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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"The Woman in Me is a brave and astonishingly moving story about freedom, fame, motherhood, survival, faith, and hope. In June 2021, the whole world was listening as Britney Spears spoke in open court. The impact of sharing her voice--her truth--was undeniable, and it changed the course of her life and the lives of countless others. The Woman in Me reveals for the first time her incredible journey--and the strength at the core of one of the greatest...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"When Stephanie Land set out to write her memoir Maid, she never could have imagined what was to come. Handpicked by President Barack Obama as one of the best books of 2019, it was called "an eye-opening journey into the lives of the working poor" (People). Later it was adapted into the hit Netflix series Maid, which was viewed by 67 million households and was Netflix's fourth most-watched show in 2021, garnering three Primetime Emmy Award nominations....
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
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A Yorkshire veterinarian describes the adventures and experiences of his career as he tends to sick cattle, pregnant ewes, ailing dogs, and their eccentric owners, in a celebration of the relationships between human and animal.
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Publisher
Viking
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970 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
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"The long-awaited memoir by the superstar of stage, screen, recordings, and television Barbra Streisand is by any account a living legend, a woman who in a career spanning six decades has excelled in every area of entertainment. She is among the handful of EGOT winners (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony) and has one of the greatest and most recognizable voices in popular music. She has been nominated for a Grammy 46 times, and with Yentl she became the...
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Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Drawing on interviews with Romney himself and his inner circle as well as his personal journals, this rare glimpse into the life of the politician who in recent years has been at the center of our nation's most defining political dramas.
6) Spare
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English
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"It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother's coffin as the world watched in sorrow--and horror. As Diana, Princess of Wales, was laid to rest, billions wondered what the princes must be thinking and feeling--and how their lives would play out from that point on. For Harry, this is that story at last. With its raw, unflinching honesty, Spare is a landmark publication full...
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Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
207 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"This lavishly illustrated book by Lisa Perrin introduces more than 25 infamous women poisoners, exploring the circumstances and skill sets that led them to lives of crime. Learn about popular poisons throughout history and their deadly effects, and explore the common motives that drove these women to commit their dastardly deeds. You might find yourself rooting for some of them-like Sally Bassett, who helped poison her granddaughter's enslavers in...
Author
Publisher
Christy Ottaviano Books, an imprint of Hachette Book Group, Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition,
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Rosalind Franklin was a Jewish scientist with a remarkable talent as a chemist. Although there were few women working in this field in the 1950s, Franklin, using crystallography, captured and image that held the secret to unlocking the structure of DNA: the double helix. Her Photo 51 was used by her male colleagues without her knowledge, and they went on to win the Nobel Prize, while Franklin never found out how instrumental her work was to this groundbreaking...
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Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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If you would have told a young John Stamos flipping burgers at his dad's fast-food joint that one day he'd be a household name and that, at the height of his success, he'd be living alone, divorced, with no kids, high on a cocktail of forgetting, he might've asked, "You want fries with that?" John burst onto the scene in General Hospital, propelling him into the teen idol stratosphere, a place that's often a point of no return. But Stamos beat the...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 484 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
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This new biography of the brilliant Southern author of The Heart is a Lonely Hunter is based on newly available letters and journals and traces how she captured the heart and longing of the outcast.
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
336 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
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"H Is for Hawk meets Joan Didion in the Pyrocene in this arresting combination of memoir, natural history, and literary inquiry that chronicles one woman's experience of life in Northern California during the worst fire season on record. Told in luminous, perceptive prose, The Last Fire Season is a deeply incisive inquiry into what it really means-now-to live in relationship to the elements of the natural world. When Manjula Martin moved from the...
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Publisher
HarperCollins Children's Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
238 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Packed with anecdotes and sidebars, a timeline of the advancement of women's rights, and humorous illustrations and portraits, A Kids' Guide to America's First Ladies brings vividly to life the women who paved the way for America in times of change.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"The thrilling true story of the Dalton Gang and the most brazen heist in history, by the multiple New York Times bestselling author. The Last Outlaws is the thrilling true story of the last of the great gang of outlaws. The Dalton Gang consisted of four brothers and their rotating cast of accomplices who saw themselves as descended from the legendary James Gang. They soon became legends themselves, beginning their career as common horse thieves,...
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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A portrait of the relationship between McDonald's chairman Ray Croc and his wife, Joan, describes how he helped establish an international brand and amassed a considerable estate before his impassioned wife gave most of the family fortune away to philanthropic pursuits.
Author
Publisher
HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
232 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
For the first time, Pope Francis tells the story of his life as he looks back on the momentous world events that have changed history-from his earliest years during the outbreak of World War II in 1939 to the turmoil of today.
Author
Publisher
Sentinel
Physical Desc
xv, 350 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
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"When President Theodore Roosevelt welcomed the country's most visible Black man, Booker T. Washington, into his circle of counselors in 1901, the two confronted a shocking and violent wave of racist outrage. In the previous decade, Jim Crow laws had legalized discrimination in the South, eroding social and economic gains for former slaves. Lynching was on the rise, and Black Americans faced new barriers to voting. Slavery had been abolished, but...
17) Norman Rockwell
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xxviii, 546 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A biography of the popular artist traces his life and argues that his work is far more interesting and manipulative than critics have credited him for.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 226 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"When I Was Your Age is a hilarious, heartwarming and surprising ode to growing up, getting older and wiser, and luck, life, and learning from the school of hard knocks, from SNL's longest-serving actor, Kenan Thompson"--