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The Anchor Book of Chinese Poetry (February 2005)
895.11 A539 2005
Here is the grand sweep of Chinese poetry, from the Book of Songs — ancient folk songs said to have been collected by Confucius himself — and Laozi's Dao De Jing to the vividly pictorial verse of Wang Wei, the romanticism of Li Po, the technical brilliance of Tu Fu and all the way up to the 20th-century poetry of Mao Zedong and the post-cultural Revolution verse of the Misty poets.
- Abu-Jaber, Diana
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The Language of Baklava (March 2005)
B-Ab93L 2005
Abu-Jaber tells a story about the richness and difficulty of straddling two cultures, about cooking and eating and finally, about a gregarious, impractical, complex man who taught his daughter to understand and to speak the universal language of food.
- Aslan, Reza
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No God but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam (March 2005)
297 A835n 2005
In this compelling — and profoundly hopeful — book, Aslan demonstrates that Islam has much in common with Christianity and Judaism, and bears seeds of egalitarianism and social reform at its core.
- Baab, Lynne M.
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Sabbath Keeping: Finding Freedom in the Rhythms of Rest (February 2005)
263.3 B111s 2005
With collected insights from Sabbath keepers of all ages and backgrounds, Baab offers a practical and hopeful guidebook to help readers slow down and enjoy their relationship with God.
- Busby, Horace W.
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The Thirty-First of March: An Intimate Portrait of Lyndon Johnson's Final Days in Office (March 2005)
973.923 B976t 2005
Offering a rare glimpse into the inner sanctum of Lyndon Johnson's presidency, this is an intimate, compulsively readable memoir by LBJ's closest aide and chief speechwriter.
- Campbell, Christopher
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The Botanist and the Vintner (March 2005)
Campbell gives an account of one of the earliest and most successful applications of science to an ecological disaster. And even now, the story continues as new strains of phylloxera attack vineyards in France, California and New Zealand.
- Carey, Richard Adams
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The Philosopher Fish: Sturgeon, Caviar, and the Geography of Desire (March 2005)
597.42 C275p 2005
Armed with a novelist's eye for human eccentricity and an investigator's nose for trouble, Carey takes us on a journey across the globe to uncover the secrets of the sturgeon. On that trek we meet the fascinating real-life characters both profiting from its scarcity and fighting to save it.
- Cobb, Cathy
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The Joy of Chemistry: The Amazing Science of Familiar Things (February 2005)
540 C653j 2005
Cobb uses hands-on demonstrations with familiar materials to illustrate the concepts of chemistry in terms of everyday experience.
- Deffeyes, Kenneth S.
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Beyond Oil: The View from Hubbert's Peak (March 2005)
333.8232 D313b 2005
Deffeyes, a geologist who was among the first to warn of the coming oil crisis, now takes the next logical step and turns his attention to the earth's supply of potential replacement fuels.
- Eraly , Abraham
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The Mughal Throne: The Saga of India's Great Emperors (February 2005)
954.02 E65m 2004
In 1525 Babur, the great-grandson of the Mongol conqueror Tamberlaine, crossed the Indus river into the Punjab with a modest army. Five months later he routed the mammoth army of the Afghan ruler of Hindustan. Mughal rule in India had begun. It was to continue for over three centuries, shaping India for all time.
- Flanders, Judith
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A Circle of Sisters: Alice Kipling, Georgiana Burne-Jones, Agnes Poynter, and Louisa Baldwin (March 2005)
920.72 F584c 2005
The MacDonald sisters started life in the lower-middle classes, denied the advantages of education and the expectation of social advancement. Yet, as wives and mothers, they connected a famous painter, a president of the Royal Academy, a prime minister and the uncrowned poet laureate of the Empire.
- Fleischer, Ari
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Taking Heat: The President, the Press, and My Years in the White House (March 2005)
973.931 F596t 2005
From a loyal presidential insider, the voice of the Bush White House goes on the record in this eyewitness-to-history memoir. Ari Fleischer served as the White House Press Secretary from January 2001 until his resignation in July 2003 — the culmination of a 21-year career in government and politics.
- Fraser, Rebecca
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The Story of Britain: From the Romans to the Present: A Narrative History (February 2005)
941 F842s 2005
An anecdotal account with the pace of an epic, Fraser's portrayal of the scientists, statesmen, explorers, soldiers, traders and artists who forged Britain's national institutions makes a perfect introduction to British history.
- Fuchs, Elinor
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Making an Exit: A Mother-Daughter Drama with Alzheimer's, Machine Tools, and Laughter (March 2005)
B-Ke48f 2005
Frank and funny, this memoir is an unexpected love story of a once-resentful daughter, a self-centered mother and a 10-year battle with Alzheimer's.
- Gaines, James R.
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Evening in the Palace of Reason: Bach Meets Frederick the Great in the Age of Enlightenment (March 2005)
780.92 B118g 2005
A vivid history of the clash between belief and reason is played out in the climactic meeting of a composer and a king: Bach and Frederick the Great.
- Gelardi, Julia
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Born to Rule: Five Reigning Consorts, Granddaughters of Queen Victoria (March 2005)
940.28 G314b 2005
Using unpublished letters, memoirs and interviews with their descendants, this epic biography follows Queen Victoria's five most famous and powerful granddaughters.
- Goldberg, Elkhonon
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The Wisdom Paradox: How Your Mind Can Grow Stronger as Your Brain Grows Older (March 2005)
612.82 G618w 2005
The author of The Executive Brain — a renowned neuropsychologist — offers a provocative look at how new research is highlighting the emerging power of the aging mind.
- Holland, Barbara
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When All the World Was Young: A Memoir (March 2005)
B-Ho718w 2005
Barbara Holland finally brings her wit and wisdom to the one subject her fans have been clamoring for for years: herself. Here is Holland's memoir of growing up in Washington, D.C., during the 1940s and 50s, a deliciously subversive, sensitive journey into her past.
- Holmes, Hannah
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Suburban Safari: A Year on the Lawn (March 2005)
577.56 H751s 2005
More than 550 square miles of new lawns unfold each year in the U.S. alone. Equipped with a lawn chair and her infectious curiosity, a science writer spends a year on her lawn hoping to discover exactly what's going on out there.
- Horowitz, Joseph
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Classical Music in America: A History of Its Rise and Fall (March 2004)
781.68 H816c 2005
An award-winning scholar and leading authority on American symphonic culture argues that classical music in the United States is peculiarly performance-driven, and he traces a musical trajectory rising to its peak at the close of the 19th century and receding after World War I.
- Hunt, Irmgard
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On Hitler's Mountain: Overcoming the Legacy of a Nazi Childhood (March 2005)
943.36 H941o 2005
Set in the Bavarian village of Berchtesgaden, this riveting account chronicles a childhood lived in the shadow of Hitler's famous alpine retreat and tells of coming of age in a country determined to forget its past.
- Kingston, Anne
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The Meaning of Wife (March 2005)
306.872 K55m 2005
Delving into the complex, troubling and sometimes humorous contradictions, illusions, and realities of contemporary wifehood, Kingston offers an entertaining mix of social, sexual, historical and economic commentary that is bound to stir debate even as it reframes the modern view of both women and marriage.
- Lamott, Anne
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Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith (March 2005)
B-La193p 2005
With the trademark wisdom, humor and honesty that made Traveling Mercies a bestseller, Lamott offers a spiritual antidote to anxiety and despair in increasingly fraught times.
- Lethem, Jonathan
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The Disappointment Artist and Other Essays (March 2005)
814.5 L647d 2005
From a confession of the sadness of a "Star Wars nerd" to an investigation into the legacy of a would-be literary titan, Lethem illuminates the process by which a child invents himself as a writer, and as a human being, through a series of approaches to the culture around him.
- Moore, James P.
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One Nation Under God: The History of Prayer in America (March 2005)
Moore offers a new look at how Americans throughout history have viewed themselves, their place in the world and their relationship with God.
- Moorehead, Caroline
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Human Cargo: A Journey Among Refugees (March 2005)
305.90691 M8254h 2005
In this arresting portrait of the lives of today's refugees, Moorehead pens a work of deep and subtle sympathy that completely alters readers' understanding of what it means to have and lose a place in the world.
- Roberts, Andrew
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Waterloo: June 18, 1815: The Battle for Modern Europe (February 2005)
940.27 R643w 2005
The author of Napoleon and Wellington takes a look at the conflict that ended Napoleon's reign and ushered in the modern world, with new evidence of just how the battle was lost.
- Santana, Deborah
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Space Between the Stars: A Memoir (March 2005)
B-Sa593s 2005
Here is a haunting story of one woman's spiritual search and awakening — from the wife of music legend Carlos Santana.
- Sebald, Winfried Georg
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Campo Santo (March 2005)
834.9 S443c 2005
These 16 moving essays contain Sebald's trademark themes — the power of memory and personal history, the connections between images in the arts and life and the existence of ghosts in both places and artifacts.
- Walls, Jeannette
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The Glass Castle: A Memoir (March 2005)
B-Wa1589g 2005
Walls has written a life-affirming memoir about surviving a willfully impoverished, eccentric and severely misguided family.
- Wilkinson, Charles F.
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Blood Struggle: The Rise of Modern Indian Nations (March 2005)
323.1197 W686b 2005
Wilkinson recounts in colorful terms Native American tribal victories in major legal conflicts in contemporary America, such as the Indian land claims in Maine and other eastern states, the "salmon wars" of the Pacific Northwest and the establishment of tribal casinos as a way of making inroads into poverty.
