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Summary: "Carlos Fuentes writes passionately and brilliantly about Frida Kahlo in the introduction of this book, which reproduces the pages and drawings of Kahlo's personal diary. Sarah M. Lowe, who wrote the commentaries and the essay, provides a more balanced view. Work is a curious gathering of thoughts and feelings, observations and annotations, and indeed makes the reader feel that he/she is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: H.N. Abrams 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KAHLO, FRIDA KAHFrith, Margaret.
Summary: Biography of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, written as a child's school report.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Fine FrithMilner, Frank.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PRC Pub. 2003
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 759.972 MILHughes, Frieda
Summary: "From poet and painter Frieda Hughes, a memoir of love, obsession, and feathers. When Frieda Hughes moved to the depths of the Welsh countryside, she was expecting to take on a few projects: planting a garden, painting, writing her poetry column for The Times (London), and possibly even breathing new life into her ailing marriage. But instead, she found herself rescuing a baby magpie, the sole...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avid Reader Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HUGHES, FRIEDA HUGBlas, Terry
Summary: "Discover how Mexican painter Frida Kahlo becomes one of the greatest artistic voices in the world as she travels from Mexico to New York City for her first-ever solo exhibition, setting the art world aflame"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2024
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB KAHLO BLAFriel, Bob.
Summary: Relates the story of professional thief Colton Harris-Moore, a neglected child who eluded authorities, gained a cult following, and used self-taught knowledge and skills to pilot stolen planes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364 FRIRedgrave, Naida
Summary: Mary Seacole is now known for her medical work in the Crimean war, and as a brilliant woman who combated the racial prejudice she experienced in her lifetime. But for a long time her story was lost. From growing up in Kingston, Jamaica as the daughter of a doctress to helping soldiers in the war, discover the details of the amazing life that Mary Seacole led in this beautifully illustrated book...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT People SeacoleWhite, Arisa
Summary: Presents the life of a California ex-slave, nurse, and midwife, who started many philanthropic projects.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heyday 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MASLocke, Raymond Friday
Contents: The Dutch colonial failure in New York, by C. B. Currey.--Meet Wiley and Micajah Harpe: unkind men, by G. G. Hatheway.--Benjamin West: the Quaker Rembrandt, by R. H. Andrews.--The Aaron Burr affair, by R. H. Andrews.--William Duer and the origins of the New York Stock Exchange, by R. Sobel.--John Adams: the first angry man in the White House, by R. H. Andrews.--The ride a nation forgot, by H....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mankind Pub. Co. 1971
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.08 LOCAmson-Bradshaw, Georgia
Summary: Presents the lives and accomplishments of eight women artists from around the world. Every story comes with an engaging activity that will nurture a child's own varied skills and inspire them to pursue a treasured goal or aspiration.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barron's Educational Series 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 709.2 AMSFrady, Marshall.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 1979
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GRABasil, Priya
Summary: "A thought-provoking meditation on food, family, identity, immigration, and, most of all, hospitality--at the table and beyond--that's part food memoir, part appeal for more authentic decency in our daily worlds, and in the world at large"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 177 BASDrucker, Malka.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of New Mexico Press 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KAHLO, FRIDA DRUPetitjean, Marc
Summary: "This intimate account offers a new, unexpected understanding of the artist's work and of the vibrant Surrealist art scene in the 1930s. In 1939, devastated after the revelation that her husband had had an affair with her sister, Frida Kahlo left her homein Mexico and headed for Paris to rebuild her life and rediscover her art. Now, for the first time, this missing part of Kahlo's story is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Other Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KAHLO, FRIDA PETGrimberg, Salomón.
Summary: The body of work of some 200 paintings forms a visual diary that documents Frida Kahlo's fascinating existence, here typified by a selection of over 90 of her paintings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barnes & Noble 1997
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 759.972 GRIMorales, Yuyi.
Summary: Bilingual text, accompanied by colorful photographs, explores the famous artist's life, and illuminates the laughter, love, and tragedy that influenced her work.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 KAHRobbins, Trina
Summary: The world of comic strips always reflected the fashion of the time-- from R.F. Outcault's nightie-clad 'Yellow Kid' to Grace Drayton's 'Campbell Kids'. By the 1920s all the little roly-poly girls depicted in those early strips had grown up, bobbed their curls, and become flappers. Women got the vote in 1920, and suddenly they were equal to the boys-- at least in the voting booth. They smoked...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fantagraphic Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 ROBRosenthal, Mark
Summary: Catalog of an exhibition organized by the Detroit Institute of Arts, held from March 15 - July 12, 2015, celebrating the famous Mexican artist couple Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo during the year they spent in Detroit while he completed the "Detroit Industry Murals".
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Publisher / Publication Date: Detroit Institute of Arts/Yale University Press 2015
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 ROSFonda, Jane
Summary: The Oscar-winning actress, fitness expert, and political activist outlines a roadmap for seniors who are experiencing unprecedented rates of longevity, sharing practical advice on everything from fitness and sexuality to coming to terms with past mistakes and embracing a spiritual life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.04 FONFonda, Jane
Summary: "In the fall of 2019, frustrated with the obvious inaction of politicians and inspired by Greta Thunberg, Naomi Klein, and student climate strikers, Jane Fonda moved to Washington, DC to lead weekly climate change demonstrations on Capitol Hill. On October 11, she launched Fire Drill Fridays (FDF), and has since led thousands of people in non-violent civil disobedience, risking arrest to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.738 FONCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.738 FONFried, Hedi
Summary: Hédi Fried was nineteen when the Nazis arrested her family and transported them to Auschwitz. While there, apart from enduring the daily horrors at the concentration camp, she and her sister were forced into hard labor before being released at the end of the war. After settling in Sweden, Hédi devoted her life to educating young people about the Holocaust. In her 90s, she decided to take the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribble, an imprint of Scribe Publications 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 940.53 FRICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 940.53 FRIFrith, Margaret.
Summary: An illustrated biography of Franklin Delano Roosevelt that provides information on his childhood in Hyde Park, marriage to Eleanor, political career, years as president, and influence on American history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2010
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ROOJackson-Laufer, Guida M. (Guida Myrl)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heritage Books 1992
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1 available in Reference Office, Call number: R-Gen 929.2 BENSON Jackson-LauferFrith, Uta
Summary: "Professors and husband-and-wife team Uta and Chris Frith have pioneered major studies of brain disorders throughout their nearly fifty-year career. Here, in Two Heads, their distinguished careers serve as a prism through which they share the compelling story of the birth of neuroscience and their paradigm-shifting discoveries across areas as wide-ranging as autism and schizophrenia research,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2022