50. Stiff : the curious lives of human cadavers by Mary Roach

Author: Roach, Mary.

Title Stiff: the curious lives of human cadavers

Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., 2003.

Edition: 1st ed.

Description: 303 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-303).

Subject(s):

• Human experimentation in medicine.
• Dead.
• Human dissection.

Meeting held: January 10, 2008

49. The widow of the south by Robert Hicks

Author: Hicks, Robert, 1951-

Title: The widow of the south

Publisher New York : Warner Books, 2005.

Edition: 1st ed.

Description: 426 p. : ill., 1 map ; 24 cm.

Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [419]-421).

Subject(s):

• McGavock, Caroline E. Winder, 1829-1905 -- Fiction.
• Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Casualties -- Fiction.
• Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Hospitals -- Fiction.
• Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Fiction.
• Franklin, Battle of, Franklin, Tenn., 1864 -- Fiction.
• Plantation owners' spouses -- Fiction.
• Williamson County (Tenn.) -- Fiction.
• Plantation life -- Fiction.
• Cemeteries -- Fiction.
  

Meeting held: December 20, 2007

48. Balzac and the little Chinese seamstress by Dai Sijie

Author: Dai, Sijie, 1954-

Title: Balzac and the little Chinese seamstress / translated from the French by Ina Rilke.

Publisher: New York : Anchor Books, 2002.

Edition: 1st Anchor Books ed.

Description: 184 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject(s):

• Prohibited books -- Fiction.
• Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.
• China -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976 -- Fiction.

Meeting held: November 8, 2007

47. The sewing circles of Herat : a personal voyage through Afghanistan

Author: Lamb, Christina.

Title: The sewing circles of Herat : a personal voyage through Afghanistan

Publisher: New York : HarperCollins, 2002.

Edition: 1st American ed. Description: xvii, 338 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 22cm.

Subject(s):

• Lamb, Christina.
• Afghanistan.

Meeting held: October 18, 2007