Johnson, Lacy M.
Summary: "Lacy Johnson was held prisoner in a soundproofed room in a basement apartment that her ex-boyfriend rented and outfitted for the sole purpose of raping and killing her. She escaped, but not unscathed. The Other Side is the haunting account of a first passionate and then abusive relationship, the events leading to Johnson's kidnapping and imprisonment, her dramatic escape, and her hard-fought...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tin House Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JOHNSON, LACY M JOHJohnston, Johanna.
Summary: Presents portraits of fourteen American women who played important roles in American history, including Emma Willard, Abigail Adams, and Harriet Beecher Stowe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books 2004
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Summary: "A lively picture book biography of Lady Bird Johnson, with a focus on her environmentalist passion and legacy as First Lady"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 JOHJohnson, George M. (George Matthew)
Summary: In a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson explores his childhood, adolescence, and college years in New Jersey and Virginia. From the memories of getting his teeth kicked out by bullies at age five, to flea marketing with his loving grandmother, to his first sexual relationships, this young-adult memoir weaves together the trials and triumphs...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2020
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Summary: "This is a memoir of George's boyhood in New Jersey, growing up with their brother and two cousins, all under the supervision of their larger-than-life grandmother"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 920 JOHCrawford, Lacy
Summary: "When the elite St. Paul's School recently came under state investigation after extensive reports of sexual abuse on campus, Lacy Crawford thought she'd put behind her the assault she'd suffered at St. Paul's decades before, when she was fifteen. Still, when detectives asked for victims to come forward, she sent a note. Her criminal case file reopened, she saw for the first time evidence that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B CRAWFORD CRARosenberg, Liz
Summary: A portrait of the author of "Anne of Green Gables" shares revelations about Montgomery's final days as well as the complexities of her brilliant but often troubled life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2018
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Summary: A biography of Lady Bird Johnson who, as the wife of President Lyndon Johnson, reminded citizens about the importance of conserving natural resources and promoted the beautification of cities and highways by planting wildflowers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollinsPublishers 2005
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB JOH APPBlack, Sue M.
Summary: "Sue Black confronts death every day. As Professor of Anatomy and Forensic Anthropology, she focuses on mortal remains in her lab, at burial sites, at scenes of violence, murder and criminal dismemberment, and when investigating mass fatalities due to war, accident or natural disaster. In All That Remains she reveals the many faces of death she has come to know, using key cases to explore how...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BLACK, SUE BLABlack, Sue M.
Summary: A forensic anthropologist and human anatomist recounts her life stories to explain how a person's life history is revealed through their bones.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arcade Publishing 2021
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.54 KERPinkney, Andrea Davis
Summary: "A celebration of the extraordinary life of Ezra Jack Keats, creator of The Snowy Day. The story of The Snowy Day begins more than one hundred years ago, when Ezra Jack Keats was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. The family were struggling Polish immigrants, and despite Keats's obvious talent, his father worried that Ezra's dream of being an artist was an unrealistic one. But Ezra was determined. By high...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 KEAGolio, Gary
Summary: "The story of Blind Willie Johnson--the legendary Texas musician whose song "Dark Was the Night" was included on the Voyager I space probe's Golden Record"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nancy Paulsen Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 JOHLacz, Kevin
Summary: "A first-person account of the Iraq War, from a Navy SEAL who was part of SEAL Team 3 with American Sniper Chris Kyle, describes their legendary unit, “The Punishers,” and provides gripping details of their missions in Ramadi,"--NoveList.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Threshold Editions 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LACZ, KEVIN LACSummary: 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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Summary: Explores the previously uncelebrated but pivotal contributions of NASA's African American women mathematicians to America's space program, describing how Jim Crow laws segregated them despite their groundbreaking successes. Includes biographies on Dorothy Jackson Vaughan (1910-2008), Mary Winston Jackson (1921-2005), Katherine Colman Goble Johnson (1918- ), Dr. Christine Mann Darden (1942- ).
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE SHEMonson, Marianne
Summary: North, South, black, white, Native American, immigrant-- the women in these micro biographies were wives, mothers, sisters and friends whose purposes ranged from supporting husbands and sons during wartime to counseling President Lincoln on strategy. Monson brings to light the incredible stories of women from the Civil War that remain relevant to our nation today. -- Adapted from jacket
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shadow Mountain 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 MONKraybill, Donald B.
Summary: The authors argue that the intensely private and insular Amish have devised creative ways to negotiate with modernity that have enabled them to thrive in America. The transformation of the Amish in the American imagination from "backward bumpkins" to media icons poses provocative questions. What does the Amish story reveal about the American character, popular culture, and mainstream values?...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Johns Hopkins University Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 289.7 KRALacy, Thomas F.
Contents: Kaniksu -- Old Man Williamson -- The gentleman -- Jim Low --Colonel Tucker's son -- Dinty Murphy -- The strawberry man -- As ever your friend, Charlie Schwartz -- The widowmaker -- Trail crew -- West Fork Butte -- Sundance -- Gunn's Bend -- Epilogue -- About the author.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Keokee Co. Pub. 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 978.68 LACOhlson, Kristin
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Publisher / Publication Date: Theia 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 255.9 OHLRonson, Jon
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 322.42 RONLace, William W.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lucent Books 1995
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB CHURCHILL LACLacey, Robert
Summary: The historical consultant to the hit series "The Crown" draws on official sources in a royal portrait that examines the experiences and conflicts that have shaped the bond between the future king of England and his brother.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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Summary: Starring Claire Foy as Queen Elizabeth II and John Lithgow as Winston Churchill, Netflix's original series The Crown, created by Peter Morgan and growing out of his Oscar-winning movie The Queen starring Helen Mirren, paints a unique and intimate portrait of Britain's longest-reigning monarch. This official companion to the show's first season is an in-depth exploration of the early years of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Archetype 2017