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BOOKLISTS |
American Library Association Notable Books 2005
Books at BMPL |
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These books were recommended by Librarians across the United States. This list is excerpted from the list originally published in Booklist, an ALA publication, March, 2005.
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| B Hamilton | Chernow, Ron. | Alexander Hamilton. |
This monumental biography presents a modern perspective on the Founding Father most responsible for the current state of American industry, economy, and government.
| 618.178 | Henig, Robin Marantz. | Pandora's Baby: How the First Test Tube Babies Sparked the Reproductive Revolution. |
A journalist engagingly presents the history of in vitro fertilization and the moral, ethical, and political controversies of reproductive technologies.
| 956.7 | Hersh, Seymour M. | Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib. |
Hersh exposes the military abuse in Abu Ghraib prison and the events leading up to it in this groundbreaking report.
| 978.923 | Kurlansky, Mark. | 1968: The Year That Rocked the World. |
This engrossing account tells the complete story of the global, social, and political upheaval, warfare, and assassinations that define one year in a tumultuous decade.
| 020.075 | Lansky, Aaron. | Outwitting History: How One Man Rescued a Million Books and Saved a Civilization |
A 23-year-old student of Yiddish embarks on a crusade to save books in that language and succeeds in preserving the stories and culture of a vanishing world.
| 363.22 | National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States. | The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of th National Commission on Terrorists Attacks upon the United States |
This report, written with measure and depth, achieves a distinctly unified voice to explicate the traumas of 9/11 and the events leading up to it.
Barnes, Julian. The Lemon Table.
Eleven witty and dazzling stories share the common theme of aging but diverge in time, place, mood, and social milieu.
De Bernières, Louis. Birds without Wings.
The harmony of life in an Anatolian village, with its quirky mix of Greek, Turkish, and Armenian ethnicities, is shattered by the nationalist politics of the early 1900s.
Khadra, Yasmina. The Swallows of Kabul.
Kabul under the Taliban provides the backdrop for this riveting, intimate novel of human frailty and societal degeneracy.
Mda, Zakes. The Madonna of Excelsior.
A family at the center of an apartheid-era sex scandal confronts racial and social issues as South Africa moves from oppression to freedom.
Mitchell, David. Cloud Atlas.
This tour de force of literacy inventiveness weaves six tales written in six completely different styles into one richly resonant whole.
Munro, Alice. Runaway.
Flawless prose and peerless insight into human nature are Munro's gifts to the reader in eight short stories.
Roth, Philip The Plot Against America.
In a chilling alternate history set in 1940s America, hero and anti-Semite Charles Lindbergh wins the presidency over FDR, and a Jewish family endures life in a new society.
Wolff, Tobias Old School.
A scholarship student with literary ambitions and a shameful secret experiences an unforgettable year when his prep school is visited by Robert Frost and Ayn Rand.
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