Giveaways from the Nebraska Library Commission

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Giveaways from the Nebraska Library Commission

A variety of books and videos are available to those visiting the Library Commission. Any Nebraska library is welcome to these books, including those titles listed below.

Books are available for free if picked up at the Library Commission, or they can be mailed to your library for a suggested donation of $3.00 per paperback or $4.00 per hardcover.

For more information or to reserve available titles, contact the Information Services Team

Some currently available nonfiction titles: (Looking for fiction, poetry, or library science?)

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Title	Author	Format	Copies
27 - Two Tales of Perfection This is a story of championships, individual triumphs, and tragedies that characterizedthe 1958 and 1983 Clatonia Cardinals basketball teams.	by Gene Steinmeyer	Paperback	3
The 100-Yard Classroom: Winning Strategies for Helping Kids Succeed in School, Sports, and Life Kevin Kush, a veteran teacher and coach, has been helping students excel in school and on the football field for more than three decades.	by Kevin Kush	Paperback	3
1968: a Year of War and Uncertainty Reflecting on a pivotal year in history with the Hlavaceks' reports filed from Vietnam and elsewhere.	by John Hlavacek and Pegge Parker Hlavacek	Paperback	1
Advocacy to Zealousness: Learning Lawyering Skills from Classic Films Includes 26 skills, listed in alphabetical order and appearing in separate chapters, which should ideally be in every lawyer s toolbox.	by Kelly Lynn Anders	Paperback	2
Babblings of a Burned Out Teacher A Nebraska teacher looks back at his career and the state of education.	by C.T. Wilke	Paperback	3
Beyond Our Borders: Unexpected Travel Writing An unlikely source for such fine travel writing, to be sure, but if you are looking for a different viewpoint on world travel, these stories will take you to Europe, Asia, Canada, South America, Jerusalem, Cairo and other far off lands.	by Fairbury Journal-News	Paperback	3
A Bicycle's Echo An illustrated linked-collection of essays on cycling and the love of dogs.	by Laura Madeline Wiseman	Paperback	3
Bound To Have Blood: Frontier Newspapers and the Plains Indian Wars Takes readers back to the late nineteenth century to show how newspaper reporting influenced attitudes about the conflict between the United States and Native Americans.	by Hugh J. Reilly	Paperback	1
A Brief History of Nebraska A Brief History of Nebraska is a story of continual change, the back story of the place and people we know today..	by Ronald Naugle	Paperback	2
The Call of the Land An Agarian Primer for the 21st Century.	by Steven McFadden	Paperback	3
Cambridge Biographical Dictionary "A superb account of human history's important figures - past and present."	edited by Magnus Magnusson	Hardcover	1
Chad's Triumph: the Chad Green Story Portrays the epic saga of a mother's journey to help her son defeat leukemia, the courts, and the media.	by Diana Meyer	Paperback	2
Courage in a White Coat A true wartime drama based on the experience of Dorothy Joy Kinney Chambers M.D. and her family.	by Mary Schwaner	Hardcover	4
Crazy Horse: the Strange Man of the Oglalas A powerful evocation of the long-ago world and enduring spirit of Crazy Horse. A 2007 One Book, One Nebraska selection.	by Mari Sandoz	Paperback	6
Deep Map Country: Literary Cartography of the Great Plains "While Deep Map Country offers an important contribution to the growing body of work focused on the literature of the Great Plains, it also provides a kind of template for future ecocritical explorations of other deeply mapped bioregions."—Matthew Cella, Cultural Geographies	by Susan Naramore Maher	Hardcover	1
Diane's Blessings The story of an ordinary Catholic with a gift for compassion who is on an extraordinary pilgrimage to heaven.	by Jim Sizemore	Paperback	1
Doorway to Freedom: The Story of David Kaufmann Based on meticulous research and many interviews with the survivors of the families who “Uncle David” saved from the Holocaust.	by William Ramsey and Betty Dineen Shrier	Paperback	1
The Eleventh Hour Can't Last Forever "Two tons of silver and gold coins, hundreds of thousands of nickels, dimes, quarters, and gold pieces. They were under our beds, in the kitchen cupboards, up in the attics, in the bottom of dresser drawers, in holes in the ground."	by Alison Johnson	Paperback	1
Five Plots A debut essay collection that delves into notions of how we are shaped by the land every bit as much as we shape it.	by Erica Travold	Paperback	1
Focus On Them Leading the Mindset Revolution for coaches, educators, and business leaders.	by Dave Gosselin	Paperback	1
From Little Houses to Little Women: Revisiting a Literary Childhood Traveling with McCabe as she rediscovers the books that shaped her and ultimately helped her to forge her own path, readers will enjoy revisiting their own childhood favorites as well.	by Nancy McCabe	Paperback	2
From Picas To Bytes: Four Generations of Seacrest Newspaper Service to Lincoln Chronicles more than 100 years of technological innovation, untiring dedication to First Amendment protections, and community building. If you want to know how a newspaper can serve its community, here is how it’s done.	by Faith Colburn	Paperback	2
Frost: a Husker's Journey Home The extraordinary story of a native son who was destined to be Tom Osborne’s heir.	by Omaha World-Herald Sports Writers	Hardcover	1
Girl Ascending For nearly thirty years, Melissa Ann Pinney has been photographing girls and women, from infancy to old age, to portray how feminine identity is constructed, taught, and communicated	by Melissa Pinney	Hardcover	3
Great Plains Literature An exploration of influential literature of the Plains region in both the United States and Canada.	by Linda Ray Platt	Paperback	1
Great Plains Politics A lively tour of the Great Plains region through the civic and political contributions of its citizens, demonstrating the importance of community in the region.	by Peter Longo	Paperback	1
Growing Up On Prairie Farms A rough and tumble childhood.	by Phyllis Pahl Mitchell	Paperback	1
Guide To More Nebraska Authors An update to the 1998 original version; lists over 100 contemporary Nebraska authors.	by Gerry Cox and Charlene Neely	Paperback	2
Her Art/Her Self Profiles of 56 women who make art matter.	by Suzanne Smith Arney	Paperback	1
Honey, I Smell Flowers A true story and facts about traumatic brain injury.	by Ruth Ann Bartels	Paperback	1
How Not to Be My Patient: A Physician's Secrets for Staying Healthy and Surviving Any Diagnosis Dr. Edward Creagan has been treating very sick patients for more than 35 years.	by Edward T. Creagan	Paperback	1
Huskers on the Hardwood 100 Years of University of Nebraska Basketball.	by Mike Babcock	Paperback	1
In the House of I Am: a Memoir After twelve years as a Catholic sister and within a few months after she meets a young priest named Raymond, Mary leaves the convent and learns a surprising truth about belonging to the House of I Am.	by Mary Avidano	Paperback	1
Inklings: a memoir Honest...Koterba renders scenes of family dysfunction with an artist's feel for nuance and detail." - Publisher's Weekly	by Jeffrey Koterba	Paperback	2
It's a White LIe The true story of two men who had similar life experiences, but with very different outcomes.	by Jim Trebbien	Paperback	3
The Last Days of the Rainbelt The sobering tale of the rapid rise and decline of the settlement of the western Great Plains.	by David J. Wishart	Hardcover	1
Law at Little Big Horn Due process denied.	by Charles E. Wright.	Hardcover	1
Legacy of Love The true story of a family who moved to Nebraska in a covered wagon. Along the way they were robbed, nearly died of dehydration and hounded by rattle snakes, wild animals and all sorts of difficulties.	by Edyth Spriggs	Paperback	1
Letters From Lee One man's story of Vietnam.	by LaRayne M. Topp, as told by Lee Heckman	Paperback	1
Lonesome Dreamer Offering insight into both his personal and his literary life, this biography reaffirms Neihardt’s place in American literary history, his successes and failures, and his unbreakable spirit.	by Timothy Anderson	Hardcover	1
The Loren Eiseley Reader A collection of esseys intended to introduce the writings of the Nebraska naturalist and phlospher.	by Loren Eiseley	Hardcover	10
Love in a Tuscan Kitchen: Savoring Life Through the Romance, Recipes, and Traditions of Italy In a real-life fairy tale, author Sheryl Ness shares how she fell in love with Vincenzo, a chef in a quaint Tuscan kitchen, over his decadent hot chocolate cake.	by Sheryl Ness	Paperback	3
Magnitude Releasing the power of your leadership presence.	by Boyd Ober	Paperback	1
The Mayor: How I Turned Around Los Angeles after Riots, an Earthquake and the O.J. Simpson Murder Trial Riordan, a non-ideological Republican who was pro-choice, pro-gay rights, and pro-immigration, was elected to office in the aftermath of the infamous Rodney King beating and subsequent 1992 L.A. Riots.	by Richard J. Riordan	Hardcover	1
Million Dollar Pary: A Restaurant Memoir The story of our lives,and the drama surrounding our restaurant and bar.	by Robert Ihrig and Susan Ihrig	Paperback	2
Modified Flight Plan In April of 2009, Brian leaves his job at Duncan Aviation, where he is an aviation mechanic, to go home with what he thinks is the flu. Four hours later, he is comatose and on life-support.	by Lisa Kovanda and Brian Thomas	Paperback	1
Natives Of A Dry Place Stories of Dakota before the oil boom.	by Richard Edwards	Paperback	1
Natural Treasures of the Great Plains An ecological perspective.	edited by Tom Lynch, Paul Johnsgard, and Jack Phillips	Paperback	1
Nerdy Thirty: Observations and Advice From a Lifelong Nerd A collection of thirteen humorous essays that recount personal experiences from one woman's childhood, her painfully awkward teen years, college and those leading up to the big three-oh (no!).	by Wendy Townley	Paperback	1
North of the Platte, South of the Niobrara: A Little Further into the Nebraska Sand Hills A fresh understanding of the Nebraska Sand Hills from the inside	by Bryan Jones	Hardcover	2
Of Life Immense: the Prophetic Vision of Walt Whitman Whitman did not see himself primarily as a literary figure. First and foremost the poet saw himself as a prophet articulating an appropriate religion for his time.	by Ronald Knapp	Paperback	2
Okoboji: Over 160 Years of History and Images "This is the go-to book for all things Iowa Great Lakes, especially Okoboji, from past history through present times." ~Mary Kennedy, Curator of the Iowa Great Lakes Maritime Museum.	by Cristy Clarke Hedgpeth	Hardover	2
One Billion Customers: Lessons from the Front Lines of Doing Business in China Business in China is never quite what it seems.	by James McGregor	Paperback	1
One Man's Voice: the Donald Hartwell Diary Nebraska farmer's diary is keenly personal. His family were continually disappointed by economic circumstances, weather conditions and failure. It is a story of ordinary people trying to survive in extraordinary times. Excerpts of this diary were included in The Worst Hard Time by Tim Egan	edited by Marsha Davis	Paperback	1
Reaching Higher The simple strategy to transform American's K-12 schools.	by John Baylor	Paperback	3
Reading and Writing Nebraska A Survey of Our State's Book Discussion and Writing Groups.	by Mel Krutz for the Nebraska Center for the Book	Paperback	16
Real Estate Investors - Clients For Life How to find, keep, and grow with them while making more income than you thought was possible.	by Fred Tichauer	Paperback	1
Reflections on Pediatric Medicine from 1943 to 2010 One man's odyssey through the Golden Years of Medicine - a true dual love story.	by Byron B. Oberst, MD, FAAP	Paperback	1
Revolutionary Spies Intelligence and espionage in America's first war.	by Tim McNeese	Harcover	1
Saleratus Á Sagebrush: People and Places on the Road West The members of the Bidwell-Bartleson party have been generally forgotten. This group was the first true emigrant train to cross South Pass.	by Robert Munkres	Paperback	1
Science at the American Frontier: a Biography of DeWitt Bristol Brace Both a biography of American physicist DeWitt Bristol Brace (1859–1905) and a study of the processes by which scientific knowledge and associated instrumentation were transferred from Europe to the United States and from the east coast to the American frontier.	by David Cahan Á M. Eugene Rudd	Hardcover	1
Screw College Debt How to go to college without breaking the bank.	by Marco LeRoc	Paperback	1
Shingling The Fog and Other Plains Lies "More than corn grows tall on the American Plains. Here for the delectation of amateur folklorists is a collection of country whoppers from the frontier of Nebraska, Oklahoma and Iowa..."--Publishers Weekly	by Roger Welsch	Paperback	4
Shortcuts To Gourmet Cooking Encore "Enjoy cooking from scratch on almost any diet...this second cookbook from Fran focuses on healthful foods."	by Frances Schaffer	Hardcover	1
Slow Boat to Pakistan: The Personal Diaries and Letters of Pegge Parkers, 1951-1952 A widowed journalist documents her travels through her journal and letters home to her parents and young children.	by Pegge Parker	Paperback	2
Soul Healing Miracles Ancient and new sacred wisdom, knowledge, and practical techniques for healing the spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical bodies.	by Dr. Á Master Zhi Gang Sha	Hardcover	2
Surviving Life How to turn nightmares into dreams.	by Shandy Lee Loberg	Paperback	1
Sustainable Compromises: a Yurt, a straw Bale House, and Ecological Living When Alan Boye first lived in sustainable housing, he was young, idealistic, and not much susceptible to compromise—until rattlesnakes, black widow spiders, and loneliness drove him out of the utilities-free yurt he’d built in New Mexico. Thirty-five years later, he decided to try again.	by Alan Boye	Paperback	1
A Tale of a Mother, Her Three Boys, and Their Dog The love story of a father for his family.	by Byron B. Oberst, M.D., FAAP	Paperback	1
Thanks To One Of My Favorite Teachers: a Collection Of Personal Stories An extra spark occurs between a student and the teacher destined to be one of their favorites.	by John Morrissey	Hardcover	2
Trophy Wife: Sexuality. Disability. Femininity. "Part memoir, part commentary on social issues in sex and disability."	by Leandra Vane	Paperback	2
Two Gun Hart: Lawman, Cowboy, and Long-Lost Brother of Al Capone They were two siblings on opposite sides of the law, both ambitious and skillful, and both of the same family.	by Jeff McArthur	Paperback	1
Urban Villages and Local Identities Germans from Russian, Omaha Indians, and Vietnamese in Lincoln, Nebraska.	by Kurt Kinbacher	Paperback	1
Webster's Concise Biographical Dictionary Biographies of world leaders and newsmakers	by Merriam-Webster	Hardcover	1
Wolves in Blue: Stories of the North Brothers and Their Pawnee Scouts A young adult quick-reading biography of brothers Frank and Luther North and their Pawnee Scouts who worked with the U.S. Army to protect and rescue overland trail travelers, settlers, soldiers, and Union Pacific railroad workers during the 1860s and 1870s Plains Indian Wars and the building of the Transcontinental Railroad.	by Jean Lukesh	Paperback	1