The astonishing life of Octavian Nothing: the pox party by M. T. Anderson; read by Peter Francis James
Various diaries, letters, and other manuscripts chronicle the experiences of Octavian, a young African American, from birth to age sixteen, as he is brought up as part of a science experiment in the years leading up to and during the Revolutionary War. (7audio cds)
Black Duck by Janet Taylor Lisle; read by David Ackroyd
Years afterwards, Ruben Hart tells the story of how, in 1929 Newport, Rhode Island, his family and his best friend's family were caught up in the violent competition among groups trying to control the local rum-smuggling trade. (4 audio cds)
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Bloody Jack: being an account of the curious adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, ship's boy by L. A. Meyer; read by Read by Katherine Kellgren.
Cover image Jacky Faber,having secured a position as ship's boy aboard the HMS "Dolphin," welcomes the respite from the desperation and hunger of life on the streets of eighteenth-century London, and now has only one thing to worry about--keeping the crew from learning that he is actually a girl.
   
COD: a biography of the fish that changed the world by Mark Kurlansky ; read by Richard M. Davidson
Cover image Examines the role the codfish has played in world history; tells of explorers, merchants, writers, chefs, and fishermen whose lives have been intertwined with the once-abundant fish; provides details about the personality, life, and habits of the cod; and discusses attempts to save it from extinction
   
The Innocent man: murder and injustice in a small town by John Grisham; Read by Craig Wasson
Cover image Examines the controversial murder trial of baseball player Ron Williamson, who was sent to death row for the death of twenty-one-year-old cocktail waitress Debra Sue Carter
   

new books

   
Birth of the pack by Petru Popescu.
Cover image Sixteen-year-old Lily and her friends Nikki, Arielle, and Grazia become drawn into the age-old struggle between good and evil after starting a girls' soccer club at their South Pasadena high school and drawing the attention of a wealthy rival who makes them aware of their magical powers.
   
Hip hop dance : meanings and messages by Carla Stalling Huntington
Cover image Traces the social history of hip hop dancing, exploring how it influenced the construction of the African-American identity and examining popular images of hip hop dance from films, commercials, and dance studios.
   
Jesus land : a memoir by Julia Scheeres
Cover image The author recalls her childhood in a strict religious Midwestern town, her brother's and her education in a Christian reform school in the Dominican Republic, the trials of adolescence and racism.
   
The gallery of regrettable food by James Lileks.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain; as adapted and read by Garrison Keillor
Huck, the son of the town drunk, and Jim, an escaped slave, make a break for freedom down the vast Mississippi River on a raft. (3 audio cds)
King of the mild frontier by Chris Crutcher; read by the author
The author talks of growing up in Cascade, Idaho, and becoming a writer. (4 audio cds)
Culls cookbooks from the 1940s, '50s, '60s, and '70s to present photos of--and ridicule--what the author considers some of the silliest and/or least appetizing recipes of the twentieth century.
   
To kill a mockingbird by Harper Lee; read by Sissy Spacek
Scout Finch, the young daughter of a local attorney in the Deep South during the 1930s, tells of her father's defense of an African-American man charged with the rape of a white girl. (11 audio cds)
Secrets of a civil war submarine by Sally M. Walker; read by J. R. Horne
"H.L. Hunley," the Confederate submarine that in 1864 became the first to ever to sink an enemy ship, discusses the recovery of the submarine from the ocean floor over a century after it sank. (3 audio cds)
The no asshole rule : building a civilized workplace and surviving one that isn't by Robert I. Sutton
Harry Potter and the deathly hallows by J. K. Rowling; read by Jom Dale
Young wizard Harry Potter, now seventeen, returns to his aunt and uncle's home one last time in preparation for his long-awaited confrontation with Voldemort. (17 audio cds)
This book is more than just a reflection on the issue of social friction among corporate colleagues. Dr. Sutton sheds real analytical light on how this ongoing problem ruins morale, lowers productivity, and can truly devastate a company's culture. Sutton not only confronts this issue directly, but also provides extensive strategies and insights into how your company can pinpoint and eliminate this problem.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Dreams of my father: a story of race and inheritance by Barack Obama; read by the author
The story of his life as the son of a black African father and a white American mother, searching for a workable meaning to his life as an African American. (6 audio CDs)



summer break

The library will remain open during the Summer break -
Monday through Friday 8:30am to 3:00pm.

All books and materials are due on May 28th. Starting June 3rd, books may be checked out for the Summer -
due August 13th, 2008.

 
 

 

wireless
Internet access

   

Students may bring their own laptops and engage the SAS wireless network. The laptops must be configured at the Tech Help Center at H307K.

The Library has 26 laptops ready to checked out and use anywhere in the library, as well as 40 network desktop computers.

   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 
 
The reluctant fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid; read by Satya Bhabha
One evening in an outdoor Lahore cafe, a bearded Pakistani man called Changez, tells a nervous American stranger about his love affair with America. (4 audio cds)