A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain Stories Robert Olen Butler

Grove Press (2001)

Summary: Robert Olen Butler's lyrical and poignant collection of stories about the aftermath of the Vietnam War and its impact on the Vietnamese was acclaimed by critics across the nation and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1993. Now Grove Press is proud to reissue this contemporary classic by one of America's most important living writers, in a new edition of A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain that includes two subsequently published stories -- "Salem" and "Missing" -- that brilliantly complete the collection's narrative journey, returning to the jungles of Vietnam. Genre: Fiction Number of Pages: 269 Language: English ISBN: 9780802137982 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: June 11, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Box 45

A Widow for One Year A Novel John Irving

Random House (1998)

Summary: See the difference, read #1 bestselling author John Irving in Large Print* About Large PrintAll Random House Large Print editions are published in a 16-point typefaceRuth Cole is a complex, often self-contradictory character--a "difficult" woman. By no means is she conventionally "nice, " but she will never be forgotten.Ruth's story is told in three parts, each focusing on a crucial time in her life. When we first meet her--on Long Island, in the summer of 1958--Ruth is only four.The second window into Ruth's life opens in the fall of 1990, when Ruth is an unmarried woman whose personal life is not nearly as successful as her literary career. She distrusts her judgment in men, for good reason.A Widow for One Year closes in the autumn of 1995, when Ruth Cole is a forty-one-year-old widow and mother. She's about to fall in love for the first time.Richly comic, as well as deeply disturbing A Widow for One Year is a multilayered love story of astonishing emotional force. Both ribald and erotic, it is also a brilliant novel about the passage of time and the relentlessness of grief. Genre: Fiction Number of Pages: 537 Language: English ISBN: 9780375501371 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 17 A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L'Engle

Dell Publishing Company (1973)

Summary: This special edition of A Wrinkle in Time includes a new essay that explores the science behind the fantasy.Rediscover one of the most beloved children's books of all time: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle:Meg Murray, her little brother Charles Wallace, and their mother are having a midnight snack on a dark and stormy night when an unearthly stranger appears at their door. He claims to have been blown off course, and goes on to tell them that there is such a thing as a "tesseract," which, if you didn't know, is a wrinkle in time. Meg's father had been experimenting with time-travel when he suddenly disappeared. Will Meg, Charles Wallace, and their friend Calvin outwit the forces of evil as they search through space for their father? Genre: Juvenile Fiction Number of Pages: 211 Language: English ISBN: 9780440498056 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 14

After Auschwitz A Story of Heartbreak and Survival by the Stepsister of Anne Frank Eva Schloss

Hodder & Stoughton (2014)

Number of Pages: 352 Language: English ISBN: 9781444760712 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 14 Alex Rider Eagle strike, the graphic novel Anthony Horowitz

Walker (2012)

Summary: What goes up must come down, and when we last saw Alex Rider, he was as up as can be—in outer space. When he crash lands off the coast of Australia, the Australian Secret Service recruits him to infiltrate one of the ruthless gangs operating across South East Asia. Known as snakeheads, the gangs smuggle drugs, weapons, and worst of all, people. Alex accepts the assignment, in part for the chance to work with his godfather and learn more about his parents. What he uncovers, however, is a secret that will make this his darkest and most dangerous mission yet . . . and that his old nemesis, Scorpia, is anything but out of his life. From the slums of Bangkok to the Australian Outback to the middle of the Timor Sea, Snakehead is Alex Rider’s most action-packed adventure yet.Watch a QuickTime trailer for this book. Genre: Young Adult Fiction Number of Pages: 388 Language: English ISBN: 9780142412121 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: June 11, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Box 46

Angela's Ashes A Memoir Frank McCourt

Simon & Schuster (November 30, 1999)

Genre: Irish Americans Number of Pages: 368 ISBN: 9780684872179 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 17 As a Lady Would Say Responses to Life's Important (and Sometimes Awkward) Situations Sheryl Shade

Thomas Nelson Incorporated (2004)

Summary: Have you ever been in a situation in which you were caught off guard, left speechless, or, worse yet, put your foot in your mouth?This easily accessible book focuses on those moments when knowing exactly what to say is both a challenge and important. From the light-hearted "how to react when your boyfriend gives you a blender as a gift" or "what to say when you run into another lady at a party wearing exactly the same dress" to the more serious "what to say to a friend who has had a miscarriage or to a friend who has suffered the sudden death of a parent." As A Lady Would Say differs from other etiquette books. It not only offers suggestions for the correct thing to say in more than 100 social situations, but it gives humorous examples of the wrong thing to say as well. Saying the right thing requires a little logic, a bit of forethought, and a great deal of consideration for others. With the advice provided in this book, a lady will never need to stumble or stutter again. Genre: Reference Number of Pages: 182 Language: English ISBN: 9781401601508 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 17

Bech : A Book John Updike

Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 17 Blood Will Tell April Henry

Scholastic (2016)

Summary: "Teen Portland Search and Rescue team member Nick Walker becomes a prime suspect in a murder"-- Number of Pages: 258 Language: English ISBN: 9781338041729 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: June 11, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Box 45

Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited Aldous Huxley

Harper Collins (July 5, 2005)

Summary: The astonishing novel Brave New World, originally published in 1932, presents Aldous Huxley's vision of the future -- of a world utterly transformed. Through the most efficient scientific and psychological engineering, people are genetically designed to be passive and therefore consistently useful to the ruling class. This powerful work of speculative fiction sheds a blazing critical light on the present and is considered to be Huxley's most enduring masterpiece. Following Brave New World is the nonfiction work Brave New World Revisited, first published in 1958. It is a fascinating work in which Huxley uses his tremendous knowledge of human relations to compare the modern-day world with the prophetic fantasy envisioned in Brave New World, including threats to humanity, such as overpopulation, propaganda, and chemical persuasion. Genre: Fiction Number of Pages: 384 Language: English ISBN: 9780060776091 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: June 11, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Box 45

Camino Island John Grisham

Random House Publishing Group (March 6, 2018) Summary: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "A delightfully lighthearted caper . . . [a] fast-moving, entertaining tale."--Pittsburgh Post-Gazette A gang of thieves stage a daring heist from a vault deep below Princeton University's Firestone Library. Their loot is priceless, impossible to resist. Bruce Cable owns a popular bookstore in the sleepy resort town of Santa Rosa on Camino Island in Florida. He makes his real money, though, as a prominent dealer in rare books. Very few people know that he occasionally dabbles in unsavory ventures. Mercer Mann is a young novelist with a severe case of writer's block who has recently been laid off from her teaching position. She is approached by an elegant, mysterious woman working for an even more mysterious company. A generous monetary offer convinces Mercer to go undercover and infiltrate Cable's circle of literary friends, to get close to the ringleader, to discover his secrets. But soon Mercer learns far too much, and there's trouble in paradise--as only John Grisham can deliver it. Praise for Camino Island "A happy lark [that] provides the pleasure of a leisurely jaunt periodically jolted into high gear, just for the fun and speed of it."--The New York Times Book Review "Sheer catnip . . . [Grisham] reveals an amiable, sardonic edge here that makes Camino Island a most agreeable summer destination."--USA Today "Fans will thrill with the classic chase and satisfying ending; and book lovers will wallow in ecstasy."--The Florida Times-Union Genre: Fiction Number of Pages: 368 Language: English ISBN: 9781524797157 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 14

Cinder Book One of the Lunar Chronicles Marissa Meyer

Macmillan (January 8, 2013)

Summary: The first book in the #1 New York Times- and USA Today-Bestselling Lunar Chronicles series by Marissa Meyer! See where the futuristic YA fairytale saga all began, with the tale of a teenage cyborg who must fight for Earth's survival against villains from outer space. "An interesting mash up of fairy tales and science fiction . . . a cross between Cinderella, Terminator, and Star Wars." —Entertainment Weekly "Prince Charming among the cyborgs." —The Wall Street JournalHumans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth's fate hinges on one girl. . . . Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She's a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister's illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai's, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world's future. With high-stakes action and a smart, resourceful heroine, Cinder is a Cinderella retelling that is at once classic and strikingly original. Don't miss these other books from #1 New York Times- and USA Today-Bestselling author Marissa Meyer:The Lunar Chronicles:CinderScarletCress WinterStars AboveFairestThe Lunar Chronicles Coloring BookWires and Nerve: Vol. 1Wires and Nerve: Vol. 2Renegades:Renegades: Book OneHeartlessPraise for the Lunar Chronicles:#1 New York Times-Bestselling SeriesUSA Today BestsellerPublishers Weekly Bestseller"Terrific." —Los Angeles Times"Marissa Meyer rocks the fractured fairytale genre." —The Seattle Times"Epic awesome." —Bustle"A binge-reading treat." —MTV"Takes the classic to a whole new level." —NPR“This series opener and debut offers a high coolness factor by rewriting Cinderella as a kickass mechanic in a plague-ridden future.” —Kirkus Reviews on Cinder“First in the Lunar Chronicles series, this futuristic twist on Cinderella retains just enough of the original that readers will enjoy spotting the subtle similarities. But debut author Meyer's brilliance is in sending the story into an entirely new, utterly thrilling dimension.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review for Cinder“There's a lot of moving parts in this fresh spin on ‘Cinderella,' the first in a four-book series.” —Booklist on Cinder“Singing mice and glass slippers are replaced with snarky androids and mechanical feet in this richly imagined and darkly subversive retelling of ‘Cinderella.'” —The Bulletin on Cinder Genre: Juvenile Fiction Number of Pages: 390 Language: English ISBN: 9781250007209 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: June 11, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Box 46

Concise Atlas of the World Unknown

Dorling Kindersley Limited (2001)

Number of Pages: 384 ISBN: 9781405328012 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 17

Crocodile Tears Anthony Horowitz

Penguin (2009)

Summary: It?s just another day in the life of an average kid. If you?re Alex Rider, that is. A con artist has realized there is big money in charity? the bigger the disaster, the greater the money flow! So that is what he will produce: the biggest disaster known to man, all thanks to genetically modified corn that can release a virus so potent it can knock out an entire country in one windy day. But Alex Rider will face whatever it takes?gunfire, explosions, hand-to-hand combat with mercenaries? to bring down his most dangerous adversary yet. Often imitated, never equaled, the series that triggered a reading phenomenon is back, exhilarating and addictive as ever. Genre: Juvenile Fiction Number of Pages: 388 Language: English ISBN: 9780399250569 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: June 11, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Box 46 Eagle Jeff Stone

Random House (2008)

Summary: For year, Ying hated his grandmaster for denying him the opportunity to train as a Dragon, and held a deep resentment for his five younger brothers–grandmaster’s favorites. He took his revenge and burnt the Cangzhen temple to the ground, but the five youngsters survived and continue to be a thorn in his side. Yet, when betrayed by the emperor and imprisoned, it was his younger sister, Hok, who rescued him. Now Ying begins to realize that Tonglong has been manipulating him for a long time. Ying needs to figure out who are his friends and who are his enemies . . .and he needs to figure it out fast! Genre: Juvenile Fiction Number of Pages: 223 Language: English ISBN: 9780375830839 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: June 11, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Box 46

Eagle Strike Anthony Horowitz

Penguin (2006)

Summary: Sir Damian Cray is a philanthropist, peace activist, and the world's most famouspop star. But still it's not enough. He needs more if he is to save the world. Trouble is, only Alex Rider recognizes that it's the world that needs saving from Sir Damian Cray. Underneath the luster of glamour and fame lies a twisted mind, ready to sacrifice the world for his beliefs. But in the past, Alex has always had the backing of the government. This time, he's on his own. Can one teenager convince the world that the most popular man on earth is a madman bent on destruction-before time runs out? Genre: Juvenile Fiction Number of Pages: 337 Language: English ISBN: 9780142406137 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: June 11, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Box 45 Ein Fall für Alex Rider Ark Angel / aus dem Engl. von Werner Schmitz Anthony Horowitz

Ravensburger Buchverl. (2007)

Number of Pages: 306 Language: German ISBN: 9783473352746 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: June 11, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Box 46

Ethan Frome and Other Short Fiction Edith Wharton

Bantam Books (1987)

Summary: On a bleak New England farm, a taciturn young man has resigned himself to a life of grim endurance. Bound by circumstance to a woman he cannot love, Ethan Frome is haunted by a past of lost possibilities until his wife’s orphaned cousin, Mattie Silver, arrives and he is tempted to make one final, desperate effort to escape his fate. In language that is spare, passionate, and enduring, Edith Wharton tells this unforgettable story of two tragic lovers overwhelmed by the unrelenting forces of conscience and necessity.Included with Ethan Frome are the novella The Touchstone and three short stories, “The Last Asset,” “The Other Two,” and “Xingu.” Together, this collection offers a survey of the extraordinary range and power of one of America’s finest writers. Genre: Fiction Number of Pages: 237 Language: English ISBN: 9780553212556 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 14 Fire Star Chris D'Lacey

Orchard Books (2007)

Summary: Bestselling author Chris d'Lacey's dragon saga races to a fantastic end in FIRE STAR! "In this thrilling final installment of Chris d'Lacey's popular trilogy, David Rain is faced with a perilous task. ICEFIRE's evil sibyl Gwilanna is back, this time determined to resurrect the dragon Gawain on the ice cap of the Tooth of Ragnar. Can David and his friends stop her before it's too late? Genre: Juvenile Fiction Number of Pages: 549 Language: English ISBN: 9780439845823 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: June 11, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Box 46

Fourth Monkey J. D. Barker

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers (2018)

Summary: Se7en meets The Silence of the Lambs in this dark and twisting novel from the author Jeffery Deaver called, “A talented writer with a delightfully devious mind.” For over five years, the Four Monkey Killer has terrorized the residents of Chicago. When his body is found, the police quickly realize he was on his way to deliver one final message, one which proves he has taken another victim who may still be alive. As the lead investigator on the 4MK task force, Detective Sam Porter knows even in death, the killer is far from finished. When he discovers a personal diary in the jacket pocket of the body, Porter finds himself caught up in the mind of a psychopath, unraveling a twisted history in hopes of finding one last girl, all while struggling with personal demons of his own. With only a handful of clues, the elusive killer’s identity remains a mystery. Time is running out and the Four Monkey Killer taunts from beyond the grave in this masterfully written fast-paced thriller. Genre: Fiction, mystery & detective, general Number of Pages: 448 Language: English ISBN: 9781328915399 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 15 Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye David Lagercrantz

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group (2018)

Genre: Fiction, thrillers Number of Pages: 464 ISBN: 9781101974162 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 15

Gray Mountain John Grisham

Bantam Books (2015)

Summary: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR * Look for special features inside. Join the Random House Reader's Circle for author chats and more. The year is 2008 and Samantha Kofer's career at a huge Wall Street law firm is on the fast track--until the recession hits and she is downsized, furloughed, and escorted out of the building. Samantha, though, is offered an opportunity to work at a legal aid clinic for one year without pay, all for a slim chance of getting rehired. In a matter of days Samantha moves from Manhattan to Brady, Virginia, population 2,200, in the heart of Appalachia, a part of the world she has only read about. Samantha's new job takes her into the murky and dangerous world of coal mining, where laws are often broken, communities are divided, and the land itself is under attack. But some of the locals aren't so thrilled to have a big-city lawyer in town, and within weeks Samantha is engulfed in litigation that turns deadly. Because like most small towns, Brady harbors big secrets that some will kill to conceal. Praise for Gray Mountain "[An] important new novel . . . superior entertainment."--The Washington Post "Powerful . . . a satisfying, old-fashioned, good guy/bad guy legal thriller."--The Christian Science Monitor "Yes, Gray Mountain is fiction. But after reading the book, you'll believe heroic action must be taken."--USA Today "Grisham has written one of his best legal dramas."--Associated Press Genre: Fiction Number of Pages: 368 Language: English ISBN: 9781101964873 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 14 Half of a Yellow Sun Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Anchor Books (2006)

Summary: With effortless grace, celebrated author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie illuminates a seminal moment in modern African history: Biafra's impassioned struggle to establish an independent republic in southeastern Nigeria during the late 1960s. We experience this tumultuous decade alongside five unforgettable characters: Ugwu, a thirteen-year-old houseboy who works for Odenigbo, a university professor full of revolutionary zeal; Olanna, the professor’s beautiful young mistress who has abandoned her life in Lagos for a dusty town and her lover’s charm; and Richard, a shy young Englishman infatuated with Olanna’s willful twin sister Kainene. Half of a Yellow Sun is a tremendously evocative novel of the promise, hope, and disappointment of the Biafran war. Genre: Fiction Number of Pages: 543 Language: English ISBN: 9781400095209 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: June 11, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Box 45

Hatchet Gary Paulsen

Simon and Schuster (December 26, 2006)

Summary: This award-winning contemporary classic is the survival story with which all others are compared—and a page-turning, heart-stopping adventure, recipient of the Newbery Honor. Hatchet has also been nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.Thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson, haunted by his secret knowledge of his mother’s infidelity, is traveling by single-engine plane to visit his father for the first time since the divorce. When the plane crashes, killing the pilot, the sole survivor is Brian. He is alone in the Canadian wilderness with nothing but his clothing, a tattered windbreaker, and the hatchet his mother had given him as a present. At first consumed by despair and self-pity, Brian slowly learns survival skills—how to make a shelter for himself, how to hunt and fish and forage for food, how to make a fire—and even finds the courage to start over from scratch when a tornado ravages his campsite. When Brian is finally rescued after fifty-four days in the wild, he emerges from his ordeal with new patience and maturity, and a greater understanding of himself and his parents. Genre: Juvenile Fiction Number of Pages: 186 Language: English ISBN: 9781416936473 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 17

How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You The Oatmeal, Matthew Inman, TheOatmeal.com (Firm)

Andrews McMeel Publishing (October 9, 2012)

Summary: TheOatmeal.com’s most popular cat jokes, including “How to Pet a Kitty” and “The Bobcats,” plus 15 new and never-before- seen catthemed comics, are presented in this hilarious collection from New York Times best-selling author Matthew Inman, a.k.a. TheOatmeal.com. Includes pull-out poster!Jesus Rollerblading Christ--another helping of TheOatmeal! Mrow, MOAR kitty comics. Mr. Oats delivers a sidesplitting serving of cat comics in his new book, How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You.If your cat is kneading you, that's not a sign of affection. Your cat is actually checking your internal organs for weakness. If your cat brings you a dead animal, this isn't a gift. It's a warning. How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You is a hilarious, brilliant offering of cat comics, facts, and instructional guides from the creative wonderland at TheOatmeal.com.How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You presents fan favorites, such as "Cat vs. Internet," "How to Pet a Kitty," and "The Bobcats," plus 17 brand-new, never-before-seen cat jokes. This Oatmeal collection is a must-have from Mr. Oats! A pullout poster is included at the back of the book. Genre: Humor Number of Pages: 130 Language: English ISBN: 9781449410247 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 14

I Am Forbidden A novel Anouk Markovits

Crown Publishing Group (May 8, 2012)

Summary: A family is torn apart by fierce belief and private longing in this unprecedented journey deep inside the most insular Hasidic sect, the Satmar.In 1939, five-year-old Josef witnesses the murder of his family by the Romanian Iron Guard. He is taken in by a Gentile maid, who raises him as her own son. Five years later, Josef rescues a young girl, Mila, whose parents are killed in the wake of Nazi deportations. Josef helps Mila find safety with Zalman Stern, a leader in the Satmar community, in whose home Mila is raised as a sister to Zalman’s daughter, Atara. The two girls form a fierce bond, but as they mature, Atara feels trapped by the restraints of Jewish fundamentalism, while Mila embraces her faith and her role as a respected young woman in her community. When Josef returns and chooses Mila to be his bride, she eagerly strives to be an ideal wife, but a desperate choice after ten years of childless marriage threatens to separate her from everything—and everyone —she cherishes. A beautifully crafted, emotionally gripping story of what happens when unwavering love, unyielding law, and centuries of tradition collide, I Am Forbidden announces the arrival of an extraordinarily gifted new voice and opens a startling window on a world long closed to most of us, until now. Genre: Religious Number of Pages: 320 Language: English ISBN: 9780307984746 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 17

Inglorious Empire What the British Did to India Shashi Tharoor

Hurst (2017)

Summary: ***THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER*** In the eighteenth century, India's share of the world economy was as large as Europe's. By 1947, after two centuries of British rule, it had decreased six-fold. Beyond conquest and deception, the Empire blew rebels from cannon, massacred unarmed protesters, entrenched institutionalised racism, and caused millions to die from starvation. British imperialism justified itself as enlightened despotism for the benefit of the governed, but Shashi Tharoor takes on and demolishes this position, demonstrating how every supposed imperial 'gift' from the railways to the rule of law was designed in Britain's interests alone. He goes on to show how Britain's Industrial Revolution was founded on India s deindustrialisation, and the destruction of its textile industry. In this bold and incisive reassessment of colonialism, Tharoor exposes to devastating effect the inglorious reality of Britain's stained Indian legacy. Genre: India, history, british occupation, 1765-1947 Number of Pages: 288 Language: English ISBN: 9781849048088 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: June 11, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Box 45 Inside New York 2007 Justin Belmont

Inside New York (August 1, 2006)

Summary: Published in colour for the first time, the 2007 edition offers over 380 pages of original illustrations, maps, and a fully- redesigned layout. For 28 years, "Inside New York" has been the City's premier resource guide for students and young professionals, especially new residents. Offering insider tips on everything from how to find an apartment to where to go for a night out, this annually-updated guidebook contains over 1,000 colourfully-written reviews of restaurants, bars, clubs, stores and arts venues, along with in-depth intros into the many neighbourhoods of New York City. A not-for-profit publication with a readership of 50,000, Inside New York is distributed to new students and employees at over 50 New York- area colleges, law firms, investments banks and other corporations. Our witty style and resident-centred perspective are what set us apart from most generic "tourist" guidebooks. Our mission is simple: to turn newcomers into New Yorkers! Genre: Travel Number of Pages: 382 Language: English ISBN: 9781892768384 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 15

Interlinear Greek-English New Testament with a Greek-English lexicon and New Testament synonyms George Ricker Berry

Baker Book House (1984)

Summary: Great help to maintaining comprehension of "Koine Greek" Uses Stephen's 1550 Textus Receptus (Majority Greek text) Useful in devotional as well as exegetical study Greek-English lexicon and New Testament synonyms included English is KJV J832 pp. Genre: Bibles Number of Pages: 832 Language: English ISBN: 9780801007002 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 17 Irish born Nora Roberts

Berkley Books (2003)

Number of Pages: 758 ISBN: 9780425233542 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 14

Island of the Blue Dolphins Scott O'Dell

Sandpiper (2010)

Summary: Far off the coast of California looms a harsh rock known as the island of San Nicholas. Dolphins flash in the blue waters around it, sea otter play in the vast kep beds, and sea elephants loll on the stony beaches.Here, in the early 1800s, according to history, an Indian girl spent eighteen years alone, and this beautifully written novel is her story. It is a romantic adventure filled with drama and heartache, for not only was mere subsistence on so desolate a spot a near miracle, but Karana had to contend with the ferocious pack of wild dogs that had killed her younger brother, constantly guard against the Aleutian sea otter hunters, and maintain a precarious food supply.More than this, it is an adventure of the spirit that will haunt the reader long after the book has been put down. Karana's quiet courage, her Indian self-reliance and acceptance of fate, transform what to many would have been a devastating ordeal into an uplifting experience. From loneliness and terror come strength and serenity in this Newbery Medal-winning classic.In celebration of the book's 50th anniversary, this edition has an introduction by Lois Lowry, Newbery Medal-winning author of The Giver and Number the Stars. Genre: Indians of North America Number of Pages: 177 Language: English ISBN: 9780547328614 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 17 Jane Eyre Charlotte Brontë

Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated (2008)

Summary: Having grown up an orphan in the home of her cruel aunt and at a harsh charity school, Jane Eyre becomes an independent and spirited survivor - qualities that serve her well as governess at Thornfield Hall. But when she finds love with her sardonic employer, Rochester, the discovery of his terrible secret forces her to make a choice. Should she stay with him whatever the consequences or follow her convictions, even if it means leaving her beloved? Genre: Fiction Number of Pages: 470 Language: English ISBN: 9780451530912 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: June 11, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Box 45

Johann Strauss Father And Son H E Jacob

Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 17

Karamazov Brothers Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Wordsworth Editions (2007)

Summary: As Fyodor Karamazov awaits an amorous encounter, he is violently done to death. The three sons of the old debauchee are forced to confront their own guilt or complicity. Who will own to parricide? The reckless and passionate Dmitri? The corrosive intellectual Ivan? Surely not the chaste novice monk Alyosha? The search reveals the divisions which rack the brothers, yet paradoxically unite them. Around the writhings of this one dysfunctional family Dostoevsky weaves a dense network of social, psychological and philosophical relationships. Genre: Literature - Classics / Criticism Number of Pages: 870 Language: English ISBN: 9781840226157 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 14

Living History Hillary Rodham Clinton

Simon and Schuster (April 19, 2004)

Summary: Author of the Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller What Happened The Phenomenal #1 Worldwide Bestseller—With a New Afterword Hillary Rodham Clinton is known to hundreds of millions of people around the world. Yet few beyond her close friends and family have ever heard her account of her extraordinary journey. She writes with candor, humor and passion about her upbringing in suburban, middle-class America in the 1950s and her transformation from Goldwater Girl to student activist to controversial First Lady.Living History is her revealing memoir of life through the White House years. It is also her chronicle of living history with Bill Clinton, a thirty-year adventure in love and politics that survives personal betrayal, relentless partisan investigations and constant public scrutiny. Hillary Rodham Clinton came of age during a time of tumultuous social and political change in America. Like many women of her generation, she grew up with choices and opportunities unknown to her mother or grandmother. She charted her own course through unexplored terrain -- responding to the changing times and her own internal compass -- and became an emblem for some and a lightning rod for others. Wife, mother, lawyer, advocate and international icon, she has lived through America's great political wars, from Watergate to Whitewater. The only First Lady to play a major role in shaping domestic legislation, Hillary Rodham Clinton traveled tirelessly around the country to champion health care, expand economic and educational opportunity and promote the needs of children and families, and she crisscrossed the globe on behalf of women's rights, human rights and democracy. She redefined the position of First Lady and helped save the presidency from an unconstitutional, politically motivated impeachment. Intimate, powerful and inspiring, Living History captures the essence of one of the most remarkable women of our time and the challenging process by which she came to define herself and find her own voice -- as a woman and as a formidable figure in American politics. Genre: Biography & Autobiography Number of Pages: 567 Language: English ISBN: 9780743222259 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: June 11, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Box 46 Macbeth William Shakespeare

Simon and Schuster (July 1, 2003)

Summary: The authoritative edition of Macbeth from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers.In 1603, James VI of Scotland ascended the English throne, becoming James I of England. London was alive with an interest in all things Scottish, and Shakespeare turned to Scottish history for material. He found a spectacle of violence and stories of traitors advised by witches and wizards, echoing James’s belief in a connection between treason and witchcraft. In depicting a man who murders to become king, Macbeth teases us with huge questions. Is Macbeth tempted by fate, or by his or his wife’s ambition? Why does their success turn to ashes? Like other plays, Macbeth speaks to each generation. Its story was once seen as that of a hero who commits an evil act and pays an enormous price. Recently, it has been applied to nations that overreach themselves and to modern alienation. The line is blurred between Macbeth’s evil and his opponents’ good, and there are new attitudes toward both witchcraft and gender. The edition includes: -Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play -Newly revised explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play -Scene-by-scene plot summaries -A key to the play’s famous lines and phrases -An introduction to reading Shakespeare’s language -An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play -Fresh images from the Folger Shakespeare Library’s vast holdings of rare books -An up-to-date annotated guide to further reading Essay by Susan Snyder The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, is home to the world’s largest collection of Shakespeare’s printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs. For more information, visit Folger.edu. Genre: Drama Number of Pages: 223 Language: English ISBN: 9780743477109 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 14

New York Eleanor Berman

Dorling Kindersley (1997)

Summary: Describes points of interest in each section of the city, provides floor plans of public buildings and landmarks, and recommends hotels, restaurants, and shopping areas Genre: Travel Number of Pages: 432 Language: English ISBN: 9781564581846 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults

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Nine perfect strangers Liane Moriarty

Flatiron Books (2018)

Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERSoon to be a Hulu original series“If three characters were good in Big Little Lies, nine are even better in Nine Perfect Strangers.” —Lisa Scottoline, The New York Times Book ReviewFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Big Little LiesCould ten days at a health resort really change you forever? In Liane Moriarty’s latest page-turner, nine perfect strangers are about to find out...Nine people gather at a remote health resort. Some are here to lose weight, some are here to get a reboot on life, some are here for reasons they can’t even admit to themselves. Amidst all of the luxury and pampering, the mindfulness and meditation, they know these ten days might involve some real work. But none of them could imagine just how challenging the next ten days are going to be.Frances Welty, the formerly best- selling romantic novelist, arrives at Tranquillum House nursing a bad back, a broken heart, and an exquisitely painful paper cut. She’s immediately intrigued by her fellow guests. Most of them don’t look to be in need of a health resort at all. But the person that intrigues her most is the strange and charismatic owner/director of Tranquillum House. Could this person really have the answers Frances didn’t even know she was seeking? Should Frances put aside her doubts and immerse herself in everything Tranquillum House has to offer – or should she run while she still can?It’s not long before every guest at Tranquillum House is asking exactly the same question.Combining all of the hallmarks that have made her writing a go-to for anyone looking for wickedly smart, page-turning fiction that will make you laugh and gasp, Liane Moriarty’s Nine Perfect Strangers once again shows why she is a master of her craft. Genre: Strangers Number of Pages: 453 Language: English ISBN: 9781250069825 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: June 11, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Box 46

No Greater Love Justin Sheedy

Justin Sheedy (July 24, 2016)

Summary: To abandoned child, Colin Stone, World War Two grants an escape from the mean streets of St Kilda. A natural warrior, his talents qualify him to join an elite group of young men. The shining ones. Who fly Spitfires against Nazi tyranny. Rising with them, from the top Colin Stone looks down on a world that has doomed his first true friends. "No Greater Love" is his story. Bringing to vivid life true Australian war history and events, "No Greater Love" is a saga in the classic mold, featuring the drama, beauty, heroism and horror of one young man's war journey through stunning Malta, Egypt and North Africa, Sicily, England and Europe. It is a portrait of the once-in-a-lifetime characters the war places on his path, of the tragic, wholesale waste of war, on occasion even the profound humanity of his enemy, and of his evolving perception of his world for what it is. Though standing on its own as a ripping and also highly emotional read, "No Greater Love" is the third and final chapter of Justin Sheedy's now widely and warmly cherished World War Two novel trilogy begun with "Nor the Years Condemn" and "Ghosts of the Empire." Continuing and now concluding their portrait of shining young men destined never to grow old, "No Greater Love" is the full and rich story of Part 1's reader-favourite character, Aussie rough diamond Colin Stone ('Stoney'). It is the story of his war, of his loyalty and devotion to his friends, of his enduring love for the mother who abandoned him, and his dreams of being held by her once again. Number of Pages: 462 Language: English ISBN: 9780646957562 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: June 11, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Box 45

Our Fathers Andrew O'Hagan

Faber & Faber, Limited (2005)

Genre: Fiction, sagas Number of Pages: 288 ISBN: 9780571201068 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 15

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English (Dictionary) Albert Sydney Hornby

Oxford University Press (April 1, 2000)

Genre: Encyclopedias and dictionaries Number of Pages: 1,539 ISBN: 9780194314244 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: June 11, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Box 46

Polio An American Story David M. Oshinsky

Oxford University Press (2005)

Summary: This is the gripping story of the 1950s polio epidemic that terrified America and how it was conquered in a bitter competition between two brilliant scientists. All who lived in the early 1950s remember the fear of polio and the elation felt when a successful vaccine was found. Now David Oshinsky tells the gripping story of the polio terror and of the intense effort to find a cure, from the March of Dimes to the discovery of the Salk and Sabin vaccines--and beyond. Here is a remarkable portrait of America in the early 1950s, using the widespread panic over polio to shed light on our national obsessions and fears. Drawing on newly available papers of Jonas Salk, Albert Sabin and other key players, Oshinsky paints a suspenseful portrait of the race for the cure, weaving a dramatic tale centered on the furious rivalry between Salk and Sabin. Indeed, the competition was marked by a deep-seated ill will among the researchers that remained with them until their deaths. The author also tells the story of Isabel Morgan, perhaps the most talented of all polio researchers, who might have beaten Salk to the prize if she had not retired to raise a family. As backdrop to this feverish research, Oshinsky offers an insightful look at the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, which was founded in the 1930s by FDR and Basil O'Connor. The National Foundation revolutionized fundraising and the perception of disease in America, using "poster children" and the famous March of Dimes to raise hundreds of millions of dollars from a vast army of contributors (instead of a few well-heeled benefactors), creating the largest research and rehabilitation network in the history of medicine. The polio experience also revolutionized the way in which the government licensed and tested new drugs before allowing them on the market, and the way in which the legal system dealt with manufacturers' liability for unsafe products. Finally, and perhaps most tellingly, Oshinsky reveals that polio was never the raging epidemic portrayed by the media, but in truth a relatively uncommon disease. But in baby-booming America--increasingly suburban, family-oriented, and hygiene-obsessed--the specter of polio soon became a cloud of terror over daily life. Genre: History Number of Pages: 342 Language: English ISBN: 9780195307146 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 14

Project (un)popular Kristen Tracy

Delacorte Press (2016)

Summary: Perfect for summer reading is this first book in a fun new series about two middle school BFFs as they experience the highs and lows of friendship, boys, sixth grade politics, sister drama, and popularity. Middle school isn't a popularity contest. It's a war. Perry and her best friend, Venice, are excited to be yearbook photographers and tell the story of their school through their art. But that's before they find out the truth: the spontaneous moments they're supposed to capture are all faked. Yearbooks should include everybody--even the dorks. But Perry feels totally stuck. Until she starts taking flattering shots of popular people, none of her candids will ever be chosen. Fighting back isn't going to win her any friends--she might even lose some. It's time to decide what's more important: fitting in . . . or standing out. Genre: Juvenile Fiction Number of Pages: 336 Language: English ISBN: 9780553510485 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 17

Real Life Adeline Dieudonne

World Editions (February 4, 2020)

Summary: When the innocence of fairy tales meets the terror of a Stephen King thriller... This international bestseller by French author Adeline Dieudonné is one girl's bitingly funny coming-of-age tale within a violent, savage family. At home there are four bedrooms: one for her, one for her little brother Sam, one for her parents, and one for the carcasses. Her father is a big- game hunter, a powerful predator, and her mother is submissive to her violent husband's demands. The young narrator spends the days with Sam, playing in the shells of cars dumped for scrap and listening out for the melody of the ice-cream truck, until a brutal accident shatters their world. The uncompromising pen of Adeline Dieudonné wields flashes of brilliance as she brings her characters to life in a world that is both dark and sensual. This breathtaking debut is a sharp and funny coming-of-age tale in which reality and fantasy collide. Genre: Fiction Number of Pages: 266 Language: English ISBN: 9781642860474 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults French Box 18 Room A Novel Emma Donoghue

Little, Brown (May 18, 2011)

Summary: Held captive for years in a small shed, a woman and her precocious young son finally gain their freedom, and the boy experiences the outside world for the first time. Inspiration for the MAJOR MOTION PICTURE starring Academy Award winner Brie LarsonTo five-year-old-Jack, Room is the world. . . . It's where he was born, it's where he and his Ma eat and sleep and play and learn. At night, his Ma shuts him safely in the wardrobe, where he is meant to be asleep when Old Nick visits. Room is home to Jack, but to Ma it's the prison where she has been held for seven years. Through her fierce love for her son, she has created a life for him in this eleven-by-eleven-foot space. But with Jack's curiosity building alongside her own desperation, she knows that Room cannot contain either much longer.Room is a tale at once shocking, riveting, exhilarating--a story of unconquerable love in harrowing circumstances, and of the diamond-hard bond between a mother and her child. Genre: Fiction Number of Pages: 352 Language: English ISBN: 9780316098328 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 15

Roosevelt's Secret War FDR and World War II Espionage Joseph E. Persico

Random House (2001)

Summary: In this book, Joseph Persico has uncovered a hitherto overlooked dimension of FDR's wartime leadership - his involvement in intelligence and espionage operations. 'Roosevelt's Secret War' is crowded with remarkable revelations - FDR wanted to bomb Tokyo before Pearl Harbor; A defector from Hitler's inner circle reported directly to the Oval Office; Roosevelt knew before any other world leader of Hitler's plan to invade Russia; Roosevelt and Churchill concealed a disaster costing hundreds of British soldiers' lives in order to protect Ultra, the British codebreaking secret; An unwitting Japanese diplomat provided the President with a direct pipeline into Hitler's councils. The book also describes how much FDR had been told-- before the Holocaust--about the coming fate of Europe's Jews. And Persico also provides a definitive answer to the perennial question Did FDR know in advance about the attack on Pearl Harbor? Genre: History Number of Pages: 564 Language: English ISBN: 9780375502460 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 17

Salt to the Sea Ruta Sepetys

Penguin (2017)

Summary: #1 New York Times bestseller and winner of the Carnegie Medal! "A superlative novel . . . masterfully crafted."--The Wall Street Journal Based on "the forgotten tragedy that was six times deadlier than the Titanic."--Time Winter 1945. WWII. Four refugees. Four stories. Each one born of a different homel∧ each one hunted, and haunted, by tragedy, lies, war. As thousands desperately flock to the coast in the midst of a Soviet advance, four paths converge, vying for passage aboard the Wilhelm Gustloff, a ship that promises safety and freedom. But not all promises can be kept . . . This paperback edition includes book club questions and exclusive interviews with Wilhelm Gustloff survivors and experts. Genre: Young Adult Fiction Number of Pages: 448 Language: English ISBN: 9780142423622 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: June 11, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Box 46

Science and Evidence for Design in the Universe Papers Presented at a Conference Sponsored by the Wethersfield Institute, New York City, September 25, 1999 Michael J. Behe, William A. Dembski, Stephen C. Meyer, Wethersfield Institute

Ignatius Press (January 1, 2000)

Summary: As progress in science continues to reveal unimagined complexities, three scientists revisit the difficult and compelling question of the origin of our universe. As mathematician, biochemist, and philosopher of science, they explore the possibility of developing a reliable method for detecting an intelligent cause and evidence for design at the origin of life. In the process, they present a strong case for opening and pursuing a fruitful exchange between science and theology. Mathematician William Dembski, author of The Design Inference, first argues that new developments in the information sciences make intelligent design objectively and scientifically detectable--he identifies the signs of design. Next, philosopher of science, Stephen Meyer, and biochemist Michael Behe, author of Darwin's Black Box, argue that these signs are now clearly evident in both the architecture of the universe and the features of living systems. Other essays by the authors defend the scientific status of the theory of intelligent design and show how that theory supports traditional religious belief without necessarily "proving" the existence of God. In a concluding essay, Michael Behe responds to critics of his best selling book, Darwin's Black Box, thus bringing readers up-to-date on the status of the contemporary design argument in biology. Genre: Science Number of Pages: 180 Language: English ISBN: 9780898708097 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 14

Scorpia Anthony Horowitz

Penguin (2006)

Summary: Alex Rider, teen spy, has always been told he is the spitting image of the father he never knew. But when Alex learns that his father may have been an assassin for the most lethal and powerful terrorist organization in the world, Scorpia, his world shatters. Now Scorpia wants Alex on their side, and Alex no longer has the strength to fight them. That is, until he learns of Scorpia’s latest plot: an operation known only as “Invisible Sword” that will result in the death of thousands of people. Can Alex prevent the slaughter, or will Scorpia prove once and for all that the terror will not be stopped? Genre: Juvenile Fiction Number of Pages: 388 Language: English ISBN: 9780142405789 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: June 11, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Box 46

Seeking Soulmate Ditch the Dating Game and Find Real Connection Chamin Ajjan

Parallax Press (2017)

Summary: Transform dating and the often-fraught search for a fulfilling relationship into a fun, exciting adventure using mindfulness techniques and practices. Dating is a 2 billion dollar industry. Everyone, it seems, is looking for love but for so many it is an endless struggle. In Seeking Soulmate: Ditch the Dating Game and Find Real Connection, Brooklyn-based therapist Chamin Ajjan offers a fresh perspective to this universal pursuit. With a friendly, funny, and informative approach, Ajjan applies the evidence-based theories of Cognitive Behavior Therapy and mindfulness meditation practice to the negative behaviors, thoughts, and patterns that cause dating distress. Every stage of the dating process, from finding someone to date, to developing a relationship, has its own particular difficulties. Seeking Soulmate shares case vignettes, relatable characters, and personal experiences from Ajjan's clinical experience to illustrate how the personal insight gained with practicing mindfulness can transform the anxiety, negative thoughts, and overall hopelessness that accompanies the unsuccessful pursuit of love into fun, rewarding, exciting dating adventures. Ajjan provides an explanation for dating difficulties, a foundation for practice, and practical exercises to create real change. These methods are available to everyone, regardless of age, socioeconomic status, ethnic, cultural, or religious background, or sexual orientation. Seeking Soulmate will help you develop the most important benefit of mindful dating: the ability to let your genuine, most attractive self emerge. This is how real relationships with the actual staying power are formed. Genre: Interpersonal relations Number of Pages: 192 Language: English ISBN: 9781941529577 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 14

Siddhartha An Indian Tale Hermann Hesse

Penguin Books (2003)

Summary: A bold translation of Nobel Prize-winner Herman Hesse's most inspirational and beloved work, which was nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American ReadA Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition Hesse's famous and influential novel, Siddartha, is perhaps the most important and compelling moral allegory our troubled century has produced. Integrating Eastern and Western spiritual traditions with psychoanalysis and philosophy, this strangely simple tale, written with a deep and moving empathy for humanity, has touched the lives of millions since its original publication in 1922. Set in India, Siddhartha is the story of a young Brahmin's search for ultimate reality after meeting with the Buddha. His quest takes him from a life of decadence to asceticism, through the illusory joys of sensual love with a beautiful courtesan, and of wealth and fame, to the painful struggles with his son and the ultimate wisdom of renunciation. This new translation by award- winning translator Joachim Neugroschel includes an introduction by Hesse biographer Ralph Freedman. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. Genre: Fiction Number of Pages: 132 Language: English ISBN: 9780142437186 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 17

Siddhartha Hermann Hesse, Stanley Appelbaum

Courier Corporation (January 1, 1998)

Summary: Nobel prize-winning author Hermann Hesse imagined life inIndia during the lifetime of the Buddha to create this memorable tale about a restless seeker of enlightenment. First published in 1922, "Siddhartha "employs powerful symbolism to impart its timeless teachings.The story concerns a young Brahman who quits his comfortable home to join a roving group of holy men in striving to empty their hearts of passion and desire through self-denial and meditation. Discouraged by his failure to find Nirvana after three years of the strictest asceticism, the young seeker turns to the fleshly world, where he becomes a wealthy merchant and partakes of sensual pleasures with a sophisticated courtesan. Years of materialistic self-indulgence numb Siddhartha's soul, but at his moment of greatest despondency, he begins to experience his long-sought spiritual awakening.True enlightenment, he realizes, cannot be received from the lessons of others; it must be attained through individual struggle.This handy dual-language edition with its excellent line-for-line English translation on pages facing the original German text offers students an outstanding opportunity to hone their German-language skills while discovering a literary classic.Original Dover (1998) publication. Unabridged republication of the German text from a standard edition. Introduction and new English translation by Stanley Appelbaum." Genre: Fiction Number of Pages: 175 Language: English ISBN: 9780486404370 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 17

So You Want To Be A Wizard Diane Duane

Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 14 Sold on a Monday a novel Kristina McMorris

Sourcebooks Landmark (2018)

Summary: From New York Times bestselling author Kristina McMorris comes another unforgettable novel inspired by a stunning piece of history.

2 CHILDREN FOR SALE

The sign is a last resort. It sits on a farmhouse porch in 1931, but could be found anywhere in an era of breadlines, bank runs and broken dreams. It could have been written by any mother facing impossible choices.

For struggling reporter Ellis Reed, the gut-wrenching scene evokes memories of his family's dark past. He snaps a photograph of the children, not meant for publication.

But when it leads to his big break, the consequences are more devastating than he ever imagined.

At the paper, Lillian Palmer is haunted by her role in all that happened. She is far too familiar with the heartbreak of children deemed unwanted.

As the bonds of motherhood are tested, she and Ellis must decide how much they are willing to risk to mend a fractured family.

Inspired by an actual newspaper photograph that stunned the nation, Sold on a Monday is a powerful novel of love, redemption, and the unexpected paths that bring us home.

A New York Times Bestseller Genre: Reporters and reporting Number of Pages: 343 Language: English ISBN: 9781492663997 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 17

Spirit of the Rainforest Discover the Magic of These Amazing and Precious Habitats Gill Davies, Philip de Ste. Croix

Parragon Incorporated (2008)

Summary: Sadly many of the world's rainforests are now under threat because of rapacious programs of deforestation that are destroying huge areas of forest for logging and to clear the way for agriculture. This illustrated book reveals the beauty of these habitats and highlights just how important they are to the future good health of the planet. Genre: Nature Number of Pages: 256 Language: English ISBN: 9781407519067 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 17

Stones from the River Ursula Hegi

Simon & Schuster (March 1, 1997)

Summary: From the acclaimed author of Floating in My Mother’s Palm and Children and Fire, a stunning story about ordinary people living in extraordinary times—“epic, daring, magnificent, the product of a defining and mesmerizing vision” (Los Angeles Times).Trudi Montag is a Zwerg—a dwarf—short, undesirable, different, the voice of anyone who has ever tried to fit in. Eventually she learns that being different is a secret that all humans share—from her mother who flees into madness, to her friend Georg whose parents pretend he’s a girl, to the Jews Trudi harbors in her cellar. Ursula Hegi brings us a timeless and unforgettable story in Trudi and a small town, weaving together a profound tapestry of emotional power, humanity, and truth. Genre: Fiction Number of Pages: 528 Language: English ISBN: 9780684844770 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 15

Stuffed Adventures of a Restaurant Family Patricia Volk

Alfred A. Knopf (2001)

Summary: 1. What is the effect of the contents page? Why does Patricia Volk choose to organize the story of her family history around food? How has growing up in the restaurant business shaped her consciousness? 2. How does Volk’s approach to food differ from that of professional food writers or chefs whose memoirs you might have read? How does this book invite the reader to reflect on his or her own family’s history through its culinary habits? Might it be said that every family has its own unique gastronomic history and identity? 3. Judging from the recipes Volk presents in the book, how would you characterize the foods of her youth? See the restaurant menu on pages 165—66 or the recipes she makes while trying to learn to cook. Is there anything remarkable about these menus and recipes? How does the food appear in light of the last few decades’ emphasis on fresh produce and low-fat meals? 4. What are some of the less appealing aspects of Volk’s family life? How does she learn to be tolerant of people’s habits or defects of character? Does Volk come across as an unusually tolerant and loving person? 5. Can the traits and habits of the extended Volk and Morgen families–extensive connectedness and conversation, regular get-togethers, card-playing evenings, etc.,–be found in present-day American families, or does Stuffed describe a way of life that has largely vanished? 6. What role does food play in the author’s relationship with Mattie? How relevant is Mattie’s race to her place in the Volk family, particularly in Patricia Volk’s emotional development? 7. In the chapter called “Hersheyettes,” Volk reflects upon her relationship with her sister and upon their shared obsession with dieting. Dieting presumes an ideal; what is the ideal to which the sisters feel beholden? Why does Volk decide that if she ever has a daughter, she’ll make sure her daughter isn’t “tyrannized by beauty” [p. 152]? 8. In what ways is Stuffed a book about Jewish life, and how important is the fact that Volk’s family was not religiously observant? How is Jewish identity defined in this memoir? What objects, clothing, and places contribute to a sense of Jewishness for Volk’s family? 9. To what degree does Stuffed express a sense of nostalgia for childhood, for a sheltered existence, and for an earlier time? How realistically does Volk recall the atmosphere of middle-class family life in the middle decades of the twentieth century? 10. See the discussion of the word “piquant,” or the description of Granny’s V-8 carrot salad [p. 149]. How does Volk reproduce the sensation of eating? What are the challenges inherent in writing about eating? 11. Why, towards the end of the book, does the restaurant close, and what does this say about what has changed in New York City? What might the objects that Volk saves symbolize for her? 12. Why has Volk chosen “Stuffed” as her title? What does it mean to be stuffed? What is the relationship between being satiated and being stuffed? Is there a fine line between being comfortably satisfied and feeling dangerously overindulged? 13. Comment on the book’s structure. What is the time frame, and how often does Volk break with a simple chronological presentation of events? Why does Volk often break the flow of her narrative, or seem to change the subject? What effect does her approach to structure have on the reading experience? 14. Volk reflects, “In a family you don’t come from nowhere. You enter the world already a part of something. . . . Knowing so much about them, how open- hearted can you bear to be? You are born with the chance to love them. You might as well. They’re yours” [pp. 230—31]. How valuable is this piece of advice? How accurately does it sum up Volk’s approach to her own family? Genre: Biography & Autobiography Number of Pages: 242 Language: English ISBN: 9780375411069 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: June 11, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Box 46

The Book of Dust La belle sauvage / illustrated by Chris Wormell. volume 1 Philip Pullman

Alfred A. Knopf (2017)

Summary: Eleven-year-old Malcolm Polstead and his d mon, Asta, live with his parents at the Trout Inn near Oxford. Across the River Thames (which Malcolm navigates often using his beloved canoe, a boat by the name of La Belle Sauvage) is the Godstow Priory where the nuns live. Malcolm learns they have a guest with them; a baby by the name of Lyra Belacqua . . . Genre: Fantasy Number of Pages: 449 Language: English ISBN: 9780857561084 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: June 11, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Box 46

The Client John Grisham

Island (1994)

Summary: Mark Sway, 11, witnesses a Mafia lawyer's suicide, which puts him in danger from Barry the Blade & a politically ambitious U.S. attorney. In the two years since The Firm first captured the imagination of America's readers, John Grisham, with three consecutive number-one bestsellers, has become one of the most popular authors of our time. Now, in The Client, he has written a novel so irresistible, so thoroughly entertaining and satisfying, that it is sure not only to please his millions of fans, but to win him new ones as well. This is the story of eleven-year-old Mark Sway, who, as the novel opens, witnesses the bizarre suicide of a New Orleans attorney. Just before he dies, the lawyer tells Mark a deadly secret concerning the recent murder of a Louisiana Senator, whose accused killer, Mafia thug Barry Muldanno, is about to go to trial. The police, the federal prosecutor and the FBI pressure Mark to tell them the attorney's last words, but he knows that with the mob watching his every move, revealing his secret will almost surely get him killed. So Mark, streetwise and old beyond his years, hires a lawyer: Reggie Love, a fifty-two-year-old divorcee who's been through more than anyone could imagine and survived, basically, because she's tough. And feisty. And loves helping kids overlooked or abused by the system. But when Mark's life is threatened, and Reggie discovers her office has been bugged, and even the Juvenile Court judge says Mark has no choice but to talk, she realizes that this time she's in way over her head. But then Mark comes up with a plan ... a crazy plan, in Reggie's opinion, but it's their only hope. And it just might work. With the page-turning suspense and terrific plot twists that have become John Grisham's trademark, he has once again crafted a novel that simply cannot be put down. But in The Client Grisham has gone a step further - with a cast of unforgettable characters headed by the most original hero in years, he has mixed equal parts humor and warmth to truly expand the boundaries of the legal thriller. Genre: Fiction Number of Pages: 566 Language: English ISBN: 9780440213529 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 14

The Fifth Letter Nicola Moriarty

HarperCollins Publishers Australia (February 20, 2017)

Summary: A fun vacation game turns destructive, exposing dark secrets, deeply buried grudges, and a shocking betrayal in Nicola Moriarity s intriguing debut. Four friends ... Joni, Deb, Eden, and Trina have been best friends since high school, sharing a bond that has seen them through their teenage years and into adulthood. But now, time and circumstance is starting to pull them apart as careers, husbands, and babies get in the way. As their yearly vacation becomes less of a priority at least for three of the women how can Joni find a way to draw the four of them back together? Four secrets ... During a laughter and wine-filled night, the women dare one another to write anonymous letters, spilling their deepest, darkest secrets. But the fun game turns devastating, exposing cracks in their lives and the friendship they share. Each letter is a dark confession revealing shocking information. A troubled marriage? A substance abuse problem? A secret pregnancy? A heartbreaking diagnosis? Five letters ... Late on one of their last nights together, after the other three have gone to bed, Joni notices something in the fireplace a burnt, crumpled, nearly destroyed, sheet of paper that holds the most shattering revelation of all. It is a fifth letter a hate-filled rant that exposes a vicious, deeply hidden grudge that has festered for decades. But who wrote it? Which one of them has seethed with resentment all these years? What should Joni do? Best friends are supposed to keep your darkest secrets. But the revelations Joni, Deb, Eden and Trina have shared will ripple through their lives with unforeseen consequences ... and things will never be the same. Number of Pages: 336 Language: English ISBN: 9781460751312 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: June 11, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Box 45

The Flight of the Maidens Jane Gardam

Carroll & Graf Publishers (2001)

Summary: Deliciously, with keen perception and touching humanity, this new novel from one of England's most gifted writers follows three young Yorkshire women, all of them scholarship girls, through the weeks preceding their departures for university in Cambridge and London. If they face the future with innocence and uncertainty, their parents and guardians belong in spirit to an England now past, even as they gaze upon a world that has been utterly altered by six long years of war. It is the summer of 1946. In this time of clothing coupons and social readjustment, Hetty Fallowes struggles intellectually to become independent of her possessive and tactless but loving mother, while her best friend, Una Vane, asserts her nascent womanhood with a sexually interesting fellow from the wrong side of the Yorkshire tracks. And Liselotte Klein, a Jewish refugee who arrived fat, solitary, and clever from Hamburg in 1939, comes through painful trials in London and California to surprising possibilties. By summer's end, all three have begun to learn they know neither everything nor nothing. Genre: Fiction Number of Pages: 278 Language: English ISBN: 9780786708796 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 14 The Giver of Stars Jojo Moyes

Penguin (2019)

Summary: SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE! Set in Depression-era America, a breathtaking story of five extraordinary women and their remarkable journey through the mountains of Kentucky and beyond, from the author of Me Before You and The Peacock Emporium Alice Wright marries handsome American Bennett Van Cleve hoping to escape her stifling life in England. But small-town Kentucky quickly proves equally claustrophobic, especially living alongside her overbearing father- in-law. So when a call goes out for a team of women to deliver books as part of Eleanor Roosevelt's new traveling library, Alice signs on enthusiastically. The leader, and soon Alice's greatest ally, is Margery, a smart-talking, self-sufficient woman who's never asked a man's permission for anything. They will be joined by three other singular women who become known as the Horseback Librarians of Kentucky. What happens to them--and to the men they love--becomes a classic drama of loyalty, justice, humanity and passion. Though they face all kinds of dangers, they're committed to their job--bringing books to people who have never had any, sharing the gift of learning that will change their lives. Based on a true story rooted in America's past, The Giver of Stars is unparalleled in its scope. At times funny, at others heartbreaking, this is a richly rewarding novel of women's friendship, of true love, and of what happens when we reach beyond our grasp for the great beyond. Genre: Fiction Number of Pages: 400 Language: English ISBN: 9780399562488 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 17

The History of Love: A Novel Nicole Krauss

W. W. Norton & Company (May 17, 2006)

Summary: ONE OF THE MOST LOVED NOVELS OF THE DECADE. A long-lost book reappears, mysteriously connecting an old man searching for his son and a girl seeking a cure for her widowed mother's loneliness. Leo Gursky taps his radiator each evening to let his upstairs neighbor know he’s still alive. But it wasn’t always like this: in the Polish village of his youth, he fell in love and wrote a book…Sixty years later and half a world away, fourteen-year-old Alma, who was named after a character in that book, undertakes an adventure to find her namesake and save her family. With virtuosic skill and soaring imaginative power, Nicole Krauss gradually draws these stories together toward a climax of "extraordinary depth and beauty" (Newsday). Genre: Fiction Number of Pages: 252 Language: English ISBN: 9780393328622 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults

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The Hunt for Dark Infinity James Dashner

Shadow Mountain (2009)

Summary: The Realities are in danger--and from something more terrible than Mistress Jane and the mutated Chi'karda of the Thirteenth Reality. Master George has learned that Mr. Chu from the Fourth Reatlity is working on a musterious new weapon called Dark Infinity. But no one has any idea how to stop the weapon--or even if it can be. To make matters worse, Tick and his friends have been kidnapped, forced to wink from Reality to Reality, solving impossible riddles in order to survive the dangerous and deadly traps that surround them. Mistress Jane and Tick find themselves in a race to reach the weapon first- -but who will distroy it and who will become its master? Genre: Juvenile Fiction Number of Pages: 446 Language: English ISBN: 9781606410349 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: June 11, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Box 46

The Illustrated Picture Atlas of the World Nicholas Harris, Hinkler Books Pty, Limited

Hinkler Books Pty, Limited (2007)

Summary: Introduces the geographical, cultural and economic features of the various countries and regions of the world. Suggested level: primary, intermediate, junior secondary. Number of Pages: 79 Language: English ISBN: 9781741812756 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 17 The Indian in the Cupboard Lynne Reid Banks

Yearling (1980)

Summary: A young man receives two presents that will change his life: a plastic miniature Indian that magically comes to life inside a mysterious old cupboard. From the Hardcover edition. Genre: Juvenile Fiction Number of Pages: 227 Language: English ISBN: 9780375847530 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 14

The Jewel Trader of Pegu A Novel Jeffrey Hantover

Harper Collins (January 2, 2008)

Summary: A melancholy young Jewish gem merchant, Abraham, born in Venice, has lived his life behind the ghetto walls of that damp, oppressive city. He has lost a wife and the son whose difficult birth killed her. Now there is nothing left for him there.In the autumn of 1598, Abraham chooses to seek his fortune far from the painful familiarity of Europe and travels halfway across the world to the lush and exotic Burmese kingdom of Pegu. An overpoweringly strange mélange of sodden heat, colorful customs, and odd superstitions, it is a place and a people completely alien to him. Yet in Pegu, the jewel trader is not hated or shunned for his faith. Here Abraham is a man. Here he is free.But there is a price for his newfound freedom. Local custom demands that foreigners perform a duty Abraham finds both troubling and barbaric. While it is a responsibility many men would embrace eagerly, it mocks Abraham's moral beliefs and fills him with dread and despair . . . until Mya arrives to briefly share his bed.Barely more than a girl, she awakens something within him far more profound—and more pleasurable —than the guilt he anticipated. And when tragedy destroys the future that was planned for her, Abraham takes Mya in, offering her his home, his protection, and, unexpectedly, his love. But great social and political upheaval threatens to violently transform the entire Peguan empire—and the actions of the powerful will force fateful choices that could have devastating consequences for Abraham and Mya and their dreams for the future. Genre: Fiction Number of Pages: 227 Language: English ISBN: 9780061252709 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 14

The Jeweller's Wife Judith Lennox

Headline (November 8, 2016)

Summary: An epic tale of passion and betrayal, that moves through the turbulence of war to 1960s' London and is sure to appeal to fans of Kate Morton and Rachel Hore.1938. As England awaits the outbreak of war, Juliet Winterton journeys from the Mediterranean to the Essex countryside to begin her life as the beautiful young wife of a London jeweller.But beneath her husband's intelligence and ambition, lies a cruel and ruthless man. And when dashing politician Gillis Sinclair comes to stay at Marsh Court, Juliet is drawn to his irresistible charm.So begins a passionate affair that will have consequences far beyond anything Juliet imagines. For Gillis Sinclair is hiding a dark secret and, as the next generation of Wintertons grows up, Juliet fears that they, too, will be tainted by the past... Genre: Fiction Number of Pages: 512 Language: English ISBN: 9781472223678 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 14

The Ladies of Missalonghi Colleen McCullough

Harper & Row (1987)

Summary: The Hurlingford family have ruled the small town of Byron, nestled in the Blue Mountains, for generations. Wealthy, powerful and cruel, they get what they want, every time. Missy Wright's mother, a Hurlingford by birth, has been shunned by her family since marrying for love, not money. Now widowed, the women live a quiet existence in genteel poverty. Plain, thin and unforgivably single, it seems Missy's life is destined to be dreary. But then a stranger arrives in town. A divorcee from Sydney. And she opens Missy's eyes to the possibility of a happy ending. (Publisher). Genre: Fiction Number of Pages: 189 Language: English ISBN: 9780060157395 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 15

The Last Song Nicholas Sparks

Grand Central Publishing (March 1, 2010)

Summary: NOVEL LEARNING SERIES(TM) THE LAST SONG by Nicholas SparksSTUDENT EDITIONSeventeen-year-old Veronica "Ronnie" Miller's life was turned upside-down when her parents divorced and her father moved from New York City to Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. Three years later, she remains angry and alienated from her parents, especially her father . . . until her mother decides it would be in everyone's best interest if she spent the summer in North Carolina with him. Ronnie's father, a former concert pianist and teacher, is living a quiet life in the beach town, immersed in creating a work of art that will become the centerpiece of a local church.The tale that unfolds is an unforgettable story of love on many levels--first love, love between parents and children-that demonstrates, as only a Nicholas Sparks novel can, the many ways that love can break our hearts . . . and heal them. With a NOVEL LEARNING SERIES(TM) Student Guide · Questions about the text after every few chapters check your comprehension · Quizzes throughout help you prepare for standardized tests with SAT- and ACT-style questions using vocabulary and grammar from the book· Sample writing prompts and essays at the end guide you through the elements of an above-average, average, and below-average essay-and explain why! Genre: Fathers and daughters Number of Pages: 480 ISBN: 9780446570961 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 14

The Pearl That Broke Its Shell A Novel Nadia Hashimi

HarperCollins (January 6, 2015)

Summary: Afghan-American Nadia Hashimi's literary debut novel is a searing tale of powerlessness, fate, and the freedom to control one's own fate that combines the cultural flavor and emotional resonance of the works of Khaled Hosseini, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Lisa See.In Kabul, 2007, with a drug-addicted father and no brothers, Rahima and her sisters can only sporadically attend school, and can rarely leave the house. Their only hope lies in the ancient custom of bacha posh, which allows young Rahima to dress and be treated as a boy until she is of marriageable age. As a son, she can attend school, go to the market, and chaperone her older sisters.But Rahima is not the first in her family to adopt this unusual custom. A century earlier, her great-great grandmother, Shekiba, left orphaned by an epidemic, saved herself and built a new life the same way.Crisscrossing in time, The Pearl the Broke Its Shell interweaves the tales of these two women separated by a century who share similar destinies. But what will happen once Rahima is of marriageable age? Will Shekiba always live as a man? And if Rahima cannot adapt to life as a bride, how will she survive? Genre: Fiction Number of Pages: 480 Language: English ISBN: 9780062244765 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: June 11, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Box 46

The Professor and the Madman A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of The Oxford English Dictionary Simon Winchester

HarperCollins (September 1, 1999)

Summary: The Professor and the Madman, masterfully researched and eloquently written, is an extraordinary tale of madness, genius, and the incredible obsessions of two remarkable men that led to the making of the Oxford English Dictionary--and literary history. The compilation of the OED, begun in 1857, was one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken. As definitions were collected, the overseeing committee, led by Professor James Murray, discovered that one man, Dr. W C. Minor, had submitted more than ten thousand. When the committee insisted on honoring him, a shocking truth came to light: Dr. Minor, an American Civil War veteran, was also an inmate at an asylum for the criminally insane. Genre: Biography & Autobiography Number of Pages: 272 Language: English ISBN: 9780060994860 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 17

The Rescue Nicholas Sparks

Warner Books (January 1, 2000) Summary: When confronted by raging fires or deadly accidents, volunteer fireman Taylor McAden feels compelled to take terrifying risks - risks no one else in the department would ever take - to save lives. But there is one leap of faith Taylor can't bring himself to make: He can't fall in love. Genre: Fiction Number of Pages: 339 Language: English ISBN: 9780446525503 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 15

The Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe

Penguin Adult (March 25, 2004)

Summary: After surviving a terrible shipwreck, Robinson Crusoe discovers he is the only human on an island far from any shipping routes or rescue. At first he is devastated, but slowly, with patience and imagination, he transforms his island into a tropical paradise. For twenty-four years he lives with no human companionship - until one fateful day, when he discovers he is not alone... Puffin Classics edition has been specially abridged. Genre: Juvenile Fiction Number of Pages: 288 Language: English ISBN: 9780140367225 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 15

The Stone Circle Anthony Tuck

Wheatmark, Inc. (November 15, 2015)

Genre: Fiction Number of Pages: 256 Language: English ISBN: 9781627873079 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 17

The Tattooist of Auschwitz A Novel Heather Morris

HarperCollins (September 4, 2018)

Summary: #1 New York Times Bestseller and #1 International BestsellerThis beautiful, illuminating tale of hope and courage is based on interviews that were conducted with Holocaust survivor and Auschwitz-Birkenau tattooist Ludwig (Lale) Sokolov—an unforgettable love story in the midst of atrocity.“The Tattooist of Auschwitz is an extraordinary document, a story about the extremes of human behavior existing side by side: calculated brutality alongside impulsive and selfless acts of love. I find it hard to imagine anyone who would not be drawn in, confronted and moved. I would recommend it unreservedly to anyone, whether they’d read a hundred Holocaust stories or none.”—Graeme Simsion, internationally-bestselling author of The Rosie ProjectIn April 1942, Lale Sokolov, a Slovakian Jew, is forcibly transported to the concentration camps at Auschwitz- Birkenau. When his captors discover that he speaks several languages, he is put to work as a Tätowierer (the German word for tattooist), tasked with permanently marking his fellow prisoners.Imprisoned for over two and a half years, Lale witnesses horrific atrocities and barbarism—but also incredible acts of bravery and compassion. Risking his own life, he uses his privileged position to exchange jewels and money from murdered Jews for food to keep his fellow prisoners alive.One day in July 1942, Lale, prisoner 32407, comforts a trembling young woman waiting in line to have the number 34902 tattooed onto her arm. Her name is Gita, and in that first encounter, Lale vows to somehow survive the camp and marry her.A vivid, harrowing, and ultimately hopeful re-creation of Lale Sokolov's experiences as the man who tattooed the arms of thousands of prisoners with what would become one of the most potent symbols of the Holocaust, The Tattooist of Auschwitz is also a testament to the endurance of love and humanity under the darkest possible conditions. Genre: Fiction Number of Pages: 288 Language: English ISBN: 9780062797155 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: June 11, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Box 45

The Two-Family House A Novel Lynda Cohen Loigman

Macmillan (March 8, 2016)

Summary: "An emotional but dreamy novel that...will transport you far, far away from your next dreary Monday morning. You may do a lot of sobbing, but don't worry, you'll be smiling by the end." —Bustle, "12 Spring Break Reads To Help You Escape Normal Life"**Buzzfeed, "14 Of The Most Buzzed-About Books"**Popsugar, "6 Books You Should Read""A novel you won't be able to put down." —Diane Chamberlain, New York Times bestselling authorBrooklyn, 1947: In the midst of a blizzard, in a two- family brownstone, two babies are born, minutes apart. The mothers are sisters by marriage: dutiful, quiet Rose, who wants nothing more than to please her difficult husband; and warm, generous Helen, the exhausted mother of four rambunctious boys who seem to need her less and less each day. Raising their families side by side, supporting one another, Rose and Helen share an impenetrable bond forged before and during that dramatic winter night.When the storm passes, life seems to return to normal; but as the years progress, small cracks start to appear and the once deep friendship between the two women begins to unravel. No one knows why, and no one can stop it. One misguided choice; one moment of tragedy. Heartbreak wars with happiness and almost, but not quite, wins. Moving and evocative, Lynda Cohen Loigman's debut novel The Two-Family House is a heart-wrenching, gripping multigenerational story, woven around the deepest of secrets. Genre: Fiction Number of Pages: 304 Language: English ISBN: 9781250076922 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: June 11, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Box 46

The Widow Killer A Novel Pavel Kohout

Macmillan (May 1, 2000)

Summary: In the downward spiral of the Third Reich's final days, a sadistic serial killer is stalking the streets of Prague. The unlikely pair of Jan Morava, a rookie Czech police detective, and Erwin Buback, a Gestapo agent questioning his own loyalty to the Nazi's, set out to stop the murderer. Weaving a delicate tale of human struggle underneath the surface of a thrilling murder story, Kohout has created a memorable work of fiction Genre: Fiction Number of Pages: 400 Language: English ISBN: 9780312252892 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 15

The World's a Mom Celebrating Motherhood Jackie Alpers

Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. (2008) Summary: Every time mom sees this lovely book created just for her, she’ll remember just how much she’s loved. It features 60 gorgeous photographs from around the world—as well as from the animal kingdom—accompanied by a range of wise quotations about motherhood. Mama giraffes bend their long necks down to nuzzle their babies; panda mom puts an arm around each of her two cubs and hugs them close; and human mothers bathe their babies, lift their children high up in the air, and share special moments together. The wonderful words come from such famous names as Abraham Lincoln, Louisa May Alcott, Erma Bombeck, Oprah Winfrey, and Susan Sarandon. Genre: Family & Relationships Number of Pages: 92 Language: English ISBN: 9781402749148 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 15

These Happy Golden Years Laura Ingalls Wilder

Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 15

Things Not Seen Andrew Clements

Penguin (2006)

Summary: Fifteen-year-old Bobby thinks he knows what it's like to be invisible-he's used to being ignored by the popular kids at school (especially the girls). Even his parents hardly seem to notice whether he's home or not. Then one morning, Bobby wakes up to find that he IS invisible. For real. He can't stop wondering if he'll ever reappear-especially when his parents wreck their car and wind up in the hospital. Now Bobby is all alone. How can he survive in a world where he can't be seen? One thing's for sure: Bobby's not going to just wait around to see if his body will decide to show up again on its own. He's got to take action. Fast. Genre: Juvenile Fiction Number of Pages: 251 Language: English ISBN: 9780142407318 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 17

This Can't be Happening at Macdonald Hall! Gordon Korman

Scholastic Inc. (2011)

Summary: In Gordon Korman's beloved first book, Bruno and Boots team up...and school is never the same!Bruno and Boots are always in trouble. So the Headmaster, aka "The Fish" decides it would be best to separate them. Bruno must now room with ghoulish Elmer Dimsdale, plus his plants, goldfish, and ants. And Boots is stuck with nerdy, preppy, paranoid George Wexford-Smyth III.Of course, this means war. Because Bruno and Boots are determined to get their old room back, no matter what it takes.And the skunk is only the beginning.... Genre: Juvenile Fiction Number of Pages: 118 Language: English ISBN: 9780545289245 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 15

Touch the Sky My Solo Flight Around the World Barrington Irving

Scholastic Canada, Limited (December 1, 2012)

Language: English ISBN: 9780545501019 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 14 True Green Kids 100 Things You Can Do to Save the Planet Kim Mckay, Jenny Bonnin

National Geographic Books (2008)

Summary: True Green Kids is the one book every home should have for the next generation. This vital children's title is an innovative collection of fun and practical ways to help kids become agents for environmental change in their world.With fresh, new strategies and a bright, friendly design, True Green Kids invites the whole family to embark on an eco-adventure through a series of fun ideas that can be applied everywhere from the living room to the local park. Underscoring its message of individual awareness and action with beautiful color illustrations and lively text, the book puts an energetic spin on conservation, making environmental stewardship exciting and empowering for young kids. With a foreword by Clean Up the World Ambassador and National Geographic Emerging Explorer David de Rothschild, this volume brings the core message that you can make a difference to a younger audience in an engaging, educational way. While primarily aimed at kids, the book also encourages the active involvement of parents, teachers, and other members of the community, making it a vital addition to every library, home, and classroom. Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction Number of Pages: 143 Language: English ISBN: 9781426304422 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 14

Unbroken A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption Laura Hillenbrand

Random House (2010)

Summary: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE • Hailed as the top nonfiction book of the year by Time magazine • Winner of theLos Angeles Times Book Prize for biography and the Indies Choice Adult Nonfiction Book of the Year awardOn a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared. It was that of a young lieutenant, the plane's bombardier, who was struggling to a life raft and pulling himself aboard. So began one of the most extraordinary odysseys of the Second World War.The lieutenant's name was Louis Zamperini. In boyhood, he'd been a cunning and incorrigible delinquent, breaking into houses, brawling, and fleeing his home to ride the rails. As a teenager, he had channeled his defiance into running, discovering a prodigious talent that had carried him to the Berlin Olympics and within sight of the four-minute mile. But when war had come, the athlete had become an airman, embarking on a journey that led to his doomed flight, a tiny raft, and a drift into the unknown.Ahead of Zamperini lay thousands of miles of open ocean, leaping sharks, a foundering raft, thirst and starvation, enemy aircraft, and, beyond, a trial even greater. Driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini would answer desperation with ingenuity; suffering with hope, resolve, and humor; brutality with rebellion. His fate, whether triumph or tragedy, would be suspended on the fraying wire of his will.In her long-awaited new book, Laura Hillenbrand writes with the same rich and vivid narrative voice she displayed inSeabiscuit. Telling an unforgettable story of a man's journey into extremity,Unbroken is a testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit.Praise for Unbroken“Extraordinarily moving . . . a powerfully drawn survival epic.”—The Wall Street Journal“[A] one-in-a-billion story . . . designed to wrench from self-respecting critics all the blurby adjectives we normally try to avoid: It is amazing, unforgettable, gripping, harrowing, chilling, and inspiring.”—New York“Staggering . . . mesmerizing . . . Hillenbrand's writing is so ferociously cinematic, the events she describes so incredible, you don't dare take your eyes off the page.”—People“A meticulous, soaring and beautifully written account of an extraordinary life.”—The Washington Post“Ambitious and powerful . . . a startling narrative and an inspirational book.”—The New York Times Book Review“Marvelous . . . Unbroken is wonderful twice over, for the tale it tells and for the way it's told. . . . It manages maximum velocity with no loss of subtlety.”—Newsweek“Moving and, yes, inspirational . . . [Laura] Hillenbrand's unforgettable book . . . deserve[s] pride of place alongside the best works of literature that chart the complications and the hard-won triumphs of so-called ordinary Americans and their extraordinary time.”—Maureen Corrigan, Fresh Air“Hillenbrand . . . tells [this] story with cool elegance but at a thrilling sprinter's pace.”—Time“Unbroken is too much book to hope for: a hellride of a story in the grip of the one writer who can handle it.”—Christopher McDougall, author ofBorn to Run Genre: Biography & Autobiography Number of Pages: 473 Language: English ISBN: 9781400064168 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: June 11, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Box 46

Virgil: Aeneid I-VI Virgil

Bloomsbury Academic (January 1, 1998)

Summary: This is the first volume of R. Deryck Williams' classic edition of the Aeneid, covering books I-VI. It includes the Latin text, with English introduction, an extensive commentary and notes by this renowned Virgilian scholar. Designed for upper school and university students, the commentary discusses the life and works of Virgil, the legend of Aeneas, structure and themes and Virgil's hexameter. It interprets the poetic methods and intentions of the Aeneid, and explains not only what Virgil says, but how he says it and why he says it in the particular way which he chooses. Williams considers the limitations and similarities of diction from English poets - particularly Spenser and Milton - in order to illuminate the literary impact of the Virgilian passage. Williams' aim was to be "concise rather than omissive" and his notes remain an example of clarity and good sense for any student approaching the first half of the Aeneid in whole or in part. Genre: Foreign Language Study Number of Pages: 524 Language: English ISBN: 9781853994968 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: March 4, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Books Adults English Box 14

Wolf Hall A novel Hilary Mantel

Picador (2010)

Genre: Biographical fiction Number of Pages: 532 ISBN: 9780312429980 Reading Status: Unread Date Added: June 11, 2021 Tags: English Adults Notes: Box 46