Geter, Hafizah
Summary: "Hafizah Augustus Geter disrupts the myths of America's origins and contemporary America through her experiences as the queer Nigerian-born daughter of a Muslim Nigerian woman and a Black American man from a Southern Baptist family in Jim Crow Alabama. A unique combination of gripping memoir and Afrofuturist thought, The Black Period follows Hafizah on a journey that tells her at every turn...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Actress, humanitarian, film and fashion icon, Audrey Hepburn was undoubtedly one of the greatest legends from the Golden Age of Hollywood. But who was the real Audrey Hepburn? Malnourished as a child, abandoned by her father, and growing up under Nazi occupation in Holland, Hepburn faced a life-long battle with the traumas of her past, which thwarted her dreams of becoming a ballet dancer, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Summary: "He emerged from nowhere to seize the presidency, defeat populism and upend French party politics. Who is Emmanuel Macron? How far can he really change France? In Revolution Française, Sophie Pedder examines the first year in office of France's youngest and most exciting president in modern times, with unique perspective from her time as head of The Economist's Paris bureau. President Emmanuel...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Continuum 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MACRON, EMMANUEL PEDBell, Cece
Summary: Starting a new school is scary, even more so with a giant hearing aid strapped to your chest. At her old school, everyone in Cece's class was deaf. Here she is different. She is sure the kids are staring at the Phonic Ear, the powerful aid that will help her hear her teacher. Too bad it also seems certain to repel potential friends. Then Cece makes a startling discovery. With the Phonic Ear she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 BELApter, Jeff
Summary: In the first and only definitive biography of country music star Keith Urban, insider Jeff Apter chronicles how a skinny, shy high school dropout with an outrageous mullet went from humble origins in Australia to conquering Nashville and global stardom, plus his struggles with addiction, marriage to Nicole Kidman, turns on American Idol, and more.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 URBAN, KEITH APTGeis, Patricia
Summary: Discover the magnificent art of Leonardo da Vinci, Renaissance master, through this newest addition to the popular Meet the Artist! series. Leonardo's full range of work, from his exquisite paintings and sculptures to his brilliant inventions and codes, is included in this pop-up activity book. Flaps, cutouts, and pull tabs invite young readers and budding artists to engage in a hands-on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton Architectural Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 709.2 GEISarnowski, Claire
Summary: "The true story of a young girl and a Holocaust survivor whose friendship led to a significant change in their community and beyond"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 SARBarretta, Gene
Summary: Before Steven Spielberg made films, he watched them. Naturally inventive with a vivid imagination, he was known for creating stories inspired by the world around him. Films and the magic they contained became an escape from the bullying and antisemitism he received, and from tension in his parents' marriage. Baretta captures the unique ways Spielberg's memories influenced his career and helped...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 SPIPenney, Darby.
Summary: Foreword / Robert Whitaker -- 1. He took them on their last walk -- 2. Who were the people that went to Willard and why did they go there? --3. How I would have furnished my room (if not for the voices) -- 4. In permanent limbo: she kept asking for dispensation (until her doctor turned into the devil incarnate) -- 5. Children were buried and she knit her life away -- 6. Like a fly in a spider...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bellevue Literary Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.2 PENBarretta, Gene
Summary: When George Washington Carver was just a young child, he had a secret: a garden of his own. Here, he rolled dirt between his fingers to check if plants needed more rain or sun. He protected roots through harsh winters, so plants could be reborn in the spring. He trimmed flowers, spread soil, studied life cycles. And it was in this very place that George’s love of nature sprouted into something...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CARCopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Bio CarverEyre, Makana
Summary: Drawing on oral history and testimony, as well as extensive archival research, this powerful story recounts the transformation of Polish nationalist Aleksander Kulisiewicz after an unlikely friendship with a Jewish conductor in Sachsenhausen who tasked him with a mission: to save the musical heritage of the victims of the Nazi camps.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KULISIEWICZ, ALEKSANDER TYTUS EYRGage, Beverly
Summary: "A major new biography of J Edgar Hoover that draws from never-before-seen sources to create a groundbreaking portrait of a colossus who dominated half a century of American history and planted the seeds for much of today's conservative political landscape. We remember him as a bulldog--squat frame, bulging wide-set eyes, fearsome jowls--but in 1924, when he became director of the FBI, he had...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HOOVER, J. EDGAR GAGAlter, Jonathan
Summary: An intimate portrait of the thirty-ninth president draws on fresh archival material to trace Jimmy Carter's improbable rise from a humble peanut farmer and complex man of faith to an American president and Nobel Prize-winning humanitarian.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CARTER, JIMMY ALTCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B CARTER ALTMacCarry, Noel
Summary: Presents the life of the folk singer and social activist, and discusses his role in the union, anti-war, civil rights, and environmental movements and the opposition he sometimes aroused for his radical views.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB SEGER MACSalisbury, Katie Gee
Summary: "Set against the glittering backdrop of Los Angeles during the gin-soaked Jazz Age and the rise of Hollywood, this debut book celebrates Anna May Wong, the first Asian American movie star, to bring an unsung heroine to light and reclaim her place in cinema history"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Old Gays (Group)
Summary: Ranging in age from 67 to 80, Mick, Jessay, Robert, and Bill are survivors whose lives have been transformed by sweeping cultural change. It was their generation that was devastated by AIDS, a health crisis that deprived us of so many brilliant, creative lives, including many of their friends. They offer their collective wisdom on a rainbow of topics, including coming out, sex, gay liberation,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperWave, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 OLDTenzin Geyche Tethong
Summary: "This beautifully illustrated chronicle presents an in-depth, firsthand narrative of the Dalai Lama's life story and the Tibetan saga. From remembrances of those close to him, and a treasure trove of over 400 images of Tibet's priceless visual heritage, it preserves a record of what it was like to create a nation from nothing, in exile, and how His Holiness rallied endlessly for his people. A...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Interlink Books, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group, Inc. 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DALAI LAMA XIV TETSummary: Brothers Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb find early fame in the 1960s and go on to write over 1,000 songs, including 20 No. 1 hits. This film follows the group's meteoric rise as they navigate the complexities of working so intimately alongside family.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC BEEGolenbock, Peter
Summary: "In Baseball Heaven, bestselling baseball author Peter Golenbock returns with the sequel to his highly praised Whispers of the Gods, bringing to life more baseball legends through timeless interviews"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Guralnick, Peter.
Summary: The author of Last Train to Memphis brings us the life of Sam Phillips, the visionary genius who singlehandedly steered the revolutionary path of Sun Records. The music that Phillips shaped in his tiny Memphis studio, with artists as diverse as Elvis Presley, B.B. King, Howlin' Wolf, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ike Turner, and Johnny Cash, introduced a sound that had never been heard before. He brought...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 Phillips 2015Mavrikis, Peter
Summary: The amount of oxygen available at the highest place on Earth is just under 7 percent. Explorers risk their lives and test their lungs traveling to these great heights atop mountains. Who are these adventurers and why do they do it?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 509 MAVNys, Peter
Summary: "On November 7, 1867, Maria Skıodowska--a woman who changes the Scientific world forever--is born in Poland. With a natural talent for mathematics, she graduates high school at the age of fifteen! Soon after, she graduates from Paris University and gets married, taking the name Marie Curie. Her work will change the course of science forever, as well as show us to not be afraid of exploring and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clavis Publishing 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CURAsher, Peter
Summary: A legendary record producer and performer takes readers on an alphabetical journey of insights into the music of the Beatles and individual reminiscences of John, Paul, George, and Ringo. Peter Asher met the Beatles in the spring of 1963, the start of a lifelong association with the band and its members. He had a front-row seat as they elevated pop music into an art form, and he was present at...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2019