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|  | The Monochrome Society by Amitai Etzioni
Amitai Etzioni is one of the most influential social and political thinkers of our day, a man synonymous with the ideas of communitarianism. In this book, Etzioni challenges those who argue that diversity or multiculturalism is about to become the governing American creed. On the surface, America may seem like a fractured mosaic, but the country is in reality far more socially monochromatic and united than most observers have claimed. In the first chapter, Etzioni presents a great deal of evidence that Americans, whites and African Americans, Hispanics and Asian Americans, new immigrants and decedents of the Pilgrims, continue to share the same core of basic American values and aspirations. He goes on to show that we need not merely a civil but also a good society, one that nurtures virtues. He assesses key social institutions that can serve such a society ranging from revived holidays to greater reliance on public shaming. The most effective sources of bonding and of shared ideas about virtue, he insists throughout, come from the community, not from the state. Etzioni also challenges moral relativists who argue that we have no right to impose our moral values on other societies. He responds to those who fear that a cohesive community must also be one that is oppressive, authoritarian, and exclusive. And he explores and assesses possible new sources and definitions of community, including computer-mediated communities and stakeholding in corporations. By turns provocative and reassuring, the chapters here cut to the heart of several of our most pressing social and political issues. The book is further evidence of Etzioni's enduring place in contemporary thought. AUTHOR: Amitai Etzioni
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction 
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 | A Gentleman's Guide to Life by Steve Friedman
A man's guide to hair maintenance, fashionable apparel, marriage proposals, hosting parties, reading wine lists, and proper dating behavior. AUTHOR: Steve Friedman
PUBLISHER: Crown Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | Reaching for the Stars by Larry Freundlich
Celebrating the individual achievements of such players as DiMaggio, Berra, and Piazza, as well as the all-American tale of immigrant achievement, this book traces how Italian-Americans celebrated and contributed to the sport of baseball since its earliest days. AUTHOR: Larry Freundlich
PUBLISHER: Ballantine Books
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | The Mysterious Island by Arthur B. Evans, Caleb Carr, Gene Engene, Isaac Asimov, Jordan Stump
Five Union prisoners of war escape in a balloon from Richmond, Virginia, and land on an uninhabited island, where they begin to reconstruct society as they knew it. This is one of the novels is Verne's Voyages Extraordinaires series. AUTHOR: Arthur B. Evans, Caleb Carr, Gene Engene, Isaac Asimov, Jordan Stump
PUBLISHER: Random House Adult Trade Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | Masada by Gloria D. Miklowitz
In this eloquent and powerful novel, readers meet Simon ben Eleazar, son of the Jewish leader of Masada, one of the last fortresses that remains to be taken in a war between Rome and Judea. As Simon records the relentless approach on the Roman legion, he tells the moving story of the Jews' last stand on Masada and of the most significant year of his young life. AUTHOR: Gloria D. Miklowitz
PUBLISHER: Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | The Cheerios Counting Book by Barbara Barbieri Mcgrath, Frank Mazzola, Rob Bolster
Description not available.In a board-book version of a popular counting book, rhyming text and colorful illustrations of the familiar O-shaped cereal help the reader count to twenty. AUTHOR: Barbara Barbieri Mcgrath, Frank Mazzola, Rob Bolster
PUBLISHER: Scholastic, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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