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Capable of Honor (Advise and Consent #3)
by Allen DruryFirst published in 1966. It is one of the most fundamental questions facing America today: How justifiably, or irresponsibly, do the volatile and unbiased American media—press, television and radio—attempt to interfere with, and control, the political process and the foreign policy of the nation? In a hotly fought Presidential primary, the news media fractures along ideological lines, supporting and distorting the candidates’ records, manipulating the news rather than covering it. Capable of Honor, the third novel in the grand, bestselling Advise and Consent saga, is a compelling blockbuster that shines a harsh and revealing spotlight on how the media shapes the news, guides public opinion, creates policy—and tries to shape history itself. FROM THE MASTER OF SPELLBINDING POLITICAL FICTION, AUTHOR OF ADVISE AND CONSENT.
Can't Buy Me Love
by Chris KenryBuffed, bereaved--and broke. Jack's wealthy, doting lover dies suddenly, and the decade-old will naturally doesn't include Jack. Unceremoniously tossed out of their home, his half-hearted stints as office temp and waiter barely cover the minimum payments on his credit cards. What's a homeless and unemployed shopaholic to do? Perhaps just what comes naturally--with his perfect pecs and sculpted abs, he's one of the most sought-after guys in town... Though he stumbles into running a male escort service purely by accident, it doesn't take long for Jack to reap the financial rewards of all those workouts. Soon he teams up with dark and decadent fellow hustler Ray, and they're making more money than they ever imagined--and falling for each other. With everything going his way at last, Jack can't help wondering--can a pair of entrepreneurial escorts really live happily ever after in suburban Denver?
Can't Be Satisfied: The Life And Times Of Muddy Waters
by Robert GordonThe definitive biography of the most influential blues musician of them all. In a nutshell: no Muddy Waters, no Rolling Stones. ‘Can’t Be Satisfied is that rare thing in musical biographies: a book that maps out not just a single, extraordinary life but the cultural forces that shaped it.
Campaign Journal: The Political Events of 1983-1984
by Elizabeth DrewThis month-by-month journal details the run-up to the 1984 U.S. Presidential election, starting in February 1983 and ending with the voting in November 1984. As the author explains in her Introduction: "The Presidential election of 1984 was both an unusual one and an important one in several respects--not all of them so obvious. The outcome may have been one-sided, but it was not inevitable, and the election bespoke a number of important things about our politics and about what was going on in our country at the time. As a writer for The New Yorker I was asked to write a journal of the election and the surrounding events--a contemporary account, with periodic entries, of what was happening and why. Through a combination of on-the-scene reporting, interviewing the candidates, their advisers, and others wise about what was happening, and my own reflection and experience, I was to provide as clear a picture as I could of what was taking place--as it was taking place. The surprising twists and turns are presented here as they happened, and as I saw them, without tidying up or hindsight."
California Dreamin': The True Story of the Mamas and the Papas
by Michelle PhillipsIt's all here--the years of poverty, struggle, and obscurity... the fateful first meeting with record producer Lou Adler... the incredible burst of work and creativity that led to their first smash album... the band's meteoric rise to stardom ("Monday, Monday" sold 160,000 copies the first day it was released)... the wildly decadent life-style that embraced LSD and free love... the burnout, the arguments, and the final bitterness and breakup of the band.
But Some of Us Are Brave: All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men - Black Women's Studies
by Gloria T. Hull Patricia Bell Scott Barbara SmithThis ground-breaking collection provides hours of enjoyment for the general reader and a wealth of materials needed to develop course units on black women; political theory, literary essays on major writers, guidelines for consciousness-raising about racism, and surveys of black women's contributions to the blues. "Important and innovative. "--Feminist Bookstore News
The Burning: MASSACRE, DESTRUCTION, aND tHE TULSA RACE RIOT oF 1921
by Tim MadiganON THE MORNING OF JUNE 1, 1921, A WHITE MOB NUMBERING in the thousands marched across the railroad tracks dividing black from white in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and obliterated a black community then celebrated as one of America’s most prosperous. Thirty-four square blocks of Tulsa’s Greenwood community, known then as the Negro Wall Street of America, were reduced to smoldering rubble. With chilling details, humanity, and the narrative thrust of compelling fiction, The Burning re-creates the town of Greenwood at the height of its prosperity, explores the currents of hatred, racism, and mistrust between its black residents and Tulsa’s neighboring white population, narrates events leading up to and including Greenwood’s annihilation, and documents the subsequent silence that surrounded the tragedy that became known as the Tulsa Race Riot.
The Bungalow Mystery (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #3)
by Carolyn KeeneBeginning in the late 1950s, the first 34 Nancy Drew books were revised and condenced. This is the unrevised version, with 25 chapters instead of the 20 of the later version. While trying to help a friend out of a difficulty, Nancy has a perilous experience in and around a deserted bungalow, from which only her bravery and quick thinking save her.
Breakfast With Scot
by Michael DowningAn enlightened modern couple faces sudden parenthoodand the embarrassing truth about their own definitions of normalin this hilarious novel chronicling a joyride into the unknown.. Sam and Ed are living the good life: happy, healthy, devoted to each other and their careers, they have no yearning for the joyful mysteries of parenthood. But when eleven-year-old Scots mother suddenly dies, the couple is determined to make good on a wine-soaked promise made years before. With the best intentions, Sam and Ed hang a tire swing in the backyard and call the neighborhood school to arrange enrollment. Scot arrives just in time to start fifth grade--with a pair of lacy white socks in his duffel bag.It doesnt take Sam and Ed long to realize that Scot wont be trying out for the football team. He adores feather boas, wishes the house had better drapes, and keeps Pink Gardenia lotion in his camera bag. Spells of vertigo cause him to drop to the floor in panic, and the kids at school want to beat him up. Breakfast with Scot is a fast-paced, comic novel with resonance for everyone trying to raise children in our relentlessly sophisticated culture. In wry dialogue, frothy characters, and an offbeat plot, Michael Downings mastery reaches new heights of brilliance.
The Boswell Legacy
by Kyla Titus David McCain Chica Boswell MinnerlyThe Boswell Sisters rose to stardom during the Great Depression and established an enormously successful career in a very short time as pioneers of early mass entertainment, through the new media of electrical recordings, radio networks, and movies. Along with Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington, they led an American jazz "invasion" of Europe in 1933. They were admired by their frequent singing partner Bing Crosby, idolized by a struggling trio from Minneapolis who later gained fame as the Andrews Sisters, and praised as "the best act I ever followed" by a trouper named Bob Hope. Ella Fitzgerald consistently credited Connie Boswell as her main influence and Irving Berlin singled her out as his favorite interpreter of his songs. The beautiful and talented Boswells sold out stage shows from New York to London and the number of records they sold is estimated to be over 75 million. Then suddenly, it was over. The time has finally come to tell their story. THE BOSWELL LEGACY is the first full-scale biography of these icons of American music, written by Kyla Titus, the granddaughter of Vet Boswell and caretaker of the voluminous Boswell family archives, as only she can tell it. Within these pages, readers may discover the answers to questions left unanswered for decades. Why did the Boswell Sisters disband? What was the cause of Connie’s paralysis? Why are the Boswell Sisters not household names today? And so many more. Most importantly, readers will learn about the development of a unique musical style that is timeless--a legacy--that is still heralded almost a century later.
The Borrowers Avenged
by Mary NortonFrom the book: After their narrow escape from the Platters' attic in The Borrowers Aloft, Pod, Homily, and Arrietty Clock return to their miniature village. But it is no longer a safe refuge, and so once again the Borrowers must go looking for another place to live. But finding a new home is hard when you're running for your life. The villainous Platters will not rest until they recapture the tiny family, and they hound the Clocks' every move. When the Borrowers finally do set up house under a window seat in an old rectory, it seems they have found safety at last--until the Platters turn up in the church one night, forcing the Borrowers into a final desperate struggle for their freedom. "Like her Borrowers the author is resourceful, inventive, and patient; her imaginative vitality is limited only by her impeccable sense of logic, and her fantasy continues to be totally real and totally acceptable." --The Horn Book MARY NORTON (1903-1992) lived in England, where she was an actress, playwright, and award-winning author of The Borrowers books (available from Bookshare) as well as Bed-Knob and Broomstick (available from Bookshare)and Are All the Giants Dead? She knew the Borrowers long before publishing their adventures in the 1950s--as a child she watched for them among the hedgerows near her home. It is from this childhood fantasy that the Borrowers were created.
The Borrowers Afield
by Mary NortonFrom the book: Driven out of their cozy house by the rat catcher, the Borrowers find themselves homeless. Worse, they are lost and alone in a frightening new world: the outdoors. Nearly everything outside--cows, moths, field mice, cold weather--is a life-threatening danger for the tiny Borrowers. But as they bravely journey across country in search of a new home and learn how to survive in the wild, Pod, Homily, and their daughter, Arrietty, discover that the world beyond their old home has more joy, drama, and people than they'd ever imagined. "Readers who found Mary Norton's The Borrowers just about perfect may approach this one with the nervous premonition that it couldn't possibly be as good. It is, though--and in some ways even better." --The New York Times Book Review Other books in this series are available from Bookshare.
Blue Heaven
by Joe KeenanSet in contemporary New York, Blue Heaven is the hilarious tale of a most unlikely couple and their brilliant plan to earn a fortune in gifts on their way to the altar.
Blitzed: Drugs In Nazi Germany
by Norman Ohler Shaun WhitesideThe sensational German bestseller on the overwhelming role of drug-taking in the Third Reich, from Hitler to housewives. The Nazis presented themselves as warriors against moral degeneracy. Yet, as Norman Ohler's gripping bestseller reveals, the entire Third Reich was permeated with drugs: cocaine, heroin, morphine and, most of all, methamphetamines, or crystal meth, used by everyone from factory workers to housewives, and crucial to troops' resilience - even partly explaining German victory in 1940. The promiscuous use of drugs at the very highest levels also impaired and confused decision-making, with Hitler and his entourage taking refuge in potentially lethal cocktails of stimulants administered by the physician Dr Morell as the war turned against Germany. While drugs cannot on their own explain the events of the Second World War or its outcome, Ohler shows, they change our understanding of it. Blitzed forms a crucial missing piece of the story.
Black Wall Street: From Riot to Renaissance in Tulsa's Historic Greenwood District
by Hannibal B. Johnsonthis straightforward account traces the history of Greenwood, a community established through segregation, destroyed by racial hatred and rebuilt as a testament to the courage of its members. Includes several appendices of documents from the 1920s as well as the commission report from 2001.
Black Lives Matter
by Sue Bradford Edwards Duchess HarrisBlack Lives Matter covers the shootings that touched off passionate protests, the work of activists to bring about a more just legal system, and the tensions in US society that these events have brought to light. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Black Like Us: A Century of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual African American Fiction
by Donald Weise Dwight A. Mcbride Devon W. CarbadoLiterature anthology.
Black Lesbians: An Annotated Bibliography
by Jr RobertsPublished in 1981, this groundbreaking work is a noteworthy landmark in the history of women's studies, African-American studies, and lesbian and gay studies. The 341 primary bibliographic entries, each one accompanied by an informative annotation, made available a vast body of work about the lives of Black lesbians. Entries cover six primary areas of study: "Lives and Lifestyles"; "Oppression, Resistance, and Liberation"; "Literature and Criticism"; "Music and Musicians"; "Periodicals"; and "Research, Reference, and Popular Studies." Also includes photographs and appendices.
Black Feminist Politics from Kennedy to Clinton
by Duchess HarrisTaking an interdisciplinary approach, this book analyzes Black women's involvement in American political life, focusing on what they did to gain political power between 1961 and 2001, and why, in many cases, they did not succeed.
The Black Cat's Clue: A Judy Bolton Mystery (Judy Bolton Mysteries Series #23)
by Margaret SuttonJudy befriends a teen runaway who wants nothing more than to see her favorite uncle at a family reunion she was not invited to. But mystery arises as they see ghosts in Judy's back yard. Judy masquerades as Holly's older sister, Doris, whom no one has seen in years since three sisters were separated when their parents died. Greed permeates the family gathered who all want claim to their now believed dead relative's land recently discovered to be sitting on an oil field. When a suspicious long-lost son of the uncle shows up, can he be trusted. Leave it to Judy's beloved black cat, Blackberry, to lead them to clues to help solve Judy's newest mystery.