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His oldest friend: the story of an unlikely bond across generations
By Sonny Kleinfield. 2005
Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter portrays the relationship between Margaret Oliver, a ninety-three-year-old New York City nursing home resident,…
and Elvis Checo, a young Dominican Republic immigrant hired as Margaret's companion by her daughter. Depicts how the arrangement evolved into genuine friendship as they shared stories and laughs. 2005Darwin: discovering the tree of life
By Niles Eldredge. 2005
Analyzes Charles Darwin's notes from his travels to South America and the Galapagos Islands in 1831-36. Traces the scientist's personal…
and professional life during the twenty years the notebooks were kept private. Discusses advances in evolutionary theory since Darwin's time and disputes the concept of intelligent design. 2005Clara Barton: I want to help! (Defining moments)
By Cathy East Dubowski. 2006
Biography of Clara Barton (1821-1912), founder of the American Red Cross. Describes her lifelong mission to help other people by…
teaching for free and nursing soldiers in the Civil War, where she was called "angel of the battlefield." For grades 3-6. 2006In her footsteps: 101 remarkable Black women from the Queen of Sheba to Queen Latifah
By Annette Madden. 2000
Brief biographies of black women including queens, slaves, politicians, scientists, athletes, singers, artists, and actresses. Introduces Russian television hostess Yelena…
Khanga, Cuban runner Ana Quirot, Brazilian politician Benedita da Silva, Haitian writer Edwidge Danticat, American astronaut Mae Jemison, and others. For senior high readers. 2000Parish priest: Father Michael McGivney and American Catholicism
By Douglas Brinkley. 2006
Biography of Catholic priest Michael McGivney (1852-1890), who founded the Knights of Columbus in 1882. Chronicles McGivney's Connecticut childhood and…
call to the priesthood. Describes the social and economic conditions that led to his concept of an organization for helping impoverished Irish immigrants improve their life. 2006Captain John Smith: Jamestown and the birth of the American dream
By Dorothy Hoobler, Thomas Hoobler. 2006
A chronicle of explorer John Smith (1580-1631), who founded and led the Jamestown colony from 1607-1609. Uses Smith's writings, colonists'…
diaries, and archives to trace his adventures, including his arrival in the New World facing possible execution, and to demythologize his relationship with Pocahontas and portray wilderness life. 2006The life of David (Jewish encounters)
By Robert Pinsky. 2005
Former poet laureate of the United States recounts the life of another poet, King David, generally considered author of the…
Psalms. Portrays David's life, reign, accomplishments, and failings through biblical depictions of his relationships with Goliath, Bathsheba, Saul, Jonathan, Abigail, Absalom, and Solomon. 2005Murder in tombstone: the forgotten trial of Wyatt Earp
By Steven Lubet. 2004
Details the Arizona court case that followed the 1881 gunfight at the O.K. Corral, in which Wyatt Earp, his brothers,…
and Doc Holliday faced murder charges. Describes how lawyer Thomas Fitch defended Earp at the preliminary hearing and saved him from the gallows. 2004Holding back the sea: the struggle on the Gulf Coast to save America
By Christopher Hallowell. 2005
Professor examines the plight of coastal Louisiana wetlands. Attributes their decline to sea-level rise, erosion, dredging, and the levee system…
and discusses how special-interest groups have hampered preservation efforts. The account, first published in 2001, predicts the inevitability and consequences of hurricanes and includes a post-Hurricane Katrina introduction. 2005Sky walking: an astronaut's memoir
By Thomas D Jones. 2006
Astronaut describes his eleven years in the NASA program, from training experiences to four different space shuttle missions. Provides first-person…
accounts of stepping through the ship's airlock into the vastness of space, working with Russian cosmonauts, and sharing the camaraderie of his fellow astronauts. 2006She got up off the couch: and other heroic acts from Mooreland, Indiana
By Haven Kimmel. 2006
Following A Girl Named Zippy (DB 54946, BR 14575), Kimmel continues her saga of growing up in Indiana in the…
1970s. Recounts her mother's decision to go to college and become a teacher to help the family's finances, and how that decision caused marital problems for her parents. 2006An ordinary man: an autobiography
By Paul Rusesabagina, Tom Zoellner. 2006
Autobiography of the manager of the hotel Mille Collines in Kigali, Rwanda. Paul Rusesabagina, a man of mixed Hutu and…
Tutsi heritage, describes how in April 1994 he saved twelve hundred Rwandans from the genocide that slaughtered eight hundred thousand. Basis for Hotel Rwanda movie. Violence and strong language. 2006Modigliani: a life
By Jeffrey Meyers. 2006
Biography of Italian Jewish artist Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920), who settled in Paris in 1906. Highlights his friendships with other artists…
including Pablo Picasso and poet Max Jacob, his many love affairs, the bohemian lifestyle that led to his early death, and his posthumous significance in the art world. 2006African heroes (Black stars #8)
By James Haskins. 2005
Minibiographies of twenty-seven leaders on the African continent. Covers heroes from ancient empires, men who led the struggle against European…
incursion, and outstanding people of the twentieth century, such as Haile Selassie, Jomo Kenyatta, Kwame Nkrumah, Nelson Mandela, and Kofi Annan. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2005Louis Armstrong's New Orleans
By Thomas David Brothers. 2006
Music professor explores the city of jazz musician Louis Armstrong's youth, early-twentieth-century New Orleans, which he describes as divided by…
caste and color even among African Americans. Analyzes the way church music blended with blues and ragtime to create a unique sound. Recounts the influence of Jim Crow laws. 2006Miss American pie: a diary of love, secrets, and growing up in the 1970s
By Margaret Sartor. 2006
The author, a professor at Duke University, shares excerpts from the diary and journals she kept while growing up in…
Louisiana during a period of social turmoil. Recalls attending evangelical Christian services and discusses racism, the sexual revolution, feminism, and widespread substance abuse. 2006The tomb in Seville: crossing Spain on the brink of Civil War
By Norman Lewis. 2006
A writer recalls his first trip to Spain in 1934, when he accompanied brother-in-law Eugene Corvaja on Eugene's quest of…
the family tomb. Describes the insurrection in Madrid that diverted their trek to Seville through Portugal, locals' reactions to the civil unrest, and his own discovery at journey's end. 2003What caused the Civil War?: reflections on the South and Southern history
By Edward L Ayers. 2005
Analyzes the essence of Southern culture and its permeation of American society. Essays include topics on the Civil War, Reconstruction,…
the "New South," and Ayers's childhood in segregated Tennessee in the 1960s. Some strong language. 2005Miracle in the Andes: 72 days on the mountain and my long trek home
By Nando Parrado. 2006
A Uruguayan rugby player recounts surviving the 1972 plane crash that is remembered for causing acts of heroism and cannibalism.…
Discusses the physical perils of subzero weather, the group's reaction upon hearing that the rescue operation was called off, and the author's hike over the mountains for help. 2006Biography of Charles Darwin (1809-1882) focuses on the two decades in England during which the reclusive naturalist developed his revolutionary…
theories following his return in 1836 from the five-year data-gathering Beagle voyage. Examines the scientific research and introspective lifestyle that produced The Origin of Species (BR 12412) in 1859. 2006