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Jefferson, Margo

Summary: "Stunning for her daring originality, the author of Negroland gives us what she calls "a temperamental autobiography," comprised of visceral, intimate fragments that fuse criticism and memoir. Margo Jefferson constructs a nervous system with pieces of different lengths and tone, conjoining arts writing (poem, song, performance) with life writing (history, psychology). The book's structure is...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JEFFERSON, MARGO JEF

Maggs, Sam

Summary: "Smart women have always been able to achieve amazing things, even when the odds were stacked against them. In Wonder Women, author Sam Maggs tells the stories of the brilliant, brainy, and totally rad women in history who broke barriers as scientists, engineers, mathematicians, adventurers, and inventors. Plus, interviews with real-life women in STEM careers, an extensive bibliography, and a...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Quirk Books 2016

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Krell, Maggy

Summary: For almost a decade, Backpage.com was the world's largest sex trafficking operation. Seven days a week, twenty-four hours a day, in 800 cities throughout the world, Backpage ran thousands of listings advertising the sale of vulnerable young people for sex. Reaping a cut off every transaction, the owners of the website raked in millions of dollars. But many of the people in the advertisements...

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Publisher / Publication Date: New York University Press 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 345.794 KRE

Duhamel, Marie

Summary: "From the moment he was elected into the papacy, Pope Francis has captured the attention of the world with his humility, charisma, and reformist spirit. This one-of-a-kind, illustrated biography of the first Jesuit pope offers more than 250 photographs and 50 removable documents from Francis's life. Written by Vatican Radio reporter Marie Duhamel, this intimate portrait includes his parents...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers 2016

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 921 FRANCIS, POPE DUH

Smith, Maggie

Summary: "Life, like a poem, is a series of choices." In her memoir You Could Make This Place Beautiful, poet Maggie Smith explores the disintegration of her marriage and her renewed commitment to herself in lyrical vignettes that shine, hard and clear as jewels. The book begins with one woman's personal, particular heartbreak, but its circles widen into a reckoning with contemporary womanhood,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: One Signal Publishers/Atria 2023

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Haberman, Maggie

Summary: From the Pulitzer-Prize-winning New York Times reporter who has defined Donald J. Trump's presidency like no other journalist: a magnificent and disturbing reckoning that moves beyond simplistic caricature, chronicling Trump's rise in New York City to his tortured post-presidency and his potential comeback. This is also, inevitably, about the world that produced such a singular character,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2022

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1 available in Adult, Call number: LPB TRUMP HAB

Kelly, Kate

Summary: "We are all living through modern constitutional history in the making, and Ordinary Equality helps teach about the past, present, and future of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) through the lives of bold fearless women. Based on author Kate Kelly's acclaimed podcast of the same name, Ordinary Equality recounts a story a century in the making-about how constitutional equality for women and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Gibbs Smith 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920.72 KEL

Miller, Marie-Therese

Summary: "As more people watch and play esports, people from around the world have become famous for their gaming abilities. Meet amateur and professional gamers and learn how they started their esports careers"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 MIL

Ford, Jeanne Marie

Summary: "Over the years, many women have made contributions to surfing. Margo Oberg was the world's first female professional surfer, but she wasn't the last. Other athletes, including Lisa Andersen, Layne Beachley, Stephanie Gilmore, and Carissa Moore have made their marks on the sport too. Learn more about each woman's struggles and successes, and find out what makes them trailblazers."--Provided by...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Norwood House Press 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 797.3 FOR

Haberman, Maggie

Summary: "From the Pulitzer-Prize-winning New York Times reporter who has defined Donald J. Trump's presidency like no other journalist: a magnificent and disturbing reckoning that moves beyond simplistic caricature, chronicling his rise in New York City to his tortured post-presidency and his potential comeback. Few journalists working today have covered Donald Trump more extensively than Maggie...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TRU

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TRU

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TRUMP, DONALD HAB

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1 available in Adult, Call number: B TRUMP HAM

Marshall, Linda Elovitz

Summary: "The fascinating story of Marie Curie and her sister Bronia, two trailblazing women who worked together and made a legendary impact on chemistry and healthcare as we know it"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 MAR

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