Author: Little, Zoie V., author. Published: 2016 Call Number: B LITTLE Format: Books Summary: "Black, White, or Other is about Zoie V Little's first-hand experience growing up with what it feels like to not fit in and be put down because the color of her skin. She knows how to overcome and rise above the negative opinions of those who are less accepting of her ethnicity. Zoie had to work through the emotional setback of being adopted and knowing her other siblings were not. Black, White, or Other was written to be read by those that have gone through or going through the same situation that she had and to touch and inspire lives. The world is a melting pot with many different races, and it's OK to be different. It took Zoie many years to understand and be at peace with who she is when she looks in the mirror. God, family, and friends are her support group in helping her stay focused on the big picture and that picture is she was made just the way God wanted her and she is beautiful in His eyes. Even as an adult in today's world, she still runs into people that do not accept her skin color. When this occurs, she smiles, says a small prayer for them, and always focuses on who she is today and where she is going tomorrow"--Page 4 of cover.
Author: Jiles, Paulette, 1943- author. Published: 2016 Call Number: LP F JILES Format: Large print Summary: In the wake of the Civil War, Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd travels through northern Texas, giving live readings from newspapers to paying audiences hungry for news of the world. An elderly widower who has lived through three wars and fought in two of them, the captain enjoys his rootless, solitary existence. In Wichita Falls, he is offered a $50 gold piece to deliver a young orphan to her relatives in San Antonio. Four years earlier, a band of Kiowa raiders killed Johanna's parents and sister; sparing the little girl, they raised her as one of their own. Recently rescued by the U.S. army, the ten-year-old has once again been torn away from the only home she knows. Their 400-mile journey south through unsettled territory and unforgiving terrain proves difficult and at times dangerous. Johanna has forgotten the English language, tries to escape at every opportunity, throws away her shoes, and refuses to act "civilized." Yet as the miles pass, the two lonely survivors tentatively begin to trust each other, forming a bond that marks the difference between life and death in this treacherous land. Arriving in San Antonio, the reunion is neither happy nor welcome. The captain must hand Johanna over to an aunt and uncle she does not remember -- strangers who regard her as an unwanted burden. A respectable man, Captain Kidd is faced with a terrible choice: abandon the girl to her fate or become -- in the eyes of the law -- a kidnapper himself.
Author: Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, 1938- author. Gurnah, Abdulrazak, 1948- writer of introduction. Published: 2012 1967 Call Number: F NGUGIWAT Format: Books Summary: "Set in the wake of the Mau Mau rebellion and on the cusp of Kenya's independence from Britain, A Grain of Wheat follows a group of villagers whose lives have been transformed by the 1952-1960 Emergency. At the center of it all is the reticent Mugo, the village's chosen hero and a man haunted by a terrible secret. As we learn of the villagers' tangled histories in a narrative interwoven with myth and peppered with allusions to real-life leaders, including Jomo Kenyatta, a masterly story unfolds in which compromises are forced, friendships are betrayed, and loves are tested."--Publisher.
Author: Coulter, Catherine. Published: 2012 Call Number: F COULTER Format: Books Summary: When a San Francisco judge is shot at the same time a once-relentless federal prosecutor turns cautious, FBI agents Lacey Sherlock and Dillon Savich receive an ominous note from the culprit that blames them for the incident.
Author: Weyn, Suzanne, author. Published: 2011 Call Number: Y WEYN Format: Books Summary: Keah Robinson, cheerleader co-captain at Southside High, and Ty Hendricks, star running back, appear to be the perfect couple, but when they have their first fight, Ty screams at Keah. Then, after losing a game, Ty goes ballistic and hits Keah repeatedly, and Ty is arrested for assault. Even after this, Keah secretly meets up with Ty. She wonders what's worse--flinching everytime her boyfriend gets angry or being alone.
Author: Gassenheimer, Linda. Levy, Sandy, ill. Visual Impact (Firm) Published: 2010 Call Number: 641.597 Format: Books Summary: Presents a collection of more than two hundred recipes using Caribbean seafood and seasonal ingredients found in the Florida Keys, with stories about local culinary traditions behind the dishes.
Author: Snicket, Lemony. Helquist, Brett ill. Published: 2005 Call Number: FIC SNI Format: Books Summary: The Baudelaire orphans disguise themselves as employees of the Hotel Denoument and find themselves pursued by the evil Count Olaf and others.
Author: Chbosky, Stephen. Published: 1999 Call Number: Y CHBOSKY Format: Books Summary: A coming of age novel about Charlie, a freshman in high school who is a wallflower, shy and introspective, and very intelligent. He deals with the usual teen problems, but also with the suicide of his best friend.
Author: Cooper, J. California, author. Published: 1987 Call Number: F COOPER Format: Books Summary: "Stories of simple and usually poor people, stories of families and fate, of love and marriage, of death and the triumph of the human spirit."
Author: Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966, author. Published: 1948 Call Number: HS F WAU Format: Books Summary: Following the death of a friend, the poet and pets' mortician Dennis Barlow finds himself entering the artificial Hollywood paradise of the Whispering Glades Memorial Park. Within its golden gates, death, American-style, is wrapped up and sold like a package holiday--and Dennis gets drawn into a bizarre love triangle with Aimée Thanatogenos, a naïve Californian corpse beautician, and Mr. Joyboy, a master of the embalmer's art.
Author: Black, Holly, author. Published: 2019 Call Number: Y BLACK Format: Books Summary: After learning that Oak is the heir to Faerie, Jude must keep her younger brother safe. To do so, she has bound the wicked king, Cardan, to her, and made herself the power behind the throne. But he does everything in his power to humiliate and undermine her, even as his fascination with her remains undiminished. Someone close to Jude means to betray her, threatening her own life and the lives of everyone she loves. Now she must uncover the traitor and fight her own complicated feelings for Cardan, in order to maintain control as a mortal in a Faerie world. --Adapted from jacket.
Author: Tsai, Robert L., 1971- author. Published: 2019 Call Number: 342.7308 Format: Books Summary: A path-breaking account of how Americans have used innovative legal measures to overcome injustice--and an indispensable guide to pursuing equality in our time. Equality is easy to grasp in theory but often hard to achieve in reality. In this accessible and wide-ranging work, American University law professor Robert L. Tsai offers a stirring account of how legal ideas that aren't necessarily about equality at all--ensuring fair play, behaving reasonably, avoiding cruelty, and protecting free speech--have often been used to overcome resistance to justice and remain vital today. Practical Equality is an original and compelling book on the intersection of law and society. Tsai, a leading expert on constitutional law who has written widely in the popular press, traces challenges to equality throughout American history: from the oppression of emancipated slaves after the Civil War to the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II to President Trump's ban on Muslim travelers. He applies lessons from these and other past struggles to such pressing contemporary issues as the rights of sexual minorities and the homeless, racism in the criminal justice system, police brutality, voting restrictions, oppressive measures against migrants, and more. Deeply researched and well argued, Practical Equality offers a sense of optimism and a guide to pursuing equality for activists, lawyers, public officials, and concerned citizens.
