Author: Gates, Melinda, 1964- author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: 305.42
Format: Books
Summary: A timely call to action for women's empowerment by the influential co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation identifies the link between women's equality and societal health, sharing uplifting insights by international advocates in the fight against gender bias. --Publisher.
Author: Sheinmel, Alyssa B., author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: Y SHEINMEL
Format: Books
Summary: After her best friend, Agnes, goes into a coma as a result of a game of Truth or Dare, rising senior Hannah's secrets begin to escape while she is locked in a psychiatric hospital. Hannah knows she didn't need to be institutionalized: Agnes went into a coma as a result of a game of Truth or Dare, but it was an accident. As soon as the doctors and judge figure out that she isn't a danger to herself or others, Hannah can go home to start her senior year. In the meantime, she is going to use her persuasive skills to get the staff on her side. Then Lucy arrives, with her own baggage. And she may be the only person who can get Hannah to confront the dangerous secrets that landed her in confinement.
Author: Fodor's Travel (Firm)
Published: 2019
Call Number: 915.1046 1ST ED.
Format: Continuing Resources
Author: Kovel, Ralph M. Kovel, Terry H.
Published: 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Call Number: 745.1 2017
Format: Continuing Resources
Author: Rose, Sarah, 1974- author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: 940.54
Format: Books
Summary: "The dramatic, inspiring story of the extraordinary women recruited by Britain's elite spy agency to sabotage the Nazis, shore up the Resistance, and pave the way for Allied victory in World War II."--Provided by publisher.
Author: Bogert, Kerry, book editor.
Published: 2019
Call Number: 746.432
Format: Books
Summary: "The jolt of inspiration every knitter needs! Inspired by the ritual of sipping and stitching, Coffeehouse Knits is a stimulating collection of knitwear with an extra shot of something special. Whether you're joining friends at the coffee shop for community knitting or you're home enjoying the first cup of the day, perk up your knitting with: 20 patterns that range in skill level from advanced beginner to intermediate--macchiato to espresso; Simple touches evoke the idea of everyone's favorite drink, from steaming swirls around a sweater yoke to coffee bean inspired motifs; Stirring essays from knitters explore community, connection, and caffeine. Pour yourself another cup and settle in with Coffeehouse Knits."--provided by Amazon.com.
Author: Travers, Ann, author.
Published: 2018
Call Number: 306.768
Format: Books
Summary: "In this fascinating account, Ann Travers shows that from very early ages, some as young as two and three years old, trans kids find themselves to be different from the sex category that was assigned to them at birth. How they make their voices heard--to their parents and friends, in the schools, in public spaces, and through the courts--is the focus of this remarkable and groundbreaking book. Based on interviews with transgender kids, ranging in age from 4 to 20, and their parents, and over five years of research in the US and Canada, The Trans Generation offers a rare look into what it is like to grow up as a trans child. From daycare to birthday parties and from the playground to the school bathroom, Travers takes the reader inside the day-to-day realities of trans kids who regularly experience crisis as a result of the restrictive ways in which sex categories regulate their lives and put pressure on them to deny their internal sense of who they are in gendered terms. As a transgender person and as an advocate for trans kids, Travers is able to document from first-hand experience the difficulties of growing up trans and the challenges that parents can face. The book shows the incredible time, energy, and love that these parents give to their children, even in the face of, at times, unsupportive communities, schools, courts, health systems, and government laws. Keeping in mind that all trans kids are among the most vulnerable to bullying, violent attacks, self-harm and suicide, and that those who struggle with poverty, racism, lack of parental support, learning differences, etc., are extremely at risk, Travers offers ways to support all trans kids through policy recommendations and activist interventions. Ultimately, the book is meant to open up options for kids' own gender self-determination, to question the need for the sex binary, and to highlight ways that cultural and material resources can be redistributed more equitably. The Trans Generation offers an essential and important new understanding of childhood."--Book jacket.
Author: Stamper, Vesper, author, artist.
Published: 2018
Call Number: Y STAMPER
Format: Books
Summary: Liberated from Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp in 1945, Gerta has lost her family and everything she knew. Without her Papa, her music, or even her true identity, she must move past the task of surviving and onto living her life. Gerta meets Lev, a fellow teen survivor, and Michah, who helps Jews reach Palestine. With a newfound Jewish identity she never knew she had, and a return to the life of music she thought she lost forever, Gerta must choose how to build a new future. After losing her family and everything she knew in the Nazi concentration camps, Gerta is finally liberated, only to find herself completely alone. Without her papa, her music, or even her true identity, she must move past the task of surviving and on to living her life. In the displaced persons camp where she is staying, Gerta meets Lev, a fellow teen survivor who she just might be falling for, despite her feelings for someone else. With a newfound Jewish identity she never knew she had, and a return to the life of music she thought she lost forever, Gerta must choose how to build a new future.
Author: Silvera, Adam, 1990- author.
Published: 2018 2017
Call Number: Y SILVERA
Format: Books
Summary: On September 5, a little after midnight, Death-Cast calls Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio to give them some bad news: They're going to die today. Mateo and Rufus are total strangers, but, for different reasons, they're both looking to make a new friend on their End Day. The good news: There's an app for that. It's called the Last Friend, and through it, Rufus and Mateo are about to meet up for one last great adventure--to live a lifetime in a single day.
Author: Thompson, Victoria (Victoria E.), author.
Published: 2018
Call Number: F THOMPSON
Format: Books
Summary: "When a murder hits close to home, Frank finds himself in an unusual position--the prime suspect in the latest installment of the national bestselling Gaslight Mystery series ... Frank and Sarah Malloy are enjoying married life and looking to make their family official by adopting Catherine, the child Sarah rescued and has been raising as her daughter. The newlyweds soon discover, Parnell Vaughn, an actor and Catherine's legal father, is looking to fatten his pockets by insisting on a financial settlement to relinquish his parental rights. Even though exchanging money for a child is illegal, Frank and Sarah's love for Catherine drives them to take a chance. When Frank returns with the money and finds Vaughn beaten to death, all evidence points to Frank as the culprit. A relatively unsuccessful actor with no money and little promise, Vaughn seems at first to be an unlikely candidate for murder--particularly such a violent crime of passion--but Frank soon uncovers backstage intrigue as dramatic as any that appears on stage. Sarah and Frank must use all of their resources to investigate Vaughn's death as Frank's own life hangs in the balance"--
Author: Seitz, Nicole A., editor. Haupt, Jonathan, 1973- editor. Streisand, Barbra, writer of foreword. King, Cassandra, 1944- writer of afterword.
Published: 2018
Call Number: B CONROY
Format: Books
Summary: "Writer Pat Conroy passed away in 2016 at age 70. He was the author of The Water is Wide, The Great Santini, The Prince of Tides, and Beach Music, among other works. Several of his books have been made into movies starring actors including Robert Duvall, Barbra Streisand, and Jon Voight. This book collects in one volume seventy entries from people who all knew a different facet of Pat Conroy: writers, poets, editors, musicians, friends, classmates. Contributors include Rick Bragg, Kathleen Parker, Nikky Finney, Mary Alice Monroe, Dori Sanders, Ron Rash, Janis Ian, Tony Grooms, Patti Callahan Henry, Connie May Fowler, Sandra Brown, Jonathan Carroll, Jonathan Galassi, Nathalie Dupree, and Wendell Minor, as well as several members of the Conroy family. Additionally, the book includes a gallery of photos of Conroy, many never seen by the public before"--
Author: Russworm, TreaAndrea M., editor. Sheppard, Samantha N., editor. Bowdre, Karen M., editor. Pierson, Eric, writer of foreword.
Published: 2016
Call Number: 791.4302 FROM
Format: Books
Summary: "For over a decade Tyler Perry has been a lightning rod for both criticism and praise. To some he is most widely known for his drag performances as Madea, a self-proclaimed "mad black woman," not afraid to brandish a gun or a scalding pot of grits. But to others who watch the film industry, he is the businessman who by age thirty-six had sold more than $100 million in tickets, $30 million in videos, $20 million in merchandise, and was producing 300 projects each year viewed by 35,000 every week. Is the commercially successful African American actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, and producer "malt liquor for the masses," an "embarrassment to the race," or is he a genius who has directed the most culturally significant American melodramas since Douglas Sirk? Are his films and television shows even melodramas, or are they conservative Christian diatribes, cheeky camp, or social satires? Do Perry's flattened narratives and character tropes irresponsibly collapse important social discourses into one-dimensional tales that affirm the notion of a "post-racial" society? This volume makes the argument that Tyler Perry must be understood as a figure at the nexus of converging factors, cultural events, and historical traditions. The essays challenge value-judgment criticism and offer new insights on the industrial and formal qualities of Perry's work"--
Author: Lee, Stan, 1922-2018 author. David, Peter (Peter Allen), author. Doran, Colleen, 1963- artist.
Published: 2015
Call Number: B LEE
Format: Books
Summary: "In this gorgeously illustrated, full-color graphic memoir, Stan Lee--comic book legend and cocreator of Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Avengers, the Incredible Hulk, and a legion of other Marvel superheroes--shares his iconic legacy and the story of how modern comics came to be. Stan Lee is a man who needs no introduction. The most legendary name in the history of comic books, he has been the leading creative force behind Marvel Comics, and has brought to life--and into the mainstream--some of the world's best-known heroes and most infamous villains throughout his career. His stories--filled with superheroes struggling with personal hang-ups and bad guys who possessed previously unseen psychological complexity--added wit and subtlety to a field previously locked into flat portrayals of good vs. evil. Lee put the human in superhuman and in doing so, created a new mythology for the twentieth century. In this beautifully illustrated graphic memoir--illustrated by celebrated artist Colleen Doran--Lee tells the story of his life with the same inimitable wit, energy, and offbeat spirit that he brought to the world of comics. Moving from his impoverished childhood in Manhattan to his early days writing comics, through his military training films during World War II and the rise of the Marvel empire in the 1960s to the current resurgence in movies, Amazing Fantastic Incredible documents the life of a man and the legacy of an industry and career"--
Author: Brunstetter, Wanda E., author.
Published: 2013
Call Number: PB BRUNSTET
Format: Books
Summary: Young Amish newlyweds Luke and Meredith struggle to stay together when Luke travels to Indiana to learn a new trade despite Meredith's reservations.
Author: Brunstetter, Wanda E., author.
Published: 2013
Call Number: PB BRUNSTET
Format: Books
Summary: Meredith Stoltzfus, having almost lost her baby, rekindles her friendship with Jonah Miller, and worries she will not be able to provide for her child and misses Luke. Meanwhile, a young man, who a nurse calls "Eddie," is in an unresponsive state in a hospital after being beaten at a bus station.
Author: Brunstetter, Wanda E., author.
Published: 2013
Call Number: PB BRUNSTET
Format: Books
Summary: Meredith longs to hear the sound of her husband's voice, to know that he arrived safely in Indiana, and to share her big news. Instead of the call she's waiting for, Meredith receives news that tears her heart to shreds and leaves her in a dark pit of despair.
Author: Brunstetter, Wanda E., author.
Published: 2013
Call Number: PB BRUNSTET
Format: Books
Summary: Meredith Stoltzfus could never love anyone like she loved her husband, Luke. When a friend from her past stops by her home to offer a helping hand, Meredith hesitantly agrees. But deep down, she feels uneasy about it. How would it look to others, seeing Jonah around so often?
Author: Brunstetter, Wanda E., author.
Published: 2013
Call Number: PB BRUNSTET
Format: Books
Summary: After months of facing nothing but blank memories Eddie remembers his name Luke and his past seems within his reach. But there are still many pieces left to place. Meanwhile miles away in Lancaster County everything has changed in Luke's former life. His house is occupied by Englishers. His own parents believe he is dead. And caught between her undying love for Luke and her need to provide for her son's future Meredith has grown closer to Jonah and closer to marriage. Can Luke salvage the rest of his memory and return home before its too late?
Author: Brunstetter, Wanda E., author.
Published: 2013
Call Number: F BRUNSTET
Format: Books
Summary: Despite the disapproval of her late husband's parents, Meredith Stolzfus has become closer to Jonah Miller. Meredith knows that he can never replace her first love, but Jonah is head-over-heels for Meredith and cares deeply for her baby. Besides, Jonah promises to be a good provider--what Meredith needs for her son's future. Just as Meredith and Jonah begin to talk of marriage, the husband Meredith believes to be dead is about to remember something from his past. But can the young man called "Eddie" put the pieces of his life back together--before he loses Meredith again?
Author: Martin, George R. R. author.
Published: 2011 1996
Call Number: PB MARTIN
Format: Books
Summary: The kingdom of the royal Stark family faces its ultimate challenge in the onset of a generation-long winter, the poisonous plots of the rival Lannisters, the emergence of the Neverborn demons, and the arrival of barbarian hordes.
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