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Humankind: how biology and geography shape human diversity
By Alexander H. Harcourt, A. H Harcourt, Alexander H Harcourt. 2015
Anthropologist examines the movement of the human species and discusses the impact this has had on evolutionary development. Analyzes the…
results of Western imperialism, cultural convergences and diaspora, and the ways local ecology influenced choices of nomadism versus settlement. 2015The butterfly mosque: A Young American Woman's Journey to Love and Islam
By G. Willow Wilson. 2010
Author's memoir of her conversion to Islam and her romantic relationship with an Egyptian man after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.…
Details her spiritual search as a college student, her move to Cairo at age twenty-one, and the culture clash she experienced as an American living in Egypt. 2010First class: the legacy of Dunbar, America's first Black public high school
By Alison Stewart. 2013
Award-winning journalist Stewart chronicles the rise and fall of the first public African American high school, from its founding in…
1870 to the twenty-first century. Explores the historical segregation of Washington, D.C., educational reform, and inner-city problems. Some violence and some strong language. 2013The boy detective: a New York childhood
By Roger Rosenblatt. 2013
While teaching a class on memoir writing in 2011, Rosenblatt, the author of Making Toast (DB 72799) and Kayak Morning…
(DB 76815), strolled through his childhood neighborhood of Gramercy Park. He reminisces about his obsession of becoming a detective in 1950s New York City and ponders life and memory. 2013The speech: the story behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream
By Gary Younge. 2013
Award-winning columnist analyzes Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" address delivered at the March on Washington for Jobs…
and Freedom on August 28, 1963. Discusses the political climate of the country during the struggle for racial equality and the worldwide effect of the speech. 2013The hard way on purpose: essays and dispatches from the Rust Belt
By David Giffels. 2014
English professor examines living in Akron, Ohio--as part of the "Rust Belt"--in twenty-three essays. "The Chosen Ones" compares Giffels's life…
in Akron to that of basketball player LeBron James, who attended the same high school sixteen years after the author graduated. 2014My heart is boundless: writings of Abigail May Alcott, Louisa's mother
By Abba May Alcott. 2012
LaPlante compiles the letters and diaries of Abigail May Alcott (1800-1877), the mother of Louisa, the inspiration for Marmee in…
Little Women (BR 11778), and LaPlante's great aunt. Abigail's writings, organized by topic and chronology, detail her thoughts on everything from marriage and motherhood to slavery and suffrage. 2012Nancy Clancy, secret admirer (Nancy Clancy 2)
By Jane O'Connor. 2013
King Peggy: an American secretary, her royal destiny, and the inspiring story of how she changed an African village
By Eleanor Herman, Peggielene Bartels. 2013
Autobiography of Peggielene Bartels, an American working at the Ghanaian embassy in August 2008, who found herself as a ruler…
of seven thousand people of Otuam in Ghana, Africa, in September of the same year. Recounts the transformation of herself and her community. For senior high and older readers. 2012My beloved world
By Sonia Sotomayor. 2013
Memoir of United States Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor (born 1954). Recalls growing up with her Puerto Rican family in…
the Bronx and being diagnosed with juvenile diabetes. Discusses her family life, education at Princeton and Yale, and becoming a district court judge in 1992. Bestseller. 2013Pas si fous, ces Français!
By Jean-Benoît Nadeau. 2005
Pourquoi personne ne comprend les Français ? C'est pour répondre à cette épineuse question que deux journalistes canadien et québécois,…
Julie Barlow et Jean-Benoît Nadeau, ont passé plus de deux ans en France avec un seul objectif : observer et comprendre. De leur séjour dans cet étrange pays est né ce livre, drôle et sérieux à la fois. Bousculant la plupart des idées reçues sur la France, les auteurs ont passé au crible les structures et les réflexes culturels des Français, allant de leur supposée arrogance jusqu'à leur culte de l'État et des grands hommes, leur obsession de la laïcité, ou encore leur penchant immodéré pour les manifestations. Ils se sont immergés dans la province (concept bien français), ont poursuivi les fans de José Bové, pénétré les arcanes de l'énarchie, étudié la façon dont les Français inventent l'exception culturelle, prétendent résister à la mondialisation, tournent leurs phrases, corrigent leurs interlocuteurs, trichent et acceptent que leurs dirigeants politiques en fassent autant. [...] -- 4e de couvThe artificial ear: cochlear implants and the culture of deafness
By Stuart S Blume. 2010
Blume, a father of hearing-impaired children, relates the medical, economic, political, and social history of cochlear implants, starting with their…
conception in the 1930s. Focuses on technological advances in the field. Discusses the controversy surrounding the device, the deaf community's reactions, and the opinions of hearing parents. 2010Award-winning journalist examines the twenty-first-century social landscape of America, reflects on its past, and ponders its future. Provides profiles of…
Americans he calls "unconventional thinkers and doers," including the wife of a seriously wounded soldier, an inner-city school principal, a major league baseball pitcher, and others. Bestseller. 2011The Sleeper wakes: Harlem renaissance stories by women
By Marcy Knopf-Newman. 1993
Twenty-eight stories written in the 1920s and 1930s by fourteen African American women. Most were originally published in magazines and…
chronicle the struggles of race, gender, and poverty. In the title piece, a woman passes for white until her husband's bigotry breaks her silence. Violence and strong language. 1993United States (Countries Of The World Ser.)
By Elden Croy. 2010
Discusses the diverse people and landscapes of the fifty states that make up the United States of America. Describes the…
geography, wildlife, history, arts, and economy of this vast country. For grades 3-6. 2010Spain (Countries Of The World Ser.)
By Anita Croy. 2010
Facts about this Iberian Peninsula country, whose bullfighting, Mediterranean beaches, and flamenco dancing are popular among tourists. Describes Spain's geography…
and nature, history and government, and people and culture. Discusses its improved economic status after entering the European Union in 1986. For grades 3-6. 2010Tocqueville's discovery of America
By Leopold Damrosch. 2010
Prizewinning biographer reconstructs French historian Alexis de Tocqueville and his friend Beaumont's nine-month journey through the United States in 1831-1832.…
Captures the young nation's mood through letters and documents reflecting Tocqueville's perspective. 2010Award-winning music critic celebrates the sounds, people, and events of the years 1936 through 1938, as America emerged from the…
Great Depression. In a series of brief narratives, Orgill chronicles Amelia Earhart's around-the-world flight attempts, Joe Louis's triumph over German boxer Max Schmeling, and the rise of big bands. 2008Introduces children of various nationalities and backgrounds who share the desire for a healthy, safe place to grow up. Discusses…
children's basic needs for food, water, shelter, schooling, and play. Describes the issues of war, disabilities, and child labor. For grades 3-6. 2002Turkey (Countries of the World)
By Sarah D Shields. 2009
Geography and history of the Middle Eastern country that serves as a bridge between Europe and Asia. Covers Turkey's traditions,…
government, religion, and role in the modern world economy. Describes its varied climate and diverse plant life, including nine thousand species of wildflowers. For grades 3-6. 2009