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|  | The Swiss Family Robinson by Dan Lazar, Eliza Gatewood Warren, Ellen Beier, Fred Carrillo, Johann D. Wyss
A classic for all ages in a fresh new format, this fascinating tale of a resourceful family shipwrecked on a deserted tropical island is one of the most exciting survival stories ever written. The Robinsons encounter an incredibly rich and varied landscape, full of marvelous animals and useful plants, all begging to be explored and put to use. After many challenges, they build a wonderful house in a tree, and manage so cleverly and happily away from the world that they never want to be rescued. Reprint. AUTHOR: Dan Lazar, Eliza Gatewood Warren, Ellen Beier, Fred Carrillo, Johann D. Wyss
PUBLISHER: Random House Children's Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction 
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 | The Girl on the Magazine Cover by Carolyn Kitch
From the Gibson Girl to the flapper, from the vamp to the New Woman, Carolyn Kitch traces mass media images of women to their historical roots on magazine covers, unveiling the origins of gender stereotypes in early-twentieth-century American culture. Kitch examines the years from 1895 to 1930 as a time when the first wave of feminism intersected with the rise of new technologies and media for the reproduction and dissemination of visual images. Access to suffrage, higher education, the professions, and contraception broadened women's opportunities, but the images found on magazine covers emphasized the role of women as consumers: suffrage was reduced to spending, sexuality to sexiness, and a collective women's movement to individual choices of personal style. In the 1920s, Kitch argues, the political prominence of the New Woman dissipated, but her visual image pervaded print media. With seventy-five photographs of cover art by the era's most popular illustrators, The Girl on the Magazine Cover shows how these images created a visual vocabulary for understanding femininity and masculinity, as well as class status. Through this iconic process, magazines helped set cultural norms for women, for men, and for what it meant to be an American, Kitch contends. AUTHOR: Carolyn Kitch
PUBLISHER: The University of North Carolina Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | E by Eli Maor
Interest earned on a bank account . . . arrangement of seeds in a sunflower . . . the shape of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis . . . are all intimately connected with the mysterious number e . In this informal and engaging history, Eli Maor portrays the curious characters and the mathematics that lie behind the number e. Designed for a reader with only a modes background in mathematics, this book brings out e's central importance in mathematics. Illustrated. AUTHOR: Eli Maor
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | A Teacher's Guide to Stick Up for Yourself! by Gershen Kaufman, Lev Raphael, Pamela Espeland
This empowering little book is for any kid who's ever been picked on, bossed around, or treated unfairly -- and for any kid who sometimes feels frustrated, angry, or scared. Simple words and real-life examples teach assertiveness, responsibility, relationship skills, choice making, problem solving, goal setting, anger management, and more. Children learn how to stick up for themselves with other kids (including bullies and teasers), siblings, even grown-ups. They discover how to grow a feelings vocabulary and store happiness and pride. A special note to parents and teachers explores the self-esteem backlash and explains what self-esteem really is -- and why kids today need it more than ever. The revised and updated Teacher's Guide reinforces and expands the messages of the student book with a step-by-step curriculum in ten easy-to-use sessions. AUTHOR: Gershen Kaufman, Lev Raphael, Pamela Espeland
PUBLISHER: Free Spirit Publishing, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | Someone I Love Is Gay by Anita Worthen, Bob Davies
Finding out that a child, spouse, relative or friend is homosexual can be an unwelcome surprise. You're hit with a complex combination of emotions - grief, shame, fear, guilt. You are flooded with questions ranging from why to what's next. You wonder what a biblical response would be. At the same time, someone you care about deeply may be awaiting your response. What should you say? Someone I Love Is Gay was created out of Anita Worthen's struggle over these issues with her son and her work with New Hope Ministries in San Rafael, California, and Bob Davies's personal experience and professional experience with Exodus International in Seattle, Washington. Drawing also on the experiences of others, they will help you to handle your feelings while responding appropriately to your loved one. AUTHOR: Anita Worthen, Bob Davies
PUBLISHER: InterVarsity Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | Dangerous Games
Description not available.Dido Twite's hunt for the wandering nobleman Lord Herodsfoot takes her to the mysterious island of Aratu, where she befriends the Forest People and learns of a terrible plot by strange men in black to overthrow the island's sick king.
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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