http://www.communitylibrary.orgMastics-Moriches-Shirley Community LibraryTue, 9 Feb 2010 10:01:57 -0400en-UShttp://alpha2.suffolk.lib.ny.us/search~S37/,?b3813424xThe struggle of three brothers to stay together after their parent's death and their quest for identity among the conflicting values of their adolescent society. SPEC NOTE = The struggle of three brothers to stay together after their parent's death and their quest for identity among the conflicting values of their adolescent society.http://alpha2.suffolk.lib.ny.us/search~S37/,?b4243789xGuides teenage girls on the physical and emotional changes in their bodies during puberty, including such issues as sexually transmitted diseases, hormone imbalances, and sexual activity. SPEC NOTE = Guides teenage girls on the physical and emotional changes in their bodies during puberty, including such issues as sexually transmitted diseases, hormone imbalances, and sexual activity.http://alpha2.suffolk.lib.ny.us/search~S37/,?b4019663xSixteen-year-old Lindsay is disgusted at the prospect of a beach trip with her parents, but her vacation gets interesting--and dangerous--when she meets Mark, the boy next door. SPEC NOTE = Sixteen-year-old Lindsay is disgusted at the prospect of a beach trip with her parents, but her vacation gets interesting--and dangerous--when she meets Mark, the boy next door.http://alpha2.suffolk.lib.ny.us/search~S37/,?b4186896xGupta, Amit, 1979-http://alpha2.suffolk.lib.ny.us/search~S37/,?b4108177xRobson, David, 1966-http://alpha2.suffolk.lib.ny.us/search~S37/,?b4218499xWhat is the impact of consumerism? Consumption is linked to economic well-being / Kevin A. Hassett and Aparna Mathur ; Consumption is not an indicator of economic well-being / Virginia Postrel ; Consumerism may be linked to mental and emotional problems / Tori DeAngelis ; Consumerism is not linked to mental and emotional problems / Brendan O'Neill ; The consumption of luxury goods is changing among consumers / Knowledge@Wharton ; Luxury is not the same as consumer excess / Joseph Epstein -- What facilitates consumerism? Advertising promotes consumerism / Anup Shah ; Shopping addiction promotes consumerism / Charles Shaw ; Capitalism promotes consumerism / Rick Wolff ; Capitalism is confused with consumerism / Michael J. Foster ; The recession is hurting consumerism / Alex Williams ; The recession will not hurt consumerism / Zachary Karabell -- Is consumerism a problem? Consumerism harms children / Kris Berggren ; The dangers of consumerism for children are overstated / Karen Sternheimer ; The environmental movement has created green consumerism / Frank Furedi ; Rejecting consumerism can help the environment / Wendee Holtcamp ; Credit card consumerism creates debt / Stuart Vyse ; Credit card consumerism is ending / Kimberly Palmer -- Should consumerism be rejected? Consumerism should be rejected / Wanda Urbanska ; Rejecting consumerism is unrealistic / Reihan Salam ; Freeganism addresses the problems of consumerism / Sergio Burns ; Moderate consumerism is more practical than freeganism / Raina Kelley ; Consumerism conflicts with Christianity / The Christian Science Monitor ; Consumerism can benefit Christianity / Jeremy Lott.http://alpha2.suffolk.lib.ny.us/search~S37/,?b4231906xWhat are the standards of beauty? The standards of beauty are universal / Elizabeth Quil ; The standards of beauty are based on culture / Lea H{232}ofel ; The standards of beauty are becoming multiracial / William Lee Adams ; The standards of beauty are homogenous / Joanna Briscoe ; The standards of beauty are changing / Christine Lennon -- How do images of beauty affect society? The images of beauty are unrealistic and hurt women / Kirsten Anderberg ; The images of beauty do not hurt women / Linda M. Scott ; Beautiful people have advantages in the workplace / Gordon L. Patzer ; Beautiful people may not have advantages in the workplace / Jennifer Chamberlain -- Should people strive for beauty? Cosmetics can enhance physical appearances and self-esteem / Annalisa Barbieri ; Individuals should focus on self-acceptance / Carlin Flora ; Cosmetic surgery is used to alter ethnic characteristics / Alicia Ouellette ; Cosmetic surgery is moving toward multiethnic beauty ideals / Anupreeta Das -- What are the effects of the beauty and fashion industry? The beauty industry promotes unrealistic beauty standards / Stacy Malkan ; The beauty industry no longer embraces the unrealistic beauty standards of models / Jessica B. Matlin ; Many cosmeceuticals are effective / Heather Granato ; Many cosmeceuticals tout misleading claims / Erika Kawalek ; The fashion industry may be linked to poor body image and eating disorders / Nanci Hellmich ; Women can choose to follow the body image promoted by the fashion industry / Garance Franke-Ruta.http://alpha2.suffolk.lib.ny.us/search~S37/,?b4231905xWhat are some attitudes toward debt? Going into debt can be a good financial choice / Tom Allen ; Going into debt is a bad financial choice / USA Today (magazine) ; It is possible to live debt free / Leslie E. Royale ; Living debt-free is not always possible / USA Today (magazine) ; Debtors should be more conscientious toward creditors / Michelle Singletary ; Creditors should be more conscientious toward debtors / Brian Alderson -- Do some people struggle to manage debt responsibly? Young people should have credit cards / Jonathan Burton ; Young people should not have credit cards / Carolyn M. Brown ; Class, as well as race, contributes to frivolous spending / Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania ; Racism is responsible for the minority debt crisis, not excessive spending / David Crockett ; Women are more likely to struggle with finances than men / Sandra Guy ; Men are more likely to struggle with finances than women / Bob Ellis -- Does the U.S. government manage debt responsibly? The U.S. economy is failing because it is debt-based / Steven Lachance ; The U.S. economy is failing because it is credit-based / Andrew Leonard ; The U.S. government should encourage people to take on new debt / Nathalie Martin ; The U.S. government should discourage excessive consumption / Shepherd Bliss ; The United States exploits borrowing by developing countries / Saul Kanowitz ; The United States has become overly indebted by lending money to developing countries / J. R. Dieckmann -- How can debt problems be solved? Declaring bankruptcy can help families start over / Laura Cohn ; Declaring bankruptcy can destroy families / Alison Smith-Squire ; Joining the military is an effective way to pay off student loans / Janet Kidd Stewart ; Military recruiters use loan forgiveness to target students / Ron Jacobs ; Micro-loans can be the solution to developing countries' economies / Mark Skousen ; Micro-loans will hinder developing countries' economies / Josh Kearns.http://alpha2.suffolk.lib.ny.us/search~S37/,?b4218498xAttention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is an incapacitating behavioral disorder / Linda Bernstein -- Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder is not a disease / Joel Turtel -- Adults with attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder face serious challenges / John Wanner -- Adult attention- deficit/hyperactivity disorder is a gift, not a disease / Sarah Rasher -- Autism is a serious public health crisis / Anne McElroy Dachel -- Autism is not an epidemic / Lawrence Scahill -- Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder has biological causes / NewsRx Health -- Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is not a biological disease / Fred Baughman -- The Iraq War has increased the number of veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder / D.E. Ford, Jeff Huber, and I.L. Meagher -- The Iraq War has not increased the number of veterans with post traumatic stress disorder / Sally Satel -- Most post-traumatic stress disorder therapies are ineffective / Institute of Medicine -- Honest discussion about killing can help soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder / Adam Weinstein -- Drugs are an effective treatment for attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder / Norman Sussman -- Drugs are not a long-term solution for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder / Frank Lawlis -- Effective discipline will help some children avoid behavioral disorders / Nancy Shute -- Obsessive-compulsive disorder can be controlled / Jeremy Katz -- The vaccine injury compensation program gives hope to parents of children with autism / Bernadine Healy -- The vaccine injury compensation program is unfair and dangerous / Paul A. Offit -- Mainstreaming benefits autistic students / Leslie Werstein Hann -- Mainstreaming can hinder autistic students / Robert Tomsho -- Veterans should not be wrongly discharged with personality disorder / Bob Woodruff ... [et al.] -- The number of veterans wrongly discharged with personality disorder is exaggerated / Tracie Shea.http://alpha2.suffolk.lib.ny.us/search~S37/,?b4218497xCollects essays that offer varying perspectives on issues related to the Supreme Court of the United States. SPEC NOTE = Collects essays that offer varying perspectives on issues related to the Supreme Court of the United States. SPEC NOTE = What should be the role of the U.S. Supreme Court? The U.S. Supreme Court can be a check on the executive branch / David von Drehle ; The U.S. Supreme Court is not an effective check on the executive branch / Lisa L. Miller ; The U.S. Supreme Court should decide the rights of enemy combatants / David D. Cole ; The fate of enemy combatants is not a matter for judicial review / Mark R. Levin ; Some conservative justices have violated the rule of law for political reasons / Center for American Progress ; Liberals exercise too much control over the U.S. judiciary / Mark W. Smith ; The U.S. judiciary should be independent and impartial / Frederic F. Fleishauer -- How should the U.S. Supreme Court rule on moral and religious issues? The U.S. Supreme Court should uphold sodomy laws / Robert Peters ; The U.S. Supreme Court should reverse sodomy laws / Randy E. Barnett ; The U.S. Supreme Court should overturn Roe v. Wade / James F. Pontuso ; The U.S. Supreme Court should not overturn Roe v. Wade / Cass Sunstein ; The U.S. Supreme Court should limit the role of religion in public life / Frederick S. Lane ; The U.S. Supreme Court should not limit the role of religion in public life / Robert Bork -- What factors should be considered for U.S. Supreme Court nominees? Political ideology is relevant in U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearings / Center for American Progress contributor ; Political ideology is not relevant for judicial nominees / Orrin Hatch ; Religious views are a relevant consideration for U.S. Supreme Court nominees / Annie Laurie Gaylor ; There should not be a religious litmus test for U.S. Supreme Court nominees / Stephen B. Presser and Charles E. Rice ; There should be term limits for U.S. Supreme Court justices / Doug Bandow ; There are advantages and disadvantages to term limits for U.S. Supreme Court justices / Richard A. Posner -- What should be the judicial philosophy of the U.S. Supreme Court? The U.S. Supreme Court should refer to foreign court decisions / Austen L. Parrish ; The U.S. Supreme Court should not refer to foreign court decisions / Phyllis Schlafly ; Judicial activism is necessary in certain circumstances / Clint Bolick ; U.S. Supreme Court justices should not practice judicial activism / Robert P. George.http://alpha2.suffolk.lib.ny.us/search~S37/,?b4145472xBoarding the train -- Baby Sarah -- Family background Mama's family -- Educating Anna -- Move to Taganrog -- Move to Rostov-on-Don -- A day in the park -- The depression in Russia: Stalin's power -- Winter vacation with babushka at the dacha -- Our journey by train -- Homecoming welcome -- Our fun time begins -- Christmas church service -- Christmas Day 1932 -- Reflections on childhood -- Back to reality: 1933 -- Troubled times: 1933-34 -- Changing times: 1934-35 -- Wine-tasting time -- Times of uncertainty: 1937 -- Remembrances -- Germany attacks Poland -- Preparations for the invasion -- Our world begins to crumble -- Papa is found in hiding -- My last minutes with Papa -- Papa's burial -- Life without Papa -- Surviving the German occupation of Konstantinowka -- August 1942 -- The end of the line -- Identification patches -- Labor camp, our first assignment: 1942 -- The break: Spring 1943 -- Loss of Mama: September 1943 -- Survival to the end -- Last message from Mama -- Searching for Mama: Merxhausen hospital -- The final arrangements - October 1989: Americans.http://alpha2.suffolk.lib.ny.us/search~S37/,?b4215296xA medium in the middle -- Speaking with spooks -- Spirit guides -- Electronic communications -- Searching for proof.http://alpha2.suffolk.lib.ny.us/search~S37/,?b4216325xLace, William W.http://alpha2.suffolk.lib.ny.us/search~S37/,?b4030444xMysterious Stonehenge -- The people of Stonehenge -- A culture of circles and rings -- Celts and Stonehenge -- Exploring the "why" of Stonehenge - - Stonehenge's destiny.http://alpha2.suffolk.lib.ny.us/search~S37/,?b4107559xThe most famous mummies of all -- Mummies from the bogs -- Mummies from the crypts -- Desert mummies -- Mummies out in the cold -- Thoroughly modern mummies.http://alpha2.suffolk.lib.ny.us/search~S37/,?b4218199xProvides an introduction to the accounts of mysterious happening in an area of the Atlantic Ocean known as the Bermuda Triangle. SPEC NOTE = Provides an introduction to the accounts of mysterious happening in an area of the Atlantic Ocean known as the Bermuda Triangle.http://alpha2.suffolk.lib.ny.us/search~S37/,?b3990971xKallen, Stuart A., 1955-http://alpha2.suffolk.lib.ny.us/search~S37/,?b4237680xKallen, Stuart A., 1955-http://alpha2.suffolk.lib.ny.us/search~S37/,?b4212608xDescribes the geography, history, government, economy, people, religion, language, arts, leisure, festivals, and food of Bangladesh. SPEC NOTE = Describes the geography, history, government, economy, people, religion, language, arts, leisure, festivals, and food of Bangladesh.http://alpha2.suffolk.lib.ny.us/search~S37/,?b3160756xSeventeen-year-old Josh, a loner-philosopher who wants to make a difference in the world, tries to maintain his secret identity as the author of a web site that is receiving national attention. SPEC NOTE = Seventeen-year-old Josh, a loner-philosopher who wants to make a difference in the world, tries to maintain his secret identity as the author of a web site that is receiving national attention.http://alpha2.suffolk.lib.ny.us/search~S37/,?b4197399xGinsberg, Blaze, 1987-http://alpha2.suffolk.lib.ny.us/search~S37/,?b4172056xSixteen-year-old Blanche forms a band that wins a spot at Coachella, a southern California music festival, where she hopes to reconnect with her father, a famous but reclusive musician who left when she was six years old. SPEC NOTE = Sixteen-year-old Blanche forms a band that wins a spot at Coachella, a southern California music festival, where she hopes to reconnect with her father, a famous but reclusive musician who left when she was six years old.http://alpha2.suffolk.lib.ny.us/search~S37/,?b4198992xNew Jersey sisters Rosie, aged fifteen, and Skate, aged sixteen, cope differently with their father's alcoholism and incarceration, but manage to stay close to one another as they strive to lead normal lives and find hope for the future. SPEC NOTE = New Jersey sisters Rosie, aged fifteen, and Skate, aged sixteen, cope differently with their father's alcoholism and incarceration, but manage to stay close to one another as they strive to lead normal lives and find hope for the future.http://alpha2.suffolk.lib.ny.us/search~S37/,?b4165177xWhen Alyzon, the ordinary member of an extraordinary family, develops enhanced senses, she becomes aware of an evil virus that preys on people's spirits, and realizes that the sickness and its disseminators are aware of her and are a menace to her family. SPEC NOTE = When Alyzon, the ordinary member of an extraordinary family, develops enhanced senses, she becomes aware of an evil virus that preys on people's spirits, and realizes that the sickness and its disseminators are aware of her and are a menace to her family.http://alpha2.suffolk.lib.ny.us/search~S37/,?b4216327xWhy ghosts haunt -- Hauntings in the great outdoors -- Ghosts on the move -- Ghosts inside -- Good-bye to haunting spirits.http://alpha2.suffolk.lib.ny.us/search~S37/,?b4215568xParks, Peggy J., 1951-http://alpha2.suffolk.lib.ny.us/search~S37/,?b4215297xPoltergeists through the ages -- The most evil spirits -- Poltergeists in person -- Hunting poltergeists -- Some simple and some not so simple explanations.http://alpha2.suffolk.lib.ny.us/search~S37/,?b3988843xThe roots of ESP -- Strange and unexplained -- Psychic detectives -- Do animals have ESP? -- Studying ESP.http://alpha2.suffolk.lib.ny.us/search~S37/,?b4036517xExamines the world of spirits, poltergeists, investigating ghosts and why they should stay or go. SPEC NOTE = A world of spirits -- Why spirits remain -- Poltergeists -- Investigating ghosts -- Should they stay or should they go? SPEC NOTE = Examines the world of spirits, poltergeists, investigating ghosts and why they should stay or go.http://alpha2.suffolk.lib.ny.us/search~S37/,?b4030443xAncient stories and images -- The unicorn in medieval times -- Hunting the unicorn -- The unicorn's magic horn -- What animals inspired the unicorn stories?.http://alpha2.suffolk.lib.ny.us/search~S37/,?b4030445xThe Britain of legend -- The Britain of history -- The historical Arthur -- The layers of legend -- The "real" King Arthur.http://alpha2.suffolk.lib.ny.us/search~S37/,?b4015280xStewart, Gail B. (Gail Barbara), 1949-http://alpha2.suffolk.lib.ny.us/search~S37/,?b4036521xWith simple text and pictures, this book examines vampires. SPEC NOTE = An ancient creature -- The living, the dead, and the undead -- Stopping vampire attacks -- Vampire people. SPEC NOTE = With simple text and pictures, this book examines vampires.http://alpha2.suffolk.lib.ny.us/search~S37/,?b4015278xThe history of witchcraft -- Doomed to die -- Witch hysteria in the new world -- "An' it harm none" -- Modern witchcraft.http://alpha2.suffolk.lib.ny.us/search~S37/,?b4140395xLearn the history and research surrounding the most famous monster in the world. SPEC NOTE = Centuries of sightings -- Searching for Nessie -- Phony photos and monster hoaxes -- What could it be? SPEC NOTE = Learn the history and research surrounding the most famous monster in the world.http://alpha2.suffolk.lib.ny.us/search~S37/,?b4013805xWho haunts houses? -- Real haunted houses -- Nasty, noisy, horrific hauntings -- Hunting the house haunters.