Selected Book Lists

The Reference staff have assembled these bibliographies of books and other materials available at the Library or in the CLAMS system. Please check back here regularly to see the latest topics for which bibliographies have been posted.

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Cape Cod
King Arthur
Women's History
Black History Month
Lewis and Clark
The Islamic World

Cape Cod

Archeology and Early History

Secrets in the Sand

People of Cape Cod

Elijah Cobb, 1768-1848, A Cape Cod Skipper

The Natural World

A Guide to Common Birds of Cape Cod

A Vanishing Heritage; Wildflowers of Cape Cod

The Run

The Outermost House

Architecture

A Book of Cape Cod Houses

The Sea

In the Heart of the Sea

Fiction

Cape Cod

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King Arthur

Cornwell, Bernard. Winter King
The first book in a trilogy by Bernard Cornwell, is a fast paced historical drama based on Arthur’s rise to power.

Twain, Mark. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court
A tongue in cheek look at the 6^th century and the Knights of the Round Table.

Bradley, Marion-Zimmer. Mists of Avalon
The recreation of the Arthurian legend from the point-of-view of the women in Arthur’s world.

Stewart Mary. The Last Enchantment
The last in a trilogy and tells the story of how Merlin helped Arthur in his final battle with the Saxons.

White, T.H. The Once and Future King
The traditional story by an author who made Arthur (aka Wart) human.

Yolen, Jane. Passager, Hobby and Merlin
A trilogy for children and tells the story of Merlin growing into his name.

Crowley-Holland, Kevin. The Seeing Stone
The first in a trilogy for young adults and tells a story about King Arthur as told by another Arthur of the 1200’s.

Please also visit our Teen Reading List for suggestions for younger readers, and Helpful Web sites for some online resources.

Women's History

Women’s History - In 1980, President Carter issued the first Presidential Proclamation calling on the American people to remember the contributions of women. In 1987 Congress and the President declared March National Women's History Month.

National Women’s History Project – www.nwhp.org

Books

Cullen-Dupont, Kathryn. Encyclopedia of Women’s History in America

Jones, Constance.1001 Things Everyone Should Know About Women’s History

Lundardini, Christine. What Every American Should Know About Women’s History

Carabillo, Toni. Feminist Chronicles, 1953-1993

Yalom, Marley. A History of the Wife

Friedan, Betty. The Feminine Mystique

Steinem, Gloria. Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellion

Ward, Geoffrey. Not For Ourselves Alone

Shiels, Barbara. Winners: Women and the Nobel Prize

Heller, Nancy. Women Artists: An Illustrated History

Gies, Frances. Women in the Middle Ages

Raven, Susan. Women of Achievement: Thirty-five centuries of history

Lomax, Judy. Women of the Air

Slavicex, Louise Chipley. Women of the American Revolution

Snow, Edward. Women of the Sea

Bernard, Cheryl. Veiled Courage: Inside the Afghan Women’s Resistance

Chang, Pang-Mei Natasha. Bound Feet & Western Dress

Roberts, Cokie.We Are Our Mother’s Daughters

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Black History Month

Books

Jeffrey Stewart. 1001 Things Everyone Should Know About African American History

Henry Lewis Gates Jr. and Cornel West. The African-American Century: How Black Americans Have Shaped our Country

Marita Golden. Don’t Play in the Sun: One Woman’s Journey Through the Color Complex

Sara R. Massey, Ed. Black Cowboys of Texas

Jeffrey Bolster. Black Jacks: African-American Seamen in the Age of Sail

Gail Buckley. American Patriots: The Story of Blacks in the Military

Maria Lauret. Alice Walker

David Blight, Ed. Passages to Freedom: The Underground Railroad in History and Memory

Richard Kluger. Simple Justice: The History of Brown v. Board of Education and Black America’s Struggle for Equality

Stephan Talty. Mulatto Americans: At the Crossroads of Black and White Culture

Pagan Kennedy. Black Livingstone: A True Tale of Adventure in 19^th Century Congo

Robert E. Edgerton. Hidden Heroism: Black Soldiers in America’s Wars

Tom Gilbert. Baseball and the Color Line

John B. Holway. Black Diamonds: Life in the Negro Leagues from the Men who Lived It

Dennis Love and Stacy Brown. Blind Faith: the Miraculous Journey of Lula Hardaway, Stevie Wonder’s Mother

Rebecca Walker. Black, White and Jewish

Evelyn C. White. Alice Walker: A Life

Melissa Maupin. Benjamin Banneker

Donna Brazile. Cooking with Grease: Stirring the Pots in American Politics

Edward Hotaling. The Great Black Jockeys

Jean Fagan Yellin. Harriet Jacobs: A Life

Poetry

“The Dream Keeper and Other Poems” By Langston Hughes

“Black Sister: Poetry by Black American Women, 1746-1980” Ed. by Erlene Stetson

“Rock of Ages: A Tribute to the Black Church” By Tony A. Bolden (Children’s Book)

“My Black Me: A Beginning Book of Black Poetry” By Arnold Adoff.

“Blues Poems” Ed. by Kevin Young

“In the Hollow of Your Hand: Slave Lullabies” Ed. By Alice McGill

“On the Bus with Rosa Parks: Poems” By Rita Dove

“Maya Angelou” Ed. by Harold Bloom

“The Rose that Grew From Concrete” By Tupac Amaru Shakur

“Carver, a Life in Poems” By Marilyn Nelson

“Locomotion” By Jacqueline Woodson

“Rock of Ages: a Tribute to the Black Church” By Tonya Bolden

Video

Four Little Girls (HBO Documentary Film)>

The 54^th Massachusetts (History Channel)

Men of Honor (Based on life of Carl Brashear)

Rock of Changes: Race, Faith, and Freedom on Nantucket

Small Steps, Big Strides (African American Screen Legends)

Solomon Northup’s Odyssey (From His 12 Years Being a Slave)

The Tuskegee Airmen

Africans in America: America’s Journey Through Slavery

Follow the Drinking Gourd

Buffalo Soldier>

The Speeches of Martin Luther King

Forever Ella: A Celebration of Ella Fitzerald

Aida’s Brothers and Sisters: Black Voices in Opera

Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’ First One Hundred Years

The Celebration of Kwanzaa

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Lewis and Clark

(Items marked * belong to the Brewster Ladies Library.)

Become and armchair traveler and learn about westward expansion.

Discovering Lewis and Clark. www.lewis-clark.org
Employing a variety of multimedia techniques, this web site focuses on the issues, values, and visions relating to the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

*Slaughter, Thomas P. Exploring Lewis and Clark: Reflections on Men and Wilderness. (2003)
A work of investigative history that shines a new light on the famed expedition: the journals kept, the lands claimed, the myths cherished, the dreams stolen, the history and identity created.

*Ronda, James P. Finding the West: Explorations with Lewis and Clark. (2001)
Ronda documents the stories that Lewis and Clark kept about their "road across the continent" including narratives by and about the Native peoples.

*Moulton, Gary E., Editor. The Lewis and Clark Journals: an American Epic of Discovery: the Abridgement of the Definitive Nebraska Edition/Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and members of the corps of Discovery. (2003)
Moulton presents an abridgement of the famous Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and artfully emphasizes those sections that describe the flora, fauna, and native peoples.

*Ambrose, Stephen. Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West. (1996)
In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson selected his secretary, Meriwether Lewis, to lead a voyage up the Missouri River, over the mountains, down the Columbia River and to the Pacific Ocean.

*Clark, Ella E. Sacagawea of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. (1979)
Details the Indian Shoshone woman who traveled with Lewis and Clark.

*Glancy, Diane. Stone Heart: A Novel of Sacagawea. (2003)
The Lewis and Clark expedition told through the voice of the Shoshoni woman who traveled with them through the uncharted West.

*Hall, Brian. I Should be Extremely Happy in Your Company: A Novel of Lewis and Clark. (2003)
Presenting the story of Lewis and Clark in a new light, Hall uses the novelist’s art to produce a readable book that fills in the gaps and provides new perspectives.

*Lewis and Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery. (1997) (Videorecording)
Includes the stories of the young army men and French-Canadian boatmen.

*Isaacs, Sally. The Lewis and Clark Expedition. (2004)
Explains the social, political and economic realities that shaped the nation. (Children’s book.)

*O’Brien, Mary Barmeyer. Heart of the Trail. (1997)
Follows the triumphs and difficulties of eight young women who traveled into the American West by wagon.

*Thomasma, Kenneth. Sacajawea. (1997)
Follows the life of 16 year old Sacajawea during the twenty-one months she traveled with Lewis and Clark.

Fanselow, Julie. Traveling the Lewis and Clark Trail. (2000)
This Bicentennial edition provides comprehensive information on activities, attractions, and amenities available along the Lewis and Clark Trail. (Travel Guide.)

Fifer, Barbara. Going Along with Lewis and Clark. (2003)
A very descriptive book that tells who Lewis and Clark were, who the enlisted men were, what they took with them, how they traveled, where they went and who the met. (Children’s book.)

*Raum, Elizabeth. Meriwether Lewis. (2004)
Tells the story of Lewis’ young life. (Children’s book.)

The Islamic World

In response to the growing need for current information on the Middle East, the Reference staff has put together a bibliography of print resources that can be found in the CLAMS system. It is not an exhaustive list, but rather a starting point for your research. The library adds books to its collection on a daily basis. For this reason we have also included the following list of subject headings you can use to search for the latest materials. Items marked * belong to the Brewster Ladies Library.

Subject Headings
Islam
Palestine/Israeli Conflict
Pakistan/Afghanistan
Iraq
Saudi Arabia/Middle East
Fiction
Video Recordings

Subject headings

Afghanistan, Arab, Bin Laden, Osama, Iran, Iraq, Islam, Jihad, Middle East Countries, Muslims, Ottoman, Empire, Palestine, Taliban, Terrorism

Islam

AbuKhalil, As'ad. Bin Laden, Islam and America's new "War on Terrorism."(2002)

* Armstrong, Karen. The Battle for God. 200.9Arm (2000)

* Armstrong, Karen. Islam: A Short History. 297.09 Arm (2000)

Barlas, Asma. "Believing Women" in Islam: Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur'an. (2002)

Ben Jelloun, Tahar. Islam Explained. (2002)

Bennett, William J. Why We Fight: Moral Clarity and the War on Terrorism. (2002)

* Bernstein, Richard. Out of the Blue: The Story of September 11, 2001 From Jihad to Ground Zero. 973.931 Ber. (2002)

* Bill, James A. Roman Catholics & Shi'i Muslims: Prayer, Passion and Politics. 261.27 Bil (2002)

Chomsky, Noam. Middle East Illusions: Including Peace in the Middle East. (2003)

* Bodanksy, Yossef. Bin Laden: The Man Who Declared War On America. 92 Bin Laden (2001)

Emerson, Steven. American Jihad: The Terrorists Living Among Us. (2002)

Gerolymatos, Andre'. The Balkan Wars: Conquest, Revolution, and Retribution From the Ottoman Era to the Twenth Century and Beyond. 946.6 Ger. (2002).

* Gordon, Matthew S. Islam. J Ref297GOR (2001)

Hall, John G. Palestinian Authority. (2003)

Jacquard, Roland. In the Name of Osama Bin Laden: Global Terrorism & the Bin Laden Brotherhood. (2002)

Kepel, Giles. Jihad: The Trail of Political Islam. (2002)

Khaled Abou El Fadk. The Place of Tolerance in Islam. (2002)

* Khouri, Norma, Honor Lost: Love and Death in Modern Day Jordan. 305.42 Kho (2002)

* La Guardia, Anton. War Without End: Isrealis, Palestinians, and the Struggle for a Promised Land. 956.94 LaG (2002).

Mohadessin, Mohammed. Islamic Fundamentalism: The New Global Threat. (2001)

Marchant, Kerena. Muslim Festival Tales. (2001)

Murphy, Caryle. Passion for Islam: Shaping the Modern Middle East. (2002)

* Pipes, Daniel. Militant Islam Reaches America. 320.55 Pip (2002).

* Rashid, Ahmed. Taliban: Mulitant Islam, Oil, and Fundamentalism. 958.104 Ras (2002)

Raymer, Steve. Living Faith: Inside the World of Southeast Asia. (2001)

* Scruton, Roger. The West and the Rest: Globalization and the Terrorist Threat. 291.1787 (2002)

Palestine-Israeli Conflict

Bentsur, Eytan. Making Peace: A First Hand Account of the Arab-Israeli Peace Process. (2001)

* Bin Laden: Behind the Mask of the Terrorist. 92 BinLaden (2002)

* Clark, Charles. Islam. J297 Cla (2002)

* Cohn-Sherbok, Dan. The Palestine-Israeli Conflict: A Beginner's Guide. 956.04 Coh (2001)

Kanatani, Ghassan. Palestine's Children. (2000)

* Khan, Rukhsana. Muslim Child: Understanding Islam Through Stories and Poems. J927 Kha (2002)

Landau, Elaine. Osama bin Laden: A War Against the West. (2002)

Marsden, Peter. The Taliban War and Religion in Afghanistan. (2002)

Morris, Neil. Islam. (2002)

Ries, Julien. The World of Islam. (2002)

Rogan, Eugene L. ed. The War for Palestine: rewriting the History of 1948. (2001)

Roleff, Tamara L. ed. Extremist Groups: Opposing Viewpoints. (2001)

Said, Edward. Power, Politics and Culture: Interviews. (2001)

*Segev, Tom. One Palestine Complete: Jews and Arabs under the British Mandate. 956.94 Seg (2000)

* Shehadeb, Raja. Strangers in the House. 92 She (2001)

Pakistan - Afghanistan

* Anderson, Jon Lee. The Lions Grave: Dispatches From Afghanistan. 958.104 And (2002)

* Elliot. Jason. An Unexpected Light: Travels in Afghanistan. 915.81 Ell (2001)

* Ewans, Sir Martin. Afghanistan: A Short History of its People and Politics. 958.1 Ewa (2002)

Gohari, M. J. The Taliban: Ascent to Power. Goh (2000)

* Goodson, Larry. Afghanistan's Endless War: State Failure, Reginal Politics and the Rise of the Taliban. 958.1 Goo (2001)

Grazda, Edward. Afghanistan Diary 1992-2000. (2000)

Griffin, Michael. Reaping the Whirlwind: The Taliban Movement in Afghanistan. (2001)

Kaplan, Robert. Coming Anarchy: Shattering the Dreams of the Post Cold War. (2000)

Kaplan, Edward. Eastward to Tartary: Travels in the Balkins, Middle East, and Caucasus. (2002)

Margolis, Eric. War at the Top of the World: Struggle for Afghanistan, Kashmir, and Tibet. (2000)

Rall, Ted. To Afghanistan and Back: A Graphic Travelogue. (2002)

Steele-Perkins, Chris. Afghanistan. (2001)

Taus-Bolstad. Pakistan in Pictures. (2003)

* Weaver, Mary. Pakistan: In the Shadow of Jihad and Afghanistan. 954.9105 Wea (2002)

Iraq

* Coughlin, Con. Saddam King of Terror. 92 Saddam (2002)

* Graham-Brown, Sarah. Sanctioning Saddam: The Politics of Intervention in Iraq. 956.7 Gra (1999)

* Hamzah, Khidr. Saddam's Bombmaker: Terrifying Inside Story of the Iraqi Nuclear and Biological Agenda. 355.02 Ham (2002)

Hiro, Dilip. In the Eye of the Storm 956.7 Hir (2002)

* Karsh, Efraim. Saddam Hussein: A Political Biography. 92 Hussein (2000)

Mackey, Sandra. The Reckoning: Iraq and the Legacy of Saddam Hussein. (2002)

* Munthe, Turi. The Saddam Hussein Reader. 956.7004 Mun (2002)

* Mylroie, Laurie. The War Against America: Saddam Hussein and the World Trade Center Attacks: A Study in Revenge. 303.6 Myl (2001)

Pitt, William Rivers. War On Iraq Disarmament Verification. 956.7 Pit (2002)

* Pollack, Kenneth M. The Threatening Storm: The Case for Invading Iraq. 956.7044 Pol (2002)

Rai, Milan. War Plan Iraq: Ten Reasons Against War With Iraq. (2002)

* Tripp, Charles. A History of Iraq. 956.704 (2000)

Saudi Arabia - Middle East

* Anderson, Laurie Halse. Saudi Arabia. J953.8 And (2001)

Clapp, Nicholas. Sheba: Through the Desert in Search of the Legendary Queen. 939.4 Cla (2001)

* Clements, Frank A. Historical Dictionary of Arab and Islamic Organizations. REF909.09 Cle

* Goodwin, William. Saudi Arabia. J953.8 Goo (2001)

Klein Halevi, Yossi. At the Entrance to the Garden of Eden: A Jews Search for God and ChristiansAnd Muslims in the Holy Land. (2001)

Kort, Michael G. The Handbook of the Middle East. (2002)

* Lewis, Bernard. What Went Wrong. 916.015 Lew (2002)

* Middle East Mosaic: Fragments of Life, Letters, and History. 956 Mid (2000)

* Molavi, Afshin. Persian Pilgrimages: Journeys Across Iran. 955.05 (2002)

Nye, Namoi Shihab. 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East. (2002)

O'Brien, Rosemary ed. Gertrude Bell: The Arabian Diaries, 1913-1914. (2000)

Ojeda, Auriana. ed. The Middle East. (2003)

Pillar, Paul. Terrorism and U.S. Foreign Policy. (2001)

Schwartz, Stephen. The Two Faces of Islam: The House of Sa'ud from Tradition to Terror. (2002)

Vassiliev, Alexei. The History of Saudi Arabia. (2000)

* Ward, Terence. Searching for Hassan. 955.05War (2002)

Wiener, Markus ed. Land of Enchanters: Egyptian Short Stories from the Early Times to the Present Day. (2001)

Fiction

* Bromell, Henry. Little America. Fic Brom (2001)

Bukiet, Melvin Jules. Strange Fire. (2001)

* Ellis, Deborah. The Breadwinner. JFic Ell (2001)

* Eve, Naomi. The Family Orchard. Fic.Eve (2000)

* Hamid, Mohsin. Moth Smoke. Fic Ham (2002)

* Harton, Steven. The Devil's Shepherd. Fic Har (2000)

* Harvey, Caroline. Legacy of Love. Fic Har (2000)

* Huston, James W. Flash Point. Fic Hus (2000)

Land, Jon. A Walk in the Darkness. Fic Lan (2000)

Land, Jon. The Pillars of Solomon. Fic Lan (2002)

* Land, John. Keepers of the Gate. Fic Lan. (2001)

* Liebrecht, Savyon. A Man and A Woman and A Man: A Novel. Fic Lie (2001)

Mendelson, Robert. The Parting Gift. Fic Men (2002)

* Poyer, David. Black Storm. Fic Poy (2002)

* Sasson, Jean. Ester's Child. Fic Sas (2001)

* Sherbaniuk, Richard. The Fifth Horseman. Fic Shr (2001)

Video Recordings

Afghanistan Revealed. (2001)

* The 50 Years War: Israel and the Arabs. Video 956FIF (2000)

Fables of Bah Ya Bah. (2001)

Forgetting Arabic. (2001)

In Search of Bin Laden. (2001)

Islam, Empire of Faith. (2000)

The Message: The Story of Islam. (1998)

The Muslim Town. (2001)

The New War on Terrorism: A Talk. (2001)

Once Upon A Time In Baghdad. (2001)

Osama Bin Laden: in the Name of Allah. (2001)

Paying the Price: Killing the Children of Iraq. (2000)

World Trade Center/History Channel. (1993)