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|  | This Our Dark Country by Catherine Reef
Description not available.Explores the history of the colony, later the independent nation of Liberia, which was established on the west coast of Africa in 1822 as a haven for free African-Americans. AUTHOR: Catherine Reef
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company Trade & Reference Division
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction 
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 | Call Me Francis by Gary Paulsen
In this sequel to Mr. Tucket Francis heads West in search of his parents who are traveling via wagon train to Oregon. Along the way he must survive a stampede, outwit desperadoes, and care for pair of orphaned siblings. AUTHOR: Gary Paulsen
PUBLISHER: Dell Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | Colonel Barker's Monstrous Regiment by Rose Collis
A scholar of gay/lesbian/transgendered history unearths the life of Lillias Irma Valerie Baker, who was born a woman but who chose to live as a man. Assuming male aliases, Baker was an aviator during World War I, married a woman, was exposed in the press and prosecuted, briefly joined a sideshow, and lived out her life under various male identities. She died in a small village where she was a shopkeeper. AUTHOR: Rose Collis
PUBLISHER: Virago Press, Limited
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | Blood & Money by Thomas Thompson
Description not available.Sheds light upon crime and punishment among the rich in Houston while probing the circumstances surrounding the sudden 1969 death of Joan Hill, her physician-husband's trial for murder, and shocking subsequent events. Reprint. AUTHOR: Thomas Thompson
PUBLISHER: Avalon Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | The Legend of Old Befana by Tomie dePaola
This is a retelling of the Italian legend of an old woman and her never-ending search for the Christ child. AUTHOR: Tomie dePaola
PUBLISHER: Harcourt Children's Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | Salon Anthology on New War by David Talbot, Salon.com Editors
Description not available.Essays by Rick Moody, Caroline Knapp, and Jonathan Lethem, among others, highlight a collection of thoughts, experiences, and reflections by both noted writers and ordinary Americans that explore the September 11th terrorist attacks and their aftermath and shed light on how they have affected all our lives. Original. AUTHOR: David Talbot, Salon.com Editors
PUBLISHER: Atria Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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