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Angier,
Natalie. WOMAN: AN INTIMATE GEOGRAPHY.
Controversial theory on women’s biology
and evolution. QP38 .A54 1999
Anker,
Conrad. THE LOST EXPLORER: FINDING MALLORY ON
MOUNT EVEREST. GV199.92.L44 A54 1999
Asher,
Michael. LAWRENCE: THE UNCROWNED KING OF ARABIA.
D568.4.L65 A74 1999
Baxter,
Freddie M. THE SEVENTH CHILD: A LUCKY LIFE.
Tale of a remarkable woman’s life, and of
an African American family. F128.68.H3 B39
1999
Bonanno,
Bill. BOUND BY HONOR: A MAFIOSO’S
STORY. His father was the model for the
"Godfather," and he can tell you who killed
Kennedy. HV6452.N7 B65 1999
Bowden,
Mark. BLACK HAWK DOWN: A STORY OF MODERN WAR.
A blow-by-blow account of the October ’93
American raid into Mogadishu, Somalia. DT407.4 .B69
1999
Bradley,
Bill. VALUES OF THE GAME. Former U.S.
senator and current presidential candidate recalls
his career as a player for the New York Knicks
basketball team. GV888.25 .B73 1998
Cahill,
Thomas. DESIRE OF THE EVERLASTING HILLS: THE
WORLD BEFORE AND AFTER JESUS. Cahill (How
the Irish Saved Civilization and The Gifts
of the Jews) provides a lively account of Jesus
and the early Christian church. BT301.2 .C34
1999
Cesarani,
David. ARTHUR KOESTLER: THE HOMELESS MIND. A
new biography of an illustrious literary figure
with tragic flaws. PR6021.O4 Z613 1999
Deloria,
Philip J. PLAYING INDIAN. An exploration of
how white Americans, while repressing real Indians,
have cultivated a native identity by "playing
Indian." E98.P99 D45 1998
Douglas,
John E. BROKEN WINGS. Shortly after FBI
profiler Jake Donovan is fired, he is called back
to investigate the FBI director’s apparent
suicide. (Fiction)
Eller,
Marlin. BARBARIANS LED BY BILL GATES: HOW THE
WORLD'S RICHEST CORPORA- TION WIELDS ITS POWER.
HD9696.63.U64 M534 1998
Hooper,
Edward. THE RIVER: A JOURNEY TO THE SOURCE OF
HIV AND AIDS. The author posits the
controversial theory that oral polio vaccine
experiments in Africa in the 1950s caused the AIDS
epide- mic. RA644.A25 H663 1999
Howell,
Hannah. HIGHLAND HONOR. A brave Scotsman
rescues a French woman from marauding relatives in
medieval France. (Fiction)
Irwin,
Robert. TIPS AND TRAPS WHEN BUYING A CONDO,
CO-OP, OR TOWNHOUSE. HD1379 .I669
2000
Jeffers,
Jennifer, ed. CONTEXTUALIZING AESTHETICS: FROM
PLATO TO LYOTARD. What great minds have thought
about art and beauty. BH39 .C6664 1999
Kay,
Jane H. ASPHALT NATION: HOW THE AUTOMOBILE TOOK
OVER AMERICA, AND HOW WE CAN TAKE IT BACK.
Local author indicts our nation’s car culture.
HE5623 .K36 1997
Kolata,
Gina B. FLU: THE STORY OF THE GREAT INFLUENZA
PANDEMIC OF 1918 AND THE SEARCH FOR THE VIRUS THAT
CAUSED IT. RC150.4 .K65 1999
Kopf,
Gerhard. PAPA’S SUITCASE. A former
bookstore clerk sets off on his life’s quest:
to find the manuscripts that Hemingway’s first
wife, Hadley, lost on a train in the 1920s.
(Fiction)
Lawrence,
Barbara K. BITTER ICE: A MEMOIR OF LOVE, FOOD,
AND OBSESSION. A husband has an eating problem.
RC552.A5 L385 1999
Lee,
Lisa. EASY IMAC: SEE IT DONE, DO IT YOURSELF.
If you have an iMac, read this book!
QA76.8.I2645 L44 1999
MacDonald,
Michael P. ALL SOULS: A FAMILY STORY FROM
SOUTHIE. Tough memoir of the author's life
growing up in a South Boston housing project.
F73.68.S7 M33 1999
Maddoux,
Marlin. THE SEAL OF GAIA. The almost
anticlimactic rise of an antichrist in the
frightening world of 2031. (Fiction)
Maguire,
Gregory. CONFESSIONS OF AN UGLY STEPSISTER.
During the 17th century, Dutch-born
Margarethe Fisher brings her daughters from their
native England to Haarlem, Holland. A retelling of
the Cinderella story. (Fiction)
Matthiessen,
Peter. NINE-HEADED DRAGON RIVER: ZEN JOURNALS,
1969-1985. Matthiessen's quest for the way of
the Buddha. PS3563.A8584 Z475 1986
Morris,
Edmund. DUTCH: A MEMOIR OF RONALD REAGAN. A
controversial biography of Reagan by a Pulitzer
Prize-winner and authorized biographer. E877 .M66
1999
Ramsey,
Dave. FINANCIAL PEACE. Budget book with
great tips and insightful thoughts into why we
overspend. HG179 .R315 1997
Rhodes,
Richard. WHY THEY KILL: THE DISCOVERIES OF A
MAVERICK CRIMINOLOGIST. Theory about the
formation of a violent person. HV6080 .R46
1999
Robotham,
Rosemarie, ed. THEBLUELIGHT CORNER: BLACK WOMEN
WRITING ON PASSION, SEX, AND ROMANTIC LOVE.
PS509.E7 B58 1999
Shirk,
Martha. LIVES ON THE LINE: AMERICAN FAMILIES AND
THE STRUGGLE TO MAKE ENDS MEET. HQ792.U5 S534
1999
Simon,
Alvah. NORTH TO THE NIGHT: A SPIRITUAL ODYSSEY
IN THE ARCTIC. A husband and wife on the
"rocks" in a small boat. G585.S56 A3
1999
Stendhal.
THE CHARTERHOUSE OF PARMA. Excellent new
(1999) translation by Richard Howard.
(Fiction)
Thorpe,
Adam. PIECES OF LIGHT. The mysteries and
tragedies of a child born in Africa and transported
to his uncle's house in England for schooling.
(Fiction)
Winterson,
Jeanette. THE WORLD AND OTHER PLACES.
Contemporary short stories from the British
writer. (Fiction)
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