Napoli, Lisa
Summary: A portrait of the relationship between McDonald's chairman Ray Croc and his wife, Joan, describes how he helped establish an international brand and amassed a considerable estate before his impassioned wife gave most of the family fortune away to philanthropic pursuits.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Random House LLC 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 NAPJorgensen, Liisa
Summary: Far Side of the Moon is the untold, fully authorized story of the lives of Frank and Susan Borman. One was a famous astronaut--an instrumental part of the Apollo space program--but the other was just as much a warrior. This real-life love story is far from a fairy tale. Life as a military wife was beyond demanding, but Susan always rose to the occasion. When Frank joined NASA and was selected...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 JORCline-Ransome, Lesa
Summary: "In a beautiful prose telling, the story of a groundbreaking civil rights leader, John Lewis. John Lewis left a cotton farm in Alabama to join the fight for civil rights. He was only a teenager. He soon became a leader of a moment that changed a nation. Walking at the side of his mentor, Dr. Martin Luther King, Lewis was led by his belief in peaceful action and voting rights. Today and always...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2024
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 LEWDonnelly, Liza
Summary: "An updated and revised edition of Funny Ladies, this book has even more cartoons from iconic contributors and rising stars of The New Yorker"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Prometheus Books 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 DONMundy, Liza
Summary: "The New York Times bestselling author of Code Girls reveals the untold story of how women at the CIA ushered in the modern intelligence age, a sweeping story of a "sisterhood" of women spies spanning three generations who broke the glass ceiling, helped transform spycraft, and tracked down Osama Bin Laden. Upon its creation in 1947, the Central Intelligence Agency instantly became one of the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2023
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Cline-Ransome, Lesa
Summary: "Shirley Chisholm (1924-2005) is a hero and trailblazer. She was the first African American woman in Congress (1968) and the first woman and African American to seek the nomination for president of the United States from one of the two major political parties (1972). Written by award-winning author Lesa Cline-Ransome, here is her story"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CHICooper, Elisha.
Summary: "The award-winning children's book author confronts a new world when faced with his daughter's illness in this frank, moving, and beautiful memoir. Elisha Cooper spends his mornings writing and illustrating children's books, his afternoons playing with his two daughters. The phrase he hates most is "throw like a girl," so he teaches them to climb trees and play ball. But when he discovers a...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 COOPER, ELISHA COOJudd, Naomi
Summary: "The Grammy-winning superstar and best-selling author of All That Is Bitter and Sweet shares the story of her struggles with depression, PTSD and addiction, a journey that included extended hospital stays and moving lessons about how to find hope and help, "--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Center Street 2017
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JUDCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JUDD, NAOMI JUDGuerrero, Lisa
Summary: "I've been a cheerleader. A corporate executive. A Barbie Doll. A sportscaster. A soap opera vixen. A sideline reporter. A Playboy cover model. A Diamond Diva. A red-carpet correspondent. An investigative journalist. A disrupter. I made Dennis Rodman cry. I've interviewed three presidents and a naked Shaquille O'Neal. I costarred in a viral video that has one billion views. I sued the New...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GUERRERO, LISA GUEMcCubbin, Lisa
Summary: "An intimate and insightful biography of Betty Ford, the groundbreaking, candid, and resilient First Lady and wife of President Gerald Ford, from the #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Five Presidents and Mrs. Kennedy and Me. Betty Ford: First Lady, Women's Advocate, Survivor, Trailblazer is the inspiring story of an ordinary Midwestern girl thrust onto the world stage and into the White...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FORD, BETTY MCCSummary: Inspired by She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger comes a chapter book series about women who stood up, spoke up, and rose up against the odds. This collection includes the first eight biographies in the series.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD 920 SHEFrangello, Gina
Summary: "Gina Frangello is a long-married fortysomething devoted mom when her life is turned upside down by the sudden death of her closest friend. Worn down from years of caregiving both her elderly parents and three kids, Gina starts to interrogate her own mortality and what she once longed for as a younger woman : a kind of sexual, romantic and artistic intensity radically at odds with her...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Counterpoint Press 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FRANGELLO, GINA FRAMcPartland, Lisa A.
Summary: "The position of president of the United States is an important one! But how does a person get elected president? First, people have to know who they are. To do that, candidates must announce their plan to run for a nomination and the presidency, and then they campaign. A perfect introduction for young readers, this book covers the details of the campaign trail, from grassroots organization to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 324.973 MCPRogers, Lisa Jean
Summary: "A picture book biography about pioneering composer, John Cage"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Anne Schwartz Books 2023
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Brathwaite, Lisa D.
Summary: "The life work of Eunice W. Johnson, co-founder of Ebony magazine and a visionary who championed Black elegance through the Ebony Fashion Fair--a cross-country fashion show fundraiser"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lee & Low Books Inc. 2024
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 JOHLoggia, Wendy
Summary: "Help your little one dream big with a Little Golden Book biography about Taylor Swift, the Grammy Award-winning and multiplatinum artist. Little Golden Book biographies are the perfect introduction to nonfiction for preschoolers!"--Amazon.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Golden Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 SWICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB LOGPagel-Hogan, Elizabeth
Summary: "An inspiring graphic novel about Elizebeth Friedman, a codebreaking pioneer who changed the course of World War II. Nazi spy rings! No-good gangsters! Shakespearian lies! Discover the courageous woman who cracked all these cases and more-with only a pencil and paper. The youngest of ten siblings, Elizebeth Friedman stood out from an early age with brilliant language skills and a passion for...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FRIMartin, Steve
Summary: "Number One Is Walking is Steve Martin's cinematic legacy-an illustrated memoir of his legendary acting career, with stories from his most popular films and artwork by New Yorker cartoonist Harry Bliss. Steve Martin has never written about his career in the movies before. In Number One Is Walking, he shares anecdotes from the sets of his beloved films-Father of the Bride, Roxanne, The Jerk,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Celadon Books 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MARTIN, STEVE MARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B MARTIN MARJohnson, Katherine G.
Summary: In 2015, at the age of ninety-seven, Johnson became a global celebrity for her pioneering work as a mathematician on NASA's first flight into space. In her memoir Johnson provides a record of racial history that reveals the influential role Black educators played in nurturing the dreams of trailblazers like herself, and brings into focus the unrelenting grit required to make history and inspire...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JOHNSON, KATHERINE JOHCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B JOHNSON JOHHill, Clint
Summary: "Sparked by long-forgotten gifts and memorabilia discovered in an old trunk, the now ninety-year-old Hill reminisces about private moments, shared laughs, and crazy adventures with one of the world's most iconic women during her time as First Lady and the excruciating year following the assassination of her husband. After all, he notes that "when you travel with someone...you experience things...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HILL, CLINT HILOrtiz, Victoria
Summary: A biography that discusses the life and career of the popular icon and fiercely principled Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, providing dramatic accounts of her landmark cases.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC ORTDiep, Hayley
Summary: "This dynamic picture book biography introduces readers of all ages to Wataru Misaka, the first non-white athlete to play in the NBA. Wataru "Wat" Misaka, a Japanese American boy born to immigrant parents, liked to play basketball under the glow of stars and a small street lamp in Ogden, Utah. America was home to Wat, but with the onset of World War II, many people thought he didn't belong. "Go...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Triumph Books 2023