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- A Dublin girl : growing up in the 1930's / by Crowley, Elaine,1927-;
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- Subjects: Crowley, Elaine, 1927-; Novelists, Irish;
- © 1998., Soho Press,
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- X : a novel / by Shabazz, Ilyasah.; Magoon, Kekla.;
Includes bibliographical references.Co-written by Malcolm X's daughter, this riveting and revealing novel follows Malcolm from his childhood to his imprisonment for theft at age twenty, when he found the faith that would lead him to forge a new path and command a voice that still resonates today.LSC- Subjects: X, Malcolm, 1925-1965; Black Muslims; African American Muslims;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- The corgi and the Queen / by Perry, Caroline L.; Corry, Lydia.;
Introduces young readers to Queen Elizabeth II and her four-legged canine companion Susan, a Pembroke Welsh corgi full of love and tail wags, showing how this pair forged an unbreakable bond from princess-hood to queendom.- Subjects: Picture books.; Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-2022; Pembroke Welsh corgi;
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- Raisin wine : a boyhood in a different Muskoka / by Bartleman, James K.;
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- Subjects: Bartleman, James, 1939- ; Chippewas of Mnjikaning First Nation;
- © 2007., M&S,
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- Fatty legs : a true story / by Jordan-Fenton, Christy.; Pokiak-Fenton, Margaret.; Amini-Holmes, Liz.;
LSC- Subjects: Pokiak-Fenton, Margaret; Inuit; Inuit women;
- © c2010., Annick Press,
- Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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- A stranger at home : a true story / by Jordan-Fenton, Christy.; Pokiak-Fenton, Margaret.; Amini-Holmes, Liz.;
Ten-year-old Margaret Pokiak, a young Inuit girl, must relearn her language and her family's way of living after she returns home from residential school.LSC- Subjects: Pokiak-Fenton, Margaret; Inuit; Inuit women;
- © c2011., Annick Press,
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- Young heroes of the Soviet Union : a memoir and a reckoning / by Halberstadt, Alex,author.;
Can trauma be inherited? In this memoir of identity, exile, ancestry, and reckoning, an American writer returns to Russia to face a family history that still haunts him.- Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Halberstadt, Alex; Halberstadt, Alex; Jews, Soviet; Jews;
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- Jennie's boy : a Newfoundland childhood / by Johnston, Wayne,author.;
"Consummate storyteller and bestselling novelist Wayne Johnston reaches back into his past to bring us a sad, tender and at times extremely funny memoir of a Newfoundland boyhood few thought he would survive, including him. For six months between 1966 and 1967, Wayne Johnston and his family lived in a wreck of a house across from his grandparents in Goulds, Newfoundland, which was not so much a place as a scattering of houses along an unpaved road. At seven, Wayne was sickly and skinny, unable to keep food down, unable to sleep, plagued with a relentless cough that no doctor could diagnose, though they had already removed his tonsils, adenoids and appendix. Heart murmur, pleurisy, a tapeworm? All were suspected, and none confirmed. To the community he was known as "Jennie's boy," and his tiny, ferocious mother felt judged for Wayne's condition at the same time as worried he might not grow up to be his own man. While his brothers went off to school, and his parents to work, trying to stave off the next eviction, Wayne spent his days with his witty, religious, deeply eccentric maternal grandmother, Lucy, who kept a statue of the Blessed Virgin in one of her bedrooms along with a photo of her son Leonard, who had died at seven. During these six months of Wayne's childhood, he and Lucy faced two life-or-death crises, and only one of them lived to tell the tale. Jennie's Boy is Wayne's tribute to a family and a community that were simultaneously fiercely protective of him and fed up with having to make allowances for him: grandparents, parents and siblings, aunts and uncles, and the people of the Goulds, whose pet and nuisance he was. He recalls a boyhood full of pain, yes, but also laughter, tenderness, and the kind of wit that is peculiar to Newfoundlanders. By that wit, and by their love for each other--so often expressed in the most unloving ways--he, and they, survived."--- Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Johnston, Wayne; Johnston, Wayne; Johnston, Wayne.; Families.; Authors, Canadian (English);
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- Cinema speculation / by Tarantino, Quentin,author.;
"The long-awaited first work of nonfiction from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: a deliriously entertaining, wickedly intelligent cinema book as unique and creative as anything by Quentin Tarantino. In addition to being among the most celebrated of contemporary filmmakers, Quentin Tarantino is possibly the most joyously infectious movie lover alive. For years he has touted in interviews his eventual turn to writing books about films. Now, with Cinema Speculation, the time has come, and the results are everything his passionate fans--and all movie lovers--could have hoped for. Organized around key American films from the 1970s, all of which he first saw as a young moviegoer at the time, this book is as intellectually rigorous and insightful as it is rollicking and entertaining. At once film criticism, film theory, a feat of reporting, and wonderful personal history, it is all written in the singular voice recognizable immediately as QT's and with the rare perspective about cinema possible only from one of the greatest practitioners of the artform ever."--- Subjects: Film criticism.; Tarantino, Quentin; Tarantino, Quentin; Film criticism; Motion pictures;
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- Birdgirl : looking to the skies in search of a better future / by Craig, Mya-Rose,author.;
"Birder, environmentalist and activist Mya-Rose Craig is an international force. In her moving memoir, Birdgirl, she chronicles her mother's struggle with mental illness, and shares her passion for social justice and fierce dedication to preserving our planet. Meet Mya-Rose-otherwise known as "Birdgirl." In her words: "Birdwatching has never felt like a hobby, or a pastime I can pick up and put down, but a thread running through the pattern of my life, so tightly woven in that there's no way of pulling it free and leaving the rest of my life intact." Birdgirl follows Mya-Rose and her family as they travel the world in search of rare birds and astonishing landscapes. But a shadow moves with them, too--her mother's deepening mental health crisis. In the face of this struggle, the Craigs turn to nature again and again for comfort and meaning. Each bird they see brings a moment of joy and reflection, instilling in Mya-Rose a deep love of the natural world. But Mya-Rose has also seen first-hand the reckless destruction we are inflicting on our fragile planet, as well as the pervasive racism infecting every corner of the world, leading her to campaign for Black, Indigenous, people of color. Joining the fight of today's young environmental activists, Mya-Rose shares her experiences to advocate for the simple, profound gift of nature, and for making it accessible to all, calling her readers to rediscover the power of our natural world. Birder, activist, daughter: this is her story"--- Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Craig, Mya-Rose; Craig, Mya-Rose; Craig, Mya-Rose; Bird watchers; Environmentalists;
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