Scalia, Antonin
Summary: "By any measure, Antonin Scalia lived an extraordinary life. A Supreme Court justice for three decades, he transformed the way that judges and lawyers think about the law. Married to his beloved Wife, Maureen, for more than fifty years, a father to nine children, and a grandfather to dozens, he was devoted to his family and his faith. He was gregarious, energetic, and a friend to people of all...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Forum 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 815 SCAKweli, Talib
Summary: One of the most lyrically gifted, socially conscious rappers of the past twenty years offers a firsthand account of hip-hop as a political force in addition to illuminating his own upbringing and artistic success.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MCD, Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KWELI, TALIB KWEBalis, Andrea
Summary: "A cutting-edge look into a pivotal moment in U.S. history: McCarthy's infamous "witch hunt" for communists during the 1950's Red Scare. At the cusp of the Cold War, Americans were so afraid of communists living among them that they began to hunt them like witches. As Senator Joe McCarthy took up this mantle to hunt down "communists" in the U.S., citizens grew terrified of being accused, so...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.9 BALHarig, Bob
Summary: "Bob Harig's latest deep-dive into Tiger Woods' thrilling career, as seen through his iconic 2019 Masters comeback and win. In April of 1997, the world of golf was forever changed. At the age of 21, a young Tiger Woods won the most prestigious golf tournament in the world, the Masters, by a record of 12 strokes. Woods became the youngest golfer ever to win the Masters and the first African or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2024
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B WOODS HARFelt, Hali.
Summary: "Until Marie Tharp's ground-breaking work in the 1950s, the floor of the ocean was a mystery--then, as now, we knew less about the ocean than we did about outer space. In a time when women in the scientific community were routinely dismissed, Marie's work changed our understanding of the earth's geologic evolution. While her partner, Bruce Heezen, went on expeditions to collect soundings...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Co. 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 THARP, MARIE FELPack, Michael
Summary: Although Clarence Thomas remains a controversial figure, few know him beyond his contentious confirmation battle. But beyond the headlines, Thomas' life is a classic American tale; born poor in the segregated South, only to become one of the most influential justices in the highest court in the land. In the follow-up to the wildly successful documentary by the same name, Created Equal builds on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Regnery Publishing 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 THOMAS, CLARENCE PACAliu, Akim
Summary: "Akim Aliu -- also known as "Dreamer" -- is a Ukrainian-Nigerian-Canadian professional hockey player whose career took him all around the world and who experienced systemic racism at every turn. Dreamer tells Akim's incredible story, from being the only Black child in his Ukrainian community, to his family struggling to make ends meet while living in Toronto, to confronting the racist violence...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ALICopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J GRAPHIC ALITrillin, Calvin.
Summary: In a tribute to his late wife, Alice, and their relationship, the author celebrates the life of a remarkable woman who played a vital role in his life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2006
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 TRILLIN, CALVIN TRIStahr, Celia
Summary: "The riveting story of how three years spent in the United States transformed Frida Kahlo into the artist we know today Mexican artist Frida Kahlo adored adventure. In November, 1930, she was thrilled to realize her dream of traveling to the United States to live in San Francisco, Detroit, and New York. Still, leaving her family and her country for the first time was monumental. Only...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KAHLO, FRIDA STAFreedman, Russell
Summary: A middle-grade history of the "other Ellis Island" traces how Angel Island served as an entry point for one million Asian immigrants to the United States in the early 20th century, drawing on memoirs, diaries, letters and "wall poems" discovered at the facility long after it closed to describe the center's screening process, immigration policies and eventual renaissance as a historic site.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 979.4 FRECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J979.4 FRENguyen, Bich Minh
Summary: "From the award-winning author of Stealing Buddha's Dinner, a powerful memoir of a mother-daughter relationship fragmented by war and resettlement. At the end of the Vietnam War, when Beth Nguyen was eight months old, she and her father, sister, grandmother, and uncles fled Saigon for America. Beth's mother stayed--or was left--behind, and they did not meet again until Beth was nineteen. Over...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc. 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NGUYEN, BICH MINH NGUCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B NGUYEN NGUDickey, Colin
Summary: Dickey, piqued by a house hunt in Los Angeles that revealed derelict foreclosures and "zombie houses", embarks on a journey across the continental United States to decode and unpack the American history repressed in our most famous haunted places. With boundless curiosity, Dickey conjures the dead by focusing on questions of the living -- how do we deal with stories about ghosts, and how do we...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2016
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Summary: A personal memoir about John Mack, the former CEO of Morgan Stanley, which recounts how he helped grow the company over four decades, fostered a collaborative culture, and led the company through the 2008 financial crisis.--adapted from cover page 2
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Element 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MACK, JOHN MACMack, Jeff
Summary: This is the story of Andy Warhol--and how his pop art took the world by storm. From drawing shoes for a shoe company to his Campbell's Soup cans and Marilyn Monroe prints, Andy made art out of the everyday. People claimed Andy's art wasn't real art, but that didn't stop him from making it, plus movies, a magazine, a TV show, and more!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Co. 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MACBarrett, Duncan
Summary: "Worn down by years of war and hardship, girls like Sylvia, Margaret, and Gwendolyn were thrilled when American GI's arrived in Britain with their exotic accents, handsome uniforms and aura of Hollywood glamor. Others, like Rae, who distrusted the Yanks, were eventually won over by their easy charm. So when VE Day finally came, for the 70,000 women who'd become GI brides, it was tinged with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.53 BARThompson, Craig
Summary: A follow-up to the award-winning Blankets depicts in strikingly detailed black-and-white graphic artwork and first-person reflections the acclaimed cartoonist's travels through Europe and Morocco, where he had remarkable cultural, intellectual and spiritual encounters while making new friends and researching his next novel, Habibi. --Publisher
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.4 THOCustance, Craig
Summary: They are motivators, key strategists, tough bosses, and choreographers. They can be branded as heroes, ousted as scapegoats, quietly valued as friends, and everything in between. It's all in the job description for an NHL head coach. In Behind the Bench, ESPN's Craig Custance sits down for film sessions and candid conversations with some of the game's most notable modern luminaries—names like...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Triumph Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.96 CUSNelson, Craig
Summary: "New York Times bestselling historian Craig Nelson reveals how FDR confronted an American public disinterested in going to war in Europe, skillfully won their support, and pushed government and American industry to build the greatest war machine in history, "the arsenal of democracy" that won World War II. As Nazi Germany began to conquer Europe, America's military was unprepared, too small,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.917 NELGreenberg, Mark
Summary: Back in 2007, when Barack Hussein Obama announced his campaign, his election seemed to be a long shot. But he won in a decisive victory, also garnering a record 69.5 million votes, and on January 20, 2009, he became the 44th president of the United States and its first African American chief executive. Now, after two terms, this book explores Obama's journey in pictures, from his remarkable...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 921 OBAMA, BARACK GREBarr-Green, Craig
Summary: Ever heard of the iPhone? Steve Jobs, raised in California, was the co-founder of Apple, creator of the iPhone. He also played a major role in making Pixar what it is today. His technology transformed the way we live, and gave us objects we now cannot imagine living without. Get ready to discover his incredible story and the secrets of his success in this real-life account of his life and work.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT People JobsReed, W. Craig.
Summary: "The world came close to annihilation during the Cold War--a sobering fact known to few besides the warriors engaged in the forty-six-year conflict. In this riveting new history, former U.S. Navy diver and fast-attack submariner W. Craig Reed provides a thrilling narrative of the tense underwater dramas and covert espionage operations that brought the United States and the former U.S.S.R. to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 359.93 REELaurie, Greg
Summary: At the peak of his career, Johnny Cash had done it all: a rags-to-riches sensation singing alongside Presley and performing for presidents. But in 1971 the middle-aged icon was searching for peace. At the end of his life, Cash was speaking openly about his "unshakeable faith." Laurie and Terrill dive into Cash's inner demons, triumphs, and gradual return to faith, and reveal how the singer's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Salem Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CASH, JOHNNY LAUAli, Wajahat
Summary: "A rollercoaster ride of a memoir, by turns hilarious and heartbreaking, by the journalist, playwright, and political activist Wajahat Ali. "Go back to where you came from, you terrorist!" This is just one of the many warm, lovely, and helpful tips that Wajahat Ali and other children of immigrants receive on a daily basis. Go back where exactly? His hometown in the San Francisco Bay Area, where...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ALI, WAJAHAT ALICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B ALI ALIKelly, Jack
Summary: "A gripping exploration of the intense psychology and character of Benedict Arnold, arguing that he was essential to victory before he was a traitor Benedict Arnold committed treason- for more than two centuries, that's all that most Americans have known about him. Yet Arnold was much more than a turncoat-his achievements during the early years of the Revolutionary War defined him as the most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2023