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History & Biography March 2021
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Building Open to the Public The Library building is open to the public in a limited capacity in compliance with the public health guidelines from the Restore Illinois plan and the Center for Disease Control. We offer browsing and check out of library materials, computer sessions, copying, printing, and faxing. Our plan may change at any time based on new information or directives from the State. Please stay up-to-date by checking our website regularly or signing up for our e-newsletter. Hours Monday: 9 AM-12 PM; 1-7 PM Tuesday-Saturday: 9 AM-12 PM; 1-5 PM For more information, please click here! |
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The Soul of a Woman by Isabel AllendeThe best-selling author of A Long Petal of the Sea describes her lifelong commitment to feminism, her fight to provide for her children, the gender and race obstacles that challenged her goals and her international successes as a writer. eBook and eAudiobook Available on Libby! BIOGRAPHY ALLENDE
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I came as a shadow : an autobiography by John ThompsonThe autobiography of the legendary coach of the Georgetown Hoyas, whose achievements on and off the basketball court reflect America's unresolved struggle with racial justice. BIOGRAPHY THOMPSON
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Sanctuary : a memoir by Emily Rapp BlackThe award-winning author of Poster Child challenges cultural norms that compel people to conceal their pain, drawing on contemporary understandings in psychology and other disciplines to explain how validating trauma can help promote strength and a positive perspective. BIOGRAPHY RAPP BLACK
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The Copenhagen trilogy : Childhood; Youth; Dependency by Tove Irma Margit DitlevsenCalled "a masterpiece" by The New York Times , the acclaimed trilogy from Tove Ditlevsen, a pioneer in the field of genre-bending confessional writing. Tove Ditlevsen is today celebrated as one of the most important and unique voices in twentieth-century Danish literature, and The Copenhagen Trilogy (1969-71) is her acknowledged masterpiece. Childhood tells the story of a misfit child's single-minded determination to become a poet; Youth describes her early experiences of sex, work, and independence. Dependency picks up the story as the narrator embarks on the first of her four marriages and goes on to describe her horrible descent into drug addiction, enabled by her sinister, gaslighting doctor-husband. BIOGRAPHY DITLEVSEN
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Surviving the White Gaze : A Memoir by Rebecca CarrollA stirring and powerful memoir from black cultural critic Rebecca Carroll recounting her struggle to overcome a completely white childhood in order to forge her identity as a black woman in America. BIOGRAPHY CARROLL
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We had a little real estate problem by Kliph NesteroffIn We Had a Little Real Estate Problem , acclaimed comedy historian Kliph Nesteroff focuses on one of comedy's most significant and little-known stories: how, despite having been denied representation in the entertainment industry, Native Americans have influenced and advanced the art form. Featuring dozens of original interviews and the exhaustive research that is Nesteroff's trademark, We Had a Little Real Estate Problem is a powerful tribute to a neglected legacy. 970.004 NES
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A worse place than hell : how the Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg changed a nation by John MattesonPulitzer Prize-winning author John Matteson illuminates three harrowing months of the Civil War and their ineradicable legacy for America. In December 1862, the Battle of Fredericksburg shattered Union forces and threatened to break apart Abraham Lincoln's government. Five extraordinary individuals experienced Fredericksburg's cataclysmic repercussions - Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Walt Whitman, Louisa May Alcott, John Pelham, and Arthur Fuller. Guided by duty, driven by desire, they moved toward lofty destinies: a young Harvard intellectual steeped in courageous ideals, a gay Brooklyn poet condemned by guardians of propriety, a struggling writer desperate to serve the cause and gain her philosopher father's admiration, a West Point cadet from Alabama excelling in artillery tactics, and a one-eyed minister seeking to prove his manhood. In A Worse Place Than Hell, John Matteson creates a gripping tale of the Civil War and profound cultural transformation. He etches an exquisite portrait, revealing through these lives how America was redefined by its most tragic conflict. 973.733 MAT
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The Enlightenment by Ritchie RobertsonThe Oxford University German professor and Times Literary Supplement lead reviewer presents a sweeping history of the Enlightenment period that illuminates the era’s purposeful, innovation-driven efforts to promote human happiness. 940.25 ROB
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