The following resources are related to the topics found in OMTS. If there is a resource that needs to be added or updated please let Ms. Ross know!
Books/Misc online resources
CUBA (titles currently found in the library)
WEATHER/CLOUDS
FISH (including fly fishing/deep sea fishing)
ARM WRESTLING
SURVIVAL STORIES (just a small sampling of what we currently have, links to Goodreads for the synopses)
- Cuba by David K. Wright (Enhancement of the World Series)
- Portraits of Cuba by Daniel Duncan
- Fallout by Steve Sheinkin
- Discusses Cuba throughout, especially related to Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis, etc.
WEATHER/CLOUDS
- Encyclopedia of Weather and Natural Disasters by Anaxos Inc
- Weather from Eyewitness Books
- Know Your Clouds by Tim Harris
FISH (including fly fishing/deep sea fishing)
- Fly Fishing by Ellen Hopkins
- Creatures of the Deep by Erich Hoyt
- Strange Sea Creatures by Erich Hoyt
- Oceanology by Smithsonian
- Super Shark Encyclopedia by Derek Harvey
ARM WRESTLING
- Early Origins of Arm Wrestling from The Arm Wrestling Archives
- Arm Wrestling Rule and Regulations from Armfighter.com
SURVIVAL STORIES (just a small sampling of what we currently have, links to Goodreads for the synopses)
- A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer
- Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
- Educated by Tara Westover
- Night by Elie Wiesel
- Obsessed by Allison Britz
- A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
- Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan
- The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
- How Dare the Sun Rise by Sandra Uwiringiyimana
- Death in Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea from Social Issues in Literature Series
ARTICLES
- Lessons in Manliness from The Old Man and the Sea by Bryan Schatz
- Yes, She's a Christ Figure Too from How to Read Like a Professor by Tom Foster (PDF)
- The Hemingway Scene that Shows How Humanity Work from The Atlantic by Joe Fassler, read free here
- Theme of Alienation in Ernest Hemingway's Old Man and the Sea (PDF)
- The Old Man and the Sea Critical Interpretations by PBS Learning Media
- On the Influence of Naturalism on American Literature from English Language Teaching (PDF)
- Discusses the idea of naturalism, key characteristics and how it employed among several writers including Hemingway.