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		Almost astronauts : 13 women who dared to dream What does it take to be an astronaut? Excellence at flying, courage, intelligence, resistance to stress, top physical shape, any checklist would include these. But when America created NASA in 1958, there was another unspoken rule: you had to be a man. Here is the tale of thirteen women who proved that they were not only as tough as the toughest man but also brave enough to challenge the government. Stone, Tanya Lee. J 629.45 STONE

		Mission control, this is Apollo : the story of the first voyages to the moon July 20, 1969, marked one of the climactic moments in our history, the day Apollo 11 landed on the moon. But it is only one piece of a magnificent story. Mission Control, This Is Apollo, by the acclaimed Andrew Chaikin recounts space history from the Mercury missions through Apollo 17 and beyond. It is illustrated with stunning full-color paintings by astronaut Alan Bean, who walked on the moon with Pete Conrad on Apollo 12 and has devoted his post-NASA life to creating art. Handsome, informative, and dramatic, this is no textbook, it is the tale of humankind's greatest adventure in the last frontier: space. Chaikin, Andrew, 1956- J 629.454 CHAIKIN

		What the world eats A photographic collection exploring what the world eats featuring portraits of twenty-five families from twenty-one countries surrounded by a week's worth of food. Menzel, Peter, 1948- J 641.3002 MENZEL

		Wheels of change : how women rode the bicycle to freedom (with a few flat tires along the way) Take a lively look at women's history from aboard a bicycle, which granted females the freedom of mobility and helped empower women's liberation. Macy, Sue. J 796.6082 MACY

		How they croaked : the awful ends of the awfully famous A look at the deaths of several famous people throughout history and the circumstances surrounding those deaths. Bragg, Georgia. J 920 BRAGG

		They called themselves the K.K.K. : the birth of an American terrorist group Documents the history and origin of the Ku Klux Klan from its beginning in Pulaski, Tennessee, and provides personal accounts, congressional documents, diaries, and more. Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. TEEN 322.4209 BARTOLE

		Spies of Mississippi : the true story of the spy network that tried to destroy the civil rights movement In the 1950s and 1960s, the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission compiled secret files on more than 87,000 private citizens in the most extensive state spying program in U.S. history. Its mission: to save segregation. Bowers, Rick, 1952- TEEN 323.1196 BOWERS

		Bootleg : murder, moonshine, and the lawless years of prohibition It began with the best of intentions. Worried about the effects of alcohol on American families, mothers and civic leaders started a movement to outlaw drinking in public places. Over time, their protests, petitions, and activism paid off--when a Constitional Amendment banning the sale and consumption of alcohol was ratified, it was hailed as the end of public drunkenness, alcoholism, and a host of other social ills related to booze. Instead, it began a decade of lawlessness, when children smuggled (and drank) illegal alcohol, the most upright citizens casually broke the law, and a host of notorious gangsters entered the public eye. Blumenthal, Karen. TEEN 363.4109 BLUMENT

		Bootleg : murder, moonshine, and the lawless years of prohibition It began with the best of intentions. Worried about the effects of alcohol on American families, mothers and civic leaders started a movement to outlaw drinking in public places. Over time, their protests, petitions, and activism paid off--when a Constitutional Amendment banning the sale and consumption of alcohol was ratified, it was hailed as the end of public drunkenness, alcoholism, and a host of other social ills related to booze. Instead, it began a decade of lawlessness, when children smuggled (and drank) illegal alcohol, the most upright citizens casually broke the law, and a host of notorious gangsters entered the public eye. Blumenthal, Karen. TEEN 363.4109 BLUMENT

		No choirboy : murder, violence, and teenagers on death row In their own voices--raw and uncensored--inmates sentenced to death as teenagers talk about their lives in prison, and share their thoughts and feelings about how they ended up there. Susan Kuklin also gets inside the system, exploring capital punishment itself and the intricacies and inequities of criminal justice in the United States. Kuklin, Susan. TEEN 364.6609 KUKLIN