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Ferrer, Ada

1 hold on 2 copies

Summary: "In Cuba, the passing of Fidel Castro from this world and of Raúl Castro from power have raised urgent questions about the island's political future. In the United States, Barack Obama's opening to Cuba, the reversal of that policy during Donald Trump's administration, and Joseph Biden's apparent willingness to reinitiate open relations have made the nature of the historic relationship between...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2021

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 972.91 FER

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 972.91 FER

Summary: Amber Tamblyn, Jessica Valenti, Lidia Yuknavitch, Jia Tolentino, Samantha Irby, Meredith Talusan, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, Amy Poehler, America Ferrera, Ada Limón, and Huma Abedin are among the impressive list of authors contributing to this powerful collection of essays that takes a fresh and powerful look at our relationship to intuition and how we can harness it to change our everyday...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Park Row Books 2022

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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 153.4 LIS

Ferrara, Silvia

Summary: "Silvia Ferrara leads a code cracking mission to decipher the hidden truths and histories of our greatest invention-the art of writing"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 411.09 FER

Adaf, Shimon

Summary: Cycle of poems composed after Adaf's sister's death.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alice James Books 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 492.4 ADA

Ferrare, Cristina.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Golden Books 1999

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.175 FER

Ahmed, Azam

Summary: "This unputdownable book weaves together two stories: the story of a courageous mother, and the story of the rise of drug cartels and of violence in Mexico. The story begins on an international bridge between Mexico and the U.S. Miriam Rodriguez is stalking one of the men who murdered her daughter. He is a member of the Zeta drug cartel that now controls what was once Miriam's quiet hometown of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.152 AHM

Radam, Brian

Summary: "If chosen correctly and properly maintained, a high-quality lawnmower should provide many years of trouble-free service. This extensively illustrated, step-by-step practical manual provides the reader with advice on how to choose the best mower for their needs, and how to carry out DIY maintenance to keep it in tip-top condition, saving on potentially expensive professional servicing and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Haynes Pub. 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 621.4 RAD

Goudsouzian, Aram.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: University of California Press 2010

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RUSSELL, BILL GOU

Herrera, Hayden.

Summary: An in-depth biography of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo details her haunting and original painting style, her turbulent marriage to muralist Diego Rivera, her association with communism, and her love of Mexican culture and folklore.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Perennial 2002

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KAHLO, FRIDA HER

Herrera, Hayden.

Summary: "From the author of Arshile Gorky, a major biography of the great American sculptor that redefines his legacy"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2015

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NOGUCHI, ISAMU HER

Strobell, Adah Parker.

Summary: A collection of games, crafts, songs, recipes, and social events that recreate colonial times.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Acropolis Books 1975

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 793 STR

Ferrer, Gustavo

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Summary: "When we are thrust into the role of caregiver for a loved one who is in the process of dying, it's easy to get overwhelmed. Yet it's a situation millions of us face every year with virtually no sort of preparation or guidance. With Graceful Exit, Dr. Gustavo Ferrer offers an all-in-one resource for anyone tasked with managing the end-of-life care of a loved one" -- Amazon.com.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Sounds True 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616 FER

Ferroa, Peggy Grace

Summary: "Chinese culture is a fascinating mix of ancient and modern, and readers discover how the natural world, government, and history of this vast country have impacted its people for centuries. Featuring the most up-to-date information about life in the most populous country in the world, this focused guide gives readers a comprehensive look at how the past and present come together in China....

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Publisher / Publication Date: Cavendish Square Publishing 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 951 FER

Ferreira, Pedro G.

Summary: "At the core of Einstein's general theory of relativity are a set of equations that explain the relationship among gravity, space, and time--possibly the most perfect intellectual achievement of modern physics. For over a century, physicists have been exploring, debating, and at times neglecting Einstein's theory in their quest to uncover the history of the universe, the origin of time, and the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2014

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Calhoun, Ada

Summary: "When Ada Calhoun stumbled upon old cassette tapes of interviews her father, celebrated art critic Peter Schjeldahl, had conducted for his never-completed biography of poet Frank O'Hara, she set out to finish the book her father had started forty years earlier. As a lifelong O'Hara fan who grew up amid his bohemian cohort in the East Village, Calhoun thought the project would be easy, even fun,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CALHOUN, ADA CAL

Limón, Ada

Summary: "Vulnerable, tender, acute, these are serious poems, brave poems, exploring with honesty the ambiguous moment between the rapture of youth and the grace of acceptance. A daughter tends to aging parents. A woman struggles with infertility--"What if, instead of carrying / a child, I am supposed to carry grief?"--And a body seized by pain and vertigo as well as ecstasy. A nation convulses: "Every...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Milkweed Editions 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 LIM

Cohen, Adam (Adam Seth)

Summary: Brings to life a fulcrum moment in American history--the tense, feverish first one hundred days of FDR's presidency, when he and his inner circle completely reinvented the role of the federal government in response to the Crash of 1929 and its consequences.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2009

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.917 Coh

Calhoun, Ada

Summary: Calhoun presents an unflinching but also loving portrait of her own marriage, opening a long-overdue conversation about the institution as it truly is: not the happy ending of a love story or a relic doomed by high divorce rates, but the beginning of a challenging new chapter of which the first twenty years are the hardest.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2017

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 306.8 CAL

Cohen, Adam (Adam Seth)

Summary: "From New York Times bestselling author Adam Cohen, a revelatory examination of the conservative direction of the Supreme Court over the last fifty years since the Nixon administration. In the early 1960s, the Supreme Court led by Chief Justice Earl Warren was at the height of its power, expanding civil rights for the poor and minorities and promoting equality in dramatic ways through rulings...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 347.73 COH

Cohen, Adam (Adam Seth)

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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2000

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

Nafisi, Azar

Summary: What is the role of literature in an era when one political party wages continual war on writers and the press? What is the connection between political strife in our daily lives, and the way we meet our enemies on the page in fiction? How can literature, through its free exchange, affect politics? In this galvanizing guide to literature as resistance, Nafisi seeks to answer these questions....

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Publisher / Publication Date: Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 809 NAF

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 809 NAF

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 809 NAF

Hyde, Anne Farrar

Summary: "A revealing history of the West that pivots on Native peoples and the mixed families they made with European settlers. There is mixed blood at the heart of America. And at the heart of Native life for centuries there were complex households using marriage to link communities and protect people within circles of kin. These family circles took in European newcomers who followed the fur trade...

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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 978 HYD

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 978 HYD

Arem, Arnold.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Times Books 2002

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 617.575 ARE

Aral, Sinan

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Summary: "Social media connected the world--and gave rise to fake news and increasing polarization. Now a leading researcher at MIT draws on 20 years of research to show how these trends threaten our political, economic, and emotional health in this eye-opening exploration of the dark side of technological progress. Today we have the ability, unprecedented in human history, to amplify our interactions...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Currency 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.48 ARA

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