Iranian exchange student writes home. What do her letters reveal about America in 1961?\nIn 1961 a 17-year-old Iranian girl, was a high school exchange student in Ohio. During that year, she wrote many letters on Aerograms to her family in Tehran. Years later, she discovered that her father had saved every letter.\nNow 60 years later, she shares these letters with all the cultural shocks, school challenges, and community victories that tell the story of life in small town 1960s America from the perspective of a teenager from the other side of the globe.

A Year in Middle America: A Memoir in Aerograms

Biographies & Memoirs

Badiozamani, Manijeh

Community & Culture

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How do you chronicle a life? 
Manijeh Badiozamani tells of her life in a series of short stories that offer glimpses of a life lived in two cultures, rich in friends, ventures, and love. 
Manijeh Badiozamani grew up in Tehran, Iran before moving to the U.S. with her husband over 50 years ago. She is a keen observer of life and easily laughs at her own miscues as she deftly straddles two different cultures. 
"This collection of invariably amusing and often heartwarming experiences is like a treasure chest one discovers and opens, and invariably finds a rare gem here or a small trinket there. But the discoveries are always rewarding. 
The stories range over time and are often told with a gentle irony that will both amuse and enlighten. 
Each story stands alone, but together they describe a life’s journey full of perception, empathy, and great humor." 
—Dr. Mark David Welton, Professor Emeritus, United States Military Academy at West Point.

One Summer in My Life: A Memoir in Short Stories

Dr. Brett Carson, an Epidemic Intelligence Service agent for the Centers of Disease Control, just back from five months in the Arctic, is hurriedly sent to Guatemala to investigate the source of a mysterious and deadly Ebola-like virus that is sweeping through jungle villages. Brett soon meets the beautiful Kali Wheeler, daughter of an anthropologist who is searching the area for ancient Mayan tombs and artifacts. Civil war, tomb raiders, a rescue dog, a bullet-riddled Jeep, and an outbreak of the disease at an isolated New Mexico monastery lead Brett and Kari on a dangerous chase to identify and stop the spread of the virus-as well as save their own lives.

PLUNDER

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

WILSON, KEITH

Wilson, Keith D.

Thrillers & Suspense

It's More Nonstop Action when RSO Alex Boyd Arrives at the US Embassy in Rome. In the sequel to Death in Pakistan, Regional Security Officer Alex Boyd arrives in Rome expecting a comfortable assignment after the terrorist violence in Pakistan where he almost lost his life. On his first day in Italy he's caught in the crossfire during a bank robbery where he saves the life of a grateful Italian VIP. Alex's new Embassy boss despises him for an old grievance, and his girlfriend, Rachel, is running hot and cold.When terrorists kidnap the Ambassador and his wife, Alex swings into full-on action. He must maneuver through a maze of State Department bureaucratic incompetence and interference from the FBI, dodge bullets during police raids, and confront lying officials within the Embassy staff.After two weeks of being held in a filthy basement, the Ambassador is ill and running out of lifesaving medicine. With the FBI and State Department arguing with the Italians over how to deal with the crisis, Alex leads the way with the Italian police in a bold attempt to rescue the Ambassador and his wife while they are still alive.

The Ambassador is Missing: An Alex Boyd Thriller

Harrison, Mel

Dick Stoebel grew up inside the American Dream. From a mid-century middle-class family in small town Massachusetts, he worked his way into a 45-year career with a Fortune 100 company, married (and twice remarried) Brenda, the girl of his dreams. Their two accomplished children achieved national recognition in their teens.	But there were also times of great sadness and 	uncertainty, turmoil and disappointment. Sometimes there were nagging problems with work, neighbors and family as the American Dream is, unfortunately, not always about the good times and successes.	I'm Almost History artfully chronicles life of an American Dream family from the 1940s to the present day, showing how the Stoebels were at the same time innocent and joyful, awkward and vulnerable. 	Just like all of us!

I'm Almost History

Stoebel, Richard

Professionals & Academics

The rhythms of life are metered like poetry; unknowable and mysterious. Like a garden-always changing, often surprising. Chronicling a life filled with tumultuous joy and deep sorrow, celebrations of friends, and fondness for places, Holly Schwartztol leads us along her garden path where one turn may reveal the perfect bloom, while another twist highlights a dried husk.	She invokes brilliant images, personal notes, and vibrant personalities to take the reader into her universe-her garden-where the highs and lows of life are closely examined with a unique reality. You feel her emotions and suddenly you remember someone, a place, a moment, and realize that you, too, once had a reality almost like that. 	Holly makes a sharp point of contact in us, visualizing the garden path that we all must follow, acknowledging the rhythms of life that are part of the great discovery.

Along My Garden Path: Poems on the Rhythms of Life

Literature & Fiction

Schwartztol, Holly

Ostertag, Vincent

Schwartztol, Holly W

Poetry

"Any woman contemplating the Navy as a career needs to read about this amazing trailblazer."-Margaret Best, Award-Winning author of Dandelion Child. This easy-to-read memoir explores how Captain Doris Vail opened doors to women in non-traditional jobs, on ships, and at Naval Academies. Once a sick, yet courageous child, she grew into a caring, competent, influential Naval officer. She served as a trailblazer helping create opportunities for women in the United States Navy. More women serve today than ever before. Read how doors opened for them in a traditionally male society.

Captain Doris Vail: Female Navy Trailblazer

Vail, Doris

Parenting & Relationships

Adventure along with a group of friends on their twenty-five year quest to climb mountains while exploring national parks, state parks, and mountain ranges in the United States and Canada. They have climbed the second and third highest mountains in the United States, had Humphrey conquer Humphrey, been involved with a preplexing plant ticket, experienced less, coined a new word, and saw an angel. Intriguing things happen while "out there" with The Happy Hikers.

Mountains Along Our Path

Fetzer, Nancy

Campbell, Betsy

Simon, Cleo

Humphrey, Nancy

Chandley, Laurie

A memoir of talent, courage, and determination. Margaret was always a leader, despite being a girl, Black, and poor. One of 15 children, she learned resilience as a youngster. When her family moves to a small city in Southern Illinois, Margaret soon feels the sting of racial discrimination, unwanted sexual advances, sees her physical ‘flaws,’ and struggles under the strict rules set by her authoritarian father. She emerges as an astute frontrunner who shows exceptional academic, literary and musical talent. Above all, she never considers herself a victim. Instead, she moves on and advances to greater heights, setting an example for women everywhere. I realized that there were some things I could change and some things I could not.I could change my “slue feet.” All I had to do was turn each foot toward the center and forge straight ahead. And that’s what I did.

Slue Foot: A Black girl grows up in Midwest America

Edwards, Margaret

A novel of medical mystery: Everyone was fine until they tried to leave town. It's a government secret, infecting a small New Hampshire town with a new strain of dependency, it's physical effects invisible until a resident tries to leave. It lures a high school science teacher into the greatest mystery of nature gone awry and into the heart of the ultimate conspiracy.

Life Form: A Novel of Medical Suspense

Genre Fiction

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