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362.29 SHE

Sheff, David. Beautiful boy : a father's journey through his son's addiction.    Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2008.    Stay up late -- His drug of choice -- Whatever -- If only -- Never any knowing.   Journalist David Sheff tells the story of his son Nic's happy early childhood, the transformation wrought by Nic's addiction to methamphetamine, and his own obsession with Nic's well-being.  

364.66 KUK

Kuklin, Susan. No choirboy : murder, violence, and teenagers on death row.    New York : Holt, 2008.    I was a teenager on death row -- The fourteen-year-old adult -- Look at me -- Hate is a killer, dialogue I -- Private with our grief, dialogue II -- Dying for legal assistance : Roy's and Mark's lawyer.   A collection of essays in which inmates at American prisons who were sentenced to death while still in their teens share their thoughts and feelings about how they ended up in prison and how they feel about capital punishment.  

419 BUT

Butterworth, Rod R. Signing made easy : a complete program for learning sign language, includes sentence drills and exercises for increased comprehension and signing skill.    New York : Perigee Books, c1989.    A program for learning sign language with exercises designed to give students practice in receiving as well as giving signs.  

419 ZIN

Zinza, Jason E. Master ASL!.    Burtonsville, MD : Sign Media Inc.   

629.227 TEU

Teutul, Paul, Sr. Orange county choppers : the tale of the Teutuls.    New York : Warner Books, 2006.    Chronicles the success of Paul "Senior" Teutual and his sons as hosts of the Discovery Channel's top-rated program, "American Chopper;" and contains vintage photographs of their family and some of their custom bikes.  

641.3 MEN

Menzel, Peter, 1948- What the world eats.    Berkeley, CA : Tricycle Press, c2008.    A collection of photographs depicting twenty-five families from twenty-one different countries, and includes Chad, Equador, Greenland, Japan, Mongolia, and others, and also describes the cost of a weeks worth of food, and other cultural information for each listed country.  

641.5 POW

Powell, Julie. Julie and Julia : my year of cooking dangerously.    New York : Little, Brown, 2009, c2005.    Presents the author's first-hand account of her culinary adventure as she attempts to prepare all 524 recipes in Julia Child's "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" in 365 days.  

658 TEU

Teutul, Paul, Sr. The ride of a lifetime : doing business the Orange County Choppers way.    Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2009.    Choices -- No thanks, pardner -- Passion -- Welcome change -- Building a reputation -- Stay organized -- Hire good people -- Learn to trust others -- Take care of your employees -- All in the family -- Learn from your mistakes -- Giving back -- Never sell out -- Always follow your dreams.   Paul "Senior" Teutual, from the television program "American Chopper," describes his business leadership style and offers advice on owning and operating a business.  

771 STY

Styr, Charlie. Click : the ultimate photography guide for generation now.    New York : Amphoto Books, 2009.    An introduction to digital photography for teens that offers easy-to-follow tips for taking better, more creative pictures in any situation and highlights the work of teenage photographers.  

775 ANG

Ang, Tom. Digital photography : an introduction.    London ; New York : DK, 2007, c2006.    Total photography -- Photography for the digital age -- Radical conversions -- All about image manipulation -- The output adventure.   Examines the principles, technology, and equipment involved in digital photography, covering technical skills, composition, creative options, scanning, color management, image manipulation, printing, and publishing, and including troubleshooting advice.  

796.323 JAM

James, LeBron. Shooting stars.    New York : Penguin Press, 2009.    Mapmakers -- Saviors -- East Liverpool -- Willie Mcgee -- The decision -- School daze -- Swish -- Romeo oh Romeo -- The invincibles -- The invincibles? -- Cover boy -- In or out? -- Pressure -- Back to the future -- Shooting stars -- Fab five.   Provides an account of the Shooting Stars, a group of boys from Akron, Ohio, including NBA star LeBron James, who first met on a youth basketball team and formed lasting bonds of friendship while growing up and aspiring to win a national title in high school.  

796.7 BAL

Bales, Donnie, 1967- Pro motocross and off-road motorcycle riding techniques.    Osceola, WI : Motorbooks International, 1996.   

796.8 CRI

Crigger, Kelly. Title shot : into the shark tank of mixed martial arts.    [Clarendon, Vt.?] : Victory Belt Pub., 2008.    Relates the author's quest to learn the motivations behind fighters who get involved in mixed martial arts (MMA) training camps and tournaments, with a look at the top five MMA camps in the U.S., some of the biggest names associated with the sport, the All-Army Combatives Tournament, and more.  

796.815 SNO

Snowden, Jonathan, 1975- Total MMA : inside ultimate fighting.    Toronto, Ont. : ECW Press, c2008.    Traces the history of mixed martial arts, describing how no-holds-barred battles between hand-to-hand fighters entered mainstream popularity and the world of sports.  

797.23 YOG

Yogis, Jaimal. Saltwater Buddha : a surfer's quest to find Zen on the sea.    Boston : Wisdom Publications, 2009.   

797.3 SLA

Slater, Kelly, 1972- Pipe dreams : a surfer's journey.    New York : ReganBooks, c2003.    Kelly Slater chronicles his rise to the top of the surfing world, sharing his memories of his family, his obsession with the sport, and his thirst for competition.  

797.32 COL

Coleman, Stuart Holmes. Fierce heart : the story of Makaha and the soul of Hawaiian surfing.    New York : St. Martin's Press, 2009.    Traces the cultural history of Makaha, Hawaii, focusing on the role surfing has played in the development of its people and culture.  

797.32 REN

Rensin, David. All for a few perfect waves : the audacious life and legend of rebel surfer Miki Dora.    New York : HarperEntertainment, c2008.    Foreword -- DoraWorld -- Loner -- Same son of different fathers -- The vintage years -- Rebel -- Portrait of the artist as a young wave rider -- The angry young man of surfing -- Throwing a monkey wrench into the works -- What's in it for me? -- Da cat -- The point of no return -- Outlaw -- Horseman of the apocalypse -- Whereabouts unknown -- Honorable gentleman, guest of the state -- Wanderer -- Sink or swim -- Deep cover -- You've got to ride the wave in the direction it's going -- In search of da cat -- Da cat in search of himself -- Man overboard -- All for a few empty waves -- Legend -- It's a hell of a thing -- Million waves to darkness -- The legend lives -- Paddle out -- Dora's world -- Acknowledgments.   Draws from interviews with family, friends, lovers, enemies, and peers to chronicle the life of iconic surfer Miki Dora.  

797.32 WAR

Warshaw, Matt, 1960- Maverick's : the story of big-wave surfing.    San Francisco : Chronicle Books, c2000.    Traces the history of big wave surfing, focusing on the discovery, in the early 1990s, of the central California break called Maverick's, now held to be the greatest, and perhaps the most dangerous surfing challenge in the world.  

921 CHILD

Child, Julia. My life in France.    New York : Anchor Books, 2009, c2006.    Julia Child chronicles the years she spent in France, where she discovered a passion for French cuisine and found her life's calling as a chef.  

921 HALL

Hall, Ron, 1945- Same kind of different as me.    Nashville : Thomas Nelson, c2006.   

921 MALCOLM X

X, Malcolm, 1925-1965. The autobiography of Malcolm X.    New York : Ballantine Books, [1999], c1964.    The personal story of the man who rose from hoodlum, thief, dope peddler, and pimp to become a leader of the Black Revolution of the 1960s.  

921 OHER

Lewis, Michael (Michael M.) The blind side : evolution of a game.    New York : Norton, 2007.    Back story -- The market for football players -- Crossing the line -- The blank slate -- Death of a lineman -- Inventing Michael -- The pasta coach -- Character courses-- Birth of a star -- The egg bowl -- Freak of nurture -- And Moses stuttered.   Details the life of University of Mississippi football player Michael Oher, who was raised by a crack addicted mother and adopted at the age of sixteen by a wealthy family, and explores the rising importance and salary of the offensive left tackle in the game of football.  

921 SHEFF

Sheff, Nic. Tweak : growing up on methamphetamines.    New York : Ginee Seo Books/Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2007.    The author describes his childhood in California, his addiction to crystal meth and heroin at a young age, his relapse after eighteen months of sobriety, and his path to recovery.  

962.4 DEN

Deng, Benson. They poured fire on us from the sky : the true story of three lost boys from Sudan.    New York : Public Affairs, c2005.    Presents the stories of three young men who as children in the late 1980s were forced from their homes by war in the Sudan and traveled, along with thousands of other boys, nearly one thousand miles in search of refuge, surviving hunger, illness, and human and animal predators.  

FIC ANDERSON

Anderson, Laurie Halse. Speak.    New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 1999.    A traumatic event near the end of the summer has a devastating effect on Melinda's freshman year in high school.  

FIC BAR

Barlow, Toby. Sharp teeth.    New York : Harper Perennial, 2009, c2008.    Anthony, a kindhearted dogcatcher in Los Angeles, finds himself caught between his heart and his job when he falls in love with a female werewolf who has abandoned a pack of lycanthropes intent on dominating the city.  

FIC BARNHOLDT

Barnholdt, Lauren. Two*way street.    New York : Simon Pulse, 2007.    Jordan and Courtney seem to be the perfect couple, but then Jordan meets a girl on the Internet and everything begins to fall apart.  

FIC CAST

Cast, P. C. Hunted : a house of night novel.    New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2009.    Zoey and her friends encounter evil in an unexpected place when they learn that Kalona, the newest member of the House of Night, is hiding a deadly secret.  

FIC CAST

Cast, P. C. Betrayed : a house of night novel.    New York : St. Martin's Griffin, c2007.    Sixteen-year-old Zoey Redbird is just settling in at the House of Night, a finishing school dedicated to training fledgling vampyres to become productive adults, when a series of murders targeting human teens is traced back to the school, forcing her to think about the connections that still exist between her old and new worlds.  

FIC CAST

Cast, P. C. Chosen : a house of night novel.    New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2008.    Zoey Redbird, a fledgling vampyre, becomes confused about who to trust, with friends becoming enemies and enemies becoming friends at the House of Night prep school, and the need for caution becomes increasingly important when she finds herself juggling three boyfriends, and vampyres start turning up really dead.  

FIC CAST

Cast, P. C. Untamed : a house of night novel.    New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2008.    Zoey Redbird's life at the House of Night prep school for fledgling vampyres gets a lot tougher when she loses all three of her boyfriends and her group of friends turns against her, which makes it all the more difficult to get anyone to listen when she discovers Neferet has declared war on humans.  

FIC CROSS

Cross, Shauna. Whip it.    New York : Square Fish, 2009, c2007.    Sixteen-year-old rebel Bliss Cavendar, miserable living in a small Texas town with her beauty pageant-obsessed mother, secretly joins a roller derby team under the name "Babe Ruthless," and her life gets better, although infinitely more confusing.  

FIC DE LA CRUZ

De la Cruz, Melissa, 1971- The Van Alen legacy : a Blue Bloods novel.    New York : Disney-Hyperion, 2009.    Once left to live the glamorous life in New York City, the Blue Bloods--an ancient group of vampires--now find themselves in an epic battle for survival following the stunning revelation of a young socialite's true identity and the growing threat of the sinister Silver Bloods.  

FIC DE LA CRUZ

De la Cruz, Melissa, 1971- Revelations : a Blue Bloods novel.    New York : Disney-Hyperion, 2009, c2008.    Schuyler van Alen, imprisoned in the Force household while her legacy is being questioned and dealing with living with Mimi and her crush Jack, is called to help the Blue Bloods when the Silver Bloods breach the gates of Hell in Rio de Janeiro.  

FIC DE LA CRUZ

De la Cruz, Melissa, 1971- Blue bloods.    New York : Hyperion Paperbacks, 2007, c2006.    Schuyler Van Alen, a loner at a prestigious New York City private school, sets out to learn the secrets of the Blue Bloods, an ancient group of vampires.  

FIC DE LA CRUZ

De la Cruz, Melissa, 1971- Masquerade : a Blue Bloods novel.    New York : Hyperion Paperbacks, 2008, c2007.    Schuyler Van Alen, growing comfortable with her newfound vampire powers, seeks her grandfather in Italy, while back in New York plans are being completed for the fabulous Four Hundred Ball, to be followed by an elite, teens-only event at which masks hide a terrible secret.  

FIC ELKELES

Elkeles, Simone. Perfect chemistry.    New York : Walker, 2009.    When wealthy, seemingly perfect Brittany and Alex Fuentes, a gang member from the other side of town, develop a relationship after Alex discovers that Brittany is not exactly who she seems to be, they must face the disapproval of their schoolmates--and others.  

FIC GUNN

Gunn, Robin Jones, 1955- The Christy Miller collection.    Sisters, OR : Multnomah Publishers, 2006-    Summer promise -- A whisper and a wish -- Yours forever.   A collection of previously published books featuring Wisconsin farm girl Christy Miller as she learns about Christianity and life.  

FIC HOPKINS

Hopkins, Ellen. Tricks.    New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, c2009.    Collects five stories about three girls and two boys who question how they feel about themselves while learning about love and sexuality.  

FIC KNOX

Knox, Elizabeth. Dreamhunter.    New York : Square Fish, 2009, c2005.    In a world where select people can enter "The Place" and find dreams of every kind to share with others for a fee, a fifteen-year-old girl is training to be a dreamhunter when her father disappears, leaving her to carry on his mysterious mission.  

FIC KOJA

Koja, Kathe. Straydog.    New York : Speak, 2004, c2002.    Rachel, a teenager with a healthy dose of both aptitude and attitude, begins to feel at home volunteering at an animal shelter.  

FIC MEAD

Mead, Richelle. Blood promise.    New York : Razorbill, c2009.    Just days before graduating from St. Vladimir's Academy, guardian-in-training Rose travels to Siberia to drive a stake into the heart of the boy she loves, the monstrous vampire Dimitri.  

FIC NIFFENEGGER

Niffenegger, Audrey. The time traveler's wife.    Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, 2004, c2003.    Clare and Henry, deeply in love, try desperately to maintain normal lives even though he has been diagnosed with Chrono-Displacement Disorder, a condition in which his genetic clock periodically resets, pulling him through time to the past or future.  

FIC PAOLINI

Paolini, Christopher. Eragon.    New York : Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, c2003.    In Aagaesia, a fifteen-year-old boy of unknown lineage called Eragon finds a mysterious stone that weaves his life into an intricate tapestry of destiny, magic, and power, peopled with dragons, elves, and monsters.  

FIC PENA

Peña, Matt de la. Ball don't lie.    New York : Delacorte, c2005.    Seventeen-year-old Sticky lives to play basketball at school and at Lincoln Rec Center in Los Angeles and is headed for the pros, but he is unaware of the many dangers--including his own past--that threaten his dream.  

FIC PICOULT

Picoult, Jodi, 1966- My sister's keeper : a novel.    New York : Washington Square Press, 2005.    Thirteen-year-old Anna, conceived specifically to provide blood and bone marrow for her sister Kate who was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia at the age of two, decides to sue her parents for control of her body when her mother wants her to donate a kidney to Kate.  

FIC RYAN

Ryan, Carrie. The Forest of Hands and Teeth.    New York : Delacorte Press, c2009.    Through twists and turns of fate, orphaned Mary seeks knowledge of life, love, and especially what lies beyond her walled village and the surrounding forest, where dwell the Unconsecrated, aggressive flesh-eating people who were once dead.  

FIC SENDAK

Sendak, Maurice. Where the wild things are.    [New York] : Harper Collins, c1991.    After he is sent to bed without supper for behaving like a wild thing, Max dreams of a voyage to the island where the wild things are.  

FIC SHAFFER

Shaffer, Mary Ann. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.    New York : Dial Press Trade Paperbacks, 2009, c2008.    Juliet Ashton, a thirty-year-old author, writes to her publisher expressing her desire to stop covering the aftermath of WWII, but Guernsey farmer Dawsey Adams invites neighbors to write to Juliet with their stories, which puts her off at first but eventually helps her find inspiration for her next book, and her life.  

FIC SHUSTERMAN

Shusterman, Neal. Unwind.    New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2009, c2007.    Three teens embark upon a cross-country journey in order to escape from a society that salvages body parts from children ages thirteen to eighteen.  

FIC STOCKETT

Stockett, Kathryn. The help.    New York : Amy Einhorn Books/G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2009.    Skeeter returns home to Mississippi from college in 1962 and begins to write stories about the African-American women that are found working in white households. This includes Aibileen, who grieves for the loss of her son while caring for her seventeenth white child, and Minny, Aibileen's sassy friend, the hired cook for a secretive woman who is new to town.  

FIC VOORHEES

Voorhees, Coert. The brothers Torres.    New York : Disney/Hyperion Books, 2009, c2008.    Sophomore Frankie finally finds the courage to ask his long-term friend, Julianne, to the Homecoming dance, which ultimately leads to a face-off between a tough senior whose family owns most of their small, New Mexico town, and Frankie's soccer-star older brother and his gang-member friends.  

R 031 GUI

Guinness World Records, 2010.    [London] : Guinness World Records, c2009.    Presents the biggest, smallest, fastest, longest, and other record setters for 2009 in such categories as space, human achievements, sports, entertainment, science, technology, and engineering.  

R 641.3 MEN

Menzel, Peter, 1948- Hungry planet : what the world eats.    Napa, Calif. : Material World Books and Ten Speed Press, c2007.    Presents approximately two hundred color photos of thirty families from twenty-four countries and the foods they eat over the course of one week, and discusses their eating habits; shopping, farming, fishing, or hunting practices; and cooking methods. Each profile includes a family recipe.  

SS AKPAN

Akpan, Uwem. Say you're one of them.    New York : Back Bay Books, 2009, c2008.    An ex-mas feast -- Fattening for Gabon -- What language is that? -- Luxurious hearses -- My parent's bedroom.   A collection of short stories by Uwem Akpan that celebrate the resilience and wisdom of children in third world countries.  

SS GEE

Geektastic : stories from the nerd herd.    New York : Little, Brown, 2009.    A collection of short stories from such authors as M.T. Anderson, Libba Bray, and Garth Nix, covering such topics as Klingons and Jedi Knights to fan fiction and theater geeks.  

SS KING

King, Stephen, 1947- Just after sunset : stories.    New York : Pocket Books, 2009, c2008.    Willa -- The gingerbread girl -- Harvey's dream -- Rest stop -- Stationary bike -- The things they left behind -- Graduation afternoon -- N -- The cat from hell -- The New York Times at special bargain rates -- Mute -- Ayana -- A very tight place.   Collects twelve short stories by Stephen King on the theme of relationships, including new stories and previously released material such as "The Gingerbread Girl," "The Things They Left Behind," and "The Cat from Hell."