Myer, Sarah
Summary: "Sarah has always struggled to fit in. Born in South Korea and adopted at birth by a white couple, she grows up in a rural community with few Asian neighbors. People whisper in the supermarket. Classmates bully her. She has trouble containing her anger in these moments--but through it all, she has her art. She's always been a compulsive drawer, and when she discovers anime, her hobby becomes an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2023
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Summary: Hopper made herself "one of the boys" in Howard Aiken's wartime Computation Laboratory at Harvard, then moved on to the Eckert and Mauchly Computer Corporation. Both rebellious and collaborative, she was influential in male-dominated military and business organzations at a time when women were encouraged to devote themselves to housework and childbearing. Her greatest technical achievement was...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The MIT Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HOPPER, GRACE BEYMeyers, Jeffrey.
Summary: A dual portrait of the Hollywood actor and his son identifies the similarities in their personalities, chronicling first the life of Errol, including the reckless behavior that led to his early demise, and continuing with Sean's experiences, from his obsession about his father to his capture by the Vietcong.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 MEYMeyers, Jeffrey.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FITZGERALD, F. SCOTT MEYMerry, Robert W.
Summary: Merry examines how, in a one-term presidency, James K. Polk completed the story of America's Manifest Destiny by expanding its territory across the continent. b&w photographs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 POLK, JAMES K MERKerby, Mona.
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Publisher / Publication Date: F. Watts 1994
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB DOUGLASS KERBYLefer, David.
Summary: Provides an insightful and gripping account of the birth of modern American conservatism and its impact on the earliest days of our nation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sentinel 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.52 LEFBeyers, Daryl
Summary: No one was born a gardener, but everyone was born to garden. Beyers has created an easy-to-follow, visually instructive handbook that teaches not only the hows, but also the whys-- the proven science-- of what goes into a thriving garden. Whether you're seeking to grow your own food or fill your life with flowers, you'll learn about soil, plant selection, propagation, planting and mulching,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635 BEYMoser, Benjamin
Summary: "Benjamin Moser's Sontag, a biography of Susan Sontag, is a portrait of the iconoclastic and prolific essayist, novelist, and critic and her role in the history of American intellectualism" --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SONTAG, SUSAN MOSLeRoy, Dan.
Summary: Not only did "Paul's Boutique" transform the Beastie Boys from frat-boy novelty to critically lauded hip-hop giants, its groundbreaking collage of rhythm and recycled soundbites made it one of those rare releases that forever alters the course of popular music. Through interviews with Mike D, the Dust Brothers, and legendarily reclusive producer Matt Dike, among others, Dan LeRoy uncovers the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Continuum 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 780.33 LERMelzer, Nils
Summary: "Nils Melzer's compelling investigation shows how, through secrecy, impunity and, crucially, public indifference, unchecked power risks annihilating Western democracy and the rule of law. The case of Julian Assange could set a chilling precedent"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Verso Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323 MELSouter, Gerry.
Summary: Documents the life and career of the sixth president of the United States.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Child's World, Inc. 2002
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB ADAMS SOULever, Évelyne.
Summary: A biography of the French queen explores the intrigue surrounding her life from her birth, through her unhappy marriage, her lavish life at Versailles, to the events leading up to her death by beheading during the French Revolution.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MARIE ANTONINETTE LEVMeyers, Jeffrey.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FROST, ROBERT MEYMeyers, Dvora.
Summary: In The end of the perfect 10, Dvora Meyers provides an account of the controversial world of gymnastics, the recent changes to the scoring system, and what these changes mean for the future of American gymnastics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.4 MEYHowley, Kerry
Summary: "Who are you? You are data about data. You are a map of connections--a culmination of everything you have ever posted, searched, emailed, liked, and followed. In this groundbreaking work of narrative nonfiction, Kerry Howley investigates the curious implications of living in the age of the indelible. Howley's subjects face a challenge new to history: they are imprisoned by their past selves,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 352.3 HOWMaier, Thomas
Contents: Golden girl -- Heartland -- Mrs. Johnson -- Never going home -- A wonder to behold -- The fertility expert -- The good wife -- Academic freedom -- Through the peephole -- The matrix -- The experiment -- Volunteers -- Noah -- Masks -- Leaving school -- A matter of trust -- Revealing secrets -- The human response -- The excitement of release -- Focusing feelings -- Sexual healing -- Surrogates --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.7 MAIHeuer, Karsten.
Summary: In April 2003, newlyweds Karsten Heuer and Leanne Allison embarked on a five-month research journey to migrate more than 2,000 miles with a herd of 120,000 Porcupine Caribou.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Milkweed Editions 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599.658 HEUMaher, Stephen
Summary: "An original journalistic work covering Justin Trudeau's years as prime minister to date, with behind-the-scenes insights from inside sources, showing what kind of man and PM he is, and how his government operates."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon and Schuster 2024
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Summary: Little Larry is an orphaned chimpanzee who doesn't know much about being a chimp. He has to go to his first day at the forest school to learn what chimp life is all about. Nestled in a primate sanctuary in Cameroon, Little Larry and his group of chimp friends go to the school each day to learn how to play, communicate, and climb like they would if they were chimps in the wild. The only trouble...
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.885 ELLSpence, Gerry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.4502 SPESpence, Gerry
Summary: "The search for justice for a Lakota Sioux man wrongfully charged with murder, told here for the first time by his trial lawyer, Gerry Spence. This is the untold story of Collins Catch the Bear, a Lakota Sioux, who was wrongfully charged with the murder of a white man in 1982 at Russell Means's Yellow Thunder Camp, an AIM encampment in the Black Hills in South Dakota. Though Collins was...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Stories Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 978.004 SPEGeter, Hafizah
Summary: "Hafizah Augustus Geter disrupts the myths of America's origins and contemporary America through her experiences as the queer Nigerian-born daughter of a Muslim Nigerian woman and a Black American man from a Southern Baptist family in Jim Crow Alabama. A unique combination of gripping memoir and Afrofuturist thought, The Black Period follows Hafizah on a journey that tells her at every turn...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.896 GETShook, Kerry
Summary: "Kerry and Chris Shook's grandson, Jude, lived for only one day after he was born. That one day changed the way they now live every day. Now they share their lessons of faith and hope. As they recount the compelling true story of Jude's short but inspiring life, Kerry and Chris reveal the transformative insights they learned when tragedy struck their family. Told with humility and transparency,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: WaterBrook 2020