Herrera, Juan Felipe
Summary: "When Juan Felipe Herrera was very young, he picked flowers, helped his mama feed the chickens, slept under the starry sky, and learned to say goodbye to his amiguitos each time his migrant family moved on. When he grew up, Juan Felipe Herrera became a poet. His breathtaking poem "Imagine" and Lauren Castillo's evocative illustrations will speak to every reader and dreamer searching for this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JE SPANISH HERHerrera, Juan Felipe.
Summary: Twenty Hispanic American artists, scientists, athletes, activists and political leaders are profiled in this stunning book, complete with inspirational quotes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2015
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1 available in Juvenile book on CD, Call number: J CD 920 Herrera 2015Toumani, Meline.
Summary: A young Armenian-American goes to Turkey in a 'love thine enemy' experiment that becomes a transformative reflection on how we use-- and abuse-- our personal histories.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TOUMANI, MELINE TOUFernández-Armesto, Felipe.
Summary: Chronicles the life and times of Florentine explorer Amerigo Vespucci, an obscure adventurer, salesman, sorcerer, and relentless borrower of others' experiences and achievements who gave his name to the continents of the New World.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.01 VESPUCCI, AMERIGO FERDavis, Camas
Summary: Camas Davis was at an unhappy crossroads. A longtime magazine writer and editor in the food world, she'd returned to her home state of Oregon with her boyfriend from New York City to take an appealing job at a Portland lifestyle magazine. But neither job nor boyfriend delivered on her dreams, and in the span of a year, Davis was unemployed, on her own, with nothing to fall back on....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DAVIS, CAMAS DAVLee, Helie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony Books 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 979.4 LEESchulke, Flip.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norton 1986
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Place a hold to request this item.Wiesel, Elie
Summary: "Magnificent insights into the lives of biblical prophets and kings, Talmudic sages, and Hasidic rabbis, from one of the world's most honored and beloved teachers. From a multitude of sources, Elie Wiesel culls facts, legends, and anecdotes to give us fascinating portraits of notable figures throughout Jewish history--from the Kingdom of Israel in the ninth century B.C.E. to nineteenth-century...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schocken Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 296.1 WIEWiesel, Elie
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Notre Dame Press 1978
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 296.833 WIEWiesel, Elie
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 1996
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 WIESEL, ELIE WIEWiesel, Elie
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schocken Books 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WIESEL, ELIE WIEFelix, Camonghne
Summary: "Dyscalculia is an exquisite and raw booklength essay that follows Camonghne Felix's journey to survey and reconfigure the pieces of a broken heart in order to rebuild one that is entirely her own. Felix uses her childhood "dyscalculia"-a disorder that makes it difficult to learn math-as a metaphor for the consequences of her miscalculations in intimacy. Dyscalculia negotiates the misalignments...
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Publisher / Publication Date: One World 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FELIX, CAMONGHNE FELWiesel, Elie
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schocken Books 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WIESEL, ELIE WIEWiesel, Elie
Summary: The narrative of a boy who lived through Auschwitz and Buchenwald provides a short and terrible indictment of modern humanity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hill and Wang 1958
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7 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5318 WIE2 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 940.5318 WIE
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Summary: A chronicle of the Holocaust through the eyes of a 14 year old Hungarian Jew who survived Birkenau, Auschwitz, Buna and Buchenwald.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 1999
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 940.5318 WIEWiesel, Elie
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1972
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 296.833 WIEFelix, Antonia
Summary: "Elizabeth Warren's rise as one of America's most powerful women is a stirring lesson in persistence. From her fierce support of the middle class to her unapologetic response to political bullies, Warren is known as a passionate yet plain-speaking champion of equity and fairness. In the wake of one fellow senator's effort to silence her in 2016, three words became a rallying cry across the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks, Inc. 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WARREN, ELIZABETH FELFelix, Antonia
Summary: A photographic journey of Michelle Obama, one of the most beloved First Ladies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling 2017
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 921 OBAMA, MICHELLE FELFelix, Antonia.
Summary: The definitive biography of the first Latina and third woman ever appointed to the Supreme Court from the biographer of Condoleezza Rice and Laura Bush. The author delves behind the headlines to tell the compelling story of how the daughter of Puerto Rican immigrants living in the South Bronx became one of the greatest legal minds in the country. With insight and thoughtful analysis, she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SOTOMAYOR, SONIA FELGravel, Elise
Summary: Tells the true story of Antonio Barichievich, the larger-than-life Montréal strongman.
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Publisher / Publication Date: A TOON Book 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 GRAHouran, Lori Haskins
Summary: Describes the life and accomplishments of the famous inventor known for creating the movie camera and the battery for an electric car.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE HOUAlbee, Sarah
Summary: Complemented by photographic historical back matter, a leveled-reader introduction to the life of Albert Einstein explains how his innovative thinking paved the way for many world-shaping discoveries and inventions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Featuring exclusively Black characters, this multi-genre story collection--drawing from contemporary, historical, fantasy, sci-fi, magical and realistic--celebrates and redfines the many facets of Blackness and geekiness, both in the real world and those imagined.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Swanson, Jennifer
Summary: Provides a brief history of zoology and profiles three women who are working in the field today.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nomad Press, a division of Nomad Communications 2017