New Non-fiction

Zinn, Howard. A Young People’s History of the United States. YA/ ZINN
Part 1. Columbus and the Indians ; Black and white ; Who were the colonists? ; Tyranny is tyranny ; Revolutions ; The women of early America ; As long as the grass grows or water runs ; War with Mexico ; Slavery and emancipation ; The other Civil War ; Robber barons and rebels ; The American empire -- Part 2. Class struggle ; World War I ; Hard times ; World War II and the cold war ; Black revolt and civil rights ; Vietnam ; Surprises ; Under control? ; Politics as usual ; Resistance ; The end of the twentieth century ; The "war on terrorism" ; War in Iraq, conflict at home ; "Rise like lions."


Keat, Nawuth with Martha E Kendall. Alive in the Killing Fields: Surviving the Khmer Rouge Genocide. YA/ 959.604/ KEA
A survivor of the horrors of war-torn Cambodia breaks his longtime silence to share his family's story of death, enslavement, and torture at the hands of Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge fighters, providing an inspirational story of hope to children whose worlds have been devastated by catastrophe.

Anonymous. Quicksand: HIV/AIDS in our world. YA/ 616.979/ QUI
A first-person narrative discusses how the author's brother-in-law was diagnosed with AIDS and his battle with the disease, explaining how HIV is transmitted and describing the emotions people feel when a loved one has the virus.

Kaufman, Michael T. 1968. YA/ 909.82/ KAU

Sandler, Martin W. The Dust Bowl: Through the Lens. YA/ 973.917/ SAN
Photographs capture the horrific conditions of this national disaster, the struggles of the people who stayed to save their land, and the sorrows of those who were forced to move as a result of this catastrophe.