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New Press people's historyNielsen, Larry A.
Summary: "In 'Nature's Allies', Larry Nielsen profiles the lives of eight pioneers-- John Muir, Ding Darling, Aldo Leopold, Rachel Carson, Chico Mendes, Billy Frank Jr., Wangari Maathai, and Gro Harlem Brundtland-- all individuals from modest backgrounds who have influenced the course of conservation over the past century, showing us better ways to live in balance with nauture. Some famous and some...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Island Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 NIEDePree, Hopwood
Summary: "HGTV meets Downton Abbey! A ready-for-TV story-with charm and humor in abundance-about a Los Angeles producer who moves to England to save his ancestral castle from ruin"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DEPREE, HOPWOOD DEPHarwood, Laurence
Contents: Introduction -- Friends at Oxford -- Lovers of literature -- Walking tours -- Friendship after Oxford -- Godfather Jack -- My letters from my godfather -- My mother's death -- My failure at Oxford -- Jack's illness and marriage to Joy Davidman -- Jack's last years -- Jack's death.
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Publisher / Publication Date: IVP Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.912 HARGutiérrez, Raquel
Summary: "Part butch memoir, part ekphrastic travel diary, part queer family tree, Raquel Gutiérrez's debut essay collection Brown Neon gleans insight from the sediment of land and relationships. For Gutierrez, terrain is essential to understanding that no story, no matter how personal, is separate from the space where it unfolds. Whether contemplating the value of adobe as both vernacular architecture...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Coffee House Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 GUTMachell, Ben
Summary: "The remarkable true story of a modern-day Robin Hood: a British college student who started robbing banks in the aftermath of the financial crisis. When the global financial crisis of 2007 hit, British college student Stephen Jackley decided to become abank robber, stealing from the rich and giving to the poor. Against all likelihood, his plan actually worked. Jackley used disguises, elaborate...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JACKLEY, STEPHEN MACUrschel, John
Summary: "For John Urschel, what began as an insatiable appetite for puzzles as a child quickly evolved into mastery of the elegant systems and rules of mathematics. By the time he was thirteen, Urschel was auditing college-level calculus courses. But when he joined his high school football team, a new interest began to eclipse the thrill he once felt in the classroom. Football challenged Urschel in an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 URSCHEL, JOHN URSRicher, Shawna.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Triumph Books 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CROSBY, SIDNEY RICMacher, Tom
Summary: "From a searing new literary voice, a raw, compulsively readable memoir about a young man seeking hope, community, and ultimately recovery from addiction in a series of halfway houses and boys' homes--the first book to so vividly capture this world. In his late teens Tom Macher rebelled against a world that seemed stacked against him. Raised in a broken family and estranged from an absentee...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MACHER, TOM MACUrschel, Joe
Summary: "It's 1933 and Prohibition has given rise to the American gangster--now infamous names like Bonnie and Clyde and John Dillinger. Bank robberies at gunpoint are commonplace and kidnapping for ransom is the scourge of a lawless nation. With local cops unauthorized to cross state lines in pursuit and no national police force, safety for kidnappers is just a short trip on back roads they know well...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.15 URSJolie, Raechel Anne
Summary: "Raechel Anne Jolie's early life in a working-class Cleveland exurb was full of race cars, Budweiser-drinking men covered in car grease, and the women who loved them. After her father came home from his third-shift job, took the garbage out to the curb and was hit by a drunk driver, her life changed. Raechel and her mother struggled for money: they were evicted, went days without utilities, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JOLIE, RAECHEL ANNE JOLWillis, Raquel
Summary: "A passionate, powerful memoir by a trailblazing Black transgender activist, tracing her life of transformation and her work towards collective liberation. In 2017, Raquel Willis took to the National Women's March podium just after the presidential election of Donald Trump, primed to tell her story as a young Black transgender woman from the South. Despite having her speaking time cut short,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WILLIS, RAQUEL WILBurk, Rachelle
Summary: "Taylor Swift is breaking records as one of the most successful entertainers of all time. Before she became a famous singer, she was a little girl who loved country music. This inspiring chapter book biography for young readers ages 6 to 9 tells the story of how Taylor Swift went from being a kid growing up on a Christmas tree farm to a famous singer, songwriter, and entertainer"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Callisto Publishing 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 SWIRaphael, Lev.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Terrace Books 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5318 RAPHAEL, LEV RAPRather, Dan
Summary: "In a collection of essays, the venerated television journalist celebrates our shared values, reminds us of what matters most in our great country, and shows us what patriotism looks like"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 320 RATCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323.6 RATCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 323.6 RATRather, Dan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.92 RATRay, Rachael
Summary: The multi-Emmy Award-winning syndicated TV star offers more than 125 recipes straight from her home in upstate New York during the pandemic with personal stories on loss, gratitude and the special memories of what makes a house a home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 RAYBergstein, Rachelle
Summary: Offers an intimate and expansive look at Judy Blume's life, work and cultural impact, focusing on her most iconic--and controversial--young adult novels, from Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret to Blubber.
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Publisher / Publication Date: One Signal Publishers/Atria 2024
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Summary: "The powerful, true story of a Holocaust survivor told by her daughter--a tale that reminds us of the resilience of the soul and the ability of the heart to heal. As Mira is nearing the end of her life, her daughter Rachelle wants to find out how her mother had lived through four concentration camps, including Auschwitz, and a Death March. There was a mystery to her survival, it seemed--which...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 UNREICH, MIRA UNRRay, Rachael
Summary: America's favorite self-taught cook opens up about the most memorable moments of her life in this candid memoir-inspired cookbook featuring more than 125 all-new recipes. As her fiftieth birthday approached, Ray started thinking, not just about what to make for dinner, but how her passion for food and feeding people developed over a lifetime. Here she opens up about her family, and how they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 RAYHeywood, Joseph.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lyons Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 799.1757 HEYCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: MI 799.1 HeyHanel, Rachael.
Contents: We'll be the last ones to let you down -- Digger O'Dell -- In the midst of life we are in death -- Stormy weather -- Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints -- Break the plow -- As you think, you travel -- When beauty dies -- A gossamer world -- Helter skelter -- Opening night -- The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away -- What was left behind.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Minnesota Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HANEL, RACHAEL HANCurwood, Anastasia Carol
Summary: "Shaking up New York and national politics by becoming the first African American congresswoman and, later, the first Black major-party presidential candidate, Shirley Chisholm left an indelible mark as an 'unbought and unbossed' firebrand and a leader in politics for meaningful change. Anastasia C. Curwood interweaves Chisholm's public image, political commitments, and private experiences to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The University of North Carolina Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHISHOLM, SHIRLEY CURDenhollander, Rachael
Summary: "Recipient of Sports Illustrated's Inspiration of the Year Award and one of Time's 100 Most Influential People (2018) "Who is going to tell these little girls that what was done to them matters? That they are seen and valued, that they are not alone and they are not unprotected?" Rachael Denhollander's voice was heard around the world when she spoke out to end the most shocking scandal in US...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale Momentum, the nonfiction imprint of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DENHOLLANDER, RACHAEL DENRaphael, Ray.
Summary: Examines the lives of seven lesser known figures from the Revolutionary period, including one of Washington's soldiers, a wealthy merchant, a blacksmith, and the politically active Mercy Otis Warren.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Press 2009