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The fashionable mind: reflections on fashion, 1970-1981
By Kennedy Fraser. 1981
The fashion critic of "The New Yorker" magazine presents thirty essays examining the events of the fashion world since 1970.…
The articles recollect absurd trends and favorite styles and comment on the meaning of fashion an its relationship to our modern cultureMiss Manners' guide to excruciatingly correct behavior
By Judith Martin. 1982
A witty and satirical guide to gracious living. Tackles such conventional etiquette posers as table manners and wedding invitations. Includes…
contemporary situations ranging from nursing babies in public to the proper way to make a pickup. Bestseller 1982Clare Boothe Luce
By Wilfrid Sheed. 1982
The nuclear barons
By Peter Pringle. 1981
Documents the growth of the nuclear age, giving accounts of how an international elite of scientists, politicians, and businessman were…
responsible for the spread of nuclear weapons and the unwise creation of nuclear energy programsWe didn't have much, but we sure had plenty: stories of rural women
By Sherry Thomas. 1981
From her own experience as the owner and operator of a sheep ranch, the author became curious about the lives…
of other country women, especially those older than herself. She spent a year traveling across America, interviewing rural women. Here are the first-person stories of twelve--not "farmers' wives" but farmers--who despite some hardships, were happyTwo thousand eighty-one: a hopeful view of the human future
By Gerard K O'Neill. 1981
Reviews the accuracy of predictions made by men like Verne, Wells, Huxley, and Orwell, and describes how the applications of…
the technologies--computers, automation, space colonization, energy production, and communications--will determine what the world will be like in 2081A new gospel for women: Katharine Bushnell and the challenge of Christian feminism
By Kristin Kobes Du Mez. 2015
Biography of Katharine Bushnell (1855-1946) and an exploration of her work as a leader of feminist thought in American Christian…
theology. Examines the impact of nineteenth-century Christian theology and women's movements on each other, Bushnell's activist work in the United States and abroad, and her legacy. 2015Living alone & liking it!: A complete guide to living on your own
By Lynn Shahan. 1981
Examines the practical problems and emotional pitfalls of living alone. Shahan covers the difficulties unique to the unmarried, widowed, divorced,…
or separated person. Her subjects include how to shop and cook for one, what to do with too much free time, and how to venture out socially without a partner. Bestseller 1981America held hostage: the secret negotiations
By Pierre Salinger. 1981
A news journalist recounts the events leading up to the takeover of the American embassy in Iran in 1979 and…
reconstructs the 444-day effort of the negotiators to obtain the release of the American hostagesMaking it as a stepparent: new roles/new rules
By Claire Berman. 1980
Advice on the complex problems of stepfamilies, by the spokeswoman for the North American Center on Adoption. Covers such angles…
as the role of money and possessions, the confusion involved in merging two or more ways of life, the alienation of children, and the shock of instant parenthoodLimits, a search for new values
By Maxine Schnall. 1981
Traces the conflicting values transmitted by American society over the last five decades and calls for a value system based…
on dignity, moral consistency and rational, as opposed to romantic loveTomboyland: essays
By Melissa Faliveno. 2020
In this collection of personal essays, the author explores questions of gender, queerness, class, identity, home, community, and more through…
the lens of her own working-class midwestern upbringing. Strong language. 2020Hope of the crow: tales of occupying aging
By Katherine Schneider. 2020
The author reflects on life with disabilities and aging through seven years of vignettes of her life. She describes her…
work as a grass-roots activist, her personal life, and her beliefs. 2020The man who ate too much: the life of James Beard
By John Birdsall. 2020
Biography of chef and cookbook author James Beard (1903-1985) who is the namesake of the food industry awards. Examines Beard's…
advocacy efforts to encourage Americans to source food locally, focus on the taste of food, and learn to cook. Also discusses the impact of Beard's life as a gay man. 2020Think like a feminist: the philosophy behind the revolution
By Carol Hay. 2020
A professor explores the philosophy underlying the feminist movement. She examines questions including whether it is nature or nurture that's…
responsible for our gender roles and identities, what is a woman and who gets to decide, and what can we do to make society respond to women's needs. Some strong language. 2020Shadow strike: inside Israel's secret mission to eliminate Syrian nuclear power
By Yaakov Katz. 2019
An account of a covert Israeli mission to destroy a nuclear reactor being built by North Korea in the Syrian…
desert. The author details the surrounding intelligence and events and explores the global impact of this operation. 2019A journalist presents a biography of the first woman to play professional baseball on men's teams. It chronicles her baseball…
career, which included years in the semi-pro circuit and a stint in the Negro Leagues in the 1950s. It also details her experiences of racial and gender descrimination. Some strong language. 2010The terrorist next door: the militia movement and the radical right
By Daniel Levitas. 2002
Expert on white supremacist and neo-Nazi activities chronicles racist and anti-Semitic right-wing militia groups. Traces evolution of the paramilitary group…
Posse Comitatus, founded by William Gale in 1971, from its 1950s precursors to the 1990s. Claims constitutional fundamentalism enabled Gale's ideologies to infiltrate mainstream America. Some strong language. 2002El animal social: las fuentes secretas del amor, la personalidad y los logros
By David Brooks. 2012
New York Times columnist and author of Bobos in Paradise (DB 51755) analyzes the lives of members of a hypothetical…
family to illustrate the role of the unconscious mind in shaping the way people eat, learn, work, and relate to others. Some strong language. Spanish language. 2011How to make a slave and other essays
By Jerald Walker. 2020
A collection of essays exploring identity, family, community, and more through the lens of race. Topics include racial biases in…
the medical profession, the complicated legacy of Michael Jackson, breaking free of stereotypes, and more through a blend of personal revelation and cultural critique. 2020