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Bibliography Sorted by Call Number / Author. 297 ALIKA Ali-Karamali, Sumbul, 1964-. Growing up Muslim : understanding Islamic beliefs and practices. 1st ed. Describes what is like to be a Muslim, including what Muslims eat, how they pray, how they celebrate holidays, and explains the history of Islam. 305.523 CHUA Chua, Amy. The triple package : how three unlikely traits explain the rise and fall of cultural groups in America. Argues that an individual's superiority complex, insecurity, and impulse control determine whether he will be successful in the United States. 305.569 BOO Boo, Katherine. Behind the beautiful forevers. 1st ed. Examines and provides real-life accounts of urban poor families living in Bombay, India. 330 LEVIT Levitt, Steven D. Freakonomics : a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything. 1st ed., Rev. and expanded ed. The authors explore the economics of real-world issues often viewed as insignificant, such as the extent to which the Roe v. Wade decision affected violent crime, and examine hidden incentives behind all sorts of human behavior. 576.83 RUTHE Rutherford, Adam, Ph. D. Creation : how science is reinventing life itself. "... Science writer Adam Rutherford shows how unprecedented advances in our understanding of life have equipped us with the ability to create entirely new life-forms: goats that produce spider silk in their milk, bacteria that excrete diesel, genetic codes that identify and destroy cancer cells. ..." 581.632 MABEY Mabey, Richard, 1941-. Food for free. [New ed.]. Pocket-sized edition of Richard Mabey's guide to 100 edible plants, berries, mushrooms, seaweed and shellfish. 629.454 NELSO Nelson, Craig, 1955-. Rocket men : the epic story of the first men on the moon. Chronicles the American space program's quest to put a man on the moon, from the origins of the NASA program to the day the "Eagle" lunar module landed on the moon, making Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong the first humans to walk on the moon. 629.892 GUTKI Gutkind, Lee. Almost human : making robots think. Explores the world of engineers and software designers at the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, examining their work and the tasks and capabilities of the robots they create. 779.2 STANT Stanton, Brandon. Humans of New York. 1st ed. Collects four hundred of photographer Brandon Stanton's portraits of people in New York City. 810.803581 WAR War is--- : soldiers, survivors, and storytellers talk about war. 1st ed. A collection of essays, memoirs, letters, interviews, and fiction that present opposing viewpoints on the nature of war by such contributors as Mark Twain, Bob Dylan, and Ernie Pyle. 910.92 MALLO Davis, Wade. Into the silence : the Great War, Mallory, and the conquest of Everest. Presents the tale of George Mallory's fatal attempt to climb Mount Everest in 1924, as well how his quest influenced and was influenced by world events at the time. 914.923 SHORT Shorto, Russell. Amsterdam : a history of the world's most liberal city. 1st ed. Traces the history and evolution of Amsterdam, portraying the constant battle to keep the sea at bay, its liberalism and tolerance, and place as home to both religious dissidents and radical thinkers, as well as the first great global corporation. 920 ARNOL Sheinkin, Steve. The notorious Benedict Arnold : a true story of adventure, heroism, & treachery. 1st ed. An introduction to the life of Benedict Arnold that highlights not only the traitorous actions that made him legendary, but also his heroic involvement in the American Revolution. 920 BEZOS Stone, Brad. The everything store : Jeff Bezos and the age of Amazon. 1st ed. Presents a narrative account of the world's largest online retailer and its creator, Jeff Bezos. 920 CHURC Severance, John B. Winston Churchill : soldier, statesman, artist. Photographic chronicle of the life of Winston Churchill, including quotes from his many speeches and writings made during his long career in British politics. 920 HITCH Hitchens, Christopher. Mortality. 1st ed. As he battles esophagal cancer, author Christopher Hitchens reflects on illness and mortality. 920 LEE Sixsmith, Martin, author. The lost child of Philomena Lee : a mother, her son, and a fifty-year search. A biography of Philomena Lee and her search for Michael, her son, that she was forced to give up for adoption by the Catholic Church in Ireland. 920 THATC Moore, Charles, 1956-. Margaret Thatcher : the authorized biography, from Grantham to the Falklands. 1st United States ed. Draws on private and government papers, personal letters, and interviews to detail the life of Margaret Thatcher, from her childhood through her 1982 victory in the Falklands. 940.311 HASTI Hastings, Max. Catastrophe 1914 : Europe goes to war. 1st American ed. A history of the outbreak of World War I, from the breakdown of diplomacy to the dramatic battles that occurred before the war bogged down in the trenches. 940.311 MACMI MacMillan, Margaret, 1943-. The war that ended peace : the road to 1914. 1st U.S. ed. Examines how the actions of military leaders, politicians, diplomats, bankers, and monarchs of Europe ultimately led to the outbreak of the First World War. 940.4272 SACCO Sacco, Joe. The Great War : July 1, 1916 : the first day of the Battle of the Somme : an illustrated panorama. 1st ed. A panoramic illustration depicting the first day of the Battle of the Somme during World War I in 1916. Includes an author's note with annotations on the illustration, and an essay about the battle. 940.531 EDSEL Edsel, Robert M. The monuments men : Allied heros, Nazi thieves, and the greatest treasure hunt in history. 1st Little, Brown and Company mass market ed. Presents an account of those who were part of a special force of American and British curators, art historians, museum curators, and other experts who risked their lives to prevent the destruction of cultural artifacts and structures while also trying to locate missing items that had been stolen by the Nazis during World War II. 940.5314 BURUM Buruma, Ian. Year zero : a history of 1945. Provides a global history of the year 1945, discussing the events that occured after World War II ended. 951.042 MITTE Mitter, Rana, 1969-. Forgotten ally : China's World War II, 1937-1945. 1st U.S. Ed.. Discusses China's role in World War II, relating how China became the fourth great ally, partner to the United States, the Soviet Union, and Great Britain. 951.05 YANG Yang, Jisheng, 1940-. Tombstone : the great Chinese famine, 1958-1962. 1st American ed. Details the history of the great Chinese famine during China's Great Leap Forward in the late 1950s and early '60s, in which, thirty-six million Chinese people starved to death. CDAUD F COLLI Collins, Suzanne. Catching fire. Unabridged. Read by Carolyn McCormick. By winning the annual Hunger Games, District 12 tributes Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have secured a life of safety and plenty for themselves and their families, but because they won by defying the rules, they unwittingly become the faces of an impending rebellion. CDAUD F COLLI Collins, Suzanne. The Hunger Games. Unabridged. Read by Carolyn McCormick. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen accidentally becomes a contender in the annual Hunger Games, a grave competition hosted by the Capitol where young boys and girls are pitted against one another in a televised fight to the death. CDAUD F COLLI Collins, Suzanne. Mockingjay. Unabridged. Read by Carolyn McCormick. Katniss Everdeen, having survived the Hunger Games twice, learns she and her family and friends are in danger because the Capitol holds her responsible for the unrest and races against time to protect those she cares about and the people of District 12. DUT F DEMOO de Moor, Marente. Roundhay, tuinscène. Elf jaar na de verdwijning in 1890 van de Franse uitvinder van de film gaat zijn zoon naar hem op zoek. DUT F SLEE Slee, Carry. Fatale liefde. Twee vriendinnen zitten in hun laatste jaar op de modeacademie en zijn van plan samen een bedrijfje te beginnen, maar ondertussen hebben ze veel problemen met hun vriendjes waardoor de een zelfs in gevaar komt. DUT F THEUN Theunissen, Jeroen. De omwegen : roman. Drie Vlaamse broers, een drieling, reizen ieder op hun eigen wijze het ongeluk tegemoet. DUT F VANTO Vantoortelboom, Jan. Meester Mitraillette : roman. Een jonge schoolmeester belandt tijdens de Eerste Wereldoorlog in de loopgraven omdat hij in zijn dorp getuige is geweest van zaken die het daglicht niet kunnen velen. Als hij deserteert om zijn geliefde te zoeken wordt hij veroordeeld tot het vuurpeloton. DUT F WELAG Welagen, Robbert. Het verdwijnen van Robbert. Een jonge schrijver wil na zijn debuut verdwijnen in een inhoudsloos, betekenisloos bestaan. DUT YA F TERLO Terlouw, Jan. Gevangenis met een open deur. Ex-politiecommissaris Keizer laat drie geselecteerde jonge mensen infiltreren in een door hem gevaarlijk geachte sekte. Door de invloed die de sekte op hun onafhankelijke oordeel heeft, verliezen de infiltranten hun greep op het gebeuren. DVD 591.953 WILDA Wild Arabia. Sand, wind and stars -- The jewel of Arabia -- Shifting sands. Narrator, Alexander Siddig. The first major series to reveal the wildlife, wild places and extraordinary people of the vast Arabian peninsula, Wild Arabia takes a surprising and beguiling journey into a fascinating region." DVD ARA F WADJD Wadjda. Waad Mohammed, Reem Abdullah, Ahd, Abdullrahman Al Gohani. "Wadjda, a fun-loving 10-year-old girl living in Saudi Arabia, has her heart set on a beautiful new bicycle. However, her mother won't allow it, fearing repercussions from a society that sees bicycles as dangerous to a girl's virtue. Determined to turn her dreams into reality and buy the bike on her own, Wadjda uncovers the contradictions and opportunities ingrained in her world" DVD DUT F BORGM Borgman.