More Outstanding Books for the College Bound

More Outstanding Books for the College Bound Young Adult Library Services Association

More Outstanding Books for the College Bound Young Adult Library Services Association

AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION Chicago

2006

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CONTENTS

PREFACE

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INTRODUCTION

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PART ONE

Outstanding Books by Genre or Subject Literature FICTION 4 POETRY 24 DRAMA 28 Plays 28 Musicals 39 Books about the Theater

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Nonfiction ART, ARCHITECTURE, AND PHOTOGRAPHY BIOGRAPHY 51 DANCE 71 FILM AND TELEVISION 74 HISTORY 76 HUMANITIES 84 MUSIC 95 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 99 SOCIAL SCIENCES 107 OTHER NONFICTION 112

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Lists by Year, 2004–1959 2004

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1999

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1994

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1991

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1988

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1963

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1982

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1961

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1976

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1971

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Special Lists Top Twenty-Four Now/Current

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APPENDIXES

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Guidelines for the Outstanding Books for the College Bound Committee 215

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Tips for Using More Outstanding Books for the College Bound

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Reading Action Plan

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Resources for Further Reading

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hat should I read?” That question was often stamped plainly on the faces of the young people who came into the libraries where I used to work. Daunted by the rows and rows of books, young adults would wander timidly through the stacks. Oftentimes, if left to their own devices, they would locate a section of books that held some interest for them, grab the thinnest book from the shelf without so much as a peek between the covers, and head quickly for the circulation desk. More Outstanding Books for the College Bound is meant to be a resource that librarians, educators, and concerned adults can use to help young adults find great books that are right for them. But between these pages is also a little something for anyone who might wander into a library or classroom. There is recommended reading for that budding history buff, for the future actor, for the poetry lover, for the environmental activist, for the lifelong learner, for the star gazer, and for many others. As the world leader in creating and disseminating book lists for young adults, the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) strives to promote young adult literature as well as to increase the number of teens who are competent, avid readers. The lists presented in this book are the product of a labor of love by dozens of dedicated members of YALSA, the fastest growing division of the American Library Association. When evaluating and selecting the titles that appear in this book, these members have strived to keep the needs and interests of teens and lifelong learners in mind. With lists of required reading as much a part of the classroom today as in the past, we hope that More Outstanding Books for the College Bound will help librarians, educators, and concerned adults offer a wider selection of recommended reading to the young adults in their lives. YALSA, then, is proud to present this work to you. Beth Yoke YALSA Executive Director

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s reading falling by the wayside? Are the books that students carry around in their backpacks giving them pleasure or pain? Has reading been overtaken by the electronic media that seems to be dominant in our lives? The concern about technology and its impact on reading is not new. Eighty years ago, Ida E. Melson had this to say: To arouse a taste for good reading is admittedly half of the province of the teacher of English, but that the present time furnishes particular obstacles to general and earnest reading among young people, no one can deny. Our chief recreations are automobile-riding and moving pictures. With the building of more garages than homes in the United States during the past year, reading has inevitably lost some tricks in the game. As for movies, whatever they may be as an educational force (and strong claims have often been set forth) frequent attendance upon them fails to increase a child’s power to read with understanding—and consequently with pleasure.1

Although reading may have lost a few more tricks since 1924, there’s still hope. Even though television, video games, and the Internet have been added to cars and movies, reading still has a place in our lives, thanks to people and organizations working to help us develop fluent readers. Book discussion groups abound, and there has been a proliferation of recommended reading lists from secondary schools and colleges. Interest in rereading favorite books is growing, and an avalanche of new books is being published each year. And, of course, today’s students know the importance of reading. How could they not? The emphasis on reading at the elementary and secondary school levels has escalated thanks to the No Child Left Behind Act. Nonetheless, a National Endowment for the Arts survey reports a decline in leisure reading, especially among adults between the ages of eighteen and thirty-four.2 This distressing news comes at a time when a great deal of attention is focused on adolescent literacy. Even though the International Reading Association, the National Council of Teachers of English, and the National Middle School Association

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viii INTRODUCTION have all issued statements that support the importance of reading in the years of adolescent development, the attention may not be enough to stem the lack of interest in reading among younger adults. Along with the associations named above, the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), has joined in the effort to support the adolescent literacy movement. Adolescent literacy is one of YALSA’s ten core values, as outlined in New Directions for Library Service to Young Adults.3 The Teen Read Week initiative is another way YALSA encourages reading for pleasure. And lists of recommended books, including Outstanding Books for the College Bound (OBCB), are still another.

HISTORY OBCB lists have been produced by YALSA since 1959. The last two lists (1999 and 2004) have been the result of a collaborative effort with the Association for College and Research Libraries (ACRL), another division of ALA. The target audience has always been young adults, ages twelve through eighteen, who are planning on continuing their education after high school. In later years, the lists have found a secondary audience. They are useful for anyone, of whatever age, who seeks a postsecondary education or who is a lifelong learner. The lists were first produced at the request of the National Education Association and were published in the NEA Journal in 1959. They have also been published in a brochure format by ALA each time a new list has been created. Since 1959, fifteen OBCB lists have been produced. In 1984 and 1996, the existing lists were compiled in books published by ALA. This edition supersedes those publications. Librarians, teachers, guidance counselors, and youth development workers have found the lists especially useful because, unlike many recommended reading lists, they are annotated by youthoriented librarians in a lively style that will appeal to young adults.

WHO SELECTS THE BOOKS? Titles for OBCB lists are selected by a fifteen-member committee of YALSA and ACRL members who have been appointed by the YALSA president. The committee members are librarians who serve young adults in various capacities in school, public, and college libraries. Committee members read book reviews, review lists of recommended books, check annual book awards, solicit recommendations from young adults, and collect opinions from teachers in middle schools, high

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schools, and colleges. They meet at the ALA annual and midwinter conferences over the course of two years. After extensive reading and intensive discussion, they vote to select twenty to twenty-five titles in each of the genres or subjects they have selected. Committee members also write the annotations, describing special characteristics and content that will tempt and intrigue young adult users of the list. For more committee guidelines, see appendix A.

WHAT CRITERIA ARE USED? The basic criteria for inclusion on an OBCB list were established by YALSA and are very general in nature. In addition to meeting standard selection criteria consonant with the ALA Bill of Rights, titles should be published in English and should be widely available, though out-of-print as well as in-print titles are considered. Also considered are titles that have appeared on previous OBCB lists. In addition, each category may have a special set of criteria, and the criteria for the committees have changed over the years to reflect societal changes as well as changes in the publishing industry. Additional criteria considered by the committee for the 2004 OBCB list included readability, cultural and ethnic diversity, and balance of viewpoints, with a focus on books published within the last five years. Classic and modern literature is represented on all the lists; however, the lists for 1999 and 2004 feature more modern literature than classics. Young adult literature is particularly well represented on the 2004 list. The abundance of new books suitable for the lists has ballooned in recent years, and the 2004 list has very few repeats from previous lists.

WHO ARE THE COLLEGE BOUND? Undergraduates who attend the country’s colleges and universities are a varied group. In 1999–2000, close to a third were nonwhite, and more than half were women. Students in the traditional age range (younger than twenty-three) made up just over half—or 57 percent— of all undergraduates. Variations among students have changed little over the past ten years, but there are two notable differences. The proportion of white students has decreased, while the number of students in other racial/ ethnic groups has increased. The proportion of minority students in 1999–2000—close to a third—represented an increase of about 25 percent from 1989–1990.4

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ORGANIZATION OF THE BOOK The lists are arranged in two ways, by genre or subject and by year of appearance on a list. In part 1, all of the books selected over the years are combined. Literature is subdivided into Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. Nonfiction contains ten separate categories, including Biography, Dance, and Music. Each major section and secondary subsection begins with a quote about the subject, usually from one of the books included in that genre. Within each section in part 1, the books are listed alphabetically by title. The date in parentheses after each title is the original date of publication or composition. The years of appearance on the lists are also given for each title. Each title is annotated; the annotations are from the original lists and were written by the OBCB committee members and make this part most suitable for browsing. Apart from the original date of publication, the only bibliographic information given is the title and the author or editor. Many of the titles are available in several editions; some are out of print. For complete bibliographic information and for copies of the books, check your local school, public, or college library. Part 2 is a historical record of the lists by year, without annotations, beginning with the latest list (2004) and ending with the earliest list (1959). The titles for each year are further organized by genre or subject selected by that committee, with titles listed alphabetically by author or editor. Part 3 contains two special lists. The Top Twenty-Four chart lists titles most frequently selected over the years. The Now/Current list is a combination of the Now list from 1971 and the Current list from 1976 and serves as a snapshot of tense, turbulent times. Because parts 1 and part 2 serve different purposes, using the index will be the quickest way to fnd a specific title.

THE APPENDIXES The appendixes include committee guidelines for the 2004 OBCB Committee for those users who want more detail about the selection of titles. “Tips for Using More Outstanding Books for the College Bound” will provide strategies for encouraging readers to use the book. The “Reading Action Plan” can be used by students and lifelong learners to systematically create reading goals and to record progress toward those goals. The bibliography includes print and electronic resources for more information on related topics.

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N OT E S 1. Ida E. Melson, “Current Reading as a Stimulus,” English Journal 13, no. 6 (1924): 389–96; excerpted in “EJ 80 Years Ago,” English Journal 93, no. 5 (2004): 23. 2. National Endowment for the Arts, Reading at Risk: A Survey of Literary Reading in America (Washington, DC: NEA, 2004), http://www .nea.gov/pub/ReadingAtRisk.pdf. 3. Patrick Jones, New Directions for Library Service to Young Adults (Chicago: American Library Association, 2002). 4. National Center for Education Statistics, The Condition of Education 2004 (June 2004), http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2004/2004077.pdf.

PART ONE

Outstanding Books by Genre or Subject

Outstanding Books for the College Bound

LITERATURE

How simple the writing of literature would be if it were only necessary to write in another way what has been well written. It is because we have had such great writers in the past that a writer is driven far out past where he can go, out to where no one can help him. Ernest Hemingway, Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech (1954)

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reat writers of the past as well as writers who have “driven far out past” are present in these lists of poetry and prose. All these writers have demonstrated excellence in expression and a grasp of the human condition, regardless of the time when they were writing. Of course, the selection of categories and titles for a literature section is always open to debate. There are more questions than answers whenever the subject is discussed. What makes a book good literature? Is a best seller literature? Have these titles stood the test of time? Isn’t nonfiction literature? These lists provide fuel for the fodder for that discussion.

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FICTION For a long time I thought the eagle and the serpent on the Mexican flag were the United States and Mexico fighting. And then, afterward, I thought of the eagle and serpent as the story of Mother and Father. From Caramelo, by Sandra Cisneros

1984, George Orwell (1948), 1971 In a society of the future, individual privacy is invaded as the Thought Police persuade the people that “War is Peace—Freedom is Slavery—Ignorance is Strength.” The Accidental Tourist, Anne Tyler (1985), 1991 Recently divorced Macon Leary, author of a series of guide books for businessmen who hate to travel, chronicles his journey from lonely self-absorption to an accidental new life with a dog trainer from the Meow Bow Animal Hospital. The Adventures of Augie March, Saul Bellow (1953), 1971 Born out of wedlock, brought up in the poverty of Chicago, Augie takes life as it comes and wherever he can get it. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain (1884), 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1991, 1994 A Missouri boy tells of adventure on the Mississippi. All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque (1930), 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1994 Through the eyes and mind of a German private, the reader shares life on the battlefield during World War I. The Ambassadors, Henry James (1902), 1967 The struggle between the old-fashioned New England conscience and the cultured maturity of Paris is told with subtle irony. An American Tragedy, Theodore Dreiser (1925), 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967 Ambitious Clyde Griffiths has an affair with Roberta. But Roberta’s pregnancy does not fit into Clyde’s plan for success, so he murders her. Animal Dreams, Barbara Kingsolver (1990), 1994 Codi Noline learns secrets about her past that change her future when she returns home to care for her ailing father and to teach high school biology.

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Animal Farm, George Orwell (1946), 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1982, 1988, 1994 A satire on communism and the totalitarian state. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy (1875), 1971 Anna forsakes her husband for dashing Count Vronsky and brief happiness. Arrowsmith, Sinclair Lewis (1924), 1959, 1963, 1965 A young doctor must decide between worldly success and money and his own desire to devote his life to scientific research. The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, Ernest J. Gaines (1971), 1988, 1994 This fictional autobiography tells the story of a remarkable African American woman born in slavery on a Louisiana plantation who is freed after the Civil War and lives another 100 years to see the second emancipation. The Awakening, Kate Chopin (1899), 1999 Edna Pontellier, an unhappy wife and mother, discovers new qualities in herself when she visits Grand Isle, a resort for the Creole elite of New Orleans. Bastard Out of Carolina, Dorothy Allison (1992), 1999, 2004 Bone confronts poverty, the troubled marriage of her mother and stepfather, and the stigma of being considered “white trash” as she comes of age in South Carolina. The Bean Trees, Barbara Kingsolver (1998), 2004 Taylor Greer leaves Kentucky and heads west to find a new life. When a baby is abandoned in her car, she learns that responsibilities and independence are not mutually exclusive in this story of family and community. The Bear, William Faulkner (1931), 1982, 1999 Ike McCaslin’s hunting trips for the legendary bear, Old Ben, are played out against opposing ideas of corruption and innocence. Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast, Robin McKinley (1978), 1988, 1994, 1999 Love is the only key to unlocking a curse and transforming the Beast into a man. Bee Season, Myla Goldberg (2000), 2004 Eliza’s extraordinary gift for spelling leads her to understand the sounds of the alphabet, in a way that echoes the teachings of the mystical Kabbal. The Beekeeper’s Apprentice; or, On the Segregation of the Queen, Laurie R. King (1994), 1999 Retired Sherlock Holmes meets his intellectual match in fifteen-year-old Mary Russell, who challenges him to investigate yet another case. A Bell for Adano, John Hersey (1944), 1967 In the Italian village of Adano, Major Joppolo tries to replace the town’s bell and gain the respect of the villagers.

6 OUTSTANDING BOOKS BY GENRE OR SUBJECT Beloved, Toni Morrison (1987), 1991, 1999 Preferring death over slavery for her children, Sethe murders her infant daughter who later mysteriously returns and almost destroys the lives of her mother and sister. Betsey Brown, Ntozake Shange (1985), 1988 Betsey Brown, full of dreams to change the world, struggles with her loving but conflict-torn family in this enchanting lyrical portrait of three generations of African American women. Birdy, William Wharton (1979), 1982 Under the strain of war, Birdy’s boyhood obsession with canaries evolves into madness and the conviction that he himself is a bird. Bleak House, Charles Dickens (1852), 1971 A woman who is not what she seems, a lawyer who becomes a corpse, and a girl with no past are all part of Dickens’ engrossing literary riddle. Bless Me, Ultima, Rudolfo A. Anaya (1972), 1991, 1999 Ultima, a wise old mystic, helps a young Hispanic boy resolve personal dilemmas caused by the differing backgrounds and aspirations of his parents and society. The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison (1970), 1994 Pecola yearns to have beautiful blue eyes like the little white girls she sees. The Bounty Trilogy: Comprising the Three Volumes, Mutiny on the Bounty, Men against the Sea, and Pitcairn’s Island, Charles B. Nordhoff and James Norman Hall (1936), 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967 This great trilogy tells of men who mutiny against an insufferable sea captain. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley (1932), 1967, 1971, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1999 In a chilling vision of the future, babies are produced in bottles and exist in a mechanized world without soul. Briar Rose, Jane Yolen (1992), 1999 Disturbed by her grandmother Gemma’s unique version of Sleeping Beauty, Rebecca seeks the truth behind the fairy tale. The Bride Price, Buchi Emecheta (1976), 1988, 1999 Aku-nna, a very young Ibo girl, and Chike, her teacher, fall in love despite tribal custom forbidding their romance. The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Thornton Wilder (1927), 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1971 The story of five travelers who are victims of the collapse of a bridge built over a deep chasm in Peru.

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The Caine Mutiny, Herman Wouk (1951), 1967 Under the command of tyrannical Captain Queeg, Willie Keith develops from a carefree college boy to a captain distinguished for bravery. The Call of the Wild, Jack London (1903), 1991 Stolen from his life as a beloved pet, Buck must learn to adapt to abuse as a Klondike sled dog, to life with a loving master, John Thornton, and finally, when Thornton dies, to life in the wild as a leader of the wolfpack. Caramelo, Sandra Cisneros (2002), 2004 LaLa learns the stories of her Awful Grandmother and weaves them into a colorful family history. The “caramelo,” a striped shawl begun by her GreatGrandmother, symbolizes their traditions. Catch-22, Joseph Heller (1961), 1971, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1999 In this satirical novel, Captain Yossarian confronts the hypocrisy of war and bureaucracy as he frantically attempts to survive. The Catcher in the Rye, J. D. Salinger (1951), 1967, 1971, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1991, 1994 A ribald, hilarious, and touching tale of a sixteen-year-old’s wanderings in New York for three days after he is dropped from his school. Cat’s Cradle, Kurt Vonnegut (1963), 1971 Finding themselves on the imaginary island of San Lorenzo, a gallery of grotesque people learn about ice-nine and espouse a new religion, Bokonism. Caucasia, Danzy Senna (1998), 2004 Separated when their parents’ interracial marriage ends in divorce, lightskinned Birdie and her dark-skinned sister Cole lead very different lives while hoping for a reunion with one another. The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, Thomas Keneally (1972), 1991 Mixed-race Australian Jimmie Blacksmith is brutally betrayed by white society and embarks on a murderous rampage. China Boy, Gus Lee (1991), 1994 Kai Ting enters the boxing program at the YMCA and learns how to survive in the tough Tenderloin section of San Francisco. The Chocolate War, Robert Cormier (1974), 1976, 1988, 1994 When Jerry refuses to sell chocolates for a fund-raising drive, he upsets the power structure of his school and becomes the object of a “war” of intimidation and violence. The Chosen, Chaim Potok (1982), 1988, 1991, 1994, 1999 A baseball injury brings together two Jewish boys, one Hasidic, the other Orthodox, first in hostility but finally in friendship.

8 OUTSTANDING BOOKS BY GENRE OR SUBJECT Cold Mountain, Charles Frazier (1997), 1999 Inman, a wounded Civil War soldier, endures the elements, The Guard, and his own weakness and infirmity to return to his sweetheart, Ada, who is fighting her own battle to survive while farming the mountainous North Carolina terrain. The Collected Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer, Isaac Bashevis Singer (1982), 1988 Short stories that glow with irony, humor, mysticism, and strength from the renowned Yiddish writer. The Color Purple, Alice Walker (1982), 1994 In a series of letters to God and her sister, Celie reveals her struggle to overcome the violence and brutality in her life. The Complete Tales and Poems, Edgar Allan Poe (1938), 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967 Outstanding tales of mystery and suspense rise from the pen of one of the great mystery writers of all times. The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas (1888), 1959, 1963, 1965 An adventure story of a man’s unjust imprisonment, escape, and return to a new life. Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1917), 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1999 A sensitive intellectual is driven by poverty to believe himself exempt from moral law. The Cruel Sea, Nicholas Monsarrat (1951), 1959, 1963, 1965 The story of the courageous crew aboard the Compass Rose in the North Atlantic during World War II. Cry, the Beloved Country: A Story of Comfort in Desolation, Alan Paton (1948), 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1991, 1994 The personal tragedy of a humble Zulu parson seeking his son and sister in Johannesburg. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon (2003), 2004 Christopher has two mysteries to solve: who killed Wellington the dog, and what happened to his mother. But Christopher, who has Asperger Syndrome, a form of autism, approaches these mysteries and the world itself in a unique and special way. David Copperfield, Charles Dickens (1849), 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967 An autobiographical novel reflecting the life of England in the early nineteenth century. A Death in the Family, James Agee (1957), 1971, 1999 The enchanted childhood summer of 1915 suddenly becomes a baffling experience for Rufus Follet when his father dies.

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Death in Venice, Thomas Mann (1925), 1976 A successful author, proud of his work and self-discipline, is forced to confront the mysterious and decadent potential in himself when he becomes infatuated with a frail boy. Don Quixote de la Mancha, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1605), 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1976 The adventures of a mad Spaniard who imagines he lives in the age of heroic knights. Dracula, Bram Stoker (1899), 1982, 1988 Count Dracula’s nasty practice of drinking the blood of his victim is finally ended by a group of stalwart English. Dune, Frank Herbert (1965), 1982 A desert planet is the exotic scene of a richly detailed space fantasy in which the freemen of Dune battle the Emperor of the known universe. East of Eden, John Steinbeck (1952), 1991 The lives of two California families intertwine as good clashes against evil. Ellen Foster, Kaye Gibbons (1987), 1999 Casting an unflinching yet humorous eye on her situation, eleven-year-old Ellen survives her mother’s death, an abusive father, and uncaring relatives to find for herself a loving home and a new mama. Ender’s Game, Orson Scott Card (1985), 1999 In a world decimated by alien attacks, the government trains young geniuses like Ender Wiggin in military strategy with increasingly complex computer games. Ethan Frome, Edith Wharton (1911), 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1971 A bitter, stark story of people trapped in a marriage from which they can’t escape though love has long since gone. Everything That Rises Must Converge, Flannery O’Connor (1965), 1991, 1999 Stories about misfits in small southern towns force the reader to confront hypocrisy and complacency. Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury (1953), 1988, 1991, 1994 Books are for burning in this future society in which thinking and reading are crimes. The Fall of the House of Usher, and Other Tales, Edgar Allan Poe (1960), 1976, 1982 Desolation and impending doom press heavily on these splendid tales of physical horror and psychological terror.

10 OUTSTANDING BOOKS BY GENRE OR SUBJECT Far from the Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy (1887), 1982 Three men seek the love of Bathsheba Everdene in this novel of betrayal and murder in rural England. A Farewell to Arms, Ernest Hemingway (1929), 1982, 1991, 1999 World War I is the setting for this love story of an English nurse and a wounded American ambulance officer. The Farming of Bones, Edwidge Danticat (1998), 2004 A Caribbean holocaust story, when nationalist madness and ethnic hatred turn island neighbors into executioners. Amid the rumors of terror, Annabelle and Sebastien hold on to love, to dignity—and struggle to survive. Fathers and Sons, Ivan Turgenev (1862), 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967 A straightforward novel which dramatizes the conflict and differences between generations in Russia. Feed, M. T. Anderson (2002), 2004 In this society your brain cyberfeed provides an endless stream of information, entertainment, and advertising. When Violet’s feed is disrupted, she’s cast adrift and everyone is forced to examine the power of the feed in his/her life. The Fixer, Bernard Malamud (1966), 1971, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1991, 1999 Victim of a vicious anti-Semitic conspiracy, Yakov Bok is in a Russian prison with only his indomitable will to sustain him. Flowers for Algernon, Daniel Keyes (1966), 1971 After an experiment on a mouse named Algernon triples its intelligence, the same operation is performed on Charlie, a thirty-two-year-old. Fools Crow, James Welch (1986), 1988 Fools Crow, an eighteen-year-old Blackfoot in nineteenth-century Montana, tries to help his people understand the significance of the white “seizers” who threaten the traditional Native American way of life. For Whom the Bell Tolls, Ernest Hemingway (1940), 1971, 1976 Robert Jordan, a young American professor fighting for the Loyalist cause in Spain, discovers love, destroys a bridge as assigned, and faces his final test alone. Forgotten Fire, Adam Bagdasarian (2000), 2004 Based on a true story from the Armenian Holocaust, this is an eloquent, touching, and heart-wrenching portrait of pain and triumph during a time of tragedy. The Forsyte Saga, John Galsworthy (1922), 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967 The chronicle of three generations of an upper-middle-class English family.

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A Gathering of Old Men, Ernest J. Gaines (1983), 1991, 1994 More than a dozen aging African American men claim to be the sole murderer of a southern white farmer and welcome a chance to confound the law after lifetimes of oppression. Giants in the Earth, O. E. Rolvaag (1927), 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1971 The lives of Norwegian settlers in South Dakota. Girl with a Pearl Earring, Tracy Chevalier (2003), 2004 Sixteen-year-old Griet is hired as a maid in the household of Delft painter Johannes Vermeer, where she becomes an assistant and muse to the famous artist. Go and Come Back, Joan Abelove (2002), 2004 In a story of mutual culture shock, Alicia, a young Isabo girl in a remote area of Peru, is just as fascinated by the American anthropologists, Joanna and Margarita, as they are with the ways of her people. Go Tell It on the Mountain, James Baldwin (1953), 1976, 1988 Fourteen-year-old John struggles against the sins of his forefathers and the sensuous evils of Harlem to attain a religious conversion that reflects man’s battle for inner peace. Going after Cacciato, Tim O’Brien (1978), 1982, 1988 Private Cacciato takes off from the Vietnam War to walk to Paris, and his company follows him in a real/surreal journey. The Golden Compass, Philip Pullman (1996), 2004 Lyra Belacqua, a young girl living in an alternate Oxford, and her daimon, Pantalaimon, set out to find her kidnapped playmate and uncover a sinister plot. Now Lyra must use her special powers to thwart evil and redeem the world. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell (1936), 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1971 Scheming, beautiful Scarlett O’Hara and unscrupulous Rhett Butler make this story of the Civil War adventurous and absorbing. The Good Earth, Pearl S. Buck (1931), 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1971 The trials and problems of a Chinese peasant and his wife. A Gracious Plenty, Sheri Reynolds (1997), 2004 What happens to us when we die? Finch Nobles, a cemetery keeper with horrible burn scars, talks to the dead and helps them examine what keeps them tied to the earth. The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck (1939), 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1976, 1988, 1999 An Oklahoma farmer and his family leave the Dust Bowl during the Great Depression to go to the promised land of California.

12 OUTSTANDING BOOKS BY GENRE OR SUBJECT The Grass Dancer, Susan Power (1994), 1999 Ending in the 1980s with the love story of Charlene Thunder and grass dancer Harley Wind Soldier, this multigenerational tale of a Sioux family is told in the voices of the living and the dead. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens (1861), 1976, 1994 The hero Pip, reared by humble relatives, is informed he is to be made a gentleman of “great expectations” by a mysterious unknown patron. The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald (1925), 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1991, 1994 Lives of wealthy persons in the New York area during the “roaring twenties” are carefully portrayed. Great Short Works of Joseph Conrad, Joseph Conrad (1966), 1976 Guilt and honor, conscience and moral justice are explored in these tales of sea adventure and unknown lands. Green Mansions, W. H. Hudson (1904), 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967 A romantic fantasy is set in a South American jungle. Grendel, John Gardner (1971), 1976, 1988, 1999 In a unique interpretation of the Beowulf legend, the monster Grendel relates his struggle to understand the ugliness in himself and mankind in the brutal world of fourteenth-century Denmark. The Gulag Archipelago, 1918–1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn (1974), 1976 Solzhenitsyn examines what life was like for the millions of prisoners in the vast network of penal institutions across Stalin’s Russia. Gulliver’s Travels, Jonathan Swift (1794), 1976 Adventures among the miniature inhabitants of Lilliput, the giants of Brobdingnag, the immortal Struldbrugs, and the reasoning Houyhnhnms form a masterful satire on man and human institutions. The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood (1985), 1999 In Gilead, a Christian fundamentalist dystopia, fertile lower-class women serve as birthmothers for the upper class. The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, Carson McCullers (1940), 1982, 1988 The deaf-mute John Singer becomes the talisman for the dreams and yearnings of four people in a small southern town. The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros (1983), 1999 In short, poetic stories, Esperanza describes life in a low-income, predominantly Hispanic neighborhood in Chicago.

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How Green Was My Valley, Richard Llewellyn (1941), 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967 A young Welsh miner watches his idyllic village become a scene of tragedy. How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, Julia Alvarez (1991), 1994 The four Garcia girls face a strange new life in America when they are forced to flee the Dominican Republic. The Human Comedy, William Saroyan (1943), 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967 Saroyan poignantly relates incidents in the life of a family during World War II. I Never Promised You a Rose Garden, Joanne Greenberg (1964), 1971, 1976 A sixteen-year-old girl struggles out of the seductive kingdom of her madness and reenters the real world. If Beale Street Could Talk, James Baldwin (1974), 1982 When Fonny is jailed on a frame-up, he and his girlfriend, Tish, are supported by a loyal family. In Country, Bobbie Ann Mason (1985), 1991, 1999 After her father is killed in the Vietnam War, Sam Hughes lives with an uncle whom she suspects suffers from the effects of Agent Orange, and struggles to come to terms with the war’s impact on her family. In the Time of the Butterflies, Julia Alvarez (1994), 1999, 2004 Dede, the only survivor of the four Mirabel sisters, code named Mariposas or butterflies, reveals their role in the liberation of the Dominican Republic from the dictator Trujillo. Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison (1952), 1971, 1976, 1982, 1999 A young African American seeking identity during his high school and college days, and later in New York’s Harlem, relates his terrifying experiences. Ivanhoe, Sir Walter Scott (1819), 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967 The days of Robin Hood and of Saxon and Norman feuds come alive in this story of medieval England. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë (1847), 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1982, 1988, 1991, 1994 An unassuming English orphan becomes a governess and falls in love with her employer. The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan (1989), 1991, 1994 A young Chinese American woman realizes her mother’s early life in China is an important reason for the rift between them. The Jungle, Upton Sinclair (1906), 1988 This gritty description of urban life at the turn of the century shows the moral and physical degradation of a “jungle” in which humans barely live better than animals.

14 OUTSTANDING BOOKS BY GENRE OR SUBJECT Kidnapped, Robert Louis Stevenson (1886), 1959, 1963, 1965 Scotland after the rising of Prince Charlie is the background for this adventure story. The Killer Angels, Michael Shaara (1974), 1994, 1999 Officers and foot soldiers from both the Union and Confederacy steel themselves for the bloody Battle of Gettysburg. Kim, Rudyard Kipling (1901), 1959, 1963, 1965 Kipling recounts the adventures of an orphan son of an Irish soldier during days of British rule in India. The King Must Die, Mary Renault (1958), 1991 The myth of Theseus and the minotaur of Crete comes to life in the form of a novel. The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini (2003), 2004 Years after he flees Afghanistan, Amir, now an American citizen, returns to his native land and attempts to atone for the betrayal of his best friend before he fled Kabul and the Taliban. Kristin Lavransdatter, Sigrid Undset (1922), 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1971 A vivid description of Scandinavian life during the fourteenth century. The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin (1969), 1976, 1982, 1988, 1999 First envoy to the technologically primitive world of Winter, Al must deal with a hostile climate, a suspicious bickering government, and his own conventional sexual mores. Les Misérables, Victor Hugo (1862), 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1971 A powerful story of an unfortunate thief in the underworld of Paris. A Lesson before Dying, Ernest J. Gaines (1993), 1999 When Jefferson’s attorney states, “I would just as soon put a hog in the electric chair as this,” disillusioned teacher Grant Wiggins is sent into the penitentiary to help this slow learner gain a sense of dignity and self-esteem before his execution. Life Is Funny, E. R. Frank (2000), 2004 Growing up in New York can be agonizing, humorous, and always a challenge for these teens who tell their stories. Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments with Recipes, Romance and Home Remedies, Laura Esquivel (1992), 1994 As the youngest of three daughters in a turn-of-the-century Mexican family, Tita may not marry but must remain at home to care for her mother.

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Lincoln: A Novel, Gore Vidal (1984), 1991 The mosaic of other people’s lives in Lincoln’s Washington renders a complete picture of the man and his times. The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1943), 1971 A strange and mysterious small boy greets a pilot whose plane is forced down in the Sahara, and tells him of his own journey to earth. The Little World of Don Camillo, Giovanni Guareschi (1950), 1959, 1963, 1965 The half-humorous, half-serious feud between an Italian village priest and a communist mayor. Look Homeward, Angel: A Story of the Buried Life, Thomas Wolfe (1929), 1967, 1971, 1976 Hemmed in by the hatreds, jealousies, pretenses, and limited horizons of his family, Gene Gant realizes that he must leave home in order to survive as an individual. Looking Backward: 2000–1887, Edward Bellamy (1888), 1959, 1963, 1965 The author’s idea of what life will be like in the year 2000. The Loon Feather, Iola Fuller (1940), 1959, 1963, 1965 Oneta tells of the decline of her Native American Indian world. Lord Jim, Joseph Conrad (1900), 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1982 A man attempts to live with himself after an act of cowardice. Lord of the Flies, William Golding (1954), 1967, 1971, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1991, 1994 Innocence ends and savagery begins when English school boys are marooned on an ocean island and they attempt to set up a society of their own. The Lord of the Rings, J. R. R. Tolkien (1954), 1971, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1991, 1994 Frodo, a young hobbit, descends to the depths of Middle Earth to keep the magic ring from falling into evil hands. Love Is Eternal, Irving Stone (1954), 1959, 1963, 1965 The misunderstandings, sorrows, and devotion are revealed in this novel about Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd. Lucky, Alice Sebold (1999), 2004 “You save yourself or you remain unsaved.” With these words, Sebold recounts the brutal rape that she was “lucky” to survive. Tragedy and hope combine as she makes her way through a survivor’s maze of emotions. Lust for Life: A Novel of Vincent van Gogh, Irving Stone (1934), 1967 This autobiographical novel reveals the tortured life of Vincent van Gogh.

16 OUTSTANDING BOOKS BY GENRE OR SUBJECT Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert (1856), 1971, 1991 Emma Bovary seeks escape from a dull marriage in a novel showing the effect of narrow-mindedness and squalor on a woman’s life. The Magic Mountain, Thomas Mann (1927), 1971 A tuberculosis sanatorium visited by Hans Castorp becomes a symbol of the diseased pre-war Europe that made World War I inevitable. Main Street, Sinclair Lewis (1920), 1967, 1971, 1976 A young doctor’s wife tries to change the ugliness, dullness, and ignorance which prevail in the small town of Gopher Prairie. Man’s Fate, André Malraux (1934), 1971 A small group of revolutionaries struggle to free the Chinese workers during the conspiracy, bombing, and bloodshed of the Shanghai Insurrection of 1927. The Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury (1950), 1982 Earthlings gain and lose Mars in these short tales about the colonization of another planet. Me and Orson Welles, Robert Kaplow (2003), 2004 What would it be like to spend a week with the great Orson Welles, even sleeping in his pajamas? Richard Samuels, a budding teenage actor, gets the opportunity to see what life on stage, and behind the stage, is really like on Broadway in 1937. The Member of the Wedding, Carson McCullers (1946), 1966, 1968, 1971, 1976, 1991, 1994, 1999 A young southern girl is determined to be the third party on a honeymoon, despite all advice. The novel was published in 1946; the author dramatized it in 1950. The Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka (1916), 1976 Gregor Samsa becomes a cockroach. The Mill on the Floss, George Eliot (1860), 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967 Impulsive, loving Maggie and her plodding brother, Tom, find in death the solution to their emotional conflicts. Moby-Dick, Herman Melville (1851), 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1976 Sea captain vows revenge on the white whale that caused him to lose his leg. Monster, Walter Dean Myers (1999), 2004 Steve Harmon is accused of being an accomplice to murder. He creates a screenplay of his wrenching experiences at the crime scene, in jail, and on trial.

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Montana 1948, Larry Watson (1993), 1999 The summer he is 12, David watches as his family and small town are shattered by scandal and tragedy. The Moonstone, Wilkie Collins (1868), 1959, 1963, 1965, 1971 A celebrated jewel is stolen from an idol in a Buddhist temple. My Ántonia, Willa Cather (1918), 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1976, 1982, 1988 A Bohemian immigrant girl faces hardships in pioneer Nebraska. My Heartbeat, Garret Freymann-Weyr (2002), 2004 Can Ellen get the boy who loves her brother? Native Son, Richard Wright (1940), 1971, 1976, 1988, 1999 For Bigger Thomas, an African American man accused of a crime in the white man’s world, there can be no extenuating circumstances, no explanations, and only death. Nectar in a Sieve, Kamala Markandaya (1954), 1971, 1988, 1999 Natural disasters, an arranged marriage, and industrialization of her village are the challenges Rukmani must face as the bride of a peasant farmer in southern India. Northwest Passage, Kenneth Roberts (1937), 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967 Major Robert Rogers’ tough expedition in 1759 searches for an overland passage to the Pacific. Nothing but the Truth, Avi (1991), 1994 When Philip Malloy hums along with “The Star-Spangled Banner” in homeroom, no one expects a national media event. Of Human Bondage, W. Somerset Maugham (1915), 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1976 A young man searches for a way of life. Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck (1937), 1982, 1994 When he accidentally kills a woman, Lennie, a retarded migrant worker, is protected by his friend George. Of Such Small Differences, Joanne Greenberg (1988), 1991 Falling in love with an actress propels deaf and blind John into a whole new world of experiences. The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway (1952), 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1994 Santiago, an old Gulf fisherman, battles with a monster marlin. The Once and Future King, T. H. White (1958), 1991 King Arthur learns his lessons from Merlin the Magician, creates Camelot and the knights of the Round Table, and loves and loses Guinevere.

18 OUTSTANDING BOOKS BY GENRE OR SUBJECT One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn (1963), 1971, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1991, 1994 An inmate lives one day at a time in a Siberian prison camp. One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Ken Kesey (1962), 1976, 1982 An irrepressible rebel leads fellow inmates of a mental hospital in a struggle with tyrannical Head Nurse Ratched. Ordinary Love and Good Will: Two Novellas, Jane Smiley (1989), 1994 Two modern families in turmoil come to terms with their problems. Ordinary People, Judith Guest (1976), 1988 Seventeen-year-old Conrad Jarrett returns home after an attempted suicide and finds his journey back to normal life slow and painful. The Painted Bird, Jerzy N. Kosinski (1965), 1976, 1999 An abandoned dark-haired child wanders alone through isolated villages of Eastern Europe in World War II. Parable of the Sower, Octavia E. Butler (1993), 1999 Lauren Olamina, who suffers from a hereditary trait called “hyperempathy” that causes her to feel others’ pain physically, journeys north along the dangerous highways of twenty-first-century California. A Passage to India, E. M. Forster (1924), 1971 East and West clash in India when an English woman accuses an Indian man of attacking her. The Passion of Artemisia, Susan Vreeland (2002), 2004 This eloquent rendering of the story of Artemisia Gentileschi evokes appreciation of both her magnificent art and her struggles to succeed as an artist, a story that mirrors the experiences of young women today. Père Goriot, Honoré de Balzac (1835), 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967 Paris transforms Eugene de Rastignac from a naive provincial to a Parisian gentleman. Picture Bride, Yoshiko Uchida (1987), 1994, 1999 Taro journeys to America in the early 1900s to marry a man she has never met. The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde (1891), 1967, 1971 A handsome young man’s portrait becomes a mirror, increasingly grotesque, of his true inner self. The Plague, Albert Camus (1948), 1971, 1982 A small group of people react to the catastrophe of bubonic plague at the Algerian fort of Oran.

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The Portable Faulkner, William Faulkner. Ed. Malcolm Cowley (1946), 1991, 1994 A group of southern families living in an imaginary Mississippi county form a network of relationships with one another. Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog, Dylan Thomas (1940), 1988 A famous poet’s youthful escape from the realities of provincial life. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, James Joyce (1916), 1976, 1982, 1991 A young Irish student struggles to become a writer. Postcards from No Man’s Land, Aidan Chambers (2002), 2004 Seventeen is an age of self-discovery, and Jacob has gone to Amsterdam to explore his life. His quest strangely parallels discoveries about his grandfather’s life there during World War II. The Postman, David Brin (1985), 1988 Gordon Krantz finds an old, worn postman’s uniform after a nuclear holocaust and becomes a symbol of hope to the communities of the American Northwest. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen (1813), 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1991, 1994 The romances of the Bennett girls and the ardent desire of their mother to have them all well married. Prince of Foxes, Samuel Shellabarger (1947), 1959, 1963, 1965 Italian princes live a life of suspicion and intrigue during the Renaissance. Push, Sapphire (1996), 2004 Precious Jones is a survivor. She had her father’s baby at 12 and now, at 16, she is pregnant by him again. But an alternative school, a dedicated teacher, and classmates who understand help her fight back. The Queen’s Gambit, Walter S. Tevis (1983), 1991 Beth Harmon is taught to play chess by the janitor in her orphanage. She jeopardizes her achievements by personal doubts and dependence on drugs and alcohol. Quo Vadis, Henryk Sienkiewicz (1896), 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967 The immorality of the first-century Romans is a contrast to the purity of the Christians in ancient Rome. Ragtime, E. L. Doctorow (1975), 1991 Real and fictional people from widely different economic and ethnic groups interact in nineteenth-century America. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier (1938), 1982 The timid new mistress of Manderley is haunted by the shadow of her predecessor, the vibrant Rebecca.

20 OUTSTANDING BOOKS BY GENRE OR SUBJECT The Red Badge of Courage, Stephen Crane (1885), 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1976, 1982, 1988 A boy moves from cowardice to courage in the Civil War. The Reivers: A Reminiscence, William Faulkner (1962), 1988 In 1905, eleven-year-old Lucius and two other “reivers,” or plunderers, steal his grandfather’s car and set off for Memphis and misadventure. The Return of the Native, Thomas Hardy (1878), 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1976 The powerful influence of Egdon Heath turns to tragedy the love of Clym and Eustacia and brings ruin to others as well. The Sand-Reckoner, Gillian Bradshaw (2000), 2004 A youthful Archimedes comes into his own as a mathematician, an engineer, and a fascinating human being in this engaging novel. Sarah, Orson Scott Card (2001), 2004 The character of Sarah, Abraham’s beloved wife, illuminates this rendering of a pivotal story from the Old Testament. The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne (1850), 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1976, 1982, 1988 Hester Prynne and her lover feel the effects of sin in Puritan New England. Schindler’s List, Thomas Keneally (1982), 1988, 1999 Oskar Schindler, a rich factory owner, risks his life and spends his personal fortune to save Jews listed as his workers during World War II. The Sea of Grass, Conrad Richter (1936), 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967 Cattlemen and homesteaders fight for land and grazing rights. Selected Tales of Edgar Allan Poe, Edgar Allan Poe (1980), 1994 These chilling tales of the supernatural are not for the nervous. A Separate Peace, John Knowles (1959), 1967, 1971, 1976, 1982 Against the backdrop of World War II, the rivalry of two roommates at a boys’ school turns into a private war. Sherlock Holmes: Selected Stories, Arthur Conan Doyle (1902), 1982, 1988, 1991 The brilliant, analytical detective Sherlock Holmes and his friend, Dr. Watson, put Scotland yard to shame as they outwit the villainous Moriarty. Shizuko’s Daughter, Kyoko Mori (1993), 1999 In the years following her mother’s suicide, Yuki develops the inner strength to cope with her distant father, her resentful stepmother, and her haunting, painful memories.

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Siddhartha, Hermann Hesse (1951), 1971, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1999 Emerging from a kaleidoscope of experiences and tasted pleasures, Siddhartha transcends to a state of peace and mystic holiness in this strangely simple story. A Single Pebble, John Hersey (1956), 1959, 1963, 1965 An American engineer finds Oriental philosophy a greater obstacle than the wild Yangtze River. Slaughterhouse-Five; or, The Children’s Crusade, Kurt Vonnegut (1969), 1976, 1982, 1988, 1994 Billy Pilgrim, an optometrist from Ilium, New York, shuttles between the cellars of Dresden smoldering from Allied bombardment and a luxurious zoo on the planet Tralfamadore. The Slave, Isaac Bashevis Singer (1962), 1982 Forbidden love and suffering teach Jacob wisdom and strength. Sons and Lovers, D. H. Lawrence (1913), 1971, 1976 Neither of Paul Morel’s two lovers can wean him away from the stifling influence of excessive mother love. The Sound and the Fury, William Faulkner (1929), 1967, 1971, 1976 The tragic life of the Compsons, a degenerate Southern family, is described by Benjy, a thirty-three-year-old idiot. The Sound of Waves, Yukio Mishima (1956), 1971, 1988 This work delicately traces the lives of two young lovers on a small, traditional Japanese island untouched by modern civilization. Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson (1999), 2004 Calling the police to a party is a tough choice, but what made Melinda call is the devastating secret that keeps her locked in silence. Spring Moon: A Novel of China, Bette B. Lord (1981), 1988 Spring Moon’s pampered easy life changes as China changes. Steppenwolf, Hermann Hesse (1921), 1971 Considering himself half-man, half-wolf of the steppes, Harry Haller faces the conflict between nature and spirit. Stone Heart: A Novel of Sacajawea, Diane Glancy (2003), 2004 You are there on the epic journey of Lewis and Clark that opened the West to the call of manifest destiny. Contrasts between the explorers’ actual journals and the young Shoshone woman’s own records reveal the inherent clash of cultures in this vast new land.

22 OUTSTANDING BOOKS BY GENRE OR SUBJECT Storm, George R. Stewart (1941), 1959, 1963, 1965 A hurricane forms at sea. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson (1886), 1967 Dr. Jekyll discovers a drug that will create a separate personality that will absorb all of his evil characteristics. He calls him Mr. Hyde. The Stranger, Albert Camus (1946), 1967, 1976, 1991, 1994 An ordinary little clerk lives quietly and unemotionally until he becomes involved in another man’s passions, commits an absurd murder, and is sentenced to death. A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens (1859), 1982, 1988 The lives of Alexander Manette and his daughter Lucie and those of Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton become entangled during the French Revolution. Tales of Terror: Ten Short Stories, Edgar Allan Poe (1985), 1988 Ten of Poe’s terrifying tales are told in this collection. Tell Me a Riddle, Tillie Olsen (1960), 1982 Four stories about the very young, the mature, the dying, and the poor are told without pretense. Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe (1959), 1991, 1994 European missionaries and colonial officials disrupt the patterns and rituals of traditional Nigerian Ibo society at the end of the nineteenth century. Things Invisible to See, Nancy Willard (1985), 1988 In Paradise, on the banks of the River of Time, the Lord of the Universe is playing ball with his archangels; and in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Ben Harkissan is hitting a baseball that strikes Clare Bishop, paralyzing her—an act that entwines the characters. The Things They Carried: A Work of Fiction, Tim O’Brien (1998), 1999 These stories follow Tim O’Brien’s platoon of American soldiers through a variety of personal and military encounters during the Vietnam War. Time and Again, Jack Finney (1970), 1982, 1988 Simon Morley travels back in time to New York of the 1880s. The Tin Drum, Günter Grass (1961), 1971 Oskar, who stops growing when he is three, describes life in Germany during and after World War II. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee (1960), 1967, 1971, 1982, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1999 A young girl tells of life in a small Alabama town in the 1930s and her father’s defense in court of an African American accused of raping a white woman.

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The Tree of Liberty, Elizabeth Page (1939), 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967 Page provides a saga of an American family from the days of the colonies to the Western plains. The Trial, Franz Kafka (1925), 1971 Joseph K., a bank official, is arrested, tried, and convicted of an unnamed crime of which he knows nothing. Troy, Adèle Geras (2001), 2004 A city under siege, epic battles and heroes, powerful supernatural forces—it’s the story of the Trojan War seen through the eyes of its women in one of our oldest stories of the cruelty of war. The Turn of the Screw, Henry James (1891), 1971 A governess tries to break the spell she believes evil spirits have cast over the two innocent children in her care. Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero, William Makepeace Thackeray (1847), 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967 Becky Sharp is an ambitious social climber in Victorian London. Vein of Iron, Ellen Glasgow (1935), 1959, 1963, 1965 A family “vein of iron” runs in Ada, indomitable daughter of a Virginia family. The Wall, John Hersey (1950), 1982 The doomed Jews of the Warsaw ghetto turn and face their oppressors. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy (1869), 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1976, 1982 When Napoleon invades Russia, characters both real and fictional find their lives changed. The Way of All Flesh, Samuel Butler (1903), 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967 The son of a strict clergyman breaks parental ties, thereby freeing himself to make his own way of life. Way Past Cool: A Novel, Jess Mowry (1992), 1994 Thirteen-year-old Gordon is the leader of a gang of African American boys struggling to hold a few blocks of bleak turf in Oakland, California. Whale Talk, Chris Crutcher (2001), 2004 What does a guy do when he has all the talents to be a star athlete, but hates his high school athletic program? When the Legends Die, Hal Borland (1963), 1982 Embittered by the white man’s deceits, Thomas Black Bull punishes the rodeo horses he rides until a crushing accident sends him back to the mountains of his Indiana boyhood.

24 OUTSTANDING BOOKS BY GENRE OR SUBJECT White Teeth, Zadie Smith (2000), 2004 Archie and Samad, two unlikely friends, are brought together by bizarre twists of fate and near-death experiences in this epic novel of family, culture, love, and loss set in post–World War II London. Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë (1848), 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1982 A story of intense and frustrated love, of hate and revenge, takes place in the wild moors of England. The Yearling, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (1938), 1959, 1963, 1965 Life is hard for crippled Jody who lives in the Florida back country. A Yellow Raft in Blue Water, Michael Dorris (1987), 1991, 1994 At times separated by hardships and angry secrets but always bonded by kinship, three generations of Native American women tell their stories in their search for self-identity. Zorba the Greek, Nikos Kazantzakis (1952), 1971 As manager of a mine in Crete, Zorba—philosopher and roué—accomplishes fantastic feats of physical prowess, tells wild stories of his erotic adventures, misbehaves badly with the owner’s money, sings, dances, and talks of the world.

POETRY What is striking about Native American poetry is not the bitterness or anger, though they are there. Nor is it the sense of loss, of living divided in two worlds, or alienation, though they are there too. What is impressive is the courage to continue, to write poetry that uses all the resources of the English language, a language clearly loved for its “beauty and poetic power.” From Harper’s Anthology of 20th Century Native American Poetry, edited by Duane Niatum

19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East, Naomi Shihab Nye (2002), 2004 Another world, another culture—poems that personalize the conflicts and people, deepening understanding of the impact of September 11th.

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50 Modern American and British Poets, 1920–1970, Louis Untermeyer (ed.) (1973), 1988 From Robert Frost to Erica Jong, Untermeyer discusses fifty years of radical change, new tones, new techniques, and a diversity of voices. 100 Best-Loved Poems, Philip Smith (ed.) (1993), 1999 Shakespeare, English and American ballads, and the classics most of us remember and love are part of the treasure found in this publication. The Best American Poetry, Donald Hall and David Lehman (eds.) (1989), 1991 Well-known and beginning poets present their poetry. The Black Poets, Dudley Randall (ed.) (1971), 1988 An anthology encompassing the range of African American poets from singers of slave songs to Nikki Giovanni. A Book of Love Poetry, Jon Stallworthy (ed.) (1987), 1999 You can experience love throughout the ages, as expressed in the past 2000 years of poetry. Cool Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Growing Up Latino in the United States, Lori M. Carlson (ed.) (1994), 1999 Party times, hard times, memories, and dreams come to life in these English, Spanish, and Spanglish poems. Crazy to Be Alive in Such a Strange World: Poems about People, Nancy Larrick (sel.) (1977), 1982 A spirited collection of American poetry. Earth-Shattering Poems, Liz Rosenberg (ed.) (1998), 1999 Poets from around the world and through the centuries express the emotional intensity of life’s experiences. Final Harvest: Emily Dickinson’s Poems, Emily Dickinson (1961), 1988 In love with words, in love with brevity, Emily Dickinson’s poems are like her life—enigmatic, intensely felt, and unforgettable. A Fire in My Hands: A Book of Poems, Gary Soto (1990), 1994 Poems by a Mexican American poet explore the universal themes of growth, family, friendship, and first love. Going Over to Your Place: Poems for Each Other, Paul B. Janeczko (sel.) (1987), 1991 These poems celebrate everyday feelings—from the first kiss to the wonder of a parade. Harper’s Anthology of 20th Century Native American Poetry, Duane Niatum (ed.) (1988), 1999 The century’s best native American poets capture their cultural heritage through powerful poetry.

26 OUTSTANDING BOOKS BY GENRE OR SUBJECT Heart to Heart: New Poems Inspired by Twentieth Century American Art, Jan Greenberg (2001), 2004 Can a painting speak? This collection of lyrical responses to famous American works of art will make you a believer. How Does a Poem Mean? John Ciardi (1960), 1971, 1976, 1999 A poet and critic discusses the value and nature of poetry, using selections from six centuries of American and English poems. How to Read and Interpret Poetry, Carole Kiler Doreski and William Doreski (1988), 1991 A valuable handbook that helps to evaluate, read, and appreciate poetry in relation to the poet’s life. I Feel a Little Jumpy around You: A Book of Her Poems and His Poems Collected in Pairs, Naomi Shihab Nye and Paul B. Janeczko (eds.) (1996), 1999 In this anthology of thought-provoking poems, male and female writers view life from gender perspectives. In Search of Color Everywhere: A Collection of African-American Poetry, E. Ethelbert Miller (ed.) (1994), 1999 From spirituals, to rap, to classic works by famous poets, this presentation delights the senses. New and Selected Poems, Mary Oliver (1992), 1999 Pulitzer Prize–winning poet presents a smorgasbord of her poems, composed and published over the last three decades, about life, death, and humanity’s relationship to the natural world. The New Oxford Book of Light Verse, Kingsley Amis (ed.) (1978), 1988 The self-appointed curmudgeon of the British literary world displays editorial quirkiness in his selection of humorous poetry. The Odyssey of Homer: A Modern Translation, Homer. Trans. Richard Lattimore (1967), 1976, 1982, 1999 A Greek epic tells of the adventures of the hero Odysseus during his perilous and protracted journey home from the Trojan War. One Hundred Poems from the Japanese, Kenneth Rexroth (trans.) (1955), 1988 A sampler of sensitively translated poems that preserve the beauty and spirit of the original. Pierced by a Ray of Sun: Poems about the Times We Feel Alone, Ruth Gordon (ed.) (1995), 1999 World famous poets reflect on solitude and loneliness. Poems (Everyman’s Library Pocket Poets), Emily Dickinson (1993), 1999 A compact collection of the best known works of an eminent American poet proves that good things come in small packages.

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Poems for a Small Planet: Contemporary American Nature Poetry, Robert Pack and Jay Parini (eds.) (1993), 1994 Eighty-three of America’s most accomplished poets respond to the plight of nature today. The Poetry of Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Yevgeny Yevtushenko (1981), 1988 Yevtushenko’s poetry is presented in two languages. Poetry Out Loud, Robert Alden Rubin (ed.) (1993), 1999 Poems from the world’s greatest poets, as well as suggestions for reading them aloud, are found in the backpack-sized gem. Poets of World War II, Harvey Shapiro (ed.) (2003), 2004 They have been called the Greatest Generation, and in their own voices they reveal the true price of their call to arms. The Rattle Bag, Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes (eds.) (1982), 1994, 1999 This compilation of poetry includes poems from the oral tradition. Reflections on a Gift of Watermelon Pickle . . . and Other Modern Verse, Stephen Dunning, Edward Lueders, and Hugh Smith (eds.) (1995), 1999 Photographs complement or illustrate 114 poems that range from sharp and biting to easygoing and optimistic. The Rose That Grew from Concrete, Tupac Shakur (1999), 2004 Written when Tupac was nineteen and not yet a star, these poems bring emotion, power, and passion to the experience of becoming you. Singing America, Neil Philip (ed.) (1995), 1999 Experience American poetic heritage through dramatic black-and-white drawings that illustrate a wealth of poetry from Walt Whitman to spirituals, songs of the Sioux, the National Anthem, and Woody Guthrie. Sleeping on the Wing: An Anthology of Modern Poetry, with Essays on Reading and Writing, Kenneth Koch and Kate Farrell (1981), 1994 Essays on the reading and writing of modern poetry complement this contemporary anthology. The Tree Is Older Than You Are: A Bilingual Gathering of Poems and Stories from Mexico, with Paintings by Mexican Artists, Naomi Shihab Nye (sel.) (1995), 1999 Modern and ancient Mexican poetry, prose, and paintings come alive in this lavish anthology. Under 35: The New Generation of American Poets, Nicholas Christopher (ed.) (1989), 1991 Many young poets present poems in a variety of themes and forms.

28 OUTSTANDING BOOKS BY GENRE OR SUBJECT The United States of Poetry, Joshua Blum, Bob Holman, and Mark Pellington (eds.) (1996), 1999 Contemporary poems enhanced by outstanding photographs highlight poets ranging from Nobel laureates to rappers. Unsettling America: An Anthology of Contemporary Multicultural Poetry, Maria Mazziotti Gillan and Jennifer Gillan (eds.) (1994), 1999 This poetry feast challenges stereotypes about who or what is American. The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry, J. D. McClatchy (ed.) (1990), 1994 Sixty-five of America’s greatest contemporary poets contribute to this comprehensive collection. The War Poets, Robert Giddings (ed.) (1988), 1999 The work of a variety of World War I poets, many of whom died in the conflict, is reinforced with illustrations, biographical notes, and a brief history of “the war to end all wars.”

DRAMA Drama—what literature does at night. From Testament of a Critic, by George Jean Nathan

Plays Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Robert E. Sherwood (1939), 1966, 1968 Sherwood dramatizes Lincoln’s life from the time of his romance with Ann Rutledge until he leaves Springfield to become president. Agamemnon, Aeschylus (c. 458 B.C.), 1991 After the Trojan War, Agamemnon is murdered by his wife and her lover. Ah, Wilderness! Eugene O’Neill (1933), 1966, 1994 In this comedy a seventeen-year-old faces his first temptations, and his parents try to understand him. The Amen Corner: A Play, James Baldwin (1968), 1968, 1991 Love is a necessity in the African American family, church, and community. Angel Street: A Victorian Thriller in Three Acts, Patrick Hamilton (1942), 1966 A scheming husband’s nearly successful effort to drive his wife insane and obtain her fortune. Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes. Part 1: Millennium Approaches; Part 2: Perestroika, Tony Kushner (1992), 1994, 1999 Kushner chronicles AIDS in America during the Reagan era.

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Antigone, Sophocles (440 B.C.), 1966, 1968 A young girl defies the decrees of her uncle, King Creon, and attempts to bury the body of her dead brother. Antigone, Jean Anouilh (1944), 1991 Antigone chooses death because of her fear that compromise will distort and defame life in this contemporary version of the Sophocles tragedy. Arms and the Man, George Bernard Shaw (1894), 1988 The ugly reality of war intrudes into the life of a romantic young woman. Arsenic and Old Lace: A Play in Three Acts, Joseph Kesselring (1941), 1966 A comedy about two spinster sisters who quietly do away with old gentlemen who answer their ads for boarders. The Barretts of Wimpole Street: A Comedy in Five Acts, Rudolf Besier (1930), 1966 The romantic courtship and elopement of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning against the wishes of her tyrannical father. Betrayal, Harold Pinter (1978), 1994 Beginning in the present and moving gradually backwards, Pinter brings subtlety and insight to the eternal triangle. The Belle of Amherst, William Luce (1976), 1994 Luce’s one-act play is based upon the poetry of Emily Dickinson. Billy Budd, Louis O. Coxe and Robert Chapman (1951), 1966 Adapted from the Herman Melville story of a young sailor condemned to die by a captain who knows that the young sailor is spiritually guiltless. The Birthday Party, Harold Pinter (1959), 1971, 1976, 1991 A birthday party destroys a lazy pianist. The Blacks: A Clown Show, Jean Genet (1960), 1976 African Americans, as caricatures of whites, act out the murder of a white man in a play within a play which hovers between illusion and reality. Blithe Spirit, Noël Coward (1941), 1988, 1991, 1994, 1999 A ghost troubles a novelist’s second marriage. Blood Wedding, Federico García Lorca (1932), 1968, 1971, 1976, 1991 A Castilian wedding ends in tragedy when the bride runs away with her lover. The Boys Next Door: A Play in Two Acts, Tom Griffin (1988), 1994 A social worker supervising four men in a group home finds them touching, funny, poignant, and frustrating, but always human. Brighton Beach Memoirs, Neil Simon (1982), 1988 First of an autobiographical trilogy about Eugene Jerome and his family in Depression-era Brooklyn.

30 OUTSTANDING BOOKS BY GENRE OR SUBJECT Buried Child and Seduced and Suicide in B-flat, Sam Shepard (1979), 1994 With these three plays, Shepard probes deeply into the disintegration of the American Dream. Caught in the Act: New York Actors Face to Face, Don Shewey and Susan Shacter (1986), 1988 Today’s finest actors speaking candidly about their craft in an inside analysis of the pressure, fame, and struggle for perfection. Cavalcade, Noël Coward (1932), 1966 A pageant of English life from 1899 to 1930. The Cherry Orchard: A Comedy in Four Acts, Anton Chekhov (1923), 1966, 1968, 1971, 1976, 1988, 1991 The ineffectual Ranevskys exemplify the passing of the Russian aristocracy. Children of a Lesser God, Mark Medoff (1980), 1988, 1991, 1994 A young deaf woman falls in love with a hearing man. The Children’s Hour, Lillian Hellman (1934), 1988, 1991, 1994 The sly suggestions of a vicious teenager destroy the tranquility of a girls’ boarding school. Crimes of the Heart, Beth Henley (1982), 1991, 1994 Three unhappy sisters have strong family ties that see them through their many troubles. The Crucible, Arthur Miller (1953), 1971, 1991 Teenage girls accused of being witches come to trial in seventeenth-century Salem, Massachusetts. Cyrano de Bergerac, Edmond Rostand (1898), 1966, 1971, 1988, 1991 A soldier who is witty and writes poetry is hindered by his own nose. Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller (1949), 1966, 1968, 1976, 1999 When an ordinary man faces his failure as husband, father, and human being, the only solution he sees is suicide. The Deputy, Rolf Hochhuth (1964), 1971, 1976 Pope Pius XII, Christ’s deputy on earth, fails to voice a fundamental Christian principle when he does not publicly condemn Hitler’s pogrom, which results in the extermination of six million Jews. Doctor Faustus, Christopher Marlowe (1588), 1966, 1968, 1971, 1976 In return for pleasure, knowledge, and power beyond the human limit, a learned man sells his soul to the devil and ultimately pays his debt. A Doll’s House, Henrik Ibsen (1889), 1976, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1999 Nora, one of feminism’s great heroines, steps off her pedestal and encounters the real world.

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Dream on Monkey Mountain, and Other Plays, Derek Walcott (1970), 1994 An old man in the West Indies searches for meaning, identity, and relevance. Driving Miss Daisy, Alfred Uhry (1988), 1999 Over the years, the Southern and headstrong Miss Daisy and her black chauffeur, Hoke, develop a deep and abiding friendship. The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds: A Drama in Two Acts, Paul Zindel (1970), 1976, 1991 Tillie escapes a nightmarish life by burying herself in a scientific experiment in school. The Elephant Man, Bernard Pomerance (1979), 1991 Victorian society exploits John Merrick, a grotesquely deformed man. An Enemy of the People: A Play in Five Acts, Henrik Ibsen (1939), 1971 The advanced ideas of a Norwegian town doctor put him in conflict with town authorities and public opinion, causing him to lose job, home, and friends. Equus, Peter Shaffer (1973), 1991 A psychiatrist helps a juvenile delinquent who has blinded six horses and, in the process, finds himself facing complex and disturbing questions. Everyman, Anonymous (1485), 1971, 1976 In the best of the medieval morality plays, Everyman is summoned by Death, and finds that of all his friends (Fellowship, Knowledge, Beauty, Strength, etc.) only Good Deeds will accompany him. The Father, August Strindberg (1907), 1971 Sexual conflicts are subtly and thoroughly explored in this naturalistic drama of a destructive marriage. Fences, August Wilson (1986), 1994, 1999 A garbage man recalls his career as a Negro League baseball star. For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf, Ntozake Shange (1977), 1994 The inner feelings of young African American women are captured in this passionate feminist spellbinder. The Foreigner, Larry Shue (1985), 1994 Nonstop hilarity demonstrates what can happen when a group of devious characters deal with a stranger who supposedly knows no English. Foxfire, Susan Cooper and Hume Cronyn (1979), 1994 A seventy-nine-year-old Appalachian widow fights to determine her own future as she lives on a mountain farm with the acerbic ghost of her husband.

32 OUTSTANDING BOOKS BY GENRE OR SUBJECT The Front Page, Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur (1928), 1994 This comedy of a big city newspaper brings thrills and excitement to reporters and reporting. The Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams (1945), 1966, 1968, 1971, 1976, 1991, 1994, 1999 A brother is haunted by the memory of his teenage sister who takes refuge from the world in her collection of glass animal figurines. The Great White Hope, Howard Sackler (1968), 1971 Based loosely on the life of African American heavyweight champion Jack Johnson, this prizewinning play serves primarily to illuminate and comment on the prevailing racial attitudes of Johnson’s time and today. The Green Pastures: A Fable, Marc Connelly (1929), 1966 A fable based on Roark Brandford’s novel, Ol’ Man Adam an’ His Chillun, that is a moving African American folk interpretation of the Bible. Hadrian VII: A Play, Peter Luke (1968), 1971 An unsuccessful candidate for the Catholic priesthood is later visited by bishops who summon him belatedly to Holy Orders from which point, through a bizarre set of circumstances, he rises meteorically to the eminence of pope. Hamlet, William Shakespeare (1603), 1966, 1968 A prince is tormented by uncertainty over whether he should avenge his father’s murder. Harvey: A Comedy in Three Acts, Mary Chase (1952), 1966 A middle-aged bachelor’s friendship with a six-foot imaginary rabbit. The Hasty Heart: A Play in Three Acts, John Patrick (pseud.) (1945), 1966 A proud and aloof Scottish soldier who does not know that he is dying rebuffs the friendship of five other wounded patients in an Army hospital. Hedda Gabler, Henrik Ibsen (1890), 1966, 1968 This character study shows a woman of good taste and culture who is spiritually a monster. The Heidi Chronicles, Wendy Wasserstein (1990), 1994 This hilarious coming-of-age story tells of a successful art historian in a rapidly changing world. The Heiress, Ruth Goetz and Augustus Goetz (1948), 1966, 1968 This exciting story tells of a plain girl’s conflict with her austere father and a handsome, fortune-hunting suitor.

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The Hostage, Brendan Behan (1958), 1971 A hilarious play about a British soldier who is held hostage in a Dublin brothel in order to prevent the execution of an Irish rebel. House of Atreus: Adapted from the Oresteia, John Lewin (1966), 1971 Each of three classical Greek tragedies by Aeschylus is compressed into one act in this re-creation in modern verse of murder and retribution within a family. How I Learned to Drive, Paula Vogel (1998), 1999 Li’l Bit learns about more than driving when her relationship with Uncle Peck moves from friendship to betrayal. I Remember Mama: A Play in Two Acts, John Van Druten (1945), 1966 Based on the novel Mama’s Bank Account, this is a portrayal of a Norwegian immigrant family living in San Francisco at the turn of the century. I’m Not Rappaport, Herb Gardner (1986), 1994 Two octogenarians in New York City are determined not to be “put out to pasture.” The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde (1895), 1966, 1968, 1971, 1976, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1999 Can a baby, abandoned in Victoria Station, grow up to find love, romance, identity, and the importance of being earnest? Inherit the Wind, Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee (1955), 1966, 1968, 1971, 1976, 1994 The famous Scopes “Monkey” Trial, argued by a celebrated pair of antagonists, William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow, involves a young teacher in America’s “Bible belt” charged with blasphemy for teaching Darwin’s theory of evolution. J. B., Archibald MacLeish (1958), 1966, 1968, 1971, 1976, 1991 The biblical story of Job is set in a worn, tattered circus, which symbolizes the modern world. Juno and the Paycock: A Tragedy in Three Acts, Sean O’Casey (1954), 1971, 1976 The misfortunes of the idle “Paycock” and his strong wife Juno reflect the Irish dramatist’s hatred of war, misery, and death. King Lear, William Shakespeare (1605), 1991, 1999 An arrogant old man goes insane after his daughters strip him of every dignity and possession. The Lady’s Not for Burning: A Comedy, Christopher Fry (1949), 1976 Condemned to burn as a witch, the pretty heroine enchants everybody.

34 OUTSTANDING BOOKS BY GENRE OR SUBJECT The Lark, Jean Anouilh (1956), 1991 The story of Joan of Arc is retold using flashbacks. Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Molière (1670), 1988 Sudden wealth turns M. Jordan’s head and his household into turmoil. Life with Father, Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse (1940), 1966, 1968 Based on Clarence Day’s amusing book about his family, especially Father. The Lion in Winter, James Goldman (1966), 1971 Henry II, his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and their three sons clash in riproaring fashion in this interpretation of royal domestic life in twelfth-century Britain. The Little Foxes, Lillian Hellman (1939), 1968, 1971, 1976, 1999 Members of the greedy and treacherous Hubbard family compete with each other for control of the mill that will bring them riches in the post–Civil War South. Long Day’s Journey into Night, Eugene O’Neill (1955), 1968, 1971, 1976, 1988, 1991, 1999 This painfully autobiographical play reveals the illusions and delusions of the Tyrone family. Look Back in Anger: A Play in Three Acts, John Osborne (1957), 1971, 1976 Marriage, friendship, rebellion against a stultifying society, and affirmation of life lived lustily are explored by the first of Britain’s “angry young men.” Look Homeward, Angel, Ketti Frings (1958), 1966 Adaptation of the Thomas Wolfe novel about a young man seeking to break away from the stifling world of his youth. Lost in Yonkers, Neil Simon (1991), 1994 Two brothers must live with their harsh grandmother when the Great Depression escalates family problems in this bittersweet comedy. The Lower Depths, Maxim Gorky (1902), 1976 A motley group of derelicts, whose faith in themselves is beyond restoration, huddle together in a basement enduring the misery and despair from which they will never escape. Lysistrata, Aristophanes (c. 416 B.C.), 1971, 1976, 1988, 1991, 1994 Is this the ultimate anti-war weapon? Women say “no” to sex in an attempt to end the Athens-Sparta War. M. Butterfly, David Henry Hwang (1988), 1994 A brilliant tour de force of a twenty-year liaison between a French diplomat and a Chinese opera star—with a startling climax.

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Macbeth, William Shakespeare (1606), 1976 The consequences of unscrupulous ambition ultimately destroy Macbeth and his lady after they perpetrate an evil crime to gain the Scottish throne. The Madwoman of Chaillot, Jean Giraudoux (1946), 1966, 1968, 1971, 1976, 1991 A madwoman who wants to enjoy the pleasures of daily living devises a plan to save Paris from destruction. A Man for All Seasons, Robert Bolt (1962), 1971, 1976 As a result of his controversy with Henry VIII, Sir Thomas More, a devout Catholic, goes to his death rather than violate his conscience. “Master Harold”. . . and the Boys, Athol Fugard (1982), 1991, 1994, 1999 Hally, a precocious white South African teenager, lashes out at two older black friends who are substitute figures for his alcoholic father. The Matchmaker, Thornton Wilder (1954), 1991, 1994 A marriage broker attempts to snare another woman’s intended husband for herself. The Member of the Wedding, Carson McCullers (1946), 1966, 1968, 1971, 1976, 1991, 1994, 1999 A young southern girl is determined to be the third party on a honeymoon, despite all advice. The novel was published in 1946; the author dramatized it in 1950. A Midsummer Night’s Dream, William Shakespeare (1595), 1971, 1976 Thwarted but determined lovers escape to the enchanted forest where fairies are problem solvers. The Miracle Worker: A Play for Television, William Gibson (1957), 1966, 1968, 1971, 1976 Annie Sullivan’s patience and firmness produce a miracle when she frees the brilliant mind of blind and deaf Helen Keller by teaching her to speak. The Misanthrope, Molière (1666), 1976, 1991 The hypocrisy of seventeenth-century Parisian society causes Alceste to become a hermit. The Miser, Molière (1668), 1971, 1994 Satire, humor, and romance combine in a drama of greed versus love. Miss Julie, August Strindberg (1888), 1976, 1991 Parental, personal, and social pressures force Miss Julie to commit suicide. Mister Roberts: A Play, Thomas Heggen and Joshua Logan (1948), 1966, 1968 Comic adventures of a crew of a U.S. Navy cargo ship fighting boredom and a stiffnecked captain in World War II.

36 OUTSTANDING BOOKS BY GENRE OR SUBJECT Moon on a Rainbow Shawl: A Play in Three Acts, Errol John (1958), 1994 Ambition and betrayal lurk in a Trinidad tenement yard. Mother Courage and Her Children: A Chronicle of the Thirty Years’ War, Bertolt Brecht (1941), 1968, 1971, 1976, 1991, 1994 A mother gives up her three children to the Thirty Years’ War, yet continues to survive because of the war. The Mousetrap, Agatha Christie (1954), 1994, 1999 Stranded in a boarding house during a snowstorm, a group of strangers discovers a murderer in their midst. Murder in the Cathedral, T. S. Eliot (1935), 1971, 1988 Friendship, ambition, loyalty, and morality are in conflict in this poetic drama about Henry II and Thomas à Becket. No Exit, Jean-Paul Sartre (1944), 1968, 1971, 1988, 1991, 1999 In this existential drama, we learn that Hell is other people. The Noh Drama: Ten Plays from the Japanese 14th and 15th Centuries, Arthur Waley (1960), 1988 A collection of classic Japanese plays. The Odd Couple, Neil Simon (1966), 1971, 1991 Can two men who are as different as day and night, and who will not change or compromise, live happily together? Oedipus the King, Sophocles (c.409 B.C.), 1971, 1976, 1988, 1991 Here’s the original Freudian dilemma. A prophecy is fulfilled when Oedipus kills his father and marries his mother. Othello, William Shakespeare (1604), 1971 Jealousy and passion torment a Moorish army commander who loves his wife too much. Our Town, Thornton Wilder (1938), 1966, 1968, 1971, 1976, 1988, 1999 Love and death in a small town are seen through the eyes of the Stage Manager. Phaedra, Jean Racine (1677), 1971, 1976 A great French dramatist gives new dimensions to a Greek myth about a mother’s tragic love for her son. The Piano Lesson, August Wilson (1990), 1994 An African American family sells an heirloom piano for a plot of land in Mississippi. The Playboy of the Western World, J. M. Synge (1907), 1966, 1968, 1971, 1976 Believing he has killed his father, a timid Irish peasant boy runs away from home.

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Playing for Time: A Screenplay, Arthur Miller (1980), 1994 A French Jewish singer describes her escape from Auschwitz in this dramatized memoir. The Price, Arthur Miller (1968), 1988 Two brothers come to grips with the meaning of family, sacrifice, and happiness. Purlie Victorious: A Commemorative, Ossie Davis (1993), 1994 To save his people’s church, a southern African American preacher must go head-to-head with rich local whites. Pygmalion, George Bernard Shaw (1913), 1966, 1968, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1999 Professor Higgins bets a friend he can turn common Eliza Doolittle into a duchess. A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry (1959), 1966, 1968, 1971, 1976, 1991, 1999 The sudden appearance of money tears an African American family apart. Restoration Plays, Robert G. Lawrence (ed.) (1966), 1991 The Restoration period in England was a great age for drama, especially comedies of manners. Rhinoceros, Eugène Ionesco (1959), 1971, 1976, 1991, 1994, 1999 The subject is conformity; the treatment is comedy and terror. Riders to the Sea, J. M. Synge (1903), 1991 The relentless activity of the sea tragically influences the lives of Irish fisherfolk. Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare (c. 1595), 1994 Ill-fated lovers from feuding families experience tragedy. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Tom Stoppard (1966), 1971, 1991, 1994, 1999 Two bit players from Shakespeare’s Hamlet are thrust into a terrifying new situation. Saint Joan, George Bernard Shaw (1923), 1971, 1976, 1991 A teenage girl shows great innocence in political and religious matters and great genius in military affairs. The School for Scandal, Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1777), 1966, 1968, 1971, 1976, 1988, 1991 Wit rivals sincerity and hypocrisy rivals true love as Lady Sneerwell, Sir Benjamin Backbite, and Mrs. Candor get their just desserts. The Sheep Well, Lope de Vega (1619), 1991 The peasant class clashes with the feudal landlords who rule their lives.

38 OUTSTANDING BOOKS BY GENRE OR SUBJECT Six Characters in Search of an Author, Luigi Pirandello (1921), 1971, 1976, 1988, 1991 In this avant-garde play within a play, the technique is as important as the plot. A Soldier’s Play, Charles Fuller (1981), 1994 An African American sergeant’s 1944 murder in a Louisiana army camp is investigated by his white captain and a black outsider, with shocking results. A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams (1947), 1988 This is a steamy look at the seamy side of life in New Orleans. The Tempest, William Shakespeare (1611), 1988 A shipwreck catapults Ferdinand, the duke’s son, into romance with the magician’s daughter Miranda. Three Tall Women, Edward Albee (1994), 1999 A frustrated 92-year-old woman reveals three arduous and painful stages of her life. The Tooth of Crime; Geography of a Horse Dreamer: Two Plays, Sam Shepard (1974), 1991 A rising rock musician challenges the reigning star. Torch Song Trilogy: Three Plays, Harvey Fierstein (1979), 1994 These plays provide a funny, touching story of a drag queen’s desire for a happy, middle-class existence. Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare (1601), 1988 In Shakespeare’s own words, “If music be the food of love, play on.” The Visit: A Tragi-comedy, Friedrich Durrenmatt (1956), 1976 The population’s conscience is tested when a rich woman offers her destitute hometown a fortune to murder the man who seduced and betrayed her. Volpone, Ben Jonson (1606), 1976 In this satire on greed a rich, childless nobleman pretends to be dying so that those expecting to become his heir will bring gifts. Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts, Samuel Beckett (1952), 1966, 1968, 1971, 1976, 1991, 1999 Two tramps wait eternally for the elusive Godot in this first success of the Theater of the Absurd. The Way of the World, William Congreve (1700), 1971, 1976 Mirabell and Millamont overcome obstacles on the path toward marriage in this unequaled Restoration comedy which satirizes society and manners. The Winslow Boy, Terence Rattigan (1946), 1966, 1968, 1971 An ordinary English family takes the problems of its son’s expulsion from school all the way to Parliament.

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Winterset: A Play in Three Acts, Maxwell Anderson (1936), 1966, 1968, 1971 In depicting the anguish of a young Italian American whose radical father was executed for a murder he did not commit, Anderson is influenced by the Sacco and Vanzetti murder trial. The Wisteria Trees, Joshua Logan (1950), 1966 An American play in which a member of the southern aristocracy cannot grasp the idea that her Louisiana plantation is doomed. Woza Afrika! An Anthology of South African Plays, Duma Ndlovu (ed.) (1986), 1988 These six plays represent the first anthology of recent black South African theater. Each play is built around the political and emotional horror of apartheid. You Can’t Take It with You, George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart (1937), 1966, 1968, 1971, 1988, 1991 The staid, stuffy parents of Alice’s fiancé come to meet her eccentric family on the wrong night. The Zoo Story: A Play, Edward Albee (1958), 1971, 1976, 1988 A terrifying encounter unfolds between two strangers who finally “communicate” through violence.

Musicals Cabaret, John Kander (1967), 1988 Decadent prewar Berlin as seen through the eyes of free-living Sally Bowles. Cats, Andrew Lloyd Webber (1981), 1991, 1994 Felines from T. S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats portray life from their vantage point on a rubbish heap. The Fantasticks, Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt (1964), 1991, 1994 A teenage couple meet secretly while falsely believing their fathers would disapprove. Fiddler on the Roof, Joseph Stein (1965), 1968, 1971 A musical, illustrating the pathos of Jewish life in a Russian village, based on Sholom Aleichem’s stories. Hair, Galt MacDermot (1969), 1971, 1988 This production was the first tribal rock musical on Broadway. Hello, Dolly! Jerry Herman and Michael Stewart (1964), 1994 This musical based on a Thornton Wilder play follows a marriage broker’s attempts to snare another woman’s intended husband for herself.

40 OUTSTANDING BOOKS BY GENRE OR SUBJECT Into the Woods, Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine (1987), 1994 Cleverly interwoven storybook characters lead a trip of growth and self-discovery. Jesus Christ Superstar: A Rock Opera, Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber (1970), 1976 An age-old story is retold in this rock opera version of Christ’s impact on the minds of men. Les Misérables, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Alain Boublil, and Herbert Kretzmer (1986), 1994 In a musical adaptation of the Victor Hugo novel, tragedy, romance, and poverty trail escaped convict Jean Valjean in the years following the French Revolution. Man of La Mancha, Mitch Leigh and Joe Darion (1967), 1968 This musical adaptation of Don Quixote centers around a mock trial for the defense of Cervantes while imprisoned and held for inquisition. My Fair Lady, Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe (1956), 1994 A proper phonetics professor bets he can transform a Cockney flower girl into a society lady. Oklahoma! Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein (1944), 1966, 1968, 1971, 1988, 1994 Dance, music, and story are integrated in this look at the settling of the Oklahoma Territory. Pal Joey, Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart (1940), 1988 This musical tells the story of an ambitious schemer. The Pirates of Penzance, W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (1879), 1988, 1994 Must Frederic, a slave of duty, give up Mabel and remain a pirate because of a “most ingenious paradox”? Quilters, Barbara Damashek and Molly Newman (1986), 1994 Combining music and dance with scenes of dramatic intensity, this play is an eloquent tribute to the courage and spirit of pioneer women. Rent, Jonathan Larson (1996), 1999 This award-winning musical depicts life, death, passion, and loyalty among AIDS-stricken artists. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Stephen Sondheim (1985), 1988 The demon barber of Fleet Street seeks a grisly revenge. The Threepenny Opera, Kurt Weill (1929), 1988 Crime pays for Mack the Knife in this musical.

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West Side Story, Leonard Bernstein, Arthur Laurents, and Stephen Sondheim (1950), 1988, 1994, 1999 The Jets and Sharks battle it out in song and dance as Tony and Maria fall in love in this musical based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.

Books about the Theater 50 Great Scenes for Student Actors, Lewy Olfson (ed.) (1970), 1982 A collection of scenes for two; ideal for those looking for audition material. Act One: An Autobiography, Moss Hart (1955), 1961, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1971, 1988, 1991 The author’s life up to his first successful play gives the reader many funny and touching moments in the world of the theater. An Actor Prepares, Konstantin Stanislavsky (1936), 1982, 1988, 1991 Disliking the classical methods of acting, this Russian actor and producer spends his life developing a system in which realism based on inner truth of a character is essential. Actors Talk about Acting, Lewis Funke and John E. Booth (1961), 1966, 1968 Fourteen of America’s and Britain’s most distinguished actors discuss their profession. Advice to the Players, Robert Lewis (1980), 1982 Lewis covers everything from relaxation and energizing to transformation into a complete character. American Musical Comedy: From Adonis to Dreamgirls, Gerald Bordman (1982), 1988, 1991 Musical comedy in the United States began in the nineteenth century and continues to evolve as a reflection of musical tastes. Angry Theatre: New British Drama, John Russell Taylor (1962), 1971 Young dramatists of the 1950s and 1960s discussed here include John Osborne, Anne Jellicoe, Joan Littlewood, Arnold Wesker, David Rudkin, and Harold Pinter. Broadway, Day and Night, Kenneth Marsolais, Rodger McFarlane, and Tom Viola (eds.) (1992), 1994 Tony Award winners talk about amusing, affecting, and prophetic moments that shaped their careers. Broadway Musicals, Martin Gottfried (1984), 1982 An extravaganza of photographs and text demonstrates what makes the show go on.

42 OUTSTANDING BOOKS BY GENRE OR SUBJECT Building a Character, Konstantin Stanislavsky (1977), 1991 Disliking the classical methods of acting, this Russian actor and producer spent his life developing a system in which realism based on inner truth of a character is essential. The Burns Mantle Best Plays Series, Robert Burns Mantle (1948), 1966, 1968, 1994 These annual publications give plot outlines and excerpts from the ten best plays of a given year. The Complete Phantom of the Opera, George C. Perry (1987), 1994 This book outlines the history and provides the complete libretto of the blockbuster musical. Creating a Role, Konstantin Stanislavsky (1961), 1991 Disliking the classical methods of acting, this Russian actor and producer spent his life developing a system in which realism based on innter truth of a character is essential. The Development of the Theatre: A Study of Theatrical Art from the Beginnings to the Present Day, Allardyce Nicoll (1966), 1971 Many illustrations accompany this chronological history of the theater. Encyclopedia of Acting Techniques, John Perry (1997), 2004 The actor’s life—see how it’s done by the pros in this extravagantly illustrated primer on dramatic performance. Good Night, Sweet Prince: The Life and Time of John Barrymore, Gene Fowler (1944), 1966, 1968 John Barrymore is one of America’s greatest and most flamboyant actors. Great Stars of the American Stage: A Pictorial Record, Daniel Blum (1952), 1966, 1968 This book introduces stage stars with biographies and photos. Great Theatrical Disasters, Gyles Brandreth (1982), 1988, 1991 Theatrical calamities include forgotten lines, missed cues, showing up drunk onstage, and collapsing sets falling on leading ladies. History of the Theatre, Oscar G. Brockett (1968), 1994 Through both illustrations and text, Brockett provides a comprehensive examination of theatrical heritage. A History of the Theatre, Glynne W. Wickham (1985), 1988, 1991 The author provides a historical survey of the theater from ancient Oriental, Greek, and Roman times to the twentieth century. How to Break into the Theatre, Charlotte Harmon (1961), 1966 The practicalities of becoming an actor, producer, playwright, director, or costume designer are discussed.

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I Wanted to Be an Actress: The Autobiography of Katharine Cornell, Katharine Cornell (1939), 1966 A great actress writes about her life in and out of the theater. The Idea of a Theater: A Study of Ten Plays, the Art of Drama in Changing Perspective, Francis Fergusson (1949), 1971 Ten plays are analyzed to provide a picture of the art of drama. James Earl Jones: Voices and Silences, James Earl Jones and Penelope Niven (1993), 1994 From a stuttering child to a consummate actor with a world famous, cultivated voice, Jones chronicles his life and theatrical triumphs. Laurette, Marguerite Courtney (1955), 1966, 1968 Laurette Taylor wages a successful battle against alcoholism and returns triumphantly to the stage. Masters of the Drama, John Gassner (1940), 1971 Gassner presents the history of drama and describes the people who shaped it. The Musical Theatre: A Celebration, Alan Jay Lerner (1986), 1988 An active participant provides a passionate personal history of the musical theater. The Player: A Profile of an Art, Lillian Ross and Helen Ross (1962), 1966, 1968 Actors and actresses discuss their lives and careers. Playwright at Work, John Van Druten (1953), 1966 There are practical ways to meet the problems encountered in play writing. Reflections: Essays on Modern Theatre, Martin Esslin (1969), 1971 The modern theater is described in a series of essays. Respect for Acting, Uta Hagen, with Haskel Frankel (1973), 1982 An actress provides a look at the art of acting and helps an aspiring actor master the techniques of the profession. The Rodgers and Hammerstein Story, Stanley Green (1963), 1966 Rodgers and Hammerstein collaborate to produce some of America’s bestknown musicals. The Same Only Different: Five Generations of a Great Theatre Family, Margaret Webster (1968), 1968 The history of English and American theater is seen through five generations of a great theatrical family. Sondheim, Martin Gottfried (1993), 1994 Steven Sondheim, Broadway’s musical and lyrical genius, is studied and analyzed through his works.

44 OUTSTANDING BOOKS BY GENRE OR SUBJECT Stage Crafts, Chris Hoggett (1975), 1982 The many detailed illustrations show the student of the theater the techniques of designing and building sets, props, costumes, and much more. Stage Makeup, Richard Corson (1989), 1994 Makeup artistry is more than assembling the right ingredients, as this illustrated, detailed examination proves. Theater in America: 200 Years of Plays, Players, and Productions, Mary C. Henderson (1986), 1988, 1991, 1994 This comprehensive history of American theater begins with showboats and tent shows and ends with Broadway productions. The Theater in Spite of Itself, Walter Kerr (1963), 1971 A critic comments on the theater. The Theater of Mixed Means: An Introduction to Happenings, Kinetic Environments, and Other Mixed-Means Performances, Richard Kostelanetz (1968), 1971 Kostelanetz examines drama as an art form. The Theatre: Three Thousand Years of Drama, Acting, and Stagecraft, Sheldon Cheney (1952), 1971 The drama of the development of theater unfolds in this historical account. Theatre Backstage from A to Z, Warren C. Lounsbury and Norman C. Boulanger (1989), 1994 An explanation of all that goes on backstage, from props to lights to sets. The Theatre of Commitment, and Other Essays on Drama in Our Society, Eric Bentley (1967), 1971 Bentley brings life to a study of theater. The Theatre of Revolt: An Approach to the Modern Drama, Robert Brustein (1964), 1971 Brustein discusses the modern approach to drama. The Theatre of the Absurd, Martin Esslin (1961), 1971 A new type of drama is examined. Theatre World, Daniel Blum (annual), 1966, 1968 This is an annual photographic and statistical record of all plays produced on and off broadway since 1944. The Third Theatre, Robert Brustein (1968), 1968 The Dean of the Yale School of Drama discusses off-off Broadway, living theater, and other happenings in the theater.

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Towards a Poor Theatre, Jerzy Grotowski (1968), 1971 The author presents his methods and training for actors. Underfoot in Show Business, Helene Hanff (1962), 1982 A witty autobiography describes the funny side of her failures in the world of the theater. What Is Theater: A Query in Chronicle Form, Eric Bentley (1956), 1971 Bentley attempts to define theater. William Shakespeare: A Reader’s Guide, Alfred Harbage (1963), 1971 Harbage helps the reader understand Shakespeare’s works. The Working Actor: A Guide to the Profession, Katinka Matson (1976), 1982 This guide tells how to choose a school, make the rounds, audition, and choose a manager. World Theatre in Pictures: From Ancient Times to Modern Broadway, Tom Prideaux (1953), 1966, 1968 Photographs and essays present a portrait of the theater from ancient times to modern Broadway. Years Ago, Ruth Gordon (1947), 1966 Ruth Gordon is stagestruck in Boston. The Young Actor’s Workbook, Judith Roberts Seto (comp.) (1979), 1982 An anthology of scenes and monologues from contemporary plays is provided to use for analyzing a scene.

Outstanding Books for the College Bound

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hese lists are definitely warehouses—warehouses of fact rather than fiction. Everything that man has ever created, studied, invented, or developed is represented here. The ideas and concepts of ancient as well as modern times are represented. Some of the titles are dated, but they remain to serve as a reminder of the evolving nature of people and civilizations. The subjects covered serve as a profile of the changing times we live in; this is especially noticeable in science, technology, and music.

ART, ARCHITECTURE, AND PHOTOGRAPHY The pictures in this book represent a survey of relationships between couples from the Middle Ages to the present day. They reflect man’s constant longing for an emotion that has still lost none of its fascination despite all the theories and the weight of cultural pessimism. From Lovers in Art, by Sabine Adler

ABC of Architecture, James F. O’Gorman (1998), 1999 Function, structure, and beauty are the interdependent basics—the ABC—of architecture. American Art Deco, Alastair Duncan (1986), 1991 This profusely illustrated book explores the tradition of art deco in America.

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Annotated Art, Robert Cumming (1995), 1999 Art masterpieces are made understandable through the exploration of some of the world’s greatest paintings. The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash Course in Art History from Prehistoric to Post-Modern, Carol Strickland and John Boswell (1992), 1994, 1999 From cave paintings to conceptual art, art history is demystified. Ansel Adams: An Autobiography, Ansel Adams and Mary Street Alinder (1985), 1988 A master of light and images recounts his life and relationships with important photographers of the twentieth century. Art as Image and Idea, Edmund Burke Feldman (1967), 1971 The functions, styles, and structure of art, the interaction of medium and meaning, and last, the problems of art criticism. Art Attack: A Short Cultural History of the Avant-Garde, Marc Aronson (1998), 1999 Discover everything you ever wanted to know about bohemians, hipsters, and the development of the world’s most radical art. Art Deco, Victor Arwas (1976), 1994 The style of art deco extends to all the arts—from architecture, painting, and sculpture to crafts and decorations. Art Deco, Alastair Duncan (1988), 1991 The art deco movement of the 1920s and ’30s was especially influential in decorative and applied arts. Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture, Frederick Hartt (1976), 1991, 1994 An account of all the artistic endeavors of the Western world reveals the rich heritage left to us. The Art of Photography, 1839–1989, Mike Weaver (1989), 1991 A catalog of an exhibition looks at 150 years of photography. The Arts of the North American Indian: Native Traditions in Evolution, Edwin L. Wade and Carol Haralson (eds.) (1986), 1994 A unique and thorough examination details the rich tradition of American Indian Art. Brassaï: Letters to My Parents, Brassaï (1998), 2004 European photographer Brassaï details his life’s experiences in his letters home, describing both his own development as an artist and the fascinating world of Paris from 1920 to 1940.

48 OUTSTANDING BOOKS BY GENRE OR SUBJECT Break-Up: The Core of Modern Art, Katherine Kuh (1965), 1976 Analyzes examples of modern art in terms of the attempt to present life in its structural elements rather than its wholeness. Brunelleschi’s Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture, Ross King (2000), 2004 In this vivid re-creation of the political and artistic milieu of fifteenth-century Florence, an audacious architect achieves the impossible, and makes possible modern building. Castle, David Macaulay (1977), 1994 Follow the planning and construction of a typical thirteenth-century castle in text and detailed drawings. The Complete Photography Careers Handbook: Updated and Expanded to Include Electronic Imaging, George Gilbert (1992), 1994 Learn about photography as a career. Exploring Black and White Photography, Arnold Gassan and A. J. Meek (1993), 1994 The author instructs the reader on the use of intuition, craft, and analysis in the art of photography. Exploring World Art, Andrea P. A. Belloli (1999), 2004 Take a fresh look at Western European art in a global context and discover the ways in which artists of different times and cultures express universal themes. Graphic History of Architecture, John Mansbridge (1967), 1971 The three-dimensional form and dynamic construction of buildings are shown through plans, elevations, cutaways, and isometric drawings in a way unmatched by words or photographs. A History of African-American Artists: From 1792 to the Present, Romare Bearden and Harry Henderson (1993), 1994 A lavishly illustrated volume traces African American artists from the late eighteenth century to the present. History of Art, H. W. Janson and Anthony F. Janson (1986), 1994 This story of art is an adventure which enlarges our capacity to understand and appreciate individual painters. History of Modern Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Photography, H. H. Arnason and Marla F. Prather (1986), 1994 By tracing contemporary art and architecture through the mid-1980s, Arnason and Prather uncover the varied stories of our modern artistic roots. How Buildings Work: The Natural Order of Architecture, Edward Allen (1980), 1988, 1991 A look at the inside of all that brick, concrete, steel—and even straw. A concise, understandable description of how buildings function and behave.

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How to Look at Sculpture: Text and Photographs, David Finn (1989), 1991, 1994, 1999 To understand sculpture, you have to know what to look for. Images of Nature: The Photographs of Tom Mangelsen, Tom Mangelsen (1989), 1991 Photography captures the glory and wonder of the natural world. Just Looking: Essays on Art, John Updike (1989), 1991 Updike gives his personal views of various artists, pieces of art, and diverse artistic items including illustrations of children’s books. Last Traces: The Lost Art of Auschwitz, Joseph P. Czarnecki (1989), 1991 A Polish photojournalist discovers fine art in drawings, graffiti, and decorations on the walls of various buildings in the Auschwitz concentration camp. Learning to Look: A Handbook for the Visual Arts, Joshua C. Taylor (1957), 1971, 1976 A clear, concrete explanation of what to look for in art. Lovers in Art, Sabine Adler (2002), 2004 Romance and art are natural companions in this gorgeous book that spans five centuries of Western European art. Mainstreams of Modern Art, John Canaday (1959), 1971 The art editor of the New York Times examines art from David to Picasso, discussing classicism, romanticism, and realism. Michelangelo, Howard Hibbard (1975), 1976, 1988 Michelangelo lives and works in the fourteenth century as a sculptor, painter, architect, and poet. Modern Classicism, Robert A. M. Stern (1988), 1991, 1994 This description of the modern classical architecture movement uses carefully selected photographs as well as text for better understanding. More Joy of Photography, Eastman Kodak Company (eds.) (1988), 1991 The 35mm camera user will find the techniques and examples of photographs helpful. Odyssey: The Art of Photography at National Geographic, Jane Livingston, with Frances Fralin and Declan Haun (1988), 1991 National Geographic pioneers documentary photography and showcases its work in this book. On the Art of Fixing a Shadow: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Photography, Sarah Greenough (1989), 1991 This catalog of an exhibition commemorates photography’s sesquicentennial with 450 photographs arranged chronologically and prefaced by essays on photographic periods. Painting and Sculpture in Europe, 1880–1940, George Heard Hamilton (1978), 1988 The author surveys modern art in Europe.

50 OUTSTANDING BOOKS BY GENRE OR SUBJECT Passages in Modern Sculpture, Rosalind E. Krauss (1981), 1988 Ideas that formed twentieth-century sculpture are examined. The Photographer’s Handbook, John Hedgecoe (1992), 1994 For beginners as well as experienced photographers, this volume explores the full spectrum of photography. Photography: An Illustrated History, Martin W. Sandler (2002), 2004 Everything you want to know about photography and the people behind the cameras is beautifully presented in a book for readers and browsers of all ages. Plain Painters: Making Sense of American Folk Art, John Michael Vlach (1988), 1991 Folk art and artists influence all aspects of American art. The Power of Photography: How Photographs Changed Our Lives, Vicki Goldberg (1991), 1994, 1999 Photographers and photographs evolve, rather than spring forth fully formed. Shoot! Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about 35mm Photography, Liz Harvey (ed.) (1993), 1994 A clear description of 35mm photography develops understanding. Shooting under Fire: The World of the War Photographer, Peter Howe (2002), 2004 War photographers seek out the most horrifying and dangerous places in the world to practice their craft. What compels them to do it? Space, Time and Architecture: The Growth of a New Tradition, S. Giedion (1967), 1971 A fundamental text illuminates the interrelation of materials, techniques, and human needs in terms of architectural design and city planning. The Story of Art, E. H. Gombrich (1995), 1999 Everything from cave paintings to the experimental art of today is covered, in words and pictures, in this sixteenth edition of one of the most famous and popular art books ever published. The Sweet Flypaper of Life, Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes (1955), 1988, 1991 Outstanding photographs and poetic writing combine in a brilliant photoessay on Harlem in the 1950s. Why Buildings Stand Up: The Strength of Architecture, Mario George Salvadori (1980), 1988, 1991 From the pyramids to the skyscrapers, this history of architecture is a readable explanation of why buildings stand up. Women Artists: An Illustrated History, Nancy G. Heller (1987), 1991, 1994 This chronicle presents five centuries of painting and sculpture by women, most of whom have been neglected in more traditional art histories.

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BIOGRAPHY I woke up the next morning to the voices of my brothers and father whispering to each other about what went on in the night. “Pa,” Meng said in a frightened voice, “a man told me the noise last night was Khmer Rouge soldiers opening fire on all the people who registered for work. They killed every one of them.” Their words push at my temples, making my head throb with fear. From First They Killed My Father, by Loung Ung

Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin P. Thomas (1952), 1961, 1963, 1965 The author paints a realistic and sympathetic portrait. Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and the War Years, Carl Sandburg (1954), 1968, 1971, 1976, 1982, 1988 Sandburg describes Lincoln’s life from his birth in the log cabin on Nolin Creek to his burial at Springfield. Act One: An Autobiography, Moss Hart (1955), 1961, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1971, 1988, 1991 The author’s life up to his first successful play gives the reader many funny and touching moments in the world of the theater. All Creatures Great and Small, James Herriot (1972), 1982, 1988 A rookie veterinarian reconciles the theories learned in school with his “real life” experiences in rural England. Always Running: La Vida Loca; Gang Days in L.A., Luis J. Rodriguez (1993), 1994, 1999 Rodriguez tells the story of his life in a Los Angeles gang and his later experiences as a Chicano activist. Always the Young Strangers, Carl Sandburg (1953), 1968, 1971 Sandburg has drawn a sensitive sketch of his early life, especially the problems and thoughts of his teen years. An American Childhood, Annie Dillard (1987), 1991 A writer tells how her life and writings were influenced by childhood experiences in Pittsburgh during the 1950s. An American Doctor’s Odyssey: Adventures in Forty-five Countries, Victor Heiser (1936), 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968 Adventures of an American doctor who traveled the world to blot out disease.

52 OUTSTANDING BOOKS BY GENRE OR SUBJECT American Girl: Scenes from a Small-Town Childhood, Mary Cantwell (1992), 1994 A successful columnist reminisces about her growing up in a small town in New England. Angela’s Ashes: A Memoir, Frank McCourt (1996), 1999 Illness, hunger, alcoholism, and death plague McCourt’s childhood in Ireland, but somehow he survives with his spirit intact. Anne Frank Remembered: The Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank Family, Miep Gies and Alison Leslie Gold (1987), 1991, 1994 At great risk to their own lives, the Gies family hides the family of Anne Frank in their attic in Amsterdam, Holland, during World War II. Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank (1952), 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1971, 1982, 1988, 1999 Through the diary she kept while in hiding, thirteen-year-old Anne Frank puts a human face on the Holocaust experience. Ariel: The Life of Shelley, André Maurois (1924), 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1971 A notable biography of one of England’s greatest lyric poets. At School in the Promised Land; or The Story of a Little Immigrant, Mary Antin (1916), 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968 A young Russian immigrant relives her experiences during her first days in America. Atoms in the Family: My Life with Enrico Fermi, Laura Fermi (1954), 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1971 The story of Enrico Fermi, one of the leading physicists in the development of the atomic bomb. Autobiography, Benjamin Franklin (1791), 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1971 Franklin’s witty self-portrait traces his development in work, religion, literature, and public service. The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, Gertrude Stein (1933), 1982, 1988 World War I Paris as seen by Gertrude Stein, the friend of Picasso, Mattisse, Hemingway, and other famous artists of the times. The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini, Benvenuto Cellini. John Addington Symonds (trans.) (1910), 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1971 Italian Renaissance art, sculpture, princes, dukes, and popes are brilliantly presented. The Autobiography of Lincoln Steffens, Lincoln Steffens (1931), 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1971 The associations of a fearless journalist with presidents, kings, city bosses, and dictators.

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The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Malcolm X (as told to Alex Haley) (1965), 1971, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1994, 1999 A great and controversial Black Muslim figure relates his transformation from street hustler to religious and national leader. The Autobiography of Mark Twain, Mark Twain. Ed. Charles Neider (1959), 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1971 The life of one of America’s most famous humorists. The Autobiography of William Allen White, William Allen White (1946), 1961 America in its greatest throes of growth and change is vigorously described by a great journalist. Barefoot Heart: Stories of a Migrant Child, Elva Treviño Hart (1999), 2004 This honest and moving memoir follows a migrant child and her family as they travel from their home in New Mexico to the farm fields of Minnesota and Wisconsin in search of work. Baruch: My Own Story, Bernard M. Baruch (1957), 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968 Portrait of an extraordinary man who has never held public office but has been a pillar of strength to four presidents. Ben-Gurion: A Biography, Robert St. John (1959), 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1971 An absorbing profile of a nation builder who dedicated his life to the service of Israel. Biko, Donald Woods (1978), 1988 Woods, editor of the leading antiapartheid newspaper in South Africa, smuggled out the contents of this book about the life, imprisonment, and unsatisfactory inquest into the death of Biko, the charismatic South African leader. Bismarck: The Man and the Statesman, A. J. P. Taylor (1955), 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1971 A fascinating portrait of a statesman who united the German people by “blood and iron,” not by speeches. Black Boy: A Record of Childhood and Youth, Richard Wright (1945), 1976, 1982, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1999 Wright recalls his pre-World War II youth when racial and personal obstacles seemed insurmountable. Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux, John G. Neihardt (1961), 1982, 1988 A Native American medicine man who survived Custer tells of his visions and the great tribal dances he carried out as a result of these visions. Blackberry Winter: My Earlier Years, Margaret Mead (1972), 1976, 1982, 1988 A famous anthropologist relates the events in her life before World War II that affected her as a woman and an anthropologist.

54 OUTSTANDING BOOKS BY GENRE OR SUBJECT Born on the Fourth of July, Ron Kovic (1976), 1991, 1994 An all-American boy joins the Marines, goes to Vietnam, is gravely wounded, and becomes an antiwar activist. Breaking with Moscow, Arkady N. Shevchenko (1985), 1988 A former Russian spy uncovers layers of Soviet secrets as he describes increasing doubts about his native country and his defection to the United States. Bridge to the Sun, Gwen Terasaki (1957), 1961, 1963, 1965 An American married to a Japanese diplomat leads a satisfying life until Pearl Harbor brings tragedy, hardship, and heartbreak. Bright Eyes: The Story of Susette La Flesche, an Omaha Indian, Dorothy Clarke Wilson (1974), 1976 A brilliant, educated, and concerned nineteenth-century Indian woman fights against racism, indifference, and atrocities committed by whites. Bronx Primitive: Portraits in a Childhood, Kate Simon (1982), 1994 Marked by an unbridgeable generation gap and lack of communication, Simon’s difficult Bronx childhood creates great motivation for her writing career. The Cage, Ruth Minsky Sender (1986), 1991 A teenager comes of age in a Polish ghetto, suffers in a concentration camp, and survives the Holocaust. The Camera Never Blinks: Adventures of a TV Journalist, Dan Rather with Mickey Herskowitz (1977), 1982 A controversial autobiography by one of the best-known and most respected TV newscasters. Rather’s adventures range from his college days in Texas to Vietnam, and from his coverage of the Kennedy assassination to 60 Minutes. Capote: A Biography, Gerald Clarke (1988), 1994 Author Truman Capote lived an unorthodox life, as revealed in this candid story. Charles Dickens: His Tragedy and Triumph, Edgar Johnson (1952), 1982 Dickens emerges from an impoverished and painful childhood to become an immensely popular novelist and then a social reformer. Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter, Adeline Yen Mah (1999), 2004 Wu Mei, also called Adeline, is the Fifth Younger Sister of her family, and the one who bears the blame for all their bad fortune. In her inspirational tale of survival in 1940s China, she triumphs against all odds.

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A Choice of Weapons, Gordon Parks (1966), 1971 The autobiography of an African American writer-photographer who displays humor, hope, and courage. Christopher Columbus, Mariner, Samuel Eliot Morison (1955), 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1971, 1982 Columbus’s life and voyages are vividly re-created in this lively narrative. Clarence Darrow for the Defense, Irving Stone (1941), 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1971, 1976 This famous lawyer fought not only for mercy and justice but also for social reform. The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother, James McBride (1996), 1999 McBride blends his story with that of his mother, who battled poverty and racism to raise twelve children. Coming of Age in Mississippi, Anne Moody (1968), 1971, 1994, 1999 One of the first brave young African American students to participate in a lunch counter sit-in, Moody becomes a heroine of the civil rights movement. A Conspiracy So Immense: The World of Joe McCarthy, David M. Oshinsky (1983), 1988 Historical background information is given about the “red scare” as well as Wisconsin Senator Joe McCarthy, who personified the anti-Communist movement of the 1950s. The Court Years, 1939–1975: The Autobiography of William O. Douglas, William O. Douglas (1980), 1988 In this second and final volume, Douglas presents an insider’s viewpoint on the workings of the U.S. Supreme Court, describing the interaction between justices and providing information about major decisions. Dance to the Piper: Memoirs of the Ballet, Agnes de Mille (1951), 1994 De Mille gives her insider’s view as one of America’s greatest dance choreographers. Dark Quartet: The Story of the Brontës, Lynne Reid Banks (1976), 1982 The brilliant but tortured lives of the three Brontë sisters and their troubled brother are as dramatic as Jane Eyre or Wuthering Heights. Darkness over the Valley, Wendelgard von Staden (1981), 1991 A teenage German girl aids and befriends concentration camp inmates who work on her family’s estate.

56 OUTSTANDING BOOKS BY GENRE OR SUBJECT Daylight Must Come: The Story of a Courageous Woman Doctor in the Congo, Alan Burgess (1974), 1976 The moving story of Dr. Helen Rosevear, a doctor and Protestant missionary who strives against tremendous odds and hardships in the Congo from 1950 through 1973. Days of Grace: A Memoir, Arthur Ashe and Arnold Rampersad (1993), 1994 A highly respected tennis star and citizen of the world dies of AIDS. Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam, Bernard Edelman (ed.) (1985), 1999 Letters from those who made it back and from those who did not return provide a glimpse into the lives of the men and women who served during the Vietnam War. Death Be Not Proud: A Memoir, John Gunther (1949), 1982, 1988 A father writes lovingly of his bright and promising seventeen-year-old son’s long, courageous struggle with a brain tumor. The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Samuel Pepys (1825), 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1971, 1976 The day-to-day life of a man active in the affairs of London in the 1600s. Dorothy Thompson: A Legend in Her Time, Marion K. Sanders (1973), 1976 A fascinating American woman journalist who laughed at Hitler, married Sinclair Lewis, and became a well-known radio commentator. The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA, James D. Watson (1968), 1971, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1999 The author re-creates the excitement of participating in a momentous discovery and demonstrates to the nonscientist how the scientific method works. Dr. Schweitzer of Lambaréné, Norman Cousins (1960), 1968 Well-written description of the doctor’s personality, character, and work. E. B. White: Some Writer! Beverly Gherman (1992), 1994 The noted author of Charlotte’s Web, White is a reserved and witty man who is puzzled by his own success. The Education of Henry Adams, Henry Adams (1907), 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968 Important events and great men are met in Adams’s travels in America, England, and France in the latter part of the 1800s. Einstein: A Centenary Volume, A. P. French (ed.) (1979), 1988 Essays and letters about Einstein’s life, thoughts, and theories help ordinary people understand the genius of this acclaimed nuclear physicist. Einstein: The Life and Times, Ronald W. Clark (1971), 1976 The life and career of a great scientist viewed against the intellectual, political, and scientific background of his age.

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Eleanor and Franklin: The Story of Their Relationship, Based on Eleanor Roosevelt’s Private Papers, Joseph P. Lash (1971), 1976, 1982, 1988 A candid and compassionate portrait of a complex relationship that focuses on Eleanor Roosevelt’s private role as wife and mother and her public role as First Lady. Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings, Amy Ruth Kelly (1950), 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1971 Political and religious wars and the disastrous Second Crusade are the background of this biography of an extraordinary queen. Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady of American Liberalism, Lois Scharf (1987), 1991 A shy, homely young woman emerges from a privileged, strict Victorian childhood to become an admired and influential woman of the world. Eleanor Roosevelt: Vol. 1 1884–1933, Blanche Wiesen Cook (1992), 1994, 1999 Born into a privileged world, Eleanor Roosevelt became a champion of the underprivileged and a fighter for human rights. Elizabeth the Great, Elizabeth Jenkins (1958), 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1971, 1976 A personal history of England’s most fascinating queen. Emma Goldman: An Intimate Life, Alice Wexler (1984), 1988 This personal and public account of an immigrant anarchist and labor agitator who lived in America in the first half of the twentieth century. Eric, Doris Lund (1974), 1976 A mother’s poignant account of her teenage son who refuses to give up when he has been struck by leukemia. Ernest Hemingway: A Life Story, Carlos Baker (1969), 1971 “The small boy who shouted ‘Fraid o’ nothing’ becomes the man who discovered that there was plenty to fear.” Escalante: The Best Teacher in America, Jay Mathews (1988), 1991 A dedicated teacher, subject of the movie Stand and Deliver, firmly believes anyone can learn calculus. FDR: A Biography, Ted Morgan (1985), 1988 In this probing psychological study of FDR’s life, the biographer analyzes the forces that shaped an ordinary public servant into a world leader. Fifth Chinese Daughter, Jade Snow Wong (1950), 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968 Life in San Francisco’s Chinatown and the adjustment a young girl must make between Chinese customs and the modern American way of life. Florence Nightingale, 1820–1910, Cecil Woodham-Smith (1951), 1961 After seeing the horrors of the wounded in the Crimean War, Florence Nightingale dedicates her life to worldwide reform of nursing work.

58 OUTSTANDING BOOKS BY GENRE OR SUBJECT Flush: A Biography, Virginia Woolf (1933), 1968 An unusual biography of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s cocker spaniel and his interpretation of her life and romance. Frank Lloyd Wright: An Interpretive Biography, Robert C. Twombly (1973), 1976 A balanced, integrated examination of Frank Lloyd Wright’s life and his contribution to architecture and thought. Freud, the Man and the Cause, Ronald W. Clark (1980), 1988 While not definitive, this personal biography offers insight into details of Freud’s life that influenced the great thinker’s psychoanalytic theories. Geoffrey Chaucer of England, Marchette Gaylord Chute (1946), 1971 A “thrusting, excitable, anxious century” was “blessed by a writer who knew a good joke when he saw one.” George Washington, Man and Monument, Marcus Cunliffe (1958), 1963, 1965, 1968 Fact and myth are separated in an interpretation of Washington which covers all aspects of his life. Georgia O’Keeffe, Georgia O’Keeffe (1976), 1982, 1988 Artist O’Keeffe relates how she dares to live life exactly as she sees it. Georgia O’Keeffe: A Life, Roxana Robinson (1989), 1991 A woman artist achieves success and recognition for her work. Go East, Young Man: The Early Years; The Autobiography of William O. Douglas, William O. Douglas (1974), 1976, 1982, 1988 The autobiography of a Supreme Court justice who demonstrates his fighting spirit by overcoming poverty and polio to lead the fight for environmental concerns. Golda: Golda Meir; The Romantic Years, Ralph G. Martin (1988), 1991 From her early days as a Russian emigrant, Meir journeys through life as an American citizen to become Prime Minister of Israel. Golda: The Life of Israel’s Prime Minister, Peggy Mann (1971), 1976 The amazing story of a woman who was born in Russia, grew up in Milwaukee, went to Palestine at 23, and ultimately became Israel’s prime minister. Growing Up, Russell Baker (1982), 1991, 1994, 1999 A columnist with a sense of humor takes a gentle look at his childhood in Baltimore during the Depression. Growing Up Female in America—Ten Lives, Eve Merriam (1971), 1976 A look at the lives of ten women of different socio-ecomonic backgrounds who were in the forefront of the women’s movement. Hannibal: Challenging Rome’s Supremacy, Sir Gavin de Beer (1969), 1971 This enigmatic military genius plays a crucial role in history.

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Hannibal: One Man against Rome, Harold Lamb (1958), 1968 A comparison of the great Carthaginian leader and the Roman generals who opposed him in his incredible journey across the Alps and his persistent raids in Italy. The Haunted Palace: A Life of Edgar Allan Poe, Frances Winwar (1959), 1968, 1971 The psychological portrait of the brilliant but controversial poet Edgar Allan Poe. Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years, Sarah Delany and A. Elizabeth Delany with Amy Hill Hearth (1993), 1994 Two daughters of former slaves tell their stories of fighting racial and gender prejudice during the twentieth century. Henry David Thoreau, Joseph Wood Krutch (1948), 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968 The New England Yankee sharply criticizes society and becomes one of America’s classic writers. Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther, Roland H. Bainton (1950), 1961, 1963, 1965, 1971, 1976 Martin Luther changes the way the Western world looks at religion. Hitler: A Study in Tyranny, Alan Bullock (1952), 1976 This chronicle of Hitler’s career includes the rise of Nazism and Germany’s role in World War II. Ho, David Halberstam (1971), 1976 A short, brilliant portrait of Ho Chi Minh, who twice leads his nation into a successful battle against the West. Home before Morning: The Story of an Army Nurse in Vietnam, Lynda Van Devanter and Christopher Morgan (1983), 1991 A nurse serves her time in Vietnam and finds the horror and unpopularity of the war follow her home. Home to the Wilderness, Sally Carrighar (1973), 1976, 1982 Hated by her own mother, Sally Carrighar ultimately finds peace and happiness as a naturalist living alone in the wilderness. Honor Bound: A Gay American Fights for the Right to Serve His Country, Joseph Steffan (1992), 1994 Steffan, a high-ranking, well-liked cadet at Annapolis, is forced to resign just six weeks before graduation when he reveals he is gay. House of Houses, Pat Mora (1997), 1999 With magic and imagination, author Pat Mora weaves the voices of her ancestors into her own personal account of growing up in a Mexican-American family in El Paso, Texas.

60 OUTSTANDING BOOKS BY GENRE OR SUBJECT Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez; An Autobiography, Richard Rodriguez (1982), 1999 Rodriguez’s journey through the educational system leads to his belief that family, culture, and language must be left behind to succeed in mainstream America. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou (1970), 1982, 1988, 1994, 1999 An African American writer, poet, and actress traces her coming of age. I, Rigoberta Menchú: An Indian Woman in Guatemala, Rigoberta Menchú (1984), 1994 Born in Guatemala into abject poverty marked by violence and lack of education, this Nobel Peace Prize winner has become one of the world’s foremost fighters for human rights. In Her Own Right: The Life of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Elisabeth Griffith (1984), 1988 The public and private life of a nineteenth-century leader of the women’s suffrage movement is portrayed. Jennie: The Life of Lady Randolph Churchill. Vol. I: The Romantic Years, 1854–1895, Ralph G. Martin (1969), 1971 How a girl from Brooklyn, who became the wife of Randolph Churchill and mother of Sir Winston Churchill, exerts extraordinary influence on the rulers of Europe. John Adams, David McCullough (2001), 2004 He was a man of his times who transcended his times, and one of the least understood of the Founding Fathers. John F. Kennedy, Judie Mills (1988), 1991 Overshadowed by his older brother and plagued by ill health, JFK became our youngest president and the symbol of a generation. John Muir and His Legacy: The American Conservation Movement, Stephen R. Fox (1981), 1988 This study of the “Father of the American Conservation Movement” interprets Muir’s life and discusses wildlife preservation. Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth’s Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa; An Autobiography, Mark Mathabane (1986), 1991, 1994, 1999 Growing up under the brutalities of apartheid South Africa, Mathabane describes the growing unrest in his country and his eventual escape through his ties to the tennis community. Karl Marx: His Life and Thought, David McLellan (1975), 1976, 1982 The private as well as political life and thoughts of Karl Marx explain much of his great influence on the world.

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The Ladies of Seneca Falls: The Birth of the Woman’s Rights Movement, Miriam Gurko (1974), 1982 Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone, and others wage a long and stubborn campaign for equal rights. Lakota Woman, Mary Crow Dog and Richard Erdoes (1990), 1994 A Lakota woman stands with two thousand other Native Americans at the site of the Wounded Knee, South Dakota, massacre, demonstrating for Native American rights. The Last Algonquin, Theodore L Kazimiroff (1982), 1991 Orphaned at thirteen, Joe Two Trees, an Algonquin Indian, chooses to live out his life alone rather than live in the white man’s world. The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, William Manchester (1983), 1988 Beginning with his childhood, this popular biography includes Churchill’s experiences during World War I, in Parliament, as Chancellor of the Exchequer, and as a scapegoat of the Gallipoli fiasco. Let the Trumpet Sound: A Life of Martin Luther King, Jr., Stephen B. Oates (1982), 1988 Biography of the man whose nonviolent protests against racial discrimination began the civil rights movement, helping to strike down two centuries of segregation and voter discrimination. The Liars’ Club: A Memoir, Mary Karr (1995), 1999 Growing up in “a family of liars and drunks” is never easy, and yet, despite alcoholism, rape, and other dark secrets, the author makes childhood in an East Texas refinery town sound as funny as it was painful. Life and Death in Shanghai, Nien Cheng (1987), 1991 Nien Cheng tells the story of seven harrowing years in solitary confinement during China’s Cultural Revolution. The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft, Claire Tomalin (1974), 1976 By not following the rules of eighteenth-century society, Mary was a forerunner of the women’s rights movement. The Life of Samuel Johnson, James Boswell (1791), 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1971 The personality and character of Johnson and the members of his circle. Lindbergh, A. Scott Berg (1998), 2004 Daring, mysterious, and one of the twentieth century’s first superstars—who was the man behind the myth and how did his historic flight across the Atlantic remake the world? Lives, Plutarch (c. A.D. 120), 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1971 Biographies in which the author parallels the lives of eminent Greeks with those of eminent Romans.

62 OUTSTANDING BOOKS BY GENRE OR SUBJECT Loss of Eden: A Biography of Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Joyce Milton (1993), 1994 The Lindberghs seem to have everything—fame, intelligence, beauty, and money—until tragedy forces them into isolation. Louis Armstrong: An American Success Story, James Lincoln Collier (1985), 1994 Born in poverty in New Orleans, “Satchmo” trains himself to become a great jazz trumpet player. Madame Curie: A Biography, Eve Curie (1937), 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1971, 1976, 1991, 1994, 1999 In sharing personal papers and her own memories, a daughter pays tribute to her unique and generous mother, a scientific genius. Madame Sarah, Cornelia Otis Skinner (1967), 1971 How a waif from the streets of Paris becomes one of the world’s greatest actresses. Maggie’s American Dream: The Life and Times of a Black Family, James P. Comer (1988), 1991 An African American family achieves the American dream as they move from the segregated rural South to the North. Malcolm X: The Man and His Times, John Henrik Clarke (ed.) (1969), 1971 A good follow-up to his classic autobiography, this collection contains some of Malcolm X’s own speeches as well as essays by people who either knew him personally or felt his impact deeply. Manchild in the Promised Land, Claude Brown (1965), 1971, 1976, 1982 Brown grows up in Harlem at its ugliest, where street gangs and drugs destroy lives. Martin Luther King, Jr.: To the Mountaintop, William Roger Witherspoon (1985), 1991 A great civil rights leader struggles to the top of the mountain and sees some of his “dream” realized before he is assassinated. Mary, Queen of Scots, Antonia Fraser (1969), 1971 She was queen of Scotland by birth, queen of France by marriage, and almost queen of England. Mary Shelley: Romance and Reality, Emily W. Sunstein (1989), 1991 At nineteen, wild, rebellious, and immensely gifted, Mary Shelley creates Frankenstein. Me Me Me Me Me: Not a Novel, M. E. Kerr (1983), 1994 This chronicle of the author’s adolescent years includes boyfriends, parent problems, and boarding school.

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Men of Mathematics, E. T. Bell (1937), 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1994 The lives and achievements of world renowned mathematicians are told with wit and good humor. Merton: A Biography, Monica Furlong (1980), 1988 The conflict of his vows as a Trappist monk and what constituted a genuinely religious life is the central theme of this biography. Microbe Hunters, Paul de Kruif (1926), 1968, 1971 Thirteen scientists from Leeuwenhoek to Ehrlich fight disease by discovering and controlling malignant microbes. The Most Dangerous Man in America: Scenes from the Life of Benjamin Franklin, Catherine Drinker Bowen (1974), 1976 Important moments illuminate the life of Benjamin Franklin. Mother Jones: The Most Dangerous Woman in America, Linda Atkinson (1978), 1982 Some called her dangerous, others patriotic, but all would agree that she was unique—a tough union organizer who was still active and outspoken at age ninety. Moving Violations: War Zones, Wheelchairs, and Declarations of Independence; A Memoir, John Hockenberry (1995), 1999 Journalist Hockenberry is fearless and funny as he relates the personal and professional experiences he encounters from his wheelchair. Mussolini: A Biography, Denis Mack Smith (1982), 1988 This study sheds light on the twentieth-century Italian dictator. My Brother, Jamaica Kincaid (1997), 1999 The author returns to the Caribbean island of her birth to help care for her younger brother who is dying of AIDS. My Forbidden Face: Growing Up under the Taliban; A Young Woman’s Story, Latifa (pseud.) (2002), 2004 Sixteen-year-old Latifa dreamed of becoming a professional journalist until the Taliban’s repression of women changed her life. My Lord, What a Morning: An Autobiography, Marian Anderson (1956), 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968 This great artist shares her success on the concert stage, her feelings about prejudice, and her hopes for the future of African Americans. My Place, Sally Morgan (1988), 1991 Unraveling the mystery of her Australian heritage, Morgan discovers what it means to be an aborigine.

64 OUTSTANDING BOOKS BY GENRE OR SUBJECT My Several Worlds: A Personal Record, Pearl S. Buck (1954), 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968 The world-famous author of The Good Earth tells how she happened to grow up with both Chinese and American culture. N. C. Wyeth: The Collected Paintings, Illustrations, and Murals, Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen Jr. (1972), 1976 The life of an American artist is portrayed in words and reproductions of his works. Nadja, on My Way, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg (1989), 1991 A young, classical violinist does it her way. Naked to Mine Enemies: The Life of Cardinal Wolsey, Charles W. Ferguson (1958), 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1971 Defying the Pope in annulling the King’s marriage brings tragedy to Henry VIII’s minister. Napoleon: A Great Life in Brief, David Chandler (1974), 1976 A thorough reexamination reveals much about Napoleon Bonaparte as a man. Napoleon I, Albert Léon Guérard (1956), 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1971 No one disputes Napoleon’s genius on the battlefield. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself, Frederick Douglass (1845), 1999 Former slave and famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass describes the horrors of his enslavement and eventual escape. Nicholas and Alexandra, Robert K. Massie (1967), 1976, 1994, 1999 At the brink of revolution, the last tsar of Russia and his family become victims of their own mismanagement and personal problems. Pablo Picasso: The Man and the Image, Richard B. Lyttle (1989), 1991 A portrait of Picasso reveals his life as a man and an artist. Papa Hemingway: A Personal Memoir, A. E. Hotchner (1966), 1976 Much of Hemingway’s personal life is revealed in his conversations with Hotchner. Part of My Soul Went with Him, Winnie Mandela (1984), 1988 South Africa’s first black woman social worker married Nelson Mandela in 1958 and carried on his political struggles since his imprisonment in 1962, even though she was banned by the government. Paul Revere and the World He Lived In, Esther Forbes (1942), 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1971 An American patriot lives during colonial and revolutionary times.

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Paula, Isabel Allende (1995), 1999 At the bedside of her dying daughter, Allende spins tales of childhood, of ancestors, and of becoming a novelist. The Peabody Sisters of Salem, Louise Hall Tharp (1950), 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1971 The author sketches the Peabody sisters, who did much to develop education in America. Perón: A Biography, Joseph A. Page (1983), 1988 The private life and public career of the Argentine dictator with a wellknown wife named Evita. Peter the Great, Emperor of All Russia, Ian Grey (1960), 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1971 Peter the Great changes Russia from a medieval to a modern country. Plain Speaking: An Oral Biography of Harry S. Truman, Merle Miller (1973), 1976, 1982, 1988, 1991 Always frank, Harry Truman talks about his life, the presidency, history, and other political “fellas” in a biography produced from hundreds of taped interviews. Portrait of Myself, Margaret Bourke-White (1963), 1976 A woman newspaper photographer and foreign correspondent valiantly battles Parkinson’s disease. A Precocious Autobiography, Yevgeny Yevtushenko (1963), 1968, 1971 A Russian poet and author describes Soviet Communist society. Private Demons: The Life of Shirley Jackson, Judy Oppenheimer (1988), 1991 Shirley Jackson writes strange stories and describes her strange life. Profiles in Courage, John F. Kennedy (1956), 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1971, 1976 Profiles of eight U.S. congressmen who risk political oblivion because their moral principles are stronger than their ambitions. Queen of France: A Biography of Marie Antoinette, André Castelot (1957), 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968 Court intrigue, desperate flight, imprisonment, and death are what Marie Antoinette meets after her marriage to the king of France. Queen Victoria, Lytton Strachey (1921), 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1971 The reader meets the queen, the prince consort, and those living during the famous Victorian era.

66 OUTSTANDING BOOKS BY GENRE OR SUBJECT Quest: The Life of Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Derek L. T. Gill (1980), 1988 This Swiss-American physician, psychiatrist, pioneer, humanitarian, scientist, lecturer, and mystic is well known as the author of numerous books on death and dying. R. v. R.: The Life of Rembrandt van Rijn, Hendrik Willem Van Loon (1953), 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968 A great painter is troubled with tragedy and debts. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution, Ji-Li Jiang (1997), 1999 A young Chinese must make difficult choices when the government urges her to repudiate her ancestors and inform on her own parents. The Road from Coorain, Jill Ker Conway (1989), 1991, 1994 Australian outbacker Jill Ker Conway fights for an education and, against the odds, becomes the first woman president of Smith College. The Roosevelt Family of Sagamore Hill, Hermann Hagedorn (1954), 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1971 Theodore Roosevelt called Sagamore Hill home. Second Wind: The Memoirs of an Opinionated Man, Bill Russell and Taylor Branch (1979), 1982 While reflecting on his transformation from an awkward teenager to a college and pro basketball star, Russell also speaks out on racism, politics, and reading. The Seven Storey Mountain, Thomas Merton (1948), 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1971 Growing up without a faith, an American poet finds happiness in a Trappist monastery after his conversion to the Church of Rome. Shakespeare of London, Marchette Gaylord Chute (1949), 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968 William Shakespeare is described against the political and cultural background of his age. Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII, David Starkey (2003), 2004 How one man’s matrimonial woes elevated a very disparate group of women to temporary positions of power, changed the way a nation was ruled, and shook the foundations of the Catholic Church. Soul to Soul: A Black Russian American Family, 1865–1992, Yelena Khanga (1992), 1994, 1999 A young Russian journalist of African American and Jewish heritage analyzes and compares attitudes on race, religion, and sexism in Russia and America. The Sound of Wings: The Life of Amelia Earhart, Mary S. Lovell (1989), 1991, 1994 A famous woman flier has two loves—her husband, George Putnam, and flying.

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Sound-Shadows of the New World, Ved Mehta (1985), 1991, 1994, 1999 Leaving his home, family, and culture behind, a blind Indian boy travels to Arkansas to attend a special school where he is challenged by handicap, loneliness, poor preparation, and culture shock. Stonewall Jackson: The Man, the Soldier, the Legend, James I. Robertson Jr. (1997), 1999 Both the genius and the failings of this confederate Civil War general are chronicled in this meticulous account. The Story of My Life, Helen Keller (1902), 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1971, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1999 Overcoming deafness and blindness to become an outstanding citizen, Helen Keller embodies courage, passion, and perseverance. Such a Vision of the Street: Mother Teresa––The Spirit and the Work, Eileen Egan (1985), 1988 Mother Teresa’s life—from her childhood in Albania to her world-famous Nobel Prize–winning activities as a hard-working nun with a divine mission to help the poorest of the poor—is shared with a colleague. Suleiman the Magnificent: Sultan of the East, Harold Lamb (1951), 1961, 1963, 1965 Suleiman rules in exotic Turkey in the sixteenth century. “Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!”: Adventures of a Curious Character, Richard P. Feynman (1985), 1999 This Nobel Prize–winning physicist was also a bongo drummer, a practical joker, and a loving husband. Susan B. Anthony: A Biography of a Singular Feminist, Kathleen L. Barry (1988), 1991 A woman masterminds the early women’s rights movement in America. They Called Him Stonewall: A Life of Lt. General T. J. Jackson, C.S.A., Burke Davis (1954), 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968 The life of the Confederate Army’s most colorful general is described. This Boy’s Life: A Memoir, Tobias Wolff (1989), 1991, 1994, 1999 In and out of trouble in his youth, this charter member of the “Bad Boy’s Club” survives a boyhood that stretches from Florida to the Pacific Northwest. This I Remember, Eleanor Roosevelt (1949), 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968 Eleanor Roosevelt lives in the White House during the crucial 30s and wartime 40s.

68 OUTSTANDING BOOKS BY GENRE OR SUBJECT This Life, Sidney Poitier (1980), 1982 Academy Award–winning actor Sidney Poitier, the son of West Indian parents, takes chances and breaks rules to finally achieve his dramatic destiny. This Little Light of Mine: The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer, Kay Mills (1993), 1994 An African American sharecropper’s daughter uses her considerable courage and singing talent to become a leader in the civil rights movement. Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate History, Fawn M. Brodie (1974), 1976 The public and private life of one of America’s founders is described. Thomas More: A Biography, Richard Marius (1984), 1988 This authoritative popular biography of a Catholic martyr-saint reveals the contradictions in More’s character through the author’s awareness of modern psychology. The Thread That Runs So True, Jesse Stuart (1949), 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1971 Jesse Stuart loves teaching. Three: An Unfinished Woman, Pentimento, Scoundrel Time, Lillian Hellman (1979), 1976, 1982, 1988 Author and playwright Lillian Hellman survives a rebellious childhood in the South, anti-Nazi intrigue, Hollywood romance and glamor, and the effects of blacklisting during the McCarthy era. Three Who Made a Revolution: A Biographical History, Bertram D. Wolfe (1948), 1976, 1982, 1988 Brief biographies give insight into the lives and thoughts of Lenin, Stalin, and Trotsky, the leaders of the Russian Revolution. The Three Worlds of Albert Schweitzer, Robert Payne (1957), 1961, 1963, 1965 Albert Schweitzer was a brilliant philosopher, musician, physician, missionary, and writer. Tisha: The Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaska Wilderness, Anne Pardy (As told to Robert Specht) (1976), 1982 Anne Hobbs, a prim and proper nineteen-year-old, arrives in an Alaskan gold-rush town in 1927 to find prejudice, violence, and love. To Be Young, Gifted and Black: Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words, Lorraine Hansberry (1969), 1971 A writer presents a portrait of herself and her view of the human spirit. To Dance, Valery Panov and George Feifer (1978), 1982 Panov, a Russian Jew, defects to the West when, because of his religion, he is not allowed to dance in Russia.

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To Destroy You Is No Loss: The Odyssey of a Cambodian Family, JoAn D. Criddle and Teeda Butt Mam (1987), 1994 After the Communists take over Cambodia in 1975, Teeda’s upper-class existence is reduced to surviving impossible conditions. Tolkien: A Biography, Humphrey Carpenter (1977), 1982, 1988 The life of J. R. R. Tolkien, creator of the mythical world of Middle Earth and its inhabitants, tells of his childhood in South Africa, teaching at Oxford, and fame as the author of Lord of the Rings. The True Adventures of John Steinbeck, Writer: A Biography, Jackson J. Benson (1984), 1988 Benson tells the tale of a Nobel Prize–winning American writer who realistically and romantically captures Depression America in print. Truman, David G. McCullough (1992), 1994, 1999 This notable president earned America’s respect by helping to end World War II and reshape the world for postwar peace. Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West, Stephen E. Ambrose (1996), 1999 Lewis and Clark brave the wilds of North America in this vivid account of exploration and adventure. Up from Slavery: An Autobiography, Booker T. Washington (1901), 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1971 A former slave is determined to build a great school for African Americans in Alabama. Walls: Resisting the Third Reich—One Woman’s Story, Hiltgunt Zassenhaus (1974), 1976 An anti-Nazi German, Hiltgunt Zassenhaus led three lives in order to aid the Norwegian and Danish prisoners of war during the Hitler years. What Do You Care What Other People Think? Further Adventures of a Curious Character, Richard P. Feynman (2001), 2004 Quirky, hilarious, and fascinating memoirs from one of the last century’s greatest physicists cover everything from his early childhood to his work on the atomic bomb and his investigation into the Challenger explosion. What Manner of Man: A Biography of Martin Luther King, Jr., Lerone Bennett Jr. (1964), 1971 It was King’s achievement to give men hope. When Heaven and Earth Changed Places: A Vietnamese Woman’s Journey from War to Peace, Le Ly Hayslip and Jay Wurts (1989), 1991 Caught in her country’s civil war in a family divided, Hayslip survives imprisonment, rape, starvation, and torture.

70 OUTSTANDING BOOKS BY GENRE OR SUBJECT The Whole World in His Hands: A Pictorial Biography of Paul Robeson, Susan Robeson (1981), 1991 A granddaughter writes a loving memoir of her brilliant, talented, and controversial grandfather. William Shakespeare: A Biography, A. L. Rowse (1971), 1971 This is an elaborate account of Shakespeare in his age. Windows for the Crown Prince, Elizabeth Vining (1952), 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968 Gray serves as the first American tutor of the Crown Prince of Japan. Woman in the Mists: The Story of Dian Fossey and the Mountain Gorillas of Africa, Farley Mowat (1987), 1991, 1994 Mowat describes the turbulent life and mysterious death of a woman who dedicated her life to the study and survival of endangered mountain gorillas. The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood among Ghosts, Maxine Hong Kingston (1976), 1982, 1988 The Chinese American experience is passionately portrayed by a young woman who grows up torn between American life in modern San Francisco and the ancient legends, traditions, and folk beliefs of her Chinese heritage. Woody Guthrie: A Life, Joe Klein (1980), 1982, 1988 This authentic American folk hero is haunted by family tragedy, misery, and illness. Wordstruck: A Memoir, Robert MacNeil (1989), 1991 TV broadcaster MacNeil writes a love letter about the English language. Yankee from Olympus: Justice Holmes and His Family, Catherine Drinker Bowen (1944), 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1971 Bowen tells the story of a famous Supreme Court justice and his family. Yeager: An Autobiography, Chuck Yeager and Leo Janos (1985), 1988 Mixing boyish enthusiasm with descriptive detail, Air Force General Chuck Yeager—World War II ace and the first man to break the sound barrier—candidly shares the drama of his life and career. Zelda: A Biography, Nancy Milford (1970), 1976 Milford recounts the reckless and painful life of Zelda, from childhood in Montgomery, Alabama, through marriage to F. Scott Fitzgerald, and ending with her many years as a patient in mental institutions.

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DANCE The impulse to move is the raw material that cultures shape into evocative sequences of physical activity that we call dance. From Dancing: The Pleasure, Power, and Art of Movement, by Gerald Jonas

101 Stories of the Great Ballets, George Balanchine and Francis Mason (1975), 1982, 1988, 1991, 1994 An excellent guide to the most famous stage productions, including background for the novice. The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Susan Cook and Joseph H. Mazo (1978), 1982 Techniques of ballet, modern, jazz, and ethnic dance are performed by Ailey’s company and beautifully portrayed in Cook’s black-and-white photography. America Dances, Agnes de Mille (1980), 1982 De Mille has drawn a portrait of American classical, ethnic, and popular dance, as performed on Broadway and in film by the great innovators of dance technique. American Indian Ballerinas, Lili Cockerille Livingston (1999), 2004 Four Native American women from Oklahoma share the struggles and triumphs of their dance careers and personal lives in stories that inspire with courage and beauty. Ballerina: The Art of Women in Classical Ballet, Mary Clarke and Clement Crisp (1987), 1991 The role of ballerinas and their great performances enhance the history of the dance. Ballet and Modern Dance: A Concise History, Jack Anderson (1986), 1994 A chronicle of Western theatrical dance into the twentieth century includes quotations from dancers and choreographers. Barefoot to Balanchine: How to Watch Dance, Mary Kerner (1990), 1994, 1999 Understand dance by reading about its history, choreography, and backstage action. Black Dance in America: A History through Its People, James Haskins (1990), 1991, 1994 Historical accounts and biographies trace the many forms of African American dance beginning with its African origins.

72 OUTSTANDING BOOKS BY GENRE OR SUBJECT Black Dance in the United States: From 1619 to 1970, Lynne Fauley Emery (1972), 1988 Chronicles African American contributions to American dance from the arrival of the first Africans to 1970. The Book of Tap: Recovering America’s Long Lost Dance, Jerry Ames and Jim Siegelman (1977), 1982, 1988 A study of tap dancing from its early minstrel and vaudeville days to its golden age in Hollywood, with some thoughts on the future of tap. The Book of the Dance, Agnes de Mille (1963), 1971 This lavishly illustrated story of the dance—social, ritual, theatrical—from earliest times to the present day, traces motivation, dance forms, and their development. The Complete Guide to Modern Dance, Don McDonagh (1976), 1982 A representative anthology of performers and choreographers of the twentiethcentury modern dance movement. The Dance Catalog, Nancy Reynolds (ed.) (1979), 1982 A dancer’s compendium that includes listings of dance companies, teachers, colleges, and career suggestions. Dance in America, Robert Coe (1985), 1988, 1991 Based on the PBS series, this book traces today’s dance back to its roots and then brings the story forward through classical ballet to modern dance. Dancershoes, Daniel S. Sorine and Stephanie Riva Sorine (1979), 1982 Dancers stretch, shellac, spray, soak, cut, crush, polish, paint, hammer, and twist their shoes. Dancing: The Pleasure, Power, and Art of Movement, Gerald Jonas (1992), 1994, 1999 A companion volume to an eight-part television series, this international survey explores dance as social, cultural, and religious expression. Danseur: The Male in Ballet, Richard Philip and Mary Whitney (1977), 1982 Spectacular photography enlivens this celebration of the male dancer and choreographer. Inside Dance: Essays, Murray Louis (1980), 1982 Philosophical, insightful thoughts illuminate the various facets of the dance world—the critics, the travel, and the lifestyle. Jazz Dance: The Story of American Vernacular Dance, Marshall Stearns and Jean Stearns (1979), 1988, 1991 In writing a history of what seemed to be a dying art, the author reawakens an interest in some of the rarely practiced forms of jazz dance, such as the Black Bottom, Lindy Hop, and Buzzard Lope.

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Men Dancing: Performers and Performances, Alexander Bland and John Percival (1984), 1988, 1991, 1994 The history of men in dance, highlighting Astaire, Baryshnikov, Merce Cunningham, and many others. On Wings of Joy: The Story of Ballet from the 16th Century to Today, Trudy Garfunkel (1994), 1999, 2004 Immerse yourself in the world of ballet, from its earliest choreography to the life of a modern ballerina. On Your Toes: Beginning Ballet, Wendy Neale (1980), 1982 This book offers practical advice for beginning dancers and their parents and explains the preparations necessary for a dance career. People Who Dance: 22 Dancers Tell Their Own Stories, John Gruen (1988), 1991, 1994 Interviews give insights into the special world of the dancer. Private View: Inside Baryshnikov’s American Ballet Theatre, John Fraser (1988), 1991 During the 1986–87 season, the ABT has castings, rehearsals, and a national tour. Prodigal Son: Dancing for Balanchine in a World of Pain and Magic, Edward Villella, with Larry Kaplan (1992), 1994 Villella shares his view of ballet as he discloses intimate details of his training, performances, and his relationship with Balanchine. Push Comes to Shove, Twyla Tharp (1992), 1994 Dancer/choreographer Tharp reveals her dedication to dance, her explorations in movement, and the sources of her creative ideas. Terpsichore in Sneakers: Post-Modern Dance, Sally Banes (1980), 1982 Banes looks at the predominant personalities of “post-modern” dance and the techniques that emphasize free movement in an inventive, nontraditional way. Where She Danced: The Birth of American Art-Dance, Elizabeth Kendall (1979), 1994, 1999 The contributions of major innovators and the conditions of their times are the basis for this history of modern American dance. Winter Season: A Dancer’s Journal, Toni Bentley (1982), 1988, 1991 Ballet can be beautiful to watch, but the dancers suffer to present that beauty. Worlds Apart: The Autobiography of a Dancer from Brooklyn, Robert Maiorano (1980), 1982 A dancer bridges the world of his Brooklyn ghetto existence with the glamour of New York’s professional dance world.

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FILM AND TELEVISION From the movies we learn precisely how to hold a champagne flute, kiss a mistress, pull a trigger, turn a phrase . . . [but] the movies spoil us for life; nothing ever lives up to them. Edmund White

“And So It Goes”: Adventures in Television, Linda Ellerbee (1986), 1988 Ellerbee details her career in this humorous account of the machinations of the television industry. The Art of Hanna-Barbera: Fifty Years of Creativity, Ted Sennett (1989), 1991 Cartoon characters including Tom and Jerry, the Flintstones and Yogi Bear demonstrate Hanna-Barbera’s contribution to the development of film animation. The Art of Walt Disney: From Mickey Mouse to the Magic Kingdoms, Christopher Finch (1973), 1991 Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck make Walt Disney known throughout the world. Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist, Chuck Jones (1989), 1994 Jones’s autobiography includes intimate pictures, stills, and text from cartoons. The Citizen Kane Book: Raising Kane, Pauline Kael (1971), 1988 The shooting script by Herman J. Mankiewicz and Orson Welles explains how the movie came to be. The Cool Fire: How to Make It in Television, Bob Shanks (1976), 1982 A former producer explains the business and technology of television, the history of the networks, and how programs are planned, produced, and presented. Elements of Film, Lee R. Bobker (1969), 1982 An introduction to the technical aspects of filmmaking, including an analysis of the work of sixteen contemporary filmmakers and a discussion of the importance of film criticism. Film Maker’s Guide to Super 8: The “How-to-Do-It” Book for Beginning and Advanced Film Makers, compiled by the editors of Super 8 Filmaker magazine (1980), 1982 A collection of articles on equipment, sound techniques and effects, scriptwriting, filming techniques, animation, editing, making documentaries, and more.

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Films of Science Fiction and Fantasy, Baird Searles (1988), 1991 Photographs of movie stills and frame enlargements accompany this description of science fiction and fantasy movies. Getting into Film, Mel London (1977), 1982 A career guide covering every aspect of the film industry from production and cinematography to makeup, costumes, and special effects with information on agents, auditions, education, and unions. The Hollywood History of the World: From One Million Years B.C. to Apocalypse Now, George MacDonald Fraser (1988), 1994 Hollywood lore enlivens this history, which is illustrated with still photographs. Hollywood: The Pioneers, Kevin Brownlow and John Kobal (1980), 1982, 1988, 1991, 1994 A superb history of film and filmmakers from the early days of story-slide shows to the end of the silent picture era, enhanced by unique photographs of actual productions. Inside Oscar: The Unofficial History of the Academy Awards, Mason Wiley and Damien Bona (1986), 1988 An informative and breezy tour through Hollywood, from Oscar’s beginning to the 1980s. Making Movies Work: Thinking Like a Filmmaker, Jon Boorstin (1995), 1999 Both novice and expert can enjoy this behind-the-scenes look at the art of filmmaking. The Movies, Mr. Griffith, and Me, Lillian Gish (1969), 1988 The colorful, moving memoir of Lillian Gish describes the silent motion picture industry and her innovative director. Murrow: His Life and Times, A. M. Sperber (1986), 1988 Story of the man who set the style and standards for radio and television journalism. Our Movie Heritage, Tom McGreevey and Joanne L. Yeck (1997), 2004 Everyone loves movies. But film must be preserved or these cinematic treasures will be lost. Stunt Man: The Autobiography of Yakima Canutt, Yakima Canutt, with Oliver Drake (1979), 1982 “Yak” discusses his performance in such films as Gone with the Wind, Stagecoach, and Ben Hur, giving a fascinating account of the industry, stunting, and special effects.

76 OUTSTANDING BOOKS BY GENRE OR SUBJECT The Technique of Film Animation, John Halas and Roger Manvell (1959), 1982 This is a complete and illustrated guide to film animation techniques for beginning and advanced filmmakers. Television, Michael Winship (1988), 1994 Television pioneers give their special insights into the history of the medium. They Sang! They Danced! They Romanced! A Pictorial History of the Movie Musical, John Springer (1981), 1994 Illustrations detail the positive and negative aspects of movie musicals. Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks: An Interpretative History of Blacks in American Films, Donald Bogle (1989), 1991, 1994 African Americans contribute to American films from Uncle Tom’s Cabin in 1903 to Do the Right Thing in the 1980s. Video Visions: A Medium Discovers Itself, Jonathan Price (1977), 1982 Video has the potential for educational and artistic use. When the Shooting Stops . . . the Cutting Begins: A Film Editor’s Story, Ralph Rosenblum and Robert Karen (1979), 1982, 1988 The art and profession of editing are described in this autobiographical account of working experiences with filmmakers Woody Allen, Mel Brooks, documentary great Robert Flaherty, and others.

HISTORY The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colors breaking through. From Democracy in America, by Alexis de Tocqueville

Ain’t Gonna Study War No More: The Story of America’s Peace Seekers, Milton Meltzer (1985), 1988 A chronicle of resistance to war and violence in America’s history, this work tells the story of passionate believers in peace who often forfeit their reputations and livelihoods for those beliefs. Alistair Cooke’s America, Alistair Cooke (1973), 1976, 1982 Based on the popular PBS television series, this lavishly illustrated book presents an Englishman’s refreshing view of his adopted country’s history.

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All the President’s Men, Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward (1974), 1976, 1994 Following lead after lead, two Washington Post reporters lift the veil of secrecy surrounding the Nixon administration’s Watergate cover-up. The American Political Tradition and the Men Who Made It, Richard Hofstadter (1948), 1971 Incisive essays interpret the historical significance of such figures as Jefferson, Lincoln, Wilson, Hoover, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Anasazi: Ancient People of the Rock, Donald G. Pike and David Muench (1974), 1991 Archeological evidence and the written records of Spanish explorers reveal the history of an ancient people. Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco, Bryan Burrough and John Helyar (1990), 1994 Wall Street’s largest takeover reveals greed, deceit, and clever maneuvers. Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era, James M. McPherson (1988), 1994 From the Mexican War to Appomattox, the political, military, and economic aspects of the Civil War are examined. Before the Mayflower: A History of Black America, Lerone Bennett Jr. (1962), 1976 From the African past through slavery, wars, and reconstructions—the dramatic story of the African Americans’ sojourn in North America. The Best and the Brightest, David Halberstam (1972), 1994 Kennedy-Johnson intellectuals orchestrate American foreign policy in Indochina. Bloods: An Oral History of the Vietnam War, Black veterans and Wallace Terry (ed.) (1984), 1988 During the Vietnam War, the African American soldiers endured a higher percentage of casualties and returned to a higher percentage of unemployment than any other ethnic group. A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam, Neil Sheehan (1989), 1994, 1999 A soldier exposes the corruption undermining the American war effort in Vietnam. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West, Dee Brown (1971), 1976, 1982, 1988, 1994, 1999 There’s another side of America’s western expansion: the one seen through Native American eyes.

78 OUTSTANDING BOOKS BY GENRE OR SUBJECT Columbus in the Americas, William Least Heat-Moon (2003), 2004 Was he a visionary and daring explorer, or a ruthless conquistador with dreams of riches and glory? Discover the truth behind the myth of a man whose impact still resonates through the continents he stumbled across. The Constitution: Reflection of a Changing Nation, Margot C. J. Mabie (1987), 1991 The Constitution of the United States is a living document that adapts to changes in our history. Day One: Before Hiroshima and After, Peter Wyden (1984), 1988 The race to develop the atomic bomb and the aftermath of its first use are covered in this account of the birth of the atomic age. Democracy in America, Alexis de Tocqueville (1835), 1971, 1976, 1982, 1988 This classic in political literature examines American society from the viewpoint of a leading French magistrate who visited the United States in 1831. A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century, Barbara W. Tuchman (1978), 1994, 2004 Tuchman uses the example of a single feudal lord to trace the history of the fourteenth century. The Dream: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Speech That Inspired a Nation, Drew D. Hansen (2003), 2004 This great humanitarian and leader did indeed have a dream, and it has resonated through the years to expand all of our hopes for a future built on tolerance. Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series, Eliot Asinof (1963), 1994, 1999 It’s all here: the players, the scandal, the shame, and the damage the 1919 World Series caused for America’s national pastime. The Endurance: Shackleton’s Legendary Antarctic Expedition, Caroline Alexander (1998), 2004 It’s man against nature at the dawn of World War I, as the lure of the last unclaimed land on earth dazzles with its beauty and danger in this adventure of discovery and survival. Everything We Had: An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Thirty-three American Soldiers Who Fought It, Al Santoli (1981), 1982 Veterans of the Vietnam War from all branches of the service recount the impact of the war on their lives. Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years, 1954–1965, Juan Williams (1987), 1991, 1994, 1999 From Brown v. Board of Education to the Voting Rights Act, Williams outlines the social and political gains of African Americans.

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Final Harvest: An American Tragedy, Andrew H. Malcolm (1986), 1988 A poverty-stricken, uneducated farmer murders the local bank manager who foreclosed on his 80 acres, making both men victims of the painful changes affecting America’s agricultural heartland. Fire in the Lake: The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam, Frances FitzGerald (1972), 1991 A knowledge of the history of Vietnam helps the reader understand the reasons for the Vietnam War. The First Freedom: The Tumultuous History of Free Speech in America, Nat Hentoff (1980), 1982 This historical study of the First Amendment includes important court cases. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers, Loung Ung (2001), 2004 The perils of life under the brutal Pol Pot regime change a young woman’s life forever, as she and her family find themselves fugitives of war, without even their names to remind them of what they lost. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation, Joseph J. Ellis (2000), 2004 What seems like a foregone conclusion—the founding of the United States— was anything but. Six dramatic vignettes reveal the men behind the events of the most decisive decade in American history. The Gateway to History, Allan Nevins (1938), 1971 Nevin defines the scope and variety of the field of history and outlines views on history’s objectives, both as a science and as an art. Good Neighbors? The United States and Latin America, Ann E. Weiss (1985), 1988 The ongoing, complex relationship between the United States and Latin America is presented in an easy-to-read style. The Guinness Book of Records 1492: The World Five Hundred Years Ago, Deborah Manley (ed.) (1992), 1994 Discover the world as it was over 500 years ago. Hiroshima, John Hersey (1946), 1988, 1994, 1999 Six Hiroshima survivors reflect on the aftermath of the first atomic bomb. Hunter’s Stew and Hangtown Fry: What Pioneer America Ate and Why, Lila Perl (1977), 1991 The food choices of early pioneers continue to influence what we eat in various parts of the country. The Imperial Presidency, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. (1973), 1976, 1982 Power has been used and abused by American presidents.

80 OUTSTANDING BOOKS BY GENRE OR SUBJECT Indian Givers: How the Indians of the Americas Transformed the World, Jack Weatherford (1990), 2004 Discover how profoundly the native peoples of North and South America influenced what we eat, how we trade, and our system of government. Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster, Jon Krakauer (1997), 1999 His dream expedition to Everest became a nightmare when human error and a sudden storm combined to claim the lives of some of the world’s best mountain climbers. Invisible Men: Life in Baseball’s Negro Leagues, Donn Rogosin (1983), 1994 The great Negro League players finally gain recognition for their contributions to baseball. Jefferson’s Children: The Story of One American Family, Shannon Lanier and Jane Feldman (2000), 2004 Thomas Jefferson fathered two families—one black, one white, brought together by his determined young descendant. This is a story about family, a story about identity, a story about secrets revealed, and history made complete. The Johnstown Flood, David McCullough (1968), 1994 McCullough shares the story behind one of America’s most devastating disasters. Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883, Simon Winchester (2003), 2004 When the earth’s most dangerous volcano exploded off the coast of Java, hundred-foot waves flung ships inland, a rain of hot ash made temperatures plummet, the shock wave traveled around the world seven times, and 40,000 people died. The aftermath of this disaster saw the rise of radical Islam, civil unrest, and a legacy of anti-Western militancy that continues today. La Raza: The Mexican Americans, Stan Steiner (1970), 1971, 1976, 1991 A study of the problems of “The Race,” which includes an account of the journey of César Chávez from the boyhood of a migrant farmworker to the role of leader of his people. Legends, Lies, and Cherished Myths of World History, Richard Shenkman (1988), 1994 Legends, myths, and lies reveal history’s errors with humor. Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, James Agee and Walker Evans (1960), 1976, 1982, 1988 Agee and Evans portray three tenant farmer families at the depths of the Depression in words and photographs that are perhaps closer to art than to commentary.

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The Little Ice Age: How Climate Made History, 1300–1850, Brian Fagan (2002), 2004 Fagan provides a fascinating look at how climate change influenced the course of the last thousand years of Western history. He highlights climate’s profound influence on the Viking discovery of North America, the Industrial and French Revolutions, and the Irish Potato Famine. The Making of a Counter Culture: Reflections on the Technocratic Society and Its Youthful Opposition, Theodore Roszak (1969), 1971, 1976 The influence of such personalities as Herbert Marcuse, Allen Ginsberg, Timothy Leary, and Paul Goodman is examined together with the leading causes of youthful dissent in the sixties. Miracle at Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention, May to September, 1787, Catherine Drinker Bowen (1986), 1988 The historic formation of the Constitution is recounted in this day-by-day report of the debates and compromises that took place in Philadelphia. Modern Times: The World from the Twenties to the Eighties, Paul Johnson (1983), 1988 A fascinating presentation of world history and politics is combined with thought-provoking critical interpretation. My Soul Is Rested: Movement Days in the Deep South Remembered, Howell Raines (1983), 1988 The gathering force of the civil rights movement from the Montgomery bus boycott of 1955 to the death of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968, as told by the men and women who remember the glory and tragedy of those days. Never to Forget: The Jews of the Holocaust, Milton Meltzer (1976), 1982, 1988 This book “is an act of mourning and a call to remember” so that history will not be repeated. Our House Divided: Seven Japanese American Families in World War II, Tomi Kaizawa Knaefler (1991), 1994 The United States is a place of neither shelter nor freedom for Japanese Americans during World War II. The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II, Iris Chang (1997), 1999 Barely a postscript in official Japanese history, the horrific rape, mutilation, torture, and murder of hundreds of thousands of Chinese citizens took place over the course of just seven weeks. Rescue: The Story of How Gentiles Saved Jews in the Holocaust, Milton Meltzer (1988), 1991, 1994 Many people risked their lives to save others during the Holocaust.

82 OUTSTANDING BOOKS BY GENRE OR SUBJECT The Right Stuff, Tom Wolfe (1983), 1988 This inside story reveals the glory and exploitation that attended the selection, training, and flight of America’s first astronauts. Sagas of Icelanders: A Selection, Various (2001), 2004 Nordic epics open up a world of wonder and power, a Viking world of heroic adventure and discovery at the turn of the first millennium. The Search for King Arthur, David Day (1995), 1999 Discover through magnificent illustrations and romantic retellings what is fact and what is legend about this fifth-century hero. Season Ticket: A Baseball Companion, Roger Angell (1988), 1994 A veteran sports writer profiles the sport’s 1983–87 seasons. Smoke and Ashes: The Story of the Holocaust, Barbara Rogasky (2002), 2004 Some of history’s darkest days are examined in this new look at the horror and humanity of the Holocaust and its aftermath. The Strange Career of Jim Crow, C. Vann Woodward (1955), 1976 The effects of southern segregation laws and of the aftermath of the Civil Rights movement in both North and South are analyzed. Strange Footprints on the Land: Vikings in America, Constance H. Frick Irwin (1980), 1991 Historians perform unusual detective work to solve the mystery of the Viking influence in pre-Columbia America. Taking on the Press: Constitutional Rights in Conflict, Melvyn Bernard Zerman (1986), 1988 Freedom of the press is examined through a discussion of landmark cases that cause controversy over whose rights should prevail. Terror of the Spanish Main: Sir Henry Morgan and His Buccaneers, Albert Marrin (1999), 2004 What lies behind the dark and romantic image of the pirate, and what is the legacy of this brutal and bloody time? There Is a River: The Black Struggle for Freedom in America, Vincent Harding (1981), 1982, 1988 African Americans from the first captives in Africa to the end of the Civil War rebel against slavery. Thunder on the Right: The “New Right” and the Politics of Resentment, Alan Crawford (1980), 1982 A conservative explores the dangers of the New Right, its leaders, and its groups.

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To Bear Any Burden: The Vietnam War and Its Aftermath in the Words of Americans and Southeast Asians, Al Santoli (1985), 1988 The Vietnam War’s origins and its aftermath come alive through interviews with American civilians and military personnel as well as Southeast Asians. Triangle: The Fire That Changed America, David Von Drehle (2003), 2004 Beyond the terror, destruction, and loss of life, this event changed the landscape of our cities and the lives of working people everywhere. Twelve Years a Slave, Solomon Northup (1968), 1994 A free man is kidnapped and sold into slavery. Understanding September 11th: Answering Questions about the Attacks on America, Mitch Frank (2002), 2004 These events are burned into images we can never forget—but after the pain of September 11 we ask “why” and “what” do we need to learn about the historical, religious, and cultural issues that sparked the attacks. Unforgettable Fire: Pictures Drawn by Atomic Bomb Survivors, Japanese Broadcasting Corp. (1981), 1982 Survivors of Hiroshima draw over one hundred pictures. Vietnam: A History, Stanley Karnow (1983), 1994 Karnow covers over two centuries of armed conflict in Vietnam. War Clouds in the West: Indians and Cavalrymen, 1860–1890, Albert Marrin (1984), 1991 Native Americans fight to survive in the late nineteenth century when increasing numbers of pioneers settle on their land. War Letters: Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars, Andrew Carroll (2001), 2004 The Legacy Project preserves the voices of soldiers and statesmen who lived through violent times that changed the course of nations. Listen to their stories in their words—they will inform and inspire you. Witch-Hunt: Mysteries of the Salem Witch Trials, Marc Aronson (2003), 2004 Revisit a time of nightmare, fear, hysteria—beyond The Crucible. Sift through the myths, half-truths, and misinformation to make up your own mind about what really happened in Salem Village and why. A World History, William H. McNeill (1967), 1971 McNeill provides a comprehensive history of the world. The World Must Know: The History of the Holocaust as Told in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (1993), 1994 This history covers both the persecuted and the persecutors of the Holocaust.

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HUMANITIES Although I was on the verge of receiving a degree in French literature, what I really wanted to study was philosophy. I was interested in Marx, his predecessors and successors. Whenever I could find the time, I read philosophy on the side. I didn’t really know what I was doing, except that it gave me a feeling of security and comfort to read what people had to say about such formidable things as the universe, history, human beings, knowledge. ––Angela Davis From Falling in Love with Wisdom, edited by David D. Karnos and Robert G. Shoemaker

An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy, Gunnar Myrdal (1944), 1971 This classic study of the African Americans in America by a social economist becomes also a critical evaluation of American civilization as a whole. Among Schoolchildren, Tracy Kidder (1989), 1991 An elementary teacher tells about the children and events during one school year. Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business, Neil Postman (1985), 1988 The author believes the act and art of public discourse are being degraded by television, which turns important issues into mass media entertainment. And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic, Randy Shilts (1987), 1991 A reporter takes a detailed look at the first five years of the unfolding AIDS epidemic. Apartheid in Crisis, Mark A. Uhlig (ed.) (1986), 1988 The various South African factions reveal their attitudes and take their stands. Arctic Dreams: Imagination and Desire in a Northern Landscape, Barry Lopez (1986), 1988 Real life and dreams of the Arctic land, its animals, and its people are celebrated. The Art of Living: The Classic Manual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness, Epictetus and Sharon Lebell (1995), 1999 A modern interpretation of the Stoic philosopher answers the timeless questions of how to be a good person and live a good life.

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The Ascent of Man, J. Bronowski (1973), 1976, 1982, 1988 A scientist’s history of the human mind and the human condition. Backlash: The Undeclared War against American Women, Susan Faludi (1991), 1994, 1999 This unflinching analysis examines the current status of American women. Blue Highways: A Journey into America, William Least Heat-Moon (1982), 1988 Traveling miles along the small backroads of the United States allows the author to introduce a series of diverse and unique Americans. The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls, Joan Jacobs Brumberg (1998), 1999 The historical evolution of body perception has turned the value system of American girls inside out. Borrowing Time: Growing Up with Juvenile Diabetes, Pat Covelli (1979), 1982 A first-person account of taking responsibility for one’s own survival. Bradshaw on the Family: A Revolutionary Way of Self-Discovery, John Bradshaw (1988), 1991 By focusing on family problems such as guilt and co-dependency, Bradshaw helps the reader to grow and change. The Broken Cord, Michael Dorris (1989), 1994, 1999 The persistent physical and emotional problems of his adopted son baffle the author until he learns the condition has a name: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Changing Bodies, Changing Lives: A Book for Teens on Sex and Relationships, Ruth Bell (1980), 1982, 1988 A direct, thorough, and explicit guide for young adults concerning both physical and emotional aspects of sexuality. China Men, Maxine Hong Kingston (1980), 1991 A description of the lives of several generations of Chinese males contribute to an understanding of the experiences of Chinese immigrants. Civil Disobedience, Henry David Thoreau (1849), 1976, 1982 Thoreau discusses the individual’s rights in relation to government. Civilisation: A Personal View, Kenneth Clark (1970), 1971, 1999 Clark explores history through the works, impulses, and beliefs of the great creative individuals of Western civilization. The Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today’s Students, Allan Bloom (1987), 1991 The author maintains Western civilization is in crisis because its intellectual tradition has been abandoned.

86 OUTSTANDING BOOKS BY GENRE OR SUBJECT Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Familes, J. Anthony Lukas (1985), 1988 A remarkable, intensive analysis of the lives of three families—one African American, one Irish, and one Yankee—who clash in the violent climate of prejudice and racism that erupted in the 1968 Boston school integration crisis. Conduct Unbecoming: Gays and Lesbians in the U.S. Military, Vietnam to the Persian Gulf, Randy Shilts (1993), 1994 Shilts discusses the contributions and conflicts of gays and lesbians serving in the American armed forces. Coping with Date Rape and Acquaintance Rape, Andrea Parrot (1988), 1991 Both men and women can use these suggested techniques for avoiding date and acquaintance rape. The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood, David Simon and Edward Burns (1997), 1999 Crack owns this corner and infects the lives of all those within reach. The Control of Nature, John McPhee (1989), 1994 McPhee turns his attention to Alaska, the last American frontier. Counting Coup: A True Story of Basketball and Honor on the Little Big Horn, Larry Colton (2000), 2004 Working through racism, alcoholism, and domestic violence, the players on Hardin High School’s girls’ basketball team come out winners in life as well as on the court. A Country Year: Living the Questions, Sue Hubbell (1986), 1999 A former wife and librarian observes her natural surroundings during a year spent as a beekeeper on a beautiful Ozark farm. Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know, E. D. Hirsch Jr. (1987), 1991 An educated, “culturally literate” member of contemporary American society must understand certain key terms and concepts from history. Culture and Commitment: The New Relationships between the Generations in the 1970s, Margaret Mead (1970), 1976, 1982 We need not only to recognize global problems, Mead argues, but also to commit ourselves to solving them. Cycles of Fire: Stars, Galaxies, and the Wonder of Deep Space, William K. Hartmann (1987), 1991 This book explores the formation of stars, the characteristics of the Milky Way, and the possibilities of other worlds in deep space.

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The Dark Side of the Marketplace: The Plight of the American Consumer, Warren Grant Magnuson and Jean Carper (1968), 1976 While Ralph Nader has been the consumer advocate from without, Magnuson has worked within Congress to counter abuses. The Death and Life of Great American Cities, Jane Jacobs (1961), 1976 A witty and passionate defense of the primary role of people in city planning and urban renewal. The Decade of Women: A Ms. History of the Seventies in Words and Pictures, Suzanne Levine and Harriet Lyons (eds.) (1980), 1982 Discusses various aspects of women’s lives in the 1970s through quotations and photographs. The Desert Smells like Rain: A Naturalist in Papago Indian Country, Gary Paul Nabhan (1982), 1994 Nature plays a vital part in Papago Indian culture. The Devil in the Shape of a Woman: Witchcraft in Colonial New England, Carol F. Karlsen (1987), 1994 The status of women in Colonial society affects the Salem witch accusations. Do What You Love, the Money Will Follow: Discovering Your Right Livelihood, Marsha Sinetar (1989), 1991 This New Age self-help manual works with self-esteem and other concepts to develop personal satisfaction in employment and life. Domestic Revolutions: A Social History of American Family Life, Steven Mintz and Susan Kellogg (1988), 1994 Is the American family changing its structure and purpose? The Essential Writings of Mahatma Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi. Ed. Raghavan Iyer (1991), 1994 Gandhi discusses the philosophical underpinnings that guided his nonviolent life. Falling in Love with Wisdom: American Philosophers Talk about Their Calling, David D. Karnos and Robert G. Shoemaker (eds.) (1993), 1999 Contemporary philosophers share their contemplations and epiphanies. The Fate of the Earth, Jonathan Schell (1982), 1988 The fear of human extinction by a nuclear holocaust is discussed in this profoundly sobering and frightening book. Father Greg and the Homeboys: The Extraordinary Journey of Father Greg Boyle and His Work with the Latino Gangs of East L.A., Celeste Fremon (1995), 1999 Conscience, parent, motivator, drill sergeant: Father Greg was all this and more to the gangbangers who called his barrio parish community home.

88 OUTSTANDING BOOKS BY GENRE OR SUBJECT Favorite Folktales from around the World, Jane Yolen (ed.) (1986), 1991, 1994, 1999 This collection of international folktales provides an understanding of the roots of diverse cultures. The Feminine Mystique, Betty Friedan (1963), 1976, 1988 Many feel that the first edition of this book precipitated the women’s liberation movement by inspiring new appraisals of roles and aspirations. The Fire Next Time, James Baldwin (1963), 1994 Expatriate Baldwin issues a wake-up call to counteract America’s racist attitudes. A First Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: What Our Children Need to Know, E. D. Hirsch Jr. (1989), 1991 Using a dictionary format, hundreds of “windows” reveal what it means to be a culturally literate educated American citizen. Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream, H. G. Bissinger (2003), 2004 In Odessa, Texas, high school football is more than a recreational interest; it is the whole town’s passion. The Friendly Shakespeare: A Thoroughly Painless Guide to the Best of the Bard, Norrie Epstein (1993), 1994 Gain a perspective of Shakespeare’s works through these sidelights, interpretations, anecdotes, and historical insights. Future Shock, Alvin Toffler (1970), 1971, 1976 This book stimulates discussion of the effects of rapidly accelerating change in our society. Girl, Interrupted, Susanna Kaysen (1993), 1994 Kaysen provides unique insight into mental illness. Give Me My Father’s Body: The Life of Minik, the New York Eskimo, Kenn Harper (2000), 2004 Imagine the horror as Minik visits the Museum of Natural History and learns the true fate of his father. The next time you visit a museum, will you wonder about the exhibits, and the dark price sometimes paid to extend our understanding of our world? The Glory and the Dream: A Narrative History of America, 1932–1972, William Manchester (1974), 1982 From major calamities to minor trivia, this remarkable exploration celebrates modern America in a spirited, lively narrative. Goddesses in Everywoman: A New Psychology of Women, Jean Shinoda Bolen (1984), 1991 Women have many roles in contemporary everyday life.

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Gods in Everyman: A New Psychology of Men’s Lives and Loves, Jean Shinoda Bolen (1989), 1991 Psychological analysis demonstrates that men display certain traits that are similar to the archetypes of Greek gods. Great Expectations: America and the Baby Boom Generation, Landon Y. Jones (1980), 1982 Being part of the largest generation in American history has its strengths and its problems. Growing Up Asian American: An Anthology, Maria Hong (ed.) (1993), 1994 Asian American authors are featured in this literary collection focused on growing up. A History of Art and Music, H. W. Janson, with Dora Jane Janson and Joseph Kerman (1968), 1971 This book offers a panoramic history of art and music in the Western world. A History of Western Philosophy, Bertrand Russell (1945), 1971 Philosophy emerges as “an integral part of social and political life; not as the isolated speculations of remarkable individuals, but as both an effect and a cause of the character of the various communities in which different systems flourish.” Holy Bible: New Revised Standard Version, (1990), 1991, 1999 Biblical scholars revise text and modernize terms to bring one version of the Bible up-to-date. Hometown Heroes: Successful Deaf Youth in America, Diane Robinette (1990), 1994 These profiles show handicapped youth succeeding in today’s world. How to Get Started When You Don’t Know Where to Begin, Patricia Hoyt (1980), 1982 Issues such as renting an apartment, opening a checking account, doing the laundry, and other practical situations are addressed. Ideas and Men: The Story of Western Thought, Crane Brinton (1950), 1971 This work presents an analysis of the major ideas and concepts which have helped to shape the course of Western civilization. The Illustrated World’s Religions: A Guide to Our Wisdom Traditions, Huston Smith (1995), 2004 The interconnectivity of the world’s great religious movements, with their parallel and disparate beliefs, is lyrically explored. In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America’s Best Run Companies, Thomas J. Peters and Robert H. Waterman Jr. (1982), 1991 Consultants identify 42 companies and tell why they are successful.

90 OUTSTANDING BOOKS BY GENRE OR SUBJECT In Search of Meaning: Living Religions of the World, Carl Hermann Voss (1968), 1971 The history and origins of the great religions including their spiritual, cultural, and ethical values. In These Girls, Hope Is a Muscle, Madeleine Blais (1995), 1999 Learn about the year of heart, sweat, and muscle that transformed the Amherst Lady Hurricanes basketball team into state champions. Insider’s Guide to the Colleges, Yale Daily News (1970), 1991 This irreverent manual explores current trends in the changing college scene and supplements standard guides. Intimate Play: Creating Romance in Everyday Life, William Betcher (1987), 1991 These playful strategies may help you bond with family and friends, spouses or partners. Joining the Tribe: Growing Up Gay and Lesbian in the ’90s, Linnea Due (1995), 1999 Being young and gay in America means surviving cruelty, abuse, and isolation, as these individual stories of courage from teens around the country attest. The Joy of Sects: A Spirited Guide to the World’s Religious Traditions, Peter Occhiogrosso (1994), 1999 This lively, easy to understand guidebook is for everyone from the faithful believer to the curious doubter. Keepers of the Earth: Native American Stories and Environmental Activities for Children, Michael J. Caduto and Joseph Bruchac (1988), 1991 This manual provides insights into the Native American world through stories, recipes, and outdoor activities. Living by the Word: Selected Writings, 1973–1987, Alice Walker (1988), 1994 Walker’s essays on race, politics, women, and life are collected in this volume. The Lonely Days Were Sundays: Reflections of a Jewish Southerner, Eli N. Evans (1993), 1994 A Jewish Southerner shares his reflections on his life and society. Maus: A Survivor’s Tale. Volume I: My Father Bleeds History, Art Spiegelman (1986), 1994, 1999 Using comic book format, the author chronicles his father’s experience of the Holocaust and its impact on his family. Maus: A Survivor’s Tale. Volume II: And Here My Troubles Began, Art Spiegelman (1991), 1994, 1999 Spiegelman continues his comic book story about his father and the Holocaust.

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The Measure of Our Success: A Letter to My Children and Yours, Marian Wright Edelman (1992), 1994, 1999 A child advocate shares her thoughts on values, raising families, and the future of our country. Minding the Body, Mending the Mind, Joan Borysenko (1987), 1991 Harvard Medical School presents an integrated approach to healing based on meditation, diet, anxiety release, exercise, and relaxation. The Miracle of Language, Richard Lederer (1991), 1994 Words are often used incorrectly, and the results can be humorous. The Most Beautiful House in the World, Witold Rybczynski (1989), 1999 The author’s dream of building a boat evolves into the building of a home, a process he uses to explain complex architectural ideas. Move Your Shadow: South Africa, Black and White, Joseph Lelyveld (1985), 1988, 1991 From a personal point of view, the author describes the South African conflict. Mythology, Edith Hamilton (1942), 1971, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1999 Gods and heroes, their clashes and adventures, come alive in this splendid retelling of the Greek, Roman, and Norse myths. The New Our Bodies, Ourselves, Boston Women’s Health Book Collective (1992), 1994 This revised edition of the 1973 classic examines the total implications of womanhood, from the physical to the psychological. The New World of Philosophy, Abraham Kaplan (1961), 1971, 1976 Kaplan interprets the main movements in modern philosophic thought, including existentialism, Freudian psychology, Communism, Buddhism, Chinese philosophy, and Zen. One Boy at War: My Life in the AIDS Underground, Paul Sergios (1993), 1994 Those suffering from AIDS take desperate measures in their efforts to survive. One Child, Torey L. Hayden (1980), 1982 A severely abused and emotionally disturbed child gradually realizes her potential with the help of a courageous teacher. The Other Side of the River: A Story of Two Towns, a Death, and America’s Dilemma, Alex Kotlowitz (1998), 1999 Geographically, only a river separates two closely neighboring towns, but the murder mystery surrounding the death of a young black man exposes a deeply rooted racial divide.

92 OUTSTANDING BOOKS BY GENRE OR SUBJECT Philosophy: An Introduction, John Herman Randall Jr. and Justus Buchler (1942), 1971 The different branches of philosophy—aesthetics, ethics, epistemology, logic, metaphysics, and axiology—are explained. The Portable World Bible, Robert O. Ballou (ed.) (1976), 1976, 1982, 1988 This Bible covers the Hindu, Buddhist, Parsi, Judeo-Christian, Moslem, Confucian, and Taoist religious traditions and includes background information on each. The Power of Myth, Joseph Campbell, with Bill Moyers (1988), 1991, 1994 Themes and symbols present in our daily lives reflect many world religions and mythologies. Prisoner without a Name, Cell without a Number, Jacobo Timerman (1981), 1982 A master journalist recounts his imprisonment and torture in an Argentine prison and speaks out for human rights. Race: How Blacks and Whites Think and Feel about the American Obsession, Studs Terkel (1992), 1994 Interviews uncover the full range of America’s views on racial issues. Rachel and Her Children: Homeless Families in America, Jonathan Kozol (1988), 1991 Men, women, and children who are residents of a hotel for the homeless in New York discuss their predicament. The Road Less Traveled, M. Scott Peck (1985), 1991 An exploration of the nature of love relationships and ways that psychiatry and religion enrich our lives. A Sand County Almanac, Aldo Leopold (1949), 1994 Leopold shares his present and future visions of a natural world. Soul on Ice, Eldridge Cleaver (1968), 1971, 1994 Through essays and open letters written while in prison, Eldridge Cleaver expresses the inner feelings and drives of the outraged African American man. The Souls of Black Folk: Essays and Sketches, W. E. B. DuBois (1903), 1994, 1999 Educator DuBois describes the lives and history of African American farmers, including the career of Booker T. Washington. The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the Greater Philosophers, Will Durant (1926), 1976, 1982, 1988 Certain personalities dominate the story of philosophy. Summerhill: A Radical Approach to Child Rearing, Alexander Sutherland Neill (1960), 1976 A famous experimental school where freedom and nonrepression create a different kind of learning environment is described.

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The Telling of the World: Native American Stories and Art, W. S. Penn (1996), 1999 Traditional and contemporary legends, stories, and art from many tribes explain our world and its lifeforms. Terrorism: A Special Kind of Violence, Margaret O. Hyde and Elizabeth H. Forsyth (1987), 1991 The authors explore the origin of terrorism and discuss the political, religious, and psychological implications of this type of violence. Theory of Literature, René Wellek and Austin Warren (1949), 1971 This theory of criticism examines the nature, functions, form, and contents of literature, rather than the environment that influences its creation. There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America, Alex Kotlowitz (1991), 1994 Two young boys struggle to survive in one of Chicago’s worst housing projects. Thinking Out Loud: On the Personal, the Political, the Public, and the Private, Anna Quindlen (1993), 1994 Op-Ed pieces from the New York Times underscore Quindlen’s thoughts on human rights, abortion, and justice. The Third Wave, Alvin Toffler (1980), 1982 A futuristic look at what Toffler perceives to be civilization’s imminent entrance into a new age of social development. Thirty Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary, Wilfred John Funk and Norman Lewis (1988), 1991 The English vocabulary of educated people can be mastered with these useful techniques. A Tribe Apart: A Journey into the Heart of American Adolescence, Patricia Hersch (1998), 1999 An intimate three-year journey through contemporary adolescence with eight “typical” teens reveals a separate culture spawned not from personal choice, but rather from adult alienation and abandonment. Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival, Velma Wallis (1994), 1994 Two old Athabaskan women, abandoned by their tribe, discover the strength to survive. Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man, Marshall McLuhan (1964), 1976 McLuhan suggests a study of the media as a means for better perception of our environment and our relationship to it.

94 OUTSTANDING BOOKS BY GENRE OR SUBJECT Voices from the Streets: Young Former Gang Members Tell Their Stories, S. Beth Atkin (1996), 1999 Gang members from all races and backgrounds describe why they joined, and why—and how—they left. The Voices of AIDS: Twelve Unforgettable People Talk about How AIDS Has Changed Their Lives, Michael Thomas Ford (1995), 1999 Individuals whose AIDS experiences have been catalysts for making a difference share their poignant and personal stories. Walden, Henry David Thoreau (1854), 1976, 1982 Thoreau celebrates nature and independence. A Walk across America, Peter Jenkins (1979), 1982 A personal account of one man’s efforts to understand his own life within the context of life around him, as he takes a walking journey from Connecticut to New Orleans. War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning, Chris Hedges (2002), 2004 A Pulitzer Prize–winning author presents a passionate, thought-provoking look at wars through the ages, and exposes the myths of the culture of combat. A Way of Love, a Way of Life: A Young Person’s Introduction to What It Means to Be Gay, Frances Hanckel and John Cunningham (1979), 1982 This positive guide to what being homosexual means—physically, emotionally, and socially—is presented through photographs, interviews, and personal histories. What Does It Mean to Be Human? Reverence for Life Reaffirmed by Responses from around the World, Frederick Franck, Janis Roze, and Richard Connolly (eds.) (2000), 2004 Thought-provoking essays on one of the most essential questions one can ask. Who’s to Know? Information, the Media, and Public Awareness, Ann E. Weiss (1990), 1994 Who decides what’s reported on TV and in the papers? Working: People Talk about What They Do All Day and How They Feel about What They Do, Studs Terkel (1974), 1976, 1982 Terkel interviews an industrial spy, a jockey, a nurse, and many others who reveal that the American feeling for work ranges from utter indifference to total commitment. The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times, and Ideas of the Great Economic Thinkers, Robert L. Heilbroner (1953), 1971, 1976, 1982, 1988 The lives and doctrines of David Ricardo, the Utopians, Karl Marx, Thorstein Veblen, and John Maynard Keynes are explored.

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Yen! Japan’s New Financial Empire and Its Threat to America, Daniel Burstein (1988), 1991 An analysis of Japanese corporate politics reveals the influence of Japanese business on the global economy.

MUSIC And who that wasn’t there in the beginning, who didn’t experience the joyous creation of (to quote Sly Stone) a whole new thing, can say that this feeling is wrong? But in return, we have gained the most significant and most innovative cultural force since the emergence of rock ’n’ roll in the 1950’s. Hip hop has quite simply changed the world, and after years of fighting off the stigma that it was surely nothing more than a passing fad, the time has come to take a look back, to examine everything that has brought the music to the extraordinary, hard-fought status it enjoys today. The time has come to recognize. From The Vibe History of Hip Hop, edited by Alan Light

The Beatles, Hunter Davies (1968), 1982 An authorized biography of the Beatles who, as the most influential musicians of the sixties, have left an indelible mark on contemporary music. The Big Band Years, Bruce Crowther and Mike Pinfold (1988), 1991 Jazz greats collaborate to found the big band style of the “swing era” in the 1930s. The Black Chord, David Corio and Vivien Goldman (1999), 2004 The often painful evolution of African American music is explored with a funky text and lively photographs. Black Music in America: A History through Its People, James Haskins (1987), 1991 African American music and musicians had an impact historically on other types of music. Classical Music, Clive D. Griffin (1988), 1991 This comprehensive and entertaining volume includes information on composers and instruments, the influence of society and world events, maps, a dateline and much more.

96 OUTSTANDING BOOKS BY GENRE OR SUBJECT The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Classical Music, Robert Sherman and Philip Seldon (1997), 1999 This practical guide will help you understand and enjoy classical music. Conductors: A New Generation, Philip Hart (1983), 1988 The dreams and realities of orchestra conducting as shown through interviews with the new and rising stars of the profession, updated with a revised list of recordings. The Country Music Book, Michael Mason (ed.) (1985), 1988 More than you ever thought you wanted to know: the history, the stars, the business—the works. Country Music, U.S.A., Bill C. Malone (1985), 1994 Malone examines country music, including the evolution of country-pop and early country music TV shows. Demented: The World of the Opera Diva, Ethan Mordden (1984), 1988, 1991 Temperamental opera stars are praised and denounced by an author with a deliciously wicked point of view. The Glorious Ones: Classical Music’s Legendary Performers, Harold C. Schonberg (1985), 1988, 1991 This book describes and evaluates the legendary performers in classical music, from the castrati to Pavarotti. Glory Days: Bruce Springsteen in the 1980s, Dave Marsh (1987), 1988 Continuing observations on the life and career of The Boss, Bruce Springsteen. James Brown: The Godfather of Soul; An Autobiography, James Brown and Bruce Tucker (1986), 1988 The “hardest-working man in show business” gives a look at what it takes to be successful, when you’re born poor and African American in the richest country in the world. Jazz, Mervyn Cooke (1999), 1999 Cooke provides a comprehensive guide to this uniquely American musical form. The Joy of Music, Leonard Bernstein (1959), 1971, 1994, 1999 Bernstein describes all aspects of classical music. The Latin Tinge: The Impact of Latin American Music on the United States, John Storm Roberts (1979), 1982 From the tango to disco, Latin American music has influenced American music over the past century.

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Making It with Music: Kenny Rogers’ Guide to the Music Business, Kenny Rogers and Len Epand (1978), 1982 This first-rate primer provides an understanding of the components of the music business, with Kenny Rogers adding his personal experiences. Music and Technology, H. P. Newquist (1989), 1994 Modern artists chronicle the history and the future of music technology. Musicians in Tune: Seventy-five Contemporary Musicians Discuss the Creative Process, Jenny Boyd (1992), 1994 An insider to the music scene interviews the biggest stars. The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, Barry Kernfeld (ed.) (1988), 1991 This dictionary provides comprehensive coverage of a distinctly American art form. Nothing but the Best: The Struggle for Perfection at the Julliard School, Judith Kogan (1987), 1994 Revealed are the rigors endured by music students before and during acceptance at the Julliard School of Music. Nowhere to Run: The Story of Soul Music, Gerri Hirshey (1984), 1988 The most recent and definitive look at soul music. Off the Record: An Oral History of Popular Music, Joe Smith and Mitchell Fink (eds.) (1989), 1991 More than 200 music professionals of the past and present represent all types of music, including jazz, folk, country, pop, and heavy metal. The Orchestra, Michael Hurd (1980), 1982 The history and development of the orchestra are discussed, and profiles of well-known conductors and coverage of the major orchestras are included. Pavarotti: My Own Story, Luciano Pavarotti, with William Wright (1981), 1982 An opera singer rises to superstardom. Pianist’s Progress, Helen Drees Ruttencutter (1979), 1982 Excellence does not guarantee success at the Juilliard School of Music. Rock of Ages: The Rolling Stone History of Rock and Roll, Ed Ward, Geoffrey Stokes, and Ken Tucker (1986), 1988 Three rock journalists cover rock and roll from its birth in the 1950s to almost yesterday. Rock Star Interviews: Conversations with Leading Performers and Songwriters, Petra Zeitz (1993), 1994 A music journalist presents short biographies and in-depth interviews covering musical careers and the industry.

98 OUTSTANDING BOOKS BY GENRE OR SUBJECT The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll, Jim Miller (1980), 1982, 1991 Rolling Stone magazine presents the history of rock and roll. Say It Loud! The Story of Rap Music, K. Maurice Jones (1994), 1999 From a village in west Africa to a street in Brooklyn, to MTV, rappers make the Scene. Segovia: A Celebration of the Man and His Music, Graham Wade (1984), 1988 Overcoming prejudice against the guitar as a serious instrument, Segovia becomes the founding father of the modern guitar movement. Singing in the Spirit: African-American Sacred Quartets in New York City, Ray Allen (1991), 1994 Join Allen at a gospel service as he illustrates the close relationship between gospel and popular music. Star-Making Machinery: Inside the Business of Rock and Roll, Geoffrey Stokes (1976), 1982 The accountants and disc jockeys are as important as the musicians in the popular music industry. Starting Your Own Band: Rock, Disco, Folk, Jazz, Country and Western, Lani Van Ryzin (1980), 1982 This no-nonsense guide provides basic information for starting, managing, and promoting your own musical group. Stomping the Blues, Albert Murray (1976), 1999 An afficionado gives the lowdown on what it is and its origins. Talking Jazz: An Illustrated Oral History, Ben Sidran (1992), 1994 Personal memoirs, biographical sketches, interviews, and archival photographs reveal the history of jazz. The Vibe History of Hip Hop, Alan Light (ed.) (1999), 2004 Vibe magazine looks at the music, dance, and fashion that have evolved into hip-hop culture. The Virgin Directory of World Music, Philip Sweeney (1992), 1994 World music is growing in popularity and is influencing other modern music genres. Watermelon Wine: The Spirit of Country Music, Frye Gaillard (1978), 1982 Country music is celebrated with an emphasis on the performers and their music. What to Listen For in Music, Aaron Copland (1939), 1976, 1982, 1999 The composer provides a basic introduction to the mysteries of musical composition and music appreciation.

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Willie and Dwike: An American Profile, William Zinsser (1984), 1988 The stories of jazz musicians, improvisers, and teachers will excite and inspire new musicians.

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY The inventions and inventors in this book were picked both because they have contributed to raising human standards of living and because they are interesting good fun, if you like. Some of them have contributed to making human life longer and healthier—medical devices, water purification, the traffic signal. Some of them helped make life more fun—TV, video games, the outboard engine. Some are ubiquitous—plastics, the computer mouse. Some serve the human desire to wander—the auto assembly line. But they have all combined to make us what we are. From Inventing Modern America, by David E. Brown

50 Simple Things You Can Do to Save the Earth, Earth Works Group (1989), 1991 Everyone can help to save the earth if they use these suggestions in their daily lives. African Exodus: The Origins of Modern Humanity, Christopher Stringer and Robin McKie (1997), 1999 The authors support the theory of a single origin of modern humanity with paleoanthropological, archaeological, and DNA evidence. Atom: An Odyssey from the Big Bang to Life on Earth . . . and Beyond, Lawrence M. Krauss (2001), 2004 Follow a single oxygen atom on a fantastic voyage from the beginning of the universe and far into the future. Being Born, Sheila Kitzinger (1986), 1991 Intrauterine photographs explain the wonders of gestation and birth. Blind Watchers of the Sky: The People and Ideas That Shaped Our View of the Universe, Rocky Kolb (1996), 1999 Kolb delivers a witty and lively history of astronomy and cosmology.

100 OUTSTANDING BOOKS BY GENRE OR SUBJECT Bones of Contention: Controversies in the Search for Human Origins, Roger Lewin (1987), 1991 The description of a series of episodes in paleoanthropology brings to light the ongoing debate about the origin of humans. A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes, Stephen W. Hawking (1988), 1991, 1994, 1999 Cosmology becomes understandable as the author discusses the origin, evolution, and fate of our universe. Brighter than a Thousand Suns: A Personal History of the Atomic Scientists, Robert Jungk (1958), 1976, 1982 This vivid account of the development of the atomic bomb achieves continuing relevance by focusing on the moral and psychological problems related to weapons research. Bully for Brontosaurus: Reflections in Natural History, Stephen Jay Gould (1991), 1994 Essays offer thoughts on evolution and other scientific principles. Chaos: Making a New Science, James Gleick (1987), 1994 Gleick chronicles the development of chaos, the complex new science. The Cognitive Computer: On Language, Learning, and Artificial Intelligence, Roger C. Schank and Peter G. Childers (1984), 1988 Artificial intelligence experts put computers into perspective and indicate future uses, especially in education. The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth, Sheila Kitzinger (1984), 1991 Here’s everything you need to know about the emotional and physical changes that occur during the first nine months of human life. Cosmos, Carl Sagan (1980), 1982, 1991 A universal history of the galaxy presents choices for the future. Darwin’s Century: Evolution and the Men Who Discovered It, Loren C. Eiseley (1958), 1971, 1976, 1982, 1988 There have been evolutionary theories from the Renaissance to the twentieth century. The Demon in the Freezer: A True Story, Richard Preston (2002), 2004 A striking portrait of smallpox makes readers uncomfortably aware that it could rise again as a biological weapon of mass destruction. Dinner at the New Gene Café: How Genetic Engineering Is Changing What We Eat, How We Live, and the Global Politics of Food, Bill Lambrecht (2001), 2004 Lambrecht traces the scientific and political controversies surrounding the use of genetically modified organisms and the food we eat.

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Don Coyote: The Good Times and the Bad Times of a Much Maligned American Original, Dayton O. Hyde (1986), 1991 A rancher defends the place of coyotes in the environmental scheme of things after rescuing and caring for one of the breed. Dr. Tatiana’s Sex Advice to All Creation: The Definitive Guide to the Evolutionary Biology of Sex, Olivia Judson (2002), 2004 A “Dear Abby” style science column that answers the what, when, where, why, who, and how of a fascinating variety of sexual activity for all creatures, great and small. The Dream Is Alive, Barbara Embury (1990), 1994 Join Embury on a typical shuttle flight using photographs from a 1984 mission. El Niño: Unlocking the Secrets of the Master Weather-Maker, J. Madeleine Nash (2002), 2004 Hard work and chance lead to the discovery of El Niño and La Niña, powerful climactic systems that we still struggle to understand. Eureka! Scientific Breakthroughs That Changed the World, Leslie Alan Horvitz (2002), 2004 Horvitz explores the dramatic events and thought processes of twelve great minds that lead to profound scientific discoveries. The author examines the impact of these discoveries on the way we live, think, and view the world around us. Fermat’s Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World’s Greatest Mathematical Problem, Simon Singh (1997), 1999 A Princeton professor pursues a lifelong dream of solving a 350-year-old mathematical puzzle. The Five Senses, F. Gonzalez-Crussi (1989), 1991 Constant repetition on the human senses leads the author into a remembrance of his past. Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, Douglas R. Hofstadter (1979), 1982 Math, computers, art, music, and puzzles combined in a “fugue on minds and machines.” Gods, Graves, and Scholars: The Story of Archeology, C. W. Ceram (1951), 1971, 1976, 1982, 1988 This work reviews archaeological discoveries of the last two centuries—in Pompeii, Troy, Crete, Egypt, Assyria, Babylonia, Sumeria, and the Yucatan— and introduces the people who made them.

102 OUTSTANDING BOOKS BY GENRE OR SUBJECT The Golden Ratio: The Story of Phi, the World’s Most Astonishing Number, Mario Livio (2002), 2004 A captivating journey through art and architecture, botany and biology, physics and mathematics, this ratio, 1.6180339887. . . impacts so many facets of our lives that it has fascinated us through the ages. Gorillas in the Mist, Dian Fossey (1983), 1991 Observing and defending the endangered mountain gorilla in Africa became Dian Fossey’s life work and her obsession. Great Projects: The Epic Story of the Building of America, from the Taming of the Mississippi to the Invention of the Internet, James Tobin (2001), 2004 Milestones of engineering and vision that connected us and moved a nation forward. The Greenhouse Effect, Kathlyn Gay (1986), 1991 Rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are causing changes in the earth’s climate. How the World Was One: Beyond the Global Village, Arthur C. Clarke (1992), 1994 International telecommunications are changing the way we view ourselves and our world. Hydrogen: The Essential Element, John S. Rigden (2002), 2004 A fascinating history is revealed in this probe of a scientific giant, the hydrogen atom. In Code: A Mathematical Journey, Sarah Flannery and David Flannery (2001), 2004 One teenager’s discoveries in the science of cryptography dramatically impact the modern world. In Suspect Terrain, John McPhee (1983), 1991, 1999 Traveling along I-80 with geologist Anita Harris, McPhee describes the geologic features that reveal the history of the Appalachians. In the Shadow of Man, Jane Goodall (1983), 1991 Goodall describes the chimpanzee group she studied in the Gombe Stream Chimpanzee Reserve in Tanzania. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences, John Allen Paulos (1988), 1999 Paulos illustrates the importance of understanding and the consequences of misunderstanding mathematical concepts in everyday life. Insect Lives: Stories of Mystery and Romance from a Hidden World, Erich Hoyt and Ted Schultz (1999), 2004 Hoyt and Schultz compile a diverse collection of brief essays and illustrations that entices readers to explore the fascinating and mysterious world of insects.

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Inventing Modern America: From the Microwave to the Mouse, David E. Brown (2002), 2004 Whose idea was it? The human stories and faces behind American scientific and technological innovations and achievements. Invention by Design: How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing, Henry Petroski (1996), 1999 Using examples from paper clips to monumental bridges, Petroski shows how engineers work. The Language of Cities, Fran P. Hosken (1968), 1971 An architect and city planner shows how cities are places of scale and space, light and shadow, color and texture, form and movement. Last Breath: Cautionary Tales from the Limits of Human Endurance, Peter Stark (2001), 2004 Whether the danger is hypothermia, mountain sickness, or cerebral malaria, this blend of adventure and science takes you to the absolute edges of human endurance. Last Chance to See, Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine (1991), 1994 Adams delivers a humorous, touching view of his travels to find endangered species around the world. Laying Waste: The Poisoning of America by Toxic Chemicals, Michael H. Brown (1980), 1982, 1988 The improper disposal of toxic chemicals in the Love Canal area of Niagara Falls, N.Y., is one of many situations chronicled in this book, which serves as a call to action on a serious environmental problem. Licit and Illicit Drugs: The Consumers Union Report, Edward M. Brecher (1972), 1982 An authoritative reference work about drugs used in the United States. The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher, Lewis Thomas (1974), 1976, 1982, 1988, 1999 These essays offer an optimistic scientist’s view of a wide variety of subjects. The Living Planet: A Portrait of the Earth, David Attenborough (1984), 1994 Various habitats expand the vision of planet Earth. The Loch Ness Monster: Opposing Viewpoints, Robert D. San Souci (1989), 1991 The presentation of diverse viewpoints allows the reader to form independent judgments about “Nessie.” Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time, Dava Sobel (1995), 2004 The little known story behind the greatest innovation in navigational science: an 18th-century version of the Global Positioning System (GPS).

104 OUTSTANDING BOOKS BY GENRE OR SUBJECT Lucy: The Beginnings of Human Kind, Donald C. Johanson and Maitland A. Edey (1980), 1982, 1988 An account of the discovery of a 3.5 million-year-old prehuman skeleton and its impact on the study of our ancestors. Madness: A Brief History, Roy Porter (2002), 2004 What is meant when we say “madness”? Examine the wide range of possibilities this question covers, from witches to electric shock therapy to Prozac. Mathematics in Western Culture, Morris Kline (1953), 1976 Kline explores the role of mathematics as it relates to other disciplines. The Medical Detectives, Berton Roueché (1984), 1991 Scientists, doctors, and epidemiologists work to discover the causes of many different diseases. The Mismeasure of Man, Stephen Jay Gould (1981), 1999 Gould’s history of the attempt to quantify intelligence could be called the “misuse of science.” The Modern Mind: An Intellectual History of the 20th Century, Peter Watson (2001), 2004 It was a time of marvelous optimism and belief in the perfectibility of man through science and new ideas. Explore the thoughts of the major players from Freud to Einstein, and places from Kitty Hawk to the distant reaches of the universe. Mothers of Invention: From the Bra to the Bomb; Forgotten Women and Their Unforgettable Ideas, Ethlie Ann Vare and Greg Ptacek (1988), 1994 Women inventors overcome obstacles. Next of Kin: What Chimpanzees Have Taught Me about Who We Are, Roger Fouts (1997), 1999 Describing his career of communicating with chimpanzees, Fouts explains evolutionary, genetic, and emotional bonds with our next of kin. The Next Whole Earth Catalog: Access to Tools, Stewart Brand (ed.) (1980), 1982 Tools aid in the process of education and the shaping of the environment. The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure, Hans Magnus Enzensberger (1998), 2004 A boy dreams a devil who guides him through a colorful, Alice in Wonderlandlike world of mathematical concepts. Number: The Language of Science, Tobias Dantzig (1954), 1971 This classic on the history of numbers, “the world’s universal language,” explains concepts, ideas, and their implementation.

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One Two Three—Infinity: Facts and Speculations of Science, George Gamow (1961), 1971 This collection brings together some of the most interesting facts and theories of modern science. Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth, R. Buckminster Fuller (1969), 1976, 1982 The inventor of the geodesic dome admonishes us to consider our planet as a complete environment. The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men against the Sea, Sebastian Junger (1997), 1999 Haunting premonitions didn’t save seven fisherman from the ferocious and deadly power of the sea. Planet Earth, Jonathan Weiner (1986), 1991 This book summarizes current discoveries and current thinking in the earth sciences. The Primal Teen: What the New Discoveries about the Teenage Brain Tell Us about Our Kids, Barbara Strauch (2001), 2004 Ever wonder what makes teens tick? A tour of the teenage brain reveals startling new research about this pivotal and exciting time of life. Promised the Moon: The Untold Story of the First Women in the Space Race, Stephanie Nolen (2002), 2004 The history of women in aviation and as astronauts is revealed in this compelling story. The Sea around Us, Rachel Carson (1951), 1971 This scientific and poetic account reveals the changes in the sea that began over two billion years ago, as well as explorations and important developments in oceanographic research. The Secret Family: Twenty-four Hours inside the Mysterious World of Our Minds and Bodies, David Bodanis (1997), 1999 The unseen world around us and within our bodies is shown in vivid detail as we follow a typical family through their day. The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry, Bryan Sykes (2001), 2004 Fascinating mitochondrial DNA evidence supports the idea that almost all modern Europeans are descended from just seven women. A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson (2003), 2004 A renowned travel writer brings complex scientific concepts to life by describing how the universe and life as we know it came to be. Should Drugs Be Legalized? Susan Neiburg Terkel (1990), 1994 Following an overview of drug use in the United States, Terkel discusses the regulation of illegal drugs.

106 OUTSTANDING BOOKS BY GENRE OR SUBJECT Silent Spring, Rachel Carson (1964), 1971, 1976, 1988, 1994, 1999 This landmark book gave birth to the environmental movement. The Sportsmedicine Book, Gabe Mirkin and Marshall Hoffman (1978), 1982 Sports medicine focuses on physical and psychological effects of physical activity, with emphasis on preventing injury. Stephen Hawking’s Universe, John Boslough (1984), 1991 Hawking’s theories on the universe in general, and black holes in particular. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, Mary Roach (2003), 2004 Discover the amazing life-after-death adventures of human bodies in this examination of how medical and research scientists use cadavers to make our lives better. T. Rex and the Crater of Doom, Walter Alvarez (1997), 1999 Geologist Alvarez presents the development of the impact theory of dinosaur extinction as the adventure/mystery it was. The Two Cultures, C. P. Snow (1964), 1971 A scientist who is also a successful novelist discusses the split between art and science. The Universe in a Nutshell, Stephen Hawking (2001), 2004 The physics guru illuminates startling new theories about our world in a lavishly illustrated sequel to A Brief History of Time. Virus Ground Zero: Stalking the Killer Viruses with the Centers for Disease Control, Ed Regis (1996), 1999 The history of the CDC is told through the handling of the Ebola outbreak in Zaire. Water, Ice, and Stone: Science and Memory on the Antarctic Lakes, Bill Green (1995), 1999 A chemist investigates Antarctica’s ice-covered lakes and discovers beauty and poetry. The Way Things Work, David Macaulay (1988), 1991 By dealing with basic principles, the author relates how approximately 350 machines function. The What’s Happening to My Body? Book for Boys: A Growing Up Guide for Parents and Sons, Lynda Madaras and Dane Saavedra (1984), 1991 Here’s detailed information about male bodies as they change and mature. The What’s Happening to My Body? Book for Girls: A Growing Up Guide for Parents and Daughters, Lynda Madaras and Area Madaras (1987), 1991 Here’s detailed information about female bodies as they change and mature.

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Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins of the Internet, Katie Hafner and Matthew Lyon (1996), 1999 The origins of the world’s first computer network are explained, with tales of the motivations, breakthroughs, and personalities that created it. The Youngest Science: Notes of a Medicine-Watcher, Lewis Thomas (1983), 1994 A single lifetime serves as the framework for this history of medicine.

SOCIAL SCIENCES Venola tries to read as much as she can during her free time. She is one of the few students in her AP English class who reads for pleasure, which is one reason she scored better than most of her classmates on her PSAT test. From And Still We Rise, by Miles Corwin

An American Insurrection: The Battle of Oxford, Mississippi, 1962, William Doyle (1962), 2004 When James Meredith decided to integrate the University of Mississippi, it caused the worst crisis in American history since the Civil War. And Still We Rise: The Trials and Triumphs of Twelve Gifted Inner-City Students, Miles Corwin (2000), 2004 Twelve seniors from Crenshaw High School’s Advanced Placement English class in Los Angeles dream of going to college, but the harsh realities of their lives threaten to derail their plans. Crossing Over: A Mexican Family on the Migrant Trail, Ruben Martinez (2001), 2004 Martinez explores the powerful forces that drive men, women, and even children to risk their lives crossing the border illegally from Mexico to the United States to find work. Damned Lies and Statistics: Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists, Joel Best (2001), 2004 Do you know the difference between “good” and “bad” statistics or how statistics and public policy are connected? The Dance of Legislation, Eric Redman (1973), 1976, 1982 A Senate aide demystifies the legislative process while conveying its attendant drama, frustration, and comedy.

108 OUTSTANDING BOOKS BY GENRE OR SUBJECT Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal, Eric Schlosser (2001), 2004 The growth of the fast food industry has changed America’s eating habits and greatly impacted agriculture, the meatpacking industry, the minimum wage, and other aspects of American life. Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and Other Identities, Anna Deavere Smith (1999), 2004 A dramatic look at the Crown Heights riots and race in the United States through the voices of twenty-three fascinating and unique characters, based on interviews with real people. The Gatekeepers: Inside the Admissions Process of a Premier College, Jacques Steinberg (2002), 2004 Getting in—who and what drives the college admissions cycle? Find out in a behind the scenes look at Wesleyan University through the eyes of an admissions officer seeking members for the class of 2004. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho, Jon Katz (2001), 2004 Eric and Jesse, poor students and online geeks, find their obsession with computers and technology is their ticket to college and success. Gideon’s Trumpet, Anthony Lewis (1964), 1994 One determined convict changes the American legal system. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, Jared Diamond (1997), 1999, 2004 Why do some societies become rich and powerful while others remain poor and powerless? Diamond contends that three elements, guns, germs and steel, determined the course of history. Light at the Edge of the World: A Journey through the Realm of Vanishing Cultures, Wade Davis (2001), 2004 Through photographs and eloquent text, the author unveils the diversity and unique quality of human culture around the world. Man and His Symbols, Carl G. Jung (1964), 1991, 1994 A psychiatrist introduces the concept of the collective unconscious. Media Sexploitation, Wilson Bryan Key (1977), 1991 A look at the complex world of advertising reveals the way consumers are led to make purchases based on imagery. Megatrends: Ten New Directions Transforming Our Lives, John Naisbitt (1983), 1988 Naisbitt investigates the societal changes of the 1980s.

NONFICTION––Social Sciences

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The Middle of Everywhere: The World’s Refugees Come to Our Town, Mary Pipher (2002), 2004 An exploration of the difficulties and struggles of refugees settled by the United States government in Lincoln, Nebraska, as they try to adjust and build a life in America. Millennium: Tribal Wisdom and the Modern World, David Maybury-Lewis (1992), 1994 Maybury-Lewis profiles members of several tribal cultures. Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science, Charles Wheelan (2002), 2004 Without using charts, graphs, or jargon, Wheelan makes economics understandable, even interesting, as he demystifies basic concepts and applies them to everyday life. The New Industrial State, John Kenneth Galbraith (1967), 1971 Galbraith urges that we drastically reexamine our concepts of the market place, the state, public versus private, and the impact of large corporations on our times. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing, Ted Conover (2000), 2004 Gripping and sometimes humorous insider’s look at Sing Sing prison, through the eyes of a writer who worked for a year as a corrections officer. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, Barbara Ehrenreich (2001), 2004 Can you really survive on minimum wage? To find out, the author left her middle-class life for a year to see what life is really like for America’s working poor. No Matter How Loud I Shout: A Year in the Life of Juvenile Court, Edward Humes (1996), 1999 Humes paints a tragic and heartbreaking portrait of the chaos characterizing America’s juvenile justice system where, as one inmate writes, “my screams have no voice, no matter how loud I shout.” Occupational Outlook Handbook, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (annual), 1991 This handbook lists qualifications, potential earnings, working conditions, employment trends and job opportunities for many careers. On Aggression, Konrad Lorenz (1966), 1971, 1976, 1982, 1988 A thought-provoking analysis of the fighting instinct in beast and man which is directed against members of the same species. On Violence, Hannah Arendt (1970), 1971, 1976, 1991 The author explores the reasons why violence is so prevalent in modern society. The Other America: Poverty in the United States, Michael Harrington (1962), 1971 This book shocked America into realizing the extent to which its affluence is creating poverty.

110 OUTSTANDING BOOKS BY GENRE OR SUBJECT Other Lives, Other Selves: A Jungian Psychotherapist Discovers Past Lives, Roger J. Woolger (1987), 1991 Case studies of reincarnation illuminate theories and strategies. Patterns of Culture, Ruth Benedict (1934), 1976, 1982 For a quarter of a century, this book has provided an introduction to the understanding of anthropology. The Pelican History of Psychology, Robert Thomson (1968), 1971 Psychology had its beginnings in philosophy and evolved through the achievements of Freud, Jung, and others. Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi (2002), 2004 Growing up in Iran wasn’t all that bad, or all that different, except that Marjane wanted to be a prophet when she grew up. Dramatic black-and-white illustrations tell her story. The Person: His and Her Development throughout the Life Cycle, Theodore Lidz (1968), 1971 This treatment of personality development moves through fifteen stages from prebirth to death. Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls, Mary Pipher (1994), 1999 Pipher looks at societal “girl poisoning” and the emotional and psychological havoc it wreaks on the lives of young women. Riding the Bus with My Sister: A True Life Journey, Rachel Simon (2002), 2004 Rachel Simon’s sister, who has mental retardation, spends her days riding buses in the Pennsylvania city where she lives. When Rachel begins to accompany her sister on the bus, she learns a lot about her sister and her disability, and about her own limitations. Savage Inequalities: Children in America’s Schools, Jonathan Kozol (1991), 1994, 1999 Kozol’s stinging indictment of America’s public school system advocates an equal distribution of per pupil funding to right the gross inequities in our current system. Small Victories: The Real World of a Teacher, Her Students, and Their High School, Samuel G. Freedman (1990), 1994, 1999 How does this overcrowded, underfunded inner city school send 92 percent of its graduates to college? Speak Truth to Power: Human Rights Defenders Who Are Changing Our World, Kerry Kennedy Cuomo (2000), 2004 A collection of biographical sketches and haunting photographs of ordinary people from thirty-five countries who are leading the fight to ensure basic human rights for everyone.

NONFICTION—Social Sciences

111

Sugar’s Life in the Hood: The Story of a Former Welfare Mother, Sugar Turner and Tracy Bachrach Ehlers (2003), 2004 An anthropologist who befriends a welfare mother learns about her world and the strategies she uses to get off welfare and into college. Today’s Isms: Communism, Fascism, Capitalism, Socialism, William Ebenstein and Edwin Fogelman (1985), 1971, 1976, 1982, 1988 The authors provide an approach to various social systems and analyze the psychological appeal of each. The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, Eric Hoffer (1951), 1976 Hoffer analyzes fanaticism, nationalism, and other “isms” in terms of the psychology of mass movements. True Notebooks, Mark Salzman (2003), 2004 When Salzman agreed to teach a writing class at Central Juvenile Hall in Los Angeles, he had no idea how moved he would be by the lives and the eloquence of his students, all high-risk violent offenders. Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life’s Greatest Lesson, Mitch Albom (1997), 2004 Mitch Albom’s Tuesday night visits with his dying sociology professor, Morrie, offer valuable lessons about the art of living and dying with dignity. Violence! Our Fastest-Growing Public Health Problem, John Langone (1984), 1988 The violence in our homes, streets, prisons, and sports arenas is examined to provide insight into the underlying causes and possible solutions to this serious social problem. We the People: An Atlas of America’s Ethnic Diversity, James Paul Allen and Eugene James Turner (1988), 1991 Maps show the ethnic makeup of the American population. What Is Sociology? An Introduction to the Discipline and Profession, Alex Inkeles (1964), 1971 Inkeles reviews the issues facing sociology, the many varying methods, interpretations, and conceptions of man and social processes. Why Terrorism Works: Understanding the Threat, Responding to the Challenge, Alan M. Dershowitz (2002), 2004 Focusing on the idea that terrorism is caused largely by the actions of Western governments, Dershowitz suggests steps to reduce the frequency and severity of these attacks.

112 OUTSTANDING BOOKS BY GENRE OR SUBJECT

OTHER NONFICTION “So Scott, what’s your next project going to be now that you’ve finished ZOT.” “Well, it’s a bit hard to describe, Matt. It’s sort of a comic book about comics.” “You mean like a history?” “Not exactly, no, although there is some history in it . . . it’s more an examination of the art-form of comics, what it’s capable of, how it works.” . . . “Oh. Aren’t you kind of young to be doing that sort of thing?” From Understanding Comics, by Scott McCloud

The Art of the Puppet, Bil Baird (1965), 1982 A classic description of the art of puppetry as performed by a famed puppeteer. The Big Book of Magic, Patrick Page (1976), 1982 A treasury of tricks for aspiring magicians using cards, coins, rope, paper, rabbits, and . . . presto! Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life, Anne Lamott (1995), 2004 Advice to the fledgling writer: “Just take it bird by bird.” A gentle, anecdotal guide for beginning authors. The Blackstone Book of Magic and Illusion, Harry Blackstone Jr. (1985), 1988, 1994, 1999, 2004 A well-known magician introduces readers to the history, principles, and effects of one of the oldest entertainment arts. Broadway and Hollywood: Costumes Designed by Irene Sharaff, Irene Sharaff (1976), 1988 Costume designer for Hollywood and Broadway, Sharaff contrasts stage and screen design and compares the fashion and entertainment worlds. Clowns, John H. Towsen (1976), 1982 A loving look at the clown throughout history and the world, with descriptions of popular clown acts. Comedy Greats: A Celebration of Comic Genius Past and Present, Barry Took (1989), 1991 The author looks at various geniuses of comedy.

NONFICTION—Other Nonfiction

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Completely Mad: A History of the Comic Book and Magazine, Maria Reidelbach (1991), 1994 Biographical sketches of contributors dominate this illustrated behind-thescenes look at Mad magazine. Getting It Down: How to Put Your Ideas on Paper, Judi Kesselman-Turkel and Franklynn Peterson (1983), 1991 This manual can help organize your ideas into a well-planned, clearly written presentation. How to Read Literature like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading between the Lines, Thomas C. Foster (2003), 2004 Every author leaves clues to lead readers deeper into the inner meanings of their writings. Learn how to follow literary bread crumbs in any story. Making Art Safely: Alternative Methods and Materials in Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Graphic Design, and Photography, Merle Spandorfer (1993), 1994 Potentially dangerous chemicals and other physical hazards threaten the artist, and Spandorfer reveals alternative materials and methods for safer art. Mime: A Playbook of Silent Fantasy, Kay Hamblin (1978), 1982 Learn to communicate without words and discover the joy of expressing your ideas with your entire self. Passing the Hat: Street Performers in America, Patricia J. Campbell (1981), 1982 Campbell interviews performers whose stage is the street and whose audience is the passerby. Performance: Live Art 1909 to the Present, RoseLee Goldberg (1979), 1988 Live art evolves from the turn-of-the-century futurist to punk rock. Performing Arts: An Illustrated Guide, Michael Billington (1980), 1982 Performing arts include opera, plays, concert, dance, pantomime, circus, musicals, magic, puppets, jazz, and much more. Ringmaster! My Year on the Road with “The Greatest Show on Earth,” Kristopher Antekeier and Greg Aunapu (1989), 1991 A twenty-seven-year-old aspiring song-and-dance man gives a candid account of the year he worked as ringmaster for Ringling Brothers, Barnum, and Bailey Circus. Staying Power: Performing Artists Talk about Their Lives, Peter Barton (1980), 1982 Young musicians, actors, and dancers share their experiences, good or bad, in attaining their personal and professional goals. Treasures of the American Arts and Crafts Movement, 1890–1920, Tod M. Volpe and Beth Cathers (1988), 1991 Designers, architects, and firms work in ceramics, metals, lighting, and other artifacts of the arts-and-crafts movement.

114 OUTSTANDING BOOKS BY GENRE Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art, Scott McCloud (1993), 1999 A comic book asks and answers the question of whether or not comics are a literary form. The Way to Cook, Julia Child (1989), 1991 An advocate of fine food and good eating presents French and American cooking styles and recipes. Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe’s Guide to Better English in Plain English, Patricia T. O’Conner (1996), 2004 When there’s something important to say, how you say it counts. Pronouns, antecedents, and more grammar-ology made fun and painless.

PART TWO

Lists by Year, 2004–1959

Outstanding Books for the College Bound

2004–1959

2004 History Sagas of Icelanders: A Selection Alexander, Caroline

The Endurance: Shackleton’s Legendary Antarctic Expedition

Aronson, Marc

Witch-Hunt: Mysteries of the Salem Witch Trials

Berg, A. Scott

Lindbergh

Carroll, Andrew

War Letters: Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars

Danticat, Edwidge

The Farming of Bones

Ellis, Joseph J.

Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation

Frank, Mitch

Understanding September 11th: Answering Questions about the Attacks on America

Geras, Adèle

Troy

Glancy, Diane

Stone Heart: A Novel of Sacajawea

Hansen, Drew D.

The Dream: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Speech That Inspired a Nation

Harper, Kenn

Give Me My Father’s Body: The Life of Minik, the New York Eskimo

Heat-Moon, William Least

Columbus in the Americas

Lanier, Shannon, and Jane Feldman

Jefferson’s Children: The Story of One American Family

Marrin, Albert

Terror of the Spanish Main: Sir Henry Morgan and His Buccaneers

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118 LISTS BY YEAR: 2004–1959 McCullough, David

John Adams

Rogasky, Barbara

Smoke and Ashes: The Story of the Holocaust

Shapiro, Harvey (ed.)

Poets of World War II

Starkey, David

Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII

Tuchman, Barbara W.

A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century

Ung, Loung

First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers

Von Drehle, David

Triangle: The Fire That Changed America

Watson, Peter

The Modern Mind: An Intellectual History of the 20th Century

Weatherford, Jack

Indian Givers: How the Indians of the Americas Transformed the World

Winchester, Simon

Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded––August 27, 1883

Humanities Adler, Sabine

Lovers in Art

Belloli, Andrea P. A.

Exploring World Art

Bissinger, H. G.

Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream

Blackstone, Harry, Jr.

The Blackstone Book of Magic and Illusion

Brassaï

Brassaï: Letters to My Parents

Card, Orson Scott

Sarah

Chevalier, Tracy

Girl with a Pearl Earring

Colton, Larry

Counting Coup: A True Story of Basketball and Honor on the Little Big Horn

Corio, David, and Vivien Goldman

The Black Chord

Crutcher, Chris

Whale Talk

Franck, Frederick, Janis Roze, and Richard Connolly (eds.)

What Does It Mean to Be Human? Reverence for Life Reaffirmed by Responses from around the World

Garfunkel, Trudy

On Wings of Joy: The Story of Ballet from the 16th Century to Today

Goldberg, Myla

Bee Season

2004—Literature and Language Arts

Greenberg, Jan (ed.)

Heart to Heart: New Poems Inspired by Twentieth Century American Art

Hedges, Chris

War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning

Howe, Peter

Shooting under Fire: The World of the War Photographer

King, Ross

Brunelleschi’s Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture

Light, Alan (ed.)

The Vibe History of Hip Hop

Livingston, Lili Cockerille

American Indian Ballerinas

McGreevey, Tom, and Joanne L. Yeck

Our Movie Heritage

Perry, John

Encyclopedia of Acting Techniques

Sandler, Martin W.

Photography: An Illustrated History

Smith, Huston

The Illustrated World’s Religions: A Guide to Our Wisdom Traditions

Vreeland, Susan

The Passion of Artemisia

119

Literature and Language Arts Abelove, Joan

Go and Come Back

Allison, Dorothy

Bastard Out of Carolina

Alvarez, Julia

In the Time of the Butterflies

Anderson, Laurie Halse

Speak

Anderson, M. T.

Feed

Bagdasarian, Adam

Forgotten Fire

Chambers, Aidan

Postcards from No Man’s Land

Cisneros, Sandra

Caramelo

Foster, Thomas C.

How to Read Literature like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading between the Lines

Frank, E. R.

Life Is Funny

Freymann-Weyr, Garret

My Heartbeat

Kaplow, Robert

Me and Orson Welles

Kingsolver, Barbara

The Bean Trees

Lamott, Anne

Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

120 LISTS BY YEAR: 2004–1959 Mah, Adeline Yen

Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter

Myers, Walter Dean

Monster

Nye, Naomi Shihab

19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East

O’Conner, Patricia T.

Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe’s Guide to Better English in Plain English

Pullman, Philip

The Golden Compass

Reynolds, Sheri

A Gracious Plenty

Sapphire

Push

Satrapi, Marjane

Persepolis

Sebold, Alice

Lucky

Shakur, Tupac

The Rose That Grew from Concrete

Smith, Anna Deavere

Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and Other Identities

Science and Technology Bradshaw, Gillian

The Sand-Reckoner

Brown, David E.

Inventing Modern America: From the Microwave to the Mouse

Bryson, Bill

A Short History of Nearly Everything

Enzensberger, Hans Magnus The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure Fagan, Brian

The Little Ice Age: How Climate Made History, 1300–1850

Feynman, Richard P.

What Do You Care What Other People Think? Further Adventures of a Curious Character

Flannery, Sarah, and David Flannery

In Code: A Mathematical Journey

Hawking, Stephen

The Universe in a Nutshell

Horvitz, Leslie Alan

Eureka! Scientific Breakthroughs That Changed the World

Hoyt, Erich, and Ted Schultz

Insect Lives: Stories of Mystery and Romance from a Hidden World

Judson, Olivia

Dr. Tatiana’s Sex Advice to All Creation: The Definitive Guide to the Evolutionary Biology of Sex

2004—Social Sciences

121

Krauss, Lawrence M.

Atom: An Odyssey from the Big Bang to Life on Earth . . . and Beyond

Lambrecht, Bill

Dinner at the New Gene Café: How Genetic Engineering Is Changing What We Eat, How We Live, and the Global Politics of Food

Livio, Mario

The Golden Ratio: The Story of Phi, the World’s Most Astonishing Number

Nash, J. Madeleine

El Niño: Unlocking the Secrets of the Master WeatherMaker

Nolen, Stephanie

Promised the Moon: The Untold Story of the First Women in the Space Race

Porter, Roy

Madness: A Brief History

Preston, Richard

The Demon in the Freezer: A True Story

Rigden, John S.

Hydrogen: The Essential Element

Roach, Mary

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

Sobel, Dava

Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time

Stark, Peter

Last Breath: Cautionary Tales from the Limits of Human Endurance

Strauch, Barbara

The Primal Teen: What the New Discoveries about the Teenage Brain Tell Us about Our Kids

Sykes, Bryan

The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry

Tobin, James

Great Projects: The Epic Story of the Building of America, from the Taming of the Mississippi to the Invention of the Internet

Social Sciences Albom, Mitch

Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, A Young Man, and Life’s Greatest Lesson

Best, Joel

Damned Lies and Statistics: Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists

Conover, Ted

Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing

Corwin, Miles

And Still We Rise: The Trials and Triumphs of Twelve Gifted Inner-City Students

122 LISTS BY YEAR: 2004–1959 Cuomo, Kerry Kennedy

Speak Truth to Power: Human Rights Defenders Who Are Changing Our World

Davis, Wade

Light at the Edge of the World: A Journey through the Realm of Vanishing Cultures

Dershowitz, Alan M.

Why Terrorism Works: Understanding the Threat, Responding to the Challenge

Diamond, Jared

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

Doyle, William

An American Insurrection: The Battle of Oxford, Mississippi, 1962

Ehrenreich, Barbara

Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America

Haddon, Mark

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Hart, Elva Treviño

Barefoot Heart: Stories of a Migrant Child

Hosseini, Khaled

The Kite Runner

Katz, Jon

Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho

Latifa [pseud.]

My Forbidden Face: Growing Up under the Taliban; A Young Woman’s Story

Martinez, Ruben

Crossing Over: A Mexican Family on the Migrant Trail

Pipher, Mary

The Middle of Everywhere: The World’s Refugees Come to Our Town

Salzman, Mark

True Notebooks

Schlosser, Eric

Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal

Senna, Danzy

Caucasia

Simon, Rachel

Riding the Bus with My Sister: A True Life Journey

Smith, Zadie

White Teeth

Steinberg, Jacques

The Gatekeepers: Inside the Admissions Process of a Premier College

Turner, Sugar, and Tracy Bachrach Ehlers

Sugar’s Life in the Hood: The Story of a Former Welfare Mother

Wheelan, Charles

Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science

1999—Biography

123

1999 Biography Allende, Isabel

Paula

Ambrose, Stephen E.

Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West

Angelou, Maya

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Baker, Russell

Growing Up

Cook, Blanche Wiesen

Eleanor Roosevelt: Vol. 1 1884–1933

Curie, Eve

Madame Curie: A Biography

Douglass, Frederick

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself

Edelman, Bernard (ed.)

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

Feynman, Richard P.

“Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!”: Adventures of a Curious Character

Frank, Anne

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl

Hockenberry, John

Moving Violations: War Zones, Wheelchairs, and Declarations of Independence; A Memoir

Jiang, Ji-Li

Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution

Karr, Mary

The Liars’ Club: A Memoir

Keller, Helen

The Story of My Life

Khanga, Yelena

Soul to Soul: A Black Russian American Family, 1865–1992

Kincaid, Jamaica

My Brother

Malcolm X (as told to Alex Haley) Massie, Robert K.

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Mathabane, Mark

Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth’s Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa; An Autobiography

McBride, James,

The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother

McCourt, Frank

Angela’s Ashes: A Memoir

McCullough, David G.

Truman

Mehta, Ved

Sound-Shadows of the New World

Nicholas and Alexandra

124 LISTS BY YEAR: 2004–1959 Moody, Anne

Coming of Age in Mississippi

Mora, Pat

House of Houses

Robertson, James I., Jr.

Stonewall Jackson: The Man, the Soldier, the Legend

Rodriguez, Luis J.

Always Running: La Vida Loca; Gang Days in L.A.

Rodriguez, Richard

Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez: An Autobiography

Wolff, Tobias

This Boy’s Life: A Memoir

Wright, Richard

Black Boy: A Record of Childhood and Youth

Drama Albee, Edward

Three Tall Women

Beckett, Samuel

Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts

Bernstein, Leonard, Arthur Laurents, and Stephen Sondheim

West Side Story

Christie, Agatha

The Mousetrap

Coward, Noël

Blithe Spirit

Fugard, Athol

“Master Harold” . . . and the Boys

Hansberry, Lorraine

A Raisin in the Sun

Hellman, Lillian

The Little Foxes

Ibsen, Henrik

A Doll’s House

Ionesco, Eugène

Rhinoceros

Kushner, Tony

Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes. Part 1: Millennium Approaches; Part 2: Perestroika

Larson, Jonathan

Rent

Miller, Arthur

Death of a Salesman

O’Neill, Eugene

Long Day’s Journey into Night

Sartre, Jean-Paul

No Exit

Shakespeare, William

King Lear

Shaw, George Bernard

Pygmalion

Stoppard, Tom

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

Uhry, Alfred

Driving Miss Daisy

1999—Fiction

Vogel, Paula

How I Learned to Drive

Wilde, Oscar

The Importance of Being Earnest

Wilder, Thornton

Our Town

Williams, Tennessee

The Glass Menagerie

Wilson, August

Fences

125

Fiction Agee, James

A Death in the Family

Allison, Dorothy

Bastard Out of Carolina

Alvarez, Julia

In the Time of the Butterflies

Anaya, Rudolfo A.

Bless Me, Ultima

Atwood, Margaret

The Handmaid’s Tale

Butler, Octavia E.

Parable of the Sower

Card, Orson Scott

Ender’s Game

Chopin, Kate

The Awakening

Cisneros, Sandra

The House on Mango Street

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor

Crime and Punishment

Ellison, Ralph

Invisible Man

Emecheta, Buchi

The Bride Price

Faulkner, William

The Bear

Frazier, Charles

Cold Mountain

Gaines, Ernest J.

A Lesson before Dying

Gardner, John

Grendel

Gibbons, Kaye

Ellen Foster

Heller, Joseph

Catch-22

Hemingway, Ernest

A Farewell to Arms

Hesse, Hermann

Siddhartha

Huxley, Aldous

Brave New World

Keneally, Thomas

Schindler’s List

King, Laurie R.

The Beekeeper’s Apprentice; or, On the Segregation of the Queen

Kosinski, Jerzy N.

The Painted Bird

Le Guin, Ursula K.

The Left Hand of Darkness

Lee, Harper

To Kill a Mockingbird

Malamud, Bernard

The Fixer

Markandaya, Kamala

Nectar in a Sieve

126 LISTS BY YEAR: 2004–1959 Mason, Bobbie Ann

In Country

McCullers, Carson

The Member of the Wedding

McKinley, Robin

Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast

Mori, Kyoko

Shizuko’s Daughter

Morrison, Toni

Beloved

O’Brien, Tim

The Things They Carried: A Work of Fiction

O’Connor, Flannery

Everything That Rises Must Converge

Potok, Chaim

The Chosen

Power, Susan

The Grass Dancer

Shaara, Michael

The Killer Angels

Steinbeck, John

The Grapes of Wrath

Uchida, Yoshiko

Picture Bride

Watson, Larry

Montana 1948

Wright, Richard

Native Son

Yolen, Jane

Briar Rose

Nonfiction

Holy Bible: New Revised Standard Version

Alvarez, Walter

T. Rex and the Crater of Doom

Aronson, Marc

Art Attack: A Short Cultural History of the AvantGarde

Asinof, Eliot

Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series

Atkin, S. Beth

Voices from the Streets: Young Former Gang Members Tell Their Stories

Bernstein, Leonard

The Joy of Music

Blackstone, Harry, Jr.

The Blackstone Book of Magic and Illusion

Blais, Madeleine

In These Girls, Hope Is a Muscle

Bodanis, David

The Secret Family: Twenty-four Hours inside the Mysterious World of Our Minds and Bodies

Boorstin, Jon

Making Movies Work: Thinking Like a Filmmaker

Brown, Dee

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

Brumberg, Joan Jacobs

The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls

Carson, Rachel

Silent Spring

Chang, Iris

The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II

1999—Nonfiction

127

Clark, Kenneth

Civilisation: A Personal View

Cooke, Mervyn

Jazz

Copland, Aaron

What to Listen for in Music

Cumming, Robert

Annotated Art

Day, David

The Search for King Arthur

Diamond, Jared

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

Dorris, Michael

The Broken Cord

DuBois, W. E. B.

The Souls of Black Folk: Essays and Sketches

Due, Linnea

Joining the Tribe: Growing Up Gay and Lesbian in the ’90s

Edelman, Marian Wright

The Measure of Our Success: A Letter to My Children and Yours

Epictetus, and Sharon Lebell The Art of Living: The Classic Manual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness Faludi, Susan

Backlash: The Undeclared War against American Women

Finn, David

How to Look at Sculpture: Text and Photographs

Ford, Michael Thomas

The Voices of AIDS: Twelve Unforgettable People Talk about How AIDS Has Changed Their Lives

Fouts, Roger

Next of Kin: What Chimpanzees Have Taught Me about Who We Are

Freedman, Samuel G.

Small Victories: The Real World of a Teacher, Her Students, and Their High School

Fremon, Celeste

Father Greg and The Homeboys: The Extraordinary Journey of Father Greg Boyle and His Work with the Latino Gangs of East L.A.

Garfunkel, Trudy

On Wings of Joy: The Story of Ballet from the 16th Century to Today

Goldberg, Vicki

The Power of Photography: How Photographs Changed Our Lives

Gombrich, E. H.

The Story of Art

Gould, Stephen Jay

The Mismeasure of Man

Green, Bill

Water, Ice, and Stone: Science and Memory on the Antarctic Lakes

Hafner, Katie, and Matthew Lyon

Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins of the Internet

Hamilton, Edith

Mythology

Hawking, Stephen W.

A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes

128 LISTS BY YEAR: 2004–1959 Hersch, Patricia

A Tribe Apart: A Journey into the Heart of American Adolescence

Hersey, John

Hiroshima

Hubbell, Sue

A Country Year: Living the Questions

Humes, Edward

No Matter How Loud I Shout: A Year in the Life of Juvenile Court

Jonas, Gerald

Dancing: The Pleasure, Power, and Art of Movement

Jones, K. Maurice

Say It Loud! The Story of Rap Music

Junger, Sebastian

The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men against the Sea

Karnos, David D., and Robert G. Shoemaker (eds.)

Falling in Love with Wisdom: American Philosophers Talk about Their Calling

Kendall, Elizabeth

Where She Danced: The Birth of American Art-Dance

Kerner, Mary

Barefoot to Balanchine: How to Watch Dance

Kolb, Rocky

Blind Watchers of the Sky: The People and Ideas That Shaped Our View of the Universe

Kotlowitz, Alex

The Other Side of the River: A Story of Two Towns, a Death, and America’s Dilemma

Kozol, Jonathan

Savage Inequalities: Children in America’s Schools

Krakauer, Jon

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster

McCloud, Scott

Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art

McPhee, John

In Suspect Terrain

Murray, Albert

Stomping the Blues

Occhiogrosso, Peter

The Joy of Sects: A Spirited Guide to the World’s Religious Traditions

O’Gorman, James F.

ABC of Architecture

Paulos, John Allen

Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences

Penn, W. S.

The Telling of the World: Native American Stories and Art

Petroski, Henry

Invention by Design: How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing

Pipher, Mary

Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls

Regis, Ed

Virus Ground Zero: Stalking the Killer Viruses with the Centers for Disease Control

Rybczynski, Witold

The Most Beautiful House in the World

1999—Poetry

129

Sheehan, Neil

A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam

Sherman, Robert, and Philip Seldon

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Classical Music

Simon, David, and Edward Burns

The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood

Singh, Simon

Fermat’s Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World’s Greatest Mathematical Problem

Sobel, Dava

Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time

Spiegelman, Art

Maus: A Survivor’s Tale. Volume I: My Father Bleeds History Maus: A Survivor’s Tale. Volume II: And Here My Troubles Began

Strickland, Carol, and John Boswell

The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash Course in Art History from Prehistoric to Post-Modern

Stringer, Christopher, and Robin McKie

African Exodus: The Origins of Modern Humanity

Thomas, Lewis

The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher

Watson, James D.

The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA

Williams, Juan

Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years, 1954–1965

Yolen, Jane (ed.)

Favorite Folktales from around the World

Poetry Blum, Joshua, Bob Holman, The United States of Poetry and Mark Pellington (eds.) Carlson, Lori M. (ed.)

Cool Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Growing Up Latino in the United States

Ciardi, John

How Does a Poem Mean?

Dickinson, Emily

Poems (Everyman’s Library Pocket Poets)

Dunning, Stephen, Edward Reflections on a Gift of Watermelon Pickle . . . and Lueders, and Hugh Smith Other Modern Verse (eds.) Giddings, Robert (ed.)

The War Poets

Gillan, Maria Mazziotti, Unsettling America: An Anthology of Contemporary and Jennifer Gillan (eds.) Multicultural Poetry

130 LISTS BY YEAR: 2004–1959 Gordon, Ruth (ed.)

Pierced by a Ray of Sun: Poems about the Times We Feel Alone

Heaney, Seamus, and Ted Hughes (eds.)

The Rattle Bag

Homer

The Odyssey of Homer: A Modern Translation

Miller, E. Ethelbert (ed.)

In Search of Color Everywhere: A Collection of African-American Poetry

Niatum, Duane (ed.)

Harper’s Anthology of 20th Century Native American Poetry

Nye, Naomi Shihab (sel.)

The Tree Is Older Than You Are: A Bilingual Gathering of Poems and Stories from Mexico, with Paintings by Mexican Artists

Nye, Naomi Shihab, and Paul B. Janeczko (eds.)

I Feel a Little Jumpy around You: A Book of Her Poems and His Poems Collected in Pairs

Oliver, Mary

New and Selected Poems

Philip, Neil (ed.)

Singing America

Rosenberg, Liz (ed.)

Earth-Shattering Poems

Rubin, Robert Alden (ed.)

Poetry Out Loud

Smith, Philip (ed.)

100 Best-Loved Poems

Stallworthy, Jon (ed.)

A Book of Love Poetry

1994 Architecture Macaulay, David

Castle

Stern, Robert A. M.

Modern Classicism

Art and Sculpture Arnason, H. H., and Marla F. Prather

History of Modern Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Photography

Arwas, Victor

Art Deco

Bearden, Romare, and Harry Henderson

A History of African-American Artists: From 1792 to the Present

Finn, David

How to Look at Sculpture: Text and Photographs

Hartt, Frederick

Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture

Heller, Nancy G.

Women Artists: An Illustrated History

1994—Biography

131

Janson, H. W., and Anthony F. Janson

History of Art

Strickland, Carol, and John Boswell

The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash Course in Art History from Prehistoric to Post-Modern

Wade, Edwin L., and Carol Haralson (eds.)

The Arts of the North American Indian: Native Traditions in Evolution

Biography Angelou, Maya

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Ashe, Arthur, and Arnold Rampersad

Days of Grace: A Memoir

Baker, Russell

Growing Up

Cantwell, Mary

American Girl: Scenes from a Small-Town Childhood

Clarke, Gerald

Capote: A Biography

Collier, James Lincoln

Louis Armstrong: An American Success Story

Conway, Jill Ker

The Road from Coorain

Cook, Blanche Wiesen

Eleanor Roosevelt: Vol. 1 1884–1933

Criddle, JoAn D., and Teeda Butt Mam

To Destroy You Is No Loss: The Odyssey of a Cambodian Family

Crow Dog, Mary, and Richard Erdoes

Lakota Woman

Curie, Eve

Madame Curie: A Biography

de Mille, Agnes

Dance to the Piper: Memoirs of the Ballet

Delany, Sarah, and A. Elizabeth Delany, with Amy Hill Hearth

Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years

Gherman, Beverly

E. B. White: Some Writer!

Gies, Miep, and Alison Leslie Gold

Anne Frank Remembered: The Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank Family

Kerr, M. E.

Me Me Me Me Me: Not a Novel

Khanga, Yelena

Soul to Soul: A Black Russian American Family, 1865–1992

Kovic, Ron

Born on the Fourth of July

Lovell, Mary S.

The Sound of Wings: The Life of Amelia Earhart

Malcolm X (as told to Alex Haley)

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Massie, Robert K.

Nicholas and Alexandra

132 LISTS BY YEAR: 2004–1959 Mathabane, Mark

Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth’s Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa; An Autobiography

McCullough, David G.

Truman

Mehta, Ved

Sound-Shadows of the New World

Menchú, Rigoberta

I, Rigoberta Menchú: An Indian Woman in Guatemala

Mills, Kay

This Little Light of Mine: The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer

Milton, Joyce

Loss of Eden: A Biography of Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Moody, Anne

Coming of Age in Mississippi

Mowat, Farley

Woman in the Mists: The Story of Dian Fossey and the Mountain Gorillas of Africa

Simon, Kate

Bronx Primitive: Portraits in a Childhood

Steffan, Joseph

Honor Bound: A Gay American Fights for the Right to Serve His Country

Wolff, Tobias

This Boy’s Life: A Memoir

Wright, Richard

Black Boy: A Record of Childhood and Youth

Dance Anderson, Jack

Ballet and Modern Dance: A Concise History

Balanchine, George, and

101 Stories of the Great Ballets

Francis Mason Bland, Alexander, and John Percival

Men Dancing: Performers and Performances

Gruen, John

People Who Dance: 22 Dancers Tell Their Own Stories

Haskins, James

Black Dance in America: A History through Its People

Jonas, Gerald

Dancing: The Pleasure, Power, and Art of Movement

Kendall, Elizabeth

Where She Danced: The Birth of American ArtDance

Kerner, Mary

Barefoot to Balanchine: How to Watch Dance

Tharp, Twyla

Push Comes to Shove

Villella, Edward, with Larry Kaplan

Prodigal Son: Dancing for Balanchine in a World of Pain and Magic

1994—Fiction

133

Fiction Achebe, Chinua

Things Fall Apart

Alvarez, Julia

How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents

Austen, Jane

Pride and Prejudice

Avi

Nothing but the Truth

Bradbury, Ray

Fahrenheit 451

Brontë, Charlotte

Jane Eyre

Camus, Albert

The Stranger

Cormier, Robert

The Chocolate War

Dickens, Charles

Great Expectations

Dorris, Michael

A Yellow Raft in Blue Water

Esquivel, Laura

Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments with Recipes, Romance and Home Remedies

Faulkner, William

The Portable Faulkner

Fitzgerald, F. Scott

The Great Gatsby

Gaines, Ernest J.

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman A Gathering of Old Men

Golding, William

Lord of the Flies

Hemingway, Ernest

The Old Man and the Sea

Hesse, Hermann

Siddhartha

Kingsolver, Barbara

Animal Dreams

Lee, Gus

China Boy

Lee, Harper

To Kill a Mockingbird

McCullers, Carson

The Member of the Wedding

McKinley, Robin

Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast

Morrison, Toni

The Bluest Eye

Mowry, Jess

Way Past Cool: A Novel

Orwell, George

Animal Farm

Paton, Alan

Cry, the Beloved Country: A Story of Comfort in Desolation

Poe, Edgar Allan

Selected Tales of Edgar Allan Poe

Potok, Chaim

The Chosen

Remarque, Erich Maria

All Quiet on the Western Front

Salinger, J. D.

The Catcher in the Rye

Shaara, Michael

The Killer Angels

134 LISTS BY YEAR: 2004–1959 Smiley, Jane

Ordinary Love and Good Will: Two Novellas

Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr I.

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

Steinbeck, John

Of Mice and Men

Tan, Amy

The Joy Luck Club

Tolkien, J. R. R.

The Lord of the Rings

Twain, Mark

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Uchida, Yoshiko

Picture Bride

Vonnegut, Kurt

Slaughterhouse-Five; or, The Children’s Crusade

Walker, Alice

The Color Purple

Film Bogle, Donald

Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks: An Interpretative History of Blacks in American Films

Brownlow, Kevin, and John Kobal

Hollywood: The Pioneers

Fraser, George MacDonald

The Hollywood History of the World: From One Million Years B.C. to Apocalypse Now

Jones, Chuck

Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist

Springer, John

They Sang! They Danced! They Romanced! A Pictorial History of the Movie Musical

Music Allen, Ray

Singing in the Spirit: African-American Sacred Quartets in New York City

Bernstein, Leonard

The Joy of Music

Boyd, Jenny

Musicians in Tune: Seventy-five Contemporary Musicians Discuss the Creative Process

Kogan, Judith

Nothing but the Best: The Struggle for Perfection at the Julliard School

Malone, Bill C.

Country Music, U.S.A.

Newquist, H. P.

Music and Technology

Sidran, Ben

Talking Jazz: An Illustrated Oral History

Sweeney, Philip

The Virgin Directory of World Music

Zeitz, Petra

Rock Star Interviews: Conversations with Leading Performers and Songwriters

1994—Nonfiction

135

Nonfiction Adams, Douglas, and Mark Carwardine

Last Chance to See

Angell, Roger

Season Ticket: A Baseball Companion

Asinof, Eliot

Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series

Attenborough, David

The Living Planet: A Portrait of the Earth

Baldwin, James

The Fire Next Time

Bell, E. T.

Men of Mathematics

Bernstein, Carl, and Bob Woodward

All the President’s Men

Boston Women’s Health Book Collective Brown, Dee

The New Our Bodies, Ourselves

Burrough, Bryan, and John Helyar Campbell, Joseph, with Bill Moyers Carson, Rachel Clarke, Arthur C. Cleaver, Eldridge Dorris, Michael DuBois, W. E. B. Edelman, Marian Wright Embury, Barbara Epstein, Norrie Evans, Eli N. Faludi, Susan

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco The Power of Myth Silent Spring How the World Was One: Beyond the Global Village Soul on Ice The Broken Cord The Souls of Black Folk: Essays and Sketches The Measure of Our Success: A Letter to My Children and Yours The Dream Is Alive The Friendly Shakespeare: A Thoroughly Painless Guide to the Best of the Bard The Lonely Days Were Sundays: Reflections of a Jewish Southerner Backlash: The Undeclared War against American Women

Freedman, Samuel G.

Small Victories: The Real World of a Teacher, Her Students, and Their High School

Gandhi, Mahatma

The Essential Writings of Mahatma Gandhi

Gleick, James Gould, Stephen Jay

Chaos: Making a New Science Bully for Brontosaurus: Reflections in Natural History

136 LISTS BY YEAR: 2004–1959 Halberstam, David Hawking, Stephen W. Hersey, John Hong, Maria (ed.) Jung, Carl G. Karlsen, Carol F. Karnow, Stanley Kaysen, Susanna Knaefler, Tomi Kaizawa Kotlowitz, Alex

The Best and the Brightest A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes Hiroshima Growing Up Asian American: An Anthology Man and His Symbols The Devil in the Shape of a Woman: Witchcraft in Colonial New England Vietnam: A History Girl, Interrupted Our House Divided: Seven Japanese American Families in World War II There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America

Kozol, Jonathan

Savage Inequalities: Children in America’s Schools

Lederer, Richard

The Miracle of Language

Leopold, Aldo

A Sand County Almanac

Lewis, Anthony

Gideon’s Trumpet

Manley, Deborah (ed.)

The Guinness Book of Records 1492: The World Five Hundred Years Ago

Maybury-Lewis, David

Millennium: Tribal Wisdom and the Modern World

McCullough, David

The Johnstown Flood

McPhee, John

The Control of Nature

McPherson, James M.

Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era

Meltzer, Milton

Rescue: The Story of How Gentiles Saved Jews in the Holocaust

Mintz, Steven, and Susan Kellogg

Domestic Revolutions: A Social History of American Family Life

Nabhan, Gary Paul

The Desert Smells like Rain: A Naturalist in Papago Indian Country

Northup, Solomon

Twelve Years a Slave

Quindlen, Anna

Thinking Out Loud: On the Personal, the Political, the Public, and the Private

Robinette, Diane

Hometown Heroes: Successful Deaf Youth in America

Rodriguez, Luis J.

Always Running: La Vida Loca; Gang Days in L.A.

Rogosin, Donn

Invisible Men: Life in Baseball’s Negro Leagues

Sergios, Paul

One Boy at War: My Life in the AIDS Underground

1994—Photography

137

Sheehan, Neil

A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam

Shenkman, Richard

Legends, Lies, and Cherished Myths of World History

Shilts, Randy

Conduct Unbecoming: Gays and Lesbians in the U.S. Military, Vietnam to the Persian Gulf

Spiegelman, Art

Maus: A Survivor’s Tale. Volume I: My Father Bleeds History Maus: A Survivor’s Tale. Volume II: And Here My Troubles Began

Terkel, Studs

Race: How Blacks and Whites Think and Feel about the American Obsession

Terkel, Susan Neiburg

Should Drugs Be Legalized?

Thomas, Lewis

The Youngest Science: Notes of a Medicine-Watcher

Tuchman, Barbara W.

A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

The World Must Know: The History of the Holocaust as Told in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Vare, Ethlie Ann and Greg Ptacek

Mothers of Invention: From the Bra to the Bomb; Forgotten Women and Their Unforgettable Ideas

Walker, Alice

Living by the Word: Selected Writings, 1973–1987

Wallis, Velma

Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival

Weiss, Ann E.

Who’s to Know? Information, the Media, and Public Awareness

Williams, Juan

Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years, 1954–1965

Yolen, Jane (ed.)

Favorite Folktales from around the World

Photography Gassan, Arnold, and A. J. Meek Gilbert, George

Exploring Black and White Photography

Goldberg, Vicki

The Power of Photography: How Photographs Changed Our Lives

Harvey, Liz (ed.)

Shoot! Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about 35mm Photography

Hedgecoe, John

The Photographer’s Handbook

The Complete Photography Careers Handbook: Updated and Expanded to Include Electronic Imaging

138 LISTS BY YEAR: 2004–1959

Poetry Heaney, Seamus, and Ted Hughes (eds.) Koch, Kenneth, and Kate Farrell

The Rattle Bag

Luce, William

The Belle of Amherst

McClatchy, J. D. (ed.)

The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry

Pack, Robert, and Jay Parini (eds.)

Poems for a Small Planet: Contemporary American Nature Poetry

Soto, Gary

A Fire in My Hands: A Book of Poems

Sleeping on the Wing: An Anthology of Modern Poetry, with Essays on Reading and Writing

Related Arts Blackstone, Harry, Jr.

The Blackstone Book of Magic and Illusion

Reidelbach, Maria

Completely Mad: A History of the Comic Book and Magazine

Spandorfer, Merle

Making Art Safely: Alternative Methods and Materials in Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Graphic Design, and Photography

Winship, Michael

Television

Theater BOOKS ABOUT THE THEATER

Brockett, Oscar G.

History of the Theatre

Burns Mantle, Robert

The Burns Mantle Best Plays Series

Corson, Richard

Stage Makeup

Gottfried, Martin

Sondheim

Henderson, Mary C.

Theater in America: 200 Years of Plays, Players, and Productions

Jones, James Earl, and Penelope Niven

James Earl Jones: Voices and Silences

Lounsbury, Warren C., and Norman C. Boulanger

Theatre Backstage from A to Z

Marsolais, Kenneth, Rodger McFarlane, and Tom Viola (eds.)

Broadway, Day and Night

Perry, George C.

The Complete Phantom of the Opera

1994—Theater/Musicals

139

MUSICALS

Bernstein, Leonard, Arthur Laurents, and Stephen Sondheim

West Side Story

Gilbert, W. S., and Arthur Sullivan

The Pirates of Penzance

Herman, Jerry, and

Hello, Dolly!

Michael Stewart Jones, Tom, and Harvey Schmidt

The Fantasticks

Lerner, Alan Jay, and Frederick Loewe

My Fair Lady

Lloyd Webber, Andrew

Cats

Rodgers, Richard, and Oscar Hammerstein

Oklahoma!

Schönberg, Claude-Michel, Alain Boublil, and Herbert Kretzmer

Les Misérables

Sondheim, Stephen, and James Lapine

Into the Woods

PLAYS

Aristophanes

Lysistrata

Brecht, Bertolt

Mother Courage and Her Children: A Chronicle of the Thirty Years’ War

Christie, Agatha

The Mousetrap

Cooper, Susan, and Hume Cronyn

Foxfire

Coward, Noël

Blithe Spirit

Davis, Ossie

Purlie Victorious: A Commemorative

Damashek, Barbara, and Molly Newman

Quilters

Fierstein, Harvey

Torch Song Trilogy: Three Plays

Fugard, Athol

“Master Harold” . . . and the Boys

Fuller, Charles

A Soldier’s Play

Gardner, Herb

I’m Not Rappaport

Griffin, Tom

The Boys Next Door: A Play in Two Acts

140 LISTS BY YEAR: 2004–1959 Hecht, Ben, and Charles MacArthur

The Front Page

Hellman, Lillian

The Children’s Hour

Henley, Beth

Crimes of the Heart

Hwang, David Henry

M. Butterfly

Ibsen, Henrik

A Doll’s House

Ionesco, Eugène

Rhinoceros

John, Errol

Moon on a Rainbow Shawl: A Play in Three Acts

Kushner, Tony

Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes. Part 1: Millennium Approaches; Part 2: Perestroika

Lawrence, Jerome, and Robert E. Lee

Inherit the Wind

Medoff, Mark

Children of a Lesser God

Miller, Arthur

Playing for Time: A Screenplay

Molière

The Miser

O’Neill, Eugene

Ah, Wilderness!

Pinter, Harold

Betrayal

Shakespeare, William

Romeo and Juliet

Shange, Ntozake

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf

Shaw, George Bernard

Pygmalion

Shepard, Sam

Buried Child and Seduced and Suicide in B-flat

Shue, Larry

The Foreigner

Simon, Neil

Lost in Yonkers

Stoppard, Tom

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

Walcott, Derek

Dream on Monkey Mountain, and Other Plays

Wasserstein, Wendy

The Heidi Chronicles

Wilde, Oscar

The Importance of Being Earnest

Wilder, Thornton

The Matchmaker

Williams, Tennessee

The Glass Menagerie

Wilson, August

Fences The Piano Lesson

1991—Biography

141

1991 Architecture Allen, Edward

How Buildings Work: The Natural Order of Architecture

Salvadori, Mario George

Why Buildings Stand Up: The Strength of Architecture

Stern, Robert A. M.

Modern Classicism

Art and Sculpture Czarnecki, Joseph P. Duncan, Alastair

Last Traces: The Lost Art of Auschwitz American Art Deco Art Deco

Finn, David

How to Look at Sculpture: Text and Photographs

Hartt, Frederick

Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture

Heller, Nancy G.

Women Artists: An Illustrated History

Updike, John

Just Looking: Essays on Art

Vlach, John Michael

Plain Painters: Making Sense of American Folk Art

Biography Baker, Russell

Growing Up

Barry, Kathleen L.

Susan B. Anthony: A Biography of a Singular Feminist Life and Death in Shanghai

Cheng, Nien Comer, James P.

Maggie’s American Dream: The Life and Times of a Black Family

Conway, Jill Ker

The Road from Coorain

Curie, Eve

Madame Curie: A Biography

Dillard, Annie

An American Childhood

Gies, Miep, and Alison Leslie Gold

Anne Frank Remembered: The Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank Family

Hayslip, Le Ly, and Jay Wurts

When Heaven and Earth Changed Places: A Vietnamese Woman’s Journey from War to Peace

Kazimiroff, Theodore L.

The Last Algonquin

Kovic, Ron

Born on the Fourth of July

Lovell, Mary S.

The Sound of Wings: The Life of Amelia Earhart

Lyttle, Richard B.

Pablo Picasso: The Man and the Image

MacNeil, Robert

Wordstruck: A Memoir

142 LISTS BY YEAR: 2004–1959 Martin, Ralph G.

Golda: Golda Meir; The Romantic Years

Mathabane, Mark

Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth’s Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa; An Autobiography

Mathews, Jay

Escalante: The Best Teacher in America

Mehta, Ved

Sound-Shadows of the New World

Miller, Merle

Plain Speaking: An Oral Biography of Harry S. Truman

Mills, Judie

John F. Kennedy

Morgan, Sally

My Place

Mowat, Farley

Woman in the Mists: The Story of Dian Fossey and the Mountain Gorillas of Africa

Oppenheimer, Judy

Private Demons: The Life of Shirley Jackson

Robeson, Susan

The Whole World in His Hands: A Pictorial Biography of Paul Robeson

Robinson, Roxana

Georgia O’Keeffe: A Life

Salerno-Sonnenberg, Nadja

Nadja, on My Way

Scharf, Lois

Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady of American Liberalism

Sender, Ruth Minsky

The Cage

Staden, Wendelgard von

Darkness over the Valley

Sunstein, Emily W.

Mary Shelley: Romance and Reality

Van Devanter, Lynda, and Christopher Morgan

Home before Morning: The Story of an Army Nurse in Vietnam

Witherspoon, William Roger

Martin Luther King, Jr.: To the Mountaintop

Wolff, Tobias

This Boy’s Life: A Memoir

Wright, Richard

Black Boy: A Record of Childhood and Youth

Books on Theater Bordman, Gerald

American Musical Comedy: From Adonis to Dreamgirls

Brandreth, Gyles

Great Theatrical Disasters

Hart, Moss

Act One: An Autobiography

Henderson, Mary C.

Theater in America: 200 Years of Plays, Players, and Productions

Lawrence, Robert G.

Restoration Plays

Stanislavsky, Konstantin

An Actor Prepares Building a Character Creating a Role

Wickham, Glynne W.

A History of the Theatre

1991—Fiction

143

Dance Balanchine, George, and Francis Mason

101 Stories of the Great Ballets

Bentley, Toni

Winter Season: A Dancer’s Journal

Bland, Alexander, and John Percival

Men Dancing: Performers and Performances

Clarke, Mary, and Clement Crisp

Ballerina: The Art of Women in Classical Ballet

Coe, Robert

Dance in America

Fraser, John

Private View: Inside Baryshnikov’s American Ballet Theatre

Gruen, John

People Who Dance: 22 Dancers Tell Their Own Stories

Haskins, James

Black Dance in America: A History through Its People

Stearns, Marshall, and Jean Stearns

Jazz Dance: The Story of American Vernacular Dance

Fiction Achebe, Chinua

Things Fall Apart

Anaya, Rudolfo A.

Bless Me, Ultima

Austen, Jane

Pride and Prejudice

Bradbury, Ray

Fahrenheit 451

Brontë, Charlotte

Jane Eyre

Camus, Albert

The Stranger

Doctorow, E. L.

Ragtime

Dorris, Michael

A Yellow Raft in Blue Water

Doyle, Arthur Conan

Sherlock Holmes: Selected Stories

Faulkner, William

The Portable Faulkner

Fitzgerald, F. Scott

The Great Gatsby

Flaubert, Gustave

Madame Bovary

Gaines, Ernest J.

A Gathering of Old Men

Golding, William

Lord of the Flies

Greenberg, Joanne

Of Such Small Differences

Hemingway, Ernest

A Farewell to Arms

Hesse, Hermann

Siddhartha

Joyce, James

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

144 LISTS BY YEAR: 2004–1959 Keneally, Thomas

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

Lee, Harper

To Kill a Mockingbird

London, Jack

The Call of the Wild

Malamud, Bernard

The Fixer

Mason, Bobbie Ann

In Country

McCullers, Carson

The Member of the Wedding

Morrison, Toni

Beloved

O’Connor, Flannery

Everything That Rises Must Converge

Paton, Alan

Cry, the Beloved Country: A Story of Comfort in Desolation

Potok, Chaim

The Chosen

Renault, Mary

The King Must Die

Salinger, J. D.

The Catcher in the Rye

Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr I.

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

Steinbeck, John

East of Eden

Tan, Amy

The Joy Luck Club

Tevis, Walter S.

The Queen’s Gambit

Tolkien, J. R. R.

The Lord of the Rings

Twain, Mark

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Tyler, Anne

The Accidental Tourist

Vidal, Gore

Lincoln: A Novel

White, T. H.

The Once and Future King

Film Bogle, Donald

Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks: An Interpretative History of Blacks in American Films

Brownlow, Kevin, and John Kobal

Hollywood: The Pioneers

Finch, Christopher

The Art of Walt Disney: From Mickey Mouse to the Magic Kingdoms

Searles, Baird

Films of Science Fiction and Fantasy

Sennett, Ted

The Art of Hanna-Barbera: Fifty Years of Creativity

Music Crowther, Bruce, and Mike Pinfold

The Big Band Years

Griffin, Clive D.

Classical Music

1991—Nonfiction

145

Haskins, James

Black Music in America: A History through Its People

Kernfeld, Barry (ed.)

The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz

Miller, Jim

The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll

Mordden, Ethan

Demented: The World of the Opera Diva

Schonberg, Harold C.

The Glorious Ones: Classical Music’s Legendary Performers

Smith, Joe, and Mitchell Fink (eds.)

Off the Record: An Oral History of Popular Music

Nonfiction Holy Bible: New Revised Standard Version Allen, James Paul, and Eugene James Turner

We the People: An Atlas of America’s Ethnic Diversity

Arendt, Hannah

On Violence

Betcher, William

Intimate Play: Creating Romance in Everyday Life

Bloom, Allan

The Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today’s Students

Bolen, Jean Shinoda

Goddesses in Everywoman: A New Psychology of Women Gods in Everyman: A New Psychology of Men’s Lives and Loves

Borysenko, Joan

Minding the Body, Mending the Mind

Boslough, John

Stephen Hawking’s Universe

Bradshaw, John

Bradshaw on the Family: A Revolutionary Way of Self-Discovery

Burstein, Daniel

Yen! Japan’s New Financial Empire and Its Threat to America

Caduto, Michael J., and Joseph Bruchac

Keepers of the Earth: Native American Stories and Environmental Activities for Children

Campbell, Joseph, with Bill Moyers

The Power of Myth

Child, Julia

The Way to Cook

Earth Works Group

50 Simple Things You Can Do to Save the Earth

FitzGerald, Frances

Fire in the Lake: The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam

Fossey, Dian

Gorillas in the Mist

146 LISTS BY YEAR: 2004–1959 Funk, Wilfred John, and Norman Lewis

Thirty Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary

Gay, Kathlyn

The Greenhouse Effect

Gonzalez-Crussi, F.

The Five Senses

Goodall, Jane

In the Shadow of Man

Hartmann, William K.

Cycles of Fire: Stars, Galaxies, and the Wonder of Deep Space

Hawking, Stephen W.

A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know A First Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: What Our Children Need to Know Don Coyote: The Good Times and the Bad Times of a Much Maligned American Original Terrorism: A Special Kind of Violence

Hirsch E. D., Jr.

Hyde, Dayton O. Hyde, Margaret O. and Elizabeth H. Forsyth Irwin, Constance H. Frick Jung, Carl G. Kesselman-Turkel, Judi, and Franklynn Peterson

Strange Footprints on the Land: Vikings in America Man and His Symbols Getting It Down: How to Put Your Ideas on Paper

Key, Wilson Bryan

Media Sexploitation

Kidder, Tracy

Among Schoolchildren

Kingston, Maxine Hong

China Men

Kitzinger, Sheila

Being Born The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth

Kozol, Jonathan

Rachel and Her Children: Homeless Families in America

Lelyveld, Joseph

Move Your Shadow: South Africa, Black and White

Lewin, Roger

Bones of Contention: Controversies in the Search for Human Origins

Mabie, Margot C. J.

The Constitution: Reflection of a Changing Nation

Macaulay, David

The Way Things Work

Madaras, Lynda, and Area Madaras

The What’s Happening to My Body? Book for Girls: A Growing Up Guide for Parents and Daughters

Madaras, Lynda, and Dane Saavedra

The What’s Happening to My Body? Book for Boys: A Growing Up Guide for Parents and Sons

Marrin, Albert

War Clouds in the West: Indians and Cavalrymen, 1860–1890

McPhee, John

In Suspect Terrain

1991—Photography

147

Meltzer, Milton

Rescue: The Story of How Gentiles Saved Jews in the Holocaust

Parrot, Andrea

Coping with Date Rape and Acquaintance Rape

Peck, M. Scott

The Road Less Traveled

Perl, Lila

Hunter’s Stew and Hangtown Fry: What Pioneer America Ate and Why

Peters, Thomas J., and Robert H. Waterman Jr.

In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America’s Best Run Companies

Pike, Donald G., and David Muench

Anasazi: Ancient People of the Rock

Roueché, Berton

The Medical Detectives

Sagan, Carl

Cosmos

San Souci, Robert D.

The Loch Ness Monster: Opposing Viewpoints

Shilts, Randy

And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic

Sinetar, Marsha

Do What You Love, the Money Will Follow: Discovering Your Right Livelihood

Steiner, Stan

La Raza: The Mexican Americans

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Occupational Outlook Handbook

Weiner, Jonathan

Planet Earth

Williams, Juan

Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years, 1954–1965

Woolger, Roger J.

Other Lives, Other Selves: A Jungian Psychotherapist Discovers Past Lives

Yale Daily News

Insider’s Guide to the Colleges

Yolen, Jane (ed.)

Favorite Folktales from around the World

Photography Eastman Kodak Company (ed.)

More Joy of Photography

Greenough, Sarah

On the Art of Fixing a Shadow: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Photography

Livingston, Jane, with Frances Fralin and Declan Haun

Odyssey: The Art of Photography at National Geographic

Mangelsen, Tom

Images of Nature: The Photographs of Tom Mangelsen

Weaver, Mike

The Art of Photography, 1839–1989

148 LISTS BY YEAR: 2004–1959

Plays Aeschylus

Agamemnon

Anouilh, Jean

Antigone The Lark

Aristophanes

Lysistrata

Baldwin, James

The Amen Corner: A Play

Beckett, Samuel

Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts

Brecht, Bertolt

Mother Courage and Her Children: A Chronicle of the Thirty Year’s War

Chekhov, Anton

The Cherry Orchard: A Comedy in Four Acts

Coward, Noël

Blithe Spirit

Fugard, Athol

“Master Harold” . . . and the Boys

García Lorca, Federico

Blood Wedding

Giraudoux, Jean

The Madwoman of Chaillot

Hansberry, Lorraine

A Raisin in the Sun

Hellman, Lillian

The Children’s Hour

Henley, Beth

Crimes of the Heart

Ibsen, Henrik

A Doll’s House

Ionesco, Eugène

Rhinoceros

Jones, Tom, and Harvey Schmidt

The Fantasticks

Kaufman, George S., and Moss Hart

You Can’t Take It with You

Lloyd Webber, Andrew

Cats

MacLeish, Archibald

J. B.

Medoff, Mark

Children of a Lesser God

Miller, Arthur

The Crucible

Molière

The Misanthrope

O’Neill, Eugene

Long Day’s Journey into Night

Pinter, Harold

The Birthday Party

Pirandello, Luigi

Six Characters in Search of an Author

Pomerance, Bernard

The Elephant Man

Rostand, Edmond

Cyrano de Bergerac

Sartre, Jean-Paul

No Exit

Shaffer, Peter

Equus

Shakespeare, William

King Lear

Shaw, George Bernard

Pygmalion Saint Joan

1988—Art, Architecture, and Photography

149

Shepard, Sam

The Tooth of Crime; Geography of a Horse Dreamer: Two Plays

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley

The School for Scandal

Simon, Neil

The Odd Couple

Sophocles

Oedipus the King

Stoppard, Tom

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

Strindberg, August

Miss Julie

Synge, J. M.

Riders to the Sea

Vega, Lope de

The Sheep Well

Wilde, Oscar

The Importance of Being Earnest

Wilder, Thornton

The Matchmaker

Williams, Tennessee

The Glass Menagerie

Zindel, Paul

The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds: A Drama in Two Acts

Poetry Christopher, Nicholas (ed.)

Under 35: The New Generation of American Poets

DeCarava, Roy, and Langston Hughes

The Sweet Flypaper of Life

Doreski, Carol Kiler and William Doreski

How to Read and Interpret Poetry

Hall, Donald, and David Lehman (eds.)

The Best American Poetry

Janeczko, Paul B. (sel.)

Going Over to Your Place: Poems for Each Other

Related Arts Antekeier, Kristopher, and Greg Aunapu

Ringmaster! My Year on the Road with “The Greatest Show on Earth”

Took, Barry

Comedy Greats: A Celebration of Comic Genius Past and Present

Volpe, Tod M., and Beth Cathers

Treasures of the American Arts and Crafts Movement, 1890–1920

1988 Art, Architecture, and Photography Adams, Ansel, and Mary Street Alinder

Ansel Adams: An Autobiography

150 LISTS BY YEAR: 2004–1959 Allen, Edward

How Buildings Work: The Natural Order of Architecture

DeCarava, Roy, and Langston Hughes

The Sweet Flypaper of Life

Hamilton, George Heard

Painting and Sculpture in Europe, 1880–1940

Hibbard, Howard

Michelangelo

Krauss, Rosalind E.

Passages in Modern Sculpture

Salvadori, Mario George

Why Buildings Stand Up: The Strength of Architecture

Biography Angelou, Maya

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Benson, Jackson J.

The True Adventures of John Steinbeck, Writer: A Biography

Carpenter, Humphrey

Tolkien: A Biography

Clark, Ronald W.

Freud: The Man and the Cause

Douglas, William O.

The Court Years, 1939–1975: The Autobiography of William O. Douglas Go East, Young Man: The Early Years; The Autobiography of William O. Douglas

Egan, Eileen

Such a Vision of the Street: Mother Teresa—The Spirit and the Work

Fox, Stephen R.

John Muir and His Legacy: The American Conservation Movement

Frank, Anne

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl

French, A. P. (ed.)

Einstein: A Centenary Volume

Furlong, Monica

Merton: A Biography

Gill, Derek L. T.

Quest: The Life of Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

Griffith, Elisabeth

In Her Own Right: The Life of Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Gunther, John

Death Be Not Proud: A Memoir

Hellman, Lillian

Three: An Unfinished Woman, Pentimento, Scoundrel Time

Herriot, James

All Creatures Great and Small

Keller, Helen

The Story of My Life

Kingston, Maxine Hong

The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood among Ghosts

Klein, Joe

Woody Guthrie: A Life

1988—Dance

151

Lash, Joseph P.

Eleanor and Franklin: The Story of Their Relationship, Based on Eleanor Roosevelt’s Private Papers

Malcolm X (as told to Alex Haley)

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Manchester, William

The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill

Mandela, Winnie

Part of My Soul Went with Him

Marius, Richard

Thomas More: A Biography

Mead, Margaret

Blackberry Winter: My Earlier Years

Miller, Merle

Plain Speaking: An Oral Biography of Harry S. Truman

Morgan, Ted

FDR: A Biography

Neihardt, John G.

Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux

Oates, Stephen B.

Let the Trumpet Sound: A Life of Martin Luther King, Jr.

O’Keeffe, Georgia

Georgia O’Keeffe

Oshinsky, David M.

A Conspiracy So Immense: The World of Joe McCarthy

Page, Joseph A.

Perón: A Biography

Sandburg, Carl

Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and the War Years

Shevchenko, Arkady N.

Breaking with Moscow

Smith, Denis Mack

Mussolini: A Biography

Stein, Gertrude

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas

Wexler, Alice

Emma Goldman: An Intimate Life

Wolfe, Bertram D.

Three Who Made a Revolution: A Biographical History

Woods, Donald

Biko

Wright, Richard

Black Boy: A Record of Childhood and Youth

Yeager, Chuck, and Leo Janos Yeager: An Autobiography

Dance Ames, Jerry, and Jim Siegelman

The Book of Tap: Recovering America’s Long Lost Dance

Balanchine, George, and Francis Mason Bentley, Toni

101 Stories of the Great Ballets

Bland, Alexander, and John Percival

Men Dancing: Performers and Performances

Winter Season: A Dancer’s Journal

152 LISTS BY YEAR: 2004–1959 Coe, Robert

Dance in America

Emery, Lynne Fauley

Black Dance in the United States: From 1619 to 1970

Stearns, Marshall, and Jean Stearns

Jazz Dance: The Story of American Vernacular Dance

Drama BOOKS ABOUT THE THEATER

Bordman, Gerald

American Musical Comedy: From Adonis to Dreamgirls

Brandreth, Gyles

Great Theatrical Disasters

Hart, Moss

Act One: An Autobiography

Henderson, Mary C.

Theater in America: 200 Years of Plays, Players, and Productions

Lerner, Alan Jay

The Musical Theatre: A Celebration

Shewey, Don, and Susan Shacter Stanislavsky, Konstantin

Caught in the Act An Actor Prepares Building a Character

Wickham, Glynne W.

A History of the Theatre

PLAYS

Albee, Edward

The Zoo Story: A Play

Aristophanes

Lysistrata

Bernstein, Leonard, Arthur Laurents, and Stephen Sondheim Chekhov, Anton Coward, Noël Eliot, T. S. Gilbert, W. S., and Arthur Sullivan Hellman, Lillian Ibsen, Henrik Kander, John Kaufman, George S., and Moss Hart MacDermot, Galt

West Side Story

The Cherry Orchard: A Comedy in Four Acts Blithe Spirit Murder in the Cathedral The Pirates of Penzance The Children’s Hour A Doll’s House Cabaret You Can’t Take It with You Hair

1988—Fiction

Medoff, Mark Miller, Arthur Molière Ndlovu, Duma (ed.) O’Neill, Eugene Pirandello, Luigi Rodgers, Richard, and Lorenz Hart Rodgers, Richard, and Oscar Hammerstein Rostand, Edmond Sartre, Jean-Paul Shakespeare, William Shaw, George Bernard Sheridan, Richard Brinsley Simon, Neil Sondheim, Stephen Sophocles Waley, Arthur Weill, Kurt Wilde, Oscar Wilder, Thornton Williams, Tennessee

153

Children of a Lesser God The Price Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Woza Afrika! An Anthology of South African Plays Long Day’s Journey into Night Six Characters in Search of an Author Pal Joey Oklahoma! Cyrano de Bergerac No Exit The Tempest Twelfth Night Arms and the Man Pygmalion The School for Scandal Brighton Beach Memoirs Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Oedipus the King The Noh Drama: Ten Plays from the Japanese 14th and 15th Centuries The Threepenny Opera The Importance of Being Earnest Our Town A Streetcar Named Desire

Fiction Austen, Jane Baldwin, James

Pride and Prejudice Go Tell It on the Mountain

Bradbury, Ray

Fahrenheit 451

Brin, David

The Postman

Brontë, Charlotte

Jane Eyre

Cather, Willa

My Ántonia

Cormier, Robert

The Chocolate War

Crane, Stephen

The Red Badge of Courage

Dickens, Charles

A Tale of Two Cities

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor

Crime and Punishment

154 LISTS BY YEAR: 2004–1959 Doyle, Arthur Conan

Sherlock Holmes: Selected Stories

Emecheta, Buchi

The Bride Price

Faulkner, William

The Reivers: A Reminiscence

Finney, Jack

Time and Again

Fitzgerald, F. Scott

The Great Gatsby

Gaines, Ernest J.

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

Gardner, John

Grendel

Golding, William

Lord of the Flies

Guest, Judith

Ordinary People

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

The Scarlet Letter

Heller, Joseph

Catch-22

Hesse, Hermann

Siddhartha

Huxley, Aldous

Brave New World

Keneally, Thomas

Schindler’s List

Le Guin, Ursula K.

The Left Hand of Darkness

Lee, Harper

To Kill a Mockingbird

Lord, Bette B.

Spring Moon: A Novel of China

Malamud, Bernard

The Fixer

Markandaya, Kamala

Nectar in a Sieve

McCullers, Carson

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

McKinley, Robin

Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast

Mishima, Yukio

The Sound of Waves

O’Brien, Tim

Going after Cacciato

Orwell, George

Animal Farm

Paton, Alan

Cry, the Beloved Country: A Story of Comfort in Desolation

Poe, Edgar Allan

Tales of Terror: Ten Short Stories

Potok, Chaim

The Chosen

Remarque, Erich Maria

All Quiet on the Western Front

Salinger, J. D.

The Catcher in the Rye

Shange, Ntozake

Betsey Brown

Sinclair, Upton

The Jungle

Singer, Isaac Bashevis

The Collected Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer

Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr I.

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

Steinbeck, John

The Grapes of Wrath

Stoker, Bram

Dracula

1988—Nonfiction

Thomas, Dylan

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog

Tolkien, J. R. R.

The Lord of the Rings

Twain, Mark

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Vonnegut, Kurt

Slaughterhouse-Five; or, The Children’s Crusade

Welch, James

Fools Crow

Willard, Nancy

Things Invisible to See

Wright, Richard

Native Son

155

Film and Television Brownlow, Kevin, and John Kobal

Hollywood: The Pioneers

Ellerbee, Linda

“And So It Goes”: Adventures in Television

Gish, Lillian

The Movies, Mr. Griffith, and Me

Kael, Pauline

The Citizen Kane Book: Raising Kane

Rosenblum, Ralph, and Robert Karen

When the Shooting Stops . . . the Cutting Begins: A Film Editor’s Story

Sperber, A. M.

Murrow: His Life and Times

Wiley, Mason, and Damien Bona

Inside Oscar: The Unofficial History of the Academy Awards

Nonfiction Agee, James, and Walker Evans

Let Us Now Praise Famous Men

Ballou, Robert O. (ed.)

The Portable World Bible

Bell, Ruth

Changing Bodies, Changing Lives: A Book for Teens on Sex and Relationships

Black veterans and Wallace Terry (ed.)

Bloods: An Oral History of the Vietnam War

Bowen, Catherine Drinker

Miracle at Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention, May to September, 1787

Bronowski, J.

The Ascent of Man

Brown, Dee

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

Brown, Michael H.

Laying Waste: The Poisoning of America by Toxic Chemicals

Carson, Rachel

Silent Spring

Ceram, C. W.

Gods, Graves, and Scholars: The Story of Archeology

156 LISTS BY YEAR: 2004–1959 Durant, Will

The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the Greater Philosophers

Ebenstein, William, and Edwin Fogelman

Today’s Isms: Communism, Fascism, Capitalism, Socialism

Eiseley, Loren C.

Darwin’s Century: Evolution and the Men Who Discovered It

Friedan, Betty

The Feminine Mystique

Hamilton, Edith

Mythology

Harding, Vincent

There Is a River: The Black Struggle for Freedom in America

Heat-Moon, William Least

Blue Highways: A Journey into America

Heilbroner, Robert L.

The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times, and Ideas of the Great Economic Thinkers

Hersey, John

Hiroshima

Johanson, Donald C., and Maitland A. Edey

Lucy: The Beginnings of Human Kind

Johnson, Paul

Modern Times: The World from the Twenties to the Eighties

Langone, John

Violence! Our Fastest-Growing Public Health Problem

Lelyveld, Joseph

Move Your Shadow: South Africa, Black and White

Lopez, Barry

Arctic Dreams: Imagination and Desire in a Northern Landscape

Lorenz, Konrad

On Aggression

Lukas, J. Anthony

Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Familes

Malcolm, Andrew H.

Final Harvest: An American Tragedy

Meltzer, Milton

Ain’t Gonna Study War No More: The Story of America’s Peace Seekers Never to Forget: The Jews of the Holocaust

Naisbitt, John

Megatrends: Ten New Directions Transforming Our Lives

Postman, Neil

Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business

Raines, Howell

My Soul Is Rested: Movement Days in the Deep South Remembered

Santoli, Al

To Bear Any Burden: The Vietnam War and Its Aftermath in the Words of Americans and Southeast Asians

1988—Poetry

157

Schank, Roger C., and Peter G. Childers

The Cognitive Computer: On Language, Learning, and Artificial Intelligence

Schell, Jonathan

The Fate of the Earth

Thomas, Lewis

The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher

Tocqueville, Alexis de

Democracy in America

Uhlig, Mark A. (ed.)

Apartheid in Crisis

Watson, James D.

The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA

Weiss, Ann E.

Good Neighbors? The United States and Latin America

Wolfe, Tom

The Right Stuff

Wyden, Peter

Day One: Before Hiroshima and After

Zerman, Melvyn Bernard

Taking on the Press: Constitutional Rights in Conflict

Music Brown, James, and Bruce Tucker

James Brown: The Godfather of Soul; An Autobiography

Hart, Philip

Conductors: A New Generation

Hirshey, Gerri

Nowhere to Run: The Story of Soul Music

Marsh, Dave

Glory Days: Bruce Springsteen in the 1980s

Mason, Michael (ed.)

The Country Music Book

Mordden, Ethan

Demented: The World of the Opera Diva

Schonberg, Harold C.

The Glorious Ones: Classical Music’s Legendary Performers

Wade, Graham

Segovia: A Celebration of the Man and His Music

Ward, Ed, Geoffrey Stokes, and Ken Tucker

Rock of Ages: The Rolling Stone History of Rock and Roll

Zinsser, William

Willie and Dwike: An American Profile

Poetry Amis, Kingsley (ed.)

The New Oxford Book of Light Verse

Dickinson, Emily

Final Harvest: Emily Dickinson’s Poems

Randall, Dudley (ed.)

The Black Poets

Rexroth, Kenneth (trans.)

One Hundred Poems from the Japanese

Untermeyer, Louis (ed.)

50 Modern American and British Poets, 1920–1970

Yevtushenko, Yevgeny

The Poetry of Yevgeny Yevtushenko

158 LISTS BY YEAR: 2004–1959

Related Arts Blackstone, Harry, Jr.

The Blackstone Book of Magic and Illusion

Goldberg, RoseLee

Performance: Live Art 1909 to the Present

Sharaff, Irene

Broadway and Hollywood: Costumes Designed by Irene Sharaff

1982 Biography Angelou, Maya

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Atkinson, Linda

Mother Jones: The Most Dangerous Woman in America

Banks, Lynne Reid

Dark Quartet: The Story of the Brontës

Brown, Claude

Manchild in the Promised Land

Carpenter, Humphrey

Tolkien: A Biography

Carrighar, Sally

Home to the Wilderness

Douglas, William O.

Go East, Young Man: The Early Years; The Autobiography of William O. Douglas

Frank, Anne

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl

Gunther, John

Death Be Not Proud: A Memoir

Gurko, Miriam

The Ladies of Seneca Falls: The Birth of the Woman’s Rights Movement

Hellman, Lillian

Three: An Unfinished Woman, Pentimento, Scoundrel Time

Herriot, James

All Creatures Great and Small

Johnson, Edgar

Charles Dickens: His Tragedy and Triumph

Keller, Helen

The Story of My Life

Kingston, Maxine Hong

The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood among Ghosts

Klein, Joe

Woody Guthrie: A Life

Lash, Joseph P.

Eleanor and Franklin: The Story of Their Relationship, Based on Eleanor Roosevelt’s Private Papers

Malcolm X (as told to Alex Haley)

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

McLellan, David

Karl Marx: His Life and Thought

Mead, Margaret

Blackberry Winter: My Earlier Years

1982—Dance

159

Miller, Merle

Plain Speaking: An Oral Biography of Harry S. Truman

Morison, Samuel Eliot

Christopher Columbus, Mariner

Neihardt, John G.

Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux

O’Keeffe, Georgia

Georgia O’Keeffe

Panov, Valery, and George Feifer

To Dance

Pardy, Anne (As told to Robert Specht)

Tisha: The Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaska Wilderness

Poitier, Sidney

This Life

Rather, Dan, with Mickey Herskowitz

The Camera Never Blinks: Adventures of a TV Journalist

Russell, Bill, and Taylor Branch

Second Wind: The Memoirs of an Opinionated Man

Sandburg, Carl

Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and the War Years

Stein, Gertrude

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas

Wolfe, Bertram D.

Three Who Made a Revolution: A Biographical History

Wright, Richard

Black Boy: A Record of Childhood and Youth

Dance Ames, Jerry, and Jim Siegelman

The Book of Tap: Recovering America’s Long Lost Dance

Balanchine, George, and Francis Mason

101 Stories of the Great Ballets

Banes, Sally

Terpsichore in Sneakers: Post-Modern Dance

Cook, Susan, and Joseph H. Mazo

The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

De Mille, Agnes

America Dances

Louis, Murray

Inside Dance: Essays

Maiorano, Robert

Worlds Apart: The Autobiography of a Dancer from Brooklyn

McDonagh, Don

The Complete Guide to Modern Dance

Neale, Wendy

On Your Toes: Beginning Ballet

Philip, Richard, and Mary Whitney

Danseur: The Male in Ballet

160 LISTS BY YEAR: 2004–1959 Reynolds, Nancy (ed.)

The Dance Catalog

Sorine, Daniel S., and Stephanie Riva Sorine

Dancershoes

Fiction Austen, Jane

Pride and Prejudice

Baldwin, James

If Beale Street Could Talk

Borland, Hal

When the Legends Die

Bradbury, Ray

The Martian Chronicles

Brontë, Charlotte

Jane Eyre

Brontë, Emily

Wuthering Heights

Camus, Albert

The Plague

Cather, Willa

My Ántonia

Conrad, Joseph

Lord Jim

Crane, Stephen

The Red Badge of Courage

Dickens, Charles

A Tale of Two Cities

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor

Crime and Punishment

Doyle, Arthur Conan

Sherlock Holmes: Selected Stories

Du Maurier, Daphne

Rebecca

Ellison, Ralph

Invisible Man

Faulkner, William

The Bear

Finney, Jack

Time and Again

Fitzgerald, F. Scott

The Great Gatsby

Golding, William

Lord of the Flies

Hardy, Thomas

Far from the Madding Crowd

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

The Scarlet Letter

Heller, Joseph

Catch-22

Hemingway, Ernest

A Farewell to Arms

Herbert, Frank

Dune

Hersey, John

The Wall

Hesse, Hermann

Siddhartha

Huxley, Aldous

Brave New World

Joyce, James

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Kesey, Ken

One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest

Knowles, John

A Separate Peace

Le Guin, Ursula K.

The Left Hand of Darkness

Lee, Harper

To Kill a Mockingbird

1982—Music

Malamud, Bernard

The Fixer

McCullers, Carson

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

O’Brien, Tim

Going after Cacciato

Olsen, Tillie

Tell Me a Riddle

Orwell, George

Animal Farm

Paton, Alan

Cry, the Beloved Country: A Story of Comfort in Desolation

Poe, Edgar Allan

The Fall of the House of Usher, and Other Tales

Remarque, Erich Maria

All Quiet on the Western Front

Salinger, J. D.

The Catcher in the Rye

Singer, Isaac Bashevis

The Slave

Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr I.

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

Steinbeck, John

Of Mice and Men

Stoker, Bram

Dracula

Tolkien, J. R. R.

The Lord of the Rings

Tolstoy, Leo

War and Peace

Twain, Mark

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Vonnegut, Kurt

Slaughterhouse-Five; or, The Children’s Crusade

Wharton, William

Birdy

161

Film and Television Bobker, Lee R.

Elements of Film

Brownlow, Kevin, and John Kobal

Hollywood: The Pioneers

Canutt, Yakima, with Oliver Drake

Stunt Man: The Autobiography of Yakima Canutt

Halas, John, and Roger Manvell

The Technique of Film Animation

London, Mel

Getting into Film

Price, Jonathan

Video Visions: A Medium Discovers Itself

Rosenblum, Ralph, and Robert Karen

When the Shooting Stops . . . the Cutting Begins: A Film Editor’s Story

Shanks, Bob

The Cool Fire: How to Make It in Television

Super 8 Filmaker (comp. by eds.)

Film Maker’s Guide to Super 8: The “How-to-Do-It” Book for Beginning and Advanced Film Makers

Music Copland, Aaron

What to Listen for in Music

162 LISTS BY YEAR: 2004–1959 Davies, Hunter

The Beatles

Gaillard, Frye

Watermelon Wine: The Spirit of Country Music

Hurd, Michael

The Orchestra

Miller, Jim

The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll

Pavarotti, Luciano, with William Wright

Pavarotti: My Own Story

Roberts, John Storm

The Latin Tinge: The Impact of Latin American Music on the United States

Rogers, Kenny, and Len Epand

Making It with Music: Kenny Rogers’ Guide to the Music Business

Ruttencutter, Helen Drees

Pianist’s Progress

Stokes, Geoffrey

Star-Making Machinery: Inside the Business of Rock and Roll

Van Ryzin, Lani

Starting Your Own Band: Rock, Disco, Folk, Jazz, Country and Western

Nonfiction Agee, James, and Walker Evans

Let Us Now Praise Famous Men

Ballou, Robert O. (ed.)

The Portable World Bible

Bell, Ruth

Changing Bodies, Changing Lives: A Book for Teens on Sex and Relationships

Benedict, Ruth

Patterns of Culture

Brand, Stewart (ed.)

The Next Whole Earth Catalog: Access to Tools

Brecher, Edward M.

Licit and Illicit Drugs: The Consumers Union Report

Bronowski, J.

The Ascent of Man

Brown, Dee

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

Brown, Michael H.

Laying Waste: The Poisoning of America by Toxic Chemicals

Ceram, C. W.

Gods, Graves, and Scholars: The Story of Archeology

Cooke, Alistair

Alistair Cooke’s America

Covelli, Pat

Borrowing Time: Growing Up with Juvenile Diabetes

Crawford, Alan

Thunder on the Right: The New Right and the Politics of Resentment

Durant, Will

The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the Greater Philosophers

1982—Nonfiction

Ebenstein, William, and Edwin Fogelman

163

Today’s Isms: Communism, Fascism, Capitalism, Socialism

Eiseley, Loren C.

Darwin’s Century: Evolution and the Men Who Discovered It

Fuller, R. Buckminster

Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth

Hamilton, Edith

Mythology

Hanckel, Frances, and John Cunningham

A Way of Love, a Way of Life: A Young Person’s Introduction to What It Means to Be Gay

Harding, Vincent

There Is a River: The Black Struggle for Freedom in America

Hayden, Torey L.

One Child

Heilbroner, Robert L.

The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times, and Ideas of the Great Economic Thinkers

Hentoff, Nat

The First Freedom: The Tumultuous History of Free Speech in America

Hofstadter, Douglas R.

Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

Homer

The Odyssey of Homer: A Modern Translation

Hoyt, Patricia

How to Get Started When You Don’t Know Where to Begin

Japanese Broadcasting Corp.

Unforgettable Fire: Pictures Drawn by Atomic Bomb Survivors

Jenkins, Peter

A Walk across America

Johanson, Donald C., and Maitland A. Edey

Lucy: The Beginnings of Human Kind

Jones, Landon Y.

Great Expectations: America and the Baby Boom Generation

Jungk, Robert

Brighter than a Thousand Suns: A Personal History of the Atomic Scientists

Larrick, Nancy (sel.)

Crazy to Be Alive in Such a Strange World: Poems about People

Levine, Suzanne, and Harriet Lyons (eds.)

The Decade of Women: A Ms. History of the Seventies in Words and Pictures

Lorenz, Konrad

On Aggression

Manchester, William

The Glory and the Dream: A Narrative History of America, 1932–1972

Mead, Margaret

Culture and Commitment: The New Relationships between the Generations in the 1970s

Meltzer, Milton

Never to Forget: The Jews of the Holocaust

Mirkin, Gabe, and Marshall Hoffman

The Sportsmedicine Book

164 LISTS BY YEAR: 2004–1959 Redman, Eric

The Dance of Legislation

Sagan, Carl

Cosmos

Santoli, Al

Everything We Had: An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Thirty-three American Soldiers Who Fought It

Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr.

The Imperial Presidency

Terkel, Studs

Working: People Talk about What They Do All Day and How They Feel about What They Do

Thomas, Lewis

The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher

Thoreau, Henry David

Civil Disobedience Walden

Timerman, Jacobo

Prisoner without a Name, Cell without a Number

Tocqueville, Alexis de

Democracy in America

Toffler, Alvin

The Third Wave

Watson, James D.

The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA

Related Arts Baird, Bil

The Art of the Puppet

Barton, Peter

Staying Power: Performing Artists Talk about Their Lives

Billington, Michael

Performing Arts: An Illustrated Guide

Campbell, Patricia J.

Passing the Hat: Street Performers in America

Hamblin, Kay

Mime: A Playbook of Silent Fantasy

Page, Patrick

The Big Book of Magic

Towsen, John H.

Clowns

Theater Gottfried, Martin

Broadway Musicals

Hagen, Uta, with

Respect for Acting

Haskel Frankel Hanff, Helene

Underfoot in Show Business

Hoggett, Chris

Stage Crafts

Lewis, Robert

Advice to the Players

Matson, Katinka

The Working Actor: A Guide to the Profession

Olfson, Lewy (ed.)

50 Great Scenes for Student Actors

1976—Biography

Seto, Judith Roberts (comp.)

The Young Actor’s Workbook

Stanislavsky, Konstantin

An Actor Prepares Building a Character

165

1976 Biography Allen, Douglas and Douglas Allen Jr.

N. C. Wyeth: The Collected Paintings, Illustrations, and Murals

Bainton, Roland H.

Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther

Bourke-White, Margaret

Portrait of Myself

Bowen, Catherine Drinker

The Most Dangerous Man in America: Scenes from the Life of Benjamin Franklin

Brodie, Fawn M.

Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate History

Brown, Claude

Manchild in the Promised Land

Bullock, Alan

Hitler: A Study in Tyranny

Burgess, Alan

Daylight Must Come: The Story of a Courageous Woman Doctor in the Congo

Carrighar, Sally

Home to the Wilderness

Chandler, David

Napoleon

Clark, Ronald W.

Einstein: The Life and Times

Curie, Eve

Madame Curie: A Biography

Douglas, William O.

Go East, Young Man: The Early Years; The Autobiography of William O. Douglas

Halberstam, David

Ho

Hellman, Lillian

Three: An Unfinished Woman, Pentimento, Scoundrel Time

Hibbard, Howard

Michelangelo

Hotchner, A. E.

Papa Hemingway: A Personal Memoir

Jenkins, Elizabeth

Elizabeth the Great

Keller, Helen

The Story of My Life

Kennedy, John F.

Profiles in Courage

Lash, Joseph P.

Eleanor and Franklin: The Story of Their Relationship, Based on Eleanor Roosevelt’s Private Papers

Lund, Doris

Eric

Malcolm X (as told to Alex Haley)

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

166 LISTS BY YEAR: 2004–1959 Mann, Peggy

Golda: The Life of Israel’s Prime Minister

Massie, Robert K.

Nicholas and Alexandra

McLellan, David

Karl Marx: His Life and Thought

Mead, Margaret

Blackberry Winter: My Earlier Years

Merriam, Eve

Growing Up Female in America—Ten Lives

Milford, Nancy

Zelda: A Biography

Miller, Merle

Plain Speaking: An Oral Biography of Harry S. Truman

Pepys, Samuel

The Diary of Samuel Pepys

Sandburg, Carl

Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and the War Years

Sanders, Marion K.

Dorothy Thompson: A Legend in Her Time

Stone, Irving

Clarence Darrow for the Defense

Tomalin, Claire

The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft

Twombly, Robert C.

Frank Lloyd Wright: An Interpretive Biography

Wilson, Dorothy Clarke

Bright Eyes: The Story of Susette La Flesche, an Omaha Indian

Wolfe, Bertram D.

Three Who Made a Revolution: A Biographical History

Wright, Richard

Black Boy: A Record of Childhood and Youth

Zassenhaus, Hiltgunt

Walls: Resisting the Third Reich—One Woman’s Story

Current Arendt, Hannah

On Violence

Bernstein, Carl, and Bob Woodward

All the President’s Men

Boston Women’s Health Book Collective

Our Bodies, Ourselves

Cameron, John

The Astrologer

Castaneda, Carlos

Journey to Ixtlan: The Lessons of Don Juan

Collins, Michael

Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut’s Journeys

Commoner, Barry

The Closing Circle: Confronting the Environmental Crisis

Cormier, Robert

The Chocolate War

Crichton, Michael

The Terminal Man

Curtin, Sharon R.

Nobody Ever Died of Old Age

Deloria, Vine, Jr.

Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto

1976—Current

167

Fast, Julius

Body Language

Friedman, Myra

Buried Alive: The Biography of Janis Joplin

Gersh, Marvin J., and Iris F. Litt

Handbook of Adolescence: A Medical Guide for Parents and Teenagers

Glasser, Ronald J.

Ward 402

Grier, William H., and Price M. Cobbs

Black Rage

Habenstreit, Barbara

“To My Brother Who Did a Crime . . .”: Former Prisoners Tell Their Stories in Their Own Words

Harris, Marilyn

Hatter Fox

Harris, Thomas A.

I’m O.K.––You’re O.K.

Holt, John

Escape from Childhood: The Needs and Rights of Children

Howe, Florence, and Ellen Bass (eds.)

No More Masks! An Anthology of Poems by Women

Jackson, Donald Dale

Judges

Jahn, Mike

Rock: A Social History of the Music, 1945–1972

Janeway, Elizabeth

Between Myth and Morning: Women Awakening

Kesey, Ken

One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest

Kusche, Larry

The Bermuda Triangle Mystery: Solved

Langone, David

Death Is a Noun: A View of the End of Life

Loeb, Robert H., Jr., and John P. Maloney

Your Legal Rights as a Minor

Maas, Peter

Serpico

Mead, Margaret

Culture and Commitment: The New Relationships between the Generations in the 1970s

Miller, Merle

On Being Different: What It Means to Be a Homosexual

Mostert, Noel

Supership

O’Neill, Nena, and George O’Neill

Open Marriage: A New Life Style for Couples

Pines, Maya

The Brain Changers: Scientists and the New Mind Control

Pirsig, Robert M.

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values

Plath, Sylvia

The Bell Jar

Read, Piers Paul

Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors

Severn, Bill

The Right to Privacy

Steiner, Stan

La Raza: The Mexican Americans

Tidyman, Ernest

Dummy

168 LISTS BY YEAR: 2004–1959

Wigginton, Eliot (ed.)

Learning for Tomorrow: The Role of the Future in Education Eating May Be Hazardous to Your Health: How Your Government Fails to Protect You from the Dangers in Your Food The Foxfire Book

Yette, Samuel F.

The Choice: The Issue of Black Survival in America

Toffler, Alvin (ed.) Verrett, Jacqueline, and Jean Carper

Fiction Austen, Jane

Pride and Prejudice

Baldwin, James

Go Tell It on the Mountain

Camus, Albert

The Stranger

Cather, Willa

My Ántonia

Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de

Don Quixote de la Mancha

Conrad, Joseph

Great Short Works of Joseph Conrad

Crane, Stephen

The Red Badge of Courage

Dickens, Charles

Great Expectations

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor

Crime and Punishment

Ellison, Ralph Faulkner, William Fitzgerald, F. Scott Gardner, John Golding, William Greenberg, Joanne Hardy, Thomas

Invisible Man The Sound and the Fury The Great Gatsby Grendel Lord of the Flies I Never Promised You a Rose Garden The Return of the Native

Hawthorne, Nathaniel Heller, Joseph Hemingway, Ernest Hesse, Hermann Huxley, Aldous Joyce, James Kafka, Franz Knowles, John

The Scarlet Letter Catch-22 For Whom the Bell Tolls Siddhartha Brave New World A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man The Metamorphosis A Separate Peace

Kosinski, Jerzy N.

The Painted Bird

Lawrence, D. H.

Sons and Lovers

Le Guin, Ursula K.

The Left Hand of Darkness

Lewis, Sinclair

Main Street

1976—Nonfiction

169

Malamud, Bernard

The Fixer

Mann, Thomas

Death in Venice

Maugham, W. Somerset

Of Human Bondage

Melville, Herman

Moby-Dick

Paton, Alan

Cry, the Beloved Country: A Story of Comfort in Desolation

Poe, Edgar Allan

The Fall of the House of Usher, and Other Tales

Remarque, Erich Maria

All Quiet on the Western Front

Salinger, J. D.

The Catcher in the Rye

Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr I.

The Gulag Archipelago, 1918–1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

Steinbeck, John

The Grapes of Wrath

Swift, Jonathan

Gulliver’s Travels

Tolkien, J. R. R.

The Lord of the Rings

Tolstoy, Leo

War and Peace

Twain, Mark

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Vonnegut, Kurt

Slaughterhouse-Five; or, The Children’s Crusade

Wolfe, Thomas

Look Homeward, Angel: A Story of the Buried Life

Wright, Richard

Native Son

Nonfiction Agee, James, and Walker Evans

Let Us Now Praise Famous Men

Ballou, Robert O. (ed.)

The Portable World Bible

Benedict, Ruth

Patterns of Culture

Bennett, Lerone, Jr.

Before the Mayflower: A History of Black America

Bronowski, J.

The Ascent of Man

Brown, Dee

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

Carson, Rachel

Silent Spring

Ceram, C. W.

Gods, Graves, and Scholars: The Story of Archeology

Ciardi, John

How Does a Poem Mean?

Cooke, Alistair

Alistair Cooke’s America

Copland, Aaron

What to Listen for in Music

Durant, Will

The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the Greater Philosophers

170 LISTS BY YEAR: 2004–1959 Ebenstein, William, and Edwin Fogelman

Today’s Isms: Communism, Fascism, Capitalism, Socialism

Eiseley, Loren C.

Darwin’s Century: Evolution and the Men Who Discovered It

Friedan, Betty

The Feminine Mystique

Fuller, R. Buckminster

Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth

Hamilton, Edith

Mythology

Heilbroner, Robert L.

The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times, and Ideas of the Great Economic Thinkers

Hoffer, Eric

The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements

Homer

The Odyssey of Homer: A Modern Translation

Jacobs, Jane

The Death and Life of Great American Cities

Jungk, Robert

Brighter than a Thousand Suns: A Personal History of the Atomic Scientists

Kaplan, Abraham

The New World of Philosophy

Kline, Morris

Mathematics in Western Culture

Kuh, Katherine

Break-Up: The Core of Modern Art

Lorenz, Konrad

On Aggression

Magnuson, Warren Grant, and Jean Carper

The Dark Side of the Marketplace: The Plight of the American Consumer

McLuhan, Marshall

Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man

Neill, Alexander Sutherland

Summerhill: A Radical Approach to Child Rearing

Redman, Eric Roszak, Theodore

The Dance of Legislation The Making of a Counter Culture: Reflections on the Technocratic Society and Its Youthful Opposition The Imperial Presidency Learning to Look: A Handbook for the Visual Arts Working: People Talk about What They Do All Day and How They Feel about What They Do The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher Civil Disobedience Walden

Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr. Taylor, Joshua C. Terkel, Studs Thomas, Lewis Thoreau, Henry David Tocqueville, Alexis de

Democracy in America

Toffler, Alvin

Future Shock

Watson, James D.

The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA

Woodward, C. Vann

The Strange Career of Jim Crow

1976—Theater

171

Theater Albee, Edward

The Zoo Story: A Play

Anonymous

Everyman

Aristophanes

Lysistrata

Beckett, Samuel

Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts

Bolt, Robert

A Man for All Seasons

Brecht, Bertolt

Mother Courage and Her Children: A Chronicle of the Thirty Years’ War

Chekhov, Anton

The Cherry Orchard: A Comedy in Four Acts

Congreve, William

The Way of the World

Durrenmatt, Friedrich

The Visit: A Tragi-comedy

Fry, Christopher

The Lady’s Not for Burning: A Comedy

García Lorca, Federico

Blood Wedding

Genet, Jean

The Blacks: A Clown Show

Gibson, William

The Miracle Worker: A Play for Television

Giraudoux, Jean

The Madwoman of Chaillot

Gorky, Maxim

The Lower Depths

Hansberry, Lorraine

A Raisin in the Sun

Hellman, Lillian

The Little Foxes

Hochhuth, Rolf

The Deputy

Ibsen, Henrik

A Doll’s House

Ionesco, Eugène

Rhinoceros

Jonson, Ben

Volpone

Lawrence, Jerome, and Robert E. Lee

Inherit the Wind

MacLeish, Archibald

J. B.

Marlowe, Christopher

Doctor Faustus

McCullers, Carson

The Member of the Wedding

Miller, Arthur

Death of a Salesman

Molière

The Misanthrope

O’Casey, Sean

Juno and the Paycock: A Tragedy in Three Acts

O’Neill, Eugene

Long Day’s Journey into Night

Osborne, John

Look Back in Anger: A Play in Three Acts

Pinter, Harold

The Birthday Party

Pirandello, Luigi

Six Characters in Search of an Author

Racine, Jean

Phaedra

172 LISTS BY YEAR: 2004–1959 Rice, Tim, and Andrew Lloyd Webber

Jesus Christ Superstar: A Rock Opera

Shakespeare, William

Macbeth A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Shaw, George Bernard

Saint Joan

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley

The School for Scandal

Sophocles

Oedipus the King

Strindberg, August

Miss Julie

Synge, J. M.

The Playboy of the Western World

Wilde, Oscar

The Importance of Being Earnest

Wilder, Thornton

Our Town

Williams, Tennessee

The Glass Menagerie

Zindel, Paul

The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds: A Drama in Two Acts

1971 Biography Bainton, Roland H.

Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther

Baker, Carlos

Ernest Hemingway: A Life Story

Bennett, Lerone, Jr.

What Manner of Man: A Biography of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Boswell, James

The Life of Samuel Johnson

Bowen, Catherine Drinker

Yankee from Olympus: Justice Holmes and His Family

Brown, Claude

Manchild in the Promised Land

Cellini, Benvenuto

The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini

Chute, Marchette Gaylord

Geoffrey Chaucer of England

Clarke, John Henrik (ed.)

Malcolm X: The Man and His Times

Curie, Eve

Madame Curie: A Biography

de Beer, Sir Gavin

Hannibal: Challenging Rome’s Supremacy

de Kruif, Paul

Microbe Hunters

Ferguson, Charles W.

Naked to Mine Enemies: The Life of Cardinal Wolsey

Fermi, Laura

Atoms in the Family: My Life with Enrico Fermi

Forbes, Esther

Paul Revere and the World He Lived In

Frank, Anne

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl

1971—Biography

173

Franklin, Benjamin

Autobiography

Fraser, Antonia

Mary, Queen of Scots

Grey, Ian

Peter the Great, Emperor of All Russia

Guérard, Albert Léon

Napoleon I: A Great Life in Brief

Hagedorn, Hermann

The Roosevelt Family of Sagamore Hill

Hansberry, Lorraine

To Be Young, Gifted and Black: Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words

Hart, Moss

Act One: An Autobiography

Jenkins, Elizabeth

Elizabeth the Great

Keller, Helen

The Story of My Life

Kelly, Amy Ruth

Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings

Kennedy, John F.

Profiles in Courage

Martin, Ralph G.

Jennie: The Life of Lady Randolph Churchill. Vol. I: The Romantic Years, 1854–1895

Maurois, André

Ariel: The Life of Shelley

Merton, Thomas

The Seven Storey Mountain

Moody, Anne

Coming of Age in Mississippi

Morison, Samuel Eliot

Christopher Columbus, Mariner

Parks, Gordon

A Choice of Weapons

Pepys, Samuel

The Diary of Samuel Pepys

Plutarch

Lives

Rowse, A. L.

William Shakespeare: A Biography

Sandburg, Carl

Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and the War Years Always the Young Strangers

Skinner, Cornelia Otis

Madame Sarah

St. John, Robert

Ben-Gurion: A Biography

Steffens, Lincoln

The Autobiography of Lincoln Steffens

Stone, Irving

Clarence Darrow for the Defense

Strachey, Lytton

Queen Victoria

Stuart, Jesse

The Thread That Runs So True

Taylor, A. J. P.

Bismarck: The Man and the Statesman

Tharp, Louise Hall

The Peabody Sisters of Salem

Twain, Mark

The Autobiography of Mark Twain

Washington, Booker T.

Up from Slavery: An Autobiography

Watson, James D.

The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA

174 LISTS BY YEAR: 2004–1959 Winwar, Frances

The Haunted Palace: A Life of Edgar Allan Poe

Yevtushenko, Yevgeny

A Precocious Autobiography

Drama BOOKS ABOUT THE THEATER

Bentley, Eric

The Theatre of Commitment, and Other Essays on Drama in Our Society What Is Theater: A Query in Chronicle Form

Brustein, Robert

The Theatre of Revolt: An Approach to the Modern Drama

Cheney, Sheldon

The Theatre: Three Thousand Years of Drama, Acting, and Stagecraft

Esslin, Martin

Reflections: Essays on Modern Theatre The Theatre of the Absurd

Fergusson, Francis

The Idea of a Theater: A Study of Ten Plays, the Art of Drama in Changing Perspective

Gassner, John

Masters of the Drama

Grotowski, Jerzy

Towards a Poor Theatre

Harbage, Alfred

William Shakespeare: A Reader’s Guide

Kerr, Walter

The Theater in Spite of Itself

Kostelanetz, Richard

The Theater of Mixed Means: An Introduction to Happenings, Kinetic Energy, and Other MixedMeans Performances

Nicoll, Allardyce

The Development of the Theater: A Study of Theatrical Art from the Beginnings to the Present Day

Taylor, John Russell

Angry Theatre: New British Drama

PLAYS

Albee, Edward

The Zoo Story: A Play

Anderson, Maxwell

Winterset: A Play in Three Acts

Anonymous

Everyman

Aristophanes

Lysistrata

Beckett, Samuel

Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts

Behan, Brendan

The Hostage

Bolt, Robert

A Man for All Seasons

Brecht, Bertolt

Mother Courage and Her Children: A Chronicle of the Thirty Years’ War

1971—Drama / Plays

Chekhov, Anton

The Cherry Orchard: A Comedy in Four Acts

Congreve, William

The Way of the World

Eliot, T. S.

Murder in the Cathedral

Gibson, William

The Miracle Worker: A Play for Television

Giraudoux, Jean

The Madwoman of Chaillot

Goldman, James

The Lion in Winter

Hansberry, Lorraine

A Raisin in the Sun

Hellman, Lillian

The Little Foxes

Hochhuth, Rolf

The Deputy

Ibsen, Henrik

An Enemy of the People: A Play in Five Acts

Ionesco, Eugène

Rhinoceros

Kaufman, George S., and Moss Hart

You Can’t Take It with You

Lawrence, Jerome, and Robert E. Lee

Inherit the Wind

Lewin, John

House of Atreus: Adapted from the Oresteia

Lorca, Federico García

Blood Wedding

Luke, Peter

Hadrian VII: A Play

MacDermot, Galt

Hair

MacLeish, Archibald

J. B.

Marlowe, Christopher

Doctor Faustus

McCullers, Carson

The Member of the Wedding

Miller, Arthur

The Crucible

Molière

The Miser

O’Casey, Sean

Juno and the Paycock: A Tragedy in Three Acts

O’Neill, Eugene

Long Day’s Journey into Night

Osborne, John

Look Back in Anger: A Play in Three Acts

Pinter, Harold

The Birthday Party

Pirandello, Luigi

Six Characters in Search of an Author

Racine, Jean

Phaedra

Rattigan, Terence

The Winslow Boy

Rodgers, Richard, and Oscar Hammerstein

Oklahoma!

Rostand, Edmond

Cyrano de Bergerac

Sackler, Howard

The Great White Hope

Sartre, Jean-Paul

No Exit

Shakespeare, William

A Midsummer Night’s Dream Othello

175

176 LISTS BY YEAR: 2004–1959 Shaw, George Bernard

Saint Joan

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley

The School for Scandal

Simon, Neil

The Odd Couple

Sophocles

Oedipus the King

Stein, Joseph

Fiddler on the Roof

Stoppard, Tom

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

Strindberg, August

The Father

Synge, J. M.

The Playboy of the Western World

Wilde, Oscar

The Importance of Being Earnest

Wilder, Thornton

Our Town

Williams, Tennessee

The Glass Menagerie

Fiction Agee, James

A Death in the Family

Austen, Jane

Pride and Prejudice

Bellow, Saul

The Adventures of Augie March

Brontë, Charlotte

Jane Eyre

Brontë, Emily

Wuthering Heights

Buck, Pearl S.

The Good Earth

Camus, Albert

The Plague

Cather, Willa

My Ántonia

Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de

Don Quixote de la Mancha

Collins, Wilkie

The Moonstone

Conrad, Joseph

Lord Jim

Crane, Stephen

The Red Badge of Courage

Dickens, Charles

Bleak House

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor

Crime and Punishment

Ellison, Ralph

Invisible Man

Faulkner, William

The Sound and the Fury

Fitzgerald, F. Scott

The Great Gatsby

Flaubert, Gustave

Madame Bovary

Forster, E. M.

A Passage to India

Golding, William

Lord of the Flies

Grass, Günter

The Tin Drum

Hemingway, Ernest

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Hesse, Hermann

Steppenwolf

1971—Fiction

177

Hugo, Victor

Les Misérables

Huxley, Aldous

Brave New World

James, Henry

The Turn of the Screw

Kafka, Franz

The Trial

Kazantzakis, Nikos

Zorba the Greek

Keyes, Daniel

Flowers for Algernon

Knowles, John

A Separate Peace

Lawrence, D. H.

Sons and Lovers

Lee, Harper

To Kill a Mockingbird

Lewis, Sinclair

Main Street

Malamud, Bernard

The Fixer

Malraux, André

Man’s Fate

Mann, Thomas

The Magic Mountain

Markandaya, Kamala

Nectar in a Sieve

Maugham, W. Somerset

Of Human Bondage

Melville, Herman

Moby-Dick

Mishima, Yukio

The Sound of Waves

Mitchell, Margaret

Gone with the Wind

Orwell, George

1984

Paton, Alan

Cry, the Beloved Country: A Story of Comfort in Desolation

Remarque, Erich Maria

All Quiet on the Western Front

Rolvaag, O. E.

Giants in the Earth

Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de

The Little Prince

Salinger, J. D.

The Catcher in the Rye

Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr I.

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

Steinbeck, John

The Grapes of Wrath

Tolkien, J. R. R.

The Lord of the Rings

Tolstoy, Leo

Anna Karenina

Twain, Mark

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Undset, Sigrid

Kristin Lavransdatter

Vonnegut, Kurt

Cat’s Cradle

Wharton, Edith

Ethan Frome

Wilde, Oscar

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Wilder, Thornton

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

Wolfe, Thomas

Look Homeward, Angel: A Story of the Buried Life

Wright, Richard

Native Son

178 LISTS BY YEAR: 2004–1959

Nonfiction Bernstein, Leonard

The Joy of Music

Brinton, Crane

Ideas and Men: The Story of Western Thought

Canaday, John

Mainstreams of Modern Art

Carson, Rachel

The Sea around Us

Ceram, C. W.

Gods, Graves, and Scholars: The Story of Archeology

Ciardi, John

How Does a Poem Mean?

Clark, Kenneth

Civilisation: A Personal View

Dantzig, Tobias

Number: The Language of Science

De Mille, Agnes

The Book of the Dance

Ebenstein, William, and Edwin Fogelman

Today’s Isms: Communism, Fascism, Capitalism, Socialism

Eiseley, Loren C.

Darwin’s Century: Evolution and the Men Who Discovered It

Feldman, Edmund Burke

Art as Image and Idea

Galbraith, John Kenneth

The New Industrial State

Gamow, George

One Two Three—Infinity: Facts and Speculations of Science

Giedion, S.

Space, Time and Architecture: The Growth of a New Tradition

Hamilton, Edith

Mythology

Harrington, Michael

The Other America: Poverty in the United States

Heilbroner, Robert L.

The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times, and Ideas of the Great Economic Thinkers.

Hofstadter, Richard

The American Political Tradition and the Men Who Made It

Hosken, Fran P.

The Language of Cities

Inkeles, Alex

What Is Sociology? An Introduction to the Discipline and Profession

Janson, H. W., with Dora Jane Janson and Joseph Kerman

A History of Art and Music

Kaplan, Abraham

The New World of Philosophy

Lidz, Theodore

The Person: His and Her Development throughout the Life Cycle

Lorenz, Konrad

On Aggression

Mansbridge, John

Graphic History of Architecture

McNeill, William H.

A World History

1971—Now

179

Myrdal, Gunnar

An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy

Nevins, Allan

The Gateway to History

Randall, John Herman, Jr., and Justus Buchler

Philosophy: An Introduction

Russell, Bertrand

A History of Western Philosophy

Snow, C. P.

The Two Cultures

Taylor, Joshua C.

Learning to Look: A Handbook for the Visual Arts

Thomson, Robert

The Pelican History of Psychology

Tocqueville, Alexis de

Democracy in America

Voss, Carl Hermann

In Search of Meaning: Living Religions of the World

Wellek, René, and Austin Warren

Theory of Literature

Now Arendt, Hannah

On Violence

Arnow, Harriette Simpson

The Weedkiller’s Daughter

Baez, Joan

Daybreak

Birmingham, John

Our Time Is Now: Notes from the High School Underground

Bloomquist, E. R.

Marijuana

Bradford, Richard

Red Sky at Morning

Carson, Rachel

Silent Spring

Cleaver, Eldridge

Soul on Ice

Cohn, Nik

Rock from the Beginning

Crichton, Michael

The Andromeda Strain

Davies, L. P.

Psychogeist

De Bell, Garrett (comp.)

The Environmental Handbook

Deloria, Vine, Jr.

Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto

Devlin, Bernadette

The Price of My Soul

Ehrlich, Paul R.

The Population Bomb

Fariña, Richard

Long Time Coming, and a Long Time Gone

Gaylin, Willard

In the Service of Their Country: War Resisters in Prison

Gerzon, Mark

The Whole World Is Watching: A Young Man Looks at Youth’s Dissent

Goldstein, Richard

Poetry of Rock

180 LISTS BY YEAR: 2004–1959 Greenberg, Joanne

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

Gregory, Susan

Hey, White Girl!

Hansberry, Lorraine

To Be Young, Gifted and Black: Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words

Hayden, Tom

Trial

Head, Ann

Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones

Heller, Joseph

Catch-22

Hemphill, Paul

The Nashville Sound: Bright Lights and Country Music

Hersh, Seymour M.

My Lai 4: A Report on the Massacre and Its Aftermath

Hesse, Hermann

Siddhartha

Hopkins, Jerry

Festival! The Book of American Musical Celebrations

Hough, John T., Jr.

A Peck of Salt: A Year in the Ghetto

Kellogg, Marjorie

Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon

Kunen, James S.

The Strawberry Statement: Notes of a College Revolutionary

Lederer, William J.

Our Own Worst Enemy

Lester, Julius

Search for the New Land: History as Subjective Experience

Louria, Donald B.

The Drug Scene

Lowenfels, Walter

The Writing on the Wall: 108 American Poems of Protest

Malamud, Bernard

The Fixer

Malcolm X (as told to Alex Haley)

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Max, Peter

Peace-Love-Thought-God

Mead, Margaret

Culture and Commitment: A Study of the Generation Gap

Owens, Jesse, and Paul G. Neimark

Blackthink: My Life As Black Man and White Man

Postman, Neil, and Charles Weingartner

The Soft Revolution: A Student Handbook for Turning Schools Around

Roszak, Theodore

The Making of a Counter Culture: Reflections on the Technocratic Society and Its Youthful Opposition

Southard, Helen F.

Sex before Twenty: New Answers for Youth

Steiner, Stan

La Raza: The Mexican Americans

1968—Biography

Swarthout, Glendon

Bless the Beasts and Children

Taylor, Gordon Rattray

The Biological Time Bomb

Taylor, Harold

Students without Teachers: The Crisis in the University

Thompson, Jean [pseud.]

The House of Tomorrow

Thompson, Mary Lou (ed.)

Voices of the New Feminism

Toffler, Alvin

Future Shock

Travers, Milton

Each Other’s Victims

Westlake, Donald E.

Up Your Banners: A Novel

Young, Collier

The Todd Dossier

Zwerin, Michael

The Silent Sound of Needles

181

1968 Biography Adams, Henry

The Education of Henry Adams

Anderson, Marian

My Lord, What a Morning: An Autobiography

Antin, Mary

At School in the Promised Land; or, The Story of a Little Immigrant

Baruch, Bernard M.

Baruch: My Own Story

Bell, E. T.

Men of Mathematics

Boswell, James

The Life of Samuel Johnson

Bowen, Catherine Drinker

Yankee from Olympus: Justice Holmes and His Family

Buck, Pearl S.

My Several Worlds: A Personal Record

Castelot, André

Queen of France: A Biography of Marie Antoinette

Cellini, Benvenuto

The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini

Chute, Marchette Gaylord

Shakespeare of London

Cousins, Norman

Dr. Schweitzer of Lambaréné

Cunliffe, Marcus

George Washington, Man and Monument

Curie, Eve

Madame Curie: A Biography

Davis, Burke

They Called Him Stonewall: A Life of Lt. General T. J. Jackson, C.S.A.

de Kruif, Paul

Microbe Hunters

Ferguson, Charles W.

Naked to Mine Enemies: The Life of Cardinal Wolsey

182 LISTS BY YEAR: 2004–1959 Fermi, Laura

Atoms in the Family: My Life with Enrico Fermi

Forbes, Esther

Paul Revere and the World He Lived In

Frank, Anne

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl

Franklin, Benjamin

Autobiography

Grey, Ian

Peter the Great, Emperor of All Russia

Guérard, Albert Léon

Napoleon I: A Great Life in Brief

Hagedorn, Hermann

The Roosevelt Family of Sagamore Hill

Hart, Moss

Act One: An Autobiography

Heiser, Victor

An American Doctor’s Odyssey: Adventures in Forty-five Countries

Jenkins, Elizabeth

Elizabeth the Great

Keller, Helen

The Story of My Life

Kelly, Amy Ruth

Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings

Kennedy, John F.

Profiles in Courage

Krutch, Joseph Wood

Henry David Thoreau

Lamb, Harold

Hannibal: One Man against Rome

Maurois, André

Ariel: The Life of Shelley

Merton, Thomas

The Seven Storey Mountain

Morison, Samuel Eliot

Christopher Columbus, Mariner

Pepys, Samuel

The Diary of Samuel Pepys

Plutarch

Lives

Roosevelt, Eleanor

This I Remember

Sandburg, Carl

Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and the War Years Always the Young Strangers

St. John, Robert

Ben-Gurion: A Biography

Steffens, Lincoln

The Autobiography of Lincoln Steffens

Stone, Irving

Clarence Darrow for the Defense

Strachey, Lytton

Queen Victoria

Stuart, Jesse

The Thread That Runs So True

Taylor, A. J. P.

Bismarck: The Man and the Statesman

Tharp, Louise Hall

The Peabody Sisters of Salem

Twain, Mark

The Autobiography of Mark Twain

Van Loon, Hendrik Willem

R. v. R.: The Life of Rembrandt van Rijn

Vining, Elizabeth

Windows for the Crown Prince

Washington, Booker T.

Up from Slavery: An Autobiography

Winwar, Frances

The Haunted Palace: A Life of Edgar Allan Poe

1968—Drama / Plays

Wong, Jade Snow

Fifth Chinese Daughter

Woolf, Virginia

Flush: A Biography

Yevtushenko, Yevgeny

A Precocious Autobiography

183

Drama BOOKS ABOUT THE THEATER

Blum, Daniel

Great Stars of the American Stage: A Pictorial Record Theatre World

Brustein, Robert

The Third Theatre

Burns Mantle, Robert

The Burns Mantle Best Plays Series

Courtney, Marguerite

Laurette

Fowler, Gene

Good Night, Sweet Prince: The Life and Time of John Barrymore

Funke, Lewis, and John E. Booth

Actors Talk about Acting

Hart, Moss

Act One: An Autobiography

Prideaux, Tom

World Theatre in Pictures: From Ancient Times to Modern Broadway

Ross, Lillian, and Helen Ross

The Player: A Profile of an Art

Webster, Margaret

The Same Only Different: Five Generations of a Great Theatre Family

PLAYS

Anderson, Maxwell

Winterset: A Play in Three Acts

Baldwin, James

The Amen Corner: A Play

Beckett, Samuel

Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts

Brecht, Bertolt

Mother Courage and Her Children: A Chronicle of the Thirty Years’ War

Chekhov, Anton

The Cherry Orchard: A Comedy in Four Acts

Gibson, William

The Miracle Worker: A Play for Television

Giraudoux, Jean

The Madwoman of Chaillot

Goetz, Ruth, and Augustus Goetz

The Heiress

Hansberry, Lorraine

A Raisin in the Sun

Heggen, Thomas, and Joshua Logan

Mister Roberts: A Play

184 LISTS BY YEAR: 2004–1959 Hellman, Lillian

The Little Foxes

Ibsen, Henrik

Hedda Gabler

Kaufman, George S., and Moss Hart

You Can’t Take It with You

Lawrence, Jerome, and Robert E. Lee

Inherit the Wind

Leigh, Mitch, and Joe Darion

Man of La Mancha

Lindsay, Howard, and Russel Crouse

Life with Father

Lorca, Federico García

Blood Wedding

MacLeish, Archibald

J. B.

Marlowe, Christopher

Doctor Faustus

McCullers, Carson

The Member of the Wedding

Miller, Arthur

Death of a Salesman

O’Neill, Eugene

Long Day’s Journey into Night

Rattigan, Terence

The Winslow Boy

Rodgers, Richard, and Oscar Hammerstein

Oklahoma!

Sartre, Jean-Paul

No Exit

Shakespeare, William

Hamlet

Shaw, George Bernard

Pygmalion

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley

The School for Scandal

Sherwood, Robert E.

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

Sophocles

Antigone

Stein, Joseph

Fiddler on the Roof

Synge, J. M.

The Playboy of the Western World

Wilde, Oscar

The Importance of Being Earnest

Wilder, Thornton

Our Town

Williams, Tennessee

The Glass Menagerie

1967 Fiction Austen, Jane

Pride and Prejudice

Balzac, Honoré de

Père Goriot

Brontë, Charlotte

Jane Eyre

1967—Fiction

185

Brontë, Emily

Wuthering Heights

Buck, Pearl S.

The Good Earth

Butler, Samuel

The Way of All Flesh

Camus, Albert

The Stranger

Cather, Willa

My Ántonia

Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de

Don Quixote de la Mancha

Conrad, Joseph

Lord Jim

Crane, Stephen

The Red Badge of Courage

Dickens, Charles

David Copperfield

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor

Crime and Punishment

Dreiser, Theodore

An American Tragedy

Eliot, George

The Mill on the Floss

Faulkner, William

The Sound and the Fury

Fitzgerald, F. Scott

The Great Gatsby

Galsworthy, John

The Forsyte Saga

Golding, William

Lord of the Flies

Hardy, Thomas

The Return of the Native

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

The Scarlet Letter

Hemingway, Ernest

The Old Man and the Sea

Hersey, John

A Bell for Adano

Hudson, W. H.

Green Mansions

Hugo, Victor

Les Misérables

Huxley, Aldous

Brave New World

James, Henry

The Ambassadors

Knowles, John

A Separate Peace

Lee, Harper

To Kill a Mockingbird

Lewis, Sinclair

Main Street

Llewellyn, Richard

How Green Was My Valley

Maugham, W. Somerset

Of Human Bondage

Melville, Herman

Moby-Dick

Mitchell, Margaret

Gone with the Wind

Nordhoff, Charles B., and James Norman Hall

The Bounty Trilogy: Comprising the Three Volumes, Mutiny on the Bounty, Men against the Sea, and Pitcairn’s Island

Orwell, George

Animal Farm

Page, Elizabeth

The Tree of Liberty

186 LISTS BY YEAR: 2004–1959 Paton, Alan

Cry, the Beloved Country: A Story of Comfort in Desolation

Poe, Edgar Allan

The Complete Tales and Poems

Remarque, Erich Maria

All Quiet on the Western Front

Richter, Conrad

The Sea of Grass

Roberts, Kenneth

Northwest Passage

Rolvaag, O. E.

Giants in the Earth

Salinger, J. D.

The Catcher in the Rye

Saroyan, William

The Human Comedy

Scott, Sir Walter

Ivanhoe

Sienkiewicz, Henryk

Quo Vadis

Steinbeck, John

The Grapes of Wrath

Stevenson, Robert Louis

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Stone, Irving

Lust for Life: A Novel of Vincent van Gogh

Thackeray, William Makepeace

Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero

Tolstoy, Leo

War and Peace

Turgenev, Ivan

Fathers and Sons

Twain, Mark

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Undset, Sigrid

Kristin Lavransdatter

Wharton, Edith

Ethan Frome

Wilde, Oscar

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Wilder, Thornton

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

Wolfe, Thomas

Look Homeward, Angel: A Story of the Buried Life

Wouk, Herman

The Caine Mutiny

1966 Drama BOOKS ABOUT THE THEATER

Blum, Daniel

Great Stars of the American Stage: A Pictorial Record Theatre World

Burns Mantle, Robert

The Burns Mantle Best Plays Series

Cornell, Katharine

I Wanted to Be an Actress: The Autobiography of Katharine Cornell

1966—Drama / Plays

187

Courtney, Marguerite

Laurette

Fowler, Gene

Good Night, Sweet Prince: The Life and Time of John Barrymore

Funke, Lewis, and John E. Booth

Actors Talk about Acting

Green, Stanley

The Rodgers and Hammerstein Story

Harmon, Charlotte

How to Break into the Theatre

Hart, Moss

Act One: An Autobiography

Prideaux, Tom

World Theatre in Pictures: From Ancient Times to Modern Broadway

Ross, Lillian, and Helen Ross

The Player: A Profile of an Art

Van Druten, John

Playwright at Work

Drama PLAYS

Anderson, Maxwell

Winterset: A Play in Three Acts

Anouilh, Jean

Antigone

Beckett, Samuel

Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts

Besier, Rudolf

The Barretts of Wimpole Street: A Comedy in Five Acts

Chase, Mary

Harvey: A Comedy in Three Acts

Chekhov, Anton

The Cherry Orchard: A Comedy in Four Acts

Connelly, Marc

The Green Pastures: A Fable

Coward, Noël

Cavalcade

Coxe, Louis O., and Robert Chapman

Billy Budd

Frings, Ketti

Look Homeward, Angel

Gibson, William

The Miracle Worker: A Play for Television

Giraudoux, Jean

The Madwoman of Chaillot

Goetz, Ruth, and Augustus Goetz

The Heiress

Gordon, Ruth

Years Ago

Hamilton, Patrick

Angel Street: A Victorian Thriller in Three Acts

Hansberry, Lorraine

A Raisin in the Sun

Heggen, Thomas, and Joshua Logan

Mister Roberts: A Play

188 LISTS BY YEAR: 2004–1959 Ibsen, Henrik

Hedda Gabler

Kaufman, George S., and Moss Hart

You Can’t Take It with You

Kesselring, Joseph

Arsenic and Old Lace: A Play in Three Acts

Lawrence, Jerome, and Robert E. Lee

Inherit the Wind

Lindsay, Howard, and Russel Crouse

Life with Father

Logan, Joshua

The Wisteria Trees

MacLeish, Archibald

J. B.

Marlowe, Christopher

Doctor Faustus

McCullers, Carson

The Member of the Wedding

Miller, Arthur

Death of a Salesman

O’Neill, Eugene

Ah, Wilderness!

Patrick, John [pseud.]

The Hasty Heart: A Play in Three Acts

Rattigan, Terence

The Winslow Boy

Rodgers, Richard, and Oscar Hammerstein

Oklahoma!

Rostand, Edmond

Cyrano de Bergerac

Shakespeare, William

Hamlet

Shaw, George Bernard

Pygmalion

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley

The School for Scandal

Sherwood, Robert E.

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

Synge, J. M.

The Playboy of the Western World

Van Druten, John

I Remember Mama: A Play in Two Acts

Wilde, Oscar

The Importance of Being Earnest

Wilder, Thornton

Our Town

Williams, Tennessee

The Glass Menagerie

1965 Biography Adams, Henry

The Education of Henry Adams

Anderson, Marian

My Lord, What a Morning: An Autobiography

Antin, Mary

At School in the Promised Land; or The Story of a Little Immigrant

1965—Biography

189

Bainton, Roland H.

Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther

Baruch, Bernard M.

Baruch: My Own Story

Bell, E. T.

Men of Mathematics

Boswell, James

The Life of Samuel Johnson

Bowen, Catherine Drinker

Yankee from Olympus: Justice Holmes and His Family

Buck, Pearl S.

My Several Worlds: A Personal Record

Castelot, André

Queen of France: A Biography of Marie Antoinette

Cellini, Benvenuto

The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini

Chute, Marchette Gaylord

Shakespeare of London

Cunliffe, Marcus

George Washington, Man and Monument

Curie, Eve

Madame Curie: A Biography

Davis, Burke

They Called Him Stonewall: A Life of Lt. General T. J. Jackson, C.S.A.

Ferguson, Charles W.

Naked to Mine Enemies: The Life of Cardinal Wolsey

Fermi, Laura

Atoms in the Family: My Life with Enrico Fermi

Forbes, Esther

Paul Revere and the World He Lived In

Frank, Anne

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl

Franklin, Benjamin

Autobiography

Grey, Ian

Peter the Great, Emperor of All Russia

Guérard, Albert Léon

Napoleon I: A Great Life in Brief

Hagedorn, Hermann

The Roosevelt Family of Sagamore Hill

Hart, Moss

Act One: An Autobiography

Heiser, Victor

An American Doctor’s Odyssey: Adventures in Forty-five Countries

Jenkins, Elizabeth

Elizabeth the Great

Keller, Helen

The Story of My Life

Kelly, Amy Ruth

Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings

Kennedy, John F.

Profiles in Courage

Krutch, Joseph Wood

Henry David Thoreau

Lamb, Harold

Suleiman the Magnificent: Sultan of the East

Maurois, André

Ariel: The Life of Shelley

Merton, Thomas

The Seven Storey Mountain

Morison, Samuel Eliot

Christopher Columbus, Mariner

Payne, Robert

The Three Worlds of Albert Schweitzer

Pepys, Samuel

The Diary of Samuel Pepys

Plutarch

Lives

190 LISTS BY YEAR: 2004–1959 Roosevelt, Eleanor

This I Remember

St. John, Robert

Ben-Gurion: A Biography

Steffens, Lincoln

The Autobiography of Lincoln Steffens

Stone, Irving

Clarence Darrow for the Defense

Strachey, Lytton

Queen Victoria

Stuart, Jesse

The Thread That Runs So True

Taylor, A. J. P.

Bismarck: The Man and the Statesman

Terasaki, Gwen

Bridge to the Sun

Tharp, Louise Hall

The Peabody Sisters of Salem

Thomas, Benjamin P.

Abraham Lincoln

Twain, Mark

The Autobiography of Mark Twain

Van Loon, Hendrik Willem

R. v. R.: The Life of Rembrandt van Rijn

Vining, Elizabeth

Windows for the Crown Prince

Washington, Booker T.

Up from Slavery: An Autobiography

Wong, Jade Snow

Fifth Chinese Daughter

Fiction Austen, Jane

Pride and Prejudice

Balzac, Honoré de

Père Goriot

Bellamy, Edward

Looking Backward: 2000–1887

Brontë, Charlotte

Jane Eyre

Brontë, Emily

Wuthering Heights

Buck, Pearl S.

The Good Earth

Butler, Samuel

The Way of All Flesh

Cather, Willa

My Ántonia

Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de

Don Quixote de la Mancha

Collins, Wilkie

The Moonstone

Conrad, Joseph

Lord Jim

Crane, Stephen

The Red Badge of Courage

Dickens, Charles

David Copperfield

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor

Crime and Punishment

Dreiser, Theodore

An American Tragedy

Dumas, Alexandre

The Count of Monte Cristo

Eliot, George

The Mill on the Floss

Fitzgerald, F. Scott

The Great Gatsby

1965—Fiction

191

Fuller, Iola

The Loon Feather

Galsworthy, John

The Forsyte Saga

Glasgow, Ellen

Vein of Iron

Guareschi, Giovanni

The Little World of Don Camillo

Hardy, Thomas

The Return of the Native

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

The Scarlet Letter

Hemingway, Ernest

The Old Man and the Sea

Hersey, John

A Single Pebble

Hudson, W. H.

Green Mansions

Hugo, Victor Kipling, Rudyard Lewis, Sinclair Llewellyn, Richard Maugham, W. Somerset

Les Misérables Kim Arrowsmith How Green Was My Valley Of Human Bondage

Melville, Herman

Moby-Dick

Mitchell, Margaret

Gone with the Wind

Monsarrat, Nicholas

The Cruel Sea

Nordhoff, Charles B., and James Norman Hall

The Bounty Trilogy: Comprising the Three Volumes, Mutiny on the Bounty, Men against the Sea, and Pitcairn’s Island

Orwell, George

Animal Farm

Page, Elizabeth

The Tree of Liberty

Paton, Alan

Cry, the Beloved Country: A Story of Comfort in Desolation

Poe, Edgar Allan Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan Remarque, Erich Maria Richter, Conrad Roberts, Kenneth Rolvaag, O. E. Saroyan, William

The Complete Tales and Poems The Yearling All Quiet on the Western Front The Sea of Grass Northwest Passage Giants in the Earth The Human Comedy

Scott, Sir Walter

Ivanhoe

Shellabarger, Samuel

Prince of Foxes

Sienkiewicz, Henryk

Quo Vadis

Steinbeck, John

The Grapes of Wrath

Stevenson, Robert Louis

Kidnapped

Stewart, George R.

Storm

192 LISTS BY YEAR: 2004–1959 Stone, Irving

Love Is Eternal

Thackeray, William Makepeace

Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero

Tolstoy, Leo

War and Peace

Turgenev, Ivan

Fathers and Sons

Twain, Mark

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Undset, Sigrid

Kristin Lavransdatter

Wharton, Edith

Ethan Frome

Wilder, Thornton

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

1963 Biography Adams, Henry

The Education of Henry Adams

Anderson, Marian

My Lord, What a Morning: An Autobiography

Antin, Mary

At School in the Promised Land; or The Story of a Little Immigrant

Bainton, Roland H.

Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther

Baruch, Bernard M.

Baruch: My Own Story

Bell, E. T.

Men of Mathematics

Boswell, James

The Life of Samuel Johnson

Bowen, Catherine Drinker

Yankee from Olympus: Justice Holmes and His Family

Buck, Pearl S.

My Several Worlds: A Personal Record

Castelot, André

Queen of France: A Biography of Marie Antoinette

Cellini, Benvenuto

The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini

Chute, Marchette Gaylord

Shakespeare of London

Cunliffe, Marcus

George Washington, Man and Monument

Curie, Eve

Madame Curie: A Biography

Davis, Burke

They Called Him Stonewall: A Life of Lt. General T. J. Jackson, C.S.A.

Ferguson, Charles W.

Naked to Mine Enemies: The Life of Cardinal Wolsey

Fermi, Laura

Atoms in the Family: My Life with Enrico Fermi

Forbes, Esther

Paul Revere and the World He Lived In

Frank, Anne

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl

Franklin, Benjamin

Autobiography

1963—Fiction

Grey, Ian

Peter the Great, Emperor of All Russia

Guérard, Albert Léon

Napoleon I: A Great Life in Brief

Hagedorn, Hermann

The Roosevelt Family of Sagamore Hill

Hart, Moss

Act One: An Autobiography

Heiser, Victor

An American Doctor’s Odyssey: Adventures in Forty-five Countries

Jenkins, Elizabeth

Elizabeth the Great

Keller, Helen

The Story of My Life

Kelly, Amy Ruth

Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings

Kennedy, John F.

Profiles in Courage

Krutch, Joseph Wood

Henry David Thoreau

Lamb, Harold

Suleiman the Magnificent: Sultan of the East

Maurois, André

Ariel: The Life of Shelley

Merton, Thomas

The Seven Storey Mountain

Morison, Samuel Eliot

Christopher Columbus, Mariner

Payne, Robert

The Three Worlds of Albert Schweitzer

Pepys, Samuel

The Diary of Samuel Pepys

Plutarch

Lives

Roosevelt, Eleanor

This I Remember

St. John, Robert

Ben-Gurion: A Biography

Steffens, Lincoln

The Autobiography of Lincoln Steffens

Stone, Irving

Clarence Darrow for the Defense

Strachey, Lytton

Queen Victoria

Stuart, Jesse

The Thread That Runs So True

Taylor, A. J. P.

Bismarck: The Man and the Statesman

Terasaki, Gwen

Bridge to the Sun

Tharp, Louise Hall

The Peabody Sisters of Salem

Thomas, Benjamin P.

Abraham Lincoln

Twain, Mark

The Autobiography of Mark Twain

Van Loon, Hendrik Willem

R. v. R.: The Life of Rembrandt van Rijn

Vining, Elizabeth

Windows for the Crown Prince

Washington, Booker T.

Up from Slavery: An Autobiography

Wong, Jade Snow

Fifth Chinese Daughter

Fiction Austen, Jane

Pride and Prejudice

Balzac, Honoré de

Père Goriot

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194 LISTS BY YEAR: 2004–1959 Bellamy, Edward

Looking Backward: 2000–1887

Brontë, Charlotte

Jane Eyre

Brontë, Emily Buck, Pearl S. Butler, Samuel Cather, Willa Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de Collins, Wilkie Conrad, Joseph Crane, Stephen Dickens, Charles Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Dreiser, Theodore Dumas, Alexandre Eliot, George Fitzgerald, F. Scott Fuller, Iola Galsworthy, John Glasgow, Ellen Guareschi, Giovanni Hardy, Thomas Hawthorne, Nathaniel Hemingway, Ernest Hersey, John Hudson, W. H. Hugo, Victor Kipling, Rudyard Lewis, Sinclair Llewellyn, Richard Maugham, W. Somerset Melville, Herman Mitchell, Margaret Monsarrat, Nicholas Nordhoff, Charles B., and James Norman Hall

Wuthering Heights The Good Earth The Way of All Flesh My Ántonia Don Quixote de la Mancha The Moonstone Lord Jim The Red Badge of Courage David Copperfield Crime and Punishment An American Tragedy The Count of Monte Cristo The Mill on the Floss The Great Gatsby The Loon Feather The Forsyte Saga Vein of Iron The Little World of Don Camillo The Return of the Native The Scarlet Letter The Old Man and the Sea A Single Pebble Green Mansions Les Misérables Kim Arrowsmith How Green Was My Valley Of Human Bondage Moby-Dick Gone with the Wind The Cruel Sea The Bounty Trilogy: Comprising the Three Volumes, Mutiny on the Bounty, Men against the Sea, and Pitcairn’s Island

1961—Biography

Orwell, George Page, Elizabeth Paton, Alan

Animal Farm The Tree of Liberty Cry, the Beloved Country: A Story of Comfort in Desolation

Poe, Edgar Allan

The Complete Tales and Poems

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan

The Yearling

Remarque, Erich Maria

All Quiet on the Western Front

Richter, Conrad

The Sea of Grass

Roberts, Kenneth

Northwest Passage

Rolvaag, O. E.

Giants in the Earth

Saroyan, William

The Human Comedy

Scott, Sir Walter

Ivanhoe

Shellabarger, Samuel

Prince of Foxes

Sienkiewicz, Henryk

Quo Vadis

Steinbeck, John

The Grapes of Wrath

Stevenson, Robert Louis

Kidnapped

Stewart, George R.

Storm

Stone, Irving

Love Is Eternal

Thackeray, William

Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero

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Makepeace Tolstoy, Leo

War and Peace

Turgenev, Ivan

Fathers and Sons

Twain, Mark

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Undset, Sigrid

Kristin Lavransdatter

Wharton, Edith

Ethan Frome

Wilder, Thornton

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

1961 Biography Adams, Henry

The Education of Henry Adams

Anderson, Marian

My Lord, What a Morning: An Autobiography

Antin, Mary

At School in the Promised Land; or, The Story of a Little Immigrant

Bainton, Roland H.

Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther

Baruch, Bernard M.

Baruch: My Own Story

196 LISTS BY YEAR: 2004–1959 Bell, E. T.

Men of Mathematics

Boswell, James

The Life of Samuel Johnson

Bowen, Catherine Drinker

Yankee from Olympus: Justice Holmes and His Family

Buck, Pearl S.

My Several Worlds: A Personal Record

Castelot, André

Queen of France: A Biography of Marie Antoinette

Cellini, Benvenuto

The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini

Chute, Marchette Gaylord Curie, Eve

Shakespeare of London Madame Curie: A Biography

Davis, Burke

They Called Him Stonewall: A Life of Lt. General T. J. Jackson, C.S.A.

Ferguson, Charles W.

Naked to Mine Enemies: The Life of Cardinal Wolsey

Fermi, Laura

Atoms in the Family: My Life with Enrico Fermi

Forbes, Esther

Paul Revere and the World He Lived In

Frank, Anne

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl

Franklin, Benjamin

Autobiography

Grey, Ian

Peter the Great, Emperor of All Russia

Guérard, Albert Léon

Napoleon I: A Great Life in Brief

Hagedorn, Hermann

The Roosevelt Family of Sagamore Hill

Hart, Moss

Act One: An Autobiography

Heiser, Victor

An American Doctor’s Odyssey: Adventures in Forty-five Countries

Jenkins, Elizabeth

Elizabeth the Great

Keller, Helen

The Story of My Life

Kelly, Amy Ruth

Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings

Kennedy, John F.

Profiles in Courage

Krutch, Joseph Wood

Henry David Thoreau

Lamb, Harold

Suleiman the Magnificent: Sultan of the East

Maurois, André

Ariel: The Life of Shelley

Merton, Thomas

The Seven Storey Mountain

Morison, Samuel Eliot

Christopher Columbus, Mariner

Payne, Robert

The Three Worlds of Albert Schweitzer

Pepys, Samuel

The Diary of Samuel Pepys

Plutarch

Lives

Roosevelt, Eleanor

This I Remember

St. John, Robert

Ben-Gurion: A Biography

Steffens, Lincoln

The Autobiography of Lincoln Steffens

1959—Fiction

Stone, Irving

Clarence Darrow for the Defense

Strachey, Lytton

Queen Victoria

Stuart, Jesse

The Thread That Runs So True

Taylor, A. J. P.

Bismarck: The Man and the Statesman

Terasaki, Gwen

Bridge to the Sun

Tharp, Louise Hall

The Peabody Sisters of Salem

Thomas, Benjamin P.

Abraham Lincoln

Twain, Mark

The Autobiography of Mark Twain

Van Loon, Hendrik Willem

R. v. R.: The Life of Rembrandt van Rijn

Vining, Elizabeth

Windows for the Crown Prince

Washington, Booker T.

Up from Slavery: An Autobiography

White, William Allen

The Autobiography of William Allen White

Woodham-Smith, Cecil

Florence Nightingale, 1820–1910

Wong, Jade Snow

Fifth Chinese Daughter

1959 Fiction Austen, Jane

Pride and Prejudice

Balzac, Honoré de

Père Goriot

Bellamy, Edward

Looking Backward: 2000–1887

Brontë, Charlotte

Jane Eyre

Brontë, Emily

Wuthering Heights

Buck, Pearl S.

The Good Earth

Butler, Samuel

The Way of All Flesh

Cather, Willa

My Ántonia

Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de

Don Quixote de la Mancha

Collins, Wilkie

The Moonstone

Conrad, Joseph

Lord Jim

Crane, Stephen

The Red Badge of Courage

Dickens, Charles

David Copperfield

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor

Crime and Punishment

Dreiser, Theodore

An American Tragedy

Dumas, Alexandre

The Count of Monte Cristo

Eliot, George

The Mill on the Floss

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198 LISTS BY YEAR: 2004–1959 Fitzgerald, F. Scott

The Great Gatsby

Fuller, Iola

The Loon Feather

Galsworthy, John

The Forsyte Saga

Glasgow, Ellen

Vein of Iron

Guareschi, Giovanni

The Little World of Don Camillo

Hardy, Thomas

The Return of the Native

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

The Scarlet Letter

Hemingway, Ernest

The Old Man and the Sea

Hersey, John

A Single Pebble

Hudson, W. H.

Green Mansions

Hugo, Victor

Les Misérables

Kipling, Rudyard

Kim

Lewis, Sinclair

Arrowsmith

Llewellyn, Richard

How Green Was My Valley

Maugham, W. Somerset

Of Human Bondage

Melville, Herman

Moby-Dick

Mitchell, Margaret

Gone with the Wind

Monsarrat, Nicholas

The Cruel Sea

Nordhoff, Charles B. and James Norman Hall

The Bounty Trilogy: Comprising the Three Volumes, Mutiny on the Bounty, Men against the Sea, and Pitcairn’s Island

Orwell, George

Animal Farm

Page, Elizabeth

The Tree of Liberty

Paton, Alan

Cry, the Beloved Country: A Story of Comfort in Desolation

Poe, Edgar Allan

The Complete Tales and Poems

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan

The Yearling

Remarque, Erich Maria

All Quiet on the Western Front

Richter, Conrad

The Sea of Grass

Roberts, Kenneth

Northwest Passage

Rolvaag, O. E.

Giants in the Earth

Saroyan, William

The Human Comedy

Scott, Sir Walter

Ivanhoe

Shellabarger, Samuel

Prince of Foxes

Sienkiewicz, Henryk

Quo Vadis

Steinbeck, John

The Grapes of Wrath

1959—Fiction

Stevenson, Robert Louis

Kidnapped

Stewart, George R.

Storm

Stone, Irving

Love Is Eternal

Thackeray, William Makepeace

Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero

Tolstoy, Leo

War and Peace

Turgenev, Ivan

Fathers and Sons

Twain, Mark

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Undset, Sigrid

Kristin Lavransdatter

Wharton, Edith

Ethan Frome

Wilder, Thornton

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

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his part contains lists that have been created from the cumulative database of books selected over the years. The first, the Top Twenty-Four, comprises the titles that have appeared most frequently on the OBCB lists from 1959 to 2004 (annotations for which may be found in part 1). Even though these books were published in the previous two centuries, they have acquired a patina that only enhances their value to the reader. They have been widely read, often imitated, but never replaced. Most of them are found on other recommended reading lists. They are made into movies and television shows. They are cussed and discussed in literary essays and reviews, classrooms, book discussion groups, and among friends and scholars. The views and interpretations change with each generation, but, as one of the characters says in Karen Joy Fowler’s The Jane Austen Book Club, “The great thing about books was the solidity of the written word. You might change and your reading might change as a result, but the book remained whatever it had always been.” The books on this list have remained “whatever they have always been.” Their appeal remains constant regardless of the news from the NEA that the reading of novels, short stories, plays, or poetry in leisure time is in decline. The good news is that the classics are enjoying a resurgence of interest— even popular talk show host Oprah Winfrey is selecting some of them for her book club. The second list, Now/Current, is a combination of the Now and the Current annotated lists selected by the 1971 and 1976 committees. Although now of limited value for selection purposes, this list is a fine example of the efforts of these two committees to provide lists that were both relevant and useful to the readers of that period. Unless they were selected by other committees, these titles do not appear in part 1.

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott The Great Gatsby (1925)

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Cather, Willa My Ántonia (1918)

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Crane, Stephen The Red Badge of Courage (1885)

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Curie, Eve Madame Curie: A Biography (1937) Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Crime and Punishment (1866)

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Keller, Helen The Story of My Life (1902) Remarque, Erich Maria All Quiet on the Western Front

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Frank, Anne Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl (1952)

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Hart, Moss Act One: An Autobiography (1955)

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Steinbeck, John The Grapes of Wrath (1939)

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The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)

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Hesse, Herman Siddhartha (1951)

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Lee, Harper To Kill a Mockingbird (1960)

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McCullers, Carson The Member of the Wedding (1946) Orwell, George Animal Farm (1945)

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206 SPECIAL LISTS

NOW/CURRENT Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors, Piers Paul Read (1974), 1976 Plane crash victims in the Andes, facing sub-zero temperatures and no food, are forced to make a decision—eat their dead comrades or die themselves. All the President’s Men, Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward (1974), 1976, 1994 Following lead after lead, two Washington Post reporters lift the veil of secrecy surrounding the Nixon administration’s Watergate cover-up. The Andromeda Strain, Michael Crichton (1969), 1971 Four scientists must race against time to isolate a deadly microorganism from outer space which has killed all but two in a small Arizona town. The Astrologer, John Cameron (1972), 1976 By using natal configurations, computers predict malignant and benign potentials of each human birth and are able to herald a Catholic Messiah and a “perfect” world. The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Malcolm X (as told to Alex Haley) (1965), 1971, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1994, 1999 A great and controversial Black Muslim figure relates his transformation from street hustler to religious and national leader. The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath (1963), 1976 No longer able to cope with her feelings of inferiority, Esther Greenwood, a talented college junior, retreats to the protective cover of the bell jar. The Bermuda Triangle Mystery: Solved, Larry Kusche (1975), 1976 Expert sleuthing and research blast the supernatural explanations for the disappearance of ships, planes, and men within this area of the Atlantic. Between Myth and Morning: Women Awakening, Elizabeth Janeway (1974), 1976 Believing that the women’s movement was inevitable, this journalist explores ways to ensure that women are viewed as equals, not just as “helpmates.” The Biological Time Bomb, Gordon Rattray Taylor (1968), 1971 In the offing are memory-erasing drugs, choice of gender in the offspring, reconstructed organisms, and the indefinite postponement of death. Black Rage, William H. Grier and Price M. Cobbs (1968), 1976 Two African American psychiatrists tell why African Americans are angry—why some are so angry that they are “compelled to burn, loot, and kill in a rage against white society.”

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Blackthink: My Life as Black Man and White Man, Jesse Owens and Paul G. Neimark (1970), 1971 Owens argues for dealing with people as individuals and feels that too much concentration on African American studies and “black rage” is overreaction serving to perpetuate racism. Bless the Beasts and Children, Glendon Swarthout (1970), 1971 Five misfits in an Arizona boys’ camp sneak out on a daring escapade to save a herd of buffalo from bloodthirsty gun-toting tourists. Body Language, Julius Fast (1970), 1976 One’s body unconsciously expresses feelings and emotions. The Brain Changers: Scientists and the New Mind Control, Maya Pines (1973), 1976 The fact that the mind can be improved or impaired by modern scientific methods has created moral and social dilemmas for modern man. Buried Alive: The Biography of Janis Joplin, Myra Friedman (1973), 1976 Although adored by her loyal audiences, Janis Joplin is plagued by loneliness and insecurity and seeks an “out” in alcohol and drugs. Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut’s Journeys, Michael Collins (1974), 1976 Mike Collins, astronaut, writes an intelligent, technical, yet personal and breezy account of the education of a space man and what it’s like “up there.” Catch-22, Joseph Heller (1961), 1971, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1999 In this satirical novel, Captain Yossarian confronts the hypocrisy of war and bureaucracy as he frantically attempts to survive. The Chocolate War, Robert Cormier (1974), 1976, 1988, 1994 When Jerry refuses to sell chocolates for a fund-raising drive, he upsets the power structure of his school and becomes the object of a “war” of intimidation and violence. The Choice: The Issue of Black Survival in America, Samuel F. Yette (1971), 1976 The former Newsweek Washington correspondent presents evidence that there is a concerted effort in this country to re-enslave, perhaps even to wipe out, the African American. The Closing Circle: Confronting the Environmental Crisis, Barry Commoner (1972), 1976 Professor Commoner warns that we are the unknowing victims of smog, nitrate, and waste pollution caused by shortsighted technology and the relentless drive for profits. Culture and Commitment: The New Relationships between the Generations in the 1970s, Margaret Mead (1970), 1971, 1976, 1982 We need not only to recognize global problems, Mead argues, but also to commit ourselves to solving them.

208 SPECIAL LISTS Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto, Vine Deloria Jr. (1969), 1971, 1976 The author, himself a Standing Rock Sioux, destroys the historical and contemporary misconceptions of Native Americans and discusses the many problems facing them today. Daybreak, Joan Baez (1968), 1971 An evocative, fragmented, informal autobiography of the folksinging spokeswoman for civil liberties and nonviolent resistance. Death Is a Noun: A View of the End of Life, David Langone (1972), 1976 “Is abortion murder?” “When is a person dead?” and other moral questions are considered objectively in this “view of the end of life.” The Drug Scene, Donald B. Louria (1968), 1971 The illicit use of dangerous drugs will remain a problem until “this society regains its vigor, direction and integrity.” Dummy, Ernest Tidyman (1974), 1976 A poor African American, Donald Lang, who could not hear, talk, or write, was tried and convicted for the murder of a prostitute purely on circumstantial evidence. Each Other’s Victims, Milton Travers (1970), 1971 Father and son grapple to understand themselves and each other in this graphic account of life in the drug culture. Eating May Be Hazardous to Your Health: How Your Government Fails to Protect You from the Dangers in Your Food, Jacqueline Verrett and Jean Carper (1974), 1976 Arguing that the Federal Drug Administration does not protect the public, the authors describe chemicals added to the popular foods that have caused cancer, malformed children, and other tragedies. The Environmental Handbook, Garrett De Bell (comp.) (1970), 1971 The planet Earth needs help! This handbook suggests action that can be taken in any community, by any individual. Escape from Childhood: The Needs and Rights of Children, John Holt (1974), 1976 Holt argues that the rights and responsibilities of adult citizens be made available to any young person, of whatever age, who wants to make use of them. Festival! The Book of American Musical Celebrations, Jerry Hopkins (1970), 1971 From the mid-fifties to Woodstock and Big Sur, the successes and failures, the togetherness and excitement of “happenings” are conveyed through text and photographs.

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The Fixer, Bernard Malamud (1966), 1971, 1976 Victim of a vicious anti-Semitic conspiracy, Yakov Bok is in a Russian prison with only his indomitable will to sustain him. The Foxfire Book, Eliot Wigginton (ed.) (1972), 1976 Students from Appalachia are turned off by school until a teacher involves them in their heritage—folklore, mountain crafts, and natural medicine— and encourages them to write about it. Future Shock, Alvin Toffler (1970), 1971, 1976 This book stimulates discussion of the effects of rapidly accelerating change in our society. Handbook of Adolescence: A Medical Guide for Parents and Teenagers, Marvin J. Gersh and Iris F. Litt (1971), 1976 This medical guide focuses on such adolescent concerns as sex, obesity, smoking, drugs, and suicide. Hatter Fox, Marilyn Harris (1973), 1976 Having struggled to survive for seventeen years, Navaho Hatter Fox stabs a reservation doctor, gains his attention, and almost starts a new life. Hey, White Girl! Susan Gregory (1970), 1971 When her family moves from the suburbs, Susan Gregory attends a Chicago ghetto high school in her senior year and becomes much more than another “whitey.” The House of Tomorrow, Jean Thompson (pseud.) (1967), 1971 A pregnant twenty-year-old girl writes in her diary during her stay in a Salvation Army home for unwed mothers. I Never Promised You a Rose Garden, Joanne Greenberg (1964), 1971, 1976 A sixteen-year-old girl struggles out of the seductive kingdom of her madness and reenters the real world. I’m O.K.––You’re O.K., Thomas A. Harris (1969), 1976 This popular guide to transactional analysis underscores the elements in each person’s psyche and relates them to today’s society. In the Service of Their Country: War Resisters in Prison, Willard Gaylin (1970), 1971 Six imprisoned war resisters tell their stories as recorded in these compelling case histories by Dr. Gaylin, a psychiatrist. Journey to Ixtlan: The Lessons of Don Juan, Carlos Castaneda (1972), 1976 Castaneda breaks away from the use of drugs, is initiated into the world of sorcerers, and learns to “see” rather than merely “look.” Judges, Donald Dale Jackson (1974), 1976 Postulating that the quality of justice reflects the quality of the judges, Jackson portrays examples of some of the good, the bad, and the indifferent.

210 SPECIAL LISTS La Raza: The Mexican Americans, Stan Steiner (1970), 1971, 1976, 1991 A study of the problems of “The Race,” which includes an account of the journey of Cesar Chavez from the boyhood of a migrant farmworker to the role of leader of his people. Learning for Tomorrow: The Role of the Future in Education, Alvin Toffler (ed.) (1974), 1976 The future directions of education and curricula are explored in sixteen essays that question current practices. Long Time Coming and a Long Time Gone, Richard Fariña (1969), 1971 Richard Fariña, a young folk hero who lived only a short time, will be remembered through this posthumous collection of his essays, stories, song lyrics, and poems. The Making of a Counter Culture: Reflections on the Technocratic Society and Its Youthful Opposition, Theodore Roszak (1969), 1971, 1976 The influence of such personalities as Herbert Marcuse, Allen Ginsberg, Timothy Leary, and Paul Goodman is examined together with the leading causes of youthful dissent in the sixties. Marijuana, E. R. Bloomquist (1968), 1971 Through an informal and nonmoralistic approach, and with the use of some excellent cartoons, the author “tells it like it is” about marijuana. Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones, Ann Head (1967), 1971 July and Bo Jo, not yet high school graduates, are already three months into expectant parenthood. My Lai 4: A Report on the Massacre and Its Aftermath, Seymour M. Hersh (1970), 1971 A reporter recounts what happens on March 16, 1968, when Charlie Company obliterates the hamlet of My Lai. The Nashville Sound: Bright Lights and Country Music, Paul Hemphill (1970), 1971 Country-and-western music begins in Nashville. No More Masks! An Anthology of Poems by Women, Florence Howe and Ellen Bass (eds.) (1973), 1976 Women poets drop their masks to reveal their female uniqueness. Nobody Ever Died of Old Age, Sharon R. Curtin (1972), 1976 Only the elderly themselves can unite and change our society from one which brings them loneliness, discrimination, and insecurity to one that recognizes their rights.

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On Being Different: What It Means to Be a Homosexual, Merle Miller (1971), 1976 With almost fifty years of pretense behind him, this writer admits his homosexuality and analyzes its effect on his life, both publicly and privately. On Violence, Hannah Arendt (1970), 1971, 1976, 1991 The author explores the reasons why violence is so prevalent in modern society. One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Ken Kesey (1962), 1976, 1982 An irrepressible rebel leads fellow inmates of a mental hospital in a struggle with tyrannical Head Nurse Ratched. Open Marriage: A New Life Style for Couples, Nena O’Neill and George O’Neill (1972), 1976 This modern manual suggests that monogamous relationships are not fulfilling for all couples; rather it is total communication and honesty which are the keys to marriage. Our Bodies, Ourselves, Boston Women’s Health Book Collective (1973), 1976 The total implications of womanhood, from the physical to the psychological, are frankly examined in this personalized and unique guide written by women. Our Own Worst Enemy, William J. Lederer (1968), 1971 A longtime student of Asian affairs observes the complexities of the Vietnam War and offers some possible solutions but no panaceas. Our Time Is Now: Notes from the High School Underground, John Birmingham (1970), 1971 Uncensored high school students speak of injustices in the schools and of changes needed. Peace-Love-Thought-God, Peter Max (1970), 1971 Peter Max illustrates and enlivens the ideas of his spiritual leader. A Peck of Salt: A Year in the Ghetto, John T. Hough Jr. (1970), 1971 Recollections of a young white VISTA volunteer who served in the beleaguered African American ghettos of Chicago and Detroit. Poetry of Rock, Richard Goldstein (1969), 1971 Rock and roll lyrics make interesting poetry. The Population Bomb, Paul R. Ehrlich (1968), 1971 If population growth continues, Ehrlich warns that the world will experience such horrors as widespread famine and multiplying environmental problems. The Price of My Soul, Bernadette Devlin (1969), 1971 A crusading young Irishwoman and member of Parliament is in and out of jail for her political actions in Ulster.

212 SPECIAL LISTS Psychogeist, L. P. Davies (1967), 1971 Edward Garvey is reliving a comic book episode involving the character of Angred the Freedman who has grown in Edward’s subconscious and now wants a younger, healthier body. Red Sky at Morning, Richard Bradford (1968), 1971 Joshua Arnold, a wise, wry man-child, must cope with an absent father and a sherry-tippling mother while learning to live in a new town, make friends, and finish growing up. The Right to Privacy, Bill Severn (1973), 1976 Innocuous requests for personal information by credit unions and public agencies, as well as illegal wiretapping, result in blatant invasion of privacy. Rock from the Beginning, Nik Cohn (1969), 1971 The personalities, performing styles, and ethos of pop/rock music are described from Elvis to the Jefferson Airplane. Rock: A Social History of the Music, 1945–1972, Mike Jahn (1973), 1976 New York Times rock critic has observed the scene since the early fifties and answers that perennial question: What does it all mean? Search for the New Land: History as Subjective Experience, Julius Lester (1969), 1971 Through “found” poems, news clippings, and war chronologies, a sensitive African American militant documents history as he has lived it since the bombing of Hiroshima. Serpico, Peter Maas (1973), 1976 Serpico tries to be an honest cop in the New York City Police Department but is thwarted by fellow cops, politicians, and criminals. Sex before Twenty: New Answers for Youth, Helen F. Southard (1967), 1971 This book offers practical advice regarding sex and sexuality with emphasis on the total person. Siddhartha, Hermann Hesse (1951), 1971, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1999 Emerging from a kaleidoscope of experiences and tasted pleasures, Siddhartha transcends to a state of peace and mystic holiness in this strangely simple story. The Silent Sound of Needles, Michael Zwerin (1969), 1971 Drug addicts undergo rehabilitation at a center in Harlem. Silent Spring, Rachel Carson (1964), 1971, 1976, 1988, 1994, 1999 This landmark book gave birth to the environmental movement.

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The Soft Revolution: A Student Handbook for Turning Schools Around, Neil Postman and Charles Weingartner (1971), 1971 How can schools be changed and humanized without violence? Soul on Ice, Eldridge Cleaver (1968), 1971, 1994 Through essays and open letters written while in prison, Eldridge Cleaver expresses the inner feelings and drives of the outraged African American man. The Strawberry Statement: Notes of a College Revolutionary, James S. Kunen (1969), 1971 In diary form, Kunen tells of the 1968 Columbia student uprising and says, “I’m a 19-year-old civilian and I am tired of fighting.” Students without Teachers: The Crisis in the University, Harold Taylor (1969), 1971 The former president of Sarah Lawrence College writes in detail of the student movement in the United States. Supership, Noel Mostert (1974), 1976 Supership is a plea for the protection of the ecology of our waterways. Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon, Marjorie Kellogg (1968), 1971 Junie Moon, an acid-scarred girl; Warren, a paraplegic; and Arthur, a near spastic, decide to leave the hospital and set up housekeeping together. The Terminal Man, Michael Crichton (1972), 1976 Even though his own life is threatened, Benson, an epileptic with a computer in his brain, sets out to destroy the ruling machines. To Be Young, Gifted and Black: Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words, Lorraine Hansberry (1969), 1971 A writer presents a portrait of herself and her view of the human spirit. “To My Brother Who Did a Crime . . .”: Former Prisoners Tell Their Stories in Their Own Words, Barbara Habenstreit (1973), 1976 After living most of their lives in a world of drugs, crime, and prison, fourteen young men struggle to “go straight” at Long Island University. The Todd Dossier, Collier Young (1969), 1971 Financier Hollis Todd receives a new heart from a young donor whose “accidental” death is questioned by Dr. Charles Everett. Trial, Tom Hayden (1970), 1971 Besides giving a personal account of the Chicago Seven trial, Hayden describes the differing politics of the defendants and criticizes the protest movement.

214 SPECIAL LISTS Up Your Banners: A Novel, Donald E. Westlake (1969), 1971 Oliver, a young white teacher, struggles with a student strike, an African American caucus, militants, an interracial love affair, and his own selfdoubts. Voices of the New Feminism, Mary Lou Thompson (ed.) (1971), 1971 Twelve women active in the women’s liberation movement write on a variety of subjects from “The Liberation of Black Women” to “The Educational Establishment and Women.” Ward 402, Ronald J. Glasser (1973), 1976 Against the wishes of the father and ignoring the implications of their actions, doctors struggle to keep a young leukemia victim alive. The Weedkiller’s Daughter, Harriette Simpson Arnow (1969), 1971 Caught between her outrageously bigoted father and frightened, empty mother, Susan manages to maintain contacts with people who make her world seem real. The Whole World Is Watching: A Young Man Looks at Youth’s Dissent, Mark Gerzon (1969), 1971 In intelligent, reasoned essays on specifics of the youth scene, a Harvard undergraduate presents his generation’s concern for the individual and a more psychologically comfortable, humane world. The Writing on the Wall: 108 American Poems of Protest, Walter Lowenfels (1969), 1971 Martyrdom, inhumanity, war, and death are placed in fierce confrontation with the conscience of the reader. Your Legal Rights as a Minor, Robert H. Loeb Jr. and John P. Maloney (1974), 1976 What are youths’ rights in relation to drugs, driving, sex, work, school, parents, buying, and crime? Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values, Robert M. Pirsig (1974), 1976 Pirsig and his son Chris travel across the country by motorcycle, while the reader travels across the metaphysical puzzle that caused Pirsig’s mental breakdown.

APPENDIX

A Guidelines for the Outstanding Books for the College Bound Committee

Charge To prepare a revised and updated edition of the Outstanding Books for the College Bound booklists every five years.

Purpose To provide reading recommendations to students of all ages who plan to continue their education beyond high school.

Audience The lists are primarily intended for students in grades 9–12 who wish to enrich and strengthen their knowledge of various subject areas in both classic and contemporary literature. The lists can be used both by students wishing to round out their reading before entering college and by those taking college entrance examinations such as the ACT and SAT. The lists can also be used by young adults and adults who are lifelong learners wishing to increase or update their knowledge of literature in areas covered by the lists.

Committee Members The committee will consist of fifteen members who are appointed by the YALSA Vice President/President-Elect for a two-year term beginning immediately after the conclusion of one Midwinter Meeting and ending at the conclusion of the Midwinter Meeting two years later. Ten members are required to attend both the Annual Conferences and the Midwinter Meetings during their term on this committee. As many as five members may be “virtual” members. The virtual members will be encouraged to attend the Annual Conferences and the Midwinter Meetings during their term of office but are not required to do so. However, they must participate, along with the other committee members, electronically throughout their two-year term on a special electronic list. Therefore, access to the Internet is a requirement for all committee members.

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Chair The Chair will be appointed for a two-year term by the Vice President/ President-Elect. While the primary role of the Chair is to facilitate the work of the committee, the Chair will have the right to participate in all committee activities. Access to the Internet and a willingness to communicate continuously and electronically with committee members are requirements for chairing the committee.

Liaison The Association of College and Research Libraries will appoint a liaison to serve as a consultant to work with this committee. The liaison will advise the committee on the reading of college students today and will be available to comment on and react to selections of categories and titles.

Committee Organization The Chair will organize the committee in a way that will get the work done in the most efficient manner. The committee may operate as a committee of the whole or in subcommittees according to categories.

Selection Criteria Standard selection criteria consonant with the ALA Library Bill of Rights shall be applied. Although copyright is not a consideration, all titles should be widely available. Each category may have a special set of criteria. Books can be in print or out of print, in hardcover or paperback. Books that have appeared on earlier Outstanding Books lists, including revised editions of books from earlier Outstanding Books lists, are eligible.

Categories The committee may select up to five categories. The traditional categories for Outstanding Books are the Arts, Biography, Fiction, and Nonfiction. Poetry has sometimes been a separate category, sometimes not. A Now/Current category was used for a time. Plays have been a subcategory of the Arts. There may be some variance in selected categories depending on trends in society and in publishing. There may be subcategories as well.

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Suggested Selection Procedures Determine categories. Determine criteria, if needed, for selection in each category. Review titles in the most recent edition of Outstanding Books for the College Bound to determine which titles should be reconsidered. Survey other lists of recommended books and look for titles that are recommended in several sources. The following sources may be helpful: ■ Good Reading: A Guide for Serious Readers, 23rd ed.

(Bowker, 1990) ■ Books for You: An Annotated Booklist for Senior High, 14th

ed. (National Council of Teachers of English, 2001). ■ Senior High School Library Catalog, 16th ed. (H. W. Wilson,

2002) ■ Best Books for Young Adults: The Selection, the History, the

Romance (ALA, 1994) ■ Best Books for Young Adults, 2nd ed. (ALA, 2000) ■ Fifty Years of Notable Books (Booklist Publications, 1996) ■ Reading Lists for College Bound Students, 3rd ed. (Prentice-

Hall, 2000) ■ Recommended Reading: 5000 Classics Reviewed (Salem Press,

1995) ■ New Lifetime Reading Plan, by Clifton Fadiman

(HarperCollins, 1999) ■ Bibliographies from specific subject areas. ■ Current reviews and retrospective reviews. ■ Annual lists of outstanding and notable books.

Construct a working list of possible titles for study and reading. Select up to twenty-five titles for each category.

Voting Procedures The committee will determine its own voting procedure; however, most committees use a simple or a two-thirds majority for their final vote.

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Annotations Using “Procedures for Writing and Publishing Annotations and Bibliographies for Publications by YALSA” (YALSA, Publications Handbook VII-5, appendix D, http://www.ala.org/ala/ yalsa/aboutyalsa/pubsmanualupdated2004.pdf), determine bibliographic information needed and style required for annotations. Locate essential bibliographic information according to the “Procedures for Writing and Publishing Annotations and Bibliographies for Publications by YALSA” and verify author, title, and publisher’s name. Write annotations that will appeal to young adults. The Chair must turn in to the YALSA staff by the end of the 2004 Midwinter Meeting a completed list of “Outstanding Books” by category, arranged alphabetically by author within each category, in hard copy and IBM disk format.

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arents and other interested adults can use this book to guide young adult reading as well as their own. The book is especially suited for book discussion groups because of the wide variety of subjects that are covered. The lists in the book can also be used to begin a discussion (or conversation) about what should be considered an “outstanding book.” As of 2003 there were 1.1 million students being homeschooled in the United States.1 Providers and students alike will find this book particularly useful both as a historical survey of recommended books for young adults and as a guide to titles for recommended reading lists and for assigned reading. The lists in this book have a variety of uses. For a firm grounding in the classics use the Top Twenty-Three list in part 3. The 2004 list in part 2 is especially useful because of its arrangement by academic discipline and its currency. If the user has a special interest such as music, the list under that heading will provide a basic foundation for reading in the subject. This book can also be used as a review of titles already read and as a plan for future reading. The 2004 list is especially useful because of its diversity and organization by academic discipline.

Strategies for Readers Prepare a Reading Action Plan (appendix C). Keep a reading journal to record author, title, main characters, comments, and observations. Use Bartleby.com to review characters and content and read biographical information about some of the authors. Read constantly and steadily. Read all types of reading materials. Participate in book discussion groups both in person and online. Participate in community and state reading programs. Read Oprah’s Book Club classic selections.

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Strategies to Encourage Readers Use More Outstanding Books for the College Bound as a resource for ■ displays ■ book discussion groups ■ recommended reading lists ■ lists of recommended books ■ summer reading lists ■ reading camps ■ homeschool assignments ■ bookmarks

Make copies of the Reading Action Plan available. Allow reading time in classes and meetings. Allow self-selection of books to read. Establish regular reading times at home and school. Model reading by immersing yourself in a book while others are reading. Develop an atmosphere that encourages a community of readers. Encourage writing and talking about books and reading. N OT E 1. National Center for Education Statistics, 1.1 Million Homeschooled Students in the United States in 2003 (July 2004), http://nces.ed.gov/ pubs2004/2004115.pdf.

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____ Read to prepare for college

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____ Read for pleasure ____ Other ________________________________________________________________ Books I Have Already Read (list 5) __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ Authors I Want to Read (list 5 to 10) __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ Books I Want to Read (list 5 to 10 ) __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________

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D Resources for Further Reading

Allington, Richard L., and Anne McGillFranzen. “The Impact of Summer Setback on the Reading Achievement Gap.” Phi Delta Kappan 85 (September 2003): 68–75. Bell, Sherri. “Transforming Seniors Who Don’t Read into Graduates Who Do.” English Journal 93 (May 2004): 41. Center for Applied Research in Education. “Reading List for the College-Bound,” in Judie L. H. Strouf, The Literature Teacher’s Book of Lists. West Nyack, NY, 1993. College Board. “101 Great Books: Recommended for College-Bound Readers.” 2004. http://www.college board.com/article/0,3868,2-8-023628,00.html. Freedman, Samuel G. “To Fire Up Troubled Students, a Program Turns to the Classics.” New York Times, August 18, 2004. Good Reading: A Guide for Serious Readers. 23rd ed. New York: R. R. Bowker, 1990.

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International Reading Association. “Adolescent Literacy: A Position Statement.” Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy 44, no. 1 (1999): 97–110. ———. Supporting Young Adolescents’ Literacy Learning: A Joint Position Statement of the International Reading Association and National Middle School Association. 2004. http://www .reading.org/downloads/positions/ ps1052_supporting.pdf. Modern Library. 100 Best. 1998. http: //www.randomhouse.com/modern library/100best.html. Reading Lists for College-Bound Students. 3rd ed. Stamford, CT: Thomson Learning, 2000. Rosenberg, Merri. “No Required Reading Lists, but Loads of Suggestions.” New York Times, May 21, 2000. “Study Cites Most Re-read Books.” Associated Press, August 5, 2004. Available at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/ 5614141/.

AUTHOR INDEX

Page numbers in bold indicate annotations. A Abelove, Joan, 11, 119 Achebe, Chinua, 22, 133, 143 Adams, Ansel, 47, 149 Adams, Douglas, 103, 135 Adams, Henry, 56, 181, 188, 192, 195 Adler, Sabine, 49, 118 Aeschylus, 28, 148 Agee, James, 8, 80, 125, 155, 162, 169, 176 Albee, Edward, 38, 39, 124, 152, 171, 174 Albom, Mitch, 111, 121 Alexander, Caroline, 78, 117 Alinder, Mary Street, 47, 149 Allen, Douglas, 64, 165 Allen, Douglas, Jr, 64, 165 Allen, Edward, 48, 141, 150 Allen, James Paul, 111, 145 Allen, Ray, 98, 134 Allende, Isabel, 65, 123 Allison, Dorothy, 5, 119, 125 Alvarez, Julia, 13, 119, 125, 133 Alvarez, Walter, 106, 126 Ambrose, Stephen E., 69, 123 Ames, Jerry, 72, 151, 159 Amis, Kingsley, 26, 157 Anaya, Rudolfo, 6, 125, 143 Anderson, Jack, 71, 132 Anderson, Laurie Halse, 21, 119 Anderson, M. T., 10, 119 Anderson, Marian, 63, 181, 188, 192, 195 Anderson, Maxwell, 39, 174, 183, 187 Angell, Roger, 82, 135 Angelou, Maya, 60, 123, 131, 150, 158 Anouilh, Jean, 29, 34, 148, 187 Antekier, Kristopher, 113, 149 Antin, Mary, 52, 181, 188, 192, 195 Arendt, Hannah, 109, 145, 166, 179, 211 Aristophanes, 34, 139, 148, 152, 171, 174 Arnason, H. H., 48, 130 Arnow, Harriette Simpson, 179, 214 Aronson, Marc, 47, 83, 117, 126 Arwas, Victor, 47, 130 Ashe, Arthur, 56, 131

Asinof, Eliot, 78, 126, 135 Atkin, S. Beth, 94, 126 Atkinson, Linda, 63, 158 Attenborough, David, 103, 135 Atwood, Margaret, 12, 125 Aunapu, Greg, 113, 149 Austen, Jane, 19, 133, 143, 153, 160, 168, 176, 184, 190, 193, 197, 204 Avi, 17, 133 B Baez, Joan, 179, 208 Bagdasarian, Adam, 10, 119 Bainton, Roland H., 59, 165, 172, 189, 192, 195 Baird, Bill, 112, 164 Baker, Carlos, 57, 172 Baker, Russell, 58, 123, 131, 141 Balanchine, George, 71, 132, 143, 151, 159 Baldwin, James, 11, 13, 28, 88, 135, 148, 153, 160, 168, 183 Ballou, Robert O., 92, 155, 162, 169 Balzac, Honoré De, 18, 184, 190, 193, 197 Banes, Sally, 73, 159 Banks, Lynne Reid, 55, 158 Barry, Kathleen L., 67, 141 Barton, Peter, 113, 164 Baruch, Bernard M., 53, 181, 189, 192, 195 Bass, Ellen, 167, 210 Bearden, Romare, 48, 130 Beckett, Samuel, 38, 124, 148, 171, 174, 183, 187 Behan, Brendan, 33, 174 Bell, E. T., 63, 135, 181, 189, 192, 196 Bell, Ruth, 85, 155, 162 Bellamy, Edward, 15, 190, 194, 197 Belloli, Andrea P. A., 48, 118 Bellow, Saul, 4, 176 Benedict, Ruth, 110, 162, 169 Bennett, Lerone, Jr., 69, 77, 169, 172 Benson, Jackson J., 69, 150 Bentley, Eric, 44, 45, 174 Bentley, Toni, 73, 143, 151 Berg, A. Scott, 61, 117 Bernstein, Carl, 77, 135, 166, 206

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Brontë, Emily, 24, 160, 176, 185, 190, 194, 197 Brown, Claude, 62, 158, 172 Brown, David E., 103, 120 Brown, Dee, 77, 126, 135, 155, 162, 169 Brown, James, 96, 157 Brown, Michael H., 103, 155, 162 Brownlow, Kevin, 75, 134, 144, 155, 161 Bruchac, Joseph, 90, 145 Brumberg, Joan Jacobs, 85, 126 Brustein, Robert, 44, 174, 183 Bryson, Bill, 105, 120 Buchler, Justus, 92, 179 Buck, Pearl S., 11, 64, 176, 181, 185, 189, 190, 192, 194, 196, 197 Bullock, Alan, 59, 165 Burgess, Alan, 56, 165 Burns, Edward, 86, 129 Burns Mantle, Robert, 42, 138, 183, 186 Burrough, Bryan, 77, 135 Burstein, Daniel, 95, 145 Butler, Octavia E., 18, 125 Butler, Samuel, 23, 185, 190, 194, 197 C Caduto, Michael J., 90, 145 Cameron, John, 166, 206 Campbell, Joseph, 92, 135, 145 Campbell, Patricia J., 113, 164 Camus, Albert, 18, 22, 133, 143, 160, 168, 176, 185 Canaday, John, 49, 178 Cantwell, Mary, 52, 131 Canutt, Yakima, 75, 161 Card, Orson Scott, 9, 20, 118, 125 Carlson, Lori M., 25, 129 Carpenter, Humphrey, 69, 150, 158 Carper, Jean, 87, 168, 170, 208 Carrighar, Sally, 59, 158, 165 Carroll, Andrew, 83, 117 Carson, Rachel, 105, 106, 126, 135, 155, 169, 178, 179, 212 Carwardine, Mark, 103, 135 Castaneda, Carlos, 166, 209 Castelot, André, 65, 181, 189, 192, 196 Cather, Willa, 17, 153, 160, 168, 176, 185, 190, 194, 197, 204 Cathers, Beth, 113, 149 Cellini, Benvenuto, 52, 172, 181, 189, 192, 196 Ceram, C. W., 101, 155, 162, 169, 178 Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel De, 9, 168, 176, 185, 190, 194, 197 Chambers, Aidan, 19, 119 Chandler, David, 64, 165 Chang, Iris, 81, 126 Chapman, Robert, 29, 187 Chase, Mary, 32, 187

AUTHOR INDEX Chekhov, Anton, 30, 148, 152, 171, 175, 183, 187 Cheney, Sheldon, 44, 174 Cheng, Nien, 61, 141 Chevalier, Tracy, 11, 118 Child, Julia, 114, 145 Childers, Peter G., 100, 157 Chopin, Kate, 5, 125 Christie, Agatha, 36, 124, 139 Christopher, Nicholas, 27, 149 Chute, Marchette Gaylord, 58, 66, 172, 181, 189, 192, 196 Ciardi, John, 26, 129, 169, 178 Cisneros, Sandra, 7, 12, 119, 125 Clark, Kenneth, 85, 127, 178 Clark, Ronald W., 56, 58, 150, 165 Clarke, Arthur C., 102, 135 Clarke, Gerald, 54, 131 Clarke, John Henrik, 62, 172 Clarke, Mary, 71, 143 Cleaver, Eldridge, 92, 135, 179, 213 Cobbs, Price M., 167, 206 Coe, Robert, 72, 143, 152 Cohn, Nik, 179, 212 Collier, James Lincoln, 62, 131 Collins, Michael, 166, 207 Collins, Wilkie, 17, 176, 190, 194, 197 Colton, Larry, 86, 118 Comer, James P., 62, 141 Commoner, Barry, 166, 207 Congreve, William, 38, 171, 175 Connelly, Marc, 32, 187 Connolly, Richard, 94, 118 Conover, Ted, 109, 121 Conrad, Joseph, 12, 15, 160, 168, 176, 185, 190, 194, 197 Conway, Jill Ker, 66, 131, 141 Cook, Blanche Wiesen, 57, 123, 131 Cook, Susan, 71, 159 Cooke, Alistair, 76, 162, 169 Cooke, Mervyn, 96, 127 Cooper, Susan, 31, 139 Copland, Aaron, 98, 127, 161, 169 Corio, David, 95, 118 Cormier, Robert, 7, 133, 153, 166, 207 Cornell, Katherine, 43, 186 Corson, Richard, 44, 138 Corwin, Miles, 107, 122 Courtney, Marguerite, 43, 183, 187 Cousins, Norman, 56, 181 Covelli, Pat, 85, 162 Coward, Noël, 29, 30, 124, 139, 148, 152, 187 Coxe, Louis O., 29, 187 Crane, Stephen, 20, 153, 160, 168, 176, 185, 190, 194, 197, 205 Crawford, Alan, 82, 162 Crichton, Michael, 166, 179, 206, 213

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Criddle, JoAn D., 69, 131 Crisp, Clement, 71, 143 Cronyn, Hume, 31, 139 Crouse, Russel, 34, 184, 188 Crow Dog, Mary, 61, 131 Crowther, Bruce, 95, 144 Crutcher, Chris, 23, 118 Cumming, Robert, 47, 127 Cunliffe, Marcus, 58, 181, 189, 192 Cunningham, John, 94, 163 Cuomo, Kerry Kennedy, 110, 122 Curie, Eve, 62, 123, 131, 141, 165, 172, 181, 189, 192, 196, 204 Curtin, Sharon R., 166, 210 Czarnecki, Joseph P., 49, 141 D Damashek, Barbara, 40, 139 Danticat, Edwidge, 10, 117 Dantzig, Tobias, 104, 178 Darion, Joe, 40, 184 Davies, Hunter, 95, 162 Davies, L. P., 179, 212 Davis, Burke, 67, 181, 189, 192, 196 Davis, Ossie, 37, 139 Davis, Wade, 108, 122 Day, David, 82, 127 De Beer, Gavin, 58, 172 De Bell, Garrett, 179, 208 DeCarava, Roy, 50, 149, 150 De Kruif, Paul, 63, 172, 181 Delany, A. Elizabeth, 59, 131 Delany, Sarah, 59, 131 Deloria, Vine, Jr., 166, 179, 208 De Mille, Agnes, 55, 71, 72, 131, 159, 178 Dershowitz, Alan M., 111, 122 Devlin, Bernadette, 179, 211 Diamond, Jared, 108, 122, 127 Dickens, Charles, 6, 8, 12, 22, 133, 153, 160, 168, 176, 185, 190, 194, 197 Dickinson, Emily, 25, 26, 129, 157 Dillard, Annie, 51, 141 Doctorow, E. L., 19, 143 Doreski, Carole Kiler, 26, 149 Doreski, William, 26, 149 Dorris, Michael, 24, 85, 127, 133, 135, 143 Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 8, 125, 153, 160, 168, 176, 185, 190, 194, 197, 204 Douglas, William O., 55, 58, 150, 158, 165 Douglass, Frederick, 64, 123 Doyle, Arthur Conan, 20, 143, 154, 160 Doyle, William, 107, 122 Drake, Oliver, 75, 161 Dreiser, Theodore, 4, 185, 190, 194, 197 DuBois, W. E. B., 92, 127, 135 Due, Linnea, 90, 127

226 AUTHOR INDEX Dumas, Alexandre, 8, 190, 194, 197 Du Maurier, Daphne, 19, 160 Duncan, Alastair, 46, 47, 141 Dunning, Stephen, 27, 129 Durant, Will, 92, 156, 162, 169 Durrenmatt, Friedrich, 38, 171 E Earth Works Group, 99, 145 Eastman Kodak Company, 49, 147 Ebenstein, William, 111, 156, 163, 170, 178 Edelman, Bernard, 56, 123 Edelman, Marian Wright, 91, 127, 135 Edey, Maitland A., 104, 156, 163 Egan, Eileen, 67, 150 Ehlers, Tracy Bachrach, 111, 122 Ehrenreich, Barbara, 109, 122 Ehrlich, Paul R., 179, 211 Eiseley, Loren C., 100, 156, 163, 170, 178 Eliot, George, 16, 185, 190, 194, 197 Eliot, T. S., 36, 152, 175 Ellerbee, Linda, 74, 155 Ellis, Joseph J., 79, 117 Ellison, Ralph, 13, 125, 160, 168, 176 Embury, Barbara, 101, 135 Emecheta, Buchi, 6, 125, 154 Emery, Lynne Fauley, 72, 152 Enzensberger, Hans Magnus, 104, 120 Epand, Len, 97, 162 Epictetus, 84, 127 Epstein, Norrie, 88, 135 Erdoes, Richard, 61, 131 Esquivel, Laura, 14, 133 Esslin, Martin, 43, 44, 174 Evans, Eli N., 90, 135 Evans, Walker, 80, 155, 162, 169 F Fagan, Brian, 81, 120 Faludi, Susan, 85, 127, 135 Fariña, Richard, 179, 210 Farrell, Kate, 27, 138 Fast, Julius, 167, 207 Faulkner, William, 5, 19, 20, 21, 125, 133, 143, 154, 160, 168, 176, 185 Feifer, George, 68, 159 Feldman, Edmund Burke, 47, 178 Feldman, Jane, 80, 117 Ferguson, Charles W., 64, 172, 181, 189, 192, 196 Fergusson, Francis, 43, 174 Fermi, Laura, 52, 172, 182, 189, 192, 196 Feynman, Richard P., 67, 69, 120, 123 Fierstein, Harvey, 38, 139 Finch, Christopher, 74, 144 Fink, Mitchell, 97, 145 Finn, David, 49, 127, 130, 141

Finney, Jack, 22, 154, 160 Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 12, 133, 143, 154, 160, 168, 176, 185, 190, 194, 198, 204 FitzGerald, Frances, 79, 145 Flannery, David, 102, 120 Flannery, Sarah, 102, 120 Flaubert, Gustave, 16, 143, 176 Fogelman, Edwin, 111, 156, 163, 170, 178 Forbes, Esther, 64, 172, 182, 189, 192, 196 Ford, Michael Thomas, 94, 127 Forster, E. M., 18, 176 Forsyth, Elizabeth H., 93, 146 Fossey, Dian, 102, 145 Foster, Thomas C., 113, 119 Fouts, Roger, 104, 127 Fowler, Gene, 42, 183, 187 Fox, Stephen R., 60, 150 Fralin, Frances, 49, 147 Franck, Frederick, 94, 118 Frank, Anne, 52, 123, 150, 158, 172, 182, 189, 192, 196, 205 Frank, E. R., 14, 119 Frank, Mitch, 83, 117 Frankel, Haskel, 43, 164 Franklin, Benjamin, 52, 173, 182, 189, 192, 196 Fraser, Antonia, 62, 173 Fraser, George MacDonald, 75, 134 Fraser, John, 73, 143 Frazier, Charles, 8, 125 Freedman, Samuel G., 110, 127, 135 Fremon, Celeste, 87, 127 French, A. P., 56, 150 Freymann-Weyr, Garret, 17, 119 Friedan, Betty, 88, 156, 170 Friedman, Myra, 167, 207 Frings, Ketti, 34, 187 Fry, Christopher, 33, 171 Fugard, Athol, 35, 124, 139, 148 Fuller, Charles, 38, 139 Fuller, Iola, 15, 191, 194, 198 Fuller, R. Buckminster, 105, 163, 170 Funk, Wilfred John, 93, 146 Funke, Lewis, 41, 183, 187 Furlong, Monica, 63, 150 G Gaillard, Frye, 98, 162 Gaines, Ernest J., 5, 11, 14, 125, 133, 143, 154 Galbraith, John Kenneth, 109, 178 Galsworthy, John, 10, 185, 191, 194, 198 Gamow, George, 105, 178 Gandhi, Mahatma, 87, 135 García Lorca, Federico, 29, 148, 171, 175, 184 Gardner, Herb, 33, 139 Gardner, John, 12, 125, 154, 168 Garfunkel, Trudy, 73, 118, 127

AUTHOR INDEX Gassan, Arnold, 48, 137 Gassner, John, 43, 174 Gay, Kathlyn, 102, 146 Gaylin, Willard, 179, 209 Genet, Jean, 29, 171 Geras, Adèle, 23, 117 Gersh, Marvin J., 167, 209 Gerzon, Mark, 179, 214 Gherman, Beverly, 56, 131 Gibbons, Kaye, 9, 125 Gibson, William, 35, 171, 175, 183, 187 Giddings, Robert, 28, 129 Giedion, Siegfried, 50, 178 Gies, Miep, 52, 131, 141 Gilbert, George, 48, 137 Gilbert, W. S., 40, 139, 152 Gill, Derek L. T., 66, 150 Gillan, Jennifer, 28, 129 Gillan, Maria Mazziotti, 28, 129 Giraudoux, Jean, 35, 148, 171, 175, 183, 187 Gish, Lillian, 75, 155 Glancy, Diane, 21, 117 Glasgow, Ellen, 23, 191, 194, 198 Glasser, Ronald J., 167, 214 Gleick, James, 100, 135 Goetz, Augustus, 32, 183, 187 Goetz, Ruth, 32, 183, 187 Gold, Alison Leslie, 52, 141 Goldberg, Myla, 5, 118 Goldberg, RoseLee, 113, 158 Goldberg, Vicki, 50, 127, 137 Golding, William, 15, 133, 143, 154, 160, 168, 176, 185, 205 Goldman, James, 34, 175 Goldman, Vivien, 95, 118 Goldstein, Richard, 179, 211 Gombrich, E. H., 50, 127 Gonzalez-Crussi, F., 101, 146 Goodall, Jane, 102, 146 Gordon, Ruth, 26, 45, 130, 187 Gorky, Maxim, 34, 171 Gottfried, Martin, 41, 43, 138, 164 Gould, Stephen Jay, 100, 104, 127, 135 Grass, Günter, 22, 176 Green, Bill, 106, 127 Green, Hannah. See Greenberg, Joanne Green, Stanley, 43, 187 Greenberg, Jan, 26, 119 Greenberg, Joanne, 13, 17, 143, 168, 180, 209 Greenough, Sarah, 49, 147 Gregory, Susan, 180, 209 Grey, Ian, 65, 173, 182, 189, 193, 196 Grier, William H., 167, 206 Griffin, Clive D., 95, 144 Griffin, Tom, 29, 139 Griffith, Elisabeth, 60, 150

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Grotowski, Jerzy, 45, 174 Gruen, John, 73, 132, 143 Guareschi, Giovanni, 15, 191, 194, 198 Guérard, Albert Léon, 64, 173, 182, 189, 193, 196 Guest, Judith, 18, 154 Gunther, John, 56, 150, 158 Gurko, Miriam, 61, 158 H Habenstreit, Barbara, 167, 213 Haddon, Mark, 8, 122 Hafner, Katie, 107, 127 Hagedorn, Hermann, 66, 173, 182, 189, 193, 196 Hagen, Uta, 43, 164 Halas, John, 76, 161 Halberstam, David, 59, 77, 136, 165 Haley, Alex, 53, 131, 151, 158, 165, 180 Hall, Donald, 25, 149 Hall, James Norman, 6, 185, 191, 194, 198 Hamblin, Kay, 113, 164 Hamilton, Edith, 91, 127, 156, 163, 170, 178 Hamilton, George Heard, 49, 150 Hamilton, Patrick, 28, 187 Hammerstein, Oscar, 40, 139, 153, 175, 184, 188 Hanckel, Frances, 94, 163 Hanff, Helene, 45, 164 Hansberry, Lorraine, 37, 68, 124, 148, 171, 173, 175, 180, 183, 187, 213 Hansen, Drew D., 78, 117 Haralson, Carol, 47, 131 Harbage, Alfred, 45, 174 Harding, Vincent, 82, 156, 163 Hardy, Thomas, 10, 20, 160, 168, 185, 191, 194, 198 Harmon, Charlotte, 42, 187 Harper, Kenn, 88, 117 Harrington, Michael, 109, 178 Harris, Marilyn, 167, 209 Harris, Thomas A., 167, 209 Hart, Elva Treviño, 53, 122 Hart, Lorenz, 40, 153 Hart, Moss, 39, 41, 51, 142, 148, 152, 173, 182, 183, 184, 187, 188, 189, 193, 196, 205 Hart, Philip, 96, 157 Hartmann, William K., 86, 146 Hartt, Frederick, 47, 130, 141 Harvey, Liz, 50, 137 Haskins, James, 71, 95, 132, 143, 145 Haun, Declan, 49, 147 Hawking, Stephen W., 100, 106, 120, 127, 136, 146 Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 20, 154, 160, 168, 185, 191, 194, 198, 205 Hayden, Tom, 180, 213 Hayden, Torey L., 91, 163 Hayslip, Le Ly, 69, 141

228 AUTHOR INDEX Head, Ann, 180, 210 Heaney, Seamus, 27, 130, 138 Hearth, Amy Hill, 59, 131 Heat-Moon, William Least, 78, 85, 117, 156 Hecht, Ben, 32, 140 Hedgecoe, John, 50, 137 Hedges, Chris, 94, 119 Heggen, Thomas, 35, 183, 187 Heilbroner, Robert L., 94, 156, 163, 170, 178 Heiser, Victor, 51, 182, 189, 193, 196 Heller, Joseph, 7, 125, 154, 160, 168, 180, 207 Heller, Nancy G., 50, 130, 141 Hellman, Lillian, 30, 34, 68, 124, 140, 148, 150, 152, 158, 165, 171, 175, 184 Helyar, John, 77, 135 Hemingway, Ernest, 10, 17, 125, 133, 143, 160, 168, 176, 185, 191, 194, 198 Hemphill, Paul, 180, 210 Henderson, Harry, 48, 130 Henderson, Mary C., 44, 138, 142, 152 Henley, Beth, 30, 140, 148 Hentoff, Nat, 79, 163 Herbert, Frank, 9, 160 Herman, Jerry, 39, 139 Herriot, James, 51, 150, 158 Hersch, Patricia, 93, 128 Hersey, John, 5, 21, 23, 79, 128, 136, 156, 160, 185, 191, 194, 198 Hersh, Seymour, 180, 210 Herskowitz, Mickey, 54, 159 Hesse, Herman, 21, 125, 133, 143, 154, 160, 168, 176, 180, 205, 212 Hibbard, Howard, 49, 150, 165 Hirsch, E. D., Jr., 86, 88, 146 Hirshey, Gerri, 97, 157 Hochhuth, Rolf, 30, 171, 175 Hockenberry, John, 63, 123 Hoffer, Eric, 111, 170 Hoffman, Marshall, 106, 163 Hofstadter, Richard, 77, 101, 163, 178 Hoggett, Chris, 44, 164 Holman, Bob, 28, 129 Holt, John, 167, 208 Homer, 26, 130, 163, 170 Hong, Maria, 89, 136 Hopkins, Jerry, 180, 208 Horvitz, Leslie Alan, 101, 120 Hosken, Fran P., 103, 178 Hosseini, Khaled, 14, 122 Hotchner, A. E., 64, 165 Hough, John T., Jr., 180, 211 Howe, Florence, 167, 210 Howe, Peter, 50, 119 Hoyt, Erich, 102, 120 Hoyt, Patricia, 89, 163 Hubbell, Sue, 86, 128

Hudson, W. H., 12, 185, 191, 194, 198 Hughes, Langston, 50, 149, 150 Hughes, Ted, 27, 138 Hugo, Victor, 14, 177, 185, 191, 194, 198 Humes, Edward, 109, 128 Hurd, Michael, 97, 162 Huxley, Aldous, 6, 125, 154, 160, 168, 177, 185 Hwang, David Henry, 34, 140 Hyde, Dayton O., 101, 146 Hyde, Margaret O., 93, 146 I Ibsen, Henrik, 30, 31, 32, 124, 140, 148, 152, 171, 175, 184, 188 Inkeles, Alex, 111, 178 Ionesco, Eugène, 37, 124, 140, 148, 171, 175 Irwin, Constance H. Frick, 82, 146 Iyer, Raghavan, 87, 136 J Jackson, Donald Dale, 167, 209 Jacobs, Jane, 87, 170 Jahn, Mike, 167, 212 James, Henry, 4, 23, 177, 185 Janeczko, Paul B., 25, 26, 140, 149 Janeway, Elizabeth, 167, 206 Janos, Leo, 70, 151 Janson, Anthony F., 48, 131 Janson, Dora Jane, 89, 178 Janson, H. W., 48, 89, 131, 178 Japanese Broadcasting Corp., 83, 163 Jenkins, Elizabeth, 57, 165, 173, 182, 189, 193, 196 Jenkins, Peter, 94, 163 Jiang, Ji-Li, 66, 123 Johanson, Donald C., 104, 156, 163 John, Errol, 36, 140 Johnson, Edgar, 54, 158 Johnson, Paul, 81, 156 Jonas, Gerald, 72, 128, 132 Jones, Chuck, 74, 134 Jones, James Earl, 43, 138 Jones, K. Maurice, 98, 128 Jones, Landon Y., 89, 163 Jones, Tom, 39, 139, 148 Jonson, Ben, 38, 171 Joyce, James, 19, 143, 160, 168 Judson, Olivia, 101, 120 Jung, Carl G., 108, 136, 146 Junger, Sebastian, 105, 128 Jungk, Robert, 100, 163, 170 K Kael, Pauline, 74, 155 Kafka, Franz, 16, 23, 168, 177 Kander, John, 39, 152

AUTHOR INDEX Kaplan, Abraham, 91, 170, 178 Kaplan, Larry, 73, 132 Kaplow, Robert, 16, 119 Karen, Robert, 76, 155, 161 Karlsen, Carol E., 87, 136 Karnos, David D., 87, 128 Karnow, Stanley, 83, 136 Karr, Mary, 61, 123 Katz, Jon, 108, 122 Kaufman, George S., 39, 148, 152, 175, 184, 188 Kaysen, Susanna, 88, 136 Kazantzakis, Nikos, 24, 177 Kazimiroff, Theodore L., 61, 141 Keller, Helen, 67, 123, 150, 158, 165, 173, 182, 189, 193, 196, 204 Kellogg, Marjorie, 180, 213 Kellogg, Susan, 87, 136 Kelly, Amy Ruth, 57, 173, 182, 189, 193, 196 Kendall, Elizabeth, 73, 128, 132 Keneally, Thomas, 7, 20, 125, 144, 154 Kennedy, John F., 65, 165, 173, 182, 189, 193, 196 Kerman, Joseph, 89, 178 Kerner, Mary, 71, 128, 132 Kernfeld, Barry, 97, 145 Kerr, M. E., 62, 131 Kerr, Walter, 44, 174 Kesey, Ken, 18, 160, 167, 211 Kesselman-Turkel, Judi, 113, 146 Kesselring, Joseph, 29, 188 Key, Wilson Bryan, 108, 146 Keyes, Daniel, 10, 177 Khanga, Yelena, 66, 123, 131 Kidder, Tracy, 84, 146 Kincaid, Jamaica, 63, 123 King, Laurie R., 5, 125 King, Ross, 48, 119 Kingsolver, Barbara, 4, 5, 119, 133 Kingston, Maxine Hong, 70, 85, 146, 150, 158 Kipling, Rudyard, 14, 191, 194, 198 Kitzinger, Sheila, 99, 100, 146 Klein, Joe, 70, 150, 158 Kline, Morris, 104, 170 Knaefler, Tomi Kaizawa, 81, 136 Knowles, John, 20, 160, 168, 177, 185 Kobal, John, 75, 134, 144, 155, 161 Koch, Kenneth, 27, 138 Kogan, Judith, 97, 134 Kolb, Rocky, 99, 128 Kosinski, Jerzy N., 18, 125, 168 Kostelanetz, Richard, 44, 174 Kotlowitz, Alex, 91, 93, 128, 136 Kovic, Ron, 54, 131, 141 Kozol, Jonathan, 92, 110, 128, 136, 146 Krakauer, Jon, 80, 128 Krauss, Lawrence M., 99, 121

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Krauss, Rosalind E., 50, 150 Kretzmer, Herbert, 40, 139 Krutch, Joseph Wood, 59, 182, 189, 193, 196 Kuh, Katherine, 48, 170 Kunen, James S., 180, 213 Kusche, Larry, 167, 206 Kushner, Tony, 28, 124, 140 L Lamb, Harold, 59, 67, 182, 189, 193, 196 Lambrecht, Bill, 100, 121 Lamott, Anne, 112, 119 Langone, John, 111, 156, 167, 208 Lanier, Shannon, 80, 117 Lapine, James, 40, 139 Larrick, Nancy, 25, 163 Larson, Jonathan, 40, 124 Lash, Joseph P., 57, 151, 158, 165 Latifa, 63, 122 Lattimore, Richard, 26 Laurents, Arthur, 41, 124, 139, 152 Lawrence, D. H., 21, 168, 177 Lawrence, Jerome, 33, 140, 171, 175, 184, 188 Lawrence, Robert G., 37, 142 Least Heat-Moon, William. See Heat-Moon, William Least Lebell, Sharon, 84, 127 Lederer, Richard, 91, 136 Lederer, William J., 180, 211 Lee, Gus, 7, 133 Lee, Harper, 22, 125, 133, 144, 154, 160, 177, 185, 205 Lee, Robert E., 33, 140, 171, 175, 184, 188 Le Guin, Ursula K., 14, 125, 154, 160, 168 Lehman, David, 25, 149 Leigh, Mitch, 40, 184 Lelyveld, Joseph, 91, 146, 156 Leopold, Aldo, 92, 136 Lerner, Alan Jay, 40, 43, 139, 152 Lester, Julius, 180, 212 Levine, Suzanne, 87, 163 Lewin, John, 33, 175 Lewin, Roger, 100, 146 Lewis, Anthony, 108, 136 Lewis, Norman, 93, 146 Lewis, Robert, 41, 164 Lewis, Sinclair, 5, 16, 168, 177, 185, 191, 194, 198 Lidz, Theodore, 110, 178 Light, Alan, 98, 119 Lindsay, Howard, 34, 184, 188 Litt, Iris F., 167, 209 Livingston, Jane, 49, 147 Livingston, Lili Cockerille, 71, 119 Livio, Mario, 102, 121 Llewellyn, Richard, 13, 185, 191, 194, 198

230 AUTHOR INDEX Lloyd Webber, Andrew, 39, 40, 139, 148, 172 Loeb, Robert H., Jr., 167, 214 Loewe, Frederick, 40, 139 Logan, Joshua, 35, 39, 183, 187, 188 London, Jack, 7, 144 London, Mel, 75, 161 Lopez, Barry, 84, 156 Lorca, Federico García. See García Lorca, Federico Lord, Bette B., 21, 154 Lorenz, Konrad, 109, 156, 163, 170, 178 Louis, Murray, 72, 159 Lounsbury, Warren C., 44, 138 Louria, Donald B., 180, 208 Lovell, Mary S., 66, 131, 141 Lowenfels, Walter, 180, 214 Luce, William, 29, 138 Lueders, Edward, 27, 129 Lukas, J. Anthony, 86, 156 Luke, Peter, 32, 175 Lund, Doris, 57, 165 Lyon, Matthew, 107, 127 Lyons, Harriet, 87, 163 Lyttle, Richard B., 64, 141 M Maas, Peter, 167, 212 Mabie, Margot C. J., 78, 146 MacArthur, Charles, 32, 140 Macaulay, David, 48, 106, 130, 146 MacDermot, Galt, 39, 152, 175 MacLeish, Archibald, 33, 148, 171, 175, 184, 188 MacNeil, Robert, 70, 141 Madaras, Area, 106, 146 Madaras, Lynda, 106, 146 Magnuson, Warren Grant, 87, 170 Mah, Adeline Yen, 54, 120 Maiorano, Robert, 73, 159 Malamud, Bernard, 10, 125, 144, 154, 161, 169, 177, 180, 209 Malcolm, Andrew H., 79, 156 Malcolm X, 53, 123, 131, 151, 158, 165, 180, 206 Malone, Bill C., 96, 134 Maloney, John P., 167, 214 Malraux, André, 16, 177 Mam, Teeda Butt, 69, 131 Manchester, William, 61, 88, 151, 163 Mandela, Winnie, 64, 151 Mangelsen, Tom, 49, 147 Manley, Deborah, 79, 136 Mann, Peggy, 58, 166 Mann, Thomas, 9, 16, 169, 177 Mansbridge, John, 48, 178 Mantle, Robert Burns. See Burns Mantle, Robert Manvell, Roger, 76, 161 Marius, Richard, 68, 151

Markandaya, Kamala, 17, 125, 154, 177 Marlowe, Christopher, 30, 171, 175, 184, 188 Marrin, Albert, 82, 83, 117, 146 Marsh, Dave, 96, 157 Marsolais, Kenneth, 41, 138 Martin, Ralph G., 58, 60, 142, 173 Martinez, Ruben, 107, 122 Mason, Bobbi Ann, 13, 126, 144 Mason, Francis, 71, 132, 143, 151 Mason, Michael, 96, 157 Massie, Robert K., 64, 123, 131, 166 Mathabane, Mark, 60, 123, 132, 142 Mathews, Jay, 57, 142 Matson, Katinka, 45, 164 Maugham, W. Somerset, 17, 169, 177, 185, 191, 194 Maurois, André, 52, 173, 182, 189, 193 Max, Peter, 180, 211 Maybury-Lewis, David, 109, 136 Mazo, Joseph H., 71, 159 McBride, James, 55, 123 McClatchy, J. D., 28, 138 McCloud, Scott, 114, 128 McCourt, Frank, 52, 123 McCullers, Carson, 12, 16, 35, 126, 133, 144, 154, 161, 171, 175, 184, 188, 205 McCullough, David, 60, 69, 80, 118, 123, 132, 136 McDonagh, Don, 72, 159 McFarlane, Rodger, 41, 138 McGreevey, Tom, 75, 119 McKie, Robin, 99, 129 McKinley, Robin, 5, 126, 133, 154 McLellan, David, 60, 158, 166 McNeill, William H., 83, 178 McPhee, John, 86, 102, 128, 136, 146 McPherson, James M., 77, 136 Mead, Margaret, 53, 86, 151, 158, 163, 166, 167, 180, 207 Medoff, Mark, 30, 140, 148, 153 Meek, A. J., 48 Mehta, Ved, 67, 123, 132, 142 Meltzer, Milton, 76, 81, 136, 147, 156, 163 Melville, Herman, 16, 169, 177, 185, 191, 194, 198 Menchú, Rigoberta, 60, 132 Merriam, Eve, 58, 166 Merton, Thomas, 66, 173, 182, 189, 193, 196 Milford, Nancy, 70, 166 Miller, Arthur, 30, 37, 124, 140, 148, 153, 171, 175, 184, 188 Miller, E. Ethelbert, 26, 130 Miller, Jim, 98, 145, 162 Miller, Merle, 65, 142, 151, 159, 166, 167, 211 Mills, Judie, 60, 142 Mills, Kay, 68, 132

AUTHOR INDEX Milton, Joyce, 62, 132 Mintz, Steven, 87, 136 Mirkin, Gabe, 106, 163 Mishima, Yukio, 21, 154, 177 Mitchell, Margaret, 11, 177, 185, 191, 194, 198 Molière, 34, 35, 140, 148, 153, 171, 175 Monsarrat, Nicholas, 8, 191, 194, 198 Moody, Anne, 55, 124, 132, 173 Mora, Pat, 59, 124 Mordden, Ethan, 96, 145, 157 Morgan, Christopher, 59, 142 Morgan, Sally, 63, 142 Morgan, Ted, 57, 151 Mori, Kyoko, 20, 126 Morison, Samuel Eliot, 55, 159, 173, 182, 189, 193, 196 Morrison, Toni, 6, 126, 133, 144 Mostert, Noel, 167, 213 Mowat, Farley, 70, 132, 142 Mowry, Jess, 23, 133 Moyers, Bill, 92 135, 145 Muench, David, 77, 147 Murray, Albert, 98, 128 Myers, Walter Dean, 16, 120 Myrdal, Gunnar, 84, 179 N Nabhan, Gary Paul, 87, 136 Naisbitt, John, 108, 156 Nash, J. Madeleine, 101, 121 Ndlovu, Duma, 39, 153 Neale, Wendy, 73, 159 Neihardt, John G., 53, 151, 159 Neill, Alexander Sutherland, 92, 170 Neimark, Paul G., 180, 207 Nevins, Allan, 79, 179 Newman, Molly, 40, 139 Newquist, H. P., 97, 134 Niatum, Duane, 25, 130 Nicoll, Allardyce, 42, 174 Niven, Penelope, 43, 138 Nolen, Stephanie, 105, 121 Nordhoff, Charles B., 6, 185, 191, 194, 198 Northrup, Solomon, 83, 136 Nye, Naomi Shihab, 24, 26, 27, 120, 130 O Oates, Stephen B., 61, 151 O’Brien, Tim, 11, 22, 126, 154, 161 O’Casey, Sean, 33, 171, 175 Occhiogrosso, Peter, 90, 128 O’Connor, Flannery, 9, 126, 144 O’Connor, Patricia T., 114, 120 O’Gorman, James F., 46, 128 O’Keeffe, Georgia, 58, 151, 159 Olfson, Lewy, 41, 164

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Oliver, Mary, 26, 130 Olsen, Tillie, 22, 161 O’Neill, Eugene, 28, 34, 124, 140, 148, 153, 171, 175, 184, 188 O’Neill, George, 167, 211 O’Neill, Nena, 167, 211 Oppenheimer, Judy, 65, 142 Orwell, George, 4, 5, 133, 154, 161, 177, 185, 191, 195, 198, 205 Osborne, John, 34, 171, 175 Oshinsky, David M., 55, 151 Owens, Jesse, 180, 207 P Pack, Robert, 27, 138 Page, Elizabeth, 23, 185, 191, 195, 198 Page, Joseph A., 65, 151 Page, Patrick, 112, 164 Panov, Valery, 68, 159 Pardy, Anne, 68, 159 Parini, Jay, 27, 138 Parks, Gordon, 55, 173 Parrot, Andrea, 86, 147 Paton, Alan, 8, 133, 144, 154, 161, 169, 177, 186, 191, 195, 198, 204 Patrick, John, 32, 188 Paulos, John Allen, 102, 128 Pavarotti, Luciano, 97, 162 Payne, Robert, 68, 189, 193, 196 Peck, M. Scott, 92, 147 Pellington, Mark, 28, 129 Penn, W. S., 93, 128 Pepys, Samuel, 56, 166, 173, 182, 189, 193, 196 Percival, John, 73, 132, 143, 151 Perl, Lila, 79, 147 Perry, George C., 42, 138 Perry, John, 42, 119 Peters, Thomas J., 89, 147 Peterson, Franklynn, 113, 146 Petroski, Henry, 103, 128 Philip, Neil, 27, 130 Philip, Richard, 72, 159 Pike, Donald G., 77, 147 Pines, Maya, 167, 207 Pinfold, Mike, 95, 144 Pinter, Harold, 29, 140, 148, 171, 175 Pipher, Mary, 109, 110, 122, 128 Pirandello, Luigi, 38, 148, 153, 171, 175 Pirsig, Robert M., 167, 214 Plath, Sylvia, 167, 206 Plutarch, 61, 173, 182, 189, 193, 196 Poe, Edgar Allen, 8, 9, 20, 22, 133, 154, 161, 169, 186, 191, 195, 198, 205 Poitier, Sidney, 68, 159 Pomerance, Bernard, 31, 148 Porter, Roy, 104, 121

232 AUTHOR INDEX Postman, Neil, 84, 156, 180, 213 Potok, Chaim, 7, 126, 133, 144, 154 Power, Susan, 12, 126 Prather, Marla F., 48, 130 Preston, Richard, 100, 121 Price, Jonathan, 76, 161 Prideaux, Tom, 45, 183, 187 Ptacek, Greg, 104, 137 Pullman, Philip, 11, 120 Q Quindlen, Anna, 93, 136 R Racine, Jean, 36, 171, 175 Raines, Howell, 81, 156 Rampersad, Arnold, 56, 131 Randall, Dudley, 25, 157 Randall, John Herman, Jr., 92, 179 Rather, Dan, 54, 159 Rattigan, Terence, 38, 175, 184, 188 Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan, 24, 191, 195, 198 Read, Piers Paul, 167, 206 Redman, Eric, 107, 164, 170 Regis, Ed, 106, 128 Reidelbach, Maria, 113, 138 Remarque, Erich Maria, 4, 133, 154, 161, 169, 177, 186, 191, 195, 198, 204 Renault, Mary, 14, 144 Rexroth, Kenneth, 26, 157 Reynolds, Nancy, 72, 160 Reynolds, Sheri, 11, 120 Rice, Tim, 40, 172 Richter, Conrad, 20, 186, 191, 195, 198 Rigden, John S., 102, 121 Roach, Mary, 106, 121 Roberts, John Storm, 96, 162 Roberts, Kenneth, 17, 186, 191, 195, 198 Robertson, James I., Jr., 67, 124 Robeson, Susan, 70, 142 Robinette, Diane, 89, 136 Robinson, Roxana, 58, 142 Rodgers, Richard, 40, 139, 153, 175, 184, 188 Rodriguez, Luis J., 51, 124, 136 Rodriguez, Richard, 60, 124 Rogasky, Barbara, 82, 118 Rogers, Kenny, 97, 162 Rogosin, Donn, 80, 136 Rolvaag, O. E., 11, 177, 186, 191, 195, 198 Roosevelt, Eleanor, 67, 182, 190, 193, 196 Rosenberg, Liz, 25, 130 Rosenblum, Ralph, 76, 155, 161 Ross, Helen, 43, 183, 187 Ross, Lillian, 43, 183, 187 Rostand, Edmond, 30, 148, 153, 175, 188 Roszak, Theodore, 81, 170, 180, 210

Roueché, Berton, 104, 147 Rowse, A. L., 70, 173 Roze, Janis, 94, 118 Rubin, Robert Alden, 27, 130 Russell, Bertrand, 89, 179 Russell, Bill, 66, 159 Ruttencutter, Helen Drees, 97, 162 Rybczynski, Witold, 91, 128 S Saavedra, Dane, 106, 146 Sackler, Howard, 32, 175 Sagan, Carl, 100, 147, 164 Saint-Exupéry, Antoine De, 15, 177 Salerno-Sonnenberg, Nadja, 64, 142 Salinger, J. D., 7, 133, 144, 154, 161, 169, 177, 186, 205 Salvadori, Mario George, 50, 141, 150 Salzman, Mark, 111, 122 Sandburg, Carl, 51, 151, 159, 166, 173, 182 Sanders, Marion K., 56, 166 Sandler, Martin W., 50, 119 San Souci, Robert D., 103, 147 Santoli, Al, 78, 83, 156, 164 Sapphire, 19, 120 Saroyan, William, 13, 186, 191, 195, 198 Sartre, Jean-Paul, 36, 124, 153, 175, 184 Satrapi, Marjane, 110, 120 Schank, Roger C., 100, 157 Scharf, Lois, 57, 142 Schell, Jonathan, 87, 157 Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr., 79, 164, 170 Schlosser, Eric, 108, 122 Schmidt, Harvey, 39, 139, 148 Schönberg, Claude-Michel, 40, 139 Schonberg, Harold C., 96, 145, 157 Schultz, Ted, 102, 120 Scott, Walter, 13, 186, 191, 195, 198 Searles, Baird, 75, 144 Sebold, Alice, 15, 120 Seldon, Philip, 96, 129 Sender, Ruth Minsky, 54, 142 Senna, Danzy, 7, 122 Sennett, Ted, 74, 144 Sergios, Paul, 91, 136 Seto, Judith Roberts, 45, 165 Severn, Bill, 167, 212 Shaara, Michael, 14, 126, 133 Shacter, Susan, 30, 152 Shaffer, Peter, 31, 148 Shakespeare, William, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 124, 140, 148, 153, 172, 175, 184, 188 Shakur, Tupac, 27, 120 Shange, Ntozake, 6, 31, 140, 154 Shanks, Bob, 74, 161 Shapiro, Harvey, 27, 118

AUTHOR INDEX Sharaff, Irene, 112, 158 Shaw, George Bernard, 29, 37, 124, 140, 148, 153, 172, 176, 184, 188 Sheehan, Neil, 77, 129, 137 Shellabarger, Samuel, 19, 191, 195, 198 Shenkman, Richard, 80, 137 Shepard, Sam, 30, 38, 140, 149 Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 37, 153, 172, 176, 184, 188 Sherman, Robert, 96, 129 Sherwood, Robert E., 28, 184, 188 Shevchenko, Arkady N., 54, 151 Shewey, Don, 30, 152 Shilts, Randy, 84, 86, 137, 147 Shoemaker, Robert G., 87, 128 Shue, Larry, 31, 140 Sidran, Ben, 98, 134 Siegelman, Jim, 72, 151, 159 Sienkiewicz, Henryk, 19, 186, 191, 195, 198 Simon, David, 86, 129 Simon, Kate, 54, 132 Simon, Neil, 29, 34, 36, 140, 153, 176 Simon, Rachel, 110, 122 Sinclair, Upton, 13, 154 Sinetar, Marsha, 87, 147 Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 8, 21, 154, 161 Singh, Simon, 101, 129 Skinner, Cornelia Otis, 62, 173 Smiley, Jane, 18, 134 Smith, Anna Deavere, 108, 120 Smith, Denis Mack, 63, 151 Smith, Hugh, 27, 129 Smith, Huston, 89, 119 Smith, Joe, 97, 145 Smith, Philip, 25, 130 Smith, Zadie, 24, 122 Snow, C. P., 106, 179 Sobel, Dava, 103, 121, 129 Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr I., 12, 18, 134, 144, 154, 161, 169, 177 Sondheim, Stephen, 40, 41, 124, 139, 152, 153 Sophocles, 29, 36, 153, 172, 176, 184 Sorine, Daniel S., 72, 160 Sorine, Stephanie Riva, 72, 160 Soto, Gary, 25, 138 Southard, Helen F., 180, 212 Spandorfer, Merle, 113, 138 Specht, Robert, 68, 159 Sperber, A. M., 75, 155 Spiegelman, Art, 90, 129, 137 Springer, John, 76, 134 Staden, Wendelgard von, 55, 142 Stallworthy, Jon, 25, 130 Stanislavsky, Konstantin, 41, 42, 142, 152, 165 Stark, Peter, 103, 121 Starkey, David, 66, 118

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Stearns, Jean, 72, 143, 152 Stearns, Marshall, 72, 143, 152 Steffan, Joseph, 59, 132 Steffens, Lincoln, 52, 173, 182, 190, 193, 196 Stein, Gertrude, 52, 151, 159 Stein, Joseph, 39, 176, 184 Steinbeck, John, 9, 11, 17, 126, 134, 144, 154, 161, 169, 177, 186, 191, 195, 198, 205 Steinberg, Jacques, 108, 122 Steiner, Stan, 80, 147, 167, 180, 210 Stern, Robert A. M, 49, 130, 141 Stevenson, Robert Louis, 14, 22, 186, 191, 195, 199 Stewart, George R., 22, 191, 195, 199 Stewart, Michael, 39, 139 St. John, Robert, 53, 173, 182, 190, 193, 196 Stoker, Bram, 9, 154, 161 Stokes, Geoffrey, 97, 98, 157, 162 Stone, Irving, 15, 55, 166, 173, 182, 186, 190, 192, 193, 195, 197, 199 Stoppard, Tom, 37, 124, 140, 176 Strachey, Lytton, 65, 173, 182, 190, 193, 197 Strauch, Barbara, 105, 121 Strickland, Carol, 47, 129, 131 Strindberg, August, 31, 35, 149, 172, 176 Stringer, Christopher, 99, 129 Stuart, Jesse, 68, 173, 182, 190, 193, 197 Sullivan, Arthur, 40, 139, 152 Sunstein, Emily, 62, 142 Super 8 Filmaker, 74, 161 Swarthout, Glendon, 181, 207 Sweeny, Philip, 98, 134 Swift, Jonathan, 12, 169 Sykes, Bryan, 105, 121 Synge, J. M., 36, 37, 149, 172, 176, 184, 188 T Tan, Amy, 13, 134, 144 Taylor, A. J. P., 53, 173, 182, 190, 193, 197 Taylor, Gordon Rattray, 181, 206 Taylor, Harold, 181, 213 Taylor, John Russell, 41, 174 Taylor, Joshua, 49, 170, 179 Terasaki, Gwen, 54, 190, 193, 197 Terkel, Studs, 92, 94, 137, 164, 170 Terkel, Susan Neiburg, 105, 137 Terry, Wallace, 77, 155 Tevis, Walter S., 19, 144 Thackeray, William Makepeace, 23, 186, 192, 195, 199 Tharp, Louise Hall, 65, 173, 182, 190, 193, 197 Tharp, Twyla, 73, 132 Thomas, Benjamin P., 51, 190, 193, 197 Thomas, Dylan, 19, 155 Thomas, Lewis, 103, 107, 129, 137, 157, 164, 170 Thompson, Jean, 181, 209

234 AUTHOR INDEX Thompson, Mary Lou, 181, 214 Thomson, Robert, 110, 179 Thoreau, Henry David, 85, 94, 164, 170 Tidyman, Ernest, 167, 208 Timerman, Jacobo, 92, 164 Tobin, James, 102, 121 Tocqueville, Alexis de, 78, 157, 164, 170, 179 Toffler, Alvin, 88, 93, 164, 168, 170, 181, 209, 210 Tolkien, J. R. R., 15, 134, 144, 155, 161, 169, 177 Tolstoy, Leo, 5, 23, 161, 169, 177, 186, 192, 195, 199 Tomalin, Claire, 61, 166 Took, Barry, 112, 149 Towsen, John H., 112, 164 Travers, Milton, 181, 208 Tuchman, Barbara W., 78, 118, 137 Tucker, Bruce, 96, 157 Tucker, Ken, 97, 157 Turgenev, Ivan, 10, 186, 192, 195, 199 Turner, Eugene James, 111, 145 Turner, Sugar, 111, 122 Twain, Mark, 4, 53, 134, 144, 155, 161, 169, 173, 177, 182, 186, 190, 192, 193, 195, 197, 199, 204 Twombly, Robert C., 58, 166 Tyler, Anne, 4, 144 U Uchida, Yoshiko, 18, 126, 134 Uhlig, Mark A., 84, 157 Uhry, Alfred, 31, 124 Undset, Sigrid, 14, 177, 186, 192, 195, 199 Ung, Loung, 79, 118 Untermeyer, Louis, 25, 157 Updike, John, 49, 141 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 109, 147 U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, 83, 137 V Van Devanter, Lynda, 59, 142 Van Druten, John, 33, 43, 187, 188 Van Loon, Hendrik Willem, 66, 182, 190, 193, 197 Van Ryzin, Lani, 98, 162 Vare, Ethlie Ann, 104, 137 Vega, Lope De, 37, 149 Verrett, Jacqueline, 168, 208 Vidal, Gore, 15, 144 Villella, Edward, 73, 132 Vining, Elizabeth, 70, 182, 190, 193, 197 Viola, Tom, 41, 138 Vlach, John Michael, 50, 141 Vogel, Paula, 33, 125 Volpe, Tod M., 113, 149 Von Drehle, David, 83, 118

Vonnegut, Kurt, 7, 21, 134, 155, 161, 169, 177 Von Staden, Wendelgard. See Staden, Wendelgard von Voss, Carl Hermann, 90, 179 Vreeland, Susan, 18, 119 W Wade, Edwin L., 47, 131 Wade, Graham, 98, 157 Walcott, Derek, 31, 140 Waley, Arthur, 36, 153 Walker, Alice, 8, 90, 134, 137 Wallis, Velma, 93, 137 Ward, Ed, 97, 157 Warren, Austin, 93, 179 Washington, Booker T., 69, 173, 182, 190, 193, 197 Wasserstein, Wendy, 32, 140 Waterman, Robert H., Jr., 89, 147 Watson, James D., 56, 129, 157, 164, 170, 173 Watson, Larry, 17, 126 Watson, Peter, 104, 118 Weatherford, Jack, 80, 118 Weaver, Mike, 47, 147 Webber, Andrew Lloyd. See Lloyd Webber, Andrew Webster, Margaret, 43, 183 Weill, Kurt, 40, 153 Weiner, Jonathan, 105, 147 Weingartner, Charles, 180, 213 Weiss, Ann E., 79, 94, 137, 157 Welch, James, 10, 155 Wellek, René, 93, 179 Westlake, Donald E., 181, 214 Wexler, Alice, 57, 151 Wharton, Edith, 9, 177, 186, 192, 195, 199 Wharton, William, 6, 161 Wheelan, Charles, 109, 123 White, T. H., 17, 144 White, William Allen, 53, 197 Whitney, Mary, 72, 159 Wickham, Glynne W., 42, 142, 152 Wigginton, Eliot, 168, 209 Wilde, Oscar, 18, 33, 125, 140, 149, 153, 172, 176, 177, 184, 186, 188, 205 Wilder, Thornton, 6, 35, 36, 125, 140, 149, 153, 172, 176, 177, 184, 186, 188, 192, 195, 199 Wiley, Mason, 75, 155 Willard, Nancy, 22, 155 Williams, Juan, 78, 129, 137, 147 Williams, Tennessee, 32, 38, 125, 140, 149, 153, 172, 176, 184, 188, 205 Wilson, August, 31, 36, 125, 140 Wilson, Dorothy Clarke, 54, 166 Winchester, Simon, 80, 118 Winship, Michael, 76, 138

AUTHOR INDEX Winwar, Frances, 59, 174, 182 Witherspoon, William Roger, 62, 142 Wolfe, Bertram D., 68, 151, 158, 166 Wolfe, Thomas, 15, 169, 177, 186 Wolfe, Tom, 82, 157 Wolff, Tobias, 67, 124, 132 Wong, Jade Snow, 57, 183, 190, 193, 197 Woodham-Smith, Cecil, 57, 197 Woods, Donald, 53, 151 Woodward, Bob, 77, 135, 166, 206 Woodward, C. Vann, 82, 170 Woolf, Virginia, 58, 183 Woolger, Roger J., 110, 147 Wouk, Herman, 7, 186 Wright, Richard, 17, 53, 124, 126, 132, 142, 151, 155, 159, 166, 169, 177 Wright, William, 97, 162 Wurts, Jay, 69, 141 Wyden, Peter, 78, 157

X X, Malcolm. See Malcolm X Y Yale Daily News, 90, 147 Yeager, Chuck, 70, 151 Yeck, Joanne, 75, 119 Yette, Samuel F., 168, 207 Yevtushenko, Yevgeny, 27, 65, 157, 174, 183 Yolen, Jane, 6, 88, 126, 129, 137, 147 Young, Collier, 181, 213 Z Zassenhaus, Hiltgunt, 69, 166 Zeitz, Petra, 97, 134 Zerman, Melvyn Bernard, 82, 157 Zindel, Paul, 31, 149, 172 Zinsser, William, 99, 157 Zwerin, Michael, 181, 212

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19 Varieties of Gazelle (Nye), 24, 120 50 Great Scenes for Student Actors (Olfson), 41, 164 50 Modern American and British Poets, 1920–1970 (Untermeyer), 25, 157 50 Simple Thing You Can Do to Save the Earth (Earth Works Group), 99, 145 100 Best-Loved Poems (Smith, P.), 25, 130 101 Stories of the Great Ballets (Balanchine and Mason, F.), 71, 132, 143, 151, 159 1984 (Orwell), 4, 177 A ABC of Architecture (O’Gorman), 46, 128 Abe Lincoln in Illinois (Sherwood), 28, 184, 188 Abraham Lincoln (Thomas, B. P.), 51, 190, 193, 197 Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and the War Years (Sandburg), 51, 151, 159, 166, 173, 182 The Accidental Tourist (Tyler), 4, 144 Act One (Hart, M.), 41, 51, 142, 152, 173, 182, 183, 187, 189, 193, 196, 205 An Actor Prepares (Stanislavsky), 41, 142, 152, 165 Actors Talk about Acting (Funke and Booth), 41, 183, 187 The Adventures of Augie March (Bellow), 4, 176 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Twain), 4, 134, 144, 155, 161, 169, 177, 186, 192, 195, 199, 204 Advice to the Players (Lewis, R.), 41, 164 African Exodus (Stringer and McKie), 99, 129 Agamemnon (Aeschylus), 28, 148 Ah, Wilderness! (O’Neill, E.), 28, 140, 188 Ain’t Gonna Study War No More (Meltzer), 76, 156 Alistair Cooke’s America (Cooke, A.), 76, 162, 169 Alive (Read), 167, 206 All Creatures Great and Small (Herriot), 51, 150, 158

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All Quiet on the Western Front (Remarque), 4, 133, 154, 161, 169, 177, 186, 191, 195, 198, 204 All the President’s Men (Woodward and Bernstein), 77, 135, 166, 206 The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (Cook and Mazo), 71, 159 Always Running (Rodriguez, L. J.), 51, 124, 136 Always the Young Strangers (Sandburg), 51, 173, 182 The Ambassadors (James), 4, 185 The Amen Corner (Baldwin), 28, 148, 183 America Dances (De Mille), 71, 159 American Art Deco (Duncan), 46, 141 An American Childhood (Dillard), 51, 141 An American Dilemma (Myrdal), 84, 179 An American Doctor’s Odyssey (Heiser), 51, 182, 189, 193, 196 American Girl (Cantwell), 52, 131 American Indian Ballerinas (Livingston), 71, 119 An American Insurrection (Doyle, W.), 107, 122 American Musical Comedy (Bordman), 41, 142, 152 The American Political Tradition and the Men Who Made It (Hofstadter), 77, 178 An American Tragedy (Dreiser), 4, 185, 190, 194, 197 Among Schoolchildren (Kidder), 84, 146 Amusing Ourselves to Death (Postman), 84, 156 Anasazi (Pike and Muench), 77, 147 “And So It Goes” (Ellerbee), 74, 155 And Still We Rise (Corwin), 107, 122 And the Band Played On (Shilts), 84, 147 The Andromeda Strain (Crichton), 179, 206 Angel Street (Hamilton, P.), 28, 187 Angela’s Ashes (McCourt), 52, 123 Angels in America (Kushner), 28, 124, 140 Angry Theatre (Taylor, John R.), 41, 174 Animal Dreams (Kingsolver), 4, 133 Animal Farm (Orwell), 5, 133, 154, 161, 185, 191, 195, 198, 205 Anna Karenina (Tolstoy), 5, 177

TITLE INDEX Anne Frank Remembered (Gies and Gold), 52, 131, 141 Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl (Frank, A.), 52, 123, 150, 158, 172, 182, 189, 192, 196, 205 Annotated Art (Cumming), 47, 127 The Annotated Mona Lisa (Boswell and Strickland), 47, 129, 131 Ansel Adams (Adams and Alinder), 47, 149 Antigone (Anouilh), 29, 148, 187 Antigone (Sophocles), 29, 184 Apartheid in Crisis (Uhlig), 84, 157 Arctic Dreams (Lopez), 84, 156 Ariel (Maurois), 52, 173, 182, 189, 193 Arms and the Man (Shaw), 29, 153 Arrowsmith (Lewis, S.), 5, 191, 194, 198 Arsenic and Old Lace (Kesselring), 29, 188 Art (Hartt), 47, 130, 141 Art as Image and Idea (Feldman, E. B.), 47, 178 Art Attack (Aronson), 47, 126 Art Deco (Arwas), 47, 130 Art Deco (Duncan), 47, 141 The Art of Hanna-Barbera (Sennett), 74, 144 The Art of Living (Epictetus and Lebell), 84, 127 The Art of Photography (Weaver), 47, 147 The Art of the Puppet (Baird), 112, 164 The Art of Walt Disney (Finch), 74, 144 The Arts of the North American Indian (Wade and Haralson), 47, 131 The Ascent of Man (Bronowski), 85, 155, 162, 169 The Astrologer (Cameron), 166, 206 At School in the Promised Land (Antin), 52, 181, 188, 192, 195 Atom (Krauss, L. M.), 99, 121 Atoms in the Family (Fermi), 52, 172, 182, 189, 192, 196 Autobiography (Franklin), 52, 173, 182, 189, 192, 196 The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (Stein, G.), 52, 151, 159 The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini (Cellini), 52, 172, 181, 189, 192, 196 The Autobiography of Lincoln Steffens (Steffens), 52, 173, 182, 190, 193, 196 The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Malcolm X and Haley), 53, 123, 131, 151, 158, 165, 180, 206 The Autobiography of Mark Twain (Twain), 53, 173, 182, 190, 193, 197 The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (Gaines), 5, 133, 154 The Autobiography of William Allen White (White, W. A.), 53, 197 The Awakening (Chopin), 5, 125

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B Backlash (Faludi), 85, 127, 135 Ballerina (Clarke, M.), 71, 143 Ballerina (Crisp), 71, 143 Ballet and Modern Dance (Anderson, J.), 71, 132 Barbarians at the Gate (Burrough and Helyar), 77, 135 Barefoot Heart (Hart, E. T.), 53, 122 Barefoot to Balanchine (Kerner), 71, 128, 132 The Barretts of Wimpole Street (Besier), 29, 187 Baruch (Baruch), 53, 181, 189, 192, 195 Bastard Out of Carolina (Allison), 5, 119, 125 Battle Cry of Freedom (McPherson), 77, 136 The Bean Trees (Kingsolver), 5, 119 The Bear (Faulkner), 5, 125, 160 The Beatles (Davies, H.), 95, 162 Beauty (McKinley), 5, 126, 133, 154 Bee Season (Goldberg, M.), 5, 118 The Beekeeper’s Apprentice (King, L. R.), 5, 125 Before the Mayflower (Bennett), 77, 169 Being Born (Kitzinger), 99, 146 A Bell for Adano (Hersey), 5, 185 The Bell Jar (Plath), 167, 206 The Belle of Amherst (Luce), 29, 138 Beloved (Morrison), 6, 126, 144 Ben-Gurion (St. John), 53, 173, 182, 190, 193, 196 The Bermuda Triangle Mystery: Solved (Kusche), 167, 206 The Best American Poetry (Hall, D.and Lehman), 25, 149 The Best and the Brightest (Halberstam), 77, 136 Betrayal (Pinter), 29, 140 Betsey Brown (Shange), 6, 154 Between Myth and Morning (Janeway), 167, 206 Bible, Holy: New Revised Standard Version, 89, 126, 145 The Big Band Years (Crowther and Pinfold), 95, 144 The Big Book of Magic (Page, P.), 112, 164 Biko (Woods), 53, 151 Billy Budd [play] (Coxe and Chapman), 29, 187 The Biological Time Bomb (Taylor, G. R.), 181, 206 Bird by Bird (Lamott), 112, 119 Birdy (Wharton, W.), 6, 161 The Birthday Party (Pinter), 29, 148, 171, 175 Bismarck (Taylor, A. J. P.), 53, 173, 182, 190, 193, 197 Black Boy (Wright, R.), 53, 124, 132, 142, 151, 159, 166 The Black Chord (Corio and Goldman, V.), 95, 118 Black Dance in America (Haskins), 71, 132, 143 Black Dance in the United States (Emery), 72, 152

238 TITLE INDEX Black Elk Speaks (Neihardt), 53, 151, 159 Black Music in America (Haskins), 95, 145 The Black Poets (Randall, D.), 25, 157 Black Rage (Grier and Cobbs), 167, 206 Blackberry Winter (Mead), 53, 151, 158, 166 The Blacks (Genet), 29, 171 The Blackstone Book of Magic and Illusion (Blackstone), 112, 118, 126, 138, 158 Blackthink (Owens and Neimark), 180, 207 Bleak House (Dickens), 6, 176 Bless Me, Ultima (Anaya), 6, 125, 143 Bless the Beasts and Children (Swarthout), 181, 207 Blind Watchers of the Sky (Kolb), 99, 128 Blithe Spirit (Coward), 29, 124, 139, 148, 152 Blood Wedding (García Lorca), 29, 148, 171, 175, 184 Bloods (Black veterans and Terry), 77, 155 Blue Highways (Heat-Moon), 85, 156 The Bluest Eye (Morrison), 6, 133 Body Language (Fast), 167, 207 The Body Project (Brumberg), 85, 126 Bones of Contention (Lewin), 100, 146 A Book of Love Poetry (Stallworthy), 25, 130 The Book of Tap (Ames and Siegelman), 72, 151, 159 The Book of the Dance (De Mille), 72, 178 Born on the Fourth of July (Kovic), 54, 131, 141 Borrowing Time (Covelli), 85, 162 The Bounty Trilogy (Nordhoff and Hall), 6, 185, 191, 194, 198 Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (Molière), 34, 153 The Boys Next Door (Griffin, T.), 29, 139 Bradshaw on the Family (Bradshaw, J.), 85, 145 The Brain Changers (Pines), 167, 207 Brassaï (Brassaï), 47, 118 Brave New World (Huxley), 6, 125, 154, 160, 168, 177, 185 Breaking with Moscow (Shevchenko), 54, 151 Break-Up (Kuh), 48, 170 Briar Rose (Yolen), 6, 126 The Bride Price (Emecheta), 6, 125, 154 The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Wilder), 6, 177, 186, 192, 195, 199 Bridge to the Sun (Terasaki), 54, 190, 193, 197 A Brief History of Time (Hawking), 100, 127, 136, 146 Bright Eyes (Wilson, D. C.), 54, 166 A Bright Shining Lie (Sheehan), 77, 129, 137 Brighter Than a Thousand Suns (Jungk), 100, 163, 170 Brighton Beach Memoirs (Simon, N.), 29, 153 Broadway and Hollywood (Sharaff), 112, 158 Broadway, Day and Night (Marsolais, McFarlane, and Viola), 41, 138 Broadway Musicals (Gottfried), 41, 164

The Broken Cord (Dorris), 85, 127, 135 Bronx Primitive (Simon, K.), 54, 132 Brunelleschi’s Dome (King, R.), 48, 119 Building a Character (Stanislavsky), 42, 142, 152, 165 Bully for Brontosaurus (Gould), 100, 135 Buried Alive (Friedman), 167, 207 Buried Child (Shepard), 30, 140 The Burns Mantle Best Plays Series (Burns Mantle), 42, 138, 183, 186 Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Brown, Dee), 77, 126, 135, 155, 162, 169 C Cabaret (Kander), 39, 152 The Cage (Sender), 54, 142 The Caine Mutiny (Wouk), 7, 186 The Call of the Wild (London, J.), 7, 144 The Camera Never Blinks (Rather and Herskowitz), 54, 159 Capote (Clarke, G.), 54, 131 Caramelo (Cisneros), 7, 119 Carrying the Fire (Collins, M.), 166, 207 Castle (Macaulay), 48, 130 Catch-22 (Heller, J.), 7, 125, 154, 160, 168, 180, 207 The Catcher in the Rye (Salinger), 7, 133, 144, 154, 161, 169, 177, 186, 205 Cats (Lloyd Webber), 39, 139, 148 Cat’s Cradle (Vonnegut), 7, 177 Caucasia (Senna), 7, 122 Caught in the Act (Shewey and Shacter), 30, 152 Cavalcade (Coward), 30, 187 Changing Bodies, Changing Lives (Bell, R.), 85, 155, 162 The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (Keneally), 7, 144 Chaos (Gleick), 100, 135 Charles Dickens (Johnson, E.), 54, 158 The Cherry Orchard (Chekhov), 30, 148, 152, 171, 175, 183, 187 Children of a Lesser God (Medoff), 30, 140, 148, 153 The Children’s Hour (Hellman), 30, 140, 148, 152 China Boy (Lee, G.), 7, 133 China Men (Kingston), 85, 146 Chinese Cinderella (Mah), 54, 120 The Chocolate War (Cormier), 7, 133, 153, 166, 207 The Choice (Yette), 168, 207 A Choice of Weapons (Parks), 55, 173 The Chosen (Potok), 7, 126, 133, 144, 154 Christopher Columbus, Mariner (Morison), 55, 159, 173, 182, 189, 193, 196 Chuck Amuck (Jones, C.), 74, 134 The Citizen Kane Book (Kael), 74, 155

TITLE INDEX Civil Disobedience (Thoreau), 85, 164, 170 Civilisation (Clark, K.), 85, 127, 178 Clarence Darrow for the Defense (Stone), 55, 166, 173, 182, 190, 193, 197 Classical Music (Griffin, C. D.), 95, 144 The Closing Circle (Commoner), 166, 207 The Closing of the American Mind (Bloom), 85, 145 Clowns (Towsen), 112, 164 The Cognitive Computer (Childers and Schank), 100, 157 Cold Mountain (Frazier), 8, 125 The Collected Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer (Singer), 8, 154 The Color of Water (McBride), 55, 123 The Color Purple (Walker), 8, 134 Columbus in the Americas (Heat-Moon), 78, 117 Comedy Greats (Took), 112, 149 Coming of Age in Mississippi (Moody), 55, 124, 132, 173 Common Ground (Lukas), 86, 156 The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth (Kitzinger), 100, 146 The Complete Guide to Modern Dance (McDonagh), 72, 159 The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Classical Music (Sherman and Seldon), 96, 129 The Complete Phantom of the Opera (Perry, G. C.), 42, 138 The Complete Photography Careers Handbook (Gilbert, G.), 48, 137 The Complete Tales and Poems (Poe), 8, 186, 191, 195, 198 Completely Mad (Reidelbach), 113, 138 Conduct Unbecoming (Shilts), 86, 137 Conductors (Hart, P.), 96, 157 A Conspiracy So Immense (Oshinsky), 55, 151 The Constitution (Mabie), 78, 146 The Control of Nature (McPhee), 86, 136 The Cool Fire (Shanks), 74, 161 Cool Salsa (Carlson), 25, 129 Coping with Date Rape and Acquaintance Rape (Parrot), 86, 147 The Corner (Burns and Simon, D.), 86, 129 Cosmos (Sagan), 100, 147, 164 The Count of Monte Cristo (Dumas), 8, 190, 194, 197 Counting Coup (Colton), 86, 118 The Country Music Book (Mason, M.), 96, 157 Country Music, U.S.A. (Malone), 96, 134 A Country Year (Hubbell), 86, 128 The Court Years, 1939–1975 (Douglas), 55, 150 Crazy to Be Alive in Such a Strange World (Larrick), 25, 163 Creating a Role (Stanislavsky), 42, 142

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Crime and Punishment (Dostoyevsky), 8, 125, 153, 160, 168, 176, 185, 190, 194, 197, 204 Crimes of the Heart (Henley), 30, 140, 148 Crossing Over (Martinez), 107, 122 The Crucible (Miller, A.), 30, 148, 175 The Cruel Sea (Monsarrat), 8, 191, 194, 198 Cry, the Beloved Country (Paton), 8, 133, 144, 154, 161, 169, 177, 186, 191, 195, 198, 204 Cultural Literacy (Hirsch), 86, 146 Culture and Commitment (Mead), 86, 163, 167, 180, 207 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the NightTime (Haddon), 8, 122 Custer Died for Your Sins (Deloria), 166, 179, 208 Cycles of Fire (Hartmann), 86, 146 Cyrano De Bergerac (Rostand), 30, 148, 153, 175, 188 D Damned Lies and Statistics (Best), 107, 121 The Dance Catalog (Reynolds, N.), 72, 160 Dance in America (Coe), 72, 143, 152 The Dance of Legislation (Redman), 107, 164, 170 Dance to the Piper (De Mille), 55, 131 Dancershoes (Sorine, D.S. and S. R.), 72, 160 Dancing (Jonas), 72, 128, 132 Danseur (Philip, R.), 72, 159 Danseur (Whitney), 72, 159 Dark Quartet (Banks), 55, 158 The Dark Side of the Marketplace (Carper and Magnuson), 87, 170 Darkness Over the Valley (Staden), 55, 142 Darwin’s Century (Eiseley), 100, 156, 163, 170, 178 David Copperfield (Dickens), 8, 185, 190, 194, 197 Day One (Wyden), 78, 157 Daybreak (Baez), 179, 208 Daylight Must Come (Burgess), 56, 165 Days of Grace (Ashe and Rampersad), 56, 131 Dear America (Edelman, B.), 56, 123 The Death and Life of Great American Cities (Jacobs), 87, 170 Death Be Not Proud (Gunther), 56, 150, 158 A Death in the Family (Agee), 8, 125, 176 Death in Venice (Mann, T.), 9, 169 Death Is a Noun (Langone), 167, 208 Death of a Salesman (Miller, A.), 30, 124, 171, 184, 188 The Decade of Women (Lyons and Levine, S.), 87, 163 Demented (Mordden), 96, 145, 157 Democracy in America (Tocqueville), 78, 157, 164, 170, 179 The Demon in the Freezer (Preston), 100, 121

240 TITLE INDEX Deputy (Hochhuth), 30, 171, 175 Desert Smells Like Rain (Nabhan), 87, 136 Development of the Theatre (Nicoll), 42, 174 Devil in the Shape of a Woman (Karlsen), 87, 136 The Diary of Samuel Pepys (Pepys), 56, 166, 173, 182, 189, 193, 196 Dinner at the New Gene Café (Lambrecht), 100, 121 A Distant Mirror (Tuchman), 78, 118, 137 Do What You Love, the Money Will Follow (Sinetar), 87, 147 Doctor Faustus (Marlowe), 30, 171, 175, 184, 188 A Doll’s House (Ibsen), 30, 124, 140, 148, 152, 171 Domestic Revolutions (Mintz and Kellogg), 87, 136 Don Coyote (Hyde, D. O.), 101, 146 Don Quixote de la Mancha (Cervantes Saavedra), 9, 168, 176, 185, 190, 194, 197 Dorothy Thompson (Sanders), 56, 166 The Double Helix (Watson, J. D.), 56, 129, 157, 164, 170, 173 Dr. Schweitzer of Lambaréné (Cousins), 56, 181 Dr. Tatiana’s Sex Advice to All Creation (Judson), 101, 120 Dracula (Stoker), 9, 154, 161 The Dream (Hansen), 78, 117 The Dream Is Alive (Embury), 101, 135 Dream on Monkey Mountain, and Other Plays (Walcott), 31, 140 Driving Miss Daisy (Uhry), 31, 124 The Drug Scene (Louria), 180, 208 Dummy (Tidyman), 167, 208 Dune (Herbert), 9, 160

The The The The

E E. B. White (Gherman), 56, 131 Each Other’s Victims (Travers), 181, 208 Earth-Shattering Poems (Rosenberg), 25, 130 East of Eden (Steinbeck), 9, 144 Eating May Be Hazardous to Your Health (Verrett and Carper), 168, 208 The Education of Henry Adams (Adams, H.), 56, 181, 188, 192, 195 The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (Zindel), 31, 149, 172 Eight Men Out (Asinof), 78, 126, 135 Einstein: A Centenary Volume (French), 56, 150 Einstein: The Life and Times (Clark, R. W.), 56, 165 El Niño (Nash), 101, 121 Eleanor and Franklin (Lash), 57, 151, 158, 165 Eleanor of Acquitaine and the Four Kings (Kelly), 57, 173, 182, 189, 193, 196

Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady of American Liberalism (Scharf), 57, 142 Eleanor Roosevelt: Vol. 1, 1884–1933 (Cook, B. W.), 57, 123, 131 Elements of Film (Bobker), 74, 161 The Elephant Man (Pomerance), 31, 148 Elizabeth the Great (Jenkins, E.), 57, 165, 173, 182, 189, 193, 196 Ellen Foster (Gibbons), 9, 125 Emma Goldman (Wexler), 57, 151 Encyclopedia of Acting Techniques (Perry, J.), 42, 119 Ender’s Game (Card), 9, 125 The Endurance (Alexander), 78, 117 An Enemy of the People (Ibsen), 31, 175 The Environmental Handbook (De Bell), 179, 208 Equus (Shaffer), 31, 148 Eric (Lund), 57, 165 Ernest Hemingway (Baker, C.), 57, 172 Escalante (Mathews), 57, 142 Escape from Childhood (Holt), 167, 208 The Essential Writings of Mahatma Gandhi (Gandhi and Iyer), 87, 135 Ethan Frome (Wharton, E.), 9, 177, 186, 192, 195, 199 Eureka! (Horvitz), 101, 120 Everyman, 31, 171, 174 Everything That Rises Must Converge (O’Connor, F.), 9, 126, 144 Everything We Had (Santoli), 78, 164 Exploring Black and White Photography (Gassan and Meek), 48, 137 Exploring World Art (Belloli), 48, 118 Eyes on the Prize (Williams, J.), 78, 129, 137, 147 F Fahrenheit 451 (Bradbury), 9, 133, 143, 153 The Fall of the House of Usher, and Other Tales (Poe), 9, 161, 169 Falling in Love with Wisdom (Karnos and Shoemaker), 87, 128 The Fantasticks (Jones and Schmidt), 39, 139, 148 Far from the Madding Crowd (Hardy), 10, 160 A Farewell to Arms (Hemingway), 10, 125, 143, 160 The Farming of Bones (Danticat), 10, 117 Fast Food Nation (Schlosser), 108, 122 The Fate of the Earth (Schell), 87, 157 The Father (Strindberg), 31, 176 Father Greg and the Homeboys (Fremon), 87, 127 Fathers and Sons (Turgenev), 10, 186, 192, 195, 199 Favorite Folktales from around the World (Yolen), 88, 129, 137, 147 FDR (Morgan, T.), 57, 151

TITLE INDEX Feed (Anderson, M. T.), 10, 119 The Feminine Mystique (Friedan), 88, 156, 170 Fences (Wilson, A.), 31, 125, 140 Fermat’s Enigma (Singh), 101, 129 Festival! (Hopkins), 180, 208 Fiddler on the Roof (Stein, J.), 39, 176, 184 Fifth Chinese Daughter (Wong), 57, 183, 190, 193, 197 Film Maker’s Guide to Super 8 (Super 8 Filmaker), 74, 161 Films of Science Fiction and Fantasy (Searles), 75, 144 Final Harvest (Dickinson), 25, 157 Final Harvest (Malcolm), 79, 156 A Fire in My Hands (Soto), 25, 138 Fire in the Lake (FitzGerald), 79, 145 The Fire Next Time (Baldwin), 88, 135 Fires in the Mirror (Smith, A. D.), 108, 120 A First Dictionary of Cultural Literacy (Hirsch), 88, 146 The First Freedom (Hentoff), 79, 163 First They Killed My Father (Ung), 79, 118 The Five Senses (Gonzalez-Crussi), 101, 146 The Fixer (Malamud), 10, 125, 144, 154, 161, 169, 177, 180, 209 Florence Nightingale, 1820–1910 (WoodhamSmith), 57, 197 Flowers for Algernon (Keyes), 10, 177 Flush (Woolf), 58, 183 Fools Crow (Welch), 10, 155 For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf (Shange), 31, 140 For Whom the Bell Tolls (Hemingway), 10, 168, 176 The Foreigner (Shue), 31, 140 Forgotten Fire (Bagdasarian), 10, 119 The Forsyte Saga (Galsworthy), 10, 185, 191, 194, 198 Founding Brothers (Ellis), 79, 117 Foxfire (Cooper and Cronyn), 31, 139 The Foxfire Book (Wigginton), 168, 209 Frank Lloyd Wright (Twombly), 58, 166 Freud, the Man and the Cause (Clark, R. W.), 58, 150 Friday Night Lights (Bissinger), 88, 118 The Friendly Shakespeare (Epstein), 88, 135 The Front Page (Hecht and MacArthur), 32, 140 Future Shock (Toffler), 88, 170, 181, 209 G The Gatekeepers (Steinberg), 108, 122 The Gateway to History (Nevins), 79, 179 A Gathering of Old Men (Gaines), 11, 133, 143 Geeks (Katz), 108, 122 Geoffrey Chaucer of England (Chute), 58, 172

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George Washington, Man and Monument (Cunliffe), 58, 181, 189, 192 Georgia O’Keeffe (O’Keeffe), 58, 151, 159 Georgia O’Keeffe (Robinson), 58, 142 Getting into Film (London, M.), 75, 161 Getting It Down (Kesselman-Turkel and Peterson), 113, 146 Giants in the Earth (Rolvaag), 11, 177, 186, 191, 195, 198 Gideon’s Trumpet (Lewis, A.), 108, 136 Girl, Interrupted (Kaysen), 88, 136 Girl with a Pearl Earring (Chevalier), 11, 118 Give Me My Father’s Body (Harper), 88, 117 The Glass Menagerie (Williams, T.), 32, 125, 140, 149, 172, 176, 184, 188, 205 The Glorious Ones (Schonberg), 96, 145, 157 The Glory and the Dream (Manchester), 88, 163 Glory Days (Marsh), 96, 157 Go and Come Back (Abelove), 11, 119 Go East, Young Man (Douglas), 58, 150, 158, 165 Go Tell It on the Mountain (Baldwin), 11, 153, 168 Goddesses in Everywoman (Bolen), 88, 145 Gödel, Escher, Bach (Hofstadter), 101, 163 Gods, Graves, and Scholars (Ceram), 101, 155, 162, 169, 178 Gods in Everyman (Bolen), 89, 145 Going after Cacciato (O’Brien), 11, 154, 161 Going Over to Your Place (Janeczko), 25, 149 Golda: Gold Meir; the Romantic Years (Martin), 58, 142 Golda: The Life of Israel’s Prime Minister (Mann, P.), 58, 166 The Golden Compass (Pullman), 11, 120 The Golden Ratio (Livio), 102, 121 Gone with the Wind (Mitchell), 11, 177, 185, 191, 194, 198 The Good Earth (Buck), 11, 176, 185, 190, 194, 197 Good Neighbors? (Weiss), 79, 157 Good Night, Sweet Prince (Fowler), 42, 183, 187 Gorillas in the Mist (Fossey), 102, 145 A Gracious Plenty (Reynolds, S.), 11, 120 The Grapes of Wrath (Steinbeck), 11, 126, 154, 169, 177, 186, 191, 195, 198, 205 Graphic History of Architecture (Mansbridge), 48, 178 The Grass Dancer (Power), 12, 126 Great Expectations (Dickens), 12, 133, 168 Great Expectations: America and the Baby Boom Generation (Jones, L. Y.), 89, 163 The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald), 12, 133, 143, 154, 160, 168, 176, 185, 190, 194, 198, 204 Great Projects (Tobin), 102, 121 Great Short Works of Joseph Conrad (Conrad), 12, 168

242 TITLE INDEX Great Stars of the American Stage (Blum, D.), 42, 183, 186 Great Theatrical Disasters (Brandreth), 42, 142, 152 The Great White Hope (Sackler), 32, 175 Green Mansions (Hudson), 12, 185, 191, 194, 198 The Green Pastures (Connelly), 32, 187 The Greenhouse Effect (Gay), 102, 146 Grendel (Gardner, J.), 12, 125, 154, 168 Growing Up (Baker, R.), 58, 123, 131, 141 Growing Up Asian American (Hong), 89, 136 Growing Up Female in America—Ten Lives (Merriam), 58, 166 The Guinness Book of Records 1492 (Manley), 79, 136 The Gulag Archipelago (Solzhenitsyn), 12, 169 Gulliver’s Travels (Swift), 12, 169 Guns, Germs, and Steel (Diamond), 108, 122, 127 H Hadrian VII (Luke), 32, 175 Hair (MacDermot), 39, 152, 175 Hamlet (Shakespeare), 32, 184, 188 Handbook of Adolescence (Gersh and Litt), 167, 209 The Handmaid’s Tale (Atwood), 12, 125 Hannibal: Challenging Rome’s Supremacy (De Beer), 58, 172 Hannibal: One Man against Rome (Lamb), 59, 182 Harper’s Anthology of 20th Century Native American Poetry (Niatum), 25, 130 Harvey (Chase), 32, 187 The Hasty Heart (Patrick), 32, 188 Hatter Fox (Harris, M.), 167, 209 The Haunted Palace (Winwar), 59, 174, 182 Having Our Say (Delany, Delany, and Hearth), 59, 131 The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (McCullers), 12, 154, 161 Heart to Heart (Greenberg, Jan), 26, 119 Hedda Gabler (Ibsen), 32, 184, 188 The Heidi Chronicles (Wasserstein), 32, 140 The Heiress (Goetz, A and R.), 32, 183, 187 Hello, Dolly! (Herman and Stewart), 39, 139 Henry David Thoreau (Krutch), 59, 182, 189, 193, 196 Here I Stand (Bainton), 59, 165, 172, 189, 192, 195 Hey, White Girl! (Gregory), 180, 209 Hiroshima (Hersey), 79, 128, 136, 156 A History of African-American Artists (Bearden and Henderson), 48, 130 History of Art (Janson and Janson), 48, 131 A History of Art and Music (Janson, Janson, and Kerman), 89, 178

History of Modern Art (Arnason and Prather), 48, 130 A History of the Theatre (Wickham), 42, 142, 152 History of the Theatre (Brockett), 42, 138 A History of Western Philosophy (Russell, Bertrand), 89, 179 Hitler (Bullock), 59, 165 Ho (Halberstam), 59, 165 Hollywood (Brownlow and Kobal), 75, 134, 144, 155, 161 The Hollywood History of the World (Fraser, G. M.), 75, 134 Holy Bible: New Revised Standard Version, 89, 126, 145 Home before Morning (Van Devanter and Morgan), 59, 142 Home to the Wilderness (Carrighar), 59, 158, 165 Hometown Heroes (Robinette), 89, 136 Honor Bound (Steffan), 59, 132 The Hostage (Behan), 33, 174 House of Atreus (Lewin), 33, 175 House of Houses (Mora), 59, 124 The House of Tomorrow (Thompson, J.), 181, 209 The House on Mango Street (Cisneros), 12, 125 How Buildings Work (Allen, E.), 48, 141, 150 How Does a Poem Mean? (Ciardi), 26, 129, 169, 178 How Green Was My Valley (Llewellyn), 13, 185, 191, 194, 198 How I Learned to Drive (Vogel), 33, 125 How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents (Alvarez, J.), 13, 133 How the World Was One (Clarke, A. C.), 102, 135 How to Break into the Theatre (Harmon), 42, 187 How to Get Started When You Don’t Know Where to Begin (Hoyt, P.), 89, 163 How to Look at Sculpture (Finn), 49, 127, 130, 141 How to Read and Interpret Poetry (Doreski and Doreski), 26, 149 How to Read Literature Like a Professor (Foster), 113, 119 The Human Comedy (Saroyan), 13, 186, 191, 195, 198 Hunger of Memory (Rodriguez, R.), 60, 124 Hunter’s Stew and Hangtown Fry (Perl), 79, 147 Hydrogen (Rigden), 102, 121 I I Feel a Little Jumpy around You (Nye and Janeczko), 26, 130 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Angelou), 60, 123, 131, 150, 158 I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (Greenberg, Joanne), 13, 168, 180, 209 I Remember Mama (Van Druten), 33, 188

TITLE INDEX I, Rigoberta Menchú (Menchú), 60, 132 I Wanted to Be an Actress (Cornell), 43, 186 The Idea of a Theater (Fergusson), 43, 174 Ideas and Men (Brinton), 89, 178 If Beale Street Could Talk (Baldwin), 13, 160 The Illustrated World’s Religions (Smith, Huston), 89, 119 I’m Not Rappaport (Gardner, H.), 33, 139 I’m O.K.—You’re O.K. (Harris, T. A.), 167, 209 Images of Nature (Mangelsen), 49, 147 The Imperial Presidency (Schlesinger), 79, 164, 170 The Importance of Being Earnest (Wilde), 33, 125, 140, 149, 153, 172, 176, 184, 188, 205 In Code (Flannery, D. and S.), 102, 120 In Country (Mason, B. A.), 13, 126, 144 In Her Own Right (Griffith), 60, 150 In Search of Color Everywhere (Miller, E. E.), 26, 130 In Search of Excellence (Peters and Waterman), 89, 147 In Search of Meaning (Voss), 90, 179 In Suspect Terrain (McPhee), 102, 128, 146 In the Service of Their Country (Gaylin), 179, 209 In the Shadow of Man (Goodall), 102, 146 In the Time of the Butterflies (Alvarez, J.), 13, 119, 125 In These Girls, Hope Is a Muscle (Blais), 90, 126 Indian Givers (Weatherford), 80, 118 Inherit the Wind (Lawrence and Lee), 33, 140, 171, 175, 184, 188 Innumeracy (Paulos), 102, 128 Insect Lives (Hoyt and Schultz), 102, 120 Inside Dance (Louis), 72, 159 Inside Oscar (Wiley and Bona), 75, 155 Insider’s Guide to the Colleges (Yale Daily News), 90, 147 Intimate Play (Betcher), 90, 145 Into the Woods (Sondheim and Lapine), 40, 139 Into Thin Air (Krakauer), 80, 128 Inventing Modern America (Brown, David E.), 103, 120 Invention by Design (Petroski), 103, 128 Invisible Man (Ellison), 13, 125, 160, 168, 176 Invisible Men (Rogosin), 80, 136 Ivanhoe (Scott), 13, 186, 191, 195, 198 J J. B. (MacLeish), 33, 148, 171, 175, 184, 188 James Brown (Brown and Tucker), 96, 157 James Earl Jones (Jones and Niven), 43, 138 Jane Eyre (Brontë, C.), 13, 133, 143, 153, 160, 176, 184, 190, 194, 197, 204 Jazz (Cooke, M.), 96, 127 Jazz Dance (Stearns, J. and M.), 72, 143, 152

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Jefferson’s Children (Lanier and Feldman), 80, 117 Jennie (Martin), 60, 173 Jesus Christ Superstar (Lloyd Webber and Rice), 40, 172 John Adams (McCullough), 60, 118 John F. Kennedy (Mills, K.), 60, 142 John Muir and His Legacy (Fox), 60, 150 The Johnstown Flood (McCullough), 80, 136 Joining the Tribe (Due), 90, 127 Journey to Ixtlan (Castaneda), 166, 209 The Joy Luck Club (Tan), 13, 134, 144 The Joy of Music (Bernstein, L.), 96, 126, 134, 178 The Joy of Sects (Occhiogrosso), 90, 128 Judges (Jackson), 167, 209 The Jungle (Sinclair), 13, 154 Juno and the Paycock (O’Casey), 33, 171, 175 Just Looking (Updike), 49, 141 K Kaffir Boy (Mathabane), 60, 123, 132, 142 Karl Marx (McLellan), 60, 158, 166 Keepers of the Earth (Caduto and Bruchac), 90, 145 Kidnapped (Stevenson), 14, 191, 195, 199 The Killer Angels (Shaara), 14, 126, 133 Kim (Kipling), 14, 191, 194, 198 King Lear (Shakespeare), 33, 124, 148 The King Must Die (Renault), 14, 144 The Kite Runner (Hosseini), 14, 122 Krakatoa (Winchester), 80, 118 Kristin Lavransdatter (Undset), 14, 177, 186, 192, 195, 199 L The Ladies of Seneca Falls (Gurko), 61, 158 The Lady’s Not for Burning (Fry), 33, 171 Lakota Woman (Crow Dog and Erdoes), 61, 131 The Language of Cities (Hosken), 103, 178 The Lark (Anouilh), 34, 148 The Last Algonquin (Kazimiroff), 61, 141 Last Breath (Stark), 103, 121 Last Chance to See (Adams and Carwardine), 103, 135 The Last Lion (Manchester), 61, 151 Last Traces (Czarnecki), 49, 141 The Latin Tinge (Roberts, J. S.), 96, 162 Laurette (Courtney), 43, 183, 187 Laying Waste (Brown, M. H.), 103, 155, 162 Learning for Tomorrow (Toffler), 168, 210 Learning to Look (Taylor, Joshua), 49, 170, 179 The Left Hand of Darkness (Le Guin), 14, 125, 154, 160, 168 Legends, Lies, and Cherished Myths of World History (Shenkman), 80, 137

244 TITLE INDEX A Lesson before Dying (Gaines), 14, 125 Let the Trumpet Sound (Oates), 61, 151 Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (Agee and Evans), 80, 155, 162, 169 The Liars’ Club (Karr), 61, 123 Licit and Illicit Drugs (Brecher), 103, 162 Life and Death in Shanghai (Cheng), 61, 141 The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft (Tomalin), 61, 166 Life Is Funny (Frank, E. R.), 14, 119 The Life of Samuel Johnson (Boswell, James), 61, 172, 181, 189, 192, 196 Life with Father (Lindsay and Crouse), 34, 184, 188 Light at the Edge of the World (Davis, W.), 108, 122 Like Water for Chocolate (Esquivel), 14, 133 Lincoln: A Novel (Vidal), 15, 144 Lindbergh (Berg), 61, 117 The Lion in Winter (Goldman, J.), 34, 175 The Little Foxes (Hellman), 34, 124, 171, 175, 184 The Little Ice Age (Fagan), 81, 120 The Little Prince (Saint-Exupéry), 15, 177 The Little World of Don Camillo (Guareschi), 15, 191, 194, 198 Lives (Plutarch), 61, 173, 182, 189, 193, 196 The Lives of a Cell (Thomas, L.), 103, 129, 157, 164, 170 Living by the Word (Walker), 90, 137 The Living Planet (Attenborough), 103, 135 The Loch Ness Monster (San Souci), 103, 147 The Lonely Days Were Sundays (Evans, E. N.), 90, 135 Long Day’s Journey into Night (O’Neill, E.), 34, 124, 148, 153, 171, 175, 184 Long Time Coming and a Long Time Gone (Fariña), 179, 210 Longitude (Sobel), 103, 121, 129 Look Back in Anger (Osborne), 34, 171, 175 Look Homeward, Angel (Wolfe, Thomas), 15, 169, 177, 186 Look Homeward, Angel [play] (Frings), 34, 187 Looking Backward (Bellamy), 15, 190, 194, 197 The Loon Feather (Fuller, I.), 15, 191, 194, 198 Lord Jim (Conrad), 15, 160, 176, 185, 190, 194, 197 Lord of the Flies (Golding), 15, 133, 143, 154, 160, 168, 176, 185, 205 The Lord of the Rings (Tolkien), 15, 134, 144, 155, 161, 169, 177 Loss of Eden (Milton), 62, 132 Lost in Yonkers (Simon, N.), 34, 140 Louis Armstrong (Collier), 62, 131 Love Is Eternal (Stone), 15, 192, 195, 199 Lovers in Art (Adler), 49, 118

The Lower Depths (Gorky), 34, 171 Lucky (Sebold), 15, 120 Lucy (Johanson and Edey), 104, 156, 163 Lust for Life (Stone), 15, 186 Lysistrata (Aristophanes), 34, 139, 148, 152, 171, 174 M M. Butterfly (Hwang), 34, 140 Macbeth (Shakespeare), 35, 172 Madame Bovary (Flaubert), 16, 143, 176 Madame Curie (Curie), 62, 123, 131, 141, 165, 172, 181, 189, 192, 196, 204 Madame Sarah (Skinner), 62, 173 Madness (Porter), 104, 121 The Madwoman of Chaillot (Giraudoux), 35, 148, 171, 175, 183, 187 Maggie’s American Dream (Comer), 62, 141 The Magic Mountain (Mann, T.), 16, 177 Main Street (Lewis, S.), 16, 168, 177, 185 Mainstreams of Modern Art (Canaday), 49, 178 Making Art Safely (Spandorfer), 113, 138 Making It with Music (Rogers and Epand), 97, 162 Making Movies Work (Boorstin), 75, 126 The Making of a Counter Culture (Roszak), 81, 170, 180, 210 Malcolm X (Clarke, J. H.), 62, 172 Man and His Symbols (Jung), 108, 136, 146 A Man for All Seasons (Bolt), 35, 171, 174 Man of La Mancha (Leigh and Darion), 40, 184 Manchild in the Promised Land (Brown, C.), 62, 158, 172 Man’s Fate (Malraux), 16, 177 Marijuana (Bloomquist), 179, 210 The Martian Chronicles (Bradbury), 16, 160 Martin Luther King, Jr. (Witherspoon), 62, 142 Mary, Queen of Scots (Fraser, A.), 62, 173 Mary Shelley (Sunstein), 62, 142 “Master Harold” . . . and the Boys (Fugard), 35, 124, 139, 148 Masters of the Drama (Gassner), 43, 174 The Matchmaker (Wilder), 35, 140, 149 Mathematics in Western Culture (Kline), 104, 170 Maus: A Survivor’s Tale. Volume I (Spiegelman), 90, 129, 137 Maus: A Survivor’s Tale. Volume II (Spiegelman), 90, 129, 137 Me and Orson Welles (Kaplow), 16, 119 Me Me Me Me Me (Kerr, M. E.), 62, 131 The Measure of Our Success (Edelman, M. W.), 91, 127, 135 Media Sexploitation (Key), 108, 146 The Medical Detectives (Roueché), 104, 147 Megatrends (Naisbitt), 108, 156

TITLE INDEX The Member of the Wedding [novel] (McCullers), 16, 126, 133, 144, 205 The Member of the Wedding [play] (McCullers), 35, 171, 175, 184, 188 Men Dancing (Bland and Percival), 73, 132, 143, 151 Men of Mathematics (Bell, E. T.), 63, 135, 181, 189, 192, 196 Merton (Furlong), 63, 150 The Metamorphosis (Kafka), 16, 168 Michelangelo (Hibbard), 49, 150, 165 Microbe Hunters (De Kruif), 63, 172, 181 The Middle of Everywhere (Pipher), 109, 122 A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare), 35, 172, 175 The Mill on the Floss (Eliot, G.), 16, 185, 190, 194, 197 Millennium (Maybury-Lewis), 109, 136 Mime (Hamblin), 113, 164 Minding the Body, Mending the Mind (Borysenko), 91, 145 Miracle at Philadelphia (Bowen), 81, 155 The Miracle of Language (Lederer, R.), 91, 136 The Miracle Worker (Gibson), 35, 171, 175, 183, 187 The Misanthrope (Molière), 35, 148, 171 The Miser (Molière), 35, 140, 175 Les Misérables (Hugo), 14, 177, 185, 191, 194, 198 Les Misérables [musical] (Schönberg, Boublil, and Kretzmer), 40, 139 The Mismeasure of Man (Gould), 104, 127 Miss Julie (Strindberg), 35, 149, 172 Mister Roberts (Heggen and Logan), 35, 183, 187 Moby-Dick (Melville), 16, 169, 177, 185, 191, 194, 198 Modern Classicism (Stern), 49, 130, 141 The Modern Mind (Watson, P.), 104, 118 Modern Times (Johnson, P.), 81, 156 Monster (Myers), 16, 120 Montana 1948 (Watson, L.), 17, 126 Moon on a Rainbow Shawl (John), 36, 140 The Moonstone (Collins, W.), 17, 176, 190, 194, 197 More Joy of Photography (Eastman Kodak Company), 49, 147 The Most Beautiful House in the World (Rybczynski), 91, 128 The Most Dangerous Man in America (Bowen), 63, 165 Mother Courage and Her Children (Brecht), 36, 139, 148, 171, 174, 183 Mother Jones (Atkinson), 63, 158 Mothers of Invention (Vare and Ptacek), 104, 137 The Mousetrap (Christie), 36, 124, 139 Move Your Shadow (Lelyveld), 91, 146, 156

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The Movies, Mr. Griffith, and Me (Gish), 75, 155 Moving Violations (Hockenberry), 63, 123 Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones (Head), 180, 210 Murder in the Cathedral (Eliot, T. S.), 36, 152, 175 Murrow: His Life and Times (Sperber), 75, 155 Music and Technology (Newquist), 97, 134 The Musical Theatre (Lerner), 43, 152 Musicians in Tune (Boyd), 97, 134 Mussolini (Smith, D. M.), 63, 151 My Ántonia (Cather), 17, 153, 160, 168, 176, 185, 190, 194, 197, 204 My Brother (Kincaid), 63, 123 My Fair Lady (Lerner and Loewe), 40, 139 My Forbidden Face (Latifa), 63, 122 My Heartbeat (Freymann-Weyr), 17, 119 My Lai 4 (Hersh), 180, 210 My Lord, What a Morning (Anderson, Marian.), 63, 181, 188, 192, 195 My Place (Morgan, S.), 63, 142 My Several Worlds (Buck), 64, 181, 189, 192, 196 My Soul Is Rested (Raines), 81, 156 Mythology (Hamilton, E.), 91, 127, 156, 163, 170, 178 N N. C. Wyeth (Allen and Allen), 64, 165 Nadja, On My Way (Salerno-Sonnenberg), 64, 142 Naked Economics (Wheelan), 109, 123 Naked to Mine Enemies (Ferguson), 64, 172, 181, 189, 192, 196 Napoleon (Chandler), 64, 165 Napoleon I (Guérard), 64, 173, 182, 189, 193, 196 Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave (Douglass), 64, 123 The Nashville Sound (Hemphill), 180, 210 Native Son (Wright, R.), 17, 126, 155, 169, 177 Nectar in a Sieve (Markandaya), 17, 125, 154, 177 Never to Forget (Meltzer), 81, 156, 163 New and Selected Poems (Oliver), 26, 130 The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (Kernfeld), 97, 145 The New Industrial State (Galbraith), 109, 178 The New Our Bodies, Ourselves (Boston Women’s Health Collective), 91, 135 The New Oxford Book of Light Verse (Amis), 26, 157 The New World of Philosophy (Kaplan), 91, 170, 178 Newjack (Conover), 109, 121 Next of Kin (Fouts), 104, 127 The Next Whole Earth Catalog (Brand), 104, 162 Nicholas and Alexandra (Massie), 64, 123, 131, 166

246 TITLE INDEX Nickel and Dimed (Ehrenreich), 109, 122 No Exit (Sartre), 36, 124, 153, 175, 184 No Matter How Loud I Shout (Humes), 109, 128 No More Masks! (Howe and Bass), 167, 210 Nobody Ever Dies of Old Age (Curtin), 166, 210 The Noh Drama (Waley), 36, 153 Northwest Passage (Roberts, K.), 17, 186, 191, 195, 198 Nothing but the Best (Kogan), 97, 134 Nothing but the Truth (Avi), 17, 133 Nowhere to Run (Hirshey), 97, 157 Number (Dantzig), 104, 178 The Number Devil (Enzensberger), 104, 120 O Occupational Outlook Handbook (U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics), 109, 147 The Odd Couple (Simon, N.), 36, 176 The Odyssey of Homer: A Modern Translation (Homer, Lattimore trans.), 26, 130, 163, 170 Odyssey: The Art of Photography at National Geographic (Livingston, Fralin, and Haun), 49, 147 Oedipus the King (Sophocles), 36, 153, 172, 176 Of Human Bondage (Maugham), 17, 169, 177, 185, 191, 194 Of Mice and Men (Steinbeck), 17, 134, 161 Of Such Small Differences (Greenberg, Joanne), 17, 143 Off the Record (Smith and Fink), 97, 145 Oklahoma! (Rodgers and Hammerstein), 40, 139, 153, 175, 184, 188 The Old Man and the Sea (Hemingway), 17, 133, 185, 191, 194, 198 On Agression (Lorenz), 109, 156, 163, 170, 178 On Being Different (Miller, M), 167, 211 On the Art of Fixing a Shadow (Greenough), 49, 147 On Violence (Arendt), 109, 145, 166, 179, 211 On Wings of Joy (Garfunkel), 73, 118, 127 On Your Toes (Neale), 73, 159 The Once and Future King (White, T. H.), 17, 144 One Boy at War (Sergios), 91, 136 One Child (Hayden), 91, 163 One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Solzhenitsyn), 18, 134, 144, 154, 161, 169, 177 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Kesey), 18, 160, 167, 211 One Hundred Poems from the Japanese (Rexroth), 26, 157 One Two Three—Infinity (Gamow), 105, 178 Open Marriage (O’Neill, G. and E.), 167, 211 Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth (Fuller, R. B.), 105, 163, 170 The Orchestra (Hurd), 97, 162

Ordinary Love and Good Will: Two Novellas (Smiley), 18, 134 Ordinary People (Guest), 18, 154 Othello (Shakespeare), 36, 175 The Other America (Harrington), 109, 178 Other Lives, Other Selves (Woolger), 110, 147 The Other Side of the River (Kotlowitz), 91, 128 Our Bodies, Ourselves (Boston Women’s Health Collective), 166, 211 Our House Divided (Knaefler), 81, 136 Our Movie Heritage (McGreevey and Yeck), 75, 119 Our Own Worst Enemy (Lederer, W. J.), 180, 211 Our Time Is Now (Birmingham), 179, 211 Our Town (Wilder), 36, 125, 153, 172, 176, 184, 188 P Pablo Picasso (Lyttle), 64, 141 The Painted Bird (Kosinski), 18, 125, 168 Painting and Sculpture in Europe, 1880–1940 (Hamilton, G. H.), 49, 150 Pal Joey (Rodgers and Hart), 40, 153 Papa Hemingway (Hotchner), 64, 165 Parable of the Sower (Butler), 18, 125 Part of My Soul Went with Him (Mandela), 64, 151 A Passage to India (Forster), 18, 176 Passages in Modern Sculpture (Krauss, R. E.), 50, 150 Passing the Hat (Campbell, P. J.), 113, 164 The Passion of Artemisia (Vreeland), 18, 119 Patterns of Culture (Benedict), 110, 162, 169 Paul Revere and the World He Lived In (Forbes), 64, 172, 182, 189, 192, 196 Paula (Allende), 65, 123 Pavarotti (Pavarotti and Wright), 97, 162 The Peabody Sisters of Salem (Tharp), 65, 173, 182, 190, 193, 197 Peace-Love-Thought-God (Max), 180, 211 A Peck of Salt (Hough), 180, 211 The Pelican History of Psychology (Thomson), 110, 179 Pentimento (Hellman), 68, 150, 158, 165 People Who Dance (Gruen), 73, 132, 143 Père Goriot (Balzac), 18, 184, 190, 193, 197 The Perfect Storm (Junger), 105, 128 Perfomance (Goldberg, R.), 113, 158 Performing Arts (Billington), 113, 164 Perón (Page, J. A.), 65, 151 Persepolis (Satrapi), 110, 120 The Person (Lidz), 110, 178 Peter the Great, Emperor of All Russia (Grey), 65, 173, 182, 189, 193, 196 Phaedra (Racine), 36, 171, 175

TITLE INDEX Philosophy: An Introduction (Randall and Buchler), 92, 179 The Photographer’s Handbook (Hedgecoe), 50, 137 Photography: An Illustrated History (Sandler), 50, 119 Pianist’s Progress (Ruttencutter), 97, 162 The Piano Lesson (Wilson, A.), 36, 140 Picture Bride (Uchida), 18, 126, 134 The Picture of Dorian Gray (Wilde), 18, 177, 186 Pierced by a Ray of Sun (Gordon), 26, 130 The Pirates of Penzance (Gilbert and Sullivan), 40, 139, 152 The Plague (Camus), 18, 160, 176 Plain Painters (Vlach), 50, 141 Plain Speaking (Miller, M), 65, 142, 151, 159, 166 Planet Earth (Weiner), 105, 147 The Playboy of the Western World (Synge), 36, 172, 176, 184, 188 The Player (Ross, H. and L.), 43, 183, 187 Playing for Time (Miller, A.), 37, 140 Playwright at Work (Van Druten), 43, 187 Poems (Everyman’s Library Pocket Poets) (Dickinson), 26, 129 Poems for a Small Planet (Pack and Parini), 27, 138 Poetry of Rock (Goldstein), 179, 211 The Poetry of Yevgeny Yevtushenko (Yevtushenko), 27, 157 Poetry Out Loud (Rubin), 27, 130 Poets of World War II (Shapiro), 27, 118 The Population Bomb (Ehrlich), 179, 211 The Portable Faulkner (Faulkner), 19, 133, 143 The Portable World Bible (Ballou), 92, 155, 162, 169 Portrait of Myself (Bourke-White), 65, 165 Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog (Thomas, D.), 19, 155 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Joyce), 19, 143, 160, 168 Postcards from No Man’s Land (Chambers), 19, 119 The Postman (Brin), 19, 153 The Power of Myth (Campbell, J., and Moyers), 92, 135, 145 The Power of Photography (Goldberg, V.), 50, 127, 137 A Precocious Autobiography (Yevtushenko), 65, 174, 183 The Price (Miller, A.), 37, 153 The Price of My Soul (Devlin), 179, 211 Pride and Prejudice (Austen), 19, 133, 143, 153, 160, 168, 176, 184, 190, 193, 197, 204 The Primal Teen (Strauch), 105, 121 Prince of Foxes (Shellabarger), 19, 191, 195, 198

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Prisoner without a Name, Cell without a Number (Timerman), 92, 164 Private Demons (Oppenheimer), 65, 142 Private View (Fraser, J.), 73, 143 Prodigal Son (Villella and Kaplan), 73, 132 Profiles in Courage (Kennedy), 65, 165, 173, 182, 189, 193, 196 Promised the Moon (Nolen), 105, 121 Psychogeist (Davies, L. P.), 179, 212 Purlie Victorious (Davis, O.), 37, 139 Push (Sapphire), 19, 120 Push Comes to Shove (Tharp), 73, 132 Pygmalion (Shaw), 37, 124, 140, 148, 153, 184, 188 Q Queen of France (Castelot), 65, 181, 189, 192, 196 Queen Victoria (Strachey), 65, 173, 182, 190, 193, 197 The Queen’s Gambit (Tevis), 19, 144 Quest (Gill), 66, 150 Quilters (Damashek and Newman), 40, 139 Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz), 19, 186, 191, 195, 198 R R. v. R.: The Life of Rembrandt van Rijn (Van Loon), 66, 182, 190, 193, 197 Race (Terkel, Studs), 92, 137 Rachel and Her Children (Kozol), 92, 146 Ragtime (Doctorow), 19, 143 A Raisin in the Sun (Hansberry), 37, 124, 148, 171, 175, 183, 187 The Rape of Nanking (Chang), 81, 126 The Rattle Bag (Heaney and Hughes, T.), 27, 130, 138 La Raza (Steiner), 80, 147, 167, 180, 210 Rebecca (Du Maurier), 19, 160 The Red Badge of Courage (Crane), 20, 153, 160, 168, 176, 185, 190, 194, 197, 205 Red Scarf Girl (Jiang), 66, 123 Red Sky at Morning (Bradford), 179, 212 Reflections (Esslin), 43, 174 Reflections on a Gift of Watermelon Pickle . . . and Other Modern Verse (Dunning, Lueders, and Smith), 27, 129 The Reivers (Faulkner), 20, 154 Rent (Larson), 40, 124 Rescue (Meltzer), 81, 136, 147 Respect for Acting (Hagen and Frankel), 43, 164 Restoration Plays (Lawrence, R. G.), 37, 142 The Return of the Native (Hardy), 20, 168, 185, 191, 194, 198 Reviving Ophelia (Pipher), 110, 128 Rhinoceros (Ionesco), 37, 124, 140, 148, 171, 175 Riders to the Sea (Synge), 37, 149

248 TITLE INDEX Riding the Bus with My Sister (Simon, R.), 110, 122 The Right Stuff (Wolfe, Tom), 82, 157 The Right to Privacy (Severn), 167, 212 Ringmaster! (Antekier and Aunapu), 113, 149 The Road from Coorain (Conway), 66, 131, 141 The Road Less Traveled (Peck), 92, 147 Rock (Jahn), 167, 212 Rock from the Beginning (Cohn), 179, 212 Rock of Ages (Ward, Stokes, and Tucker), 97, 157 Rock Star Interviews (Zeitz), 97, 134 The Rodgers and Hammerstein Story (Green, S.), 43, 187 The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll (Miller, J.), 98, 145, 162 Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare), 37, 140 The Roosevelt Family of Sagamore Hill (Hagedorn), 66, 173, 182, 189, 193, 196 The Rose That Grew from Concrete (Shakur), 27, 120 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Stoppard), 37, 124, 140, 176 S Sagas of Icelanders, 82, 117 Saint Joan (Shaw), 37, 148, 172, 176 The Same Only Different (Webster), 43, 183 A Sand County Almanac (Leopold), 92, 136 The Sand-Reckoner (Bradshaw, G.), 20, 120 Sarah (Card), 20, 118 Savage Inequalities (Kozol), 110, 128, 136 Say It Loud! (Jones, K. M.), 98, 128 The Scarlet Letter (Hawthorne), 20, 154, 160, 168, 185, 191, 194, 198, 205 Schindler’s List (Keneally), 20, 125, 154 The School for Scandal (Sheridan), 37, 153, 172, 176, 184, 188 Scoundrel Time (Hellman), 68, 150, 158, 165 The Sea around Us (Carson), 105, 178 The Sea of Grass (Richter), 20, 186, 191, 195, 198 The Search for King Arthur (Day), 82, 127 Search for the New Land (Lester), 180, 212 Season Ticket (Angell), 82, 135 Second Wind (Russell and Branch), 66, 159 The Secret Family (Bodanis), 105, 126 Seduced (Shepard), 30, 140 Segovia (Wade, G.), 98, 157 Selected Tales of Edgar Allan Poe (Poe), 20, 133 A Separate Peace (Knowles), 20, 160, 168, 177, 185 Serpico (Maas), 167, 212 The Seven Daughters of Eve (Sykes), 105, 121 The Seven Storey Mountain (Merton), 66, 173, 182, 189, 193, 196 Sex before Twenty (Southard), 180, 212

Shakespeare of London (Chute), 66, 181, 189, 192, 196 The Sheep Well (Vega), 37, 149 Sherlock Holmes: Selected Stories (Doyle, A. C.), 20, 143, 154, 160 Shizuko’s Daughter (Mori), 20, 126 Shoot! Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about 35mm Photography (Harvey), 50, 137 Shooting under Fire (Howe, P.), 50, 119 A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bryson), 105, 120 Should Drugs Be Legalized? (Terkel, Susan N.), 105, 137 Siddhartha (Hesse), 21, 125, 133, 143, 154, 160, 168, 180, 205, 212 The Silent Sound of Needles (Zwerin), 181, 212 Silent Spring (Carson), 106, 126, 135, 155, 169, 179, 212 Singing America (Philip, N.), 27, 130 Singing in the Spirit (Allen, R.), 98, 134 A Single Pebble (Hersey), 21, 191, 194, 198 Six Characters in Search of an Author (Pirandello), 38, 148, 153, 171, 175 Six Wives (Starkey), 66, 118 Slaughterhouse-Five (Vonnegut), 21, 134, 155, 161, 169 The Slave (Singer), 21, 161 Sleeping on the Wing (Koch and Farrell), 27, 138 Small Victories (Freedman), 110, 127, 135 Smoke and Ashes (Rogasky), 82, 118 The Soft Revolution (Postman and Weingartner), 180, 213 A Soldier’s Play (Fuller, C.), 38, 139 Sondheim (Gottfried), 43, 138 Sons and Lovers (Lawrence, D. H.), 21, 168, 177 Soul on Ice (Cleaver), 92, 135, 179, 213 Soul to Soul (Khanga), 66, 123, 131 The Souls of Black Folk (DuBois), 92, 127, 135 The Sound and the Fury (Faulkner), 21, 168, 176, 185 The Sound of Waves (Mishima), 21, 154, 177 The Sound of Wings (Lovell), 66, 131, 141 Sound-Shadows of the New World (Mehta), 67, 123, 132, 142 Space, Time and Architecture (Giedion), 50, 178 Speak (Anderson, L. H.), 21, 119 Speak Truth to Power (Cuomo), 110, 122 The Sportsmedicine Book (Hoffman and Mirkin), 106, 163 Spring Moon (Lord), 21, 154 Stage Crafts (Hoggett), 44, 164 Stage Makeup (Corson), 44, 138 Star-Making Machinery (Stokes), 98, 162 Starting Your Own Band (Van Ryzin), 98, 162 Staying Power (Barton), 113, 164

TITLE INDEX Stephen Hawking’s Universe (Boslough), 106, 145 Steppenwolf (Hesse), 21, 176 Stiff (Roach), 106, 121 Stomping the Blues (Murray), 98, 128 Stone Heart (Glancy), 21, 117 Stonewall Jackson (Robertson), 67, 124 Storm (Stewart, G. R.), 22, 191, 195, 199 The Story of Art (Gombrich), 50, 127 The Story of My Life (Keller), 67, 123, 150, 158, 165, 173, 182, 189, 193, 196, 204 The Story of Philosophy (Durant), 92, 156, 162, 169 The Strange Career of Jim Crow (Woodward, C. V.), 82, 170 The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Stevenson), 22, 186 Strange Footprints on the Land (Irwin), 82, 146 The Stranger (Camus), 22, 133, 143, 168, 185 The Strawberry Statement (Kunen), 180, 213 A Streetcar Named Desire (Williams, T.), 38, 153 Students without Teachers (Taylor, H.), 181, 213 Stunt Man (Canutt and Drake), 75, 161 Such a Vision of the Street (Egan), 67, 150 Sugar’s Life in the Hood (Turner and Ehlers), 111, 122 Suicide in B-flat (Shepard), 30, 140 Suleiman the Magnificent (Lamb), 67, 189, 193, 196 Summerhill (Neill), 92, 170 Supership (Mostert), 167, 213 “Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!” (Feynman), 67, 123 Susan B. Anthony (Barry), 67, 141 Sweeney Todd (Sondheim), 40, 153 The Sweet Flypaper of Life (DeCarava and Hughes, L.), 50, 149, 150 T T. Rex and the Crater of Doom (Alvarez, W.), 106, 126 Taking on the Press (Zerman), 82, 157 A Tale of Two Cities (Dickens), 22, 153, 160 Tales of Terror: Ten Short Stories (Poe), 22, 154 Talking Jazz (Sidran), 98, 134 The Technique of Film Animation (Halas and Manvell), 76, 161 Television (Winship), 76, 138 Tell Me a Riddle (Olsen), 22, 161 Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (Kellogg, M.), 180, 213 The Telling of the World (Penn), 93, 128 The Tempest (Shakespeare), 38, 153 The Terminal Man (Crichton), 166, 213 Terpsicore in Sneakers (Banes), 73, 159 Terror of the Spanish Main (Marrin), 82, 117

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Terrorism (Hyde and Forsyth), 93, 146 Theater in America (Henderson, M. C.), 44, 138, 142, 152 The Theater in Spite of Itself (Kerr, W.), 44, 174 The Theater of Mixed Means (Kostelanetz), 44, 174 The Theatre (Cheney), 44, 174 Theatre Backstage from A to Z (Lounsbury and Boulanger), 44, 138 The Theatre of Commitment (Bentley, E.), 44, 174 The Theatre of Revolt (Brustein), 44, 174 The Theatre of the Absurd (Esslin), 44, 174 Theatre World (Blum, D.), 44, 183, 186 Theory of Literature (Wellek and Warren), 93, 179 There Are No Children Here (Kotlowitz), 93, 136 There Is a River (Harding), 82, 156, 163 They Called Him Stonewall (Davis, B.), 67, 181, 189, 192, 196 They Sang! They Danced! They Romanced! (Springer), 76, 134 Things Fall Apart (Achebe), 22, 133, 143 Things Invisible to See (Willard), 22, 155 The Things They Carried (O’Brien), 22, 126 Thinking Out Loud (Quindlen), 93, 136 The Third Theatre (Brustein), 44, 183 The Third Wave (Toffler), 93, 164 Thirty Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary (Funk and Lewis), 93, 146 This Boy’s Life (Wolff), 67, 124, 132 This I Remember (Roosevelt), 67, 182, 190, 193, 196 This Life (Poitier), 68, 159 This Little Light of Mine (Mills, J.), 68, 132 Thomas Jefferson (Brodie), 68, 165 Thomas More (Marius), 68, 151 The Thread That Runs So True (Stuart), 68, 173, 182, 190, 193, 197 Three: An Unfinished Woman, Pentimento, Scoundrel Time (Hellman), 68, 150, 158, 165 Three Tall Women (Albee), 38, 124 Three Who Made a Revolution (Wolfe, B. D.), 68, 151, 158, 166 The Three Worlds of Albert Schweitzer (Payne), 68, 189, 193, 196 The Threepenny Opera (Weill), 40, 153 Thunder on the Right (Crawford), 82, 162 Time and Again (Finney), 22, 154, 160 The Tin Drum (Grass), 22, 176 Tisha (Pardy and Specht), 68, 159 To Be Young, Gifted and Black (Hansberry), 68, 173, 180, 213 To Bear Any Burden (Santoli), 83, 156 To Dance (Panov and Feifer), 68, 159

250 TITLE INDEX To Destroy You Is No Loss (Criddle and Mam), 69, 131 To Kill a Mockingbird (Lee, H.), 22, 125, 133, 144, 154, 160, 177, 185, 205 “To My Brother Who Did a Crime” (Habenstreit), 167, 213 Today’s Isms (Ebenstein and Fogelman), 111, 156, 163, 170, 178 The Todd Dossier (Young), 181, 213 Tolkien (Carpenter), 69, 150, 158 Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks (Bogle), 76, 134, 144 The Tooth of Crime; Geography of a Horse Dreamer (Shepard), 38, 149 Torch Song Trilogy (Fierstein), 38, 139 Towards a Poor Theatre (Grotowski), 45, 174 Treasures of the American Arts and Crafts Movement, 1890–1920 (Volpe and Cathers), 113, 149 The Tree Is Older Than You Are (Nye), 27, 130 The Tree of Liberty (Page, E.), 23, 185, 191, 195, 198 Trial (Hayden), 180, 213 The Trial (Kafka), 23, 177 Triangle (Von Drehle), 83, 118 A Tribe Apart (Hersch), 93, 128 Troy (Geras), 23, 117 The True Adventures of John Steinbeck, Writer (Benson), 69, 150 The True Believer (Hoffer), 111, 170 True Notebooks (Salzman), 111, 122 Truman (McCullough), 69, 123, 132 Tuesdays with Morrie (Albom), 111, 121 The Turn of the Screw (James), 23, 177 Twelfth Night (Shakespeare), 38, 153 Twelve Years a Slave (Northrup), 83, 136 The Two Cultures (Snow), 106, 179 Two Old Women (Wallis), 93, 137 U Undaunted Courage (Ambrose), 69, 123 Under 35 (Christopher), 27, 149 Underfoot in Show Business (Hanff), 45, 164 Understanding Comics (McCloud), 114, 128 Understanding September 11th (Frank, M.), 83, 117 An Unfinished Woman (Hellman), 68, 150, 158, 165 Unforgettable Fire (Japanese Broadcasting Corp.), 83, 163 The United States of Poetry (Blum, Holman, and Pellington), 28, 129 The Universe in a Nutshell (Hawking), 106, 120 Unsettling America (Gillan, J. and M. M.), 28, 129

Up from Slavery (Washington), 69, 173, 182, 190, 193, 197 Up Your Banners (Westlake), 181, 214 V Vanity Fair (Thackeray), 23, 186, 192, 195, 199 Vein of Iron (Glasgow), 23, 191, 194, 198 The Vibe History of Hip Hop (Light), 98, 119 Video Visions (Price), 76, 161 Vietnam (Karnow), 83, 136 The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry (McClatchy), 28, 138 Violence! (Langone), 111, 156 The Virgin Directory of World Music (Sweeny), 98, 134 Virus Ground Zero (Regis), 106, 128 The Visit (Durrenmatt), 38, 171 Voices from the Streets (Atkin), 94, 126 The Voices of AIDS (Ford), 94, 127 Voices of the New Feminism (Thompson, M. L.), 181, 214 Volpone (Jonson), 38, 171 W Waiting for Godot (Beckett), 38, 124, 148, 171, 174, 183, 187 Walden (Thoreau), 94, 164, 170 A Walk across America (Jenkins, P.), 94, 163 The Wall (Hersey), 23, 160 Walls (Zassenhaus), 69, 166 War and Peace (Tolstoy), 23, 161, 169, 186, 192, 195, 199 War Clouds in the West (Marrin), 83, 146 War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning (Hedges), 94, 119 War Letters (Carroll), 83, 117 The War Poets (Giddings), 28, 129 Ward 402 (Glasser), 167, 214 Water, Ice, and Stone (Green, B.), 106, 127 Watermelon Wine (Gaillard), 98, 162 The Way of All Flesh (Butler), 23, 185, 190, 194, 197 A Way of Love, a Way of Life (Hanckel and Cunningham), 94, 163 The Way of the World (Congreve), 38, 171, 175 Way Past Cool (Mowry), 23, 133 The Way Things Work (Macaulay), 106, 146 The Way to Cook (Child), 114, 145 We the People (Allen and Turner), 111, 145 The Weedkiller’s Daughter (Arnow), 179, 214 West Side Story (Sondheim, Laurents, and Bernstein), 41, 124, 139, 152 Whale Talk (Crutcher), 23, 118 What Do You Care What Other People Think? (Feynman), 69, 120

TITLE INDEX What Does It Mean to Be Human? (Franck, Roze, and Connolly), 94, 118 What Is Sociology? (Inkeles), 111, 178 What Is Theater (Bentley, E.), 45, 174 What Manner of Man (Bennett), 69, 172 What to Listen for in Music (Copland), 98, 127, 161, 169 The What’s Happening to My Body? Book for Boys (Madaras and Saavedra), 106, 146 The What’s Happening to My Body? Book for Girls (Madaras and Madaras), 106, 146 When Heaven and Earth Changed Places (Hayslip and Wurts), 69, 141 When the Legends Die (Borland), 23, 160 When the Shooting Stops . . . the Cutting Begins (Rosenblum and Karen), 76, 155, 161 Where She Danced (Kendall), 73, 128, 132 Where Wizards Stay Up Late (Hafner and Lyon), 107, 127 White Teeth (Smith, Zadie), 24, 122 The Whole World in His Hands (Robeson), 70, 142 The Whole World Is Watching (Gerzon), 179, 214 Who’s to Know? (Weiss), 94, 137 Why Buildings Stand Up (Salvadori), 50, 141, 150 Why Terrorism Works (Dershowitz), 111, 122 William Shakespeare (Harbage), 45, 174 William Shakespeare (Rowse), 70, 173 Willie and Dwike (Zinsser), 99, 157 Windows for the Crown Prince (Vining), 70, 182, 190, 193, 197 The Winslow Boy (Rattigan), 38, 175, 184, 188 Winter Season (Bentley, T.), 73, 143, 151 Winterset (Anderson, Maxwell), 39, 174, 183, 187 The Wisteria Trees (Logan), 39, 188 Witch-hunt (Aronson), 83, 117 Woe Is I (O’Connor, P. T.), 114, 120 Woman in the Mists (Mowat), 70, 132, 142 The Woman Warrior (Kingston), 70, 150, 158

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Women Artists (Heller, N. G.), 50, 130, 141 Woody Guthrie (Klein), 70, 150, 158 Wordstruck (MacNeil), 70, 141 Working (Terkel, Studs), 94, 164, 170 The Working Actor (Matson), 45, 164 A World History (McNeill), 83, 178 The World Must Know (U. S. Holocaust Memorial Museum), 83, 137 World Theatre in Pictures (Prideaux), 45, 183, 187 The Worldly Philosophers (Heilbroner), 94, 156, 163, 170, 178 Worlds Apart (Maiorano), 73, 159 Woza Afrika! (Ndlovu), 39, 153 The Writing on the Wall (Lowenfels), 180, 214 Wuthering Heights (Brontë, E.), 24, 160, 176, 185, 190, 194, 197 Y Yankee from Olympus (Bowen), 70, 172, 181, 189, 192, 196 Yeager (Yeager and Janos), 70, 151 The Yearling (Rawlings), 24, 191, 195, 198 Years Ago (Gordon), 45, 187 A Yellow Raft in Blue Water (Dorris), 24, 133, 143 Yen! (Burstein), 95, 145 You Can’t Take It with You (Kaufman and Hart), 39, 148, 152, 175, 184, 188 The Young Actor’s Workbook (Seto), 45, 165 The Youngest Science (Thomas, L.), 107, 137 Your Legal Rights as a Minor (Loeb and Maloney), 167, 214 Z Zelda (Milford), 70, 166 Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Pirsig), 167, 214 The Zoo Story (Albee), 39, 152, 171, 174 Zorba the Greek (Kazantzakis), 24, 177