Nagadya Isdahl, Nansubuga
Summary: "Before he was the first Black president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela was a boy with a traditional Thembu upbringing. He went on to study law and become involved with African nationalist politics. The government had established an apartheid (a system of segregation that privileged white people), and Mandela worked to overthrow this system. He was arrested, accused of treason, and thrown in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2021
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forced Exposure 2020
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC NAGMakumbi, Jennifer Nansubuga
Summary: "In her twelfth year, Kirabo, a young Ugandan girl, confronts a piercing question that has haunted her childhood: who is my mother? Kirabo has been raised by women in the small village of Nattetta-her grandmother, her best friend, and her many aunts, but the absence of her mother follows her like a shadow. Complicating these feelings of abandonment, as Kirabo comes of age she feels the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tin House 2020
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Summary: 'First published in Kenya in 2014 to critical and popular acclaim, Kintu is a modern classic, a multilayered narrative that reimagines the history of Uganda through the cursed bloodline of the Kintu clan. Divided into six sections, the novel begins in 1750, when Kintu Kidda sets out for the capital to pledge allegiance to the new leader of the Buganda Kingdom. Along the way, he unleashes a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Transit Books 2017
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Publisher / Publication Date: University Press of Mississippi 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 391.434 LINKadare, Ismail.
Summary: Set just before and during WWII, told from the viewpoint of an imaginative adolescent boy whose magical view of life tempers the tragic events that befall his hometown, occupied in turn by various armies. How the boy's family and neighbors negotiate these traumatic events is recounted with beauty and simplicity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arcade Pub. 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KADUrdahl, Catherine.
Summary: On the first day of kindergarten, Polka-dot uses the fix-it kit her grandpa has prepared for her to help her make a friend.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE URDLindahl, Kay
Summary: Playfully explores with kids how God listens and how learning to listen is important.
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Publisher / Publication Date: SkyLight Paths Pub. 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 230 LINMiranda, Ismael.
Contents: Como mi pueblo.--Asi se compone un son.--Las esquinas son.--Mi mami me quiere.--Medley.--La cosa no es como antes.--Todo de mi.--SeSnor Sereno.--Cipriano almenteros.--No me digas que es muy tarde g.--Maria Luisa.--Borinquen tiene montuno.--Rumba, rumba.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Music Latino 2001
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN MiranTudahl, Duane
Summary: "From Prince's superstardom to studio seclusion, this second book in the Prince Studio Sessions series chronicles the years immediately following the Purple Rain era. Interview accounts of over 260 recording sessions and two tours reveal the indistinguishable majesty of Prince's artistry"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.66 TUDThomas, Isiah
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Publisher / Publication Date: Masters Press 1989
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.323 THONagata, Kabi
Summary: The heart-rending autobiographical manga that's taken the internet by storm! My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness is an honest and heartfelt look at one young woman's exploration of her sexuality, mental well-being, and growing up in our modern age. Told using expressive artwork that invokes both laughter and tears, this moving and highly entertaining single volume depicts not only the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Seas Entertainment 2017
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 NAGOmdahl, Kristin.
Summary: "An innovative collection of 40 stitch and 12 garment patterns from best-selling author Kristin Omdahl, The Finer Edge demonstrates various techniques, construction methods, and versatile applications for crochet edgings. While crochet edgings are customarily used to trim or finish blankets and garments, designer Kristin Omdahl treats you to both traditional and novel new ways to expand your...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Interweave Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.434 OMDNagara, Innosanto
Summary: "A is for Activist is an ABC board book written and illustrated for the next generation of progressives: families who want their kids to grow up in a space that is unapologetic about activism, environmental justice, civil rights, LGBTQ rights, and everything else that activists believe in and fight for. The alliteration, rhyming, and vibrant illustrations make the book exciting for children,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Stories Press 2013
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Summary: "This is a book about gender equality in the United States and how to engage in activism to get there"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 613 OKAKadare, Ismail
Summary: "At the heart of the Ottoman Empire, in the main square of Constantinople, a niche is carved into ancient stone. Here, the sultan displays the severed heads of his adversaries. People flock to see the latest head and gossip about the state of the empire: the province of Albania is demanding independence again, and the niche awaits a new trophy... Tundj Hata, the imperial courier, is charged...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Counterpoint Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KADKadare, Ismail.
Summary: A tale blending history and folklore traces the occupation of the ancient Albanian stone city of Gjirokastër by Nazi forces in 1943 and the bizarre hospitality shown by a doctor to the Nazi colonel during a fateful dinner party.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KADIsmail, Yasmeen
Summary: "A lively kitten is full of joy until she takes a tumble. Can a little comfort from someone special help her feel happy again?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ISMKadare, Ismail.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arcade Pub. 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KADMerchant, Ismail.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5954 MERKamakawiwoʻole, Israel.
Contents: E ala e -- Ulili E -- Kaleohano -- Wind beneath my wings He Hawaii au -- Tengoku kara kaminari (Thunder from heaven) -- Kamalani -- Aloha ka manini -- Maui medley -- Hele on to kauai -- Kauai beauty -- Theme from gilligan's island -- I ke alo o Iesu -- A Hawaiian like me
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bigboy Record 0000
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Contents: Willow -- Parlour song -- The fire & the flood -- L.A. lately -- Lavendula -- Strangers -- A coat of many colors -- Mariner's ode -- The rag & bone man.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK NASKamakawiwo'ole, Israel
Contents: Hi'ilawe -- In this life -- Wai'alae -- Starting all over again -- Living in a sovereign land -- 'Opae E -- Aloha Ku'u pua -- Johnny Mahoe -- Lover of mine -- Yokozuna -- Na ka pueo/Keyhhole hula -- The fly.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Big Boy Record Company 1996
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD WM Kamakawiwo'ole 1996Keats, Israel
Summary: Teens Leo, James, and Sigrid are forced to use their instincts to locate their families after an alien invasion disables most electronics and their entire town is evacuated without them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Darby Creek 2018