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Novels

     1984 by George Orwell (Follett)

     All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque (Follett)

     Animal Farm by George Orwell (Follett)

     Grendel (Sora byOverdrive) 1-copy

     To Kill a Mockingbird (Sora by Overdrive) 1-copy

     Sora E-Book Collection (Overdrive)

Literature Titles

     Transcendentalism, Encyclopedia of (Follett)

     Sora E-Book  Collection (Overdrive )

     EBSCO E-Book Collection 

American History Titles

     Sora E-Book Collection (Overdrive)

     EBSCO E-Book Collection

     Abolition Movement (funded by PEF grant) (Follett)

     America between the Civil War and the 20th Century (Follett)

     America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States (Sora by Overdrive) 1-copy

     American Civil War: The Essential Reference (funded by PEF grant) (Follett)

     The American Presidency (Follett)

     Biographies of the Civil War (funded by PEF grant) (Follett) 

     Civil Rights Movement: People and Perspectives (funded by PEF grant (Follett)

     Civil Rights Movement: Striving for Justice (funded by PEF grant) (Follett)

     Civil War Journalism (funded by PEF grant) (Follett)

     The Civil War (funded by PEF grant) (Follett)

     Coming to America: A History of Immigration and Ethnicity in American Life (Sora by Overdrive 1-copy)

     Daily Life during African American Migrations (funded by PEF grant) (Follett)

     Eli Whitney and the Industrial Revolution (Sora byOverdrive 1-copy)

     Historical Sources on Slavery ( Sora by Overdrive 1-copy)

     A History of America in Ten Strikes (Overdrive 1-copy)

     Immigration: Opinions through History (Salem Press)

     Immigration: Defining Documents in American History (Salem Press)

     The Industrial Revolutionaries (Overdrive 1-copy)

     Jim Crow Laws (funded by PEF grant) (Follett)

     The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Audio) (Follett)

     National Security vs. Civil and Privacy Rights: Opinions through History (Salem Press)

     People of the Underground Railroad (Follett)

     Plessy v. Ferguson (funded by PEF grant) (Follett)

     A Primary Source Investigation of the Industrial Revolution (Overdrive 1-copy)

     Slavery: Defining Documents in American History (Salem Press)

     Transcendentalism, Encyclopedia of (Follett)

     Vote! Women's Fight for Access to the Ballot Box (Overdrive 1-copy)

     We the People: The 500-Year Battle over Who Is American (Overdrive 1-copy)

     Workers Unite! The American Labor Movement (Follett)

World History Titles

     EBSCO  E-Book Collection  

     Bolshevik Revolution (Follett)

     China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power (Follett)

     Chinese Cultural Revolution The (Follett)

     Collapse of the Soviet Union The (Follett)

     Conflict and Reconciliation in the Contemporary World (Follett)

     Hitler (Sora by Overdrive 1-copy)

     Industrialization in the Modern World (Follett)

     Iron Curtain: The Cold War in Europe The (Follett)

     Life and Fate (Follett)

     Northern Ireland and England:The Troubles (Follett)

     Speeches in World History (Follett)

     Tianamen Square Protests of 1989, The (Follett)

     Unquiet Ghost, The (Follett)

     War Crimes, Genocide,and the Law: A Guide To The Issues (Follett)

     A World Undone: The Story of the Great War (Follett)

Social Science Titles

 EBSCO E-Book Collection

 Anarchism, Revolution and Terrorism (Follett)

 Capital Punishment (Follett)

 Capitalism (Follett)

 Contemporary Political Ideologies (Overdrive 1-copy)

 Ethics in Practice (Overdrive 1-copy)

 Industrialization in the Modern World (Follett)

 Memes to Movements: How the World's Most Viral Media Is Changing Social Protest and Power (Overdrive)

 National Security vs. Civil and Privacy Rights: Opinions through History (Salem Press)

 Online Predators (Follett)

 Political Ideologies (Overdrive 1-copy)

 Think for yourself: The Ultimate Guide to Critical Thinking in an Age of Information Overload (Overdrive)

 Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy (Overdrive)

 World Religions (Overdrive 1-copy)

Psychology Titles 

     The Psychology Book (Overdrive 1-copy)

     Positive Psychology (Overdrive 1-copy)

     A Study Guide for Psychologists and Their Theories for Students: (Overdrive 1-copy of each)

            Mary Salter Ainsworth

            Albert Bandura

            Alfred Binet

            Sigmund Freud

            Karen Clementine Horney

            Carl Jung

            Lawrence Kohlberg

            Abraham Maslow

            Ivan Pavlov

            Jean Piaget

            B.F. Skinner

            Max Wertheimer

            Wilhelm Wundt

     Mindfulness and Meditation (Overdrive 1-copy)

Art and Film Titles

     Sora E-Book Collection (Overdrive)

     Scholastic Art Magazine

     EBSCO E-Book Collection 

Science, Health and Mathematics Titles

     EBSCO E-Book Collection 

     The Age of AI (Overdrive 1-copy)

     Artificial Intelligence (Overdrive 1-copy

     The Basics of Cell Biology (Follett)

     The Basics of Ecology (Follett)

     The Basics of Genetics (Follett)

     Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, The (Audio) (Follett) 

     Oceans and Oceanography (Follett)

     Mindfulness and Meditation (Overdrive 1-copy) 

     Getting Ahead: Drugs, Technology and Competitive Edge (Follett)

     Breakthroughs in Telephone Technology: From Bell to Smartphone (Follett)

     Sora E-Book Collection (Overdrive)

Audio Books

     Sora E-Book Collection (Overdrive)

     The Immortal Life of Hennrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (Follett)

     A Long Walk To Water by Linda Sue Park (Follett) (Funded by PEF grant)

     Running for My Life by Lopez Lomong (Follett) (Funded by PEF grant)

     First They Killed My Father by Loung Ung (Follett) (Funded by PEF grant)

     Never Fall Down by Patricia McCormick (Follett) (Funded by PEF grant)

     The Road From Home by David Kherdian (Follett) (Funded by PEF grant)

E-Textbooks

None at this time

General E-Book Resources

     Sora by Overdrive (digitized and audio)

     Follett Shelf (digitized)

     EBSCO E-Book Collection (digitized)

     Project Gutenburg (digitized)

     Merrimack Valley Consortium (digitized and audio) (need public library card)

     Google Books (digitized)

     Librivox (audio)

     Amazon.com  (borrow and rent books w/ Prime Account) 

     Hoopla (digitized and audio) (need public library card)

    iBooks ( if you own Apple device) (digitized and audio)

    GooglePlay (if you own an Android device) (digitized and audio)

Nook Books     

Permission Form      Suggest a Nook Book

* If you own a Nook E-Reader, these books can be borrowed electronically.

See Ms. Costello with the email address linked to your Barnes and Noble account.
  • These books can be found on any of the PRHS Nook E-Readers.
  • * The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain
  • Ape House by Sara Gruen
  • Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
  • Dracula by Bram Stoker
  • The Gods of Gotham by Lyndsay Faye
  • The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
  • Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
  • Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
  • * The Hunger Games Series (all three books) by Suzanne Collins
  • One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus
  • Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
  • Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
  • Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
  • Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult
  • * The Complete Novels of Mark Twain and the Complete Biography of Mark Twain by Mark Twain
  • The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
  • The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
  • * The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
  • The Crucible by Arthur Miller
  • The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Annie Barrows, Mary Ann Shaffer
  • * The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
  • * The Scarlett Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Time and Again by Jack Finney
  • What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen