The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell
Gladwell describes dramatic transformation of changes such as unknown books into bestsellers, as epidemics. In one of his examples, he describes Paul Revere as a “Connector” and a “Maven” who knew almost everyone in the region and had much information about the British. This is why he was able to galvanize the forces of resistance so effectively which may have been a major “tipping point” in the revolutionary war. A few people can make a big difference in the world if certain factors fall in place.
Kathleen Z., Library Director
The White Masai by Corinne Hofmann
I read this book when I returned from Africa last year and it was so good, I reread it. Corinne met a Masai on a trip to Africa and immediately knew she had to marry him. She closed up her life in Switzerland, moved into a mud hut with him and tried to make a go of it but eventually he because so jealous and sure that she was cheating on him, that she had to give up. The cultures were just too different. It gives a true picture of how the native Masai live and how someone like us finds it very hard to accept. I recommend it.
Sue N., Youth Services
The Kitchen Boy, a Novel of the Last Tsar, by Robert Alexander
