Some violence and some strong language. 2001.By Donald H Akenson. 2007
Most people are curious about their ancestry, and the Mormon Family History Library is one of the most important resources.…
Started in 1894, it has grown to include 2 billion names, 2.4 million rolls of microfilm, and 278,000 books - making it the world's largest collection of genealogical information. Akenson explains and evaluates the history and functioning of this massive undertaking, in the process providing an insightful study of the Mormon scriptures and their implications for genealogical work. Some descriptions of sex. Some descriptions of violence. c2007.By Leah Cohen. 1984
After a lifetime as home-makers and wage earners, most older women end up poor and alone. This book looks at…
the causes and workings of the prejudice endured by women as they age. 1984.By John L Plaster. 1997
Recounts covert operations by American special forces codenamed the Studies and Operations Group in the Vietnam War. The SOG rescued…
downed pilots, sabotaged targeted installations, and sapped enemy troop strength. The author depicts the valour and sacrifices of these secret warriors. Descriptions of violence. c1997.By James Laxer. 2000
James Laxer travels to different regions in the U.S. in an effort to examine the social and political issues, trends…
and conflicts that shape the current American society. He observes the IMF protests in Washington, D.C., tracks the campaign of presidential candidate George W. Bush, visits an abortion clinic in Seattle, and enrols in a firearms training course in Springfield, Massachusetts. Some strong language; some descriptions of violence; graphic descriptions of an abortion procedure. 2000.By John Stalker. 1988
In 1984, the author, a deputy chief constable in England, was sent to Northern Ireland to investigate the murder of…
six Ulster Catholics. He writes about the policies of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, and the British government's decision not to prosecute the killers. Stalker was dismissed from his job because of his investigation, but later reinstated. 1988.By Dorothy Schneider, Carl J Schneider. 1988
The authors, who interviewed over 300 women serving in the United States Navy, Army, Air Force, Coast Guard and Marines,…
offer information for those thinking of joining and those already in the service. Topics discussed include discrimination, sexual harassment, training, education and benefits. c1988.By Arielle Ford. 2009
The woman who helped launch the careers of Deepak Chopra, Neale Donald Walsch, and Jack Canfield shows readers how to…
take control of their romantic destiny. Finding true love is possible for anyone at any age if you're willing to prepare yourself, on all levels, to become a magnet for love. Rather than sitting around, lamenting their loneliness, readers will learn how to use the law of attraction to attract their soulmate to them. 2009.Bestselling author of "The Automatic Millionaire" (DC27883) urges women, regardless of age or marital status, to secure their financial futures.…
Offers plans for investing, teaching kids about money, spending wisely, and aligning resources with personal values. Revised edition of the 1999 original includes success stories and Internet strategies. 2003.