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|  | Rocket Boys Film Tie-In by Beau Bridges, Homer Hickam
Following the launching of the Soviet Sputnik, a young boy and his friends in rural West Virginia build a rocket and win the 1960 National Science Fair. A New York Times Notable Book for 1998. AUTHOR: Beau Bridges, Homer Hickam
PUBLISHER: Dell Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Kingbird Highway by Kenn Kaufman
At sixteen, Kenn Kaufman dropped out of the high school where he was student council president and hit the road, hitching back and forth across America, from Alaska to Florida, Maine to Mexico. Maybe not all that unusual a thing to do in the seventies, but what Kenn was searching for was a little different: not sex, drugs, God, or even self, but birds. A report of a rare bird would send him hitching nonstop from Pacific to Atlantic and back again. When he was broke he would pick fruit or do odd jobs to earn the fifty dollars or so that would last him for weeks. His goal was to set a record - most North American species seen in a year - but along the way he began to realize that at this breakneck pace he was only looking, not seeing. What had been a game became a quest for a deeper understanding of the natural world. KINGBIRD HIGHWAY is a unique coming-of-age story, combining a lyrical celebration of nature with wild, and sometimes dangerous, adventures, starring a colorful cast of characters. AUTHOR: Kenn Kaufman
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | The Orchid Thief by Jennifer Meyers, Susan Orlean
Inspired by a short, bizarre newspaper article, a journalist embarks on an amusing journey to understand a passionate, yet somehow principled crook and one of his ephemeral obsessions--wild orchids. A New York Times Notable Book for 1999. AUTHOR: Jennifer Meyers, Susan Orlean
PUBLISHER: HighBridge Company
FORMAT: Audio
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Florence, a Delicate Case by David Leavitt
David Leavitt's provocative look at expatriates in Florence, from Victorian times to the 21st century, is a chronicle of decadence, scandal, and death. AUTHOR: David Leavitt
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury Publishing
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Omnibus Press Presents the Story Of by Ashley Adams
Starting with her early years in the Mickey Mouse Club and continuing to her fame as a teenage pop sensation, this book offers the full story on Britney Spears. Color photos. AUTHOR: Ashley Adams
PUBLISHER: Omnibus Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Becoming Mae West by Emily Wortis Leider
This first intensive biography of Mae West focuses on the creative, dynamic, sexually adventurous young woman who took control of her own performances--from the vaudeville days to her legitimate stage career to her box office successes as a Hollywood star. It is also a window on the history of American urban entertainment, especially its love-hate relationship with sex. AUTHOR: Emily Wortis Leider
PUBLISHER: Da Capo Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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