The listing of best books for young adults, readers

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1 Best Books for Junior High and High School Readers 1999 The listing of best books for young adults, readers from middle school through high school, is varied as the population of that age group. Their interests, abilities, and academic needs are wide ranging. Therefore, our best books, selected from those receiving a recommended or highly recommended rating, includes reference books, factual resource books, and popular science books. Biography and literature as well as science fiction titles are here, too. The listing also includes titles that older readers adults may find of great interest as well. In addition, highly recommended back titles reviewed this year are part of our Best Books for Junior High School Readers. Encourage everyone to check out this list on our online version as well.

2 001 Knowledge, Data Processing Makin Numbers: Howard Aiken and the Computer, by I. Bernard Cohen, and Gregory W. Welch (Eds.), and with the cooperation of Robert V. D. Campbell. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, xviii+279pp. $ ISBN Index; C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 6, p. 264, YA T, The Pattern on the Stone: The Simple Ideas That Make Computers Work, by W. Daniel Hillis. Reading, MA: Perseus Books, xi+164pp. $ ISBN Index; C.I.P. [Vol. 35, 170 Ethics Brave New Worlds: Staying Human in the Genetic Future, by Bryan Appleyard. NY: Viking, pp. $ ISBN Index; C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 1, p. 31, 300 Social Sciences, Anthropology Animal Rights, by Barbara James. Austin, TX: Raintree Publishers, Inc., pp. $ ISBN Glossary; Index. C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 5, p. 209, JH, YA, Genocide, by R.G. Grant. Austin, TX: Raintree Publishers, Inc., pp. $ ISBN Glossary; Index. C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 5, p. 209, JH, YA, The Inuksuk Book, by Mary Wallace. Toronto: Owl Books, pp. $19.95; $12.95 (paper). C ISBN ; (paper). Glossary; Index; C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 6, p. 264, JH] The Invisible Pyramid, by Loren Eiseley. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1998 (originally published: NY: Scribner, 1970). xix+173pp. $12.00 (paper) ISBN X. Index; C.I.P. [Vol. 35, The Sun, the Genome, and the Internet: Tools of Scientific Revolutions, by Freeman J. Dyson. NY: Oxford University Press, xvi+124pp. $ ISBN C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 5, p. 209, YA T, 330 Energy, Environment, Natural Resources Against the Tide: The Battle for America s Beaches, by Cornelia Dean. NY: Columbia University Press, xiv+279pp. $ ISBN Index; C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 6, p. 264, JH C, Geothermal Energy and Bio Energy, by Ian Graham. Austin, TX: Raintree Publishers, Inc., pp. $ ISBN X. Glossary; Index; C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 5, p. 209, JH, YA] Nuclear Power, by Ian Graham. Austin, TX: Raintree Publishers, Inc., pp. $ ISBN Glossary; Index; C.I.P. 360 Social Issues Amphetamines and Other Uppers, by Linda Bayer. Broomall, PA: Chelsea House Publishers, Inc., pp. $ ISBN Glossary; Index; C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 6, p. 265, JH] Beyond the Crime Lab: The New Science of Investigation, revised, by Jon Zonderman. NY: John Wiley & Sons, xviii+254pp. $ ISBN Index; C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 4, p. 158, YA T, Blood: An Epic History of Medicine and Commerce, by Douglas Starr. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, xv+441pp. $ ISBN X. Index; C.I.P. [Vol. 35, Child Abuse and Neglect: Examining the Psychological Components, by Elizabeth Russell Connelly. Broomall, PA: Chelsea House Publishers, Inc., pp. $ ISBN Glossary; Index; C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 6, p. 265, Forensic Science: Evidence, Clues, and Investigation, by Andrea Campbell. Broomall, PA: Chelsea House Publishers, Inc., pp. $ ISBN Index; C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 5, p. 210, YA] Inhalants and Solvents, by Linda Bayer. Broomall, PA: Chelsea House Publishers, Inc., pp. $ ISBN Glossary; Index; C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 6, p. 265, JH] Steroids, by Dynise Balcavage. Broomall, PA: Chelsea House Publishers, Inc., pp. $ ISBN X. Glossary; Index; C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 6, p. 265, JH] 500 Pure Science 100 Most Popular Scientists for Young Adults: Biographical Sketches and Professional Paths, by Kendall Haven, and Donna Clark. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, xv+526pp. $ ISBN Index; C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 6, p. 266, JH, YA, Cosmic Adventure: A Renegade Astronomer s Guide to Our World and Beyond, by Bob Berman. NY: William Morrow & Co., Inc., xiii+255pp. $ ISBN Glossary; C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 1, p. 31, YA, C, SB&F J /F 2000

3 The DK Science Encyclopedia, revised, by Susan McKeever (Ed.). NY: DK Publishing, pp. $ ISBN Glossary; Index; C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 1, p. 32, JH, YA] Inside the Dzanga Sangha Rain Forest, by Francesca Lyman (Ed.). NY: Workman Publishing Co. Inc., pp. $12.95 (paper). ISBN X. C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 2, p. 70, JH, YA, Science Fair Success Using the Internet, by Marc Alan Rosner. Springfield, NJ: Enslow Publishers, pp. $ ISBN Index; C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 5, p. 211, JH, YA, T, The Science of Star Wars, by Jeanne Cavelos. NY: St. Martin s Press, xv+255pp. $ ISBN Index. [Vol. 35, No. 6, p. 266, YA, C, T] Scientists, Mathematicians, and Inventors: An Encyclopedia of People Who Changed the World, by Doris Simonis (Ed.) Phoenix: Oryx Press, x+244pp. $ ISBN Index; C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 4, p. 158, 510 Mathematics Conquering Calculus: The Easy Road to Understanding Mathematics, by Jefferson Hane Weaver. NY: Plenum Press, xi+279pp. $ ISBN Index; C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 1, p. 32, YA T, Fermat s Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World s Greatest Mathematical Problem, by Simon Singh. NY: Walker & Company, xviii+315pp. $23.00; $12.95 (paper) ISBN ; (paper). Index; C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 6, p. 271, My Brain is Open: The Mathematical Journeys of Paul Erdös, by Bruce Schechter. NY: Simon & Schuster, pp. $ ISBN Index; C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 3, p. 117, YA, C, 520 Astronomy Mars: Uncovering the Secrets of the Red Planet, by Paul Raeburn. Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, pp. $ ISBN Index; C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 4, p. 160, The Messier Objects: A New Look at the Most Famous Deep Sky Wonders in the Heavens, by Stephen James O Meara. NY: Cambridge University Press, xiv+304pp. $ ISBN C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 5, p. 212, YA T, The New Solar System, 4th ed, by J. Kelly Beatty, Carolyn Collins Petersen, and Andrew Chaikin (Eds.). NY: Cambridge University Press, viii+421pp. $59.95; $39.95 (paper) ISBN ; (paper). Glossary; Index; C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 4, p. 159, Nightwatch: A Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe, revised ed, by Terence Dickinson. Willowdale, ON: Firefly Books, Ltd., pp. $45.00; $29.95 (paper). ISBN X; (paper). [Vol. 35, No. 3, p. 117, Seeing and Believing: How the Telescope Opened Our Eyes and Minds to the Heavens, by Richard Panek. NY: Viking, pp. $ ISBN Index; C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 4, p. 159, YA T, Venus Revealed: A New Look Below the Clouds of our Mysterious Twin Planet, by David Harry Grinspoon. NY: Addison-Wesley Longman Publishing Company, xix+355pp. $27.50; $17.00 (paper) ISBN ; (paper). Index; C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 6, p. 272, YA T, When the Sun Dies, by Ray A. Gallant. Tarrytown, NY: Marshall Cavendish, pp. $ ISBN X. Glossary; Index; C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 1, p. 32, JH C, The Whole Shebang: A State of the Universe(s) Report, by Timothy Ferris. NY: Touchstone Books, pp. $25.00; $14.00 (paper) ISBN ; (paper). Glossary; Index; C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 6, p. 272, YA T, 530 Physical Sciences The Elegant Universe: Super strings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory, by Brian Greene. NY: W.W. Norton & Company, xiii+448pp. $ ISBN Glossary; Index; C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 5, p. 212, YA T, Physics in the 20th Century, by Curt Suplee. NY: Harry N. Abrams, pp. $ ISBN Index; C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 5, p. 212, YA T, Time s Pendulum: The Quest to Capture Time from Sundials to Atomic Clocks, by Jo Ellen Barnett. NY: Plenum Press, pp. $ ISBN Index; C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 2, p. 71, YA T,

4 540 Chemistry Carbon, by Giles Sparrow. Tarrytown, NY: Benchmark Books, pp. $ ISBN Glossary; Index; C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 3, p. 119, JH, YA] 550 Earth Sciences Earth Story: The Shaping of Our World, by Simon Lamb, and David Sington. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, pp. $ ISBN Glossary; Index. [Vol. 35, No. 1, p. 32, YA T, Fossil Fuels, by Ian Graham. Austin, TX: Raintree Publishers, Inc., pp. $ ISBN Glossary; Index; C.I.P. Out of the Crater: Chronicles of a Volcanologist, by Richard V. Fisher. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, x+179pp. $ ISBN Glossary; Index; C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 3, p. 119, YA T, Rocks and Minerals, by Neil Curtis. NY: Oxford University Press, pp. $ ISBN Glossary; Index; C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 3, p. 119, JH] The Universe, by Time Life, Inc. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books Inc., pp. $ ISBN Glossary; Index; C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 2, p. 71, JH, YA, 570 Life Sciences Children of Prometheus: The Accelerating Pace of Human Evolution, by ChristopherWills. Reading, MA: Perseus Books, ix+310pp. $ ISBN Glossary; Index. C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 5, p. 212, YA T, Clone: The Road to Dolly and the Path Ahead, by Gina Kolata. NY: William Morrow & Co., Inc., pp. $ ISBN Index; C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 1, p. 33, YA, C, DNA Pioneers and Their Legacy, by Ulf Lagerkvist. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, xi+156pp. $ ISBN Index; C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 1, p. 34, JH, YA, Life on Other Worlds: The 20th Century Extraterrestrial Life Debate, by Steven J. Dick. NY: Cambridge University Press, xiii+290pp. $ ISBN Index; C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 2, p. 72, JH, YA, Of Flies, Mice, and Men, by Francois Jacob, and translated by Giselle Weiss. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, pp. $ ISBN Index; C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 3, p. 120, YA T, One Renegade Cell: How Cancer Begins, by Robert A. Weinberg. NY: Basic Books, v+170pp. $ ISBN Index. [Vol. 35, No. 3, p. 120, YA T, 580 Botanical Sciences Science Projects About Plants, by Robert Gardner. Springfield, NJ: Enslow Publishers, pp. $ ISBN Index; C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 4, p. 160, JH, YA, 590 Zoological Sciences Bears: Behavior, Ecology, Conservation, by Erwin Bauer. Stillwater, MN: Voyageur Press, pp. $35.00; $19.95 (paper) ISBN ; (paper). Index; C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 6, p. 273, JH, YA. The Search for the Giant Squid, by Richard Ellis. NY: The Lyons Press, xi+322pp. $ ISBN Index; C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 3, p. 121, Summers with the Bears: Six Seasons in the Minnesota Woods, by Jack Becklund. NY: Hyperion, pp. $ ISBN C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 6, p. 267, YA, C, 600 Technology The Clock of the Long Now: Time and Responsibility, by Stewart Brand. Reading, MA: Perseus Books, pp. $ ISBN X. Index. [Vol. 35, No. 5, p. 213, 610 Medical Sciences, Psychiatry 101 Questions Your Brain Has Asked About Itself But Couldn t Answer.Until Now, by Faith Hickman Brynie. Brookfield, CT: Millbrook Press, pp. $ ISBN Glossary; Index; C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 5, p. 213, JH, YA, T, Alternative Medicine: Is It for You?, by Kathiann M. Kowalski. Springfield, NJ: Enslow Publishers, pp. $ ISBN X. Glossary; Index; C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 1, p. 34, JH C, Anorexia and Bulimia, by Paul R. Robbins. Springfield, NJ: Enslow Publishers, pp. $ ISBN Glossary; Index; C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 2, p. 73, YA, T, Arousing the Fury of the Immune System: New Ways to Boost the Body s Defenses, by Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Bethesda, MD: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, pp. Free. [Vol. 35, No. 4, p. 161, YA, C, T] The Jock Doc s Body Repair Kit: The New Sports Medicine for Recovery and Increased Performance, by Andrew Feldman. NY: SB&F J /F 2000

5 St. Martin s Press, viii+198pp. $16.95 (paper) ISBN Index; C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 6, p. 268, YA T, Medicine s Ten Greatest Discoveries, by Meyer Friedman, and Gerald W. Friedland. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, xiii+263pp. $ ISBN Index; C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 4, p. 161, YA, C, Well Woman, by Miriam Stoppard. NY: DK Publishing, pp. $7.95 (paper) ISBN Index; C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 3, p. 122, YA, C, 620 Engineering The History of Rockets, by Ron Miller. Danbury, CT: Franklin Watts, pp. $ ISBN Glossary; Index; C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 6, p. 268, JH, YA, T, Solar Power, by Ian Graham. Austin, TX: Raintree Publishers, Inc., pp. $ ISBN Glossary; Index; C.I.P. Water Power, by Ian Graham ISBN [Vol. 35, No. 5, p. 209, JH, YA] Wind Power, by Ian Graham ISBN [Vol. 35, No. 5, p. 209, JH, YA] 630 Agriculture Are You the Right Pet for Me? Choosing the Right Pet for Your Family, by Mary Jane Checchi. NY: St. Martin s Press, xi+289pp. $5.99 (paper). ISBN [Vol. 35, No. 6, p. 269, JH, YA, 660 Chemical and Related Technologies Glass: From the First Mirror to Fiber Optics, the Story of the Substance that Changed the World, by William S. Ellis. NY: Avon Books, x+306pp. $ ISBN Index; C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 2, p. 73, YA, T, Iron, by Giles Sparrow. Tarrytown, NY: Benchmark Books, pp. $ ISBN Glossary; Index; C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 3, p. 122, JH, YA] 790 Recreation Fantastic Book of Math Puzzles, by Margaret C. Edmiston. NY: Sterling Publishing Company Inc., pp. $5.95 (paper). ISBN Index. [Vol. 35, No. 3, p. 122, YA T, Hard to Solve Brainteasers, by Jaime and Lea Poniachik. NY: Sterling Publishing Company Inc., pp. $5.95 (paper). ISBN Index; C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 3, p. 122, YA T, Nearly Impossible Brain Bafflers, by Tim Sole, and Rod Marshall. ISBN Index. [Vol. 35, No. 3, p. 122, YA T, 800 Literature About This Life: Journeys on the Threshold of Memory, by Barry Lopez. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, pp. $ ISBN C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 6, p. 273, Verse and Universe: Poems About Science and Technology, by Kurt Brown (Ed.). Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions Press, xiv+345pp. $15.95 (paper) ISBN Index. C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 4, p. 163, YA T, 810 Science Fiction Double Full Moon Night, by Gentry Lee. NY: Bantam, pp. $ ISBN C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 5, p. 214, YA T, Enigma Variations, by Richard Price, and Sally Price. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, pp. $12.95 (paper) ISBN X. C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 6, p. 273, 900 General Geography and History Galapagos: Islands Born of Fire, by Tui De Roy. Willowdale, ON: Firefly Books, Ltd., pp. $ ISBN Index. [Vol. 35, No. 2, p. 74, YA T, 970 General History of North America The Wild Colorado: The True Adventures of Fred Dellenbaugh, Age 17, on the Second Powell Expedition into the Grand Canyon, by Richard Maurer. NY: Crown Publishers, pp. $ ISBN Index; C.I.P. [Vol. 35, No. 6, p. 269, JH, 980 General History of South America The Maya, 6th ed, by Michael D. Coe. NY: Thames & Hudson, Inc., pp. $18.95 (paper) ISBN Index. [Vol. 35, No. 6, p. 270, YA T,