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Himalaya bound: one family's quest to save their animals-- and an ancient way of life
By Michael Benanav. 2018
Author of Men of Salt (DB 66075) profiles two brothers and their families who are nomadic water buffalo herders in…
northern India. Describes their way of life, the environment they live in, and the challenges they face as they attempt to drive their herds across international borders. 2018Vibrator nation: how feminist sex-toy stores changed the business of pleasure
By Lynn Comella. 2017
Gender studies professor examines the impact on business, entertainment, and education of female-owned sex-toy stores that first began operation in…
the 1970s. Discusses legal challenges confronting the industry's expansion, defines "feminist" and "women-friendly," looks at the role of pornography, and more. Some descriptions of sex. 2017Letters of Note: Space (Letters of Note)
By Shaun Usher. 2021
An awe-inspiring collection of letters on the subject of outer space curated by the founder of the phenomenally popular Letters…
of Note website. The first volume in the bestselling Letters of Note series was a collection of hundreds of the world's most entertaining, inspiring, and unusual letters, based on the seismically popular website of the same name--an online museum of correspondence visited by over 70 million people. From Virginia Woolf's heartbreaking suicide letter, to Queen Elizabeth II's recipe for drop scones sent to President Eisenhower; from the first recorded use of the expression 'OMG' in a letter to Winston Churchill, to Gandhi's appeal for calm to Hitler; and from Iggy Pop's beautiful letter of advice to a troubled young fan, to Leonardo da Vinci's remarkable job application letter. Now, the curator of Letters of Note, Shaun Usher, gives us wonderful new volumes featuring letters organized around a universal theme. In this volume, Shaun Usher turns to the subject of outer space and space travel. Contributors to be confirmed.The doctor, the murder, the mystery: the true story of the Dr. John Branion murder case
By Barbara D'Amato. 2016
Author of the Cat Marsala mystery series presents the case of physician John Branion, whose wife was found murdered in…
1967 in their Chicago apartment. Describes the crime, his 1968 conviction and appeals, his flight to Africa to avoid incarceration, and the later commutation of his sentence. Some violence. Anthony Award. 1992Enemies and neighbors: Arabs and Jews in Palestine and Israel, 1917-2017
By Ian Black. 2017
The journalist author, whose career has focused on events in the Middle East, provides a history of Arab-Zionist conflict throughout…
the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Draws on sources that include declassified documents, oral histories, and more. 2017Journey into Europe: Islam, immigration, and identity
By Akbar Ahmed. 2018
Professor of Islamic studies examines the experiences of Muslims in Europe, particularly those in immigrant communities. Discusses the role of…
politics, places Muslim experiences in context with those of Jewish and other communities facing discrimination, and presents lessons learned with policy suggestions for the future. 2018Maternal bodies: redefining motherhood in early America
By Nora Doyle. 2018
Historian examines the role of mothers in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries in America. Topics covered include maternal…
bodies in medical literature, childbearing narratives, breastfeeding and sentimentality, disembodiment of mothers in feminine print culture, and the role of sentimentality and embodiment in antislavery print culture. 2018Maker of patterns: an autobiography through letters
By Freeman Dyson. 2018
British American theoretical physicist Dyson (born 1923) shares his autobiography through letters he has exchanged over the years, beginning in…
1941 when he attended Trinity College, Cambridge. Includes reminiscences of his work and acquaintance with scientists like Robert Oppenheimer and Richard Feynman. 2018A bite-sized history of France: gastronomic tales of revolution, war, and enlightenment
By Stéphane Henaut, Jeni Mitchell. 2018
A French cheesemonger and American academic examine the history of France back to the Gauls through the lens of their…
gastronomic traditions. Wines, cheeses, liquors, truffles, vegetables, fruits, seafood, meats, and more are analyzed as part of the exploration of facts and myths. 2018Life at the Dakota: New York's most unusual address
By Stephen Birmingham. 2016
Author of California Rich (DB 18450) and America's Secret Aristocracy (DB 27656) profiles residents and goings-on at the legendary New…
York City apartment house, the Dakota. Details its construction in the 1880s and what life was like working and living there through the twentieth century. 1979America is in the heart: a personal history (Classics of Asian American Literature)
By Carlos Bulosan. 2014
Memoir by Filipino poet reflecting on his life in the Philippines and America. Describes the poverty his family faced and…
the loss of family members through sickness and other events. Examines the experience of immigrants to America who are made to feel as if they are criminals. Some violence. 1946Oye, Trump
By Andrés Manuel López Obrador. 2017
En 2017, el político mexicano Andrés Manuel López Obrador (conocido comúnmente como AMLO) recorrió los Estados Unidos y publicó estas…
reflexiones sobre la inmigración y la política, en parte en respuesta a la administración de Trump. En 2018, AMLO fue elegido presidente de México en una victoria aplastante. Epílogo de Elena PoniatowskaDark emu: Aboriginal Australia and the birth of agriculture
By Bruce Pascoe. 2018
Examination of the ways aboriginal Australians developed the land to support their societies long before colonization of the continent by…
European explorers. Topics include agriculture, aquaculture, population and housing, storage and preservation, fire, cultural norms, non-Aboriginal agriculture techniques, and understanding history to improve the future. 2018Lost in math: how beauty leads physics astray
By Sabine Hossenfelder. 2018
Physicist argues against the use of aesthetic criteria when developing and testing theories. Reflects on her career, the historical fascination…
with aesthetics in science, particle physics, meetings with fellow physicists, the difference between math and magic, the search for a unified theory, string theory, and other topics. Strong language. 2018Account of a dinner on April 29, 1962, hosted by President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy for Nobel laureates, writers,…
scientists, historians, and artists. Discusses the historical context of the dinner, notable interactions, and the many repercussions in the years following the dinner. 2018Examines the lives of five African American athletes who were teammates on the UCLA football team in the late 1930s,…
a time when most college athletic programs were entirely white. Chronicles the discrimination they faced, and how they helped to transform college sports. Some strong language. 2017Our stories, our voices: 21 YA authors get real about injustice, empowerment, and growing up female in America
By Ellen Hopkins, Hannah Moskowitz, Stephanie Kuehnert, Amy Reed, Jenny Torres Sanchez, Martha Brockenbrough, Maurene Goo, Julie Murphy, Alexandra Duncan, Brandy Colbert, Aisha Saeed, Jaye Robin Brown, Sona Charaipotra, Amber Smith, Sandhya Menon, Nina LaCour, Christine Day, Anna-Marie McLemore, Ilene I. W. Gregorio, Somaiya Daud, Tracy Deonn. 2018
A collection of essays from twenty-one Young Adult authors exploring their experiences of injustice, empowerment, and growing up female in…
America. Includes an editor's note identifying a few essays that deal with sensitive subject matter. Strong language and some violence. For senior high and older readers. 2018An anthology of the works of American expatriate author Paul Bowles (1910-1999). Includes The Delicate Prey and Other Stories (1950),…
A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard (1962), Things Gone and Things Still Here (1977), Midnight Mass (1981), and more. Edited by Daniel Halpern. Some strong language. 2002Face: One Square Foot of Skin
By Justine Bateman. 2021
Writer/director/producer Justine Bateman examines the aggressive ways that society reacts to the aging of women's faces. Face is a book…
of fictional vignettes that examines the fear and vestigial evolutionary habits that have caused women and men to cultivate the imagined reality that older women’s faces are unattractive, undesirable, and something to be ""fixed"". Based on ""older face"" experiences of the author, Justine Bateman, and those of dozens of women and men she interviewed, the book presents the listener with the many root causes for society’s often negative attitudes toward women’s older faces. In doing so, Bateman rejects those ingrained assumptions about the necessity of fixing older women’s faces, suggesting that we move on from judging someone’s worth based on the condition of her face. With impassioned prose and a laser-sharp eye, Bateman argues that a woman's confidence should grow as she ages, not be destroyed by society's misled attitude about that one square foot of skin.Queen of bebop: the musical lives of Sarah Vaughan
By Elaine M. Hayes. 2017
Music historian explores the life and legacy of jazz singer Vaughan (1924-1990). Draws on interviews with friends and former colleagues…
to chronicle her career highs and lows, as well as the marriages that took their toll on her both emotionally and financially. Some strong language. 2017