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|  | My Dangerous Desires by Amber L. Hollibaugh, Dorothy Allison
The essays collected here regard Hollibaugh's seemingly contradictory experiences as a sex worker and as a feminist organizer and founder of an important AIDS prevention program. Many complicated aspects of feminism are poignantly examined from Hollibaugh's erudite and intimate perspective. AUTHOR: Amber L. Hollibaugh, Dorothy Allison
PUBLISHER: Duke University Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction 
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 | Simple Justice by Richard Kluger
The Supreme Court decision of Brown vs. Board of Education that outlawed school segregation and culminated a century long social and legal struggle to establish black equality in the U.S. AUTHOR: Richard Kluger
PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | Weaving Identities by Carol Hendrickson
Traje, the brightly colored traditional dress of the highland Maya, is the principal visual expression of indigenous identity in Guatemala today. Whether worn in beauty pageants, made for religious celebrations, or sold in tourist markets, traje is more than mere cloth --it plays an active role in the construction and expression of ethnicity, gender, education, politics, wealth, and nationality for Maya and non-Maya alike. Carol Hendrickson presents an ethnography of clothing focused on the traje--particularly women's traje--of Tecpan, Guatemala, a bi-ethnic community in the central highlands. She covers the period from 1980, when the recent round of violence began, to the early 1990s, when Maya revitalization efforts emerged. Using a symbolic analysis informed by political concerns, Hendrickson seeks to increase the value accorded to a subject like weaving, which is sometimes disparaged as craft or women's work. She examines traje in three dimensions--as part of the enduring images of the Indian, as an indicator of change in the human life cycle and cloth production, and as a medium for innovation and creative expression. From this study emerges a picture of highland life in which traje and the people who wear it are bound to tradition and place, yet are also actively changing and reflecting the wider world. The book will be important reading for all those interested in the contemporary Maya, the cultural analysis of material culture, and the role of women in culture preservation and change. AUTHOR: Carol Hendrickson
PUBLISHER: University of Texas Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | Who Built the Pyramid? by Meredith Hooper, Robin Heighway-Bury
Who DID build the pyramid? In this innovative nonfiction title, everyone from the mighty king to the lowly water carrier claims to have built this massive monument. And whether you?re asking the high priest or the stone mason, each person has a good reason to claim credit for a real pyramid that was built more than four thousand years ago. With lively text and bold illustrations, Meredith Hooper and Robin Heighway-Bury create an unusual, carefully researched look at one of the wonders of ancient Egypt. Meredith Hooper has worked with Egyptologists at the British Museum in London and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City to create this story--and fact-filled endnotes provide even more fascinating information. AUTHOR: Meredith Hooper, Robin Heighway-Bury
PUBLISHER: Candlewick Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | River Rats by Caroline Stevermer
A futuristic story that takes place 10 years after a nuclear holocaust. A group of orphans, lead by a boy named Tomcat, travel up and down the Mississippi River on a restored paddleboat they've named River Rat. When the orphans break one of their fundamental rules and let a stranger board their boat, they find themselves caught up in dangers they thought had been obliterated with the apocalypse. AUTHOR: Caroline Stevermer
PUBLISHER: Harcourt Children's Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel, Blair Lent
Tikki Tikki Tembo-No Sa Rembo-Chari Bari Ruchi-Pip Peri Penbo is a little boy who falls down a well. Before he can be rescued, however, his name must be recited in full several times over. AUTHOR: Arlene Mosel, Blair Lent
PUBLISHER: Holt, Henry Books for Young Readers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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