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The circuit

graphic novel
Provides a graphic novel adaptation of the memoir of the same name which follows a family of Mexican American farm workers as they move from camp to camp around the state of California, experiencing the hardships of constantly moving, the growth of their family, and the joys of family life.
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From a mountain in Tibet

a monk's journey
2020
Lama Yeshe didn't see a car until he was 15-years-old. In his quiet village, he and other children ran in fields with yaks and mastiffs. The rhythm of life was anchored by the pastoral cycles. Food was carefully apportioned and eaten together, everyone was family.The arrival of Chinese army cars one day in 1959 changed everything. In the wake of the deadly Tibetan Uprising, he escaped to India through the Himalayas to start over as a refugee. One of only 13 survivors out of 300 travellers, he spent the next few years in America, experiencing the excesses of the Woodstock generation before reforming in Europe. Now in his seventies and a leading monk at the Samye Ling monastery in Scotland - the first Buddhist centre in the West - Lama Yeshe casts a hopeful look back at his momentous life. From his learnings on self-compassion and discipline to his trials and tribulations with loss and failure, his poignant story mirrors our own struggles. Written with erudition and humour, From a Mountain in Tibet shines a light on how the most desperate of situations can help us to uncover vital life lessons and attain lasting peace and contentment --.

Ready to Fly

how Sylvia Townsend became the bookmobile ballerina
2020
"'Ready to Fly' is the true story of Sylvia Townsend, an African American girl who falls in love with ballet after seeing Swan Lake on TV"--Provided by publisher.

Cry of the panther

quest of a species
1984

A rift in the Earth

art, memory, and the fight for a Vietnam War memorial
2017
Discusses the history of the creation of the Vietnam War memorial.

Hollywood godfather

my life in the movies and the mob
2020
"Gianni Russo was a . . . 25-year-old mobster with no acting experience when he walked onto the set of 'The Godfather' and entered Hollywood history. He played Carlo Rizzi, the husband of Connie Corleone, who set her brother Sonny--played by James Caan--up for a hit. Russo didn't have to act--he knew the mob inside and out: from his childhood in Little Italy, where Mafia legend Frank Costello took him under his wing, to acting as a messenger for New Orleans mob boss Carlos Marcello during the Kennedy assassination. . . . Along the way, Russo befriended Frank Sinatra, who became his son's godfather, and Marlon Brando, who mentored his career as an actor after trying to get Francis Ford Coppola to fire him from 'The Godfather'. . . . He went on to become a producer and starred in 'The Godfather': Parts I and II, 'Seabiscuit', 'Any Given Sunday' and 'Rush Hour 2', among many other films"--OCLC.

Rising tide

Bear Bryant, Joe Namath, and Dixie's last quarter
2014
Describes how Joe Namath and Bear Bryant led the Crimson Tide to an Orange Bowl championship in 1965, amidst bloody fights in the civil rights movement and a pair of ethics candals, to change football's culture and economics.

Joe Namath, game by game

the complete professional football career
2012
Chronicles Joe Namath, his college career and impact on professional football, and follows his professional football career, season by season and game by game.

Waterfront

a journey around Manhattan
2004
Phillip Lopate offers a unique view of the Manhattan shoreline through a series of exploratory walks, describing the buildings, people, architecture, and landmarks along the way and exploring the political, social, and economic factors that shaped them.

Kienholz

tableau drawings
2001

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