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Poetry columnist for the New York Times Book Review analyzes Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken." Examines the life of…
Frost, the literary meaning of the poem, interpretations of the central question, and the point of view of the narrator. 2015The author of The Bureau: The Secret History of the FBI (DB 55193) interviews Mark Sullivan, the director of the…
Secret Service, and scores of other agents. Provides anecdotes about various US presidents, from John Kennedy to Barack Obama, and their peccadilloes. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2009Trials of the earth: the true story of a pioneer woman
Par Mary Hamilton. 2016
An account by Mary Mann Hamilton (1866-1936) of her life as a pioneer in the American South. She describes facing…
natural disasters, dangerous wildlife, managing a boardinghouse for settlers in Arkansas, and running a logging camp in Mississippi, all while caring for her family. Some strong language. 1992Examines the decline of popular mobilizations against privilege, wealth, and power in the United States since the Gilded Age. Fraser…
argues that these early cornerstones of American democracy have given way to self-serving corporate fables of freedom and the politics of fear. Some violence and some strong language. 2015Tommy: the gun that changed America
Par Karen Blumenthal. 2015
Overview of the development and history of John Taliaferro Thompson's lightweight, fast-firing weapon. The Tommy gun was designed for the…
military, but it instead became the weapon of choice for criminals, gangsters, and bootleggers. Some violence. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2015The other serious: essays for the new American generation
Par Christy Wampole. 2015
Collection of fourteen essays by American-born French and Italian professor explores American culture of the late twentieth and early twenty-first…
centuries. Explores cultivated lifestyles such as "hipsterism," communication between generations, regional influences on expression such as "southern niceness," and the ways feminism is expressed in the movie Labyrinth, among other subjects. 2015Villains, scoundrels, and rogues: incredible true tales of mischief and mayhem
Par Paul Martin, Paul Martín, Paul D Martin. 2014
Thirty portraits of little-known scoundrels throughout history whose misdeeds range from unspeakable acts of evil to unscrupulous behavior. Includes Ed…
Gein, the notorious Wisconsin serial killer who was the inspiration for Psycho and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. 2014O my America!: six women and their second acts in a new world
Par Sara Wheeler. 2013
Profiles of six women exploring life in mid-1800s America. Examines writer Fanny Trollope (1779-1863), actress Fanny Kemble (1809-1893), sociologist Harriet…
Martineau (1802-1876), homesteader Rebecca Burland (1793-1872), traveler Isabella Bird (1831-1904), and novelist Catherine Hubback (1818-1877). Discusses challenges they faced and successes they enjoyed. 2013The interloper: Lee Harvey Oswald inside the Soviet Union
Par Peter Savodnik. 2013
Journalist investigates the time Lee Harvey Oswald (1939-1963) spent in Russia. Describes the factors that led him to defect, the…
files the KGB kept on him, and his inability to fit into his adopted homeland because of language and cultural differences. 2013Stonewall: breaking out in the fight for gay rights
Par Ann Bausum. 2015
Bausum recounts the events of the 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City, which started in response to the police…
raid of a gay bar. She describes the decades-long struggle for gay rights in the United States. For senior high and older readers. 2015The secret rescue: an untold story of American nurses and medics behind Nazi lines
Par Cate Lineberry. 2013
Details the previously untold true story of twenty-six Army Air Force flight nurses and medics who crash-landed in Albania in…
November 1943. Met by battle-hardened partisans, the group wandered for months over rugged terrain and, with the help of villagers, evaded capture by the Nazis. Violence. 2013Historian David Sehat examines how individuals from all political walks turn to the Founding Fathers to defend and determine political…
policy. He discusses his concerns with using potentially outdated context for contemporary issues and points out how divided the Fathers were, even amongst themselves, on many issues. 2015George Washington's secret six: the spy ring that saved the American Revolution
Par Brian Kilmeade, Don Yaeger. 2013
Relays the exploits of the New York-based Culper Spy Ring, five men and one woman whose activities enabled General George…
Washington to defeat the British during the Revolutionary War. Profiles the group's leader, Quaker merchant Robert Townsend, and describes the unmasking of traitor Benedict Arnold. Bestseller. 2013History decoded: the 10 greatest conspiracies of all time
Par Brad Meltzer, Keith Ferrell. 2013
Companion to the History Channel's show Decoded examines ten historical mysteries and tries to debunk the sensational stories surrounding them.…
Questions covered include the fate of Confederate gold, the identity of skyjacker D.B. Cooper, the possibility of UFOs at Roswell and Area 51, and the perpetrator of Kennedy's assassination. 2013First class: the legacy of Dunbar, America's first Black public high school
Par Alison Stewart. 2013
Award-winning journalist Stewart chronicles the rise and fall of the first public African American high school, from its founding in…
1870 to the twenty-first century. Explores the historical segregation of Washington, D.C., educational reform, and inner-city problems. Some violence and some strong language. 2013Law professor analyzes the events that led to 1919 dissent of Supreme Court Justice Holmes in the First Amendment case…
Abrams vs. United States. Examines previous decisions in opposition to the view expressed in the dissent, correspondence with interested parties, and influential personal relationships. 2013Under fire: the untold story of the attack in Benghazi
Par Fred Burton, Samuel M. Katz. 2013
Security experts reconstruct the September 11, 2012, attack by al-Qaeda-allied rebels on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, which resulted…
in the deaths of Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans. Violence and strong language. 2013Lincoln's grave robbers
Par Steve Sheinkin. 2012
Recounts the adventures of a group of counterfeiters, particularly Benjamin Boyd, in Chicago in the late 1800s. Follows the Secret…
Service's pursuit of the criminals, Boyd's capture, and his accomplices' scheme to steal Abraham Lincoln's body and trade it for Boyd's freedom. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2012The speech: the story behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream
Par Gary Younge. 2013
Award-winning columnist analyzes Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" address delivered at the March on Washington for Jobs…
and Freedom on August 28, 1963. Discusses the political climate of the country during the struggle for racial equality and the worldwide effect of the speech. 2013The hard way on purpose: essays and dispatches from the Rust Belt
Par David Giffels. 2014
English professor examines living in Akron, Ohio--as part of the "Rust Belt"--in twenty-three essays. "The Chosen Ones" compares Giffels's life…
in Akron to that of basketball player LeBron James, who attended the same high school sixteen years after the author graduated. 2014