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Gruesome, But True | Truth: Better than Fiction

True Crime | Pop-ups & 3-D | Creative Brain Waves

Gruesome, But True

• Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science by John Fleischman--Phineas Gage was truly a man with a hole in his head.  Gage, a railway worker, receives a spike through the skull and lives for 11 years!!!
• The Bone Lady:  Life as a Forensic Anthropologist by Mary H. Manhein-- Forensic anthropologist relates dozens of stories about her work with human remains to solve law enforcement cases.
• The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester-- Professor James Murray, discovered that one man, Dr. W. C. Minor, had submitted more than ten thousand. When the committee insisted on honoring him, a shocking truth came to light: Dr. Minor, an American Civil War veteran, was also an inmate at an asylum for the criminally insane.

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Truth: Better than Fiction

• Swimming to Antarctica:  Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer by Lynne Cox--The story of swimmer Lynne Cox and her daring that eventually led her to the thirty-eight-degree waters of the Bering Strait, which she crossed in her usual outfit-just a swimsuit, cap, and goggles.
• Gifted Hands by Ben Carson-- In 1987, Dr. Benjamin Carson gained worldwide recognition for his part in the first successful separation of Siamese twins joined at the back of the head.
• My Dog Skip by Willie Morris-- In 1943 in a sleepy town on the banks of the Yazoo River, a boy fell in love with a puppy with a lively gait and an intelligent way of listening.

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True Crime

• Who Killed My Daughter: The True Story of a Mother’s Search For Her Daughter’s Murderer by Lois Duncan-- On a balmy midsummer's night in 1989, 18-year-old Kaitlyn Arquette was shot to death as she drove home along a deserted strip of New Mexico highway. This is the story of Lois Duncan's search for her daughter's killer.
• Katie.com:  My Story by Katherine Tarbox-- True story of a teenage girl who was molested by a man she met on an Internet chat line.
• The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us From Violence by Gavin De Becker-- In this empowering book, Gavin de Becker, the man Oprah Winfrey calls the nation's leading expert on violent behavior, shows you how to spot even subtle signs of danger--before it's too late.
• A Child Called It: One Child’s Courage to Survive by Dave Pelzer-This book chronicles the unforgettable account of one of the most severe child abuse cases in California history. It is the story of Dave Pelzer, who was brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother: a mother who played tortuous, unpredictable games--games that left him nearly dead.
• In Cold Blood by Truman Capote--As he reconstructs the 1959 murder of a Kansas farm family and the investigation that led to the capture, trial, and execution of the killers, Capote generates suspense and empathy.

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Pop-ups & 3-D

• The Pop-up Book of Phobias by Gary Greenberg-- Fear of heights, fear of spiders, fear of flying, fear of death--everyone is afraid of something. And these pop-ups place you in the hot seat!!!
• The Pop-up Book of Nightmares by Gary Greenberg-- They're gripping, they're realistic, and they're universal--those primal scream-creating nightmares that every reader has had at one time or another. The Pop-Up Book of Nightmares brings them vividly to life with ten richly illustrated, over-the-top pop-ups that put the reader right in the center of a world gone mad.
• Coolest Cross-Sections Ever by Richard Platt—This book includes everything from movie studies to the human eye. 

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Creative Brain Waves

• Don’t Hold Me Back:  My Life and Art by Winfred Rembert--Through words and paintings, an artist tells about growing up on a cotton plantation in Cuthbert, Georgia, serving time in prison for his actions during a civil rights demonstration, and finding a purpose and direction in life.
• Chuck Close Up Close by Jan Greenberg-- Biography of contemporary artist Chuck Close who has struggled with physical disability to create portraits from many small abstract units.
• Magic of M.C. Escher by J.L. Locker and M.C. Escher-- A splendid presentation of the master's work in a handsomely designed, oversize volume (11x13"). The 367 illustrations include drawings and preliminary sketches as well as finished works.

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