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|  | Lamb by Bernard MacLaverty
MacLaverty`s first novel is about an Irish priest who rescues an epileptic boy from a reformatory. AUTHOR: Bernard MacLaverty
PUBLISHER: Norton, W. W. & Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction 
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 | Still Me
255 characters or less!The actor's autobiography reveals touching details of his life both before and after a 1995 riding accident left him paralyzed from the neck down. Reeve corresponds with other families that have been affected by a spinal cord injury and speaks out on their behalf.
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | The Museum of Hoaxes by Alex Boese
Description not available.Presents an entertaining collection of hundreds of documented historical hoaxes, pranks, deceptions, and stunts that have fooled the public from the Middle Ages to the present day, from Edgar Allan Poe's literary deception to P. T. Barnum, the master hoaxer, discussing the origin of April Fool's Day, providing a Gullibility Test, and more. 50,000 first printing. AUTHOR: Alex Boese
PUBLISHER: Dutton/Plume
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | A Tale of Two Cities by Andrew Sanders, Brendan Lynch, Charles Dickens, Emily Hutchinson, Harry Shefter
Dickens's one serious, un-comic novel, A TALE OF TWO CITIES, is set during the French Revolution and tells a story of unselfish devotion. The beautiful Lucy Manette marries Charles Darnay, the descendant of an aristocratic French family denounced by the revolutionaries, among whom are the memorably evil fanatic Mme. Defarge. When Darnay is arrested and condemned to death, his place is taken at the guillotine by Sidney Carton, who loves Lucy himself and is willing to die to secure her happiness (and who happens to resemble Darnay). His last words-- 'Tis a far, far better thing that I do than I have ever done... --have become nearly as famous as the novel itself, one of Dickens's most beloved works despite its sober subject matter. It is also, with BARNABY RUDGE, one of his only two historical novels. AUTHOR: Andrew Sanders, Brendan Lynch, Charles Dickens, Emily Hutchinson, Harry Shefter
PUBLISHER: N A L
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | The Gatekeepers by Jacques Steinberg
Jacques Steinberg was given unparalleled access to an entire admissions season at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. In that time, he discovered just how difficult it could be to winnow down a list of nearly seven thousand applicants to seven hundred freshmen for the class of 2004. Steinberg follows an admissions officer and his eight counterparts through the daunting task of recruiting students nationwide, reading through each of their applications, and meeting behind closed doors for a week in March to finalize the incoming class. He also recounts the personal experiences of a half dozen high school seniors of various ethnic and economic backgrounds as they struggle through the often byzantine selection process. Find out why: --high SATs and many extracurricular activities are not always critical --a student's story can either be helpful or detrimental --one student with a 1480 SAT score and high grades can face stiff competition from another three thousand miles away whose board score is 900 and who has a handful of Ds on her report card --an officer peering into the application pool is often most excited to see a reflection of him--or herself staring back The Gatekeepers is a suspenseful, highly readable account that moves from the applicant's high schools to the admissions office and back again to the student's homes, as the academic futures of thousands of young people hang in the balance. AUTHOR: Jacques Steinberg
PUBLISHER: Viking Penguin
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | Fashionable Nonsense by Alan Sokal, Jean Bricmont
Two physicists thoughtfully dismantle the pseudo scientific writings of some of the most fashionable French and American intellectuals. A New York Times Notable Book for 1998. AUTHOR: Alan Sokal, Jean Bricmont
PUBLISHER: Picador
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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