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Yoko Ono: Collectorof Skies [B ONO]
Beram, Nell and CarolynBoriss-Krimsky
Abrams/Amulet, 2013
Many people know YokoOno’s name, but they don’tknow her story. A musician,an artist, a performer, awriter, an activist, a mother,a wife, but most importantly—a collector of skies.
Little Fish: A Memoirfrom a Different Kindof Year [B BEY]
Beyer, Ramsey
Zest, 2013
In this autobiographical taletold through a variety offormats, Beyer moves froma small town in Michigan toan art school in Baltimore.
Original journal entries, lists,and comics are all used torecount the joys, discoveries,and challenges of herfirst year in college.
Let Me Play: TheStory of Title IX: TheLaw That Changedthe Future of Girls inAmerica [796 BLU]
Blumenthal, Karen
Simon and Schuster/Atheneum,
2005
Although we take it forgranted that girls play highschool and college sports,this wasn’t always the case.
Who was responsible forthe passage of Title IX, andat what cost? This fascinatingchapter in the history offeminist equality is a story
that should not be forgotten.
World Religions: TheGreat Faiths Exploredand Explained [200 BOW]
Bowker, John
DK, 2006
This comprehensive andlavishly illustrated workintroduces the reader tofaiths of the world through religious artifacts, paintings,
architecture, and annotations
of sacred texts. Itincludes timelines comparingsignificant events and
people.
Shakespeare: TheIllustrated andUpdated Edition
Bryson, Bill
HarperCollins, 2009
Bryson hits the mark withhis characteristic wit ashe explores the world ofShakespeare and the mysterysurrounding the manand his plays.
Gods Like Us: OnMovie Stardom andModern Fame [306.4 BUR]
Burr, Ty
Pantheon Books, 2012
Why do we obsess about
Hollywood and its stars?Burr’s history of cinemaand acting illuminates whywe love—and sometimeslove to hate—the idea ofcelebrity.
Art That Changed theWorld [709 CHI]
Chilvers, Ian, Iain Zaczekand others
DK, 2013
This beautiful and extensive
collection examinesthe history of art. Organizedchronologically, thecombination of visuals and
informative text is bothapproachable and easy tograsp.
Philosophy: ADiscovery in Comics [100 HEE]
de Heer, Margaret
NBM, 2012
What is thinking? Whoare we? Find out sometheories in this fun graphicnovel introduction to basicprinciples of philosophy andhistory of philosophers.
The Oxford Project [977.7 FEL]
Feldstein, Peter andStephen Bloom
Welcome Books, 2008
In 1984, Feldstein tookphotos of everyone in thesmall Iowa town of Oxford.In 2004, he returned and
did it again. Here are theirphotographs and stories.
Bossypants [B FEY]
Fey, Tina
Little, Brown and Co., 2011
How did one of the funniestwomen in the world getto where she is? In Fey’sown words, “you have to godown the chute.”
Rookie Yearbook One
Gevinson, Tavi
Drawn & Quarterly, 2012
A refreshingly real and passionate handbook tomusic, movies, pop culturalicons, and getting through
the hardest, most confusingyears of your life.
Rapture Practice [B HAR]
Hartzler, Aaron
Little, Brown and Co., 2013
How do you accept yourselfand your beliefs when theydiffer from your family’s?Hartzler’s memoir of growingup gay in a house wherehis parents believed theRapture could happen anymoment is funny, honest,and respectful of the ideathat being yourself doesn’tmean disrespecting orundermining others.
Steal Like an Artist: 10Things Nobody EverTold You About BeingCreative [153.3 KLE]
Kleon, Austin
Workman, 2012
Creativity is for everyone,and everyone can be creative—and this guide to theprocess should keep youinspired.
Relish: My Life in the
Kitchen [B KNI]
Knisley, Lucy
First Second, 2013
Knisley’s life has revolvedaround food in all itsmanifestations. This graphicmemoir is perfect for those
who live to eat or those who
simply eat to live.
Ready for a Brand NewBeat: How “Dancingin the Street” Becamean Anthem for aChanging America [323.1196 KUR]
Kurlansky, Mark
Riverhead Books, 2013
Kurlansky follows the creationand recording of theMotown record “Dancingin the Street” against thetumultuous period of racialintegration and Americanpolitics.
Fortune CookieChronicles:
Adventures in theWorld of Chinese Food [641.5951 LEE]
Lee, Jennifer 8
Twelve, 2008
Mixing travel with social andfood history, readers gain abetter understanding of theChinese-American experienceand a better appreciationof their next meal at aChinese restaurant.
The Holy or theBroken: LeonardCohen, Jeff Buckley,and the UnlikelyAscent of “Hallelujah” [782.42164 LIG]
Light, Alan
Atria Books, 2012
What happens when artistsperform their own version ofa song? Follow the evolutionof the song “Hallelujah”from its original version byLeonard Cohen to beingfeatured in the movie Shrek to being performed onAmerican Idol as a perennialaudition song.
All Our Pretty Songs [F MCC]
McCarry, Sarah
St. Martin’s Griffin, 2013
A modern retelling of theOrpheus myth where musicand art mix with an undeniablyloyal pair of bestfriends.
Muck City: Winningand Losing inFootball’s ForgottenTown
[796.332 MEA]
Mealer, Bryan
Crown Archetype, 2012
In Belle Glade, Florida, atown rife with poverty andviolence, high chool footballis more than a pastime.It’s an escape.
The Night Circus [F MOR]
Morgenstern, Erin
Doubleday, 2011
Just imagine a circus madeof the stuff of dreams. Thenadd two cruel magiciansand their protégés, andmix in a hearty dollop ofromance. Will love win out,or will the circus drift away?
Boy21 [F QUI]
Quick, Matthew
Little, Brown and Co., 2012
When Finley’s basketballcoach asks him to look outfor new kid Russ, he has noidea what’s in store. Finleymight be used to the racial conflict in his town and thepressures of basketball, buthe is totally unprepared forRuss’s strange request tobe called “Boy21.”
Theater Geek: TheReal-Life Drama of aSummer at StagedoorManor, the FamousPerforming Arts Camp [792.02 RAP]
Rapkin, Mickey
Free Press, 2010
Rapkin follows the summerof three high school attendeesof Stagedoor Manor—arenowned performing arts
camp—as they prepare forvarious parts in Sondheimmusicals.
The Unlikely Disciple:a Sinner’s Semesterat America’s HoliestUniversity [378.755 ROO]
Roose, Kevin
Grand Central Publishing, 2009
Kevin Roose was a studentat ultra-liberal BrownUniversity when he decidedto take a semester off to infiltrate a dorm at veryconservative Liberty University to find out what reallymakes born-again Christianstick. He approachedhis task with an open mind,and what he learned was
quite surprising.
The Butterfly Mosque [B WIL]
Wilson, G. Willow
Atlantic, 2010
Taking an Islamic Studiescourse changes Wilson’s lifeforever when she convertsand moves to Cairo toteach English, submergingherself in her new culture.When she meets and falls inlove with Omar, she’s forcedto question and strengthenher position as a womanembracing both Westernand Eastern identities.
The Lucy Variations [F ZAR]
Zarr, Sara
Little, Brown and Co., 2013
Piano prodigy Lucy quitplaying when she could nolonger handle her family’spressure. Can she ever learn to find her love andpassion for the music againon her own terms?
The Absolutely TrueDiary of a Part-TimeIndian [FALE]
Alexie, Sherman
Little, Brown and Co., 2007
Born with water on thebrain, Arnold Spirit, akaJunior, transfers to an all-whiteschool off his reservation.He knows he won’teasily fit in, but with self-determinationand a solid
personal identity, he has thechance to succeed.
Gay America: Strugglefor Equality [306.76 ALS]
Alsenas, Linas
Amulet, 2008
This work provides achronological overview ofpublic attitudes toward
homosexuality throughoutAmerican history, aswell as the experience ofgay people during theseprescriptive, restrictive, andeven dangerous periods.
Lawrence in Arabia:War, Deceit, ImperialFolly and the Makingof the Modern MiddleEast
Anderson, Scott
Doubleday, 2013
Lawrence was a player ina thrilling game of territorialmachinations filled withdeceit, spy craft, and dubioustreaties. From WorldWar I through the modernday, cultural clashes andfallout from these double-dealingsare illuminated inthis engaging history thatuses the famous adventureras its linchpin.
The Boys in the Boat:9 Americans and theirEpic Quest for Goldat the 1936 BerlinOlympics [797.12 BRO]
Brown, Daniel
James Viking, 2013
Building to the suspense ofa race won by seconds, thistale follows the nine youngmen who traveled fromSeattle to Berlin to competein crew at the spectacularand infamous Nazi Olympics.
At Home: A ShortHistory of Private Life
Bryson, Bill
Doubleday, 2010
Bill Bryson turns his eyefor intriguing connectionsto exploring the history ofthe structure of the housefrom ancient times to recentinnovations.
The Rape of Nanking:The ForgottenHolocaust of World
War II [951.04 CHA]
Chang, Iris
Penguin, 1998
Barely a postscript inJapanese history, this booktells the story of the horrifictorture and murder of
hundreds of thousands ofChinese citizens took placeover the course of justseven weeks.
Nothing to Envy:Ordinary Lives inNorth Korea [306.0951931 DEM]
Demick, Barbara
Spiegel & Grau, 2009
Get a glimpse of what life islike in this oppressive andsecretive nation throughthe lives of some ordinarypeople who managed toescape.
The Brief WondrousLife of Oscar Wao [F DIA]
Diaz, Junot
Riverhead Books, 2007
A self-proclaimed “ghettonerd,” outcast and animé-lovingOscar Wao is thelatest in a long line ofdoomed generations tosuffer the dreaded fukucurse of his native Dominican
Republic. With onlyhumor and talent as hisweapons, he perseveres,knowing “you can never runaway. Not ever. The onlyway out is in.”
The Worst Hard Time:The Untold Story ofThose Who Survivedthe Great American
Dust Bowl [978 EGA]
Egan, Timothy
Houghton Mifflin, 2006
In this layered account ofthe great dust bowl, Eganshares incredible eyewitnessaccounts and exploresthe convergence of failedagricultural practices, ill-fatedgovernment policies,and the costs of “get richquick” schemes.
A Continent for theTaking: The Tragedyand the Hope of Africa [967.03 FRE]
French, Howard
Alfred A. Knopf, 2004
To put it mildly, colonialismhas not been kind to Africa.From rubber and diamondsto oil and coltan, it is a continentof fabulous naturalresources that continues tobe the focus of greed andexploitation. Part journalisticvoyage, part memoir, this isan exploration of colonialism’songoing legacy.
King Leopold’s Ghost:A Story of Greed,Terror, and Heroism inColonial Africa
Hochschild, Adam
Houghton Mifflin, 1998
History echoes acrosstime, and nowhere isthis clearer than in theDemocratic Republic of theCongo in central Africa.The brutality of Belgium’scolonial occupation of theCongo is a surprisingly
unknown and ugly historical
interlude and resulted inthe first ever human rightscampaign.
Claudette Colvin:Twice Towards Justice [B COL]
Hoose, Phillip
Melanie Kroupa Books/Farrar,
Straus and Giroux, 2009
Months before the landmark1955 Montgomery busboycott began, one fifteenyear-old girl refused to giveup her seat and became akey part of the legal battleto overturn segregation.
Town of Evening Calm,
Country of CherryBlossoms
Kouno, Fumiyo and NaokoAmemiya
Last Gasp, 2009
A poignant and delicatelook at the lingering effectsduring the weeks, years,and decades after theatomic bombing of Hiroshima.
Salt: A World History
[338.2755 KUR]
Kurlansky, Mark
Penguin, 2003
War. Empire. Revolution.
Currency. Table salt?Explore the history of theworld through this surprisinglycomplex condimentthat has enabled exploration,caused wars, anddriven empires.
March: Book 1
Lewis, John, Andrew Aydinand Nate Powell
Top Shelf, 2013
This remarkable graphicmemoir charts John Lewis’sprogress from a young manpreaching to his chickensto joining the nonviolentCivil Rights movement tohis seat in the United StatesCongress.
Malcolm X: A Life ofReinvention
[B X]
Marable, Manning
Viking, 2011
A nuanced and thoughtful
examination of a complexman who was both apowerful advocate for socialchange in America and acontroversial public figureshrouded in competingmyths.
The Black Count:Glory, Revolution,Betrayal, and the RealCount of Monte Cristo [B DUM]
Reiss, Tom
Crown Trade, 2012
Everyone knows The ThreeMusketeers and The Countof Monte Cristo, but fewrealize the inspiration forthese action-packed taleswas Dumas’s own real-lifehero: his father, a mixed-racesoldier who rose tobecome a general in Napoleon’sarmy.
The NotoriousBenedict Arnold:A True Story ofAdventure, Heroism,and Treachery [B ARN]
Sheinkin, Steve
Roaring Brook Press, 2010
This action-packed storyreveals how a RevolutionaryWar hero became the mostfamous traitor in American
history.
Well-Behaved WomenSeldom Make History [305.4209182 ULR]
Ulrich, Laurel Thatcher
Alfred A. Knopf, 2007
The historian to whomthis oft-quoted maxim isattributed provides intriguingexamples of women’scontributions to history.
Triangle: The Fire thatChanged America
Von Drehle, David
Atlantic, 2003
In 1911 New York, a fire ina shirtwaist factory staffedmostly by women trappedand killed 123 workingthere. Von Drehle uses thisdisaster as the focal pointfor a history of the rise ofunions in the U.S. duringthis era.
Turn Me Loose: The
Unghosting of Medgar [811 WIL]
Evers
Walker, Frank X
University of Georgia Press, 2013
The tragedy of Evers’sdeath is revealed throughpoems in the voice of hiswidow, brother, the wivesof his killer, and the killerhimself.
Code Name Verity [F WEI]
Wein, Elizabeth
Hyperion, 2012
The Nazis catch a femalespy during World War II inoccupied France. To saveher life, she slowly revealsher mission and in theprocess discloses the storyof the relationship betweenherself and her best friend,whose life and missionbecome entwined withhers in the strong bonds offriendship and trust.
Alif the Unseen
Wilson, G. Willow
Grove Press, 2012
In an unnamed MiddleEastern country, computerhacker Alif falls for thewrong girl and runs afoul of her fiancé, the vicious headof state security. The biggerproblem is there is only oneally who can save him: a
deadly world-weary jinni.
The Watch that Endsthe Night
[F WOL]
Wolf, Allan
Candlewick, 2011
A retelling of the tragedy ofthe sinking of the Titanic,from many points of view,including all classes ofpeople on the ship, telegraphmessages, and eventhe iceberg itself.
A People’s Historyof the United States1492–Present
Zinn, Howard
HarperCollins, 2003
A comprehensive historyof the United States, fromthe impact of Columbus’sand others’ arrival in theNew World through moderntimes. This is the historythat is usually not told,about America’s misuses ofAfrican Americans, Native
Americans, and othertraditionally disenfranchisedgroups. The history coveredis from 1492–2001.
Chasing Shadows [F AVA]
Avasthi, Swati
Alfred A. Knopf, 2013
Corey, Holly, and Savitri actas one until a random actof violence destroys theirgroup. Holly and Savitrimust find their own way todeal with the tragedy withoutbecoming undone.
Going Bovine [F BRA]
Bray, Libba
Delacorte Press, 2009
When Cameron is diagnosedwith Mad CowDisease, he sets out onan adventure with a videogame obsessed dwarf anda Viking god trapped in ayard gnome in the hopes offinding a cure.
Kindred [F BUT]
Butler, Octavia
Beacon Press, 2003
Dana is torn away fromher home in Californiaand taken back in time toAntebellum South whereshe is a slave. Each timeDana is pulled into thepast, her stay there grows
longer and she fears thatshe might not survive.
Spell it Out: TheCurious, Enthralling,and Extraordinary
History of EnglishSpelling [421 CRY]
Crystal, David
St. Martin’s Press, 2013
A fascinating and entertaininghistory of Englishspelling that also examinesthe evolution of writing,printing, and the languageitself.
The Eyre Affair [F FFO]
Fforde, Jasper
Viking, 2002
The first in a series set in azany alternative Swindon,Thursday Next (SpecialOps—Literary Division) ison the case when charactersare kidnapped fromtheir original manuscripts—potentially changing literatureforever.
100* Best AfricanAmerican Poems (*ButI Cheated) [811.008 ONE]
Giovanni, Nikki, ed.
Sourcebooks MediaFusion, 2010
This anthology, edited byaward-winning poet NikkiGiovanni, contains morethan one hundred poemsby classic and contemporaryAfrican-Americanpoets. Also included withthe text is an audio CD withsome selections of poetryread aloud.
Almost Perfect [F KAT]
Katcher, Brian
Delacorte, 2009
Logan’s friendship withSage, the new girl atschool, begins to evolveinto more until she revealsher secret. This story ofacceptance is not justabout how we love, but thesurprise of who we love.
Good Poems [811.008 GOO]
Keillor, Garrison, ed.
Viking, 2002
Selected from Keillor’sradio show, The Writer’sAlmanac, this anthologyof both contemporary andclassic poetry is the firstin a set of three. Poemsrange from quirky to quaintand everyone is sure to findat least one favorite in thisaccessible collection.
Please Ignore VeraDietz [F KIN]
King, A. S.
Alfred A. Knopf, 2010
After her best friendCharlie’s death, Vera Dietzstruggles to stay anonymouswhen Charlie beginshaunting her, demandingthat she clear his name.
The Lover’s Dictionary [F LEV]
Levithan, David
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011
In simple dictionary entriesa story of friendship, passion,and love comes tolife.
Thrice Told Tales:Three Mice Full ofWriting Advice [803 LEW]
Lewis, Catherine
Antheum Books for Young
Readers, 2013
One nursery rhyme is usedto explain nearly one hundredelements of literatureand writing in a fun, cleverway.
The DisreputableHistory of FrankieLandau-Banks [F LOC]
Lockhart, E.
Hyperion, 2008
When fifteen-year-oldFrankie finds out her boyfriendis lying to her, shevows to infiltrate and takedown his boys-only secretsociety to prove what a girlcan really do.
Finnikin of the Rock [F MAR]
Marchetta, Melina
Candlewick, 2010
Ten years after the royalfamily of Lumatere is brutallymurdered, nineteenyear-old Finnikin sets outon a journey to discoverwhether or not the rumorsof a surviving heir are true.
Under the Mesquite [F MCC]
McCall, Guadalupe Garcia
Lee & Low Books, 2011
When Lupita’s mother isdiagnosed with cancer, itfalls to Lupita to care forthe rest of her Mexican-American family. In thisfree-verse novel, Lupita
comes of age and findsstrength in sharing herthoughts and opinions.
Song of Achilles [F MIL]
Miller, Madeline
Ecco, 2012
Achilles and Patroclus havebeen through many toughsituations as they’ve grownup together. The battle atTroy may be their final challenge.
This beautiful retellingof their story brings the Iliadto life.
No Crystal Stair: ADocumentary Novelof the Life and Workof Lewis Michaux,Harlem Bookseller
[F NEL]
Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux
Carolrhoda Lab, 2012
Through the use of illustrations,photos, and newspaperclippings, the struggleand triumph of Lewis Michaux’spassion to get peopleto read led him to found
the National MemorialAfrican Bookstore, whichbecame the intellectual huband the place to be duringthe Harlem Renaissance.