Thomas, Scarlett
Summary: "After winning her local tennis club tournament, Scarlett Thomas, 41-year-old novelist, decided to dedicate a year of her life to tennis. At 12, Scarlett discovered her father was not the punk photographer who'd brought her up, but was in fact the man shepreviously knew as her godfather. At 14, she was sent to Mexico to connect with her terrifying grandmother. She was sent to a conservative...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Counterpoint 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 THOMAS, SCARLETT THOPenn, Kal
Summary: "Kal Penn's unlikely career arc has taken him from nerdy American kid from an immigrant family in the New York suburb of Montclair, New Jersey, to world-famous actor, to White House staffer under President Obama, and back to actor again. Now, in You Can'tBe Serious, he reflects on the most ridiculous, offensive, and rewarding moments that have stood out during his journey. With intelligence,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PENN, KAL PENRowe, Kaz
Summary: "This graphic biography chronicles the life of Surrealist artist Claude Cahun, from their childhood and experiences of antisemitism in France, through the development of their artistic practice in Paris, to their resistance against the Nazis in Jersey, and includes photographs by Cahun and artistic and romantic partner Marcel Moore"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Getty Publications 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 921 CAHBird, Kai.
Summary: Pulitzer Prize-winner Kai Bird's vivid memoir of an American childhood spent in the midst of the Arab-Israeli conflict in Jerusalem and Saudia Arabia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.94 BIRD, KAI BIRBird, Kai.
Summary: Drawing on extensive interviews with Ames' widow and quotes from his private letters, a Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer presents a brilliant narrative of the making of America's most influential and effective intelligence officer in the Middle East.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 AMES, ROBERT BIRSay, Allen.
Summary: "Caldecott Medalist Allen Say presents a stunning graphic novel chronicling his journey as an artist during WWII, when he apprenticed under Noro Shinpei, Japan's premier cartoonist DRAWING FROM MEMORY is Allen Say's own story of his path to becoming the renowned artist he is today. Shunned by his father, who didn't understand his son's artistic leanings, Allen was embraced by Noro Shinpei,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 SAYCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Fine SayRobertson, Kay
Summary: Outlines the roles of Duck Dynasty women, discussing the core values that make their relationships work and explaining how their spiritual beliefs shape family dynamics and have helped them work through various challenges.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2014
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Summary: Describes how Abe Lincoln used books to change his life, and how he, in turn, changed the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 LinCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Bio LincolnJohnston, David Cay
Summary: "Bestselling author and longtime Trump observer David Cay Johnston shines a light on the political termites who have infested our government under the Trump Administration, destroying it from within and compromising our jobs, safety, finances, and more. No journalist knows Donald Trump better than David Cay Johnston, who has been following him since 1988. It's Even Worse Than You Think: What...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.933 JOHKaye, Julia
Summary: "The follow-up to the critically acclaimed autobiographical comics collection Super Late Bloomer, documenting transgender artist Julia Kaye's life post-transition."--Page 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McMeel Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.76 KAYCharter, Kay
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crofton Creek Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 598 CHA1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 598 CHA
Mills, Kay.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HAMER, FANNIE LOU MILWoodward, Kay
Summary: Profiles twenty-five female trailblazers who overcame huge obstacles, including Catherine the Great, Zaha Hadid, and Valentina Tereshkova.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carlton Books Limited 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 WOOBird, Kai
Summary: J. Robert Oppenheimer is one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, a physicist who led the effort to build the atomic bomb for his country in a time of war, and who later found himself confronting the moral consequences of scientific progress. In this biography twenty-five years in the making, Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin capture Oppenheimer's life and times, from his early career to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 2005
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 OPPENHEIMER, J. ROBERT BIRBird, Kai
Summary: "Four decades after Ronald Reagan's landslide win in 1980, Jimmy Carter's one-term presidency is often labeled a failure; indeed, many Americans view Carter as the only ex-president to have used the White House as a stepping-stone to greater achievements. But in retrospect the Carter political odyssey is a rich and human story, marked by both formidable accomplishments and painful political...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CARTER, JIMMY CARDrain, Lauren.
Summary: "In the bestselling tradition of Escape and Stolen Innocence, the first look behind the curtains of the Westboro Baptist Church, by a young woman cast out from its clutches"--Provided by the publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 286 DRAYang, Kao Kalia
Summary: "In this moving true story, Kao Kalia Yang shares her experiences as a Hmong refugee child navigating life at home and school in America while carrying the weight of her selective mutism"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carolrhoda Books 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE YANStanley, Fay.
Summary: Recounts the story of Hawaii's last heir to the throne, who was denied her right to rule when the monarchy was abolished.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Four Winds Press 1991
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB KAIULANI STAGay, Heather
Summary: "Straight off the slopes and into the spotlight, Heather Gay is known to dish God's honest truth. Whether as a businesswoman, mother, or television personality, Heather is unafraid to blaze a new trail; even if at the isolation of her family, friends, and church. Heather was born and bred Mormon. Growing up in Utah, not even the snow-capped mountains could draw attention from the state's most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GAY, HEATHER GAYGay, Ross
Summary: "In The Book of Delights, one of today's most original literary voices offers up a genre-defying volume of lyric essays written over one tumultuous year. The first nonfiction book from award-winning poet Ross Gay is a record of the small joys we often overlook in our busy lives. Among Gay's funny, poetic, philosophical delights: a friend's unabashed use of air quotes, cradling a tomato seedling...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 GAYYang, Kao Kalia
Summary: Presents the journey from refuge camp to America and the hardships and joys of a family's struggle to adapt in a strange culture while holding onto traditions that are passed down from her beloved grandmother.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Coffee House Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 959.704 YANYang, Kao Kalia
Summary: "In the 1960s when Kalia's mother, Chue, was born, the US was actively recruiting Hmong Laotians to assist with CIA efforts in Laos's Secret War. By the time Chue was a teenager, the US had completely vacated Laos, and the country erupted into genocidal attacks on the Hmong people, who were perceived as traitorous for their involvement. Notably, from 1964-1973, Laos became victim to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2024
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Summary: "Over thirty years, doctors diagnosed Sarah Fay with six different mental illnesses--anorexia, major depressive disorder (MDD), anxiety disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and bipolar disorder. Pathological is the gripping story of what it was like to live with those diagnoses, and the crippling impact each had on her life. It is also...
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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 FAY, SARAH FAYKey, Harrison Scott
Summary: A humor columnist describes his father, who was more like a remote frontiersman than a 20th-century Mississippian, and the impact he ultimately had on how he related to his own children, despite his polar opposite views and life choices.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2015