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Benjamin,
Carol L. LADY VANISHES. Lady, the therapy
dog at a Greenwich Village home for "throw away"
people, vanishes, and the owner of the home has
been killed in a hit-and-run accident.
(Fiction)
Burnham,
Bill. HOW TO INVEST IN E-COMMERCE STOCKS.
This book gives a good explanation as to what
e-commerce is, and how one can profit from it on
the stock market. HF5548.325.U6 B87 1999
Carter-Scott,
Cherie. IF LOVE IS A GAME, THESE ARE THE RULES:
TEN RULES FOR FINDING LOVE AND CREATING
LONG-LASTING, AUTHENTIC RELATIONSHIPS. HQ801
.C296 1999
Chang,
Leslie. BEYOND THE NARROW GATE: THE JOURNEY OF
FOUR CHINESE WOMEN FROM THE MIDDLE KINGDOM TO
MIDDLE AMERICA. E184.C5 C445 1999
Dement,
William C. THE PROMISE OF SLEEP: A PIONEER IN
SLEEP MEDICINE EXPLAINS THE VITAL CONNECTION
BETWEEN HEALTH, HAPPINESS, AND A GOOD NIGHT’S
SLEEP. RA786. D43 1999
Doder,
Dusko. MILOSEVIC: PORTRAIT OF A TYRANT.
DR2047.M55 D63 1999
France,
Miranda. BAD TIMES IN BUENOS AIRES. This
prize-winning travel book investigates the mystery
of Argentina’s peculiar mixture of
sophistication and chaos. F3001.2 .F725
1999
Gaspar,
Frank. LEAVING PICO. A boy grows up fast one
summer in the 1950s in the Portuguese part of
Provincetown when his mother departs, leaving him
with his grandfather. (Fiction)
Goodall,
Jane. REASON FOR HOPE: A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY.
The chimps seem to be equally capable of
heinous and altruistic acts. Just like us! QL31.G58
A3 1999
Hammer,
Joshua. CHOSEN BY GOD: A BROTHER’S JOURNEY.
Hammer’s brother returns to Orthodox
Judaism. F130.J5 H36 1999
Humes,
Edward. MEAN JUSTICE: A TOWN’S TERROR, A
PROSECUTOR’S POWER, A BETRAYAL OF INNOCENCE.
Story of a man railroaded into jail and of a
legal system that willfully subverts, mangles, and
ignores the rights of citizens. KFC1199.K472 C724
1999
James,
Henry. WHAT MAISIE KNEW. A sad tale of a
child who knew too much and yet was an innocent.
(Fiction)
Johnson,
Kurt. NABOKOV’S BLUES: THE SCIENTIFIC
ODYSSEY OF A LITERARY GENIUS. QL31.N23 J644
1999
Johnston,
Terry C. RIDE THE MOON DOWN. When Titus
Bass’s Indian wife and his family are taken
prisoner by a Blackfoot war party, Bass sets out on
a heroic journey to reclaim his loved ones.
(Fiction)
Jones,
Bridget. LE CORDON BLEU DESSERT TECHNIQUES.
Chefs and instructors of the world-renowned Le
Cordon Bleu Cooking School have written cookbooks
that will teach you how to prepare beautiful and
delicious desserts. This work contains more than
1000 photographs illustrating 300 production and
cooking techniques. TX773 .J67 1999
Katz,
Jon. RUNNING TO THE MOUNTAIN: A JOURNEY OF FAITH
AND CHANGE. At age 50, writer Jon Katz leaves
his family to look for his soul in the solitude of
a tiny cabin on top of a mountain. PS3561.A7558 Z77
1999
Kovach,
Bill. WARP SPEED: AMERICA IN THE AGE OF MIXED
MEDIA. An analysis of what’s right and
wrong with the 24-hour new culture. PN4888.P6 K68
1999
Lemmons,
Thom. DAUGHTER OF JERUSALEM. A character
study of Mary Magdalene. (Fiction)
Lewis,
Michael. THE NEW NEW THING: A SILICON VALLEY
STORY. HD9696.63.U62 C585 2000
Messud,
Claire. THE LAST LIFE. Sagesse LaBasse, who
moved with her family from Algiers to the Riviera,
tells what took place in 1991 when she was 16, and
during the three years or so before that.
(Fiction)
Naveen,
Ron. WAITING TO FLY: ESCAPADES WITH THE PENGUINS
OF ANTARCTICA. Memoirs of the author’s
sixteen years studying penguins. QL696.S473 N38
1999
Nichols,
Peter. VOYAGE TO THE NORTH STAR. During the
Great Depression, a disgraced sailor loses his
ship, the wife he loves and much of his will to go
on. (Fiction)
Rich,
Katherine R. THE RED DEVIL: TO HELL WITH CANCER
-- AND BACK. No-holds-barred account of one
woman's metastatic breast cancer. Everything that
could go wrong, did. RC280.B8 R53 1999
Richmond,
Lewis. WORK AS A SPIRITUAL PRACTICE: A PRACTICAL
BUDDHIST APPROACH TO INNER GROWTH AND SATISFACTION
ON THE JOB. BQ5400 .R53 1999
Sampson,
Anthony. MANDELA: THE AUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY.
DT1974 .S26 1999
Schwartz,
Lynne S. IN THE FAMILY WAY: AN URBAN COMEDY.
A hilarious and touching novel of the new
family. (Fiction)
Summers,
Marc. EVERYTHING IN ITS PLACE: MY TRIAL AND
TRIUMPHS WITH OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER.
Funny, but eerie. Haven't you ever wondered
about yourself? RC533 .S86 1999
Ustinov,
Peter. MONSIEUR RENE. In Geneva, a retired
concierge, Monsieur Rene, decides that he and his
comrades in hotel service, who, in their duties,
are privy to important and scandalous secrets from
heads of state, the wealthy, etc., should pool
their wealth of information and use it to fight
evil doers. (Fiction)
Vargas,
Pattie. MAKING WILD WINES & MEADS: 125
UNUSUAL RECIPES USING HERBS, FRUITS & FLOWERS
& MORE. TP548.2 .V37 1999
Velmans-Van
Hessen, Edith. EDITH'S STORY. How a girl
like Anne Frank survived, 'aided by people of
disarming goodness in a sea of annihilating evil.'
DS135.N6 N4613 1999
Wills,
Garry. A NECESSARY EVIL: A HISTORY OF AMERICAN
DISTRUST OF GOVERNMENT. E183 .W57
1999
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