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Summary: A first-hand exploration of blindness, looking at how the blind have been presented in film and literature, attempting to capture in words the visual experience of someone with severely impaired sight, and including information from the author about the ways she reads, and the freedom she felt when she stopped hiding her blindness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.41 KLELawton, Georgina
Summary: Raised in sleepy English suburbia, Georgina Lawton was no stranger to homogeneity. Her parents were white; her friends were white; there was no reason for her to think she was any different. But over time her brown skin and dark, kinky hair frequently made her a target of prejudice. In Georgina’s insistently color-blind household, with no acknowledgement of her difference or access to black...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Perenial 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LAWTON, GEORGINA LAWCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B LAWTON LAWGreig, Geordie
Summary: "A memoir about the author's relationship with renowned painter Lucian Freud that includes interviews with many close friends and family members as well as critical analyses of Freud's art"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus & Giroux 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FREUD, LUCIAN GREAndrews, Georgina.
Summary: A collection of one hundred science experiments designed to provide hands-on experience with scientific investigation, as well as the science behind the experiments.
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Publisher / Publication Date: EDC 2006
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heinemann 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 372.64 HEAHowell, Georgina
Summary: She has been called the female Lawrence of Arabia, which, while not inaccurate, fails to give Gertrude Bell her due. She was at one time the most powerful woman in the British Empire: a nation builder, the driving force behind the creation of modern-day Iraq. Born into privilege in 1868, Bell turned her back on Victorian society, choosing to read history at Oxford and going on to become an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus, Giroux 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BELL, GERTRUDE HOWReid, Georgina
Summary: From street gardens in LA to grand country estates in Auckland; tiny rental gardens in Sydney to plant packed suburban Brisbane backyards, this book is a visceral and immersive exploration of the exceptional and ordinary ways people around the world find truth, beauty, purpose and connection through the act of gardening. The book is a culmination of the five years the author and photographer...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.022 REIBall, Georgia
Summary: Eleven-year-old Nathaniel Knox becomes caught up in a gunfight between American and British troops during the American Revolution.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 BALEde, Georgia
Summary: "We are in the midst of a global mental health crisis: -More than one in six American adults now take psychiatric medication. -The prevalence of Alzheimer's disease is expected to triple by 2050. -Depression is now the number one cause of disability in the world. -The COVID-19 pandemic has quadrupled reports of anxiety and depression. Although medications may ease suffering for some, in Change...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balance 2024
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Summary: The paintings and drawings reproduced include abstractions, flower paintings, cityscapes, landscapes, still lifes, and figure studies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Gallery of Art 1987
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 759.13 OKERossetti, Christina Georgina
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 821.8 ROSParisi, Giorgio
Summary: "From the 2021 Nobel Prize winner in Physics, an enlightening and personal journey into the practice of groundbreaking science. In a Flight of Starlings, already a #1 bestseller in his native Italy, celebrated physicist Giorgio Parisi guides us through his unorthodox yet exhilarating work: investigating the principles of physics by observing the flight of flocks of birds. Studying the movements...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 530.01 PARBall, Georgia
Summary: Eleven-year-old Barry Hunter and his family attempt to ride out Hurricane Katrina at home in the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans when his little sister gets ill, but when the levees break, Barry gets swept away from his family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2022
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Summary: "Chet Roscow is finally feeling at home in his uncle's little New Jersey town. He has three new friends, and they love cooling off in the creek on hot summer days. But then comes shocking news: A massive shark has been attacking swimmers in the ocean along the Jersey Shore, not far from where Chet is staying. Fear is in the air. So when Chet spots a gray fin in the creek, he's sure it's his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 BALCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J FIC TARBall, Georgia
Summary: In one of the darkest periods in history, a young Jewish boy struggles to survive as he escapes the ghetto and finds a group of resistance fighters in the forests of Poland. Does he have what it takes to survive the Nazis--and fight back?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 TARCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J FIC BALBragg, Georgia
Summary: "A humorous look at how famous people got caught, including Joan of Arc, Blackbeard, Al Capone, and more! From the award-winning team that brought you How They Croaked and How They Choked. Outlaw, assassin, art thief, and spy, these fourteen troublemakers and crooks--including Blackbeard the pirate, Typhoid Mary, and gangster Al Capone--have given the good guys a run for their money throughout...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 364.1092 BRABragg, Georgia.
Summary: A look at the deaths of several famous people throughout history and the circumstances surrounding those deaths.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker & Co. 2011
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 920 BRAO'Keeffe, Georgia
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 759.13 OKEGoodfellow, Caroline G. (Caroline Georgina)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dorling Kindersley 1993
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 688.7221 GOOCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 688.7221 GOOPasselecq, Georges.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Brace 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 261.26 PASFabiny, Sarah
Summary: "Georgia O'Keeffe is famously known for her colorful, large paintings of flowers, but this artist's portfolio expands far beyond Jack-in-the-pulpits. In this book, young readers will learn about O'Keeffe's childhood in Wisconsin and her years as a talented art school teacher. Her years as an artist in both New York and New Mexico, two areas that are heavily represented in her artwork, reveal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET O'KeeffeJennings, Patricia
Summary: In spring 1939 O'Keeffe spent 9 weeks in Hawai'i. During her 2-week stay on Maui, she was guided by her host's 12-year old daughter. Now 85, Patricia tells of showing O'Keeffe the valleys and hills of Wailuku and the waterfalls, jungles, lava bridges, and black-sand beaches of Hana. The two formed a deep bond that influenced the rest of Patricia's life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Koa Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 702 O'KEEFE JENAmson-Bradshaw, Georgia
Summary: "Many kids already understand that recycling and not littering are ways to help cut down on waste and pollution. But many don't know how what they use and buy impact the environment. From vehicle emissions to agricultural runoff, the main content of this book explains many kinds of waste and pollution and how it can affect the planet. Age-appropriate details and tips teach young readers how to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2023
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J 333.72 AMSRobinson, Lisa
Summary: "A picture book biography of Georgia O'Keeffe, with an emphasis on her sustainable homestead in Abiquiu, New Mexico"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Neal Porter Books / Holiday House 2024