August 2015 Loutit District Library

700-799 Continued Biography & Memoir Continued Loutit District Library Split Season: 1981: Fernandomania, the Bronx Zoo, and Joy: Poet, Seeker, and the Woman Who Captivated the Strike That Saved Baseball by Jeff Katz- An account C. S. Lewis by Abigail Santamaria - Draws on new of the 1981 players' strike draws on interviews with documents and years of interviews to profile C. S. major athletes to describe the heated confrontation Lewis' wife, tracing her active role in mid-20th- between the Players' Association and Baseball century New York literary circles, shifting religious Commissioner Bowie Kuhn over free agency and player perspectives and intellectual relationship with Lewis. rights. My Fight/Your Fight by Ronda Rousey - The undefeated UFC champion and Hollywood star charts 900-999 her difficult journey to fame, revealing her tragic childhood, the secrets behind her achievements, and Born Survivors: Three Young Mothers and Their her experiences as a pioneering woman athlete. Extraordinary Story of Courage, Defiance, and Hope by Wendy Holden - In a true account, three pregnant Ringo: With a Little Help by Michael Seth Starr - women meet in Auschwitz where they, managing to Traces the entire arc of Ringo Starr's remarkable life conceal their pregnancies from the infamous Nazi doctor and career, from his sickly childhood to his life as the Josef Mengele, fight for their survival as well as the world's most famous drummer to his triumphs, survival of their newborns as they embark on a addictions, and emotional battles following the treacherous journey to freedom. breakup of The Beatles as he came to terms with his legacy. Independence Lost: Lives on the Edge of the American Revolution by Kathleen DuVal - Depicts A Thousand Miles to Freedom: My Escape from the American Revolution from the eyes of outsiders who North Korea by Eunsun Kim with Sébastien Faletti - A just happened to be present, including an Irish trader, woman who escaped North Korea as a girl with her Scottish plantation owners, and Creek leader Alexander mother relates the harrowing story of her nine-year McGillivray, exploring how their lives journey to South Korea and freedom, during which were affected and how they determined which she lived homeless, fell into the hands of Chinese side to support. human traffickers, survived a North Korean labor camp and crossed the deserts of Mongolia on foot. Biography & Memoir Being Berlusconi: The Rise and Fall from Cosa Nostra to Bunga Bunga by Michael Day - The first book to fully document the scandal-riddled rise and fall of Italy's Prime Minister and tabloid star - Silvio Berlusconi. The Drummond Girls: A Story of Fierce Friendship Beyond Time and Chance by Mardi Jo Link - In a true story of the transformative power of friendship, eight women, who first met in 1991, relate how they bonded forever during their first trip together to Drummond Island—a place where they retain a piece of their wild youth year after year. August 2015 100-199 The Ultimate Mediterranean Diet Cookbook: 500-599 After This: When Life Is Over, Where Do We Go? Harness the Power of the World's Healthiest Diet Big Science: Ernest Lawrence and the Invention That by Claire Bidwell Smith - The author describes her to Live Better, Longer by Amy Riolo - Collects one Launched the Military-Industrial Complex by Michael experiences with mediums, psychics, and past-life hundred authentic recipes from twenty-five Hiltzik - A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist traces the regression therapy, discussing how such countries in the Mediterranean region, with lifestyle explorations of the afterlife can have a positive story of forgotten genius Ernest Lawrence to discuss how tips for adopting a Mediterranean diet rich in olive the invention of the cyclotron triggered "Big Science" influence on those dealing with grieving and loss. oil, nuts, beans, fish, fruits, and vegetables. breakthroughs that have rendered science dependent on Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream by Laura O’Neill, government and industry. 200-299 Ben Van Leeuwen and Pete Van Leeuwen with Olga The Strange Case of the Rickety Cossack: And Other Massov - The founders and owners of a popular A Force for Good: The Dalai Lama's Vision for Our Cautionary Tales from Human Evolution by Ian Tattersall homemade ice cream brand from Brooklyn provide World by Daniel Goleman and the Dalai Lama XIV - - A paleoanthropologist and Curator Emeritus for the recipes for making everything from simple flavors to Presents the values that are central to the Dalai American Museum of Natural History describes all the more complex flavor profiles like Masala Chai With Lama's philosophy, highlights science that surprises, zigzags and about-faces found in the Black Peppercorns and Apple Crumble With supports his beliefs, and offers instructive interpretation of the history of human evolutionary Calvados and Crème Fraîche. anecdotes of people and projects already bringing studies, beginning with Charles Darwin 150 years ago. his vision into reality. The Bee Cottage Story: How I Made a Muddle of Things and Decorated My Way Back to Happiness 600-699 by Frances Shultz - Inspired by the author's House 300-399 The Gut Balance Revolution: Boost Your Metabolism, Beautiful magazine series on her home makeover, a The Born Frees: Writing With the Girls of Restore Your Inner Ecology, and Lose the Weight for visual memoir recounts how over a period of years Gugulethu by Kimberly Burge - Forming a Good! by Gerard E. Mullin, M.D. - Explains how to she forged a new life path while transforming each creative writing group in the township of achieve the best balance in the digestive tract biome in room in her house, picking up useful design Gugulethu, South Africa, a journalist inspires order to achieve optimal health, explaining the science knowledge along the way. young women, some of whom have been ravaged behind the system and including an exercise routine, by poverty, violence, sexual abuse and AIDS, to Outside Living: Terraces, Balconies, Roof Decks, meal plans, success stories, and recipes. find reassurance, courage and a temporary escape Courtyards, Pocket Gardens, and Other Small from their lives as they claim their own voices and All Dogs Go to Kevin: Everything Three Dogs Taught Me Outdoor Spaces by Francesc Zamora Mola - The define themselves. (That I Didn't Learn in Veterinary School) by Dr. Jessica ultimate resource for innovative terrace, roof Vogelsang - A veterinarian, mother, and big-time dog garden, patio, and balcony design ideas for outdoor The Lufthansa Heist: Behind the Six-million-dollar person, shares how she, with the help of three dogs, spaces of all shapes and sizes. Featuring 600 full- Cash Haul That Shook the World by Henry Hill and makes it through adolescence, veterinary school and the color photographs and diagrams of uniquely Daniel Simone - Describes the famous and early years of motherhood, learning valuable lessons in beautiful projects from around the world, by well- previously unsolved 1978 Kennedy Airport heist known and up-and-coming garden and landscape empathy and understanding along the way. that resulted in the world's largest unrecovered designers. cash haul from the point of view of one of the Combat-Ready Kitchen: How the U.S. Military Shapes crime's organizers who, along with this burglary, the Way You Eat by Anastacia Marx de Salcedo - An eye- 700-799 was memorialized in the film Goodfellas. opening exposé shows how the Department of Defense Combat Feeding Directorate plans, funds and spreads the Sick in the Head: Conversations about Life and How Music Got Free: The End of an Industry, The food science that enables it to produce cheap, Comedy by Judd Apatow - Presents a collection of Turn of the Century, and the Patient Zero of imperishable rations, examining the U.S. military's conversations with some of today's most popular Piracy by Stephen Witt - A story of greed, cunning, influence on the American food industry. comedians, drawing on the author's teenage radio brilliance, hosting days to include pieces from the early years, and deceit explores the music-piracy revolution Infuse: Oil, Spirit, Water by Eric Prum and Josh Williams - and including interviews with such names as Jerry and the man who almost singlehandedly brought Provides over fifty recipes for infused oils, spirits, and Seinfeld, Jay Leno, and Sandra Bernhard. down the industry from a small town in North water, including grapefruit tequila, summer berry Carolina, where he leaked thousands of albums hibiscus tea, overnight limoncello, and blueberry-infused with the help of a network of smugglers. maple syrup. .

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