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Patriot pirates: the privateer war for freedom and fortune in the American Revolution
Par Robert H. Patton. 2008
Details America's maritime conflicts with the British during the Revolutionary War that consisted primarily of commissioned private American vessels attacking…
enemy ships. Describes the huge profits the privateer owners made from their wartime activities and discusses the ways their newfound wealth propelled the nation's entrepreneurialism. 2008Fish on Friday: feasting, fasting, and the discovery of the New World
Par Brian M Fagan. 2006
Author of Little Ice Age (BR 13935) argues that Northern European fishermen arrived in North America centuries before Columbus. Using…
archaeological evidence and research, anthropologist Fagan posits that improved ship construction and the search for cod combined with Christian doctrine to impel pre-1400 exploration of Newfoundland fishing grounds. Includes recipes. 2006What caused the Civil War?: reflections on the South and Southern history
Par 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. 2005Blindness: what it is, what it does, and how to live with it
Par Thomas J Carroll. 1961
The national chaplain of the Blinded Veterans Association addresses psychological and physical rehabilitation of adventitiously blind adults. Highlights issues associated…
with mobility, interpersonal communication, employment, finances, and well-being. Discusses special concerns regarding blind children, the elderly, congenitally blind persons, and those with other mental or physical conditions. 1961Blindness: modern approaches to the unseen environment
Par Paul A Zahl. 1950
Wide-ranging essays about issues concerning the blind community. Thirty experts in various fields discuss educational, psychological, and vocational matters and…
the use and development of sensory aids such as canes, guide dogs, braille, and talking books. Also addresses the needs of deaf-blind individuals and blinded veterans. 1950Thunderstruck
Par Erik Larson. 2006
Edwardian England. Chronicles the 1910 manhunt for Dr. H.H. Crippen, who murdered his wife and fled in disguise by ocean…
liner to Canada with his lover. Describes how Guglielmo Marconi's 1895 invention of wireless communication enabled Scotland Yard to pursue the killer and enthrall the world. Bestseller. 2006Our White House: looking in, looking out
Par National Children's Book and Literacy Alliance. 2008
Anthology of poems, presidential speeches, memoirs, and stories about the White House in Washington, D.C., from the time of its…
construction in 1801 through the residency of George W. Bush, 2001-2008. Introduction by historian David McCullough. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2008Author of the Don't Know Much About series describes overlooked episodes in early American history. Includes Queen Isabella's advice to…
Columbus to bring pigs to the New World--animals that introduced diseases to the natives--and George Washington's attack on French soldiers who were on a diplomatic mission. Violence. 2008Child of the winds: my mission with Raoul Wallenberg
Par Agnes Adachi. 1989
Author's memories of work in 1944 Budapest with a courageous Swede who saved 100,000 Hungarian Jews from the Nazis in…
six months. Adachi recalls the Soviet liberation of Hungary and Wallenberg's arrest by the Soviets, after which he was condemned to the gulag for over forty years. 1989Helen's eyes: a photobiography of Annie Sullivan, Helen Keller's teacher (Photobiographies)
Par Marfe Ferguson Delano. 2008
Covers the life of Annie Sullivan (1866-1936), which changed dramatically in 1887 when she met blind and deaf pupil seven-year-old…
Helen Keller. Examines their breakthrough in communication, rise to fame, financial difficulties, and constant mutual respect and devotion. For grades 4-7. 2008A short history of the United States
Par Robert V. Remini. 2008
Historian chronicles the development of the United States from settlement of the land by nomads during the Ice Age to…
early-twenty-first-century civilization. Discusses the discovery of the New World by Europeans, the founding of the republic, and foreign and civil wars. Highlights the evolution of democratic principles. 2008To catch an angel: adventures in the world I cannot see
Par Robert Russell. 1962
The life and achievements of the author, who was blinded in an accident at the age of five. Describes his…
refusal to acknowledge any essential difference between himself and sighted people and relates his success in earning a PhD, marrying and starting a family, and becoming a college professor. 1962State of denial: Bush at War, Part III
Par Bob Woodward. 2006
This sequel to Plan of Attack (RC 58239) examines the Bush administration's prosecution of the Iraq war. Extensive interviews and…
research document the dissension inside the White House from December 2000, when Donald Rumsfeld was appointed secretary of defense, through July 2006. Bestseller. 2006The ugly laws: disability in public (History of disability series #3)
Par Susan M. Schweik. 2009
University of California at Berkeley professor explores the emergence of late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century local laws in America that targeted poor…
and disabled people. Examines the historical context and social climate behind the policies, and the resulting discrimination, finally addressed in 1990 by the Americans with Disabilities Act. 2009Sweetness and light: the mysterious history of the honeybee
Par Hattie Ellis. 2004
Explores the interaction between bees, honey, and humans from the Stone Age to modern times, from Nepalese honey hunters to…
beekeepers on New York City rooftops. Discusses three men--a Dutch scientist, a Philadelphia clergyman, and a German monk--who influenced the development of beekeeping in the Western world. 2004Betraying Spinoza: the renegade Jew who gave us modernity (Jewish Encounters Ser.)
Par Rebecca Goldstein. 2006
Discusses the seventeenth-century philosopher Benedictus Spinoza (1632-1677), his education in the Talmudic tradition, and his expulsion from the Amsterdam Jewish…
community. Examines the effects on Spinoza of being declared a heretic, the influence of Jewish persecution on his philosophy of rationality over religion, and his contributions to Western thought. 2006Estate planning: for people with a chronic condition or disability
Par Martin M. Shenkman. 2009
Attorney reviews the basics of estate planning for people who are ill or disabled. Discusses granting power of attorney and…
access to medical records, creating living wills and trusts, and assigning guardianship for minor children. Covers situations for those with Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, Lou Gehrig's, and Huntington's diseases, and others. 2009Life of a Medieval knight (The way People Live Ser.the way People Live)
Par James A Corrick. 2001
Focuses on knighthood between the twelfth and fourteenth centuries when it flourished in Europe. Discusses the different stages of training--page,…
squire, and knight--and various means of earning money. Covers methods of attack, including sieges and close-quarter. Describes the Crusades, feudalism, and the end of chivalry. For grades 5-8. 2001Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter recounts the experiences of homesteaders who remained on their land during the 1930s dust…
storms that ravaged the southern Great Plains. Examines both human and ecological aspects of the disaster and the effects on survivors' daily lives, health, and communities. National Book Award. 2006My eyes have a cold nose
Par Hector Chevigny. 1946
Los Angeles radio script writer recounts what he calls his "initiation into the blind world" after he lost his sight…
from retinal detachment. Describes failed surgical procedures, his physical and emotional adjustment, and a return to work and society with the help of his guide dog, Wizard. 1946