Non-fiction titles of high interest

 071 SLOAN

Sloan, Bill. I watched a wild hog eat my baby! : a colorful history of tabloids and their cultural impact. Bill Sloan explains how supermarket tabloids have influenced in the past hundred years on the overall direction and philosophy of America's mass media.

155.2 STEIN

Stein, Murray B. Triumph over shyness : conquering shyness and social anxiety. This book provides a comprehensive psychological and medical approach for sufferers of the debilitating syndrome of acute shyness and social phobia.

613.7 SMITH

Smith, Stewart. Get fit now for high school football.  This book gives guidelines on how to play high school football and what to do to be most competitive.

811 MOTHERS

Mothers and daughters : a poetry celebration. An inspirational collection of 150 moving, insightful poems that celebrate the experience of being a mother and a daughter during every phase of life--from birth through old age.

920 PROFILES

Profiles in courage for our time. Contains profiles of individuals and groups, all elected officials at the national, state, or local level, who have been presented with the Profile in Courage Award by the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation since 1990 for standing fast for the ideals of America in the face of personal risk.

921 LATIFA

Latifa. My forbidden face : growing up under the Taliban : a young woman's story. Latifa, a young woman who was sixteen in 1996 when the Taliban came to power in Afghanistan, tells about her family's experiences under the repressive regime, focusing on the lives of women and girls who were abruptly denied the freedom to work, go to school, or even leave their homes without a male escort.

921 OPDYKE

Opdyke, Irene Gut. In my hands : memories of a Holocaust rescuer. Recounts the experiences of the author who, as a young Polish girl, hid and saved Jews during the Holocaust.

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921 PAULSEN

Paulsen, Gary. Caught by the sea : a life in boats. The author takes readers along on his first voyage, proving that ignorance can be bliss, also really stupid and incredibly dangerous.

940.54 BRADLEY

Bradley, James. Flags of our fathers. Presents an account of the Marines who came together during the battle of Iwo Jima to raise the American flag in a moment that has been immortalized in one of the most famous photographs of World War II.

973.92 RATHER

Rather, Dan. The American dream : stories from the heart of our nation. Through interviews with ordinary people in pursuit of the extraordinary, the author reveals the diversity of the Dream as seen and realized by Americans of all races, classes, and creed, giving flesh-and-blood reality to the lofty words so often used to describe our aspirations.

REF 629.13 AVIATION

Aviation year by year. This is a fascinating record of the great sweep of aviation history from man's first faltering attempts to fly to the modern technological triumphs such as the Concorde and the Stealth Bomber.