Zarian, Lawrence
Summary: an informative guide to looking and feeling your best. Zarian highlights affordable and creative ways for both women and men to hone their fashion instincts and build a stylish, multi-purpose wardrobe, regardless of budget or body shape.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 646.3 ZARLevin, Daniel Barban
Summary: "A stunning firsthand account of the creation of a modern cult under conman Larry Ray and the horrifying costs paid by his young victims: his daughter's college roommates. In September 2010, at the beginning of the academic year at Sarah Lawrence College,a sophomore named Talia Ray asked her roommates if her father could stay with them for a while. No one objected. Her father, Larry Ray, was...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LEVIN, DANIEL BARBAN LEVSidman, Joyce
Summary: "Newbery-Honor winning author Joyce Sidman explores the extraordinary life and scientific discoveries of Maria Merian, who discovered the truth about metamorphosis and documented the science behind the mystery in this visual biography that features many original paintings by Maria herself."--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2018
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MERCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT People SidmanSidman, Joyce
Summary: Newbery-Honor winning author Joyce Sidman explores the extraordinary life and scientific discoveries of Maria Merian, who discovered the truth about metamorphosis and documented the science behind the mystery in this visual biography that features many original paintings by Maria herself.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile book on CD, Call number: J CD 921 Merian 2019Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD 921 MERSwaby, Rachel
Summary: Aspiring scientists, young history enthusiasts, and children who enjoy learning about the world will be fascinated by these riveting snapshots--and parents who enjoyed the film Hidden Figures will find this to be the perfect extension. Covering important advancements made by women in fields such as biology, medicine, astronomy, and technology, author Rachel Swaby explains that people aren't...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Yearling Books 2017
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 SWAKorda, Michael
Summary: The acclaimed author of the "New York Times"-bestseller "Ike" returns with a definitive new biography of the legendary British scholar, adventurer, soldier, and hero who became a myth in his lifetime--T.E. Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2010
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B LAWRENCE KORO'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...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tilbury House Publishers 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.67 O'COSummary: Chronicles the 1973 Harlan County, Kentucky coal miners' strike against the operators of the Brookside mine and the Duke Power Company, which resulted from the company's refusal to honor the national contract of the United Mine Workers of America when the miners joined the union.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2006
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD 331.89 HARCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HARRubin, Susan Goldman
Summary: Twelve diverse actors, directors, writers, editors, designers, and producers fought against sexism, racism and prejudice to have their voices heard and changed the industry forever.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 920 RUBRogers, Kim
Summary: "A biographical picture book about Clarence Tinker, a member of the Osage Nation, who endured abuse growing up at the hands of a boarding school and went on to serve in the United States Air Force in World War II"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2024
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 TINLaRose, Lawrence.
Summary: Describes how an recently unemployed writer and Manhattanite and his new wife purchased a decrepit fixer-upper in Sag Harbor, New York.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2004
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 643.7 LARWillis, Terri.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Raintree Steck-Vaughn 1995
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 971.4 WILAlabed, Bana
Summary: Bana's mother tells her of the strong bana tree that grows in their homeland, Syria, and how Bana's strength helped her survive war, being a refugee, and starting fresh in a new country.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Salaam Reads 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ALAAnderson, Marian
Contents: Philadelphia childhood -- Life at grandmother's -- Branching out -- Shock -- Learning how -- Up and way down -- Home of our own -- Mother -- Contest -- Step up -- First trip to Europe -- Back to Europe -- Scandinavia -- Beyond Scandinavia -- Home again -- Russia -- Easter Sunday -- Songs I sing -- Notes on the voice -- On the road -- Good companions -- Highest and the lowest -- East and West --...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University of Illinois Press 2002
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ANDERSON, MARIAN ANDHarman, Patricia
Summary: Recounts how the author learned to deliver babies and her experiences in rural communes, political activism, and urban counterculture in the 1970s.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2011
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HARMAN, PATRICIA HARKoscik, Terian
Summary: " ... Terian Koscik shares her experiences of living with anxiety, and how going to a therapist taught her one of the most important things she could ever learn: there really is no "right" way to feel"--Page 4 of cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Singing Dragon, an imprint of Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2016
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Follow the story of singer Marian Anderson, whose talent broke down barriers around the world. Narrated by Renée Elise Goldsberry, Voice of Freedom interweaves Anderson's rich life story with this landmark moment in history, exploring fundamental questions about talent, race, fame, democracy and the American soul.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV VOIFreedman, Russell.
Summary: In the mid-1930s, Marian Anderson was a famed vocalist who had been applauded by European royalty and welcomed at the White House. But, because of her race, she was denied the right to sing at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. This is the story of her resulting involvement in the civil rights movement of the time. "A voice like yours," celebrated conductor Arturo Toscanini told contralto...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books 2004
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 921 ANDGalloway, Stephen
Summary: "In 1934, a friend brought fledgling actress Vivien Leigh to see Theatre Royal, where she would first lay eyes on Laurence Olivier in his brilliant performance as Anthony Cavendish. That night, she confided, he was the man she was going to marry. There was just one problem: she was already married-and so was he. TRULY, MADLY is the biography of a marriage, a love affair that still captivates...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 GALCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B OLIVIER GALCollins, David R.
Summary: A brief biography of Clarence Thomas and his rise to the position of Supreme Court justice.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pelican Pub. Co. 2003
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 THOThomas, Clarence
Summary: The Supreme Court justice recounts his life story, from his impoverished childhood in Jim Crow-era Georgia and struggles to acquire an education to his publicly contested confirmation to the nation's highest court.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Perennial 2008
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: 347.73 THOCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 THOMAS, CLARENCE THOMakos, 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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 SMORobin, Corey
Summary: "Most people can tell you two things about Clarence Thomas: Anita Hill accused him of sexual harassment, and he almost never speaks from the bench. Here are some things they don't know: Thomas is a black nationalist. In college he memorized the speeches of Malcolm X. He believes white people are incurably racist. In the first examination of its kind, Corey Robin - one of the foremost analysts...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company 2019