Outstanding Books for the College Bound: Arts and Humanities
The OBCB list is developed every five years as a tool for various audiences (students preparing for college, educators, librarians, and parents). It offers opportunities for independent reading and lifelong learning. From the list, readers are bound to find something that will expand their worldview and help them gain an understanding of the ever-changing world.-YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association)
Next PageWriting hard stories : celebrated memoirists who shaped art from trauma - Brooks, Melanie,
Summary: "Acclaimed memoirists describe the process of writing their most painful memories In her attempt to write a memoir about her father's death from a secret AIDS infection in 1985, Melanie Brooks was...
Contents: Andre Dubus III -- Sue William Silverman -- Michael Patrick MacDonald -- Joan Wickersham -- Kyoko Mori -- Richard Hoffman -- Suzanne Strempek Shea -- Abigail Thomas -- Monica Wood -- Mark Doty --...
Good and cheap : eat well on $4/day - Brown, Leanne,
Summary: "By showing that kitchen skill, and not budget, is the key to great food, Good and Cheap will help you eat well--really well--on the strictest of budgets. Created for people who have to watch every...
Contents: Introduction -- Breakfast -- Soup and salad -- Snacks, sides, and small bites -- Dinner -- Big batch -- Pantry -- Drinks and desserts.
The actor's life : a survival guide - Fischer, Jenna, 1974-
Summary: "Jenna Fischer moved to Hollywood at age 22 with a theater degree in hand, ready to work hard. But it would be eight long years of struggle, rejection, and doubt before she landed her iconic role...
Contents: Getting started -- Headshots, getting in the union, and building your resume -- How to find, get, and keep an agent or manager -- Auditioning, rejection, and how to persevere -- You got a job! how...
Heavy : an American memoir - Laymon, Kiese,
Summary: "Laymon writes eloquently and honestly about the physical manifestations of violence, grief, trauma, and abuse on his own body. He writes of his own eating disorder and gambling addiction as well...
Contents: Prologue: been -- Boy man -- Black abundance -- Home worked -- Addict Americans -- Epilogue: bend.
Modesty : a fashion paradox : uncovering the causes, controversies and key players behind the global trend to conceal, rather than reveal - Lodi, Hafsa,
Summary: "This book speaks to the various personalities and companies who have helped shape the modest fashion industry into such a significant retail sector, while also exploring the controversies that lie...
Switched on pop : how popular music works, and why it matters - Sloan, Nate, 1986-
Summary: 'Switched on Pop' illuminates the essential musical concepts behind two decades of chart-topping songs. The text moves through close studies of 16 modern pop classics by artists from Beyoncé to...
Contents: Introduction : Switched on pop :Carly Rae Jepsen-"Call me maybe" --Y'all don't want to hear me, you just want to dance : Meter :Outkast-"Hey ya!" --A star's melodic signature : Melody :Taylor...
The cooking gene : a journey through African American culinary history in the Old South - Twitty, Michael, 1977-
Summary: "Culinary historian Michael W. Twitty brings a fresh perspective to our most divisive cultural issue, race, in this illuminating memoir of Southern cuisine and food culture that traces his...
Contents: Preface: The Old South --No more whistling walk for me --Hating my soul --Mise en place --Mishpocheh --Missing pieces --No nigger blood --"White man in the woodpile" --0.01 percent --Sweet tooth...