Saran, Suvir.
Summary: The author, born and raised in India and an acclaimed New York City restaurateur and chef, tells the story of moving to the country to raise goats, alpacas, ducks, geese, and chicken on 67 acres. Accompanied by more than 80 recipes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59747 SARAhmedi, Farah.
Summary: Ahmedi was born just as the war between the mujahideen and the Soviets reaches its peak in Afghanistan. The sounds of gunfire and fighter planes were as normal to her as the sounds of traffic or children playing are to a schoolgirl in America. When she stepped on a land mine on her way to school, she began to learn--slowly--that ordinary people, often strangers, have immense power to save lives...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 AHMEDI, FARAH AHMFarah, Douglas.
Summary: What do the Taliban, Liberian war criminal Charles Taylor, and the U.S. government have in common? They have all done business with the man who put the "blood" in blood diamonds--an immensely wealthy and powerful arms dealer who has flooded Africa and Southwest Asia with weapons of war. Here, two respected journalists tell the story of Viktor Bout, the Russian weapons supplier whose global...
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.133 FARMarsh, Sarah Glenn
Summary: "The inspiring true story of Alice Ramsey, the first woman to drive a car across America in 1909."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 RAMSamaha, Albert
Summary: "A journalist's powerful and incisive account of the forces steering the fate of his sprawling Filipinx-American family reframes how we comprehend the immigrant experience. Nearing the age at which his mother had migrated to the U.S., part of the wave ofnon-Europeans who arrived after immigration quotas were relaxed in 1965, Albert Samaha began to question the ironclad belief in a better future...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 SAMKarsh, Yousuf
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Publisher / Publication Date: David R. Godine, Publisher 2009
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 779.2 KARSahai, Supriya
Summary: "This brand-new series highlights some of the major contributions women have made in the world of science. Did you know that the technology behind cell phones was based on an idea developed during World War II by the Hollywood star Heddy Lamar to prevent the enemy intercepting radio messages? The computer and other electronic devices have changed life dramatically over the last 70 years-and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 SAHBaram, Marcus
Summary: In this biography, Marcus Baram--an acquaintance of Gil Scott-Heron's--will trace the volatile journey of a troubled musical genius. Baram will chart Scott-Heron's musical odyssey, from Chicago to Tennessee to New York: a drug addict's twisted path to redemption and enduring fame. In Gil Scott-Heron: Pieces of a Man, Marcus Baram puts the complicated icon into full focus.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SCOTT-HERON, GIL BARMir, Saira
Summary: Introduces nineteen Muslim women from all around the world who have found their callings in a vast range of fields, from social justice to competitive sports to the entertainment industry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Salaam Reads 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 MIRUlrich, Marshall.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ULRICH, MARSHALL ULRScorah, Amber
Summary: A first book by the creator of the "Dear Amber" podcast describes her strict upbringing as a third-generation Jehovah's Witness and her efforts to find her true place in the world apart from the edicts of her family and faith. A third-generation Jehovah's Witness, Scorah had devoted her life to sounding God's warning of impending Armageddon. She took the message to China, where immersion in a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2019
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Summary: "In 2012, Dr. Karen King, a star professor at the Harvard Divinity School, announced a blockbuster discovery at a scholarly conference just steps from the Vatican: She had found an ancient fragment of papyrus in which Jesus calls Mary Magdalene "my wife." The discovery made front-page news around the world - if early Christians believed that Jesus was married, it would threaten not just the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 229 SABSarah
Summary: The author documents a low period in her life and how she found strength in her struggles with adversity and eventually regained her sense of purpose for her life with the help of friends and several celebrity experts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SARAH, DUCHESS OF YORK SARGriffin, Farah Jasmine.
Summary: Unravels the myths surrounding Billie Holiday and presents her as a dedicated artist who struggled with her own addictions and suffering to succeed as a singer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.65 GRIMarshall, Catherine
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chosen Books 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MARSHALL, PETER MARMarshall, Catherine
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 1974
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248.48 MARMcKinnon, Isaiah.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Pub. Co. 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.2 MCKMarshall, Megan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 MARMarshall, Joseph
Summary: A Lakota historian and storyteller offers a portrait of Crazy Horse, the era in which he lived, and his legacy, drawing on his own culture's oral tradition and firsthand research to capture diverse aspects of Crazy Horse's life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2005
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 978.004 CRASarig, Roni.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Billboard Books 1998
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Summary: November 1932. With the German economy in ruins and street battles raging between rival political parties, the Weimar Republic is on its last legs. In the halls of the Reichstag, party leaders scramble for power and influence as the elderly president, Paul von Hindenburg, presides over a democracy pushed to the breaking point. Chancellors Franz von Papen and Kurt von Schleicher spin a web of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 943.085 BARGriffin, Farah Jasmine
Summary: ""A masterpiece. . . . Farah Jasmine Griffin's magical words enchant and empower us like those of her towering heroes." -Cornel West. Farah Jasmine Griffin's beloved father died when she was nine, bequeathing her an unparalleled inheritance in closets full of remarkable books and other records of Black genius. In Read Until You understand-a line from a note he wrote to her-she shares a lifetime...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 810.9 GRILinehan, Marsha
Summary: Marsha Linehan tells the story of her journey from suicidal teenager to world-renowned developer of the life-saving behavioral therapy DBT, using her own struggle to develop life skills for others.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LINEHAN, MARSHA LINMacDowell, Marsha.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Museum in collaboration with the Association of Michigan Basketmakers 2007