Hamilton, Arlan
Summary: "From a black, gay woman who broke into the boys' club of Silicon Valley comes an empowering guide to finding your voice, working your way into any room you want to be in, and achieving your own dreams. In 2015, Arlan Hamilton was on food stamps and sleeping on the floor of the San Francisco airport, with nothing but an old laptop and a dream of breaking into the venture capital business. She...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Currency 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 650.1 HAMAslan, Reza
Summary: "The #1 New York Times best-selling author of Zealot recounts the spellbinding tale of an unrecognized American martyr for democracy. As a student of Woodrow Wilson at Princeton, Howard Baskerville was aflame not only with the gospel of Jesus, but with the Wilsonian gospel that constitutional democracy is the birthright of all nations. Rather than become a small-town minister like his father in...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BASKERVILLE, HOWARD ASLAslan, Reza.
Summary: Sifting through centuries of mythmaking, Reza Aslan sheds new light on one of history's most influential and enigmatic characters by examining Jesus through the lens of the tumultuous era in which he lived: first-century Palestine, an age awash in apocalyptic fervor. Scores of Jewish prophets, preachers, and would-be messiahs wandered through the Holy Land, bearing messages from God. This was...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2013
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 232.901 ASLSides, Hampton
Summary: "A chronicle of the extraordinary feats of heroism by Marines called on to do the impossible during the greatest battle of the Korean War."--Provided by publisher. On October 15, 1950, General Douglas MacArthur convinced President Harry Truman that the Communist forces of Kim Il-sung would be utterly defeated by Thanksgiving. The Chinese, he said with near certainty, would not intervene in the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2018
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 951.904 SIDCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 951.904 SIDArana, 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...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2019
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920.08 ARACallan, Kevin.
Summary: A well-illustrated and highly entertaining sequel to the author's The Happy Camper, this book is a practical, informative and comic look at all aspects of wilderness camping: from planning to companions, wildlife to martinis.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Boston Mills Press 2008
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Recreation CallanArmas, Kat
Summary: "Combining personal storytelling with biblical reflection, a Cuban American writer tells the story of unnamed and overlooked theologians-mothers, grandmothers, sisters, and daughters-whose survival, resistance, and persistence teach us the true power of faith and love"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Brazos Press, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248.8 ARMDarman, Jonathan.
Summary: Jonathan Darman tells the story of two giants of American politics, Lyndon Johnson and Ronald Reagan, and how these two men changed American politics forever.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media, Inc. 2014
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 320 DARHampton, Dan
Summary: "Valor is the magnificent story of a genuine American hero who survived the fall of the Philippines and brutal captivity under the Japanese, from New York Times bestselling author Dan Hampton. Lieutenant William Frederick "Bill" Harris was 25 years old when captured by Japanese forces during the Battle of Corregidor in May 1942. This son of a decorated Marine general escaped from hell on earth...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HARRIS, WILLIAM FREDRICK HAMButler, Alban
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Liturgical Press 2003
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 270 ButlerArlen, Alice
Summary: "The fascinating biography of the maverick newspaperwoman, equestrian, aviatrix and intrepid adventurer Alicia Patterson, which follows her exceptional exploits through the first half of the 20th century, from her troublemaking days as the middle child of complicated parents to her successes as publisher of the Pulitzer Prize winning Newsday"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PATTERSON, ALICIA ARLHampton, Dan.
Summary: One of the most decorated F-16 pilots in American history, who was one of the "Wild Weasels"--a select cadre of gutsy fighters who flew into hostile territory first to draw enemy fire--shares gripping stories of rescue missions and combat.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2012
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B HAMPTON HAMAndros, Camille
Summary: The author presents a picture book biography of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton, co-founder and director of the first private orphanage in New York City and wife of founding father Alexander Hamilton.--adapted from publisher's description.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2019
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB HAMILTON ANDAtlas, James
Summary: "The biographer's autobiography: a funny, endearing tale of how writers' lives get documented, by the celebrated chronicler of Saul Bellow and Delmore Schwartz. The biographer--so often in the shadows, kibbitzing, casting doubt, proving facts--here comes to the stage. James Atlas takes us back to his childhood in suburban Chicago, where he fell in love with literature and, early on, found in...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon 2017
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ATLAS, JAMES ATLBeccia, Carlyn
Summary: "From the kidnapping of Einstein's brain to the horrifying end of Louis XIV's heart, the mysteries surrounding some of history's most famous body parts range from medical to macabre. Carlyn Beccia explores the misadventures of noteworthy body parts through history and uses them as springboards for exploring topics such as forensics, DNA testing, brain science, organ donation, and cloning. The...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920.02 BECHilton, Paris
Summary: In this deeply personal memoir, the ultimate It Girl shares, for the first time, the hidden history that traumatized and defined her and how she rose above a series of heart-wrenching challenges to find healing, lasting love, and a life of meaning and purpose.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HILTON, PARIS HILStorey, Aidan
Summary: Growing up in the suburbs of Dublin, Aidan Storey was the youngest of seven, a much-loved, happy child who enjoyed family life. But there was one difference between Aidan and his friends: When everyone left, Angels visited Aidan. Unafraid of the beautiful, luminous spirits that watched over him, it wasn't until much later that Aidan realized not everyone could see what he could and not everyone...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2015
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 STOREY, AIDAN STOAlda, Arlene
Summary: The vivid oral histories in Arlene Alda’s Just Kids from the Bronx reveal what it was like to grow up in the place that bred the influencers in just about every field of endeavor today. The Bronx is where Michael Kay, the New York Yankees’ play-by-play broadcaster, first experienced baseball, where J. Crew’s CEO Millard (Mickey) Drexler found his ambition, where Neil deGrasse Tyson and Dava...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2015
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974 ALDHampton, Ellen.
Summary: A history of the Rochambelles describes how a group of determined young women, some stranded by the German invasion of France or others who had fled the Nazi occupation, played an important role as an all-female ambulance corps in World War Two.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Palgrave Macmillan 2006
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 HAMCallan, Michael Feeney.
Summary: Draws on the actor, director, and producer's personal documents to offer insight into his complex life behind his famous roles, discussing the death of his son, his relationship with Sydney Pollack, and his establishment of the Sundance Film Festival.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2011
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 REDFORD, ROBERT CalHirsi Ali, Ayaan
Summary: "Ultimately a celebration of triumph over adversity, Hirsi Ali's story tells how a bright little girl evolved out of dutiful obedience to become an outspoken, pioneering freedom fighter. As Western governments struggle to balance democratic ideals with religious pressures, no story could be timelier or more significant.--From publisher description."--From source other than the Library of Congress.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2007
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HIRSI ALI, AYAAN HIRCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 949.207 ALILowell, Barbara
Summary: With his face on the ten-dollar bill and an award-winning musical about his life, it's clear that Alexander Hamilton's story is one worth telling. Despite feeling like an outsider, Hamilton fought hard to form a united nation with a strong central government-and many of his ideas are still relevant today! With this illustrated leveled reader, kids can learn more about the man who, in many ways,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2018
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR BLUE LOWHamilton, Alexander
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2001
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 342.73 HAMHamilton, Gabrielle.
Summary: The chef of New York's East Village Prune restaurant presents an account of her search for meaning and purpose in the central rural New Jersey home of her youth, marked by a first chicken kill, an international backpacking tour, and the opening of a first restaurant.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2011