Search Results: Returned 11 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 11
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c2012., Adult, HarperCollins Canada Call No: Fic Fun Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Based on a true story, Anna Funder's novel brings to light new - and very early - heroes of the resistance. The story of two Jewish Germans -- Hans and Ruth Wesemann -- who resisted Hitler in the 1930s - this is their heartbreaking story - a very special novel with an uncommon depth of humanity and wisdom, a searing and intimate portrait of courage and its price, of desire and ambition, and of the devastating consequences when they are thwarted.
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2015., Riverhead Books Call No: 153.35 G464b Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Balancing between soulful spirituality and cheerful pragmatism, the author encourages us to uncover the "strange jewels" that are hidden within each of us.
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-- Book of gutsy women :2019., Simon & Schuster Call No: 920.72 C641b Edition: First Simon and Schuster hardcover edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Ensuring the rights and opportunities of women and girls remains a big piece of the unfinished business of the twenty-first century. While there's a lot of work to do, we know that throughout history and around the globe women have overcome the toughest resistance imaginable to win victories that have made progress possible for all of us. That is the achievement of each of the women in this book. So how did they do it? The answers are as unique as the women themselves. Civil rights activist Dorothy Height, LGBTQ trailblazer Edie Windsor, and swimmer Diana Nyad kept pushing forward, no matter what. Writers like Rachel Carson and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie named something no one had dared talk about before. Historian Mary Beard used wit to open doors that were once closed, and Wangari Maathai, who sparked a movement to plant trees, understood the power of role modeling. Harriet Tubman and Malala Yousafzai looked fear in the face and persevered. Nearly every single one of these women was fiercely optimistic--they had faith that their actions could make a difference. And they were right. To us, they are all gutsy women--leaders with the courage to stand up to the status quo, ask hard questions, and get the job done. So in the moments when the long haul seems awfully long, we hope you will draw strength from these stories. We do. Because if history shows one thing, it's that the world needs gutsy women"--Dust jacket.
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c2012., General, distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, : distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment Call No: SC DVD Fic Brave Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Disney DVD.Summary Note: "Pixar Animation Studios, the creator of Toy Story 3, whisks you away on an astonishing adventure to a land full of mystery and tradition. Bursting with heart, unforgettable characters and Pixar's signature humor, Brave is 'a rousing, gorgeously animated good time,' raves Peter Travers of Rolling Stone. Take a heroic journey with Merida, a skilled archer and headstrong daughter of King Fergus and Queen Elinor. Determined to carve her own path in life, Merida defies an age-old custom sacred to the unruly and uproarious lords of the land. When Merida's actions inadvertently unleash chaos in the kingdom, she must harness all of her skills and resources - including her clever and mischievous triplet brothers - to undo a beastly curse before it's too late, and discover the meaning of true bravery.
![Brave [DVD] (2012). Mark Andrews & Brenda Chapman](/Library/images/cover/noimage.png "Brave [DVD] (2012). Mark Andrews & Brenda Chapman")
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c2009., Adolescent, Universal Studios Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Coraline Edition: Widescreen. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A young girl walks through a secret door that she has found in her new home and discovers an alternate version of her life. On the surface, this parallel reality is eerily similar to her real life, but much better. When her adventure turns dangerous, and her counterfeit parents, including the Other Mother, try to keep her forever, Coraline must count on her resourcefulness, determination, and bravery to get back home - and save her family.
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c2011., Adolescent, Katherine Tegen Books Call No: Fic Rot Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: In a future Chicago, sixteen-year-old Beatrice Prior must choose among five predetermined factions to define her identity for the rest of her life, a decision made more difficult when she discovers that she is an anomoly who does not fit into any one group, and that the society she lives in is not perfect after all.
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2004., St. Martin's Press Call No: 177.6 B748f Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your LibraryClick here to watch Click here to view
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-- The Divergent series :[2015]., Summit Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Insurgent Edition: DVD ; Widescreen. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Tris and Four are now fugitives on the run, hunted by Jeanine, the leader of the power-hungry Erudite elite. Racing against time, they must find out what Tris's family sacrificed their lives to protect, and why the Erudite leaders will do anything to stop them. Haunted by her past choices but desperate to protect the ones she loves, Tris, with Four at her side, faces one impossible challenge after another as they unlock the truth about the past and ultimately the future of their world.
![Insurgent [DVD] (2015). Directed by Robert Schwentke.](/Library/images/~imageCT82300.JPG "Insurgent [DVD] (2015). Directed by Robert Schwentke.")
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By Brown, Brené2017., Adult, Random House Call No: 158 B878r Edition: 2017 Random House trade paperback edition. Availability:0 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "The physics of vulnerability is simple: If we are brave enough often enough, we will fall. The author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Daring Greatly and The Gifts of Imperfection tells us what it takes to get back up, and how owning our stories of disappointment, failure, and heartbreak gives us the power to write a daring new ending. Struggle, Brene Brown writes, can be our greatest call to courage, and rising strong our clearest path to a wholehearted life"--
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c2012., General, Ecco Call No: Fic Mur Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Set in war-torn Kabul, a harrowing yet tender novel--think "Bend It Like Beckham" in a burka--about one woman's courage and guile in the face of terror and tyranny.
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c2011., Crown Publishers Call No: Fic Mer Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Raised by parents so intentionally isolated that they speak their own hybrid dialect, abused youth Marjorie witnesses her parents' submission to a sadistic cult leader before she is rescued by another abuse survivor who teaches her stoneworking skills.
