On Display December 9, 2002 to January 16, 2003

All of these gift ideas are books held in the Government Publications and Maps Department (GovPubs), and all are available for purchase online or through mail order. The holdings in GovPubs are very diverse, with books touching nearly every subject area. There is truly something for everyone. The books below are only a small sampling of the wonderful gifts you can find hidden in our department. If you wish to buy any of these books for your family or friends, simply follow the links to the sites where they are available for purchase. Books with stars do not appear in the physical display for lack of space, but were still included in the online version.

Gifts For Everyone

• Before this Decade is Out: Personal Reflections on the Apollo Program. Edited by Glen E. Swanson. 2002
• Children First, the Story of UNICEF, Past and Present. By Maggie Black. 1996.*
• Eternal Afghanistan. Photographs by Reza. Text by Oliver Weber. Translated form the French by John Cobert. 2002.
• Historic Cities and Sacred Sites: Cultural Roots for Urban Futures. 2001.*
• Mapping Census 2000. The Geography of U.S. Diversity. By Cynthia Brewer, Trudy A. Suchan, and the United States Bureau of the Census. 2002.
  
• Mostly Good and Competent Men. By Robert P. Howard. Revised and updated by Peggy Boyer Long and Mike Lawrence. 1999. This book about the Illinois Governors is on sale for only $5!
• Revelations from the Russian Archives: Documents in English Translation. Edited by Diane Koenker and Ronald D. Bachman. 1967. This title is also available from the GPO Bookstore.
• Sharing the Front Line and the Back Hills: Peacekeepers, Humanitarian Aid Workers and the Media in the Midst of a Crisis. Edited by Yael Danieli. Forward by Kofi Annan. 2002. This title is also available from Amazon.com.*
• Towards a Women's Agenda for a Culture of Peace. Edited by Ingeborg Breines, Dorota Gierycz and Betty A. Reardon. 1999.*

Gifts for History Buffs

• American Forces in Berlin: Cold War Outpost: 1945-1994. By Robert P. Grathwol and Donita M. Moorhus. 1994.
• Boston and the American Revolution. 1998.
• Eye for History: The Paintings of William Henry Jackson, From the Collection at the Oregon Trail Museum. By Dean Knudsen. 1998. This title can also be purchased from Amazon.com.
• Exploring the American West, 1803-1879. by Richard A. Bartlett and William H. Goetzmann. 1982. This title is also available from the GPO Bookstore.
• Handbook of North American Indians: California. Edited by Robert F. Heizer. 1978.
• Industrialists in Olive Drab: The Emergency Operation of Private Industries During World War II. By John H. Ohly. 2001.
• Maps and Mapmakers of the Civil War. By Earl B. McElfresh and Stephen W. Sears. 1999.
• Thomas Jefferson and the Education of a Citizen. Edited by James Gilreath. 1999.

Gifts for Activists

• Children in the New Millennium, Environmental Impact Health. 2002.*
• Creating Better Cities with Children and Youth. A Manual for Participation. By David Driskell in collaboration with members of the Growing Up in Cities Project. 2002.* This title is also available from Amazon.com.
• Cultural Heritage and Development: A Framework for Action in the Middle East and North Africa. 2001.* This item is also available from Amazon.com.
• Money Counts. How Dollars Dominate Illinois Politics and What we Can Do About It. By. Kent D. Redfield. 2000.
• Olives From Jericho, Peace in Winter Gardens. By Anees Jung. 1999.
• Rights of Women: A Guide to the Most Important United Nations Treaties for Women's Human Rights. Produced by the International Women's Tribune Centre. 1998.* This title is also available from Amazon.com.
• Taking Action for Human Rights in the Twenty-First Century. Original texts Selected and Compiled by Federico Mayer, in Collaboration with Roger-Pol Droit. 1998. This item is also available from Amazon.com.
• The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: A History of its Creation and Implementation, 1948-1998. By M. Glen Johnson and Janusz Symonides. 1998. This title can also be ordered from Amazon.com.
• Voices of the Poor From Many Lands. Edited by Deepa Narayan and Patti Petesch. 2002.

Gifts for Children

• A World in Our Hands. In Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations. Written and Illustrated by Young People Around the World. 1995.
• Adventure of Echo the Bat. By Ginger Butcher and Beth Broadhurst. 2001. This title is also available from the GPO Bookstore.
• I Dream of Peace: Images of War by Children of Former Yugoslavia. UNICEF title by Children of former Yugoslavia. 1994. This title is also available from the United Nations.
• Marie: In the Shadow of the Lion. By Jerry Piasecki. 2000.

Gifts for Travelers and Adventurers

• The Illinois Steward. Quarterly Magazine.
• Redwood: Official National Park Handbook. 1997. This title is also available from the GPO Bookstore.
• U.S. Virgin Islands: Official National Park Handbook. 2001. This title is also available from the GPO Bookstore.
• Waterfowl of Illinois. By Stephen P. Havera. 1998.*
• Yellowstone: Official National Park Handbook. 2001. This title is also available from the GPO Bookstore.