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Author
Publisher
Texas Tech University Press
Pub. Date
c1994
Language
English
Description
In this sweeping novel of love and hate, Abby Palmer's life story is a study in contrasts. She calls up the courage to battle debilitating episodes of multiple sclerosis, yet is too cowardly to admit she has the disease. Abby finds the strength to survive the almost simultaneous deaths of her mother, her husband, and her unborn child, but is too weak to fight her brother's cruel domination.
She is cared for by friends and abandoned by her family...
Author
Publisher
AuthorHouse
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Seemingly based on portions of the author's life this work combines many elements while telling the story: stories of the airline industry, the war in Iraq, online dating, quaint tiny towns in Kansas, magical Clydesdales, PTSD, TBI, and desperately trying to find sanity in an insane world.
64) Soul mountain
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
A man travels the length and breadth of China, collecting stories, folk songs, lovers and experience in a search for meaning.
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"From "the most captivating voice to come out of the West since Annie Proulx" (Vogue), the furious, hilarious, soul-rending story of one woman's reckoning with marriage, work, sex, and motherhood. Since my baby was born, I have been able to laugh and see the funny side of things. a) As much as I ever did. b) Not quite as much now. c) Not so much now. d) Not at all. Leaving behind her husband, Theo, and their young daughter, Claire, a writer, gets...
Author
Series
Rogue Warrior series volume 1
Publisher
Pocket Books
Language
English
Description
A novel of adventure, featuring the author asthe hero. Marcinko, a former Navy Seal, is hired by thegovernment to bust a smuggling ring which is supplyingNorth Korea with nuclear detonators.
Author
Publisher
Loch Lomond Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
They say, "If you can remember the Sixties, you probably weren't there." Happily, Dougie MacKenzie recalls those zonked and zany times and brings them hilariously back to life in his regaling memoir, Mango Lassie. MacKenzie reveals himself as a preadolescent trapped in the "rat" system of a Southern military school. From an abyss of despair following the death of his brother, the disaffected teen finds solace in the arms of two girls he meets in France...
70) Home court
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Between sports, school, and working for his father, eleven-year-old Amar'e's life is full and he is not yet ready to concentrate on basketball--but when a group of older boys start hogging the local basketball court he knows that he has to do something to help his friends.
Author
Series
Quinn Taylor volume 1
Publisher
Jim Schneider
Pub. Date
2016]
Language
English
Description
Quinn Taylor is a boy growing up on a central Kansas farm in the 70s. He loves the game of baseball, but has a dad who hates sports. For Quinn to keep following his dream of playing the game, he must extract help from his mom, a brother, and a friend. Testing Quinn's love for baseball are several obstacles to overcome: dealing with God, a distracting girl, and other family members.
This semi-autobiographical novel was inspired by the author's memories...
72) Hippie
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A Brazilian man and a Dutch woman embark on an extraordinary journey of self-discovery as they travel by bus from Amsterdam to Kathmandu against a backdrop of the protests and sexual-liberation experiments of the 1960s.
Drawing on the rich experience of his own life, best-selling author Paulo Coelho takes us back in time to relive the dreams of a generation that longed for peace and dared to challenge the established social order. In Hippie, he tells...
73) That hair
Author
Publisher
Tin House Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
""The story of my curly hair," says Mila, the narrator of Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida's autobiographically inspired tragicomedy, "intersects with the story of at least two countries and, by extension, the indirect story of the relations among several continents: a geopolitics." Mila is the Luanda-born daughter of a black Angolan mother and a white Portuguese father. She arrives in Lisbon at the tender age of three, and feels like an outsider from...
Author
Publisher
Jacob Barzilai
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
1933. Hitler's rise to power in Germany marks the beginning of the end for the Jews of Europe. For little newborn Yaakov, this is only the beginning. "
"Hungary, 1944. 11-year-old Yaakov and his parents and younger sister are forced out of their home into the unknown. They find themselves in the ghetto, living under impossible conditions, until they are banished by the Nazis to Bergen Belsen concentration camp through Austria, what might be their...
76) Boys of courage
Author
Publisher
eBookPro Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Poland, 1939. Kadish is barely more than a boy when war breaks out. Forced to grow up fast, he takes it upon himself to provide for his family in the ghetto--stealing through the sewers under the cover of darkness to smuggle food and supplies back to his helpless parents and younger cousin Robbie, who's always looked up to him. Until one night, Kadish disappears. Years later, Robbie, who remembers his brave cousin Kadish as his savior, is now an...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
An autobiographical graphic novel based on the author's experiences growing up in a religious family in rural Wisconsin, describing his rivalry with his brother, and his experiences with first love. Contains adult content.
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"This book is based on the viral photograph of African American toddler Parker Curry, who, during a visit to the National Portrait Gallery, became mesmerized by Amy Sherald's portrait of Michelle Obama, who she thought was a queen. One rainy afternoon, Parker's mother (co-author Jessica Curry) makes the suggestion that they visit the museum, little sister Ava in tow. At the museum, they see Parker's friend Gia and her mother. The three girls dance...
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