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A kind of mirraculas paradise : a true story about schizophrenia / by Allen, Sandra(Nonfiction writer),author.;
"Dazzlingly, daringly written, marrying the thoughtful originality of Maggie Nelson's The Argonauts with the revelatory power of Neurotribes and The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, this propulsive, stunning book illuminates the experience of living with schizophrenia like never before. Sandra Allen did not know her uncle Bob very well. As a child, she had been told he was "crazy," that he had spent time in mental hospitals while growing up in Berkeley in the 60s and 70s. But Bob had lived a hermetic life in a remote part of California for longer than she had been alive, and what little she knew of him came from rare family reunions or odd, infrequent phone calls. Then in 2009 Bob mailed her his autobiography. Typewritten in all caps, a stream of error-riddled sentences over sixty, single-spaced pages, the often incomprehensible manuscript proclaimed to be a "true story" about being "labeled a psychotic paranoid schizophrenic," and arrived with a plea to help him get his story out to the world. In A Kind of Mirraculas Paradise, Allen translates her uncle's autobiography, artfully creating a gripping coming-of-age story while sticking faithfully to the facts as he shared them. Lacing Bob's narrative with chapters providing greater contextualization, Allen also shares background information about her family, the culturally explosive time and place of her uncle's formative years, and the vitally important questions surrounding schizophrenia and mental healthcare in America more broadly. The result is a heartbreaking and sometimes hilarious portrait of a young man striving for stability in his life as well as his mind, and an utterly unique lens into an experience that, to most people, remains unimaginable"--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Allen, Sandra (Nonfiction writer); Schizophrenia;
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Salt Green Death [graphic novel]. by Thorsen, Katarina.;
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Subjects: Graphic novels.; COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS; COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Nonfiction / Biography & Memoir; COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Nonfiction / Biography & Memoir *; COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Nonfiction / History; COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Nonfiction / Medicine;
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Muybridge [graphic novel]. by Delisle, Guy.;
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Subjects: Graphic novels.; COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Nonfiction / Biography & Memoir;
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It's fun to draw pirates / by Bergin, Mark,1961-;
"Ahoy, matey! Step aboard the pirate ship with this group of swashbucklers and create your own crazy pirate crew. Step-by-step instructions and illustrations are easy and fun to follow, and children will be entertained by fun facts about these pirates who roam the open seas"--Barnacle Boris -- Sharktooth Jack -- Redbeard -- Scurvy Jim -- Squid Lips Sid -- Starboard Steve -- Monkey -- Captain Clunk -- Sophie Storm -- One-eyed John -- Pete the Plank -- Sharkbait George -- Gunpowder Billy -- Captain Black.
Subjects: Pirates in art; Drawing; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Art / Drawing.; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Art / Techniques.; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Activity Books.;
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30 Seconds from Gaza [graphic novel] : Diary of Genocide. by Sabaaneh, Mohammad.;
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Subjects: Graphic novels.; COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS; COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Nonfiction / General;
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Avoid the day : a new nonfiction in two movements / by Kirk, Jay,author.;
"Seeking to answer the mystery of a missing manuscript by Béla Bartók, and using the investigation to avoid his father's deathbed, award-winning magazine writer Jay Kirk heads off to Transylvania, going to the same villages where the "Master," like a vampire in search of fresh plasma, had found his new material in the folk music of the peasants. With these stolen songs, Bartók redefined music in the 20th Century. Kirk, who is also seeking to renew his writing, finds inspiration in the composer's unorthodox methods, but begins to lose his tether as he sees himself in Bartók's darkest and most personal work, the Cantata Profana, which revolves around the curse of fathers and sons. After a near-psychotic episode under the spell of Bartók, the author suddenly finds himself on a posh eco-tourist cruise in the Arctic. There, accompanied by an old friend, now a documentary filmmaker, the two decide to scrap the documentary and make a horror flick instead-shot under the noses of the unsuspecting passengers and crew. Playing one of the main characters who finds himself inexplicably trapped on a ship at the literal end of the world, alone, and under the influence of the midnight sun, Kirk gets lost in his own cerebral maze, struggling to answer his most plaguing question: can we find meaning in experience?"--Amazon.com.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Kirk, Jay;
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Hacking Heartbreak. by heronJones, Kevin.;
Kevin heronJoness latest is another realistic, authentic depiction of the life of a Black youth in Canada. Set in Scarborough, 'Hacking Heartbreak' is a story about the intensity of first love and learning to live with the consequences of your action. heronJones lives in Milton, ON. Ages 14+ #DEILibrary Bound Incorporated
Subjects: Romance fiction.; YOUNG ADULT FICTION / General; YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Social Topics / Bullying; YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Social Topics / Dating & Sex; YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Social Topics / Physical & Emotional Abuse (see also Social Topics / Sexual Abuse); YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Social Topics / Violence;
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Sometimes people march / by Allen, Tessa,author,illustrator.; Fleming, Je Nie,1977-narrator.; Container of (expression):Allen, Tessa.Sometimes people march.Spoken word (Fleming);
Read by Je Nie Fleming.With a spare, inspiring text and gorgeous watercolor illustrations, this is a timeless and important book for activists of all ages. This hardcover picture book is perfect for sharing and for gifting. Sometimes people march to resist injustice, to stand in solidarity, to inspire hope. Throughout American history, one thing remains true: no matter how or why people march, they are powerful because they march together.3-8P-3
Subjects: Children's audiobooks.; Demonstrations; Demonstrations.; Protest movements; Protest movements.; Civil rights; Civil rights.; JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States.; JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / United States.; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Science / Politics & Government.; VOX books.;
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One life / by Rapinoe, Megan,1985-author.; Brockes, Emma,author.;
The Olympic gold medalist and two-time Women's World Cup champion describes her childhood in a conservative California town, her athletic achievements, and her public advocacy of civil rights and urgently needed social change.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Rapinoe, Megan, 1985-; Women soccer players; Soccer players;
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All Our Ordinary Stories A Multigenerational Family Odyssey [electronic resource] : by Wong, Teresa.aut; cloudLibrary;
From the author of Dear Scarlet comes a graphic memoir about the obstacles one daughter faces as she attempts to connect with her immigrant parents Beginning with her mother's stroke in 2014, Teresa Wong takes us on a moving journey through time and place to locate the beginnings of the disconnection she feels from her parents. Through a series of stories—some epic, like her mother and father's daring escapes from communes during China's Cultural Revolution, and some banal, like her quitting Chinese school to watch Saturday morning cartoons—Wong carefully examines the cultural, historical, language, and personality barriers to intimacy in her family, seeking answers to the questions "Where did I come from?" and "Where are we going?" At the same time, she discovers how storytelling can bridge distances and help make sense of a life. A book for children of immigrants trying to honor their parents' pasts while also making a different kind of future for themselves, All Our Ordinary Stories is poignant in its understated yet nuanced depictions of complicated family dynamics. Wong's memoir is a heartfelt exploration of identity, inheritance, and the refugee experience, as well as a testament to the transformative power of stories both told and untold. This publication meets the EPUB Accessibility requirements and it also meets the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG-AA). It is screen-reader friendly and is accessible to persons with disabilities. A book with many images, which is defined with accessible structural markup. This book contains various accessibility features such as alternative text for images, table of contents, page-list, landmark, reading order and semantic structure.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Dysfunctional Families; Personal Memoirs; Biography & Memoir;
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