Moll, Anthony
Summary: "A queer coming-of-age-story set against the backdrop of the U.S. military during the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" era, this memoir recounts what it was like for a punk, nerdy, left-leaning poor boy from Nevada to explore his bisexuality while facing war and changing ideals"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mad Creek Books, an imprint of The Ohio State University Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MOLL, ANTHONY MOLHo, 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 AIFinkelstein, Daniel
Summary: "An epic and beautifully written World War II family history that spans Europe, telling of two happy families uprooted by war, their incredible suffering in Hitler's and Stalin's camps, and the near-miraculous survival and rescue of the author's parents who met after the war. Daniel Finkelstein's grandfather Alfred Wiener was a German Jewish intellectual leader who tolled an early warning of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 FINSarnowski, Claire
Summary: "The true story of a young girl and a Holocaust survivor whose friendship led to a significant change in their community and beyond"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 SARHagan, Joe
Summary: A portrait of the founder of "Rolling Stone" magazine places his life and achievements against a backdrop of the music, culture, and politics of the late twentieth century.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WENNER, JANN HAGBuckley, Veronica.
Summary: "She was born on a bitterly cold December night in 1626 and mistakenly declared a boy. On her father's death six years later she inherited the Swedish throne. She was educated as a prince, yet could eat and swear like the roughest soldier. She was painted a lesbian, a prostitute, a hermaphrodite and an atheist. She was learned but restless, progressive yet self-deceiving. Her leadership was...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fourth Estate 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHRISTINA, QUEEN BUCO'Connell, Jennifer
Summary: "This nonfiction picture book tells the story of Lawrence Anthony and the deep bond he forged with the matriarch of the herd he saved at his animal reserve in South Africa. When Lawrence died, the matriarch led all the elephants from remote parts of the reserve in a procession to his home, where they gathered to mourn him. They returned on the same day at the same time for the next two years...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tilbury House Publishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.67 O'COGass, William H.
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Publisher / Publication Date: A. Knopf 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 831.912 GASPollack, Pam
Summary: Profiles the life and accomplishments of the schoolteacher who became the most famous leader of the women's rights movement.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET ANTHONYGreenfield, Robert.
Contents: Prologue: A day in the life, Villa Nellcote, June 1971 -- Hald Hovedgaard -- Twatley Manor -- New Barn Farm and Haileybury -- Lilliesden and Cambridge -- Pont Street -- Holy Trinity Church -- Cambridge Street -- The Flying Dragon -- Glastonbury and Hugh Street -- London to Sydney -- Samye Ling and Lundy Island -- Chester Square -- Almora -- On the way home -- Warneford and Bowden House --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 GREWeiner, Eric
Summary: Retraces the journeys of forefront intellectuals from Epicurus and Gandhi to Thoreau and Beauvoir to illuminate how their practical and spiritual lessons can be applied in today's unsettled world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avid Reader Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 100 WEIAtkins, Jeannine
Summary: A biographical novel in verse about Lise Meitner, an Austrian Jew and physics professor in Nazi Germany who escaped to Sweden and whose work led to the discovery of nuclear fission. Includes author's note and timeline.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MEIHenner, Marilu
Summary: Marilu Henner was moving on with her life after a divorce when her old college classmate Michael Brown, whom she had not seen in over twenty years, called her out of nowhere. Within days of their reconnecting in 2003, they became inseparable. But only months later, Michael was diagnosed with bladder cancer, and then lung cancer. Marilu refused to lose the love of her life so easily. With the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.994 HENWeiner, Eric
Summary: After a health scare, an atheist travels the world searching for an experience of the divine, from meditating with Tibetan lamas in Nepal and unblocking his chi in China, to studying the Kabbalah in Israel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 200 WEILerner, Barron H.
Contents: The first Dr. Lerner -- Super doctor -- Illness hits home -- The second Dr. Lerner -- Forging my own path -- Treating the whole patient -- Family practitioner -- Growing disillusionment -- Slowing down -- Epilogue.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 174.2 LERFinke, Michael C.
Summary: "Anton Chekhov's stories and plays endure, far beyond the Russian context, as outstanding modern literary models. In a brief, remarkable life, Chekhov rose from lower-class, provincial roots to become a physician, leading writer, and philanthropist, all in the face of a progressive fatal disease. In this new biography, Michael C. Finke analyzes Chekhov's major stories, plays, and nonfiction in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Reaktion Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHEKHOV, ANTON FINCherrix, Amy E.
Summary: The award-winning author of Eye of the Storm chronicles the lesser-known rivalry between former Nazi-turned-U.S. Cold War scientist Wernher von Braun and Russian rocket designer Sergei Korolev, explaining how their controversial scientific achievements shaped human history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 629.45 CHEWeiner, Eric
Summary: In The Geography of Genius, acclaimed travel writer Weiner sets out to examine the connection between our surroundings and our most innovative ideas. He explores the history of places, like Vienna of 1900, Renaissance Florence, ancient Athens, Song Dynasty Hangzhou, and Silicon Valley, to show how certain urban settings are conducive to ingenuity. And, with his trademark insightful humor, he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153 WEIStandiford, Les
Summary: "Millions have sat under the "big top," watching as trapeze artists glide and clowns entertain, but few know the captivating stories behind the men who shaped the circus. Battle for the Big Top is the untold story of the battles of the three circus kings--James Bailey, P.T. Barnum, and John Ringling-all vying for control of the vastly profitable and widely influential American Circus. New York...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.3092 STACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Entertain StandifordWeisberg, Barbara.
Summary: A biography of an early leader in the campaign for women's rights, particularly in getting women the right to vote.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House Publishers 1988
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB ANTHONY WEILeerhsen, Charles
Summary: Bourdain had an irresistible personality, a dream job, a beautiful family, and international fame. His death by suicide in June 2018 shocked people around the world. Based on extensive interviews with those who knew him intimately, Leerhsen tells how the late celebrity chef and TV star battled with childhood trauma and addiction. His obsessions with perfection and personal integrity ruined his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2022
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Summary: "A guide to some of the world's most fascinating places, as seen and experienced by writer, television host, and relentlessly curious traveler Anthony Bourdain"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59 BOUCopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59 BOUGrimes, Nikki
Summary: In this imaginative biographical story, Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony sit down over a cup of tea in 1904 to reminisce about their struggles and triumphs in the service of freedom and women's rights.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC GRIYount, Lisa.
Summary: A biography of the cloth merchant-turned-scientist who made many discoveries examining microsopic life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishers 1996