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Non-fiction

Automotive Wiring and Electrical Systems by Tony Candela

TL272 .C36 2009

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Behind Closed Doors: At Home in Georgian England by Amanda Vickery

HQ615. V53 2009

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Carmen: An Urban Adaption of Bizet’s Opera by Walter Dean Myers

PS3563. Y48 C37 2011

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Decision Point by George W. Bush

E903. A3 2010

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Finding the Answers to Legal Questions: A How-To-Do-It Manual by Virginia Tucker and Marc Lampson

KF240 .T83 2011

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The Pruning Book: Completely Revised and Updated by Lee Reich

SB125. R38 2010

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Punishment and Democracy: Three Strikes and You’re Out in California 

by Franklin E. Zimring, Gordon Hawkins, and Sam Kamin

HV9305. C2 Z58 2001

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Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

PQ2246. M2 E5 2010

Summary: Madame Bovary was published in 1857 by Gustave Flaubert. Lydia Davis translated this literary classic in 2010. Emma Bovary is the heroine. On the outside, Emma has the perfect life (doctor’s wife, middle class lifestyle, and mother) but behind closed doors Emma is a desperate housewife. Lydia Davis provides an introduction and notes that give readers additional knowledge about Gustave Flaubert. This masterpiece could be a good discussion topic about French Families in rural 1840s.

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Knock at a Star: A Child’s Introduction to Poetry

by X.J. Kennedy and Dorothy M. Kennedy

Summary: Knock at a Star is a revised anthology of poetry for children (grades third to six). This anthology also contains “special kinds of poetry” (Limericks, Songs, Takeoffs, and Haiku). The book is illustrated by Karen Lee Baker. The illustrations are black ink and relates to the poems. I enjoyed reading “Learning” by Judith Viorst (page 5). “Learning” is a poem about a boy trying to learn how not to be a slob. The authors included several indexes (authors, titles, and first lines) and a “Do It Yourself” chapter to encourage children to write their own poetry.

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Justice in Blue and Gray: A Legal History of the Civil War

by Stephen C. Neff

KF5060. N44 2010

Summary:       The author explores the legal issues that arose from the American Civil War and still are debatable today. Legal issues like property ownership and military trials after the war. The author also explains how the American Civil War affected behaviors in military events now. This book is written in an easy t understood format. Book’s index is an effective search tool for looking up key people and events. Stephen Neff is a Reader in Public International Law at Edinburgh Law School.   

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The CAFO Reader: The Tragedy of Industrial Animal Factories

Edited by Daniel Imhoff

SF140. L58 C34 2010

Summary: CAFO stands for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation which is the agriculture industry’s term for factory farm. This book contains 30 essays by food and agriculture excerpts. The essays are shining a bright light on factory farms. Several of the issues include treatment of animals, employee rights, and deregulation of the industrial food industry. Daniel Imhoff is the editor of The CAFO Reader. Daniel provides several reference tools for readers (consumer guides for example “Know Where Your Food Comes From”, information about contributors, list of resources to government and non-profit agencies, a glossary of CAFO terms, and bibliography, notes, and index).