Muir, John
Summary: "Like Muir himself, Essential Muir packs an astounding range of experience into a lithe frame: ecstatic yet scientific descriptions of Yosemite; the heartrending tale of that "wee, hairy, sleekit beastie," Stickeen; reflections on the society of Eskimos; Muir's touching tribute, after a lifetime of wonder, to the mighty baobob trees of Africa; and more. Fred D. White's selection from Muir's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heyday Books 2006
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Publisher / Publication Date: Island Press/Shearwater Books 2001
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Utah Press 2000
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Publisher / Publication Date: Canongate 1999
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Contents: The story of my boyhood and youth -- A thousand mile walk to the Gulf -- My first summer in the Sierra -- Travels in Alaska -- Stickeen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Canongate Classics 1999
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Wisconsin Press 1993
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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 MIRSaran, 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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Summary: Taking laughter's revelatory capacity as a starting point, and rooted in Nuar Alsadir's experience as a poet and psychoanalyst, Animal Joy is an ode to spontaneity and feeling alive.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graywolf Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 ALSBerry, Daina Ramey
Summary: "A Black Women's History of the United States is a critical survey of black women's complicated legacy in America, as it takes into account their exploitation and victimization as well as their undeniable and substantial contributions to the country sinceits inception"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2020
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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 RAMMaier, Thomas
Contents: Golden girl -- Heartland -- Mrs. Johnson -- Never going home -- A wonder to behold -- The fertility expert -- The good wife -- Academic freedom -- Through the peephole -- The matrix -- The experiment -- Volunteers -- Noah -- Masks -- Leaving school -- A matter of trust -- Revealing secrets -- The human response -- The excitement of release -- Focusing feelings -- Sexual healing -- Surrogates --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2009
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking Press 1981
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Summary: "Sarah has always struggled to fit in. Born in South Korea and adopted at birth by a white couple, she grows up in a rural community with few Asian neighbors. People whisper in the supermarket. Classmates bully her. She has trouble containing her anger in these moments--but through it all, she has her art. She's always been a compulsive drawer, and when she discovers anime, her hobby becomes an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2023
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Summary: Wanting to know about the real man behind the sixteenth president's legendary character, a little girl learns about Lincoln's beliefs regarding universal freedom as well as lesser-known aspects of his life, from his love of Mozart and his wife's vanilla cake to his pet dog and the way he kept notes in his stovepipe hat.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nancy Paulsen Books 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 LINMusil, Robert K.
Summary: In Rachel Carson and her sisters, Robert K. Musil redefines the achievements and legacy of environmental pioneer and scientist Rachel Carson, linking her work to a wide network of American women activists and writers and introducing her to a new, contemporary audience. Rachel Carson was the first American to combine two longstanding, but separate strands of American environmentalism -- the love...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rutgers Univ Pr 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 508.092 MUSBair, Deirdre
Summary: "Born in 1899 in Brooklyn, New York, to poor, Italian immigrant parents, Al Capone went on to become the most infamous gangster in American history. In 1925, during the height of Prohibition, Capone's multi-million-dollar Chicago bootlegging, prostitution, and gambling operation dominated the organized-crime scene. His competition with rival gangs was brutally violent, a long-running war that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday 2016
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Summary: Biography of controversial author Anaïs Nin, known for her erotic books and many affairs, especially the one with fellow writer Henry Miller, with information taken from Nin's extensive diaries and interviews with family, friends, and enemies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam 1995
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2003
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Summary: A surprising and very personal biography of a woman who may be the world's last great queen, published to coincide with the sixtieth anniversary of her reign.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 2012
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Summary: "A young writer travels to Maine to tell the unusual story of America's longest- running camp devoted to mysticism and the world beyond. They believed they would live forever. So begins Mira Ptacin's haunting account of the women of Camp Etna-an otherworldly community in the woods of Maine that has, since 1876, played host to generations of Spiritualists and mediums dedicated to preserving the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 133.9 PTANielsen, Larry A.
Summary: "In 'Nature's Allies', Larry Nielsen profiles the lives of eight pioneers-- John Muir, Ding Darling, Aldo Leopold, Rachel Carson, Chico Mendes, Billy Frank Jr., Wangari Maathai, and Gro Harlem Brundtland-- all individuals from modest backgrounds who have influenced the course of conservation over the past century, showing us better ways to live in balance with nauture. Some famous and some...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Island Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 NIEAhmedi, 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 AHMAczel, Amir D.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Four Walls Eight Windows 1999