Raff McCaulau, Lily.
Summary: "A beautifully written and contrarian narrative about what it means to hunt in America today"--Provided by the publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Pub. 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 639 RAFRapp Black, Emily
Summary: ""Congratulations on the resurrection of your life," a colleague wrote to Emily Rapp Black when she announced the birth of her second child. The line made Emily pause. Her first child, a boy named Ronan, had died before he turned three years old from Tay-Sachs disease, an experience she wrote about in her first book, The Still Point of the Turning World. Since that time her life had changed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RAPP BLACK, EMILY RAPHaff, Stephen
Summary: Still Waters in a Storm is an after-school program held in a small room in Bushwick, Brooklyn; it is a place for kids to practice reading and writing in English, Spanish, and Latin. For the students, many living in constant fear of deportation, Still Waters is a refuge. For Stephen Haff, a former public-school teacher, it is the sanctuary he built following a breakdown caused by bipolar...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 370.92 HAFRauf, Don
Summary: Containing profiles of several of the most famous serial killers throughout history such as Jack the Ripper and H. H. Holmes, this in-depth analysis of the killers minds, behavior, and actions will surely intrigue any psychology student. Comprehensive text explains the life and crimes of these prolific killers from history, and a personality disorder self-assessment quiz will give readers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishing 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 364 RAUGraft, Jeff
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crofton Creek Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 799.1757 GraftCollins, Lily
Summary: The star of "Mortal Instruments" recounts her struggles with body image, self-confidence, relationships, and other challenges faced by teen girls.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 COLGuzmán, Lila
Summary: Examines the life and career of this talented Latino woman.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow 2006
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB KAHLO GuzEbert, Lily
Summary: A ninety-eight-year-old Holocaust survivor--and TikTok sensation thanks to her great-grandson--relays the details of her harrowing experiences at Auschwitz and how, after losing so much, she was able to build a new life for her family and herself.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 EBERT, LILY EBEKoppel, Lily.
Summary: After finding a lost journal, the author meets its writer and, using excerpts from the journal, recreates the writer's privileged life as a teenager in 1930s Manhattan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2008
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Summary: Describes the life of Ellen Ochoa and her drive to become an astronaut and travel into outerspace.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishers 2006
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB OCHOA GUZKoppel, Lily
Summary: Reveals for the first time the stories and secrets of America's unsung heroes-the wives of our original astronauts.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 629.45 KOPGuzman, Lila
Summary: Describes the life and accomplishments of the painter who used his murals to teach about Mexico's history and heroes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow 2006
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB RIVERA GUZSingh, Lilly
Summary: "An honest, funny, and inspiring primer on learning to "come home" to your truest and happiest self from the New York Times bestselling author of How to Be a Bawse. With the signature blend of vulnerability, wisdom, and humor that has endeared her to millions of fans, Lilly Singh offers a fresh take on how to feel fulfilled and find happiness in the face of life's challenges. Everyone knows...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 SINGuzmán, Lila
Contents: Life in Puerto Rico -- Arriba! let's go -- Roberto helps the Pirates -- 1971 World Series -- Earthquake -- Timeline -- Words to know -- Learn more about Roberto Clemente (books and internet addresses) -- Index.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishers 2006
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB CLEMENTE GuzMurray, Lilly.
Summary: A celebration of 50 famous people from around the world who made history and changed the world for the better, with art from award-winning artist Ana Albero.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lincoln Children's Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 MURBruyneel, Johan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.62 BRUHirsch, Lily E.
Summary: "This is the first book to address in a serious way the impact of the music of "Weird Al" Yankovic. Through original interviews with the man himself, Lily Hirsch addresses Yankovic's relationship to past parody songs and his unique approach to the art form, inviting music enthusiasts of all stripes to reconsider Yankovic's music"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 HIRLeibovitz, Liel
Summary: Few artists have had as much of an impact on American popular culture as Stan Lee. The characters he created-Spider-Man and Iron Man, the X-Men and the Fantastic Four-occupy Hollywood's imagination and production schedules, generate billions at the box office, and come as close as anything we have to a shared American mythology. This illuminating biography focuses as much on Lee's ideas as it...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LEE, STAN LEIShehadeh, Raja
Summary: "A subtle psychological portrait of the author's relationship with his father during the twentieth-century battle for Palestinian human rights. Aziz Shehadeh was many things: lawyer, activist, and political detainee, he was also the father of bestselling author and activist Raja. In this new and searingly personal memoir, Raja Shehadeh unpicks the snags and complexities of their relationship. A...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Other Press 2022
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 920 SHEFlorescu, Radu.
Summary: From Publishers Weekly: The fictional Dracula of Bram Stoker's novel is better known than the actual Vlad Dracula the Impaler, who ruled as prince of Wallachia for three brief periods in the mid-15th century. This study by two Boston College professors who have written other books about Dracula explores how the legend of the Transylvanian vampire arose. As a ruler, Dracula spread terror far and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 VLAD III, PRINCE FLOMohammed, Rahaf
Summary: In January 2019, then 18-year-old Saudi woman Rahaf Mohammed escaped from her family while holidaying in Kuwait. She was fleeing systematic abuse of her human rights as a woman growing up in Saudi Arabia and, specifically, her family's threats to kill her because she desired the freedoms Western women take for granted. She boarded a plane bound for Bangkok, en route to Australia where she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MOHAMMAD, RAHAF MOHZakaria, Rafia
Summary: "A memoir of Karachi through the eyes of its women. Rafia Zakaria's Muslim-Indian family immigrated to Pakistan from Bombay in 1962, feeling the situation for Muslims in India was precarious and that Pakistan represented enormous promise. And for some time it did. Her family prospered, and the city prospered. But in the 1980s, Pakistan's military dictators began an Islamization campaign...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 ZAKCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC MCFDill, Khodi
Summary: An inspiring, life-affirming debut activist book in rhyming couplets and triplets about Black heroes for little ones, their families, and anyone who loves A is for Activist and Antiracist Baby.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Triangle Square 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD DILGarff, Joakim
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2005