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Almost American girl [graphic novel] : an illustrated memoir / by Ha, Robin,author,illustrator.;
"A powerful and moving teen graphic novel memoir about immigration, belonging, and how arts can save a life--perfect for fans of American Born Chinese and Hey, Kiddo. For as long as she can remember, it's been Robin and her mom against the world. Growing up as the only child of a single mother in Seoul, Korea, wasn't always easy, but it has bonded them fiercely together. So when a vacation to visit friends in Huntsville, Alabama, unexpectedly becomes a permanent relocation--following her mother's announcement that she's getting married--Robin is devastated. Overnight, her life changes. She is dropped into a new school where she doesn't understand the language and struggles to keep up. She is completely cut off from her friends in Seoul and has no access to her beloved comics. At home, she doesn't fit in with her new stepfamily, and worst of all, she is furious with the one person she is closest to--her mother. Then one day Robin's mother enrolls her in a local comic drawing class, which opens the window to a future Robin could never have imagined"--Amazon.com.13-UP.08-UP.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Graphic novels.; Autobiographical comics.; Nonfiction comics.; Ha, Robin; Emigration and immigration; Immigrants; Mothers and daughters; Teenage girls; Koreans; Korean American families; Women immigrants; Women illustrators;

A novel love story / by Poston, Ashley,author.;
"Eileen Merriweather knows a thing or two about romance. As a professor of literature, she teaches prestigious courses on history's greatest romantics, but one week out of the year she abandons her dusty textbooks and makes a pilgrimage to the Hudson Valley with her best friend Pru to meet their Super Smutty Book Club in person, and celebrate the romance series that brought them together--Quixotic Falls. It's a week of wine and happily-ever-afters. Or it's supposed to be. Pru bails at the last minute, and Elsy winds up lost in Hudson Valley--alone. In a thunderstorm. When she takes shelter in a bookstore, she immediately gets on the bad side of its grumpy (and infuriatingly sexy) owner, and finds herself in a quaint town that feels like it's right out of a book ... Because it is. Eloraton can't be real, and yet ... she's here. The town is everything she imagined from her favorite series, where the candy store's honey taffy is always sweet, and the local bar's burgers are always a little burnt, and rain always comes in the afternoon. It's perfect. A place built on meet-cutes and storybook endings. Except, there's something off in Eloraton. Because nothing changes, nothing moves, trapped in the last place the late author of Quixotic Falls left them. Which must be why Elsy is here: to find an ending to this last story, the one the author never finished. The only problem? The bookstore owner never wants the story to end, and he might be the one person who can help her imagine this final happily-ever-after. And maybe find one for herself"--
Subjects: Paranormal fiction.; Romance fiction.; Novels.; Book clubs (Discussion groups); Books and reading; Bookstore owners; City and town life; Literature teachers; Man-woman relationships; Women college teachers;

Limitless Mind. by LIT Videobooks (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by LIT Videobooks in 2022.A professor of education at Stanford reveals the six keys to unlocking learning potential, based on the latest scientific findings.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Literature.; Arts.; Social sciences.; Teachers.; Education.; Psychology.; Instructional films.; Mental health.; Health.; Documentary films.; Educational films.; Artists.; American authors.; Women authors.; Neurology.; Teaching.; Classroom management.; Brain.; Universities and colleges.; Self-help techniques.; Art and architecture.;

Thinking in Bets. by LIT Videobooks (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by LIT Videobooks in 2022.Poker champion turned business consultant Annie Duke teaches you how to get comfortable with uncertainty and make better decisions.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Literature.; Arts.; Business.; Career Development.; Leadership.; Instructional films.; Documentary films.; Artists.; American authors.; Women authors.; Business education.; Negotiation.; Self-help techniques.; Statistics.; Art and architecture.; Vocational guidance.;

Oh Crap! Potty Training. by LIT Videobooks (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by LIT Videobooks in 2022.Worried about potty training? Let Jamie Glowacki, potty-training expert, show you how it’s done with her six-step, proven process.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Literature.; Arts.; Health.; Social sciences.; Psychology.; Midwives.; Child welfare.; Instructional films.; Mental health.; Documentary films.; Artists.; American authors.; Women authors.; Parenting.; Families.; Child development.; Pregnancy.; Child psychology.; Infants.; Self-help techniques.; Art and architecture.;

The embroidered tent : five gentlewomen in early Canada / by Fowler, Marian,1929-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-234) and index.
Subjects: Simcoe, Elizabeth Posthuma (Gwillim), 1766-1850; Traill, Catherine Parr (Strickland), 1802-1899; Moodie, Susanna (Strickland), 1803-1885; Jameson, Mrs. (Anna), 1794-1860.; Dufferin and Ava, Harriot Georgina Blackwood, Marchioness of, 1843?-1936.; Women; Pioneers; Canadian literature (English);
© 1982., House of Anansi Press,

The republic of imagination : America in three books / by Nafisi, Azar.;
Part I. Huck -- Part II. Babbitt -- Part III. Carson -- Epilogue."A passionate hymn to the power of fiction to change people's lives, by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Reading Lolita in Tehran. Ten years ago, Azar Nafisi electrified readers with her million-copy bestseller, Reading Lolita in Tehran, which told the story of how, against the backdrop of morality squads and executions, she taught The Great Gatsby and other classics to her eager students in Iran. In this exhilarating followup, Nafisi has written the book her fans have been waiting for: an impassioned, beguiling, and utterly original tribute to the vital importance of fiction in a democratic society. What Reading Lolita in Tehran was for Iran, The Republic of Imagination is for America. Taking her cue from a challenge thrown to her in Seattle, where a skeptical reader told her that Americans don't care about books the way they did back in Iran, she energetically responds to those who say fiction has nothing to teach us. Blending memoir and polemic with close readings of her favorite American novels-The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Babbitt, and The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, among others-she invites us to join her as citizens of her 'Republic of Imagination, ' a country where the villains are conformity and orthodoxy and the only passport to entry is a free mind and a willingness to dream"--rd
Subjects: Nafisi, Azar.; Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.; Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951.; McCullers, Carson, 1917-1967.; English teachers; Iranian American women; American fiction; Books and reading; National characteristics in literature.;

How Women Rise. by LIT Videobooks (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by LIT Videobooks in 2022.Overcome the twelve habits holding you back and take your career to new heights with this wise and approachable guide.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Literature.; Arts.; Business.; Social sciences.; Career Development.; Sociology.; Instructional films.; Gender identity.; Documentary films.; Women's studies.; Artists.; Current affairs.; American authors.; Women authors.; Businesswomen.; Sex role.; Labor.; Business education.; Employees--Training of.; Self-help techniques.; Art and architecture.; Vocational guidance.;

Missing and exploited Indigenous women and girls / by Rose, Simon,1961-; Corrigan, Kathleen.;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses, and index.Investigates the urgent crisis of Indigenous women and girls in Canada being the victims of violence, abduction and murder.LSC
Subjects: Native women; Native women; Missing persons; Native women; Native women; Native peoples;

Little dreamers : visionary women around the world / by Harrison, Vashti.;
Includes bibliographical references, discography, filmography, Internet addresses and index."Brief, illustrated bios of women creators around the world"--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Women; Women artists; Women scientists;

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