ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound1999

Given by Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)

Altres noms: YALSA Outstanding Books for the College Bound (Anglès), YALSA Outstanding Books for the College Bound 2014 (Anglès), YALSA's List of Outstanding books for the College Bound (Anglès)
183 obres 982,558 Llibres 16,100 Ressenyes 4.1
From the ALA site:

A YALSA Committee of public, secondary school, and academic librarians selectes the list. Revised every five years as a tool for several audiences (students preparing for college, mostra'n més educators, librarians, and parents) it offers opportunities for independent reading and lifelong learning. Use it to round out your reading as you prepare for college entrance exams and courses, to strengthen your knowledge in a variety of subject areas and enhance appreciation for different cultures and times.

http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/obc mostra'n menys
Categories:
Tots, Arts & Humanities (12), Arts and Humanities (25), Biografia (30), Drama (24), Ficció (40), Història (23), History & Cultures (16), History and Cultures (24), Humanities (23), Humanities, 2004; Arts & Humanities, 2009 (1), Literature & Language Arts (40), Literature & Language Arts, 2004; History & Cultures, 2009 (1), Literature and Language Arts (26), No-ficció (70), Poesia (19), Science & Technology (37), Science & Technology, 2004, Science & Technology, 2009 (1), Science and Technology (25), Social Sciences (62), Social Sciences, 2004; Literature & Language Arts, 2009 (1), [1999], Fiction, 1999 (1), No Category (2)
Years:
Tots, 2014 (5), 2009 (77), 2004 (112), 1999 (183)
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Paula de Isabel Allende
Biografia1999
Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West de Stephen E. Ambrose
Biografia1999
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings de Maya Angelou
Biografia1999
Growing Up de Russell Baker
Biografia1999
Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 1: 1884-1933 de Blanche Wiesen Cook
Biografia1999
Madame Curie: A Biography de Eve Curie
Biografia1999
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave de Frederick Douglass
Biografia1999
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam de Bernard Edelman
Biografia1999
El Sentit de tot plegat : pensaments d'un ciutadà científic de Richard Feynman
Biografia1999
Diari de Anne Frank
Biografia1999
Moving Violations de John Hockenberry
Biografia1999
Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution de Ji-li Jiang
Biografia1999
The Liars' Club: A Memoir de Mary Karr
Biografia1999
The Story of My Life de Helen Keller
Biografia1999
Soul to Soul: A Black Russian American Family 1865-1992 de Yelena Khanga
Biografia1999
My Brother de Jamaica Kincaid
Biografia1999
Nicholas and Alexandra de Robert K. Massie
Biografia1999
Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa de Mark Mathabane
Biografia1999
The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother de James McBride
Biografia1999
Les Cendres d'Angela de Frank McCourt
Biografia1999
Truman de David McCullough
Biografia1999
Sound-Shadows of the New World de Ved Mehta
Biografia1999
Coming of Age in Mississippi de Anne Moody
Biografia1999
House of Houses de Pat Mora
Biografia1999
Stonewall Jackson : The Man, The Soldier, The Legend de James I. Robertson
Biografia1999
Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A. de Luis J. Rodriguez
Biografia1999
Hunger of Memory : The Education of Richard Rodriguez de Richard Rodriguez
Biografia1999
This Boy's Life de Tobias Wolff
Biografia1999
Black Boy de Richard Wright
Biografia1999
The Autobiography of Malcolm X de Malcolm X
Biografia1999
Three Tall Women de Edward Albee
Drama1999
Tot esperant Godot de Samuel Beckett
Drama1999
The Mousetrap and Other Plays de Agatha Christie
Drama1999
Blithe Spirit de Noël Coward
Drama1999
"Master Harold" … and the Boys de Athol Fugard
Drama1999
A Raisin in the Sun de Lorraine Hansberry
Drama1999
The Little Foxes de Lillian Hellman
Drama1999
Casa de nines de Henrik Ibsen
Drama1999
Rhinoceros de Eugène Ionesco
Drama1999
Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, Parts 1 & 2 de Tony Kushner
Drama1999
Rent de Jonathan Larson
Drama1999
Death of a Salesman de Arthur Miller
Drama1999
Long Day's Journey into Night de Eugene O'Neill
Drama1999
No Exit / Dirty Hands / The Flies / The Respectful Prostitute de Jean-Paul Sartre
Drama1999
El Rei Lear de William Shakespeare
Drama1999
Pigmalió de George Bernard Shaw
Drama1999
West Side Story: A Novelization de Irving Shulman
Drama1999
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead de Tom Stoppard
Drama1999
Driving Miss Daisy de Alfred Uhry
Drama1999
How I Learned to Drive de Paula Vogel
Drama1999
La importància de ser Frank de Oscar Wilde
Drama1999
Our Town de Thornton Wilder
Drama1999
The Glass Menagerie de Tennessee Williams
Drama1999
Fences de August Wilson
Drama1999
A Death in the Family de James Agee
Ficció1999
Bless Me, Ultima de Rudolfo Anaya
Ficció1999
The Handmaid's Tale de Margaret Atwood
Ficció1999
Parable of the Sower de Octavia E. Butler
Ficció1999
El joc de l'Ender de Orson Scott Card
Ficció1999
El Despertar de Kate Chopin
Ficció1999
The House on Mango Street de Sandra Cisneros
Ficció1999
Crim i càstig de Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Ficció1999
Invisible Man de Ralph Ellison
Ficció1999
The Bride Price de Buchi Emecheta
Ficció1999
The Bear de William Faulkner
Ficció1999
Cold Mountain de Charles Frazier
Ficció1999
A Lesson Before Dying de Ernest J. Gaines
Ficció1999
Grendel de John Gardner
Ficció1999
Ellen Foster de Kaye Gibbons
Ficció1999
Catch-22 de Joseph Heller
Ficció1999
Un adéu a les armes de Ernest Hemingway
Ficció1999
Siddhartha de Hermann Hesse
Ficció1999
Un món feliç de Aldous Huxley
Ficció1999
Schindler's Ark de Thomas Keneally
Ficció1999
The Beekeeper's Apprentice de Laurie R. King
Ficció1999
The Painted Bird de Jerzy Kosiński
Ficció1999
Matar un rossinyol de Harper Lee
Ficció1999
La mà esquerra de la foscor de Ursula K. Le Guin
Ficció1999
The Fixer de Bernard Malamud
Ficció1999
Nectar in a Sieve de Kamala Markandaya
Ficció1999
In Country de Bobbie Ann Mason
Ficció1999
Frankie Addams de Carson McCullers
Ficció1999
Beauty de Robin McKinley
Ficció1999
Shizuko's Daughter de Kyoko Mori
Ficció1999
Beloved de Toni Morrison
Ficció1999
The Things They Carried de Tim O'Brien
Ficció1999
Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories de Flannery O'Connor
Ficció1999
The Chosen de Chaim Potok
Ficció1999
The Grass Dancer de Susan Power
Ficció1999
The Killer Angels de Michael Shaara
Ficció1999
Picture Bride de Yoshiko Uchida
Ficció1999
Montana 1948 de Larry Watson
Ficció1999
Native Son de Richard Wright
Ficció1999
Briar Rose de Jane Yolen
Ficció1999
T. Rex and the Crater of Doom de Walter Alvarez
No-ficció1999
Art Attack: A Brief Cultural History of the Avant-Garde de Marc Aronson
No-ficció1999
Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series de Eliot Asinof
No-ficció1999
Voices from the Streets: Young Former Gang Members Tell Their Stories de S. Beth Atkin
No-ficció1999
The Joy of Music de Leonard Bernstein
No-ficció1999
In These Girls, Hope is a Muscle de Madeleine Blais
No-ficció1999
The Secret Family: Twenty-Four Hours Inside the Mysterious World of Our Minds and Bodies de David Bodanis
No-ficció1999
Making Movies Work: Thinking Like a Filmmaker de Jon Boorstin
No-ficció1999
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee de Dee Brown
No-ficció1999
The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls de Joan Jacobs Brumberg
No-ficció1999
Silent Spring de Rachel Carson
No-ficció1999
Civilisation: A Personal View de Kenneth Clark
No-ficció1999
The Chronicle of Jazz de Mervyn Cooke
No-ficció1999
What to Listen for in Music de Aaron Copland
No-ficció1999
Annotated Art de Robert Cumming
No-ficció1999
King Arthur de David Day
No-ficció1999
The Broken Cord de Michael Dorris
No-ficció1999
The Souls of Black Folk de W. E. B. Du Bois
No-ficció1999
Joining the Tribe: Growing Up Gay and Lesbian in the '90s de Linnea Due
No-ficció1999
The Measure of Our Success: A Letter to My Children and Yours de Marian Wright Edelman
No-ficció1999
Manual d'ètica de Epictetus
No-ficció1999
Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women de Susan Faludi
No-ficció1999
How to Look At Sculpture de David Finn
No-ficció1999
The Voices of AIDS de Michael Thomas Ford
No-ficció1999
Next of Kin: My Conversations with Chimpanzees de Roger Fouts
No-ficció1999
Small Victories: The Real World of a Teacher, Her Students, and Their High School de Samuel G. Freedman
No-ficció1999
Father Greg and the Homeboys: The Extraordinary Journey of Father Boyle and His Work with the Latino Gangs of East L.A. de Celeste Fremon
No-ficció1999
The Power of Photography: How Photographs Changed Our Lives de Vicki Goldberg
No-ficció1999
Història de l'art de E. H. Gombrich
No-ficció1999
The Mismeasure of Man de Stephen Jay Gould
No-ficció1999
Water, Ice, And Stone: Science and Memory on the Antarctic Lakes de Bill Green
No-ficció1999
Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins Of The Internet de Katie Hafner
No-ficció1999
Mythology de Edith Hamilton
No-ficció1999
Història del temps de Stephen Hawking
No-ficció1999
A Tribe Apart: A Journey into the Heart of American Adolescence de Patricia Hersch
No-ficció1999
Hiroshima (Expanded edition) de John Hersey
No-ficció1999
A Country Year: Living the Questions de Sue Hubbell
No-ficció1999
No Matter How Loud I Shout : A Year in the Life of Juvenile Court de Edward Humes
No-ficció1999
Dancing: The Pleasure, Power, and Art of Movement de Gerald Jonas
No-ficció1999
Say It Loud! The Story of Rap Music de Maurice K. Jones
No-ficció1999
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men against the Sea de Sebastian Junger
No-ficció1999
Falling in Love with Wisdom de David D. Karnos
No-ficció1999
Where She Danced de Elizabeth Kendall
No-ficció1999
Barefoot to Balanchine de Mary Kerner
No-ficció1999
Blind Watchers of the Sky: The People and Ideas that Shaped Our View of the Universe de Rocky Kolb
No-ficció1999
The Other Side of the River: A Story of Two Towns, a Death, and America's Dilemma de Alex Kotlowitz
No-ficció1999
Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools de Jonathan Kozol
No-ficció1999
La Febre del cim : crònica d'una tragedia a l'Everest de Jon Krakauer
No-ficció1999
Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art de Scott McCloud
No-ficció1999
In Suspect Terrain de John McPhee
No-ficció1999
Stomping the Blues de Albert Murray
No-ficció1999
ABC of Architecture de James F. O'Gorman
No-ficció1999
El Hombre anumérico : el analfabetismo matemático y sus consecuencias de John Allen Paulos
No-ficció1999
The Telling of the World: Native American Stories and Art de W. S. Penn
No-ficció1999
Invention by Design; How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing de Henry Petroski
No-ficció1999
Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls de Mary Pipher
No-ficció1999
Virus Ground Zero: Stalking the Killer Viruses with the Centers for Disease Control de Ed Regis
No-ficció1999
The Most Beautiful House in the World de Witold Rybczynski
No-ficció1999
A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam de Neil Sheehan
No-ficció1999
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Classical Music de Robert Sherman
No-ficció1999
The Corner de David Simon
No-ficció1999
L'Enigma de Fermat : la història d'un teorema que ha desconcertat els més grans savis durant 358 anys de Simon Singh
No-ficció1999
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time de Dava Sobel
No-ficció1999
Maus : relat d'un supervivent de Art Spiegelman
No-ficció1999
African Exodus: The Origins of Modern Humanity de Christopher Stringer
No-ficció1999
The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher de Lewis Thomas
No-ficció1999
The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA de James D. Watson
No-ficció1999
Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965 de Juan Williams
No-ficció1999
Favorite Folktales from Around the World de Jane Yolen
No-ficció1999
The Holy Bible: New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) de Zondervan
No-ficció1999
United States of Poetry de Joshua Blum
Poesia1999
Cool Salsa de Lori Carlson
Poesia1999
How Does a Poem Mean de John Ciardi
Poesia1999
Reflections on a Gift of Watermelon Pickle de Stephen Dunning
Poesia1999
The War Poets: Lives and Writings of the 1914-18 War Poets de Robert Giddings
Poesia1999
Unsettling America: An Anthology of Contemporary Multicultural Poetry de Maria Mazziotti Gillan
Poesia1999
Pierced by a Ray of Sun: Poems About the Times We Feel Alone de Ruth Gordon
Poesia1999
The Rattle Bag de Seamus Heaney
Poesia1999
Odissea de Homer
Poesia1999
In Search of Color Everywhere: A Collection of African-American Poetry de E. Ethelbert Miller
Poesia1999
Harper's Anthology of Twentieth Century Native American Poetry de Duane Niatum
Poesia1999
I Feel a Little Jumpy Around You : A Book of Her Poems & His Poems Collected in Pairs de Naomi Shihab Nye
Poesia1999
The Tree Is Older Than You Are: A Bilingual Gathering of Poems & Stories from Mexico with Paintings by Mexican Artists (English and Spanish Edition) de Naomi Shihab Nye
Poesia1999
New and Selected Poems de Mary Oliver
Poesia1999
Singing America: Poems That Define a Nation de Neil Philip
Poesia1999
Earth-Shattering Poems de Liz Rosenberg
Poesia1999
Poetry Out Loud de Robert Alden Rubin
Poesia1999
100 Best-Loved Poems de Philip Smith
Poesia1999
A Book of Love Poetry de Jon Stallworthy
Poesia1999

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