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Quotations from Speaker Newt: The Little Red, White and Blue Book of the Republican Revolution
by Amy D. Bernstein Peter W. BernsteinA book devoted to gaining a better understanding of Newt Gingrich, American politician.
Puthumaippithan (Inthiya Ilakkiya Sirpikal)
by VallikkannanThis book is a monograph in Tamil on Puthumaippithan, the pseudonym of C. Viruthachalam (April 25, 1906 - May 5, 1948), one of the most influential and revolutionary writers of Tamil fiction whose writings were the reflections of social satire, progressive thinking and threadbare criticism of accepted conventions.
Guiding Lights: The People Who Lead Us Toward Our Purpose in Life
by Erick LiuAs Liu shares his own journey of discovery, he asks the reader to observe who is teaching the reader and whom the reader is teaching. Teaching, Liu believes, is the core of our humanity, and in this book he, through prose that often flows like poetry, explores that influence.
The Penitent
by Pietro DonatoDuring the latter part of the 20th century Maria Goretti was a uniquely popular saint. The book recounts her rape and murder by Alessandro Cerinelli. The story focuses primarily on Alessandro, his rage, passion, hatred, and finally after many years, his repentance and life following prison. The story was written and rewritten and changed by the Press. What is also extremely evident is the forgiveness offered Alessandro by the Goretti family.
Jaywalking with the Irish
by David MonaganFrom the book: For David Monagan, born in Connecticut to a staunch Irish-American family, a lifelong interest in Ireland was perhaps inescapable. David studied literature at Dublin's Trinity College in 1973 and '74, and he became captivated by the country. After enjoying many visits in the intervening years, in 2000 David and his family relocated from the U.S. to Cork, Republic of Ireland. David has written for numerous publications, including the Irish Times, Sunday Independent, and Irish Examiner, and in his wide travels has developed a keen eye for things baffling and marvelous, such as he finds everywhere around him in modern-day Ireland.
A Safe Place: The True Story of a Father, a Son, a Murder
by Lorenzo CarcaterraFrom the book: I was fourteen, walking on a beach in Ischia, a Mediterranean island forty miles off the coast of Naples, when I found out about my father. A white cotton towel hung around my neck, the morning sun warmed my back and soft waves rolled against a pea-green fishing boat. A cluster of children were building sand castles by the shore while three German tourists nodded in approval. It was mid-July 1969, my first summer away from home and the most peaceful time in my life. My mother, slumped and weary, stood at my side, staring out to sea. She hardly noticed the Moroccan merchant who was offering good buys on cheap goods or the beach bum selling cool slices of fresh coconut. She reached for my hand, her brown eyes softened by the passing years. "It's time you knew the truth," she said. "About your father." ...
William Faulkner (Comprehensive Research and Study Guide)
by Harold BloomCommentary on the author's major works and on his life.
A Rage to Do Better: Listening to Young People from the Foster Care System
by Nell BernsteinAsk a teenager why she ran away from a group home and you will hear one thing over and over: They didn't believe me. Nearly every foster care fugitive---and many who stayed--has a story of the moment they realized their words didn't matter, that their account of their life would never be definitive. Ask what might have made the difference, what might have made them stay, and they will tell you, "If somebody had listened...."
Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific by Raft
by Thor HeyerdahlThis book recounts a groups' travels across the Pacific ocean on a raft
The Secret Kingdom
by Pat Robertson Bob SlosserThe author of New York Times bestseller The New World Order confronts the tougest issues of the '90s by setting forth ten principles to help obtain peace, love, and financial security. A classic work, now revised, this book has sold in excess of 500,000 copies.
Jane the Queen: Third Consort of King Henry VIII
by Pamela M. GrossWho was Jane Seymour, third wife of Henry VIII, the only woman to give him a male heir? The author speaks about the society surrounding Jane, her day to day activities and what we can learn about her character from scant evidence. The biography concentrates somewhat less on politics.
Catherine of Aragon
by Garrett MattinglyBiography about Henry VIII's first wife, the Spanish princess Catherine of Aragon
Saint Katharine Drexel, Apostle to the Oppressed
by Lou BaldwinFrom the book: When the Catholic Church, through the intricate canonization process, declares an individual a saint, it gives recognition to the heroic virtue of his or her life, and says, "Beyond a doubt, this wonderful person has achieved what should be the goal of everyone - salvation." While canonization bestows a certain amount of honor and glory on the newly named saint, the real purpose is to present that holy man or woman as a worthy example for those of us still on earth. Katharine Drexel cannot be dismissed as a social worker in religious garb. Nor is she merely the foundress of a religious congregation for women. Her "heroic virtue" shines through on several levels. First of all, there is her own formation in an extraordinarily pious family, which looked beyond wealth to man's duty to man. There is also her own complete renunciation of money and the things it buys for service to others. There is her great love of God, best exemplified by her devotion to the Eucharistic Christ. There is her deep empathy with people of color, flying in the face of the prevailing prejudices of her day. And ultimately, there is her determination to help these same persecuted people know Jesus Christ, a commission accepted by all too few of her own co-religionists. Katharine Drexel became a saint, not by flat of the Pope, but by showing others a road to sanctity. Her path might be different than that of a St. Isaac Jogues, a St. Paul or a Dorothy Day - ultimately we choose our own path. But her example is one of the shining guideposts that can guide us as we journey in this new millennium.
Maverick: the Personal War of a Vietnam Cobra Pilot
by Dennis J. Marvicsin Jerold A. GreenfieldMemoir of a Vietnam combatant.
Color, Ebony
by Helen DayBorn in the Deep South of educated but very poor parents, Helen Caldwell Day learned at an early age what it was like to be a Negro living in American society. A career in nursing, which she began at 18 years, afforded the first opportunity to meet white people as equals and develop friendships among them. Conversion to Catholicism broadened this opportunity and awakened her to a realization of the common strengths and weaknesses of all races. An unsuccessful marriage, motherhood and, finally, a long siege in a sanitarium with tuberculosis followed. Mrs. Day is convinced that the problems of race could be solved if Christian principles were understood and applied to daily living. This story of her first twenty-three years, written while she was in the sanitarium, is not so much one of achievement as an attempt to foster these principles.
The Kennedys: an American Drama
by Peter Collier David Horowitzthis is an extensive history of the Kennedy family, from their immigration from Ireland until after the assassination of John F. and Robert Kennedy.
Bob Dylan and Philosophy: It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Thinking)
by Peter Vernezze Carl J. PorterIn Bob Dylan and Philosophy, eighteen philosophers analyze Dylan's ethical positions, political commitments, views on gender and sexuality, and his complicated and controversial attitudes toward religion.
Iron Coffins: A Personal Account of the German U-Boat Battles of World War II
by Herbert A. WernerFrom the Foreword by Captain Edward L. Beach, U.S. Navy (Ret.) "Madness!" cries Werner, and it was madness. But there were heroes, too, who deserve admiration even though their cause was wrong.... No one can fault the warrior who believes in his country so strongly that he dies for it.... Because their leaders told them so, they believed that if they fought desperately, they might save their country from the disaster plainly grinding in from every side. They expected death, and most of them found it, but they fought hard all the same, and they carpeted the ocean floor with their bodies.
Family Portrait
by Catherine Drinker BowenIn Family Portrait I meet my brothers not obliquely but head on. Together we skate on the Lehigh Canal; the black ice rushes beneath our feet and across the river at the steel works; the open hearth fires glow red and high as any imagined hell. Together we sail our boats on Jersey waters; in the old parlor in Bethlehem Harry and I make music with piano and violin. Always, in real life, my brothers were teaching me; they looked down from their heights and pulled me along.
Triumvirate: The Story of the Unlikely Alliance That Saved the Constitution and United the Nation
by Bruce ChadwickTriumvirate is the dramatic story of the uniting of the American nation and the unlikely alliance at the heart of it all.
Yo-Yo Ma and Silkroad
by Paul Gompers Scott Kominers Rohit Deshpande"Yo-Yo Ma, world-famous cellist and musical icon, stood inside the Visitor Center of the Tanglewood Music Center, a performance and music education complex in Lenox, Massachusetts. Through a window, he gazed out at the Koussevitzky Music Shed, a gorgeous open-air concert hall in which Ma had performed many, many times. It was midday—no music was playing—but the familiar setting, with its internal echoes of concerts past, helped Ma organize his thoughts."
The Plague and I
by Betty MacdonaldBetty MacDonald had divorced her first husband, (meet him in "The Egg and I," which is available from Bookshare) and had moved back home with her two girls. She was working in an office when the overwhelming fatigue and exhausting cough began. Without much money, she had few choices, which is why she went to The Pines. This biographical book provides us with detailed looks at how tuberculosis was treated during the 1940s and what sanatoriums were like. Other books for adults and children by Betty MacDonald are available from Bookshare.