Westover, Tara
Summary: Cómo una educación puede salvar una vida. "Podéis llamarlo transformación. Metamorfosis. Falsedad. Traición. Yo lo llamo una educación." Nacida en las montañas de Idaho, Tara Westover ha crecido en armonía con una naturaleza grandiosa y doblegada a las leyes que establece su padre, un mormón fundamentalista convencido de que el final del mundo es inminente. Ni Tara ni sus hermanos van a la...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lumen 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.4 WESWestover, Tara
Summary: "Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling home-canned peaches and sleeping with her "head-for-the-hills bag." In the summershe stewed herbs for her mother, a midwife and healer, and in the winter she salvaged in her father's junkyard. The family was so isolated...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Boi WestoverOzeki, Ruth L.
Summary: Returning home to the Idaho potato farm she fled twenty-five years earlier, Yumi struggles with her father's terminal illness, her mother's Alzheimer's, her former best friend, and a former lover who once offended the town.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC OZEWestover, Tara
Summary: Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling home-canned peaches and sleeping with her "head-for-the-hills bag." In the summer she stewed herbs for her mother, a midwife and healer, and in the winter she salvaged in her father's junkyard. Her father distrusted the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: JC Lattès 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 448.4 WESAppelman, J. Reuben
Summary: "While Idaho Slept is a thought-provoking, literary chronicle of a small-town murder investigation blistering beneath the unceasing light of international interest, as traditional investigators, citizen sleuths, and the true-crime media acted--sometimes together, often in conflict--to uncover the truth. As J. Reuben Appelman brings this terrible crime into focus, he humanizes the four victims,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.152 APPWestover, Tara
Summary: Traces the author's experiences as a child born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, describing her participation in her family's paranoid stockpiling activities and her resolve to educate herself well enough to earn acceptance into a prestigious university and the unfamiliar world beyond.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2018
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2 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 921 WESTOVER, TARA WESWestover, Tara
Summary: "Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling home-canned peaches and sleeping with her "head-for-the-hills bag." In the summershe stewed herbs for her mother, a midwife and healer, and in the winter she salvaged in her father's junkyard. The family was so isolated...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2018
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1 available in Book Club Kit, Call number: Book Club Kit 111 NON FIC WESWestover, Tara
Summary: A searing, unforgettable memoir about a young girl who, raised by Mormon survivalists in the mountains of Idaho and forbidden to go to school, defies her family and earns a PhD from Cambridge University.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2018
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3 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 WESTOVER, TARA WESWestover, Tara
Summary: A searing, unforgettable memoir about a young girl who, raised by Mormon survivalists in the mountains of Idaho and forbidden to go to school, defies her family and earns a PhD from Cambridge University.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2018
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Summary: Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling home-canned peaches and sleeping with her "head-for-the-hills bag." In the summer she stewed herbs for her mother, a midwife and healer, and in the winter she salvaged in her father's junkyard. Her father distrusted the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kiepenheuer & Witsch 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 438.4 WESWarner, Gertrude Chandler
Summary: "The Aldens are helping out at a harvest festival in a town at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. But something in the hills is scaring people away! Are the local rumors about a werewolf true?"--Page 4 of cover
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC WARWestover, Tara
Summary: The author recounts her life growing up with her survivalist Mormon family in Idaho. She lacked any formal education, but began to educate herself and taught herself enough to be admitted to Brigham Young University and then to Cambridge.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bombora 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 491.7 WESPileggi, Leah.
Summary: In 1885, ten-year-old Jake is sent to prison for killing a man who threatened his father, and struggles to survive the harsh realities of prison life in the Idaho Territory.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD PILPileggi, Leah.
Summary: In 1885, ten-year-old Jake is sent to prison for killing a man who threatened his father, and struggles to survive the harsh realities of prison life in the Idaho Territory.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PILKaufman, Teresa Bruffey
Summary: "In Idaho, the Sawtooths dwarf everything around them, Hells Canyon cuts deep into the earth, and the Snake River whips up white water. This is an outdoor enthusiast's dreamland. Go hiking in a state park, national forest, or right outside the city. Bike on long-distance trails, paddle through wild rapids, and ski at world-class resorts. Relax with a soak in a hot spring or take in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Moon Travel 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.96 IDALacy, Thomas F.
Contents: Kaniksu -- Old Man Williamson -- The gentleman -- Jim Low --Colonel Tucker's son -- Dinty Murphy -- The strawberry man -- As ever your friend, Charlie Schwartz -- The widowmaker -- Trail crew -- West Fork Butte -- Sundance -- Gunn's Bend -- Epilogue -- About the author.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Keokee Co. Pub. 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 978.68 LACSummary: Story of the journey of two Coeur d'Alene Indian boys from Idaho to Arizona. Victor is the stoic, handsome son of an alcoholic father who has abandoned his family. Thomas is a gregarious, goofy young man orphaned as an infant by a fire which Victor's father accidentally started while drunk. Thomas is a storyteller who makes every effort to connect with the people around him; Victor, in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 2018
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY SMOReedy, Trent
Summary: Idaho is a war zone under Federal occupation, and Danny Wright and his friends in the Idaho Militia are determined to fight back, running guerrilla missions against the army--but what at first seemed like a straightforward battle against governmental repression quickly grows murky, and Danny finds that even winning the war does not mean an end to tyranny.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2015
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC REETieck, Sarah
Summary: Presents basic information about Idaho, including important cities, fun facts, and places of interest.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Big Buddy Books, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 979.6 TIEWoods, Stuart.
Summary: DEA agent Jesse Warden, serving time for a murder he did not commit, is offered a deal by his former boss, the man who framed him. He is to infiltrate a religious cult in an Idaho town, for which he will receive a pardon. But how to make sure he is not framed again?
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1994
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1 available in Adult, Call number: MYS WOOGruber, William.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 979.6 GRUSummary: The continuing misadventures of an awkward Idaho teen and the social misfits who surround him in the small town of Preston, Idaho. Lord of dance, master of martial arts, and expert on the mythical beast known as the 'liger,' Napoleon attempts to share the wisdom he has attained with his school pal Pedro, computer-nerd brother Kip, and the painfully shy Deb.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV NAPDutcher, Jim
Summary: "From the world-famous couple who lived alongside a three-generation wolf pack, this book of inspiration, drawn from the wild, will fascinate animal and nature lovers alike. For six years Jim and Jamie Dutcher lived intimately with a pack of wolves, gaining their trust as no one has before. In this book the Dutchers reflect on the virtues they observed in wolf society and behavior. Each...
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599 DUTSummary: "Wildsam Field Guides: Pacific Northwest leads travelers on a ramble through the Far Corner with guidance from trusted locals xperts. Contributors include acclaimed podcaster and journalist Leah Sottile, Canadian novelist Marjorie Celona, actor Kyle MacLachlan, record label founder Slim Moon, and many more. This handsome volume features archival history and interviews delving into fishing,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wildsam Field Guides 2021