Summary: An anthology about all the things that can go horribly wrong when suspended six miles in the air, hurtling through space at more than 500 mph and sealed up in a metal tube with hundreds of strangers. All the ways a trip into the friendly skies can turn into a nightmare, including some never thought of before. Featuring brand new stories by Joe Hill and Stephen King, as well as fourteen classic...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hodder & Stoughton 2019
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Crow, David
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam 2000
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 610.9515 CROCutright, Patricia J.
Summary: "Twelve biographies of Indigenous women who, as modern-day warriors, have infused their communities with strength and leadership. The women overcame unimaginable hardships--racial and gender discrimination, abuse, and extreme poverty--only to rise to great heights in the fields of politics, science, education, and community activism"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 7th Generation Native Voices 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 920 CUTCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 973 CUTBlair, Gavin J.
Summary: "The Samurai are continuously celebrated as the greatest warriors the world has ever seen. They ruled Japan for centuries, finally uniting the nation after a prolonged period of brutal war and bloodshed. Though famed for their loyalty, honor, and chivalry, they could also be treacherous, bloodthirsty, and merciless. This book tells the story of their rise and eventual demise through carefully...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Publishing 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 952 BLAShaw, David
Summary: "A dazzling exploration of American culture, education, and democracy by one of the nation's most creative and prominent educators."
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1996
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814.54 SHASchron, Bob
Summary: "A decade-by-decade account of African-American athlete activism told through the stories of prominent athletes who fought for racial or gender equality, often at the expense of their reputation or their ability to practice their sport. From Jesse Owens's performance in the 1936 Olympics to Colin Kaepernick's controversial kneel during the national anthem, this book show that the actions of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Imagine 2020
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 796.08996 SCHDennis, David J.
Summary: "A dynamic family exchange that pivots between the voices of a father and son, The Movement Made Us is a unique work of oral history and memoir, chronicling the extraordinary story of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and its living legacy embodied in Black Lives Matter. David Dennis Sr, a core architect of the movement, speaks out for the first time, swapping recollections both harrowing...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 DENSirota, David (David J.)
Summary: Job outsourcing. Perpetual busy signals at government agencies. Slashed paychecks. Stolen elections. A war without end, fatally mismanaged. Ordinary Americans on both the Right and Left are tired of being disenfranchised by corrupt politicians of both parties and are organizing to change the status quo. Author Sirota takes us far from the national media spotlight into the trenches where real...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2008
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 SIRDavis, Lennard J.
Summary: "The first significant book on the history and impact of the ADA--the "eyes on the prize" moment for disability rights The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is the widest-ranging piece of civil rights legislation ever passed in the history of the United States, and it has become the model for most civil rights laws around the world. The untold story behind the act is anything but a dry...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2015
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305 DAVDavis, Philip J.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon and Schuster 1969
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 510 DAVDavis, L. J. (Lawrence J.)
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Arcade Pub. 2003
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 621.309 DAVDavis, Lacy J.
Summary: "Lacy Davis's eating disorders begins with the germ of an idea: a seed of a thought that tells her she just isn't good enough. And like ink in water, the idea spreads. Blending bold humor, a healthy dose of self-deprecation, literary storytelling, and provocative artowrk, Ink In Water is an unflinching, brutally honset look into Lacy"s mind as she learns to move past her self-destructive...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: New Harbinger Publications 2017
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8526 DAVGrimm, Gavin
Summary: When you're a kid like Gavin Grimm, you know yourself best. And Gavin knew that he was a boy -- even if others saw him as a girl. But when his school took away his right to something as simple as using the boys' restroom, Gavin knew he had a big decision to make. Because there are always more choices than the ones others give you. Gavin chose to correct others when they got his pronouns wrong....
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 GRIAlderman, Eric.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Osborne McGraw-Hill 1988
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Shaw, David W.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W. Morrow 2000
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.91 SHAShaw, David W.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2004
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 973.757 SHAShaw, David W.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2003
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 797.14 SHASummary: Chronicles the efforts of nature photographer James Balog to document the receding of the Solheim glacier in Iceland, a consequence of climate change and global warming, in which strategically placed cameras would take one picture every hour for three years.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Docuramafilms 2013
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CHADavis, Lanny J
Summary: Argues that FBI Director James Comey's fateful letter to Congress, sent in the crucial days leading up to the presidential election, was the ultimate factor in shifting the election to a Trump victory, revealing how the letter violated long-standing Justice Department policies. "During the week of October 24, 2016, Hillary Clinton was decisively ahead of Donald Trump in most polls. Then FBI...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 324 DAVDavis, Robert J.
Summary: A look behind the hype promulgated by a variety of health promoters argues that many of these pronouncements are half-truths pushed to advance a variety of agendas and furnishes tips, facts, tools, and resources to help readers critically assess the datato do what is best to promote their health and overall well-being.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University of California Press 2008
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613 DAVRothkopf, David J. (David Jochanan)
Summary: "Political historian and commentator David Rothkopf shows how Trump will be judged by history. (Spoiler alert: not well) in Traitor. Donald Trump is unfit in almost every respect for the high office he holds. But what distinguishes him from every other bad leader the U.S. has had is that he has repeatedly, egregiously, betrayed his country. Regardless of how Senate Republicans have let him off...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.933 ROTSmith, David J. (David Julian)
Summary: This book uses a simple metaphor to create a snapshot--past, present and future--to help readers imagine America as a village of 100 people, exploring their lives to help children and readers of all ages to discover a whole new vision of America.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2009