New Nonfiction

The Attack on Pearl Harbor - Laurie Hillstrom

Presents a narrative overview of the attack on Pearl Harbor, with biographies of leading figures of the era, such as Mitsuo Fuchida, Douglas MacArthur, and Chester W. Nimitz, and includes a variety of primary sources, including letters and memoirs.

Chicken Soup for the Soul : Extraordinary Teens : Personal Stories and Advice from Today's Most Inspiring Youth - Compiled by Jack Canfield, Mark Hansen and Kent Healy

Presents inspirational, autobiographical stories from over fifty celebrities and others which are designed to inspire teenagers to overcome their troubles and celebrate their triumphs.

The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons - Jeff Lenberg

A reference guide to animated cartoons that includes more than 3,100 entries on cartoon series, specials, and feature films, including information on creators, production staff, studios, voice credits, release dates, and more.

The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz - edited by Barry Kernfeld

Contains alphabetically arranged articles that provide information about various aspects of jazz, covering groups, composers, arrangers, instruments, terms, record labels, and venues. Includes details on libraries and archives around the world that hold jazz collections, lists of selected films and videos, and a catalog of festivals.

Ridiculous/Hilarious/Terrible/Cool : a Year in an American High School - Elisha Cooper

Notebook in hand, Cooper spent a year hanging around the halls of Chicago's Walter Payton High School, primarily documenting the lives of eight seniors. There's no story here, but Cooper's accounts of conversations, classes, crushes, and more--the small and large dramas of high school--are precisely observed, affecting, and often funny.

Schools Into Stones: Promoting Peace with Books Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan - Greg Mortenson

Greg Mortenson describes his efforts to promote peace throughout the world, and details how he was able to establish over 130 schools--mostly for girls--in remote regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan with the backing of the Central Asia Institute--a nonprofit organization.