Oliver, Mary, New and Selected Poems
A contemporary poet from Massachusetts, her poems draw heavily on imagery from nature.
Gibbons, Kaye. Ellen Foster Chapel Hill: Algonquin, 1987.
A child of ill and alcoholic parents, Ellen tells the story of how she found a new, more sane home for herself. The word "spunky" seems somewhat trite to describe a child in these circumstances, but it is her honesty and determination to change her situation, bundled up with her distinctly Southern voice, that endears her to you.
Williams, Terry Tempest. Refuge
A poetic memoir about Ms. Williams' response to her mother's death in juxtiposition with the rising of the Great Salt Lake and the flooding of bird refuges. She uses nature in much the same vein as her teacher Wallace Stegner.
Armstrong, Karen. Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths
A fascinating history of Jerusalem as a sacred place from the earliest records to the present. Armstrong also wrote The History of God.
Yeager, Chuck; Bob Cardenas, Bob Hoover, Jack Russell, and James Young. The Quest for Mach One: A First Person Account of Breaking the Sound Barrier From oral history interviews conducted by Dana Marcotte Kilanowski ; with commentary by Mac McKendry ; introduction by Walter Boyne ; afterword by Jeffrey Ethell.
On October 14, 1997 the world celebrated the 50th anniversary of an event which signaled the birth of a new age in aviation, the epic flight of Capt. Charles E. Yeager. Yeager broke the sound-barrier in a Bell XS-1 rocket plane. The book also includes a chapter on Ms. Florence Lowe "Pancho" Barnes. Pancho Barnes made aviation history in 1930 when she took the world's speed record away from Amelia Earhart in the Powder Puff Derby. Pancho later open a ranch ["Happy Bottom Riding Club"] to host airmen and other military personnel from the Muroc Army Air Field [later known as Edwards AFB]. In the late 60's working as a box boy, Charles assisted Pancho Barnes by with her groceries by taking them out to her old VW bug which was packed with several large dogs.
Engineering General Stacks TL574.S55 Q47 1997
Raban, Jonathan. Hunting Mister Heartbreak : a Discovery of America
This is a nonfiction book chronicling Raban's travels across the North Atlantic on a container cargo ship, and around the United States. Raban spends time in New York city, Alabama, and Seattle.
Suzz/Allen Stacks E169.04 .R32 1991
SpecColl Pacific NW E169.04 .R32 1991
Undergrad Stacks E169.04 .R32 1991
Waters, Frank, 1902 - The Woman at Otowi Crossing : a novel Chicago : Swallow Press, 1981,c1966.
A story about a woman who ran a small restaurant near Los Alamos, and how the changes there affected her life.
Undergrad Stacks PS3545.A82 W6 1966a
Church, Peggy Pond, 1903-. The house at Otowi Bridge; the story of Edith Warner and Los Alamos Drawings by Connie Fox Boyd. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press [1960].
A non-fiction account of the person on whom the novel, _The Woman at Otowi Crossing_ is based.
Guiness, Alec. Blessings in Disguise
Wonderful memoirs of the famous actor. He is a great story teller and writes witty anecdotes about the people he has met and observations about his experiences.Non-fiction/Autobiography Re-issued in 1996 with an additional chapter...about being poisoned at dinner with snake venom...
Perry, Anne. Victorian mysteries...especially the ones with the detective William Monk who loses his memory. The reader and Monk slowly find out about his past together. Excellent decriptions of Victorian London life.
Carr, Caleb. The Alienist
Wonderful descriptions of New York City in the late 1800s. An accurate history of physical New York(there used to be a reservoir where the New York Public Library now stands)in a dark, absorbing story.
Kellerman, Jonathan. The Clinic.
One of a series about Alex Delaware, child psychologist, and his close friend, Milo, a Los Angeles detective. The two collaborate on solving crimes involving children and/or teens.
Leon, Vicki. Uppity Women of Medieval Times
This is a non-fiction collection of short biographies of Medieval women who didn't let the cultural expectations of their times define how they lived their lives; it includes women from Europe, Africa, the Americas, and Asia. The writing is light-hearted and often humorous, but the research behind the biographies is quite solid. I recommend it for a fun read. (The University Book Store stocks this book.)