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By Marc Spitz. 2006
Journalist interviews the members of the punk rock band Green Day--guitarist and singer Billie Joe Armstrong, bass player Mike Dirnt,…
and drummer Tre Cool. Covers the band's emergence on the music scene, its downward spiral, and its resurgence. Strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2006By Duane Chapman. 2007
Memoir of a bounty hunter. Describes his life as a gang member, chronicles his substance-abuse issues and prison experience, and…
discusses his recommitment to his faith and his transformation. Highlights his bounty-hunting assignments, including the capture in Mexico of convicted rapist Andrew Luster. Strong language and some violence. Bestseller. 2007By Jacqueline A Ball, Richard H. Levey, Jacqueline Ball. 2007
Explains archaeologists' exploration of ancient tombs and villages to find clues about the way people lived long ago. Discusses the…
two-thousand-year-old pottery army guarding the tomb of the first emperor of China, jade burial suits, and the best-preserved mummy in the world--Lady Dai. For grades 4-7. 2007Examines the anti-Japanese hysteria in the United States following the attack on Pearl Harbor that led to President Roosevelt authorizing…
relocation and internment of Japanese Americans. Discusses the U.S. military service of volunteers from the camps, who formed two segregated units. Describes their heroism in battle and belated recognition. 2006By Sid Fleischman. 2006
A biography of the American magician and escape artist Harry Houdini (1874-1926). Discusses the increasingly dangerous stunts he attempted, without…
revealing their underlying secrets. Traces Houdini's career path and describes his interest in spiritualism, his courage, and his determination to succeed. For grades 5-8. 2006By John Duggleby. 2005
Chronicles the life of blind African American musician Ray Charles (1930-2004), who grew up impoverished in Florida. Discusses his childhood,…
education, and personal problems. Focuses on Charles's career, which culminated in eight posthumous Grammys for his last album. Some strong language. For senior high readers. 2005By Bob Newhart. 2006
Comedian intersperses his autobiography with anecdotes from his stand-up comedy routines. Newhart discusses growing up in Chicago, being drafted into…
the army in 1952, his first real job as an accountant, his marriage of forty-three years, and life on the road. Includes dirty little secrets about comedians. 2006By Terry Gross. 2004
National Public Radio commentator Terry Gross compiles interviews covering two decades of her Peabody Award-winning program Fresh Air. Includes conversations…
with Johnny Cash, Eric Clapton, James Baldwin, and Jodie Foster, among others. Gross also offers insight into the show's production and her method of drawing out celebrities. 2004By Facts on File, Inc. Staff. 2005
Highlights various careers in the publishing industry, such as editor, press worker, columnist, literary agent, writer, and webmaster. Includes job…
descriptions, educational requirements, earnings, outlook, and more. For junior and senior high readers. 2005By Wendy Hart Beckman. 2002
Biographical sketches of ten African American contributors to the art, literature, music, and social commentary of the Harlem Renaissance: James…
Weldon Johnson, Alain LeRoy Locke, Zora Neale Hurston, Bessie Smith, Aaron Douglas, Duke Ellington, Langston Hughes, Arna Bontemps, Countee Cullen, and Josephine Baker. For junior and senior high readers. 2002By Said Hyder Akbar, Susan Burton, Said Akbar. 2005
Provides an insider's view of the post-Taliban Afghanistan government. The author describes his father's return to Afghanistan in December 2001,…
as President Hamid Karzai's spokesman and later governor of Kunar province, and his own experiences while spending summers there beginning in 2002. For senior high and older readers. 2005By Barbara Francis. 2005
Explains why it is dishonest to present someone else's work as your own. Discusses the temptation to copy material from…
the Internet and the best ways to avoid plagiarism. Includes examples of people who plagiarized and the consequences they faced. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2005By Ted Lewin, Ralph Helfer. 2006
Recounts the lifelong friendship between Bram and Modoc, a boy and an elephant, who were born the same hour in…
a German circus. Discusses how they grew up together, survived a shipwreck, worked in a teak forest, became successful in America, and were separated and reunited. For grades 2-4. 2006By Teri Hatcher. 2006
Golden Globe-winning actress and star of television's Desperate Housewives shares her experience of coping at forty with being a single…
mother and television star. Describes her personal and professional ups and downs and overcoming low self-esteem to succeed. Strong language. Bestseller. 2006By Rory Stewart. 2006
Afghanistan, 2002. Scotsman Rory Stewart recounts his solitary walk from Herat to Kabul, straight through the central mountains, after the…
fall of the Taliban. He recalls strangers' hospitality, a dog's companionship, and his adventures on the road. Comments on local history and customs. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2004By Louise Borden, Allan Drummond. 2005
Biography of the Jewish writers who fled from Nazi-occupied France with the original manuscript for Curious George. Features the creation…
of the illustrated story and its four-month journey with the couple by bicycle, train, and ship to New York City, where the book was published. For grades 3-6. 2005By Elizabeth Partridge. 2005
Portrait of legendary singer-songwriter John Lennon from his birth in 1940 Great Britain to his murder forty years later in…
New York City. Explores his career, alcohol and drug addiction, two marriages, and relationship with fellow Beatles band members. Strong language. For senior high readers. 2005By Elizabeth Harper, Timothy Harper. 2005
Journalist father and his college-age daughter offer teenagers, their parents, and their teachers advice on the different types of writing…
for publication. The two also guide would-be writers through the steps that are needed to get their work into print. For senior high and older readers. 2005By Shar Levine, Leslie Johnstone. 2002
Simple, safe experiments--using mostly everyday materials found at home--that explain where sound comes from, how it works, and how it…
affects people. Covers vibration, the Doppler effect, decibels, and musical scales among other topics. For grades 4-7. 2000By Henriette Mantel, Teri Garr. 2005
Comic actress Teri Garr describes her youth in Hollywood and her ambition to become a movie star. Discusses a long…
career that began with dancing, her dedication to acting, and the 1983 diagnosis of multiple sclerosis that forced Teri to refocus her life and priorities. Some strong language. 2005