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2019. | Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill | xii, 274 pages ; 19 cm. | English |
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"Author Ross Gay spent a year writing almost-daily essays about the things, large and small, that delight him"--
2) Sacagawea
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La Farge Childrens Picture Book
BIO SACAGAWEA
Main Childrens Picture Book
BIO SACAGAWEA
Southside Childrens Picture Book has 2
BIO SACAGAWEA
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c2003 | Carolrhoda Books | 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 31 cm. | English | On Shelf
La Farge Childrens Picture Book BIO SACAGAWEA Main Childrens Picture Book BIO SACAGAWEA Southside Childrens Picture Book has 2 BIO SACAGAWEA |
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2005 | Ediciones Lerner | [40] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm. | Español | On Shelf
Southside Children Easy Spanish BIO SACAGAWEA |
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2014 | OverDrive | Lerner Publishing Group | English | Available Online
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2014 | Lerner Publishing Group | English | Available Online
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Presents a brief biography of Sacagawea, in simple text with illustrations, relating the story of how the Shoshone Indian girl was kidnapped at age eleven by the Hidatsa, and her journey with Lewis and Clark, including speculations on her later life.
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2021. | First edition. | Grove Press | 196 pages ; 24 cm. | English |
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"As a young boy growing up in the outskirts of Dublin, Gabriel Byrne sought refuge in a world of imagination among the fields and hills near his home, at the edge of a rapidly encroaching city. Born to working-class parents and the eldest of six children, he harbored a childhood desire to become a priest. When he was eleven years old, Byrne found himself crossing the Irish Sea to join a seminary in England. Four years later, Byrne had been expelled...
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1991 | 1st HarperPerennial ed. | HarperPerennial | xii, 277 p. ; 21 cm. | On Shelf
Southside BIO HURSTON, Z | |
2010 | 1st Harper Perennial Modern Classics deluxe ed. | Harper Perennial Modern Classics | xii, 308, 16 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. | On Shelf
Main BIO HURSTON, Z |
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From Zora Neale Hurston, one of the most important African American writers of the twentieth century, comes her riveting autobiography-now available in a limited Olive Edition.
First published in 1942 at the height of her popularity, Dust Tracks on a Road is Zora Neale Hurston's candid, funny, bold, and poignant autobiography-an imaginative and exuberant account of her childhood in the rural South and her rise to a prominent place among the leading...
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2003 | Bedford/St. Martin's | xii, 240 p. ; 21 cm. | On Shelf
Southside BIO WASHINGTON, B | |
1986 | Penguin Books | liii, 332 p. ; 19 cm. | On Shelf
Main BIO WASHINTON, B |
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Born a slave in Virginia in 1856, Booker T. Washington rose in prominence to become black America's foremost spokesman. This is the dramatic autobiographical account of Washington's struggle to succeed and prosper in a country that refused to acknowledge his existence. From his fight for an education to his founding of the world-renowned Tuskegee Institute, Up From Slavery is one of the most significant and defining works in American literature.
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2014. | Yale University Press | xxx, 395 pages ; 21 cm. | English | On Shelf
Main BIO DOUGLASS, F |
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"I have never placed my opposition to slavery on a basis so narrow as my own enslavement, but rather upon the indestructible and unchangeable laws of human nature, every one of which is perpetually and flagrantly violated by the slave system." - Frederick Douglass Born and brought up in slavery, Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) experienced the horrors of bondage but gained freedom and world renown as a lecturer, editor, and one of the most important...
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La Farge Childrens Picture Book
940.5486 Bru
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[2018]. | Albert Whitman & Company | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm. | English | On Shelf
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La Farge Childrens Picture Book 940.5486 Bru |
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"As a boy, Chester Nez was taught his native language and culture were useless, but he was later called on to use his Navajo language to help create an unbreakable military code during WWII"--
8) Geronimo
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c2012 | Yale University Press | xii, 348 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm. | English | On Shelf
La Farge BIO GERONIMO Main BIO GERONIMO Southside BIO GERONIMO |
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Renowned for ferocity in battle, legendary for an uncanny ability to elude capture, feared for the violence of his vengeful raids, the Apache fighter Geronimo captured the public imagination in his own time and remains a mythic figure today. This thoroughly researched biography by a renowned historian of the American West strips away the myths and rumors that have long obscured the real Geronimo and presents an authentic portrait of a man with unique...
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c2004 | Rev. ed. | Carolrhoda Books | 48 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm. | English | On Shelf
Southside Childrens Picture Book has 3 394.26 Kes |
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An introduction to the life of the Massachusetts Indian Squanto, best known for befriending the Pilgrims of the New Plymouth Colony.
10) Small memories
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La Farge
869.342 SARAMANGO
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869.342 SARAMANGO
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869.342 SARAMANGO
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2011 | 1st U.S. ed. | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | 139 p. : ill., ports. ; 22 cm. | English | On Shelf
La Farge 869.342 SARAMANGO Main 869.342 SARAMANGO Southside 869.342 SARAMANGO |
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A personal account by the late author traces his youth in Lisbon with his parents, marked by frequent visits to his wise grandparents in the village of Azinhaga, his older brother's tragic early death, and his initial encounters with literature.
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c2007 | Tyndale House Publishers | xvi, 317 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. | English | On Shelf
La Farge BIO DUNGY, T |
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When Tony Dungy led the Indianapolis Colts to victory in Super Bowl XLI-- the first African American coach to win the big game--millions wondered, amazed by the success of his quiet, authoritative leadership style: how does he get it done? In this memoir, Dungy reveals the secrets to his success--principles, practices, and priorities that have kept him on track despite overwhelming personal and professional obstacles, including firings, stereotypes,...
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c1989 | 1st ed. | Holiday House | [32] p. : col. ill. ; 21 x 25 cm. | English | On Shelf
Main Childrens Picture Book BIO KING, M |
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A brief, illustrated, biography of the Baptist minister and civil rights leader whose philosophy and practice of nonviolent civil disobedience helped American blacks win many battles for equal rights.
13) Marley Dias
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La Farge Childrens - J
BIO DIAS, M
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BIO DIAS, M
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BIO DIAS, M
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[2019]. | Capstone Press | 32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm. | English | On Shelf
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La Farge Childrens - J BIO DIAS, M Main Childrens - J BIO DIAS, M Southside Childrens - J BIO DIAS, M |
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"Offers a biography of child activist Marley Dias and explores how she has made a difference for other young girls."--Provided by publisher.
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La Farge Childrens Picture Book
641.5092 Mar
Main Childrens Picture Book
641.5092 Mar
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[2017] | First edition. | Readers to Eaters Books | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm. | English | On Shelf
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La Farge Childrens Picture Book 641.5092 Mar Main Childrens Picture Book 641.5092 Mar |
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Describes the popular street cook's life, including working in his family's restaurant as a child, figuring out what he wanted to do with his life, and his success with his food truck and restaurant.
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[2018]. | First edition. | Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers | xii, 204 pages ; 20 cm. | English | On Shelf
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Main 956.94054 Kle |
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"Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor is one Israeli's powerful attempt to reach beyond the wall that separates Israelis and Palestinians and into the hearts of "the enemy." In a series of letters, Yossi Klein Halevi explains what motivated him to leave his native New York in his twenties and move to Israel to participate in the drama of the renewal of a Jewish homeland, which he is committed to see succeed as a morally responsible, democratic state...
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2012 | Penguin Books | xxxvi, 240 pages : illustrations, music ; 20 cm. | English | On Shelf
La Farge 306.362 Nor |
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2013 | OverDrive | eStar Books | English | Available Online
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2013 | eStar Books | English | Available Online
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"A harrowing memoir about one of the darkest periods in American historyBorn a free man in New York, Solomon Northup was abducted in Washington, D.C., in 1841 and spent the next twelve years of his life in captivity as a slave on a Louisiana cotton plantation. After his rescue, he published this exceptionally vivid and detailed account of slave life--perhaps the best written of all the slave narratives. It became an immediate bestseller and today...
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2018. | Abrams Press | 272 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 24 cm. | English | On Shelf
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Main 306 Ulr |
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The first collection of Timothy Leary's (1920-1996) selected papers and correspondence opens a window on the ideas that inspired the counterculture of the 1960s and the fascination with LSD that continues to the present. The man who coined the phrase "turn on, tune in, drop out," Leary cultivated interests that ranged across experimentation with hallucinogens, social change and legal reform, and mysticism and spirituality, with a passion to determine...
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818.603 Dia
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818.603 Dia
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2019. | First edition. | Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill | 321 pages ; 22 cm. | English | On Shelf
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Main 818.603 Dia Southside 818.603 Dia |
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"Jaquira Díaz writes an unflinching account of growing up as a queer biracial girl searching for home as her family splits apart and her mother struggles with mental illness and addiction. From her own struggles with depression and drug abuse to her experiences of violence to Puerto Rico's history of colonialism, every page vibrates with music and lyricism"--
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Olaudah Equiano was one of the most prominent people of African heritage involved in the British debate for the abolition of the slave trade. He wrote an autobiography that depicted the horrors of slavery and helped influence British lawmakers to abolish the slave trade through the Slave Trade Act of 1807. This is his story. I hope the reader will not think I have trespassed on his patience in introducing myself to him with some account of the manners...
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La Farge Childrens Graphic Novels
BIO DOUGLASS, F
Main Childrens Graphic Novels
BIO DOUGLASS, F
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[2018]. | First edition. | Ten Speed Press | ix, 181 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm. | English | On Shelf
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La Farge Childrens Graphic Novels BIO DOUGLASS, F Main Childrens Graphic Novels BIO DOUGLASS, F |
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Recently returned to the cultural spotlight, Frederick Douglass's impact on American history is felt even in today's current events. Comic book writer and filmmaker David F. Walker joins with the art team of Damon Smyth and Marissa Louise to bring the long, exciting, and influential life of Douglass to life in comic book form. Taking you from Douglass's life as a young slave through his forbidden education to his escape and growing prominence as a...
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