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Wide and narrow / by Hughes, Tom,1980-author.(CARDINAL)413932;
Ages 5 up.Pre-school, excluding K.Includes bibliographical references and index.Through straightforward text and full-color photos, readers will learn about the concepts of wide versus narrow using such topics as animals, vehicles, and streets. A Words to Know section at the beginning of the book helps students learn new vocabulary they will encounter in the text, while suggestions for other titles and websites encourage students to learn more.230L
Subjects: Size perception; Size judgment;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Early Negro American writers : selections with biographical and critical introductions / by Brawley, Benjamin,1882-1939,editor.(CARDINAL)131179;
Includes bibliographical references."This collection of the most interesting and important Negro American writings up to the close of the Civil War is of both literary and social interest, being a contribution to the history of the Negro as well as a literary work. In preparing the biographical and critical sketches, the editor has shown rare judgment in selecting pertinent and complete facts about the writers represented here"--Publisher marketing
Subjects: Biographies.; Literature.; African American authors; African Americans; American literature; American literature;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Housing and homelessness / by Hyde, Natalie,author.(CARDINAL)493954;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The housing situation -- How to get informed -- Homelessness issues -- Suspending judgment -- Where things stand -- Keeping up to date."It is estimated about 150 million people around the world are homeless. What homelessness means, why people become homeless, and how governments and organizations work to end homelessness are some of the topics addressed in this detailed examination of a complex problem."--1080L
Subjects: Homeless persons; Homelessness; Housing;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The metamorphosis and other stories [sound recording] / by Kafka, Franz,1883-1924.(CARDINAL)159574; Guidall, George,narrator.(CARDINAL)345518; Neugroschel, Joachim,translator.(CARDINAL)141648;
The metamorphosis -- Early stories -- Contemplation -- The judgment -- The stoker -- In the penal colony -- A country doctor.Narrated by George Guidall.In the bizarre world of Franz Kafka, salesmen turn into giant bugs, apes give lectures at college academies, and nightmares probe the mysteries of modern humanity's unhappiness. More than any other modern writer in world literature, Kafka captures the loneliness and misery that fill the lives of 20th-century humanity.
Subjects: Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924; Short stories, Austrian; Manners and customs; Audiobooks.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Michelangelo / by Emert, Phyllis Raybin.(CARDINAL)517537; Emert, Phyllis.(CARDINAL)533379;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction. A Life of Troubled Brilliance -- Early Years: The Developing Artist -- The Young Genius in Rome and Florence -- Head to Head with the Pope: The Sistine Chapel -- Florence and the Medicis: In and Out of Power -- Nel Frattempo Di Nuovo a Roma (Meanwhile, Back in Rome), The Last Judgment -- Questions of Spirituality, Love and Death: The Last Days.
Subjects: Biographies.; Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564; Artists;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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The Iliad and the Odyssey in Greek mythology / by Spies, Karen Bornemann.(CARDINAL)756249; Homer.Iliad.(CARDINAL)790641; Homer.Odyssey.(CARDINAL)149695;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 120-125) and index.The judgment of Paris -- Achilles argues with Agamemnon -- Achilles versus Hector -- The Trojan horse -- The lotus-eaters -- The cyclops -- Circe, the bewitching queen -- Deadly dangers on the sea -- Home at last.A retelling of the events of the Trojan War and the wanderings of Odysseus based on Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. Includes explantory notes and review questions.
Subjects: Achilles (Mythological character); Odysseus, King of Ithaca (Mythological character); Trojan War; Mythology, Greek;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 3
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The final judgment [large print] / by Patterson, Richard North,author.(CARDINAL)720818;
"A young man has been murdered. His girlfriend, twenty-two-year-old Brett Allen, is found at the scene of the crime. She claims she is innocent-even though she's dripping in blood, the murder weapon covered with her fingerprints. Enter attorney Caroline Masters, Brett's estranged aunt. She's been summoned back to her affluent New England hometown to help Brett out of this mess...and revisit the troubled family she left behind."--
Subjects: Large print books.; Domestic fiction.; Legal fiction (Literature); Trials (Murder); Women lawyers; Families;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Can you see me? : a book about feeling small / by İrten, Gökçe,author,illustrator.;
"A book about feeling tiny in a big world. Some things around us are small. And some are large. Would your perspective of the world change if you were an elephant? What if you were an itty-bitty flea? I bet it feels a lot smaller than you and me! Normal-sized objects to us must look like giant ones to tiny creatures like ants and ladybugs. What's small to us can be large to another. Can You See Me? is a fascinating and joyful look at perspective, size and point of view."--AD620L
Subjects: Attitude (Psychology); Size judgment; Size perception;
Available copies: 10 / Total copies: 11
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Impaired judgment / by Compton, David.(CARDINAL)735046;
Paula Candler, a Federal judge in Alexandria, Virginia, has landed one of the most controversial cases of the year-the sensational trial of Tony Remalli, a reputed member of the mafia accused of murdering a judge. With critical evidence amassed by the FBI, the prosecution's case is solid. Enter the defense attorney, Don Russ, a ruthless, corrupt lawyer who will stop at nothing to get a not-guilty verdict-even if it means blackmailing the judge. But when the judge-Paula Candler-also happens to be the First Lady of the United States, there's more at stake than just a criminal's freedom. An entire administration is in jeopardy, due to an shocking secret in the First Lady's past, a secret that the defense attorney has just uncovered.
Subjects: Political fiction.; Legal fiction (Literature); Presidents' spouses; Trials (Murder); Women judges; Extortion; Mafia;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The bombing of Pan Am flight 103 / by Wicker, R. Doug.(CARDINAL)666375;
Includes bibliographical references (page 62) and index.Too many suspects, too few clues -- On the ground and in the air over Lockerbie -- An unescorted bag, an undetected bomb -- The death of the "Maid of the Seas" -- A small chip, a whiff of PETN, and a hint of semtex -- Camp Zeist : a judgment on state-sponsored terrorism.An account of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, focusing on the events leading up to the act of terrorism, the impact on people involved, and the investigation of this crime.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Bombing investigation; Bombing investigation; Pan Am Flight 103 Bombing Incident, 1988; Terrorism; Terrorism; Terrorism;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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