Bolden, Tonya
Summary: "A biography of Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to the House of Representatives and the first Black woman to run for president with a major political party"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CHIBono
Summary: "Bono, artist, activist, and the lead singer of Irish rock band U2, has written a memoir: honest and irreverent, intimate and profound, Surrender is the story of the remarkable life he's lived, the challenges he's faced, and the friends and family who have shaped and sustained him. 'When I started to write this book, I was hoping to draw in detail what I'd previously only sketched in songs. The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio BonoLester, Toby.
Contents: Awakening -- Old World. Matthew's maps ; Scourge of God ; The description of the world ; through the Ocean Sea ; Seeing is believing -- New World. Rediscovery ; Ptolemy the Wise ; the Florentine perspective ; Terrae incognitae ; Into African climes ; The learned men ; Cape of Storms ; Colombo ; The Admiral ; Christ-bearer ; Amerigo -- The whole world. Gymnasium ; World without end ; Afterworld...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 912.73 LESBolden, Tonya
Summary: Chronicles the life of the abolitionist and his many roles, from former slave and orator to newspaperman, women's rights activist, diplomat, and memoirist.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 DOUBolden, Tonya.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ALIBolden, Tonya
Summary: "Before there was Elvis, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and Johnny Cash, there was Sister Rosetta Tharpe. The godmother of rock & roll started as a little girl from Arkansas with music in her air, in her hair, in her bones, wiggling her toes. With a big guitar in hand and a big voice in her soul, she grew into a rock & roll trailblazer in a time when women were rarely seen rocking out."--Front...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 THALeslie, Tonya.
Contents: Meet Abraham Lincoln -- Frontier life -- A country divided -- The Civil War -- An end to slavery.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bellwether Media 2008
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: JE 973.7092 LESLester, Toby.
Summary: Recounts the intellectual journey behind the creation of Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man and how the drawing represents the momentous period in Western history when the Middle Ages gave way to the Renaissance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LEONARDO DA VINCI LesterCoulter, Tony.
Summary: Surveys the early exploration of Canada by Cartier, Champlain, and others.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House publishers 1993
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 971.0113 COUHorwitz, Tony
Summary: Chronicles the 1859 raid by radical abolitionist John Brown on Harpers Ferry, revealing how his acts, deemed terrorism by the South, prompted a counterattack by Robert E. Lee and galvanized Northern supporters during Lincoln's election campaign.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2011
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 BROWN, JOHN HORDungy, Tony
Summary: "You can create lasting change. Lauren and Tony Dungy have impacted countless people through the years with their generosity and care for others. Tony even made NFL history as the first African American head coach to win the Super Bowl. But the Dungys' influence isn't the result of their achievements, fame, or finances. Instead, it stems from the proactive, intentional choices they make every...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale House Publishers 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248.4 DUNWilkins, Ebony
Summary: "If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad answers all of kids' most important questions about the Underground Railroad."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.7 WILPerrottet, Tony.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909.0982 PERBacon, Tony
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thunder Bay Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 787.8719 BACHillerman, Tony.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of New Mexico Press 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.54 HILBuzzeo, Toni
Summary: "From a very young age, Sue Hendrickson was meant to find things: lost coins, perfume bottles, even hidden treasure. Her endless curiosity eventually led to her career in diving and paleontology, where she would continue to find things big and small. In 1990, at a dig in South Dakota, Sue made her biggest discovery to date: Sue the T. rex, the largest and most complete T. rex skeleton ever...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2019
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Summary: In this book the author tells the tale of the daring insurrection that put America on the path to bloody war. Plotted in secret, launched in the dark, John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry was a pivotal moment in U.S. history. But few Americans know the true story of the men and women who launched a desperate strike at the slaveholding South. Now, this work portrays Brown's uprising revealing a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Co. 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7116 BROWN, JOHN HORWagner, Tony
Summary: "One of the world's top experts on education delivers an uplifting memoir on his own personal failures and successes as he sought to become a good learner and teacher. Tony Wagner is an eminent education specialist: he's taught at Harvard and MIT; done significant work for the Gates Foundation; and speaks across the country and all over the world. But before he found his success, Tony was...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WAGNER, TONY WAGWilkins, Ebony
Summary: "It's March 2, 1955, and an ordinary 15-year-old girl from Montgomery, Alabama is about to do something extraordinary. When a white bus driver orders Claudette Colvin to give up her seat for a white passenger, she refuses to move. After Claudette is arrested, her brave actions help inspire Civil Rights leaders organize bus boycotts and perform similar acts to defy segregation laws. Eventually,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 COLBono, Chaz.
Summary: Transition is a deeply personal, honest, and ultimately triumphant story. It tells of the physical and emotional process that brought him to come out to the world for a second time and finally claim his life as the one he always wanted--as a man.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BONO, CHAZ BONDoty, Mark.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 DOTGraham, Franklin
Summary: Franklin Graham is preparing to share a lifetime of personal memories, anecdotes, and lessons that he has learned from his father in Through My Father's Eyes -- a book that has taken almost twelve years to complete. "My father's image will remain etched in my mind and his voice will ring in my ears," says Franklin Graham. "The lessons I have learned through my father's eyes have anchored me and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W Publishing Group, an imprint of Thomas Nelson 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 GRAIggulden, Conn.
Summary: Brothers Conn and David Iggulden present their big book of heroes: the men and women who have shaped our lives and inspired generations. From George Washington and Scott of the Antarctic to Sitting Bull and the passengers of Flight 93, this dangerous book is dedicated to those who dove headfirst into battle, those who made amazing discoveries, and those who moved boundaries in their lifetimes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920.02 IGGMcCarthy, Cory
Summary: A lyrical biography of the world's third bestselling poet of all time reveals a child immigrant from Lebanon, with a secret hope, who used poetry to bring people together.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022