Search Results: Returned 8 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 8
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c2000., Adult, Pocket Books Call No: BIOG 979.4 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: The author remembers her happy youth in California in the early 1970s and how that tranquillity was destroyed by the death of her mother.
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-- Niño que alcanzoÌ las estrellas2020., Age 5-8; K-3, 001656, [Library Ideas, LLC] Call No: VOX HER Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Every night when he was a boy, JoseÌ M. HernaÌndez would look out the window and stare at the stars. They were different colors: blue, yellow and white. Some were larger and brighter than others, and some twinkled as if they were alive. Later, when he saw man land on the moon on TV, he knew he wanted to be an astronaut. But JoseÌ struggled in school because his family moved constantly and he didn't speak English. His parents were migrant workers from Mexico; they followed the crops up and down the state of California. JoseÌ was in second grade when his teacher convinced his parents to stop migrating and stay in the United States. She also encouraged his love of astronomy, books and learning. JoseÌ became an electrical engineer, got married and had a family, and though he was very happy, he never stopped thinking about his dream. So he applied to NASA to become an astronaut. His application was rejected eleven times, but he kept applying. He was finally selected for astronaut school and achieved his dream when he flew on the Space Shuttle Discovery to the International Space Station! With beautiful illustrations by Steven James Petruccio, this heartwarming, bilingual picture book will introduce children ages 5-9 to the concept of space travel. The author's story is sure to motivate kids to set goals and reach for their own dreams.
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By Finn, A. J.©2024., Adult, William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: FIC FIN Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "'I’ll be dead in three months. Come tell my story.' So writes Sebastian Trapp, reclusive mystery novelist, to his longtime correspondent Nicky Hunter, an expert in detective fiction. With mere months to live, Trapp invites Nicky to his spectacular San Francisco mansion to help draft his life story . . . while living alongside his beautiful second wife, Diana; his wayward nephew, Freddy; and his protective daughter, Madeleine. Soon Nicky finds herself caught in an irresistible case of real-life 'detective-fever.' 'You and I might even solve an old mystery or two.' Twenty years earlier—on New Year’s Eve 1999—Sebastian’s first wife and teenage son vanished from different locations, never to be seen again. Did the perfect crime writer commit the perfect crime? And why has he emerged from seclusion, two decades later, to allow a stranger to dig into his past? 'Life is hard. After all, it kills you.' As Nicky attempts to weave together the strands of Sebastian’s life, she becomes obsessed with discovering the truth . . . while Madeleine begins to question what her beloved father might actually know about that long-ago night. And when a corpse appears in the family’s koi pond, both women are shocked to find that the past isn’t gone—it’s just waiting." --publisher's website.
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c1997., Adult, Wiley Call No: BIOG 305.48 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Autobiography of physician and writer Adeline Yen Mah, discussing her emotionally abusive childhood, experiences of isolation and loneliness, success as a student, and triumphant struggle to achieve freedom and a new life.
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By See, Lisa1996., Adult, Vintage Books Call No: BIOG 929.2 Edition: 1st Vintage Books ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Chronicles the experiences of a Chinese-American family in California, beginning with the immigration of the author's great-great-grandfather in the late 1800s.
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-- Teenager's story of longing for acceptance and friendshipc2004., Adult, Dutton Call No: BIOG 362.73 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Dave Pelzer, victim of one of the worst child abuse cases in California history, tells the story of his adolescent years after he was removed from his home and placed in foster care, and discusses the influence on his life of Dan Brazell, the man he came to regard as his father.
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c1980., Young Adult, Macmillan Pub. Co. Call No: BIOG 973.927 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Five correspondents for the New York Times present their views concerning what to expect from the administration of President Reagan.
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-- One firefighter's story of courage, darkness, and the relentless love that saved him.©2020., Adults, Nelson Books Call No: BIOG 363.37092 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Jason Sautel had it all. Confident in his abilities and trusted by his fellow firefighters, he was making a name for himself on the streets of Oakland, California. His adrenaline-fueled job even helped him forget the pain of his childhood—until the day he looked into the eyes of a jumper on the Bay Bridge and came face to face with a darkness he knew would take him down as well. In the following months, a series of traumatic emergency calls—some successful, others impossible-to-forget failures—drove Jason deeper into depression. Even as he continued his lifesaving work, he realized he could never rescue everyone, and he had no idea how to save himself. In the end, Jason was forced to confront the truth: only the relentless power of love could pull him back from his own deadly fall. Action-packed, spiritually honest, and surprisingly romantic, The Rescuer transports readers inside the pulse-pounding world of firefighting and into the heart of a man who needed to be broken before he could finally be made whole." --book jacket.
