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Pandexicon: How the Language of the Pandemic Defined Our New Cultural Reality
Par Wayne Grady. 2023
Did you keep a list of the words coined by Covid? Wayne Grady did! They're deftly woven into a journal/timeline,…
taking us through two years of surrealism and limbo.—Margaret AtwoodThis exploration of the many new terms of the Covid-19 pandemic provides insight into the ways an ever-evolving vocabulary helped us cope with our anxiety and adapt to a new reality When the pandemic struck in early 2020, Wayne Grady started collecting the words and phrases that arose from our shared global experience. Some, such as "uptick" and "pivot," had existed before but now took on new meaning, and others, such as "covidivorce," "quarantini," "covexit," and "shecession," appeared for the first time, their meaning instantly clear. Through this new vocabulary, we became more able to adapt to change, to domesticate it in a sense, and to reduce our fears. Moving from the very beginning of the pandemic (the "Before Times") and our early response to it through the peaks and troughs of the various waves in countries throughout the world, and ending with a contemplation of what the "After Times" might look like, this book takes us on a journey through the pandemic and illuminates both how this new language has unfolded and how it has changed the way we think about ourselves and each other.Once a Girl, Always a Boy: A Family Memoir of a Transgender Journey
Par Jo Ivester. 2020
In his mid-twenties, Jeremy Ivester began taking testosterone and had surgery to remove his breasts. This memoir is both Jeremy’s…
and his family’s coming out story, told from multiple perspectives—a story of acceptance in a world not quite ready to accept.The night trilogy
Par Elie Wiesel. 1985
"Night" is the story of a Jewish boy who is deported with his family and community from Hungary to the…
horrors of the infamous Auschwitz. In "Dawn," Elisha, the sole survivor of his family, becomes a Jewish terrorist in Palestine and is ordered to execute an Englishman. In "The Accident," a concentration camp survivor tries to rebuild his life in New York City. Some violence and some descriptions of sexMexico: biography of power : a history of modern Mexico, 1810-1996
Par Enrique Krauze. 1997
Krauze depicts the personalities and lives of Mexico's rulers and leaders to present the history of the country. Among the…
men he chronicles are Archduke Maximilian, Emiliano Zapata, Francisco Villa, Lazaro Cardenas, Miguel Aleman, and Gustavo Diaz OrdazThe ballot box battle
Par Emily McCully. 1996
In 1880 the elderly feminist Elizabeth Cady Stanton tells her young friend Cordelia about her efforts to win for women…
the right to vote. Cordelia listens to her neighbor's talk of women's suffrage even though she doesn't believe it has anything to do with her. Then Mrs. Stanton tells a story from her own childhood. For grades 4-7Resurrection: the struggle for a new Russia
Par David Remnick. 1997
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist describes the post-Cold War struggle to establish a new Russian state. He provides close-up portraits and detailed…
reporting on war-torn Chechnya, the return of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, and the reelection of Boris Yeltsin in 1996. He argues for greater Western involvement in Moscow's haphazard efforts to control corruption and entrench democratic freedomsSlaughterhouse: Bosnia and the failure of the West
Par David Rieff. 1995
Depicts persecution and genocide of the Muslims in Bosnia starting in 1992. Decries the acquiescence of Western nations in failing…
to intervene and the inaction of United Nations peacekeepers who simply enforce the status quo. Strong language and violenceSnakes and ladders: glimpses of India
Par Gita Mehta. 1997
Essays depicting the contrasts and disparities in modern Indian society. Describes a land that, during its fifty years of independence,…
has become a progressive, capitalist nation yet retains its traditional religious and cultural diversity. Touches on politics, religion, art, and other facets of the world's largest democracyMy name is barbra
Par Barbra Streisand. 2023
The long-awaited memoir by the superstar of stage, screen, recordings, and television PLEASE NOTE The audiobook edition is read by…
Barbra Streisand. Features additional anecdotes and music that are exclusive to the My Name is Barbra audiobook. Barbra Streisand is by any account a living legend, a woman who in a career spanning six decades has excelled in every area of entertainment. She is among the handful of EGOT winners (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony) and has one of the greatest and most recognizable voices in the history of popular music. She has been nominated for a Grammy 46 times, and with Yentl she became the first woman to write, produce, direct, and star in a major motion picture. In My Name Is Barbra , she tells her own story about her life and extraordinary career, from growing up in Brooklyn to her first star-making appearances in New York nightclubs to her breakout performance in Funny Girl on stage and winning the Oscar for that performance on film. Then came a long string of successes in every medium in the years that followed. The book is, like Barbra herself, frank, funny, opinionated, and charming. She recounts her early struggles to become an actress, eventually turning to singing to earn a living; the recording of some of her acclaimed albums; the years of effort involved in making Yentl ; her direction of The Prince of Tides ; her friendships with figures ranging from Marlon Brando to Madeleine Albright; her political advocacy; and the fulfillment she’s found in her marriage to James Brolin. No entertainer’s memoir has been more anticipated than Barbra Streisand’s, and this engrossing and delightful book will be eagerly welcomed by her millions of fansClass: A memoir
Par Stephanie Land. 2023
A Good Morning America Book Club Pick "Raw and inspiring." — People "Land is not just exploring her own story,…
but also the larger implications of what it means to fall between the cracks of American capitalism." — The New York Times From the New York Times bestselling author who inspired the hit Netflix series about a struggling mother barely making ends meet as a housecleaner—a gripping memoir about college, motherhood, poverty, and life after Maid . When Stephanie Land set out to write her memoir Maid , she never could have imagined what was to come. Handpicked by President Barack Obama as one of the best books of 2019, it was called "an eye-opening journey into the lives of the working poor" ( People ). Later it was adapted into the hit Netflix series Maid , which was viewed by 67 million households and was Netflix's fourth most-watched show in 2021, garnering three Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Stephanie's escape out of poverty and abuse in search of a better life inspired millions. Maid was a story about a housecleaner, but it was also a story about a woman with a dream. In Class , Land takes us with her as she finishes college and pursues her writing career. Facing barriers at every turn including a byzantine loan system, not having enough money for food, navigating the judgments of professors and fellow students who didn't understand the demands of attending college while under the poverty line—Land finds a way to survive once again, finally graduating in her mid-thirties. Class paints an intimate and heartbreaking portrait of motherhood as it converges and often conflicts with personal desire and professional ambition. Who has the right to create art? Who has the right to go to college? And what kind of work is valued in our culture? In clear, candid, and moving prose, Class grapples with these questions, offering a searing indictment of America's educational system and an inspiring testimony of a mother's triumph against all oddsBitter lemons
Par Lawrence Durrell. 1996
An impressionistic portrayal of the island of Cyprus during the British-Greek-Turkish struggles from 1953 to 1956. The author describes events…
from his various perspectives as a foreign traveler, a journalist, and an official of the Cyprus governmentA house divided: the lives of Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee
Par Jules Archer. 1995
Joint biography of the two military leaders of the American Civil War. Archer says that although Grant's side won the…
war and he was later elected president, Grant proved to be inept as a civilian. In contrast, Archer says, Lee had successful military and civilian careers. For grades 3-6You want women to vote, Lizzie Stanton?
Par Jean Fritz. 1995
Biography of Lizzie Cady Stanton. Born in 1815, Lizzie rebelled against the unjust treatment of women from the time she…
was a child. Later she fought alongside her friend Susan B. Anthony for the right to vote, but died in 1902, before women's suffrage came to pass. For grades 4-7Cultures in conflict: Christians, Muslims, and Jews in the age of discovery
Par Bernard Lewis. 1995
A perspective on the historically eventful year of 1492, when Columbus discovered America and Catholic Spain vanquished Islam and expelled…
the Jews. Examines the significance of Christian Europe's ascendancy and expansion, as well as the implications for the development of the twentieth-century worldCleopatra: goddess of Egypt, enemy of Rome
Par Polly Brooks. 1995
Life of the Egyptian ruler whose suicide in 30 B.C. ended the Ptolemaic dynasty. The author discusses Cleopatra's Macedonian heritage…
and descent from Alexander the Great; her relationships with Romans Julius Caesar and Mark Antony and the children borne with each; and her political and military savvy that enabled Egypt to remain independent of Rome. For grades 6-9Snowbound: the tragic story of the Donner Party
Par David Lavender. 1996
Tells how, in the mid 1840s, three Illinois men tried to move their families to California. Details problems, including snow…
storms, a misleading guidebook, and bad luck, that led to death for forty of the eighty-eight people on this covered-wagon journey. For grades 5-8Au temps de la pensée pressée
Par Jean-Philippe Pleau. 2023
Composé des "éditos" avec lesquels Jean-Philippe Pleau termine son émission radiophonique, ainsi que des articles qu'il a publiés au fil…
des années, Au temps de la pensée pressée est un essai à la fois personnel, littéraire et sociologique. La pensée y vagabonde librement, s'abandonnant aussi bien à l'intuition qu'à la réflexion critique, nous révélant chemin faisant un auteur qui avoue être devenu fou, qui compare les Lego à des philosophes, qui interroge ses émotions et qui partage ses lectures ainsi que le souvenir de son amitié avec Serge BouchardThe journalism professor and his wife, who lived in China in the 1984-1985 academic year and visited in 1987 and…
1993, offer a general report of historical and 1980s events. They rely on academic and official sources and express optimism about ChinaHistory of the Peloponnesian War
Par Thucydides. 1993
Written in the fifth century B.C. by an Athenian commander, this is a history of the twenty-seven-year conflict between Athens,…
a democratic state and sea power, and the states of the Peloponnese headed by Sparta, a conservative power with an efficient military forceParallel journeys
Par Eleanor Ayer. 1995
Presents the lives of two young adults in Europe during World War II. Helen, a young Jewish woman, flees to…
escape the worsening treatment of Jews but is caught in the net. Alfons, an enthusiastic German teenager, is swept up in the Hitler Youth movement. This book includes excerpts from both of their autobiographies and tells of their joint work to educate future generations about the dangers of hatred. For junior and senior high readers