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Summary: "An extraordinary account of a band of young men in a besieged Damascan suburb who find books in the rubble and create a secret library"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.91 MINCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.9104 MINCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B MINOUI MINTetro, Tony
Summary: A world-renowned art forger who has been duping the art world for forty-five years and served time after a widely-publicized trial, describes the secrets and corruption of that universe while giving an art history lesson.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TETRO, TONY TETCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B TETRO TETTutu, Desmond.
Summary: Nobel Laureate Desmond Tutu has long been admired throughout the world for the heroism and grace he exhibited while encouraging countless South Africans in their struggle for human rights. In God Has a Dream, his most soul-searching book, he shares the spiritual message that guided him through those troubled times. Drawing on personal and historical examples, Archbishop Tutu reaches out to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 231.7 TUTPopescu, Petru Demetru
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 981.1 POPDeVos, Betsy
Summary: "In Hostages No More, DeVos unleashes her candid thoughts about working in the Trump administration, recounts her battles over the decades to put students first, hits back at "woke" curricula in our schools, and details the reforms America must pursue to fix its long and badly broken education system. And she has stories to tell: DeVos offers blunt insights on the people and politics that stand...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Street 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 370.973 DEV1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 370.973 DEV
Miller, Tessa
Summary: "A riveting and candid account of a young journalist's awakening to a life of chronic illness, weaving together her personal story with reporting to shed light on how Americans live with long-term diagnoses today"--
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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 MILCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: 921 MILLER, TESSA MILLerner, Betsy.
Summary: "A fifty-year-old Bridge game provides an unexpected way to cross the generational divide between a daughter and her mother. Betsy Lerner takes us on a powerfully personal literary journey, where we learn a little about Bridge and a lot about life. After a lifetime defining herself in contrast to her mother's "don't ask, don't tell" generation, Lerner finds herself back in her childhood home,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Wave 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LERNER, BETSY LERCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B LERNER LERCole, Teju
Summary: When it comes to Teju Cole, the unexpected is not unfamiliar: He s an acclaimed novelist, an influential essayist, and an internationally exhibited photographer. In Blind Spot, readers follow Cole s inimitable artistic vision into the visual realm as he continues to refine the voice, eye, and intellectual obsessions that earned him such acclaim for Open City. Here, journey through more than...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 770 COLHulls, Tessa
Summary: "Tessa Hulls delves into her own family history and the intergenerational trauma caused by mental illness and political strife"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: MCD, Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2024
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 921 HULLS, TESSA HULBonner, Betsy
Summary: "Reminiscent of Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich's The Fact of a Body and Maggie Nelson's The Red Parts, a perfect balance of memoir and true crime, The Book of Atlantis Black will have you questioning facts, rooting for secrets, and asking what it means to know the truth. A young woman is found dead on the floor of a Tijuana hotel room. An ID in a nearby purse reads "Atlantis Black." The police...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tin House Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BONNER, BETSY BONKuhn, Betsy.
Summary: This book follows Mohandas Gandhi's development of his nonviolent protest theories from his days as a young lawyer in South Africa to his later leadership in India. In a defining civil rights gesture Gandhi defied Great Britain's salt monopoly in India when he led a march to a beach and picked up a handful of salt.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twenty-First Century Books 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 954.035 KUHBrunton, Tessa
Summary: "In 2009, Tessa Brunton experienced the first symptoms of myalgic encephalomyelitis. Notes from a Sickbed recalls the next eight years of her life-largely housebound-with honesty, a pointed wit, and a lively visual imagination"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Universe 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 921 BRUKiros, Tessa.
Summary: The author includes autobiographical memories, a family tree and portraits, and personal commentary with the recipes, explaining that she was, "born in London to a Finnish mother and a Greek-Cypriot father, when I was four we moved to South Africa. I now live in Italy."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McNeel 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59 KIRFasbinder, Betsy Graziani
Summary: "In this accessible, straightforward book, seasoned author Betsy Graziani Fasbinder offers readers the why, what, and how of public speaking, along with exercises and resources to support ongoing learning. She provides inspiration and encouragement to help writers to overcome their fears of public speaking, but she doesn't stop there; she also lays out the practical, nuts-and-bolts tools they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word FasbinderKraft, Betsy Harvey.
Summary: "The World's Fair in Chicago, 1893, was to be a spectacular event: architects, musicians, artists, and inventors worked on special exhibits to display the glories of their countries. But the Fair's planners wanted something really special, something on the scale of the Eiffel Tower, which had been constructed for France's fair three years earlier. At last, engineer George Ferris had an idea--a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Christy Ottaviano Books/Henry Holt and Company 2015
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Summary: "In this charming tale for kids, the classic life story of the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, is told along beautiful illustrations. The book goes through his childhood to his enlightenment, chronicling the ups and downs he faced along the way"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bala Kids, an imprint of Shambhala Publications, Inc. 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BUDSummary: Mandela: The Authorized Portrait was created by a team of award-winning writers, photographers, and researchers in collaboration with Mandela's closest living comrades from Robben Island, Mac Maharaj and Ahmed Kathrada. Among the narrative contributors are biographer Mike Nichol and three interviewers personally selected by Nelson Mandela: Ros Coward, Professor Tim Couzens, and Amina Frense.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McMeel Pub. 2006
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 921 MANDELA, NELSON ManSchulz, Charles M. (Charles Monroe)
Summary: Collects essays, speeches, and articles by the creator of "Peanuts," discussing his education, artwork, philosophy, and feelings about life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University Press of Mississippi 2010