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61) Sylvia and Marsha start a revolution!: the story of the trans women of color who made LGBTQ+ history
Author
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
""Someday girls like us will be able to wear whatever we want. People will call us by the names we choose. They'll respect that we are women. The cops will leave us alone and no one will go hungry." Sylvia and Marsha are closer than sisters. They are kind and brave and not afraid to speak their truth, even when it makes other people angry. This illustrated book introduces children to the story of Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson, the two transgender...
Author
Publisher
Portfolio/Penguin
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Everyone knows that Icarus's father made him wings and told him not to fly too close to the sun; he ignored the warning and plunged to his doom. The lesson: Play it safe. Listen to the experts. It was the perfect propaganda for the industrial economy. What boss wouldn't want employees to believe that obedience and conformity are the keys to success? But we tend to forget that Icarus was also warned not to fly too low, because seawater would ruin the...
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
One small act of kindness can change the world. Lady Gaga has always believed in the importance celebrating individuality, acting with empathy, and being kind to yourself and other. She and her mother, Cynthia Germanotta, founded Born This Way Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to making the world a kinder and braver place. Within these pages you will meet young change makers who found their inner strength, who prevailed in the face of...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
When the new, strange kid at school turns out to be Kieran's cousin, Kieran will have to choose between fitting in with the other kids and standing up for his cousin against the kids that bully him.
"Eleven-year-old Kieran wants to be part of the 'in' group at school. He wants to be on the soccer team. He wants to fit in. But then his weird cousin Bon turns up, both at school and at home. Bon knows nothing about fitting in, with his long blond braid,...
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Series
Publisher
Alicia Ortego
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Do you want your kid(s) to feel more confident and capable? Every child faces low self-esteem and poor self-confidence at least once in their life. Children are often ready to give up on their goals, especially if they encounter obstacles and challenges. We must support them and teach them to believe in themselves. Failure is the key to success. After a series of failures at school, little Leonardo feels sad and disappointed. But, by interacting...
Author
Publisher
Dell Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"From the author of How to Save a Life comes a heartfelt story of two people finding the courage to choose love, no matter how hard it may be. Gemma thought she had her future all mapped out-a wonderful husband, a cute apartment, plans to start a family. But just months after her wedding, illness took her husband from her. And now she's trying to think up new dreams, when all she really wants are her old ones back. Across town, Dan's also rethinking...
Author
Publisher
Dell Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A road not taken on a reality dating show leads one young woman to question her life choices--and whether or not she's brave enough to change them--in the debut novel from the Bachelorette star and author of Miss Me with That Maya Johnson has everything she's ever wanted in life--she's on track to becoming the youngest female director her company has ever had, she has a gorgeous apartment in Miami, and she's been in a relationship with her college...
Author
Publisher
Rizzoli
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"A celebration of the fashion missteps of otherwise stylish individuals, from celebrities and fashion and media insiders to regular humans. In everyone's closet, there is one article of clothing that truly demonstrates a momentary lapse in fashion judgment. I Actually Wore This is the first book to celebrate these fashion blunders and lets us in on how and why they happened: the purple velour jumpsuit that was supposed to make you look dangerous,...
Author
Publisher
Tachyon Publications LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
The essential first volume of bestselling author Peter S. Beagle's short stories demonstrates why he is one of America's most influential fantasists. With his celebrated versatility, humor, and grace, Beagle is at home in a dazzling variety of subgenres. Evoking comparison to such iconic authors as Twain, Tolkien, Carroll, L'Engle, and Vonnegut, this career retrospective celebrates Beagle's mastery of the short-story form. An unlikely friendship based...
Author
Publisher
Haymarket Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"'Amy Goodman has taken investigative journalism to new heights of exciting, informative, and probing analysis.'--Noam Chomsky. Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan began writing a weekly column, 'Breaking the Sound Barrier,' for King Features Syndicate in 2006. This timely new sequel to Goodman's New York Times bestseller of the same name gives voice to the many ordinary people standing up to corporate and government power-and refusing to be silent. The...
Publisher
Riverdale Avenue Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Bi Any Other Name: Bisexual People Speak Out first debuted in 1991. This groundbreaking book helped catalyze a national movement for bisexual identity, justice and equality. Often dubbed "the bisexual bible", Bi Any Other Name was on Lambda Book Review's Top 100 GLBT Books of the 20th century and became a beloved reference text in many classrooms, doctors' offices, libraries, and pulpits. A 2007 Mandarin translation was published in Taiwan. The new...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
More than thirty years after her death, Marianne Moore continues to be one of America's most beloved poets. However, her Collected poems (1951) omits twenty years of later work. And her inaccurately titled Complete poems (1967) is likewise incomplete, leaving out nearly half of her body of verse. This complete collection of Moore's poetry, edited by the prizewinning poet Grace Schulman, for the first time contains all of Moore's poems, including 120...
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