Austin, Nefertiti
Summary: "When Nefertiti Austin, a single African-American woman, decided to adopt two black children through the foster system, she was unprepared for the fact that there is no place for black women in the 'mommy wars.' Austin set off on her path with no place to seek guidance from others who looked like her or shared her experience. She soon realized that she would not only have to navigate skepticism...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 AUSTIN, NEFERTITI AUSDarnell, John Coleman
Summary: "Two celebrated Egyptologists bring to vivid life the intriguing and controversial reign of King Tut's parents Akhenaten has been the subject of radically different, even contradictory, biographies. The king has achieved fame as the world's first individual and the first monotheist, but others have seen him as an incestuous tyrant who nearly ruined the kingdom he ruled. The gold funerary mask...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 DARShahidi, Afshin
Summary: Afshin Shahidi met Prince in 1993 and soon became his cinematographer and later one of the only people allowed to photograph him. He collaborated with Prince longer than any other photographer. Afshin was the only photographer allowed to shoot the legendary 3121 private parties in Los Angeles that became the most sought after invitations in Hollywood; some of those photos are included in this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 770 SHAAuster, Paul
Summary: Quinn, a mystery writer, becomes involved in a puzzling case; Blue is hired by White to spy on Black; and Fanshawe, a gifted novelist, disappears, leaving his family and work behind, in an omnibus edition containing three interconnected novels.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC AUSRushin, Steve
Summary: A bittersweet memoir of the author's 1970s childhood nostalgically shares observations of his family life as it was shaped by influences ranging from the Steve Miller Band and Saturday morning cartoons to Bic pens and Schwinn Sting-Ray bikes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RUSHIN, STEVE RUSIvereigh, Austen
Summary: Following his critically acclaimed The Great Reformer, Austen Ivereigh's colorful, clear-eyed portrait of Pope Francis takes us inside the Vatican's urgent debate over the future of the church in Wounded Shepherd. This deeply contextual biography centers on the tensions generated by the pope's attempt to turn the Church away from power and tradition and outwards to engage humanity with God's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FRANCIS, POPE IVEMustain, Gene.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1523 MustaAntin, Evan
Summary: "Star of Animal Planet's Evan Goes Wild and People magazine's "Pet Vet" Dr. Evan Antin takes readers beyond his viral Instagram posts right into the wild world with him. World Wild Vet is an up close and personal look at planet earth, in all its wild glory. But beyond the laugh-out-loud stories and dangerous encounters with some of our planet's most exotic creatures, it is a clarion call to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ANTIN, EVAN ANTFabiny, Sarah
Summary: "Step into the world of Georgian England and learn more about the genteel life of this beloved author. Although Jane Austen's works were first published anonymously and brought her little personal recognition, today they are rarely out of print and have inspired movies, television shows and mini-series, literary anthologies, and many other adaptations all around the world. Her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB AUSTEN SPINDLEHostin, Sunny
Summary: The co-host of "The View" and ABC News senior legal correspondent traces her journey from a biracial child in a South Bronx housing project to a successful and influential Washington, D.C. attorney and journalist.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HOSTIN, SUNNY HOSLong, Michael G.
Summary: "This powerful and triumphant picture book biography tells the story of Bayard Rustin, an openly gay civils rights leader, who, with the support of Dr. King and future congressman John Lewis, led 250,000 people to the doorstep of the U.S. government demanding change"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Bee Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 RUSWeatherford, Carole Boston
Summary: "On August 28, 1963, a quarter of a million activists and demonstrators from every corner of the United States convened for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. It was there that they raised their voices in unison to call for racial and economic justice for all Black Americans, to call out inequities, and ultimately to advance the Civil Rights Movement. Every movement has its unsung...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 RUSAuster, Paul
Summary: Stephen Crane transformed American literature through an avalanche of original short stories, novellas, poems, journalism, and war reportage before his life was cut short by tuberculosis at age twenty-eight. Auster casts a dazzled eye on Crane's astonishing originality and productivity. He provides insight into Crane's creative processes, and shows how Crane's life experiences, in rebounding...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CRANE, STEPHEN AUSCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B CRANE AUSSmith, Huston.
Summary: Documents the world religion scholar's life and experiences with people who shaped the twentieth century, including Mother Teresa, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Ram Dass, in an account that also traces the adventures he had in pursuit of his influential research.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne/HarperCollins Publishers 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SMITH, HUSTON SMIJames, Carolyn Custis
Summary: "An inspirational guide for today's Christian women focuses on biblical female role models such as Eve, Mary, Sarah, and Naomi, revealing new insights on ancient stories to deliver a powerful message of encouragement for those struggling to find their place in life."--Publisher's description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zondervan 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 220.9 JAMTrask-Curtin, Marilou
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Publisher / Publication Date: Llewellyn Worldwide Ltd 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TRASK-CURTIN, MARILOU TRAHuston, Anjelica.
Summary: "Picking up where A Story Lately Told leaves off, when Anjelica Huston is 22 years old, Watch Me is a chronicle of her glamorous and eventful Hollywood years. She writes about falling in love with Jack Nicholson and her adventurous, turbulent, high-profile, spirited 17-year relationship with him and his intoxicating circle of friends. She writes about learning how to act, about her Academy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HUSTON, ANJELICA HUSPicardie, Justine
Summary: "A biography of Catherine Dior, Christian Dior's younger sister, that illuminates the work of the most iconic designer of the postwar world-her brother, Christian-and casts new light on the overlooked life of a quietly courageous, quietly extraordinary woman"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DIOR, CATHERINE PICCowan, Justine
Summary: Documents the author's investigation into her late mother's tragic experiences as an illegitimate orphan who endured an early life of discrimination, physical abuse and harsh labor serving England's ruling class at London's infamous Foundling Hospital.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SOAMES, DOROTHY COWAustin, Wiltshire Stanton
Contents: Introductory chapter -- Ben Johnson -- Sir William Davenant -- John Dryden -- Thomas Shadwell -- Nahum Tate -- Nicholas Rowe -- Rev. Laurence Eusden -- Colley Cibber -- William Whitehead -- Rev. Thomas Warton -- Henry James Pye -- Robert Southey -- William Wordsworth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: R. Bentley 1956
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 821 AUSCasasola, Agustín Víctor
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aperture 2003
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Stevens, Austin James
Summary: "Known as the original "Snakemaster" from his various television shows, Austin Stevens is one of the most famous herpetologists in the world. From his show Austin Stevens: Snakemaster on Animal Planet to his many appearances in the media, Stevens is known as an incredibly smart, yet incredibly insane animal lover. In Snakemaster, Austin Stevens tells incredible stories of his many run-ins with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perseus Distribution Services 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 597 STEBrown, Austin Channing
Summary: The author's first encounter with a racialized America came at age seven, when her parents told her they named her Austin to deceive future employers into thinking she was a white man. She grew up in majority-white schools, organizations, and churches, and has spent her life navigating America's racial divide as a writer, a speaker, and an expert helping organizations practice genuine...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Convergent Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BROCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BROWN, AUSTIN CHANNING BROSantoni, Manuela
Summary: "Before she was the beloved author of Pride and Prejudice and other classic novels, Jane Austen was a young woman wrestling with society's expectations and challenges of the heart. Her own story involves choices that changed literary history--and perhaps even the choice to walk away from love. This graphic imagining of Jane Austen's youth includes her creative awakening and her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Universe 2018