Summary: Despite her premature death at age 39, Flannery O'Connor left behind one of the most haunting and strikingly original bodies of work in 20th Century literature. With the rural South as her backdrop, she brought to life a string of eccentric characters torn between their worldly ambitions and the need for a more enduring truth. This film traces the people and events that shaped her remarkable...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC UNCCenser, Jane Turner
Summary: "Tells the life of Amelie Rives, a talented, privileged young woman who was one of the most famous women in the United States at the turn of the twentieth century. This account of Rives's substantial literary career and her personal saga provides insights into the limits imposed on and actions taken by ambitious, elite young women in the late nineteenth-century South. Censer contextualizes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Virginia Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RIVES, AMELIE CENWalker, Jeff
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Publisher / Publication Date: Open Court 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.52 WALRehak, Melanie.
Summary: "Nancy [Drew] was brought to life by two remarkable women: ... Harriet Stratemeyer Adams, and author Mildred Wirt Benson, a convention-flouting journalist."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2006
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 920 REHBennett, Paula.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 1986
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Summary: In 1930 a plucky girl detective stepped out of her shiny blue roadster, dressed in a smart tweed suit. Eighty million books later, Nancy Drew has survived the Depression, World War II, and the sixties, and emerged as beloved by girls today as by their grandmothers. Rehak tells the behind-the-scenes history of Nancy and her groundbreaking creators. Both Nancy and her "author," Carolyn Keene,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.52 REHRuth, Amy.
Summary: Discusses the life of the popular nineteenth-century author of "Little Women."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 1999
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB ALCOTT RUTShowalter, Elaine.
Summary: In a narrative of immense scope and fascination--spanning nearly 400 years and brimming with Showalter's characteristic wit and incisive opinions--readers are introduced to more than 250 female writers, both famous and little known.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 810.9 SHOMairs, Nancy
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollinsPublishers 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.54 MairsEpstein, Daniel Mark.
Summary: Describes the life and work of an American woman whose love poetry transformed a generation of writers, drawing on letters, diaries, and journals to depict the world of a woman whose life was dedicated to art and love.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MILLAY, EDNA ST. VINCENT EPSTóibín, Colm
Summary: "In this book, novelist Colm Tóibín offers a deeply personal introduction to the work and life of one of his most important literary influences--the American poet Elizabeth Bishop. Ranging across her poetry, prose, letters, and biography, Tóibín creates a vivid picture of Bishop while also revealing how her work has helped shape his sensibility as a novelist and how her experiences of loss and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.1 TOIHabegger, Alfred.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DICKINSON, EMILY HabeggerFonstad, Karen Wynn.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 1984
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.54 FONRollyson, Carl E. (Carl Edmund)
Summary: Draws on the recently opened archives of Ted Hughes to offer new insights into the iconic poet's psyche and literary achievements, in a portrait that includes previously unpublished papers and dozens of letters exchanged between Plath and Hughes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PLATH, SYLVIA ROLSontag, Susan
Summary: Presents excerpts from the early writings of the author, with reflections on her meetings with influential writers and intellectuals, her literary ambitions, and her criticisms of other writers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.5409 SONClinton, Chelsea
Summary: Profiles the lives of thirteen American women who have left their mark on U.S. history, including Harriet Tubman, Helen Keller, Margaret Chase Smith, and Oprah Winfrey.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J920 CLILassieur, Allison
Summary: This encyclopedia offers readers the chance to explore the 63 national parks in the United States and its territories. Alongside photos of the parks, the text highlights each park's history, points of interest, and things to do. Features include glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Encyclopedias, an imprint of Abdo Reference 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J917.3 LASLari, Zahra
Summary: "After watching an ice-skating movie, young Zahra sets her mind to learn how to ice skate even though her family and friends doubt her abilities. After all, she's too old to learn, the rink is too cold, and figure skaters don't look like her... not yet at least! Illustrated with Sara Alfageeh's energetic lines and colors that pop right off the page, we follow Zahra's story as she glides across...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LARMakos, Adam
Summary: Adapted for young adults from the New York Times best-seller, this gripping true account of a WWII American tank gunner, who met his destiny in an armor duel and forged an enduring bond with his enemy, brings to life the perils of war.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 SMOHarris, Duchess
Summary: Eleanor Roosevelt is well known for her time as First Lady of the United States, but she also made important contributions to women's rights before, during, and after her husband's presidency. Eleanor Roosevelt Champions Women's Rights examines her efforts from multiple perspectives, including those of Roosevelt herself, her husband, Franklin, and later feminist activists.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, An Imprint of Abdo Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J973.917 HARMyer, Sarah
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: A powerful and accesible bilingual picture book that highlights "the power and impact of ordinary but dedicated citizens." Every day, thousands of farmworkers harvested the food that ended up on kitchen tables all over the country. But at the end of the day, when the workers sat down to eat, there were only beans on their own tables. Then Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez teamed up. Together they...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2021