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Anissimov,
Myriam. PRIMO LEVI: THE SUICIDE OF AN OPTIMIST.
A brilliant man endured a life of suffering.
PQ4872.E8 Z5613 1997
Barnes,
Hazel E. THE STORY I TELL MYSELF: A VENTURE IN
EXISTENTIALIST AUTOBIOGRAPHY. An engrossing
account of one woman’s psychological
liberation from a false sense of what she wanted to
be, and of the gradual development of a personal
philosophy she was willing to live by. CT275.B4474
A3 1997
Bayley,
John. ELEGY FOR IRIS. Ms. Murdoch, ravaged
by Alzheimer’s disease, was sadly and
poetically portrayed by her husband. PR6063.U7 Z583
1999
Beaufort,
Simon. MURDER IN THE HOLY CITY. After the
First Crusade, in Jerusalem, someone is in the
process of overthrowing the most powerful knights
and priests. (Fiction)
Brooks,
Geraldine. FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE: A PEN
PAL’S JOURNEY FROM DOWN UNDER TO ALL OVER.
Brooks, an Australian working for the Wall
Street Journal, decided to track down the pen
friends she made when she was a girl. PN5516.B76 A3
1998
Brown,
Sylvia. ADVENTURES OF A PSYCHIC: THE FASCINATING
AND INSPIRING TRUE-LIFE STORY OF ONE OF
AMERICA’S MOST SUCCESSFUL CLAIRVOYANTS.
BF1027.B76 A3 1998
Carlson,
Richard. DON’T WORRY, MAKE MONEY: SPIRITUAL
AND PRACTICAL WAYS TO CREATE ABUNDANCE AND MORE FUN
IN YOUR LIFE. The title says it all. HF5386
.C272 1998
Chase-Riboud,
Barbara. SALLY HEMINGS: A NOVEL. The life of
Thomas Jefferson’s longtime companion is
fictionally explored - pre-DNA testing results...
(Fiction)
Cheever,
Susan. NOTE FOUND IN A BOTTLE: MY LIFE AS A
DRINKER.
HV5293.C49 A3 1999
Ellingham,
Lewis. POET BE LIKE GOD: JACK SPICER AND THE SAN
FRANCISCO RENAISSANCE. A biography of this
little-known contemporary of Allen Ginsberg and
Jack Kerouac chronicles the burgeoning North Beach
gay scene and arts community of the 50s and 60s.
PS3569.P47 Z65 1998
Fernandez,
John P. RACE, GENDER AND RHETORIC: THE TRUE
STATE OF RACE AND GENDER IN CORPORATE AMERICA.
HF5549.5.M5 F47 1999
Fradkin,
Philip L. MAGNITUDE 8: EARTHQUAKES AND LIFE
ALONG THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT. A magnitude 8
earthquake could occur in California. QE535.2.U6 F7
1998
Hospital,
Janette T. OYSTER. Two parents, looking for
a missing son and daughter, have to deal with a
cult. (Fiction)
Jupiter,
Marlene. SAVVY INVESTING FOR WOMEN: STRATEGIES
FROM A SELF-MADE WALL STREET MILLIONAIRE.
HG4527 .J87 1998
Keady,
Walter. MARY MCGREEVY: A NOVEL. A nun
scandalizes a small town in Ireland when she leaves
her convent and comes home to run her late
father’s farm. (Fiction)
Kirsch,
Jonathan. MOSES: A LIFE. Is Moses a literary
fabrication? BS580.M6 K54 1998
Lackey,
Mercedes. FIDDLER FAIR. Tales of elves,
UFOs, music, and magic. (Fiction)
Lewis,
Charles. THE BUYING OF THE CONGRESS: HOW SPECIAL
INTERESTS HAVE STOLEN YOUR RIGHT TO LIFE, LIBERTY,
AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. JK1118. L47
1998
MacLachlan,
Cheryl. BRINGING SWEDEN HOME: CREATING THE
FEELING OF SWEDEN IN YOUR HOME ROOM BY ROOM.
TX311 .M2355 1997
Mah,
Adeline Y. FALLING LEAVES: A TRUE STORY OF AN
UNWANTED CHINESE DAUGHTER. Read about an
unbelievably evil stepmother. CT275.M45115 A3
1998
Maracotta,
Lindsay. PLAYING DEAD: A HOLLYWOOD MYSTERY.
Lucy Freers, an animator in Hollywood,
investigates after her nanny is shot dead.
(Fiction)
Michaels,
Grant. DEAD AS A DOORNAIL. The South End
serves as the backdrop for this latest Grant
Michaels mystery featuring Stan Kraychik, a gay
Newbury Street hairdresser and amateur sleuth.
(Fiction)
Natelson,
Benjamin H. FACING AND FIGHTING FATIGUE: A
PRACTICAL APPROACH. RB150.F37 N38
1998
Neville-Sington,
Pamela. FANNY TROLLOPE: THE LIFE AND ADVENTURE
OF A CLEVER WOMAN. Fanny Trollope, mother of
Anthony Trollope, is a gifted writer and
resourceful woman. PR5699.T3 Z77 1998
O’Brien,
Timothy L. BAD BET. HV6710 .O27
1998
Pelecanos,
George P. THE SWEET FOREVER. Marcus Clay,
owner of a small chain of record stores, and his
best friend, Dimitri try to survive in crime-ridden
Washington, D.C. of the mid-1980s.
(Fiction)
Rohm,
Wendy G. THE MICROSOFT FILE: THE CASE AGAINST
BILL GATES. HD9696.63.U64 M537 1998
Vidal,
Gore. LINCOLN: A NOVEL. A stunning fictional
biography of Lincoln’s presidential years.
Many consider it Vidal’s masterpiece.
(Fiction)
Watkins,
James H., ed. SOUTHERN SELVES: FROM MARK TWAIN
AND EUDORA WELTY TO MAYA ANGELOU AND KAYE GIBBONS:
A COLLECTION OF AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL WRITING. PS551
.S575 1998
Williams,
Niall. FOUR LETTERS OF LOVE: A NOVEL.
Luminous prose characterizes this novel in
which the stories of two families in Ireland unfold
and eventually become entwined as intricately as a
Celtic knot. (Fiction)
Woodrell,
Daniel. TOMATO RED. When Jamalee Merridew
meets Sammy Barlach, she thinks that he can help
her escape from the Venus Holler section of West
Table, Missouri. (Fiction)
Zhou,
Min. GROWING UP AMERICAN: HOW VIETNAMESE
CHILDREN ADAPT TO LIFE IN THE UNITED STATES.
E184.V53 Z48 1998
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