Anderson, Kristen Jane.
Summary: This is a remarkable story of life beyond despair and hope that triumphs over tragedy. Kristen Anderson thought she had the picture perfect life until strokes of gray dimmed her outlook: three friends and her grandmother died within two years. Still reeling from these losses, she was raped by a friend she thought she could trust. She soon spiraled into a seemingly bottomless depression. One...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Multnomah Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ANDERSON, KRISTEN JANE ANDFilipović, Zlata.
Summary: Growing up in Sarajevo, the only child of her parents, Zlata's life was like that of any ordinary girl her age. Soon war broke out on the streets and her world changed from that of an ordinary girl to one trapped in a war torn land. Includes color photographs reproduced from her diary.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 949.742 FILGomez, Edgar
Summary: "A debut memoir about coming of age as a gay, Latinx man in a culture of machismo, Gomez's High-Risk Homosexual opens in the ultimate anti-gay space: his uncle's cockfighting ring in Nicaragua, where he was sent at twelve years old to become a man. The story then moves through the queer spaces where he learned the joy of being gay and Latinx, including Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, a drag queen...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soft Skull 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GOMEZ, EDGAR GOMPatricof, Alan J.
Summary: "Extensive media and online coverage of the businesss arena, news of start-ups, merers, and deals are familiar headlines these days. But that wasn't always the case. The early years of venture capital were a far cry from today's very public dealings. Alan Patricof, one of the pioneers of the venture arena, offers a behind-the-scenes look at the past fifty years of the industry. From...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Post Hill Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.092 PATGofen, Ethel
Summary: "Argentina is the largest country in the world that has Spanish as its main language. This and other fun facts are waiting for readers to discover as they explore the places and people that make this South American nation unique. From its government and environment to its arts and food, each aspect of life in Argentina is the subject of a focused chapter that features the latest facts and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cavendish Square 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 982 GOFMarshall, Capricia Penavic
Summary: "President Obama's former White House Chief of Protocol looks at why diplomacy and etiquette matter-and what they can do for you"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 395.5 MARGagne, Patric
Summary: "Patric Gagne realized she made others uncomfortable before she started kindergarten. Something about her caused people to react in a way she didn't understand. She suspected it was because she didn't feel things the way other kids did. Emotions like fear, guilt, and empathy eluded her. For the most part, she felt nothing. And she didn't like the way that "nothing" felt. She did her best to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GAGGorey, Edward
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GOREY, EDWARD GoreyComer, Meryl.
Summary: "A profoundly personal, unflinching account of Meryl Comer's husband's battle with Alzheimer's disease that serves as a much-needed wake-up call to better understand and address a progressive and deadly affliction"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2015
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 362.1 COMMatar, Hisham
Summary: "After finishing his powerful memoir The Return, Hisham Matar, seeking solace and pleasure, traveled to Siena, Italy. Always finding comfort and clarity in great art, Matar immersed himself in eight significant works from the Sienese School of painting, which flourished from the thirteenth to the fifteenth centuries. Artists whom he had admired throughout his life, such as Duccio and Ambrogio...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MATAR, HISHAM MATMatar, Hisham
Summary: "In 2012, after the overthrow of Qaddafi, the acclaimed novelist Hisham Matar journeys to his native Libya after an absence of thirty years. When he was twelve, Matar and his family went into political exile. Eight years later Matar's father, a former diplomat and military man turned brave political dissident, was kidnapped from the streets of Cairo by the Libyan government and is believed to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MATAR, HISHAM MATMatar, Hisham
Summary: "In 2012, after the overthrow of Qaddafi, the acclaimed novelist Hisham Matar journeys to his native Libya after an absence of thirty years. When he was twelve, Matar and his family went into political exile. Eight years later Matar's father, a former diplomat and military man turned brave political dissident, was kidnapped from the streets of Cairo by the Libyan government and is believed to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2016
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Summary: "Vive la France! (Long live France!) The French mostly use this phrase during patriotic celebrations, but tourists to the country are sure to adopt the saying after experiencing all France has to offer. It is consistently the world's top tourist destination"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cavendish Square Publishing 2023
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Summary: "Sweden is often featured on lists of the happiest countries in the world, so what is it about life in Sweden that makes people so satisfied? Readers explore essential elements of Swedish culture-from the natural beauty citizens are surrounded by to the basics of life such as education and health care and unique elements such as food, festivals, and the arts. Curriculum topics such as history,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cavendish Square 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 948.5 GOFSlater, Lauren.
Summary: A psychologist and writer describes how her love of animals helped shape her life, recounting her experiences at a horseback riding camp as a child and the marital difficulties caused by her decision to neuter the family dog.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2012
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Summary: "In this engaging biography, readers will learn about the builder of board games, Milton Bradley. Follow the story from Bradley's childhood, his early entrepreneurial work creating and selling stationery, his drafting education at Harvard, his first business creating and selling lithographs, and how these experiences came together when he formed the Milton Bradley Company and created the Game...
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Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Publishing Company 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BRASlater, Nigel
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 SLAGómez de la Serna, Ramón
Contents: "That youthful genius who fills the showcase of the world" : essay / by Ramón Gómez de la Serna -- Ramón Gómez de la Serna and Dalí : note / by Sebastiano Grasso -- The life and works : chronology / by Eleonora Bairati -- Art for looking at one's soul : 68 works / by Salvador Dalí -- The Dalí Theater Museum at Figueras : note / by Eleonora Bairati -- Inventiveness-the key to survival : an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wellfleet Press 1979
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 759.6 GOMSlater, Dashka
Summary: "One teenager in a skirt. One teenager with a lighter. One moment that changes both of their lives forever. If it weren't for the 57 bus, Sasha and Richard never would have met. Both were high school students from Oakland, California, one of the most diverse cities in the country, but they inhabited different worlds. Sasha, a white teen, lived in the middle-class foothills and attended a small...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 364 SLASlater, Kelly
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Publisher / Publication Date: ReganBooks 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 797.32 SLASlater, Lauren.
Summary: "Lauren Slater's rocky childhood left her cold to the idea of ever creating a family of her own, but a husband, two dogs, two children, and three houses later, she came around to the challenges, trials, and unexpected rewards of playing house. Boldly honest, these biographical pieces reveal Slater at her wittiest and most deeply personal. She describes her journey from fiercely independent...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SLATER, LAUREN SLASlater, Lee
Summary: "In this engaging biography, readers will learn about the manufacturers of LEGO, the Kristiansen Family. Follow the family's story from Denmark where Ole Kirk Christiansen began making wooden toys in his Billund Carpentry Shop and Lumberyard to the company's evolution to the LEGO company. Christiansen and his sons Godtfred, Karl, and Gerhardt purchase a machine that makes plastic toys, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Publishing Company 2016
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prentice Hall 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TRUMP, DONALD SLAGómez-Colón, Salvador
Summary: "Launching a propulsive middle grade nonfiction series, a young man shares how he combated Puerto Rico's public health emergency after Hurricane Maria. Suffering heavy damage in the wake of Hurricane Maria in 2017, Puerto Rican communities lacked access to clean water and electricity. Salvador Gómez-Colón couldn't ignore the basic needs of his homeland, and knew that nongovernmental...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company 2021