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|  | Hockey Heroes by John Danakas
The team has a hot new player whose skill has everyone dazzled and he says he wants to be Cody`s best friend. The twin themes of friendship and loyalty are explored in this hockey drama. AUTHOR: John Danakas
PUBLISHER: Lorimer, James & Company
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General 
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 | The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash by Steven Kellogg, Trinka H. Noble
When Jimmy brings his pet boa constrictor along on a class trip to a farm, all sorts of chaos follows. The colorful artworks was created by using watercolor washes, ink, and pencil. AUTHOR: Steven Kellogg, Trinka H. Noble
PUBLISHER: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Deadville by Robert F. Jones
In 1833 the Griffith brothers blow off the dust of the Pennsylvania coal mines and head westward, seeking their fortunes as frontiersmen and gold rushers. This is the heroic tale of their adventures in building a life in the Great American West. Written with a keen eye for historical detail and lyric violence, Deadville is slam-bang action from cover to cover. It is filled with Indian fights, horse-stealing raids, mountain and plains lore; peopled with compelling characters like Jim Bridger, Old Bill Williams, and a mysterious Indian woman called Quick Killer -- all punctuated with vivid scenes of the Mimbres and Taos Massacres, two crucifixions, numerous mine explosions, and a climactic running gun battle through a maze of dark, dank tunnels. AUTHOR: Robert F. Jones
PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press, LLC
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | Roman Art
In this refreshing reappraisal of the art and architecture of ancient Rome, Eve D'Ambra focuses on the personal, social and cultural identity of its subjects. The acquisition of art, whether the purchase of copies of Greek statuary, the construction of a sumptuous villa or the commissioning of a portrait head, played a crucial role in Roman society in which displays of wealth and culture were necessary to gain and maintain power. The question of identity is key to understanding the nature of the Roman empire, which seemed infinitely expandable at its peak, welcomed foreigners to become Romans, freed slaves to citizen status, and allowed social mobility Within a strictly hierarchical social order. D'Ambra discusses patronage on different social levels, from that of the emperor and his court to those of shopkeepers and of artisans, in diverse regions of the empire and in distinct ethnic groups. She compares the imagery of the state and of military victory with the humblest funerary reliefs. Many provincial artworks were based on imperial models, but others were created in resistance to prevailing imperial standards. D'Ambra draws on a range of sculpture, wall paintings, decorative arts, coins and architecture, from Italy to the edges of the empire, evoking the traditionalism and the adaptability of Roman art. She also looks ahead to the art and architecture of the fourth century AD, which despite the emergence of Christianity as the dominant religion continued to be influenced by Roman styles and themes.
CATEGORY: General
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 | Amazing Insects
Description not available.Text and photographs introduce the world of insects.
CATEGORY: General
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 | Babylon 5 by David Peters, Jane Killick
Description not available.Presents the action-packed novelization of the popular, award-winning series fifth, feature-length premiere episode, now airing on TNT. Original. TV tie-in. AUTHOR: David Peters, Jane Killick
PUBLISHER: Ballantine Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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