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The riches of Oseola McCarty
Par Evelyn Coleman. 1998
Traces the youth of Oseola McCarty, an African American woman in Hattiesburg, Mississippi; her career as a laundress; and her…
rise to fame in 1995. Then age eighty-seven, she donated $150,000 to the University of Southern Mississippi to endow a scholarship fund for needy students. For grades 3-6. 1998The road to Kosovo: a Balkan diary
Par Greg Campbell. 1999
A reporter describes his solo sojourn into Kosovo in 1998 just when the Kosovo Liberation Army was becoming known in…
the West. Campbell had been to Bosnia in 1996 and wanted to ascertain the success or failure of the Dayton AccordsUnder the black flag: the romance and the reality of life among the pirates
Par David Cordingly. 1997
Dispels the romantic fantasy about swashbuckling pirates and exposes them as brutal, violent criminals. Highlights their daily lives, the major…
ports where they thrived, the pets commonly kept, and the eventual demise of their class by government sanction. Includes notorious women and infamous buccaneersThe handbook of the former Soviet Union
Par Michael Kort. 1997
A history and description of the fifteen nations that arose out of the former Soviet Union, including Russia, Ukraine, Belarus,…
Moldova, and the states of the Baltic, Transcaucasus, and Central Asian regions. Includes a chronology of the post-soviet era and a brief encyclopedia describing major leaders and geographic features. For senior high and older readersIda B. Wells: mother of the civil rights movement
Par Dennis Fradin. 2000
Biography of a woman who was born a slave and became a civil rights leader. Best known for her fight…
against lynching African Americans, Wells was a founding member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Describes her accomplishments, crusades, and personal life. Some violence. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2000Slow motion: a true story
Par Dani Shapiro. 1998
The author describes dropping out of college to become the mistress of her roommate's wealthy stepfather and turning her life…
around a few years later after her parents are in a serious accident. Shapiro stops drinking, leaves her lover, and returns to school at Sarah Lawrence to become a writer. Strong language and some descriptions of sexWhat's the deal?: Jefferson, Napoleon, and the Louisiana Purchase
Par Rhoda Blumberg. 1998
Provides historical background of the United States's purchase of the Louisiana territory from France in 1803. Discusses the negotiations by…
Thomas Jefferson and Napoleon, political implications for Spain and Britain, possibilities of war, and the young nation's actual acquisition of the vast area. For grades 5-8The dissident: Alexey navalny: profile of a political prisoner
Par David Herszenhorn. 2023
A news-driven biography of Vladimir Putin's nemesis Alexey Navalny— lawyer, blogger, anti-corruption crusader, protest organizer, political opposition leader, mayoral and…
presidential candidate, campaign strategist, provocateur, poisoning victim, dissident, and now, prisoner of conscience and anti-war crusader. THE DISSIDENT is the story of how one fearless man, offended by the dishonesty and criminality of the Russian political system, mounted a relentless opposition movement and became President Vladimir Putin's most formidable rival—so despised that the Russian leader makes a point of never uttering Navalny's name. There's an old saying that Russia without corruption isn't Russia. Alexey Navalny refuses to accept this proposition. His stubborn insistence that Russians can defy the stereotype and create an entirely different country made him such a threat to Putin that the Kremlin wanted him exiled—or dead—and now seems intent on keeping him locked in a prison colony for decades. International correspondent David M. Herszenhorn, weaves together the threads of Navalny's remarkable life and work: The assassination attempt with a military- grade nerve agent by an FSB hit squad in Siberia, his recovery, and the vigilante-style investigation with news outlet Bellingcat to identify and confront his own would-be killers; Navalny's personal biography as part of the generation that straddled the end of the Soviet Union and birth of the Russian Federation, including childhood summers with his Ukrainian grandparents near Chernobyl, and his fellowship at Yale University, which spurred conspiracy theories about his ties to the U.S.; His anti-corruption investigations that exposed billions in graft at Russia's biggest state-owned companies and vast bribe-taking by top Russian officials, including his blockbuster revelations about Putin's Black Sea Palace; His political activism, including huge street protests, his bid for Moscow mayor in 2013, renegade run for president in 2017, his controversial views on nationalism, gun rights and Crimea, his transformation into a prisoner of conscience bravely denouncing Putin's war of aggression in Ukraine, and more. Riveting and complex, THE DISSIDENT introduces readers to modern Russia's greatest agitator, a man willing to sacrifice his freedom—and even his own life—to build the decent, democratic country he wants to live in and hopes to pass on to his childrenLife among the Ibo women of Nigeria
Par Salome Nnoromele. 1998
Describes the cultural history of the Ibo women of western Africa including their traditional social, economic, religious, and political roles.…
Discusses the consequences of European colonialism, the modern role of women in Nigeria, and possible future trends. For junior and senior high readersThe life and times of Fidel Castro
Par Esther Selsdon. 1997
The black room of Longwood: Napoleon's exile on Saint-Helena
Par Jean-Paul Kauffmann. 1997
Describes Napoleon's place of exile and imprisonment from 1815 until his death in 1821, reflecting on the emperor's state of…
mind and including portions of his diary. Winner of the Prix Femina and a bestseller in France. Translated by Patricia Clancy. 1999Sally Ride: first American woman in space
Par Carole Camp. 1997
Provides biographical information on Ride's upbringing, education, and path to becoming an astronaut. Describes her training as the first woman…
to travel to space aboard the Challenger in 1983. Discusses Ride's role as mission specialist, her career in NASA through the 1986 Challenger disaster, and her professional life after leaving NASA. For grades 6-9Lives of the presidents: fame, shame, and what the neighbors thought
Par Kathleen Krull. 1998
Unusual biographical facts about the personal lives of the presidents of the United States. Discusses the presidents as fathers, husbands,…
pet owners, and neighbors. Provides information on hairstyles, favorite foods, and sports and also some bad habits and fears. For grades 3-6Bitter winds: a memoir of my years in China's Gulag
Par Hongda Wu. 1994
Personal account by a survivor of nineteen years in Chinese labor reform camps. Wu recalls his childhood in Shanghai, his…
arrest in 1960, and the physical and mental hardships of his imprisonment. Describes the plight and reactions of fellow prisonersWomen in space
Par Carole Briggs. 1999
Briefly introduces the U.S. space program, then profiles nine American women and two Russians who pioneered in space exploration. Begins…
with Valentina Tereshkova, who in 1963 became the first woman to go into space, and proceeds chronologically to Tamara Jernigan, mission specialist in 1996. For grades 4-7. 1999Going solo
Par Roald Dahl. 1999
Autobiographical account of British writer's experiences as a young man working in East Africa and his adventures as a fighter…
pilot for the Royal Air Force in World War II. Sequel to Boy: Tales of Childhood (BR 11563). For junior and senior high and older readersThe things I want most: the extraordinary story of a boy's journal to a family of his own
Par Richard Miniter. 1998
With the youngest of their six children in high school, the author reluctantly agrees to his wife's request that they…
become foster parents. They are offered an eleven-year-old boy with a daunting file. His note asking for "a family, a fishing pole, a family" sways them to accept. Some strong languageHarvest son: planting roots in American soil
Par David Masumoto. 1998
Sequel to Epitaph for a Peach (BR 10551). Japanese American farmer describes life and work on his family's orchard in…
California's Central Valley. Explores his cultural heritage by visiting his ancestral village in Japan and by recounting the arduous existence of his forebears, including those interned during World War II. 1998The bend for home
Par Dermot Healy. 1996
Poet and novelist recalls his childhood in a small Irish village and the family's move to a town where his…
mother and aunt managed a bakery. Reminisces about his father, a policeman plagued with ill health. Includes diary entries from Healy's teenage years and how he cared for his aging mother. Some strong languageAnna and the King of Siam
Par Margaret Landon. 1943
Anna Leonowens, a Welsh widow hired in 1862 to be governess to the children and concubines of the king of…
Siam, found the contrasts between the exotic Orient and Victorian Great Britain striking. Landon recounts Leonowen's five years of adventures and confrontations. This book inspired the Broadway musical The King and I