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New NonFiction Books
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Stewardess: Come Fly With Me! by Elissa Stein Call #: New 387.742 St34s Avg. Reader Rating - Not Yet Rated Relive the glamorous lifestyle of the stewardess in its full Technicolor sexism! Full of vintage photographs, training materials, in-flight brochures and by-gone advertisements that'll surely satisfy anyone's kitschy aesthetic. |
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Offshore: The Dark Side of the Global Economy by William Brittain-Catlin Call #: New 330.972921 B777o Avg. Reader Rating - Not Yet Rated Corporate investigator and BBC producer Brittain-Catlin delves into the availability, culture and consequences offshore business transactions. With such heavy-hitters such as Wal-Mart, BP and the now dubious Enron using places like the Cayman Islands or Bahamas as their financial transaction centers to elude taxes and federal disclosure regulations, this book is a provocative source for those wanting to learn what the business world has already mastered. |
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The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science by Natalie Angier Call #: New 500 An45c Avg. Reader Rating - Not Yet Rated Reviewers all praise Angier's ability to pen fascinating science writing for the layman. Leon Lederman says, 'Her command of language shames the poets; her grasp of how science works exposes the joy and beauty of discovery'. So, indulge yourself with some of the best essays of the great scientific issues of our time. |
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Gemstones of the World by Walter Schumann Call #: New 553.8 Sch86g Avg. Reader Rating - Not Yet Rated Rock hounds and gem collectors will both want to read Schumann's newly revised and expanded 3rd edition, with over 1,000 photographs. Beautiful illustrations paired with exciting commentary on the science, history and lore of the world's gemstones. |
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Evolution for Everyone: How Darwin's Theory Can Change the Way We Think About Our Lives David Sloan Wilson Call #: New 576.801 W692e Avg. Reader Rating - Not Yet Rated Wilson's fourth and most accessible book on evolution will provide plenty of thought provoking material for everyone. Why does the Burying Beetle commit infanticide, and why do so many domestic animals have floppy ears? Wilson has plenty of ideas about evolution's hand in our everyday lives. |
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Under a Green Sky: Global Warming, the Mass Extinctions of the Past, and What They can Tell Us about our Future by Peter D. Ward Call #: New 577.276 W216u Avg. Reader Rating - Not Yet Rated Ward is a paleontologist, whose slim book is a real page turner, as he discusses the cutting edge science of past extinctions, and the current state of global warming today. |
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Back on the Fire: Essays by Gary Snyder Call #: 814.54 Sn92b Avg. Reader Rating - Not Yet Rated In his most autobiographical writing to date, these essays employ fire as a metaphor for the crucial moment when deeply held viewpoints yield to new experiences, and our spirits and minds broaden and mature. Snyder here writes and riffs on a wide range of topics, from explorations of southwestern European Paleolithic cave art to his own personal poetic history with haiku; from reminiscences of youthful West Coast logging and trail crew days to talks given in Paris and Tokyo on art and archetypes. He honors poets of his generation, like Philip Whalen and Allen Ginsberg, and meditates on art, labor, and the making of families, houses, and homesteads. |
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Passport to Crime Edited by: Janet Hutchings Call #: 808.83872 P268 Avg. Reader Rating - Not Yet Rated From Publishers Weekly: Hutchings assembles another winning anthology with this collection of 26 mystery stories in translation, representing 15 countries and 11 languages and chosen from a three-year-old monthly series in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. The selection includes most of the subgenres.noirs, whodunits, procedurals and thrillers.and though few of the authors will be familiar to mainstream readers, the writing is uniformly excellent. (Mar.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
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Business: The Ultimate Resource Call #: NEW 658.03 B964 2006 Avg. Reader Rating - Not Yet Rated If you're a true capitalist or entrepreneur, you don't need to slog through a formal education or await accreditation to pursue your goals, you need Business: The Ultimate Guide. Self-described as an MBA between two covers, this book contains original essays and interviews, biographies of the world's business gurus, summaries of influential business books, and a comprehensive dictionary of business terms and practices. With over 2,200 pages of information to pore over you're sure to capitalize on this investment. |
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Out of the Shadows: A Biographical History of African American Athletes David K. Wiggins Call #: New 796.092396 Ou8 Avg. Reader Rating - Not Yet Rated A collection of nineteen biographical essays that address the complex relationship of sports and race in America. These essays cover the early struggles of Jack Johnson during Jim Crow, the trials of Satchel Paige and Jesse Owens, the breakthrough of Jackie Robinson, the rise of Muhammed Ali during the civil rights movement, and the superstar status of Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods. Contributers include Gerald R. Gems, Donald Spivey, Gerald Early, and other esteemed sports historians |
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The Best Movies of the 70's edited by Jürgen Müller Call #: New 791.4375 B464se Avg. Reader Rating - Not Yet Rated The decade known for bringing us Dirty Harry, Shaft, The Godfather, Annie Hall, Superman, and Star Wars, this book from Taschen covers fifty-five films from that strange, yet classic decade of cinema. Each movie is presented with a list of credits, an essay, and many memorable stills. More than a survey of film, this book peers into a cultural aesthetic. |
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Winslow Homer: An American Vision Randall C. Griffin Call #: New 759.13 H752 G8 Avg. Reader Rating - Not Yet Rated A comprehensive look at one of America's most revered and iconic artists. Griffin offers the world of Homer scholarship with a welcome addition that includes many lesser-known works alongside the famous paintings which have helped to shape the American identity. Besides the vast research, the color plates alone will satisfy almost any Homer fan. |
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Antique Trader Book Collector's Price Guide Richard Russell Call #: New 002.075 An87 2006 Avg. Reader Rating - Not Yet Rated This full color collector's guide contains the current values for over 5,000 books, and has charts showing how to identify first editions. Included in this edition is a new chapter on children's books and information on Americana, mysteries, poetry, vintage fiction and more. |
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The Dead Beat: Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs, and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries Marilyn Johnson Call #: New 070.44992 J635db Avg. Reader Rating - Not Yet Rated Review from Publishers Weekly: A journalist who's written obituaries of Princess Di and Johnny Cash, Johnson counts herself among the obit obsessed, one who subsists on the |
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Literary Lives Edward Sorel Call #: New 809 S068L Avg. Reader Rating - Not Yet Rated Award-winning caricaturist Edward Sorel illustrates the more compromising parts of ten literary figures' lives: Tolstoy, Rand, Proust, Yeats, Hellman, Jung, Sartre, Eliot, Brecht, and Mailer. This is a fun, quick read and the art alone is a joy to look at. |
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The Best of the Best Volume 2: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels Gardner Dozois Call #: New 813.0876608 B464 v.2 Avg. Reader Rating - Not Yet Rated This is the ultimate anthology of short science fiction novels. The stories span two decades and have been collected by Dozios, the editor of Azimov's SF Magazine since 1985. According to the Booklist (12/06), Dozois, "..sifts the series' novellas for a baker's dozen of masterfully written longer tales that span the spectrum of speculative fiction's most inventive scenarios, from a peek at Earth in the fiftieth century to a stopover on an exotic, alien sea world." |
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Grand Avenues: The Story of the French Visionary who Designed Washington, D. C. Scott W. Berg Call #: Biography L'Enfant, Pierre Charles Avg. Reader Rating - Not Yet Rated Here is the story of the man who George Washington commissioned to lay out the streets of the capital and whose credit for the work would be stolen. It took over a century before credit was given to Pierre Charles L'Enfant, the French visionary who designed Washington, D. C. |
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The Seventeen Traditions Ralph Nader Call #: Biography Nader, Ralph Avg. Reader Rating - Not Yet Rated In this compact book Ralph Nader shares with us his inherited wisdom. The Seventeen Traditions is a tribute to the people, places, and forces that shaped this influential activist. |
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House of Rain: Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American Southwest Craig Childs Call #: 978.98201 C437h Avg. Reader Rating - Not Yet Rated Nearly a millennium ago a civilization developed in what is now known as the American Southwest, their cultural achievements paralleled those of the Mayans, and their influence dominated the region. Then they vanished. Craig Childs explores the southwest and joins others in asking, "What happened to the Anasazi?" |