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Publisher / Publication Date: Flesk Publications 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 702 BAMA KANHermez, Sami
Summary: "In 1967, Sireen Sawalha's mother, with her young children, walked back to Palestine against the traffic of exile. My Brother, My Land is the story of Sireen's family in the decades that followed and their lives in the Palestinian village of Kufr Ra'i. From Sireen's early life growing up in the shadow of the '67 War and her family's work as farmers caring for their land, to the involvement of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Redwood Press 2024
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 920 HERCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SAWALHA, SIREEN HERAlabed, Bana
Summary: Bana's mother tells her of the strong bana tree that grows in their homeland, Syria, and how Bana's strength helped her survive war, being a refugee, and starting fresh in a new country.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Salaam Reads 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ALAToubassy, Samir
Summary: The exodus of Palestinians from their homes during the 1948 war—the Nakba, or catastrophe—is the starting point for this memoir by Samir Toubassy. But it is his trek to excel, while wrestling with his roots and identity as a Palestinian in the shadow of his family’s expulsion that is at the heart of his story. Global business leader, philanthropist, and educator, Samir Toubassy left Jaffa with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Olive Branch Press, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group, Inc. 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TOUBASSY, SAMIR TOUSams, Eric.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM SHADemi.
Summary: Presents an illustrated biography of Joan of Arc, from her early vision of Archangel Michael to her military victories, and eventual execution at the stake for heresy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marshall Cavendish Children 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 JOAAttenberg, Jami
Summary: "From New York Times bestselling author Jami Attenberg comes a dazzling memoir about unlocking and embracing her creativity-and how it saved her life"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ATTENBERG, JAMI ATTCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B ATTENBERG ATTDemi
Summary: Illustrated biography of Mahatma Gandhi, who vowed to instigate social and political change through nonviolent means and succeeded in changing India's prejudicial caste system and winning India's independence from Great Britain
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Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret McElderry Books 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 GANDemi.
Summary: A biography of Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, known as Mother Teresa, who spent most of her life serving "the poorest of the poor" in Calcutta, India.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret K. McElderry Books 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 TERAvery, Jaha Nailah
Summary: The past is not past. We may think something ancient history, or something that doesn't affect our present day, but we would be wrong. Those Who Saw the Sun is a collection of oral histories told by Black people who grew up in the South during the time of Jim Crow. Jaha Nailah Avery is a lawyer, scholar, and reporter whose family has roots in North Carolina stretching back over 300 years....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Levine Querido 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: J 305.896 AVEDemi.
Summary: Mainly the story of Marie Curie, also about Pierre Curie, and the discovery of radium.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CURDemi.
Summary: Introduces Muhammad and the basic tenets of the Islamic faith.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret K. McElderry Books 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 297.63 DEMCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB MUHAMMAD DEMDemi.
Summary: Recounts pivotal events in the history and life of Saint Nicholas, including how he came to be associated with Christmas and Santa Claus.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret K. McElderry Books 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: JE Holiday DemiDemi.
Summary: Describes the life and journeys of the Italian trader who became famous for his travels in Asia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marshall Cavendish 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 915.04 DEMAl Abed, Bana
Summary: When seven-year-old Bana Alabed took to Twitter to describe the horrors she and her family were experiencing in war-torn Syria, her heartrending messages touched the world and gave a voice to millions of innocent children.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 AL ABED, BANA ALDemi.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 DALDemi.
Summary: Shares the story of the son of a rich merchant, who abandoned all his worldly goods in order to follow the teachings of Jesus Christ.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wisdom Tales 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 270.092 DEMCharles, Tami
Summary: "Discover the incredible story of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who followed her childhood dream of becoming a lawyer and eventually became the first Black woman to sit on the US Supreme Court in this picture book biography."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 JACAmson-Bradshaw, Georgia
Summary: Presents the lives and accomplishments of eight women artists from around the world. Every story comes with an engaging activity that will nurture a child's own varied skills and inspire them to pursue a treasured goal or aspiration.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barron's Educational Series 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 709.2 AMSBaram, Marcus
Summary: In this biography, Marcus Baram--an acquaintance of Gil Scott-Heron's--will trace the volatile journey of a troubled musical genius. Baram will chart Scott-Heron's musical odyssey, from Chicago to Tennessee to New York: a drug addict's twisted path to redemption and enduring fame. In Gil Scott-Heron: Pieces of a Man, Marcus Baram puts the complicated icon into full focus.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SCOTT-HERON, GIL BARFelt, Hali.
Summary: "Until Marie Tharp's ground-breaking work in the 1950s, the floor of the ocean was a mystery--then, as now, we knew less about the ocean than we did about outer space. In a time when women in the scientific community were routinely dismissed, Marie's work changed our understanding of the earth's geologic evolution. While her partner, Bruce Heezen, went on expeditions to collect soundings...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Co. 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 THARP, MARIE FELBahari, Maziar.
Summary: A former prisoner in one of Iran's most notorious prisons offers a moving memoir of how thoughts of his family got him through the days of torture, in a book that also sheds light on Iran's history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BAHARI, MAZIAR BAHBarra, Allen.
Summary: Barra exposes the uncanny parallels--and lifelong friendship--between Micky Mantle and Willie Mays, two of the greatest baseball players ever to take the field.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2013
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 920 BARMarton, Kati.
Summary: Renowned author Kati Marton tells how her journalist parents survived the Nazis in Budapest and were imprisoned by the Soviets.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2009