Saturday, May 12, 2012

New Library Books to Fit the A-Z Challenge # 1

Looking for a book to read?  Don't want fiction?  Try these  which fit the letters A-D
It's not to late to start!

Title:  Another Fine Mess: A History of American Film Comedy
Author: Saul Austerlitz
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Call No. : PN1995.9.C55 A97 2010

These are easy to read chapters about various comedians incuding Harold Lloyd, Jean Author, and Albert Brooks. You don't have to read in page order to enjoy this work.

Title:  Beethoven in America
Author: Michael Broyles
Publisher Indiana University Press
Call No.: ML410.B4 B869 2011

The book examines the ways Beethoven and his music have influenced American culture.

Title:  Capitalist Revolutionary: John Maynard Keynes
Author: Roger E. Backhouse & Bradkley W. Bateman
Publisher:  Harvard University
Call No.: HB103.K47 B25 2011

At less than 200 pages, this work focuses on a narrow but important part of Keyne's life.

Title:  Disposable People: New Slavery in the Golbal Economy
Author:  Kevin Bales
Publisher California
Call No.  HT867.B35 2004

This revised edition looks at the growth of slavery in Thailand, Brazil, Pakistan, and India and offers suggestions to end the practise.

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