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Author
Series
Library of America volume 75
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
c1995
Language
English
Description
When she died in poverty and obscurity in 1960, all of Zora Neale Hurston's books were out of print. Today her groundbreaking works, suffused with the culture and traditions of African-Americans and the poetry of black speech, have won her recognition as one of the most significant African-American writers. This volume, with its companion, Novels & Stories brings together for the first time all of Hurston's best writings in one authoritative set....
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Language
English
Description
This comprehensive collection presents new and never published poems by Richard Wilbur, author of 17 poetry collections, four children's books, and numerous works in prose and translations. Includes "In a Trackless Woods" and "The Reader", which are CCSS Curriculum Recommended texts.
Author
Series
Publisher
Cavendish Square Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Ivanka Trump is a woman who rose to fame not only through her family name but also for her successes in the fashion, entertainment, and business worlds. This is her story, from model to influential First Daughter. Complete with vivid photographs, detailed chronologies, and sidebars, this book offers insight into one of the most talked-about women and families in recent times.
345) Norma
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"When Anita Naakka jumps in front of an oncoming train, her daughter, Norma, is left alone with the secret they have spent their lives hiding: Norma has supernatural hair, sensitive to the slightest changes in her mood--and the moods of those around her--moving of its own accord, corkscrewing when danger is near. And so it is her hair that alerts her, while she talks with a strange man at her mother's funeral, that her mother may not have taken her...
346) My father married your mother: writers talk about stepparents, stepchildren, and everyone in between
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
347) Anjos em minha vida
Author
Publisher
Sextante
Pub. Date
2011
Language
Portuguese
Description
An Irish mystic talks about her encounters with angels and other spiritual beings, discussing how these entities exist as guardians and companions to every person and provide comfort and guidance in every stage of life.
Author
Publisher
HarperSanFrancisco
Pub. Date
[1993]
Language
English
Description
"Jamie Sams, a member of the Wolf Clan Teaching Lodge, brings us a powerful new method for honoring and incorporating native feminine wisdom into our daily lives. Combining a rich oral tradition--passed on to her by two Kiowa Grandmothers, Cisi Laughing Crow and Berta Broken Bow--with the personal healing and guidance she has experienced through her female Elders, Sams created The 13 Original Clan Mothers. Each of the Clan Mothers reflects a particular...
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Medicine tells the fascinating story of the discipline, from ancient times to the present day, charting developments in healing, diagnosis, surgery, and drugs in a vividly visual and accessible format. Follow the gory pitfalls and the miraculous breakthroughs of medical history from trepanning, bloodletting, and body snatching to the latest developments in IVF and gene therapy. Clear diagrams explain major diseases, such as cancer, and enhance understanding...
Publisher
Lenny
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"A collection of essays celebrating the influential former first lady, by an array of acclaimed contributors and with a foreword by Lena Dunham. Michelle Obama's legacy transcends categorization. Mrs. Obama was not only our first black first lady; she was President Obama's equal partner in marriage and parenthood and a tireless advocate for women's rights, education, healthy eating, and exercise. Her genre-busting personal style encouraged others...
Author
Publisher
Nation Books
Language
English
Description
"One of the enduring images from the 2012 presidential campaign was the demise of the white American male voter as a dominant force in the political landscape. Bellowing white men fill the talk-radio airwaves. Why are they so angry? Michael Kimmel has spent hundreds of hours in the company of these angry white men-from white supremacists to men's rights activists to young students-in pursuit of an answer. Kimmel proposes a theory of aggrieved entitlement:...
Author
Publisher
Bibliomotion
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"While everyone is talking about "big data," the truth is that understanding the "little data" (stock reports, newspaper headlines, weather forecasts, etc.) is what will help you make smarter decisions at work, at home, and in every aspect of your life. The average person consumes approximately 30 gigabytes of data every single day, but has no idea how to interpret it correctly. Everydata explains, through the eyes of an expert economist and statistician,...
Author
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
Reporter Kate Jensen travels to Amsterdam when a friend is found dead there. Her search for the murderer takes her to parts of the city that tourists never see, and to a man prepared to kill to hide the truth. Kate soon discovers that football can be a very dangerous game.
Author
Series
Argeneau volume 11
Publisher
Avon
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Even vampires need a vacation. But Decker Argeneau's ends abruptly when he's asked to help hunt the group of rogue vampires targeting mortals -- one that might include a defector in his own family. Before he can worry about that, though, he's got to rescue the latest victim. It's all part of the job, including taking a bullet for a beautiful doctor. Dr. Danielle McGill doesn't know if she can trust the man who just saved her life. There are too many...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Image, an imprint of ABRAMS
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Advice on how to have healthy, dynamic relationships from Raashaun (DJ Envy) and Gia Casey, revealing their secrets to navigating marriage, family, and faith. Gia and Raashaun Casey met when they were two teenagers attending the same high school in Queens. They have been together for an astounding 27 years and married for 20. They have remained together through Raashaun's growing celebrity, a devastating (and very public) cheating scandal, and the...
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
©1980
Language
English
Description
Synopsis: Soon to Be a Major Motion Picture is the life story of one of the most important activists of the 20th century. Hoffman's book opens with his reflections on his suburban Jewish upbringing and early rebelliousness and goes on to recount his involvement in the student movement at Berkeley in the early 1960s, the anti-war demonstrations of the late '60s and early '70s, and his years as a fugitive from the American justice system. Along the...
359) Lyrics, 1962-1985
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
1985
Language
English
Description
The complete collection includes all of Dylan's writings and drawings plus 120 new writings. Index of song titles.
Author
Series
Publisher
Sinister Wisdom
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
For over fifty years, Joan Nestle has been chronicling lesbian and queer life boldly with guts, heart, and moral suasion. A STURDY YES OF A PEOPLE gathers Nestle's most influential writing into a single volume presenting her persistent involvement in liberation movements, LGBTQ histories, erotic writing, and archives that document gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer lives. Embedded in tales of lesbian desire are Nestle's concerns with the...
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