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Fremon, Celeste.

Summary: This paperback edition of the book originally published in 1995 updates us on the lives of the East Los Angeles homeboys with whom Father Greg Boyle continues to work, allowing for an analysis as to how some former gang members are able to make it out, while others are not.--From publisher description.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: University of New Mexico Press 2008

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 259.5092 FRE

Mooney, Carla.

Summary: "From vehicles and weapons to robots and service animals, the tools of the US military are truly amazing. Ready for Military Action takes you on the front lines with some of the most fascinating technology, gear, vehicles, and animals being used by the US armed forces. Learn more about the history behind these tools and technologies and how the US military uses them today to get its job...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2015

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 355.4 MOO

Nooyi, Indra K.

Summary: "Indra Nooyi, the trailblazing former CEO of PepsiCo, offers clear-eyed insight and a call to action for how our society can really blend work and family-and advance women-in the twenty-first century"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio/Penguin 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NOOYI, INDRA K. NOO

Laskas, Jeanne Marie

Summary: "Character-driven stories about the people who make our lives run every day--and yet we barely think of them"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2016

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 305.5 LAS

Boyle, Greg

Summary: The founder of Homeboy Industries, the largest and most successful gang-intervention program in the world, through a series of moving stories that bear witness to the transformative power of tenderness, challenges ideas about God and about people.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Avid Reader Press 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 277.94 BOY

Davis, Katie

Summary: Recounts the story of a young woman's moving to Uganda and founding Amazima ministries, a nonprofit organization to feed and educate children.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Howard Books 2012

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Van Tilburg, Christopher.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2007

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.0252 TIL

Summary: "A collection of essays from today's most acclaimed authors--from Cheryl Strayed to Roxane Gay to Jennifer Weiner, Alexander Chee, Nick Hornby, and Jonathan Franzen--on the realities of making a living in the writing world. In the literary world, the debate around writing and commerce often begs us to take sides: either writers should be paid for everything they do or writers should just pay...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2017

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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808 SCR

Jordan, Mary

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2005

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ANTONIA, MOTHER JOR

Slaughter, Anne-Marie

Summary: "When Anne-Marie Slaughter accepted her dream job as the first female director of policy planning at the U.S. State Department in 2009, she was confident she could juggle the demands of her position in Washington, D.C., with the responsibilities of her family life in suburban New Jersey. Her husband and two young sons encouraged her to pursue the job; she had a tremendously supportive boss,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2015

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: 305.4209 SLA

Keegan, William

Summary: An operations commander at the World Trade Center site documents the nine-month period after the September 11 attacks during which he and the surviving members of his department participated in the recovery efforts.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2006

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.7 KEE

Crisman, Chris

Summary: Chris Crisman pairs his award-winning, striking portrait photography of women on the job with poignant, powerful interviews of his subjects: women who have carved out unique places for themselves in a workforce often dominated by men, and often dominated by men who have told them "no."

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 779.24 CRI

McGovern, Robert

Summary: An NFL linebacker-turned-military prosecutor presents an insider's look at the Iraq War, sharing his decision to join the military, his relationships with soldiers and citizens he has befriended, and his arguments in support of the conflict.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2007

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 McGOVERN, ROBERT MCG

Boyle, Greg.

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Summary: Father Boyle started Homeboy Industries nearly 20 years ago, which has served members of more than half of the gangs in Los Angeles. This collection presents parables about kinship and the sacredness of life drawn from Boyle's years of working with gangs.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2010

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 277.94 BOY

Cooke, Julia

Summary: "A lively, unexpected portrait of the jet-age stewardesses serving on iconic Pan Am airways between 1966 and 1975"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2021

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 387.7

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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 387.7 COO

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 387.7 COO

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Travel Cooke

Easton, Marilyn

Summary: "Make yourself heard--on and off the bench. Whether you spend your days arguing your case at work, fighting gender discrimination, or raising the next generation of dissenters, call an adjournment and ask yourself, "What would RBG do?" Grab your collar and get motivated to change the world with words of inspirational wit and wisdom from Associate Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg"--Back...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.42 EAS

McCloskey, Jim

Summary: "By the founder of the first organization in the US committed to freeing the wrongly imprisoned, a riveting story of devotion, sacrifice, and vindication Jim McCloskey was at a midlife crossroads when he met the man who would transform his life. A formermanagement consultant, McCloskey had grown disenchanted with the business world; he enrolled at Princeton Theological Seminary at the age of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MCCLOSKEY, JIM MCC

Povich, Lynn.

Summary: Chronicles the sexual discrimination class action lawsuit that women journalists brought against their employer, Newsweek, in 1970.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2012

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: 331.4 POV

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 331.481 POV

Stearns, Richard (Richard E.)

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Nelson 2009

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248.4 STE

Taylor, Eric

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: ISIS Publishing Ltd. 1996

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 940.53 TAY

Williams, Dee

Summary: "A personal memoir about downsizing and the author's experience building her own home and living the minimalist lifestyle"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2014

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 WILLIAMS, DEE WIL

Churnin, Nancy

Summary: "Dashrath Manjhi used a hammer and chisel, grit, determination, and twenty years to carve a path through the mountain separating his poor village from the nearby village with schools, markets, and a hospital. Manjhi Moves a Mountain shows how everyone canmake a difference if their heart is big enough."--Provided by publisher.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Creston Books, LLC 2017

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MAN

Kim, Joseph

Summary: "A searing story of starvation and survival in North Korea, followed by a dramatic escape, rescue by activists and Christian missionaries, and success in the United States thanks to newfound faith and courage. Inside the hidden and mysterious world of North Korea, Joseph Kim lived a young boy's normal life until he was five. Then disaster struck: the first wave of the Great Famine, a long,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2015

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KIM, JOSEPH KIM

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1 available in Adult, Call number: B KIM KIM

Laskas, Jeanne Marie

Summary: Looks at the remarkable men and women whose low-profile accomplishments contribute to the running of the nation, from coal miners and oil rig workers to migrant laborers and air traffic controllers.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2012

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.562 LAS

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