Marcus, Greil
Summary: "Across seven decades, Bob Dylan has been the first singer of American song. As a writer and performer, he has rewritten the national songbook in a way that comes from his own vision and yet can feel as if it belongs to anyone who might listen. In Folk Music, Greil Marcus tells Dylan's story through seven of his most transformative songs. Marcus's point of departure is Dylan's ability to "see...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DYLAN, BOB MARBaram, Marcus
Summary: In this biography, Marcus Baram--an acquaintance of Gil Scott-Heron's--will trace the volatile journey of a troubled musical genius. Baram will chart Scott-Heron's musical odyssey, from Chicago to Tennessee to New York: a drug addict's twisted path to redemption and enduring fame. In Gil Scott-Heron: Pieces of a Man, Marcus Baram puts the complicated icon into full focus.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SCOTT-HERON, GIL BARBrotherton, Marcus.
Summary: From the co-author of "Call of Duty" comes a new collection of untold stories from the legendary Easy Company, the military unit immortalized in "Band of Brothers."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 BROWeeks, Marcus.
Summary: An introduction to the life and music of the composer and musician Mozart.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MOZMarcus, Greil.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.929 MARMarks, Lauren
Summary: "An eloquent memoir of a 27 year old actress who suffered a massive brain aneurysm onstage at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and awoke to discover that she had aphasia, a rare condition in which one loses the ability to speak, read and write"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon and Schuster 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MARKS, LAUREN MARMarks, Ann
Summary: "The definitive and authorized biography that unlocks the remarkable story of Vivian Maier, the nanny who lived secretly as a world-class photographer, featuring nearly 400 of her images, many never seen before, placed for the first time in the context ofher life. Vivian Maier, the photographer nanny whose work was famously discovered in a Chicago storage locker, captured the imagination of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MAIER, VIVIAN MARMarcus, Clare Cooper.
Summary: A journey of healing takes Clare Cooper Marcus on a 6-month long solitary retreat to the remote Scottish Island of Iona. Here she experiences a mirroring of her soul and reflects and reviews the life that brought her here to this magical place. Her compelling memoir "Iona Dreaming" is an inspirational account of personal survival and hope in which Clare shares her recovery from a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nicolas-Hays 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MARCUS, CLARE COOPER MARMarcus, Leonard S.
Summary: "A middle-grade nonfiction book about one of America's most historically resonant images, the circumstances surrounding its creation, and the larger story it tells about Abraham Lincoln's life"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.7 LINMarks, Jennifer
Summary: Introduces young readers to the childhood, education, and 2008 campaign of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2009
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 921 OBASade
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arcade Pub. 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 843.6 SADHood, Susan
Summary: Fresh, accessible, and inspiring, Shaking Things Up introduces fourteen revolutionary young women--each paired with a noteworthy female artist--to the next generation of activists, trail-blazers, and rabble-rousers. From the award-winning author of Ada's Violin, Susan Hood, this is a poetic and visual celebration of persistent women throughout history. In this book, you will find Mary Anning,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harpercollins Children's Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 HOOWeatherford, Carole Boston
Summary: "On August 28, 1963, a quarter of a million activists and demonstrators from every corner of the United States convened for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. It was there that they raised their voices in unison to call for racial and economic justice for all Black Americans, to call out inequities, and ultimately to advance the Civil Rights Movement. Every movement has its unsung...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 RUSMarks, Paul A
Summary: "Paul Marks M.D., President Emeritus of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Hospital, attributes the elusive nature of cancers cure to its inherently anarchic processes. There can be no hope for a miracle cure when defective cells use a myriad of tools to succeed in their relentless assaults. There are many ways cancers get started, and turn healthy cell division and growth into lethal attacks....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perseus Books Group 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.994 MARMarks, Richard Lee.
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Publisher / Publication Date: A.A. Knopf 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CORTES MARHerman-Giddens, Marcia Edwina
Summary: "A deeply personal memoir that unearths a family history of racism, slaveholding, and trauma as well as love and sparks of delight. Marcia Herman's family moved to Birmingham in 1946, when she was five years old, and settled in the steel-making city dense with smog and a rigid apartheid system. Marcia, a shy only child, struggled to fit in and understand this world, shadowed as it was by her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The University of Alabama Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HERMAN-GIDDENS, MARCIA EDWINA HERLüsted, Marcia Amidon.
Summary: Profiles the terrorist leader of al-Qaida, who orchestrated the attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001, and describes his assassination by the U.S. government in May of 2011.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Pub. 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 958.1047 LUSOttaviani, Jim
Summary: Introduces the lives and work of three eminent primatologists, sharing insights into their educations under mentor Louis Leakey while exploring their pivotal contributions to twentieth-century natural science.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Square Fish, First Second 2015
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Summary: Traces the life of the French nobleman who fought for democracy in revolutions in both the United States and France.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's 1999
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB LAFAYETTE FRIHarris, Duchess.
Summary: John Lewis is an influential African American politician who played a key role in the civil rights movement. He raised awareness of racial discrimination and violence in the 1960s. This book explores Lewis's activism and political career. Includes infographics and glossary. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2020
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB LEWIS HARAronson, Marc
Summary: Recounts the achievements of photojournalism pioneers Robert Capa and Gerda Taro as they captured the tragedies of the Spanish Civil War and documented the fight against Facism.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 770 AROSummary: Thirteen prominent cartoonists discuss their creative processes and the experiences and influences that led to their success in one of today's most vibrant art forms. Each interview is followed by an original graphic short on the common theme of "the city."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 COMWalker, David
Summary: "A bold and fascinating graphic novel history of the Black Panther Party"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2021
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Summary: Describes the life and music of one of America's greatest rock artists, providing an overview and analysis of the cultural, political, and personal forces that influenced his music and led him to explore issues like war, class disparity, and prejudice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton 2012