Me and Fat Glenda

Perl, Lila.

Archway Publishing

A guide to North America's mass transit museums, tourist trolley operators and private mass transit collections.

Veteran and Vintage transit, a guide to North America's mass transit museums, tourist trolley operators and private mass transit collections.

Engineering & Transportation

Young, Andrew D.

Transportation

The years 1946-1966 brought tremendous change to community life, especially in the inner ring of St. Louis suburbs originally created by the streetcar. This unusual collection of more than 300 photographs documents those changes as it records the line-by-line, suburb-by-suburb disappearance of the streetcar from St. Louis. Almost all the photographs are the work of St. Louisan Ray Gehl and most have never been published before. They are a unique record of a time well within living memory, yet utterly different from the way most folk live now.

Streets and Streetcars of St. Louis: A Sentimental Journey

Between 1899 and 2003 St. Louis was served by almost 300 street cars and soon will have 99 Light Rail cars in operation. This book examines and analyzes the rich variety of passenger and utility car classes owned and operated by United Railways, St. Louis Public Service Company and Bi-State's MetroLink system. Rosters and statistical digests come from newly-researched material at the St. Louis Museum of Transportation's Archives and there are more than 200 photographs, most published for the first time.

Street Cars, Light Rail and Utility Cars of St. Louis, 1899-2003

This brand-new 224-page 8½ x 11 soft-cover book is the first ever to explore the state s trolley history. It tells how trolleys came to Missouri, why people rode them, how the quality of life improved because of them and how the auto soon deposed the trolleys. Thumbnail histories of every Missouri town that had a trolley system, or planned one, are included. The book is packed with newly-researched material plus almost 400 photos, maps and drawings.

When Missouri Took the Trolley

Andrew D. Young

The Russian Embassy Party

A ride on the edges of history, with all its unanticipated connections, from the 1963 March on Washington to the 1993 chaos of Yeltsin's Russia. When an ex-CIA agent convinces a bumbling law student to write a term paper on international rights on the high seas, the student and his roommates in Washington wind up with the whole Soviet Embassy coming to dinner. This happened on August 10, 1963, and has never been marked in the history books. Out of this encounter spins a story of revenge, counterpoint, and rollicking foolishness, ending on a railroad platform by the Russian-Finnish border in September, 1993. The Russian Embassy Party follows its sort-of-ordinary people in a not-so-ordinary web through the edges of history (the set for 'I Have a Dream,' watching the fall of the Berlin Wall, revelations of the Katyn Forest Massacre, the last gasp failed Soviet coup of August 1991, stumbling attempts to shore up democracy in Yelstin's Russia) until . . . Well, let's say only that there is a good dose of history in the story, and a larger dose of realism in the minds, environments, and conversations of both American and Russian protagonists and supporting cast. At the same time, the echoes of the 1963 Russian Embassy Party itself (when the students behaved and talked like the late-adolescents they were) cut veins through the story, linking its participants in ways they realize, bit by bit, as adults.

Literature & Fiction

Adelman, Cliff

Contemporary

Grandma's Stories: A Collection of Six Children's Stories

Three-year-old Henry loves his school, his family, and more than anything, he wants his teacher and classmates to like him too.  But one day when he tells his teacher the reason why he is not hungry, Henry discovers the power of laughter! Suad F. Dajani relies on her experience teaching preschoolers as she shares a charming collection of six children's stories sure to entertain, educate, and inspire creativity in the youngest of imaginations. Four-year-old twins who learn the heart is a very important part of the body get to feel the pump, pump, pump of their own hearts! A little girl saddened when the leaves fall off a tree is happy once again after her dad tells her about seasons. A brother and sister fondly remember the lessons their grandfather once taught them. A boy excited to pick up his grandma from the airport soon learns about being safe in crowded places. A son and his mother ride in the car together one day and discover the reason why they must always wear their seatbelts. Grandma's Stories shares a collection of relatable tales that will encourage children to read, express themselves verbally, and most importantly, respect and care for one another.

Dajani, Suad Farsakh

A Not-So-Small-Time Town: Growing Up in Plainfield, New Hampshire

Plainfield, New Hampshire, has been an extraordinary place since its beginnings. The serene river valley life offers nature's very best and has beckoned many artists and intellectuals, including Ethel Barrymore, J.D. Salinger, and President Woodrow Wilson. In her whimsical and touching Americana memoir, Viola Sawyer Lunderville reflects on her growing up years spent in the quaint New England town in the Connecticut River Valley where she explored, learned, and experienced a simple lifestyle full of freedom, memorable places, and special times. As she looks back on the years, Viola not only offers a unique look at Plainfield's history from the mid-1950s to the early 1970s, but also shares a glimpse into all the reasons why the beautiful landscape beckoned many to settle on this picturesque land, including the famous and wealthy. Through detailed personal anecdotes, Viola brings to life historic places by sharing real-life experiences that detail adventurous days spent exploring local swimming holes, roaming the vast woodlands, licking sap from maple trees, and skiing on Whaleback Mountain. A Not-So-Small-Time Town takes a nostalgic, sentimental ride through a New England town filled with historical significance and many wonderful memories from a simpler time.

Biographies & Memoirs

Lunderville, Viola Sawyer

Regional U.S.

The Shepherd's Son

A little boy has been very naughty. After he is caught throwing a stone at a camel, the shepherd's son runs into the innkeeper's stable and falls crying into the straw. But when he hears the footsteps of the innkeeper approaching, the boy hides behind a mound of hay. The innkeeper leads a man and his pregnant wife into the stable and leaves the couple alone-or so he thinks. But it is not long before the man and woman discover the boy and coax him out of hiding. Filled with regret, the boy runs straight into the arms of Mary, mother of Jesus, who quietly comforts him as Joseph looks on. As the boy sets out to find his shepherd father, a savior is born. The Shepherd's Son is the beautifully illustrated tale of a frightened little boy who is led by fate and divine direction to find Mary, Joseph, the baby Jesus, and forgiveness.

Hall, Stephen M

Children's Books

In a place where sunflowers soak up the sun and have fun, this strange little fuzzy plant gets stuck right in the middle. It floats, spins, and gets in the way of the big bright sun. The sunflowers are curious and wonder what it could be. It is certainly not like any flower they have ever seen. Could it be a weed? The sunflowers are about to find out when the tiny plant suddenly lets the secret out! In all their lives, none of the sunflowers have heard of a thing called a wish-until the little plant with lots of hair tells them about the magical secret locked within. The tiny plant is plucked from the ground by a Wisher who barely makes a sound. The Wisher whispers their secret in the tiny plant's hair and it gets carried away by the air, it is goes far and wide-way across the big blue sky. But it is only when a little girl appears that the sunflowers finally understand how wishes really come true. In this magical children's tale, the delightful secret of a wish is revealed by a tiny plant with more power than anyone ever imagined.

I Am a Wish

Rere the Storyteller

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