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We loved it all : a memory of life / by Millet, Lydia,1968-author.;
"A personal evocation of the glory of nature, our vexed position in the animal kingdom, and the difficulty of adoring what we destroy. Acclaimed novelist Lydia Millet's first work of nonfiction, We Loved It All, is a genre-defying tour de force that makes an impassioned argument for people to see their emotional and spiritual lives as infinitely dependent on the lives of nonhuman beings. Drawing on a quarter-century of experience as an advocate for endangered species at the Center for Biological Diversity, Millet offers intimate portraits of what she calls "the others"--the extraordinary animals with whom we still share the world, along with those already lost. Humans, too, fill this book, as Millet touches on the lives of her world-traveling parents, fascinating partners and friends, and colorful relatives, from diplomats to nut farmers--all figures in the complex tapestry each of us weaves with the surrounding world. Written in the tradition of Annie Dillard or Robert Macfarlane, We Loved It All is an incantatory work that will appeal to anyone concerned about the future of life on earth-including our own"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Millet, Lydia, 1968-; Authors, American; Authors, American; Human-animal relationships.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Ice diaries : an Antarctic memoir / by McNeil, Jean,1968-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."What do we stand to lose in a world without ice? A decade ago, novelist and short story writer Jean McNeil spent a year as writer in residence with the British Antarctic Survey, and four months on the world's most enigmatic continent--Antarctica. Access to the Antarctic remains largely reserved for scientists, and it is the only piece of earth which is nobody's country. Ice Diaries is the story of McNeil's years spent in ice, not only in the Antarctic but her subsequent travels in Greenland, Iceland and Svalbard, culminating in a strange event in Cape Town, South Africa, where she journeyed to make what was to be her final trip to the southernmost continent. In the spirit of the diaries of Antarctic explorers Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton, McNeil mixes travelogue, popular science and memoir to examine the history of our fascination with ice. In entering this world, McNeil unexpectedly finds herself confronting her own upbringing in the Maritimes, the lifelong effects of growing up in a cold place, and how the climates of childhood frame our emotional thermodynamics for life. Ice Diaries is a haunting story of the relationship between beauty and terror, loss and abandonment, transformation and triumph."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: McNeil, Jean, 1968-; Ice; Ice; Ice; Authors, Canadian (English); Authors, Canadian (English);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Rebel girl : my life as a feminist punk / by Hanna, Kathleen,1968-author.;
"An electric, searing memoir by the original rebel girl and legendary front woman of Bikini Kill and Le Tigre. Hey girlfriend I got a proposition, goes something like this: Dare ya to do what you want. Kathleen Hanna's rallying cry to feminists echoed far and wide through the punk scene of the '90s and beyond. Her band Bikini Kill embodies this iconic time, and today her personal yet feminist lyrics on anthems like "Rebel Girl" and "Double Dare Ya" are more powerful than ever. But where did this transformative voice come from? In Rebel Girl, Hanna's raw and insightful new memoir, she takes us from her tumultuous childhood home to her formative college years in Olympia, Washington, and on to her first years on tour, fighting hard for gigs and for her band. As Hanna makes clear, being in a "girl band," especially a punk girl band, in those years was not a simple or safe prospect. Male violence and antagonism threatened at every turn, and surviving as a singer who was a lightning rod for controversy took limitless amounts of determination. But the relationships she developed during those years buoyed her -- including with her bandmates, Tobi Vail, Kathi Wilcox, and Johanna Fateman; her friendships with Kurt Cobain and Ian MacKaye; and her introduction to Joan Jett -- were all a testament to how the punk world could nurture and care for its own. Hanna opens up about falling in love with Ad-Rock of the Beastie Boys and her debilitating battle with Lyme disease, and she brings us behind the scenes of her musical growth in her bands Le Tigre and The Julie Ruin. She also writes candidly about the Riot Grrrl movement, documenting with love its grassroots origins but critiquing its later exclusivity. In an uncut voice all her own, Hanna reveals the hardest times along with the most joyful-and how it continues to fuel her revolutionary art and music"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Hanna, Kathleen, 1968-; Bikini Kill (Musical group); Tigre (Punk rock group); Punk rock musicians; Riot grrrl movement.; Singers; Women punk rock musicians;
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Animal stackers / by Belle, Jennifer,1968-; McPhail, David,1940-;
Acrostic poems for every letter of the alphabet describe a variety of animals."Ages 5-9"--P. [2] of cover.
Subjects: Animals; Children's poetry, American; Alphabet books;
© c2005., Hyperion Books for Children,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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10 rivers that shaped the world / by Peters, Marilee,1968-; Rosen, Kim,1978-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Learn how rivers shaped human civilizations by introducing the 10 most famous rivers in the world.LSC
Subjects: Rivers; Rivers;
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Hanns and Rudolf : the true story of the German Jew who caught the Kommandant of Auschwitz / by Harding, Thomas,1968-;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet address and index.Tells the story of Hanns Alexander, a German Jew and member of the British Army, who tracked down and caught Rudolf Höss, the Kommandant of Auschwitz.LSC
Subjects: Alexander, Hanns, 1917-2006.; Höss, Rudolf, 1900-1947.; Auschwitz (Concentration camp); Auschwitz (Concentration camp); Great Britain. Army; Jews; Jews; War criminals; Concentration camp commandants;
© 2013., House of Anansi Press,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The house on the canal : the story of the house that hid Anne Frank / by Harding, Thomas,1968-; Teckentrup, Britta.;
"In the middle of Amsterdam is a house on a canal with a green door. Over four hundred years, it has quietly witnessed love, desperation, and historic change. Sometimes the narrow house was splendidly decorated, humming with life and love; other times, it stood empty, in near ruins. Sometimes the green door was open and inviting; other times, it was closed against cold and plague or to conceal the victims of wartime persecution. The house's last occupant, a young girl with a sweet smile, would famously document her time there. In her diary, Anne Frank wrote of "the old house on the canal," and today people come from far and wide to visit what stands as a universal symbol of hope and resilience. Thomas Harding's lyrical text and concise back matter reveal history through the changing face and fortunes of a remarkable structure. Impeccably researched, Britta Teckentrup's dreamy mixed-media collages, including a map and archival imagery, perfectly echo the layered narrative and capture the ethereal nature of time and circumstance"--
Subjects: Creative nonfiction.; Picture books.; Frank, Anne, 1929-1945; Dwellings; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945);
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Playing with fire : the highest highs and lowest lows of Theo Fleury / by Fleury, Theo,1968-; Day, Kirstie McLellan.;
Subjects: Fleury, Theo, 1968-; Hockey players;
© 2009., HarperCollins Canada,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Will [sound recording] / by Smith, Will,1968-author,narrator.; Manson, Mark,author.; Penguin Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by the author.A product of a profound journey of self-knowledge, and a reckoning with all that your will can get you and all that it can leave behind, in this memoir, one of the most dynamic and globally recognized entertainment forces of our time opens up fully about his life.
Subjects: Biographies.; Audiobooks.; Autobiographies.; Smith, Will, 1968-; African American actors; Rap musicians;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Wild : from lost to found on the Pacific Crest Trail / by Strayed, Cheryl,1968-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]).LSC
Subjects: Strayed, Cheryl, 1968-; Authors, American;
© 2013, c2012., Vintage Books,
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 4
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