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The Black American journeyHermez, Sami
Summary: "In 1967, Sireen Sawalha's mother, with her young children, walked back to Palestine against the traffic of exile. My Brother, My Land is the story of Sireen's family in the decades that followed and their lives in the Palestinian village of Kufr Ra'i. From Sireen's early life growing up in the shadow of the '67 War and her family's work as farmers caring for their land, to the involvement of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Redwood Press 2024
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 920 HERCharles, Tami
Summary: "Discover the incredible story of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who followed her childhood dream of becoming a lawyer and eventually became the first Black woman to sit on the US Supreme Court in this picture book biography."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 JACAli, Wajahat
Summary: "A rollercoaster ride of a memoir, by turns hilarious and heartbreaking, by the journalist, playwright, and political activist Wajahat Ali. "Go back to where you came from, you terrorist!" This is just one of the many warm, lovely, and helpful tips that Wajahat Ali and other children of immigrants receive on a daily basis. Go back where exactly? His hometown in the San Francisco Bay Area, where...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ALI, WAJAHAT ALICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B ALI ALIBrown, Tami Lewis
Summary: "...a... picture book biography of modern art icon Keith Haring, celebrating the ways his life embodied the message: art is for everyone."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HARHo, Joanna
Summary: "...a moving text about the life and work of social activist and artist, Ai Weiwei. Told in...lyrical writing, this story shines a light on Ai Weiwei's journey and focuses on Safe Passage, his exhibition of thousands of life jackets at the Konzerthaus Berlin. Moved by the life jackets discarded on the shores of the Greek Island of Lesbos by people seeking safety far from home, Ai Weiwei created...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 AIAli-Khan, Sofia
Summary: "A leading advocate for social justice excavates the history of forced migration in the twelve American towns she's called home, revealing how White supremacy has fundamentally shaped the nation"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2022
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ALICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ALI-KHAN, SOFIA ALIAllison, Amy
Summary: "A member of the generation that grew up in the digital age, Billie Eilish has achieved pop stardom with home studio-produced, sonically and emotionally layered music. She connects powerfully with fans living, like her, in the glare of social media. Delving into Eilish's personal and artistic development, this book explores the forces shaping her as a 21st century phenomenon"--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ReferencePoint Press 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 EILButcher, Amy
Summary: Amy Butcher was an accomplished college professor, mentor, and writer, but in her own home, she was embarrassed and emotionally burdened by an increasingly abusive relationship. Exhausted and terrified, Amy reached out to Instagram celebrity Joy "Mothertrucker" Wiebe - the nation's only female ice road trucker. Invited by Joy to ride shotgun, Amy found her escape on a road that was treacherous,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little A 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BUTCHER, AMY BUTButcher, Amy
Summary: "In this powerful and unforgettable memoir, award-winning writer Amy Butcher examines the shattering consequences of failing a friend when she felt he needed one most. Four weeks before their college graduation, twenty-one-year-old Kevin Schaeffer walked Amy Butcher to her home in their college town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Hours after parting ways with Amy, he fatally stabbed his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Rider Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BUTCHER, AMY BUTCalhoun, Ada
Summary: "When Ada Calhoun stumbled upon old cassette tapes of interviews her father, celebrated art critic Peter Schjeldahl, had conducted for his never-completed biography of poet Frank O'Hara, she set out to finish the book her father had started forty years earlier. As a lifelong O'Hara fan who grew up amid his bohemian cohort in the East Village, Calhoun thought the project would be easy, even fun,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CALHOUN, ADA CALAndrews, Amy
Summary: "If Ramanujan could crack the number 1 open and find infinity, what secrets would he discover inside other numbers?"--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 RAMJones, Amy Robin
Summary: A biography of the African-American educator Mary McLeod Bethune, discussing her role in creating opportunities for African-Americans in education and government.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BETNutt, Amy Ellis.
Summary: "The Maines were a middle-class, hard-working, politically conservative New England couple whose lives felt complete when they adopted identical twin sons. As toddlers, Jonas was the son Kelly and Wayne Maines expected, but Wyatt was only interested in girls' clothes and toys. By age five, this conflict was tearing Wyatt--and the family--apart. Today, Wyatt is Nicole. She and Jonas are now...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2015