Nonfiction

New Books on the Biography Shelf

October 18, 2019 | SuzyQ

Check out these new titles recently added to the Library's Biography shelves.

Here we are : American dreams, American nightmares by Aarti Namdev Shahani
If : the untold story of Kipling's American years by 1954- Christopher E. G. Benfey

New Books on the History Shelf

October 16, 2019 | SuzyQ

Check out these new titles recently added to the Library's History shelves.

The invention of yesterday : a 50,000-year history of human culture, conflict, and connection by Mir Tamim Ansary
Daughters of chivalry : the forgotten princesses of King Edward Longshanks by Kelcey Wilson-Lee

In the News: Ukraine

October 14, 2019 | SuzyQ

Stay informed about current events with these timely resources.

The Crimean nexus : Putin's war and the clash of civilizations by Konstantin Pleshakov
Conflict in Ukraine : the unwinding of the post-cold war order by 1953- Rajan Menon

1988 Revisited!

October 12, 2019 | SuzyQ

Travel back to 1988 and read about some of the headline stories from that year!

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame + Museum live [videodisc]

January 20. The Beatles, The Beach Boys, The Drifters, The Supremes, and Bob Dylan are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

The phantom of the opera by 1868-1927 Gaston Leroux

January 26. The Phantom of the Opera opens on Broadway.

Bestselling Nonfiction of 1988

October 10, 2019 | SuzyQ

History? Biography? Science? What were you reading in 1988? Check out this list to jog your memory.

A brief history of time by 1942- Stephen Hawking
The power of myth by 1904-1987 Joseph Campbell

A Citizen's Guide to Impeachment

October 9, 2019 | SuzyQ

Stay informed about current events with these timely resources.

Impeachment : a citizen's guide by Cass R Sunstein
Also available in: e-audiobook
Impeachment : an American history
Also available in: e-book | audiobook

New Books on the History Shelf

October 7, 2019 | SuzyQ

Check out these new titles recently added to the Library's History shelves.

Blowout : corrupted democracy, rogue state Russia, and the richest, most destructive industry on Earth by Rachel Maddow
Freedom : the overthrowing of the slave empires by James Walvin

New Books on the Biography Shelf

October 3, 2019 | SuzyQ

Check out these new titles recently added to the Library's Biography shelves.

The education of an idealist : a memoir by Samantha Power
Unbreakable : the woman who defied the Nazis in the world's most dangerous horse race by Richard Askwith

On this October Day in History

October 1, 2019 | SuzyQ
Ford Model T : the car that put the world on wheels by A. Lindsay Brooke

October 1, 1908. The Model T Ford went on sale for the first time.

Prague winter : a personal story of remembrance and war, 1937-1948 by Madeleine Korbel Albright

October 1, 1938. Hitler's troops occupied the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia.

Modern China : the fall and rise of a great power, 1850 to the present by Jonathan Fenby

October 1,1949. The People's Republic of China was founded.

New Books on the History Shelf

September 30, 2019 | SuzyQ

Check out these new titles recently added to the Library's History shelves.

Hitler's last hostages : looted art and the soul of the Third Reich by Mary M. Lane
When the sky fell : Hurricane Maria and the United States in Puerto Rico by Michael Deibert

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