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Becoming Eve: my journey from ultra-Orthodox rabbi to transgender woman
By Abby Stein. 2019
The author relates her experiences being raised in a Hasidic Jewish community as the eldest son in a dynastic rabbinical…
family. Describes her search for answers and ultimate departure from her former way of life. Some descriptions of sex. 2019Forgotten bones: uncovering a slave cemetery
By Lois Miner Huey. 2016
The Telling: How Judaism's Essential Book Reveals the Meaning of Life
By Mark Gerson. 2021
God didn’t design the Seder to put your kids to sleep. Instead, the Seder is an experience your family should…
love, treasure and remember. Have you ever wondered that there might be something more to Passover, the Seder, and the Haggadah - something that just might hold the secrets to living the life of joy and meaning that you were intended to? In The Telling, Mark Gerson, host of The Rabbi’s Husband podcast and renowned Jewish philanthropist, shows us how to make the Seder the most engaging, inspiring, and important night of the Jewish year. By using this book, you’ll be able to: Lead the Seder with wisdom, confidence and fun that guests will remember Make the Haggadah burst alive with insight for our opportunities, questions and challenges Show Gentile friends the richness of the Jewish tradition Instill a lasting love of Judaism within your children Bring your family closer together and closer to God The Telling will enable you to see what the Haggadah really is: The Greatest Hits of Jewish Thought. This understanding will enable you to provide your guests with the most interesting, insightful, and practically helpful night of the year - with teachings and lessons that will continue to brighten in the year to come. What leaders are saying about The Telling: ""In The Telling, Mark Gerson brilliantly illuminates some of the big questions from the Haggadah whose answers can define what constitutes a meaningful life. By showing how the Haggadah enables its readers to deploy ancient Jewish wisdom to help answer the most contemporary questions, this book will help your Pesach to be what it can be: a life-guiding event, every year, for anyone who learns enough to give it the opportunity.Pasando páginas: la historia de mi vida
By Lulu Delacre, Sonia Sotomayor. 2018
La primera latina en la Corte Suprema de los Estados Unidos, Sonia Sotomayor recuerda la influencia formativa de los libros…
en su vida. Ella explora cómo su amor por la literatura le proporcionó la inspiración para realizar sus sueños. Para grados 2-4Hammering for freedom: the William Lewis story (New Voices Ser.)
By John Holyfield, Rita Lorraine Hubbard. 2018
Tells the story of William "Bill" Lewis, who was born into slavery on a Tennessee plantation in 1810 and became…
a hard-working blacksmith who slowly saved his money to buy his family's freedom. For grades K-3. 2018The capture of Black Bart: gentleman bandit of the Old West
By Norman H. Finkelstein. 2019
Recounts the eight-year cat-and-mouse game in the late nineteenth century between Black Bart, an Old West stagecoach robber, and James…
B. Hume, Wells Fargo's chief detective. Famous for his polite treatment of stagecoach passengers, Bart also surprised the public with his poetry. For grades 4-7 and older readers. 2018Unpunished murder: massacre at Colfax and the quest for justice
By Lawrence Goldstone. 2018
Recounts the Easter Sunday 1873 slaughter of more than one hundred unarmed African Americans by white supremacists in Louisiana--none of…
whom was convicted. Follows the opinion issued by the Supreme Court allowing post-slavery discrimination that continues to this day. Some violence. For senior high and older readers. 2018What do you do with a voice like that?: the story of extraordinary congresswoman Barbara Jordan
By Chris Barton, Ekua Holmes. 2018
A rift in the Earth: art, memory, and the fight for a Vietnam War memorial
By James Reston Jr.. 2017
Army veteran and author of The Conviction of Richard Nixon (DB 68946) presents the history of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.…
Covers the fights over the creation of a memorial, the selection and implementation of the winning design, and his own reflections on the conflicts. 2017A computer called Katherine: how Katherine Johnson helped put America on the moon
By Suzanne Slade, Veronica Miller Jamison. 2019
The story of pioneering African American mathematician Katherine Johnson, who performed calculations vital to America's first manned space flight, its…
first manned orbit of Earth, and the first trip to the moon. For grades K-3. 2019When angels sing: the story of rock legend Carlos Santana
By Michael James Mahin, Jose Ramirez. 2018
Chronicles the life and accomplishments of rock legend Carlos Santana, who created a unique sound that fused American blues, rock,…
and jazz traditions with the sound of Latin American and African music. For grades K-3. 20181919: the year that changed America
By Martin W. Sandler. 2019
Explores the major movements of 1919 that changed the country just as World War I came to an end. Covers…
the rise of women's suffrage, the violence of the Red Summer and the Red Scare, and Prohibition. For grades 6-9. 2019We are not yet equal: understanding our racial divide
By Tonya Bolden, Carol Anderson. 2018
Professor of African American studies discusses five milestones of progress toward full and equal black participation in American democracy and…
the systemic racist backlash that rolled back the wins. Young adult adaptation of White Rage (DB 86343). For senior high and older readers. 2018Black Women Who Dared
By Naomi M. Moyer. 2018
Inspirational stories of ten Black women and women’s collectives from Canadian and American history. Included are leaders and groundbreakers who…
were anti-slavery activists, business women, health-care activists, civic organizers and educators. Celebrate these remarkable women, some of whom you may be hearing about for the first time, and the profound impacts they've made.Driven: The secret lives of taxi drivers
By Marcello Di Cintio. 2021
In conversations with drivers ranging from veterans of foreign wars to Indigenous women protecting one another, Di Cintio explores the…
borderland of the North American taxi. "The taxi," writes Marcello Di Cintio, "is a border." Occupying the space between public and private, a cab brings together people who might otherwise never have met-yet most of us sit in the back and stare at our phones. Nowhere else do people occupy such intimate quarters and share so little. In a series of interviews with drivers, their backgrounds ranging from the Iraqi National Guard, to the Westboro Baptist Church, to an arranged marriage that left one woman stranded in a foreign country with nothing but a suitcase, Driven seeks out those missed conversations, revealing the unknown stories that surround us. Travelling across borders of all kinds, from battlefields and occupied lands to midnight fares and Tim Hortons parking lots, Di Cintio chronicles the many journeys each driver made merely for the privilege to turn on their rooflight. Yet these lives aren't defined by tragedy or frustration but by ingenuity and generosity, hope and indomitable hard work. From night school and sixteen-hour shifts to schemes for athletic careers and the secret Shakespeare of Dylan's lyrics, Di Cintio's subjects share the passions and triumphs that drive themRbg's brave & brilliant women: 33 jewish women to inspire everyone
By Nadine Epstein. 2021
This collection of biographies of brave and brilliant Jewish female role models—selected in collaboration with Ruth Bader Ginsburg and including…
an introduction written by the iconic Supreme Court justice herself— provides young people with a roster of inspirational role models, all of whom are Jewish women, who will appeal not only to young people but to people of all ages, and all faiths. The fascinating lives detailed in this collection—more than thirty exemplary female role models—were chosen by Ruth Bader Ginsburg, or RBG, as she was lovingly known to her many admirers. Working with her friend, journalist Nadine Epstein, RBG selected these trailblazers, all of whom are women and Jewish, who chose not to settle for the rules and beliefs of their time. They did not accept what the world told them they should be. Like RBG, they dreamed big, worked hard, and forged their own paths to become who they deserved to be. Future generations will benefit from each and every one of the courageous actions and triumphs of the women profiled here. Real Wonder Women , the passion project of Justice Ginsburg in the last year of her life, will inspire readers to think about who they want to become and to make it happen, just like RBGNina: A story of nina simone
By Traci N. Todd. 2021
This illuminating and defining picture book biography, adapted for audio, tells the story of little Eunice who grew up to…
become the acclaimed singer Nina Simone and her bold, defiant, and exultant legacy. Born Eunice Kathleen Waymon in small town North Carolina, Nina Simone was a musical child. She sang before she talked and learned to play piano at a very young age. With the support of her family and community, she received music lessons that introduced her to classical composers like Bach who remained with her and influenced her music throughout her life. She loved the way his music began softly and then tumbled to thunder, like her mother's preaching, and in much the same way as her career. During her first performances under the name of Nina Simone her voice was rich and sweet but as the Civil Rights Movement gained steam, Nina's voice soon became a thunderous roar as she raised her voice in powerful protest in the fight against racial inequality and discriminationWild tongues can't be tamed: 15 voices from the latinx diaspora
By Saraciea J. Fennell. 2021
A Most Anticipated Book (Refinery29, HipLatina , Publishers Weekly , Latino Book Review, and more)! Edited by The Bronx Is…
Reading founder Saraciea J. Fennell and featuring an all-star cast of Latinx contributors, Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed is a ground-breaking anthology that will spark dialogue and inspire hope. In Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed , bestselling and award-winning authors as well as up-and-coming voices interrogate the different myths and stereotypes about the Latinx diaspora. These fifteen original pieces delve into everything from ghost stories and superheroes, to memories in the kitchen and travels around the world, to addiction and grief, to identity and anti-Blackness, to finding love and speaking your truth. Full of both sorrow and joy, Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed is an essential celebration of this rich and diverse community. The bestselling and award-winning contributors include Elizabeth Acevedo, Cristina Arreola, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Naima Coster, Natasha Diaz, Saraciea J. Fennell, Kahlil Haywood, Zakiya Jamal, Janel Martinez, Jasminne Mendez, Meg Medina, Mark Oshiro, Julian Randall, Lilliam Rivera, and Ibi Zoboi. A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron BooksWhat is black lives matter? (Who HQ Now)
By Lakita Wilson. 2021
From the #1 New York Times bestselling series comes the latest title in the Who HQ Now format for trending…
topics. It tells the history of a political and social movement that advocates for non-violent civil disobedience and protests against incidents of police brutality—and all racially motivated violence—against Black people . When a Black teenager named Trayvon Martin was senselessly killed in 2012, the African American community called for his murderer to be held accountable. But like many other racially sparked incidents in the past, his killer walked free. People looked for justice and healing in the moment. They turned to social media and a simple yet powerful hashtag emerged, #BlackLivesMatter. The message grew into an international movement and has now become the rallying cry during protests against police brutality and racial acts of violence. The movement gained even more attention and support in 2020 when it called for police reform in the United States after the police-related murder of George FloydTravels with george: In search of washington and his legacy
By Nathaniel Philbrick. 2021
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER &“ Travels with George . . . is quintessential Philbrick—a lively, courageous, and masterful achievement.&” —…
The Boston Globe Does George Washington still matter? Bestselling author Nathaniel Philbrick argues for Washington&’s unique contribution to the forging of America by retracing his journey as a new president through all thirteen former colonies, which were now an unsure nation. Travels with George marks a new first-person voice for Philbrick, weaving history and personal reflection into a single narrative. When George Washington became president in 1789, the United States of America was still a loose and quarrelsome confederation and a tentative political experiment. Washington undertook a tour of the ex-colonies to talk to ordinary citizens about his new government, and to imbue in them the idea of being one thing—Americans. In the fall of 2018, Nathaniel Philbrick embarked on his own journey into what Washington called &“the infant woody country&” to see for himself what America had become in the 229 years since. Writing in a thoughtful first person about his own adventures with his wife, Melissa, and their dog, Dora, Philbrick follows Washington&’s presidential excursions: from Mount Vernon to the new capital in New York; a monthlong tour of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island; a venture onto Long Island and eventually across Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. The narrative moves smoothly between the eighteenth and twenty-first centuries as we see the country through both Washington&’s and Philbrick&’s eyes. Written at a moment when America&’s founding figures are under increasing scrutiny, Travels with George grapples bluntly and honestly with Washington&’s legacy as a man of the people, a reluctant president, and a plantation owner who held people in slavery. At historic houses and landmarks, Philbrick reports on the reinterpretations at work as he meets reenactors, tour guides, and other keepers of history&’s flame. He paints a picture of eighteenth-century America as divided and fraught as it is today, and he comes to understand how Washington compelled, enticed, stood up to, and listened to the many different people he met along the way—and how his all-consuming belief in the union helped to forge a nation