Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners

About the Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners
To provide reading recommendations to students of all ages who plan to continue their education beyond high school.

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History and Cultures

2009 Selection(s)

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian


Forgotten Fire: A Novel


Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone


The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II


Rotten English: A Literary Anthology


Arts and Humanities

2009 Selection(s)

American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in the New


The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash Course in Art History from Prehistoric to Post-Modern


Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon - And the Journey of a Generation


Photography: An Illustrated History


This Land Was Made for You and Me: The Life and Songs of Woody Guthrie


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