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First bookMontana-Leblanc, Phyllis.
Summary: Hurricane Katrina survivor LeBlanc--featured in Spike Lee's acclaimed HBO documentary "When the Levees Broke"--offers an astounding and poignant account of her struggle to survive one of the nation's worst disasters.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.34 MONEyre, Makana
Summary: Drawing on oral history and testimony, as well as extensive archival research, this powerful story recounts the transformation of Polish nationalist Aleksander Kulisiewicz after an unlikely friendship with a Jewish conductor in Sachsenhausen who tasked him with a mission: to save the musical heritage of the victims of the Nazi camps.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KULISIEWICZ, ALEKSANDER TYTUS EYRMotta, Veruska
Summary: To be living as a king or queen sounds amazing, doesn't it? This book shows the real ups and downs of Queens and Kings lives, to show that all that glitter isn't gold! The stories of great Queens and Kings from all over the world are here collected, from the main events to their secrets! Nero, Cleopatra, Henry VIII, Elizabeth II, just to name a few, are the protagonists of this volume, enriched...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: White Star Kids 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 MOTRusch, Elizabeth
Summary: "Una historia real sobre un científico contemporáneo que salvó la capa de ozono y el planeta, evitando un desastre en el medioambiente. Mario Molina es un científico mexicoamericano y un héroe de nuestros días que ayudó a resolver la crisis de la capa de ozono de la década de 1980. Se crió en la Ciudad de México y desde niño sintió curiosidad por los mundos ocultos que estudiaba a través de un...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2019
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: J SPANISH 921 MOLMoran, Caitlin
Summary: Piecing together common-sense observations with scenes from her own life, the author sheds new light on feminism, discussing the reasons why female rights and empowerment are essential issues for both women and society itself.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Perennial 2012
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 305.42 MORMoran, Mollie
Summary: "True story of a feisty and fun-loving young English girl's adventures while in domestic service in the 1930's as a scullery maid, then kitchen maid and cook. Includes recipes and household cleaning tips"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Globe Pequot Pr 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MORAN, MOLLIE MORGolabek, Mona
Summary: "In pre-World War II Vienna, Lisa Jura was a musical prodigy who dreamed of becoming a concert pianist. But when enemy forces threatened the city--particularly the Jewish people that lived there--Lisa's parents were forced to make a difficult decision. They chose to send Lisa to London for safety through the Kindertransport--a rescue effort that relocated Jewish children. As Lisa yearned to be...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 921 GOLGolabek, Mona
Summary: The true story of Lisa Jura, one of the thousands of Jewish children who survived World War II via the Kindertransport.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 GOLKerby, Mona.
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Publisher / Publication Date: F. Watts 1994
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB DOUGLASS KERBYWojczuk, Tana
Summary: A portrait of the nineteenth-century queer actress draws on rare correspondence to trace her radical formative years, glittering performances, and professional affiliations that shaped the cultural landscapes of nineteenth-century New York City.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Avid Reader Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CUSHMAN, CHARLOTTE WOJFinet, Nicolas
Summary: A biography in comics of rock singer Janis Joplin, featuring highlights of her journey from childhood after the Second World War to her abrupt death in late 1970. Fed by the thirst for freedom of the Beat Generation and the desire for emancipation expressed by American youth in the early 1960s, Janis Joplin left for San Francisco, the epicenter of cultural innovation. There, she abandons...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: NBM Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JOPLIN, JANIS FINSimon, Eddy
Summary: "This comics biography of one of the greatest sculptors who ever lived is done with the collaboration of the Rodin Museum and includes a preface by its director. It views his life through the eyes of the three women who shared his life for good or for bad. One was his lifelong on and off companion, the other two his muses, one of which was Camille Claudel, a well-recognized sculptor herself....
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Publisher / Publication Date: NBM Graphic Novels 2020
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 SIMGaet's
Summary: "In the middle of a depressing youth in a ghetto of Kingston, Jamaica, Robert Nesta Marley sees only one way out: music. And that music will be what Jamaica made of rock and pop locally that had hardly been heard anywhere else: reggae! It is Marley who brings the unmistakable beat of reggae to the entire world. From small stages in Jamaica, his partners of the Wailers accompany him all the way...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: NBM Graphic Novels 2019
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 GAELambda, Sophie
Summary: "Part memoir, part self-help book, So Much For Love offers hilarious and empathetic advice on how to survive a relationship with a master manipulator. Sophie had always been cynical about love--until she meets Marcus. His affection and doting praise melt away her defenses. The beginning of their relationship was a whirlwind romance, but over time she finds herself on uneven footing. Marcus...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.2 LAMHanna-Attisha, Mona
Summary: "The dramatic story of the signature environmental disaster of our time and an inspiring tale of scientific resistance by a relentless physician who stood up to power. Flint was already a troubled city in 2014 when the state of Michigan--in the name of austerity--shifted the source of its water supply from Lake Huron to the Flint River. Soon after, citizens began complaining about the water...
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Publisher / Publication Date: One World 2018
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2 available in Adult, Call number: 615.9 HANCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HANCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HANCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HANNA-ATTISHA, MONA HANCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Environ Hanna-AttishaHanna-Attisha, Mona
Summary: "The dramatic story of the signature environmental disaster of our time and an inspiring tale of scientific resistance by a relentless physician who stood up to power. Flint was already a troubled city in 2014 when the state of Michigan--in the name of austerity--shifted the source of its water supply from Lake Huron to the Flint River. Soon after, citizens began complaining about the water...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: One World 2018
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1 available in Book Club Kit, Call number: 615.9 HAN Book Club KitBagieu, Pénélope
Summary: With her characteristic wit and dazzling drawings, celebrated graphic novelist Penelope Bagieu profiles the lives of these feisty female role models, some world famous, some little known. From Nellie Bly to Mae Jemison or Josephine Baker to Naziq al-Abid, the stories in this comic biography are sure to inspire the next generation of rebel ladies.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: First Second, an imprint of Roaring Book Press 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 920 BAGCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 920 BagieuRubio, Salva
Summary: From many years without recognition, money and yet a family to raise, all the way to great success, critically and financially, Monet pursued insistently one vision: catching the light in painting, refusing to compromise on this ethereal pursuit. It cost him dearly but he was a beacon for his contemporaries. We discover in this comics biography how he came to this vision as well as his...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: NBM Publishing 2017
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 RUBIsaacson, Walter
Summary: Leonardo da Vinci created the two most famous paintings in history, The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa. But in his own mind, he was just as much a man of science and engineering. With a passion that sometimes became obsessive, he pursued innovative studies of anatomy, fossils, birds, the heart, flying machines, botany, geology, and weaponry. His ability to stand at the crossroads of the...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Audioworks, Simon & Schuster Audio 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 DA VINCI, LEONARDO ISASpitz, Bob.
Summary: "Even before the Beatles hit the big time, a myth was created. This version of the Beatles legend smoothed the rough edges and filled in the fault lines, and for more than forty years this manicured version of the Beatles story has sustained as truth--until now. The product of almost a decade of research, hundreds of unprecedented interviews, and the discovery of scores of never-before-revealed...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audio 2005