New Books for Fall 2008
Nonfiction
92/Cab Mass, Wendy. John Cabot.
Discusses the life of John Cabot, with an emphasis on his career as an early explorer of North America.
92/Edw Edwards, Elizabeth. Saving Graces.
Elizabeth Edwards, wife of the Democratic vice presidential candidate for 2004, John Edwards, has written a memoir of the many triumphs, trial, and tragedies that have affected her life and her family's, including the tragic death of their sixteen-year-old son, Wade, her valiant fight with advanced breast cancer, and the remarkable support she received from the local communities which gave her the strength and hope to carry on.
92/Hud Melzahn, Arlene Bourgeois. Henry Hudson.
Discusses the life of Henry Hudson, the English sea captain who explored the Arctic Ocean and the river and bay later named for him while in search of a northern route to the Indies.
347.73/Pan Panchyk, Richard. Our Supreme Court.
This book thematically organized some landmark Supreme Court cases dealing with free speech, freedom of religion, civil rights, criminal justice, and the right to privacy, regulation of business, and property rights. It also includes interviews with prominent politicians, highcourt lawyers, and those involved in landmark cases.
641.5/Gar Garten, Ina. Barefoot Contessa at Home.
Everyday recipes from the popular Food Network chef.
R909.097/Isl The Islamic World, Past and Present, 3 Vols., John L. Esposito, ed.
Features articles on Islamic beliefs and rituals, individual Islamic countries, the PLO, the roles of women in Islamic society, a timeline of events in Islamic history, a dictionary of people and places within the Islamic world.
Fiction
F/Bar Barth-Grozinger Inge. Something Remains.
Erich Levi is so busy with school, friends, and studying for his bar mitzvah that he doesn't pay much attention to politics. But in spite of the fact that he is unfairly graded in school, humiliated and bullied by Hitler's Youth, excluded from sporting events, and even shunned by his friends because he is Jewish, he holds tight to his belief that this situation is temporary.
F/Kin King, Steven. Lisey's Story.
Lisey Debusher Landon was married to Scott Landon, an award-winning, best-selling novelist, who ventured into frightening places to feed his imagination. "What begins as a widow's effort to sort through the papers of her celebrated husband becomes a nearly fatal journey into the darkness he inhabited."