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|  | Sparks of Genius by Michele M. Root-Bernstein, Robert Scott Root-Bernstein
This illustrated book describes how geniuses--from obvious choices such as Albert Einstein to less obvious figures like author Isabel Allende--have used specific mental skills that all individuals possess to create breakthrough ideas in the arts and sciences. The authors insist that all geniuses experience a slow process of intellectual evolution, and encourage people to work on the development of their mental tools. AUTHOR: Michele M. Root-Bernstein, Robert Scott Root-Bernstein
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company Trade & Reference Division
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction 
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 | Sandy Pylos by Jack L. Davis
Pylos is a natural harbor located on the southwestern coast of the Peloponnesian Peninsula of Greece. Homer's Odyssey describes Sandy Pylos as the seat of King Nestor, who welcomed Telemachos as he searched for his father, Odysseus, ten years after the Trojan War. Millennia later, modern Greece won its independence from Turkey there in the 1827 naval battle of Navarino. This book traces the archaeological history of Pylos and surrounding regions in Messenia from the Stone Age to the present. Designed for general readers and travelers interested in ancient Greece, as well as scholars, it presents the findings of a consortium of archaeologists, natural scientists, historians, and art historians who joined forces to study the history of not just one archaeological site, but of an entire landscape, and not just in a single period, but at all times in the past. This approach, based on understanding a whole regional system over an extended time from many disciplinary perspectives, represents the state-of-the-art in archaeological research. It clearly demonstrates how historical and archaeological evidence can be synthesized to offer richer insights into the past. AUTHOR: Jack L. Davis
PUBLISHER: University of Texas Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | College Application Essay by Sarah M. McGinty
College counseling expert Sarah Myers McGinty gives step-by-step guidelines for developing essays that make a student's application stand out from the rest. In addition to strategies for prewriting, drafting, editing, and personalizing essays, she offers a wide range of examples and analyzes a variety of sample essays. Illustrations. AUTHOR: Sarah M. McGinty
PUBLISHER: College Board, The
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | The Story of America's Birthday by Patricia Pingry, Stacy Venturi-Pickett
Description not available.Simple text explains why we celebrate the Fourth of July as America's birthday. AUTHOR: Patricia Pingry, Stacy Venturi-Pickett
PUBLISHER: Ideals Publications
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | Reasonable Doubts by Alan M. Dershowitz
Stepping back from his role as a member of the O.J. Simpson defense team, Harvard Law School Professor Alan Dershowitz presents a bold, enlightening examination of all the meaning and impact of the Simpson trial--and reaches conclusions that will surprise both those who applauded and those who condemned the verdict. of photos. AUTHOR: Alan M. Dershowitz
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Trade Paperbacks
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | Mythology by Neil Philip
Description not available.Surveys the treatment of gods, goddesses, the heavens, creation, death, and evil as expressed in various mythologies around the world. AUTHOR: Neil Philip
PUBLISHER: Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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