Glidden, Sarah
Summary: Cartoonist Sarah Glidden accompanies her two friends--reporters and founders of a journalism non-profit--as they research potential stories on the effects of the Iraq War on the Middle East and, specifically, the war's refugees. Joining the trio is a childhood friend and former Marine whose past service in Iraq adds an unexpected and sometimes unwelcome viewpoint, both to the people they come...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 070.4 GLITheroux, Paul
Summary: "Paul Theroux has spent fifty years crossing the globe, adventuring in the exotic, seeking the rich history and folklore of the far away. Now, for the first time, in his tenth travel book, Theroux explores a piece of America--the Deep South. He finds there a paradoxical place, full of incomparable music, unparalleled cuisine, and yet also some of the nation's worst schools, housing, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 975 THELaskas, Jeanne Marie
Summary: "Character-driven stories about the people who make our lives run every day--and yet we barely think of them"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2016
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 305.5 LASWright, Lawrence
Summary: "With humor and the biting insight of a native, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Looming Tower explores the history, culture, and politics of Texas, while holding the stereotypes up for rigorous scrutiny. God Save Texas is a journey through the most controversial state in America. It is a red state in the heart of Trumpland that hasn't elected a Democrat to a statewide office in more...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.3 TEXAriosto, David
Summary: "An exploration of Cuba's Cold War mindset and a people in the throes of transition, with tales of run-ins with spies, secret backrooms, and empty grocery shelves. Fidel Castro is dead. Donald Trump is in the White House. And to most outsiders, the fate of Cuba has never been more uncertain. But those who look close enough realize the blueprints for the island's next revolution may be etched in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B ARIOSTO ARIGiffels, David
Summary: "In the tradition of J.D. Vance, Sarah Smarsh, and Amy Goldstein, BARNSTORMING OHIO is an on-the-ground look at the diverse challenges facing Ohio, and its national significance as the state that has historically sided with the presidential election winner more than any other -- from award-winning lifelong Ohioan author and writer David Giffels, dubbed by the New York Times as "the Bard of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.1 GIFShehadeh, Raja
Summary: "In a dazzling mix of reportage, analysis, and memoir, the leading Palestinian writer of our time reflects on aging, failure, the occupation, and the changing face of Ramallah"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 2019