Ameri, Anan
Summary: "Born to a Syrian mother and a Palestinian father in 1944, Anan Ameri'a refreshing memoir, The Scent of Jasmine, offers a funny, spirited, unique self-portrait of her childhood, adolescence and passage to adulthood as a young woman in an Arab world. A collection of twenty-three vignettes, Anan's search for the familiar fragrance of jasmine blossoms leads her to reimagine the puzzle pieces of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Olive Branch Press, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group Inc. 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 AMERI, ANAN AMEPerry, Imani
Summary: "Emotionally raw and deeply reflective, Imani Perry issues an unflinching challenge to society to see Black children as deserving of humanity. She admits fear and frustration for her African American sons in a society that is increasingly racist and at times seems irredeemable. However, as a mother, feminist, writer, and intellectual, Perry offers an unfettered expression of love--finding...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PERRY, IMANI PERImani, Blair
Summary: "A powerful illustrated history of the Great Migration and its sweeping impact on Black and American culture, from Reconstruction to the rise of hip hop. Over the course of six decades, an unprecedented wave of Black Americans left the South and spread across the nation in search of a better life--a migration that sparked stunning demographic and cultural changes in twentieth-century America....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.049 IMAImani, Blair
Summary: A critically acclaimed historian and outspoken advocate and activist helps readers become informed, compassionate, and socially conscious through discussions on race, gender, and sexual orientation to disability, class, and beyond.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.3 IMADurvasula, Ramani.
Summary: "An intelligent, timely, and prescriptive book that shows how your attitude towards food often reflects your attitude towards other areas in your life--jobs, relationships, money--and how you can let go of trying to please others all the time and insteadsatisfy your own true appetites and live a more authentic and healthier life"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skirt!, an imprint of Globe Pequot Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 394.1 DURSalloum, Habeeb
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Food Ethnic SalloumDurvasula, Ramani
Summary: "Healing and thriving after or even during a narcissistic relationship can be challenging, but it is possible. It's Not You shows that the first step is to stop trying to change the narcissistic person, stop blaming yourself, and start giving yourself permission to foster your autonomy and sense of self outside of this relationship"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: "A revealing portrait of one of the most gifted and charismatic, yet least understood, Black artists and intellectuals of the twentieth century"-- Best-known for her work A Raisin in the Sun, Hansberry had an unflinching commitment to social justice which brought her under FBI surveillance when she was barely in her twenties. Hansberry associated with many activists, writers, and musicians;...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HANSBERRY, LORRAINE PERFontanella-Khan, Amana.
Summary: Illuminates the possibilities of female grassroots activism in India through the story of Sampat Pal and her Pink Gang.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.42 FONAmano, Hugh
Summary: "A comic book cookbook with accessible ramen recipes for the home cook, including simple weeknight bowls, weekend project stocks, homemade noodles, and an array of delicious accompaniments, with insights and tips from notable ramen luminaries. Playful and instructive, this hybrid cookbook/graphic novel introduces the history of ramen and provides more than 40 recipes for everything you need to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.822 AMAAmara, Philip
Summary: "This is an illustrated children's anthology of noteworthy Asian Americans: 20 groundbreaking men and women from diverse backgrounds and vocations"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 AMAKhanduri, Kamini.
Contents: Painting -- Woodblock prints -- Sculpture -- Metalwork -- Pottery -- Lacquerware -- Architecture -- Gardens -- Calligraphy -- Theater -- Cross-currents.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Raintree 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 709.52 KHASt. Amand, R. Paul.
Summary: "Over a decade ago, Dr. R. Paul St. Amand, an experienced endocrinologist and UCLA assistant clinical professor, published his protocol for reversing fibromyalgia based on nearly half a century of research. This book offers Dr. St. Amand's latest research on guaifenesin, an inexpensive, safe, an incresingly available medication that can help reverse the disease. The authors have seen symtpoms...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Life & Style 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.742 STATalleur, Richard W.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Winchester Press 1987
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 799.1755 TALManji, Irshad.
Summary: A guide to finding the God of love within Islam explains how everyone can develop moral courage for a life defined by purpose.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 297.5 MANManji, Irshad.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 297 MANAbawi, Atia
Summary: "As the first American woman in space, Sally Ride broke barriers and made her dreams come true. But she wanted to do even more! After leaving NASA, she created science and engineering programs that would help other girls and women make their dreams come true as well."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 RIDBaraka, Amiri
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.643 JONAzari, Sara
Summary: "Unprecedented is a simple, go-to guide to the many legal issues engulfing the Donald Trump presidency"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Nebraska Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.933 AZAAmanat, Abbas
Summary: A masterfully researched and compelling history of Iran from 1501 to 2009 This history of modern Iran is not a survey in the conventional sense but an ambitious exploration of the story of a nation. It offers a revealing look at how events, people, and institutions are shaped by currents that sometimes reach back hundreds of years. The book covers the complex history of the diverse societies...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 955 AMAArana, Marie
Summary: "Against the background of a thousand years of vivid history, acclaimed writer Marie Arana tells the timely and timeless stories of three contemporary Latin Americans whose lives represent three driving forces that have shaped the character of the region:exploitation (silver), violence (sword), and religion (stone). Leonor Gonzales lives in a tiny community perched 18,000 feet above sea level...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920.08 ARACamann, William.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.2 CAMKanani, Sheila
Summary: Amelia Earhart broke flying records, wrote best-selling books, launched a fashion label and fought for the rights of female pilots everywhere. Her disappearance, in the midst of her attempt to circumnavigate the globe, is one of history's greatest unsolved mysteries, and today she is remembered as not only the first female pilot to cross the Atlantic Ocean, but for being a bold, brace and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT People EarhartNayani, Farzana
Summary: Nayani gives caregivers the tools for exploring race with their children. She offers practical guidance on how to initiate conversations; consciously foster racial identity development; discuss issues like microaggressions, intersectionality, and privilege; and intentionally cultivate a sense of belonging. In providing an overview of key issues and current topics relevant to raising multiracial...
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Atlantic Books 2020