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A mathematician at the ballpark: odds and probabilities for baseball fans
By Kenneth A Ross. 2004
Mathematics professor applies the rules of probability and statistics to the game of baseball. Explains basic concepts of averages and…
odds by using real-life examples to analyze performance of teams and players and to predict outcomes. Also covers conditional probability and professional betting. 2004Lazy B: growing up on a cattle ranch in the American southwest
By Sandra Day O'Connor. 2003
Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor and her younger brother, Alan Day, recall their childhood on an Arizona cattle ranch.…
They describe the hardships and adventures of western living--cattle drives, water shortages, the isolation--and the values that shaped their lives. 2002Card tricks and stunts (Dover Magic Bks.)
By Jean Hugard. 1974
Audubon: the making of an American
By Richard Rhodes. 2004
Biography of the Frenchman who came to America in 1803 at age eighteen determined to paint birds realistically. Discusses his…
marriage and struggle to support his family while pursuing his goal. Records his adventures in the wilderness, evolution as an artist, and eventual publishing success. 2004I know why the caged bird sings: How We Can Help Our Teenagers Grow Up Before They Grow Old
By Maya Angelou, Joseph Allen, Claudia Worrell Allen. 1969
Memoir by well-known African American poet and college professor Maya Angelou. She describes her childhood and adolescent years in rural…
Arkansas, in St. Louis, and in San Francisco, and the racial and gender hardships she endured. 1969Baseball's boneheads, bad boys & just plain crazy guys (Single Titles Ser.)
By George Sullivan. 2003
Ambulance girl: how I saved myself by becoming an EMT
By Jane Stern. 2003
Gourmet magazine writer tells how she overcame anxiety, depression, and middle-aged angst to become an emergency medical technician at a…
Connecticut volunteer fire company. Stern humorously reflects on her boot-camp training, hospital rotation, the fiasco of responding to her first call, and how in helping others she learned to help herself. 2003Cooking with grease: stirring the pots in American politics
By Donna Brazile. 2004
First African American woman to head a national political campaign gives a behind-the-scenes look at her life and career. Describes…
her impoverished Louisiana childhood, early involvement in the civil rights movement, voter registration efforts, advocacy for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, and management of Gore's 2000 presidential campaign. 2004Self-working mental magic: 67 foolproof mind-reading tricks (Dover Magic Bks.)
By Karl Fulves. 1979
Magic writer presents seemingly impossible but easy-to-perform mental feats that require little practice or supernormal dexterity. Includes instant ESP, mind…
reading with cards, mind-over-matter tricks, psychic secrets, book tests, and the use of confederates. 1979Award-winning teacher anecdotally recounts the triumphs and mistakes of his nineteen-year career in an inner city Los Angeles elementary school.…
While sharing educational insights that have landed his students in Ivy League schools, Esquith rails against the "conspiracy of mediocrity," which he says taints public education. 2003Washington's general: Nathanael Greene and the triumph of the American Revolution
By Terry Golway. 2005
Biography of American Revolutionary War commander Nathanael Greene (1742-1786), who was born a Rhode Island Quaker but chose to fight…
for independence. Details his career as George Washington's quartermaster general and his appointment as leader of the southern theater. Outlines how Greene forced the British to concede at Yorktown. 2005Card manipulations, series 1-5 (Dover Magic Bks.)
By Jean Hugard. 1973
Master card performer provides a five-part resource guide to more than 165 card tricks and stunts. Demonstrates stage and small…
group performances and teaches passes, palming methods, shuffles, arm spreads, color reverses, sleights, flourishes, set-ups, and tricks. Includes step-by-step explanations. 1934How baseball works (How Sports Work)
By Keltie Thomas. 2004
Facts and figures about the basics of baseball, its rules, strategy, and history. Describes bats, baseballs, mitts, and uniforms. Explains…
a slugger's stats, a pitcher's throws, including recipes for spitballs and mud balls. Discusses great players, major ballparks, and even ballpark sounds. For grades 4-7. 2004The holy thief: a con man's journey from darkness to light
By Mark Borovitz. 2004
Gangster-turned-rabbi whose "weapon of choice was a checkbook" divulges twenty-five years of crime that began when his father died and…
in financial desperation he turned to a mobster to fence goods and buy friendships. Recounts a lifesaving prison term during which he found spirituality, redemption, and rehabilitation. Strong language. 2004The royal road to card magic (Dover Magic Bks.)
By Jean Hugard. 1999
Noted magic authorities present a guide to developing a versatile repertoire of tricks enabling card handlers to perform more than…
a hundred feats of magic. Includes instructions for Thought Stealer, Gray's Spelling Trick, Now You See It, Obliging Aces, Rapid Transit, Kangaroo Card, and others. 1951Flip
By David Lubar. 2003
Eighth-grader Taylor and her twin brother, Ryan, are complete opposites. So when trouble-making Ryan discovers mysterious alien disks that enable…
him to become legends from the past--Babe Ruth, Albert Einstein, and others--Taylor tries to keep him out of trouble. For grades 5-8. 2003Cooking for kings: the life of Antonin Carême, the first celebrity chef
By Ian Kelly. 2003
Creator of a one-man play about Carême presents a biography of this French Revolution orphan who became "the chef of…
kings and king of chefs." Relates Carême's accomplishments: cooking for the Romanovs, the Rothschilds, and King George IV; writing cookbooks; and inventing both the chef's hat and the soufflé. 2003Up from slavery (Penguin classics)
By Booker T Washington. 1986
Explorers house: National Geographic and the world it made
By Robert M Poole. 2004
Former executive editor of National Geographic magazine chronicles the National Geographic Society from 1888 through 2003. Discusses how Alexander Graham…
Bell and his descendants built an institution that influenced worldwide audiences and sponsored exploration, discovery, and invention. Also examines the organization's race and gender policies. 2004Mary: a flesh-and-blood biography of the Virgin Mother
By Lesley Hazleton. 2004
Award-winning writer draws on thirteen years' research and reporting in Jerusalem to provide social, religious, and political context for a…
portrait of Mary, the mother of Jesus. Reconstructs Mary's world, her motherhood, and her life. 2004