Author: Rowbottom, Allie, author.
Published: 2019 2018
Call Number: B ROWBOTTO
Format: Books
Summary: In 1899, Allie Rowbottom's great-great-great-uncle bought the patent to Jell-O from its inventor for $450. The sale would turn out to be one of the most profitable business deals in American history, and the generations that followed enjoyed immense privilege--but they were also haunted by suicides, cancer, alcoholism, and mysterious ailments. More than 100 years after that deal was struck, Allie's mother Mary was diagnosed with the same incurable cancer, a disease that had also claimed her own mother's life. Determined to combat what she had come to consider the "Jell-O curse" and her looming mortality, Mary began obsessively researching her family's past, determined to understand the origins of her illness and the impact on her life of Jell-O and the traditional American values the company championed. Before she died in 2015, Mary began to send Allie boxes of her research and notes, in the hope that her daughter might write what she could not. Jell-O Girls is the liberation of that story.
Author: Williamson, Marianne, 1952- author. Williamson, Marianne, 1952- Healing of America.
Published: 2018 1997
Call Number: 158
Format: Books
Summary: "Now updated with new material by #1 New York Times bestselling author Marianne Williamson, the twentieth anniversary edition of Healing the Soul of America shares her timeless, visionary message of political healing. In the twentieth anniversary edition of Healing the Soul of America, Marianne Williamson reclaims her powerful voice for social conscience in American society. This is a time, according to Williamson, for Americans to return once again to our first principles, both politically and spiritually. Here, Williamson draws plans to transform the American political consciousness and encourage powerful citizen involvement to heal our society. With updated material throughout, Williamson explores the current state of American politics, reminding us of her theory of holistic politics-the convergence of political activists looking toward spiritual wisdom and spiritual contemplatives extending their service into the political landscape. She believes that a morally concerned American must now take an active stand in turning this country away from its current identity as a nation obsessively in love with its money to a nation more seriously invested in all of its children and the potential brilliance of every citizen. "Marianne Williamson, is attempting to help not only her followers but an entire nation" (People). In the wake of the current political dysphoria, with countless tragedies consistently on the nightly news, America is facing a time of immense division. Political parties that completely polarize friends and family, mass shootings, threats of nuclear war, and a lack of confidence in our governmental leaders show that the country is in desperate need of restoration. We need a new paradigm of political understanding, a moral commitment to express it, and a new kind of activism to bring it forth. Healing the Soul of America is a blueprint for all three and there has never been a more urgent need."--
Author: Barth, Linda J., author.
Published: 2018
Call Number: NJC 609.73 BARTH
Format: Books
Summary: New Jersey's institutional research accolades are renowned--medical inventions at Johnson & Johnson, the genius of Edison Labs and fourteen Nobel Prizes to Bell Labs scientists. But beyond those behemoths of innovation lie many more breakthroughs and firsts. In 1869, Rutgers and Princeton played the first college football game. Famed inventor Abram Spanel developed the Apollo space suit at his home, Drumthwacket, now the official residence of governors. The American Can Company and Krueger Brewing Company teamed up to create the first beer can. Author Linda J. Barth reveals these and many more stories of the state's diverse tradition of original ideas and trailblazing personas.
Author: Oliver, Stephanie Stokes, editor. Giovanni, Nikki writer of foreword.
Published: 2018
Call Number: 305.896
Format: Books
Summary: "Spanning 250 years, this carefully-curated collection of 25 essays features the earliest Black authors who wrote as means of resistance in a time when their literacy was illegal and the brilliant writers who have continued their legacy--utilizing the power of the written word to create change, insert a diversity of experience into the "mainstream," and make a profound impact on our communities and the world"--
Author: Silva, Daniel, 1960- author.
Published: 2017
Call Number: F SILVA
Format: Books
Summary: Four months after the deadliest attack on the American homeland since 9/11, terrorists leave a trail of carnage through London's glittering West End. The attack is a brilliant feat of planning and secrecy, but with one loose thread. The thread leads Gabriel Allon and his team of operatives to the south of France and to the gilded doorstep of Jean-Luc Martel and Olivia Watson. A beautiful former British fashion model, Olivia pretends not to know that the true source of Martel's enormous wealth is drugs. And Martel, likewise, turns a blind eye to the fact he is doing business with a man whose objective is the very destruction of the West. Together, under Gabriel's skilled hand, they will become an unlikely pair of heroes in the global war on terror.
Author: Silva, Daniel, 1960- author.
Published: 2016
Call Number: F SILVA
Format: Books
Summary: Gabriel Allon, the art restorer, spy, and assassin, is poised to become the chief of Israel secret intelligence service. But on the eve of his promotion, events conspire to lure him into the field for one final operation. ISIS has detonated a massive bomb in the Marais district of Paris, and a desperate French government wants Gabriel to eliminate the man responsible before he can strike again.
Author: Sawyer, Ethan, author.
Published: 2016
Call Number: 378.1616
Format: Books
Summary: What if writing an unforgettably compelling college essay came down to answering just two questions? 1. Have you been through significant challenges in your life?2. Do you know what you want to be when you grow up?Good news. These two questions lead you to one of four easy-to-follow essay paths in College Essay Essentials, a new approach to the college essay that is groundbreaking in its simplicity. Expert author Ethan Sawyer saves you time and stress by sticking to the basics and guiding you every step of the way, from brainstorming to finished draft to acceptance letter.
Author: Giovanni, Nikki author.
Published: 2016 2013
Call Number: 811.6
Format: Books
Summary: "With 'Chasing Utopia,' Nikki Giovanni, one of America's most celebrated artists, demands that the prosaic--flowers, birdsong, winter--be seen as poetic. The poetry of Nikki Giovanni has spurred movements and inspired songs, turned hearts and informed generations. She's been hailed as a healer and a national treasure. But if her reputation is writ large upon the national stage, her heart resides in the everyday where family and lovers gather, friends commune, and those no longer with us are remembered. And at every gathering there is food, food as sustenance, food as aphrodisiac, food as memory. A pot of beans are flavored with her mother's sighs, this sigh part cardamom, that one the essence of clove; a lover requests a banquet as an affirmation of ongoing passion; an homage is paid to the most time-honored appetizer, soup. Chasing Utopia affirms once again why Nikki Giovanni is as energetic, "remarkable" (Gwendolyn Brooks), "wonderful" (Marian Wright Edleman), "outspoken, prolific, energetic" (New York Times), and as relevant as ever." --Publisher description.
Author: McBride, Laura author.
Published: 2014
Call Number: F MCBRIDE
Format: Books
Summary: In the predawn hours, a woman's marriage crumbles with a single confession. Across town, an immigrant family struggles to get by in the land of opportunity. Three thousand miles away, a soldier wakes up in Walter Reed hospital with the vague feeling he's done something awful. In a single moment, these disparate lives intersect. Faced with seemingly insurmountable loss, each person must decide whether to give in to despair, or to find the courage and resilience to rise.
Author: Blume, Judy author.
Published: 2014 1975
Call Number: Y BLUME
Format: Books
Summary: Two high school seniors believe their love to be so strong that it will last forever.
Author: Ford, Ford Madox, 1873-1939.
Published: 2012 1950
Call Number: CL FORD
Format: Books
Summary: First published as four separate novels, Parade's End explores the world of the English ruling class as it descends into the chaos of war. Christopher Tietjens is an officer from a wealthy family who finds himself torn between his unfaithful socialite wife, Sylvia, and his suffragette mistress, Valentine. This tetralogy, widely regarded as one of the best novels in English, celebrates the end of an era, the irrevocable destruction of the comfortable, predictable society that vanished during World War I. "There are not many English novels which deserve to be called great: 'Parade's End' is one of them." -W. H. Auden. Ford Madox Ford's tetralogy, set in England during World War I, is widely considered one of the best novels of the 20th century. First published as four separate novels (Some Do Not..., No More Parades, A Man Could Stand Up, and The Last Post) between 1924 and 1928, Parade's End explores the world of the English ruling class as it descends into the chaos of war. Christopher Tietjens is an officer from a wealthy family who finds himself torn between his unfaithful socialite wife, Sylvia, and his suffragette mistress, Valentine. A profound portrait of one man's internal struggles during a time of brutal world conflict, Parade's End bears out Graham Greene's prediction that "there is no novelist of this century more likely to live than Ford Madox Ford." [©1950 Alfred A. Knopf (P)2012 Simon & Schuster]
Author: Plath, Sylvia, author. Hughes, Frieda, author of foreword.
Published: 2005 2004
Call Number: 811.54
Format: Books
Summary: Seeking to restore the selection and arrangement originally intended by Plath at the time of her death, this edition of her final works features a facsimile of her complete working drafts of the title poem provided to offer insight into her creative process.
Author: Clavell, James.
Published: 1993 1992
Call Number: F CLAVELL
Format: Books
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If you have any interest in playing chess, this club is for you! Members will not only be able to interact with one another through learning the game, but will be able to coach each other into becoming better chess players. We will be playing chess and holding club tournaments. The chess club's goal is to foster scholars' intellectual growth while having fun.
Open to ages 5 and older. Registration required. Come meet up with other LEGO enthusiasts and build your own LEGO creations. All materials provided. Guardians must remain with children 9 and under. All programs subject to change or cancellation.
In “The Great White Bard,” Farah Karim-Cooper maintains that close attention to race, and racism, will only deepen engagement with the playwright’s canon.
In “The Great White Bard,” Farah Karim-Cooper maintains that close attention to race, and racism, will only deepen engagement with the playwright’s canon.
The novelist discusses his career and his recent essay about cadavers in crime fiction, and the actor Richard E. Grant talks about his memoir and his love of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.”
The novelist discusses his career and his recent essay about cadavers in crime fiction, and the actor Richard E. Grant talks about his memoir and his love of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.”
In many ways — setting, historical elements, the mix of romance and horror, the use of Spanish — Vampires of El Norte is the spiritual sister of The Hacienda, and a perfect example of genre mixing.
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