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Stranger faces (Undelivered Lectures)
By Namwali Serpell. 2020
Professor of English at Harvard University presents five essays--intended for lectures--meditating on faces, the presentation of self in physical and…
digital spaces, and perceptions of meaning. Topics include Joseph Merrick, Hannah Crafts, Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, Grizzly Man, and the term e-faced. Some violence and some strong language. 2020Guardians of liberty: freedom of the press and the nature of news
By Linda Barrett Osborne. 2020
Explores the essential and basic American ideal of allowing the press to publish without previous censure or interference by the…
federal government. Cites numerous examples demonstrating why the First Amendment is still imperative and valued today. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2020Body image expert and creator of #LoseHateNotWeight offers advice in how to question popular culture and cultivate your own body…
positivity, and discusses how racism affects how you think of your body. Provides tools to counter negativity, stop dieting, wear what you want, and recognize that your body is your business. For senior high readers. 2020Gifted hands: The Ben Carson Story
By Ben Carson. 1990
Neurosurgeon Carson discusses his rearing by his poor, uneducated mother, who convinced her sons to rise above their surroundings. Religion…
helped Carson overcome a violent temper as an adolescent and became a guiding force in his life. As a doctor, Carson is best known for surgery on children, including a successful separation of Siamese twins and many hemispherectomies, in which half of the child's brain is removedAn island grows
By Lola M. Schaefer. 2006
Living among headstones: life in a country cemetery
By Shannon Applegate. 2005
In 1997, Shannon Applegate was bequeathed a small cemetery in western Oregon. The neglected five acres were not only the…
burial site for generations of her family but also the designated resting ground for many in the nearby, down-on-its-luck logging town. Living Among Headstones chronicles the author's experiences as sexton of this sacred land: she finds herself plotting graves, consoling families, and confronting the funeral industry. Filled with humor, singular events, pathos, and unexpected smiles, and written in a meditative tone, Living Among Headstones is more than a memoir of one woman's experience at a rural cemetery: it is an expansive look at how death has been treated through the centuries, and a meditation on how we long for our loved ones to have a continuing place in our world. Ultimately, as the author and we learn, only an understanding of death can give us an appreciation of lifeSharice’s Big Voice: A Native Kid Becomes a Congresswoman
By Sharice Davids, Nancy K. Mays, Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley. 2021
On Here Wee Read's 2021 Ultimate List of Diverse Children's Books! "Rich, vivid illustrations by Ojibwe Woodland artist Pawis-Steckley are…
delivered in a graphic style that honors Indigenous people. The bold artwork adds impact to the compelling text." (Kirkus starred review)"The prose is reminiscent of an inspirational speech (“Everyone’s path looks different”), with a message of service that includes fun biographical facts, such as her love of Bruce Lee. Pawis-Steckley (who is Ojibwe Woodland) contributes boldly lined and colored digital illustrations, inflected with Native symbols and bold colors. A hopeful and accessible picture book profile." (Publishers Weekly)"Affecting picture-book autobiography" (The Horn Book Review)This picture book autobiography tells the triumphant story of Sharice Davids, one of the first Native American women elected to Congress, and the first LGBTQ congressperson to represent Kansas.When Sharice Davids was young, she never thought she’d be in Congress. And she never thought she’d be one of the first Native American women in Congress. During her campaign, she heard from a lot of doubters. They said she couldn’t win because of how she looked, who she loved, and where she came from. But here’s the thing: Everyone’s path looks different and everyone’s path has obstacles. And this is the remarkable story of Sharice Davids’ path to Congress.Beautifully illustrated by Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley, an Ojibwe Woodland artist, this powerful autobiographical picture book teaches readers to use their big voice and that everyone deserves to be seen—and heard!The back matter includes information about the Ho-Chunk written by former Ho-Chunk President Jon Greendeer, an artist note, and an inspiring letter to children from Sharice Davids.Reversing the curse: inside the 2004 Boston Red Sox
By Dan Shaughnessy. 2005
After nearly a century of close misses, the historic 2004 Boston Red Sox team finally beat their long-time rivals, the…
New York Yankees, and won the World Series. Shaughnessy, a Boston sports writer who knows the Sox well, chronicles their journey. Some strong languageLeadership on the line: staying alive through the dangers of leading
By Ronald A Heifetz. 2002
This survival manual for leaders explains what one needs to know to handle the professional and personal perils of leading,…
and discusses how to exercise leadership in a way that reduces the chances of being pushed aside. The authors address leaders at all levels (parents, general employees, managers, community activists, and presidents of organizations and countries)Nisei daughter (Classics of Asian American Literature)
By Monica Itoi Sone. 1979
The author spent her childhood in pre-World War II Seattle, in a part Japanese, part American world. After the bombing…
of Pearl Harbor, she and her family are sent to an internment camp in Topaz, Idaho. Her family attempts to maintain their values and ethics amidst the barbed wire and armed guards, demonstrating the conflict between the loss of their civil rights and their love of their adopted countryTough love: my story of the things worth fighting for
By Susan E. Rice. 2019
US ambassador to the United Nations and former national security advisor to President Obama recounts pivotal moments from her career…
in American diplomacy and foreign policy as well as her early life in Washington, DC. 2019Too much and never enough: how my family created the world's most dangerous man
By Mary L. Trump. 2020
President Trump's niece, a clinical psychologist, reflects on her family's history to theorize how her uncle became the man he…
is. A first-hand witness to countless family interactions, she details events, relationships, and patterns of behavior among the members of the Trump family. Strong language. 2020In the name of Emmett Till: how the children of the Mississippi Freedom Struggle showed us tomorrow
By Robert H. Mayer. 2021
An award-winning author provides an unflinching portrayal of life in the segregated South and the bravery of young people who…
fought that system. From the violent Woolworth's lunch-counter sit-ins in Jackson to the school walkouts of McComb, the young people worked to reveal the vulnerability of black bodies and the ugly nature of the world they lived in. For junior and senior high readers. 2021Vagina obscura: an anatomical voyage
By Rachel E. Gross. 2022
Examination of the historical and modern research into and care for female sexual anatomy. Topics are arranged around individual anatomical…
parts, including the glans clitoris, the internal clitoris, the vagina, vaginal microbiome, egg cells, ovaries, the uterus, and the neovagina. Addresses the impact of prejudicial views of female anatomy on the care of people with those anatomical parts.Fire shut up in my bones: a memoir
By Charles M. Blow. 2015
"Universally praised on its publication, Fire Shut Up in My Bones is a pioneering journalist's indelible coming-of-age tale. Charles M.…
Blow's mother was a fiercely driven woman with five sons, brass knuckles in her glove box, and a job plucking poultry at a factory near their segregated Louisiana town, where slavery's legacy felt close. When her philandering husband finally pushed her over the edge, she fired a pistol at his fleeing back, missing every shot, thanks to "love that blurred her vision and bent the barrel." Charles was the baby of the family, fiercely attached to his "do-right" mother. Until one day that divided his life into Before and After--the day an older cousin took advantage of the young boy. The story of how Charles escaped that world to become one of America's most innovative and respected public figures is a stirring, redemptive journey that works its way into the deepest chambers of the heart." -- Provided by publisherGawain and the Green Knight: adventure at Camelot
By Y. R. Ponsor. 1979
Here is a fresh telling of the fourteenth century poem about Gawain, King Arthur's nephew and perfect knight. A mysterious…
Green Knight appeared at Camelot one Christmas season and challenged anyone to exchange a single axe blow with him. Gawain the youngest knight accepted challenge and after a year and a day went to meet his destiny. A prose retelling of the Middle English poemThe looting of social security: how the government is draining America's retirement account
By Allen W. Smith. 2004
Explains the history of Social Security from its inception in 1935 to the present, including the enactment of the 1983…
Social Security tax increase. Then the author details how the government's promise to the American people -- a pledge to never spend the Social Security funds -- was broken by every succeeding administrationA good day's work: an Iowa farm in the Great Depression
By Dwight W. Hoover. 2007
Midnight assassin: a murder in America's heartland
By Thomas Wolf, Patricia L. Bryan. 2005
In December 1900, a prosperous Iowa farmer was murdered in his bed--killed by two blows of an ax to his…
head. Four days later, the victim's wife, Margaret Hossack, was arrested and charged with the crime. The community was split by the trial which was covered by young journalist Susan Glaspell, later an acclaimed writer. Co-author is Thomas Wolf. Unrated. 2005