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George Mason, forgotten founder
Par Jeff Broadwater. 2006
Biography of landowner, lawmaker, and influential member of the Virginia gentry, George Mason (1725-1792). Emphasizes Mason's authorship of Virginia's Declaration…
of Rights and the state's constitution. Explains his opposition to ratifying the U.S. Constitution because of the absence of a Bill of Rights. 2006Barefootin': life lessons from the road to freedom
Par Unita Blackwell. 2006
Autobiography of social activist Unita Blackwell (b. 1933), Mississippi's first female African American mayor. Describes her childhood in a poor…
sharecropping family, her involvement with the civil- and human-rights movements, and her political rise. Blackwell shares her philosophy to persevere, find meaning, and make a difference. 2006Redemption: the last battle of the Civil War
Par Nicholas Lemann. 2006
Chronicles post-Civil War Reconstruction's degeneration into Jim Crow laws. Describes the 1873 Easter Sunday massacre in Colfax, Louisiana, and the…
armed campaign of racial violence. Highlights the attempts of former Union general Adelbert Ames, governor of Mississippi, to preserve black civil rights. Violence and some strong language. 2006Putin's Russia: life in a failing democracy
Par Anna Politkovskai︠a︡. 2004
Award-winning journalist blames Russian president Vladimir Putin for the multiple ills threatening the country's stability at the beginning of the…
twenty-first century. Describes corruption in the government, the judicial system, the military, and in business. Charges that the war in Chechnya is producing--not fighting--terrorism. 2004A song flung up to heaven
Par Maya Angelou. 2002
In this sixth volume of her memoirs, Angelou documents her return to America from Ghana in the 1960s to participate…
in the civil rights movement. Discusses the assassinations of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., the Watts riots, her friendship with James Baldwin--and their impact on her life. 2002The Shia revival: how conflicts within Islam will shape the future
Par Seyyed Vali Reza Nasr. 2006
Middle East scholar discusses the schism between Shias and Sunnis in the Muslim world. Provides cultural and historical context for…
their traditional hostility in order to explain the animosity between Iran and Saudi Arabia and the reasons each branch of Islam seeks dominance in the Middle East. 2006The looming tower: Al-Qaeda and the road to 9/11
Par Lawrence Wright. 2006
Traces Islamic fundamentalism from 1948 to the 2001 attack on America. Highlights Al Qaeda leaders Osama bin Laden and Ayman…
al-Zawahiri. Asserts a historical lack of concern from intelligence agencies except for FBI agent John O'Neill and Saudi prince Turki al-Faisal. Violence and strong language. Bestseller. 2006A godly hero: the life of William Jennings Bryan
Par Michael Kazin. 2006
Traces the life of populist politician William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925), from his midwestern boyhood to his involvement in the 1925…
Scopes trial. Highlights Bryan's evangelical beliefs, which stressed charity and social justice, and stresses his progressive politics, which led to reforms in campaign financing, senatorial elections, and women's suffrage. 2006China-based reporter assesses the socioeconomic transformation of China's labor force and production technology since China joined the World Trade Organization…
in 2001. Warns of environmental devastation there and corruption within the government, police, and legal systems. Cautions about the consequences in the West of a dependency on China's economy. 2006The science of Philip Pullman's His dark materials
Par John Gribbin, Mary Gribbin. 2005
Relates the mystery and magic in Pullman's trilogy, beginning with The Golden Compass (DB 44343, BR 13276), to real-world scientific…
concepts. Covers topics from cosmology to string theory to explain such objects as Will's subtle knife and Mary Malone's amber spyglass. For junior and senior high readers. 2003How to enjoy Shakespeare
Par Robert Thomas Fallon. 2005
Concise guide to understanding aspects of Shakespeare's plays that can seem unfamiliar and troublesome to contemporary readers or theatergoers. In…
simple, direct prose, the author elucidates daunting language, convoluted plots, and oftentimes perplexing theme, staging, and character issues, frequently referencing episodes and quotations from the bard's work. 2005The bedside book of birds: an avian miscellany
Par Graeme Gibson. 2005
A compilation of stories, poems, essays, and scientific observations exploring human fascination with birds. Selections span the centuries from Aristotle…
and Ovid to Charles Darwin, Edgar Allan Poe, Peter Matthiessen, and Margaret Atwood. Dorothy Hartley explains in "Goose Grease" the characteristics and uses of this fat. 2005An ordinary man: an autobiography
Par Paul Rusesabagina, Tom Zoellner. 2006
Autobiography of the manager of the hotel Mille Collines in Kigali, Rwanda. Paul Rusesabagina, a man of mixed Hutu and…
Tutsi heritage, describes how in April 1994 he saved twelve hundred Rwandans from the genocide that slaughtered eight hundred thousand. Basis for Hotel Rwanda movie. Violence and strong language. 2006The audacity of hope: thoughts on reclaiming the American dream
Par Barack Obama. 2006
Brave new world revisited (Perennial Classics Ser.)
Par Aldous Huxley. 2000
Series of essays in which the author examines various threats to human freedom predicted in his 1930s satirical novel Brave…
New World (DB 47108). Discusses overpopulation, government propaganda, brainwashing, chemically induced as well as subconsciously suggested persuasion, and education, along with possible countermeasures. 1958The revenge of Gaia: earth's climate in crisis and the fate of humanity
Par James Lovelock. 2006
British scientist who originated the Gaia hypothesis that Earth is a superorganism assesses the impact of human activity on the…
planet. Lovelock supports a transition to nuclear energy and advocates preparation for inevitable climate and social changes in the twenty-first century as a result of global warming. 2006Dark dreams: the story of Stephen King (World Writers Ser.)
Par Nancy Whitelaw. 2006
Biography of award-winning horror writer. Discusses King's difficult childhood in Maine, a setting for many of his stories, as well…
as his adolescence, college years, marriage, and eventual success. Describes King's struggles with censorship, fame, and the creative process. For senior high readers. 2006Soldier: the life of Colin Powell
Par Karen DeYoung. 2006
Washington Post reporter interviews retired general Colin Powell to chronicle his rise from a son of Jamaican immigrants to U.S.…
Secretary of State. Highlights his army life that culminated with his role as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and explains his decision not to run for president. 2006Seaworthy: adrift with William Willis in the golden age of rafting
Par T. R Pearson. 2006
Chronicles the life of German-born sailor William Willis (1893-1968), highlighting his voyages aboard small crafts of his own design and…
construction. Describes his 1954 115-day, trans-Pacific solo journey (with a cat and a parrot), during which he endured injuries, ailments, storms, and other calamities and survived by drinking seawater. 2006Eight essays written between 1774 and 1776 by American political philosopher and patriot Thomas Paine (1737-1809). Includes Thoughts on Defensive…
War, The American Crisis, Number 1, and Common Sense, a treatise advocating America's moral obligation for independence. Contains an introduction, biographical information, and detailed analysis of selected writings. 2001