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Raven's children
By Richard Adams Carey. 1992
After working for the school system in the Alaskan village of Kongiganak, Carey spent the summer of 1989 living with…
a Yupik couple to observe their life-style. Oscar Active is a hunter and fisherman, and his wife Margaret works for the school. The village is inaccessible by road, but the Actives spend time in the larger nearby town of Bethel. Carey notes the effect white culture has had on the Yupiks, including their diet and their health. Strong languageHeller, a psychologist, has collected hundreds of brief responses from children ages four to ten to queries about "Marriage and…
the Other Mushy Things That Grownups Do," "Work and Other Occupational Hazards of Being Grown Up," and similar topics. Consider Carlos on the perils of growing up: "You aren't born with a set of directions the way a computer is."Beating the odds: stories of unexpected achievers (Teen Issues Ser.)
By Janet Bode. 1991
The author presents the stories of eleven teenagers who are trying to succeed despite tremendous problems in their lives. Interspersed…
among these first-person accounts from teens who are homeless, pregnant, abused, addicted, or imprisoned are comments from adults who work with young people and who offer advice on success. For Junior and senior high readers. 1991.Lead us not into temptation: Catholic priests and the sexual abuse of children
By Jason Berry. 1992
Berry, a father, a Catholic, and a journalist, reports on the emerging problem of pedophilia within the Catholic Church. His…
seven-year study asserts that bishops often cover up problems by simply transferring the offending priest. He discusses a case in Louisiana, the political dynamics of celibacy, and the Catholic hierarchy's reaction to the increasing number of cases. Strong language. 1992.Rubbish!: the archaeology of garbage
By Cullen Murphy, William L Rathje, William Ratheje. 1992
A summary of the research conducted and discoveries made over the course of two decades by the University of Arizona…
Garbage Project archaeologists, who feel that "if we can come to understand our discards then we will better understand the world in which we live." Their sites are landfills and, for more demographic clarity, individual garbage containers. The authors also discuss recyclingFaces at the bottom of the well: the permanence of racism
By Derrick A. Bell, Derrick A Bell. 1992
Nine essays that employ allegory, fable, and fictional dialogue to advance the author's controversial themes: that white racism is a…
permanent, indestructible component of American society, but African-Americans must nevertheless continue to struggle for racial justice. These essays feature a lawyer-prophet named Geneva Crenshaw, space traders who offer to rid the planet of blacks, and a Racial Preference Licensing ActCulture of complaint: the fraying of America
By Robert Hughes. 1993
Historian and art critic for Time examines American culture and politics. Hughes promotes the idea that our bankrupt culture needs…
elitism based on imagination and skill, not on race or money. He abhors the thinking that appeals to the lowest common denominator of society without regard to responsibilities. And he accuses both the political left and right of being unable to focus on the issues. BestsellerOut of my head: coon dogs that lie to you, killer pancakes, and other lunacies
By Powell, LeRoy Powell, Leroy Powell, Cal Warlick. 1990
Powell works as a news cameraman in Atlanta, Georgia. But his real job--the best job in the world anyone can…
have, he says--is thinking. His essays include his thoughts on how pennies can make you rich, the biggest problems in the world--yours, and how Moon Pies must be washed down with Royal Crown ColasHonor bound: a gay American fights for the right to serve his country
By Joseph Steffan. 1992
When he was accepted into the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Steffan had no idea that his lack of interest…
in girls translated into homosexuality--"No one wanted to be gay less that I did." His gradual self-acceptance is made public when a friend betrays Steffan's private admission. His ensuing dismissal, despite an illustrious Academy career, leads to a court case. Some strong languageRemembering Denny
By Calvin Trillin. 1993
Memoir of a young man whose life mirrored changes in American society since the 1950s. The author portrays his Yale…
classmate, Denny Hansen, as a bright high school student who left college a varsity hero, a Rhodes Scholar, and the subject of a Life magazine article. Trillin interweaves the outcome of the expectations of his generation as he investigates what caused Denny's dazzling smile to fade. BestsellerHome fires: an intimate portrait of one middle-class family in postwar America
By Donald R Katz. 1992
Follows the Gordons, a Long Island Jewish family, from Sam's return home to his wife, Eve, and daughter, Susan, at…
the end of World War II, through the births of Sheila, Lorraine, and Ricky; trials as parents and siblings; and the breakup of the family as the children leave home. Ends in the 1990s, as the family recreates a cohesive unitMalcolm X: as they knew him
By David Gallen. 1992
A sourcebook on the controversial leader of the Black Muslims and foremost advocate of black nationalism in the 1960s. Divided…
into three parts. The first consists of oral remembrances by a variety of people who knew Malcolm X personally and professionally, the second is formed of interviews with Malcolm, and the third contains essays on Malcolm's role in African-American history. For senior high and older readers. 1992The American way of birth
By Jessica Mitford. 1992
Author of The American Way of Death (DB 21457) and mother of four explores how Americans are born. Mitford compares…
the care that financially secure women receive with that afforded poor women; reviews procedures such as electronic fetal monitoring and cesarean sections; discusses delivery alternatives, including midwives and clinics; and probes the causes of the high infant mortality rate. She also advocates national health insuranceNavajo code talkers
By Nathan Aaseng. 1992
During World War II, nearly 4,000 Navajo Indians answered the call to serve in the U.S. military, despite the legacy…
of Native American genocide. Perhaps their most important contribution to the war effort was the development and use of a special code by a select corps of marines known as the code talkers. The unbreakable communications code was based on the Navajo language, and proved invaluable in the Pacific theater. For grades 6-9 and older readersConduct unbecoming: lesbians and gays in the U.S. military ; Vietnam to the Persian Gulf
By Randy Shilts. 1993
Journalist Shilts spent five years interviewing 1,100 individuals and perusing nearly 15,000 pages of documents to compile this detailed history…
of the treatment of homosexuals by the U.S. military. The homosexual soldier's dilemma regarding disclosure becomes apparent as case after case is described. Some strong language. BestsellerWhat happens when a loved one dies?: Our first talk about death (Just Enough #2)
By Dr Jillian Roberts, Jillian Roberts. 2016
Whether children are experiencing grief and loss for the first time or simply curious, it can be difficult to know…
how to talk to them about death. Using questions posed in a child's voice and answers that start simply and become more in-depth, this book allows adults to guide the conversation to a natural and reassuring conclusion. Additional questions at the back of the book allow for further discussion. Child psychologist Dr. Jillian Roberts designed the Just Enough series to empower parents/caregivers to start conversations with young ones about difficult or challenging subject matter. Other books in the series deal with birth, diversity, separation and divorceThe portable radio in American life (Culture and technology)
By Michael Brian Schiffer, Michael B. Schiffer, Michael B Schiffer. 1991
An archaeologist links popular culture to the history of the portable radio during the first century of its existence. Schiffer…
traces the popularization of this futuristic wonder from Hugo Gernsback's science fiction that extolled the possibilities of electronic technology. He also examines the scientific development of the portable radio in light of concurrent historical events that influenced its evolutionWednesday's children: adult survivors of abuse speak out
By Suzanne Somers. 1992
Somers, who revealed her own childhood abuse in the autobiography Keeping Secrets (RC 26968), presents a collection of essays by…
others who were sexually, emotionally, or physically abused as children. The contributors include Desi Arnaz, Jr., Ronald Reagan's daughter Patti Davis, and former university president Richard Berendzen. Strong language, violence, and explicit descriptions of sexRefuse to stand silently by: an oral history of grass roots social activism in America, 1921-64
By Eliot Wigginton. 1992
The compiler of this oral history (originator of Foxfire magazine) groups contributors into categories defined by social action experience and…
date. But there the similarity ends. Individual narrators, such as Rosa Parks and Pete Seeger, recall personal reactions to injustice and the critical points at which each took an active stanceMoving the mountain: the women's movement in America since 1960
By Flora Davis. 1991
The author argues that feminism in America experienced two great waves. The first peaked when women won voting rights. The…
second, discussed in this book, began in the mid-twentieth century. Davis examines the rebirth of feminism, including the founding of the National Organization for Women (NOW); issues such as abortion and women in politics; and the movement's progress. 1991