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Asher,
Michael. LAWRENCE: THE UNCROWNED KING OF ARABIA.
An engrossing, highly readable biography of
Lawrence of Arabia. Superb. D568.4.L65 A74
1999
Bender,
Karen E. LIKE NORMAL PEOPLE. Story of three
generations of women in a southern California
family: the widowed Ella Rose, her two daughters
&endash; one of whom is retarded, and her
granddaughter. (Fiction)
Carr,
Rosamond H. LAND OF A THOUSAND HILLS: MY LIFE IN
RWANDA. An American who emigrated to Rwanda
over 50 years ago shares her experiences.
DT450.427.C37 A3 1999
Cunningham,
Michael. A HOME AT THE END OF THE WORLD. The
first novel by the author of the Pulitzer
Prize-winning novel, The Hours, offers a profound
and original portrait of friendship and
contemporary family life of three friends.
(Fiction)
Duberstein,
Larry. THE HANDSOME SAILOR. Fictionalized
biography of Melville’s last 30 years.
(Fiction)
Farrow,
John. CITY OF ICE. Montreal detective Emile
Cinq-Mars battles an international crime
conspiracy. (Fiction)
Ford,
Richard. INDEPENDENCE DAY. This novel of
contemporary life won the Pulitzer Prize in 1996.
(Fiction)
Freke,
Timothy. SHAMANIC WISDOMKEEPERS: SHAMANISM IN
THE MODERN WORLD. BL2370.S5 F69 1999
Gates,
Henry L. WONDERS OF THE AFRICAN WORLD. This
book came out of the author’s PBS series on
the little-known glories of African civilization.
DT14 .G385 1999
Gilbert,
Elizabeth. STERN MEN. A young woman
single-handedly ends a generations-long feud
between two remote islands off the coast of Maine.
(Fiction)
Goodwin,
Doris K. WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR: A MEMOIR.
GV875.B7 G66 1997
Gottlieb,
Lori. STICK FIGURE: A DIARY OF MY FORMER SELF.
A personal narrative of anorexia. RC552.A5 G68
2000
Groopman,
Jerome E. SECOND OPINIONS: STORIES OF INTUITION
AND CHOICE IN A CHANGING WORLD OF MEDICINE.
RC82 .G76 2000
Gurdjieff,
Georges I. MEETINGS WITH REMARKABLE MEN. A
comical, yet profound journey to seek wisdom.
B4249.G83 M4 1974
Hawken,
Paul. NATURAL CAPITALISM: CREATING THE NEXT
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION. An examination of
several leading edge companies that maintain
profits without damaging the environment. HC106.82
.H39 1999
Hollander,
Anne. FEEDING THE EYE: ESSAYS. A brilliant
set of essays documenting the meaning of dress and
costume. GT525 .H646 1999
Kellerman,
Jonathan. PRIVATE EYES. Terrifying novel in
which behavior modification is taken to hideous
extremes. (Fiction)
Kipling,
Rudyard. KIM. The adventures of a young
British boy raised in India He becomes a great spy.
(Fiction)
Kunstler,
James H. THE GEOGRAPHY OF NOWHERE: THE RISE AND
DECLINE OF AMERICA’S MAN-MADE LANDSCAPE.
The author examines the factors that have
caused one place in the country to look much like
another. NA2542.35 .K86 1994
Lapsley,
Hilary. MARGARET MEAD AND RUTH BENEDICT: THE
KINSHIP OF WOMEN. Chronicles how Mead's,
Benedict's, and Franz Boas's contributions promoted
a more inclusive vision of how ethnicity, gender,
and sexuality shape the modern social sciences, as
well as the struggle in creating satisfying
professional and personal lives as women during the
first half of the century. GN21.M36 L36
1999
Lynch,
Peter. LEARN TO EARN: A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO
THE BASICS OF INVESTING AND BUSINESS. HG4910
.L95 1996
McCullers,
Carson. THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER. A
melancholy story of a young girl’s coming
of age in the south in the 1950s.
(Fiction)
McKenzie,
Steven L. KING DAVID: A BIOGRAPHY. A
challenging interpretation of the life of a popular
biblical figure. BS580.D3 M35 2000
Nolan,
Christopher. THE BANYAN TREE. A poignant
tale of rural Ireland, an elderly woman, and a
family farm, from the author of Under the Eye of
the Clock. (Fiction)
Nordhoff,
Charles. MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY. Truth is
stranger than fiction. The classic, which inspired
multiple films, deserves a read.
(Fiction)
Pyper,
Andrew. LOST GIRLS. In the Ontario town of
Murdoch, two popular highschool girls have
disappeared, presumed dead at the hand of their
English teacher. (Fiction)
Rutherfurd,
Edward. THE FOREST. Story of people living
in England’s New Forest during nine turbulent
centuries. (Fiction)
Shields,
Carol. DRESSING UP FOR THE CARNIVAL. Short
stories by a Pulitzer prize-winning novelist.
(Fiction)
Sholokhov,
Mikhail A. AND QUIET FLOWS THE DON. This
moving story of the Russian Revolution won the
Nobel Prize in 1965. (Fiction)
Spong,
John S. HERE I STAND: MY STRUGGLE FOR A
CHRISTIANITY OF INTEGRITY, LOVE, AND EQUALITY.
A clergyman with a heart and a mind tells his
story. BX5995.S77 A3 2000
Stuart,
Sebastian. THE MENTOR. A best-selling
novelist, Charles Davis, hatches a plan to get his
name on another bestseller, even if he didn’t
exactly write it. (Fiction)
Ung,
Loung. FIRST THEY KILLED MY FATHER: A DAUGHTER
OF CAMBODIA REMEMBERS. DS554.8 .U54
2000
Wilensky,
Amy S. PASSING FOR NORMAL: A MEMOIR OF
COMPULSION. Author describes her situation with
Tourette’s Syndrome. RC533.W54 A3
1999
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