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1161) My young life: a memoir
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Novelist, essayist, and critic Frederic Tuten recalls his personal and artistic coming-of-age in 1950s New York, a defining period that would set him on the course to becoming a writer.
1164) My Selma
Author
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Combining family stories of the everyday and the extraordinary as seen through the eyes of her twelve-year-old self, Willie Mae Brown gives readers an unforgettable portrayal of her coming of age in a town at the crossroads of history. As the civil rights movement and the fight for voter rights unfold in Selma, Alabama, many things happen inside and outside the Brown family's home that do not have anything to do with the landmark 1965 march across...
1165) El deafo
Author
Publisher
Playaway Products, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
What does it take for a student with hearing loss and a hearing aid to become a superhero!!?!? Starting at a new school is scary, especially with a giant hearing aid strapped to your chest! At her old school, everyone in Cece's class was deaf. Here, she's different. She's sure the kids are staring at the Phonic Ear, the powerful aid that will help her hear her teacher. Too bad it also seems certain to repel potential friends. Then Cece makes a startling...
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The true story of the bond between a harried sales executive and an eleven-year-old boy who seemed destined for a life of poverty. It is the heartwarming story of a friendship that has spanned three decades and brought meaning to an over-scheduled professional and hope to a hungry and desperate boy living on the streets.
1168) A self-made man
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Lincoln's anti-slavery thinking began in his childhood amidst the Primitive Baptist antislavery dissidents in backwoods Kentucky and Indiana, the roots of his repudiation of Southern Christian pro-slavery theology. Intensely ambitious, he held political aspirations from his earliest years. Obsessed with Stephen Douglas, his political rival, he battled him for decades. Successful as a circuit lawyer, Lincoln built his team of loyalists. Blumenthal...
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"This haunting memoir describes visionary architect Woodie Garber's descent into madness and follows Elizabeth's inspiring journey to emerge from her abuse, gain understanding and freedom from her father's control, and go on to become a loving mother and a healer who helps others"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Natural resources report volume 2011/445
Publisher
U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Natural Resource Stewardship and Science
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English