576.8 A
Evolution isn't what it used to be : the augmented animal and the whole wired world / Walter Truett Anderson.
Anderson, Walt, 1933-
New York : W.H. Freeman, c1996.
xii, 223 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 0716729989 (hard cover) 0716731347
Provides an overview of the evolution of genetics, medicine, and other human inventions, and argues that human beings, at the end of the twentieth-century, are in the midst of an evolutionary transition resulting from the convergence of biology and technology that is going to change the face of the world.
Human evolution. Evolution (Biology) - Technological innovation. Biotechnology.
(807)
337 E
The evolving global economy : making sense of the new world order / edited with a preface by Kenichi Ohmae.
Boston : Harvard Business School, c1995.
xviii, 300 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 0875846408 : $29.95
Sixteen articles from the Harvard Business Review provide insights for managers and policymakers on working in a global economy that has been made borderless by the introduction of computer technology.
International economic relations. Capitalism. International trade. International business enterprises - Management.
(809)
F BOS
The examination / Malcolm Bosse.
Bosse, Malcolm J. (Malcolm Joseph)
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c1994.
296 p. : map ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 0374322341 : $17.00
Fifteen-year-old Hong and his older brother Chen face famine, flood, pirates, and jealous rivals on their journey through fifteenth century China as Chen pursues his calling as a scholar and Hong becomes involved with a secret society known as the White Lotus.
Brothers - Fiction.
(810)
P 027.62 E
Excellence in library services to young adults : the nation's top programs / Mary K. Chelton, editor.
Chicago : American Library Association, 1997.
xiii, 120 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
ISBN: 0838934749 (alk. paper)
Contains the top 50 programs submitted by librarians from the United States that are recognized for the impact that they have had on the lives of young people.
Young adults' libraries - United States - Case studies. Public libraries - Services to teenagers - United States - Case studies. High school libraries - United States - Case studies.
(811)
F MAI
The executioner's song / Norman Mailer.
Mailer, Norman.
New York : Modern Library, 1993.
x, 1002 p. ; 21 cm.
ISBN: 0679424717
Re-creates the crime, trial and events leading to the execution of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore, who requested the death sentence.
Death row inmates - Utah - Fiction.
(812)
F CAP
Exiles : three short novels / Philip Caputo.
Caputo, Philip.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.
353 p. ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 0679450386 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Features three short novels in which a young blue-collar man meets an upper-class couple; a stranger washes onto the shore of an Australian island; and a squad of misfits searches for the body of their dead sergeant in Vietnam.
(813)
92 REA
Exit with honor : the life and presidency of Ronald Reagan / William E. Pemberton.
Pemberton, William E., 1940-
Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c1997.
xv, 295 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 0765600951 (alk. paper)
A biography of Ronald Reagan with emphasis on his political career and his tenure as governor of California and as President of the United States.
Presidents - United States - Biography.
(814)
F URI
Exodus / by Leon Uris.
Uris, Leon, 1924-
New York : Bantam, c1986.
599 p. ; 18 cm.
ISBN: 0553258478
The founding of the new nation of Israel is vividly portrayed in this novel about an American nurse and a young Israeli freedom fighter.
Zionism - Fiction.
(815)
535.6 N
Experimenting with color / by Kurt Nassau.
Nassau, Kurt.
New York : F. Watts, c1997.
128 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 0531113272
Experiments and activities reinforce a general discussion of the properties of light, the electromagnetic spectrum, and color vision, that also outlines the fifteen ways in which electron interactions result in color.
Color - Juvenile literature. Color.
(819)
537 W
Experimenting with electricity and magnetism / by Ovid K. Wong.
Wong, Ovid K.
New York : F. Watts, c1993.
128 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 0531125475 (lib. bdg.) : $13.40 0531156818 (pbk.) : $6.95
Provides instructions for a variety of simple experiments demonstrating the principles and properties of electricity and magnetism.
Electricity - Experiments - Juvenile literature. Magnetism - Experiments - Juvenile literature. Electricity - Experiments. Magnetism - Experiments. Science - Experiments.
(816)
778.3 C
Experimenting with science photography / Kevin and Betty Collins.
Collins, Kevin.
New York : F. Watts, c1994.
144 p. : ill ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 0531111660 : $20.50
Covers the basics of using a camera for science research including what type of film to use, shutter speed, lighting, and stop motion.
Photography - Scientific applications - Juvenile literature. Photography - Scientific applications.
(817)
546 G
Experimenting with water / by Robert Gardner.
Gardner, Robert, 1929-
New York : F. Watts, c1993.
144 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 0531125491 : $19.14
Text and photographs provide instructions for experiments and activities involving water.
Water - Experiments - Juvenile literature. Water - Experiments. Science - Experiments.
(818)
535.2 G
Experiments with light and mirrors / Robert Gardner.
Gardner, Robert, 1929-
Springfield, N.J. : Enslow Publishers, c1995.
112 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 0894906682
Describes different experiments to do with mirrors.
Light - Experiments - Juvenile literature. Mirrors - Experiments - Juvenile literature. Reflection (Optics) - Experiments - Juvenile literature. Light - Experiments. Mirrors - Experiments. Reflection (Optics) - Experiments. Experiments.
(820)
531 G
Experiments with motion / Robert Gardner.
Gardner, Robert, 1929-
Springfield, N.J. : Enslow Publishers, c1995.
112 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 0894906674
A collection of experiments that investigate various science ideas like speed, gravity, acceleration, and friction.
Motion - Experiments - Juvenile literature. Motion - Experiments. Experiments.
(821)
305.23 E
Exploitation of children / Judith Ennew.
Ennew, Judith, 1944-
Austin, Tex. : Raintree Steck-Vaughn, c1997.
64 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 0817245464
Discusses issues relating to the exploitation of children including poverty, child labor in agriculture as well as in towns and cities, and hidden forms of child abuse.
Children's rights - Juvenile literature. Children - Social conditions - Juvenile literature. Poor children - Juvenile literature. Children - Employment - Juvenile literature. Child abuse - Juvenile literature. Children's rights. Poor. Children - Employment. Child abuse.
(822)
R 546
Exploring chemical elements and their compounds / David L. Heiserman.
Heiserman, David L., 1940-
New York : Tab Books, c1992.
vii, 376 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 083063018X (h) 0830630155 (p) 0071577238
An introduction to the 107 chemical elements, with a comprehensive summary of each element's properties and characteristics, compounds and isotopes, and historical background.
Chemical elements.
(823)
523 K
Exploring the origins of the universe / Stuart A. Kallen.
Kallen, Stuart A., 1955-
New York : Twenty First Century Books, c1997.
64 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 0805044787
Discusses various beliefs about the origin and nature of the universe and the studies of such scientists as Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, and Einstein, who have advanced our understanding of the universe.
Astronomy - History - Juvenile literature. Cosmology - Juvenile literature. Astronomers - Biography - Juvenile literature. Physicists - Biography - Juvenile literature. Cosmology. Astronomers. Physicists.
(824)
578.734 K
Exploring the rain forest / Mattias Klum and Hans Odoo.
Klum, Mattias.
New York : Sterling Pub., 1997.
63 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
ISBN: 0806998733
Describes the variety, beauty, and interrelatedness of plant and animal life found in rain forests in Costa Rica, Brazil, Nigeria, and Borneo.
Rain forests - Juvenile literature. Rain forest ecology - Juvenile literature. Rain forests. Rain forest ecology. Ecology.
(825)
520 M
Exploring the sky : projects for beginning astronomers / Richard Moeschl.
Moeschl, Richard.
Chicago : Chicago Review, c1993.
xiv, 413 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
ISBN: 155652160X (pbk.)
Presents 100 astronomy projects, with information on related mythology and pertinent history, cultures, and people.
Astronomy projects. Science projects. Astronomy.
(826)
523.2 B
Exploring the solar system / Nicholas Booth.
Booth, Nicholas.
Cambridge, England ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1996.
176 p. : col. ill. ; 31 cm.
ISBN: 0521580056 (hbk)
Collection of photographs taken over the course of more than three decades of space exploration, from the missions of NASA and the space agencies of Europe, Russia, and Japan, with text that describes and explains how the space program has spurred scientific progress.
(827)
920 S
Extraordinary women scientists / by Darlene Stille.
Stille, Darlene R.
Chicago : Childrens Press, 1995.
208 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 0516005855
Biographies of fifty women scientists who have made significant contributions in scientific fields, such as Marie Curie, Dian Fossey, and Margaret Mead.
Women scientists - Juvenile literature. Women scientists - Biography - Juvenile literature. Scientists. Women - Biography.
(828)
796.22 R
Extreme skateboarding / by Pat Ryan.
Ryan, Pat.
Mankato, Minn. : Capstone Press, c1998.
48 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
ISBN: 1560655356
Describes the history, equipment, and contemporary practice of extreme skateboarding.
Skateboarding - Juvenile literature. Skateboarding.
(829)
796.9 R
Extreme snowboarding / by Pat Ryan.
Ryan, Pat.
Mankato, Minn. : Capstone Press, c1998.
48 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
ISBN: 1560655364
Describes the history, equipment, personalities, and contemporary practice of extreme snowboarding.
Snowboarding - Juvenile literature. Snowboarding.
(830)
940.54 E
Eye-witness Hiroshima / edited by Adrian Weale.
New York : Carroll & Graf Pub., 1995.
xix, 252 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
ISBN: 0786702168
Discusses the events leading to and following the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945, including scientific, political, and cultural contexts.
Atomic bomb - History.
(831)
813 F
F. Scott Fitzgerald's The great Gatsby / edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom.
Broomall, PA : Chelsea House Publishers, c1996.
72 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 0791036510 (hardcover) 0791036766 (pbk.)
Contains concise biographical, critical, and bibliographical information for book reports and term papers on F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.
(833)
947 R
The face of survival : Jewish life in Eastern Europe past and present / Michael Riff ; epilogue by Rabbi Moses Rosen.
Riff, Michael.
London : Vallentine Mitchell, 1992.
224 p. : ill., maps ; 32 cm.
ISBN: 0853032203
Narrative and autobiographical text trace the history of the Jews of Poland, Hungary, Romania, and Czechoslovakia from late 19th century to the present.
Jews - Europe, Eastern - History. Jews - Europe, Eastern - Persecutions.
(834)
R 291.1
The Facts on File encyclopedia of world mythology and legend / Anthony S. Mercatante.
Mercatante, Anthony S.
New York : Facts on File, c1988.
xviii, 807 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
ISBN: 0816010498
Includes 3,000 entries for myths, fables, and legends supplemented by art, music, and literature references.
Mythology - Dictionaries. Folklore - Dictionaries.
(835)
520 R
Facts on File stars & planets atlas / Ian Ridpath.
Ridpath, Ian.
New York : Facts on File, 1997.
80 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
ISBN: 0816037167
Includes an overview of the solar system and coverage of such topics as the earth and other planets, the sun, moon, asteroids, comets, meteors, and black holes.
Astronomy - Juvenile literature. Stars - Juvenile literature. Planets - Juvenile literature. Astronomy. Stars. Planets.
(836)
F BRA
Fahrenheit 451 / Ray Bradbury ; with a new foreword by Ray Bradbury.
Bradbury, Ray, 1920-
New York : Simon & Schuster, [1993]
190 p. ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 067187036X 067187229X
A bookburner official in a future fascist state finds out books are a vital part of a culture he never knew. He clandestinely pursues reading, until he is betrayed.
Book burning - Fiction.
(837)
F CAM
The fall / Albert Camus ; translated from the French by Justin O'Brien.
Camus, Albert, 1913-1960.
New York : Vintage, 1991, c1956.
147 p. ; 21 cm.
ISBN: 0679720227 (pbk.) : $9.00 (Ca. $11.95)
A man recalls his past life as a respected Parisian lawyer until his predicted downfall, in one terrible instant.
(838)
F MYE
Fallen angels / Walter Dean Myers.
Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-
New York : Scholastic Inc., c1988.
309 p. : map ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 0590409425 0590409433
Seventeen-year-old Richie Perry, just out of his Harlem high school, enlists in the Army in the summer of 1967 and spends a devastating year on active duty in Vietnam.
Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 - Fiction. Afro-Americans - Fiction.
(839)
R 808.88
Familiar quotations : a collection of passages, phrases, and proverbs traced to their sources in ancient and modern literature / John Bartlett ; Justin Kaplan, general editor.
Bartlett, John, 1820-1905.
Boston : Little, Brown, 1992.
lvi, 1405 p. ; 27 cm.
ISBN: 0316082775 : $40.00 ($50.00 Can.)
A collection of passages, phrases, and proverbs traced to their sources in ancient and modern literature containing 20,550 authors, 340 of whom are new to to this edition.
Quotations, English.
(840)
920 F
Family : American writers remember their own / edited by Sharon Sloan Fiffer and Steve Fiffer ; afterword by Jane Smiley.
New York : Pantheon Books, c1996.
xv, 253 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 0679442472
A collection of memoirs in which seventeen American writers discuss members of their families.
Authors, American - 20th century - Family relationships. Authors, American - 20th century - Biography. Family - United States. Family - United States.
(842)
362.82 H
Family abuse : a national epidemic / Maria Hong.
Hong, Maria.
Springfield, NJ : Enslow Publishers, c1997.
128 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 0894907204
Discusses many forms of family abuse, including child abuse, sexual abuse, and domestic violence.
Family violence - United States - Juvenile literature. Child abuse - United States - Juvenile literature. Family violence. Child abuse.
(841)
306.85 F
The family in America : opposing viewpoints / Viqi Wagner, book editor ; Karin L. Swisher, assistant editor.
San Diego, CA : Greenhaven Press, c1992.
264 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 089908169X (pbk. : alk. paper) 0899081940 (lib. : alk. paper)
Presents differing views on such family-related topics as reproduction, divorce, working mothers, and government assistance. Includes critical thinking activities.
Family - United States. Family policy - United States. Family. Family policy.
(843)
306.85 C
Family man : fatherhood, housework, and gender equity / Scott Coltrane.
Coltrane, Scott.
New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
x, 293 p. ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 0195082168 (acid-free paper)
Discusses the evolving role of fathers in families, presenting the argument that the family has historically adapted to changing economic, social and ideological pressures, with details of family life derived from interviews and observations of two-job parents.
Family. Fatherhood. Sex role.
(844)
F TEP
The family tree / Sheri S. Tepper.
Tepper, Sheri S.
New York : Avon Books, c1997.
377 p. ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 0380974789 (hardcover)
After investigating the murders of three geneticists, officer Dora Henry finds that a dangerous weed is taking over her town. Meanwhile, time travelers from 3,000 years earlier, experiencing a similar dilemma in their own world, have arrived on Earth claiming that the planet has the means to avert the catastrophe and prevent all intelligent life from becoming extinct.
Trees - Fiction.
(845)
F SAN
Famous all over town / Danny Santiago.
Santiago, Danny.
New York : New American Library, c1983.
284 p. ; 21 cm.
ISBN: 0452255112 (pbk.) : $6.95 (8.75 Can.) 0452259746 0329061321
A teenager, Chato Medina, is out to beat the odds in the Los Angeles Chicano barrio where he lives.
Hispanic Americans - Fiction.
(846)
R 082
Famous lines : a Columbia dictionary of familiar quotations / Robert Andrews.
Andrews, Robert, 1957-
New York : Columbia University Press, c1997.
xxiii, 625 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 0231102186
A collection of quotations in more than 500 subject areas, including major social and political issues of the 1990s, such as, homelessness, AIDS, and sexual harrassment, and also includes the timeless subjects of, art, morality, death, religion, and war.
Quotations, English. Quotations.
(847)
551.7 M
Fanfare for Earth : the origin of our planet and life / Harry Y. McSween, Jr.
McSween, Harry Y.
New York : St. Martin's Press, 1997.
viii, 252 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 0312146019
Addresses the origins of the earth and life on the earth looking at scientific theories and discoveries to explain the earth's creation and exploring the role of Darwinian evolution.
Life - Origin.
(848)
F ASI
Fantastic voyage / based on a screen play by Harry Kleiner.
Asimov, Isaac, 1920-
New York : Bantam, 1982, c1966.
186 p. ; 19 cm.
ISBN: 0553275720 0553247948 0329050125
Five people are miniaturized and sent on a rescue mission through a man's body where they have sixty minutes to reach and break up a blood clot in his brain.
(849)
F HEM
A farewell to arms / Ernest Hemingway.
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961.
New York : Scribner Paperback Fiction, 1995.
332 p. ; 21 cm.
ISBN: 0684801469
An American ambulance driver serving on the Austro-Italian front in World War I becomes entangled with an English nurse and deserts to join her after the retreat of Caparetto.
World War, 1914-1918 - Fiction. Man-woman relationships - Fiction.
(850)
813 L
A farewell to arms : the war of the words / Robert W. Lewis.
Lewis, Robert W. (Robert William), 1930-
New York : Twayne Publishers ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, c1992.
xv, 161 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
ISBN: 0807580521 (alk. paper) 0805780521 (alk. paper) : $20.95 0805781021 (pbk. : alk. paper) : $9.95
Comprehensive study of Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms concentrating on characters and themes.
World War, 1914-1918 - Literature and the war.
(851)
305.896 R
Farewell to Jim Crow : the rise and fall of segregation in America / R. Kent Rasmussen.
Rasmussen, R. Kent.
New York : Facts on File, 1997.
pviii, 168 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 0816032483
Discusses the history of the struggle against segregation, which until the 1960s dictated where African-Americans could live, study, work, play, worship, travel and lodge, and even be buried.
Afro-Americans - Segregation - History - Juvenile literature. Afro-Americans - Civil rights - History - Juvenile literature. Afro-Americans - Segregation - History. Afro-Americans - Civil rights - History.
(852)
391 H
Fashions of a decade. The 1920s / Jacqueline Herald ; series editors, Valerie Cummings and Elane Feldman ; original illustrations by Robert Price.
Herald, Jacqueline.
New York : Facts on File, c1991.
64 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
ISBN: 0816024650
Surveys the fads, fashions, trends, and cultural and intellectual preoccupations of the comfortable, high-living 1920s.
Costume - History - 20th century - Juvenile literature. Civilization, Modern - 20th century - Juvenile literature. Civilization, Modern - 20th century.
(855)
391 C
Fashions of a decade. The 1930s / Maria Costantino ; original illustrations by Robert Price.
Costantino, Maria.
New York : Facts on File, c1992.
64 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
ISBN: 0816024669 (acid-free paper)
Chronicles trends in 1930s styles such as lower hemlines and broader shoulders; the introduction of synthetic fabrics; and new views of fitness, health, and personal beauty.
Costume - History - 20th century - Juvenile literature. Fashion - History - 20th century - Juvenile literature. Costume - History - 20th century. Fashion - History - 20th century.
(857)
391 B
Fashions of a decade. The 1940s / Patricia Baker ; series editors, Valerie Cumming and Elane Feldman ; original illustrations by Robert Price.
Baker, Patricia.
New York : Facts on File, c1992.
64 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
ISBN: 0816024677 (acid-free paper)
Chronicles clothing trends of the 1940s and the influence of World War II on styles of dress, availability of many fabrics, and the new ideas of "designers at war."
Costume - History - 20th century - Juvenile literature. Fashion - History - 20th century - Juvenile literature. Costume - History - 20th century. Fashion - History - 20th century.
(858)
391 B
Fashions of a decade. The 1950s / Patricia Baker ; series editors, Valerie Cumming and Elane Feldman ; original illustrations by Robert Price.
Baker, Patricia.
New York : Facts on File, c1991.
64 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
ISBN: 0816024685
Surveys the fads, fashions, trends, and cultural and intellectual preoccupations of the self-satisfied, consumeristic 1950s.
Costume - History - 20th century - Juvenile literature. Civilization, Modern - 1950- - Juvenile literature. Civilization, Modern - 1950-
(856)
391 C
Fashions of a decade. The 1960s / Yvonne Connikie.
Connikie, Yvonne.
New York : Facts on File, c1990.
64 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
ISBN: 0816024693
A pictorial survey chronicling the international fashions of the 1960's.
Costume - History - 20th century - Juvenile literature. Costume - History - 20th century.
(853)
391 H
Fashions of a decade. The 1970s / Jacqueline Herald.
Herald, Jacqueline.
New York : Facts on File, c1992.
64 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
ISBN: 0816024707 (acid-free paper)
Looks at how the fashions of the 1970s reflected the social, historical and cultural events of that decade.
Costume - History - 20th century - Juvenile literature. Civilization, Modern - 20th century - Juvenile literature. Costume - History - 20th century. Civilization, Modern - 20th century.
(859)
391 C
Fashions of a decade. The 1980s / Vicky Carnegy.
Carnegy, Vicky.
New York : Facts on File, c1990.
64 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
ISBN: 0816024715
A pictorial survey chronicling the international clothing fashions of the 1980s.
Costume - History - 20th century - Juvenile literature. Costume - History - 20th century.
(854)
391 F
Fashions of a decade. The 1990s / Elane Feldman ; series editors, Valerie Cumming and Elane Feldman ; original illustrations by Robert Price.
Feldman, Elane.
New York : Facts on File, c1992.
64 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
ISBN: 0816024723 (alk. paper)
Explores, through text and illustrations, how fashions and clothes reflect the social, political, and cultural climate of their time.
Fashion - United States - History - 20th century - Juvenile literature. Costume - United States - History - 20th century - Juvenile literature. Costume - History - 20th century. Fashion - History - 20th century. Civilization, Modern - 20th century.
(860)
363.2 K
The FBI and law enforcement agencies of the United States / Michael Kronenwetter.
Kronenwetter, Michael.
Springfield, NJ : Enslow Publishers, c1997.
112 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 0894907468
Explores the diverse responsibilities and powers of various law enforcement agencies in the United States, including the FBI, the DEA, and the United States Marshals.
Law enforcement - United States - Juvenile literature. Law enforcement.
(861)
341.23 H
FDR and the creation of the U.N. / Townsend Hoopes and Douglas Brinkley.
Hoopes, Townsend, 1922-
New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, c1997.
xii, 287 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 0300069308 (cloth : alk. paper)
Discusses the role of the United States in the creation of the United Nations especially focusing on the role of President Franklin Roosevelt and his vision for the organization.
(862)
770 H
A female focus : great women photographers / Margot F. Horwitz.
Horwitz, Margot F.
New York : Franklin Watts, c1996.
127 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 0531113027
Surveys the work of American women photographers over the past 150 years, examining what they photographed and why, as well as how they worked.
Women photographers - United States - History - Juvenile literature. Photography - United States - History - Juvenile literature. Photographers. Photography - History. Women - Biography.
(863)
609.2 M
Feminine ingenuity : women and invention in America / Anne L. Macdonald.
Macdonald, Anne L., 1920-
New York : Ballantine Books, 1994.
xxiv, 514 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 0345383141 032904771X
A social history of American women inventors, beginning with Mary Dixon Kies, the first woman to receive a patent for her method of weaving straw in 1809, through the accomplishments of Gertrude Elion, the first woman to be inducted into the Inventors' Hall of Fame in 1991.
Women inventors - United States. Inventions - United States.
(864)
636.9 F
Ferrets today : a complete and up-to-date guide / Mary Field.
Field, Mary.
Philadelphia, Penn : Chelsea House, c1997.
64 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
ISBN: 0791046079 (hardcover)
Presents information needed for the day-to-day care of ferrets, froun housing to nutrition, to litter training and medical carel. There is a section devoted to the most common questions that ferret keepers have about their pets.
Ferrets as pets.
(865)
F STI
Final grade / R.L. Stine.
Stine, R. L.
New York : Pocket, c1995.
148 p. ; 18 cm.
ISBN: 0671868381
When Graham, a competitor for valedictorian of her senior class, and Mr. Reiner, her teacher, are murdered, Lily is horrified to learn that the murderer is obsessed with her.
Murder - Fiction. Horror stories.
(868)
948.97 M
Finland / by Sylvia McNair.
McNair, Sylvia.
New York : Children's Press, c1997.
143 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 0516204726
Describes the geography, plants, animals, history, economy, language, religions, culture, sports, arts, and people of Finland.
(869)
541.3 A
Fire : the vital source of energy / Michael Allaby.
Allaby, Michael.
New York : Facts on File, c1993.
208 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
ISBN: 0816027145 (acid-free)
Examines fire as a force in the physical universe, explaining its benefits and how it can be used or abused by humankind.
Matter - Constitution. Fire. Power resources. Physical sciences.
(870)
215 J
Fire in the mind : science, faith, and the search for order / George Johnson.
Johnson, George, 1952 Jan. 20-
New York : Vintage Books, 1996.
379 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
ISBN: 067974021X
Explores the human desire for order in a world which creates much disorder by looking at the diverse society of northern New Mexico with its scientific community in Los Alamos and the Indian descendants in the small communities in the local mountains--each searching for order and structure.
Religion and science. Tewa philosophy. Science - Philosophy.
(871)
940.53 A
A firestorm unleashed : January 1942-June 1943 / by Eleanor H. Ayer.
Ayer, Eleanor H.
Woodbridge, Conn. : Blackbirch Press, c1998.
80 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 1567112048 (alk. paper)
Uses primary source material along with historical narrative to explore the unique aspects and events in the period of the Holocaust between January 1942 to June 1943.
World War, 1939-1945 - Atrocities - Juvenile literature. Genocide - Germany - History - 20th century - Juvenile literature. National socialism - Germany - Juvenile literature. Jews - Persecutions - Germany - Juvenile literature. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Juvenile literature. World War, 1939-1945 - Atrocities. Genocide. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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955.05 W
Firewall : the Iran-Contra conspiracy and cover-up / Lawrence E. Walsh.
Walsh, Lawrence E.
New York : Norton, c1997.
xvi, 544 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 0393040348
An account of the Iran-Contra arms scandal by the independent counsel in charge of the investigation looking at the involvement of the Reagan administration and the impact of the congressional hearings.
Iran-Contra Affair, 1985-1990.
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938 M
First facts about the ancient Greeks / written by Fiona Macdonald ; created & designed by David Salariya.
Macdonald, Fiona.
New York : Peter Bedrick Books, c1997.
31 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 0872265323
Surveys the food, hairstyles, jewelry, religion, festivals, sports, science, warfare, and other aspects of life in ancient Greece.
(874)
940.1 M
First facts about the Middle Ages / written by Fiona Macdonald ; created & designed by David Salariya.
Macdonald, Fiona.
New York : Peter Bedrick Books, c1997.
31 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 0872265331
Surveys the dwellings, occupations, food, religion, festivals, cathedrals, clothing, diseases, and customs that prevailed in Europe during the Middle Ages.
Middle Ages - History - Juvenile literature. Civilization, Medieval - Juvenile literature. Middle Ages - History. Civilization, Medieval.
(875)
92 CLI
First in his class : the biography of Bill Clinton / David Maraniss.
Maraniss, David.
New York : Simon & Schuster, 1996.
512 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 0684818906 (alk. paper : pbk.)
Reveals the character, career and accomplishments of the current American president.
Presidents - United States - Biography.
(876)
F CAM
The first man / Albert Camus ; translated from the French by David Hapgood.
Camus, Albert, 1913-1960.
New York : Vintage Books, 1996.
viii, 325 p. ; 21 cm.
ISBN: 0679768165
Autobiographical novel translated from the author's final, unfinished manuscript, tells the story of Jacques Cormery, an Algerian boy whose poverty-stricken, fatherless life is offset by the beauty of his country and his loving relationship with his deaf-mute mother.
Boys - Fiction. Fatherless family - Fiction.
(877)
190 E
The first moderns : profiles in the origins of twentieth-century thought / William R. Everdell.
Everdell, William R.
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1997.
xi, 501 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 0226224805 (cloth : alk. paper)
Discusses modernism from its birth in the 1870s through the early twentieth century. Profiles persons who have contributed new views to the study of art, science, mathematics, philosophy, and writing, examining the ideas of such individuals as Sigmund Freud, Albert Einstein, Pablo Picasso, and James Joyce.
Thought and thinking - History - 20th century. Modernism (Aesthetics) - Intellectual life - History - 20th century. Science - History - 20th century.
(878)
940.3 K
The First World War : an eyewitness history / Joe H. Kirchberger.
Kirchberger, Joe H.
New York : Facts on File, 1992.
xiv, 402 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
ISBN: 0816025525
Provides firsthand accounts of the war from memoirs, speeches, letters, and newspapers.
World War, 1914-1918. World War, 1914-1918 - Personal narratives.
(879)
940.4 H
The First World War : Germany and Austria-Hungary, 1914-1918 / Holger H. Herwig.
Herwig, Holger H.
London ; New York : Arnold : Distributed exclusively in the USA by St. Martin's Press, 1997.
xix, 490 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 0340677538 0340573481 (pbk.)
Examines the reasons behind Germany's failure to win World War I, arguing that the effectiveness of the German army was not as good as either it or its enemies believed; the country suffered from inadequate and mismanaged resources; and that Germany's allies in Austria-Hungary were more burden than help.
World War, 1914-1918 - Germany. World War, 1914-1918 - Austria.
(880)
639.34 M
A fishkeeper's guide to the tropical aquarium : a superbly illustrated practical guide to all aspects of setting up a freshwater tropical aquarium / Dick Mills.
Mills, Dick.
Blacksburg, VA : Tetra Press, 1990, c1984.
116 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
ISBN: 1564651401
Provides information on how to set up a basic freshwater tropical aquarium, discussing a variety of topics including heating, aeration, gravel and rocks, introducing the fishes, and breeding, and includes an illustrated guide to fifty popular species suitable for a first collection.
Aquarium fishes - Juvenile literature. Aquariums - Juvenile literature. Aquarium fishes. Aquariums.
(881)
500 W
The five biggest ideas in science / Charles M. Wynn and Arthur W. Wiggins ; with cartoon commentary by Sidney Harris.
Wynn, Charles M.
New York : J. Wiley, c1997.
vii, 200 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
ISBN: 0471138126 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Discusses five basic scientific hypotheses: the atomic model, the periodic law, the big bang theory, plate tectonics, and evolution.
Science - Miscellanea. Science - Miscellanea.
(882)
530.1 G
Five equations that changed the world : the power and poetry of mathematics / Michael Guillen.
Guillen, Michael.
New York : Hyperion, c1995.
vii, 277 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 0786861037
The stories of the people and discoveries that led to the five most powerful and important scientific achievements in human history.
Physics - Popular works. Equations.
(883)
510 C
Five golden rules : great theories of 20th-century mathematics and why they matter / John L. Casti.
Casti, J. L.
New York : Wiley & Sons, c1996.
xiv, 235 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 0471002615 (alk. paper) 0471193372
Examines the discoveries of five of the most important mathematical formulas of this century and their implications in our lives.
Mathematics - Popular works.
(884)
570 M
Five kingdoms : an illustrated guide to the phyla of life on earth / Lynn Margulis, Karlene V. Schwartz.
Margulis, Lynn, 1938-
New York : W.H. Freeman, c1998.
xx, 520 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 071673026X (hardcover : alk. paper) 0716730278 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0716731835(pbk. : alk. paper / ref. booklet)
Illustrated guide to the major divisions of nature's five great kingdoms--bacteria, protoctists, animals, fungi, and plants--using a modern classification scheme that is consistent with the fossil record and molecular data.
Biology - Classification.
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F COO
Flash fire / Caroline B. Cooney.
Cooney, Caroline B.
New York : Scholastic, c1995.
198 p. ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 0590252534 : $14.95
As fire sweeps through a canyon near Los Angeles, teenagers Danna and Hall Press and other children whose parents are not around must work together to save themselves.
Wildfires - California - Fiction. Brothers and sisters - Fiction.
(886)
363.3 M
Flood / Fred Martin.
Martin, Fred, 1948-
Crystal Lake, IL : Rigby Interactive Library, c1996.
48 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
ISBN: 1575720205 (lib. bdg.)
Examines how and why floods happen, their effects upon people and the environment, and what is being done to prevent future devastation.
Floods - Juvenile literature. Floods.
(887)
551.48 W
Flood! / by John Waters.
Waters, John Frederick, 1930-
New York : Crestwood House ; Toronto : Collier Macmillan Canada, c1991.
48 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
ISBN: 0896865967
Examines the nature, origins, and dangers of floods and discusses the different kinds and their damaging effects.
Floods - Juvenile literature. Floods.
(888)
92 NIG
Florence Nightingale / Donna Shore ; illustrated by Gianni Renna.
Shor, Donnali.
Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Silver Burdett Press, c1990.
104 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 0382099788 (lib. bdg.) : $14.98 0382240049 (soft) : $7.95
Recounts the life story of the English girl who became a famous nurse and dedicated herself to the alleviation of suffering at home and abroad.
Nurses - England - Biography - Juvenile literature. Nurses.
(889)
F KEY
Flowers for Algernon / Daniel Keyes.
Keyes, Daniel.
New York : Harcourt Brace, [199-], c1966.
286 p. ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 0151001634
After being mentally retarded for all of his thirty-two years, Charlie Gordon undergoes an operation designed to change his life.
Mentally handicapped - United States - Fiction. Gifted persons - United States - Fiction. Brain - Surgery - Fiction.
(890)
394.1 B
Food & feasts in Tudor times / Richard Balkwill.
Balkwill, Richard.
Parsippany, N.J. : New Discovery Books, c1995.
32 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
ISBN: 0027263193
Discusses the variety of foods eaten in Europe during the 16th century, as well as how they were produced, preserved, and prepared.
Food habits - England - History - 16th century - Juvenile literature. Food habits - Europe - History. Cookery, European.
(891)
613.2 F
Foods that harm, foods that heal : an A-Z guide to safe and healthy eating.
Pleasantville, N.Y. : Reader's Digest, c1997.
400 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
ISBN: 0895779129
Provides information on eating and staying healthy through a collection of alphabetically arranged essays discussing foods, nutrients, and common diseases, with special features on a variety of food-related issues and case studies of people whose lives were improved by dietary changes.
Nutrition - Popular works.
(892)
179.7 S
Fools, martyrs, traitors : the story of martyrdom in the Western world / Lacey Baldwin Smith.
Smith, Lacey Baldwin, 1922-
New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1997.
ix, 433 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 0679451242
Tells the stories of selected martyrs from throughout history, from Socrates to twentieth-century figures like SS Lieutenant Kurt Gerstein, in an attempt to discover why some humans are willing to die to honor a deity, defend a cause, or simply prove a point.
Martyrdom - History. Martyrs - Biography. Traitors - Biography.
(893)
796.332 F
Football rules illustrated / edited by George Sullivan ; produced by Charles Fellows.
New York : Simon & Schuster, 1985.
95 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
ISBN: 0671612956 (pbk.) 0329036939
Presents the official rules of football through simple text, photographs, and drawings.
Football - Rules - Juvenile literature. Football - Rules.
(894)
306 T
For shame : the loss of common deceny in American culture / James B. Twitchell.
Twitchell, James B., 1943-
New York : St. Martin's Press, 1997.
x, 244 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 0312155433
Author discusses the concept of shame in American culture and argues that it plays a fundamental part in the establishment of social values.
Popular culture - United States. Shame - United States.
(895)
F HEM
For whom the bell tolls / Ernest Hemingway.
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961.
New York : Scribner Paperback Fiction, 1995.
471 p. ; 21 cm.
ISBN: 0684803356 0329036947
The story of Robert Jordan, an American fighting during the Spanish Civil War with the anti-fascist guerillas in the mountains of Spain.
(896)
809 S
Forbidden knowledge : from Prometheus to pornography / Roger Shattuck.
Shattuck, Roger.
New York : St. Martin's Press, 1996.
xiii, 369 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 0312146027
Examines the meaning of moral responsibility in literature and our everyday lives, tracing the tragic arc of Western literature and culture as it explores the notion of "forbidden knowledge," from the sexual innocence of Adam and Eve to the awe-inspiring discoveries of modern scientists who have created the atomic bomb and recombinant DNA.
Knowledge, Theory of, in literature. Sex in literature. Literature and morals.
(897)
531 L
Force & motion / Peter Lafferty.
Lafferty, Peter.
New York : Dorling Kindersley, 1992.
64 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
ISBN: 1879431858
Explores the principles of force and motion, describing how they have been applied from ancient to modern times.
Force and energy - Juvenile literature. Motion - Juvenile literature. Force and energy. Motion.
(898)
179.7 S
Forced exit : the slippery slope from assisted suicide to legalized murder / Wesley J. Smith.
Smith, Wesley J.
New York : Times Books, c1997.
xxvi, 291 p. ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 0812927907 (alk. paper)
Examines the issue of assisted suicide, and warns than when granting the right-to-die to the terminally ill it could be followed by legal killing of the disabled, the chronically ill, and the indingent.
Assisted suicide.
(899)
940.53 A
Forever outsiders : Jews and history from ancient times to August 1935 / by Linda Jacobs Altman.
Altman, Linda Jacobs, 1943-
Woodbridge, Conn. : Blackbirch Press, c1998.
80 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 1567112005 (library binding : alk. paper)
Uses primary source material along with historical narrative to explore the persecution of the Jews from ancient times through the beginning of the Holocaust.
Jews - Persecutions - History - Juvenile literature. Jews - Germany - History - Juvenile literature. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Juvenile literature. Jews - Persecutions - History. Jews - Germany - History. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
(902)
814 B
Forever, Erma : best-loved writing from America's favorite humorist / Erma Bombeck.
Bombeck, Erma.
Kansas City, Mo. : Andrews and McMeel, c1996.
xiii, 273 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 0836226844 (hd)
A compilation of over 190 of the author's most popular columns written over a period of thirty years, featuring humorous stories about marriage, family life, holidays, and entertaining.
Housewives - Humor. Women - Humor.
(901)
F BLU
Forever-- : a novel / by Judy Blume.
Blume, Judy.
Scarsdale, N.Y. : Bradbury Press, c1975.
199 p. ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 0878880798 : $6.95 0027110303 (1994? printing)
Two high school seniors believe their love to be so strong that it will last forever.
Schools - Fiction.
(900)
F DRA
Forged by fire / Sharon M. Draper.
Draper, Sharon M. (Sharon Mills)
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c1997.
151 p. ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 068980699X
Gerald, a teenager who has spent years protecting his fragile half-sister from their abusive father, must face the prospect of one final confrontation before the problem can be solved.
Child abuse - Fiction. Stepfamilies - Fiction. Brothers and sisters - Fiction. Afro-Americans - Fiction.
(903)
F WIE
The forgotten / Elie Wiesel ; translated by Stephen Becker.
Wiesel, Elie, 1928-
New York : Schocken Books : Distributed by Pantheon Books, [1995]
316 p. ; 21 cm.
ISBN: 0805210199 : $12.00 ($16.95 Can.)
A Holocaust survivor who is suffering from an incurable disease, recounts his concentration camp experiences to his son who feels compelled to travel to his father's native land in search of truth and meaning.
Children of Holocaust survivors - United States - Fiction. Holocaust survivors - United States - Fiction. Fathers and sons - United States - Fiction.
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338 A
The fortunate fortunes / by Nathan Aaseng.
Aaseng, Nathan.
Minneapolis : Lerner Publications Co., c1989.
76 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
ISBN: 0822506785 (lib bdg.) : $9.95
Recounts the success stories of entrepreneurs who were able to found profitable companies or make lucrative developments through a combination of imagination and luck.
Businessmen - Biography - Juvenile literature. Success in business - Juvenile literature. Creative ability in business - Juvenile literature. Businessmen. Business enterprises.
(905)
F ASI
Forward the foundation / Isaac Asimov.
Asimov, Isaac, 1920-
New York : Doubleday, 1994.
480 p. ; 19 cm.
ISBN: 0553565079 0329050311
Hari Seldon struggles to perfect his revolutionary Theory of Psychohistory and the means to ensure the survival of humanity: Foundation.
Seldon, Hari (Fictitious character) - Fiction.
(906)
560 W
Fossils / Cyril Walker & David J. Ward ; photography by Colin Keates.
Walker, Cyril Alexander.
New York : Dorling Kindersley ; Boston : distributed by Houghton Mifflin Co., 1992.
320 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 1564580741 1564580717 (flexi-binding)
An identification guide to more than 500 species of fossils from around the world, with more than 1,000 color photographs.
Fossils - Guidebooks. Fossils - Collection and preservation - Guidebooks.
(907)
92 WAS
Founding father : rediscovering George Washington / by Richard Brookhiser.
Brookhiser, Richard, 1955-
New York : Free Press, c1996.
230 p. ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 0684822911
A moral biography of George Washington as a founder and father of the United States, surveying his role in the Revolutionary War, the Constitution debate, and his presidency, with emphasis on his nature, morals, and ideas.
Presidents - United States - Biography. Generals - United States - Biography.
(908)
F RAN
The fountainhead / Ayn Rand ; with an afterword by Leonard Peikoff.
Rand, Ayn.
New York : Signet, c1993.
x, 704 p. ; 18 cm.
ISBN: 0451191153 0451133196 032906150X
The story of a gifted young architect, his violent battle against conventional standards, and his explosive love affair with a beautiful woman who struggles to defeat him.
Objectivism (Philosophy) - Fiction. Man-woman relationships - Fiction.
(909)
822.3 S
Four comedies / William Shakespeare ; edited by David Bevington ; with a foreword by Joseph Papp.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Toronto ; New York : Bantam, 1988.
xxvii, 560 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
ISBN: 0553212818 0329077147
Presents the complete text of "The Taming of the Shrew", "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "The Merchant of Venice", and "Twelfth Night", each with performance notes, a list of Shakespeare's sources, and a bibliography.
(910)