Q: Who was Percy Harrison Fawcett and is the legend about the “Lost City of El Dorado” true?
A: Percy Harrison Fawcett was one of the great explorers of our time that embarked on an adventure to find the “Lost City of El Dorado”, also known as the “Lost City of Z”. In 1925, he embarked on a much publicized search to find the “Lost City of Z”, the site of an ancient Amazonian civilization that may or may not have existed. He never returned and was never found alive or dead.
Information gathered from The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann.
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Submitted by Kasia Piasecka, Reference Assistant
Q: What is the difference between emotional abuse and emotional neglect?
A: In the book, Wednesday’s Children, Dr. Robert J. Ackerman divides emotional abuse into two categories: “verbal belligerence” and outright neglect. He explains that emotional abuse can exist in the shape of verbal criticism (emotional abuse) and complete disregard for a person’s most basic needs (emotional neglect). Inattentiveness, stemming from emotional neglect, may lead to abandonment.
Information gathered from Wednesday’s Children by Suzanne Somers.
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Q: Why has the book, “To Kill a Mockingbird”, sparked controversy recently?
A: The novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird”, has frequently been challenged as an inappropriate book for young adult readers. It has been a source of significant controversy since its being the subject of classroom study as early as 1963 and the controversy continues to this day. Criticisms of the novel are not limited to upsetting, racial insults, profanity, and the topic of rape in the novel.
Submitted by Kasia Piasecka, Reference Assistant
October 21, 2009
Q: Where is the U.S. Open held and who is the current top seeded player in the Men’s Singles draw at the U.S. Open this year?
September 9, 2009
A: The Tsavo lions are well-known for their unexpected and gruesome attacks on humans during the building of the Kenya-Uganda Railway in 1888. After repeated attempts to trap and injure the lions, the railroad manager, Lt. Col. John Henry Patterson, finally killed the lions after shooting each of them five times.
Submitted by Kasia Piasecka, Reference Assistant
September 23, 2009
A: The Tsavo lions are well-known for their unexpected and gruesome attacks on humans during the building of the Kenya-Uganda Railway in 1988. After repeated attempts to trap and injure the lions, the railroad manager, Lt. Col. John Henry Patterson, finally killed the lions after shooting each of them five times.
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Submitted by Kasia Piasecka, Reference Assistant
September 23, 2009
Q: Who was Mercy Brown and where is she buried?
A: Mercy Brown was a young girl when she died of tuberculosis in January, 1892. Her body was exhumed a few months later from its burial site in the
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Submitted by Kasia Piasecka, Reference Assistant
Q: Which President disagreed with President Truman’s decision to bomb
Source: Hiroshima in America: Fifty Years of Denial by Robert Jay Lifton and Greg Mitchell
Submitted by Kasia Piasecka, Reference Assistant
August 26, 2009
