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|  | Dark Remedy by Rock Brynner, Trent D. Stephens
In this history of Thalidomide, a scientist teams up with a recipient of the drug to document both the drawbacks and benefits of it, arguing that although it has been linked to birth deformities and adults' nerve damage, it is a promising treatment for serious diseases, like AIDS and cancer. AUTHOR: Rock Brynner, Trent D. Stephens
PUBLISHER: Perseus Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General 
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 | Strand of a Thousand Pearls by Dorit Rabinyan, Yael Lotan
In Dorit Rabinyan's second novel, the Azizyan family--Iranians living in Israel--has four daughters: the beautiful Sophia who marries a man in the tear-gas industry, the embarrassing Lizzie, the hapless Marcelle, and little Mattie who is haunted by her twin brother who died at birth. AUTHOR: Dorit Rabinyan, Yael Lotan
PUBLISHER: Random House, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | Green Mansions by Beth Baxter, Brian Parry, Ian Duncan, Jill Daly, William Henry Hudson
A man known only as Mr. Abel tells the story of how he discovered and fell in love with a strange, birdlike girl named Rima, living in a South American jungle. This 1904 romance, with its tragic ending in which innocence is sacrificed to corruption, was perhaps the first work of fiction that warned of the evils of exploitation of the natural world by predatory humans, whether they be colonial despots or oblivious natives. AUTHOR: Beth Baxter, Brian Parry, Ian Duncan, Jill Daly, William Henry Hudson
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Orpheus Emerged by Jack Kerouac, Robert Creeley
This highly autobiographical work, set at a very Columbia-like university, was written in 1945, when Kerouac was 23. AUTHOR: Jack Kerouac, Robert Creeley
PUBLISHER: ibooks, Incorporated
FORMAT: Audio & Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | Midnight's Children by Anita Desai, David Smale, Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie won the Booker Prize for this novel, which follows the lives of children born on August 15, 1947, the day India became an independent nation. The book is simultaneously the story of one boy's coming of age, a chronicle of the growing pains of the new nation, and a family drama, all told in a magical-realist style that manages to be humorous and hopeful despite the gravity of the events depicted. AUTHOR: Anita Desai, David Smale, Salman Rushdie
PUBLISHER: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Bass Player Book by Richard Johnston
The Bass Player Book is the essential all-in-one handbook for both acoustic and electric bass players, offering invaluable advice and instruction on technique, gear, and most importantly, inspiration. Packed with dozens of photos, musician profiles and in-depth musical examples, this book is a must for the beginner as well as the battle-hardened veteran. AUTHOR: Richard Johnston
PUBLISHER: Backbeat Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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