Summary: Tthe story of media firebrand Molly Ivins, six feet of Texas trouble who took on Good Old Boy corruption wherever she found it. Her razor-sharp wit left both sides of the aisle laughing, and craving ink in her columns. She knew the Bill of Rights was in peril and said 'Polarizing people is a good way to win an election and a good way to wreck a country.' Molly's words have proved prescient.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC RAIPolak, Monique.
Summary: Anneke, a Dutch Jewish teenager, is sent with her family to Theresienstadt, a "model" concentration camp, where she confronts great evil and learns to do what it takes to survive.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC POLAllen, Monique
Summary: "Are you craving a landscape that truly represents you and bridges your connection to nature? Are you overwhelmed with how to get there? Confused by all the gardening "how-to" books that don't seem to fit your style? Frustrated by projects not going as you thought? In STOP Landscaping, START Life-Scaping, Monique Allen, landscape designer, contractor, and fine gardener, speaks frankly about why...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Garden Land AllenPonti, Monique
Summary: Zoé est une grenouille qui vit très heureuse sur la lune où elle habite. Elle sait même faire des choses extraordinaires. Comme, par exemple, des sauts et des pirouettes incroyables. Mais voilà, il y a quelque chose de très difficile pour elle. Quelque chose qui lui donne beaucoup de mal : elle n'arrive pas à s'endormir le soir. Heureusement, elle a une bonne idée...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Gallimard-Jeunesse 2012
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Summary: "The Mermaid of Black Conch spins the enchanting tale of a cursed mythical creature and the lonely fisherman who falls in love with her"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROFCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC ROFLaurent, Monique.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: H. Holt 1990
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 730.92 LAUVescia, Monique
Summary: Practitioners of the art of movement known as parkour display strength, skill, and grace as they climb and leap over every urban obstacle in their path. Parkour is a physically demanding discipline that almost anyone of any means can practice with proper instruction and when safety measures are taken. This riveting book examines the origins of parkour and its global appeal. An engrossing...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rosen Central 2020
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.42 VESVilla, Monique
Summary: The horrific world of modern slavery is exposed in this book based on the first-hand experiences of victims of human trafficking. Through the stories of three remarkable individuals who share how they fell victim to traffickers and how their bodies and souls resisted an enterprise of total destruction, Monique Villa takes us around the world--from Ohio to Tokyo, London to India, Qatar to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.3 VILCouvson, Monique
Summary: Follows the story of Charisma, a Black high school student grappling with mounting pressures from home and school, and when frustrations with her family intersect with a conflict at school, she reaches a crossroads, facing a choice that could change her future.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 COUCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC COUPeterson, Monique
Summary: Explores various aspects of biking, including mountain biking, BMX biking, road racing, and fast-track racing.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2002
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 796.6 PETPolak, Monique
Summary: "This nonfiction book encourages teens to stand up for equality and speak out against injustice"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 305.4 POLTruong, Monique T. D.
Summary: Considering whether he will accompany his employers, Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, to America, a personal cook remembers his youth in French-colonized Vietnam and his days cooking for the doyennes of the Lost Generation.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2003
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Summary: " A major debut from an award-winning writer-an epic family saga set against the magic and the rhythms of the Virgin Islands. In the early 1900s an important ship sinks into the Caribbean Sea, just as the Virgin Islands are transferred from Danish to American rule. Orphaned by the sunk vessel are two sisters and their half-brother, now faced with an uncertain identity and future. Each of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC YANYanique, Tiphanie
Summary: "This novel maps the romantic history and emotional inheritance of one couple newly in love. Monster in the Middle moves from the U.S. to the Virgin Islands to Ghana and back again, to show how one couple's romance is influenced by the family lore and love stories that preceded their own pairing"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC YANGray Smith, Monique
Summary: In this heartwarming story with vibrant artwork, Molly takes readers to the intertribal community center where she introduces the people she knows and loves, sharing how each person makes her feel--and reminding us that love is love.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2024
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Summary: "This beautiful picture book looks at how the simple act of being kind, to others and oneself, affects all aspects of a child's life."--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GRAJames-Duncan, Monique
Summary: Following a day in the life of two rambunctious children and their mom, this warm, revealing picture book builds a bridge of empathy between parent and child and celebrates the value of "Mommy Time."
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE JAMTruong, Monique T. D.
Summary: When a personal tragedy compels a young woman to return to Boiling Springs, North Carolina, she gets to know a mother she never knew and uncovers a startling story of a life, a family.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TRUTruong, Monique T. D.
Summary: Three women tell the story of their time with Lafcadio Hearn, a globetrotting writer best known for his books about Meiji-era Japan. Their accounts witness Hearn's remarkable life but also seek to witness their own existence and luminous will to live unbounded by gender, race, and the mores of their time.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2019
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Summary: This dual-language picture book for preschoolers, written in English and Plains Cree, celebrates and invites children to reflect on the little things in life that bring them joy.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2018
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GRADemery, Monique Brinson
Summary: "When Monique Demery set out to find the infamous Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu, the former First Lady of South Vietnam had been in exile for over forty years, and had lived in near seclusion for the last thirty of them. Entire books have been written about the consequences of that November coup: sorting out America's role and what effect it had on the coming war, but for the most part, historians were...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 959.77 TRAN, LE XUAN DEMGray Smith, Monique
Summary: Diverse families and friends help to hold one another up by being kind, sharing, learning, playing, laughing, and doing other supportive things together.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GRAJones, Monique L.
Summary: "We are familiar with a handful of African Americans who are mentioned in American history books, but there are also countless others who do not get recognized in mainstream media. Their actions may not have appeared to shake the world, but their contributions to shifting American culture were just as groundbreaking. African Americans have made history by challenging and changing the American...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Mango Publishing 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 920 JONRobin, Marie-Monique.
Summary: Veteran French journalist and filmmaker Robin had just finished documentaries on genetic manipulation and the loss of biodiversity in food crops when she was urged to investigate the US seed and poison corporation associated with the most damaging behavior in those areas. She discusses Monsanto as one of the greatest polluters in industrial history, the great conspiracy, and the how...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: New Press 2010