Called to duty at last, Lieutenant John Nevis faces his assignment with trepidation. Boarding the USS Nicodemus—a sloop of war built in a single night at the top of the world—Nevis wonders uneasily at its strange aura of power, its cannonballs of virgin brass . . . and its uncanny ability to glide swiftly through the waters without steam or sail. As great armies clash all around them, the mission of Lieutenant Nevis and the Nicodemus crew is shrouded in an impenetrable gray mist of magic and malevolence. For a fearsome adversary awaits on roiling waves—an awesomely powerful vessel fueled by cruelty and terror; a demon raider driven by an insatiable lust . . . for blood.

Land of Mist and Snow

Literature & Fiction

MACDONALD, JAMES

Doyle, Debra

United States

Harper/Voyager

The stellar writing team of Debra Doyle and James Macdonald work their magic once again with Lincoln’s Sword—a gem of alternate Civil War history that brilliantly compliments their superb Land of Mist and Snow. A remarkable blending of fact and fantasy, Lincoln’s Sword transports readers to the heat and fire of a very different War Between the States—as the fate of the Union rests with a traveler from the future and in the prophetic dreams of First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln.

Lincoln's Sword

Softcover book from 1983 by a curator of paleontology at the Museum of Geology, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. This fully-illustrated guide covers basics of fossil collecting and how to preserve, ship, display, and where to find, how to organize field trips, and more.

The Fossil Collector's Handbook: A Paleontology Field Guide (Phalarope Books)

Science & Math

MacDonald, J. R.

Biological Sciences

PRENTICE/HALL

IS GLOBALIZATION AN UNINTENDED RECIPE FOR WAR? 
Taking this question as its starting point, James Macdonald's When Globalization Fails offers a rich, original account of war, peace, and trade in the twentieth century―and a cautionary tale for the twenty-first.
In the late nineteenth century, liberals exulted that the spread of international commerce would usher in prosperity and peace. An era of economic interdependence, they believed, would render wars too costly to wage. But these dreams were dashed by the carnage of 1914–1918. Seeking the safety of economic self-sufficiency, nations turned first to protectionism and then to territorial expansion in the 1930s―leading again to devastating conflict. Following the Second World War, the globalists tried once more. With the communist bloc disconnected from the global economy, a new international order was created, buttressing free trade with the informal supremacy of the United States. But this benign period is coming to an end. 
According to Macdonald, the global commerce in goods is a mixed blessing. It makes nations wealthier, but also more vulnerable. And while economic interdependence pushes toward cooperation, the resulting sense of economic insecurity pulls in the opposite direction―toward repeated conflict. In Macdonald's telling, the First World War's naval blockades were as important as its trenches, and the Second World War can be understood as an inevitable struggle for vital raw materials in a world that had rejected free trade. Today China's economic and military expansion is undermining the Pax Americana that had kept economic insecurities at bay, threatening to resurrect the competitive multipolar world of the early twentieth century with all its attendant dangers. Expertly blending political and economic history and enlivened by vivid quotation, When Globalization Fails recasts what we know about the past and raises vital questions about the future.

When Globalization Fails: The Rise and Fall of Pax Americana

Business & Money

Economics

Farrar. Straus and Giroux

Is globalization a recipe for war? In the nineteenth century, liberals exulted that the spread of commerce would usher in prosperity and peace, but these dreams were dashed by imperial squabbles, the carnage of 1914-18, and the protectionism, depression, and conflict that followed. In the wake of World War II, the globalists tried again. With the Communist bloc disconnected from the global economy, a new international order was created, buttressing free trade with the informal supremacy of the United States. But this benign period is coming to an end.
Expertly combining political, economic, and military history in the manner of Niall Ferguson and Paul Kennedy, James Macdonald stresses that if industrial nations are more prosperous, they are also more vulnerable. While a dependence on trade may push toward cooperation, the attendant insecurity pulls in the opposite direction, leading to conflict. In Macdonald's telling, World War I's naval blockades were as important as its trenches, and World War II was a struggle for raw materials in a world that had rejected free trade. Today, the Pax Americana that kept insecurities at bay is being undermined by China's rise, with potentially dangerous consequences. Rich in original historical analysis and enlivened by vivid quotation, When Globalization Fails recasts what we know about war, peace, and trade, and raises vital questions about the future.

International

For the greater part of recorded history the most successful and powerful states were autocracies; yet now the world is increasingly dominated by democracies. In A Free Nation Deep in Debt, James Macdonald provides a novel answer for how and why this political transformation occurred. The pressures of war finance led ancient states to store up treasure; and treasure accumulation invariably favored autocratic states. But when the art of public borrowing was developed by the city-states of medieval Italy as a democratic alternative to the treasure chest, the balance of power tipped. From that point on, the pressures of war favored states with the greatest public creditworthiness; and the most creditworthy states were invariably those in which the people who provided the money also controlled the government. Democracy had found a secret weapon and the era of the citizen creditor was born. Macdonald unfolds this tale in a sweeping history that starts in biblical times, passes via medieval Italy to the wars and revolutions of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and ends with the great bond drives that financed the two world wars.

A Free Nation Deep in Debt: The Financial Roots of Democracy

Princeton University Press

A Dictionary of Obscenity, Taboo and Euphemism

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Warner

Offering lively descriptions of the lives of NASCAR drivers, the reluctant reader books in this contemporary series include career statistics, a glossary, a further reading list, Internet addresses, and accounts of exciting racing action that will capture the reader's attention.

Dale Earnhardt, Jr.: Racing's Living Legacy (Heroes of Racing)

Children's Books

Biographies

Enslow Pub Inc

"Learn how to skate, shoot, handle the puck and tend the goal like the professionals"--Provided by publisher.

Hockey Skills (How to Play Like a Pro)

Sports & Outdoors

Offering lively descriptions of the lives of racecar drivers, the reluctant reader books in this contemporary series include career statistics, a glossary, a further reading list, Internet addresses, and accounts of exciting racing action that will capture the reader's attention.

Dale Earnhardt, Sr.: The Intimidator (Heroes of Racing)

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Land of Mist and Snow

Lincoln's Sword

The Fossil Collector's Handbook: A Paleontology Field Guide (Phalarope Books)

When Globalization Fails: The Rise and Fall of Pax Americana

When Globalization Fails: The Rise and Fall of Pax Americana

A Free Nation Deep in Debt: The Financial Roots of Democracy

A Dictionary of Obscenity, Taboo and Euphemism

Dale Earnhardt, Jr.: Racing's Living Legacy (Heroes of Racing)

Hockey Skills (How to Play Like a Pro)

Dale Earnhardt, Sr.: The Intimidator (Heroes of Racing)