Moody, Anne
Summary: The story of a black girl growing up in the desperate poverty of rural Mississippi. Written without a trace of sentimentality or apology, this is an unforgettable personal story--the truth as a remarkable young woman named Anne Moody lived it. To read her book is to know what it is to have grown up black in Mississippi in the forties and fifties -- & to have survived with pride & courage...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dell 1976
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 976.2 MOOSummary: Although her fieldwork has been criticized, Margaret Mead was one of the foremost fieldworkers of her day. In the United States, Bali, and New Guinea, she examined child development, sex, and temperament to see what role society plays in making people what they are. She emphasized that humans arrange their social worlds in many different ways, and that qualitative judgments cannot be made...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Williams, Ben
Contents: Black villain music -- Strength and beauty -- Half steppin' -- Voice of freedom (for Mandela) (featuring Goapele) -- Toy soldiers -- Lost & found -- Forecast -- The color of my dreams -- Smells like teen spirit --Toy soldiers -- Coming of age.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Umgd 2015
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ WILRips, Nicolaia
Summary: "'Hysterically droll, touching, elegant, and wise--a coming-of-age story from someone who possibly came of age before her parents' (Patricia Marx, New Yorker writer and bestselling author), Trying to Float is a seventeen-year-old's darkly funny, big-hearted memoir about growing up in New York City's legendary Chelsea Hotel. New York's Chelsea Hotel may no longer be home to its most famous...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RIPS, NICOLAIA RIPReece, Dizzy.
Contents: Ye olde blues (6:40) -- The case of the frightened lover (5:42) -- Tenderly (9:02) -- Achmet (8:28) -- The story of love (10:09) -- Sands (6:40) -- comin' on (6:44) -- Goose Dance (6:49) -- The things we did last summer (6:17).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Capitol Records 1999
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ REEQueens of the Stone Age
Contents: Regular John -- Avon -- If only -- Walkin on the sidewalks -- You would know -- The bronze -- How to handle a rope (a lesson in the lariat) -- Mexicola -- Hispanic impressions -- You can't quit me baby -- These aren't the droids you're looking for -- Give the mule what he wants -- Spiders and vinegaroons -- I was a teenage hand model.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Ipecac Recordings/Rekords Rekords 2010
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1 available in LP Phonograph Record, Call number: VINYL POP/ROCK QUESummary: Coming of Age at the End of Nature explores a new kind of environmental writing. This powerful anthology gathers the passionate voices of young writers who have grown up in an environmentally damaged and compromised world. Each contributor has come of age since Bill McKibben foretold the doom of humanity’s ancient relationship with a pristine earth in his prescient 1988 warning of climate...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Trinity University Press 2016
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 508 COMTwain, Mark
Summary: Discover the magic of life on the Mississippi. At once a romantic history of a mighty river, an autobiographical account of Mark Twain's early steamboat days, and a storehouse of humorous anecdotes and sketches, Life on the Mississippi is the raw material from which Twain wrote his finest novel: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn .
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Publisher / Publication Date: Easton Press 1972
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814.4 TWASummary: Weaving a worldwide narrative of rites of passage, this program takes viewers into the lives of six children and adolescents, all of whom are undergoing critical stages in their transition to adulthood. Widely varying experiences from Russia, China, Malaysia, Uganda, the Dominican Republic, and Canada's Baffin Island produce a startling picture of the political, social, and economic issues that...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Contents: It's backfirin' now (the North Mississippi Allstars) (3:57) -- Things about comin' my way (Ndidi Onukwulu) (4:52) -- Stop and listen (John Hammond) (3:46) -- Honey babe let the deal go down (Bruce Cockburn) (3:56) -- Bootlegger's blues (Oh Susanna ; arrangement by Van Dyke Parks) (3:42) -- Sitting on top of the world (the Carolina Chocolate Drops) (3:16) -- Too long (Danny Barnes) (3:59) --...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Black Hen Music 2009
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY THIAmeri, Anan
Summary: "Born to a Syrian mother and a Palestinian father in 1944, Anan Ameri'a refreshing memoir, The Scent of Jasmine, offers a funny, spirited, unique self-portrait of her childhood, adolescence and passage to adulthood as a young woman in an Arab world. A collection of twenty-three vignettes, Anan's search for the familiar fragrance of jasmine blossoms leads her to reimagine the puzzle pieces of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Olive Branch Press, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group Inc. 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 AMERI, ANAN AMEGoyal, Nikhil
Summary: "Kensington, Philadelphia, is distinguished only by its poverty. It is home to Ryan, Giancarlos, and Emmanuel, three Puerto Rican children who live among the most marginalized children and families in the United States. This is their coming-of-age story. It is also the story of families beset by violence--the violence of homelessness, hunger, incarceration, stray bullets, sexual and physical...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.5 GOYAdkins, Trace.
Contents: Hot mama (3:19) -- Comin' on strong (3:01) -- Then came the night (4:37) -- I'd sure hate to break down here (3:59) -- Missing you (5:14) -- One of those nights (3:47) -- Untamed (3:48) -- Then I wake up (4:08) -- One nightstand (3:45) -- Baby's gone (3:13) -- Rough & ready (3:08).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Capitol Nashville 2003
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY ADKDruckerman, Pamela
Summary: Author Pamela Druckerman leads us on a quest for wisdom, self-knowledge and the right pair of pants. A witty dispatch from the front lines of the forties, There Are No Grown-ups is a (midlife) coming-of-age story, and a book for anyone trying to find their place in the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DRUCKERMAN, PAMELA DRUAnthony, Carl Sferrazza
Summary: "Camera Girl brings to cinematic life Jackie Kennedy's years as a young woman chafing at the expectations of her family and her era as she seeks to follow her dreams of becoming a famous writer. Set primarily during the underexamined years of 1950-1954, when Jackie was 20 to 25 years old, the book recounts the extraordinary story of her late college years, coming-of-age, and her life as a young...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ONACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ONASSIS, JACQUELINE KENNEDY ANTEsham, Barbara
Summary: Katie always thought her dad was smart--he is one of the busiest attorneys in town. People are always asking him for advice. She has been a bit confused ever since asking him for help with her weekly spelling list. How can her very smart dad struggle with one of her spelling words? This definitely didn't make sense. The word Mississippi has changed everything ... This frank and thoughtful...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Pickle Press, an imprint of Sourcebooks Jabberwocky 2018
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Summary: "A funny and whip-smart memoir about a feisty young woman's quest for independence in an isolated Mennonite community. Carla Funk is a teenager with her hands on the church piano keys and her feet edging ever closer to the flames. Coming of age in a remote and forested valley--a place rich in Mennonites, loggers, and dutiful wives who submit to their husbands--she knows her destiny is to marry,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greystone Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FUNK, CARLA FUNMississippi Heat (Musical group)
Contents: Goin' home (4:17) -- Jean's jive (3:04) -- She's got everything (4:00) -- What kind of man is that? (4:58) -- That ain't love (3:45) -- Blues for George Baze (4:12) -- Caribbean sunshine (3:28) -- Heartbroken (5:39) -- Madcat hop (4:52) -- Hobo blues (3:38) -- Still havin' a ball (3:48) -- Gonna leave and let her be (3:47) -- What else can I do? (4:18) -- Footprints on the ceiling (3:40).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: CrossCut Records 2002
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES MISTamblyn, Amber
Summary: "A passionate manifesto with personal stories, anecdotes, and opinions from the front lines of modern American womanhood from actor, filmmaker, and activist Amber Tamblyn"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Archetype 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TAMBLYN, AMBER TAMSummary: This program examines how the French and Industrial Revolutions altered Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries. The French Revolution spread anti-royalty sentiment and increased awareness of the ideals of democracy throughout the continent. The Industrial Revolution promoted the middle class and turned Europe into an urbanized, industrial society. Karl Marx published his Communist Manifesto, and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Murray, Julie
Summary: Explore Mississippi in this comprehensive title! Informative, easy-to-read text and oversized photos showcase the beauty and diversity of this state. Readers learn about the state's history, cities, land features, animals, industries, sports, famous people, and more! A Tour Book spread highlights kid-friendly things to do in Mississippi. Other features include a table of contents, fun facts, a...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Big Buddy Books, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 976.2 MURHurt, Mississippi John
Contents: Here am I, oh Lord, send me -- I shall not be moved -- Nearer my God to thee -- Baby what's wrong with you -- It ain't nobody's business -- Salty dog blues -- Coffee blues -- Avalon, my home town -- Make me a pallet on the floor -- Since I've laid this burden down -- Sliding delta -- Monday morning blues -- Richland women blues -- Candy man -- Stagolee -- My Creole belle -- C.C. Rider --...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Vanguard 1987
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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES HURGonzález, Echo Elise
Summary: A graphic-style nonfiction adventure into fundamental concepts in computer science. -- adapted from publisher's website.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: World Book, a Scott Fetzer Company 2020
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Summary: "The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Vampire Academy and Bloodline series returns with the second installment in her acclaimed Age of X series. Gameboard of the Gods introduced religious investigator Justin March and Mae Koskinen, the beautiful supersoldier assigned to protect him. Together they have been charged with investigating reports of the supernatural and the return of the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2014