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Pub. Date
2023.
Description
What if you woke up one morning and found you'd acquired another self—a double who was almost you and yet not you at all? What if that double shared many of your preoccupations but, in a twisted, upside-down way, furthered the very causes you'd devoted your life to fighting against? Not long ago, the celebrated activist and public intellectual Naomi Klein had just such an experience—she was confronted with a doppelganger whose views...
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Fearing for the safety of her young child's life, a young slave called Roxy swaps her light-skinned baby with that of her master. Her master's child grows up as a slave, while Roxy's child grows up as a white man called "Tom" who becomes cruel and ends up leading a life crime. The book is a cutting indictment of a society based on racial prejudice and slavery brimming with Twain's characteristic wit and irony. Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835—1910),...
Author
Publisher
FT Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
xx, 201 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
Happiness and success start with becoming clear about who are you are, and establishing your authentic identity, inside yourself, and then beyond yourself. Graham shows you who it's so hard to know yourself, and how to do it anyway.
4) Unlocked
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Series
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2020.
Formats
Description
"In this extra special installment of the Keeper of the Lost Cities series, the story picks up right from Legacy's particularly devastating cliffhanger. But chapters alternate between Sophie and Keefe's perspectives to give readers deeper insights into both beloved characters. New powers will be discovered. Hard truths from the past will come to light. And all of your favorite characters will find themselves tested in ways they never imagined"--
Author
Publisher
DC Comics
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Description
Nubia has always stood out because of her Amazonian strength, but even though she uses her ability for good she is seen as a threat, so when her best friend Quisha is threatened by a boy who thinks he owns the town, Nubia risks everything to become the hero society tells her she is not.
Author
Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
c2013.
Physical Desc
[32] pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
Monster Mo's big, beautiful mustache inspires all of his friends to copy his style by growing fabulous mustaches of their own, leaving Mo to wonder how he will continue to distinguish himself.
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (99 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Ten years ago, Nathan was the successful head of marketing for a start-up electric car company. A disagreement with his boss led Nathan to walk away and sell his stock. Soon after, the company became wildly successful, humiliating Nathan who fled into exile. A decade later, Nathan lives a simple life on Martha's Vineyard and goes by the alias "Rolly DeVore." But when his old boss shows up, Nathan/Rolly vows to drive him off the island before his true...
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Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
xvi, 256 pages ; 25 cm
Description
"Kwame Anthony Appiah's The Lies That Bind is an incandescent exploration of the nature and history of the identities that define us. It challenges our assumptions about how identities work. We all know there are conflicts between identities, but Appiah shows how identities are created by conflict. Religion, he demonstrates, gains power because it isn't primarily about belief. Our everyday notions of race are the detritus of discarded nineteenth-century...
Author
Series
Wings of fire. Original series volume 9
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
290 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.
Description
The war is over. The false prophecy has been fulfilled. But the dragonets still have enemies. A dark evil, buried for centuries, is stirring.
10) What I am
Author
Publisher
Viking Children's Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume unpaged : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
A young narrator describes herself as many things at the same time - a girl, a granddaughter, Indian, American, both selfish and generous, mean and kind - and these seeming contradictions are precisely what makes her a unique individual.
11) Legacy
Author
Series
Keeper of the lost cities volume 8
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2019.
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Description
"Sophie Foster wants answers. But after a lifetime of lies, sometimes the truth is the most dangerous discovery. Even the smallest secret comes with terrifying new responsibilities. And Sophie's not the only one with blank spots in her past, or mysteries surrounding her family. She and her friends are part of something much bigger than they imagined and their roles have already been chosen for them. Every clue drags them deeper into the conspiracy....
13) I like myself!
Author
Description
In rhyming text, a little girl expresses confidence and joy in her uniqueness, no matter her outward appearance.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After an accident leaves her with a serious head injury, a woman wake up remember nothing of her past. As secrets are revealed she starts to question the people closest to her.
Author
Series
Bromance book club volume 3
Pub. Date
2020.
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Description
"A hacktivist and a cat cafe|| owner decode the friend zone in this romantic comedy from the author of Undercover Bromance. Alexis Carlisle and her cat cafe||, ToeBeans, have shot to fame after she came forward as a victim of a celebrity chef's sexual harassment. When a new customer approaches to confide in her, the last thing Alexis expects is for the woman to claim they're sisters. Unsure what to do, Alexis turns to the only man she trusts-her best...
16) Toasty
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Description
Toasty, a piece of toast, believes he is a dog deep down in his crumbs, but realizes he is very different from all the other dogs.
17) Why am I me?
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Formats
Description
In a poetic, philosophical exchange, two children of different races ask themselves why they are who and what they are, and speculate on how they could be different.
18) If I were a dog
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
32 pages ; 24 cm
Description
A young girl considers how some aspects of her life would be different if she were dog and how other would remain the same.
Author
Publisher
Ecco
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
241 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Tiny is pregnant. Her husband is delighted. "You think this baby is going to be like you, but it's not like you at all," she warns him. 'This baby is an owl-baby." When Chouette is born small and broken-winged, Tiny works around the clock to meet her daughter's needs. Left on her own to care for a child who seems more predatory bird than baby, Tiny vows to raise Chouette to be her authentic self. Even in those times when Chouette's behaviors grow...
20) Cytonic
Author
Series
Skyward (Brandon Sanderson) volume 3
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
415 pages : illustration ; 24 cm.
Description
Fighter pilot Spensa Nightshade has been embroiled in an alien empire's war and now, to figure out what she really is, she must leave her world behind to enter the Nowhere, a mysterious realm from which those who enter rarely ever return.
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