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New Books
Non Fiction
Check out our new books on the Teen Shelves! We have lots of new fantasy, sports, non-fiction and more!! If the books on this list are not on the shelf, please reserve them by filling out a book request form at the circulation desk.
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The Handy Politics Answer Book
by Gina Misiroglu
Teen 320.973 Misiroglu
This book, part of a series that provides brief answers to questions on various topics, deals with terrorism, the Supreme Court, civil liberties, and the political parties, along with many other topics.
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The Case of the Monkeys that Fell from the Trees, and other mysteries in tropical nature
by Susan E. Quinlan
Teen 577.3 Quinlan
This book attempts to explain why, for example, biting ants pick a particular tree to live in, how tiny frogs develop poisons, among other stories.
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Mosque
by David Macaulay
Teen 726.2 Macaulay
Author and artist David Macaulay describes how a typical mosque would have been built in 16th century Ottoman empire.
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Titanic: Shipwrecks and Sunken Treasure
Teen 910.452 Malam
This short, packed-with-pictures book describes some of the most famous shipwrecks in history and how they were found.
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The Forgotten Victims of the Holocaust
Teen 540.5318 Altman
While the overwhelming focus of the Nazis was the destruction of the Jews, they also considered many other groups as unworthy of life. This book describes the Nazi campaign of destruction against the disabled, the Roma (gypsies), homosexuals, and Polish and Russian prisoners.
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What Every American Should Know about the Rest of the World
Teen 909.83 Rossi
This book gives brief, interesting facts about different hotspots of the world.
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Myths and Monsters: From Dragons to Werewolves
Teen 398.2454 Buller
Quick survey of creatures from mythology and urban legend.
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Sleep and Rest in Animals
Teen 591.519 Lacrampe
This beautiful book, full of photographs, describes whether and how different animals, from insects to fish to mammals, sleep.
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Bodies from the Bog
Teen 393 Deem
The chemistry of peat bogs preserves remains, giving an insight into the people of the Iron Age
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