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Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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The fascinating story of America's national day of thanks and of the tenacious and inspiring Sarah Josepha Hale, a nineteenth-century woman who made establishing this holiday her life's mission-one brought to fruition by the wise support of Abraham Lincoln.
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"While Frances Mayes is known for her travels, she has always sought a sense of home wherever she goes. In this poetic testament to the power of place in our lives, Mayes reflects on "home," from the earliest imprint of four walls to the startling discoveries of feeling the strange ease of homes abroad, friends' homes, and even momentary homes that spark desires for other lives. Her musings are all the more poignant after so many have spent their...
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
One Friday afternoon in April, acclaimed author Donald Antrim found himself on the roof of his apartment building, afraid for his life. In this moving memoir, Antrim vividly recounts what led him to the roof and what happened after he came back down: two hospitalizations, weeks of fruitless clinical trials, as well as years of fitful recovery and setback. One Friday in April reframes suicide-whether in thought or action-as an illness in its own right,...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2007
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IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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I was born at the beginning of it all, on the Red side - the Communist side - of the Iron Curtain. Through annotated illustrations, journals, maps, and dreamscapes, Peter Sis shows what life was like for a child who loved to draw, proudly wore the red scarf of a Young Pioneer, stood guard at the giant statue of Stalin, and believed whatever he was told to believe. But adolescence brought questions. Cracks began to appear in the Iron Curtain, and news...
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