Bessie, Adam
Summary: "With Peter Glanting's powerful illustrations, author Adam Bessie, an English professor and graphic essayist, uses the unique historical moment of the COVID-19 pandemic as a catalyst to explore the existing inequalities and student struggles that plague the public education system. This graphic memoir chronicles the reverberations from the onset of the pandemic in 2020 when students and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Censored Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BESSIE, ADAM BESNorman, Jessye.
Summary: Jessye Norman is not only one of the world's most admired and beloved opera stars--she is an American icon whose life story is as inspiring as the fictional plot triumphs she sang onstage. Born and raised in Augusta, Georgia, a descendant of many generations of hardworking slave and free ancestors, she grew up amid the challenges of Jim Crow racism, with the civil rights movement just beginning...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NORMAN, JESSYE NORAlexander, Carol
Summary: Meet Bessie Coleman. She was the first African-American woman to earn her international pilots license. And she did so against great odds. No one in America was willing to teach a black woman to fly. Still, Bessie never gave up on her dream of becoming a world-famous aviator.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an Imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB COLEMAN ALEWashington-Williams, Essie Mae
Summary: The illegitimate daughter of the late Senator Strom Thurmond breaks her lifelong silence. Her father, the longtime senator from South Carolina, was once the nation's leading voice for racial segregation; he mounted a filibuster against the Civil Rights Act of 1957 -- in the name of saving the South from "mongrelization." Her mother was Carrie Butler, a black teenager who worked as a maid on the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Regan Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.9 WASKlein, Jessi
Summary: In Emmy Award-winning writer and producer Jessi Klein's second collection, she hilariously explodes the cultural myths and impossible expectations around motherhood and explores the humiliations, poignancies, and possibilities of midlife. Klein explores this stage of life in all its cruel ironies, joyous moments, and bittersweetness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KLEIN, JESSI KLEAlkire, Jessie.
Summary: "Meet Buzz Aldrin, part of the first moon landing! Follow Aldrin's story as he graduates from West Point, served in the United States Air Force during the Korean War, develops a rendezvous program for the Gemini and Apollo missions, and flies to the moon on the Apollo 11 mission. Infographics, historic photos, and a glossary enhance readers' understanding of this topic. Additional features...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Checkerboard Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ALDJessop, Carolyn
Summary: The dramatic first-person account of life inside an ultra-fundamentalist American religious sect, and one woman's courageous flight to freedom with her eight children.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2007
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 289.3092 JesMassie, Allan
Summary: Drawing on the accounts of historians past and present, novels, and plays, this is the complete story of the Stuart family, documenting their path from the salt marshes of Brittany to the thrones of Scotland and England and eventually to exile. The Royal Stuarts brings to life figures like Mary, Queens of Scots, Charles I, and Bonnie Prince Charlie, uncovering a family of strong affections and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 STUSummary: A biography of Elizabeth Coleman, who battled segregation, poverty, and gender discrimination in order to become the first licensed African-American female pilot.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 COLWhite, Gayle Jessup
Summary: Chronicling her remarkable journey to definitively understand her heritage and reclaim it, a black descendant of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings' family offers a compelling portrait to ensure the nation lives up to the ideals advocated by her legendary ancestor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WHITE, GAYLE JESSUP WHICrispin, Jessa
Summary: At thirty, Crispin burned her settled Chicago life to the ground and took off for Berlin with a pair of suitcases and no plan beyond leaving. Half a decade later, still on the road, she's in search not so much of a home as of understanding. Fascinated by exile, Crispin traveled an itinerary of key locations that have drawn writers who needed to break free and start fresh. She explores why the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Chicago Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CRISPIN, JESSA CRIOlson, Elsie
Summary: This biography highlights the life and accomplishments of Taylor Swift. Readers learn about Swift's early life, her award-winning success in both country and pop music, and her philanthropic work. Features include a timeline, glossary, fun facts, online resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Checkerboard Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing 2022
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Summary: A mixed-format picture book biography of STEM pioneer Marie Tharp describes the conventions of the early 20th century that challenged her pursuit of an Earth Sciences degree and her histort-shaping first scientific charting of the Atlantic Ocean floor.
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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 THAChambers, Cassie
Summary: "Nestled in the Appalachian mountains, Owsley County is the poorest county in Kentucky and the second poorest in the country. Buildings are crumbling and fields sit vacant, as tobacco farming and coal mining decline. But strong women are finding creative ways to subsist in their hollers in the hills. Cassie Chambers grew up amidst these hollers, and through the women who raised her, she traces...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHAMBERS, CASSIE CHAFink, Jesse
Summary: "Pure Narco tells the tale of arguably America's biggest cocaine trafficker and his capture in Venezuela during one of the biggest anti-narcotics takedowns of all time. But it is more than that; Pure Narco is unique in that it is a story of a family caught up in a life on the run and Luis Navia's adjustment to civilian life after prison"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NAVIA, LUIS FINLeon, Jesse
Summary: "In this unflinching and inspiring memoir, Jesus Leon tells an extraordinary story of resilience and survival, shining a light on a childhood spent devastated by sex trafficking, gang life, and substance abuse. Born to indigenous working-class Mexican immigrants in San Diego in the 1970s, Jesus Leon's childhood was violently ruptured. A dangerous and harrowing encounter at a local gift shop...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B LEON LEOSchenker, Jesse.
Summary: "Part Kitchen Confidential part Breaking Bad, a culinary memoir exploring the highs and lows of addiction, anxiety, and ambition in the world of haute cuisine"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dey Street Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SCHENKER, JESSE SCHWatters, Jesse
Summary: "The host of the Fox News shows Watters World and The Five lays out the only path forward for our nation--listening to him--in this funny, offbeat book which echoes his irreverent voice"-- At one of the most chaotic periods in American history, in a time of national distrust and despair, one tanned TV host holds the key to the future. In How I Saved the World, Jesse Watters takes readers on a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadside Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WATTERS, JESSE WATMassie, Larry B.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Priscilla Press 1994
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1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 977.4 MASLewandowski, Corey R.
Summary: Two of Trump's closest campaign advisors present an eyewitness account of the stories behind the headlines. From the Access Hollywood recording and the Clinton accusers, to Paul Manafort, to the last-moment comeback and victory, they pull back the curtain on a drama that has mesmerized the whole world -- including the palace intrigues of the Mooch, Spicer, Priebus, Bannon, and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Street 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.933 LEWItzler, Jesse
Summary: Entrepreneur and one-time rapper (under the name Jesse Jaymes) Jesse Itzler's life is bold and risky until he realizes he's ready for a major change. He decides to take up residence with the New Skete monks, a Russian Orthodox religious order in upstate New York. What he learns about the monks-- and himself-- is the focus of this memoir.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Street 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 255.81 ITZOwens, Jesse
Summary: The Negro athlete who won four gold medals in the 1936 Berlin Olympics tells his life story.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam 1970
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB OWENS OWEParsons, Karyn
Summary: "The story of Bessie Coleman, the first African American woman to earn her pilot's license"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 COLVentura, Jesse.
Summary: Jesse Ventura--former governor, wrestler, and Navy SEAL--on what's wrong with the Democrats, the Republicans, and politics in America.--From publisher description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Pub. 2008