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Amory,
Cleveland. RANCH OF DREAMS: THE HEARTWARMING
STORY OF AMERICA'S MOST UNUSUAL ANIMAL SANCTUARY.
The best-selling author of "The Cat Who
Came for Christmas" spins a delightful tale of his
adventures fighting cruelty to animals. PS3551.M58
Z47 1997
Ashley,
Michael, ed. CLASSICAL WHODUNNITS.
Crime stories set in the great days of
ancient Greece and Rome with Socrates, Alexander
the Great, and others as detectives.
(Fiction)
Baldrige,
Letitia. LETITIA BALDRIGE'S MORE THAN
MANNERS!: RAISING TODAY'S KIDS TO HAVE KIND MANNERS
AND GOOD HEARTS. HQ769 .B3123
1997
Boukreev,
Anatoli. THE CLIMB: TRAGIC AMBITIONS ON MT.
EVEREST. The Russian guide on the fatal
1996 Everest expedition gives his perspective on
the tragedy. GV199 .44.E85 B69 1997
Buckley,
Fiona. TO SHIELD THE QUEEN. Mystery
and intrigue at the English Court, involving Queen
Elizabeth I, Robert Dudley and his wife, Amy.
(Fiction)
Camus,
Albert. THE MYTH OF SISYPHUS, AND OTHER
ESSAYS. The best answer ever given to
Hamlet's question, "to be or not to be...."
PQ2605.A3734 M93
Collins,
Wilkie. THE WOMAN IN WHITE. Hidden
identity, madness, secrets, and forced marriages.
(Fiction)
Duffy,
Bruce. LAST COMES THE EGG. A Maryland
teenager and two friends steal a car and head
south, encountering two high school girls and an
African American family. (Fiction)
Emblidge,
David, ed. THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL READER.
Trail diaries, poems, and essays celebrate
the largest and narrowest of our national parks.
F106 .A63 1996
Erdmann,
Jack. WHISKEY'S CHILDREN. Harrowing
account of the author's battle with his father's
alcoholism and his own. HV5293 .E74
1997x
Fuentes,
Carlos. THE CRYSTAL FRONTIER: A NOVEL IN NINE
STORIES. Nine linked stories, mostly set on
the border between U.S. and Mexico.
(Fiction)
Gabor,
Andrea. EINSTEIN'S WIFE: WORK AND MARRIAGE IN
THE LIVES OF FIVE GREAT TWENTIETH-CENTURY WOMEN.
Some highly gifted wives took a back seat
to their famous husbands. HQ759 .G3 1995
Green,
Tim. A MAN AND HIS MOTHER: AN ADOPTED SON'S
SEARCH. HV874.82.G74 A3 1997
Harvey,
Graham. CONTEMPORARY PAGANISM: LISTENING
PEOPLE, SPEAKING EARTH. A British writer
surveys the main trends and ecological foundations
of a new religious movement. BF1571 .H37
1997
Macintyre,
Ben. THE NAPOLEON OF CRIME: THE LIFE AND
TIMES OF ADAM WORTH, MASTER
THIEF.
The real life basis for the fictional
Professor Moriarty. HV6653.W67 M33 1997
Malcolm,
John. INTO THE VORTEX: A TIM SIMPSON MYSTERY.
English merchant bankers, English art and a
complex rugby-playing hero make for a great
mystery. (Fiction)
Matthews,
Anne. BRIGHT COLLEGE YEARS: INSIDE THE
AMERICAN CAMPUS TODAY. LA228 .M38
1997
McIntyre,
Vonda N. THE MOON AND THE SUN.
Historical fantasy set in 1693 at the Court
of Sun King Louis XIV of France.
(Fiction)
McNamee,
Thomas. THE RETURN OF THE WOLF TO
YELLOWSTONE. An account, from a man who is
both a rancher and a conservationist, of the
controversial reintroduction of the gray wolf to
Yellowstone National Park. QL737.C22 M393 1997
Moynahan,
Brian. RASPUTIN: THE SAINT WHO SINNED.
The man who was neither mad nor a monk.
DK254.R3 M69 1997
Nagel,
Thomas. OTHER MINDS: CRITICAL ESSAYS,
1969-1994. Essays on ethics, political
science and how philosophers think. B945.N333 O74
1995
O'Donohue,
John. ANAM CARA: A BOOK OF CELTIC WISDOM.
A Celtic spiritual companion or, to
translate anam cara literally from the Irish, soul
friend. BL624 .O33 1997
O'Toole,
Peter. LOITERING WITH INTENT. The
star of "Lawrence of Arabia" and "My Favorite Year"
tells the charming story of his training at the
Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and the start of his
stage career in the 1950s. PN2598.O7 A2
1992
Perry,
Anne. PENTECOST ALLEY. The death of
several prostitutes calls to mind Jack the Ripper.
(Fiction)
Pinker,
Steven. HOW THE MIND WORKS. QP360.5
.P56 1997
Robertson,
Joel C. NATURAL PROZAC: LEARNING TO RELEASE
YOUR BODY'S OWN ANTI-DEPRESSANTS. RC537
.R59 1997
Scholinski,
Daphne. THE LAST TIME I WORE A DRESS.
The story of a teenage girl who was locked
up in mental hospitals from 1981-1984 for failing
to "look/act feminine." RC560.G45 S34
1997
Schom,
Alan. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. DC203 .S36
1997
Schulman,
Audrey. THE CAGE. An expedition to
photograph hungry bears went terribly wrong.
(Fiction)
Silva,
Daniel. THE UNLIKELY SPY. In 1944, an
English professor was assigned to mislead Hitler's
intelligence services concerning D-Day's primary
target. (Fiction)
Slovo,
Gillian. EVERY SECRET THING: MY FAMILY, MY
COUNTRY. Daughter of two prominent
anti-apartheid activists describes growing up in
silent terror. PR6069.L56 Z465 1997
Somerset
Fry, Plantagenet. CASTLES OF BRITAIN AND
IRELAND. Breathtaking photography and
fascinating descriptions of these historic
masterpieces will have you yearning for travel to
the British Isles. DA660 .S63 1997
Tully,
James. PRISONER 1167: THE MADMAN WHO WAS JACK
THE RIPPER. There have been many books
about the notorious serial killer of London's East
End slums but this one is particularly convincing
about who he may have been and also provides
sympathetic portraits of his victims. HV6535.G6
L6586 1997
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