Asim, Jabari
Summary: A biography of the former slave and inspiring educator describes the hardships he overcame in youth, the circumstances that challenged his efforts to learn how to read, and his triumphant pursuit of a college education.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2012
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB WASHINGTON ASIKilmeade, Brian.
Summary: When General George Washington beat a hasty retreat from New York City in August 1776, many thought the American Revolution might soon be over. Instead, Washington rallied--thanks in large part to a little-known, top-secret group called the Culper Spy Ring. Washington realized that he couldn't beat the British with military might, so he recruited a sophisticated and deeply secretive...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist US KilmeadeWashington, George
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Books 2007
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schocken Books 1995
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Summary: From the Publisher: America's first internationally acclaimed author, Washington Irving, was also one of the first to write about its then far-western frontier. After seventeen years in Europe, the famous author of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" returned to America and undertook an extensive three-month journey through present-day Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. Describing scenery and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 978.02 IRVWashington, Margaret.
Summary: The autobiography of the pioneer for racial and sexual equality discusses her years as a slave in upstate New York and describes the spiritual revelations that turned her into an abolitionist.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1993
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Summary: An award-winning narrative and documentary filmmaker and daughter of a football legend retraces her father's journey from the segregated South to Michigan State during the peak of the civil rights movement and his journey as an NFL pioneer after the 1967draft.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little A 2022
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Summary: "Anne Boleyn may be best known for losing her head, but as Tudor expert Tracy Borman reveals in a book that recasts British history, her greatest legacy lies in the path-breaking reign of her daughter, Elizabeth. Much of the fascination with Britain's legendary Tudors centers around the dramas surrounding Henry VIII and his six wives and Elizabeth I's rumored liaisons. Yet the most fascinating...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2023
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Summary: Chronicles the achievements of Matilda of Flanders, the ruthless wife of William the Conqueror, who eschewed the traditional views of women in medieval society.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MATILDA, QUEEN BORStevens, Bryna.
Summary: Relates how a determined aunt and a boy who swallowed a knife made it possible for young George Frederic Handel to study music despite his father's strong objections.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 1990
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB HANDEL STEBryant, Jen
Summary: Presents an illustrated introduction to the life and work of artist Horace Pippin, describing his childhood love for drawing and the World War I injury that challenged his career.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 PIPBryant, Jennifer
Summary: "Though not as widely known as other basketball legends, hall-of-famer Elgin Baylor was one of the game's all-time greatest players-an innovative athlete, team player, and quiet force for change. A member of the early, scrappy NBA and one of the first professional African American players, Elgin (b. 1934) played in the late 1950s and early 1960s for the Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers, taking...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2020
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quiet Vision Pub. 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WASHINGTON, BOOKER TWASWeatherford, 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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Summary: "Since William the Conqueror, duke of Normandy, crossed the English Channel in 1066 to defeat King Harold II and unite England's various kingdoms, forty-one kings and queens have sat on Britain's throne: "shining examples of royal power and majesty alongside a rogue's gallery of weak, lazy, or evil monarchs," as Tracy Borman evocatively describes them in her sparkling chronicle, Crown &...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 941.0099 BORBurrough, Bryan
Summary: Chronicles the rise and fall of one of the great economic and political powerhouses of the twentieth century--Texas oil--by weaving together the epic sagas of the industry's Big Four (Roy Cullen, H. L. Hunt, Clint Murchison, and Sid Richardson) in a story of wealth, power, family feuds, scandals, and bankruptcies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2009
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Publisher / Publication Date: Morrow 1979
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 WINDSOR BRYStevenson, Bryan
Summary: "In this young adult adaptation of the acclaimed bestselling Just Mercy, which the New York Times calls "as compelling as To Kill a Mockingbird, and in some ways more so," Bryan Stevenson delves deep into the broken U.S. justice system, detailing from his personal experience his many challenges and efforts as a lawyer and social advocate, especially on behalf of America's most rejected and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2018
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Summary: Recounts the case of the Unabomber and the FBI agent that was insrumental to bringing him to justice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 364.152 DENKozlowski, Bryan
Summary: For the first time, step behind Palace doors to unlock the little-known strategies behind the Queen's remarkable self-preservation. Investigating the 23 rules of her iconic resilence, you'll learn how to channel your inner royal - at work, at play, or at the table - in this fascinating plunge into the House of Windsor's famous fountain of youth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Publishing Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 941.085 KOZStevenson, Bryan
Summary: The founder of the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama recounts his experiences as a lawyer working to assist those desperately in need, reflecting on his pursuit of the ideal of compassion in American justice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spiegel & Grau 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio StevensonBryant, Jennifer.
Summary: Examines the life of Peter Mark Roget and his invention of the thesaurus.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers 2014
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Summary: From the Publisher: A Junior Library Guild Selection. Willie loved to write-words gave him freedom and peace. But he also knew that he needed to earn a living, so when he grew up he went off to medical school and became a doctor-one of the busiest men in town! Yet he never stopped writing. In this picture book biography of poet William Carlos Williams, Jen Bryant's engaging prose and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers 2008
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Summary: "A National Book Award Finalist for Non-Fiction, Never Caught is the eye-opening narrative of Ona Judge, George and Martha Washington's runaway slave, who risked everything for freedom. Now in a Young Readers Edition"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2019