Fleming Community Library

Chronicles social networking and communication throughout the history of America, from Native American councils to the SETI program.

"Growing up in the projects, Jeezy learned early how to hustle to get what he needed and took those lessons into adulthood. It wasn't easy, but he did what he had to do to be successful. Now, he wants to share what he learns with those coming up behind them so they don't have the make the same mistakes he did"--

Analyzes scandals in high-profile institutions, from Wall Street and the Catholic Church to Major League Baseball, while evaluating how an elite American meritocracy rose throughout the past half-century before succumbing to corruption and failure.

"Arnold Krupat's From the Boarding Schools: Apache Indians Speak presents for the first time the writings and autobiographies of Sam Kenoi, Dan Nicholas, and Vincent Natalish"-- "Arnold Krupat's From the Boarding Schools makes available previously unheard Apache voices from the Indian boarding schools. It includes selections from two unpublished autobiographies by Sam Kenoi and Dan Nicholas, produced in the 1930s with the anthropologist, Morris Opler,...

"With a career, a boyfriend, and a loving family, Piper Kerman barely resembles the reckless young woman who delivered a suitcase of drug money ten years ago. But that past has caught up with her. Convicted and sentenced to fifteen months at the infamous federal correctional facility in Danbury, Connecticut, the well-heeled Smith College alumna is now inmate #11187-424-- one of the millions of women who disappear 'down the rabbit hole' of the American...

A former New York City magazine editor describes the radical change in her life after she met a young bull rider while on assignment covering a rodeo and impulsively gave up her city life for a more authentic rural life.

In the Two Medicine Territory of Montana, the Lone Eaters, a small band of Blackfeet Indians, are living their immemorial life. The men hunt and mount the occasional horse-taking raid or war party against the enemy Crow.

The founder of the Institute for Responsible Technology makes a political as well as scientific case against GM foods, and discusses US and European attitudes and actions that consumers can take. "Without knowing it, Americans eat genetically modified (GM) food everyday. While the food and chemical industries claim that GMO food is safe, a considerable amount of evidence shows otherwise. In Seeds of Deception, Jeffrey Smith, a former executive with...

An exploration of one of the most powerful Americans of the twentieth century unmasks the man behind the FBI, his family history, and relationships, and explores his own need for secrecy, deceit, and control, and the broad trends in society that shaped his world.