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November 2006
Look for these titles in the new book section at the
front of the library!
327.73009 Kin
Overthrow
Stephen Kinzer tells the stories of the audacious politicians, spies,
military commanders, and business executives who took it upon
themselves to depose monarchs, presidents, and prime ministers,
recounting how America's long century of regime-change began in Hawaii
and gained momentum during the Spanish-American war, when Cuba, Puerto
Rico, and the Philippines fell to American military and political
power. The story continues with coups that brought down presidents in
Nicaragua and Honduras, the Cold War rivalry that spawned our
involvement in Iran, Guatemala, Vietnam, and Chile, and the
contemporary military operations in Grenada, Panama, Afghanistan and
Iraq.
362.8298 Fes
The
Girls Who Went Away
Ann Fessler exposes the untold social history of the million and a
half women who surrendered children for adoption due to enormous
family and social pressure in the post World War II years.
364.162 Dol
The
Rescue Artist
Edward Dolnick takes readers inside the art underworld with a true
story of art, thieves, and the hunt for a missing masterpiece. The
story begins with the theft of one of the world's most famous
paintings, Edvard Munch's The Scream, from the National Gallery in
Oslo in 1994.
388.044 McP
Uncommon
Carriers
John McPhee traveled the country to provide this account of people who
work in freight transportation-those who drive trucks, captain ships,
pilot towboats, drive coal trails, and carry lobsters through the air.
His account of the UPS Louisville hub, with its 122 miles of automated
conveyor belts inside a four million square foot warehouse, is
absolutely mind-blowing.
629.28775 Mit
Anatomy
of a Chopper
Author, photographer, and historian Doug Mitchell showcases 27 custom
bikes and their builders. Photographs and text detail what goes into
designing and building a modern chopper.
745.5 Bro
Casting
for Crafters
Marie Browning shows you how to use different types of molds and
castings: polyester resin, epoxy resin, plaster casting, cement
casting, sand casting, hypertufa casting, rubber molds, and polymer
clay to create a variety of unique projects.
745.59 Bro
Jazzy
Gift Baskets
Make and decorate different gift baskets for various occasions:
celebrations, thank-yous, seasonal gifts, food baskets, pampering
baskets, harvest baskets, and bottle baskets.
781.66092 Hos
Hotel
California
British journalist Barney Hoskyns reveals an insider's look at the Los
Angeles popular music scene from the late 1960s through the late
1970s. The professional and personal lives of singer-songwriters,
superstars, and producers - David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash,
Jackson Browne, James Taylor and many others - are detailed.
811.54 Hal
White
Apples and the Taste of Stone
This collection of two hundred selected poems from Poet Laureate
Donald Hall's sixty-year career includes an audio CD of poems read by
the author.
917.3 Sul
Cross
Country
Robert Sullivan, author of "Rats," "A Whale Hunt"
and "The Meadowlands" chronicles his adventures from fifteen
years of driving across the country for his family's annual move from
the East Coast to the West Coast. He tells stories of past and present
characters that he encounters along the way.
956.70443 Ope
Operation
Homecoming
Beginning in 2004, the National Endowment for the Arts sponsored fifty
writing workshops hosted by such authors as Tom Clancy, Mark Bowden,
Bobbie Ann Mason, Tobias Wolff, and Jeff Shaara. Attended by over
6,000 troops and their spouses, the result is this selection of one
hundred pieces by soldiers in the Iraq war and their families, writing
about their experiences.
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