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Alvarez,
Julia. IN THE NAME OF SALOME. This story is
based on the real lives of a Dominican family. The
mother was a poet and the daughter taught at Vassar
College. (Fiction)
Andersen,
Christopher P. THE DAY JOHN DIED. A poignant
biography of JFK, Jr. E843.K42 A53 2000
Anuff,
Joey. DUMB MONEY: ADVENTURES OF A DAY TRADER.
HG4515.95 .A58 2000
Armstrong,
Karen. THE BATTLE FOR GOD: FUNDAMENTALISM IN
JUDAISM, CHRISTIANITY, AND ISLAM. BM390 .A69
2000
Bloom,
Amy. A BLIND MAN CAN SEE HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU:
STORIES. A brilliant collection of short
stories which make ordinary the calamities of
modern life. (Fiction)
Bowman,
Elizabeth A. DARK SECRET. Relationship
between two sisters, one of whom runs off to New
York. (Fiction)
Breashears,
David. LAST CLIMB: THE LEGENDARY EVEREST
EXPEDITIONS OF GEORGE MALLORY. GV199.92.L44 B74
1999
Bunn,
T. Davis. THE GREAT DIVIDE. Attorney Marcus
Glenwood takes the case of Alma and Austin Hall
whose daughter has disappeared in China while
investigating the slavelike labor practices of a
factory owned by New Horizons. (Fiction)
Ciuraru,
Carmela, ed. FIRST LOVES: POETS INTRODUCE THE
ESSENTIAL POEMS THAT CAPTIVATED AND INSPIRED THEM.
PN1064 .F56 2000
Edwards,
Anne. EVER AFTER: DIANA AND THE LIFE SHE
LED. A biography of Diana, Princess of Wales.
DA591.A45 D468 2000
Fay,
Laurel E. SHOSTAKOVICH: A LIFE. ML410.S53
F39 1999
Fleming,
Keith. THE BOY WITH A THORN IN HIS SIDE: A
MEMOIR. Mesmerizing personal narrative by the
nephew of Edmund White, gay literature's founding
father. PS3573.H463 Z68 2000
Garcia,
Cristina. THE AGUERO SISTERS. A Cuban family
drama set during the 1959 revolution.
(Fiction)
Gilchrist,
Ellen. THE AGE OF MIRACLES: STORIES. Ellen
Gilchrist is a superb teller of tales. Her short
stories and novellas take place in the Deep South.
(Fiction)
Holden,
Anthony. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: THE MAN BEHIND THE
GENIUS: A BIOGRAPHY. PR2894 .H59
1999
Holmes,
Richard. FOOTSTEPS: ADVENTURES OF A ROMANTIC
BIOGRAPHER. An unusual biographical work by a
distinguished English biographer (of Coleridge,
Shelley, etc.), this book follows the travels of R.
L. Stevenson and Lord Byron throughout Europe.
PR110.F7 H64 1985
Irwin,
Robert. TIPS AND TRAPS WHEN BUYING A CONDO,
CO-OP, OR TOWNHOUSE. HD1379 .I669
2000
Keane,
John. VACLAV HAVEL: A POLITICAL TRAGEDY IN SIX
ACTS. Biography of the flamboyant
playwright/president of the Czech Republic.
DB2241.H38 K43 2000
Knox,
Bill. DEAD MAN’S MOORING. One of
Knox’s great sea mysteries set on the Scottish
seacoast. (Fiction)
Larkin,
Joan, ed. A WOMAN LIKE THAT: LESBIAN AND
BISEXUAL WRITERS TELL THEIR COMING OUT STORIES.
PS153.L46 W66 1999
Lehman,
Eric G. SUMMER’S HOUSE. During one hot
New York City summer in the 1970s, the lives of
three very different people are forever changed.
(Fiction)
Luhrmann,
T.M. OF TWO MINDS: THE GROWING DISORDER IN
AMERICAN PSYCHIATRY. An anthropologist writes
of the current milieu of psychiatry in a variety of
settings, as if studying a native culture. RC336
.L78 2000
Matossian,
Nouritza. BLACK ANGEL: THE LIFE OF ARSHILE
GORKY. N6537.G65 M38 2000
Maxted,
Anna. GETTING OVER IT. Everything in Helen
Bradshaw’s life start to crumble around her
after her father passed away. (Fiction)
Mendelson,
Cheryl. HOME COMFORTS: THE ART AND SCIENCE OF
KEEPING HOUSE. Everything you ever wanted or
needed to know. TX145 .M38 1999
Min,
Anchee. BECOMING MADAME MAO. A reinvention
of the life of Chiang Ching, the spouse of Mao Tse
Tung. (Fiction)
Percy,
Walker. THE MOVIEGOER. Considered a classic
southern novel by writers today.
(Fiction)
Pyron,
Darden A. LIBERACE: AN AMERICAN BOY.
Scholarly and entertaining biography of an American
icon and his relationship with American mass
culture. ML417.L67 P97 2000
Sedaris,
David. ME TALK PRETTY ONE DAY. Funny,
poignant episodes by the "ex-pat" journalist living
in Paris. PS3569.E314 M4 2000
Severin,
Timothy. IN SEARCH OF MOBY DICK: THE QUEST FOR
THE WHITE WHALE. Travel and adventure writer,
Severin (The Brendan Voyage) travels the
South Seas in search of the origins of
Melville’s classic tale. PS2384.M62 S38
2000
Shatner,
William. GET A LIFE. Captain Kirk writes
about the phenomenon of Star Trek. PN1992.8.S74 S5
1999
Smith,
Michael. STATION X: DECODING NAZI SECRETS.
Account of British intelligence efforts to
decipher Enigma, the Nazi war machine’s code.
D810.C88 S66 1999
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