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Lari, Zahra

Summary: "After watching an ice-skating movie, young Zahra sets her mind to learn how to ice skate even though her family and friends doubt her abilities. After all, she's too old to learn, the rink is too cold, and figure skaters don't look like her... not yet at least! Illustrated with Sara Alfageeh's energetic lines and colors that pop right off the page, we follow Zahra's story as she glides across...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2024

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Thanedar, Shri

Summary: "Shri Thanedar, an immigrant who grew up in a lower middle class family in a rural area of India, and who eventually overcame a myriad hurdles on his way to becoming a successful entrepreneur and business owner in the USA. More than a rags-to-riches story, this autobiographical narrative relates the journey of an ordinary man with an extraordinary will. Originally published in India in the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Shri Thanedar 2008

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 THANEDAR, SHRI THA

Ziyad, Hari

Summary: "An eloquent, restless, and enlightening memoir by one of the most thought-provoking journalists today about growing up Black and queer in America, reuniting with the past, and coming of age their own way. One of nineteen children in a blended family, Hari Ziyad was raised by a Hindu Hare Kṛiṣhṇa mother and a Muslim father. Through reframing their own coming-of-age story, Ziyad takes readers on...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Little A 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ZIYAD, HARI ZIY

Dark, Kimberly

Summary: "Collection of personal essays about what it means to look a certain way. Or rather, certain ways. Navigating Kimberly Dark's experience of being fat since childhood--as well as queer, white-privileged, a gender-confirming 'girl with a pretty face,' active then disabled, and inevitably agin--each piece blends storytelling and social analysis to deftly coax readers into a deeper understanding of...

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Publisher / Publication Date: AK Press 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DARK, KIMBERLY DAR

Shapiro, Ari

Summary: "In his first book, broadcaster Ari Shapiro takes us around the globe to reveal the stories behind narratives that are sometimes heartwarming, sometimes heartbreaking, but always poignant. He details his time traveling on Air Force One with President Obama, or following the path of Syrian refugees fleeing war, or learning from those fighting for social justice both at home and abroad. As the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SHAPIRO, ARI SHA

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1 available in Adult, Call number: B SHAPIRO SHA

Bush, Cori

Summary: Embodying a new chapter in progressive politics that prioritizes the lives and stories of the most politically vulnerable, the first black woman to represent the state of Missouri in Congress presents a powerful and empowering memoir that is both a personal account and a fierce call to action.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BUSH, CORI BUS

Shapiro, Dani

1 hold on 4 copies

Summary: "In the spring of 2016, through a genealogy website to which she had whimsically submitted her DNA, Dani Shapiro received the astonishing news that her beloved deceased father was not her biological father. Over the course of a single day, her entire history--the life she had lived--crumbled beneath her. In just a few hours of Internet sleuthing, she was able to piece together the story of her...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2019

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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SHAPIRO, DANI SHA

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1 available in Adult, Call number: B SHAPIRO SHA

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio Shapiro

Millard, Bart

Summary: "The captivating story behind the bestselling single in the history of Christian music--and the man who wrote the song. MercyMe's crossover hit, "I Can Only Imagine," has touched millions of people around the world. But few know about the pain, redemption, and healing that inspired it. Now Bart Millard, award-winning recording artist and lead singer of MercyMe, shares how his dad's...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio Millard

Leibovits, Sara

Summary: "This is the powerful true story of Sara Leibovits and the incredible pain and hardships she went through during her time in the death camp. Yet despite the horrors she faced, she always tried to maintain her family's values of courage, faith, and kindness to others. In this compelling memoir, Sara's story is intertwined with that of her daughter, Eti. Seventy years after the horrors of the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: One More Chapter 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 LEI

MacDonald, Betty Bard

Summary: The author relates the joys and frustrations of life on a poultry farm in the mountains of Washington.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Perennial Library 1987

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MACDONALD, BETTY BARD MAC

Brookins, Cara

Summary: "After escaping an abusive marriage, Cara Brookins had four children to provide for and no one to turn to but herself. In desperate need of a home but without the means to buy one, she did something incredible. Equipped only with YouTube instructional videos, a small bank loan and a mile-wide stubborn streak, Cara built her own house from the foundation up with a work crew made up of her four...

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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2017

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BROOKINS, CARA BRO

Timberlake, Justin

Summary: "In his first book, Justin Timberlake creates a characteristically dynamic experience, one that combines an intimate, remarkable collection of anecdotes, reflections, and observations on his life and work with hundreds of candid photographs from his personal archives that range from his early years to the present day, in locations around the world, both on and off the stage. Justin discusses...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Design, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TIMBERLAKE, JUSTIN TIM

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1 available in Adult, Call number: B TIMBERLAKE TIM

Levin, Carl

Summary: "Representing Michigan for thirty-six years in the U.S. Senate, Carl Levin, the longest-serving senator in Michigan history, was known for his dogged pursuit of the truth, his commitment to holding government accountable, and his basic decency. Getting to the Heart of the Matter: My 36 Years in the Senate is his story - from his early days in Detroit as the son of a respected lawyer to the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LEVIN, CARL LEV

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1 available in Adult, Call number: B LEVIN LEV

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1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI History Levin

Carr, Caleb

10 holds on 5 copies

Summary: "Caleb Carr has had special relationships with cats since he was a young boy in a turbulent household, famously peopled by the founding members of the Beat Generation, where his steadiest companions were the adopted cats that lived with him both in the city and the country. As an adult, he has had many close feline companions, with relationships that have outlasted most of his human ones. But...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2024

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Thomas, Joseph Earl

Summary: "Stranded in a volatile, ever-shifting family, saddled with a mercurial mother mired in crack addiction, and demeaned daily for his perceived weakness, Joseph Earl Thomas was under constant threat. Roaches fell from the ceiling, colonizing bowls of noodles and cereal boxes. Fists and palms pounded down at school and at home, leaving welts that ached long after they disappeared. An inescapable...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 THOMAS, JOSEPH EARL THO

Rashḳes, Moshe

Summary: "Exquisitely written with a poetically beautiful touch, Days of Lead is the page-turning true story of a young soldier's brave escapades during Israel's War of Independence in 1948. This incredible account is a story of determination and heroism, but also a stinging portrait of life on the battlefield--of looking an enemy soldier, also wide-eyed and only eighteen, in the eyes and knowing that...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Apollo Publishers 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RASHKES, MOSHE RAS

Carr, Erin Lee

Summary: "A celebrated journalist, bestselling author, and recovering addict, David Carr was in the prime of his career when he collapsed in the newsroom of The New York Times in 2015. Shattered by his death, his daughter Erin Lee Carr, an up-and-coming documentary filmmaker at age twenty-seven, began combing through the entirety of their shared correspondence--1,936 items in total. What started as an...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CARR, ERIN LEE CAR

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