Harrelson, Angela
Summary: Angela Harrelson, George Floyd's aunt and closest relative, tells the behind-the-scenes story of George's family--how he lived and why he died--and how the world can find a solution to racism through his death. This is the story of Angela's lifelong relationship with George Floyd--whom the family called Perry--and how, after being suddenly thrust into the spotlight, she went on a quest to make...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Post Hill Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323.1196 HARDye, Dan.
Summary: Dan Dye tells the story of his dog, Gracie, an albino Great Dane who chose him to be her owner, and discusses how Gracie's eating disorder spurred him to begin baking cookies for the dog, which eventually led to the creation of the successful Three Dog Bakery.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Pub. 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.73 DYEAdee, Sally
Summary: Science journalist Sally Adee breaks open the field of bioelectricity--the electric currents that run through our bodies and every living thing--its misunderstood history, and why new discoveries will lead to new ways around antibiotic resistance, cleared arteries, and new ways to combat cancer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612 ADEMyers, Dee Dee.
Summary: When President Bill Clinton was elected, Dee Dee Myers was told she would act as his Press Secretary--but only for the transition. There was no guarantee she would keep the position after his inauguration. But in January 1993, Myers did become Press Secretary--the youngest person ever and the only woman ever to hold the position. As she writes, "I wasn't the first woman to be the first woman,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.929 MyersWilliams, Dee
Summary: "A personal memoir about downsizing and the author's experience building her own home and living the minimalist lifestyle"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2014
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 WILLIAMS, DEE WILDauphinee, Dee
Summary: Geraldine Largay vanished in July 2013, while hiking the Appalachian Trail in Maine. Her disappearance sparked the largest search-and-rescue operation in Maine history, which culminated in her being presumed dead. She was never again seen alive.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Down East Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.87 DAUWilliams, Dee
Summary: "A personal memoir about downsizing and the author's experience building her own home and living the minimalist lifestyle"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WILLIAMS, DEE WILDye, Dan.
Summary: The story of a dog who was born with the cards stacked against her, but whose passionate, joyful nature enabled her to save two people who thought they were saving her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.K. Hall 2001
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 636.73 DYEMee, Benjamin.
Summary: A former British newspaper columnist describes how he uprooted his family to the English countryside and purchased a dilapidated zoo, home to more than two hundred exotic animals, which he planned to refurbish and reopen as a family business, a scheme complicated by a lack of money, skeptical staff, family tension, and his wife's devastating illness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Weinstein Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 590 MEELee, Deb J. J.
Summary: Ever since Deborah (Jung-Jin) Lee emigrated from South Kora to the United States, she's felt her otherness. For a while, her English wasn't perfect. Her teachers can't pronounce her Korean name. Her face and her eyes--especially her eyes--feel wrong. In high school, everything gets harder. Friendships change and end, she falls behind in classes, and fights with her mom escalate. Caught in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA GRAPHIC LEEZee, Ginger
Summary: When Ginger Zee opened her life to readers in Natural Disaster, the response was enormous. She put a very relatable if surprising face on depression and has helped lessen the stigma surrounding mental health issues. But Ginger tells us, Natural Disaster was ""Ginger Lite" and only scratched the surface. In this moving follow-up, Ginger shares her truest self. She spent most of her life...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Avenue 2021
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Summary: April 16, 2018: the Boston Marathon. Linden was recovering from illness and questioning her running future. But as she ticked off the miles, opportunity presented itself. She tapped into her inner strength and remembered all the reasons she loved to race. Coming off Heartbeat Hill at mile 22, Linden took the lead and became the 2018 Boston Marathon champion and the first American woman to win...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
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Summary: A Two-Spirit Journey is Ma-Nee Chacaby’s extraordinary account of her life as an Ojibwa-Cree lesbian. From her early, often harrowing memories of life and abuse in a remote Ojibwa community riven by poverty and alcoholism, Chacaby’s story is one of enduring and ultimately overcoming the social, economic, and health legacies of colonialism.
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Publisher / Publication Date: UMP, University of Manitoba Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHACABY, MA-NEE CHALame Deer, Archie Fire
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bear & Co. 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 978.3 LAMWeintraub, Aileen
Summary: "Meet 50 super-inspiring kids! It's never too early--and you're never too young-- to make a difference in the world! The amazing musicians, writers, scientists, athletes, activists, and other fascinating kids in this book accomplished great feats by the age of eighteen. They impacted people's lives by coming up with new inventions, making art and music, competing in sports, and speaking out...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 WEIGarrison, Jessica
Summary: "In the tradition of authors Jill Leovy and Beth Macy, award-winning Buzzfeed investigative journalist Jessica Garrison unravels the real-life story of Jose Martinez, a serial killer and drug cartel debt collector responsible for the murders of Latinos inthe impoverished towns of California's Central Valley, and sheds light on the lack of protection for the poor THE DEVIL'S HARVEST tells the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.152 GARKeillor, Garrison.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2004
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 320.973 KEIGussow, Joan Dye.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea Green Pub. Co. 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.0484 GUSDew, Charles B.
Summary: "This unique blend of memoir and history interweaves autobiography with the history of the slave trade and the American South"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Virginia Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DEW, CHARLES B. DEWDye, Paul (Paul F.)
Summary: Dye, NASA's longest-serving Flight Director, examines the split-second decisions that the directors and astronauts were forced to make in a field where mistakes are unthinkable, and where errors led to the loss of national resources-- and more importantly, one's crew. From the powerful fiery ascent to the majesty of on-orbit operations to the high-speed and critical re-entry and landing of a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B DYE DYEKeillor, Garrison.
Summary: "Stories, essays, poems, and personal reminiscences from the sage of Lake Wobegon. When, at thirteen, he caught on as a sportswriter for the Anoka Herald, Garrison Keillor set out to become a professional writer, and so he has done--a storyteller, sometime comedian, essayist, newspaper columnist, screenwriter, poet. Now a single volume brings together the full range of his work: monologues from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.54 KEIHumphreys, Jessica Dee
Summary: Recounts the experiences of Michel Chikwanine, who at age five was abducted during a schoolyard soccer game and forced to become a child soldier.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 355 HUMWilliams, Billy Dee
Summary: "Film legend recalls his remarkable life of nearly eight decades-a heralded actor who's played the roles he wanted, unchecked by the racism and typecasting so rife in the mostly all-white industry in which he triumphed. Billy Dee Williams was born in Harlem in 1937 and grew up in a household of love and sophistication. As a young boy, he made his stage debut working with Lotte Lenya in an Ira...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.See, Lisa.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1996