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|  | Twelve Jewish Steps to Recovery by Abraham J. Twerski, Kerry M. Olitzky, Maty Grunberg, Sheldon Zimmerman, Stuart A. Copans
By presenting a Jewish perspective on The Twelve Steps and offering consolation, inspiration, and motivation towards recovery, this guide explains how the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous are relevant for Jewish people as well as Christians. Afterword on Where to Go for Help by The JACS Foundation (Jewish Alcoholics, Chemically Dependent Persons and Significant Others). Illustrations by Maty Grunberg. AUTHOR: Abraham J. Twerski, Kerry M. Olitzky, Maty Grunberg, Sheldon Zimmerman, Stuart A. Copans
PUBLISHER: Jewish Lights Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction 
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 | To Change Them Forever by Clyde Ellis
Between 1893 and 1920 the U.S. government attempted to transform Kiowa children by immersing them in the forced assimilation program that lay at the heart of that era's Indian policy. Committed to civilizing Indians according to Anglo-American standards of conduct, the Indian Service effected the government's vision of a new Indian race that would be white in every way except skin color. Reservation boarding schools represented an especially important component in that assimilationist campaign. The Rainy Mountain School, on the Kiowa-Comanche-Apache Reservation in western Oklahoma, provides an example of how theory and reality collided in a remote corner of the American West. Rainy Mountain's history reveals much about the form and function of the Indian policy and its consequences for the Kiowa children who attended the school. In To Change Them Forever Clyde Ellis combines a survey of changing government policy with a discussion of response and accommodation by the Kiowa people. Unwilling to surrender their identity, Kiowas nonetheless accepted the adaptations required by the schools and survived the attempt to change them into something they did not wish to become. Rainy Mountain became a focal point for Kiowa society. AUTHOR: Clyde Ellis
PUBLISHER: University of Oklahoma Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | Games & Giggles for Girls by Paul Meisel, Pleasant Company Staff
A collection of games, riddles, jokes, and mazes. Color illustrations accompany the text. AUTHOR: Paul Meisel, Pleasant Company Staff
PUBLISHER: Pleasant Company Publications
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | Education Careers by Marjorie Eberts, Mary McGowan, Peggy Gisler
Description not available.Provides an overview of careers in education, discusses qualifications, and includes information on salaries, responsibilities, and employment outlook. AUTHOR: Marjorie Eberts, Mary McGowan, Peggy Gisler
PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | Images of Hot Air Balloons by Ailsa Spindler
There are few sights as majestic as a hot air balloon making its stately way across the sky. Usually colored and beautifully decorated -- and often crafted into bizarre or amusing shapes -- they have become a popular pastime both for those who like to fly them and those who are content to watch. Balloon enthusiasts of all types will enjoy this lavishly illustrated volume on the history, progress, and thrill of balloon flight. Some of the topics covered in this fascinating study are: -- The first balloon to carry passengers -- The uses of hydrogen, helium, and hot air -- Balloons as military weapons -- Weather balloons -- Bizarre and wonderful shapes -- Balloon races From that famous day in June 1783, when the Montgolfier brothers launched their first balloon over Paris, until the present day, people have continued to marvel at the grace and ease with which man can ascend aloft and float through the sky. This volume is a tribute to all balloonists past and present, both for their courage and daring and for the joy they give the rest of us. AUTHOR: Ailsa Spindler
PUBLISHER: TODTRI Book Publishers
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | The Golem by Barbara Rogasky, Trina Schart Hyman
A retelling of the story of how a Rabbi creates a golem to protect the Jewish people of Prague from the rising anti-Semitism that is threatening them. The golem, a creature who looks like a man and is neither alive nor dead, exists only to obey the rabbi. Has the rabbi overstepped his bounds by creating such a powerful creature? Color illustrations accompany the text. AUTHOR: Barbara Rogasky, Trina Schart Hyman
PUBLISHER: Holiday House, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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