179.7 Suicide
SUI A collection
of controversial essays that debate the issues of suicide, including physician-assisted,
and how suicide can be prevented.
333.79 Energy Alternatives Nakaya,
Andrea C.
NAK Provides an overview of energy
alternatives and addresses the question of whether alternative energy sources
are needed, which should be pursued, and how increased usage will affect society.
355.02 Nuclear Weapons and Security Friedman,
Lauri S.
FRI Presents a series
of articles on issues associated with nuclear weapons and security, including
the likelihood of another attack on the U.S. and how the U.S. can effectively
defend itself against a nuclear attack.
362.29 Tweak Sheff, Nic
SHE The author describes
his childhood in California, his addiction to crystal meth and heroin at a young
age, his relapse after 18 months of sobriety, and his path to recovery.
363.4 Online Pornography
ONL Provides opposing viewpoints on
issues concerning online pornography, addressing its harm to society, protecting
children from it, and placing limits on it.
363.738 Global Warming and Climate Change Berne,
Emma Carlson
BER Provides an overview of
global warming and climate change and addresses questions about what the issues
and consequences are.
394.2663 Race Aronson, Marc
ARO Traces the history of racial prejudice
in the Western world from ancient times to the present, identifying events and
individuals that have influenced people's conceptions about race.
509 Einstein Adds
a New Dimension Hakim, Joy
HAK Narrative text explores scientific discoveries
made from the late 19th century through the early 21st.
612.7 101 Questions About Muscles
to Stretch Your Mind and Flex Your Brain Brynie, Faith Hickman
BRY Answers 100 questions about the
human muscular system, covering specific muscles, exercise, injuries, diseases,
and other topics.
613.2 Can Diets be Harmful?
CAN Provides varying perspectives
on dieting, debating if diets support a healthy lifestyle, whether fad diets
promote unhealthy eating habits, the benefits of dieting for children, and other
related topics.
739.27 The Jeweler's Art MacFarlane,
Katherine
MAC Describes the history of jewelry making
and its use from the ancient times to the present.
796.0207 The Worst of Sports Lamovsky, Jesse
LAM Highlights some of the most controversial
and regrettable moments, failures and figures in major pro and college sports.
92 My
Lobotomy Dully, Howard
DUL Howard Dully recounts how the
lobotomy he had at age 12 impacted every aspect of his life, leaving him struggling
to get through each day, until, decades after the surgery, he was able to pull
himself together and uncover the truth about why his parents made him have the
operation.
92 Three
Little Words Rhodes-Courter, Ashley
RHO Ashley Rhodes-Courter provides an account
of her life focusing on the nine years she spent in Florida's foster care system
after being removed from her mother at the age of 3, and explaining how her
life changed after she was adopted.
FIC In the Space Left
Behind Ackermann, Joan
ACK Colin Drucker embarks on a cross-country journey
with the father who abandoned him as a child.
FIC Shark Girl Bingham,
Kelly L.
BIN After a shark attack causes the amputation
of her right arm, Jane, an aspiring artist, struggles to come to terms with
her loss and the changes it imposes on her day-to-day life and her plans for
the future.
FIC Taken Bloor,
Edward
BLO In 2036 kidnapping rich children has
become an industry, but when Charity Meyers is taken and held for ransom, she
soon discovers that this particular kidnapping is not what it seems.
FIC Don't Get it Twisted Chase,
Paula
CHA Mina must think fast to get her parents' approval
to go to the biggest bash of the year with Craig Simpson, the hottest guy at
Del Rio Bay High.
FIC Fell Clement-Davies,
David
CLE In Transylvania, during the Middle Ages,
a lone wolf with unusual abilities, learns that his destiny is entwined with
that of one human, 15 year-old Raisha, whose mysterious origins have villagers
believing she is a changeling.
FIC The Year My Sister Got Lucky Friedman,
Aimee
FRI When Katie and her older sister Michaela
move from New York City to upstate New York, Katie is horrified by the country
lifestyle but is even more shocked when her sister adapts effortlessly, enjoying
their new life-unlike Katie.
FIC Duma Key King, Stephen
KIN Self-made millionaire Edgar Freemantle's wife
walks out on him after a construction accident leaves him disfigured, so he
heads for Florida's Duma Key and starts to paint, however, his work appears
to take on a life of its own.
FIC I'm Being Stalked by a Moonshadow MacLeod,
Doug
MAC As his odd parents fight the regional environmental health
officer about their dung-covered house and his melodramatic younger brother
demands attention, Seth Parrot simply seeks the muscular woman of his dreams.
FIC The White Darkness McCaughrean,
Geraldine
MCC Taken to Antarctica by the man she thinks of as her uncle
for what she believes to be a vacation, Symone discovers that he is dangerously
obsessed with seeking Symme's Hole, an opening that supposedly leads into the
center of a hollow Earth.