New Books - May 2008

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.

 

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