Recommended Supplemental Readings
FRESHMAN DIVISION
SUPPLEMENTAL READING RECOMMENDATIONS
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D E P A R T M E N T
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RELIGION
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Character is Destiny
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John McCain
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Simple Way to Pray
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Emilie Griffin
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Did Adam and Eve Have Belly Buttons?
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Matthew Pinto
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ENGLISH
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Animal Farm
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George Orwell
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The Pearl
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John Steinbeck
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Robinson Crusoe
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Daniel Defoe
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SOCIAL STUDIES
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1434
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Gavin Menzies
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Killer Angels
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Michael Shaara
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Trojan Odyssey
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Clive Cussler
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MATHEMATICS
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Men of Mathematics
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E. T. Bell
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The History of Pi
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Peter Beckman
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SCIENCE
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Galileo’s Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love
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Dava Sobel
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The Right Stuff
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Tom Wolfe
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Isaac’s Storm: A Man, A Time and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
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Erik Larson
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FRENCH
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The Last of the Mohicans
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James Fennimore Cooper
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GERMAN
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New York Times When the Wall Came Down: The Berlin Wall and the Fall of Soviet Communism
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Serge Schmenamm
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LATIN
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Amo, Amas, Amat, and More
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Eugene Ehrlich
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Ad Infinitum: A Biography of Latin
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Nicholas Ostler
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SPANISH
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Extraordinary Hispanic Americans
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Deborah Sandford
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* Linguistics for all languages/levels
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Biting the Wax Tadpole: Confessions of a Language Fanatic
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Elizabeth Little
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The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language
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John McWhorter
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FINE ARTS
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Lust for Life
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Irving Stone
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My Name is Asher Lev
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Chaim Potok
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PHYSICAL EDUCATION
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The Happy Athlete
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Ernie DiStefano
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The Essential 55
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Ronald Clark
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Eat This Not That! (for kids)
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David Zinczenko
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SOPHOMORE DIVISION
SUPPLEMENTAL READING RECOMMENDATIONS
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D E P A R T M E N T
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T I T L E
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A U T H O R
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RELIGION
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All Saints
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Robert Ellsberg
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How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization
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Thomas E. Woods
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Religious Literacy
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Stephen Protherom
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ENGLISH
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Fahrenheit 451
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Ray Bradbury
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All Quiet on the Western Front
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Erich Maria Remarque
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Shoeless Joe
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W. P. Kinsella
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SOCIAL STUDIES
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Code Names
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William Arkin
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Empires at War
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William Fowler
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Gone for Soldiers
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Jeff Shaara
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MATHEMATICS
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Flatland
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Edwin A. Abbott
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The 10 Things All Future Mathematicians and Scientists Must Know (But Are Rarely Taught)
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Edward Zaccaro
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SCIENCE
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Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher
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Lewis Thomas
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Inherit the Wind
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Jerome Larsen / Robert E. Lee
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Creation and Evolution
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Card. C. Schönborn / Pope Benedict XVI |
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LANGUAGE:
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FRENCH
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Les Miserables
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Victor Hugo
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GERMAN
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America
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Franz Kafka
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When in Germany, do as the Germans Do: The Clued-in Guide to German Life, Language, and Culture
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Hyde Flippo
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LATIN
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Pompeii
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Robert Harris
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Imperium
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Robert Harris
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SPANISH
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The Passion & Grace of Baseball’s Last Hero: Roberto Clemente
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David Maraniss
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* Linguistics for all languages / levels
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Biting the Wax Tadpole: Confessions of a Language Fanatic
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Elizabeth Little
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The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language
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John McWhorter
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FINE ARTS
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The Agony and the Ecstasy
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Irving Stone
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PHYSICAL EDUCATION
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Running for Mortals: A Common Sense Plan for Changing Your Life with Running
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John Bingham / Jenny Hadfield
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Wrestling: A Commitment to Excellence
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Kenneth Chertow
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All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
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Robert Fulghum
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JUNIOR DIVISION
SUPPLEMENTAL READING RECOMMENDATIONS
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D E P A R T M E N T
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T I T L E
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A U T H O R
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RELIGION
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Why Am I Afraid to Tell You Who I Am?
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John Powell, S.J.
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Render Unto Caesar
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Charles Chaput
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The Life of Thomas More
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Peter Ackroyd
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ENGLISH
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Tongues of Angels
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Reynolds Price
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Siddhartha
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Hermann Hesse
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A Prayer for Owen Meaney
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John Irving
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SOCIAL STUDIES
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Manhunt
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James Swanson
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Rise to Rebellion
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Jeff Shaara
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Washington’s Secret War
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Thomas Fleming
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MATHEMATICS
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The Story of Numbers
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John McLeish
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Women in Mathematics
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Lynn M. Olsen
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SCIENCE
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Archimedes to Hawking: Laws of Science and the Great Minds Behind Them
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Clifford Pickover
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The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments
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George Johnson
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The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God
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Carl Sagan
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LANGUAGE:
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FRENCH
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Cultural Misunderstandings: The French Experience
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Raymonde Carroll
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The Little Prince
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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GERMAN
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The Caucasian Chalk Circle
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Bertolt Brecht
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A Concise History of Austria
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Steven Beller
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LATIN
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The Aeneid
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Virgil
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SPANISH
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The Words of Christopher Columbus
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William & Carla Rahn Phillips
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Gaudi – The Man and his Works
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Joan Bergós
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The Culture and Customs of Spain
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Edward F. Stanton
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* Linguistics for all languages / levels
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Biting the Wax Tadpole: Confessions of a Language Fanatic
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Elizabeth Little
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The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language
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John McWhorter
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FINE ARTS
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The Painted Word
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Tom Wolfe
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The Story of Painting
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Sister Wendy Beckett
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PHYSICAL EDUCATION
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Season of Life
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Jeffrey Marx
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The Fred Factor
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Mark Sanborn
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Tuesdays With Morrie
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Mitch Albom
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SENIOR DIVISION
SUPPLEMENTAL READING RECOMMENDATIONS
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D E P A R T M E N T
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T I T L E
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A U T H O R
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RELIGION
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Four Loves
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C. S. Lewis
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What’s So Great About Christianity?
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Dinesh D’Souza
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Catholic Matters: Confusion, Controversy, and the Splendor of Truth
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Richard John Neuhaus
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ENGLISH
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The Awakening
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Kate Chopin
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The Color Purple
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Alice Walker
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Heart of Darkness
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Joseph Conrad
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SOCIAL STUDIES
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Lost Triumph
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Tom Carhart
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The Church Confronts Modernity
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Thomas Woods
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Truman
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David McCullough
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MATHEMATICS
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The Nothing That Is: A Natural History of Zero
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Robert Kaplan
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The Art of the Infinite
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Robert & Ellen Kaplan
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E, The Story of a Number
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Eli Maor
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SCIENCE
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A Brief History of Time
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Stephen Hawking
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Physics for Future Presidents: The Science Behind the Headlines
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Richard Muller
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
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Bill Bryson
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LANGUAGE:
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FRENCH
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La Belle France, A Short Story
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Alistair Horne
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The Plaque
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Albert Camus
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Landmarks in French Literature
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G. L. Strachey
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GERMAN
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A Concise History of Germany
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Mary Fulbrook
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Tonio Kröger
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Thomas Mann
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Opinions of a Clown
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Henrich Böll |
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LATIN
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Confessions
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St. Augustine
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SPANISH
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The Arts in Spain
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John F. Moffitt
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Homage to Catalonia
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Blair Orwell
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Spain by the Horns: A Journey to the Heart of a Culture
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Tim Elliott
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* Linguistics for all languages and levels
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Biting the Wax Tadpole: Confessions of a Language Fanatic
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Elizabeth Little
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The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language
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John McWhorter
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FINE ARTS
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Brunnelleschi’s Dome
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Ross King
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The Most Beautiful House in the World
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Witold Rybczynski
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Measure for Measure
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Thomas Levenson
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PHYSICAL EDUCATION
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700 Sundays
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Billy Crystal
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Winning State Wrestling
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Steve Knight
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Coach: Lessons on the Game of Life
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Michael Lewis
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