Author: Demetrios, Heather, editor. Published: 2018 Call Number: 155.5 Format: Books Summary: "In this powerful collection, well-known YA authors answer real letters from teens all over the world about the dark side of love: cheating, betrayals, break-ups, dating violence, and loneliness. This book contains a raw, no-holds-barred outpouring of the wisdom these authors have culled from mining their own hearts for the fiction they write. Their responses are autobiographical, unflinching, and filled with love and hope for the anonymous teen letter writers."--Dust jacket.
Author: Gibson, Jasmine, author. Published: 2018 Call Number: 811 Format: Books Summary: In Don't Let Them See Me Like This, Jasmine Gibson explores myriad intersectional identities in relation to The State, disease, love, sex, failure, and triumph. Speaking to those who feel disillusioned by both radical and banal spaces and inspired/informed by moments of political crisis: Hurricane Katrina, The Jena Six, the extrajudicial executions of Black people, and the periods of insurgency that erupted in response, this book acts as a synthesis of political life and poetic form.--Amazon.com
Author: Lamster, Mark, 1969- author. Published: 2018 Call Number: B JOHNSON Format: Books Summary: "When Philip Johnson died in 2005 at the age of 98, he was still one of the most recognizable-and influential-figures on the American cultural landscape. The first recipient of the Pritzker Prize and MoMA's founding architectural curator, Johnson made his mark as one of America's leading architects with his famous Glass House in New Caanan, CT, and his controversial AT & T Building in NYC, among many others in nearly every city in the country-but his most natural role was as a consummate power broker and shaper of public opinion. Johnson introduced European modernism-the sleek, glass-and-steel architecture that now dominates our cities-to America, and mentored generations of architects, designers, and artists to follow. He defined the era of "starchitecture" with its flamboyant buildings and celebrity designers who esteemed aesthetics and style above all other concerns. But Johnson was also a man of deep paradoxes: he was a Nazi sympathizer, a designer of synagogues, an enfant terrible into his old age, a populist, and a snob. His clients ranged from the Rockefellers to televangelists to Donald Trump. Award-winning architectural critic and biographer Mark Lamster's THE MAN IN THE GLASS HOUSE lifts the veil on Johnson's controversial and endlessly contradictory life to tell the story of a charming yet deeply flawed man. A rollercoaster tale of the perils of wealth, privilege, and ambition, this book probes the dynamics of American culture that made him so powerful, and tells the story of the built environment in modern America."-- The first recipient of the Pritzker Prize and MoMA's founding architectural curator, Philip Johnson made his mark as one of America's leading architects with his famous Glass House in New Caanan, CT, and his controversial AT&T Building in NYC. As a shaper of public opinion and mentor to generations of architects, designers, and artists, he defined the era. But Johnson was also a man of deep paradoxes: a Nazi sympathizer, a designer of synagogues, a populist, and a snob. Lamster lifts the veil on Johnson's controversial and contradictory life, and tells the story of the built environment in modern America. -- adapted from publisher info
Author: François, Zoë, author, photographer. Hertzberg, Jeff, author. Kieffer, Sarah, photographer. Published: 2018 Call Number: 641.815 Format: Books Summary: Offers one hundred recipes for holiday breads that use homemade, high-moisture yeast dough, including such breads as lavash, braided challah, monkey bread, sufganiyot, and panettone. Every culture has its bread traditions for holidays and celebrations, and this book is chock-full of fragrant, yeasted treats for special occasions. François and Hertzberg offer recipes for holiday breads that use homemade, high-moisture yeast dough. They include such breads as lavash, braided challah, monkey bread, sufganiyot, and panettone. -- adapted from back cover
Author: Mishra, Swayampurna, author, photographer. Published: 2018 Call Number: 641.5954 Format: Books Summary: Swayampurna (Swayam) Mishra feeds her audience's desire for authentic Indian flavors with meals inspired by her Indian heritage and her mother's cooking--with a collection of curated recipes that are exceptionally easy and palatable for beginners. Home chefs love her easy approach to Indian cuisine, which affords them the opportunity to spice things up in the kitchen without the hassle. Creator of the popular blog La Petit Chef, Swayam keeps her food philosophy simple, fun, fast and fabulous. This book embodies Swayam's outlook on cuisine and invites audiences of any background to enjoy the bold flavors and simplicity that cooking Indian can provide. Home cooks will love the ease of preparation with one-bowl meals like Pumpkin, Spinach and Chickpea Curry, Salt and Pepper Chicken and Classic Paneer Chili. Indian soul food shines in dishes like Mom's Lamb Curry with its pops of cardamom, black peppercorns and cinnamon. Chicken Tikka Wraps will fool any guest into thinking you're a master of Indian cuisine when in fact your time in the kitchen was a breeze.--Provided by publisher.
Author: Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937, author. Quindlen, Anna, writer of introduction. Gorra, Michael Edward, writer of afterword. Published: 2015 1905 Call Number: CL WHARTON Format: Books Summary: A satire of New York society at the turn of the century follows Lily Bart, who is torn between the pressure to marry a wealthy husband and the desire to be true to herself.
Author: Allen, Jeffery Renard, 1962- author. Published: 2014 Call Number: F ALLEN Format: Books Summary: "In 1866 as Tom and his guardian, Eliza Bethune, struggle to adjust to their fashionable apartment in the city in the aftermath of riots that had driven them away a few years before. But soon a stranger arrives from the mysterious island of Edgemere, inhabited solely by African settlers and black refugees from the war and riots, who intends to reunite Tom with his now-liberated mother."--Back cover.
Author: Powell, Sidney K., 1955- author. Published: 2014 Call Number: 353.4 Format: Books Summary: A gruesome suicide, a likely murder, a tragic plane crash, wrongful imprisonment, and gripping courtroom scenes draw readers into this compelling story giving them a frightening perspective on justice and who should be accountable when evidence is withheld. This is the true story of the strong-arm, illegal, and unethical tactics used by headline-grabbing federal prosecutors in their narcissistic pursuit of power. Its scope reaches from the US Department of Justice to the US Senate to the White House and is a scathing attack on prosecutors, judges, and all those who turned a blind eye to egregious injustices in the aftermath of the Enron collapse. The ramifications continue today as this corrupt cabal of former prosecutors now populates powerful political positions.
Author: Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400, author. Wright, David, 1920-1994, verse translator. Published: 2011 1985 Call Number: CL CHAUCER Format: Books Summary: "Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales brings together an unforgettable group of pilgrims on their way to Canterbury, pilgrims who came from all ranks of society, from the crusading Knight and burly Miller to the worldly Monk and the famously lusty Wife of Bath. Their tales are as various as the tellers, including romance, bawdy comedy, beast fable, learned debate, parable, and Eastern adventure. The resulting collection gives us a set of characters so vivid that they have often been taken as portraits from real life, and a series of stories as hilarious in their comedy as they are affecting in their tragedy. Even after 600 years, their account of the human condition is fresh and true"--Publisher.
Author: Han, Kang, 1970- author. Smith, Deborah, 1987- translator. Published: 2019 2017 Call Number: F HAN Format: Books Summary: A lyrical exploration of personal grief, conveyed through the prism of the color white, finds a nameless writer grappling with a haunting family tragedy involving the infancy death of her older sister.
Author: Simon, Joel, 1964- author. Published: 2019 Call Number: 364.15 SIMON Format: Books Summary: Starting in late 2012, Westerners working in Syria -- journalists and aid workers -- began disappearing without a trace. A year later the world learned they had been taken hostage by the Islamic State. Throughout 2014, all the Europeans came home, first the Spanish, then the French, then an Italian, a German, and a Dane. In August 2014, the Islamic State began executing the Americans -- including journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff, followed by the British hostages. Joel Simon, who in nearly two decades at the Committee to Protect Journalists has worked on dozens of hostages cases, delves into the heated hostage policy debate. The Europeans paid millions of dollars to a terrorist group to free their hostages. The US and the UK refused to do so, arguing that any ransom would be used to fuel terrorism and would make the crime more attractive, increasing the risk to their citizens. We Want to Negotiate is an exploration of the ethical, legal, and strategic considerations of a bedeviling question: Should governments pay ransom to terrorists?
