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Educated [electronic resource] : by Westover, Tara.aut; cloudLibrary;
For readers of The Glass Castle and Wild, a stunning new memoir about family, loss and the struggle for a better future #1 International Bestseller Tara Westover was seventeen when she first set foot in a classroom. Instead of traditional lessons, she grew up learning how to stew herbs into medicine, scavenging in the family scrap yard and helping her family prepare for the apocalypse. She had no birth certificate and no medical records and had never been enrolled in school. Westover’s mother proved a marvel at concocting folk remedies for many ailments. As Tara developed her own coping mechanisms, little by little, she started to realize that what her family was offering didn’t have to be her only education. Her first day of university was her first day in school—ever—and she would eventually win an esteemed fellowship from Cambridge and graduate with a PhD in intellectual history and political thought.  
Subjects: Electronic books.; Personal Memoirs; Women;
© 2018., HarperCollins Canada,
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Cellar Rat : My Life in the Restaurant Underbelly. by Selinger, Hannah.;
In 'Cellar Rat', Hannah Selinger chronicles her rise and fall in the restaurant business, beginning with the pub where she fell in love with the industry and ending with her final post serving celebrities at Nick & Tonis. In between, readers will join Selinger on her emotional journey as she learns what it takes to walk away from a career you love when it no longer serves you.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Culinary; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Jewish; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs;
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Yoko : The Biography. by Sheff, David.;
Nearly a half century in the making, 'Yoko' is an intimate and revelatory biography of Yoko Ono, a woman whose story has never been accurately told.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Rich & Famous; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women;
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The Migrant Rain Falls in Reverse : A Memoir. by Nguyen, Vinh.;
'The Migrant Rain Falls in Reverse' is a compelling memoir about one mans harrowing escape from Vietnam and the mystery of his fathers disappearance along the way. Vinh Nguyen lives in Toronto, ON. A RADD Pick.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Asian & Asian American; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs;
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With the devil's help : a true story of poverty, mental illness, and murder / by Wooten, Neal,author.;
Neal Wooten traces five decades of his dirt-poor, Alabama mountain family as the years and secrets coalesce.
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Wooten, Neal; Poor families;
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Muslim girls rise [videorecording] : inspirational champions of our time / by Jaleel, Aaliya,illustrator.; Ayyar, Priya,narrator.; Jones, Andy,film director.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Mir, Saira.Muslim girls rise.; Dreamscape Media,publisher.;
Narrated by Priya Ayyar.These eloquent biographies introduce young audiences to the diverse and important contributions Muslim women have made and to role models they may never have heard of before.G.DVD; Widescreen presentation.
Subjects: Children's films.; Animated films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Biographical films.; Muslim girls; Muslim women;
For private home use only.
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Earth : the biography / by Stewart, Iain.; Lynch, John; National Geographic Channel (Television station : Washington, D.C); National Geographic Society (U.S.);
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Earth movements; Earth sciences; Geophysics; Nature; Oceanography; Earth;
© 2008., National Geographic,
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How Good It Is I Have No Fear of Dying : Lieutenant Yulia Mykytenko's Fight for Ukraine. by Marlowe, Lara.;
Publishing on the third anniversary of the war in Ukraine, 'How Good It Is I Have No Fear of Dying' is the story, told in her own words, of a formidable 29-year-old woman serving as a commander on the front lines of the War in Ukraine - and an intimate, hair-raising look at modern warfare.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women;
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Between Two Trailers A Memoir [electronic resource] : by Trent, J. Dana.aut; Taylor, Barbara Brown.aut; Trent, J. Dana.nrt; cloudLibrary;
A powerful, unforgettable memoir about a girl who escapes her childhood as a preschool drug dealer in rural Indiana—only to find that no one can really “make it out” until they make peace with where their story began: home Home, it turns out, is where the war is. It’s also where the healing begins. Dana Trent is only a preschooler the first time she uses a razor blade to cut up weed and fill dime bags for her schizophrenic father, King. While King struggles with his unmedicated psychosis, Dana’s mother, the Lady, a cold and self-absorbed woman whose personality disorders rule the home, guards large bricks of drugs from the safety of their squalid trailer. But when the Lady impulsively plucks Dana from the Midwest and moves the two of them south, their fresh start results in homelessness and bankruptcy. In North Carolina, Dana becomes torn between her gritty midwestern past and her newfound desire to be a polite southern girl, struggling to reconcile her shame with an ache to figure out who she is, and where she belongs. But the past is never far behind. After persevering through childhood and eventually graduating from Duke University, Dana imagines that her hidden Indiana life is finally behind her, only to realize that running from her upbringing has kept her from making peace with the people and places that shaped her. Ultimately, Dana finds that though love for family is universally complicated, there is no shame in survival, and for those who want it, there is always a path home.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Religious; Personal Memoirs; Women;
© 2024., Penguin Random House,
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From the ashes : my story of being Métis, homeless, and finding my way / by Thistle, Jesse,author.;
"From the Ashes is a remarkable memoir about hope and resilience, and a revelatory look into the life of a Métis-Cree man who refused to give up. Abandoned by his parents as a toddler, Jesse Thistle briefly found himself in the foster-care system with his two brothers, cut off from all they had known. Eventually the children landed in the home of their paternal grandparents, but their tough-love attitudes meant conflicts became commonplace. And the ghost of Jesse's drug-addicted father haunted the halls of the house and the memories of every family member. Struggling, Jesse succumbed to a self-destructive cycle of drug and alcohol addiction and petty crime, spending more than a decade on and off the streets, often homeless. One day, he finally realized he would die unless he turned his life around. In this heartwarming and heartbreaking memoir, Jesse Thistle writes honestly and fearlessly about his painful experiences with abuse, uncovering the truth about his parents, and how he found his way back into the circle of his Indigenous culture and family through education. An eloquent exploration of what it means to live in a world surrounded by prejudice and racism and to be cast adrift, From the Ashes is, in the end, about how love and support can help one find happiness despite the odds."-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Thistle, Jesse.; Métis; Addicts; Homeless persons;
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