Nixon Library - Memorial and Gift Books

Memorial Gifts and Gift Books

Annually the L. W. Nixon Library collection is further enriched by the new books that are donated. These are memorial books, honoring a loved one who has passed away, or gift books, commemorating a special event in the life of a family member or friend. To arrange to place a memorial or gift book with the L. W. Nixon Library, please contact the library by e-mail at mayers@butlercc.edu, phone El Dorado (316)322-3234, Wichita/metro area(316)733-3234 or fax (316)322-3315.

Memorial Books 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003	Gift Books 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003	Honor Books 2006 2004	Marianne Koke Folk Arts Collection 2009 2008 2007 2006

MEMORIAL BOOKS -- 2009

From: Butler Community College

For:	Title
Saxton Haselwood Son of Randy & Rebecca Haselwood	Enough: True Measures of Money, Business, and Life.
Rodney Hollis Husband of Jerre Hollis	Strengths Based Leadership.
Jessie Metzger Father of Daniel Gorman	Making it all Work.
Wanda Dillmon Wife of Keith Dillmon	How Language Works: how Babies Babble, Words Change Meaning and Words Live or Die.
Billy Burke Father of Dr. Tom Burke (President of Kansas City Kansas College)	American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House.
Lola Knackstedt Grandmother of Christy Rittle	Olive Kitteridge.
Sylvia Simpkins Mother of Ida Mae (Simpkins) Benton	3:16: the Numbers of Hope.
A.T. “Jack” Jacobelli Father-in-law of Linda Jacobelli	The Thoreau you don't know.
Joseph Guy Ayers Father of James and Micaela Ayers	An Unofficial companion to the novels of Terry Prachett.
Dr. Douglas Hoyle Brother of Wayne Hoyle	A Passion for nature: the life of John Muir.
Evelyn Edwards Mother of Jim Edwards	Madame President 1901-1805: Nellie Fairbanks.
Analisa Jannie Rodriquez Infant daughter of Adrian & Christy Rodriquez	Cynthia Rylant's Snow ( a children's book)
Roy Long, Sr. Father-in-Law of Teresa Long	Animals make us human.
Bayleigh Stovall Daughter of Ashlie Jack	The Best plays: theater yearbook 2002-2003.
Etolia “Toby” Siegrist Mother of Linda & Buford Pringle	Great peacemakers: true stories from around the world.
Kyle Parson Cousin to Mrs. Sharon Rogers	Paul Klee, poet/painter.
John Barlow Father of Martha Enlow	The Illustrated man.
Mildred “Mini” Wolfe Mother of Mike Fatkin	The Underneath.
Phyllis Peterson Mother of Bob Peterson	The Best plays of 2000-2001.

In memory of Robert Cornell Father of Norm Cornell	Weather matters.
In memory of Norma Foster Mother of Sheryle Dunbar	The guide to Kansas birds and birding hot spots.
In memory of Dawn Helmer Sister of Mike Helmer	The nature of Kansas lands.
In memory of Howard Knaussman Father of Karla Duran	Showing up for life: thoughts on the gifts of a life at home.
In memory of Howard Knaussman Father of Karla Duran	Basketball philosophy: thinking outside the paint.
In memory of Jim McCauley Father-in-law of Martina McCauley	Finding Oz: How L. Frank Baum Discovered the Great American Story.
In memory of Representative Kenneth Green Husband of Marjory Green	The Blue Sweater.
In memory of Devin Burress Daughter of Jeb and Lee Ann Burress	Play: how it shapes the Brain, opens the Imagination, and invigorates the soul.
In memory of William (Bill) Kirkpatrick Husband of Betty Kirkpatrick	10-10-10: 10 minutes, 10 months, 10 years - a life-transforming idea.
In memory of Nick Fleming Son of Terry and Karen Fleming	The legend of Sigurd and Gudrun.
In memory of Elmo Nash Father of Sue Potter	Franklin's thrift: the lost history of an American virtue.
In memory of Thomas A. Nevills Husband of Janice Nevills	My Father's tears.
In memory of Gladys Heald Mother of Robert Broyles, Jr.	Martha Stewart's encyclopedia of crafts.
In memory of Chris Corbin Son of Betty and David Corbin	Strategies that promote student engagement.
In memory of Bill Pickering Husband of Margaret Pickering	An edible history of humanity.
In memory of Joy Watson Sister of Romona Green	Understanding perennials: a new look at an old favorite.
In memory of Dalin Schowalter Husband of Karen Schowalter	Hometown appetites: The story of Clemintine Paddleford.
In memory of Ralph Schulte Father-in-law of Steve Cless	American Bee: the National Spelling Bee.

In memory of Gay Isom Wife of Ollie Isom	The best American poetry 2009.
In memory of Louella Harp Grandmother of Mike Helmer	The National Parks: America's best idea.
In memory of Vearl Fager Father-in-law of Galen Evans	Poseidon's Steed: the story of seahorses.
In memory of William Kemple Grandfather of Karen Shephard	Pictorial Webster's.
In memory of Lucille Ferguson A Benefactor of Butler Community College	The Philosophical baby.

From: Chris and Susan Howell

For	Title
In memory of Larry T. McCoy	Big Joe's trailer truck.

Marianne Koke Folk Arts Collection -- 2009

From: Mike Wotawa

For:	Title
Marianne Koke	Popular Tales of the West Highlands Vol. 2.

From: Don Koke

For:	Title
Marianne Koke	Ozark Folksongs Vol. 1 to 4

From: John K. Krause

For:	Title:
Keith S. Krause (the author) by his son, John K. Krause	Water resources in Kansas: use and control 1541-1977.

From: Jim Erickson

For:	Title
Marianne Koke	Charlie Poole & the North Carolina Ramblers: old time songs.
	The Complete Blind Willie Johnson.
	A Corn licker still in Georgia: Gid Tanner and his Skillet Lickers.
	A Folksinger's choice by Theodore Bikel.
	Freedom Highway by the Staple Singers.
	Greatest Gospel hits by Shirley Caeser.
	Greatest hits by Staple Singers.
	The Long ride by Ramblin' Jack Elliot.
	The Norman & Nancy Blake compact disc.
	Norman & Nancy Blake: blind dog.
	The Skillet Lickers, vol. 1 1926-1927.
	The Skillet Lickers, vol. 2 1927-1928.
	The Skillet Lickers, vol. 3 1928-1929.
	The Skillet Lickers, vol. 4 1929-1930.
	The Skillet Lickers, vol. 5 1930-1934.
	The Skillet Lickers, vol. 6 1926-1927.
	Snuffy Jenkins: pioneer of the Bluegrass Banjo.
	Songs of protest by the Almanac Singers.
	Songs of the earth Theodore Bikel and the Pennywhistlers
	The Stoneman family: old time tunes of the South.
	Which side are you on? The best of the Almanac Singers.
	You ain't talkin' to me, Charlie Poole and the roots of Country music.

Marianne Koke

Pete Seeger: the power of song.

From: Robert LeRoy Smith

For:	Title
Marianne Koke	The Traditional tunes of the Child ballads, vol I, II, and III.

GIFT BOOKS -- 2009

From:	Title
Bob Peterson	How to Give a Damn Good Speech.
	The King's English.
	Sons and Lovers.
Melissa Mar	Love is Hell.
Barbara Kramer	Pueblo Pottery Designs.
	Prehistoric Hopi Pottery Designs.
	Authentic Indian Designs.
	Santa Clara Pottery Today.
	Southwestern Pottery.
Cliff Stone	The Collectors.
	Against medical advice.
Carol Renfro	Those who trespass.
	A Woman of independent means.
	My old man and the sea.

Cheryl Brown	Dear John.
Victoria McKain	Pastwatch: the redemption of Christopher Columbus.
	Islam: a thousand years of faith and power.
	Adem's cross.
	Inside the walls of Troy.
	Red scarf girl: a memoir of the cultural revolution.
	The singing mountain.
	Stones in water.
	Dateline: Troy.
	Masada: the last fortress.
	Greek people.
	The Guerrilla girls' bedside companion o the history of western art.
	The Queens: portraits of women of power.
	The Planet hunters.
Glenn Lygrisse	Time annual 1995: the year in review.
	Yes you can achieve financial independence.

MEMORIAL BOOKS -- 2008

From: Butler Community College

For:	Title
Korey Howell Son of Wilma Howell/Brother-in-law of Susan Howell	Notes from a Classroom: Reflections in Teaching.
Harry Koslowsky Husband of Theodora Koslowsky	By Hook or by Crook: a Journey in Search of English.
Lisa Wilson Ragsdale Daughter of Rex Wilson	The Making of a Story: a Norton Guide to Creative Writing.
Bryant Mackey Husband of Marie Mackey	Here if You Need Me.
Chad Barhnart Brother of Crystal Crank	What's Out There: Images from Here to the Edge of the Universe.
Roy Payne Father-in-Law of Brett Anborm	Time & Materials: Poems, 1997-2005, A National Book Award Winner.
Mrs. Duncan Mother of Marv Duncan	The Book of Psalms
Lawrence "Dewey" Vandegrift Father of Stacia Pickrell	The American Dream.
Randi Ward Father-in-law of Heather Ward.	The Perils of Peace: America's Struggle for Survival After Yorktown.
Clarence Clary Father of Mary Moon	The War : an Intimate History.

Brian Zerbe Son of Carter & Lolita Zerbe	The Heritage Guide to the Constitution.
Lois Kuhns Mother of Rob Kuhns	An Uncertain Inheritance: Writers on Caring of Family.
Betty McAdoo Mother of Connie Langhofer	Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven.
Wayne Farmer Husband of Nancy Farmer	Maps: Finding our Place in the World.
Robert Donley Father of Dane Donley	How Mathematicians Think.
Darin Enlow Father-in-law of Martha Enlow	Herman Melville: Bloom's Classic Critical Views.
David Daw Father-in-law of Nancy Daw	No-man's Land: One Man's Odyssey Through the Odyssey.
Jimmie Angel Brother of Susan Duncan	Vital Friends.
Johnny Lee Brother of Connie Finger	The Art of William Steig.
Beverly Hess Grandmother of Carri Waters	Minding the Dream: the Process and Practice of the American Community College.
Dr. Robert F. Clarke Father of Linda Clarke	Kansas in the Great Depression: Work, Relief, the Dole and Rehabilitation.
Jacob Byfield Son of Kevin & Stacy Byfield (late Lisa Byfield)	The Night Before Christmas.
Wayne Farmer Jr. Father-in-law of Nancy Farmer	An Open Book.
Leland Bilson Brother of Anne Bilson	How Math Explains the World.
Maxine Nicks Grandmother of Teresa Eastman	Cartographia: Mapping Civilization.
Bill Perry Father of Regina Austin Fresh	The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments.
Eldon Howell Grandfather of Kris & Susan Howell	Plays by Clyde Fitch.
Jessie Wright Sister of Judy Ireland	The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh.
Alice Fay Smith Mother of Melba Cook	What is Emotion?
Darrel Erikson Husband of Sue Erikson	The Billionaire's Vinegar.
Pat Stanley Wife of Bobby Stanley	Textile Designs: Two Hundred Years.
Wayne Bogart Father of Earlene Bogart	Novel Destinations.
Margaret May Wheeler Mother of Lorrie Crumley	Last-minute Knitted Gifts.
Ron Syers Husband of Laurie Syers	Final Salute.
Howard Eugene Bazil Father of Linda Jacobelli	The Farther Shore.
Dorothy Gard Mother of Ed Gard	The Boy Who was Raised by Librarians.
Sherry Bowman Kragh Mother of Kendra & Krista Kragh	Looking for Anne of Green Gables.
Joe Avery Husband of Donna Avery	Survival of Rural America.
Virginia Anderson Sister of Lonnie Snook	A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World.
Adolf Reisig Father of Alexis Reisig-Hopkins	The Lost Saranac Interviews: Forgotten Conversation with Famous Writers.
Molisssa Bilson Sister-in-law of Anne Bilson and Dee Cannon	Praying: Finding our way Through Duty to Delight.
Mollie Bilson Niece of Anne Bilson and Dee Cannon	Children's Literature: a Reader's History.

From: Peggy Krause

For:	Title
In memory of Mary Lou Bentley Purcell Mother of Peggy Krause	Winchell: gossip, power, and the culture of celebrity.

From: The Staff of the L. W. Nixon Library

For:

Title

Virgil N. Werner
Father of Judy Bastin

Superior, Nebraska.

Dustin Armstrong

Cheer! Three Teams.

Mary Margaret Morris Boyd

Mother of Martha Gregg

The Daring Book for Girls.

From: Kay Carroll

For:	Title
Graydon and Mildred Carroll	The Rest I Noise.
	Sibelius : the Orchestral Works : an Owner's Manual
	Ice Breakers: 60 Fun Activities.
	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: a Biography.

From: Martha Gregg

For:	Title
Wilbur E. McMurtry Uncle of Martha Gregg	Think Again: a response to fundamentalism's claim on Christianity.

Marianne Koke Folk Arts Collection

From: Mike Wotawa

For:	Title
Marianne Koke	A Treasury of Railroad Folklore.
	A Treasury of Southern Folklore.

From Clifford W. Stone

For:	Title
Mrs. Michael (Betty Bond) Prohodsky	Women and Money.

GIFT BOOKS - 2008

For:	Title
Carol Renfro	Life Strategies.
	Smitten.
	The DaVinci Code.
	Cry Wolf.
Tad Waddington	Lasting Contribution.
Denise Low	From Kansas to Harlem.
Charlie Renne	A Truck Fell on Me.
Mary Watson	Talmud, 19 Volumes.
	Great Books, 54 Volumes.
Rachel Ayers	Joust.
	Freedom's Ransom.
	Exile's Valor.
Vikki Jo Stewart	The Audacity of Hope.

Vikki Jo Stewart	Fahrenheit 451.
Meg McGranahan	Blended Learning in Higher Education.

MEMORIAL BOOKS -- 2007

From: Butler Community College

For:	Title
Dr. Terry Hetrick Father of Bob Hetrick	Love or the Land: Essential Farm & Conservation Readings from an American Golden Age 1880-1920.
Willard "Bud" Hughes Father of Terri Courter	The Varieties of Scientific Experience.
Harry Patterson Father-in-Law of Loretta Patterson	No Shortcuts to the Top.
Virginia Fritzler Mother of Dana Crawford	The Bon Appetite Cookbook.
Margie Ann Reed Mother of Linda Jolly	Saving Graces.
Kathleen Marie Manley Mother of Pat Lowrance	Bird-by-Bird Gardening.
Connie Ruark Wife of Tony Ruark	Pushcart Prize 31: Best of the Small Press.
Perry G. Walker Father of Judy Bazil	George III: America's Last King.
Anna Mary McCune Mother-in-Law of Sherrell King	Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening.
Steve Smith Son of Harold Smith	Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Fathers.
Marjory O'Conner Mother-in-law of Maggie Smith	Jane Goodall: The Woman who Redefined Man.
Velma North Butler Golden Grizzly Volunteer	The Cave Painters.
Katie Cox-Fry Daughter of Dale & Tammy Cox	Hattie Big Sky.
Linzie Williams Father of Kent Williams	World as Laboratory: Experiments with Mice, Mazes and Men.
Deborah Watson Peterson Sister-in-law of Laura Albert	Ending Poverty in America.
Rex Oehm Father of John Oehm	Life Magazine: Platinum Anniversary Collection
Evelyn Albert Mother-in-law of Laura Albert	The Mind According to Shakespeare.
Marjorie Brown Mother of Alan Brown	Letters of E.B. White.
Bernadine Murry Mother of Tom Murry	The Road to Jerusalem.
Donna Domann Hayes Sister of Janice Jones	20th Century Glass.
Douglas VanDyke Brother-in-Low of Diana VanDyke	Bird Songs.
Fern Erickson Mother of Jan VanNote	Edith Wharton.
Kenneth Smith Father-in-Law of Rhonda Smith Grandfather-in-Law of Kerri Smith	Empire of Blue Water.
Charlie Myers Son of Marc Myers	Robbing the Bees: a Biography of Honey.
Loen Ault Husband of Rev. Karen Ault Brother-in-Law to Edith Waugh & Steve Pershall	The Black Swan: the Impact of the Highly Improbable.
Mary Checots Mother of Don Checots	The Road Washes Out in Spring: a Poet's Memoir of Living Off the Grid.
Christian W. Stevens Brother of Monica Huntzinger	The Hidden Life of Art: Secrets and Symbols in Great Masterpieces.
Mike Holub Husband of Pauline Holub	The Dangerous Book for Boys.
Mack Leroy Long Brother of Judy Ireland	The Children of Hurin.
Ernie Ogle Son-in-Law of Chuck Little	The Canon: a Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science.
Mona Saunders Mother of Betty Corbin	Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: a year of food life.
Darrell Knapp husband of Joyce Knapp	Many Identities, One Nation: the Revolution and it's Legacy in the Mid-Atlantic.
Rusty Davis Husband of Elvira Davis	Native Guard: Poems.
Zach Porter Son of Kristina Porter	It's How You Play the Game.
Ruby Collins Mother of Alisha Maserang	Balance: in Search of the Lost Senses.
Wilford "Will" Garvert Step-father to Sharon Rogers	Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America.
George "Dordie" Waitt, Jr. Father of Rocky Waitt	The Tree: a Natural History of What Trees are, How They Live, and Why They Matter.
Dr. Terry Hetrick Father of Gary Hetrick	100 Masterpieces of Painting.
Jenny Masterson Daughter of John Masterson (President of Allen County Community College)	Georgia O'Kefe Museum: Celebrating Ten Years, 1997-2007.
David Kohls Son of Ev Kohls	Games for the Gods: the Greek Athlete & the Olympic Spirit.
Joe Avery Grandfather of Dustin Avery	You Don't Have to be Famous: How to Write Your Life Story.
LaVerne Renville Father of Teresa Long	Kindred Spirits: A. B. Durnad's the American Landscapes.
Larry Garber Brother of Ron Garber	What's sWhat in the Titles of Classical Music and Beyond.

From: Clifford W. Stone

For:	Title
Mrs. Clifford W. ("Sally" Connell) Stone	The Confident Woman.
Mrs. Clifford W. ("Sally" Connell) Stone	Masters of Color and Light.
Mrs. Clifford W. ("Sally" Connell) Stone	Teach with Your Heart.
C.J. Connell, Jr. , Esq.	American Trial.
Mrs. Clifford W. ("Sally" Connell) Stone	Invitation to the Classics.
Wilber E. (Olive Clifford) Stone	Mysteries of the Middle Ages.
Mrs. Clifford W. ("Sally" Connell) Stone	Presidential Courage.
Mrs. Clifford W. ("Sally" Connell) Stone	Find your Focus Zone.
Mrs. Clifford W. ("Sally" Connell) Stone	Got What it Takes?

From: L.W. Nixon Library Staff

For:

Title

Roger Williams

Brother-in-law of Ronda Holt

Sea of Thunder.

Clyde "Bounce" Williams
Granduncle of Juli Willhite

The Victorian Gardner.

From: Friend at Butler

For:

Title

Joy K. Choens

Wife of Jiggs Choens

Handbook of Adult Development

Sit and Get: 20 Strategies that Engage the Adult Brain.

Marianne Koke Folk Arts Collection

From: Jim Erickson

For:	Title
Marianne Koke	The Best of Blind Lemon Jefferson: Recording of the 1920's..
	The Complete Brownie McGhee.
	Cowboy Songs of the Old West: Collected and Sung by Alan Lomax and Ed McCurdy.
	Ed McCurdy: A Ballad Singers Choice.
	Elizabeth Cotton: Freight Train and Other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes.
	Harry Belefonte :Island in the Sun.
	John Jacob Niles: I wonder as I wander Carols and Love Songs.
	John Jacob Niles: My Precarious Life in the Public Domain.
	Josh White: the Electra Years.
	Josh White: Free and Equal Blues.
	Josh White Sings the Blues and Sings.
	Moses Asch: Smithsonian Folkways.
	Od etta: Best of the Vanguard Years.
	Ramblin' Jack Elliott: The Best of the Vanguard Years.
	Ramblin' Jack Elliott The Lost Tapes: Cowes Harbour 1957.
	Rev. Gary Davis Blues and Ragtime.
	Richard Dyer-Bennett: Smithsonian Folkways. Volume 1 & 2.
	Sam Hinton: The Library Congress Recording, March 25, 1947.
	Satisfying Blues: Mississippi John Hurt.
	The Very Best of Rev. Gary Davis: Hero's of Blues.
	The Weaver: Rarities from the Vanguard Vault.
	Garden of Joy: Jim Kweskin's America. 2 CD Set.
	Ramblin' Jack Elliott. CD
	Rainbow Quest with Pete Seeger, Judy Collins & Elizabeth Cotten DVD.
	Woody Guthrie: This Machine Kills Fascists.
	Wine Headed Woman with Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee. CD
	Border Town at Midnight. CD
	The Weavers: Wasn't that a Time. 4 CD Set.
	Leadbelly, Important Recording, 1934-1949.
	All the Classic Sides, 1928-1937, Big Bill Broonzy.
	Field Trip by Jean Ritchie.
	Old Times and Hard Times by Hedy West.
	Classic Cuts, 1933-1941, The Delmore Brothers.
	Southern Journey Series: Earliest Times.
	Delmore Brothers: the Later Years Vol. 2 1933-1952.

GIFT BOOKS -- 2007

From:	Title
Clifford W. Stone	The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership.
	Freakonimics.
	Wodehouse: a Life.
	Dreams from my Father.
	Land of Lincoln.
	Passionate Minds.
	Partners in Command.
	Beyond World Class.
	See Jane Lead.
	Natural Cures.
	From Beirut to Jerusalem.
	Calculus.
	Black Rednecks and White Liberals.
	Freakonomics.
	Waiting for your Cat to Bark?
Suzie Edwards	Get a Jump!
	Zoom.
	Fat Free Meetings.
Rita Sullivan	Baby's Breath. DVD.
Jacqueline Vietti	The Circle of Innovation.
	Wind Songs in the Wheat, Vol. I, Vol. II, Vol. III.
	Who Move My Cheese. (Andover Campus)
	Black Rednecks and White Liberals. (Andover Campus)
	Magic with Sand.
	Paths of Exile.
Jane Watkins	When Zachary Beaver Came to Town.
	A Single Shard.
	Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
	Where the Lillies Bloom.
	Out of the Dust.
Al Vopata	Bohemian Mobility Tales.
Pat Lowrance	The Grizzly 1964,1965,1974, 1975, 1976,1977, 1979 and 1981.
John Jenkinson	Moving My Business to China.
Judy Bastin	Bookcrush.

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MEMORIAL BOOKS -- 2006

From: Clifford W. Stone

For:	Title
Mrs. Clifford W. ("Sally" Connell) Stone	Living with Art.
Jayma Lea Graham	Deal with it: you cannot conquer what you will not confront.
Mrs. Clifford W. ("Sally" Connell) Stone	The Daily Seen.
Wilber E. Stone	Oceans of Kansas.
Mrs. Samuel R. (Lucinda Shriver) Clifford	The Language of God.
Mrs. Clifford W. ("Sally" Connell) Stone	Exploring the enexplained.
Mrs. Clifford W. ("Sally" Connell) Stone	The Hobby Book of Stenciling and Brush Stroke Painting.

From: Butler Community College

For:	Title
Myrtle Jones Mother of Nita Jackson	Understanding attachment.
Donald Cation Father of Doug Cation	Henry Adams & the making of America.
Harriet Tabor Mother of Laura Albert	Kansas Past.
Jayma Graham Daughter of Jim and Ann Graham	Pitch like a girl: how a woman can be herself and still succeed.
Vivian Musgrave Mother-in-law of Susan Gilland	Martha Stewart's baking handbook.
John Wright Father of Kathy Owens	The March.
Rita Wendler Grandmother of Christina Rollins	The Worst hard time: the story of the Dust Bowl.
John Bohannon Father of Anita Mills	A Tear in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599.
Pete Weigel Father of Terry Klenda	Buffalo Bill's America.
Rita Marie Boehm Mother-in-law of Jan Boehm	Childhood on the Farm.
Francis Cillessen Uncle of Bill Rinkenbaugh & Grandfather of Scott Cillessen	Developing the Leaders Around You.
Father of Maggie Smith	Melville: His World & Work.
Clint Upchurch Nephew of Paul Kyle	The Great War for Civilization: the Conquest of the Middle East.
June Hunter Mother of Julie Wishart	Christopher Marlowe: Poet & Spy.
Nancy Meyers Wife of Marc Meyers	Broadway Musicals: the 100 Greatest Shows of All Time.
Josh Bacon Son of Betty Bacon	Leading Every Day.
Richard Wiens Brother of Marilyn Wiens Mahan	John Brown to Bob Dole: Movers & Shakers in Kansas History.
Doris Patton Mother of Larry Patton	C.S. Lewis.
Bernice Smith Mother of Laura Coon	Jacqueline Kennedy: First Lady of the New Frontier.
Randy Brown Father of Aaron Brown	Kansas Archeology
Agnes Dolan Mother of Donna Gorton	The Book of Lost Books.
Norman Craig Willhite Brother-in-Law of Juli Willhite	Flint Hills Cowboys.
Esther Wilson Mother of Shirley Lawrence	Stories for an Enchanted Afternoon.
Anna Cutsinger Mother-in-law of Marla Cutsinger	Women's Roles in the Renaissance.
Donald Kraft Father of Linda Jolly	Mayflower: a Story of Courage, Community and War.
Buck Moore Father of Carol Renfro	Stumbling on Happiness.
Bo Wonsetler Mother of Bernie Wonsetler	Farewells.
Stan Roths Step-son of DeeAnn Roths	Doc Holliday: the Life and the Legend.
Dana Stewart Wife of John Stewart	Writings to Young Women from Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Donald Mercer Father of Deana Turner	The NPRI Listener's Encyclopedia of Classical Music.
David Wessling Husband of Michelle Wessling	The Things that Matter.
Alfred "Al" Ross Father of Judy Lawson	Wins, Losses, and Lessons.
Jeanne Miller Mother of Kandy Miller	The Flash of Lightning Behind the Mountain.
LaVada Lambert Aunt of Dr. Leanne Ellis	Gee's Bend: the Architecture of the Quilt.
Luann Wheeler Sister of Frank Tremble	Home Comforts.
Kayden Leo Walker Cooper Grandson of Joyce Millard.	More Help for Teachers of Young Children.
Genevieve Hackler Grandmother of Telia and Yolanda Hackler	The Museé D'orsay.
Debbie George Cousin of Dr. Leanne Ellis	Next Year Country.
Bob Travis Father of Shannon Lincicome	Four Plays by William Lange.
Connie Lopez Grandmother of Delia Garcia	Arthur Miller: Collected Plays, 1944-1961.
Mary Eshelman Aunt of Bill Rickenbaugh	Ancient Agriculture.
Richard Lambert Cousin of Leann Ellis	Good Poems for Hard Times.
Eldon Holt Brother-in-Law of Ronda Holt	Black Storm Coming.
Sam Keys Son of Jennifer Keys	Peter Pan in Scarlet: Authorized Sequel to J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan.
Minnie Kazmeirski Mother-in-Law of Dr. Jackie Vietti	God's Universe.
Edith Engels Mother of Sue Barrientos	Christmas USA: a Children's Book
Dale George Father of Gene George	Caesar: Life of a Colossus.

From: Linda Billingsley

For:	Title
Nancy Meyers	Gram's Song.

From: Emily Matthias

For:

Title

June Hunter

Mother of Julie Wishart

Lighting the Way: a Wpman Who Changed Modern America.

Thomas Moran's West: Chromolithography, High Art, and Popular Taste.

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Marianne Koke Folk Arts Collection

From: Don Koke

For:	Title
Marianne Koke	Art in Craftsmanship.
L. D. Sawyer	The American gas station.
Harold Jenkins	Food Folklore.

From: Jim Erickson

For:	Title
Marianne Koke	The Stanley Brothers & the Clinch Mountain Boys "I am a mon of constant sorrows. "
	Clinch Mountain Country.
	Cisco Houston: the Folkways Years, 1944-1961.
	Avalon Blues (Complete 1928 Okeh recordings) by Mississippi Hurt.
	Woody Guthrie & Cisco Houston.
	Sonny Terry (Collectable's Records)
	Classic Scots Ballads.
	Pete Seeger: American Favorite Ballads.
	Sonny Terry: Chain Gang Blues.
	--And the tin pan bended, and the story ended--
	Cisco Houston: Best of the Vanguard Years.
	Rainbow Quest: New Lost City Ramblers, etc.
	Rainbow Quest: Terry & McGhee and Hutt.
	The Carter Family: Will the Circle be Unbroken.
	Clarence Tom Ashley & Tex Isley play and sing American folk music, Smithsonian Folkways Archival Series.
	Everytime I feel the Spirit, vol. 3.
	Big Bill Broonzy.
	In all Honesty, by The Stonemans.

From: Larry Penn

For:	Title
Marianne Koke	Shicken' with the Union: Songs from Wisconsin Labor History.
	The Whiskeys' Gone.
	A Ride on the Westbound.
	Railroad Queens of the Past.
	The Rose Tattoo: Live.

From: Michael & Alanna Taylor

For:	Title
Marianne Koke	Janismania 2004.
	Janis Ian: Live at Club Cafe.

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GIFT BOOKS -- 2006

From:	Title
Clifford W. Stone	Black Rednecks & White Liberals.
	Character is Destiny.
	Presence.
	The G.O.D. Experiments.
	The Worst Hard Times.
	The OZ Principle.
	El Dorado: Legacy of an Oil Boom.
	American Miler.
	Impressionism Abroad.
	A World of Ideas.
	Machiavelli on Modern Leadership.
	The Future of Freedom.
	Zoo Book.
	Our Iceberg is Melting.
	The Immortal Game (Chess).

Linda Billingsley	Finding Our Way: Leadership for an Uncertain Time.
Mark Weeks	Hatari - DVD
	Dr. No - DVD
	Hamlet - DVD
Sonja Milbourn	Finding Our Way: Leadership for an Uncertain Time.
Dorothy Babb	The portable MFA in creative writing : improve your craft with the core essentials taught to MFA students

HONOR BOOKS -- 2006

From	Title
In Honor of Linda Billingsley, on her Retirement by
Fellow Butler Employees	Jack Jacobs.
	How music came to the earth.

From	Title
In Honor of Ainul Islam
From Rani Ahmad	Our beautiful Bangladesh.

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MEMORIAL BOOKS -- 2005

From: Clifford W. Stone

For	Title
Mrs. Clifford W. ("Sally" Connell) Stone	Alexander Calder & his magical mobiles.
Mrs. Clifford W. ("Sally" Connell) Stone	The Prairie print makers.
Mrs. Clifford W. ("Sally" Connell) Stone	The practical guide to marbling paper.
Mrs. Clifford W. ("Sally" Connell) Stone	Degas.
Mrs. Clifford W. ("Sally" Connell) Stone	Artist's guide to composition.
Charles E. (Maryan Firestone) Heilmann	Aida.
Samuel R. Clifford	1776.
Robert H. Chism	"M"
Charles H. Fillmore	The Last stand of the Tin Can Sailors.
Ralph M. Graham	The Games do count.
Mrs. Clifford W. ("Sally" Connell) Stone	The Regionalist vision of William Diskerson.
Mrs. Charles E. (Manayan Fireston) Heilmann	Elton John and Tim Rice's AIDA: the making of the Broadway Musical.

From: Butler Community College

For	Title
Annie McQuiller Mother of Sherry Martin	Nightingales: the extraordinary upbringing and curious life of Miss Florence Nightingale.
Rosemary Lay Wife of John Lay	Ethics, the heart of leadership.
Robert Taliaferro	Bicycle: the history.
Lee A. Westcott Father of Angela Kay Westcott	Ready-to-tell Tales.
Leonard O. Jantz Father of Connie Walton	The western: the greatest Texas cattle trail.
Ann Walterstedt	Leonardo
Alice Oliver Grandmother of Mr. and Mrs. Will Long	Faith works: how to live your beliefs and ignite social change.
Callie Mae Kuenstler Grandmother of Leann Ellis	How to think like Leonard Da Vinci.
Letty Brown Grandmother of Tiffany Blaske	Splendid solution: Jonas Salk.
Linda Diane Nunemaker Sister of Martha Brown	Three plays by Anton Chekhov.
Marlys Morgan Mother of Sheri Morgan	The Geographer's library.
Marie Shadwell Grandmother of Teri Rinkenbaugh	John Brown Abolitionist.
Bradley A. Cook Friend of Rusty and Elvira Davis	The Wild iris.
Robert Chism Brother of Posey Coburn and Joe Chism	Shirmer encyclopedia of art.
Marion "June" Heffron Mother of Michael Heffron	Wildflowers & grasses of Kansas.
Judy Showalter Aunt of Chelsea Lee	Plan B: further thoughts on Faith.
Robert Mattingly Father of Kathy McCoskey	The Eloquent President: a portrait of Lincoln through his words.
Wayne Matlock Husband of Pam Matlock	Washington's crossing.
Tom Peters Husband of Susan Peters	The Secret man: the story of Watergate's Deep Throat.
Esther Mae Nelson Mother of Ted Nelson	Everyday grace: having hop, finding forgiveness, and making miracles.
Jerry Vieregge Brother of Sherrell King	Best of the Midwest: rediscovering America's heartland.
Mildred Barnes Mother of Helen Barnes	Altered book collage.
Jim Harvey Webster Grandfather of Matt Jacobs	The problem of the media.
Clyde Eugene "Gene" Cless Father of Steve Cless	The first emancipator.
Diane Smith Sister of Marilyn Mahan	Gospel & Acts: from the St. John's Bible.
Joy Choens Daughter-in-law of Sue Choens	Eudora Weltry: a biography.
Delina Walton Mother of David Walton	The Man behind the microchip.
Floyd Torneden Father of Fred Torneden	The Accidental masterpiece.
Victor Lee Richardson Daughter of Judy Wenz	The first poets.
Teresa Grange Son of John Grange	Mark Twain: a life.
Jiggs Choen Father-in-law of Sue Choens	The Tipping point.
Lawrence Evans Father of Larry Evans	Teach with your strengths.
Lillian Morgon Mother of Dena Smoot	Kansas: a guide to the Sunflower State.
Irma Jones Mother-in-law of Janice Jones	Servant Leadership: a journey into the nature of legitimate power & greatness.
Chad Patton Father of Larry Patton	Players: the mysterious identity of William Shakespeare.
Edward Rodriquez Father of Adrian Rodriquez	Meta Man: the quest for Omega.
Matt Samuels Husband of Mrs. Matt Samuels	Where shall I wander: new poems.
Eugene McAllister Father of Debbie O'Brian	Leonardo Da Vinci: flights of the mind.
Eugene Walker Husband of Maxine Walker	The Snowflake: winter's secret beauty.
Melvin "Mel" Morehead Father of Becky Wolfe	The Search: how Google and it's rivals rewrote the rules of business.
Mary Lavaina Dodson Mother of Marvin Dodson	Our Ancient Wings: the Sandhill Cranes of North America.

From: Karen Karst

For:	Title
Craig Miller	Faces of the Great Plains: prairie wildlife.

From: John and Cathy Jenkinson

For:	Title
Robert B. Nordman Father of Troy Nordman	The Bounty.

From: Center for Teaching Excellence Co-Workers

For:	Title
Tim Brazil	Three act tragedy.

From: Jim Erickson

For:	Title
Marianne Koke	Bluegrass early cuts: 1931-1953 4 CD set.
	Generations of Bluegrass: Legendary pickers.
	The Best of Pete Seeger.
	The Great American Bluegrass collection.
	Generations of Bluegrass: Shoulder to shoulder, vol. two.
	On the road with Ralph Stanley.
	The Stanley Brothers: the King years, 1961-1965 4 CD set.
	Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs and the Stanley Brothers 4 CD set.
	Generations of Bluegrass: pickers and fiddlers, vol. I
	100 Greatest Bluegrass hits, 4 CD set.
	The Stanley Brothers: an evening long ago.
	The Great Carl Sandburg: song of America.
	Dan Zanes :parades and panoramas.
	Bill and Dorree past piano and vocal duets: song to the early Fifties and before, vol. 1 & 2.

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GIFT BOOKS -- 2005

From:	Title
Clifford W. Stone	Constitutional chaos.
	Will in the World.
	The beginner's book of oil painting.
	Knightfall.
	The world is flat.
	Winning the future.
	Inside the asylum.
	Winning.
	The Walmart way.
	Eye of the eagle.
	The Total penguin.
	Bait and switch.
	A Short history of nearly everything.
	Collapsy.
	Presence: an explanation of profound change.
	Character is destiny.
	What Christianity ever done for us?
	Collapse.


Anthony Olson	Test of Essential academic skills: pre-test study manual.
Barbara J. Kramer	Ammonites and the other cephalopods of the Pierre Seaway.
	Fossil Collector's handbook: finding, identifying, preparing, displaying.

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MEMORIAL BOOKS -- 2004

From: Clifford W. Stone

For	Title
William E. Stone	Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea.
Mrs. Clifford W. ("Sally"Connell) Stone	The Great Masters.
Mrs. Clifford W. ("Sally"Connell) Stone	A History of Art.
Mrs. Clifford W. ("Sally"Connell) Stone	American Art Deco.
Mrs. Clifford W. ("Sally"Connell) Stone	N. C. Wyeth.
Mrs. Clifford W. ("Sally"Connell) Stone	Chromaform: Color in Sculpture.
Mrs. Clifford W. ("Sally"Connell) Stone	Barbara Chase-Riboud, Sculptor.
Mrs. Clifford W. ("Sally"Connell) Stone	Robert Indiana.
Mrs. Wilber (Olive Clifford) Stone	Eats, Shoots & Leaves.
Mrs. Clifford W. ("Sally"Connell) Stone	Master Drawings Rediscovered.
Mrs. Clifford W. ("Sally"Connell) Stone	Masterpieces of the J. Paul Getty Museum : Drawings.
Samuel R. Clifford	Good to be Great.
Mrs. Dan (Anna Young) Rardin	A women's guide to golf.
Mrs. Clifford W. ("Sally"Connell) Stone	Democracy Matters.
Mrs. Clifford W. ("Sally"Connell) Stone	The Enemy Within.

From: Butler Community College

For	Title
Leatha Hayes	The Tending Instinct: how nurturing is essential.
Bo Dee Gaines	Jefferson's War.
Nicholas Regehr Parsons	The Backyard Astronomer's Guide.
Rojean Holem	Handcrafted Journal, Albums, Scrapbooks and More.
Al Schairbaum	Two Roads to Dodge City.
Virginia Lewis	Women Potters
Lisa Byfield	The Seuss, The Whole Seuss, and Nothing but the Seuss.
Lillian Abigail Chandler	Rebekah.
Bill Gwinup	The Perfect Mile.
Mildred Moreland	Rachel and Leah.
Howard Phillips	Learning Theories: A to Z.
Rosalie Ann Thiessen	The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature.
Harlan Sloan	Father Joe.
Luke B. Tiahrt	An Open Book.
Robert Nordman	Encyclopedia of the Great Plains.
Marjorie Ingle Melton Mother of Freda Briggs	The second glass of absinthe.
Helen White Mother of Tom White	Kansas 24/7.
Jessie Patterson Mother of Dalton Patterson	Today matters.
Nub Nelson	Linus Pauling: scientist and peacemaker.
Timothy David Wright	Minding the law.
Dortha Fink Mother of Kathy Starke	Re-imagine.
Carol Mould Wife of Dr. Doug Mould	The school of dying graces.

From: Butler Community College Golden Grizzly Ambassadors

For	Title
Bill Burchill	It's more than the music: Life lesson on friends faith, and what matters most.
RoJean Holem	The Pocket Muse: Ideas & Inspiration for Writing.
Jeanne Haines	Stardust Melody: The life & Music of Hoagy Carmichael.

From: Susan Balman

For	Title
Lillian Abigail Chandler daughter of Rob and Bethany Chandler and sister of Ariane and Aidan	The Tale of Despereaux

From: Curtis and Juli Willhite

For	Title
Horace Lee Williams	Life with Ol'Mike.

From: John Jenkinson

For	Title
Marjorie Melton	Still Wild: Short Fiction of the American West.

From: L. W. Nixon Library Staff

For

Title

Alpha M. (Moore) Rorie

Grandmother of Ronda Holt

Songbirds: how to attract them and identify their songs.

Frances Stradley
Grandmother of Judy Bastin

Weaving contemporary rag rugs.

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GIFT BOOKS -- 2004

From	Title
Mark Weeks	A History of Narrative Film.
	The Phantom of the Opera (DVD)
Clifford W. Stone	The Essential 55.
	The Language Police
	The American Congress
Mr. Charles R. Haller	Annie : child of the prairie

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HONOR BOOKS -- 2004

From	Title
In Honor of Linda Billingsley, on her Retirement by
John Jenkinson	Beat Procrastination and make the Grade.
Sharon Rogers	Words of Wisdom for Women.
Fellow Butler Employees	Critical Success Strategies for new Leader at all Levels.
	Founding Mothers.
	The Fred Factor.
	A Hole in Texas.
	Inspire! What Great Leaders do.
	The Master Quilter
	When the Bucks Stops With You.
	Women Makes the Best Salesmen.
	Nice girls don't get the corner office.
	Paint & Color in Decoration.
	The Elements of Style.
	Shakespeare.
	Are Men Necessary.
	Lives of the Muses.
	George Washington Spymaster.
	More Book Lust.
In Honor of Hazel Clothier, for her Masters in Library Science, Emporia State University
	International Encyclopedia of Information & Library Science.

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MEMORIAL BOOKS -- 2003

From: Don and Linda Billingsley

For	Title
Clarence "Whitey" Hilyard	Sir Walter & Mr Jones: Walter Hagen, Bobby Jones.
Paul Moreland	Stickley Brothers: The quest for an American voice.
Loree Gayle Achenbach	Eve's Rib.
Donna Parson	Tranquility fountains.
John Benjamin Jenkinson	Poetry Speaks.
Mae Beard	In the Presence of my Enemies.
Tim Brazil	Lewis Carroll: the Complete Illustrated Works.
Angeline S. Hoyle	Theology in America.

From: Clifford W. Stone

For	Title
Mrs. Clifford W. ("Sally" Connell) Stone	Painting with Acrylics: 27 acrylic painting Projects.
Mrs. Clifford W. ("Sally" Connell) Stone	Tromp L'oeil
Mrs. Clifford W. ("Sally") Connell) Stone	Famous American Illustrators.
Mrs. Clifford W. ("Sally"Connell) Stone	Arts and Crafts Movement.
Mrs. Clifford W. ("Sally"Connell) Stone	Photo Speak.

Lowell D. Scribner	Cattle: An Informal Social History.
Mary F. Porschle Memorial	Let's Roll! : Ordinary People, Extraordinary Courage.

Lloyd M. Eaton, Jr.	Measure Twice, Cut Once.
John Norm	Wheels for the Road.
Muriel Alberta (Noller) Oursler	Glory, Passion & Principle.
Sarah Alice Burr Lovitt	The Symphony Orchestra and It's Instruments.

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From: The Butler Cross Country Team of 2003

For	Title
Chris Trotter	American Decatheletes: a 20th Century Who's Who.

From: Greg and Emily Mathias

For	Title
J. B. Jenkinson	Swinging the Dream: Big Band Jazz and the Rebirth of American Culture.

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From: Jim Erickson

For	Title
Marianne Koke	The Essential Bill Monroe and His Blue Brass Boys.
	The Music of Bill Monroe from 1936 to 1994.
	The Stanley Brothers: Early Years 1958-1961.

From: Charmain Sundgren

For	Title
Shirley Nelson	Atlantis: 3 tales.
	Les Miserables.

From: Curtis & Annette Hammeke

For	Title
Shirley Nelson	Rebecca.

From: Rani Ahmad

For	Title
Elizabeth J. "Betty" Boardman	Miracles: Poems by Children of the English Speaking World.
	Nine Animals and the Well.
	The Giant Encyclopedia of Theme Activities for Children 2 to 5.
	Arnie the Doughnut.

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From: Butler Community College

January
For	Title
Catherine Langley	Years of Wonder.
Eunice Schemmer	The Two Faces of Islam.
Marlea Waddell	The Wilderness Family.
Donna Geraldine Jantz	Bemelmans, The life & Art of Madeline's Creator.
Jo Ireland	Einstein's Greatest Blunder.
Ronnie Graham	The New Manufacturing Challenge.
Kelly Kerr	The Arabian Nights.
Walden Dye	A Dictionary of English Folklore.
Keith Ballew	Mission-based Marketing.
Mary Jacques	Russian Folk-Tales, Illustrated.
James Sheahan	The Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor.
Clarence "Whitey" Hilyard	Gabriel's Story.
Maudine Nixon	Kansas: A History of the Sunflower State.
Kenneth King	Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers.
Ruth Corwin	Generation in Jeopardy.
Paul Moreland	An American Insurrection.
Joleen Hammeke	Parenting with Love and Magic.

February
William G. (Bill) Bidwell	Sports and Games of the 18th & 19th Century.
Dr. Robert Lester Brown	1421 The Year China Discovered America.
Danny Ray Perry	L. Frank Baum: Creator of OZ.
William Wyss	Section 27: A Century on a Family Farm.

March
Dillon Courser	The Darkness & the Lighter Poems.
Lee Marley	Just Eagles.
Robert "Bob” Green	They Fought like Demons: Women Soldiers in the American Civil War.
Opal Spoon	Reap the South Wind.
Howard B. Holliday	Samuel Pepys: an unequalled self.

April
Mrs. Wanda June Pfund	The Magesty of the Law Reflections of a Supreme Court Justice.
J.D. Reed	The Collected Poems of Robert Penn Warren.
Marjorie Gilroy Knowles	Cool, Calm & Collected Poems of Carolyn Kisser.
Faith Kabeera	The 4 Seasons of Kansas.
Betty Mikesell	A Wrinkle in Time.
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May
Loree Achenbach	Making a Literary Life: Advice for Writers & other Dreamers.
Jack Brown	The Zen of Golf.
Florence Taliaferro	The First Americans.

June
John R. Pruitt	The Complete Encyclopedia of Trees & Shrubs.

July
Silver Dodson	American Bison: A Natural History.
Donna Parsons	Psalm Twenty Three.
Betty Wolf	Life of Pi.

September
Shirley Nelson	Hildegard of Bingen: the Woman of Her Age.

November
Tim Brazil	Einstein's Clocks.
Alyssa Upchurch	Jane Austen.
Virgil Werner	In His Brother's Shadow.
May Beard	An Obsession of Butterflies.
John Benjamin Jenkinson	The Creative Habit.
Margaret Gronau	America's Women.

December
Patrick Russell	JFK: Remembering Jack.
Vera Youngren	Imaging Shakespeare.
David Clymer	World War II: the Axis Assault.
Robert Erwin	The Answer to How is Yes.
Martha Jeanne Haines	What the numbers say.
Helen Kness	Jonathan Edwards: A Life.

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GIFT BOOKS -- 2003

From	Title
Curtis & Juli Willhite	Horseshoes, Cowsocks & Duckfeet.
Linda Billingsley	Complete Diabetic Cookbook.
Lt. Col. Steven Dorfman:	Van Loon's Geography.
	Geography in America.
	Geography: It's History & Culture.
	Leaders in American Geography.
	Mapping the Next Millennium.
	The Rand McNally Elementary Geography.
	Geography: Theory in Practice Agriculture.

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From	Title
Clifford W. Stone:	The Business of Heaven.
	There are no Shortcuts.

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