James, Josie
Summary: A mixed-format picture book biography of STEM pioneer Marie Tharp describes the conventions of the early 20th century that challenged her pursuit of an Earth Sciences degree and her histort-shaping first scientific charting of the Atlantic Ocean floor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 THAHirono, Mazie
Summary: "Mazie Hirono is one of the most fiercely outspoken Democrats in Congress, but her journey to the U.S. Senate was far from likely. Raised poor on her family's rice farm in rural Japan, Hirono was seven years old when her mother left her abusive husband and sailed with her two elder children to the United States, crossing the Pacific in steerage in search of a better life. Though the girl then...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B HIRONO HIRGigot, Jami
Summary: A lonely boy feels like a stranger on his own planet until the day his radio bursts to life with the rhythm of stardust energy. Includes notes and facts about David Bowie's life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GIGJoy, Angela
Summary: "The story of the mother of Emmett Till, and how she channeled grief over her son's death into a call to action for the civil rights movement"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 TILJaffe, Eric.
Summary: "From an 'illuminating and entertaining' (The New York Times) historian comes the World War II story of two men whose remarkable lives improbably converged at the Tokyo war crimes trials of 1946. In the wake of World War II, the Allied forces charged twenty-eight Japanese men with crimes against humanity. Correspondents at the Tokyo trial thought the evidence fell most heavily on ten of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 952.04 OKAWA, SHUMEI JAFJamie, Poppy
Summary: The author recounts her struggles with perfectionism and anxiety and shares the self-help techniques she acquired through working with mental health experts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony Books 2021
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Summary: "A celebration of hope, wonder, and what it means to be human. The essays in this book invite readers to believe that it's okay to admit to pain and it's okay to ask for help"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 170.44 TWOWeil, Jamie.
Summary: Mark Zuckerberg's story is an interesting one: who knew that a quiet, code-writing nerd would be the creator of what we call social media, the Chairman and CEO of Facebook Inc., and the youngest self-made billionaire.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ZUCHolmes, Jamie
Summary: "The riveting story of the American scientists, tinkerers, and nerds who solved one of the biggest puzzles of World War II--and developed one of the most powerful weapons of the war."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 623.4 HOLWeil, Jamie
Summary: Details the life and career of the internet businessman, discussing his youth, creation of Amazon, and his purchase of the "Washington Post."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BEZOSJaffe, Adi
Summary: "Breaking free of outdated explanations and rigid "rules" for recovery, The Abstinence Myth offers a hopeful, research-based framework for transformation by an addiction expert and renowned TEDx speaker who overcame his own addiction and has guided hundreds of clients into lives of joy and purpose"--Back cover
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Publisher / Publication Date: IGNTD Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.86 JAFMeadows, Michelle
Summary: "This first-ever picture book biography of the legendary writer and activist introduces readers to this passionate Black man who discovered his true power in the written word, which opened the world to him as he used his voice fearlessly"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BALParachini, Jodie
Summary: "A biography of astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell, who helped build a radio telescope that helped her discover pulsars, a new type of star. Some scientists consider it the greatest astronomical discovery of the twentieth century. Despite this achievement, she was overlooked in favor of two male colleagues when the Nobel Prize for physics was awarded. Bell is still working and teaching today,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BURLin, Jami Nakamura
Summary: In this genre-bending and deeply emotional memoir that mirrors the sensation of being caught between realms, the author, after the death of her father, grapples with her bipolar disorder and sets out to interrogate the very notion of recovery through the lens of figures from Japanese, Taiwanese and Okinawan legend.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LIN, JAMI NAKAMURA LINLewis, Damien
Summary: "In Agent Josephine, bestselling author Damien Lewis uncovers this little-known history of the famous singer's life. During the war years, as a member of the French Nurse paratroopers--a cover for her spying work--Baker participated in numerous clandestine activities and emerged as a formidable spy. In turn, she was a hero of the three countries in whose name she served--the US, France, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BAKER, JOSEPHINE LEWBrown, Jasmine
Summary: "No real account of black women physicians in the US exists, and what little mention is made of these women in existing histories is often insubstantial or altogether incorrect. In this work of extensive research, Jasmine Brown offers a rich new perspective, penning the long-erased stories of nine pioneering black women physicians beginning in 1860, when a black woman first entered medical...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 BROHerbert, Janis
Summary: An account of the Lewis and Clark expedition sent by President Jefferson to explore the land acquired in the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. Includes related activities.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2000
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pocket Books 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599.773 DUTFinch, Jamie Lee
Summary: "Rooted in her experiences growing up in an Evangelical Christian family, Jamie Lee Finch's "You Are Your Own" offers an overview of Evangelicalism and the painful confusion and anxiety experienced under its demands. Finch explores the mechanisms of trauma and how fundamentalist denominations match the patterns connected with PTSD. She elaborates on the doubt, guilt, fear, and grief that haunt...
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Jamie Lee Finch] 2019
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Summary: Explores the life of Harry Houdini including his childhood, marriage, and death.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HOUCalmes, Jackie
Summary: An award-winning investigative journalist presents an account of the life and confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, featuring interviews with his accusers and evidence of his deceptions amongst the Republican Party's drive toward the far right.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 347.73 CALSummary: Featuring contributions from an award-winning, bestselling group of Black voices, past and present, this powerful poetry anthology elicits vital conversations about race, belonging, history and faith to highlight Black joy and pain.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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Summary: A biography of the zoologist focussing on her work with the chimpanzees at the Gombe Stream Reserve in Tanzania.
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Publisher / Publication Date: F. Watts 1999
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB GOODALL PETNimura, Janice P.
Summary: "The vivid biography of two pioneering sisters who, together, became America's first female doctors and transformed New York's medical establishment by creating a hospital by and for women. Elizabeth Blackwell believed from an early age that she was destined for greatness beyond the scope of "ordinary" womanhood. Though the world recoiled at the notion of a woman studying medicine, her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021