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Superman versus the Ku Klux Klan: the true story of how the iconic superhero battled the men of hate
By Rick Bowers, National Geographic Kids. 2012
Discusses creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster's Jewish upbringing during the Great Depression and its influence on the development of…
their superhero, Superman. Covers the rise of the KKK and the emergence of the radio show, The Adventures of Superman. For junior and senior high and older readers. 2012Author of The Lunar Men (DB 58797) presents a biography of Sarah Losh (1786-1853), who designed a uniquely decorated church…
in the village of Wreay, England, in 1842. Details her family history, her architectural and artisan endeavors, and the socioeconomic and cultural changes that influenced her. 2012Knitting new mittens and gloves: warm and adorn your hands in 28 innovative ways
By Robin Melanson. 2008
Projects include many fingerless hand, wrist, and arm warmers in a variety of styles as well as more-traditional gloves and…
mittens. A paragraph describing each item is followed by the knitting instructions and details about necessary materials and tools. Includes a special-techniques section and a source list for supplies. 2008Faces from the past: forgotten people of North America
By James M. Deem. 2012
Case studies detail the reconstruction of skulls uncovered by archaeologists. Provides information about each excavation, the history of the site,…
and theories about the person's final moments. Includes Nevada's Spirit Cave Man, who lived 10,500 years ago, and skeletons from Albany's Almshouse Cemetery. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2012A little gay history: desire and diversity across the world
By R. B. Parkinson. 2013
Parkinson, a British Museum curator of ancient Egyptian culture, surveys the history of art objects representing lesbian, gay, bisexual, and…
transgendered (LGBT) individuals and experiences. Explores the ways changing attitudes toward LGBT individuals have been reflected in recorded history and material culture. 2013Leonardo's horse
By Jean Fritz, Hudson Talbott. 2001
The story behind the American Horse at the Frederik Meijer Gardens. An artistic idea envisioned but never finished by Leonardo…
da Vinci, the horse was subsequently completed by a pair of American artists in 1999. One bronzed statue remains in Milan, Italy, and the other resides in Grand Rapids. A 2002 Michigan Notable book. For grades 3-6. 2001. Award winnerHarley's ninth
By Cat Bauer. 2007
For sixteen-year-old Harley Columba, October 9th is a momentous day, featuring her opening in a New York City gallery, a…
fight and reconciliation with her newly found father, and the arrival of her period five days late. Sequel to Harley...(BR 13382). Some descriptions of sex. For senior high readers. 2007Summer at Tiffany
By Marjorie Hart. 2007
Eighty-three-year-old author recalls the summer of 1945 when she and Marty, her best friend from the University of Iowa, worked…
as the first female pages at Manhattan's Tiffany & Co. Reminisces about her romance with a navy midshipman and the VJ Day celebration in Times Square. 2007True Grace: the life and death of an American princess
By Wendy Leigh. 2007
Biography of Hollywood star Grace Kelly (1929-1982), who married Prince Rainier of Monaco. Through numerous interviews with friends and associates,…
the author reveals Kelly's series of love affairs, problems with her children, her husband's infidelities, and the demise of her acting career. 2007Ingrid: Ingrid Bergman, a personal biography
By Charlotte Chandler. 2007
Describes the life of the Oscar-winning Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman (1915-1982). Discusses her marriages, children, screen performances, and scandalous love…
affair with Italian director Roberto Rossellini that threatened her career. Based on numerous interviews with Bergman herself, fellow actors, and family members. Includes synopses of her films. 200713 little blue envelopes (13 Little Blue Envelopes Ser. #1)
By Maureen Johnson. 2005
Timid seventeen-year-old Ginny receives a packet of mysterious envelopes from her recently deceased favorite aunt that send Ginny from New…
Jersey on a scavenger hunt across Europe. Along the way Ginny meets new people, finds love, and has adventures that transform her life. For senior high readers. 2005The secret of scent: adventures in perfume and the science of smell
By Luca Turin. 2006
Turin, a biophysicist, fragrance designer, and the subject of Chandler Burr's The Emperor of Scent (BR 14687), addresses the mysteries…
of olfactory perception. Discusses the history, theories, and scientific evidence surrounding the debate over which molecular properties--shape or vibration--are responsible for odor character. 2006Leonardo
By Martin Kemp. 2004
Oxford art historian examines the essential nature of Renaissance phenomenon Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519). Discusses the scientific investigations that sidetracked…
Leonardo from finishing his paintings--studies ranging from anatomy and optics to engineering and geology. Considers the practicalities of Leonardo's painting process and explores his legacy. 2004Pictures of Hollis Woods
By Patricia Reilly Giff. 2002
A troublesome foster child, Hollis loves to draw pictures on paper and in her mind. Her favorite is one in…
which she fits in--with a father, mother, brother, and herself. Now Hollis lives with an artist, but still longs for the summer family that wanted to keep her. For grades 5-8. 2002Tension city: inside the Presidential debates, from Kennedy-Nixon to Obama-McCain
By James Lehrer. 2011
PBS news anchor Lehrer, who has moderated eleven presidential and vice presidential debates, recalls the behind-the-scenes tension of these televised…
events. Includes insights from his follow-up interviews with candidates. Discusses major moments, killer questions, and backstage drama. 2011The girl who walked home alone: Bette Davis, a personal biography
By Charlotte Chandler. 2006
Biography of cinema star Bette Davis (1908-1989) from Hollywood's Golden Age, based on interviews with Davis in the 1980s. Presents…
Davis's reminiscences of her personal and professional life that included four marriages and a rift with her daughter. Some strong language. 2006Enchantment: the life of Audrey Hepburn
By Donald Spoto. 2006
Biography of film star Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993) details her childhood in Belgium, England, and Nazi-controlled Holland, her ballet training, and…
her 1951 breakout role in Broadway's Gigi. Traces her subsequent career in films, marriages to Mel Ferrer and Andrea Dotti, and later humanitarian work with UNICEF. Some strong language. 2006Johnny Cash: the biography
By Michael Streissguth. 2006
Author uses archives and interviews to document the life of the country-western singer Johnny Cash (1932-2003). Traces Cash's childhood as…
the son of an impoverished Arkansas sharecropper, his musical rise in 1950s Memphis after a stint in the air force, and his family life. 2006Shark Girl
By Kelly L. Bingham. 2007
After a shark attack causes the amputation of her right arm, fifteen-year-old Jane, an aspiring artist, struggles to come to…
terms with her loss and the changes it imposes on her day-to-day life and her plans for the future. For junior and senior highSomewhere in heaven: the remarkable love story of Dana and Christopher Reeve
By Christopher P. Andersen. 2008
Portrait of actor Christopher Reeve (1952-2004) and his singer-actress wife Dana (1961-2006) and their deepening bond following a 1995 riding…
accident that caused Chris's quadriplegia. Discusses their advocacy for spinal-cord research, Chris's therapy and unexpected death, and Dana's death from lung cancer seventeen months later at age forty-four. 2008