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Hsu, Hua

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Summary: "From the New Yorker staff writer Hua Hsu, a gripping memoir on friendship, grief, the search for self, and the solace that can be found through art. In the eyes of 18-year-old Hua Hsu, the problem with Ken-with his passion for Dave Matthews, Abercrombie & Fitch, and his fraternity-is that he is exactly like everyone else. Ken, whose Japanese American family has been in the United States for...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HSU, HUA HSU

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: B HSU HSU

Harris, Kamala D.

Summary: Harris communicates a vision of shared struggle, shared purpose, and shared values while offering a master class in problem solving, in crisis management, and leadership in challenging times. In examining the core truths that unite us, and the long struggle to discern what those truths are and how best to act upon them, she shows how our shared efforts will continue to sustain us and this great...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2019

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HAR

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HARRIS, KAMALA D HAR

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: B HARRIS HAR

Cordell, LaDoris H.

Summary: Judge Cordell, the first African American woman to sit on the Superior Court of Northern California, knows firsthand how prejudice has permeated our legal system. And yet, she believes in the system. From ending school segregation to legalizing same-sex marriage, its progress relies on legal professionals and jurors who strive to make the imperfect system as fair as possible. Cordell takes you...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Celadon Books 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CORDELL, LADORIS H. COR

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: B CORDELL COR

Dowd, Michelle

Summary: "A memoir of the author's experience growing up in an apocalyptic cult, with an emphasis on how understanding the natural world was her key to escape and survival"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2023

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DOW

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DOW

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DOW

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DOWD, MICHELLE DOW

Lovato, Roberto

Summary: Roberto Lovato shares a timely and no-holds-barred tale of gang life, guerilla warfare, immigration, and intergenerational trauma.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 LOV

Spitz, Bob

Summary: "From New York Times bestselling biographer Bob Spitz, a full and rich biography of an epic American life, capturing what made Ronald Reagan both so beloved and so transformational. More than five years in the making, based on hundreds of interviews and access to previously unavailable documents, and infused with irresistible storytelling charm, Bob Spitz's REAGAN stands fair to be the first...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 REAGAN, RONALD SPI

Tumulty, Karen

Summary: "The definitive biography of the fiercely vigilant and politically astute First Lady who shaped one of the most consequential presidencies of the 20th century: Nancy Reagan"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 REAGAN, NANCY TUM

Porter, Katie

Summary: "An honest, inspiring, and laugh-out-loud funny memoir about re-energizing our politics and standing up to corporate America-while carting three kids around in a minivan. Never having run for office before, Katie Porter charted a new path in 2018 when she was elected to Congress as a Democrat in historically conservative Orange County, California. Underestimated as a single mom and chided for...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PORTER, KATIE POR

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: B PORTER POR

Brockenbrough, Martha

Summary: "A timely and important picture book that introduces readers to Wong Kim Ark, who challenged the Supreme Court for his right to be an American citizen"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ARK

Krell, Maggy

Summary: For almost a decade, Backpage.com was the world's largest sex trafficking operation. Seven days a week, twenty-four hours a day, in 800 cities throughout the world, Backpage ran thousands of listings advertising the sale of vulnerable young people for sex. Reaping a cut off every transaction, the owners of the website raked in millions of dollars. But many of the people in the advertisements...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: New York University Press 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 345.794 KRE

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