Author: Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895, author. Zuberi, Tukufu, writer of foreword.
Published: 2018 1845
Call Number: CL DOUGLASS
Format: Books
Summary: The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is perhaps the most widely read and well-known slave narrative. Originally published in 1845, the work was an instant success, selling more than 11,000 copies in the first three years. Written as a memoir of his life and experiences, the book addresses the issues of slavery from a firsthand perspective with a sage eloquence.
Author: Atkins, Lucy (Journalist), author.
Published: 2018 2017
Call Number: F ATKINS
Format: Books
Summary: "The stunning new noir thriller from the internationally bestselling author of The Missing One and The Other Child ... Professor Olivia Sweetman has worked hard to achieve the life she loves, with a high-flying career as a TV presenter and historian, three children, and a talented husband. But as she stands before a crowd at the launch of her new bestseller she can barely pretend to smile. Her life has spiraled into deceit, and if the truth comes out, she'll lose everything. Only one person knows what Olivia has done. Vivian Tester is the socially awkward sixty-year-old housekeeper of a Sussex manor who found the Victorian diary on which Olivia's book is based. Now Olivia's unofficial research assistant, Vivian has secrets of her own. As events move between London, Sussex, and the idyllic South of France, the relationship between these two women grows more entangled and complex. Then a bizarre act of violence changes everything. The Night Visitor is a compelling exploration of ambition, morality, and deception that asks the question: how far would you go to save your reputation?"--
Author: Hamshaw, Gena, author. McLaughlin, Ashley, photographer.
Published: 2018
Call Number: 641.5
Format: Books
Summary: Provides one hundred recipes for one-dish vegan meals, including such dishes as maple cinnamon granola, sesame citrus soba salad, white bean ribolita, golden beet risotto, skillet chili mac, and spiced lentil tamale pie. Healthy eating isn't just a matter of choosing foods, it's the art of creating complete meals that deliver energy and nourishment for a well-balanced lifestyle. Hamshaw provides recipes for one-dish vegan meals that provide the macronutrients you need in every meal. With her simple techniques-- and fresh ingredients-- you'll learn to make beautiful, energizing plates for any meal, every day of the week.
Author: Simon, Ilana, 1963- author.
Published: 2018
Call Number: 641.81
Format: Books
Summary: "This book offers 200 recipes for fondue meals using the fondue pot. It includes traditional favourites and new twists on old classics, going well beyond familiar cheese and chocolate varieties. Also provided are menu-planning suggestions and lots of tips and tricks for fondue cooking including 10 new recipes devoted to throwing fondue parties."--
Author: Delilah, 1960- author.
Published: 2018
Call Number: B DELILAH
Format: Books
Summary: The most listened-to woman on U.S. radio, who has distinguished herself as the "Queen of Sappy Love Songs" and America's ultimate romance guru, discusses her off-air life--one full of trials, forgiveness and faith. Today, Delilah is the founder of an NGO called Point Hope, the owner of a 55-acre working farm, and an inductee of the National Radio Hall of Fame. But to achieve this, she often had to pave her own way. Disowned by her father, divorced, and fired from a dozen jobs over the years, Delilah pushed forward through family addiction and devastating loss, through glass ceilings and red tape. Her consistent goal to help those in need took her everywhere from the streets of Philadelphia to refugee camps in Ghana. Along the way, Delilah was blessed by thirteen children--ten of them adopted. Though many of them contend with special needs and the forever effects of a broken foster care system, her children have been able to transform their own remarkable lessons into guiding lights for other kids in need. Just as Delilah has done. One Heart at a Time exposes the real woman behind the microphone. In her easy-going style and characteristic, beloved voice, Delilah tells her deeply moving life story as the series of miracles it is.
Author: Hooper, Kay, author.
Published: 2018
Call Number: PB HOOPER
Format: Books
Summary: Tasha Solomon's world turned upside-down when the psychic abilities she had tried so hard to live with in secret suddenly made her a target stalked by unseen enemies. John Brodie is by nature, by training, and by instinct a Guardian. He is a member of an intricate and secretive network of individuals who have devoted their lives to the deadly struggle of saving psychics in danger of being taken or being killed. It is a war very few other people even know exists, and yet its tentacles stretch deeply and dangerously into every aspect of society. Tasha has abilities not even she is aware of, abilities that the other side would give virtually all they possess to destroy. And if being hunted like an animal were not bad enough she has to learn how to become a warrior in a battle she did not choose, to save people she does not know, and possibly even the very world around her. If John Brodie can keep her alive long enough.
Author: Sinclair, Mick, author. Fodor's Travel Publications, Inc.
Published: 2018
Call Number: 917.94
Format: Books
Summary: "Compact and affordable, Fodor's 25 Best San Francisco is a great travel guide for those who want an easy-to-pack guidebook and map to one of the most exciting cities in Northern California,"--Amazon.com.
Author: Wilson, Teri, author.
Published: 2018
Call Number: F WILSON
Format: Books
Summary: Sometimes being pushed out of your comfort zone leads you to the ultimate prize. Charlotte and Ginny Gorman might look alike but they're completely different in every other way. Bookish Charlotte loves her job as an elementary school librarian, while her twin sister is an Instagram-famous beauty pageant contestant. Ginny has been chasing a crown since she was old enough to enunciate the words world peace, and she's not giving up until she's crowned Miss American Treasure. Dragging Charlotte to the pageant with her for good luck, Ginny's winning plan goes awry when she has a severe allergic reaction to dinner the night before the competition. A trip to urgent care confirms that she won't be back in beauty queen form for at least three days. After a few tears and a whole lot of begging, Charlotte agrees to take her sister's place in the pageant. Overnight, she's thrown into the glittery world of hair extensions, false eyelashes, and push-up bras. Charlotte realizes that there might be more to the pageant circuit than just a sparkly crown.
Author: Restall, Matthew, 1964- author.
Published: 2018
Call Number: 972.0209
Format: Books
Summary: "On November 8, 1519, the Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortés first met Montezuma, the Aztec emperor, at the entrance to the capital city of Tenochtitlan. This introduction--the prelude to the Spanish seizure of Mexico City and to European colonization of the mainland of the Americas--has long been the symbol of Cortés's bold and brilliant military genius. Montezuma, on the other hand, is remembered as a coward who gave away a vast empire and touched off a wave of colonial invasions across the hemisphere. But is this really what happened? In a departure from traditional tellings, When Montezuma Met Cortés uses "the Meeting"--As Restall dubs their first encounter--as the entry point into a comprehensive reevaluation of both Cortés and Montezuma. Drawing on rare primary sources and overlooked accounts by conquistadors and Aztecs alike, Restall explores Cortés's and Montezuma's posthumous reputations, their achievements and failures, and the worlds in which they lived--leading, step by step, to a dramatic inversion of the old story. As Restall takes us through this sweeping, revisionist account of a pivotal moment in modern civilization, he calls into question our view of the history of the Americas, and, indeed, of history itself."--Jacket.
Author: McGuiggan, Amy Whorf, 1956- author.
Published: 2018
Call Number: 394.2663
Format: Books
Author: Stewart, Jeffrey C., 1950- author.
Published: 2018
Call Number: B LOCKE
Format: Books
Summary: "A tiny, fastidiously dressed man emerged from Black Philadelphia around the turn of the century to mentor a generation of young artists including Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and Jacob Lawrence and call them the New Negro--the creative African Americans whose art, literature, music, and drama would inspire Black people to greatness. In The New Negro : The Life of Alain Locke, Jeffrey C. Stewart offers the definitive biography of the father of the Harlem Renaissance, based on the extant primary sources of his life and on interviews with those who knew him personally. He narrates the education of Locke, including his becoming the first African American Rhodes Scholar and earning a PhD in philosophy at Harvard University, and his long career as a professor at Howard University. Locke also received a cosmopolitan, aesthetic education through his travels in continental Europe, where he came to appreciate the beauty of art and experienced a freedom unknown to him in the United States. And yet he became most closely associated with the flowering of Black culture in Jazz Age America and his promotion of the literary and artistic work of African Americans as the quintessential creations of American modernism. In the process he looked to Africa to find the proud and beautiful roots of the race. Shifting the discussion of race from politics and economics to the arts, he helped establish the idea that Black urban communities could be crucibles of creativity. Stewart explores both Locke's professional and private life, including his relationships with his mother, his friends, and his white patrons, as well as his lifelong search for love as a gay man. Stewart's thought-provoking biography recreates the worlds of this illustrious, enigmatic man who, in promoting the cultural heritage of Black people, became--in the process--a New Negro himself"--
Author: Schneider, Deborah, 1955- author. Paz Abasolo, María Laura, translator. Scott, Erin, photographer.
Published: 2018
Call Number: 641.587 SPANISH
Format: Books
Summary: Esta tentadora colección de 75 recetas mexicanas originales de carnitas, mole de pollo, frijoles refritos, tamales, pozole de cerdo, queso fundido, flan y muchas más, se elaboran en minutos gracias a la revolucionaria potencia de cocción de la olla Instant Pot. Inspírese llevando a casa los sabores frescos y sabrosos de la cocina mexicana con estas recetas fáciles de seguir, y tan deliciosas que querrá hacerlas una y otra vez.
Author: Amorós García, Marc, author.
Published: 2018
Call Number: 302 SPANISH
Format: Books
Summary: "Si las fake news son mentiras: ¿por qué nos las creemos?; ¿por qué las compartimos?; ¿quiénes las viralizan?; ¿cuál es la verdad de las noticias falsas? Al tiempo que responde a estas preguntas, el autor profundiza en este libro sobre las implicaciones de leer y creer en noticias falsas, y de qué manera perjudican a nuestra salud informativa y nos vuelven cada día más ciegos."--Provided by Amazon.com.
Author: Sass, Erik, author.
Published: 2018
Call Number: 940.3
Format: Books
Summary: "In this informative, accessible look at World War I, you'll find a complete overview of this critical historical event, its long-standing impact, and little-known facts. Identify the important figures, discover what everyday life was like during wartime, and learn about the inventions and momentous events from the Great War that changed history forever. Whether you're seeking a basic, academic introduction or looking for interesting new facts to expand your knowledge, you're sure to find it in 101 Things You Didn't Know about World War I."--Provided by publisher.
Author: Alarcón, Daniel, 1977- author. Cornejo Calle, Jorge, translator.
Published: 2018
Call Number: F ALARCON SPANISH
Format: Books
Summary: Este libro recoge las historias de una serie de personajes cuyas vidas carecen de heroísmo. Y sin embargo, en todas ellas vibran, soterradas, la violencia y la voluntad de rebelión ante una figura paterna o paternalista, hacia el poder en cualquiera de sus formas. Los cuentos de Alarcón están profundamente arraigadas en las realidades sociopolíticas de América Latina. En "El Puente", por ejemplo, se analiza la muerte de una pareja pobre que vive en un barrio pobre de una extensa ciudad imaginaria. En la historia del título, un joven deja su pueblo de provincia y se dirige a la ciudad con la esperanza de escapar. Alarcón describe con ironía y humor la pobreza, las injusticias políticas, traiciones, sueños rotos, y las intrigas de la familia. Alarcón's stories are deeply rooted in Latin American sociopolitical realities. In "El puente," for example, he examines the deaths of a poor couple who live in a shantytown of an imaginary sprawling city, humanizing the anonymity of what might not appear to be more than dots in a crowd of pedestrians. In the title story, a young man leaves his provincial town and heads for the city in the hopes of escaping. Poverty, political injustices, betrayal, broken dreams, and family intrigue are all part of Alarcón's arsenal and are described with irony and humor.
Author: RavenWolf, Silver, 1956- author.
Published: 2018
Call Number: 133.43
Format: Books
Author: Shipp, Jeremy C., author.
Published: 2018
Call Number: F SHIPP
Format: Books
Summary: From Jeremy C. Shipp comes a tense, dark fantasy novel of psychological horror in Bedfellow. It broke into their home and set up residence in their minds. When the... thing first insinuated itself into the Lund family household, they were bemused. Vaguely human-shaped, its constantly-changing cravings seemed disturbing, at first, but time and pressure have a way of normalizing the extreme. Wasn't it always part of their lives? As the family make more and greater sacrifices in service to the beast, the thrall that binds them begins to break down. Choices must be made. Prices must be paid. And the Lunds must pit their wits against a creature determined to never let them go. It's psychological warfare. Sanity is optional.
Author: Theophrastus, author. Romm, James S., author of introduction. Mensch, Pamela, 1956- translator. Carrilho, André illustrator.
Published: 2018
Call Number: 888
Format: Books
Summary: The more things change, the more they stay the same: Theophrastus' Characters, a classical Greek text newly translated for a modern audience, is a joyful festival of fault-finding. The book outlines 30 characters, each crystallizing a human flaw all readers will immediately recognize, and is a humorous survey of failings, follies, and bad behavior taken straight off the streets of Athens and brought into our everyday fraught and divisive social and political scene. Brilliantly illustrated by acclaimed artist Andre Carrilho, this is an irresistible treasure of a book.
Author: Walker, David, 1968- author. Smyth, Damon, 1991- artist. Louise, Marissa, artist. Hill, James Guy, letterer.
Published: 2018
Call Number: B DOUGLASS
Format: Books
Summary: 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 speaker, abolitionist, and influential cultural figure during the Civil War and beyond, The Life of Frederick Douglass presents a complete illustrated portrait of the man who stood up and spoke out for freedom and equality. Along the way, special features provide additional background on the history of slavery in the United States, the development of photography (which would play a key role in the spread of Douglass's image and influence), and the Civil War. Told from Douglass's point of view and based on his own writings, The Life of Frederick Douglass provides an up-close-and-personal look at a history-making American who was larger than life. --Amazon.com.
Author: Morales Rotger, Luis, author.
Published: 2018
Call Number: 650.1 SPANISH
Format: Books
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