Challenges for the 21st Century

Student Reference Material

• Bolles, Richard Nelson. THE 1997 WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE? A PRACTICAL MANUAL FOR JOB-HUNTERS AND CAREER-CHANGERS. Ten Speed Press, 1996. Considered by many to be a job-hunting bible.
• Carter, Jimmy. TALKING PEACE: A VISION FOR THE NEXT GENERATION. Puffin, 1995. In addition to showing how every citizen can contribute to world peace, the former president shares stories of negotiations he has conducted.
• Edwards, E. W. EXPLORING CAREERS USING FOREIGN LANGUAGES. Rosen, 1990. Includes careers in business, government, communication, education, and other professions.
• Graham, Stedman. YOU CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN: A NINE-STEP PLAN FOR SUCCESS. Simon & Schuster, 1997. An inspirational and instructional plan for all walks of life.
• Spencer, Jean W. EXPLORING CAREERS IN WORD PROCESSING. Rosen, 1990. Offers a glimpse into the office of the future.
• Bradbury, Ray. FAHRENHEIT 451. Ballantine, 1991. The science fiction classic about censorship.
• Brinkley, William. THE LAST SHIP. Viking, 1988. Survivors of nuclear holocaust settle on a lush tropical island and face the challenges of perpetuating the human race.
• Thompson, Julian. GYPSYWORLD. Puffin, 1993. Time travel story of five teenagers who are taken to a utopian world in which people work together to preserve the environment.
• Huxley, Aldous. BRAVE NEW WORLD. HarperCollins, 1989. A classic fantasy of the future which sheds light on events of the present.
• BRAVE NEW WORLD REVISITED. Harper & Row, 1989. Chilling comparison of our actual world with Huxley's prophetic fantasy of 1931.
• Lowry, Lois. THE GIVER. Houghton, 1993. A powerful story of what could happen if democracy and personal freedoms were denied to citizens.