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Graphic novels Graphic novels Japan Leaks (Disclosure of information) Leaks (Disclosure of information) United States Samurai Comic books, strips, etc Snowden, Edward J 1983- Survival Comic books, strips, etc United States United States. National Security Agency. Young men Comic books, strips, etcBagieu, Pénélope
Summary: With her characteristic wit and dazzling drawings, celebrated graphic novelist Penelope Bagieu profiles the lives of these feisty female role models, some world famous, some little known. From Nellie Bly to Mae Jemison or Josephine Baker to Naziq al-Abid, the stories in this comic biography are sure to inspire the next generation of rebel ladies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second, an imprint of Roaring Book Press 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 920 BAGCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 920 BagieuSummary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Criswell, Shelby
Summary: "Follow the daily life of one queer artist from Texas as they introduce us to the lives of ten extraordinary people. The author shares their life as a genderqueer person, living in the American South, revealing their own personal struggle for acceptance and how they were inspired by these historical LGBTQIA+ people to live their own truth. Featuring biographies of Mary Jones, We'wha, Magnus...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Street Noise Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.7 CRIKim, Hyun Sook
Summary: "The autobiography of a South Korean woman's student days under an authoritarian regime, and how she defied state censorship. When Kim Hyun Sook started college in 1983 she was ready for her world to open up. After acing her exams and sort-of convincing her traditional mother that it was a good idea for a woman to go to college, she looked forward to soaking up the ideas of Western Literature...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Iron Circus Comics 2020
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Summary: "Introduces readers to two brave Black women who stood up against segregation, setting in motion the Montgomery Bus Boycott and showing the nation how positive change can start with a single defiant act"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 BAPRose, Amy
Summary: Survivor Amy Rose recounts her upbringing in an abusive cult which forbade independent learning, and how she discovered books in a secret library that opened up her world and inspired her to escape.--Publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Iron Circus Comics 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 921 ROSMatsui, Yūsei
Summary: "In medieval Japan, eight-year-old Hojo Tokiyuki is the heir to the Kamakura shogunate. But the Hojo clan is in decline, and Tokiyuki's peaceful days of playing hide-and-seek with his teachers come to an abrupt end when his clan is betrayed from within. The lone survivor of his family, Tokiyuki is the rightful heir to the throne, but to take it back, he'll have to do what he does best--run...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2022
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 741.5 ELUCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC MANMatsui, Yūsei
Summary: "In medieval Japan, eight-year-old Hojo Tokiyuki is the heir to the Kamakura shogunate. But the Hojo clan is in decline, and Tokiyuki's peaceful days of playing hide-and-seek with his teachers come to an abrupt end when his clan is betrayed from within. The lone survivor of his family, Tokiyuki is the rightful heir to the throne, but to take it back, he'll have to do what he does best--run...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 ELUCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC MATSummary: "There has been a great deal of writing the past several decades about Native American Code Talkers of World War Two. The published works have been about Navajos and the tremendous contribution they made in the Pacific campaigns of the war. What is often overlooked is the role played in both World Wars by men of other tribes. There were Cherokee, Choctaw, Comanche, Creek and other tribal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Reycraft Books 2019
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Summary: "A memoir of living with OCD before and after diagnosis"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rocky Pond Books 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 COOMatsui, Yūsei
Summary: In war-torn medieval Japan, a young samurai lord struggles to retake his throne, but not by fighting. Hojo Tokiyuki will reclaim his birthright by running away! In medieval Japan, eight-year-old Hojo Tokiyuki is the heir to the Kamakura shogunate. But the Hojo clan is in decline, and Tokiyuki’s peaceful days of playing hide-and-seek with his teachers come to an abrupt end when his clan is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 741.5 ELUWalsh, Liam Francis
Summary: "In the aftermath of the Korean War, Peggy's small hometown is rife with anti-Communist hysteria. But Peggy has bigger problems: She's struggling to recover from polio. Taunted by her classmates, Peggy just wants to be a normal kid, until she stumbles across a mysterious object that gives her the power to fly. Unscrupulous operatives from the American and Soviet governments seek the object to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 WALHale, Nathan
Summary: Araminta Ross was born a slave in Delaware in the early 19th century. Slavery meant that her family could be ripped apart at any time, and that she could be put to work in dangerous places and for abusive people. But north of the Mason-Dixon line, slavery was illegal. If she could run away and make it north without being caught or killed, she'd be free. Facing enormous danger, Araminta made it,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2022
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hill and Wang 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.25092 HELMatsui, Yūsei
Summary: "In medieval Japan, eight-year-old Hojo Tokiyuki is the heir to the Kamakura shogunate. But the Hojo clan is in decline, and Tokiyuki's peaceful days of playing hide-and-seek with his teachers come to an abrupt end when his clan is betrayed from within. The lone survivor of his family, Tokiyuki is the rightful heir to the throne, but to take it back, he'll have to do what he does best--run...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2023
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 741.5 ELUKrosoczka, Jarrett
Summary: "In kindergarten, Jarrett Krosoczka's teacher asks him to draw his family, with a mommy and a daddy. But Jarrett's family is much more complicated than that. His mom is an addict, in and out of rehab, and in and out of Jarrett's life. His father is a mystery -- Jarrett doesn't know where to find him, or even what his name is. Jarrett lives with his grandparents -- two very loud, very loving,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Lee, Deb J. J.
Summary: Ever since Deborah (Jung-Jin) Lee emigrated from South Kora to the United States, she's felt her otherness. For a while, her English wasn't perfect. Her teachers can't pronounce her Korean name. Her face and her eyes--especially her eyes--feel wrong. In high school, everything gets harder. Friendships change and end, she falls behind in classes, and fights with her mom escalate. Caught in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2023
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 921 LEECopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA GRAPHIC LEEKochalka, James
Summary: "Banana Fox's late fees have landed him in library jail! And when a familiar foe is found around town and a giant book-eating robot is unleashed, it looks like Flashlight and William need to step in to save the day. The junior detectives put their heads together, but when their investigation runs cold, an unlikely hero emerges and proves his own sleuthing skills! But without Banana Fox's help,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2021
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2 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 KOCEpstein, Edward Jay
Summary: Challenges the popular image of Edward Snowden as hacker turned avenging angel, while revealing how vulnerable the United States' national security systems have become.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 327 EPSHulls, 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 HULMatsui, Yūsei
Summary: "Suwa allies Shinomiya and Hoshina have lost ground in their battle with the Kokushi's forces. But the outcome could have been worse if not for Tokiyuki's quick thinking. And even in defeat, Tokiyuki has learned valuable lessons about strategy from his nemesis, the wily Shokan. Now new battlefields await, and with spies everywhere in Suwa, Tokiyuki must head for Kyo, the capital city of his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 ELUSummary: The incredible untold story of Edward Snowden, the polarizing figure who exposed shocking illegal surveillance activities by the NSA and became one of the most wanted men in the world. He is considered a hero by some, and a traitor by others.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2016
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SNOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SNO RATED RGellman, Barton
Summary: "Edward Snowden chose three journalists to tell the stories in his Top Secret trove of NSA documents: Barton Gellman of The Washington Post, Glenn Greenwald of The Guardian and filmmaker Laura Poitras, all of whom would share the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. Poitras went on to direct the Oscar-winning Citizenfour. Greenwald wrote an instant memoir and cast himself as a pugilist on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 327.1273 GELSnowden, Edward J.
Summary: "In 2013, Edward Snowden shocked the world when he broke with the American intelligence establishment and revealed that the United States government was secretly pursuing the means to collect every single phone call, text message, and email. The result would be an unprecedented system of mass surveillance with the ability to pry into the private lives of every person on earth. Six years later,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2021