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This is a beautiful, very important, little book; the kind that people read and pass to one and other. David Boren, Rhodes Scholar, former senator and governor and current President of University of Oklahoma delivers a wake up call to America. A Letter to America "boldly faces the questions of how long the United States, with only six percent of the worldÕs population, can remain a global superpower." With the call to move to bi-partisanship, to move from cynicism to hope, Boren examines America at the crossroads.

- Faith Middleton Pick 4/11/08

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Akerlof and Shiller defend behavioral macroeconomics and support John Keynes’s theory that there are non-economic drivers of our economy--the attitudes and ideas that influence our actions. We may be in a depression stage in our thinking which could become a self-fulfilling philosophy. This book is for the general reader and comes at just the right time.
-Roxanne

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Rick Rodgers is a cooking teacher and writer and creates cozy dishes including turkey and all the trimmings, fruits, vegetables, side dishes, and main dishes. He developed a way to do dry brined turkey and a recipe to go with that for sage and cider gravy.

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Eric Etheridge is a well-known journalist who found mug shots of 1961 Freedom Riders. He set out to find them, and located 100. The book features current photographs and a brief story of who they were and where they are now. It is a reminder of what it takes to effectuate change. We are also reminded that there are those who deliberately set out to make a difference, and those who accidentally become important players.

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The National Book Award winner for young literature, this book is the story of Claudette who decided not to give up her seat on a bus, before Rosa Parks. Civil rights people did not like her as an example of their movement because she was emotional, pregnant and wore cornrows. They much preferred Rosa Parks to be the "face" of their movement. Claudette subsequently disappeared and this is the story of what happened to her.
- Roxanne

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Pitluk, an investigative reported for Time Magazine, tells the true story of James Scott, accused and convicted in a levee break and sentenced to life in prison. Set during the Great Midwestern Floods of 1993, the town of West Quincy, IL is devastated by a levee break. Scott, a local troublemaker trying to redeem his reputation, volunteers as one of the watchers of the levee during the storms. After reporting a small leak, he is advised to return and keep an eye on it. This turns into the levee break the town dreaded. And the community is looking for someone to blame.

Faith Middleton pick 4/11/08