George Washington, Revolutionary War and New Items

The library has many resources about George Washington, our Founding Fathers and the Revolutionary War. Here are a few:

Non-Fiction Books
Tom Paine and Revolutionary America
The American Revolution: the War for Independence
The Revolutionary War: America's Fight for Freedom
Yankee Doodle Boy
The Way of Duty
Martha Washington: an American Life
George Washington's World
Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents
Virginian Born Presidents
George Washington: the Story of the First American
Benjamin Franklin: the Father of All the Yankees
John Adams: the Man Who Was Called the Father of the American Revolution
Alexander Hamilton: the Little Lion of the Treasury
Thomas Jefferson: the Father of American Democracy
Fathers of the Revolution
The Secret History of the American Revolution
Washington, the Indispensable Man
George Washington: Soldier and Man
George Washington: Anguish and Farewell
Diary 1794-1845: John Quincy Adams
Lady Washington
George Washington: a Biography in His Own Words

Fiction
The Fighting Ground by Avi
Ruffles and Drums by Cavanna
War Comes to Willie Freeman by Collier
Finishing Becca by Rinaldi
A Ride Into Morning by Rinaldi

Videos/DVDs
George Washington
General George Washington
The Revolutionary War
1776 (musical)
Biographies of the Presidents of the United States

CDs
His Excellency (George Washington)

NEW ITEMS IN THE LIBRARY THIS WEEK
DVDs
Journeys to the Edge of Creation by Moody Science Films
The Ten Commandments (50th anniversary edition with original 1923 silent film included)
NYSSMA: Music Standards

Non-Fiction Books
The Grand Weaver by Ravi Zacharias
O Holy Night by Ideals (Christmas collection)
Narnia: Unlocking the Wardrobe by Paul A. Karkainen
Knowing Aslan: an Encounter With the Lion of Narnia by T.M. Williams
An American Life by Ronald Reagan (autobiography)

Fiction Books
Timescape and Whirwind by Robert Liparulo (books 4 and 5 of Dreamhouse Kings Series)

Lent and Easter Resources in the Academy Library

Lent is the forty-day period before Easter when Christians reflect on Christ's sacrifice on the cross. It begins on Ash Wednesday and ends Holy Thursday for Roman Catholics, or the day before Easter in other churches. Sundays are skipped during Lent because they are always days of rejoicing to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
The library is decorated with a Lenten Tree containing items symbolizing Holy Week. Stop by and see the many books, videos and DVDs on this subject on display around the library.

Books
The Easter Story by Carol Heyer
Christ in Easter: a Family Celebration of Holy Week
The Case for Easter by Lee Strobel (in several languages)
The Christ of Easter by Calvin Miller (readings about the resurrection)
Jesus is Alive (picture book)
Who Moved the Stone? by Frank Morison
Resurrection by Hank Hanegraaff (beautiful illustrations)
The Passion of Christ
Cau Chuyen ve Duc Gie-su by Minh Chau
The Reason for God by Timothy Keller
What Was God Doing on the Cross? by Alister McGrath
The Day Christ Died by Jim Bishop
The Life of Our Lord by Charles Dickens
Yesuneun Yeoksada by Lee Strobel
The Story of the Cross by Leon Morris
More Than a Carpenter by Josh McDowell (several languages)
The Word From the Cross by Richard Hoyer
And the Angels Were Silent by Max Lucado
The Final Week of Jesus by Max Lucado
The Cross by Max Lucado
The Cross Examination of Jesus by alumnus Randy Singer
Behold Your King by Florence Bauer (fiction)
The Silver Chalice by Thomas Costain (fiction)
Ben Hur: a tale of Christ by Lew Wallace

VIDEOS/DVDs
The Robe
The Passion of Christ
Ben Hur
He is Risen
The True Easter Story
Dateline Jerusalem
How Jesus Died
Jesus
Who Was Jesus?

New February 8, 2010 in the Academy Library

"He is indeed Enough. He is not all we would ask for, if we were honest, but it is precisely when we do not have what we would ask for, and only then, that we can clearly perceive His all-sufficiency. It is when the sea is moonless that the Lord has become my Light." Elisabeth Elliot

The following items are new this week in the library:

CD--book on tape:
The Da Vinci Hoax by Carl E. Olson (7 discs)

New Fiction:
Gideon's Gift by Karen Kingsbury (book one in the Red Gloves series--junior fiction)
The Battle of the Labyrinth and The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan (books 4 and 5 of The Olympians--junior fiction)
At the Back of the North Wind by George MacDonald and illustrated by Arthur Hughs--junior ficiton
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien and illustrated by Alan Lee--junior fiction

New Non-Fiction:
Why do Christians Suffer? by Theodore Epp
The God Makers by Ed Decker (Mormon religion)

New Items In the Library

"His mercy hath no relation to time, no limitation in time,
it is not first, nor last, but eternal, everlasting." John Donne

We continue to have quotes each morning in February by John Donne.

There are several new items in the library this week:
New CDs (audio books)
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
J.R.R.Tolkien: Myth, Morality and Religion by Richard Purtill
The Shadow of His Wings by Gereon Goldmann (autobiography of a Catholic priest in Nazi Germany)

New Reference Book
A Pocket Style Manual by Diana Hacker (latest edition)

New Fiction
The House of Dark Shadows, The Watcher in the Woods and Gatekeepers by Robert Liparulo (the first three books in the Dreamhouse Kings fantasy series)
Bone: Out of Boneville by Jeff Smith (graphic novel)

New Non-Fiction
Totonjia: Child of Grace by Peggy Forrest (This was donated by the author whose husband spoke last week in the academy chapel. It is a true story about a homeless child in Kenya.)

February Highlights in the Academy Library

February is full of things to highlight and celebrate in the academy library. Stop by to see some of the items on display for Black History Month, Saint Valentine's Day, Chinese New Year, Presidents' Day (George Washington and Abraham Lincoln), Groundhog or Candlemas Day, and the beginning of Lent or the 40 days of reflection, soul-searching and repentance before Easter. There will be a Lenten Tree displayed in the library with symbols added each week relating to Christ's suffering, death and resurrection. All this month the Englishman John Donne, a major representative of the 17th century metaphysical poets will be featured. Donne was also a celebrated minister and famous for his Holy Sonnets. His quotes will be displayed throughout the school and on the library door.