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324.973 REH
Rehnquist, William H., 1924-. Centennial
crisis : the disputed election of 1876. 1st ed. New York : Alfred A.
Knopf : Distributed by Random House, c2004.
Chronicles the events surrounding the presidential election of 1876,
describing how both Republicans and Democrats tried to influence the returns
in favor of their own candidate.
364.66
JUN
Junkin, Tim, 1951-. Bloodsworth. 1st pbk.
ed. Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2005.
Charged with rape and murder of a nine year old in 1984,
Kirk Bloodsworth was tried, convicted and sentenced in
Mar4yland's gas chamber. Using the then-innovative DNA
testing, Bloodsworth became the first death row inmate to
be exonerated by DNA evidence.
520
GIL
Gilder, Joshua. Heavenly intrigue :
Johannes Kepler, Tycho Brahe, and the murder behind one of
history's greatest scientific discoveries. 1st ed. New
York : Doubleday, c2004.
Chronicles the stormy
collaboration between astronomers Tycho Brahe and Johannes
Kepler at the turn of the seventeenth century, discussing
how their discoveries would mark the transition from
medieval to modern science and why Kepler is believed to
have killed Brahe in order to take credit for Brahe's
discoveries.
947.084 GES
Gessen, Masha.
Ester and Ruzya : how my grandmothers survived Hitler's war
and Stalin's peace. New York : Dial Press, 2004.
Marsha Gessen recounts the story of her two grandmothers, Ester
and Ruzya, who met in post-World War II Russia and learned
to rely on one another to stay alive in the turbulent
times.
956.04 RAB
Rabinovich, Abraham.
The Yom Kippur War : the epic encounter that transformed the Middle East.
1st ed. New York : Schocken Books,
c2004.
Presents an account of the 1973 Yom Kippur War
waged between the Arabs and Israelis, based on interviews
with participants and observers, as well as the author's
own experiences as a reporter for the "Jerusalem Post," at
the time of the conflict.
F COR
Cornwell, Patricia Daniels. Trace. Berkley-mass-market ed. NewYork : Berkley Books, 2005, c2004.
Forensic investigator Dr. Kay Scarpetta is called back to Richmond, Virginia to help the new Chief Medical Examiner investigate the
mysterious death of a fourteen-year-old girl; and Scarpetta's niece, holding down the office in Florida,
tries to deal with a stalker.
F
HIC
Hickam, Homer H., 1943-. The
ambassador's son. 1st ed. New York : Thomas Dunne
Books/St. Martin's Press, 2005.
Coast Guard Captain Josh Thurlow and his crew are set to the
Japanese-held islands to find Lieutenant David Armistead, a Marine Corps hero and cousin of the president, who has disappeared and is rumored to have gone over to the enemy.
F RAS
Rash, Ron, 1953-. Saints at the river. 1st ed.
New York : Holt, 2004.
Reporter
Maggie Glenn returns to Tanassee, South Carolina, after a
long absence to cover the controversy that has erupted over
whether the body of a young drowning victim trapped in a
deep eddy should be recovered at the risk of endangering
divers and the river environment, and is forced to confront
her own painful past.
