New Books at Wilsey Library

Overstreet, Wylie. The history of the world according to Facebook. (252 ROB)

Humorously recounts events throughout history utilizing the style of Facebook status updates, from the big bang to the fall of Rome, the American Revolution, and the digital age.

Younge, Gary. The speech : the story behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream. (355.009 FUL )

This gripping book unearths the fascinating chronicle behind The Speech and the revealing events surrounding the march on Washington"

Non-Fiction

Fuller, J. F. C. (John Frederick Charles). Decisive battles of the Western World. (362.29 PAR )

Schlosser, Eric. Command and control : nuclear weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the illusion of safety. (363.330 NAK)

Presents a minute-by-minute account of an H-bomb accident that nearly caused a nuclear disaster, examining other near misses and America's growing susceptibility to a catastrophic event.

Nakaya, Andrea C. Thinking critically : gun control and violence. (370.15 LAV)

Do Americans have a constitutional right to own guns? -- Should there be more restrictions on who can purchase and carry guns? -- Should certain types of guns and ammunition be banned? -- Can stronger gun control measures prevent mass shootings?.

Lavoie, Richard D. The motivation breakthrough : 6 secrets to turning on the tuned-out child. (379.2 WIL)

Offers parents and teachers six strategies that will encourage children to learn and find success in their schooling by focusing on the things that motivate them and inspiring them to succeed and achieve.

Wilder, Craig Steven. Ebony & Ivy : race, slavery, and the troubled history of America's universities. (616.02 DUD )

A leading African American historian of race in America exposes the uncomfortable truths about race, slavery, and the American academy, revealing that leading universities, dependent on human bondage, became breeding grounds for the racist ideas that sustained it.

Dudley, William. Thinking critically. Stem cell research. (616.890 HIN)

Is embryonic stem cell research ethical? -- Is embryonic stem cell research necessary? -- Should the federal government fund embryonic stem cell research? -- Are more government regulations needed for stem cell research?.

Hines, Kevin. Cracked, not broken : surviving and thriving after a suicide attempt. (616.890 HIN)

Maalouf, Amin. The crusades through Arab eyes. (941.081 MUR)

Translation of an Arabic text that tells the story of the Crusades as they were seen, lived, and recorded by the Arabs, examining how the Muslims overcame their rivalries and united to win a holy war.

Murphy, Paul Thomas. Shooting Victoria : madness, mayhem, and the rebirth of the British monarchy. (941.102 NUS )

From a hunchbacked dwarf to a paranoid poet assassin, a history of Victorian England as seen through the numerous assassination attempts on Queen Victoria.

McLynn, Frank. 1066 : the year of the three battles. (946.03 RES)

Everyone knows what William the Conqueror won the Battle of Hastings in 1066, but it has become customary to assume that the victory was inevitable, given the alleged superiority of Norman military technology. With biographical sketches of the great warriors who fought for the crown of England in 1066, this work shows that this view is mistaken.

Reston, Jr., James. Dogs of God : Columbus, the Inquisition, and the defeat of the Moors.(973.91 BRY)

Bryson, Bill. One summer : America, 1927. (973.91 BRY) Chronicles the sensational events of the

summer of 1927, including the trans-Atlantic flight of Charles Lindbergh, the premier of the first "talking picture," and the beginning of Babe Ruth's home run record.

Abaya, Rey. A life that matters : autobiographical essays of a Filipino activist. (B ABA)

Angelou, Maya. I know why the caged bird sings. (B Angelou ANG)

Poet Maya Angelou chronicles her early life, focusing on her childhood in 1930s rural Arkansas, including her rape at the age of five, her subsequent years of muteness, and the strength she gained from her grandmother and Mrs. Bertha Flowers, a respected African-American woman in her town.

Biography

Todd, Anne M. Mohandas Gandhi. (B GAN)

Halberstam, David. Ho. (B HO)

Duiker, William J. Ho Chi Minh. (B HO)

Achebe, Chinua.

Things fall apart. (F ACH)

Gilmore, Susan Gregg. The funeral dress : a novel. (F GIL)

Single mother Emmalee Bullard is invited by fellow seamstress Leona Lane to come and live with her. When Leona dies Emmalee decides to make Leona's burying dress despite the opinion of others that an unmarried woman should not be designing a dress for a Christian woman.

Fiction & Leisure Reading

Harris, Joanne. Five quarters of the orange. (F HAR)

Sixty-five-year-old Framboise Simon, hiding her true identity, returns to the small town of her youth where she opens a cafe and discovers, hidden in her mother's book of recipes, the true story of the terrible tragedy that took place during the German occupation decades earlier--an event that resulted in her mother being driven from the village.

McCarthy, Cormac. No country for old men. (F MCC)

When Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon a group of murdered men, a stash of heroin, and more than two million in cash, he makes a rash decision and takes the money, which soon puts him and his young wife in danger as they are hunted by a ruthless drug lord.

Robbins, Tom. Even cowgirls get the blues. (F ROB) Sissy Handshaw, a small town girl with big-

time dreams and a quirk to match, hitchhiking her way around the country.

Ruiz Zafón, Carlos, 1964-. The prisoner of heaven : a novel. (F RUI)

When a mysterious stranger visits Daniel Sempere's bookshop and threatens to divulge a secret it sets in motion events that put Daniel and his friend Fermin on a dangerous adventure as they search for the truth.

Schrefer, Eliot, 1978-. Endangered. (F SCH)

A girl, having travelled with her mother to an animal sanctuary for bonobos in the Congo, struggles to survive with the animals after revolution breaks out and she and the chimpanzees are forced to flee into the jungle.

Brody, Jessica. Unremembered. (LR B-Blue) A girl, estimated to be sixteen, awakens with

amnesia in the wreckage of a plane crash she should not have survived and taken into foster care, and the only clue to her identity is a mysterious boy who claims she was part of a top-secret science experiment.

Beaudoin, Sean. Wise Young Fool. (LR B-White) A teenaged guitarist in a rock band deals

with loss and anger as he relates the events that landed him in a juvenile detention center.

Bray, Libba. Beauty queens. (LR B-White) When a plane crash strands thirteen teen

beauty contestants on a mysterious island, they struggle to survive, to get along with one another, to combat the island's other diabolical occupants, and to learn their dance numbers in case they are rescued in time for the competition.

Cass, Kiera. The Elite. (LR C-Blue) "Sixteen-year-old America Singer is one of

only six girls still competing in the Selection--but before she can fight to win Prince Maxon and the Illean crown, she must decide where her own heart truly lies"--Provided by publisher.

Cremer, Andrea R. Invisibility. (LR C-Blue) "To break his curse of invisibility, a boy is

helped by a girl, who is the only one who can see him"--Provided by publisher.

Dessen, Sarah. The moon and more. (LR D-White) "During her last summer at home before

leaving for college, Emaline begins a

whirlwind romance with Theo, an assistant documentary filmmaker who is in town to make a movie"--Provided by publisher.

Howson, Imogen. Linked. (LR H-Blue) When Elissa's nightmarish visions and

inexplicable bruises lead to the discovery of a battered twin sister on the run from government agents, Elissa enlists the help of an arrogant new graduate from the space academy.

Lu, Marie, 1984-. Legend. (LR L-Blue)

In a dark future, when North America has split into two warring nations, fifteen-year-olds Day, a famous criminal, and prodigy June, the brilliant soldier hired to capture him, discover that they have a common enemy.

Morgan, Robert. Gap Creek. (LR M-Green)

Souljah, Sister. The coldest winter ever : a novel. (LR S-White)

Winter, born into a wealthy drug-dealing family in the Brooklyn ghetto, grows up thinking of herself as the queen of the world, but everything comes crashing down when her father is arrested and all their belongings are confiscated by the government. Includes answers to readers' questions and character analyses by the author.

Yancey, Richard. The 5th Wave. (LR Y-Blue)

"Cassie Sullivan, the survivor of an alien invasion, must rescue her young brother from the enemy with help from a boy who may be one of them"--Provided by publisher.

Lewis, John. March. Marietta, GA : (GN LEW) Presents in graphic novel format the life of

Georgia congressman John Lewis, focusing on is youth in rural Alabama, his meeting with Martin Luther King Jr. and the birth of the Nashville Student Movement.

Neri, Greg. Yummy : the last days of a Southside shorty. (GN NER)

Graphic Novels

A brief biography, in graphic novel format, of Robert "Yummy" Sandifer, an eleven-year old African American gang member from Chicago who went on the run after shooting a young girl and was later found dead, shot by members of his own gang.

Encyclopedia of American Indian issues today. (R 305.897 ENC)

Looks at issues facing Native Americans in the twenty-first century, focusing on people, places, economy, work, and other topics.

Encyclopedia of American Indian issues today. (R 305.897 ENC)

Looks at issues facing Native Americans in the twenty-first century, focusing on sovereignty and dependence, law, politics, conflict and other topics.

Johansen, Bruce E. Encyclopedia of the American Indian Movement. (R 323.1197 JOH)

Relates the history of the Native American political revival led by a number of organizations including AIM (American Indian Movement), beginning in the 1960s as many native peoples shifted the debate over "the Indian problem" to a new level, and some also took a stand on fishing rights and land rights, or formed resistance to coal and uranium mining on tribal land.

Reference

Raskin, James B. We the students : Supreme Court decisions for and about students. (R 344.73 RAS )

Russell, Karen, 1981-. Vampires in the lemon grove : stories. (SC RUS)

Vampires in the lemon grove -- Reeling for the empire -- The seagull army descends on Strong Beach -- Proving up -- The barn at the end of our term -- Dougbert Shackleton's rules for Antarctic tailgating -- The new veterans -- The graveless doll of Eric Mutis. Presents eight short stories by American author Karen Russell.

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