February 2007
Look for these titles in the new book section at the
front of the library!
356.162 Doc
Stalkers
and Shooters
A history of American snipers, from the Revolutionary War to today;
their stories, traditions, techniques, and tools. Also includes a
section on the use of snipers in law enforcement and the stories of
eight current snipers drawn from the ranks of both the military and
the police.
363.34922 Voi
Voices
from the Storm
Part of Dave Eggers' Voice of Witness oral history series, this volume
presents, in their own words, the stories of thirteen disparate New
Orleans residents whose lives were changed forever by Hurricane
Katrina.
650.1 Abr
A
Perfect Mess
Abrahamson and David H. Freedman ponder the hidden benefits of
disorder--whether at home, in the workplace, or society at
large-arguing that moderately messy systems use resources more
efficiently, yield better solutions, and are harder to break than neat
ones.
741.5973 Seg
E.C.
Segar's Popeye: "I yam what I yam!"
First in a projected six volumes of reprints of the daily and Sunday
Thimble Theatre comic strips that launched the career of Popeye the
Sailor Man. This volume includes his very first appearances, the
indestructible Whiffle Hen, a journey on a ghost ship with the
malevolent Sea Hag, a love triangle with Olive Oyl, and his ill-fated
boxing career, among other adventures.
812.54 Wil
Gem
of the Ocean
Set in 1904, this is chronologically the first in the late August
Wilson's prize-winning ten-play cycle dramatizing the African-American
experience. Aunt Ester, the aged but fiery matriarch, welcomes into
her Pittsburgh Hill District home Solly Two Kings, who was born into
slavery and scouted for the Union Army, and Citizen Barlow, a young
man from Alabama searching for a new life.
818.54 Buc
Too
Soon to Say Goodbye
The final book by the recently deceased humorist Art Buchwald. Here,
he relates his stay in a Washington, D.C. hospice after declining
dialysis, along with anecdotes stretching back to his childhood. A
poignant and funny meditation on life and death.
921 Chen
Final
Exam
Follows surgeon Pauline Chen over the course of her medical school
education, her training, and practice as she confronts a central
paradox of the medical profession: how an occupation premised on
caring for the ill also systematically depersonalizes dying.
921 Steffans
Confessions
of a Video Vixen
Memoirs of stripper-turned-actress Karrine Steffans, laced with
accounts of her relations with numerous hip-hop celebrities.
956.70443 Ira
The
Iraq Study Group Report -authorized ed.
Contains the Group's findings and proposals for improving security,
strengthening the new government, rebuilding the economy and
infrastructure, and maintaining stability in the region.
973.7092 Whe
Mr.
Lincoln's T-mails
Business writer Tom Wheeler looks at Abraham Lincoln's embrace of the
telegraph and the use he made of this new technology during the Civil
War, with an eye to the leadership lessons his example offers which
are still applicable today.
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