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YALSA'S OUTSTANDING BOOKS FOR THE COLLEGE BOUND: Arts and Humanities
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Heart to heart : new poems inspired by twentieth-century American art
Can a painting speak? This collection of lyrical responses to famous American works of art provides answers. 811.608 HEART T |
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Frida : viva la vida = long live life
In twenty-six original, free-verse poems the author depicts the thoughts, feelings, and life events of Mexican self-portraitist Frida Kahlo. The poems are accompanied by twenty-four full-color reproductions of Kahlo’s paintings. Substantial background materials include a biographical sketch, chronology, and glossary. Bernier-Grand, Carmen T. TEEN 811.54 BERNIER |
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Let me play : the story of Title IX : the law that changed the future of girls in America
This nonfiction work looks at Title IX, the 1972 legislation mandating that schools receiving federal funds could not discriminate on the basis of gender, ensuring equal treatment and opportunity for girls in sports and education. Included are period photos, a time line, "then and now" commentary, extensive source notes, and suggested resources for further reading. Blumenthal, Karen. TEEN 796.082 BLUMENT |
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World religions
This comprehensive work introduces the reader to faiths of the world through religious artifacts, paintings, architecture, and annotations of sacred texts. It includes a time line comparing significant events and people. Bowker, John, 1935- 200 BOWKER |
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Shakespeare : the world as stage
Bryson hits the mark with his characteristic wit as he explores the world of Shakespeare and the mystery surrounding the man and his plays. Bryson, Bill. BIO SHAKESP BRYSON |
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The power of myth
A companion to the six part television documentary originally broadcast on PBS, this book covers such subjects as the role of mythology in the modern world, the journey inward, the hero's adventure, and tales of love and marriage. Campbell, Joseph, 1904-1987. 291.13 CAMPBEL |
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Eagle blue : a team, a tribe, and a high school basketball season in Arctic Alaska
This true story explores the tiny village of Fort Yukon, Alaska, its vanishing cultural heritage, and its relationship with mainstream American culture through its high school basketball team. D'Orso, Michael. 796.3236 DORSO |
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The red tent : [a novel]
This novel recreates the biblical life of Dinah, daughter of Leah and Jacob, from her birth in Mesopotamia through her death in Egypt. Diamant, Anita. FIC DIAMANT |
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The poet slave of Cuba : a biography of Juan Francisco Manzano
Written in verse, this is a Pura Belpre Award winning portrait of Juan Francisco Manzano, the poet who was born a slave in Cuba in 1797. Engle, Margarita. TEEN 811.54 ENGLE |
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The pillars of the earth
This best-selling epic tale of ambition, anarchy, and absolute power set against the canvas of twelfth-century England depicts fascinating characters and provides a spellbinding introduction to medieval religion, architecture, politics, and daily life. Follett, Ken. FIC FOLLETT |
It had been startling and disappointing to me to find out that story books had been written by people,
that books were not natural wonders, coming up of themselves like grass.
that books were not natural wonders, coming up of themselves like grass.
- Eudora Welty